Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 743 Besieged on all sides (please subscribe!)
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Wanyan Wu Qimai wanted to negotiate peace, but faced several major difficulties:
The first big problem is how to convince those ministers, that is, the partners of those military nobles?
You know, this time going south to rob, not to mention those Khitan, Xi, and Han soldiers, the [-] to [-] Jurchen elites were the strength of those military aristocratic partners, and in the end, less than [-] came back alive!
Those Jurchens who failed to come back are all father and son brothers of those military noble partners!
In other words, those military aristocratic partners have formed a blood feud with Li Yan!
The Jurchens were no different from the savages. In the earliest days, the various tribes often fought, sometimes over a small piece of pasture, a source of water, or a piece of woodland.

And when there is a war, there must be death. If you kill one of us, I will kill you two. The same is true for the other tribe. If you kill us two, I will kill you four. Endless vendetta.

(This is also one of the main reasons why the Jurchens were not strong at that time.)
Even later, Wanyan Hanpu, the first ancestor of the Jurchen, stopped killing, and the Jurchen did not die in vain—the outsiders killed the Jurchen, and the whole family went to revenge, so it goes without saying.Even if the people inside the Jurchen kill the Jurchen, the other party must pay six taels of gold, ten cows, and twenty horses, and they have to return one of their sons as a hostage and labor.

But this time the Jin people went south to rob, except for the useless Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and those men from the Zhao family, they brought back nothing of value.

How could this calm the anger of those military aristocratic partners?

The point is that the Chinese army also cut off the heads of those Jurchens who had been killed and made them into Jingguan, and eunuched those Jurchens who had been captured and sent them to the distant Beihai County to dig gold mines.

In this way, the enmity between those military aristocratic partners and Dazhong became even greater, and it can even be said that they will never die.

The second big problem is how to convince Dazhong and Li Yan to agree to a peace negotiation?
Nowadays, whether it is in Yandi or Hedong, the Chinese army is winning consecutive battles.

In Hedong, the Chinese army is about to hit Daizhou and Ninghua Army, and it is already connected with Fuzhou. It is about to recover the land of Hedong, and it is approaching Yundi.

In Yandi, after Yizhou, Zhuozhou, and Pingluanying three states, the Chinese army has regained Jizhou, and now it has formed a siege of Yanjing.

Even Dazhong's Northeast Army is now ready to attack Zhongjing Dadingfu.

It can be said that the situation of the Chinese military is really good.

Under such circumstances, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult for Dajin to persuade Dazhong to sit down and negotiate a peace.

Furthermore, Emperor Dazhong Li Yan had a very bad impression of him, Wanyan Wu Qimai, and one of the conditions for the peace talks he once offered was to let him Wanyan Wu Qimai abdicate.

It's also a big hassle.

however--

Although there are many difficulties, Wanyan Wu Qimai still wants to make peace with Dazhong.

Why?

First of all, it's still the same reason, if he doesn't negotiate a peace, he won't be able to be the emperor anymore.

Secondly, for Dajin, the current situation is really bad. If you don't negotiate and stop it, you can't tell how bad it will be in the end. It is not impossible for Dajin to be wiped out by Dazhong one day.

Again, the current wind direction is not right. The Xixia and Tatars and some other grassland tribes who used to surrender to Dajin have now begun to send envoys to Dazhong. In addition, the east has long been Dazhong’s territory, so one can’t get it right. However, Da Jin would stand up to enemies on all sides, and even be besieged on all sides.

Based on the above, Wanyan Wu Qimai called his eldest sons Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Chang. , and there are also some intentions for peace.The reason why it is called Wanyanchang is because Wanyanchang is the most enthusiastic about peace talks, and even put forward the political policy of "returning north to north, middle to middle, and south to south", and publicized his political views.

After Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyanchang saw Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Wu Qimai said: "The current situation is somewhat unfavorable to my Dajin, tell me, how should my Dajin deal with it?"

Wan Yanchang said: "The only solution for now is to negotiate a peace."

After Wanyan Zongpan heard Wanyanchang's words, he didn't speak.

Wanyan Wu Qimai asked Wan Yanchang: "How to negotiate a peace?"

Wan Yanchang said: "Respect Taizu's intention in the past, return Yanyun to the Han people, we northerners will return to the north, and our two countries will not invade each other."

Wanyan Wu begged and said: "Now that the Chinese army has occupied the three states of Pingluanying, if I, Dajin, withdraw from Yanyun again, I will no longer be able to go to the rich Central Plains."

This is the most fundamental reason why the Jin people have been sticking to Yanyun. Without Yanyun, not only will they no longer be able to touch the rich Central Plains, but they will also lose the civilization of the Central Plains and slowly degenerate into the former grassland tribes.

Moreover, if that is the case, then the situation of the Jin Kingdom will be even worse than that of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom occupied Yandi and Pingzhou, and was closely connected with the Central Plains, and even had a large number of Han people in the country. The prosperity of the Liao Kingdom.

This principle is not difficult to imagine, so Wan Yanchang also understands.

Wan Yanchang said: "But now it's not a matter of Dajin Fang not giving up on Yanyun, but that Dazhong is bound to win Yanyun. Dazhong has invested 50 million troops in Liaodong, Hedong, and Yan. Four of the five generals in the Lord's hands are in Liaodong, Hedong, and Yan, which shows the Lord's ambition for Yanyun. Therefore, if we don't give up Yanyun, Dazhong will never give up. The two countries will definitely fight to the death. The point where you die and I die."

The facts are indeed as analyzed by Wan Yanchang.

In order to obtain Yanyun, Li Yan was prepared to temporarily negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty and Xixia, and would even conscript the royal family himself if necessary.

It can be said that in order to regain Yan Yun, Li Yan almost resorted to any means.

Under such circumstances, if Jin Guo still clings to Yan Yun tightly, there will be no basis for peace talks at all.

Seeing Wanyan Wu begging for money and not talking, Wanyanchang said again: "Thinking that I, Jurchen, was originally just a small tribe in the northeastern part of the country, and I should be content with the land of Daliao, but it turned out that people's hearts were not enough, so I fell into poverty." Today, when Taizu was alive, he never thought of invading the south and returning Yanyun to the Song Dynasty. It is a pity that future generations do not have such foresight, so we have fallen into the current passive situation. If we do not correct it in time , I'm afraid that I, Dajin, won't even be able to keep the land of Liao, and may even bring disaster to my descendants."

Wan Yanchang's words were already very serious, and he even slapped Wanyan Wu Qimai in the face face to face. You must know that at the beginning, Wanyan Wu Qimai agreed to invade the South.

however--

Wanyan Wu didn't blame Wanyan Chang for begging for money, at least on the surface he didn't blame Wanyan Chang, and said: "Then how can we convince the minister to agree to negotiate peace with the Dazhong?"

Wan Yanchang smiled and said: "This matter is easy."

Wanyan Wu begged and said, "Oh? How easy is it?"

Wan Yanchang said: "Whoever wants to fight, let them go to Yanyun to fight."

Wanyan Wu begged to buy, his eyes lit up, and he thought: "This is a good idea, don't you disagree and want to fight, then you can take your people to Yanyun to resist the Chinese army."

but--

Wanyan Wu Qimai said quickly and calmly: "Then what if they win?"

Yes.

What should those partners of the military aristocrats do if they beat the Chinese army and saved Yanyun?At that time, Wanyan Wu begged to buy the throne of the Great Jin Emperor, and the designation would not be able to sit.

Before Wanyan Chang could speak, Wanyan Zongpan said, "They can't win."

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Wanyan Zongpan and asked, "Are you sure?"

Wanyan Zongpan said with certainty: "They will definitely not win."

Wanyan Zongpan is the eldest son of Wanyan Wu Qimai. Whether Wanyan Wu Qimai can become the emperor has the greatest relationship with Wanyan Zongpan.

Let's put it this way, if Dajin did not implement the Bo Jilie system, then Wanyan Zongpan would be the prince of Dajin.

(Historically, Wanyan Xieye, who was supposed to inherit the throne from Wanyan Wu Qimai, died before Wanyan Wu Qimai. At that time, Wanyan Wu Qimai really wanted Wanyan Zongpan to inherit his throne, but unfortunately Wanyan Yan Wu Qimai failed to fight against the noble partners of the Kingdom of Jin in the end, so Wanyan Zongpan not only failed to become the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, but was later liquidated.)
Therefore, Wanyan Wu begged for money because he believed in Wanyan Zongpan's judgment.

Now that there is a way to solve the internal problems, the most critical thing now is how to persuade Dazhong to agree to negotiate a peace.

Therefore, Wanyan Wu begged and asked: "Then what kind of price do we have to pay for the beneficiary to agree to negotiate a peace?"

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(End of this chapter)