One Piece of Song Dynasty

After listening to Jin Wushu's words, Peng Xuan understood that Jin Wushu was planning to give up on himself and treat himself as cannon fodder. Of course, he also knew that he had to agree to this matter. There was no room for maneuver. If he didn't agree, he might not even be able to. Made it out of Taiyuan alive.

That's why he asked Jin Wushu for five thousand horses. Since he was going to die, he had to give him something sweet. Of course, Peng Xuan didn't intend to die. Peng Xuan planned to change hands with the five thousand horses and give them to Song Jun as a big gift. .

After returning to the military camp, Peng Xuan secretly called a few of his own men and told them the whole thing. After speaking, Peng Xuan asked: "Everyone, what do you think about this?"

Jiang Yong wondered: "Boss, why did Jin Wushu suddenly withdraw his troops? Counting the reinforcements that arrived today, there must be almost one hundred thousand Jin troops in Taiyuan City. They are fully capable of fighting. I have nothing to say about Jin Wushu's remarks. I don’t quite believe it.”

Peng Xuan asked: "Are you saying that Jin Wushu withdrew his troops for another reason?"

Zhao Qian said: "No matter what the reason is, Jin Wushu has to withdraw his troops. We must not let Jin Wushu withdraw his troops easily."

Jiang Yong shook his head and said: "If Jin Wushu doesn't really want to withdraw his troops, he will use us as bait to attract the Song army."

Peng Xuan asked: "Jiang Yong, please explain in detail."

Jiang Yong said: "Boss, I just want to know the purpose of the Jin Army's withdrawal to prevent us from being used by the Jin Army."

Lin Qiang, who had been silent next to him, shook his head and said: "There is no time to figure out the purpose of the Jin Army's withdrawal. Action will begin early tomorrow morning, and I don't think there is any special purpose for the Jin Army's withdrawal this time."

Peng Xuan touched his chin and said, "Oh, Lin Qiang, tell me what you think."

Lin Qiang said: "Boss, bring me the map. You will understand after you look at the map."

Peng Xuan sent someone to get a map. Lin Qiang pointed at the map and said: "Look, Hebei and Yanjing to the east of Hedong must be occupied by our army. Hedong is now equivalent to a salient. The prince will never allow this. The protrusions exist. Here is Feihu and here is Huailai. These two places block the entrance of our army from Hebei and Yanjing to the west. If our army suddenly breaks out, Feihu can directly penetrate into Daizhou and break through Huailai. Straight into Datong, Daizhou is the retreat of the Jin army in Hedong, not to mention the importance of Datong, so I judge that Jin Wushu is so anxious to withdraw his troops this time because something happened to Feihu or Huailai."

Peng Xuan nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Jiang Yong said: "If it is as Brother Lin said, the leader of the Jin Wushu Sect guarding Shiling Pass will cut off the possibility of the Song army's pursuit. However, if we block the attack for two days and then withdraw, we may encounter the westward marching army sent by the prince. .”

Peng Xuan said thoughtfully: "So the army guarding Shiling Pass has actually been abandoned by Jin Wushu."

Zhao Qian said: "That means we will definitely not be able to go back this time."

Peng Xuan nodded and said: "Well, originally Deputy Commander Zhao planned to continue letting us lurk in the Kingdom of Jin. Now it seems that it is impossible. It doesn't matter. This way, the brothers can go home and reunite with their families in advance. We are all out for twenty It’s been a year, and it’s time to go home and take a look.”

Zhao Qian asked: "Boss, what about our family members in the Kingdom of Jin?"

Peng Xuan thought for a moment and said, "We can talk to Vice Commander Zhao about this and ask the brothers who stayed over there to help us send our family back."

Lin Qiang said: "Boss, give the order, what shall we do next?"

Peng Xuan nodded and said: "Well, we will withdraw as usual tomorrow. After taking over the defense of Shiling Pass and after all the Jin army cavalry has passed, we will dedicate Shiling Pass and the five thousand horses left by Jin Wushu to the prince. "

Everyone clasped their fists and said, "Yes, boss."

In the Jianing Hall of the Imperial City of Yanjing, Li Xin and his ministers were preparing to receive Wang Lun and Zhang Tonggu. After Zhang Tonggu entered Yanjing, he immediately made a request to meet with Li Xin. Li Xin also understood why Zhang Tonggu was so anxious. , In fact, Li Xin was also a little anxious about the peace talks. After all, the Northern Expedition had consumed a lot of manpower and material resources in the past four months, and it was time to take a breather. He occupied such a large territory that needed management and development, but Li Xin, as a victor, The other party certainly cannot take the initiative to seek peace. Proactively seeking peace will only make the other party feel that it is not confident enough.

After Wang Lun and Zhang Tonggu entered the palace, they bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Lun, and Zhang Tonggu, the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, are here to see the prince."

Li Xin nodded and said, "I don't know what the envoy Jin is talking about here. But our two countries are still at war."

Zhang Tonggu said: "Your Majesty, I have come to see you on the orders of my Emperor, the Great Jin Emperor, for the purpose of negotiating peace."

Li Xin snorted coldly: "Humph, I remember that the peace agreement between our two countries was signed last year. Just over a year ago, your country tore up the peace agreement and launched an attack on me. Now, don't you think it's ridiculous that your country has proposed the peace agreement again?"

Zhang Tonggu said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this war is definitely not the Emperor's original intention. It is actually the intention of Marshal Wushu and other main war factions. Your Majesty should also know that Marshal Wushu and other main war factions control the military power. The Emperor has no choice but to agree to their plan." Request for southern invasion.”

Zhang Tonggu's words directly put the responsibility for starting the war on Jin Wushu, and it was really wonderful that Jin Xizong was picked off cleanly, but this also gave Li Xin a step down.

Li Xin sneered: "In other words, your emperor is not willing to start a war."

Zhang Tonggu nodded and said: "That's it, that's it. It has just been more than a year since the peace agreement was signed. The emperor is busy managing the internal affairs and has no intention of starting a war. Prince, please rest assured that after the peace agreement is signed, the emperor will never come back. Allow anything to happen that undermines the peace agreement.”

Li Xin said: "In this case, I will first listen to your Majesty's peace terms."

Zhang Tonggu said sheepishly: "Your Majesty, our Emperor would like to hear the terms of peace talks from Your Majesty first."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, good. Since you want to hear the peace terms from me, I will tell you. The first is the identity of the two countries. From now on, our two countries will be brotherly countries. The Song Dynasty is our brother, and the Song Dynasty is our brother. Jin is his younger brother; secondly, no matter what the reason is this time, Dajin broke the peace agreement first, so the territory recovered by our country will not be returned to Dajin, and from now on the two countries will be bounded by Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Huacheng County; thirdly , The Kingdom of Jin must return the coffins of the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Yuan Sheng of our dynasty, as well as the Queen Mother Wei; fourth, the Kingdom of Jin must provide two thousand horses to the Song Dynasty every year, and of course the Song Dynasty will provide pieces of silk in exchange; fifth , the two countries will set up a market for trade in the border area, and the specific location will be discussed later. This is the condition of my peace negotiation. How to arrange the envoys, I am not making things difficult for you."

Zhang Tonggu quickly calculated and shook his head and said: "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I don't know what the prince has planned for the prisoners of war."

Li Xin replied: "The Jurchens among the prisoners of war will be given one horse or ox for every three people. The Kingdom of Jin will exchange the horse or ox for them. As for the Khitan and Han people, I will not return it to you."

Zhang Tong bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."