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Chapter 68 Talking about Peace

In this attack on Liao, Zhao Ji originally wanted Yang Bangyi to recover Yun Shuo. Unexpectedly, the Jurchens in the Northern Liao Dynasty were rebelling and involved most of the Liao people's troops. Zhao Ji was so happy. Then he thought, why not take the opportunity to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? Unexpectedly, the Liao people's decision was so decisive, giving up the action of destroying the Wanyan brothers first, and then turned to deal with the Song Dynasty. The army of the Song Dynasty was fighting head-on, and was not an opponent of the Liao Kingdom. In addition, there were cowardly generals like Liu Yanqing as teammates, so it would be strange that Zhong Shizhong could win.&1t;/p>

Before the war started, the border troops in various Hebei and Hedong North Road had as many as 170,000 troops. Not counting the garrison troops, there were more than 150,000 troops fighting north. Unexpectedly, in the battle of Zhuoshui, in addition to Liu Yanqing, Hu Yanqing's partial division and Fan Yang's left-behind preserved their strength, they lost 80,000 to 90,000 people. Fanyang City was still solid, and there were 20,000 troops in the city. After Yelu Dashi besieged the city, he attacked several times with a tentative attack. The Zhongshizhong defended tightly and defended with all his might, which was difficult to defeat for a while.&1t;/p>

In the north of Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yuji was determined to block the Jurchens and maintained a confrontation. He wanted to wait for Yelu Dashi's army to clean up the south and attack together to destroy Wanyan Aguda. But the Wanyan brothers were not so easy to deal with. Aguda asked his younger brother Wu Qimai to bring a small number of troops to continue confrontation and deal with Yelu Yuji. He took more soldiers and turned north to digest the northern region.&1t;/p>

Liaodong is the Jurchen tribes, and Liaobei is the Tatar tribe. Aguda attacked Liaobei while surrendering and winning over these tribes. The former Tatar Mengwu tribe leader Hebule was killed by Gao Chong in the battle when Yang Bangyi attacked Banguan. At this time, the leader of the Mengwu tribe was Hebule's cousin Anbahai. Anbahai's direct line was originally the Taiyichi Wuqi tribe. When Hebule died, his descendants were still very young and could not command the Mengwu tribe. The Mengwu elders let Anbahai become the heir. Among the Tatar tribes in the east, Anbahai's power was the greatest.&1t;/p>

Aguda found Anbahai, made an appointment to cooperate, divided the Liao Kingdom together, and respected Anbahai as the Great Khan of the Mongolian Kingdom. Anbahai knew the tradition of the grassland nation. From the Huns to the Turks and Rouran and other periods, they respected the strong. The Khitans were strong and they established the Great Liao, and these tribes praised the Khitans. Now the Khitans are on a downward path, and the Jurchens are beginning to show their muscles. As a tribal leader, of course, they must consider the future of the tribe. Anbahai agreed with Aguda's suggestion and no longer sent troops to help the Khitans, and also cut off the connections to the north of the Khitans.&1t;/p>

In the same year, Aguda established a regime, and the country was named Jin. In order to strengthen the strength of the Mongolian Kingdom, Anbahai continued to fight westward. The tribes such as Qiyan, Zhadalan, Taichiwu, Wanggu, Tatar, Meierqi, Kelie, Naiman, Wengjila, and Obianla announced that they would leave the Liao Kingdom, and each ruled and attack each other.&1t;/p>

Unfavorable news from all over the country reached the palace of the Liao Kingdom, shocking the whole court. Yelu Yanxi felt fear that he had never felt before. He immediately ordered Yelu Dashi to take back the army of southern expeditions and go north to quell the rebellion. Xiao Gan was shocked and difficult after receiving the imperial edict from Yelu Yanxi. Unexpectedly, the situation in the north collapsed so quickly. He was about to destroy the northern army of the Song Dynasty, and maybe he could directly capture Hebei. Now it seems that he can only give up the fertile land he was about to get.&1t;/p>

The rebellion of the northern tribes caused almost all parts of Liaobei to be desperate. The Khitans were killed in large numbers, and the treasuries in various places were robbed and smashed. The soldiers in the army blatantly broke away from the "central" and returned to their own tribes to serve. For a time, the northern part of the Liao Kingdom actually became a vacuum zone without soldiers and no subsistence.&1t;/p>

Brother Wanyan seized such a good opportunity and quickly defeated Yelu Yuji's defense line, took down Liaoyang Prefecture, and forced the great decisiveness.&1t;/p>

Xiao Gan was the prime minister of the Southern Dynasty for many years, and the Liao Kingdom was influenced by Han culture for many years, and implemented the national policy of semi-cultivation and semi-pardon. He knew the harm of the tribes in the north. Those tribes knew nothing about farming and construction, but destroying and killing people was a good trick. Xiao Gan and Xiao Yu discussed with Yelu Dashi to suspend the siege of Fan Yang. On the one hand, Yelu Dashi led 70% of the troops back to the north secretly, leaving Xiao Gan to lead the remaining troops to shock the Song people. On the other hand, Xiao Yu was the envoy, guarded by Alic and Yelu Yuanzan, and went to Bianliang of the Song Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Zhao Ji's messenger and Liao envoy Xiao Yu almost arrived in Tokyo. The messenger brought Zhao Ji the news that the army was defeated and the news that the Zhong Shizhong was surrounded, and the Liao envoy brought "peace".&1t;/p>

When Xiao Yu saw Zhao Ji in the court, he did not kneel down, but just whispered his hand symbolically and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of Song, I, Daliao and you were a friendly country of brothers a hundred years ago, but why did you suddenly attack your brothers? The Emperor of Daliao was very angry about this and asked the ministers to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Song."&1t;/p>

Most of the officials in the court, like Zhao Ji, were blushing and did not make a sound. You sent someone to beat them for no reason, but they couldn't beat them. Now they are holding the sharp blade of massacre in their hands and standing on the commanding heights of morality, how should you answer?&1t;/p>

Some of the officials at the right time wanted to object, but couldn't find a suitable reason. Now they are still surrounded by tens of thousands of troops. If you want one, there will be no one in Hebei.&1t;/p>

Zhao Ji was speechless, and Xiao Yu said again: "My emperor is generous and still does not want to rebel against Song State. However, Song State wants to agree to some of the conditions for our emperor."&1t;/p>

"What conditions?" Zhao Ji knew that if he couldn't beat it, he would have to pay the price.&1t;/p>

"Previously, the offerings were doubled every year, and we also compensated our Daliao for military expenditure losses this time, totaling five million trump cards, and Yang Bangyi was handed over."&1t;/p>

"Bastard!" The Liao people were too bullying, and Zong Ze finally couldn't hold it back.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, you have to think clearly. Is Hebei worth this little money?"&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, don't listen to the words of the Liao gangsters, don't."&1t;/p>

"Why not? I am rich in the Song Dynasty. Do you have to ignore the millions of soldiers and civilians in Hebei for some money?"&1t;/p>

"No, no..."&1t;/p>

"How can you not do it? How do you say how to solve it..."&1t;/p>

The court officials refused to give in and quarreled. Seeing that the Song court was so chaotic, Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. However, thinking about the current situation in the Liao Dynasty, he was really a "brother and brother" from the Song court, which made Xiao Yu fall into deep thought again.&1t;/p>

Seeing these ministers so unbearable in front of foreign ministers, Zhao Ji was so embarrassed that he was disgraced and shouted: "Stop quarrel, one by one, you have lost your identity."&1t;/p>

Zong Ze came out and said, "Your Majesty, even if you want to reward the Liao Kingdom with some money, I will not object. However, it is absolutely impossible to hand over General Yang to them, and I will never be able to use it."&1t;/p>

"Hmph, Lord Zong, I hand over Yang Bangyi alone, and I can save tens of thousands of General Zhong. Can't you figure out the account?"&1t;/p>

"That's."&1t;/p>

"Tang Ke, Bai Shizhong, you two treacherous villains, you..."&1t;/p>

"Enough, not enough yet." Zhao Ji knew of course that losing money was a small matter, but handing over the general who made great contributions to pay off the crime. Even if he was incompetent, he was not so ignorant.&1t;/p>

"Encil Xiao, I am rich in Song Dynasty. You can take all five million away. But General Yang, I cannot agree to you. If you insist on asking General Yang, I can, I will ask him to bring 100,000 imperial guards and go north together. What do you think?"&1t;/p>

Xiao Yu's most fundamental purpose was to stop the troops of the Song and Liao Kingdom and free up the Liao Kingdom to quell the Northern Rebellion. As for the compensation clause, if you can get it, it would be a big deal to Zhao Ji. If he really sent a large army north, the Liao Dynasty would be doomed. So, Xiao Yu "gracefully" agreed to Zhao Ji's suggestion, and then sent a message to the north, asking Xiao Gan to let the roads everywhere and allow the Song army to return to the south.&1t;/p>

Master Zhong left Fan Yang with a complicated mood and returned to Hebei with the remaining soldiers. However, Yao Yi, who was old and seriously injured, fell down forever.&1t;/p>

While the Hebei border army was defeated, Tong Guan fought in the west. Yang Bangyi solved the threat from the flanks of the Western Army, and Zhe Kexing could attack the north of the Western Xia Kingdom with all his strength without any scruples.&1t;/p>

From the time of sending troops to now, Zhong Shidao has taken over Weizhou, Liu Fa broke Yinzhou, occupied Hongzhou, Longzhou, and Zhekexing troops in the north, connecting Wuyuan, Wulahai, Linhe and other areas.&1t;/p>

The Xixia Palace was also in chaos, and Emperor Li Qianshun and other royal families were anxious to think of the ant on the hot pan. Since Renduo Baozhong showed signs of falling into the Song Dynasty, he was dismissed. Now Weiming Awu and Li Liangfu struggled to support the battlefield in the east, Cha Ge and Li Zhizhong faced the fight against Zhe Kexing in the north. Although the war with Song had been defeated more and won less, they could temporarily defend the important places in various important cities. This time, for some reason, the Xia army could not resist the fierce attacks of Tong Guan.&1t;/p>

Although the Hengshan defense line in Xixia has not been completely broken, it is already in danger. Tong Guan's Western Army can be said to have a great victory. The new and old generals in front of the Western Army's tent, including Wu Zihou, Wang Yuan, Yang Zhi, Wu Jie, Zhong Qingyun, Hu Yantong, Liu Zhi, etc., have made great contributions. Just as they were looking forward to the next battle, the imperial edict from Tokyo arrived.&1t;/p>

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