Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Wanyan Zongqian was the eldest son of Aguda and the father of Wanyan Liang, the future King of Hailing.

This person once served as Bojilie of Guolun, and was on an equal footing with Wanyanxie. At this year's Bojilie Conference, he voluntarily gave up his position as the first deputy prime minister in exchange for the command of the Bohai army in central Liaoning.

This time he led troops to conquer Goryeo, but only brought 3,000 Jurchen soldiers, and the rest were all from the Liaozhong and Bohai Navy.

Li Xiaoxian, the guard general of Baozhou of the Goryeo Kingdom, woke up and suddenly found that the Jin army had reached the other side of the river.

Li Xiaoxian recruited young people in the city and farmers in the suburbs. At the same time, he also sent fast horses to the capital to ask for help.

Although the Jinguo Shipyard on the north bank of the Yalu River was burned down by Li Bao, a lot of wood still survived.

These wood materials were made into simple rafts, and more than 10,000 Jin troops quickly crossed the river.

Baozhou City was quickly besieged by Jin soldiers.

Wanyan Zongqian did not attack the city immediately, but asked Bohai soldiers to go around outside the city with shields to persuade them to surrender.

The Bohai soldiers shouted like this: "Bohai people in the city, listen, don't forget the blood feud. Kill the Koreans quickly and help Dajin open the city gate. Those who have made meritorious services will be rewarded heavily, and they can also take their families with them." Go to the Kingdom of Jin and get the land!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaoxian's face changed drastically, and he quickly said to the messenger: "Tell the soldiers in the city that they are all Korean warriors, and there is no distinction between Korean and Bohai tribes here. As long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious service, the court will reward you heavily! As long as you hold on for one day , I will give you a reward for one day, and you can get it when you change defenses every day."

After all, the bloody feud is too far away, but the reward from the guard is right in front of us.

Goryeo has done a lot of nonsense.

A hundred years ago, the Liao Kingdom promised to grant Korea hundreds of miles east of the Yalu River to Korea in order to make Korea a vassal and pay tribute.

But the land was given, and the Liao Kingdom moved away its small population.

In order to enrich the population on the frontier, the Goryeo State lured the Bohai people north of the Yalu River to move south, and secretly contacted the Song State and professed vassalage to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Because the Bohai people could not bear the exploitation of the Liao Kingdom and the preferential treatment policy of Goryeo, they fled to the Baozhou area and built six towns for the Goryeo Kingdom. That is, the six cities in Jiangdong.

The Liao Kingdom discovered that Goryeo was luring its own citizens and was flirting with the Song Kingdom, so it immediately stationed troops on the north bank of the Yalu River to threaten them.

The King of Goryeo was frightened. He did not dare to take in the Bohai people anymore, nor did he dare to send them back to enrich the borders of Liao Kingdom. So the King of Goryeo made a cunning move and launched a large-scale massacre of the Balhai refugees who were lured to Goryeo!

There are also a large number of descendants of Bohai survivors in Baozhou and the surrounding six cities in Jiangdong, including many among the soldiers guarding the city.

Their grandparents were massacred, how could they forget in such a short time?

In addition, when the Liao Kingdom fell, tens of thousands of Bohai people also fled, and only twenty to thirty thousand people were repatriated. These new immigrants from the Bohai Sea also have close contact with the descendants of the original survivors.

Wanyan Zongqian stationed troops outside the city, building siege equipment while sending people to continue shouting.

At the same time, troops were divided to besiege six cities in Jiangdong. Those were small mountain towns, not as big as the towns in Zhejiang. But it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a hard attack will definitely cause a lot of casualties.

The descendants of Bohai survivors in the six cities east of the Yangtze River account for at least 30% of the total local population.

If new immigrants from the late Liao Dynasty are included, the proportion of Bohai people is estimated to reach 50%.

Wanyan Zongqian sent people to persuade them to surrender, promising a lot of benefits. In less than ten days, Bohai soldiers defected in two mountain cities, and they cooperated with Jin soldiers to quickly capture the mountain cities.

Then the Bohai Navy, who had turned against them, was dragged to other mountain towns to appeal, and the remaining four mountain towns also followed the civil strife.

At this point, Baozhou has become an isolated city.

Faced with such a desperate situation, and the Goryeo court was slow to send an army to help, Baozhou guard Li Xiaoxian quickly made a decision to follow the will of his ancestors.

Surrender the city!

The gates of Baozhou City were opened wide, and Li Xiaoxian led his troops out of the city to present the map and household registration. He knelt down and said in a smooth and smooth manner: "Li Xiaoxian, the guilty general, comes to see the noble general of the great gold!"

Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Very good, you are very knowledgeable."

Li Xiaoxian not only surrendered surprisingly quickly, but also planned to lead the way: "Unknown to the nobles, the nobles of the two capitals of Goryeo and Goryeo were fighting among themselves, and the nobles of Kaijing imprisoned the king. The nobles of Xijing hijacked the clan Taiyuan Gong, and raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. The armies of the two capitals were fighting, If the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers attack at this time, they will definitely be able to quickly capture the two capitals!"

"Is there such a thing?" Wanyan Zongqian was overjoyed.

Li Xiaoxian said: "General Sin is willing to be a pioneer for Dajin. Please lend me five hundred Jinguo cavalry."

Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Then I will lend you five hundred Jurchen cavalry."

"I will eventually die for the Kingdom of Jin!" Li Xiaoxian swore, and then kowtowed crazily to thank him.

The two major forces in Goryeo are at war. The Kaijing faction has the upper hand, and the Xijing faction cannot take care of itself.

The Goryeo troops in other state capitals had long been taken away by the nobles of the two capitals. The Jin soldiers were extremely powerful, but Goryeo was empty of troops, so they were killed by Wanyan Zonggan in Pyongyang in half a month.

After learning that Pyongyang, the base camp, was besieged, the troops of the Xijing faction on the front line were in disarray, and were completely defeated by the troops of the Kaijing faction.

"Sikong, there is news from the north that Pyongyang, Xijing, has been captured by Jin soldiers!"

Upon hearing this urgent military situation, Jin Fushi, who colluded with the Jin people, fought against the party and betrayed the country, and placed the king under house arrest, did not show the slightest panic.

He seemed to have expected it.

Jin Fushi made a quick decision and said to several of his confidants: "Ask the envoys from Haizhou Port to immediately go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and rescue the troops. Send another envoy to Xijing to see the Jin Bing commander and ask them what they can do. I wish to retreat."

As long as they can kill the Xijing faction, the nobles of the Kaijing faction headed by Jin Fushi don't care about national interests at all, and it doesn't matter no matter how many people are burned, killed and plundered.

Moreover, the Xijing faction had to take the blame for these disasters. It was they who deceived the public with their lies and induced the king to send troops. As a result, the Jin Kingdom sent troops for revenge and everyone was devastated.

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Pyongyang.

Wanyan Zongqian lived in the Goryeo Palace. He had divided his troops to occupy the nearby Nanpu Port, and even captured two Ming Dynasty merchants from Shandong.

Wanyan Zongqian said: "If you are willing to be an internal agent for Daikin and pass on some news every year, we will let you go with all the goods. There is no danger. I will keep people at the port. When you do business, send the news Just tell the person who left me behind."

A maritime merchant angrily rebuked: "You barbarians, don't say anything. If you want to kill or behead me, do it immediately. Although I, Fan Chengli, am a merchant, I have also read the books of sages. How can I be the kind of person who betrays his country and seeks glory!"

Another maritime businessman knelt down and kowtowed wildly: "General, please spare my life. I am willing to serve as an internal agent."

"Very good," Wanyan Zongqian smiled proudly and pointed at Fan Chengli, who refused to cooperate. "Drag this man out and kill him, and remove all the cargo on his ship."

Fan Chengli was dragged out and yelled at the merchant who was afraid of death: "You will not die a good death, your Majesty will definitely barbarize the three tribes of you!"

The merchant huddled up in fear and lay on the ground shivering.

Wanyan Zongqian waved and said, "Come closer and talk."

The merchant trembled and crawled forward.

Wanyan Zongqian asked: "What is your name?"

The merchant was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, saying a lot quickly: "The villain is called Qian Cishan. He was originally from Jiangnan in the former Song Dynasty. The villain's clan brother is Qian Chen, the Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty. I heard from the clan brother that he came to Korea to do business. The business can make a lot of money, so I got a sea ship to sell goods to Goryeo. This is my first time here, and I was caught by the general before I could make any money... General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me!"

Wanyan Zongqian's eyes lit up: "Your clan brother is the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty?"

"We're not too close. We've already been out of the fifth server. I haven't benefited much from my clan brother." Qian Cishan kowtowed crazily again, "I just ask the general to spare my life. General, you can take the goods on the ship."

Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Your ship has been impounded, and the goods on the ship are mine. How can you use my goods in exchange for your life?"

Qian Cishan was dumbfounded for a moment and stared at Wanyan Zongqian blankly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Wanyan Zongqian was extremely proud and continued to threaten: "Even if I let you go back, the businessman will be killed, but you can escape alone, doesn't it arouse suspicion?"

Qian Cishan knelt on the ground and trembled in fear. After a long time, he suddenly said: "This villain is willing to invest money and will not return to the Ming Dynasty. Please take care of him, general!"

Wanyan Zongqian asked back: "The Kingdom of Jin does not lack you as a businessman, why should I take you back?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Cishan knelt there with empty eyes, as if he had lost his soul.

Wanyan Zongqian came up with an idea and said: "I can have people move the goods, and then make the guarding soldiers drunk. You take the opportunity to take your own crew, escape back to the ship, and drive back in an empty ship. Your goods are converted into money, and every day Deliver the message once and I will repay you a sum of money.”

Qian Cishan listened blankly, and then nodded like a convulsion.

Wanyan Zongqian said: "Don't think about returning to the Ming Dynasty and never going to sea again. If you don't deliver the news within half a year, I will send people to Kaifeng to spread the news and let the Ming Dynasty emperor know that you are colluding with Dajin."

"Never dare, never dare!" Qian Cishan cried.

After sending this man away, Wanyan Zongqian waited for a while, and an attendant came over to report: "The crews of both ships have been reviewed. The man named Qian often boasts that his clan brother is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. But his confidant He said, these are all big words, and the person surnamed Qian is not closely related to the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

Wanyan Zong smiled and said, "As long as it works."

That Qian Cishan has been in a state of disbelief since he returned to the detention house.

It wasn't until night that a confidant came over and asked, "Can you escape?"

Qian Cishan whispered: "If you can escape, let us be the internal response. What did you say?"

The confidant said: "I said that you were bragging nonsense and you were not a close relative of Qian Shangshu. They probably believed it."

Qian Cishan sneered: "If I find an opportunity in the future, I will go to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin to have a look and let the straight thief today kneel down for me!"

Qian Cishan is indeed Qian Chen's younger brother, who has just released the fifth server.

After the opening of Dengzhou Port, no private merchant ships dared to go to Korea to do business, so Qian Chen wrote home and told his brothers about this way to make a fortune. The brothers were not interested in being a maritime merchant, so they told the family brothers and were willing to contribute capital as shares. The two families bought a ship in partnership.

Shi Yuangong always wanted to send spies to Goryeo, but there were no private maritime traders in Dengzhou Port.

Due to the successive victories against Jin last year, this year finally some maritime merchants dared to do business in Goryeo. The intelligence personnel sent by Shi Yuangong immediately selected Qian Cishan and wrote a letter back to Beijing to inform Qian Chen.

This so-called confidant is actually the head of the Korea Intelligence Station.

The next day, the guards were very drunk. Qian Cishan and a group of crew members took the opportunity to escape back to the ship and escape quickly.

And the envoy sent by Jin Fushi also arrived.

A middle-aged official knelt down and said: "My humble minister Jin Fu, who is the imperial censor of the Goryeo Palace, pays homage to the Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty."

Wanyan Zongqian shouted angrily: "You are so brave. You surrendered to Dajin in exchange for the land to protect the state, but you rebelled and sent troops to sneak attack on your father's country!"

Jin Fu said: "Master Prime Minister, the rebellion was caused by the nobles of Xijing to deceive our Majesty. But I, the nobles of Kaijing, have always been loyal to Dajin. Even the news of our country sending troops, I sent people to inform Dajin in advance. Be on guard.”

Wanyan Zongqian was no longer angry when he heard this: "Did you write the letter?"

"Exactly," Jin Fu said, "The nobles of Kaijing have always been loyal to Dajin. This time they have eradicated the Xijing people who betrayed Dajin. From then on, Goryeo has followed Dajin as its fatherland for generations."

Wanyan Zongqian asked: "Where is the king of Goryeo?"

Jin Fu replied: "His Majesty the King is still young and needs the guidance of a great Confucian scholar. He plans to devote himself to studying in the future. His Majesty has taken in four more concubines, all of whom are daughters of wealthy families in the capital. With all the ladies as virtuous wives, His Majesty the King will definitely be more stable in the future. , I will never again send troops to attack the country of my parents."

Wanyan Zongqian said: "Although you secretly reported the news, it is true that Goryeo sent troops to rebel, and I came with many soldiers and horses. People eat horses' chews, and Goryeo is responsible for the food and grass."

"Please give me an accurate estimate, Prime Minister," Jin Fu said.

Wanyan Zongqianshizi opened his mouth: "One million stones of grain!"

Jin Fu wondered: "Even if we were willing to give this much food, we wouldn't be able to raise it all at once."

Wanyan Zongqian said: "I will give you 200,000 dan first, and the remaining 200,000 dan every year. If you don't agree, I will fight all the way to Kaizhou!"

"Minister... I really can't make the decision. I must go back and discuss with the ministers." Jin Fu said.

"Then you go back and discuss it quickly." Wanyan Zong said.

After Jin Fu left, Wanyan Zongqian began to ransack homes in Pyongyang.

This is Xijing of Goryeo, the commercial center city of Goryeo. The alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Daedong River is also one of the main agricultural granaries of Goryeo.

The Kingdom of Jin can steal countless money and food!

The goods and food that the Jin people stole by their own abilities were naturally not included in the military expenses compensated by Goryeo.

After dilly-dallying for more than half a month, Wanyan Zongqian had almost grabbed it, and Jin Fu finally came back to bargain.

The results of the peace talks between the two parties are as follows:

First, the King of Goryeo must go to court and admit his sins.

Second, Goryeo must compensate Jinguo for 1 million dan of military rations. The down payment is 150,000 dan this year, and the remaining balance must be paid in five years, with no less than 200,000 dan each year.

While the Goryeo ministers were raising food, Wanyan Zongqian continued to plunder cities and villages along the Datong River.

At the same time, tens of thousands of Bohai people from Baozhou were forcibly moved to Liaodong to enrich the population.

Li Xiaoxian, the guard general of Baozhou in Goryeo, also returned to the Jin Kingdom with his army and was appointed as the guard general and magistrate of Gaizhou - the city there had been burned by the Ming army, and most of the people in the suburbs were taken away by Yelu Yujian. Li Xiaoxian was Bringing soldiers and civilians over to fill up the white space.

This lasted for more than a month, and Pyongyang and the lower reaches of the Datong River were robbed by Wanyan Zonggan, leaving hungry people everywhere.

And the ministers who opened the capital of Goryeo actually collected 150,000 shi of grain and sent out the golden military gift that had done all the bad things.

The envoy sent by Goryeo to the Ming Dynasty knelt down in Kaifeng and cried: "His Majesty, the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to submit to the Ming Dynasty, we, Goryeo, have broken with the Jin Kingdom. Our Majesty also personally conquered the Jin Kingdom, but unfortunately he was defeated and lost his troops." Now that the Jurchen barbarians are invading, please ask the Ming Dynasty to confer the king, and then send troops to help attack the Jurchens!"

The nobles who founded the capital of Goryeo naturally never thought that the Ming Dynasty would really send troops.

The real intention of these guys is to take advantage of the invasion of the Jin Kingdom to express their complete break with the Jin Kingdom, and then ask the Ming Dynasty to send envoys to canonize the King of Goryeo.

As long as Zhu Guoxiang sent envoys to confer the title, it would be equivalent to acknowledging the control of Goryeo by the Beijing Party.

By that time, they would have gained the support of the emperors of Ming and Jin.

Next, sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. Whoever wins will be helped.

If the Ming Dynasty won a decisive victory, Goryeo would waste the remaining military rations due and even take the opportunity to expand its territory. Then they came to Kaifeng and cried, saying how badly they were blackmailed by the Jin Kingdom in order to help the Ming Dynasty. The country was starving and asked the Ming Dynasty to provide food relief.

Zhu Guoxiang looked at the wailing Korean envoy and suddenly asked: "Why didn't Master Miaoqing, the last envoy to the Ming Dynasty, come?"