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Chapter 476 Selling Wine at Jingkou ([-])
One month later

Winter is coming, the Yellow River is frozen, and the northern land is covered with snow.

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"The latest military situation, half a month ago, the Wei cavalry marched south, and the Song army's defense line has collapsed."

"Has Wei Guo pursued the victory?"

"No, they seem to be back again."

After listening to the nobleman's report, Yan Lan carefully looked at the map, pondered for a long time, and finally pointed to the Xiongnu Xia Guo in Guanzhong and said: "The real goal of Wei Guo is Xia Guo."

"Emperor Song has sent Jiankang soldiers to the north to meet the defeated soldiers, what about us?"

"Now is the time to go south immediately and cut off the Huai River grain road."

another half month later

Xiapi City

The Restoration Army of the Jin Dynasty stayed in Qingzhou and continued to attack the city, while the former nobleman of the Yan Kingdom led the rest of the army to station on Yuzhou Island, and then arrived at Xiapi City unimpeded through Xuzhou's dense water network.

This is a transfer station for grain and grass transportation in Liu Song Dynasty, but now it is besieged by tens of thousands of Yan troops.

"Now, we just need to besiege rather than attack, and wait for Emperor Liu Song to send envoys to discuss peace." The Yan nobleman laughed.

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Jiankang City

Royal Palace
main hall
"Yan soldiers besieged Xiapi, and the food we transported to Luoyang was stationed in Xiapi. If Xiapi city cannot be rescued, our 10,000+ army on the front line of Song Dynasty will mutiny!" Tan Daoji said eagerly.

"Can't we let our troops on the front line rescue Xiapi?" Emperor Liu Yilong asked.

"Your Majesty, they have just experienced a disastrous defeat in the river. They were killed on the south bank of the river, and they were already frightened and unable to fight at all." Tan Daoji explained.

"Is it possible to transport grain in Xiangyang instead of Huai River?" Liu Yilong asked again.

"The grain and grass are all in Xiapi, and it will take several months to collect grain again, and it's too late." Tan Daoji replied again.

"There are still [-] elite soldiers in Jiankang. Is it okay to use Jiankang's soldiers to break the siege of Xiapi?" Emperor Liu Yilong asked again.

"Jiankang is the capital of the country, and the soldiers staying in Jiankang should not act rashly, otherwise, if Jiankang is attacked by surprise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Tan Daoji replied.

Liu Song and his civil and military ministers discussed for a long time, and finally the result of the discussion was to negotiate a peace with Yan Guo, asking Yan Guo to give up the siege of Xiapi, so that Liu Song's grain transportation channels would be unblocked.

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five days later

Barracks outside Xiapi City
Liu Song's negotiating envoy came here and angrily reprimanded the Yan nobleman: "You barbarians, how dare you become an enemy of our great country in the Central Plains, leave the territory of our Great Song quickly, otherwise, as soon as our heavenly soldiers of the Great Song arrive, you It will be annihilated in ashes!"

"Kill it." The nobles of the Yan Kingdom are not used to Liu Song's envoys, they are too lazy to quarrel with each other, and they don't bother to abide by the so-called war between the two countries and not to kill the envoys. I beheaded the envoys.

As the nobles of the Yan State waved their hands casually, several Yan State Guards stepped forward, stabbed the envoy of Liu Song in the stomach, cut off his head, and threw the head to the envoy of Liu Song. The follower.

"Go back and tell your emperor, show the sincerity of your country of Song, and don't say such nonsense in front of me." The nobleman of Yan country said indifferently, while cutting off a piece of roast lamb leg, he didn't care about his appearance, just like that Eat with gusto.

"Yes, yes, yes." The envoy of Liu Song was trembling with fright, and hurriedly took the envoy's fresh head to Jiankang City.

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another five days later
Jiankang City

Royal Palace
main hall
There is a dead silence in the hall, the dignified Song Dynasty, to be threatened by a small country like Yan, it is a shame and a shame.

"Ask them, what exactly do they want, golden beauties, I can give them all." Liu Yilong's face was ashen, in order for the soldiers on the front line not to run out of food and mutiny, he could only bear with it.

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another five days later
Barracks outside Xiapi City
"Our emperor is willing to present a golden beauty as a gift, so that your country can retreat." The new envoy didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the nobles of the Yan country because of the lessons learned from the past. He sat on the wooden chair respectfully, serious Really discuss the matter of reconciliation and withdrawal with the nobles of Yan State.

"We are businessmen. We only want to do business with the Central Plains, and we have no intention of getting involved in the war in the Central Plains." The nobleman of the Yan Kingdom ate a piece of lamb leg with chopsticks. His entourage took some papers, handed them to the envoy of Liu Song, and said to him: "However, your country has killed innocent people indiscriminately, killed Chinese businessmen in Jingkou, and seized our goods. Isn't this too much?"

"The above lists the losses of our country in Jingkou, and the materials consumed by mobilizing troops and horses these days. Originally, we could not have lost or mobilized troops and horses to consume materials, but because of your country's reckless behavior, we have today's situation. All of this, therefore, your country needs to pay double compensation for the losses we have suffered.”

"At the same time, the trade between the two countries must be resumed, and the ban on wine must be lifted."

After the aristocrats of the Yan Kingdom finished speaking, the envoy of Liu Song read the papers. Not only were the supplies consumed by the Yan Army, but even a prostitute in the Yan Army was ruined, and it was written in the loss list, demanding that Liu Song compensate two beauties as compensation. .

"I don't have the right to make decisions about this kind of thing. I need to go back and discuss with His Majesty the Emperor and ministers." The emissary trembling all over, stood up and saluted the nobles of the Yan Kingdom, and then headed for Jiankang City with the list of losses.

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another five days later
Jiankang City

"It's unreasonable, Yan Yi is rampant!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to put on armor and fight to the death with the swallow thief!"

"Old general, what's the use of fighting Yan Guo to the death? The most urgent task now is to clear the food roads. According to reliable sources, some soldiers have already left the barracks without permission because of the reduction in daily rations, and looted the villagers everywhere."

"It can't be delayed any longer. Compensation for losses is nothing more than loss of face. Those compensations are not worth mentioning compared to the 10,000+ army, Your Majesty!!!"

Listening to the twittering of the ministers, Liu Yilong felt tired. He didn't think he was wrong, but put the responsibility on the front-line generals. If they weren't too useless, they couldn't beat the Wei cavalry. There would be no predicament today, and Yan Bing had been cleaned up long ago.

He struggled for a long time, but in the end the situation was stronger than others, and finally he had no choice but to sigh: "Compensation can be paid, and trade can be resumed, but the ban on fine wine must not be lifted."

"Your Majesty is wise!" The officials echoed.

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another five days later
Barracks outside Xiapi City
The envoy of Liu Song came here again, and after conveying Liu Yilong's meaning, the nobles of Yan State pondered for a moment, discussed privately with other nobles of Yan State for a long time, and finally agreed to such a peace.

Continuing to procrastinate can only lose both sides, because once Liu Song's 10,000+ army on the front line really mutiny, then Liu Song has no need to negotiate a peace.

After all, the reason why Liu Song wanted to negotiate a peace was to prevent the army from mutinying. If the mutiny had already occurred, what was there to negotiate?
At that time, Liu Song lost his army, Yan Guo could not get compensation, and ended up in a lose-lose situation, and only Wei Guo was the biggest winner.

Therefore, if you have to forgive others and forgive others, the benefits you get are enough, so there is no need to continue entanglement.

"I hope the friendship between our two countries will last forever." The nobleman of Yan Kingdom smiled at Liu Song's envoy, and gave him a clear and transparent glass.

Afterwards, the cargo ship of Yan State loaded Liu Song’s compensation supplies at Jingkou. It took a few days to finish loading the supplies, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the double, the nobles of Yan State immediately evacuated Xiapi and entered the sea along the Huai River network. , and finally returned to Liaodong.

(End of this chapter)