Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Wanyan Zongqian heard that Wanyan Zongxiong had a sudden illness, so he went to visit him, only to find that Wanyan Zongxiong was dying.

Wanyan Zonggan was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed Wanyan Zongxiong's hand and asked him if he had any last words and unfinished business.

Knowing that the deadline has come, Wanyan Zongxiong said to Wanyan Zonggan calmly and calmly: "The great cause of the country has been accomplished, the Lord will live for ten thousand years, clean up the Quartet, and die without hatred."

As soon as the words fell, Wanyan Zongxiong, who was only forty years old, passed away.

Emperor Wanyan Aguda was shocked to hear that his son-in-law Wanyan Zongxiong was seriously ill, and hurried to visit him.

When Wanyan Aguda arrived in a hurry, Wanyan Zongxiong had already died of illness, and he was unable to see him for the last time.Wanyan Aguda was distraught, and wept bitterly in public.

Wanyan Aguda said regretfully to the officials who came over after hearing the news: "Mulianghu is superior in strategy and brave in front of the battle, which is rare. Today is really jealous of talents, and he will kill me!"

After Wanyan Zongxiong died, Wanyan Aguda ordered Pucha Shijianu to escort his coffin back to the country, and ordered Wanyan Zongqian to build a Buddhist temple at the place where Wanyan Zongxiong died of illness in Guihua Prefecture to pray for him.

Wanyan Aguda had just returned from Guihua Prefecture to Fengsheng Prefecture Camp, when Ximen Qing and the envoys arrived.

As a result, Ximen Qing passed by Wanyan Zongxiong's coffin.Thinking about it, Pucha Shi's slave had already escorted his coffin into the Zhongjing Road.

Recalling how Wanyan Zongxiong helped him in the past, Ximen Qing felt really uncomfortable.He and his father-in-law Wanyan Aguda comforted each other with tears in the big tent, and then returned to the tent arranged by Jin Jun.

Jiao Ting, Yue Fei and other regular attendants saw Ximen Qing returning to the camp feeling disappointed and unhappy, they all surrounded him with concern and asked what happened.

Ximen Qing sighed and said to them sadly: "My friend Mou Lianghu has passed away..."

Upon hearing the news of Ximen Qing's arrival, Wanyan Zongjun, Wanyan Zongqian, Jiagu Xienu and others all came to look for him to reminisce about the past, but Ximen Qing had no time to worry about Wanyan Zongxiong's death, and his mood improved a lot.

When Ximenqing was gathering with the generals of the Jin army, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, as envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, formally met with the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, and presented him with the letter of credence written by Song Huizong himself. A negotiation was launched around the attack on Yandi.

At the same time, after learning that the Jin army had captured Yingzhou and was integrated with the East Road of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo also sent their men to go to Yingzhou and enter Daizhou to report to the imperial court and Taiwei Tongguan's Xuanfu Division. The yamen informed them that the two of them had met the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom and asked for further instructions from the court.

On the way, Zhao Liangsi learned from Ximenqing that both Yizhou and Zhuozhou in the Liao Kingdom had surrendered to the Song army, and he believed that the Song army's capture of Yanjing was almost certain.

Therefore, Zhao Liangsi asked Ma Kuo to try his best to stabilize the Jin army in the negotiation with Jin Guo, and encouraged the Jin army to continue to pursue Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi, and not to let them enter Yandi to compete for territory.

Zhao Liangsi didn't know that Song's army was far more incompetent than he imagined.

When Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo were envoys to the Kingdom of Jin, Taiwei Tongguan felt that the general trend was settled after the Song army recovered Zhuozhou, so he moved his Xuanfu department from the front line Xiongzhou to Hejian Prefecture, and authorized Liu Yanqing to take full responsibility. Battle on the front lines.

Although Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Liao army, claimed to have 50 troops, he still did not dare to fight the Liao army easily.

When discussing with the army staff whether to continue to march, Liu Yanqing believed that there would be losses if he continued to march. It is better to lead the gold army to attack Yanjing and then exchange it with old coins and silver. This is a safe strategy.

This matter was reported to Taiwei Tongguan of the Xuanfu Department of Hejian Prefecture, but Tong Guan was noncommittal.

The staff in the Xuanfu Department’s yamen said to Taiwei Tong Guanjin: "If this strategy is adopted, after the Jin army occupies Yanjing, they will definitely despise our Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that we will not be able to control the Jin army.

What's more, Jin Guo still doesn't know that we have suffered a disastrous defeat in Baigou. If the Jin army occupies Yanjing, the news will also reach the Jin army's ears, and there will be no peace on our border.

The Kingdom of Jin is cunning. If we want to live in peace with them in the future, we must rely on our own strength to take down Yanjing City first, so that the Jin army can see the strength of my Great Song, and they will have scruples in the future. "

Seeing that what the staff said had some truth, Taiwei Tongguan was having a hard time making a decision, carefully weighing the pros and cons.

Tong Guan believed that the recovery of Yanjing could not be rushed for a while, but the recovery and consolidation of Zhuozhou had to be done well first of all.

Guo Yaoshi and other Zhuozhou rebel generals showed their sincerity, and at the request of Taiwei Tong Guan, they came to visit Tong Taiwei on horseback.

After Guo Yaoshi met Taiwei Tong Guan, he tried his best to confess to him that he was a Han Chinese and had always admired the heart of Zhonghua, which won Tong Guan's trust.

Tong Guan comforted Guo Yaoshi Haosheng, and gave him a lot of rewards, allowing him to return to Zhuozhou City to continue guarding and serve under Liu Yanqing's command.

After Guo Yaoshi and other rebel generals left the Xuanfu Division, Taiwei Tongguan believed that the people of Yandi had already turned towards the Song Dynasty, and the recovery of Yandi could be expected, so he ordered people to take the merits of Guo Yaoshi and other generals, together with his belief that the Liao Kingdom would perish, and the Song Dynasty The army's optimistic judgment that Yanjing was about to take down Yanjing was written into a watch and sent to Bianliang City in Tokyo at night, and presented to Emperor Huizong.

Song Huizong was overjoyed when he received Taiwei Tongguan's badge. He did not expect that the Song Army would progress so smoothly, and now it seems that there is only one step away from recovering Yanjing and the Sixteen States of Yanyun.

Song Huizong was so proud that he even decreed to change the name of Yanjing City, which was still in the hands of the Liao Kingdom, to Yanshan Mansion, and regarded it as his possession.

Chapter 8 Song Junbing Forces Yanjing City

Yanjing City, the capital of the Liao Kingdom, has not yet fallen into the hands of the Song Dynasty, but has been renamed by the Song Dynasty. This shows how eager Song Huizong was to regain Yanjing, and how blind the officials of the Song Dynasty were about the second Northern Expedition confidence.

The Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom has made up her mind to endure the humiliation and surrender to become a vassal in order to save the Liao Kingdom a chance.

In order to claim the success of the vassal, the Liao Kingdom sent surrender forms to both Song and Jin at the same time to test the attitudes of the two countries.

The envoys of the Liao Kingdom Xiao Rong and Han Fang took their seals to the Xuanfu Department of Hejian Mansion. Tong Guan and Cai You received the envoys of the Liao Kingdom with military etiquette.

After reading the surrender form presented by the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, Tong Guan and Cai You expressed that they could not accept the Liao Kingdom's request to claim vassal status.

Taiwei Tongguan said arrogantly: "Your country's official seal only mentions the payment of the old coins to us, but does not mention the return of the land. Our country cannot accept this condition. If your country wants to surrender, it must return the Sixteen States of Yanyun. Otherwise, everything will be destroyed. Don't talk about it."

After all, Tong Guan ordered the Liao envoys Xiao Rong and Han Fang to be expelled from the Xuanfu Department to show his firm attitude.

Liao envoy Han Fang said to Tong Guan and Cai You with a sneer: "For your court, the role of land is only to generate taxes, and our country's giving of old coins is equivalent to returning the land.

The army and civilians in the land of Yanjing are complex. In addition to the Khitan people, there are also Han people, Bohai people, and Jurchen people.After you take it back, I am afraid it will not be easy to rule.Why not let us take care of it for you, you just need to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

Your country and our country have been neighbors for more than 100 years, and the border has been peaceful for more than 100 years. Both the military and civilians of the two countries have benefited from it.

Now your country does not miss the old friendship between the two countries, and insists on occupying the land of our Liao country and bordering the barbaric and greedy Jin country.

When the day when the Kingdom of Jin uses force against you, you will remember what happened to the Kingdom of Liao back then. "

After hearing the Liao envoy's words, Tong Guan and Cai You hesitated again, unsure about whether to attack Yanjing.

Therefore, Tong Guan asked the Liao envoys Xiao Rong and Han Fang to live in Xiongzhou temporarily to wait for the reply, and ordered people to quickly pass the empress dowager Xiao's seal to the court.

Whether or not to accept the Liao Kingdom's request to declare itself a vassal has to be decided by the Taoist emperor in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

After Queen Mother Xiao of the Liao Kingdom sent the letter of surrender to Bianliang City in Tokyo, the imperial court was overjoyed, and the Prime Minister Wang Fu led all the officials to bow down to the Taoist Emperor Zhao Ji in the Zihuan Hall to express their congratulations.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was overwhelmed with emotion, as if the land of Yan had been taken back, he quickly issued several edicts.

The first is to reply to Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom, hoping that she will see the situation clearly and formally bring the people of Yandi and the land of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible to become a vassal.

The second edict is to pardon the prisoners in Yandi.

The third decree is to reduce and exempt the tax burden of the people in Yandi.

The fourth imperial decree, Song Dynasty selects virtuous people in Yandi.

Song Huizong couldn't wait to regard himself as the master, issued an imperial decree to the people of Yandi, and made a long-term plan for the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, waiting to regain the lost land.

Taiwei Tong Guan and others did not dare to neglect after receiving the imperial edict, and immediately stepped up to arrange military operations, intending to put more pressure on the small imperial court of Yanjing in the Liao Kingdom, so as to achieve success as soon as possible and satisfy the emperor.

Taiwei Tongguan ordered the front-line troops to order Liu Yanqing, the commander of the capital, to set off from Xiongzhou and go to Zhuozhou via Xincheng County.He also ordered Liu Guangshi and Yang Keshi to set off from the Ansu army and go to Zhuozhou via Yizhou.

Tong Guan plans to take Yanjing in one fell swoop after the two armies join forces in Zhuozhou.