Just when Guan Sheng was waiting for the Zhao and Song Dynasties to send him a navy, the Zhao and Song Dynasties were shaken again.

And this time the shock was far more violent than the last time.

Among them, there must be a reason why Jiang Hongfei captured the Daming Mansion and put all the dignitaries, wealthy families, ministers and officials of the Daming Mansion to public trial, killing them to death, ransacking their homes, and evacuating the entire Daming Mansion.

But this is actually not the main reason.

You know, after Liangshan's army looted Daming Mansion, they were "beaten" and ran away by Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou.

yes.

After that, Liangshan's army took advantage of Kaide Mansion's weakness and went to Kaide Mansion to burn, kill and loot.

However, in the eyes of Zhao Ji and his ministers, since Du Chong was able to defeat the Liangshan Army with only the Cangzhou soldiers, it means that Liang Zhongshu and Yang Guishan were just wine bags and rice bags, and it also means that Jiang Hongfei and Shui Bo Liangshan are nothing to worry about.

Of course, this is not only because Du Chong "defeated" Jiang Hongfei, but also because in the eyes of Zhao Ji and his ministers, Jiang Hongfei and Shuibo Liangshan had narrow vision. Whether they robbed Daming Mansion or Kaide Mansion, they were just for money, not for money. There is nothing to be afraid of if you want to attack cities and seize ponds, raise troops to build a country, and overthrow the rule of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

But Tian Hu and Wang Qing are different.

Before Wang Qing defeated Cai You, Wang Qing had already set up a banner to recruit troops, bought horses to recruit troops, and stored grass and grain. All the villages and towns near and far where Fangshan was located were plundered, and later he defeated the neighboring Shangjin County, Zhushan County, and Yunxiang County. It didn't take long for him to break through the three cities of Nanfeng Mansion again, and Wang Qing took them all for himself.

After defeating Cai You, Wang Qing became more powerful and began to send his troops southward.

Li Zhu was also from Jingnan, so he disguised himself as a star and entered the city. He secretly picked up the evil young villains and cooperated with the outside to attack the Jingnan city.

So far, Wang Qing has occupied two military states and dozens of counties.

Later, Wang Qing claimed to be the "King of Chu", and there were gangsters and strongmen who came to join forces...

Tian Hu's footsteps were faster than Wang Qing's. When Jiang Hongfei was making trouble in Hebei and attracted all the officers and soldiers to Daming Mansion, Tian Hu, who had received the support of Jiang Hongfei's large number of soldiers, moved towards Fenyang with lightning speed. Huge expansion.

At that time, there were also several officers who led some soldiers and horses to chase Tian Hu.

But these Song troops never dared to step forward. They just followed behind them, running east and west, bluffing, and even killing good people and taking credit.

As a result, the local people became increasingly resentful of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and instead followed Tian Hu to avoid the officers and soldiers.

In just one month, in addition to Weisheng, Tian Hu occupied Fenyang and more than twenty counties in the two states.

The key point is that Tian Hu was more courageous than Wang Qing. He actually built a palace in Fenyang, installed civil and military officials, internal ministers and external generals, dominated one side, and called himself King of Jin.

Nowadays, Tian Hu's soldiers are strong and powerful, occupying a large territory in the east of the river with steep mountains and rivers.

Compared with Tian Hu and Wang Qing, who were bold enough to proclaim themselves kings, build palaces, appoint officials and generals, and establish new political power, Jiang Hongfei, who just robbed two states and confiscated their property and then ran back to the small puddle in Liangshanbo, was not at all. Worth mentioning.

Some ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasty even felt that the reason why Jiang Hongfei did not claim the throne like Tian Hu and Wang Qing was because he wanted the Zhao and Song Dynasty to recruit him. They could use the strategy of driving away tigers and swallowing wolves to recruit Jiang Hongfei and Liangshan heroes. , randomly give Jiang Hongfei and Liangshan heroes some official positions, and let Jiang Hongfei lead the Liangshan heroes to destroy Tian Hu and Wang Qing.

If nothing else happens at the same time, it is really possible that Zhao Ji and his ministers will go to recruit An Shuibo Liangshan, and then use this strategy to drive away tigers and swallow wolves.

But...

Not long ago, under the orders of Zhao Ji and his ministers, in the name of buying horses, he actually went to discuss the horse affairs of uniting the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun. After going through many twists and turns, he arrived at Azhichuan (probably near the Lalin River in Songyuan, Jilin).

Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda was surprised by Ma Zheng's arrival. He never thought that the Zhao and Song Dynasties would send people across the sea to contact their Jin country.

Wanyan Aguda summoned Wanyan Sagai, Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin, Yang Pu and other senior officials of the Jin Kingdom for a meeting in his emperor's village to discuss how to deal with this matter?

None of the Jin Kingdom's senior officials were mentally prepared for this, and finally decided to send Wanyan Zonghan to contact Ma Zheng first to understand the situation.

Wanyan Zonghan then came to Ma Zheng's residence and asked bluntly: "Are you sent by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty? What is the purpose of your coming?"

Ma Zhengxiang, who is this person? He didn't say a word of greeting or introduce himself. He just started interrogating me as soon as they met. How could he be so rude?

But Ma Zheng, who wanted to succeed, still replied: "We were sent by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. In the past, our families had contact with each other. When I was in the imperial court of Taizu, I sent envoys to your land many times to buy horses. Now I am in the imperial court of the emperor. I heard that your dynasty captured more than 50 Khitan cities, and I want to restore the former friendly relations with your dynasty. The Liao Kingdom is now angry and resentful, and our dynasty also wants to send troops to conquer, save lives, and restore our old land. We are willing to work with your dynasty to conquer the Liao Dynasty. I This time I came to explore the road first and did not bring my credentials. If you agree to cooperate, our DPRK will officially send an envoy here."

After Wanyan Zonghan figured out Ma Zheng's intention, he quickly went to report Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Agu inquired about it and was very happy, but he didn't quite believe it: "The Song Dynasty is also going to conquer the Liao Dynasty? Don't they have an alliance between the two countries?"

Yang Pu explained: "There is indeed an covenant between Song and Liao. It was signed by Song Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong more than a hundred years ago. That covenant was a bit humiliating for the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had to give Liao coins every year. , about half a million taels a year, which is a lot of money. If the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, they can save this money."

Wanyan Wu Qimai said: "They didn't bring their credentials. Who knows whether what they said is true or false?"

Wanyan Zonghan said: "It doesn't look like it's fake. If it's fake, what is their purpose?"

Wanyan Xiyin suggested: "I think my family can send someone with credentials to go to the Song Dynasty with them as an envoy. One is to distinguish the true from the false, and the other is to check the reality of the Song Dynasty."

A few days later, Wanyan Aguda sent Bohai native Li Shanqing, Jurchen Xiaosanduo and Boda as envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasty. They brought letters of credence and gifts and followed Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing back to the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

In this way, the Song and Jin countries were completely in contact, and the matter of uniting with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun was officially put on the agenda.

Today, the Jin envoy is in the post house in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

If at this time, the Zhao and Song Dynasty went to suppress the bandits with great fanfare, the Jin envoy might know about it and take the news to the Jin Kingdom.

In this way, firstly, it will make the Jin people look down on the Zhao and Song dynasties, and secondly, it will destroy the plan that is about to succeed, to unite the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, which Zhao Ji and his ministers have been planning for many years.

It is not difficult to see from this that Zhao Ji and his ministers still don't care about Shuibo Liangshan, or even Tian Hu and Wang Qing.

In fact, it is not surprising that Zhao Jijun and his ministers were so careless.

You must know that there were uprisings in the Song Dynasty, which happened one after another, and their number was unprecedented.

——According to historical records, there were 433 uprisings in more than 300 years before and after the Song Dynasty, with an average of 1.4 uprisings a year.

It can be seen that Zhao Ji and his ministers have really seen too many water bandits like Jiang Hongfei, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing.

Therefore, in the view of Zhao Ji and his ministers, scabies diseases like Jiang Hongfei, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing must not be allowed to affect their plan to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun.

When the important task of recovering Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is successful, Jiang Hongfei, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing will be wiped out if they are easy to wipe out. If they are not easy to wipe out, they will be given small official positions and recruited. This is how they have been in the Zhao and Song Dynasty for two hundred years. Very familiar.

As a result, the fire of suppressing bandits that had just been ignited quickly died down. Even the humiliated Cai Jing and Cai You did not dare to hold on to the matter any longer.

In this case, Guan Sheng would be in tragedy.

Why?

Just because the Zhao and Song Dynasties had no navy at all.

Of course you can't say that.

How could such a large dynasty not have a navy?

But in fact, it is almost the same as not having it.

First of all, the two largest and most capable naval forces in the Zhao and Song Dynasties were the Dengzhou Navy, namely: Ping Haijun and Cheng Haijun.

But even these two naval armies actually don't have many people or ships - the two together have less than 2,000 men, and there are not many ships.

Some people may not give up and want to ask, in the huge Zhao and Song dynasties, there is no other naval army of any size?

If you insist, there is actually one more.

This naval force is the Gyeonggi Navy.

But this bathtub water army has long been completely reduced to an entertainment item for dignitaries to watch. When the season comes every year, the emperor of the Zhao and Song Dynasties will personally go to the fifth hall of Jinmingchi Water Center and take his place, watching the Gyeonggi water army surrounding him. Hard work.

The ever-changing long snake formations, rectangular formations and circular formations, as well as the "soldiers" of the Gyeonggi navy driving ships covered with colorful strips, performed by burning the preset imaginary enemy ships with rockets and fire ships, looked very ornamental. .

The people in Tokyo's Bianliang City do not pay attention to its practical role, and only want to achieve the best visual effect under the fluttering colorful flags.

This is the entire navy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

actually--

The reason why the naval forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasty became like this is because after the founding of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, there were no water wars to fight - a hundred years ago, the Zhao and Song Dynasty mainly fought with the Liao Kingdom in the Yanshan area and Hebei area. beat. After that, they mainly fought against Xixia in the Hengshan area. None of them require the participation of naval forces, especially the latter. Pure mountain operations do not even require naval forces to transport food.

As a result, except for the Dengzhou Navy and the Gyeonggi Navy, the other naval forces were either completely abolished or only retained a very small establishment, that is, three to five boats and thirty to fifty people. Scattered in the southern region, there is nothing.

In this case, Guan Sheng and the Privy Council asked for the navy. Where could Tong Guan go to steal it for him?

The key is that the Jin envoy is in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and the Gyeonggi navy has to perform reserved performances for the Jin envoy. After a while, the Jin envoy has to return to the Jin Kingdom from Dengzhou, and the Dengzhou navy is needed to send him off. Zhao Song The only two naval forces in the dynasty cannot be moved.

Guan Sheng knew nothing about this. He was still waiting for the Zhao and Song court to send him a navy, just like Wang Fu Shi.

Until Jiang Hongfei led the Liangshan army to triumph in Kaide Mansion for Tian Dao...

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