Chapter 262: Zhen Chaoye's class returned to Beijing
Su Lin broke Weizhou City in one fell swoop, and although the whole country of Western Xia was a little panicked, it also aroused their fighting spirit. After Su Lin entered www.biquge.info the city, she found that the contradictions between the people and the Song army were getting deeper and deeper, and she hurriedly restrained the army and could not infringe on the people.
But even so, there were people who took the lead in resisting, and Su Lin was unrelenting, leading all of them to be executed, and those who did not obey the discipline were taken into custody, and the rest were all released.
The army led by Su Lin, although they robbed a lot of things from the people of Western Xia, no one dared to ** women. This point was specially explained by Su Lin, and the little military salary given by the imperial court was not enough for the settling-in allowance at all, so it was normal for them to earn a little.
The major granaries in Weizhou were also looted by Su Lin, and the food obtained was enough for Su Lin to eat for three months, and Su Lin's confidence increased greatly.
"Everyone, this time Xixia accidentally fell into the strategy of the commander, we can break Weizhou in one fell swoop, but this method can only be used once, at this time the Xishou Army, Jianing Army and Lingzhou's Xiangqing Army in Xixia are all ready to move, wanting to prevent our army from going deep and threatening the land of Xingqing, what do you think, is it war or peace, is it advance or retreat?"
As soon as Su Lin spoke, the generals below talked a lot, many of them were literati, and this problem has always been there.
"Marshal Qiyu, now that our army has broken Weizhou, the whole court must be celebrating, and the Xixia side must have known the strength of our army, and must be trembling, and dare not confront our army, so at this time, we can make a request to make it cede land and pay compensation, which can not only reduce the losses of our army, but also show the strength and bearing of the Great Song Dynasty, killing three birds with one stone, why not."
After the man's words were spoken, many of the generals present echoed him, and even Di Qing was a little moved, because they had no intention of destroying Western Xia at all.
Su Lin sighed secretly, this time the dispatch of troops was actually a little hasty, many things were not prepared at all, and now even if they won the battle, many people were thinking about accepting it when they saw it, and they had no plans for the next step at all.
The current situation is actually very good, at least Li Liangzuo has lost his only support, at this time he should be scared enough, once the Song army breaks through Lingzhou and hits Xingqing, he is likely to become the king of the dead country, so he doesn't dare to bet.
As soon as the news came out, Zhao Zhen was overjoyed when she learned about it, but she didn't know what Su Lin's plans were next, for Su Lin, he felt that this daughter didn't seem to be under his control at all, so he issued a will, most of which were praise, which implied persuasion, so that she should not be rash.
Su Lin saw Zhao Zhen's handwriting, and also understood that he would not take advantage of any further fighting, this victory was completely unexpected, and now the situation is different, in the Xixia Palace, there are at least two innate masters waiting for her, and the strength of the army cannot crush the other party, and there is no support in the hinterland, so Su Lin can only give up temporarily.
This is the Western Xia side also came to the envoy to hand over the letter of surrender, Su Lin glanced at it and did not speak, the two sides negotiated for a few days before Su Lin made a request.
The city of Weizhou could be returned to Western Xia, but the Great Song Dynasty wanted to build a city here to defend and maintain the trade order between the two countries. At the same time, the annual rewards and festival rewards of the "Qingli Discussion and Peace" were all canceled, and the Western Xia had to pay 500,000 taels of silver to the labor army. It was notified that all the slaves captured by the Great Song Dynasty in this war belonged to the Great Song Dynasty and would not be returned.
As soon as the envoy heard Su Lin's conditions, he almost brushed his sleeves away, but Su Lin didn't give any room for negotiation, if he didn't agree, he immediately reported to the imperial court to send reinforcements, and sent troops directly to Lingzhou, and he would not stop until Xingqing was hit.
When the envoy saw Su Lin's attitude, he could only grit his teeth and go back to report, and after the Xixia side learned about it, he discussed it for a day and had a reply.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess, this is easy to say, but those people in our country, the royal family is really not good to give up, if the royal family does not care, then the people will have a rhetoric, Western Xia has always been a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, you see......"
"Hehe, I have more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 chaotic people here, and I want to go back just by your words? Then my Song sergeant's life will be in vain? ”
"No, no, that's not what I'm talking about, the Great Song Dynasty, as the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, has been based on benevolence and righteousness since ancient times, and now doing so is inconsistent with benevolence and righteousness, I'm afraid that there will be other people laughing at it in the future, so ...... The royal family was willing to give more compensation, and only hoped that the Great Song Dynasty could return the military and civilians of Western Xia. ”
Su Lin sneered when she heard this, "Benevolence? Do you know righteousness? During the Qingli period, the Great Song Dynasty was benevolent and righteous, but how did you do it? Now when it comes to benevolence and righteousness, it's all bullshit! If you want people, take money to ransom them, one hundred taels per soldier and eighty taels per strong people. ”
Messenger: "This, great Song, is it necessary to make such a robber act?" ”
Su Lin: "It's too little, right, then one hundred and two, one hundred!" ”
Messenger: "You, this is a robbery while the fire is burning!" ”
Su Lin: "One hundred and fifteen, one hundred and two!" ”
The envoy saw that Su Lin's face was indifferent, as if he didn't mean to make peace at all, if he continued to say it, maybe it would increase. The messenger could not make up his mind, so he could only go back and consult with the higher-ups.
In this way, the two sides negotiated for ten days, and finally Western Xia agreed to pay five million taels of silver to redeem the soldiers and people, and at the same time cancel the reward of Qingli and agree to some of Su Lin's conditions, and Su Lin was relieved after receiving the reply.
If you want to say that fighting a war is a loss of money for the people, it will not be a war, this time Su Lin went out on an expedition and obtained nearly eight million money for the imperial court, countless cattle, sheep and horses, and came into contact with the burden of the imperial court.
When Su Lin led the army back to Bianliang, Zhao Zhen personally went out of the city to greet him, and the sergeants raised their eyebrows one by one, even if they had marks on their faces, it didn't seem to be a shame.
Su Lin saw Zhao Zhen and dismounted.
"Father, the son is fortunate not to be dishonored, after this battle, the Western Xia will not dare to offend the people of my Great Song Dynasty again for at least ten years."
Zhao Zhen has recovered well under Su Lin's conditioning during this time, and he is even more radiant at this time.
"Okay, good, good, Lin'er really lived up to my trust and gained so many benefits for the imperial court, come on, come on, your queen mother learned that you led the army to the battle, and she has been worried about it, you can come back safely, you must celebrate well."
Saying that, he took Su Lin's hand and walked to Zhao Zhen's car, the emperor's guard of honor is not something that ordinary people can use.
Zhao Zhen's move, although some people will have rhetoric, but Su Lin doesn't care, what she lacks now is fame, what she wants is status, as long as her fame is big, experience will naturally come; If the status is high, the right will naturally be there, and the right to speak will be more.
In this way, Su Lin was taken back to the palace by Zhao Zhen in a very high-profile manner, and solemnly announced Su Lin's exploits at the court meeting, and sealed the real power, no longer the nominal commander, but really handed over part of the army to Su Lin, and also hoped that Su Lin could bring some changes.