The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 205 Faint Lord!

At night, Wanyan Zonghan arranged for Pharmacist Guo to rest first.

Medical Master Guo knew that they wanted to discuss this matter in private, so he left wisely: "After a long journey, I am really tired. I will leave now, general."

After Pharmacist Guo left, Wanyan Zonghan's expression changed, he looked at Wanyan Xiyin and asked, "Gushen, what do you think about this matter?"

Wanyan Xiyin coughed twice: "I don't know whether it is true or not, unless there is more news to support it."

Zong Han frowned in thought and muttered: "We don't know how good a female official in the Song Dynasty is at governing the country. I only admire her when it comes to using troops. You said that she has a strong control over the Song army. How could she be criticized? Has Emperor Jun dealt with this idiot?"

Wanyan Xiyin, an expert on Song Dynasty issues, thinks there is nothing surprising about this issue.

"Commander, the behavior of the Song Dynasty is different from that of the Jin Dynasty. I, the Jin Dynasty, have always respected the strong and favored martial arts. As long as you have a high reputation in the army, you will naturally have a high status in the court. However, the Song Dynasty is different. They emphasize culture over military affairs. Even the female officials Controlling the Song army could not stop the pedantic scholar-bureaucrats in the court from being nostalgic and supporting Emperor Daojun and the deposed prince Zhao Huanna."

Wanyan Zonghan was neither good nor interested in these court battles, otherwise he would not have been depressed and died in the internal strife in the Jin Kingdom many years later.

After hearing what Yan Xiyin said, Wanyan Zonghan felt that what Medical Master Guo said was credible.

"Commander, no matter whether this matter is true or not, as long as we can get the Taiyuan defenders to withdraw from Taiyuan, we can set up an ambush outside the city to annihilate them, and then massacre Taiyuan City to avenge Wanyan Yinshuke, this is a good thing!"

As soon as Wanyan Loushi finished speaking, Wanyan Xiyin immediately expressed his objection: "It's inappropriate!"

Wanyan Loushi was puzzled.

"If this matter is true, Emperor Daojun has personally written a letter to cede Taiyuan and other three places to me. If it is to massacre the city, what use do we have for this empty city? This is the first. Second, taking Taiyuan is not our purpose. , break through Kaifeng and destroy the Song Dynasty. If we set up an ambush and massacre the city now, it is only a short time. It is better to let the Song Dynasty believe in the sincerity of our peace talks and make them numb and boil frogs in warm water. Otherwise, Kaifeng City will be much taller than Taiyuan. ”

Wanyan Zonghan nodded: "Gu Shen's words make sense. We, Da Jin, are about to conquer the world, but we can't rule the world right away. If we can destroy the Song Dynasty and win the world, we have to think about how to rule it."

Seeing that both Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin were opposed to this, Wanyan Lou's room didn't say anything more.

The three of them discussed for a long time and decided to see if Medical Master Guo could really get the Taiyuan garrison to abandon the city and withdraw tomorrow.

On the second day, the weather improved and the sun was shining brightly.

Pharmacist Guo sent people to the outside of Taiyuan City early in the morning with gold medals and documents. He held the gold medal and shouted towards the city: "The imperial court has an order, please open the door quickly."

When the Song army guarding the city saw that the man was wearing official uniform and holding a gold medal, and he was riding a horse, he was relieved to let him enter the city.

Arriving at the General's Mansion, the visitor handed the gold medal and documents to Yue Fei: "General Yue, the court has decreed that you lead your troops to withdraw from Taiyuan City."

Yue Fei was stunned when he heard this, why did he want to withdraw from Taiyuan?
After receiving the gold medal and the document, Yue Fei carefully checked the seal of the document. It was indeed the seal of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. Yue Fei was puzzled: "Now that the war in Taiyuan is in our army's favor, why does the imperial court want us to withdraw at this time?"

The visitor shook his head: "I don't know. I was just ordered to deliver the gold medal document, and I don't know anything else."

Yang Zaixing on the side was a little anxious: "Did something happen in Kaifeng?"

The visitor hesitated for a long time, but couldn't say one, two, three. Gao Chong stood up anxiously and kicked him on the butt: "Are you mute?"

Yue Fei quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Don't be rude. Come on, if you are tired, please rest first. I will discuss this with the other generals."

As soon as the visitor left, Yue Fei sent for Zhang Xiaochun, the magistrate of Taiyuan, handed the document to Zhang Xiaochun and asked, "Prefect Zhang, this is strange."

Gao Chong also said to the side: "Governor, take a look, is there any fraud?" Zhang Xiaochun was very puzzled after reading the document: "This document and the seal cannot be false. Logically speaking, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War Issuing such documents must be reported to the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Education is required to report to the officials. Only with the approval of the officials can this document be issued..."

"But why is there no imperial decree or official letter?" Gao Chong asked.

Zhang Xiaochun sighed: "This kind of document does not require an imperial edict, let alone a letter written by an official."

Yue Fei had a serious face and thought: "If we evacuate Taiyuan City at this time, Taiyuan will be lost. If Taiyuan is lost, Kaifeng will be in danger! The imperial court is... hey!"

Yue Fei slapped the back of his chair heavily, and just as he was about to say something, another person held a gold medal document: "The imperial court has an order, and General Yue will take it!"

Everyone stood up and walked out of the hall.

The man handed over the gold medal and announced: "The officials have ordered General Yue to withdraw from Taiyuan City quickly and lead his army back to Kaifeng."

Yue Fei accepted the gold medal and wondered why: "If we withdraw from Taiyuan at this time, the Jin army will inevitably set up an ambush..."

"Don't worry, General Yue. The imperial court has reached a peace agreement with the Jin army and will never embarrass the general."

"Peace agreement?" Yue Fei and Zhang Xiaochun asked in unison.

The man bowed his hands in salute and exited the general's mansion.

Everyone looked at each other, the court was actually negotiating for peace again?
Returning to the hall, everyone was like an eggplant beaten by frost, lowering their heads and saying nothing. Yue Fei was even more sad and angry: "We are obviously fighting so well and can resist the enemy here, why is the court like this!"

Zhang Xiaochun also looked sad: "I thought it was an official family...but who would have thought...ah!"

Zhang Xiaochun wanted to curse loudly, but when the words came to his lips, he had to swallow them back, holding his forehead and feeling sad: "If General Yue withdraws, hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City will die under the butcher's knife of the gold thief. What does the court think?"

Yang Zaixing clenched his fist tightly.

Gao Chong punched the table: "If you want to evacuate, I, Gao Chong, will never abandon the people of Taiyuan!"

There was silence in the hall for a long time, and Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help but ask: "General Yue, you should make up your mind."

Yue Fei looked at the crowd and said with a choked voice: "As officials of the Song Dynasty, we have to obey the emperor's order. If we want to withdraw, we must first find a way to protect the people of Taiyuan."

Just as several people in the hall were discussing how to protect the people of Taiyuan, the third gold medal came again.

"General Yue, the imperial court has decreed that you withdraw your troops as soon as possible."

Yue Fei numbly accepted the third gold medal and said with a wry smile: "But why do the people of Taiyuan deserve it?"

"Don't worry, General Yue. The imperial court has reached an agreement with the Jin Army. Taiyuan will be ceded to the Jin State. The Jin Army also promised not to massacre the city."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xiaochun trembled all over, could not stand steady, staggered and almost fell. After being supported by Yang Zaixing, he burst into tears: "Hunjun! Hunjun! Hunjun!"

When Gao Chong heard this, he was not happy. He wanted to reason, but he couldn't say a word. He looked up and saw that the people of Taiyuan were already surrounded outside the general's mansion. Men, women, old and children all had the same expression, and their faces were filled with fear and blankness. At a loss.

(End of this chapter)