Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 288: My foster father is here, please accept it.
When everyone cooperated to humiliate the Jin envoy, the Song envoy also laughed, but he did not expect that he would be the next one.

How could he say such a thing? !
When the envoy from the Song Dynasty saw that the envoy from the Jin Kingdom next to him also showed a hint of gloating about his misfortune, he couldn't help but feel even more angry.

We all share the same difficulties now. If Song and Jin don't join forces now, it will be too late!
"Da Jin only wants to preserve the land owned by his ancestors." When the Song envoy was silent, the Jin envoy did not give up the opportunity, but said loudly: "I, Da Jin, are willing to enshrine the national treasure and respect the Han Emperor."

"Wait a minute."

Liu Ling patted the armrest of the chair gently and asked doubtfully: "Who is the Emperor of Han?"

The envoy from the Kingdom of Jin raised his head in astonishment, and immediately realized that he had brought out this title in a casual manner, but in his desperation, he could not explain it with anything else.

After all, he was in front of him in name only, the emperor of Han Dynasty, but not in name only, the king of Goryeo.

Foolishness will be directly interpreted as provocation and a signal for war.

In desperation, he could only remain silent.

Liu Ling stopped asking. He looked at the envoys of the two "big countries". Now the Jin Kingdom is like a sick cat, and the disease can no longer be cured. As for the Song Dynasty...
As long as the Han Dynasty does not put enough war pressure, the Song people will indeed be able to breathe. After one or two generations of emperors, this salted fish may be able to turn around again.

But what is reassuring is that the Zhao Guan family is really too long-lived.

"Why is the king so forced?"

The envoy from the Kingdom of Jin finally couldn't bear it anymore and said in a deep voice: "We in Dajin still have tens of millions of people, and millions of soldiers are waiting at the ready. We will control the grasslands in the west and march south to the Great Wall. The war will begin when the war begins."

"I can guarantee that Hebei will not be attacked by the Han army."

"The Prime Minister is a little extreme."

"Your Majesty Cui Youyuan, I am going to the Cui family's house in Qinghe to pay homage to the official family!"

If King Kang is not going to show some respect, then he should at least make a promise now. What's the point of bragging to us that the Han army won't fight?
"Of course not."

People need to eat food, and war will kill people, so if enough people die, the food shortage problem can be alleviated. But it is more likely that the Jin Congress will completely fall apart because of this, and Wanyan Wu will have to go back to beg for food like his ancestors. They continue to live a life of fishing and hunting in the real "ancestral land".

"Look at what the Jin Kingdom is like now."

Three years ago, the Jin people began to suffer defeats one after another, and the Xia people almost reached the point of subjugation. As for the several Northern Expeditions our Song Dynasty had, there were several disastrous defeats. Can any of you tell me why the Song Dynasty is like this! "

"Then let's start a war!"

Liu Ling said calmly: "At that time, I will come back to discuss with you whether to agree to your emperor's little suggestion."

"Beast! You must die a happy death!"

Some Jin people wanted to fight, but for Wanyan Wu, what he saw was a mess, lack of money and food, and rebellions one after another, even in the Qin Dynasty or the Sui Dynasty when the second emperor was in power. They are still strong, but the Kingdom of Jin is declining at a speed visible to the naked eye in his hands.

This is bad.

He clapped his hands, and the officials sitting in the lobby suddenly yelled and cursed, because at this time, a large number of soldiers poured in from the back hall and outside the door, pointing their swords at everyone.

The first morning meeting ended like this, but it also revealed a lot of information to all parties.

Before he finished speaking, footsteps sounded again outside, and several middle-aged people wearing various colorful clothes walked in slowly. Only the last one was younger, but he bowed to King Kang before the others.

The Kingdom of Jin can no longer fight, but it cannot stop fighting. War can at least resolve many of today's difficulties in another way.

Who gave him this confidence?

King Kang frowned slightly, with a trace of disgust in his eyes. He waved his hand, and the two soldiers present immediately drew their swords and slashed hard at the two officials who shouted loudest beside them.

King Kang slowly regained his composure. He placed his hands on the armrests of the chair, looking calm and composed.

King Kang replied calmly: "Mr. Zhang knew he had betrayed the country last night and committed suicide with his entire family of forty-three. Before he died, there was a final letter here. If anyone is interested, please take a look. ”

The smell of blood filled the air. King Kang stood up, walked towards the crowd, and said with a smile: "Do you think you are really an indispensable role?"

King Kang smiled and said: "I am the prince of the Song Dynasty, how can I secretly communicate with the Yan thief?"

"Even now, the imperial court is still determined to start a war, just for the sake of Hebei and all the people of the world!"

He didn't look at the Jin envoy's face anymore, but looked at the Song envoy, said a few words casually, and dropped the topic.

The King of Han is about to proclaim himself emperor. If anyone dares to intervene to stop him at this time, he will probably be forced to go to war with the Han army next time.

Han Fang immediately said loudly: "I would like to take a long tassel, tie the gold master personally, and present the prisoner to the Yanjing Ancestral Temple to comfort our ancestors!"

"The Kingdom of Jin, give up Zhongjing. This is the land of Gu Liao. Gu Nai is the consort of Gu Liao. Millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops in the country are all united with Gu, thinking and looking forward to regaining their homeland day and night. "

"We will never rebel against the Song Dynasty until we die!"

Immediately, someone shouted: "Has your Majesty already secretly communicated the song with Yan Thief?"

King Kang was sitting on the Taishi chair, looking calmly at the dozens of civil servants and generals standing or sitting in front of him, and said loudly: "Six years ago, they attacked and destroyed the Liao Kingdom with great arrogance. Four years ago, they began to eat After losing the battle, the Yan people began to gather into a large army.

Someone shouted: "Why isn't Mr. Zhang here today? Where are the others?"

King Kang punched the desk, which frightened some officials. They thought that today the two parties had negotiated the terms, and then they would be able to support King Kang to take office. But now it seems that King Kang was too strong.

Liu Ling sighed. He looked at Han Shizhong and others, and the call for battle suddenly resounded throughout the court.

"Mr. Fan Yang, please pay homage to the official family!"

"The invincible ones in the world now are the Han people. The Han people are us, and we are also Yan people. Therefore, we and the Yan people are one family."

At the same time, King Kang said: "The officials have no integrity, so that the world is in turmoil, the people are displaced, the soldiers died outside the wall, and there are no bones left."

"Mr. Li from Zhaojun, pay your respects to the official family!"

"This is rebellion, rebellion!" someone echoed, while more people stood up, showing dissatisfaction.

"Feng family from Changle, meet the official family!"

"Mr. Zhang from Qinghe, meet the official family!"

The few people who came in later reported the names of five aristocratic families. In today's Song Dynasty, aristocratic families have long declined, and some families have even dispersed. However, under the deliberate guidance of some people, this kind of The family survived and even slowly recovered.

"If you are lacking, someone will take the seat for you, and the seat will be better than yours."

King Kang smiled at them and returned the courtesy one by one, but his tone was directed at the officials who were yelling and scolding.

"A scholar? You can't read well, but you talk every day, and you are a high-ranking official and enjoy a salary. What is the use of the Song Dynasty to support these insects?"

He originally hoped to select some loyal people from among these people. After all, if no one was available, it would have a great impact on him. But at this time, looking at the five aristocratic family heads bowing to him, something quietly burned in King Kang's heart.

"Anyone who does not call for surrender within three breaths will be killed without mercy."

"besides."

King Kang ordered coldly: "Gather your troops and fight across the Yellow River!"

The sky is covered with gloomy clouds, and the Yellow River is surrounded by thunderous waves. Due to frequent wars in the past two years, the defenders on the Yellow River have changed one after another. However, just like many years ago, Yandi stood in front of Hebei.

At that time, the Song people were not worried about the Jin people at all. Even though many people suggested at first that a weak Liao country could be left behind to help the Song people defend the north, Zhao Guanjia and others believed that the Chang Sheng Army was fully qualified for the job. .

Of course, it now seems that Chang Shengjun and the Yan people are a little too "competent".

Nowadays, Hebei lies between Yandi and Bianjing. At least north of the Yellow River, the imperial court has completely lost control of all cities and prefectures. Half of the prefectures in Hebei belong to the Yan people, and the other half directly belongs to King Kang.

The imperial court did not expect this situation. After all, Zhang Xiaochun occasionally sent "handwritten letters" to the imperial court. In the letters, he expressed his hope that the imperial court would station troops in Hebei and made nonsense of Hebei's willingness to return to the imperial embrace.

But this was a letter used by King Kang to test the court. The court responded five times in a row, and finally granted Zhang Xiaochun the post of Chief Superintendent of Hebei in an official document, issued a new round of rewards to Hebei officials, and of course asked King Kang to "go home" by name. .

In addition, the imperial court did not send any troops to take over the states north of the Yellow River. There was only one reason for this - the imperial court really ran out of troops.

They didn't even know they had revealed fatal information.

After Zhang Xiaochun died, the Hebei Forbidden Army no longer had any shackles. Late one night in June, a group of warships appeared in front of several large ferries on the west side of the Yellow River.

Early on the next morning, the Yellow River defenders were completely defeated.

As a result, the civil war in the Song Dynasty broke out.

"Urgent report from Hebei! King Kang of the Song Dynasty established himself as emperor, appointed generals and ministers in the court, offered sacrifices to heaven seven days ago, granted awards to all ministers, and then led his army southward. And..."

"explain."

Liu Ling stopped writing and looked at Han Fang, who had a look of confusion on his face.

"Also, King Kang Yao regards the Lord as his adoptive father. He has sent envoys to Hejian Mansion and asked the Han Dynasty to send troops to help."

With the Yellow River as the boundary, the Song people were divided into two factions - the Hebei Forbidden Army had more troops, but lacked money and food. Years of war were not enough to completely bring down the Bianjing court, but it was enough to bring Hebei, which had spent a lot of troops and manpower throughout the whole process, on the verge of collapse.

The two declarations of peace and the expedition to Liao included a large number of Hebei Forbidden Forces.

In the Northern Expedition to Yan, the Hebei Forbidden Army was still the main force.

Even in many previous wars, the Hebei Forbidden Army was never absent, but when the world mentioned the Song people, they would only think of the Western Army.

Liu Ling chuckled lightly, took the documents and military reports from Han Fang, flipped through them for a moment, and suddenly made a confused sound.

"Yue Fei, why are you in Hedong? Hmm. Call yourself Jiedu?"

He just felt a little weird.

After six years of fighting, Liu Ling has become very indifferent to the so-called historical celebrities. People will die in wars, no matter who they are. If he has reached his current position and still has to be afraid of a historical figure, then why should he? keep it up?
When Wang Ahai was still the envoy of the Jin people, he loudly told Liu Ling in the army that the Kingdom of Jin was the destiny of heaven. But didn't he later become the envoy of the Han Dynasty?
What surprised Liu Ling was that Yue Fei seemed to be a little out of control.

"Order Fuzhou Zhe Keqiu to send troops to attack the entire territory of Hedong. Taiyuan Fu Quduan cooperates in sending troops. The number of soldiers must be at least 30,000. The rest of the auxiliary soldiers and civilians will raise their own. In the next month, I will receive the news of Yue Fei's defeat or even the death of Yue Fei. Military report of total annihilation.”

"The minister obeys the order."

Liu Ling rubbed his brows, adjusted his thoughts, and said: "As for the new official in Hebei... No, what I just said does not count. There is no need to kill Yue Fei."

"What does your Majesty mean?"

"Open all the passes, replenish all the troops, money and food for Yue Fei, let him pass the passes, and lead the army back to Hebei."

Liu Ling did not give Han Fang time to think. He was very sure of the direction he would focus on next.

"Hedong, Longyou, and Guanzhong are all rich places. Even Guanzhong is definitely not as good as it was hundreds of years ago. But those who compete in the Central Plains have always won the world if they win Guanzhong. Further south from Guanzhong is Shuzhong. To the east it is."

Liu Ling naturally had countless marching routes in his mind, but he soon shook his head. After all, he now prefers to move forward steadily, occupying and digesting every place, rather than being full like Jin Guo, waiting for someone to come. When he punched him in the stomach, he had to spit it out.

"Let Yue Fei go back to Hebei, ha."

"But, what if he surrenders to the court?"

Liu Ling replied indifferently: "That is also the Song people's own business."

"Han envoy, why did you come here today?"

Yue Fei looked at the envoy in front of him, as if he remembered something, and immediately said: "I am a minister of Song Dynasty in life, and a ghost of Song Dynasty in death. There is no reason to surrender."

"Marshuai Yue is joking."

The envoy smiled and put his hand into his arms. The generals and officials on both sides immediately looked wary. Yue Fei waved his hand and watched as the envoy took out a letter and placed it in front of him.

"I am here to say a good thing to Marshal Yue on the orders of my Lord."

"I won't surrender, my handsomeness!"

"No one wants Marshal Yue to surrender." The messenger shook his head and continued as Yue Fei lowered his head to read the letter: "I, a big man, have always been kind to others and would not use weapons without authorization. However, I will not attack others unless they attack me. The Song Dynasty has repeatedly I have already punished you for betraying your alliance.

I heard that the Song Dynasty is currently in civil turmoil. As a warrior, Marshal Yue has to be trapped in a small city in the east of Hedong. Isn't it a pity? "

The envoy was persuasive and said: "I, a big man, are willing to let go of all the passes and let Marshal Yue lead his army back to Hebei. All he needs to do is show the letter, and the Han city along the way can even provide Marshal Yue with money and food.

However, if they dare to attack our Han city without permission along the way, this will definitely be a different matter. "

"No"

Yue Fei said slowly: "You are called Han people, but in fact you just want to put me back, and then..."

"Dashuai Yue's guess is good."

The envoy took out a letter again and placed it in front of Yue Fei: "Both the officer and the king know that Marshal Yue is not that kind of person. As long as Marshal Yue gives up this small town and leads his army to retreat to Hebei, I, a big man, can send troops and horses. Five thousand horses, ten thousand horses of all kinds, three thousand pieces of armor, and countless ordnance.”

"Commander Yue, choose."

The messenger cupped his hands and said, "You don't have to worry about lying. It doesn't matter if the money, food, soldiers, armor, and horses are sent to you now. But after taking the things, you have to be honest."

(End of this chapter)