Chapter 43: Xia Liao Discusses Peace
At this time, Zhi Weizhong also led the army to the Great Wall, and Liangzhou was fully recovered. At this time, Western Xia was already under the enemy's back, and was trapped inside and outside. At that time, the Western Xia wanted to expand westward, occupy the Hexi Corridor, occupy the Silk Road, cut off the horse purchase channel of the Great Song Dynasty, and enjoy the trade benefits of the Silk Road. But now the situation is stronger than people, and the Great Song Dynasty has not yet declared war on the Western Xia, and the Western Xia does not dare to start a war against the Great Song Dynasty again. At this time, Li Yuanhao also suggested to Li Deming to negotiate peace with Da Liao again, Li Deming smiled bitterly, and Xixia asked Da Liao for peace many times, but all of them were rejected, so Li Yuanhao was given full authority to deal with peace matters.
Li Yuanhao sent Li Jinxiang, the hall master of Yipintang, to Daliao in person, Li Jinxiang is Li Jichong's second daughter, twenty-one years old, unmarried, proficient in martial arts, and strong in martial arts. She rushed to Shangjing in Liao, and she sent a book to Liang Qiushui, the head of the Western Xia spy in Shangjing, with a flying pigeon, and asked her to find a way to contact Zhang Jian, the prime minister of Liao, and Xiao Yunjin, the biological mother of the prince. Arriving in Shangjing, Li Jinxiang immediately summoned Liang Qiushui and asked her about the contact between her and the ministers of the Liao court, Liang Qiushui said: "Hall master, Zhang Jian is dead or alive, and he contacted the good concubine Xiao Yunjin when he poured. Li Jinxiang said: "Director Liang, prepare a silver ticket of 100,000 yuan, a box of rare treasures, I will give it to Concubine Liang, explain the purpose." After speaking, let Liang Qiushui recruit it. After that, Li Jinxiang summoned Li Zhengliang, the envoy of the Western Xia in Liao, and she asked the Liao court about the attitude of the Liao court towards the Liaoxia war, in fact, the Liao court was divided into two factions, one was the Northern Song Dynasty united, once and for all to destroy the Western Xia issue, and the Great Song Dynasty carved up the Western Xia. One faction is to accept it when it is good, let the Western Xia cede the land and pay compensation, and let the Western Xia balance the Great Song Dynasty.
Yelu Longxu was a little anxious about the current war in Liaoxia, after all, the treasury was not rich now. After a long time, the supply of these 100,000 Liao troops will be difficult. After the Liao army entered the territory of Western Xia, the Western Xia was fortified and cleared, so that the Liao army could not collect grain on the spot after penetrating deeply, increasing difficulties, wasting strength in vain, and almost nothing was gained. The Great Song Dynasty had 200,000 soldiers on the border, all of whom were foreign laborers, and they were happy to see Liaoxia fighting each other in order to profit from it. Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty has captured Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou, and has taken the land of Longxi into its pocket. Yelu Longxu had the heart to agree to the Xixia request for peace, but he felt that the Xixia wolf was ambitious, reversed, and had no faith. So I've been hesitating.
At this time, Li Jinxiang secretly made an appointment with the chief eunuch of Concubine Liang, and secretly sent 100,000 silver tickets, a box of rare treasures, and a thousand taels of gold for the great eunuch. The big eunuch suddenly smiled, and promised to persuade Concubine Liang to go to the emperor to speak for Western Xia. Then Li Jinxiang went to a green building called "Liulilou", which is located in the prosperous area of Shangjing, which is a Song-style building, carved beams and painted buildings, showing luxury. After Li Jinxiang entered in men's clothes, he entered a private room, and there was a middle-aged man in a red shirt inside. Li Jinxiang asked softly: "Is it Lord Jin Zhiyong, the envoy of Goryeo, Li Jinxiang is here to pay a visit in the Yipintang of Xiaxixia." The man then replied, "Miss Li, what is the matter?" I saw Li Jinxiang say: "I am ordered by the lord of our country to form an alliance with your country, how about it?" Now that Daliao is in full swing, it has bullied and oppressed our two countries very much, and has repeatedly engaged in wars, so we are willing to form an alliance with Goryeo in order to help each other and take care of each other. Luckily? Jin Zhiyong is right to think about it, in the past two years, the Goryeo Kingdom has been attacked by the Liao State several times, repeatedly lost its territory, and has been losing power and humiliating the country. Foreign needs to be taken care of by strong reinforcements, although the Western Xia is small but strong, and the war with the Liao State does not lose the upper hand. Therefore, Jin Zhiyong also agreed, and agreed that the two countries would send envoys to each other, and Goryeo would assist Western Xia with 300,000 pieces of money and grain, and 5,000 weapons; The Western Xia sent 3,000 troops to Goryeo in batches, and Goryeo provided them to help Goryeo train the army.
Jin Zhiyong said to Li Jinxiang: "Master Li, there is a big tribe in the north of our country, known as the Jurchen, they call themselves "Zhu Li Zhenren", they hunt for a living, the people are fierce, the combat power is tenacious, not to lose the elite soldiers of the Great Liao, they are often brutally oppressed by the Great Liao, and they have repeatedly resisted, and the Liao army has suffered heavy casualties. In particular, there is one Wanyan tribe that is the most powerful and can be used as a helper, and it just so happens that the patriarch of the Wanyan tribe is also in Shangjing, which can be introduced to the hall master. Li Jinxiang was also very happy when she heard this, and readily agreed. Jin Zhiyong was quite familiar with the Wanyan patriarch, and after a while, he saw a man with a full beard, baldness, and a small pigtail on the back of his head walking in, burly, with a loud voice, and bright eyes. Jin Zhiyong introduced to Li Jinxiang: "Hall Master Li, this is Wanyan Shilu, the patriarch of the Wanyan Clan, who is powerful and powerful, and a generation of heroes. After greeting each other, they cut to the point, the three parties were all suffering from the oppression of the Liao State, so they felt the same and formed an alliance, and the Wanyan Department was also strongly funded, and the Western Xia supported 100,000 pieces of money and grain, and Goryeo supported 3,000 weapons.
After Concubine Xiao Yunjin received Li Jinxiang's generous gift, she sent someone to contact Zheng Hongjie, the governor of the council, who advocated that the Western Xia contain the Great Song Dynasty, and now wanted the Liao State to withdraw from the war and accept the Western Xia's request for peace. He is the prince's faction, so he obeys Xiao Yunjin's orders, let him move, gather the ministers who want to negotiate peace, and jointly put it on the table. On this day, Yelu Longxu went to Xiao Yunjin to spend the night, and Concubine Liang immediately blew the wind on the pillow.
The next day, Zheng Hongjie played a chapter, asking the emperor to accept the Western Xia's request for peace, and ordered the war with the Western Xia to be stopped, and the army returned to the court. Subsequently, a group of ministers who advocated peace fell to the ground and loudly seconded the proposal. In the end, Yelu Longxu agreed to Zheng Hongjie's proposal and asked the ministers to come up with a plan for peace. He then retreated.
Three days later, the news of Xia Liao's peace agreement reached the hands of Kou Zhun of the Tokyo Political Affairs Hall, and Kou Zhun called other governors and privy envoys Qian Weiyan to come to discuss, because he knew that the combat power of the Western Xia army was amazing, he quickly passed the news to the border troops of all departments, so that they could strengthen their defense; In addition, it continued to increase the number of troops to the northwest by 100,000. It seems that the court will no longer give up the land of Longxi, and has formulated a relevant plan to enrich the frontier, preparing to immigrate 200,000 households within five years, about one million to Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou, and the imperial court will distribute ten acres of Tianxi potatoes and three acres of Tianxi taro seeds to each household. And it was decided to build an official road from Jingzhao Mansion to Liangzhou through Lanzhou.