Chapter 293 - From Hu Chen to Han Pass 2

On the same day, Hu Li did not lead the army to the south, using Pingzhou as a springboard, launched a surprise attack on Yanshanfu Road, and Muhan also made a tentative attack on Hedong, and the war began. However, Sticky Han's attack was not obvious, and he did not attack directly, but continued to gather troops and horses, maintain strong military pressure, and the forward slowly moved south.

Also, there are 60,000 Jurchen iron cavalry in Muhun, and the reason why the army is slow is that the Jurchens attach importance to the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the 60,000 cavalry is the absolute main force of the Jurchens, but it is used in the mountainous Hedong, obviously to guard against the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty.

60,000 cavalry may be too much, but it is absolutely overwhelming, and it is an almost unstoppable force, not to mention those Han troops and Ali Xi.

"Your Majesty, the whole territory of Yanshan Mansion Road is eroded, and Guo Yaoshi is not the forerunner, and he is rapidly moving south, and the Han soldiers have arrived in Taiyuan." Wang Xiu, as the Privy Council, is naturally responsible for reporting the military situation, and he is the same as Ming Spiegel in his heart, Guo Yaoshi's defection and the loss of 50,000 victorious troops directly caused the fall of Yanshan Mansion Road, the capture of Cai Jing and other Yanshan Mansion Road ministers, and the door of the imperial court was wide open.

Today, it is December 17, and he is not shocked by his honor and disgrace.

The Guantang in front flew into Tokyo like a snowflake, without exception, it was a large-scale invasion of the Jurchens, and the news that the imperial court was defeated in successive battles, Zhao Ji had long been numb.

"How can this be good?"

"Your Majesty, the Jurchen envoy Xiao Qing has arrived outside the city." Li Bangyan's eyelids jumped, and he was a little absent-minded.

Bai Shizhong frowned and said: "At this time, Xiao Qing came, I'm afraid he had other plans." ”

"What does Dazai think is good," Zhao Ji asked eagerly.

Bai Shizhong was speechless for a while, the Jurchen invasion caused a huge panic, and the imperial court wanted to really receive Xiao Qing, and he must not be scolded to death, he didn't want to touch his head, and the position he finally got to became a hot potato, and he really couldn't give up the official.

Wang Xiu sighed secretly, who is to blame, you are just poor and extravagant, but you have repeatedly lost points in major national affairs. Back then, you shouldn't have accepted Zhang Jue's attachment, since you should have accepted it, you should protect your family, Wang Anzhong was forced by the Jurchens to kill the defeated Zhang Jue, so that Guo Yaoshi and other subordinates were afraid of centrifugation.

Well, that's okay, kill it, kill it, since you touch the principle, then fill in the loopholes, divide the power of Guo Yaoshi, and scatter the Changsheng army. In addition, the western army was mobilized in time to march eastward, and the Shaanxi soldiers and horses were used to hold the river, and then Hebei was ordered to form righteous soldiers to resist the war, so as to stimulate their enthusiasm for protecting their homeland.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court can adopt the expedient etiquette of a small envoy, meet Xiao Qing in the Shangshu Provincial Mansion, and entertain him." Li Bangyan offered a plan.

"That's all it can be." Zhao Ji sighed lightly, turned his gaze to Wang Xiu again, and asked, "Wang Qing's family, why don't you say anything?"

Wang Xiu saw Zhao Ji asking about himself, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is thinking about the invasion of the Jurchen Bad Alliance, and it looks like it is aggressive, but in fact, it is also a strong foreign force. ”

"Oh, tell me about it." Zhao Ji's eyes lit up.

"His Majesty issued an edict, the people of Hedong in Hebei Province formed a village to defend the land, the imperial court awarded official positions, and after the war, meritorious deeds were rewarded to the descendants of the shadows." Wang Xiu didn't have a good way, and the stormy offensive made you have no strength to fight back, so he had to say: "Strengthen Tokyo's combat readiness, transfer the western army to quickly reinforce, and strengthen the defense of Jingdong, even if Allah arrives on the river, there is no way to take advantage of it." ”

"Also, please ask Your Majesty to expand the fields in Xicheng, return the land to the people, reduce the use of the court, etc., and encourage the people of the world to be imposed."

Zhao Ji hesitated a little, and only said in a half-loud voice: "First receive the Jurchen envoys in Shangshu Province, find out the other party's intentions, and then make plans, Wang Qing's family will also go." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the Jurchens have just established a country, and they just rely on the courage of blood and blood, they can't hold on for a long time, and the imperial court has not experienced the arrival of soldiers in the city, so there is no need to be polite to these Tartars." Wang Xiu cheered Zhao Ji up, for himself and the court, he had to say words to boost morale in the court.

In the afternoon, Wang Xiu followed Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Cai You and others to Shangshu Province to meet Xiao Qing.

In the middle of the day, he was cunning and cunning, and he was always an old god, Li Bangyan put his posture very low, and said cautiously: "Your envoy is here, I don't know what advice I have."

Xiao Qing was domineering in his own Jin Army, and he didn't put these Zhao and Song ministers in his eyes, glanced at everyone with disdain, and said slowly: "I ordered the emperor to order Lang Jun, the prime minister of the country, and Lang Jun, the second prince, to hang the people, and hundreds of thousands of troops from both roads must arrive. The Southern Dynasty did not stop being virtuous and political, corrupted the program and discipline, sheltered the traitors of our dynasty, and connived at the generals to make trouble on the border, which was really unbearable for everyone. ”

These words frightened Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Cai You and others, and all the people who were always powerful and scheming had no ideas at this time.

After a long while, Cai Youcai cautiously asked: "Dare to ask your envoy, what can we do to make your country postpone its southward movement?"

Xiao Qing laughed arrogantly and said loudly: "It's just a matter of cutting land and being a vassal." ”

It can be described as a great shame for Zhao Ji to cut the land and claim the minister, how can everyone not know, but in the face of the rapid offensive of the Jin army and Xiao Qing's arrogance, none of these ministers who compete to flaunt celebrities on weekdays dare to ask more.

Wang Xiu sneered, what the hell is this, what Xiao Qing said was done by the Jurchens, of course, the Zhao Guanjia is indeed very excessive, if you want to be a turtle, do it thoroughly, don't keep thinking about sticking out your head cheaply, let people catch the only tail, and achieve the best excuse for people to invade the south.

Seeing that these people in the court were looking at each other, he was really disappointed, and he was even more determined in his plan, and said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask what position your envoy holds when he enters the Jurchen."

This is a two-layer meaning, the first layer is to warn Xiao Qing not to be arrogant, this is the Shangshu Province of the Great Song Dynasty, all the important ministers present are militaristic ministers, and only the envoys are rampant, and the second layer is to ridicule Xiao Qing, a villain who sells for glory, and still points fingers at the Great Song Dynasty, which is simply unreasonable.

Xiao Qing's face changed, and he glared at Wang Xiu fiercely and hatefully, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and others looked at Wang Xiu in surprise, and their faces were wonderful. But they can't help but admit that in the face of the domineering Jurchen envoys, Wang Xiu's composure and composure surpassed them a lot, which is really ashamed.

"Who are you" Xiao Qing's face flushed, how could he not hear Wang Xiu's sarcasm, this was scolding him as a second minister, "The Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty has promised Wang Xiu, what's wrong" Wang Xiu's face was witty, and he looked like a hanger, that is, I am higher than you, I am not satisfied with Xiao Qing's contempt when he saw Wang Xiu, he was ashamed and angry in his heart, and immediately said sharply: "As a privy minister of the Southern Dynasty, you dare to humiliate the envoys of the kingdom, you are not afraid of the thunderous anger of my millions of soldiers, and I am not afraid that the soldiers of the second prince of my family will come to the city and ask for your blood and drums."