Whether it was Wanyan Jing, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, or the begging Shilie gods and slaves who agreed with the peace, or even Jiagu Qing who agreed with the Song Dynasty to fight to the death, in fact, they were very curious in their hearts, what was the idea behind the Song people suddenly taking the initiative to negotiate peace.

Over the years, Jin is strong and Song is weak, and the power pattern of Jin attacking Song and defending has been reversed with Ye Qing's sudden rise, so it stands to reason that the Song people at this time will never be able to grow the ambition of others and destroy their own prestige.

But now, in this area of the Yellow River, the Song people, who are on equal footing in the war, and even have a faint upper hand, actually take the initiative to negotiate peace at this time, which makes people have to wonder whether the purpose of the Song people's move is a plan to delay the army, or whether they have other plans!

Since the Song people on the other side of the strait submitted their credentials for peace, in the following days, they were still preparing for the coming of the next war as always, and the army with good order and stable morale did not let the Jin people find any abnormality, such a situation made the Jin people even more suspicious that the purpose of Ye Qing's move was not to really want to negotiate peace, but the so-called delaying tactics.

Wan Yan Jing racked his brains with the ministers here, and he couldn't figure out what the real purpose of Ye Qing's initiative to negotiate peace was, and Ye Qing over there was also like waiting for the verdict, living a difficult life day by day.

The sun shines on the vast loess land, the turbid Yellow River continues to flow eastward day and night, and the dazzling light reflected by the ice ballast is projected on the river surface from time to time, flickering and flickering, just like the mentality of the commanders of the two armies at the moment, no one can figure out what the other party is thinking at the moment, whether it is war or peace, although it is a thought, but ...... The half-year-long war ended so silently, and the Jin people were obviously absolutely unwilling, unless the Song people could give them the benefits that made them happy.

"Cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and fighting is harmful." Ye Qing took a deep breath, looked through the gap in the tent curtain, looked at the invisible other side of the Yellow River, and continued: "Benefits are not only in front of you, what you can see is interests. Negotiating peace and armistice with Jin is the greatest benefit of the Jin people, maybe the Jin people can't understand it at this time, or maybe some people understand, but they just can't convince Yan Jing. ”

"Zhao Shikui has already arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, and Liu Keshi has not yet entered Guanshan." Ye Heng shook his head, he didn't understand a little, since Ye Qing decided to negotiate peace, why couldn't he give in to some visible interests for the Jin people to see?

In his opinion, as long as Ye Qing is willing to concede some benefits that can be visible to the Jin people, then the peace he wants can be easily reached.

But now Ye Qing wants to make peace with Wan Yan Jing, but he is not willing to concede half a point in interests, this way is obviously difficult for the Jin people who have been at war with Song for more than half a year.

In half a year, the battle between the Jin people and the Song Dynasty has hardly been won decently, and the Jinan Mansion is even more defeated. In this way, how could he really make peace with Ye Qing?

Therefore, in Ye Heng's opinion, since he has made up his mind to make peace with the Jin people, wouldn't it be easier to make some real concessions and then negotiate peace with the Jin people?

"If peace can be negotiated with the Jin people, there is nothing to be afraid of when Zhao Shikui arrives at Jingzhao Mansion. What's more, Liu Keshi is also rushing to Guanshan, and it doesn't hurt to be a few days late. Ye Qing's eyes kept looking in the direction in front of him, and he didn't look at Ye Heng, who had been wanting to return to Jingzhao Mansion from Yanzhou in the past few days.

Ye Heng nodded wordlessly, he also believed that Ye Qing at this time already knew his intention to return to Jingzhao Mansion, but since Ye Qing didn't speak, he couldn't mention this matter to Ye Qing again, so he had to sigh helplessly, and when he got up and was about to walk out of the tent, Wu Juan and Xu Han quickly ran into the tent, and their faces were invariably full of excitement.

"My lord, the Jin people just sent the envoy to send the documents, you can see it." Xu Han handed the Jin Guo document that was still air-conditioned to Ye Qing and said.

Whether it is the writing of this document or the content inside, it is quite formal and in the form of a national letter, which is more formal and serious than the letter that Ye Qing handed to Jin Ren, which is called the letter of the national letter of Yihe.

After all, this is the national letter written by Wan Yan Jing, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, so compared to Ye Qing's side, it is difficult to get the full support of the imperial court, and it is naturally much more formal in terms of form and format.

And the content of Wan Yanjing's letter also mentions the real dilemma that Beidi is facing today, and even has a hint of irony between the lines.

Wan Yanjing didn't believe very much in Ye Qing's sincerity in wanting peace talks, not to mention that the so-called peace talks that he handed over had almost nothing to do with the Song court, and there was no document sent by the Lin'an Song court to send Ye Qing as an envoy, that is to say, Ye Qing's peace talks did not have any authority at all, and they could not represent the Lin'an court at all.

"That's what you're saying...... Aren't you qualified to make peace with him? Ye Heng could feel Wan Yan Jing's contempt and disdain for Ye Qing in the north, as the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, even if he made peace with Ye Qing, Ye Qing should have a document sent by the Lin'an Imperial Court.

And now that Ye Qing has no dispatch documents from the imperial court, this move seems quite nondescript and has no credibility at all.

Ye Qing also handed the last letter in his hand to Ye Heng, and then with a hint of uncertain smile on the corner of his mouth, he still looked at the direction of the door curtain lightly.

"No, absolutely not." Ye Heng looked at the last paragraph on the last letter, and immediately said: "The Jin people are cruel and cunning, if it is you."

If you go alone, you may be ....... ”

"But if I don't go alone, Wan Yan Jing will decide that I, Ye Qing, don't have the sincerity to want to negotiate peace?" Ye Qing finally looked back at Ye Heng and asked.

"In my opinion, why don't you just find a place with a narrow river, my lord, can you just talk to Yan Jing across the bank?" Xu Han almost snatched the last document from Ye Heng's hand, and said after taking a look.

"How can you be so childish?" Ye Qing smiled and said, "Wan Yan Jing's letter, submitted to us in the form of a national letter, is intended to suppress our rationality in the Northland, and to ridicule us for not being treated well by the imperial court and not being supported by the imperial court. In other words, Wan Yanjing is not very interested in peace talks at the moment, but he is very curious in his heart, what is the purpose of our initiative to talk about peace. At the same time, it is also to test my determination to negotiate peace, so as to seek bargaining chips. ”

But what if you pass alone, if they don't keep their word? At that time, the two saints were able to be captured by them until ....... Wu Juan also asked with some hesitation, and then handed back the letter in his hand to Ye Qing.

"Wan Yan Jing mentioned the Lin'an Imperial Court, pointing out that Ye Qing, you did not get the dispatch document from the imperial court to negotiate peace with the envoys, in addition to deliberately suppressing the rationality of our peace in the Northland, it is also intended to drive a wedge between you and the Imperial Court, and want to completely isolate the Northland, so that outsiders will feel that the Northland has nothing to do with the Song Court. Speaking of which, Wan Yanjing doesn't want to talk about peace. Ye Heng didn't wait for the martial judge to finish speaking, he interrupted the martial judge's words, and then continued: "As for letting you cross the river alone, presumably Wan Yan Jing knows that you don't dare to cross the river alone, so there is such a statement, so that you can't mention the matter of peace talks again." ”

Xu Han listened thoughtfully to Ye Heng's analysis, stroked his chin with one hand and nodded secretly: "Yes, Wan Yan Jing's letter can be described as extremely vicious, which not only divides the relationship between the imperial court and our northern land, but also completely rejects the possibility of the adults submitting peace talks to them again." At the end of the day, I really want to keep fighting. After all, Wan Yan Jing said at the end, if you want to negotiate peace, then let your lord go to Jinying alone, obviously he knows that this is impossible, so he said so, and he can completely stop our move to submit peace talks again...... ”

"In this way, doesn't it mean that Wan Yanjing thinks that our submission of peace talks is a delaying tactic?" Wu Juan suddenly came out with such a sentence.

"Not bad." Ye Qing nodded in agreement with the words of the military judgment, and explained: "Wan Yan Jing's move is to let me see our current situation clearly, that is, we are not valued by the imperial court, and we are deeply trapped in the predicament of their golden soldiers coming to the city. Obviously, in his view, our submission of the peace talks at this time is a delaying tactic in his eyes. Of course, Wan Yanjing's move also implied the meaning of winning us over and separating us from the court. In a word...... If we want to break the conditions for peace talks set by Yan Jing for us, there is only one way, and that is for me to go to the opposite Jinying. ”

"The last general is afraid that they will not keep their word......." Wu Juan stabbed Xu Han next to him, signaling him to stop Ye Qing from going to Jinying alone to negotiate peace.

"Wan Yanjing is also testing how sincere we are in talking about peace. Obviously, what made him uneasy and curious was what the purpose of our peace talks was. It seems that he is also hesitant in his heart, so he will use this as a condition to test our sincerity. Ye Qing raised his head, looked at the six eyes that were looking at him, and continued: "Blocked all other paths for peace talks, leaving only this one way to negotiate peace, which seems to be risky, but in fact, it also shows that Wan Yanjing also has the intention of talking about peace, but he is not sure of our sincerity." ”

"Will Wan Yanjing have the intention of making peace?" This is not only Ye Heng's question, but also the question in Xu Han's mind and Wu Juan's mind.

Now the Jin people are strong and strong on the other side, and there is a complete Yan Jing royal driving expedition, whether it is morale or military spirit, it is much stronger than the Song people's side, if the Jin people plan to fight to the death, whether it is Wu Juan or Xu Han, they don't believe that they can stop the enemy on the river again as before, not to mention that now in the major camps, the voice of peace has begun to circulate, which also makes their Song people's fighting spirit compared to the Jin people, it is a little lower, and the chance of rejecting the enemy again is to be a little weaker.

"If you just look at the situation in front of you, Jin is strong and I am weak, and the Jin people naturally have no intention of wanting peace talks." Ye Qing looked around at the three of them again, and subconsciously tapped his index finger on the table and said, "But don't forget, the Xia Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom no longer exist now, and it is impossible to return to the country again in the future." On the land of China, the Song, Liao, Jin, Xia, and Mongolia stood side by side, but now with the demise of Liao and Xia, then standing at the height of the authorities, Wan Yanjing has to put aside the immediate situation, and consider the problem from the overall situation. If the war between Song and Jin continued blindly, it would only cheapen the Mongols on the steppe and let them reap the benefits of the fishermen. Therefore, Wan Yanjing's long-term situation is even more difficult than ours. To put it mildly, even if we continue to consume with the Jin people, in the end, it will be a big deal for me Ye Qing to lead everyone to retreat back to the south of the Yangtze River, but when the Jin people face the wolf-like Mongols, do they still have the strength to fight? Especially if we continue to consume here, the Jin people really have little ability to resist when facing the Mongols. Therefore, if Wan Yan Jing is still a far-sighted emperor, then it is ...... to negotiate peace with us, or even form an alliance against the Mongols. ”

"Impossible!" Ye Heng interrupted Ye Qing's words, stood up suddenly under the suspicious gaze of Wu Ju and Xu Han, and said, "You took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people, you have already touched the bottom line of the imperial court, if you go further and join forces with the Jin people."

Anti-Mongolia, when the time comes, the imperial court will inevitably increase the intensity of impeachment and attack on you. In addition, this time you took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people, and the court didn't know about it at all, so wouldn't it give the court, Shengshang, Shi Miyuan, Han Yanxuan and others a great opportunity to attack you! ”

"So Ye Qing, this thing must not be. Don't forget the grudge between the Jin people and our Great Song Dynasty, which cannot be resolved with time. Ye Heng took a deep breath, looked at the six eyes that were all looking at him, and said.

"Why can't you get to the adults?" Xu Han pouted with some dissatisfaction and said: "The imperial court bows to Jin and is commensurate with his uncle and nephew, Shi Miyuan can talk about peace with Jin, and Han Yanxuan is also fine, why can't he go to the adult?" Is it true that only the governor is allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps? Lord Ye, don't forget, compared to Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan, you should be the meritorious minister of my Great Song Dynasty. Shi Miyuan, Han Yanxuan, and even the imperial court, what have they done? Not only did they not help our armies in the Northland, but they even engaged in intrigues and tricks behind their backs during the Northern Expedition. Now that adults want to negotiate peace, or even join forces to resist Mongolia, why can't they? ”

Ye Heng frowned and looked at Xu Han, who looked dissatisfied, and then looked at Ye Qing, who was smiling and silent, sighed slightly, and then said a little helplessly: "Ye Qing has been running the Northland all these years, yes, you are popular in the Northland, but in the imperial court, whether it is your Lord Ye or the officialdom of the entire Northland, it is always incompatible and unpopular with the court and even all walks of life. Over the years, Ye Qing's Northern Expedition has been meritorious, but over the years, his various outrageous actions and various actions that disobey the will of the imperial court have also made the imperial court deeply jealous of Ye Qing's self-reliance in the north, and also made the ministers blush and hate the power in Ye Qing's hands now, especially the officials led by Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan, who were originally not dealing with Ye Qing, and now that they are talking about peace, the imperial court is silent, Shi Miyuan is in Jinan Mansion, and Han Yanxuan is staying in Lanzhou and not leaving, can't these explain the problem? Talking about peace is already the bottom line of the imperial court, if it is ....... Ye Heng glanced at Ye Qing again, and then said in a somewhat deep and worried tone: "If you join forces with the Jin people again, I'm afraid you will cause unnecessary trouble for yourself." ”

"I want to be a bitch and I want to set up a torii!" Xu coldly muttered this, and looked back at the sunshine outside the tent.

Ye Heng wanted to say something, but seeing Xu Hanman's indifferent appearance, he forcibly held back his words.

Xu Han can be said to be the henchman of all Ye Qing's subordinates, and he is completely comparable to Mo Xiaobao, Li Heng, Zhong Silkworm and others.

"You can't blame the court for this." Ye Qing said slowly: "The reason why the imperial court's attitude is ambiguous and contradictory and hesitant is, in the final analysis, also because of us. To put it bluntly, the imperial court has both fear and resentment towards the current psychology of the Jin people. Of course, the imperial court hopes that we can regain all the lost territories, and also hopes that we can be different from other armies and always maintain a sense of deterrence and oppression against the Jin. But the imperial court also had to make other preparations when we recovered the territory, because of the psychological fear caused by the capture of the two saints back then, that is, to value peace with the Jin people. Therefore, in the eyes of the imperial court, peace should not be something we have to do, but something that Shi Miyuan and others have to do, and what we have to do is to continue to recover the territory lost back then. ”

"In that case, then why does the imperial court cut off our grain and grass? If you want Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan to come to Jinan and Lanzhou, won't the imperial court be afraid that this will make us feel uneasy? One hand to play, one hand and? With a hint of ridicule on the corner of his mouth, the military judge continued: "The imperial court is really a good calculation, if we lose, it is our own business, and the court will impeach us, and it is the credit of Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan to win." It's also our fault to talk about peace, but Shi Miyuan and they are not at fault at all, which is ridiculous! ”

"The intention of the imperial court to be free and the imperial court is something you can easily figure out." Although Ye Heng would not reprimand Xu Han in front of Ye Qing, he still had the right to reprimand two sentences of military judgment from his former subordinates: "The imperial court uses both Jin and civil forces and takes into account the overall situation, which is also for the safety of the people in the world." As for the ambiguity towards the Northland, and even the occasional suppression from time to time, it is also for the relationship with the Jin people. This time he took the initiative to negotiate peace, and the silence of the imperial court was enough to show that he still supported Ye Qing. ”

"It's no wonder that it's been several days, Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan haven't written to question me, let alone ask me Ye Qing on behalf of the court." Ye Qing glanced up at Ye Heng, and Ye Heng's words just now finally made him understand the reason why Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan did not take the initiative to make trouble when they took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people.

Of course, this also illustrates another problem from the side, that is, the position of the imperial court has always been inclined to Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan, rather than his Ye Qing's side.

Ye Qing, who drank the last sip of tea, got up slowly, and then under the gaze of the three of them, after thinking about it, he still said firmly: "I have decided, I will go to Jinying alone tomorrow to negotiate peace." ”

"Your Excellency......."

"Ye Qing......."

The three of them exclaimed in unison, although they had been somewhat mentally prepared, but when they heard Ye Qing say it in person, the three of them couldn't help but sweat for Ye Qing.

(ps: It was supposed to be updated two days ago, but when I cut meat at home, I cut my hand and couldn't type, so I took the opportunity to be lazy for a few more days.) I wish you all a healthy and happy New Year. ）