The struggle of the reborn prince

Zhao Tun's occupation of Liaoyang City meant that he wanted to use it as a boundary to raise territorial claims, so as to take the initiative in the subsequent negotiations. Unexpectedly, Wu Shu saw through his plan to reinforce by water, blocked the mouth of the Liaohe River, and surrounded Liaoyang City. , cut off the external connection of water and land, so that the tiger generals could not advance and retreat to sit in the isolated city, and became an enclave occupied by the Song Dynasty in the hinterland of the Jin army, but the situation here is different from Helandian.

Helandian has a vast territory, sufficient defense depth, and accessible waterways, so you can get supplies and reinforcements at any time, and you are backed by a friendly country called Koryo, and the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms is the younger brother of the Song Dynasty, and it should be the big brother at their doorstep Charge forward and provide all kinds of help.Although the current Liaoyang City is controlled by Song Dynasty, there are only [-] soldiers, the land is only a few tens of miles away, and it is deep in the hinterland of the enemy's country. There is no room for maneuver, so it can only defend.

Although Liaoyang has hoarded a large amount of supplies, there will be no risk of running out of food in a short period of time, but when support is cut off, personnel and supplies can only go in and out. In this era, there are no planes that can drop supplies by air. Zhao Tian just knows how to make it. I'm not in a hurry now.On the day when everything is consumed, apart from surrendering, the defenders have no choice but to live and die with the city.

If you want to rescue Liaoyang, there are two ways to go now: one is to turn around and return the troops stationed in Koryo, and re-open the road from Baozhou to Liaoyang. It is obviously powerless to take a break and prepare for the Jin army's comeback; another option is to mobilize the water army to open up the Liaohe waterway, but the waterway from the mouth of the sea to Liaoyang is hundreds of miles away. The navy is limited by its combat methods, and it is difficult to open the way without the cooperation of the army.This in turn requires the mobilization of a large number of troops.

If he mobilizes a large army to attack again, Zhao Tang thinks it would be better to mobilize all forces to fight a war to destroy the country, but in this way, he will lose his original development plan for the Song Dynasty, and he can't affect the next few decades of the Song Dynasty because of this incident development of.So Zhao Tong had to admit that the tiger generals guarding Liaoyang City had now become the 'hostages' in the hands of Wushu to coerce Da Song. , what he has to do now is to wait for Jin Guo to make an offer...

Sure enough, Zhao Tang got Wu Shu's pulse again, because Wu Shu is also a smart person, and he understands that although he temporarily caught Da Song's tail, it was only a small tail.If Zhao Tun abandoned the Song army occupying Liaoyang City with the spirit of a martyr, more than 2 people would be nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the Song Dynasty, and it would not cause much damage at all, nor would it shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty and Zhao Er. On the contrary, it will arouse the common hatred of the Jin State in the Song Dynasty.detrimental to their own plans.

On the other hand, the nail nailed by the Song Dynasty in Liaoyang City was too involved in the Kingdom of Jin.In order to besiege the city and prepare for the rescue of Song Shuijun.The Kingdom of Jin mobilized tens of thousands of troops and young and strong people to guard against death.Everyone stayed there and stared at the Song army day and night, no production, no farming, and the daily consumption of people eating horse chews was not a small amount. After a long time, it was also too much for Dajin, especially the loss of Liaoyang City.

And now spring plowing is imminent.The fields around Liaoyang are not expected to be cultivated, but the millions of hectares of fertile land on both sides of the Liaohe River cannot be left unused, but the hundreds of Song Navy warships cruising at the mouth of the Liaohe River are also disturbing. Maybe they will go upstream one day.Fight again.Facing the war that may break out at any time, how can people care about farming, but the season waits for no one, and if it is delayed for a while, it will be missed, and the one-year harvest will be delayed.

During the tussle, Wu Shu lost his composure at first, and ordered people to restart the peace talks, but this time he learned the lesson, and no longer mentioned the peace talks, but discussed the truce.After putting it another way, Da Song really agreed, but the location of the negotiation was changed to Pingzhou, which facilitated the exchange of envoys and the rapid transmission of news between the two countries, and was conducive to the quick implementation of the negotiation results.

"Master Zhang, your army has invaded Liaoyang Mansion of our country and has refused to retreat. Our emperor has the virtue of living well. Although he traps them, he can't bear to harm them. Please withdraw from the occupied land as soon as possible!" The two sides sat down, Lord Jin Xiao Yi, the servant of the household department, said straight to the point.

"Lord Xiao, don't distort the facts. It is because of your siege that our army can't retreat. If our army invaded Liaoyang Mansion as you said, how can we withdraw our army?" Zhang Suo said unhurriedly with a smile , Although the two gold envoys seemed aggressive and sang loudly, he also saw that they lacked confidence.

"Master Ma is making unreasonable words. Liaoyang Mansion is the Tokyo of my Dajin. It was invaded by your country's army. Don't you want to return it?" Xiao Yi said dissatisfied.

"Hehe, it's Mr. Xiao who is making such strong words. Liaoyang Mansion was the Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom 30 years ago. Did your country forget to return it?" Zhang Suo still said with a smile on his face.

"This... how can this be compared to the same thing. Back then, the Khitan's brutality caused turmoil in the world, and the people were in dire straits. My Taizu's rebel army replaced Liao as an act of obedience to the people!" Xiao Yi argued forcefully.

"Oh, that's how it is!" Zhang Suo nodded and said, "Gorea has always been obedient to your country and paid tribute every year, but you imposed taxes and expropriated the young and strong, so that the people of Goryeo didn't have a living, so they turned to my Song Dynasty to uphold justice, but your country Sending troops to conquer, our Great Song Dynasty should send out volunteer soldiers to assist at the request of the lord of Koryo, and occupying Liaoyang Mansion is also considered obedience to the people?"

"Master Zhang, don't play tricks with your tongue. Aren't you afraid that my Dajin army will capture Liaoyang City and kill your army?" Xiao Yi is really hard to explain this question. After all, the Jin Kingdom sent troops to Goryeo first. After Song Jun was invited to send troops, he could only speak harshly.

"Hehe, your country does not hesitate to take action. Now there are hundreds of warships of our Great Song Navy gathered in Liaodong Bay. Hundreds of thousands of troops from Pingzhou, Linhuang, and Dading are waiting for the battle. As long as my family sage gives an order, they can flatten both sides of the Liaohe River and attack them." Huining!" Zhang Suo said with a sneer, shaking his sleeves, he knew that the current Song Dynasty was no longer the era when tens of thousands of Jin troops could come to the city.

"My lord Zhang calmed down. Please don't blame your lord Xiao for being impatient. My emperor had already said that Song and Jin were originally a country of brothers, and they once joined hands to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Earlier, there were some misunderstandings due to some emotional disputes, which led to the military confrontation. Now we should It's better to rebuild the old ones, and stop fighting, so we will never harm the noble army of Liaoyang Prefecture!" Seeing that Zhang Suo turned his head to leave, Xing Juzhan, the deputy envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, hurriedly pulled Zhang Suo to smooth things over.

"Alright, but your lord won't allow our army to leave for no reason?" Zhang Suo pondered for a moment and said, the emperor had something to say first, and the tiger general was alone, so he couldn't ignore it, and he could make an appropriate compromise, so he wanted to hear Jin Guo's offer conditions of.

"Master Zhang is really happy. My Majesty means that as long as your country is willing to resume peace talks with us, you can let him return home safely!" Xing Juzhan said.

The words of the envoy Jin are beautiful, but Zhang Suo understands that things will never be so simple. There are not many good cards in Jin Guo's hands now, and the tiger general who has been taken hostage is one of them. There must be additional conditions. To mention it again, the main thing is the land, money and reopening of the market that the emperor guessed.The emperor didn't need to refuse the old coin, so he refused on the spot. There was still some discussion on the matter, and the land matter was the most complicated, and it was not up to envoys like them to decide. They could only ask for instructions.

Da Song's side is very simple. Since the conflicts in the early stage are put aside, there is no need to start a new business. It is only necessary to abide by the actual control line agreed during the last peace meeting.But of course the Kingdom of Jin would not do it. Now that the Liaoyang Mansion is under the control of the Song Army, doesn't it mean that the Liaoyang Mansion belongs to the Song Dynasty?After several rounds of negotiations between the two sides, the focus of the dispute was the land dispute after the Goryeo War. The Kingdom of Jin demanded that the Song Dynasty withdraw its troops from Goryeo, and the two countries restore the original border. They released the Song army who was besieged in Liaoyang Prefecture.

The Song Dynasty should establish a brotherly relationship between the two countries, set up a dispute on the border, and withdraw most of its troops from Koryo, but it is not convenient for the Song Dynasty to intervene in the territorial issues involving Koryo.As for the Helandian area, that is an internal issue of your Jurchens. Da Song is willing to act as a mediator to mediate. The Xuanzhou, Kaizhou and Liaoyang mansions on the north bank of the Yalu River occupied by the Song army can be returned to the Kingdom of Jin, but all of this has been achieved. The premise is that the King of Liao must be released to return to the country, otherwise everyone will be grinding their teeth...

After talking for more than a month, the conditions proposed by Wu Shu were basically not met, but he also knew that the victory on the negotiating table was based on the premise of military victory. It was blown up, dredged the mouth of the Liaohe River, and then captured Yaozhou, which controlled the mouth of the Liaohe River, and opened the gate to Liaoyang Mansion.

The news of Yaozhou's fall shocked the court and the people of the Kingdom of Jin. Emperor Wan Yanquan called Wushu into the palace several times to discuss the matter, and asked him why he had not yet reached a peace agreement with the Song Dynasty, which caused him to lose ground repeatedly, and let the Song army come to the city.And all the courtiers also jointly wrote a letter requesting the release of the Tianshui County King, and not giving the Southern Dynasty an excuse to use troops against the Jin Kingdom, otherwise they will never have peace in the Jin Kingdom, and the two countries will not be able to reach real peace.Because of this, it is better to release him earlier, let their brothers fight and cause civil strife, and give Da Jin a chance to recuperate.

The emperor's questioning and the courtiers' questioning suddenly made Wushu feel a crisis. The emperor became a mental patient, and the queen of the Kingdom of Jin began to actively interfere in the government affairs.The young emperor who advocated Han culture very much promoted a large number of Han officials, including Han officials from the Liao Kingdom and Song Dynasty. They have formed a new force that can challenge the Jurchen forces headed by him in the court. , posed a threat to his dictatorship, which forced Wushu to readjust his strategy... (to be continued...)