Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

In the Daqing Palace in Bianliang, Tokyo, when he learned that Gao Qiu was defeated, Zhao Ji almost lost his temper and refused to believe what happened.

Just listen to Na Yanguan narrate the battle report on the front line:

"The Imperial Guards of the Western Army joined forces to engage in a fierce battle against the Soviet and Xia rebels outside Haizhou. Lieutenant Gao personally led the Imperial Guards to engage in a decisive battle with the enemy's main force. However, the commanders of the Western Army, Liu Yanqing, and Liu Guangshi, father and son, were bewitched by traitors and rebelled on the battlefield, causing heavy losses to the army. Bi Sheng, the flying tiger general in front of the imperial army, unfortunately fell into the traitor's plot during the battle and died of exhaustion. Dozens of the remaining generals were trapped in a tight siege and died in the battle..."

"Okay, stop reading it!" Zhao Ji, who was getting more and more angry as he listened, almost became extremely irritable.

The Yanguan on the side did not dare to express his anger. After a moment, he raised his head again with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, in this battle,,, in this battle, the main force of our imperial army has been completely lost..."

Zhao Ji sighed helplessly, and Li Bangyan, the prodigal prime minister on the side, quickly said: "Guan family, I heard, I just heard that Lieutenant Gao was also seriously injured..."

Zhao Ji was about to get angry and blame Gao Qiu. When he learned that Gao Qiu was seriously injured, he couldn't say anything and just snorted coldly. It seemed that he was extremely dissatisfied with Gao Qiu.

Yan Guan didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't know how long it was before Li Bangyan spoke: "Guan, I have something to say, Su Xia sent a messenger to negotiate peace with us?"

"Peace talks? What are the conditions?"

"We want,,,, we want us to give up part of the territory south of Haizhou, not allow the imperial army to station troops here, and transfer all the land on Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road to them, as well as Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road. One piece.”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji became furious and shouted: "Shameless, shameless!"

In fact, Su Xia had no intention of getting Zhao Ji to agree. These lands were probably today's Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the Song Dynasty's territory, and a quarter of the population. one.

After ceding these lands, these places were all occupied by Su Xia. The nearest place was only two to three hundred miles away from Bianjing, which naturally made Zhao Ji feel uneasy.

As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji's "domineering" side was revealed. He said viciously: "This must not be the case. The whole world is not the king's land. I don't believe that the Song Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops cannot win a small Soviet Union." summer."

After saying this, all the ministers were silent, even Su Yuan Jingsu Taiwei didn't say a word. In order to prepare for the battle with the Su Xia army, the elite main force of the Forbidden Army and more than 15 firearms battalion troops were dispatched. The Western Army Commander Eight More than [-] people and a total of [-] elites were all exhausted.

Especially the two generals of the Western Army, who had pushed themselves to the emperor back then, had never thought of such a thing. These two actually turned against each other before the battle, and all 8 people in the Forbidden Army were lost. In addition, they had fought with the Su Xia Army several times before. In the battle, the Forbidden Army lost about 10 troops.

It is impossible for any military minister to allocate all the troops of the imperial court to a single execution. The Forbidden Army must have its own defensive force. It is impossible to repeatedly draw the Forbidden Army from various states. It also has to guard against Liao and Xixia.

For Song, it was no longer possible to fight a decisive battle. Even the most elite Western Army had defected, so no one in the court dared to stand up and respond.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Cai Jing stood up from the audience and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"But it doesn't matter."

"After several conquests of the main force of our Song army, coupled with the chaos in Xixia, Liao and Jin, and Liangshan in Shandong, the court has suffered terribly and the army has suffered many losses. Therefore, I suggest that it is better to negotiate for peace."

As soon as the word "peace" came out, almost the whole court was shocked.

"Yes, Emperor, why don't we negotiate for peace?" Tong Guan stood up at the side.

Although Su Yuanjing and other so-called loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty definitely wanted to negotiate for peace, they did not know what to do. Only a few ministers bravely stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be discussed for another time. Negotiating peace will harm the country."

Zhao Ji sighed feebly and could only look at the ministers and said: "Which of you is willing to go to peace talks with them..."

Cai Jing stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I recommend a person. This person is Zhou Bin, the former magistrate of Dengzhou. He has been idle at home. Why don't the emperor make a decree to let him come out? This person has a good relationship with Su Xia. Use this person as a messenger to discuss the expedition. Su Xia, you can ask the court to draft a decree to make Su Xia king, I believe he will definitely..."

When Su Yuanjing heard that Su Xia and others were to be crowned kings, he quickly stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Zhao Ji was already helpless. He looked at Su Yuanjing in the audience and asked, "What is Taiwei Su's advice?"

"Our Great Song Dynasty Western Army Manager Gongzhong Shixiong and our Great Song Navy Navy can attack together from southern Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangnan and other places. After years of training and training, we can attack with a large army and we will definitely be able to defeat the Su Xia army in one fell swoop."

At this moment, Zhao Ji had completely ignored the so-called strategy of resisting the enemy.

In fact, this is easy to understand, as long as Zhao Ji has a bit of blood and the nature of a prince, he will work hard to govern and strive for success.

However, he was spineless at this moment. He waved his hand and asked Su Yuanjing to return to his position. After a while, he looked at Cai Jing and said, "Just do as you say."

Su Yuanjing knelt on the ground and said, "The officials only need to give me one year. If I don't win, come and see me."

Despite Su Yuanjing's tearful assurance, it still could not change Song Huizong's "determination" to cede territory and seek peace.

Two months after the decisive battle between Su Xia and Su Xia, Su Xia's National Protectorate signed a treaty with the Northern Song Dynasty, stipulating that all the [-] prefecture-affiliated yamen on Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road would be assigned to Su Xia. Zhou Bin proposed that the Northern Song Dynasty should entrust them with Su Xia's suggestion to become the Northern King was sternly rejected by Su Xia.

In June of the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty, after making great efforts to govern, Su Xia established the Hua Kingdom. The Hua Kingdom occupied the thirteen states of Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road, and set the surrounding area as a transition zone. The ruling army was to protect the country. The Western Army (Guoguo Xijun), with a population of 1000 million and an army of nearly 20, became the fourth rising force after the Liao, Xixia, and Song Dynasties.

After the founding of the State of China, in addition to following the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, a special Ministry of Science and Intelligence was established, established by Zhu Fu, Li Gaosheng and others, to provide steelmaking, glass making, textiles, housing and construction for the State of China. Two months later, Hua State The state was divided into the Ministry of Industry and Construction, which was dedicated to preparing land for construction, making iron tools, agricultural tools, artillery and firearms, and networked a large number of talents.

In the next year, China vigorously developed its economy and science and technology. Su Xia wrote down the mechanical knowledge he had learned, kept important information strictly confidential, and produced a large amount of materials, equipment, and warships, which almost formed a relationship between the entire China and the Northern Song Dynasty. A stark contrast.