Chapter 30 Soldiers send to Jeju
The sudden arrival of the Jeju envoy made King Kang and the generals below panic again. The envoy was covered in wounds and begged King Kang to lead his troops to rescue Jeju. King Kang came to ask about the situation in Jeju. The envoy said: "I don't know what happened there. Two days ago, the Jin soldiers outside Jeju City suddenly pushed their troops forward for two miles, and then besieged Jeju from four gates. King Ji Qiansui led the soldiers and civilians in the city to resist to the death. Jeju is at stake. At present, Jeju is in danger. I hope Prince Kang will send troops to Jeju to rescue quickly!"
After hearing this, King Kang and the generals expressed their confusion about the sudden actions of the Jin people. A few days ago, the Jin soldiers had been siege against Jeju without fighting, so why did they suddenly order the siege? Could it be that Wanyan Xie could not sit still when he learned that the western front had captured Luoyang?
Liu Yixuan said to King Kang: "Prince, it seems that the Jin soldiers are going to make big moves. They surrounded Jeju in the past to repel reinforcements from Qingzhou and Yanzhou first, and then attack Jeju. Now Wanyan Xie learned that Wanyan Zongwang had won on the Western Front and would definitely take Jeju as soon as possible. Once Jeju falls, the two armies of the Jin Kingdom can march straight into the city of Bianliang."
After hearing this, King Kang also felt that what Liu Yixuan said was reasonable, so he asked, "In your opinion, how should we deal with it?"
Liu Yixuan was silent for a moment, carefully measured the situation of the enemy and me in Shandong, bit his lips gently and said to King Kang: "Prince, in the eyes of the Mo General, Jeju City cannot be defended. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between King Ji and the Jin soldiers, we simply did not stop and directly broke through the encirclement of the Jin soldiers with our troops, and then let King Ji lead his troops out of the city to meet us."
"What? What do you mean to let King Ji abandon the city and escape? I'm afraid this is inappropriate."
Liu Yixuan said: "What's wrong? It's the four princes who are in charge of the Great Song Dynasty now. King Su has been captured by the Jin people. If King Ji falls into the hands of the Jin soldiers again, who will help the emperor command the army of the Song Dynasty? If King Ji makes a mistake or is also captured by the Jin soldiers, then they will use the two princes to threaten the emperor. Once the emperor is concerned about brotherhood, he will not have the courage and confidence to fight the Jin people in a decisive battle! Prince, if the city is lost, you can take it back, but if the person is gone, there will be nothing!"
After hearing this, King Kang hesitated and thoughtful, saying, "A few days ago, you said that you would let King Ji defend the city. Why did you want him to abandon the city and leave today?"
Liu Yixuan said: "It's time and time. Before, I thought that although the army and horses of the Song Dynasty were not good at attacking, they could retreat and defend. But Luoyang would be lost so soon! Once the Jin soldiers took Luoyang, the capital would be dangerous. If we still put our army in Shandong and entangled with the Jin soldiers, the capital would be an empty city. Instead of scattering the troops in various places, it would be better to temporarily give up the outside line and let King Ji take the Jeju soldiers to retreat to the capital area. Judging from the current situation, the target of the Jin soldiers is definitely not Jeju and Luoyang, but Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty. We can only 'abandon the car to protect the commander', give up Jeju and retreat to Bianliang. If our vitality can be preserved to the greatest extent, there may be a turning point."
King Kang heard him say "maybe there is a turning point", but he didn't know what he meant, because in Liu Yixuan's eyes, he had already known the end of the Song Dynasty. The Jin soldiers' journey south this time was unstoppable. Instead of letting King Ji take tens of thousands of soldiers here to hold on, it would be better to keep these soldiers and horses. As the saying goes, staying green mountains is not afraid of burning firewood. If King Ji can bring these soldiers to the capital to replenish the defense power of the capital, then the Jin soldiers would not have captured the capital so easily. Maybe the two emperors Hui and Qin also have the opportunity to escape in the chaos, and there is no need to end up with the miserable end of the royal family being captured.
King Kang came to ask the other generals again, "Dear generals, what do you think about this matter?"
The generals did not pay attention and expressed their willingness to obey King Kang's orders. Seeing that King Ji was trapped, the envoy from Jeju begged again. If he did not send troops to rescue him, it seemed unreasonable. So he said, "Okay, since Jeju is in trouble, we are sent by the Lord to rescue Jeju. How can we sit still here? I will pass on the orders of my generals, leaving two thousand troops to station in Dongping, and the rest gathered on the spot and headed towards Jeju quickly!"
After hearing the general order, everyone said that the Jeju envoy quickly knelt down and thanked him. At this time, Liu Yixuan asked again: "Prince, Sun Wenhu has promised to bring his men to Dongping to join us. We are now raising an army to rescue Jeju. Will anyone send him a message?"
King Kang slapped his head and said, "That's right, why did I forget this matter! Who, who is that guy?"
He Mao went up to the foreword and said, "I will listen to the orders of the prince."
Kang Wang said: "You have to let you go to Sun Wenhu again. If you go and tell Sun Wenhu, you will say that I have taken the army to rescue Jiju, and asked him to pack up his things and go to Dongping to rest. His team has just fought with the Jin soldiers, so don't follow me north for the time being. Just guard Dongping City for me!"
"Yes, I will definitely bring the prince's words to you!" After that, he left the lobby and delivered a letter.
King Kang took the arrow from the arrow box and handed it to Ma Menglong, Xiang Jinkui and Liu Hao, and asked them to count their own troops and gather at the north gate after lunch.
As the saying goes, military situation is urgent and urgent. After the Song army's soldiers had used the battle meal, they gathered at the northern gate of Dongping. Huang Wenyuan, deputy envoy of Dongping Tuanzheng, came to see off his farewell with the county magistrate. Liu Yixuan arranged for Huang Wenyuan: "Huang Tuanzheng, Prince Kang has already allowed you to be the acting county magistrate of Dongping County. You have to be the good parent official with your heart, do you know?"
Huang Wenyuan looked bitter and sighed: "Well, I am not a parent official, I am just a grandson official. Although Prince Kang has left, the Grandpa Sun from Yanzhou is coming again. Once he comes, I have to serve him!"
Liu Yixuan smiled at him and said, "Come on, just be content. Don't behave like a good person if you get it cheap! If you don't want to be this county magistrate, I will just look for someone else!"
"No, no, no, the villain is talking about it, why are you taking it seriously?" Huang Wenyuan said with a smile.
"Let me know. This time we go to Jeju to fight, you have to guard the city well. Prince Kang left you two thousand soldiers and horses. You must carefully monitor the movements of the Jin soldiers, especially the Jin soldiers in Ningyang. Yesterday, Wanyan Gillie fled to Ningyang. I was worried that he would make a comeback to attack our Dongping. Fortunately, Sun Wenhu's troops will come to Dongping soon. You just need to assist him in defending the city well. If we can win this battle, you will have your credit. Have you remembered it?"
"I have written it down, I have written it down. The little one will do everything according to Mr. Liu's arrangement." He said again: "I wish you and all the generals a victory, successfully repel the Jin soldiers, and successfully rescue Jeju!"
"This is still like a sentence! Okay, I won't talk to you anymore!" After that, Liu Yixuan turned over and went to the city gate to see King Kang.
Chapter completed!