Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The Jin Kingdom's Bojilie Conference may have spawned a third force.

Wanyan Zongwang's position was extremely embarrassing. He was the military leader who was pushed out by the ancestral line represented by Wanyan Xieye to check and balance Wanyan Zonghan.

Now that Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Zonghan have temporarily joined forces, Wanyan Zongwang has only obtained the position of marshal.

It seems that he controls the military power of the Jin Kingdom, but in fact the power in his hands has not changed at all. While others are making progress, but he is standing still, that is tantamount to retreating.

After returning to Yanshan Mansion, Wanyan Zongwang said to Wanyan Talan: "In this Bojilie meeting, I recommend you to be the left deputy marshal."

"What about you?" Wanyan asked lazily.

Wanyan Zongwang said: "It's still the same as before, only getting the superficially prestigious position of Marshal of the City."

Wanyan was silent for a moment and said, "It's time for us to join forces."

Wanyan Talan is Aguda's cousin. He has been ostracized by the ancestors in the past two years, but he is unable to integrate into Wanyan Zonghan's side. He is somewhat inhumane inside and out.

Although there are not many Jurchen nobles in a similar situation to him, there are also many.

Historically, Wanyan Talan eventually turned to Wu Qimai, and after Wu Qimai's death, he joined forces with Wu Qimai's son, and it was they who put Qin Hui back.

The original intention of these people to release Qin Hui was not to subvert the Southern Song Dynasty. Instead, they sincerely wanted to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, and even planned to return the lands of Shaanxi and Henan.

Use the Southern Song Dynasty to check and balance the main war faction of the Jin Kingdom!

The final result was that the war faction headed by Jin Wushu killed all the "peace advocates" such as Wanyan Talan and others on charges of treason.

Wu Qimai's sons, Wanyan Talan's sons, and many Jurchen nobles were all executed by Jin Wushu for treason.

Qin Hui, the plenipotentiary representative of the Southern Song Dynasty, began negotiating peace with the Jin Kingdom. The "peace-promoting faction" of the Jin Kingdom was killed by the main war faction. Because they are indeed talking about dividing the border and governing, which is unacceptable to the Jin Kingdom’s main militant faction.

At that time, there was a series of political massacres within the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin armies everywhere became chaotic, leading to successive victories for the Song army in the next two years.

This situation was extremely beneficial to the Southern Song Dynasty, but Zhao Gou and Qin Hui still wanted to negotiate peace. Instead of taking advantage of the victory to counterattack, they actually abolished their martial arts to express their sincerity and relieved Zhang Jun, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others from their military power.

So there were twelve gold medals. When the Jin Kingdom was in chaos, the Southern Song Dynasty reached the Shaoxing Peace Agreement at the cost of killing Yue Fei.

"The emperor secretly sent someone to look for me," Wanyan Zongwang asked, "What do you think?"

Wanyan Talan said vaguely: "The emperor is still a very good person."

They are not Wu Qimai's people, but they can do something with Wu Qimai's help, and Wu Qimai will definitely speak for them.

The Taizong sect of the Jin Kingdom sprouted. Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Talan were the leaders of the Taizong sect.

Wanyan Talan said: "There is a vast plain to the south of Youzhou, and the Ming army may attack in large numbers at any time. Although we have moved a large number of people to Youzhou, we have been requisitioning grain in the past few years, and many of the people from all ethnic groups who have moved there have died. . If there is another war, Youzhou will definitely not be able to defend it, and the powerful people from all ethnic groups are likely to defect."

"Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan) said that once the war starts, he will bring troops to join us, and then the eastern and western armies can fight the Ming army together." Wanyan Zongwang said.

Wanyan asked lazily: "You can't bear to be here?"

Nonsense, the land of Youyan and several states is the foundation of Wanyan Zongwang's career. How could he be willing to give up?

As long as he survives these few years, he can become self-sufficient and Wanyan Zongwang can become a prince. Once they abandon Youyan and return to Liaodong, they will inevitably rely on others, and Wanyan Zongwang will be completely controlled by the ancestors.

Seeing that Wanyan Zongwang acquiesced, Wanyan Talan said again: "How about negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty?"

"Negotiating a peace?" Wanyan Zongwang's eyes lit up. He really hadn't considered this.

Wanyan Talan said: "Send the little emperor, the queen mother and those ministers to Kaifeng and hand them over to Prince Zhu in exchange for a peace agreement between Jin and Ming. According to the previous borders between Song and Liao, the future boundaries between Jin and Ming will be drawn And cure.”

Wanyan Zongwang frowned and said, "I can do it here, but I'm afraid Nianhan won't be willing."

Datong belonged to the Liao Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Wanyan Zonghan's territory at this time also occupied the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty such as Daizhou, Xinzhou, Fuzhou, Fengzhou, Ninghua Army, and Kelan Army.

If Jin and Ming countries negotiate a peace, Ming Dynasty will definitely demand the territory. Will Wanyan Zonghan vomit out what he eats?

Wanyan Talan suggested: "You can send an envoy to Kaifeng and tell them that we will not send troops. Let the Ming army go and attack Nianhan. If Nianhan can't resist, he will naturally be willing to negotiate for peace."

"Nonsense!" Wanyan Zongwang was furious.

Wanyan Tarlan remained silent. His demands were obviously different from Wanyan Zongwang's.

The two broke up unhappy, and Wanyan Zongwang stormed back home.

He summoned his adviser Shi Liai, repeated Wanyan Talan's words, and asked, "What do you think Mr. Shi should do in the future?"

Shi Liai said: "The Ming army is strong and the land of Youyan is difficult to defend. The marshal should retreat to the Jinzhou and Guangning areas. Although it is controlled by Xieye, the marshal has been operating in Guangning Mansion for several years, and various ethnic groups there The strong and powerful all love the marshal. We can also move the people from the land of Youyan back to enrich Jinzhou, Guangning Prefecture and Chengzhou."

Wanyan Zongwang felt that this plan was feasible, but he was reluctant to give up this territory.

Shi Liai continued: "As long as we retreat to Liaodong, the marshal owns Guangning Prefecture, Jinzhou, and Chengzhou. He needs people, food, and soldiers. But if the Ming army wants to attack, they can only go nearby. Sea roads, or crossing the sea, are easy to defend no matter what. As for the land of Youyan, if you can not fight for three years and let the people recuperate, it will naturally be the foundation of hegemony. But can the marshal guarantee that there will be no war for three years? "

"No." Wanyan Zongwang shook his head.

Shi Liai did not try to persuade him anymore and left some time for Wanyan Zongwang to think slowly.

Such a strategy is equivalent to going back to a few years ago.

At that time, the State of Jin also occupied several states of Youyan, but agreed to sell them directly to the State of Song, and at the same time relocated all the people.

But Wanyan Zongwang had two concerns. One was that he was reluctant to part with the territory, and the other was that he was afraid of falling out with Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zongwang hesitated for a long time, and Shi Liai finally spoke again: "If we stay in Youyan, the Ming army will attack at any time, but we have no danger to defend, and it is very difficult to supply military supplies. If you abandon Youyan, all the passes are still in the Kingdom of Jin In our hands. By that time, we can send troops to plunder at any time, and we can come and go wherever we want to attack. But if the Ming army wants to counterattack, they will face many difficult and dangerous places."

Shi Liai does not understand tactics, but he is good at strategic planning, and the suggestions he gives are almost the optimal solutions.

Wanyan Zongwang said without comment, "I want to send someone to discuss it with Nianhan."

At this moment, the guard came and whispered.

Wanyan Zongwang's expression froze: "Let the messenger come in quickly!"

The messenger trotted in, and Wanyan Zongwang asked, "How could the seaside city be gone?"

"The Bohai defender trapped Shangguan and surrendered to the enemy." The messenger replied simply.

Wanyan Zongwang asked for details again, and after some understanding, he waved the messenger away.

The Hexi Corridor was cut off, and all military supplies had to go through Lulongsai, making Wanyan Zongwang even more controlled by others.

Of course, it's not too bad, because due to the existence of the Ming Navy, it has long been impossible to transport food calmly there.

Wanyan Zongwang asked: "Sir, what advice do you have?"

Shi Liai shook his head: "I don't know what to do."

Wanyan Zongwang remained silent.

To retake Coastal City, we would need to mobilize an army of 10,000 to 20,000 people, and it would most likely take several months.

How can Wanyan Zongwang have enough military rations?

When an army goes out to fight, it consumes the same amount of food as when it stays at the garrison to rest and recuperate.

What's more, when soldiers of all ethnic groups are not fighting, most of them are farming at home.

Shi Liai still gave a suggestion: "You can report it to the court and ask the court to allocate military rations. Or you can ask the court to send troops from Jinzhou and let them take back the seaside. We don't need to pay attention to it."

"Alright." Wanyan Zongwang decided not to care.

For the Jin court, the Western Liao Corridor was extremely important.

But for Wanyan Zongwang, it was a useless place. Anyway, under the attack of the Ming Dynasty navy, they no longer dared to transport food from the Banghai Road.

And even without the Ming Dynasty Navy, the Banghai Road at this time cannot be used around the clock, and can only be used between autumn and snow, and between spring snow and summer rain. The rest of the months are muddy and difficult to navigate.

Wanyan Zongwang sent people out of Lulongsai to spread the news to Harbin, but he really didn't bother to care.

Li Bao urgently strengthened the city's defenses, transported a batch of food to the people of all ethnic groups who were about to run out of food, and then waited for the crazy counterattack of the Jin army.

I waited and waited for more than a month, but I didn't even see the shadow of Jin Bing.

In this case, the Jin soldiers could only come in autumn, because it was rainy in summer and they could not march at all.

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"This Li Bao is really good at looking for trouble, and his luck has always been good." Zhu Ming was a little bit dumbfounded when he received the news.

The plan of the Ming Dynasty this year is to fight a siege in Shanxi and recapture the old places of the Song Dynasty.

As for the land of Youyan, it may be easy to conquer it, but then the cost of management will be huge. Just like when Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty bought back the land, he had to continuously transport supplies and continue to spend money and food for several years.

When you are rich, you can naturally play like this.

However, Ming Dynasty is in financial distress, so it will have to wait for at least one year.

Ju Ming sighed and said to Fu Zhirou: "Issue an order to the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War to send them to Denglai Prefecture and transport another 10,000 shi of grain to Li Bao."

The next day after the order was issued, officials from Hebei Province rushed to report that Wanyan Zongwang, on behalf of Emperor Wu of the Jin Kingdom, planned to send an envoy to Kaifeng to discuss peace.

This is a major matter, and Zhu Guoxiang must know about it.

"The Kingdom of Jin actually initiated peace?" Zhu Guoxiang was quite surprised.

Ju Ming was not surprised: "The Jin Kingdom has insufficient food, and there are probably rebellions. At this time, we send people to negotiate peace. If it succeeds, we can delay it for two years, and if it fails, we can also delay it."

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "You won't agree, right?"

"Most of the firearms used in the Hebei battle last year were shipped to Shanxi this year. If we don't bring them back to their hometown in the Northern Song Dynasty, wouldn't these firearms be in vain?"

Ju Ming suddenly laughed as he said this: "But, we can temporarily make peace with Wanyan Zongwang, and then we can catch Wanyan Zonghan and beat him up."

"If I send troops to Youzhou, Wanyan Zonghan will probably lead troops to rescue. Then we will fight with the complete body of the Jin Kingdom on a flat plain. And if we only attack Shanxi, even if the Youzhou Jin soldiers come to join us, the terrain there They can’t use it either!”