Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 526 Cocooning Yourself (Please Subscribe!)
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Bei'an Prefecture, in the tent where the envoys of the Song Dynasty rested.

Looking at the map of the Yanyun area, Ma Kuo felt infinite sadness in his heart, "What will the future of the Song Dynasty be like? This time going north to recover Yanjing, it should be regarded as a complete failure, right?"

Why do you think Song, Jin, Xixia, Goryeo, Taifeng, and Japan united to crusade against Shuibo Liangshan? There is a reason for this.

First of all, it was a coincidence. It can also be said that Li Yan should have suffered such a catastrophe.

When the envoys of the Song Dynasty came to Bei'an Prefecture, the envoys of Xixia, Goryeo, and Taifeng also came to Bei'an Prefecture.

Although Song, Xixia, Goryeo, and Taifeng came to Jin for different reasons, the reasons are the same.

The reason for this is that Shuibo Liangshan has developed too rapidly, and the combat power shown has deeply feared the several countries.

Among them, Goryeo and Taebong are the most important.

Shuibo Liangshan has forcibly occupied the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju for six or seven years.

In the past six or seven years, the three counties of Lelang, Jinban, and Jeju have become more and more prosperous, and the cohesion of the people has also become higher and higher.

On the other hand, Goryeo and Taebong, especially the latter, can be said to be impoverished in the country. Most of the people do not have enough food and clothing. Go to Lelang County and Zhenfan County.

In order to prevent the people under his rule from escaping, Gong Fu set up various tortures and various tortures.

But it was of no use.

In recent years, there have been continuous uprisings in Taifeng, even if they were repeatedly suppressed bloody.

If things go on like this, if Liangshan is not attacked by water, the country will surely perish.

Goryeo's situation is a little better than Taebong's.

But only a little bit better.

In the past few years, the arms race with Shuibo Liangshan has completely dragged down Goryeo, the economy is in depression, and the people are full of complaints.

In addition, a major event happened in Korea at the beginning of this year.

In March of this year, Wang Yu had a banquet with the ministers at the Xianglin Pavilion when he suddenly noticed a slight swelling in his back and hurried back to the palace.

However, due to a misdiagnosis by internal physician Cui Siquan, Wang Yu's condition suddenly deteriorated.

By April, Wang Yu was seriously ill.

Under the auspices of Li Ziqian, Wang Yu issued an edict and passed it on to Prince Wang Kai.

On the eighth day of April, Wang Yu died. After his death, he was buried in Yuling with the temple name Ruizong and posthumous title Wenxiao.

After Wang Yu's death, 14-year-old Wang Kai succeeded to the throne.

Taishi Li Ziqian adopted two daughters from the same clan to marry Wang Kai, one as queen and one as concubine, and then ruled as grandfather, father-in-law, uncle of Shaocheng, Marquis of Shaocheng, Duke of Hanyang, Duke of North Korea, and minister of Gu Ming .

but--

There are rumors that Wang Yu was killed by Li Ziqian, and it was he who bribed internal physician Cui Siquan to make Wang Yu's condition worse. Moreover, it was Li Ziqian who forced Wang Yu to pass the throne to Wang Kai.

If that's all, that's all. The key point is that Li Ziqian is no longer willing to be the king of Koryo, who has no real name. He wants to seize the throne of his grandson and son-in-law, and then become the king of Korea himself.

This is not to slander Li Ziqian.

In fact, Zheng Keyong, a scholar of Baowenge, had already led a group of civil and military ministers to propose that Li Ziqian should submit a statement not to be a minister.

Because Jin Fushi was looted by Li Yan to be his courtier, Li Ziqian had no strong opponent in the Goryeo ruling group, so that the proposal of Zheng Keyong and others was easily passed.

Now, Li Ziqian no longer needs to be a vassal in front of Wang Kai, Wang Kai has completely become a decoration and a puppet.

Because of Li Ziqian's ambition and the severe situation facing Goryeo, the Goryeo ruling group had frequent internal strife, which led to turmoil in the country.

Li Ziqian believed that only by transforming internal conflicts into external conflicts could the matter be completely resolved. In other words, Li Ziqian tried to use the victory of the foreign war to silence all the people in the country, and by the way, to accumulate enough prestige to become king.

In addition, there are several main reasons why Li Ziqian moved his mind:

The first reason is also the most important reason. Li Ziqian heard that Li Yan swept the allied forces of Liao, Xixia and Mongolia in the Yanyun area and destroyed Liao, the former suzerain of Goryeo. Li Ziqian was shocked. , also felt deep fear, he realized that as long as Li Yan came back, it would be the time when their Koryo country fell, and at that time, let alone being a king, it would be good if he could save his life.

The second reason is that after many years of diplomatic negotiations, it is also because Taifeng really can't go on anymore. The land of Silla was owned by Tae Bong.

(Although the original land of Silla is not much bigger than the existing land of Taifeng, the existing land of Taifeng is now impoverished, while the original land of Silla, under the vigorous development of Shuibo Liangshan, is now extremely rich , there are nearly a million people in the Han Dynasty alone, how could Gong Fu be unwilling to change?)

The third reason is that Li Ziqian has won the support of Japan.

In fact, Koryo and Japan have been communicating with each other over the years and have established a very good diplomacy. Through Koryo, Japan also knows how powerful Li Yan is and how aggressive Li Yan is.

In addition, Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Toba already knew that Yuzao fled to Li Yan and became Li Yan's concubine.

Back then, Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Toba fought for power, and Emperor Toba's beloved Tamamomae became a victim.

Legend has it that Tamamomae will return to Japan one day sooner or later, and then take over Japan.

This legend was originally fabricated by Emperor Shirakawa's people, with the purpose of suppressing Emperor Toba.

But this legend became more and more powerful, especially after Yuzao suddenly disappeared.

Now, Emperor Baihe is a little bit in a cocoon.

Because Li Yan, who is behind Yu Zaoqian, really has the ability to subvert Japan.

Coupled with the oppression of public opinion caused by this legend, Emperor Baihe's rule began to show signs of instability.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Baihe's rule was unstable mainly came from within.

Because Emperor Toba became more and more disobedient, Emperor Shirakawa decided to abolish Emperor Toba, that is, to make Emperor Toba a emperor with no real power, and to be born by Emperor Toba and Atsuko Fujiwara (the ancient book "Gushitan" believes that it is Prince Kenhito, born to Emperor Shirakawa and Shoko Fujiwara, succeeded to the throne of Emperor.

Emperor Toba couldn't resist the pressure of His Holiness Shirakawa, so he could only abdicate the throne of Emperor to Prince Kenhito, who was only three years old at the time, under the auspices of His Holiness Shirakawa.

After Prince Xianren ascended the throne, he became the new generation of emperor of Japan, that is, Emperor Sutoku.

However, Emperor Toba, no, it should be Emperor Toba now, and he was unwilling to fail, so he let the wind go, saying that he would personally go to capture Tamamo, in order to avenge the poisoning that year.

Emperor Shirakawa knew very well that Emperor Toba wanted to use this to gain military power.

How could Emperor Shirakawa allow Emperor Toba to fulfill his wish?
Coincidentally, Koryo sent envoys to discuss sending troops to crusade against Shuibo Liangshan.

Emperor Shirakawa considered again and again, ordered to form a crusade army, appointed Miura Jie Yoshiaki, Chiba Jie Chang Yin, and Shangzong Jie Guang Chang as generals, Onmyoji Abe Yasushi as a military adviser, and sent [-] soldiers to participate in the crusade against Shuibo Liangshan. Before catching Tamamo.

Of course, there are real benefits here.

Li Ziqian promised to give the rich Jeju Island to Japan afterwards.

The richness of Jeju Island is now well-known, especially Japan, which is not far from it, knows its richness. Many Japanese businessmen who smuggled into Jeju Island for trade described Jeju Island as a paradise island. It has long been coveted, and Japan is particularly tempted by the fact that there are hundreds of large ships and tens of thousands of good horses on Jeju Island. If they get these, Japan's military strength will definitely be greatly improved.

In addition, through Koryo, the Emperor Baihe also learned that Shuibo Liangshan had a total of 10 horses in the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju, while Koryo dispatched 20 troops this time, claiming to be 50, and Taifeng dispatched 30 troops. The army, known as [-], the total strength of the three parties is four times that of Shuibo Liangshan.

Therefore, after a thorough consideration, Emperor Baihe decided to participate in this carve-up.

but--

Carve up is carve up.

But Emperor Baihe was completely out of his own calculations.

He only sent [-] warriors to land in Zhenfan County, and only burned, killed and looted in the coastal areas. If there was any trouble, these people would evacuate Zhenfan County. His goal was only Jeju Island.

All in all, with Taifeng and Japan as allies, Li Ziqian finally made up his mind to drive Shuibo Liangshan out of the peninsula.

but--

Li Ziqian was also afraid that Li Yan would suddenly bring an army back to help.

You know, Li Yan's hundreds of thousands of troops swept across the Liao, Xixia, and Mongolian tribes in the Central Plains. Once they come back, let alone drive Li Yan out of the peninsula, it would be good if they were not wiped out.

Three years ago, Wanyan Aguda had issued a letter of credence to Goryeo, which meant that Goryeo should become a vassal.

The first sentence of the letter of credence is "Edict to the King of Goryeo", which is completely in the tone of the emperor.

At that time, in Wang Matato's mind, the Kingdom of Jin was still the Jurchen who had tied with them back then, so in the letter of credence returned to Jin, there was a sentence "Kuang Biyuan originated from my land", which pointed out that the Kingdom of Jin originated from Goryeo The land of Korea, Koryo is still the state of Jin Guo's parents, how dare you Jin Guo make us Koryo a vassal.

As a result, everyone in the Kingdom of Jin was furious, claiming to attack Goryeo.

Later, due to the situation at that time, it was temporarily given up.

Today, Wang Yu is dead.

And Jin Guo has also shown its invincible strength.

Most importantly, Li Ziqian hoped that Jin Guo could send troops to contain Li Yan's army and prevent Li Yan's army from returning to aid.

Therefore, Li Ziqian took the initiative to send an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin to congratulate the Kingdom of Jin for attacking Shangjing, Tokyo, and Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom and destroy the Daliao Empire. Recover the old place.

In order to get Jin Guo to agree to this matter, Li Ziqian paid tribute to Jin Guo many gifts, including [-] beauties.

In other words, the joint crusade against Shuibo Liangshan by the six countries was actually initiated by Goryeo.

But Xixia sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin purely to find a backer.

In the battle of Qingshuihe, Shuibo Liangshan really scared Xixia. Of the [-] elite Xixia, including the [-] most elite iron kites, only a few dozen people fled back to the country in the end. This has never happened before.

This made Li Qianshun regret sending troops rashly, but also made Li Qianshun extremely vigilant.

Li Qianshun immediately sent an envoy to Li Yan, apologized, admitted his mistake, and asked for an alliance.

At the same time, Li Qianshun sought Jin Guo as his backer to avoid Li Yan's revenge.

For this reason, Li Qianshun did not hesitate to present himself as a minister to the Kingdom of Jin.

It has to be said that Li Qianshun responded quickly and chose a path that was most beneficial to Xixia.

Xixia's diplomatic level is so high, it's no wonder that although Xixia's strength is not strong, it can persist for 100 years longer than the Northern Song Dynasty.

Later, the State of Song asked the Jin army to go south to attack Shuibo Liangshan.

And Shuibo Liangshan was very tough.

After Wanyan Agudao had considered everything, he boldly proposed the six-nation joint crusade against Shuibo Liangshan, and used his own strength and status to dominate the matter.

It is actually not easy to facilitate this matter, because each force has its own pursuit, and they are not willing to pay too much.

Let's talk about the Song Dynasty first.

Song Guo wants to get the whole territory of Yanyun, but he doesn't want to do it with real swords and guns. Of course, the main reason is that they really don't have the strength to do it with real swords and guns.

Let's talk about Xi Xia.

Xixia mainly wants to keep their inherent land, and it is best to expand it to the outside world.

Gaoli and Taifeng are only interested in the territory and affairs of the peninsula, and don't care about Yanyun.

Japan only wants Jeju Island and nothing else.

Most importantly, the interests of the Great Jin Kingdom.

In the end, Wanyan Aguda used his excellent diplomatic skills to convince all parties.

Japan is mainly responsible for attacking Jeju Island, but it has to harass the border of Zhenfan County and contain part of the troops in Shuibo Liangshan.

Goryeo and Taifeng wanted to take down Li Yan's capital, Seoul, with the momentum of Mount Tai, and wipe out Li Yan's power in the peninsula as soon as possible.

In fact, the above is just a big cake that Wanyan Agu gave to Korea, Taifeng, and Japan. He actually just used Korea, Taifeng, and Japan to protect themselves and carve up the three counties of Lelang, Shinban, and Jeju, and let them attack in three directions. Li Yan must be rescued, and then forced Li Yan to withdraw from the Yanyun area.

In Wanyan Aguda's view, letting Li Yan occupy Yanyun is really too dangerous for Dajin Kingdom.

Wanyan Aguda hoped that the neighbor of their Dajin Kingdom would be the seemingly powerful but incomparably weak Song Kingdom, instead of the water-poor Liangshan that he was a little afraid of, so that their Dajin Kingdom could last for a long time.

And if Li Yan wanted to withdraw from the Yanyun area, it would not be enough for Goryeo, Taifeng, and Japan to attack the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju, because Li Yan could definitely allocate part of his troops to rescue these three counties.

Therefore, in order to get Li Yan to withdraw from the Yanyun area, the cooperation of Song Guo and Xixia is still needed.

It was easy to convince Song Guo, and he could even force Song Guo to agree to some exorbitant conditions, because Song Guo was desperate.

After discussion by a group of counselors of the Kingdom of Jin, after driving away Shuibo Liangshan in the future, the State of Song can license the Han people in Yanjing and the 24 counties of the six prefectures to which it belongs. Leaving Li Yan?However, the money and goods of the officials in Yandi, as well as the tribes of Xi, Qidan, Bohai, etc., as well as the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan, are not within the scope of the franchise. All of the Kingdom of Jin, by the way, and the New Year Coins that were negotiated before, must also be given to the Kingdom of Jin in full.

As expected by the advisers of the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Song finally accepted almost all of the conditions proposed by the Kingdom of Jin, and only discounted the taxes of Yandi into the old coins, preventing the Kingdom of Jin from collecting them.

It is easy to persuade Song Guo, but it is much more difficult to persuade Xixia.

Li Qianshun of Xixia is not as easy to fool as Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty, and Li Qianshun does not face the severe situation that Zhao Ji faced.

This time, Wanyan Aguda really threw out some dry goods——Wanyan Aguda promised that as long as Xixia sends a large army to participate in this operation, not only the north of Xiazhai, the south of Yinshan, and the west of Yishiyiratululuo A large piece of land was given to Xixia, and the cloud land was also given to Xixia.

This temptation is absolutely irresistible for Xixia, because as long as the matter is completed, Xixia's territory will be doubled at once, and the national power may be more than doubled.

Therefore, Xixia also agreed to this plan, and soon dispatched a hundred thousand troops.

Ma Kuo looked at the map of Yanyun area and thought: "If Shuibo Liangshan withdraws from Yanyun, then Yundi, including the large land to the west, will all belong to Xixia. The national power of Xixia will definitely flourish, and then it will become The powerful enemy of our Great Song Dynasty. And the three states of Pingluanying will be occupied by the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin can not only threaten Yanjing at any time, but also go south at any time. At that time, our Great Song Dynasty will even open the door to the Kingdom of Jin. Then what will we get in Song Dynasty? Just a few empty cities with few populations and no taxes. This time, our Song Dynasty is likely to be the biggest loser..."

In fact, Zhao Ji also has his own plan.

Zhao Ji plans to drive Li Yan away first, and then buy back Yundi and Pingluanying three states with money and silk.

This is also in line with Zhao Ji's and can be said to be in line with the style of the emperors of the Song Dynasty - because the Song Dynasty is rich, they like to use money to solve problems. They feel that any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Ma Kuo felt that Zhao Ji's plan was unlikely to succeed.

Anyway, if he was a courtier of Jin Kingdom or Xixia, he would definitely try his best not to sell Yundi and Pingluanying three states, because the value of these two lands cannot be measured by money at all.

Then don't agree to a joint crusade against Shuibo Liangshan?

Not at all.

The danger of Li Yan cannot be ignored either.

Ma Kuo can only hope that things will develop in the direction Zhao Ji expected.

Unlike Ma Kuo who was worried, Zhao Liangsi was in a much better mood.

Zhao Liangsi felt that he had fulfilled what Zhao Ji and Tong Guan had asked for, solved Li Yan's scourge and recovered Yanjing, and made a great contribution to Song Dynasty.

For this reason, Zhao Liangsi also wrote a poem:

The north wind blows snow down Fengshan Mountain, and the night is cold in the dome of candles.Hearing the good news of Yanran, Xiaolai will ride in the post to ensure safety.

Zhao Liangsi read the poem to Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo felt that Zhao Liangsi was a bit petty, and he didn't know what kind of danger the Song Dynasty would face in the future, so he wrote a poem:
I haven't seen Yan Mingle's hometown, but I've heard of Shuyi's bones and hairs.May you work together to cook your body and speech, and it is easy to get the royal family forever.

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These chapters are a bit difficult to write, I think about it, this chapter is a big chapter of [-] words, and it can be regarded as the completion of today's task, so today is this chapter.

(End of this chapter)