402, Rebellion, the Fake King of Qin (Please Order the Whole Book)

It probably lasted less than half an hour, and the remainder of this battle was finally cleared up.

Ruzhou is located in the Central Plains, in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and is still a certain distance away from the confrontation between the two countries along the Huaihe River.

Bai Gui led Shengyi's army to Ruzhou this time, and it was considered that he had gone deep alone.

So they didn't dare to delay for too long.

After the fight, retreat!

Wan Yanliang was also confident that he had the advantage of ten thousand iron cavalry against Bai Gui's one thousand Song cavalry, so he did not notify the nearby Jin Kingdom defenders, otherwise the battle would be difficult to fight.

Of course, after the war, Bai Gui also sent out a team of rangers to try to prevent the Jin army from obtaining the battle report information from this side. But this obviously cannot last long, and the ban will last for one to two hours at most.

"Is this Wan Yanliang's corpse?"

As the march was approaching, the soldiers of Shengyi Army finally found Wan Yanliang's body from a pile of corpses in a sea of ​​​​blood, and transported it to Bai Gui.

"The seals and ribbons that were left behind in Beijing were collected from this corpse. It should be correct."

The guard replied. .

Bai Gui nodded.

It wasn't that he had any doubts about the corpse.

In fact, at the stage when he "fell into" the Jin Army formation and then bent his bow and arrow to shoot Wan Yanliang to death, he had already captured Wan Yanliang's aura, appearance, etc. in his mind. At this time, although the corpse It was trampled by men and horses, but the head was well preserved, and it was definitely not so unrecognizable.

Shengyi's troops immediately retreated.

A day and a half later.

After a tight march, we arrived at the camp of the West Route Army on the south bank of the Huaihe River.

The West Route Army was stationed in Guangzhou, which is close to the Huaihe River.

Bai Gui, dressed in military armor, went to the camp.

In the camp.

When Liu Qi heard the battle report, his eyes showed a hint of joy, but as a commander, his expression remained calm and did not change much.

As generals, remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity.

"You intercepted Wan Yanliang in Ruzhou and stayed behind in Beijing. It was a great victory. Cutting off Jin Wushu's wing will be of great benefit to our army in this battle."

"But since you are the vanguard, this strategy is still too dangerous..."

He pondered for a while, "I will replenish the troops and horses for you. In addition, I will give you the Tabai Army under my command. The Tabai Army is an elite division. Although there are only a thousand and five horses, but... you have to be careful. use."

Speaking of this, he also showed a hint of distress.

The soldiers and horses who can be called the White Army are all elite without exception. "Tao" means "check and step", which means survey and search. "Bai" means "bo", which means "overgrown, intertwined and inaccessible". Because of the lush vegetation, it is easy to hide enemies. Therefore, Tabai's alliance means "detecting the enemy's hiding place".

In other words, the Tabai Army are all scouts, and the scouts are undoubtedly the best among the best.

If it were any other time, Liu Qijian would not have handed over the only elite cavalry in his hands to Bai Gui. But now, Bai Guigang donated 3,000 horses to the West Route Army. With these horses and intensive training for a period of time, there will be another team of elite cavalry. Although not as good as the previous Tabai Army, they can be reused.

An army of thousands is easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find.

What's more, he is a fierce general who is good at riding and fighting.

At this time, concentrating limited maneuvering power in the hands of one person is what the commander should do. Picking and searching will never lead to a big deal.

"Thank you uncle."

Bai Gui cupped his hands and said.

"We are in a military tent now. What do we call uncle?"

Liu Qi frowned and scolded.

"Yes, Marshal."

Bai Gui accepted the order and didn't take it seriously.

Now there are only him and Liu Qi in the tent. Calling him uncle can enhance their relationship. Although Liu Qi reprimanded him openly, in fact, he could see that Liu Qi was also happy in his heart.

In the feudal era, those who could serve as the commander-in-chief of an army would have both public and selfish motives. The public mind represents the clear distinction between rewards and punishments, while the selfish mind means cultivating confidants. Without confidants, it is like the human body without limbs and bones, and the movements are insensitive. Because only trusted followers will obey orders without question.

"Tell me about the process of intercepting and killing Wanyan Liang Wanqi..."

Liu Qi stroked his beard and chuckled, then said.

It seemed like just an ordinary question in the military tent. But the meaning of Bai Gui's uncle is self-explanatory, that is, his nephew is a confidant of his coach Liu Qi, and he is the only one who follows his lead.

Even if he has no selfish intentions, he is still satisfied.

"The process of this battle has been written down in the report."

"Please ask the commander to check."

Bai Gui took out a roll of silk from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi.

He had known that Liu Qi would ask this question, so he had prepared a report early.

"This report of yours..., although the lyrics are simple, it may show your skills."

Liu Qi only read the first few sentences of the memorial and couldn't help praising it.

He has been the head coach and has not seen such a pleasing report for a long time. Although the rhetoric of this report is not gorgeous, the words are appropriate and rhyme, and it is a pleasure to read every sentence.

This is not because Bai Gui cannot write articles without gorgeous rhetoric, but because military reports are mainly concise.

But concisely..., compared with the memorial written by a rude warrior, and the memorial written by Bai Gui, a scholar and champion who has learned eight-legged essays and poetry, there will obviously be a big gap.

When reading the report, Liu Qi raised his head and glanced at Bai Gui, then looked back at the report.

Fighting is so "reckless", but writing articles is so good.

The difference is really unbelievable.

"This Wan Yanliang is quite interesting."

"I want to imitate Cao Mengde and tell me not to hurt you..., which leads to a big mistake and a complete defeat."

Liu Qi chuckled after reading the report.

In the report, Bai Gui mentioned that when interrogating Wanyan Liang's personal guards afterwards, the personal guards mentioned this, which was also a major reason why Bai Gui was able to rush into the enemy camp.

"The Jin people are arrogant and have always looked down on us Song people."

"It is also common sense that Wanyan Liang suffered this disaster this time."

Bai Gui's face was strange for a moment, and then he said normally.

Wanyan Liang is indeed very similar to Cao Mengde. Although he does not have Cao Mengde's ability, he has all of Cao Mengde's hobbies. After Hailing Wang Wanyan Liang ascended the throne, he once said: "I have three ambitions. All national affairs are my first; I lead the army to attack distant places, capture their leaders and ask for punishment in front of me; I marry all the beauties in the world regardless of closeness, and I marry them."

Although Cao thief is dead, Cao thief's ambition will live forever!

"If his father Wanyan Zonggan was in charge of these ten thousand cavalry, it would not be like this."

"From this, it can be seen that the bravery of the Jin people will not last long."

Liu Qi nodded.

Wanyan Liang was a third-generation Jin, so he underestimated the enemy and rushed in. This allowed Bai Gui to "pick up" a big advantage. Of course, not everyone can pick up this big advantage. It can only be said that compared with the second-generation Jin such as Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu), the third-generation Jin of Wanyan Liang is much easier to fight.

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Liu Qi is a famous general.

After Bai Gui's vanguard army was supplemented by 1,500 elite cavalry from the Tabai Army, it has reached 4,000 cavalry. As a result, the mobility of the Western Army has greatly increased. Under Liu Qi's command, the Jin Army in Huaixi suffered repeated setbacks.

And Han Shizhong's main army in Huaidong was steady and steady. Although three or four states fell, they successfully dragged the main force of the Jin Army, the troops led by Jin Wushu, to Huaidong, and the two armies fell into a stalemate.

After several rounds of battles.

Bai Gui also became famous on the battlefield.

Became a master of military situation.

What is military situation?

Ban Gu said in "Han Shu·Yiwenzhi": "The situation is like thunder and wind, starting later and arriving first, leaving and joining, changing constantly, and defeating the enemy with lightness and speed."

In terms of tactics, when fighting, grasp the "movement" and "momentum", so as to break the army and kill the general, defeat the crowd and seize the land, and return after success, winning by force.

A few months later, Bai Gui accumulated great achievements. Because he was a civil official of the Tongzi Department and was young, he had achieved such great achievements. The Southern Song court also wanted to reward and publicize Bai Gui's military exploits to show that "the imperial power is granted by God" and "the destiny is in the Song Dynasty". Therefore, Bai Gui made military exploits several times and never fell. By July of the 18th year of Shaoxing, he had been promoted to the governor of the Northwest Road of Beijing for his merits.

The governor was a temporary military commander in the border areas of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was not often set up in the Northern Song Dynasty, but in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, more and more governors were set up. This official position was in charge of the military affairs of each state in this road.

Most of the northwestern route of Beijing is located in the territory of the Jin Kingdom. The remaining states were recaptured by Bai Gui as a vanguard in the past few months.

However, the governor was only sent by Bai Gui, and Bai Gui's rank was only the fifth-rank Ningyuan General.

"There is no strategic location to defend the northwestern route of Beijing..."

"The court issued an order, ordering us to quickly seize Tongguan and enter Qin territory."

In mid-July, Bai Gui summoned all his generals and said.

During these months of fighting, his troops became stronger and stronger, from the initial small army of Shengyi Army to a large army with a total of more than 35,000 people.

Among his more than 35,000 people, at least 7,000 people have horses, and the remaining infantry are also the elite assigned by the East Route Army and the West Route Army.

"I will follow the general's order."

The generals half-knelt and listened to the order.

After several months of fighting, they have been absolutely obedient to Bai Gui. Even though Bai Gui had not produced the troop transfer document, they subconsciously believed what Bai Gui said.

This is the charm of the military situation, the commander's will overwhelms everything.

"This general will lead the cavalry first..., and you will follow."

Bai Gui narrowed his eyes and said.

He did not want to do the temple in a snail shell only on the land of Huaihe River. There is no pass in the Central Plains to defend, and it will be useless to fight again, it will only be a stalemate.

Although Guanzhong is no longer as prosperous as it was in the Tang Dynasty, its terrain is more than enough to be the foundation of the kingship.

In addition..., the pass in Qin is useless to him.

Seizing Guanzhong, first, Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty is too far away from Qin, and it is out of reach, which can give him the opportunity to grow stronger. Second, using Guanzhong's flank to threaten the Central Plains, it can attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

After setting the strategy.

Half a day later, the army rushed to Tongguan in Qin.

Under Bai Gui's training, these 7,000 cavalrymen have achieved "fast as the wind, slow as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain."

Three days later, Bai Gui was the first to ascend Tongguan in one day.

After taking Tongguan.

Bai Gui recruited the people of Qin, spread the arsenal, and recruited them as soldiers, and got 30,000 infantrymen.

Seven days later.

The Jin people in Qin saw that the situation was hopeless and surrendered, and Bai Gui took over all the Qin.

He then used the soldiers in the northwest of Beijing as the backbone and recruited soldiers on a large scale, with an army of 150,000.

And... at this time, Bai Gui made a memorial.

"I have no prestige in Qin and cannot convince the people. I have heard of the story of Han Wangxin in the previous Han Dynasty. Please show me great grace and issue an order to enthrone me as the fake King of Qin to win the hearts of the Qin people..."

"I am terrified, and I hope my emperor will not blame me!"

This memorial, a layer of stone, stirred up a thousand layers of waves.

The whole world was in an uproar.

The Jin Emperor Wanyan Tan also sent people to persuade Bai Gui to surrender. If Bai Gui was willing to surrender to the Jin Dynasty, he would have a bright future and wealth. The King of Qin, who was not given by the Song Emperor, was given by the Jin Emperor.

Lin'an.

Zhao Gou was angry, "This noble man in vain, so ambitious. How old is he now? He just wants to plot to treason and usurp the throne. Damn it! Damn it!"

"Your Majesty, maybe this Bai family really wants to make his career as king and prime minister."

"This guy is reckless."

"In the past, Xiang Yu wanted to be the overlord, and the King of Han wanted to be the emperor... but this King of Qin might as well have given it to him. He is just a child's mind."

"Anyway, the Bai family is young and your Majesty has no heirs now. You can accept the Bai family as your adopted son and then canonize him as the false king of Qin. It is just and justified."

Qin Shi said.

Zhao Gou's eyes turned cold and he stared at Qin Shi fiercely. He was so frightened by the Jin that most people would not dare to mention the shame of having no heir. However, he thought of the support behind Qin Shi and sat down on the dragon chair. Shang sighed and said, "Tell Mr. Bai that I will accept him as my adopted son. There is no need to confer any false King of Qin on him. Just give him the title of King of Qin."

After that, he looked outside the Chui Gong Hall and said quietly: "Secretly detain the parents and clan of this son of the Bai family, don't let them escape."

Although famous generals such as Han Shizhong and Liu Qi also have a close relationship with Bai Gui, these people cannot be easily touched. He could kill Yue Fei, but he couldn't kill so many senior generals. He still understood the principle of drinking poison to quench thirst. Besides, the Bai family's "rebellion" had nothing to do with these senior generals.

However, not long after, the escort from the Imperial City Department came to report, "To inform my emperor, the Baigui relatives and the Tang family relatives all moved to other places five days ago. In Lin'an City, only the servants of the Bai family's cloth village are left."

"I... understand."

Zhao Gou paused for a while, waved his hand, and asked the Imperial Guard's escort to leave.

He didn't expect that Bai Gui's plan was so comprehensive. Also, Bai Gui's achievements suddenly rose. Although the families of these generals were monitored as a rule, without the emperor's order to pay special attention, the officials would just follow the rules, and the strictness of the supervision was not much higher.

"Unexpected, unexpected..."

"In the Eleventh Year of Shaoxing Boy Examination, I ordered you to sit on my butt, but you didn't want to. I didn't expect that you had different ambitions at a young age."

Zhao Gou shook his head and sighed.

At this time, he thought of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. In fact, Bai Gui suddenly emerged on the battlefield, and his fighting style was very similar to Xiang Yu's. Both were in a military situation, so most people compared Bai Gui to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu.

It's just that many people deliberately ignore one thing.

This matter was now conceived by Zhao.

In the past, when the First Emperor of Qin was touring the east, Xiang Yu said to the Emperor's chariot: "He can take his place."

At that time... Xiang Yu was young.

When the Song envoy came, Bai Gui heard this and directly refused to become Zhao Gou's adopted son.

"If you show your kindness, the angels won't believe it?"

Bai Gui prevaricates.

It's not that he insists on getting this "fake King of Qin", but that the current situation makes him unable to do so.

He had received a secret report from the Jin people that Zhao Gou wanted to call off his troops, and the Jin people ordered Qin Yi and others to unjustly kill him on "unfounded" charges.

A fierce general like him was difficult for the Jin people to deal with, but wasn't it difficult for the Song people to deal with him?

Therefore, Bai Gui could only "take risks" and capture the first army.

After he captured the land of Qin, he immediately asked for a "fake king of Qin". There are two purposes. One is to bargain, which means that I am still a minister of the Song Dynasty, but if the court disagrees, he, a minister of the Song Dynasty, may not be loyal. The other is to draw a clear line with the Song Dynasty. If he is still a partial general, then Regardless of whether it was Liu Qi or Han Shizhong, any of the marshals could easily take over his troops.

After dividing the boundaries and supporting the troops with self-respect, there is room for maneuver!

Without the threat of his relatives, Zhao Gou could only swallow this bitter pill.

So Zhao Gou considered himself Bai Gui's uncle and named Bai Gui's "nephew" as the false king of Qin.

Bai Gui accepted it as soon as he saw it was good, and agreed as the tide went.

At this time, the golden envoy came.

I want to bribe Bai Gui with a high official and a generous salary.

Without him, Qin directly threatened the entire Central Plains from the side of the large geographical plate. Without Qin, if you want to defend the Central Plains, you will have to put in much more effort than before.

At the same time, this is also the strategy of the Kingdom of Jin to temporarily appease the evil tiger Bai Gui.

"Commander Yue's slogan back then was to return the old capital and welcome the second emperor..."

"Now Emperor Song canonizes this general as his nephew."

"My general... I couldn't sleep last night. I missed the emperor Zhao Huan very much. I wonder if the envoy of Jin can allow the emperor to return his uncle to Qin. I, the general, will definitely provide for him day and night."

In Chang'an, in the military camp, Bai Gui cupped his hands and said with a smile.

"The King of Qin's filial piety moved heaven and earth."

"It is only natural for my nephew to welcome the emperor's uncle back. I will return to Beijing to report to Your Majesty."

When the Jin messenger heard this, he looked surprised, looked at Bai Gui deeply, and then smiled.