Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

After the management of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Taiyuan once became a powerful city in the north. From Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, to Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, they were defeated here many times. No matter how many times they fought, no one was captured, and basically only Taiyuan City remained. of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Then, the God of Gaolianghe took action.

The Gaoliang River Chariot God relied on the absolute advantage of national strength and the ignorance of the late Han Dynasty monarch to capture the heroic city of Taiyuan. In order to prevent anyone from using the heroic city to separatist power, Taiyuan was demolished...

Later, because the location of this area was too important, a small Taiyuan City was built.

If Zhao Er had not demolished the city of Taiyuan back then, in the subsequent battle of the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Zhen would have defended Taiyuan. Not to mention more than 200 days, it would not have been a problem to defend Taiyuan for three to five years. By then, the Western Route Army of the Jin Kingdom might not have been able to If it works, the humiliation of Jingkang might not happen.

But history doesn’t have so many ifs.

After Huang Zhong occupied Taiyuan, he called Wang Chang, Guo Huai and others to defend and manage the land.

Their hometown is here. Although things and people have changed, the geographical changes have not been great, and both of them are from aristocratic families, so they are very experienced in how to handle places.

In terms of handling local wealthy families, Huang Zhong still lags behind them.

Jingxing and Taiyuan were occupied by Dong Huang's army, and Zhao Ji's original strategic plan came to nothing in an instant.

Zhao Ji had to give up his plan to annihilate the main force of Dong Huang's army and seize the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and the capitulation faction once again gained the upper hand.

Especially when the news that Dong Huangjun spread the word that he would invite Chai Jin to ascend the throne and rebuild the Later Zhou Dynasty reached Zhao Ji's ears, Zhao Ji couldn't bear it anymore and made up his mind to negotiate peace with Dong Huangjun.

Zhao Ji's political sensitivity was still very high. He realized that once Chai Jin ascended the throne as emperor, even if everyone knew that he was a puppet, the blow to the legitimacy of the Song Dynasty would be devastating.

Once the legitimacy was shaken, the capitulationists, the fence-sitters, and even the entire scholar-bureaucrat class had legitimate reasons to surrender to Dong Huang instead of being loyal to the Song Dynasty.

By then, the morale of the military will be ruined.

Zhao Ji is very clear about the virtues of these scholar-bureaucrats. Although some of them have no regard for life and death, most of them are just ordinary people drifting with the crowd.

After all, the neck is not as strong as a knife.

What accelerated Zhao Ji's idea was that Fazheng said that he would hold a prisoner release ceremony and release hundreds of thousands of Song army prisoners who would eat well and drink well.

"You didn't kill him?"

Zhao Ji's expression changed again after hearing the news.

Zhao Ji knew very well that sometimes not killing was more troublesome than killing. If Fazheng killed all these prisoners like Bai Qi killed Zhao Jun, the whole army of the Song Dynasty would definitely share the same hatred, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty would definitely fight to the death when they encountered Dong Huang's army. Don’t retreat.

However, Dong Huangjun not only did not kill them, but also gave them good food and drink, even treated their injuries, and preached the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners everywhere. This is simply murderous and heart-breaking!

If the card of Chai Jin is used to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the scholar-bureaucrats, the card of releasing the prisoners is to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Song army soldiers.

Just imagine, as long as you surrender, you can survive. Not only will you not be mistreated, but your property will be preserved. With such generous conditions, when the Song Army encounters Dong Huangjun in the future, who will fight to the death? It is better to surrender first. !

The issue of Chai Jin and the prisoners was a two-pronged issue, and it was a series of military disadvantages. This pipe had penetrated the vital point. What else could a little woman like Zhao Ji do?

He even lost his temper in a hurry and said something that Renjun shouldn't have said.

Fortunately, he was surrounded by his confidants at this time, so he didn't have to worry about spreading the news.

"What should I do?"

Zhao Ji looked at the powerful Prime Minister Cai Jing.

Cai Jing suddenly trembled in his heart.

With his intelligence, how could he not see that Zhao Ji wanted him to take the initiative to say surrender, so as to take away the responsibility of treason?

Of course, it cannot be said to be surrender and betrayal of the country, it can only be said to be a peace negotiation. After all, the Song Dynasty has done this a lot and is very familiar with it.

The only problem is that the previous peace negotiations between Song, Liao and Song Xixia did not end like this.

In the previous peace talks, the Song Dynasty had the strength to fight and even had the upper hand, but now...

"Tong Guansang is a disgrace to the country, but he is familiar with the surrounding affairs after all. Maybe there is a way."

The cunning Cai Jing hesitated for a moment, but decided to leave the pot to Tong Guan.

Tong Guangang was fired from all his posts due to the defeat and is now questioning his guilt. He should need this opportunity.

Zhao Ji glared at Cai Jing, who was still playing football at this time, and finally decided to put an extra burden on Tong Guan.

Tong Guan had no choice but to take on the important task of negotiating peace and came to the Fazheng Army camp in person.

“1. The Song Dynasty professed its vassalage to Dayu and became a country of father and son. The Emperor of Song Dynasty treated His Majesty Emperor Dayu as a father;

2. All the land in Hebei Province belongs to Dayu, including Yongxing Army Road and Qinfeng Army Road, and Dayu uses Jingdong East Road in exchange;

3. Offer one million bolts of silk silver and five million stones of military rations each year;

4. Allocate 30 million pieces of silk silver to pay the Dayu army’s expenses and soldiers’ ransom;

5. Give away 50,000 craftsmen of various types..."

Dayu is the name of the country decided by Dong Huang.

The Fazheng Lion opened his mouth and stated his conditions.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Tong Guan left in anger.

Even if Zhao Ji can accept such a treaty, Tong Guan cannot accept it. Once he accepts it, he will be beaten to death by the angry people as a scapegoat.

After Tong Guan returned, he said that Song Huizong was no longer happy. The war faction's thoughts were rising, and they even wanted to wait for King Qin's army to arrive and fight back.

But soon afterwards, Huazhou City was smashed by Ma Jun with his improved thunder artillery unit, and was then captured by the Liao army. Pang De even led the cavalry back to the west gate of Bianjing to show off his power. , Song Huizong once again became the advocate of peace.

Sometimes war is a continuation of politics, and sometimes war can determine politics.

Tong Guan had no choice but to send the envoy humbly again.

This time, Fazheng's attitude was a little better.

“First, the State of Yu and the State of Song became brotherly states;

Second, the territories of the two countries shall be based on the actual occupied areas;

Third, the Song State gave the Yu State a total of 500,000 pieces of annual coins, silk and silver, and 3 million dans of grain and grass every year.

Fourth, allocate 20 million pieces of silk silver to raise funds for the Dayu army and ransom soldiers;

Fifth, give away 30,000 craftsmen of various types..."

Finally, Fazheng added another sentence: But whether you allow it or not.

The reason why Fazheng was so stubborn was that he was greedy for power and looked down upon the Song Dynasty. Secondly, Zhao Yun made a surprise attack on Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing. Although he failed to capture Yingtian Mansion, it also temporarily disabled Yingtian Mansion from sending troops. Furthermore, Xu Huang The headquarters' support troops have also arrived.

To be fair, the conditions this time were undoubtedly much lower than last time, but other things were fine. The territory alone was not acceptable to the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong, who was cornered by Fa Zheng, was furious and couldn't bear it anymore. He decided... to send Prince Zhao Huan to Fa Zheng's camp in person to express his sincerity.

Zhao Huan:......

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To tell the truth, this book is not exaggerated at all. Zhao Ji, Liu Yanqing and others in history are only more anti-intellectual than those in the novel. I originally wanted to happily write "The Plum in the Golden Lotus and the Water Margin", but after reading this period of history, I found that in this era, it is really impossible to write a relaxed and enjoyable story about collecting cards, and I can only write about war and conquest.

When this world ends, and when the next world comes, I will write in a more relaxed and joyful way. It makes my head hurt to look up historical information in this era.