One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin wanted to sow a seed of fear among the Jin soldiers through this cruel behavior. Aren't you here to burn, kill and loot? This cruel dismemberment will tell you that this is the result of burning, killing and looting. The officers and soldiers Although it is weak, it does not mean that the people are weak. Your Jin Army only has a few people, only or people. There are many people in the Central Plains. As long as a small part of these people rise up to resist, it will be enough for the Jin Army. There is no need to confront them head-on and play dirty tricks. Recruitment is enough to break the Jin Army's military morale and make you live in fear every day. Let's see if you still have the heart to fight.

After doing all this, Li Xin and his people retreated under the cover of night, but Li Xin and others did not go far. They came to a secret stronghold set up by Gaoping outside the city, and Lei Hanzhong and others had already Waiting there, just one action was not enough to have any impact on the Jin Army. Li Xin planned to ambush the lone soldiers of the Jin Army several more times.

Early in the morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, just as Zong Wang was about to lead his army to attack the city, he heard soldiers coming in to report: "Report to the marshal, a group of our patrolling soldiers were killed last night, and their deaths were extremely horrific. Everyone was picked apart." The body was dismembered with no clothes on, and we also found a piece of paper on the body with writing on it.”

Zong Wang said gloomily: "Bring up the paper."

Xiao Bing handed the paper over. Zong Wang took the paper and looked at it, then handed it to Liu Yanzong and said, "Master Liu, tell me what is written on this paper."

Liu Yanzong took the paper, looked at it, frowned and didn't dare to say anything. Zong Wang looked at him and said, "It's okay, just say it."

Liu Yanzong said: "Prince Langjun, the paper says that although the imperial court is afraid of your Jin Army, it does not mean that our people are afraid of you. We will repay you little by little for the evil deeds you have done to the people of the Central Plains. The tragedy of the ten golden soldiers was just the beginning.”

Zong Wang said angrily: "Bold madmen, how dare you speak arrogant words. If I catch these madmen, I will cut them into pieces."

Pharmacist Guo stepped forward and said: "Prince Langjun, calm down, this matter is probably not a good sign. We are now in the hinterland of the Central Plains. There are many people in the Central Plains. We are only people now. If we provoke everyone's anger, even if we can fight Song Army, but if all the people of the Central Plains go into battle, we will suffer heavy losses even if we can go back."

Liu Yanzong stepped forward and echoed: "What General Guo said is true. We must not forget the lesson that Yelu Deguang had to retreat to the north less than a month after occupying Bianjing. Moreover, now that the Prime Minister is blocked in Taiyuan and cannot advance, we are temporarily here." There is no assistance yet.”

Zong Wang thought about it calmly and said: "Fortunately, we have no intention of occupying this place. Mr. Liu, please tell our negotiators to reach an agreement with Song Ting as soon as possible. We can lower some conditions, but don't let the Song people see the clues. We don’t need to use the Yellow River as the boundary, but we must cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian, and Zhongshan. General Hemu, the offensive on Tokyo City cannot be stopped. Only in this way can we press the conditions agreed to us by Song Ting as soon as possible, and today’s matter must be blocked. The news is not allowed to spread in the army. Anyone who spreads it without permission will be killed. From today on, no soldiers are allowed to go out of the camp to rob without permission. Even if they want to rob, they must go in large groups, and the number of people patrolling at night must also be increased."

After arranging everything, Zong Wang led his army to continue the attack on the city.

Just when the Jin army was preparing to attack the city, Song Qinzong in the city also received the news of the disappearance of Emperor Maode. However, at this time, Song Qinzong was distracted by the Jin army and had no time to care about the matter. He pushed the matter to Kaifeng Mansion settled the matter hastily.

Li Zhe and Zheng Wangzhi came to see Wanyan Zongwang, and soon Han Fang came and told Zheng Wangzhi: "The prince Langjun sent people to attack the city."

Zheng Wangzhi asked in confusion: "Since we are making peace, how can we talk about attacking the city?"

Han Fang smiled and said, "I want to show off my troops."

Neither Li Zhe nor Zheng Wangzhi could predict the outcome of the siege, and they could not help but feel uneasy and fearful. Soon after breakfast, Zong Wang sent someone to invite the Song envoy to meet him at the big tent.

Li Zhe, Zheng Wangzhi and Gao Shize walked out of the tent and came to Zong Wang's military tent. After the meeting ceremony, Zheng Wangzhi looked up and saw Li Ye, Shen Guan and others sitting behind Prince Langjun, and Medicine Master Guo sitting next to him, with solemn expressions.

Zong Wang asked Wang Ru, the translator, to pass on the message: "I had sent troops to attack the city, but they had withdrawn just now. The city was destroyed only in an instant. The reason why we held back our troops and did not attack was to preserve the Zhao clan. It is not a great kindness. .”

Zheng Wangzhi asked: "Since we want to make peace, what does it mean to attack the city?"

Zong Wang didn't answer, he looked around and smiled. Then, Zong Wang said: "I will send an envoy to the court with you now to discuss the matter of peace. At the same time, I will also bring a document."

Zheng Wangzhi asked to see the contents of the document. Zong Wang said: "Don't look at it. The gifts required for the peace talks today are three million taels of gold, thirty million taels of silver, ten thousand oxen and horses, and one million taels of satin. Originally we wanted five million taels of gold. , fifty million taels of silver, but considering your new emperor’s enthronement and the friendly relations between our two countries in the future, we have authorized a reduction of two million taels of gold and twenty million taels of silver.” This reduction shows that what happened in the morning has caused Wanyan Zongwang to Feeling uneasy.

Zheng Wangzhi thought that since Prince Langjun refused to see the contents of the document, it must be Taishi Xiao who reported to him the contents of last night's conversation. He knew that there were some things that we would not agree with, so he wrote them in the document and directly let the court express its position.

Zheng Wangzhi then said to Xiao Sanbaonu: "I want such a large number and have no intention of making peace. Although our country is vast, there are only five or seven places that produce gold and silver. There is also a quota for annual tribute, and sometimes it is not paid according to the quota." Since there are annual tributes and annual expenses, how can there be a lot of savings? As for horses, our country does not produce them. Our country’s horses are ordered by the imperial court to be bought from Sichuan and Shaanxi with tea colors from Southwest Yi and Xifanbo. Now, there are only one or two thousand horses every year, and some of them are dead, sick and lame. In the past, Pharmacist Guo guarded Yanshan and asked the court for horses. The court ordered the Sichuan and Shaanxi horse divisions to deal with it. I asked the pharmacist: The horses are not worthy of the original announcement. This can be seen from the insufficient number. There are not many horses in the city, and all the cattle are farmed outside the city. Most of the horses in the city are raised by relatives of the clan and used for driving carriages. "

At this time, Pharmacist Guo stood up from the side and interjected: "You don't need to say that, minister. I'll give you seven cents. It's okay to deal with it."

Zheng Wangzhi frowned, looked at Pharmacist Guo and said: "Although Guo Shaobao surrendered due to his strength, have you ever remembered the kindness of the emperor? Prince Langjun must make peace because of his saintly virtue, and the blessing of the temple and the country, how can you deal with it?" If you agree now and deal with it with seven points, it will be a breach of trust and it will not cause trouble."

When Medicine Master Guo heard this, he looked ashamed and retreated to the west.

Zong Wang turned around and said something in Jurchen language to Xiao Sanbaonu and others, which was incomprehensible to outsiders. After a while, Zong Wang said: "If we still have to use the prince and the prime minister as hostages, we can retreat."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "The prince is still young, I hope the prince can be considerate."

At this time, Shen Guan suggested to Zheng Wangzhi: "You can ask the prince to be sent as a hostage."

Zheng Wangzhi repeatedly begged, but Zong Wang disagreed, and finally Zong Wang decided: "Send one prince and one prince each, and the army can return after crossing the Yellow River. The prime minister can return it after the goods are delivered and the withdrawal is completed."