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According to the agreement of the Song-Jin Maritime Alliance, the Jin soldiers were not allowed to cross the Songting Pass, Gubeikou and the south of Yuguan.

Therefore, regardless of whether it is because of the persecution of the Liangshan army, at least on the surface, the Jurchens have been fulfilling the maritime alliance so far, only stationing troops in Bei'anzhou, and not taking a step beyond Lei Chi.

Wang Huan left Xiongzhou, then took the sea route, and then moved to Bei'anzhou.

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

Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo told Wang Huan that their mission had been completed, especially after learning that Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi had successfully attacked Yanjing, the Jurchens treated them as if they were guests, and began to discuss with them 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 all the people in the Jin Kingdom took this matter as a joke and spread it by word of mouth.

And this is not over, what happened next, the more than 500,000 troops of the Song State 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 Liangshan army, and even the famous general Yelu Dashi was captured alive by the Liangshan army, which made the Jin State collectively silent.

The next day, the Jurchens suddenly put Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and other Song envoys under house arrest, and did not allow them to contact the outside world until the past two days.

After listening to what Zhao Liangsi and others said, Wang Huan asked, "What do the Jurchens mean?" Do you want to tear up the covenant with my Great Song? ”

Zhao Liangsi said: "They should want to form an alliance with Li Yan, after all, according to the current situation, Li Yan is their neighbor state, and our Great Song Dynasty and their Dajin Kingdom will no longer border." Speaking of this, Zhao Liangsi 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 all the twenty-four counties in 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, it will be captured by their Jin army, or attacked by our two armies, and it will be as before, that is, even if Yanjing is defeated by the Jurchens, Yanjing will be merged with Jizhou, Jingzhou, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou gave us the Great Song Dynasty, we don't ask Liu Yanqing to win a big battle, but don't lose so quickly and completely, and can't do it? 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 Li Yan will never want to enter the customs. Now, the Great Song Dynasty has been defeated, the Liao State has died, Li Yan has entered the customs, and the Jurchens have completely looked down on our Great Song Dynasty, how can we talk about it? ”

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 troops of the Liao State, and he was humiliated by 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, with the benevolent character of the official family, Liu Yanqing has this excuse, and most of them will not die."

Ma Kuo gritted his teeth and said: "This 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? ”

Zhao Liangsi asked, "What is your mission this time?" ”

Wang Huan said: "Persuade the Jurchens to send troops, and the two families will jointly attack Li Yan, and bring Li Yan back to the back of the mountain or Li Yan back to Goryeo, and let the Jurchens agree that Yanjing and the six prefectures under its jurisdiction and the three states of Pingluanying belong to our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Liangsi listened, 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's impossible to give them to our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Wang Huan's heart moved, "Zhao Liangsi only said that he couldn't get the three states of Pingluanying, but he didn't say that he couldn't persuade the Jurchens to send troops and recover Yanjing and the six states under Yanjing's jurisdiction, does that mean that I have the opportunity to persuade the Jurchens to send troops and persuade the Jurchens to give Yanjing and the six states under 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 division of the army with Liu Yanqing, especially the latter, 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 Great Song Dynasty should boldly appoint young people like Li Yan to serve as the commander of the capital, and some people even say that the Great Song Dynasty should boldly appoint young people like Li Yan, such as by Zhe Keqiu, 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 control it anymore.

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

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

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

Ma Kuo said: "It is best for the sect marshal to continue to serve as the commander of the capital. ”

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.

Zhao Liangsi didn't care who was in charge of the capital, and he didn't want to make trouble, so he interjected: "Originally, your task was hopeless, but we heard two pieces of news, and we may be able to let you complete the task. ”

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

Zhao Liangsi said: "The first news is that Li Yan is unwilling to pay 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 take Qian Juan very seriously, therefore, Li Yan's insistence on refusing to pay the New Year's coins has touched their bottom line, if you can make good use of it, you may be able to convince the Jurchens." ”

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

Zhao Liangsi smiled confidently and said, "We didn't stay in Bei'an Prefecture for more than two months in vain. ”

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

Zhao Liangsi said: "The second is the news that has just come back, it is said that Li Yan's general Yue Fei encountered Yan Yan's mother in Gubeikou, Yue Fei preemptively launched an attack and beat Yan Yan's mother by surprise, so that the Jin army was defeated, it was the autumn rain, the flash flood, the Chaohe River swelled, the Jurchens were driven by Yue Fei to the Chaohe River and forcibly crossed the river, and countless people drowned and died, and now the Jin State is angry, threatening to send a large army south to find Li Yan for revenge. ”

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

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Huan was a little puzzled: "Didn't the Jurchens have an agreement with our Great Song Dynasty and couldn't cross the Gubeikou, how could their army run to the Gubeikou?" ”

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