After the situation in Yanjing stabilized and the county towns around Yanjing were recovered, Cai still sent people to recruit the rebels who fled to Yanshan, and at the same time sent Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to lead 20,000 horses to recover Shun, Jing Erzhou and Tan and Ji Prefectures respectively.

Cai still specially told Han Shizhong that when he went to attack Jizhou, he must open up all the areas leading to the mouth of the Haihe River, and then establish a port in the area around Tianjin Port in later generations.

At the same time, Cai still used Feinu to inform Taiwan that he would send the enemy-breaking army, the guerrilla army, the Tiger Rage army, the navy army, and 100,000 reservists to Jizhou—these armies were under the command of Liu Qi and Wang Yan as the deputy capital.

In addition, Cai still ordered Yue Fei to send troops to recover Songting Pass after setting up a defense at Gubeikou, and at the same time take Danzhou and Shunzhou and their prefectures and counties as soon as possible.

After Yue Fei received Cai Yan's order, he immediately led the Feng Army and the Beiwei Army to attack Gubeikou.

Although Yue Fei and the others hurried and hurried, when Yue Fei and the others came to Gubeikou, they still found that the Jin army was attacking Gubeikou, which was guarded by the Liao army—it was obvious that the Jin army wanted to occupy Gubeikou.

Seeing this, Yue Fei decisively ordered Yang Zaixing to lead the Beiwei army to attack the Jin army.

The Jin army did not expect the Jin Wu army to suddenly appear, let alone the Jin Wu army would attack so decisively, and was defeated by the Jin Wu army.

While the Beiwei army covered up and killed the Jin army, Yue Fei easily took over Gubeikou from the Liao army, which had been beaten to pieces.

Yang Zaixing led the Beiwei army to drive the Jin army out of Songting Pass until he gave up.

In this battle, the Jinwu army can be said to have won a complete victory.

But—

After the battle, Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing realized that starting a war with the Jin army without authorization might cause diplomatic problems.

Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing hurriedly pleaded guilty to Cai Ying.

To start a war with the Jin army without authorization, it can be said that it can be big or small.

You must know that if you are not careful, you may provoke a strong enemy for their new force.

Therefore, Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing were actually a little apprehensive.

No, Cai still quickly replied, not only did he not blame Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing for fighting without permission, but also rewarded Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing and the soldiers who made meritorious contributions in this battle for Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing's big victory.

Cai still emphasized: Yanyun is our eternal and inseparable territory, and anyone who dares to peep must fight back at the first time without reporting.

Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing and other soldiers of the Jinwu Army were greatly encouraged, and then, their troops divided into two routes to recover Shun and Jing Erzhou.

Now, Northern Liao is dead, and even Xiao Puxian, who was in charge of Northern Liao before, has become Cai Ying's plaything.

In this case, how could the Liao army in Shun and Jing Erzhou desperately defend it? What's more, in these two states, the Khitans are only a small part, and there are a large number of people of other ethnic groups, as well as a larger number of Han'er.

As a result, as soon as Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing led the army to arrive, the people of Shun and Jing Erzhou opened the city and surrendered.

Coincidentally.

Han Shizhong and Wang De's recovery of Tan and Jizhou was also very smooth.

Similar to Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing's troops recovering Shun and Jing Erzhou without blood, Han Shizhong and Wang De led the trapping army and the Tabai army to Ji, Tan Erzhou, and then attacked casually, and the people of Erzhou surrendered their cities respectively.

Of course, the reason why Han Shizhong and Wang De, including Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing, were able to recover Tan, Jihe, Shun, and Jing so smoothly was not only because of the situation, but also because they brought an edict from Xiao Puxian's daughter to give the people of Tan, Ji, Shun, and Jing an excuse to surrender.

A month later, Liu Qi and Wang Yan led an army of 20,000 and 100,000 reservists to Jizhou, and then landed on the temporary port that Han Shizhong had just built......

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Wang Huan left Xiongzhou, then landed from Liaodong by sea, and then came to Bei'anzhou.

Here, Wang Huan met with Ma Kuo and other envoys of the Great Song Dynasty.

Ma Kuo said to Wang Huan: "Originally, our mission had been completed, especially after learning that Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi had successfully attacked Yanjing, the Jurchens treated us like guests and began to discuss with us the specific border between the two countries. But then the Jurchens inquired that Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi were driven out of Yanjing City by Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi, and the thousands of troops they brought with them were almost wiped out by Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi, and then the Jurchens all took this matter as a joke and passed it on by word of mouth. And this is not over, what happened next, our more than 500,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty were defeated by more than 20,000 horses of the Liao State, killing more than 100,000 people, and the Liao army was completely annihilated by the Jinwu army, and even the famous general Yelu Dashi was captured alive by the Jinwu army, which made the Jurchens collectively silent. The next day, the Jurchens suddenly put all of us under house arrest and forbade us from contact with the outside world until the next two days. ”

After listening to Ma Kuo's statement, Wang Huan asked, "What do the Jurchens mean by this?" Do you want to tear up the covenant with my Great Song? ”

Ma Kuo said: "They should want to form an alliance with Cai Zhen, after all, according to the current situation, Cai is still their neighboring state, and our Great Song Dynasty will no longer border with them." ”

Speaking of this, Ma Kuo really couldn't help but say: "How can Liu Yanqing fight like this, do you know, we have negotiated everything with the Jurchens, and the Jurchens promised to give Yanjing and the twenty-four counties of the six states under its jurisdiction to our Great Song Dynasty, and the Jurchens also promised that if Yanjing and our Great Song Dynasty can't be captured by themselves, they will capture it, or it will be attacked by our two armies, and it will be as before, that is, even if Yanjing is defeated by the Jurchens, Yanjing and Jizhou, Jingzhou, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Zhuozhou, and Yizhou will be given to our Great Song Dynasty." , we don't ask Liu Yanqing to win a big battle, but don't lose so quickly and completely, okay? As long as Liu Yanqing can hold out for a while longer, the Jurchens will send troops. At that time, Yanjing will definitely belong to our Great Song Dynasty, and Cai will never want to leave Yundi. Now, the Great Song Dynasty has been defeated, the Liao State has died, Cai still crossed Yanshan and captured Yanjing, and the Jurchens completely look down on our Great Song Dynasty. What does this make us talk about? ”

Wang Huan let out a long sigh and said: "Who knew that Liu Yanqing was such a waste, an army of more than 500,000 people, and he was defeated by more than 20,000 people and horses of the Liao State, and he lost his teachers and humiliated the country!" ”

Ma Kuo asked: "How do the officials deal with Liu Yanqing?" ”

Wang Huandao: "Liu Yanqing has a copy of the note written by Tong Xuanfu and Deputy Cai Xuanfu in his hand, which reads, "Look up to the situation, if you can do that, you can do that, no matter if you make a mistake." Liu Yanqing therefore insisted that Tong Xuanfu and Deputy Cai Xuanfu agreed to his withdrawal before he withdrew the army, I think, with the kindness of the official family, Liu Yanqing has this excuse, and most of them will not die."

Ma Kuo gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Yanqing is too shameless, the battle is like this, he still has the face to make a living!" ”

Wang Huan was silent for a while, and said: "Even if Liu Yanqing can survive his life, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history...... Forget it, let's not talk about him, let's talk about what we should do now, right? ”

Ma Kuo asked, "What is your mission this time?" ”

Wang Huandao: "Persuade the Jurchens to send troops, and the two families will jointly attack Cai Ying, eliminate Cai Zhen or drive Cai Zhen back to the mountain, and let the Jurchens agree that Yanjing and the six states under its jurisdiction and the three states of Pingluanying will be owned by our Great Song Dynasty." ”

After hearing this, Ma Kuo shook his head and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult, the Jurchens now fully know the strategic value of the three states of Pingluanying, and it is impossible to give these three states to our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Wang Huan's heart moved: "Ma Kuo only said that he couldn't get the three states of Pingluanying, he didn't say that he couldn't persuade the Jurchens to send troops, and he didn't say that he couldn't recover Yanjing, does that mean that I have the opportunity to persuade the Jurchens to send troops and persuade the Jurchens to give Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Ma Kuo suddenly asked, "Do we still have the strength to fight in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Wang Huandao: "The Western Army still has 30,000 or 40,000 horses, in addition to the Changsheng Army, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers who can fight, and the soldiers of other armies, volunteers, and people add up to 200,000. ”

Ma Kuo asked: "Who will lead the army?" ”

Wang Huan knew that what Ma Kuo wanted to ask was, who was the person in Tong Guan's heart who commanded the army?

After experiencing the failure of Zhu Shidao and Liu Yanqing, especially the latter, to lead the army, everyone realized that the key to the commander of the army - if there was no capable person to lead the army, the Song army would definitely be as vulnerable as before.

Some people say that the new commander of the army should come back and continue to serve as the commander of the capital, some people say that Yao Gu should be the commander of the capital, some people say that the middle of the seed division should be the commander of the capital, some people say that young people should be appointed to serve as the commander of the capital, and some people say that young people should be appointed to serve as the commander of the capital, and some people even say that the Great Song Dynasty should boldly use people to let Guo Yaoshi serve as the commander of the capital.

In this regard, Tong Guan has never expressed his position, and it can be said that Tong Guan has become a frightened bird, and he does not dare to interfere in the matter of control.

Therefore, who will be the new capital ruler depends on Zhao Ji's meaning.

And Zhao Ji probably can't make up his mind about who will be in charge now, so he hasn't leaked the wind until now.

Wang Huanzhao said truthfully: "The official family has not yet decided who will be in charge. ”

Ma Kuo said: "It's best to ask the seed marshal to continue to be in charge of the capital, except for him, I'm afraid that others won't be able to clean up this mess." ”

Wang Huan said: "The master doesn't dare to say anything about this matter, I wait for the position to speak lightly, how dare I say it?" ”

Ma Kuo also knew that after the previous two defeats, whoever would be in charge of the capital could only be Jian Zaidi's heart.

Ma Kuo thought about it for a while, so he changed the topic and said: "Originally, your task was hopeless, but we heard two news, and we may be able to let you complete the task." ”

Wang Huan hurriedly asked, "What's the news?" ”

Ma Kuodao: "The first news is that it is said that Cai is still resolute not to pay the New Year's coin, and also said that the Jurchens have to pay him the New Year's coin, which is unacceptable to the Jurchens, we all know that the Jurchens are used to being poor, so they are particularly greedy, and they take Qian Juan very seriously, therefore, Cai still insists on refusing to pay the New Year's coin, which has touched the bottom line of the Jurchens, if you can make good use of it, you may be able to persuade the Jurchens." ”

Wang Huan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Is this news reliable?" ”

Deputy Envoy Wang Tuan smiled confidently and said, "We haven't been in Bei'an Prefecture for more than two months in vain. ”

Wang Huan asked, "What about the second news?" ”

Ma Kuo said: "The second is the news that has just come back, it is said that Cai is still under the general Yue Fei in Gubeikou and the Jurchen general Wan Yan Yan Mu encountered, Yue Fei preemptively launched an attack to beat Yan Yan Yan Mu by surprise, so that the Jin army was defeated, it was the autumn rain, flash floods, the tide of the river surged, the Jurchens were driven by Yue Fei's soldiers to the Chaohe River to forcibly cross the river, the result of drowning and countless deaths, now the Jin country is angry, threatening to send a large army south to find Cai still revenge. ”

When Wang Huan heard this, he was overjoyed: "God bless the Great Song!" ”

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