Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

If the Jin army is attacking the capital endlessly, what else can the court do to deal with them?

Faced with the approaching threat of Wanyan Zonghan's army, Emperor Zhao Huan was terrified, changed his mind again, and hurriedly ordered Li Gang to transfer all the troops escorting Wanyan Zongwang back to the capital for emergency needs.

Li Gang didn't want to miss the opportunity to pursue Yan Zongwang's army, so he comforted Emperor Zhao Huan and said that he didn't have to worry.

Li Gang said that our country has signed a peace treaty with Jin Guo, and Yan Zonghan's army will not attack again after receiving the news.

Even if Yan Zonghan's army wanted to cross the river to attack Tokyo City, our army now has [-] troops stationed at the mouth of the Yellow River, and it would be difficult for the Jin army to successfully cross the Yellow River and go down south.

Therefore, there is no need to transfer the main force of King Qin's army back to Tokyo City.

Emperor Zhao Huanxin thought it was true, and after listening to it, he said that I would be relieved.

After Li Gang retired from the court, someone secretly reported to Emperor Zhao Huan, saying that Li Gang's statement must not be trusted. If Wan Yan Zonghan refused to recognize the peace agreement between the two countries and called Tokyo, how could we handle it.

Emperor Zhao Huan felt that what this man said was very reasonable, so he distributed gold medals to all armies and ordered them to return to the capital as soon as possible.

Wanyan Zongwang handed over Huazhou to the Song Dynasty, and led the army to the bank of the Yellow River. When he was about to cross the river, he found that the Song army was following him.

Wanyan Zongwang didn't know the Song army's intentions, so he had to order the whole army to be vigilant and prepare for the Song army's sneak attack.

Yao Gu, General Zhongshi and others led the Song army to pursue the Jin army. The distance between the two armies was only more than [-] miles, and they waited for the Jin army to launch an assault when they crossed the river.

The fierce generals Lu Da, Yang Zhi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others in the Song Army were all gearing up to compete with the Jin Army.

Just when the Song army was about to attack, the emperor's gold medal for withdrawing the army arrived, and the generals could only withdraw their troops cursingly, letting the Jin army cross the river.

After Li Gang heard the news that the emperor had ordered the withdrawal of the troops, he hurried to the palace to fight with Zhao Huan not to withdraw the troops.

Emperor Zhao Huan didn't have any opinions. After hearing Li Gang's words, he was shaken again, and ordered Yao Gu, Zhongshi Zhongzhong and others not to retreat, but turned around and continued to pursue the Jin army.

The Jin army once defeated the [-] Song army in Cizhou with [-] cavalry who returned home to report.

Soon after the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, they also came to the city of Cizhou.

Earlier, when Guo Yaoshi was still a Song general, he had applied for 30 taels of military expenditure from the court. When the 30 taels of military expenditure was transported to Cizhou, when Guo Yaoshi surrendered to the Jin army, the military expenditure was sealed in Cizhou.

Later, Guo Yaoshi's army happened to meet a messenger sent by the Song Dynasty court, and ordered Cizhou officials and defenders not to get involved in these military expenses.

Guo Yaoshi was overjoyed when he knew the whereabouts of the silver, and led his troops to the city of Cizhou, and ordered the city guards to hand over 30 taels of silver. He said that the silver was originally given to me by the court. me.

The officials defending the city of Cizhou denied it, saying that there was no such money, not to mention Guo Yaoshi, you are no longer a general of the Song Dynasty, how could the court have military expenses for you?

Guo Yaoshi threatened that if you don't pay the military expenses, I will lead the army to attack your city today.

It's the same if you take the money at that time, and you can kill your lives by the way.

You birdmen can't even defeat the seventeen cavalrymen of our army, so what illusions do you have against the heavenly army?

The city guard had no choice but to hand over the 30 taels of silver.

After Guo Yaoshi extorted the military expenses, he walked away with contempt for Song Jun.

Chapter 9 and Nine Agreements are for tearing up

What Guo Yaoshi didn't expect was that his action made the officials defending the city of Cizhou lose the face of the Song court, and these officials were dismissed by the court soon after.

Later, Emperor Zhao Huan sent a tough and fearless old minister to serve as the magistrate of Cizhou.

This person is none other than Ma Kuo's teacher, Zong Ze whom Ximen Qing met in Dengzhou.

Of course, at this time Zong Ze was still on his way back to the capital from Bazhou, so he didn't take office so quickly.

Song Army Yao Gu and Zhongshi Middle Department had already separated a long distance from the Jin Army Wanyan Zongwang Department. After receiving the latest order on their way back to Beijing, they turned around and chased northward.After finally catching up with the Jin Army troops in Hutuo River, Hebei Province again.

However, at this time, the opportunity to fight was lost, and the [-] cavalry of the Jin Army were so powerful on the plain that neither Yao Gu nor the middle generals of Zhongshi dared to attack rashly.

Moreover, because of the many repetitions of the imperial court's policy and the lessons learned by Yao Pingzhong, the generals were afraid of being convicted in the future and did not dare to attack rashly. They could only follow the Jin army and send them far away from the border.

In the camp of the Jin Army in Zezhou, Hedong, Wanyan Zonghan learned that Wanyan Zongwang had negotiated peace with the Song Dynasty on behalf of the Jin Kingdom, and that the Song Dynasty was willing to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian to the Jin Kingdom. Still reluctantly accepted the peace talks conditions of the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zonghan took the Song Dynasty envoy Lu Yundi back to the Taiyuan City, and asked him to give an order to the Song Army, ordering the defenders to surrender the Taiyuan City.

After Lu Yundi followed the Jin army to Taiyuan City, he came to the city and shouted, saying that he came here on order to see Zhang Xiaochun, the magistrate of Taiyuan City.

When Wang Ting heard that the court envoys came to announce the decree, he dared not open the city gate, and sent someone to hang Lu Yundi into the city with a hanging basket.

On the Kaiyuan Gate in the south of the city, Lu Yundi read out the imperial decree to cede the three towns to Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect, Wang Ting, the military commander, and the soldiers and civilians defending the city, asking them to hand over the Taiyuan prefecture to the Jin army.

After hearing this, Wang Bing immediately stood up with his sword and said angrily: "The king should protect the country and love the people, and the subjects should be loyal to the king and uphold righteousness. Now the army and people of Taiyuan government regard the Song Dynasty as the most important thing, and they would rather die than become a golden ghost. I don’t care about the people, how can I see the people in the world? Our soldiers and people in Taiyuan Mansion refused to order and stuck to it with death.”

Wang reported that this was a refusal to obey the edict, and he even publicly blamed the court and the emperor.

However, Wang Bin's armor was stained with blood, and he was full of righteousness, so Lu Yundi couldn't blame him for being rebellious.

Infected by Wang Zhi, the soldiers and civilians in the city held weapons in their hands and raised their arms and shouted: "We are willing to stick to Taiyuan with the king, coexist with the city, and never retreat!"

The prefect Zhang Xiaochun said unhurriedly: "This disorderly order was not intended by His Majesty, I dare not accept it."

Zhang Xiaochun was quite polite, but the other city guards glared at Lu Yundi and his followers, Lu Yundi was ashamed and went down from the city.

Lu Yundi came to the camp of the Jin Army and told Wan Yan Zonghan anxiously that the military and civilian resistance of Taiyuan Fucheng refused to obey the edict and refused to hand over Taiyuan City.

Lu Yundi explained to Wanyan Zonghan that the imperial court had the sincerity to cede Taiyuan City, but the local guards did not accept orders, and hoped that the commander-in-chief would not anger the imperial court.

After Wanyan Zonghan heard this, he laughed back in anger, and said to Lu Yundi: "Don't be alarmed, your envoy, I already know your country's sincerity.

Since this city of Taiyuan has been ceded to my Kingdom of Jin according to the peace agreement, it is naturally the land of my Kingdom of Jin.The people in the city are also the people of my Kingdom of Jin.

If the officials and soldiers in the city deliver the city as promised, I will also send them out of the country as a gift if their origin is within your country.

But if the people in the city are stubborn and continue to resist our army, then they are the rebels of our Dajin Kingdom, and our army will calm the chaos, and your country will not be involved.

Please return your envoy to report to the emperor of your country that the three towns are already owned by our Dajin Kingdom. When our army wipes out the rebellion in the three towns, your country must not make any troubles.

Only in this way can the friendship between the two countries last forever. "

After listening to Yan Zonghan's threatening words, Lu Yundi was submissive, not daring to say a word of argument.

Wanyan Zonghan's words also have some truth, since the two countries have signed an agreement to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian to the Kingdom of Jin.So from a legal point of view, the land, cities and people of these three towns belong to the Kingdom of Jin.

If the soldiers and civilians of these three towns refuse to accept the rule of the Jin Kingdom, aren't they the traitors of the Jin Kingdom?

The Jin army sent troops to attack these three towns again, which can indeed be said to be Jin's internal affairs, and the Song Dynasty naturally had no right to interfere.

After Wan Yan Zonghan sent Lu Yundi away, in the name of Jin Guo, he ordered people to surrender to the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan Fucheng, and promised to treat the people in the city kindly.

However, the Jin army's surrender was sternly rejected by Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect, and Wang Zhi, the general manager of soldiers and horses.