Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 612 Return of the King (Please Subscribe!)

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For any king, it is extremely shameful to cede land and ask for peace, and Zhao Huan is no exception.

The day Feng Xie and Li Ruoshui left Beijing to go to Tianyuan to cede land and seek peace, Zhao Huan felt very uncomfortable!

Zhao Huan found out those memorials against abandoning the land, read a few of them carefully, and suddenly felt that these arguments were also very reasonable, especially Wan Qixu, a doctor of imperial studies, and Chao Guanzhi, a supervisory censor, had excellent strategies.

Zhao Huan decided to summon Wan Qixu and Chao Guanzhi in person, so he ordered Tang Ke to arrange for Wan Qixu and Chao Guanzhi to enter the palace to play against each other.

After Wan Qixu and Chao Guanzhi received the notice, they first came to the capital to meet Tang Ke, and then said to Tang Ke: "The three towns are the land of our ancestors, how can we abandon them? The ambition of the Jin people is not to cede land, but to invade In the Central Plains, they just started from the three towns. The public is the prime minister, and they summon the soldiers of the world to fight with them."

Tang Ke said: "It is useless to go out to the army repeatedly and fail repeatedly. It is useless to call in troops again. It is useless to disturb the people. It is the best policy to keep promises and cede land. And the emperor wants to send King Kang to go on an envoy again according to Geng Nanzhong Wang Shangshu's suggestion. It is not advisable to talk about it, so as not to make the emperor even more confused."

Wan Qixu and Chao Guanzhi came to Ruisi Palace again, and said to Zhao Huan: "The three passes in Hebei were once snatched by the Khitan to take advantage of the difficulty of Jin's fortune. Later, Zhou Shizong's imperial conquest began to recover their land. Taiyuan, Hedong According to the records of the Liu family and his sons for several generations, Zhou Shizong once conquered, Taizu Taizong conquered again, and this was the conquest. After 20 years of hard work, tens of thousands of lives were left, and then they were unified and became one with China.

The three towns are hard to get sincerity.

And without Taiyuan, it is impossible to control the northwest; without Yingzhou and Dingzhou, it is impossible to defend the capital.The three towns are like the four limbs of a human being to China.If one limb is sick and one wants to get rid of it, then one is not a whole person, and even endangers the whole body.Besides, the people of the three towns are all your majesty's sons. If you cede the land, you will abandon the people. Is it a perfect way to abandon their children and grandchildren for the sake of the people's parents?
Maodun is a member of the Rong people, who would rather abandon gold, silk, wives and concubines than land.Therefore, it will be able to intimidate the enemy and retain the territory.Now Your Majesty is rich all over the world and is the lord of the Central Plains, but why does he abandon the land and be ashamed of the neighboring countries?

The minister regards abandoning the land as the country's right, but forgets the karma of the eternal world, and strives for the present peace.It is a pity that the country is in danger due to its careless and clumsy plans!
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Deng Zhi wanted to abandon Liangzhou, and Yu Xu said: If you are soaked in blood, there will be no limits.In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhong Mo was willing to abandon the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River. Song Qiqiu said: "Traitoring the country to seek profit, and only pouring over the country."Is it loyal to the Lord to be willing to abandon the land of the country for the sake of a minister? "

Zhao Huan asked: "The situation is compelling, what can I do?"

Wan Tengxu and Chao Guanzhi said again: "The Jin people lead the people to enter from the north, and they will go deep into the interior to invade the capital. For the current plan, we should call 20 soldiers from the four kingdoms to surround the city with the capital guards. To defend the royal family. Then, use the feathers to summon the king's soldiers from all over the world, and station them in the suburbs of Beijing. After the Jin people came, they cut off their supplies, so that they would not be able to plunder. They are far away from the mainland, and they will not be able to last long. Wait for them to be trapped If you want to find out the disadvantages, and then attack them, sincerity is a surefire plan."

After Zhao Huan heard this, he began to waver about the strategy of abandoning the land again, and wanted to supervise the soldiers to fight the Jin people.

The next day, Li Ruoshui suddenly sent someone back with a message saying: "On the way, I met a wandering horse, and the road rumored that the Jin people had already crossed the river... The peace agreement must be irreconcilable, please the emperor to take precautions early, and quickly issue a mourning edict to recruit troops from all directions."

Zhao Huan was shocked, and hurriedly summoned Zaizhi to discuss countermeasures.

Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong, Nie Chang, He Li and other ministers didn't take it seriously when they heard the news. They still insisted that Li Shumi (Li Hui) and Zhe Deputy Xuanfu (Zhe Yanzhi) commanded an army of 10,000+ to defend the Yellow River. One cannot cross the river so quickly.

But immediately afterwards, a side report came that the enemy army was approaching the Yellow River, and the river defense was in critical condition.

Zhao Huan urgently ordered Wang Zongyi, the commander-in-chief of the Dian in front of the palace, to send people out to investigate.

Wang Zongyi sent his envoy Ma Gang to reprimand and lead people out of the city for reconnaissance.

In the afternoon, Ma Gang came back and reported: I encountered some broken soldiers on the road. According to them, the enemy army had begun to cross the river, and my 10,000+ Yellow River defenders had been broken up. Deputy Xuanfu Zhe and Shumi Li disappeared.

Zhao Huan and Zaizhi were dumbfounded at this moment, and then looked at each other in blank dismay, neither of them had a good plan.

Zhao Huan suddenly remembered Li Ruoshui's suggestion, so he issued a mournful edict, calling on the kings of the army and the people of Fujian and Zhejiang to work hard.

At the same time as the main battle, because the Jin army was almost at the door of the house, Zhao Huan held out hope for peace talks on land cession.

After Zhao Huan sent Li Ruoshui to see Wanyan Zonghan, he also sent Wang Yun to see Wanyan Zongwang.

But Wang Yun insisted that Zhao Gou go to see Wanyan Zongwang together.

Wang Yun's reason was that King Kang was heroic and mighty, and he had a friendly relationship with the second prince. The Jin people were in awe of King Kang, so asking King Kang to come forward would be the only way to stop the East Road Jin army from marching. Moreover, the second prince once said that we must There is a prince and the two governors who are envoys to seek peace, which may relieve the disaster of war.

The chancellors actually didn't agree with Zhao Gou's decision to negotiate a peace. Their reason was that the last time Su Wang Zhao Shu, who replaced Zhao Gou, went to the Jinying as an envoy, but was detained and taken away by the Jinren. He has never returned, and his life and death are unknown.

But under Wang Yun's strong insistence, Zhao Huan finally decided: Send King Kang to Zongwang's army again, with Wang Yun as deputy envoy; promise to cede the three towns, carry the crown and chariot; and respect the gold master as the emperor , the honorary title is Dajin Chongtian Successor Zhaode Dinggong Xiu Rendun Xinxiu Wencheng Wu Guangsheng Emperor.

After Zhao Gou heard about this incident, he immediately went to the palace to play, and asked to send Geng Yanxi (son of Geng Nanzhong), a civil servant, and Gao Shize, a military minister, as counselors to accompany him.

Soon, Zhao Gou, Wang Yun, Geng Yanxi, Gao Shize, Lan Gui, Kang Lu, and Li Wei, the priests of Dongtou of the Metropolitan Superintendent, Yang Gongshu, the priest of Xitou, and Xiuwulang Han Gongyi, an insider, left Tokyo. In Bianliang City, go to Zhending Mansion to find Wanyan Zongwang to discuss peace...

At the same time that Zhao Gou left Bianliang, Tokyo, Li Yan, who was supposed to wait in Angkor City for the Liangshan army to destroy Zhu Luoguo, heard that the Jin army had crossed the river and went straight to Bianliang City, Tokyo. A treasure ship and two hundred large ships, as well as the Jie Fan Army and the Ta Bai Army quietly returned to Seoul.

The reason why Li Yan returned to Seoul at this time:

On the one hand, Li Yan was worried that he would not catch up with Jingkang's shame and lose the chance to win the Central Plains.

On the other hand, this time Li Yan went to the Central Plains again, but he was going to take root in the Central Plains and aspire to the Central Plains, so he had to make a lot of preparations.

Furthermore, although the battle to destroy the Zhu Luo Kingdom has not yet ended, the right army led by Shi Bao and Bian Xiang really went ruthless this time, and they reached the capital of the Zhu Luo Kingdom two days faster than the left army led by Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. Under this situation, the left and right armies attacked the capital of Zhu Luo together.

but--

When the capital of Zhuluo Kingdom was breached, the crown prince of Zhuluo Kingdom escaped from the city with the chaotic crowd, and then went to Kakayedi (a small country next to Zhuluo Kingdom), and then ascended the throne and called on the subjects of Zhuluo Kingdom to rise up and rebel The aggression of Shuibo Liangshan.

As a result, all parts of the Zhu Luo Kingdom revolted one after another, and the flames of war in the Zhu Luo Kingdom could not be subsided for a while.

Seeing this, Li Yan decided to send the fourth chamber to Zhu Luoguo in exchange for the first army, and gradually destroy Zhuluo country.

And Li Yanze, the king is back!
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(End of this chapter)