Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 684 Restoration? (Please subscribe!)

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Before the Jinren sent envoys this time, Li Yan never thought of letting the hundred thousand robbers brought by Yan Zonghan and Yan Zongwang go back.

Li Yan knows better than anyone who his arch enemy is.

Not the Remnant Song Dynasty, but the Kingdom of Jin.

If Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were allowed to bring back the hundreds of thousands of robbers and the huge wealth they robbed and blackmailed, within a few years, the Kingdom of Jin would expand to the point that even Li Yan would be afraid of giants, gathering talents from the Jin, Liao, and Song Dynasties and a behemoth of financial resources.

Therefore, from the very beginning, what Li Yan fought was to wipe out the [-] robbers brought by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, and to take back the people and wealth they had stolen.

but--

As far as the matter is concerned, Li Yan is still facing two problems, which prevent Li Yan from doing his best to eliminate the [-] robbers:

The first one is to take back Yanyun—this is the golden opportunity that God gave Li Yan to take back Yanyun. If Li Yan can grasp this opportunity, there is a great possibility to take back Yanyun, including the three prefectures of Ping, Luan and Ying. China will have a relatively stable frontier in the north, and the Hu people will not be able to easily enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, so Li Yan can establish a stable regime.

The second is to expand the territory - although China's territory is not small at present, there is only a small area in the Central Plains, so that Li Yan is embarrassed to say that he has entered the Central Plains, so he must seize the time to expand.

This is why Li Yan came up with the idea of ​​"letting the gold go".

But Li Yan soon figured it out. Only by defeating the Jin people and recovering the lost dignity of the Han people can he gain the true recognition and love of the people of the Central Plains, and can truly become the lord of the Central Plains, instead of bullying the people of the Central Plains Only with the approval of the Jin Kingdom can he be recognized and loved by the people of the Central Plains and become the lord of the Central Plains.

That's why Li Yan set out the eight conditions that others thought had no sincerity in the peace talks.

After leaving Bianliang City, Xiao Qing, Mo Yu and other Jin envoys hurried back to Jin Ying, and then told Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang and others the peace negotiation conditions proposed by Li Yan in full.

Before the end of listening, the golden man was blown away.

When Xiao Qing finished talking about the eight conditions proposed by Li Yan, the Jin people, especially the Jurchens, clamored to go to the decisive battle with the Chinese army now and give the Chinese army a try.

but--

This kind of words, that is to say, the Jinren.

At present, nearly 15 troops led by Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Xian are opening a large net and waiting for the Jinren to throw themselves into the net. How can the Jinren dare to act rashly?
After making a fuss for a while, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, and Wanyan Zongpan came to Wanyan Zonghan's Chinese army tent.

After the three of them divided the guests and the host and took their seats, Wanyan Zongwang expressed embarrassment: "At the beginning I said that Zhao Song would not be destroyed, but you insisted on destroying it. Now, what happened now? I have hated Zhao Song for nothing, and sent a group of useless men from Zhao Song's royal family and Zong's family to death. Grab it in your hands, but Li Yan will get all the benefits!"

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Who knows, Li Yan came back suddenly, sent troops suddenly, captured Bianliang City suddenly, and intercepted the Zhao Song royal family and Zong's women? Speaking of which, the second prince is also inseparable from this matter. Your East Route Army is in charge of guarding the front and the north, if you had discovered the Liangshan Army earlier, why would we be so passive?"

At the beginning, the Jin people had already determined Zhao Song, so they relaxed their vigilance.

In fact, not only the East Route Army, but also the West Route Army.

It's just that Liang Shanjun came from the east, and Wanyan Zongwang took the blame.

However, Wanyan Zongwang is not a person who takes the blame obediently, and he can't afford to lose this person. Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang said coldly: "The first to hit Tokyo was the Liangshan Tabai Army. They sneaked into Bianliang City from the south. Yes, and the south is in charge of your West Route Army."

Wanyan Zonghan snorted coldly, and said: "It wasn't because your Eastern Route Army's Tarlan Army was defeated and forced to come up by Liu Kai, so I transferred the southern troops to support you. Otherwise, how could the Tabai Army survive me? line of defense?"

At the beginning, without Wanyan Zongpan's support for Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonghan would not have the upper hand, and thus would not have made a plan to destroy Zhao Song.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongpan helped Wanyan Zonghan and said: "Wolibu, don't you forget that at the beginning you wanted the Maode Emperor Ji Zhao Fujin by name, but now the situation has taken a turn for the worse and you want to pick yourself out. This is my Jurchen." Did the warriors do it?"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "I want Zhao Fujin, but I can get it if I don't destroy Zhao Song. It was you two who insisted on destroying Zhao Song. I will truthfully report this matter to Your Majesty."

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Let's talk about it when you can go back. Judging from the eight conditions Li Yan mentioned and what he said, Li Yan never thought of letting us go away alive. Moreover, he might still want to take advantage of this opportunity. Opportunity to take Yan Yun back."

Speaking of this, Wanyan Zonghan asked Wanyan Zongwang again: "Second prince, tell me honestly, do you have enough troops in Yandi and Nanjing (Pingzhou)?"

After Wanyan Zongwang heard this, his heart tightened!
In the beginning, Wanyan Zongwang brought out all the soldiers and horses capable of fighting in the three prefectures of Yandi and Pingluanying in order to grab credit.

Today, although there are 6 to [-] troops in the three prefectures of Yandi and Pingluanying, those troops are all second-line troops, and nearly half of them are unreliable Han soldiers.

In other words, there are great hidden dangers in the three states of Yandi and Pingluanying.

But even so, Wanyan Zongwang still insisted: "You should take care of your Yundi and Hedong, I still have the Generalissimo's [-] elite defenses there, it is safer than your Yundi, if that Fan Zhixu I suddenly realized, instead of going south, go north instead, can the tens of thousands of people you left behind in Yundi and Hedong be able to hold on?"

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Then it is impossible for Fan Zhixu to go north. There is no king there to let him work hard. Take a step back and say that even if Fan Zhixu goes north, it is impossible to pass the checkpoints I have carefully arranged."

Wanyan Zongwang also knew that Wanyan Zonghan did things safely, and that Yundi and Hedong were designated as safer than his Yandi and Hebei, but he still hummed unconvinced.

Wanyan Zongpan smoothed things over and said: "Okay, Marshal of the National Prime Minister, don't be angry, if we fail to pass this test, we may all die in foreign lands, so let's work together to pass this test first."

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang also knew that the top priority is not to pursue responsibility, but how to pass this test.

Wanyan Zongwang took a deep breath and said, "I have a plan here, tell me, listen."

Wanyan Zonghan asked: "What plan?"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Let the Zhao family restore the restoration in Xijing (Luoyang), negotiate a peace with the Zhao family, let Zhao Huang issue an edict to Fan Zhixu and Zhao Gou, and order Fan Zhixu and Zhao Gou to send troops to capture Bianliang City and entangle the Liangshan army. The main force, and in addition, ask Fan Zhixu to give us the way, and we will go back from the east of the river."

After Wanyan Zonghan listened, he was silent for a while, and said: "Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and his son were deposed by us, and have lost the prestige of the monarch. The key point is that their father and son hate us to the bone. Once they gain power, they will definitely seek revenge from us. The rest of the Zhao family don't have the prestige of being an emperor, are you sure your strategy is feasible?"

After Wanyan Zongwang listened, he fell silent.

Back then, Zhao Huan hadn’t been abolished or completely reduced to a puppet. Many ministers in the Song Dynasty, like Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Zhi, Zhan Du, Chen Yu, Fan Ne, and Zhao Ye, refused to respect Zhao Huan’s Order, now that Zhao Huan has been abolished, even if it is restored, it will be designated as a puppet of their Dajin. Can those Song officials obey Zhao Huan's order?

And if the government is really returned to Zhao Huan, their Dajin has already persecuted the Zhao family to such an extent that the Zhao family lost their country, lost their women, lost all their dignity, and became the laughing stock of the world. With such a little bit of backbone, they will definitely never die with them.

Even if it is replaced by Zhao Ji, the situation is similar.

And the rest of the Zhao family did not have the prestige of being an emperor at all, especially when they were emperors in this special period.

How about setting up a different surname?
This was quickly overthrown by Wanyan Zongwang. People who set up the Zhao family are useless, let alone creating a different surname?

This way doesn't seem to work.

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(End of this chapter)