Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Now, under An Daoquan's conditioning, Zongze's life has been extended, but Ximenqing doesn't want to exhaust this old minister to death because of the Northern Expedition.

This kind of national war where hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting is not only about the bravery and skill of the frontline soldiers, but also the national strength and logistical support of the two countries.

For a mature and prudent minister like Zong Ze, it would be better to stay in the capital to take charge of logistics support.

Ximen Qing left the opportunity to fight on the front line to the younger Du Chong and Xin Zan.

Du Chong and Xin Zan both received Ximen Qing's life-saving grace, and their sons all worshiped Ximen Qing as foster fathers, so these two can be regarded as Ximen Qing's confidant generals.Coupled with the fact that both of them were generals, Ximen Qing decided to give them the opportunity to make contributions in the Northern Expedition.

Historically, after Zongze's death, Du Chong took over as the left-behind in Tokyo, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Hu Cheng and other generals were all his subordinates.

Du Chong commanded these generals to fight against the Jin army, and there was no major defeat, which shows that he is capable of commanding troops.

Moreover, when the Jin army pursued Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, in order to cover the emperor's escape, Du Chong dared to tear down the embankment of the Yellow River and divert the water of the Yellow River into the Huaihe River!

Although this is a wicked and smoky thing in history, which has harmed China for hundreds of years, but on the other hand, how many people dare to think and do it under the same situation?

This matter can at least prove that Du Chong's ability to make decisions on the fly is very strong.

As for Du Chong and Jin, it was just a helpless move after the army was defeated and became a poor commander.

Du Chong may not be perfect in terms of morality, but in terms of ability, Du Chong is not bad.

In history, because he finally surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, Du Chong had to be severely hacked in the history books.

However, Ximen Qing and Du Chong have been in contact for many years, how can they not know the length of this person?

After communicating with Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Yinshuke, Ximenqing has arranged for Du Chong to lead the old ministries such as "beautiful bearded man" Zhu Dian, "big knife" Wenda, "king of heaven" Li Cheng, "vanguard" Suo Chao, etc., to quietly enter Luoyang Mengjin, ready to cross the north.

This time, begging for money with Wanyan Wu of the Kingdom of Jin was completely torn apart, and Ximen Qing immediately decided to let Du Chongyi plan to go north to capture Taiyuan Fucheng.

Xin Zan, the coach of the reinforcements in the direction of Hebei, is also a man of both civil and military skills.

It should be known that Xin Qiji is not only a dragon in the word with outstanding literature, but also a fierce general who can slash people with a knife, take the head of a general among thousands of troops, and walk away.

"Looking at the sword with the light on while drunk" is by no means bragging. Xin Qiji is known as the number one young and Dangerous boy in the Song Dynasty, and his ability to wield swords is also first-rate.

So who taught Xin Qiji who is so awesome?It was his grandfather Xin Zan!

Xin Zan is both civil and military, and his family has influence in Hebei and Shandong. Therefore, Ximenqing entrusted him with the important task of taking over Hebei and supporting Wanyan Zongbi.

Ximenqing handed over generals from Shandong and Hebei such as Fan Qiong, Zhang Qing, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Wang Jun, and Kong Yanzhou to Xin Zan.And after "Jade Qilin" Lu Junyi and "Prodigal Son" Yan Qing raised troops to respond, they were also assigned to the Xinzan Army.

Because Wanyan Zongbi has the strongest political appeal and is the greatest threat to the emperor Wanyan Wu begging for the Jin Kingdom, so for the father and son of the Jin Kingdom Wanyan Wu begging, the Hebei Plain is the place for the decisive battle with Wanyan Zongbi's rebels .

Ximen Qing of the Qi State judged that Wanyan Wu begged and bought Yelu Yujian. After the truce with the Khitan rebels, he would definitely gather the Jin army from Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion to go south, trying to annihilate Wanyan Zongbi's army and regain Hebei .

Xin Zan's army went north just in case Wanyan Zongpan's army suddenly went south.

However, although the Jin Army must have set the direction of the strategic decisive battle in Yanjing and Hebei, how could Ximen Qing follow the Jin Army's strategic layout?

As a country with a navy at sea, Ximenqing decided to show the people of the Kingdom of Jin a large-scale sea-crossing and landing battle.

Ximen Qing painstakingly established Ximen Fort on Posu Road, expanded his territory, and trained a powerful navy in Dengzhou, just to prepare for today's cross-sea attack!

As the emperor of a great country, Ximen Qing could no longer easily leave Tokyo's Bianliang City, and he personally conquered the Kingdom of Jin.

However, Ximenqing sent his brother-in-law Luan Tingyu, who is now the No.

The best artillery battleship, the most elite firearms army, and heavy armored cavalry were all handed over to Luan Tingyu by Ximenqing, and he was brought to Qingzhou.

Lu Zhishen, Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen, Tang Long, Ling Zhen, Wei Dingguo, Hu Cheng, Zhu Biao, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Xu Wen, Wang Dingliu, Song Wan, Duan Jingzhu and others will all accompany Luan Tingyu to the expedition.

Even Ma Kuo, who was in charge of diplomacy, Brother Qiao Yun, who was in charge of intelligence, and An Daoquan, who was in charge of medical care, were all assigned to Luan Tingyu's East Route Army.

This is the army that decides the outcome of the war!

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 71 The Choice of the Khitan Two Heroes

The battle that took place in the Kingdom of Jin was a national war between the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Qi, and it was also a civil war between the two major powers within the Kingdom of Jin. Coupled with the Khitan Army who was fishing in troubled waters, the entire battlefield presented a chaotic and complicated situation.

In the distant western battlefield, Liangzhou's economic strategy envoy Liu Kai's army has completely controlled the Heishui River Basin, and has formed an alliance with Xizhou Huihe to monitor the movements of the Yelu Dashi Army.

At this time, the internal turmoil in the Jin Dynasty was the time for Yelu Dashi, who was determined to restore the country, to do something.

However, Yelu Dashi now faces two strategic choices.

One is naturally to lead the army across the desert to the east and return to the Yinshan area regardless, and cooperate with Yelu Yujian's army to repel the Qi State, defeat the Jin State, and rejuvenate the Liao State.

The other one is to bring the Turkic tribes in the Hezhong region of the Western Regions under its command, defeat the local West Kara Khanate and the Khwarazim Kingdom, dominate the Western Regions, and rebuild the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Dashi immediately sent envoys to Qi State to express his goodwill after hearing of the domestic turmoil in Jin, in an attempt to form an alliance with the Qi army to destroy the Jin State and restore the Liao State.

The condition given by Yelu Dashi is of course that the land south of Yanyunji will be owned by the Qi State, and the Liao State only intends to restore the homeland of the Khitan people such as Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion.

However, Ximenqing, the emperor of Qi State, replied to Yelu Dashi that the king's destiny is in the west and not in the east, and I will take the land of Yanyun myself.

This is what it means to refuse to join forces with Yelu Dashi.

Yelu Dashi is also a dignified person, and he will not cooperate with the enemy Jurchens like Yelu Yu saw.

Without the support of the Qi State, Yelu Dashi's [-] troops were thrown into the battlefield where the two countries were fighting, and it was very likely that they would be crushed to pieces between the two millstones!

Moreover, the location of Yelu Dashi here is too far away from the Kingdom of Jin. Not only does it need to travel long distances across the grasslands and deserts, but it will also face the blocking of the Qi State Army and the Mongolian Army along the way.

After going through untold hardships and arriving in Shangjing or Xijing, Yelu Dashi will also look at the enemy and fall into the siege of Jin Army, Qi Army and Yelu Yujian Army.

Yes, in Yelu Dashi's mind, Yelu Yu, who is also a Khitan, is now an enemy and not a friend.

This naturally involves factional disputes between the two.

Yelu Dashi's subordinates were all Khitan iron-blooded hardliners who had been defeated repeatedly in battles with the Jin army, but never surrendered, and retreated all the way to Ketun City.

The composition of these backbone forces determines that the forces of Yelu Dashi can seek cooperation with the Song Dynasty, Xixia Kingdom or Qi Kingdom, but they will never make peace with the Jurchens.

Yelu Yujian and his subordinates were the exact opposite. They were originally a group of Khitan traitors who were not firm and surrendered to the Jurchens.

Therefore, Yeluyu sees that the political stance of the faction is vacillating, and everything is based on its own interests.

In order to save their lives, Yelu Yujian and others surrendered to the Jurchens and worked for the enemy.

When he was left out, Yelu Yujian was able to betray the Jurchen again, and secretly cooperated with Yelu Dashi.Even when the conspiracy was exposed, he dared to raise the flag of rebellion against Jin Guo.

However, when the Kingdom of Jin gave enough benefits, Yelu Yujian and his subordinates immediately reconciled with the Kingdom of Jin and became allies of the Jurchens.

Yeluyu saw that Yidang could be regarded as a double-dealing faction among the Khitan people, and was deeply disgusted by the generals of the Yelu Dashi faction.