Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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"Queen Mother, the old minister protects you from this place..."

That night, Empress Dowager Xiao issued an order to all the officials, saying that in order to face the Jin army, she would personally lead the Khitan people to leave Yanjing City with Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi, and camp in the wild to prepare for the battle.

Although the Empress Dowager's order stated that she was going out of the city to meet the enemy, none of the officials in the city were fools. Everyone knew that Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi wanted to lead the army to protect the Empress Dowager Xiao and escaped.

After Li Chuwen's death, Zuo Qigong, who was the prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, knew that after this farewell, he might never see each other again, so he brought all the officials to kneel outside the city gate to bid farewell to Empress Dowager Xiao and others.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at these loyal veterans and said with tears: "Song and Jin's troops are suppressing the border, it is really a national crisis.

For the sake of the country and the country handed down by the ancestors, I will lead the army to fight the enemy to the death.

If you can win, you and my monarchs will naturally be able to see it.

If I lose again, I am determined to die for my country.

You must find a way to protect the Han people in the city, and don't let them be killed by the Jin army. "

After the Queen Mother Xiao finished speaking, amidst the cries of all the ministers, she led the army and left Yanjing City in a hurry.

After the Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Qian and others led the army to leave Yanjing City, Gao Liu and others, the governor of the Liao Army, saw that the situation was over, so they sent money to Jin and informed the Jin army.

The next day, the forward of the Jin Army who learned that the city of Yanjing was empty came to the city of Yanjing.

Knowing that the Jin army had arrived, Zuo Qigong, the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom who was still in the city, summoned a group of officials to discuss how to resist the Jin army.

However, there are no soldiers and no generals in the city, how can everyone think of any way to defend the city?

Just when the officials of the Liao Kingdom were at a loss, someone came to report that Xiao Yixin, the Deputy Commander guarding the city gate, had surrendered to the enemy. He opened the city gate and put the forward of the Jin army led by Wanyan Loushi into the city.

After Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshuke led the army into the city, they quickly occupied the walls and gates of the outer city.

At the same time, Wanyan Loushi sent Han Bing, the governor of the North Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom, who was previously captured by the Jin army, to Zuo Qigong and other Liao ministers, saying: "If the officials of the Liao Kingdom surrender immediately, the Jin army can guarantee that they will not kill the people in the city. one person.

Now that the overall situation has been decided, Prime Minister Zuo is asked to lead all the officials, monks, Taoists, and common people in the city to immediately open the Danfeng Gate and go to Wuchang to welcome His Majesty the Emperor of Jin Kingdom to lead the army into the city. "

Knowing that the situation was over, Zuo Qigong had no choice but to obey his orders and lead all the civil and military officials to surrender to the Jin army.

At this time, Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, had led the army into the inner city, and was sitting in the main hall, accepting the congratulations from the Liao Kingdom.

Wanyan Agu beat the order to the officials of the Liao Kingdom and said: "When I entered the city, I saw that the stone cannons at the top of Yanjing City were not moved, and there was no sign of preparing to resist our army.

This shows that you are sincerely loyal to me, Daikin, which is very good.

From now on, you are my good subjects, please feel at ease to serve my Dajin Kingdom. "

Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, ordered people to take over the various yamen in Yanjing City, and asked Zuo Qigong and others to put up a list to appease the people in the city.

Jin Jun's announcement told the people that after Jin Jun entered the city, he would do nothing to the Mid-Autumn Festival in the city.As long as the people in the city don't rebel, they won't kill anyone in the city.

Chapter 835 Separation of troops at Songting Pass

After forced to surrender to Yanjing City, the strict discipline of the Jin army opened the eyes of the people in Yanjing City.

Compared with the Song Army who implemented the massacre policy in Yanjing City not long ago, burning, killing, looting, adultery, and committing all kinds of crimes, the Jin Army can be called a mighty and civilized division.

The people of all ethnic groups in Yanjing City were pleasantly surprised to find that the Jurchens who swept through the Liao Kingdom were not monsters with green faces and fangs. Their leaders were also civilized people who could read and write, and they were surprisingly friendly to the people in the city.

Comparing the two, all the civil and military officials from Liao Kingdom Prime Minister Zuo Qigong, the big families of all ethnic groups in the city, and the common people of the Li people all had a good impression of the Jin Army.

If they were given a choice, whether they would like to be ruled by the Kingdom of Jin in the north or the Kingdom of Song in the south, there is no doubt that the vast majority of Yanjing people would choose the Kingdom of Jin.

Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin also conferred the post of Taifu and Zhongshuling on Prime Minister Zuo Qigong of the Liao Kingdom, allowing him to manage the affairs of the Han people.

Both the Liao and Jin Dynasties followed the Tang system, and Zhongshu Ling was above the prime minister and actually exercised the power of the prime minister.It can be seen from this that the emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom gave preferential treatment and trust to the subjects of the Liao Kingdom.

Under Wanyan Aguda's appeasement policy, how could the officials, soldiers and civilians of the Liao Kingdom who surrendered not return their hearts to him?

After Zuo Qigong and other Liao ministers accepted the official positions conferred by the Jin State, they immediately showed their abilities to help the Jin army recruit and surrender the prefectures and counties that had not yet surrendered in the land of Yan.

When the Jin army recruited and surrendered the states in Yandi, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi were also waiting for the arrival of various troops and horses in Shimen Town, Jingzhou.

Before Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army withdrew from Yanjing City, he had issued a secret order to the guards of Tanzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Pingzhou, Yingzhou and other states, asking them to lead the main force of each state to Jingzhou for reunion and escort the Queen Mother Xiao .

Knowing that the Jin army entered the pass and the Queen Mother hunted north, it was a great test for the defenders of the states in Yandi to decide where to go.

Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Dong Ping in Tanzhou City first received Xiao Qian's secret order, and when they were preparing to go, they also got the information that the Jin Army had entered Yanjing City and was recruiting and accepting rebels.

Soon, Zuo Qigong sent someone to send the letter of surrender from the Jin army.

Chao Gai, Wu Yong and Dong Ping sat together and discussed in secret.

"Tuota King" Chao Gai has never had many ideas, and it is all thanks to Wu Yong to advise him.Even if Wu Yong finally decided to betray the Gongsun Sheng brothers last time, Chao Gai finally chose to follow Wu Yong's plan.

"Two Spears General" Dong Ping has an indifferent attitude. He believes that there is no sense of loyalty with the Liao people and the Jin people, and he will take refuge in whichever family is good to his brothers.

Therefore, in the end, the two still have to listen to what military adviser Wu Yong said.

Wu Yong analyzed Chao Gai and Dong Ping, and now the situation in Yanjing is complicated, with three forces: Song, Jin, and Liao.

The power of the Song Dynasty has the deepest hatred with his brothers, and now the Liangshan brothers are still wanted by the Song court.

Even if he went to join the Song army, the emperor decreed to pardon his brothers for their crimes.But those important court officials who offended in the past will definitely attack his brothers secretly.

Therefore, you must not vote for Song.

I heard that Song and Jin had an alliance agreement, and they would cede the land of Yan to Song.If so, this land of Yan can't stay for long.

As for the Kingdom of Jin, they cannot rely on it either.Because all the Hanchens in Yanjing City of Liao Kingdom surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, and are now being reused by the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

Many of these Hanchens belonged to aristocratic families in Yandi, and they had an intertwined relationship with Li Chuwen's family, sharing weal and woe.

My brothers betrayed Li Chuwen, causing his whole family to be executed by Xiao Qian, secretly offending many Han ministers.

Therefore, at this time, if one state is to vote, the status in the Jin Dynasty must not be as good as those Hanchens.I'm afraid that they will face their revenge and plot in the future, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Jin.

For the current plan, he still has to follow Xiao Qian, the king of the fourth army, to win Xiao Qian's trust, and gradually gain greater power in the Liao army.

In the future, when there are many soldiers and generals, and when they have certain influence on several forces, it is not too late to wait and see the situation and make further plans.

"Smart star" Wu's sophisticated words made Chao Gai and Dong Ping admire.The two decided to stick to their plan, and led the troops to Jingzhou overnight to join Xiao Qian, the king of the fourth army.

When Chao Gai and others made the decision to lead the Tanzhou army to meet Xiao Qian, the defenders of other states also made their own choices.

Xiao Qian waited for the Tanzhou Army and Jingzhou Army in Shimen Town, but he was surprised to hear that the guard of Jizhou had surrendered to the Jin Army.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jue, who was sitting in Ping, Ying and other prefectures, sent people to bring food and grass to Empress Dowager Xiao's army, but he did not lead the troops to join them.

Although Zhang Jue, who served as the deputy envoy of the Liaoxing Army and actually exercised the power of the Jiedu envoy, had not yet publicly surrendered to the Jin army, he had already shown a tendency to both sides.