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Is Song Guo trying to test the strength of our Da Jin army?
Wu Xie felt contemptuously in his heart, and confidently replied to Zhao Liangsi: "When I set off, I heard that Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Kingdom fled to the Saibei Desert. Our army has already sent people to pursue him, and I believe that Emperor Tianzuo will be captured." .
Moreover, the Saibei Desert is owned by the Tatars, and the Tatars have already bowed their heads to Dajin.
If Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi really fled to the Tatars, it would be equivalent to being captured by our army. "
After Zhao Liangsi met with the Jin envoy, he immediately reported back to Song Huizong what the Jin envoy Wuxie said, and Song Huizong decided to personally meet the Liao envoy.
Soon Wuxie and Gao Qingyi went to the palace as envoys of the Kingdom of Jin when they were in the Song Dynasty, and conveyed the greetings from Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin to Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and the emperor's opinion on the issue of how to divide the land of Yanyun after the war. concern.
Facing the questions from the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty and his officials unanimously denied that they had not complied with the "Alliance on the Sea", and comforted the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin.
After the [-] Western Army was defeated by the Liao Army, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty realized how powerful the Jin Army that swept the Liao Kingdom was through comparison.
In order to use the Jin army to destroy the Liao army for the Song Dynasty, Song Huizong attached great importance to the arrival of the envoys of the Jin Kingdom this time, and ordered the important officials of the court to entertain Wuxie and others many times.
At the same time, Song Huizong rewarded the two envoys of the Kingdom of Jin with a large amount of gold, silver, silk, and precious tea, and arranged them to live in Longde Palace.
The treatment of the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin far surpassed that of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom when the Song and Liao countries had good relations with each other.
Under the attentive care of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Xie, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, and others finally believed in the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Wu Xie and others informed Zhao Liangsi that the emperor was still waiting for Da Song to express his attitude so as not to cause misunderstanding between the two armies.He was going to return to the Kingdom of Jin to report to Emperor Wanyan Aguda.
Knowing that the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin was going back to the country, Prime Minister Wang Fu met Wuxie with formal etiquette, and said: "Yanjing has no owner now, but the Liao general Xiao Qian has set up a Queen Mother Xiao from his Xi clan to take power, and she continues to resist. .Your Kingdom of Jin has fought against the Kingdom of Liao with victories, and you have entered the Datong Mansion in Xijing. How can you tolerate such a small court of the Kingdom of Liao in the rear? I hope that your army will wipe them out as soon as possible."
Obviously, when Song Huizong organized an army of 20 to attack Liao, he wanted to get something for nothing, and let the Jin army clear the way for himself.
Wu Xie, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, knew this well, and sneered at the prime minister Wang Fu: "Hahaha, what is Xiao Qian? He is just a defeated general of our army. You Song Dynasty still take him seriously. what?
Don't worry, Prime Minister Wang, when I return to the Kingdom of Jin, I will report your request to the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.
It's just that you said that you can easily defeat Liao Kingdom without the help of our Jin Kingdom, and on the other hand you need to rely on us to send troops to help you attack Xiao Qian and the others. Isn't this contradictory? "
The prime minister, Wang Fu, was very thick-skinned. Although the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin told him off, he still calmly used the terms of the "Alliance on the Sea" to prevaricate him.
At the same time, in order to allow the Jin army to fight together, Song Huizong ordered Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo to accompany Wu Xie and other envoys of the Jin Kingdom to return to the Jin Kingdom with the letter of credence.
Chapters 8 and [-] are full of scheming credentials
The Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin entered the Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom, but the Xijing Road area was not settled. The Liao and Jin armies were entangled and fighting on the vast land, and they were still in war.
In particular, Weizhou and Yingzhou, which are close to the border of the Song Dynasty, are still under the control of the Liao army at the moment, cutting off the communication and traffic between the Jin army and the East Road of the Song Dynasty.
Although Da Song had heard that the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Aguda, was on the Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom, he did not know the exact location of his camp.
Therefore, when the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin returned to the country, they did not go directly northward on the East Road to enter the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom. Instead, they decided to return by the same route, crossing the sea from Dengzhou to return to the Kingdom of Jin, and then went to the Xijing Road in the Shangjing area controlled by the Jin Army. See His Majesty the Emperor return to order.
Of course, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo also had to follow the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to such an encounter.
Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, who followed the Jin Emperor Wanyan Agu to attack the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Kingdom, knew that the journey was long, and this trip would definitely take several months.
Song Huizong ordered Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo to accompany Wu Xie and other envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to meet the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin.
The letter of credence written by Song Huizong himself was very long, and he explained the position of the Song Dynasty to the State of Jin eloquently, and expressed the concerns of the State of Song.
In response to Jin Guo’s questioning that the Great Song Dynasty had monopolized the Yanjing area, did not abide by the treaty of the Sea Alliance, and in order to cover up the disastrous defeat of the Song Army in Baigou and Xiongzhou, Song Huizong argued in his letter of credence:
"According to the agreement between your two countries, after your army occupied Xijing, our army immediately sent troops to attack Liao.
Because your army has already captured Xijing, in order not to break the promise, my court sent Taiwei Tong Guan to lead the Northern Expedition since April this year, and won consecutive battles.
But the original agreement between your country and ours is that the two countries join forces to attack, and now only our army is attacking Yanjing alone, and the southern expedition of your army has not been seen.
In order to abide by the agreement between the two countries to attack Yanjing, our army did not take advantage of the victory to go deep into the hinterland of Yanjing, but stayed at the border and waited for your army to come.It seems that this is enough to prove my sincerity to your country, and I hope His Majesty the Emperor can understand. "
It has to be said that there are many cultural people in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no shortage of people around Song Huizong who can turn black and white.
Song Huizong's passage quibbles that his family did not abide by the covenant, and picked peaches and cheap swallows to act in accordance with the covenant.
At the same time, the embarrassment that the Song army was incompetent and unable to invade Yandi was interpreted as the Song army's repeated victories, but because of its alliance with the Jin State, it was unwilling to capture Yanjing alone.
It's not that our army is incompetent, it's that our army is high-spirited!
Of course, considering that the 20 army's second attack on Yan could not be concealed from the Kingdom of Jin, Song Huizong's credential also laid a foreshadowing in advance.
Song Huizong wrote: "...It's just that the Liao army has seen our army pressing down on the border recently, and they always provoke our army non-stop. Our army couldn't bear it, so we had to resolutely fight back.
The orders of the generals are not accepted. If our army takes advantage of the situation to take down the city of Yanjing, your country must not misunderstand that our country is violating the covenant.Of course, please do not send troops to attack Yan, so as not to cause disputes and conflicts between the two frontline armies due to misunderstanding.
If our army does not capture Yanjing, then your country must keep its promise to send troops to attack the Liao army with us.
The so-called pinching attack refers to the fact that our Song army sent troops from Zhuozhou and Yizhou to fight all the way to Yanjing City.Your Jin army marched from the ancient Beikou to recover the old Han land that was originally under the jurisdiction of Yanjing and Xijing.
After the fall of Yanjing, all the land that did not belong to the old Han land will belong to your Jin Kingdom, and the old Han land should belong to our Song Dynasty..."
According to him, when the Song army was able to monopolize Yanjing, it was the Liao army's provocation, and the Song army followed the trend. It was not considered a breach of contract, and the Jin army could not go south.
When the Song army was unable to capture Yanjing City, Jin Guo should abide by the covenant and send troops south to assist Song State in capturing Yanjing City.
In short, it is the Song Dynasty who occupies the principle anyway, and Jin Guo should understand the Song Dynasty unconditionally and contribute to the Song Dynasty.
Frankly speaking, although Song Huizong's credential is brilliant and beautiful, it is actually difficult to conceal the petty mind of taking advantage of it.
The Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin is a hero of a generation, how could he be confused by these paper articles?
Song Huizong sent Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, two experienced and eloquent envoys, in order to let them use their three-inch tongues to argue against the unreasonable actions of the Song Dynasty before Wanyan Agu beat the emperor. reasonable.
It’s not easy to turn a deer into a horse. Zhao Liangsi’s strategy of uniting the Jin and defeating the Liao Dynasty was negotiated with the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom into an "Alliance on the Sea". Ma Kuo also saved his head when he was sent to the angry Liao Kingdom In the eyes of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty and his ministers, these two people were born to be envoys, and of course they had to finish the bad things in diplomacy.
In order to show the close relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, in Song Huizong's letter of credence to the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda, Song Huizong also shared the information obtained by the Song Dynasty with the Jin State.
Song Huizong kindly reminded Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin:
"...I heard that Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom, is still hiding behind the swamp in Jiashan. He still has the Imperial Forest Army of the Liao Kingdom, the regular Liao Army of Shuozhou, the local tribal army, and soldiers and horses borrowed from the Xia Kingdom. It should not be underestimated, and is always ready to counterattack Jin Guo.
The small imperial court of the Liao Kingdom in Yanjing was also constantly transporting silver and materials to Jiashan for Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi to recruit Xia people to fight for the Liao Kingdom.
If the Jin army does not completely wipe out Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi Palace, it will always be a hidden danger..."
Then, Song Huizong made some comments on the Xixia Kingdom, the old enemy of the Song Dynasty:
"... Xixia has always been cunning and changeable. I heard that Xixia has sent envoys to you to congratulate your army on defeating Liao.
In fact, the Xixia Kingdom has been supporting the Liao Kingdom secretly, and slandered your country in the documents to the Liao Kingdom.
Moreover, according to our army's investigation, Xixia also sent troops to station in Jinsuzhou, Heqing Army, Tiande Army, Yunnei Prefecture and other places that originally belonged to the Liao Kingdom. The Khitans of the country regained their lost land.