Chapter 185: North, Drastic Change! (6k)

"Haha, we were just joking."

Yang Chang reacted very quickly, picked up the wine glass and smiled and prevaricated: "You and I are old friends, how can we talk about business all the time? Second brother didn't enjoy the wine enough, if I don't treat you well, I'm afraid Brother Lei will not be happy."

"Brother Lei Ba? Do you have a personal relationship with him?"

"That's natural."

Seeing Ma Baoguo so excited, Yang Chang immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "In May, the Northern Expedition Army withdrew. He had come to Qinzhou with the army and helped me solve the traitor case. So, I was promoted to the Observation Envoy because of Brother Lei's contribution."

"We haven't seen each other for a long time since we parted ways in Da Nei. I didn't expect that he had come to Qinzhou."

The friendship between comrades is unforgettable. Ma Baoguo mentioned that Lei Ba's mood suddenly changed and he drank by himself without being persuaded.

Upon seeing this, Yang Chang winked at Wu Song, and then repeatedly toasted Ma Baoguo.

He poured down one cup after another. Since the former tiger-fighting hero became Yang Chang's deputy, he has transformed himself into the host at the table.

And ever since Yang Chang entered the Qi Refining Realm, his [Eye of Insight] has enabled his brothers to fully display their talents.

Wu Song was willing to drink the work wine. He was responsible for toasting with Ma Baoguo, while Yang Chang was standing beside him and asking questions by taking advantage of his drunkenness.

You don’t know until you try it, and there are hidden secrets after you try it.

Guo Yaoshi dominated Yanjing and could not be controlled. The imperial court was out of reach and had no deep understanding of this. As the highest military commander in the north, how could Tan Zhen tolerate having subordinates who were out of control?
Based on the information from Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du and others, Tan Zhen decided not to confront Guo Yaoshi head-on, but to raise a new army to balance the Ever-Victorious Army.

As the art of war says, make plans first before taking action.

Before submitting the memorial to the court, Tan Zhen sent people to various states in Hedong to conduct a survey and then reported to Huizong with relevant data.

Only with a specific number of recruits can the court arrange the corresponding equipment and supplies. This is also an opportunity for him to return a favor. Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu can take advantage of the preparation of military supplies to make money.

The Ever-Victorious Army had 50,000 regular soldiers, and 200,000 soldiers who were provided with food and surrendered.

Tan Zhen planned to recruit 60,000 to 100,000 soldiers. The recruiters he sent to various states in Hedong required at least 5,000 soldiers for small states and 8,000 to 10,000 for large states with large populations.

His idea is similar to that of later generations who started construction first and then established the project.

Determine the number of soldiers to be recruited in advance, and the army can be formed as soon as the imperial edict is issued.

Ma Baoguo was drunk and was helped by Wu Song back to the inn to rest.

Yang Chang was waiting at the door. Wu Song frowned as soon as he came out and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do, Sanlang? Since Tan Zhen has issued a death order, it is probably impossible to evade it. The only thing left is to start a rebellion directly, or to deal with this person secretly, which can delay for some time, and then let him recruit soldiers as ordered."

"We are not well prepared in all aspects. It is very dangerous to start a rebellion now. Ma Baoguo has done me a favor. It is not a hero to deal with him secretly. I can only let him recruit soldiers in Qinzhou."

"Okay, this is the safest way, but our Qinzhou's troops will be reduced by 5,000 for nothing."

"How can it be 5,000? I plan to ask him to recruit 10,000."

"What do you mean?"

Wu Song shook his head violently and thought to himself, I’m not drunk today, how come I hear Sanlang talking nonsense?
Yang Chang pulled Wu Song to a secluded place and said meaningfully, "Tan Zhen wants to recruit 60,000 to 100,000 soldiers. It is impossible to station all of them on the border. This will not only put pressure on supplies, but also make the situation tense. I guess at least half of them will be stationed in various states and concentrated on the front line when war breaks out."

"Saburo means"

"I want to leave 10,000 men in Qinzhou so that we can train them openly. The court will also provide them with armor and war horses."

"Wonderful."

Wu Song's eyes widened, and he said happily: "You are smart. If you can really handle it this way, Tan Zhen can recruit as many people as he wants."

"Too many would arouse suspicion. Counting our previous troops and the navy that the three Ruan brothers came to join us, the total force is close to 20,000. It should be about the same size as the army Liangshan had when they conquered Qingzhou."

"The Liangshan at that time was incomparable. The troops formed by the minions of each mountain were less than 10% armored. If these 10,000 people could be fully armored, their combat effectiveness would definitely be good."

"Yeah, I'll try to get more."

"Ok?"

Yang Chang was greedy for more and had a good plan.

The two brothers returned home together and saw that all the shops on the street had closed early as they were preparing for New Year-related matters.

Last year, Liangshan wiped out Tian Hu, and the entire Qinzhou was like an old tree in the wind, withering away with only a few leaves left. However, after only one year of governance by Yang Chang, the city regained its vitality.

It was already dark when I returned to the backyard. I saw that the east and west wing rooms were dark, and there was a lantern hanging in the main room on the north side.

Yang Chang originally wanted to meet Zhao Fujin first, thinking of asking her to plead with Ma Baoguo, but the news about the princess might be leaked, so he finally walked towards the main room.

Because of Yang Huang, Hu Sanniang has always loved Zhao Fujin and respected and cared for her at home.

It is Hu Sanniang's turn to be on duty tonight. If Yang Chang breaks the rules and goes to visit the West Wing, Hu Sanniang might just help him.

Forget it, men should solve their own problems.

After breakfast the next day, Tongdi City was still shrouded in mist.

Yang Chang walked slowly into the provincial government office and saw Ma Baoguo pacing anxiously, with Wu Song talking to him beside him.

It's really surprising that this guy could get up so early after being hungover last night.

"Well, Yang observed it."

"You're so late for observation. Did you drink too much last night?"

"haha, yes."

"Let's make it clear first. I won't drink today, so as not to get drunk and cause trouble."

"also."

Before Yang Chang finished speaking, Ma Baoguo came forward and said sternly, "The observation is very busy, so you don't have to accompany me every day. You can send someone to cooperate. It is estimated that it will take half a month to travel through the four counties of Qinzhou. Shall we start today?"

"The New Year is coming soon, and there's nothing to do. I'll keep you company today. I wonder where Tan Xuanfu will take the soldiers for training after he finishes recruiting them? It's freezing cold in Jin right now. If there's heavy snow in the northern mountains, it will be very difficult to march."

"Let's count the number of soldiers first. I'll report on the training later."

"learn."

Yang Chang nodded slightly, first made a gesture to Wu Song, then pointed to the gate and said, "Please come in."

"Oh"

Ma Baoguo murmured in response, then followed Yang Chang out of the mansion.

Soon, two horses were brought by the military academy, and Yang Chang took Ma Baoguo and rode out of the city and went straight to the barracks outside the city.

Ma Baoguo thought he was going to the village to recruit soldiers, but when he found out that his destination was actually the Qinzhou barracks, he stopped Yang Chang and reminded him, "Yang Guancha, why are we here? I have to return to Daizhou before the Lantern Festival, so don't waste time and go to post the notice to recruit soldiers."

"Brother Ma, don't be nervous. I promise I won't delay your mission. In winter, everyone gets up late, and there are not many people recruiting soldiers at this time. Let's watch the Qinzhou soldiers' training first."

“That’s fine.”

Seeing that Yang Chang was determined to do so, Ma Baoguo had no choice but to enter the camp.

Later, when they arrived at the parade ground, they saw Lin Chong organizing a drill. The soldiers were waving sticks and shouting loudly and powerfully.

"How is it? Is it still pleasing to the eye?"

"not bad."

"The general who performed the martial arts in front was Lin Chong, the instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards in Tokyo. Before he defeated Tian Hu and returned to Beijing, he didn't want to go south with the Song vanguard, so he stayed in Qinzhou and continued to be an instructor."

"Leopard Head Lin Chong? I've heard of his name."

After responding to Yang Chang, Ma Baoguo urged him to arrange for the recruitment of soldiers as soon as possible, otherwise it would affect his official duties.

"Brother Ma, don't worry, it won't affect you. Here, I've got the list."

"register?"

"Before the spring, the land was distributed and measured, and the population of each place has been counted. Brother Ma can recruit directly according to the list in each village."

"turn out to be."

Ma Baoguo suddenly realized and thought that Yang Chang had made preparations long ago, no wonder he was not in a hurry at all.

While he was looking at the list, Yang Changze whispered, "Brother Ma, if time is tight, I can send someone to recruit on your behalf. Can you make sure the number is 5,000 and no less?"

"Five thousand is the minimum requirement, you are here."

Ma Baoguo flipped through several books, silently calculated the final subtotal of each book, and finally showed a look of surprise: "Qinzhou has 24,500 young and strong people. I said 5,000 was too few before. It needs to be increased to 8,000 to be reasonable."

"Why are you raising the price?"

"I didn't raise the price temporarily. The real mission is 8,000. I took the actual situation in Qinzhou into consideration and applied for 5,000 as the standard. For the sake of the country's plan to recover Yanyun, I have to make the people of Qinzhou suffer."

"hiss"

Yang Chang took a deep breath and pretended to be very unwilling. Then he suddenly frowned and slapped his thigh, saying seriously: "Since it is for the country, I think 8,000 people are not enough, so let Brother Ma recruit 10,000 soldiers and then go back to report!"

"really?"

"A man's word is worth a thousand gold. Yang Chang keeps his word."

"Thank you very much."

Ma Baoguo was overjoyed and shook Yang Chang's arm.

Yang Chang frowned and asked again, "Qinzhou suffered an ice disaster last year. These 10,000 people are half of the young and strong men in the counties. Will they be paid when they join the army? Will they also be given weapons and armor?"

"Don't worry too much. They will be treated very well. As the commander-in-chief, will Tan Xuanfu mistreat his new army?"

"That's right. When will the new recruits go north? It's freezing cold and it's inconvenient to travel. Do you want us to help train them?"

"I estimate that after the beginning of next spring, I will have to trouble Yang Guancha to train in Qinzhou first. I will report to Tan Xuanfu when I return and then notify you when to go north to Daizhou."

After listening to Ma Baoguo's story, Yang Chang finally felt relieved. It turned out to be the same information he got after drinking.

After looking at the list of young and strong men, Ma Baoguo no longer urged Yang Chang to take him to the countryside to recruit soldiers, but watched Lin Chong's military training with great interest.

Yang Chang took the opportunity to say: "Coach Lin is particularly good at horse fighting, so we can equip him with more war horses."

"Yes." Ma Baoguo nodded in response: "I will suggest this to Tan Xuanfu. I thought it would be very rushed to come to Qinzhou, but I didn't expect Yang Guancha to do things in an orderly manner. He is simply a role model for other states in Hedong."

"Brother Ma, please don't praise me. I don't seek credit for what I do, but I seek to avoid mistakes." "You should praise me when I should. If you have Tan Xuanfu backing you up, you don't have to worry about what others say."

Ma Baoguo comforted him, and Yang Chang seemed deeply moved. He clasped his fists and said, "It's all thanks to Brother Ma's kind words. Yang Chang has no way to repay you. By the way, Qinzhou has 5,000 garrison troops, which can be used as new troops when necessary, but less than 20% of them are armored. If they can be equipped with enough armor, they can fight better than the newly recruited soldiers. If it is convenient for Brother Ma to return to Daizhou this time, you can make this suggestion to Tan Xuanfu."

"Great! This is a great idea."

Ma Baoguo clapped his hands and laughed, saying that he would definitely make suggestions when he returned to Daizhou. He handed the task of recruiting soldiers to Yang Chang, then got drunk for two days in Qinzhou and returned with his entourage in great pleasure.

This little episode before the New Year added festive joy to Yang Chang.

Being able to get something for nothing and recruit and train soldiers openly, he naturally couldn't miss the opportunity to take advantage of Tan Gan Datou. However, he was not in a hurry to recruit soldiers and wanted to wait until he had definite news.

If we recruit 10,000 men quickly, they will eat the food in the government warehouse in advance.

In the early stages of starting a business, you need to be careful with your spending and save as much as you can.

In the blink of an eye, winter passed and spring came. In March of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Ma Baoguo was ordered to go to Qinzhou again.

Prior to this, Tan Zhen had reported to Huizong that "the medicine master was difficult to tame" and requested to recruit soldiers from various states in Hedong to establish a "Yisheng Army" to control the Changsheng Army.

Zhao Ji was very kind to Guo Yaoshi and ignored all previous reports about him. Although he had asked Su Yuanjing for advice last year, considering that he needed to use Guo Yaoshi to guard against the remnants of Liao, the matter was slowly delayed until now.

The approval of the establishment of the Yisheng Army was not due to Tan Zhen's careful planning, but was pushed to this point by the situation.

Last year, Zhang Jue rebelled against Jin and surrendered to Song, but was ambushed by Jin troops when he was leaving the city to receive an imperial edict. He was immediately separated from his troops in the city. In desperation, he fled to Yanjing to seek asylum. Huizong's imperial edict was also intercepted by the pursuing Jin soldiers while he was fleeing.

Because the Jin Kingdom was in the process of transferring power, there was no commander-in-chief at the front to quell the rebellion, and they were unable to capture the solid Pingzhou for a while. Therefore, even though they knew that the Song Dynasty had recruited Zhang Jue, they did not send anyone to hold him accountable or demand the surrender of the general.

Even before the New Year, the Jin Kingdom's "envoys to congratulate the New Year" and "envoys to express condolences" came to Bian Jing to pay homage to Huizong one after another, but neither of them mentioned the matter of Zhang Jue in Pingzhou.

(He Zhengdan means to wish a happy new year, and to announce Aguda's death. According to the etiquette of diplomatic relations, the Song Dynasty also had to send envoys to return gifts and envoys to express condolences to the Jin Dynasty.)
In the process of swallowing up Liao, the Jin people developed a strategy of focusing on military affairs and supplementing them with diplomacy, so they were very tolerant of the Pingzhou incident.

Only when we have a firm foothold in the military can we have the confidence to conduct diplomatic negotiations.

At the end of the year, Oliebu (Wanyan Zongmou) returned to the front line in Pingzhou. The Jin Emperor Wuqimai ordered him and Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan) to be the prime ministers of foreign military affairs. He dispatched troops to besiege for several months and finally captured the three states of Ying, Luan and Ping. Then he sent a military letter demanding that Zhang Jue and other rebel generals who had fled to the Song territory be sent back in accordance with the alliance treaty of the Great Song Dynasty.

From the time Zhang Jue was defeated and fled to Yanjing to the time Wu Li failed to seize the three states of Ying, Luan and Ping, the time span was about half a year.

During this period, the Song army in Yanshan Prefecture wanted to help but was unable to. In order to pretend not to violate the alliance, Wang Anzhong even had to be the scapegoat and provide assistance to Wuliebu who sent people to ask for military supplies.

So when the Jin army's military order was delivered to Yanjing, Wang Anzhong had no choice but to send someone on horseback to ask Huizong for instructions.

Huizong knew he was in the wrong, but he could not really send Zhang Jue back because Zhang Jue was hiding in Guo Yaoshi's army. So, according to Cai You's plan of offering a fake head, he asked Wang Anzhong to delay the attack first, and then use a fake head to impersonate him if the delay failed.

Later, the plan was discovered by the Jin people, and the two sides fought for several months. Zhao Ji had no choice but to give Wang Anzhong a secret order, ordering him to kill Zhang Jue and give an account to the Jin people.

Guo Yaoshi was also a surrendered general of the Liao people. Zhao Ji was worried that killing Zhang Jue would cause great grief to the others, so he remembered that many people had reported Zhang Jue and he had not fulfilled his duties as a subject, and that he had become a powerful figure in Yanshan.

Therefore, he summoned Cai You, Wang Fu and other ministers to discuss the matter, and finally decided to appoint Guo Yaoshi as the Grand Marshal to lure him into the capital. Unfortunately, Guo Yaoshi did not come, saying that there were thieves causing chaos in Yanshan (Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu).

It was not until this moment that Zhao Ji became alert.

Tan Zhen's memorial came at the right time. Zhao Ji not only agreed to form the "Yisheng Army", but also asked Wang Fu and others to fully cooperate as needed and make the new army receive better treatment than the Changsheng Army.

When Ma Baoguo returned to Qinzhou, the tens of thousands of young and strong men that Yang Chang had promised were still working in the fields.

This is like when Teacher Ma assigned homework for the winter vacation, but Student Yang didn't do a single word of it when school started.

Captain Yang was not panicked at the time. These militiamen had undergone rotation training last year and could be assembled very quickly.

He used the excuse of busy spring farming season to ask everyone to return home to help with their families. He immediately asked Sun An and Lu Zhishen to go to the county and agreed to gather in Tongdi within three days.

Ma Baoguo arrived on the ninth day of March. By the morning of the twelfth day, he could no longer sit still and rushed to the military camp outside the city to wait early. Yang Changze accompanied him to bask in the sun on the parade ground.

Around noon, the five generals Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Sun An, Hu Cheng and Ye Qing, each with two thousand men, entered the parade ground from three directions in an orderly formation.

Ma Baoguo smiled happily, stood up and walked to the front of the stage to watch, thinking that the team was quite orderly and it seemed that they had already undergone preliminary training.

Yang observed that I was right, it is trustworthy!

Yang Chang followed and was about to praise himself when suddenly the wooden platform shook violently. He was able to maintain his balance with the help of the [Centipede Step], but Ma Baoguo was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

"Is the momentum so strong? It can even shake the earth and mountains."

Ma Baoguo bounced up and his body was shaken from side to side again.

"careful!"

When Yang Chang saw the tea bowl on the stage being shaken to the ground, he immediately realized that an earthquake had occurred, and the violent shaking showed that it was of considerable intensity. He immediately activated the [Centipede Step], took a few steps to Ma Baoguo's side, and picked him up with one hand and jumped off the front stage of the training ground.

By then the earthquake waves had dissipated and Ma Baoguo still didn't know what had happened. He scratched his head and replied awkwardly: "The platform was too fragile. I was careless just now and didn't dodge."

"That was a dragon flipping over!"

"What? An earth dragon flipping over?"

Ma Baoguo swallowed his saliva. He was just embarrassed about the fall of the imperial master, but at this moment he immediately forgot about the embarrassing incident.

Lin Chong also rushed over from not far away, and reported with a serious face: "Observation, the earth dragon just turned over, it must be quite powerful!"

"The earthquake was very strong and I don't know if there were any casualties."

Yang Chang frowned and looked at Ma Baoguo coldly, then immediately instructed Lin Chong: "Tell the soldiers behind to stay away from entering the field, and have the generals come to see me immediately."

"Yes!"

Lin Chong clasped his fists and left resolutely.

At this time, a corner of the front stage of the parade ground collapsed. Yang Chang pointed to the collapsed location and said to Ma Baoguo: "Brother Ma, the earth dragon just turned over so violently that we don't know where the center is. These 10,000 people may not be able to review today. I will send them to various counties and towns to carry out rescue. Please understand."

"okay."

Ma Baoguo had no experience in disaster relief, so he could only listen to what Director Yang said.

Afterwards, all the generals came forward. Yang Chang ordered Wu Song and Lu Zhishen to be responsible for disaster relief in Tongdi, Sun An led his troops to Wuxiang County, Hu Cheng led his troops to Qinyuan, and Ye Qing led his troops to Mianshang. They separately counted the disaster situation and dealt with it.

As for Lin Chong and the three Ruan troops, they served as mobile forces to provide support to various locations.

When an earthquake occurred, the ancient people were very superstitious, so the residents of Tongdi were inevitably panicked.

Yang Chang ordered Xiao Rang to issue a notice to reassure the people, and then he personally rode a horse and patrolled the city fully armed, so that order was quickly restored in Tongdi.

At the turn of the year, Yang Chang returned to the provincial capital.

Wu Song and Lu Zhishen acted quickly and calculated the damage to Tongdi: more than ten houses collapsed, more than forty houses became dangerous, three people died and fifteen people were injured, and dozens of cattle and sheep were destroyed.
Yang Chang ordered the army to continue disaster relief and the provincial government to urgently allocate money and food for relief. Xiao Rang and Yang Jian continued to compile disaster data, and once the data was compiled, they wrote a report and submitted it to the court.

Ma Baoguo watched Yang Chang giving orders and accompanied him patrolling the streets for two hours. He could not help but sigh that Yang Chang was calm and composed in handling matters. He was indeed a hero who could accomplish great things. No wonder the princess favored him.

The prejudices that I had in my mind before were also changed because of this earthquake.

By the time relevant disaster relief arrangements were made, the sky had already turned dark.

Yang Chang then invited Ma Baoguo to dinner at the provincial capital, and took the opportunity to propose at the table: "Brother Ma, Qinzhou was suddenly hit by a disaster, and the newly recruited Yisheng Army needs to provide disaster relief. They can't go north with you to Daizhou for the time being. How about sending them directly to Daizhou after the weapons and horses are dispatched and Coach Lin has trained them fully?"

"this."

"How about we, Qinzhou, take care of the food and fodder for the next few months?"

"Okay, this happened suddenly, I'll go back and ask for instructions first."

Ma Baoguo didn't dare to say it definitely, but he believed in his heart that Tan Zhen would definitely agree.

Before leaving the posthouse that night, Yang Chang told Ma Baoguo not to sleep too deeply at night, just as he had instructed Wu Song and Lu Zhishen to tell the people, and to run to an open place if there were any aftershocks.

That night, there were indeed two aftershocks. Although the shaking was much weaker than during the day, it still woke Ma Baoguo up.

Ma Baoguo took shelter in the courtyard of the post house and overheard several post officials whispering.

"Now you know, right? Yang Guancha is not an ordinary person!"

"That's true. He can even predict earthquakes at night. Maybe he is the reincarnation of an immortal."

"What do you mean by maybe? Do you know his nickname? Guangming Tianzun, is that something that ordinary people can call him? I heard that Yang Guancha didn't have a nickname before, but he performed a ritual in Liangshan and a heavenly book descended, which had this honorific title engraved on it."

"Hiss, that's how it is."

Ma Baoguo agreed with this and had a better impression of Yang Chang. However, this was not something he had predicted in advance, but rather that Yang Chang had developed the habit of dealing with things after experiencing them many times in another world.

On March 14, Qinzhou was still busy with disaster relief, and Ma Baoguo bid farewell and returned to Daizhou.

In fact, although the earthquake was strong at that time, the population density and housing structure were not as good as those in later generations, and the treatment was timely, resulting in the disaster being not as serious as reported.

Yang Chang deliberately exaggerated the matter to Ma Baoguo, saying that he used the earthquake to keep the new army. He had thought of many reasons to delay the matter before, but none of them was as reasonable as the earthquake.

It was only when Ma Baoguo passed through Taiyuan and Xinzhou that he learned that the two places also felt different earthquakes.

Tan Zhen had received earthquake reports from many states. Not only did he agree with Yang Chang's proposal, he also ordered the Yisheng Army to be settled and trained in Luzhou, Zezhou, Pingyang and other places in the south, and then transferred to the front line when there were combat missions. The Xuanfu Division would send people to patrol from time to time.

At this point, Yang Chang began to blatantly "grow", and the Yisheng Army located near Daizhou, due to the court's preferential policies, actually attracted many Changsheng Army soldiers to defect, which made the instigator Tan Zhen very proud.

A good mood is like the weather, it comes and goes quickly.

In late March, envoys from the Jin Kingdom went to Daizhou to find Tan Zhen and demanded that Zhao Liangsi fulfill his promise of providing 200,000 shi of grain and fodder during the handover between the Song and Jin Kingdoms in Yanjing.

In order to recover Yanjing at that time, Zhao Liangsi had to agree to the Jin Kingdom's temporary offer. Song Huizong was also aware of this, but Tan Zhen, who succeeded Tong Guan, was not aware of it.

An earthquake occurred near Luoyang more than ten days ago, affecting many places in Hedong and Shaanxi.

Tan Zhen really wanted to raise grain but couldn't. In addition, the Jin envoy was looking for trouble with him by using verbal promises. He was confident that he had 70,000 to 80,000 Yisheng troops under his command, so he rejected the other party very firmly.

A few days after sending away the Jin envoy, Tan Zhen prepared to send military supervisors to various states and transfer the Yisheng Army to the border to defend.

While the order to mobilize troops was still on the way, the Kingdom of Jin sent an envoy to Daizhou in mid-April, expressing its intention to hand over Wuzhou to the Song Dynasty.

Tan Zhen once again felt the benefits of being strong, so he ordered the Yisheng Army to go to Ninghua, Kelan, Baode, and Yuzhou to ensure that Wuzhou could be recovered smoothly. (Wuzhou is located west of Shuozhou)

This time, Yang Chang used the excuse that Qinzhou was still in the process of disaster relief and delayed the summons for the military supervisor and refused to obey orders.

The Xijing commander-in-chief Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan), who had disappeared for half a year, had secretly arrived in Yunzhong at the beginning of the year to mobilize deployment. Demanding food and handing over Wuzhou were his strategies.

In early May, while Tan Zhen's attention was on Wuzhou and his main forces were concentrated near Wuzhou, Nianhan asked the envoys to negotiate in a perfunctory manner, while he personally led the army to attack Wei, Ying and Shuo states.

Drastic changes in the North!
(End of this chapter)