One Piece of Song Dynasty

Xiao Sanbaonu and others said: "This is indeed a good thing."

Zheng Wangzhi added: "If you keep relying on strength, you will definitely want to annex our Song Dynasty, but I am afraid that the laws of nature will not allow this."

Xiao Sanbaonu said: "Prince Langjun also thinks so, but since entering the border, I haven't seen you sending envoys, and the army can't control its pace, so it came here. Now that you have come to negotiate, you don't have to worry about the problem not being solved. . But you, the Southern Dynasty, have always broken promises, so you need a prince to go to Dajin as a pledge. This happened in ancient times as well."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "The ancients did have it, such as Prince Dan of Yan, who was held hostage by Qin, that's how it was. However, didn't the grand master know that Zhou and Zheng had a confrontation with each other, and they became enemies? If the two countries really want to go to war, what's the use of hostages? If you really want the prince to go as a hostage, if one day he catches wind and dew disease and becomes ill, your dynasty will definitely regret it. So, if you want a prince to be a hostage, this matter If it is not beneficial to your dynasty, there is no need to discuss it."

Xiao Sanbaonu smiled slightly and said: "According to the custom of the Northern Dynasties, the country's boundary is wherever the people and horses go. Now we have arrived outside Bianjing City, but the prince Langjun only needs the Yellow River as the boundary."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "The imperial court only wanted to make peace with the Jin Kingdom and used Yanshan Mountain as a barrier. Therefore, the inland prefectures and capitals did not make preparations for war and defense. Unexpectedly, Yanshan fell and the emperor had only been in power for more than ten days. Now everything is in doubt. The rush is not because our army is weak. If the prince Langjun can re-establish good relations with China, it will be glorious in the annals of history. If the Yellow River must be used as the boundary, this is based on strength and the southern dynasty cannot defend the territory of the northern dynasty. If This is the case when the imperial court guards Yanshan. Officials who return to the imperial court often rebel first. The Northern Dynasty may also find it difficult to defend the Southern Dynasty land, because people have different sides. How can they be willing to obey all the time? If not, it is better to increase the number of years of coins, but this matter can be discussed. "

Xiao Sanbaonu said: "The Southern Dynasty won the land of the Northern Dynasty, but it couldn't defend it. The Northern Dynasty got the land of the Southern Dynasty, so it couldn't defend it. The ancients could defend it."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "Back then, Yelu Deguang occupied Bianjing less than a month before he hurriedly retreated. How can we say we were able to defend it?"

Xiao Sanbaonu retorted: "Someone can defend it."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "The tribes from the north who got the land of the Central Plains were not as good as Tuoba Wei. However, after Tuoba invaded the south, it was changed to Yuan Wei for more than a hundred years. The rulers established at that time were still Chinese. They used Chinese rituals and music, Chinese laws, and Chinese clothes, Chinese people are also at peace with them. How can today's Dajin be compared with Tuoba Wei?"

Xiao Sanbaonu smiled again and said: "The three passes also belonged to the Northern Dynasty in the past."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "The country's wealth has its own envoys and generals, and Hebei is the only one who buys it. Because Hebei belongs to the border prefecture, and most of it is the land of Tangluo, with nowhere to go, so the imperial court sends money to buy it." Si, fight with Bian Dendrobium to supply the borders. Therefore, the three passes are all the land of Tangluo. If the imperial master discusses the land administration of the three passes, why not ask the court to increase the annual coins and there is no risk of floods and droughts? Wouldn’t he always hope The Grand Master has thought carefully and made long-term plans."

Xiao Sanbaonu said: "The privy ministers and ministers are dedicated to their duty and have done a great job for the country. But many of my troops have come from far away, so we cannot leave empty-handed. Unlike the athletes of the Southern Dynasty, the people of Dajin are paid every month."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "If peace is made, then the old friendship must be restored. All the Jin troops must be rewarded by the court. I don't know how many people there are in the army."

Xiao Sanbaonu replied: "There are with the Prime Minister of Hedong, and there are with Prince Langjun. Now if we want to make peace, we need to send people to Hedong to ask them to stop attacking Taiyuan City. The court does not want to do this. If you hesitate, it will be cheaper to solve it early. There are many people stationed here now. If you stay here for a long time, it may damage the farmland planted by your people."

Zheng Wangzhi said: "Yesterday, I met the Holy Spirit and received the imperial decree, saying that the army can be rewarded with three to five million taels of silver. This amount is not easy to come out."

Xiao Sanbao's slave lion opened his mouth and said: "The Jin people are six or seven thousand miles away from home and have been out for a year or two. Only two ingots of silver and one gold collar can be satisfied for each person."

Zheng Wangzhi shook his head and said: "The grand master made such a big statement, and this matter seems to be bounded by a river, so it is very difficult to negotiate."

At this time, Zhang Yuangong interjected: "It is said that every family in Tokyo is rich, so every household should pay an ingot of gold, and both officials and citizens must use money to redeem their lives."

Zheng Wangzhi said loudly: "This is not a word of peace, it is intended to take things by force. If you don't believe it, please ask the imperial master to ask the returning official, where can there be a lot of gold and silver when the monthly salary is not enough? If you say that the people are rich, just because There are many travelers and businesses from all over the capital, so it is said to be prosperous and every family is rich."

Xiao Sanbaonu and others looked very unhappy after hearing this. Xiao Sanbaonu told him: "When you meet the prince Langjun in the future, the privy minister should not fight like this to the death, otherwise, I am afraid it will ruin the reconciliation between the two dynasties."

On the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Li Gang was reporting to Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty on the defense of the city in the Chenggong Hall. Suddenly an eunuch ran in and reported that the Jin soldiers had begun to attack the city again, and that the situation in the Suizao Gate and Fengqiu Gate of the new city was very urgent.

Song Qinzong ordered Li Gang to rush to the battlefield immediately and organize the soldiers for defense. Li Gang considered that there were not enough soldiers on the city wall, so he asked to lead a thousand crossbowmen from the Imperial Guard to go with him. Song Qinzong agreed and asked Li Gang to bring Lu Duan, the royal medicine envoy, with him.

It was nearly twenty miles from the palace to the Jujube Gate area of ​​the new city. Li Gang was worried that the Jin army had climbed onto the city wall and rushed into the city, so he led his army to march rapidly along the narrow streets or remote twisting alleys in the city. Not long after, Li Gang and the Imperial Guards boarded the Xincheng Jujube Gate. Li Gang looked down the city and saw that the Jin army had just crossed the moat, and some had already set up ladders to attack the city wall.

The archers of the Imperial Guard quickly entered the battle. They leaned on the battlements and fired continuously. The golden soldiers fell in response. When the soldiers guarding the city saw Li Gang coming to the battlefield in person, their morale was greatly boosted, and they all fought bravely. "Those who are close will hit them with hand cannons and wood sticks, those who are far away will use divine arm bows to shoot them, and those who are further away will use crossbows and cannons to attack them."

Under the tenacious resistance of the Song army, the Jin soldiers suffered heavy casualties, including "some who crossed Hao on rafts and drowned, some who climbed ladders and fell, and some who were hit by arrows and fell to the ground." However, they still did not retreat and continued to organize attacks.

Li Gang decided to launch a counterattack, and he quickly recruited hundreds of death squads. The death squads lowered down the city, burned dozens of golden ladders one after another, and captured dozens of golden soldier heads, "all with golden rings in their ears." The arrogance of the Jin soldiers was finally suppressed, and they retreated in embarrassment from the Suizaomen area of ​​Xincheng.

Li Gang then sat under the Jujube Gate to rest for a while. Suddenly, someone threw heads from the city gate, six or seven in a row without stopping. Li Gang sent people to the city to inquire who these people were. Someone replied: "This is the captured spy."

Li Gang sent someone to identify them and found that they were all Han heads. After investigation, it turned out that some soldiers took advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to kill indiscriminately. Li Gang was furious, so he captured several people and immediately beheaded them in public. He also issued strict orders: if spies are caught, arrest them personally to take the lead, verify the evidence and recommend rewards, and behead those who kill easily.

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