Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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The main enemy of the Jin army is the Khitan people of the Liao state. For the grassland tribes and Han people in the states attached to the Liao state, Emperor Aguda asked Wan Yan Zonghan to try his best to appease them and make them use by the Jin state.

Because of this, Wanyan Zonghan did not go north to invade the territory of the Black Che Shiwei Department after chasing Xiao Yixue for dozens of miles and was not in time.

After Wanyan Zonghan demonstrated the military power of the Jin army under the city of Linhuangfu, he changed to adopt a soft policy against the Wei department of the black car.

Wanyan Zonghan also sent envoys to the Observation Department in the west to divide their relationship with the Liao Kingdom.

Ximen Qing saw all this in his eyes, and secretly thought that my father-in-law, Wanyan Aguda, was indeed very skilled in politics, with a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, and he was very good at playing political games of fighting and pulling!

Obviously, Wanyan Aguda is gathering strength in the country, preparing to launch a war of annihilation against the Liao Kingdom.

In the battle of Linhuang Mansion, Wanyan Aguda took the opportunity to demonstrate to the grassland tribes in the west and north, telling them that good birds should choose trees to live in, and not to stand in the wrong team.

At this time, the envoys sent by Wanyan Zonghan were of course aimed at disintegrating the political and military alliances of the Khitan people in the Liao Kingdom before the decisive battle between Jin and Liao, and trying their best to weaken the war potential of the Liao Kingdom before the war started.

The alliance between the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Song, for the Kingdom of Jin, was also to disintegrate the allies of the Liao Kingdom.

King Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin had already planned the strategy of the Jin army before the war, and had talents like Wanyan Zonghan to execute it.

On the other hand, the emperors and ministers of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty in Bianliang City, Tokyo, whose national strategy was actually based on wishful thinking, are completely different from the emperors and ministers of the Jin Kingdom.

After resting in Linhuangfu for two days, Ximenqing handed over the army to Wanyan Zonghan, and left Linhuangfu with Jiao Ting, Shi Jin, Yue Fei and [-] guards, and returned to Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Yinshu would lead their troops to station in Linhuang Mansion to deter and subdue the surrounding tribes and clear the way for Jin Kingdom's next attack. They would not return to the capital for a while.

Ximen Qing and the eldest princess Wanyan Wulu are newly married, so they can't stay in Linhuang Mansion for a long time, they have to rush back to Huining City to reunite with Wanyan Wulu, and take her back to his territory on the banks of the Yalu River on Posu Road.

Following Wanyan Zonghan's expedition to the west this time, Ximenqing led troops to surprise the city of Yuewang and beheaded Liao general Yelutabuye.Later, he defeated Dutong of the Northeast Road of Liao Kingdom and Xiao Yixue who stayed behind in Shangjing, won Xiao Yixue's flag staff, and was rated as the number one military exploit.

Defeating a powerful enemy in front of the battle, capturing alive the left guard in Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom, and Yelu Mage, the governor of the East Road, can only rank second in military exploits this time.

Wanyan Zonghan wrote the military achievements of the generals into the battle report, and sent the warrior Xingye back to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin to report the victory to the emperor.

When Ximenqing and his party rushed back to Huining City, he defeated Xiao Yixue's [-] Liao army with four thousand cavalry, and the feat of capturing two camps in a row had spread throughout the capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

The doubts about Ximen Qing among the Jurchen nobles disappeared and were never heard again.

Even Ximenqing's former competitors, Jiagu Xienu, Pucha Shijianu and others, were convinced by Ximenqing.

After Ximen Qing returned to the capital, Jiagu Xienu and the others hosted a separate banquet to invite Ximen Qing, and they smiled at the banquet to end their grievances.

The Ximenqing Department of Posu Road has the reputation of the Warrior Department among the Jurchens.

Ximen Qing came back from a big victory, and he was unharmed. Of course, Wanyan Wulu was the happiest.

Under Wanyan Wulu's inquisitive questioning, the senior official Ximen Qing locked herself in the room with her and talked about it.

How to "advance thousands of miles", how to "ambush in the valley", how to "surprise attack on the side", and how to "shoot continuously"...

Wanyan Wulu heard that the city gate was lost, but Ximen Qing's official was Fang Ke, who went down to the city again, and fought fiercely again and again, enjoying it forever.

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Ximenqing and Wanyan Wulu lingered for a few days, feeling quite happy here, not thinking about Song Dynasty.

While Ximen Qing was enjoying the warm and fragrant nephrite, his brothers were not idle either.

The four of Yue Fei were taken by Jiao Ting to wander around Huining City every day, familiarizing themselves with the life of the Jurchens and increasing their knowledge.

Shi Jin hangs out with the two Jurchen women like a fish in water, and lives as comfortably as Ximen Qing.

As for Huangfuduan, he loves horses like his life, looking for good horses everywhere, and buying them back at any cost, it can be said that he enjoys it.

For a while, no one urged Ximen Qing to return to Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

When he was lingering, Wanyan Sagai invited Ximenqing to Guoxiang Village as a guest.

Ever since the "miracle doctor" An Daoquan cured Wanyan Sagai of his hidden illness, Wanyan Sagai has been hale and hearty, and has changed from his former old appearance.

Ximen Qing had a feeling that after walking through the gate of hell, the Prime Minister Wanyan Sagai had tightened his grip on the power in his hands.

Chapter 7 Twelve

Although Ximen Qing was also appreciated by Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Sagai's generation of Jurchen nobles, the people who had more contact with Ximenqing on a daily basis were the clan children of the same generation as Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongxiong.

Now that Wanyan Sagai, who is busy with state affairs, suddenly invites him, Ximen Qing knows there must be something important.

When they came to Guoxiang village, they saw Wanyan Sagai, the two had finished exchanging greetings, and the host and guest sat down.

Wanyan Sagai straight to the point and said to Ximen Qing: "My son-in-law, you are newly married to the eldest princess, I shouldn't bother you. However, there is an important military and state matter that requires a son-in-law to complete, so I can only trouble my son-in-law to take a trip." To be honest, this is also the intention of Emperor Aguda."

Ximen Qing heard this, and said solemnly: "The Prime Minister has something to ask, Ximen Qing will not hesitate to do so!"

"My son-in-law, although you are from the Song Dynasty, you are also the son-in-law of the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, I will not hide it from you. Now that my Kingdom of Jin and your Kingdom of Song are not in good contact, you have to go back and find out the truth."

Wan Yan Sa changed his mouth and said.

"How could this be? Before I went to Huining City to participate in the Martial Arts Competition, didn't the imperial court send envoys to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty? Why did I lose contact with the Great Song Dynasty?"

Ximen Qing was very surprised, and thought that no matter how courageous the bird emperor was, he wouldn't dare to mess around with the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, right?

Furthermore, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin returned to the country with Ma Zheng, Ma Kuo and his son, so there should be no accidents on the way!

The pirates on the Bohai Sea and the bandits in Liangshanbo were all wiped out by him. There should be no danger along the way.

Is there anything strange about this matter?

Ximen Qing cast doubtful eyes on Wanyan Sagai.

"My son-in-law, after Yelu Yujian, the surrendered general of the Liao Kingdom, came to vote, my Dajin already knew the reality of the Liao Kingdom. The opportunity to destroy the Liao Kingdom is at hand. My Dajin could have conquered the Liao Kingdom alone and annexed its land for me. , but because there was an alliance agreement with the State of Song, Emperor Aguda was unwilling to renege on the alliance, so he decided to send envoys all the way to Bianliang, Tokyo to meet the Emperor of the State of Song, and agreed on the day when they would jointly send troops to attack Liao. Do you know about this?"

Wanyan Sa changed the question.

"National Prime Minister, all the descendants of the clan in Ningcheng will know about this matter, and I also heard it from Wulu."

Ximen Qing didn't hide it, and this matter was no secret to the high-ranking nobles of the Kingdom of Jin.

"The son-in-law knows, so I won't go into details. I'm in charge of the relationship with the state of Song, and I sent three people, Li Shanchang, along with the envoys of the state of Song, Ma Zheng and his son, to return to the country to meet the emperor of the state of Song. But after several months, I haven't received a single word. During this period, I also sent people to contact the Dengzhou government of the Song Dynasty several times, but the other party was vague and could not understand the reason why the envoy did not return. I and the emperor wanted to invite the son-in-law to return to the country and go to Bianliang, Tokyo. , to find out what happened here."

Wanyan Sagai revealed the whole purpose of inviting Ximen Qing.

Did Song Huizong, the bird emperor, put the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin under house arrest?How can there be such a strange thing?

Not long ago, the kings and ministers of the Song Kingdom traveled thousands of miles across the sea to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, why are they suddenly so indifferent to the Jin Kingdom now?

The king of subjugation is really full of tricks, which is unexpected even if people think about it!

After Ximen Qing slandered Song Huizong a few times, he decided to take over the task of Wanyan Sagai.