Hearing the guards outside the door say that the envoy of the Jin Kingdom had arrived in Tokyo, Wu Zhiteng stood up: "Come in and talk back!" ”

The door was pushed open, and a golden-armored guard entered the study and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Wang, the Jinren envoy has landed in Dengzhou and has now arrived in the capital. ”

Wu Zhi pondered and said, "How many people are in their group?" ”

The Jinjia guard replied: "The Jin people and their group of seventeen people are said to have set off from Suzhou (now Jinzhou, Liaoning) and came from the sea. ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "These barbarians also have boats? How did I not encounter a strong wind blowing to Java?

The Golden Armor Guard didn't dare to answer, only nodded slightly.

Zong Ze frowned: "The Jin people are here to form an alliance?" ”

Wu Zhi sat down slowly and said, "I think it's going to be like this, it's coming quickly." ”

Zong Ze said: "I don't know how the imperial court will plan, I'm afraid that I want to summon the prince back to Beijing."

Wu Zhi was noncommittal, bowing his head and not knowing what he was pondering.

The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin arrived in Tokyo and did not. What kind of grand reception, after all, in the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin State is just a barbarian tribe, and I am afraid that it will be destroyed by the Liao State in a blink of an eye, and I will not have much enthusiasm for them.

The golden envoy even Zhao Ji. I didn't see the face, only a chief officer of the Ministry of Rites received and lived in the post house, and since then it has been coldly treated, placed in the post house and ignored, the golden envoy walked all over the door, and he couldn't see Zhao Ji, but he spent a lot of money, and he couldn't help but gradually despise the Great Song Dynasty. A month later, there was a sudden message from the north. A shocking news, after the Jin people broke through the Huanglong Mansion, the Liao Emperor gathered a large army to encircle and suppress, claiming that there were 700,000 horses to attack the Huanglong Mansion, wanting to kill the Jurchens cleanly, the two sides fought in the Hubu Dagang, the Jin people were 20,000, the Liao army was 700,000 (actually more than 200,000), and did not want to fight in the fierce battle of the Liao Imperial Battalion Deputy Commander Yelu Zhangnu led the troops to defect to Beijing, and the premeditated meeting Yelu Chun was self-reliant, the Liao army was in chaos, and was almost defeated by the Jin people.

Jerod led a large army to the front. Rushed back to Shangjing, lightning quelled the rebellion of Yeluchun, Yeluchun because there were many nobles to support, and there was no blatant rebellion, Emperor Liao had to temporarily let him go, not to mention that Yeluchun was in Nanjing, Emperor Liao couldn't help him for a while, Liaojin was in the thick of the fierce battle, and he could no longer force Yeluchun to pull the flag and rebel

Taking advantage of Yeluyue's march to Beijing, A. Although Yelu Yue was talented, the Liao army was disheartened, and he was defeated and retreated, and finally defeated the Jurchens in Longhua Prefecture (the throat town of the Liao State Tokyo to attack the capital Shangjing) for a while, and barely stopped the Jurchens' advance, but at this time the Jin State had become a more powerful country than the Liao State.

When the news reached Song Realm, the rest of the people were shocked. Zhi is puzzled, Yelu Yue? Where did this guy come from? The momentum of Jin Guo doesn't seem to be as fierce as he imagined?

He didn't know that in history, it was precisely because of the Jurchen who killed the elite of the Liao army in the Battle of Budagang, so he captured the five capitals of the Liao State within a few years, causing the Liao State to perish, and the sudden appearance of Yeluyue changed the process, making the situation in Liaojin confusing.

At this time in the capital, the officials immediately changed their faces to the envoy of the Jin State, and on the second day, Zhao Ji would gather important ministers to summon the envoy of the Jin State, and after listening to the envoy of the Jin State stating his intention to form an alliance, he left several important ministers to discuss matters in the Zihuan Palace.

Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair, listening to the words of several ministers, arguing about whether to form an alliance with the Jin State, Cai Jing naturally understood Zhao Ji's thoughts, and knew that this lofty saint would definitely be willing to join forces with Jin to destroy Liao, and he strongly advocated an alliance with the Jin State.

After listening to Cai Jing's generous speech, he stood up and said: "Shengshang, I want my Great Song Dynasty and Liaoben to be brothers, although there has been a lot of friction recently, but if the hundred-year oath is abandoned, I am afraid that if the soldiers move, Chinese insects, plants and trees will not be allowed to rest." ”

Zhao Ji frowned slightly, this old guy is always there to disagree, but he can't help him.

Cai Jing smiled coldly beside him: "The Liao State will perish, Your Majesty will remember the suffering of the old people, restore China's past frontiers, condemn it on behalf of the sky, and control the chaos. In case the Jurchen has the will, the first strike, and the second strike, it is not a matter of fact. ”

Zhao Ji nodded slightly when he heard it, Cai Jing's words were so pleasant at any time, yes, as soon as my Wang Shi came out, he subdued Youyun and pointed to An Gongtao Seeing that Zhao Ji heard Cai Jing's words, his face was very happy, and he snorted loudly and said: "The strategy of using soldiers must first calculate the strength and weakness, the strategy is false and real, know the other and know the self, and the plan should be perfect." And China has made peace with the Khitan, and now for more than a hundred years, since it was invaded by the Jurchens, everything has been submissive to the Mu Dynasty. The Khitan who is obedient to this house, uninhibited and enclosed, fences for me, and far beyond overseas, leading the strong girl to really think that it is a neighborhood. The Jurchen took advantage of the momentum of victory, drank arrogantly, could not dress in courtesy, could not say temptation, and held the strategy of Bian Zhuang to lead the troops to cross the border. With a hundred years of lazy soldiers, be a new and difficult enemy; With widows and comfortable generals, compete in the forest of flesh and blood. I am afraid that the scourge of China will not have a peaceful period! ”

The rest of the ministers were moved by An Gongtao's words, yes, the privy envoy was right, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers were weak and outnumbered, if the real and Jin State worked together to destroy the Khitan, and then became neighbors with the strong Jurchen, it was not necessarily a good thing, and after the battle of Liaojin Hubu Gang Gang, Liao State also quickly sent envoys to Tokyo to mend the gradually broken relationship between Liao and Song, and now the attitude of the Liao envoy is very respectful.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be furious when he heard An Gongtao say what "a hundred years of lazy soldiers, a general who is unscrupulous and comfortable", An Gongtao used to always have this tone, as if my Song Dynasty's millions of soldiers and horses were all decorations, but at that time Zhao Ji was powerless to refute, after all, there was really nothing to take in the military of the Great Song Dynasty at that time. But now it's different, Zhao Ji's waist can be straightened, how can he hear such words.

sat straight on the dragon chair, glanced at An Gongtao and said lightly: "However, the river army is a hundred years of lazy soldiers? Your king and the generals of Beijing are the widowed and comfortable generals? Why did An Gong teach me? ”

An Gongtao's face was stunned, and he was still unconvinced: "The Hebei Forbidden Army is an exception, your king's talent is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, but the rest of the military defense is really worrying. Lao An gradually reversed his impression of Wu Zhi, although he still couldn't turn the corner, he had to admire Wu Zhi for being really powerful.

Zhao Ji snorted, no longer paid attention to An Gongtao, and looked at General Xu who had been silent next to him: "What do you think about the waiter?" ”

General Xu hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that if you are undecided on foreign affairs, you can ask your king." ”

Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, yes, how did he forget the second brother, and just as he was about to speak, Cai Jing next to him grabbed a few steps and said hurriedly: "Long live!" ”

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "What?" ”

Cai Jing bowed down and said: "Now that the border is uneven, your king is on the border, and the responsibility is heavy, if it is easily recalled, I am afraid that the army's heart will be unstable, and there will be another incident on the border." ”

General Xu frowned and said: "Your king is familiar with the affairs of Liao Phnom Penh, and at this time, you should summon your king back to Beijing to take care of everything, not to mention that the Liao people are too busy to take care of themselves, how can there be another war?" ”

Cai Jing shook his head and said: "Lord Xu has been in the capital for a long time, but he doesn't know that the Liao people who stayed in Nanjing to guard Yeluchun have bad intentions, and the border affairs are unpredictable, but your king can't leave!" ”

An Gongtao nodded: "Yes, the border matter is important, and it is better for your king not to return to Beijing easily." ”

Zhao Ji thought about it for a long time, and he also felt it, and nodded silently: "Well, it makes sense, it's still important to do things." ”

General Xu reluctantly stepped back and glanced at Cai Jing a few times, but Cai Jing was full of dignity and no smugness, but Cai Jing was relieved in his heart, if this kind of militaristic event recalled Wu Zhi, then Wu Zhi would no longer be just a feudal official on the side of the army, but a real minister of the Great Song Dynasty, plus his status as a prince, I am afraid that sooner or later Cai Jing will be pressed under his head, of course Cai Jing must find ways to prevent this from happening.

Zhao Ji said again: "The matter of forming an alliance with the Jin State has been decided, and it will be handled by Zhongshu Province, co-organized by the Privy Council, and the charter will be submitted to it!" ”

An Gongtao sighed, after all, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, after all, Prime Minister Cai Jing and Shengshang Zhao Ji were all arguments, and it was useless for An Gongtao to oppose it, so he had to retreat stupidly.

When the news of Zhao Ji's determination to form an alliance with the Jin State came, Wu Zhi was chatting with Zong Ze over tea in the Zong Ze Mansion, and he got up and went back to the Daimyo's Mansion in a few days.

When the guards reported that Wu Zhi Shengshang had agreed to form an alliance with the Jin State and was negotiating an alliance with the Jin envoy from Zhongshu Province, Wu Zhi did not react, but Zong Ze stood up and said loudly: "What? The Holy Lord agrees to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom? ”

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "The sect is a little quiet. ”

Zong Ze hurriedly said: "How can this be stable?" No, the lower official will give the saint a table! As he spoke, he walked out, thinking that he was in a hurry to write a recital.

Wu Zhi looked at Zong Ze's back and shook his head helplessly, what is the use of the above table? It's just that Zhao Ji is not happy, sighing and looking at the north, the situation is getting more and more chaotic.

The envoy of the Jin State to the Great Song Dynasty is named Wanyan Haiye, who is a cronie of Wanyan Aguta, who has been responsible for the transaction of goods within the tribe for a long time, and is to be proficient in Khitan and Song languages.

Half a month later, Wanyan Haiye left Bianliang and took the hard-won covenant, in which it was agreed that the Jin State would be responsible for capturing the Zhongjing Dading Mansion of the Liao State, and then go south through the flat pine forest to the Gubeikou in the north of Miyun on the edge of the Great Wall; The Song army was responsible for sending troops to attack through Baigou Town, Xiongxian County, Hebei Province, to capture the Nanjing Xijin Mansion of the Liao State, and then go north to Gubeikou, with the Gubeikou Pass as the boundary. The Jin State agreed with the Song Dynasty to recover the old land of Yanjing.

When Wanyan Haiye left Tokyo, he already sneered at the Great Song Dynasty, but it was just an empire that was declining day by day, and he didn't forget to pick up the shelf of the Heavenly Empire everywhere, and the edict to Wanyan Agu was even more in the tone of a vassal country. Hmph, am I a Jurchen easy to deceive? It's up to you for the time being, and you'll have your own share in the future.

Wanyan Haiye declined the kindness of the forbidden army sent by the Song Dynasty to escort him, without it, he still needs to go, how can he be escorted and monitored by the Song people? Zengtou City is in Shandong, which is the only way to Dengzhou, and it will not arouse the suspicion of picking up and dropping off Song people along the way, but if there is a Song forbidden army around, it will not be possible to go to Zengtou City. Besides, the dozen or so guards accompanying Wanyan Haiye are one of the best warriors in Wanyan's department, even if they are thieves along the way?

In the evening of this day, in a small town in Lingzhou, Shandong, more than a dozen riders came slowly, the riders were dressed very strangely, it seemed that they were not from the Central Plains, there was only a small inn in the town, this group of people entered the inn, wrapped the whole yard, and told the men not to disturb if they were fine, and then they gathered in the room and never came out, so that the shopkeeper and the men were talking about the barbarian weirdos.

At the time of the lamp, the group left the inn, the leader asked if there was a forest outside the town, the shopkeeper kindly reminded that there were wild beasts in the woods, and it was better not to go at night, those people did not listen at all, the shopkeeper had no choice but to point out the direction of the woods for them, and he was even more chanting in his heart, what a bunch of strange people, looking at the scenery at night?

This group of people is naturally Wanyan Haiye and his party, and they have made an appointment with Zengtou City to meet in the woods outside this town, so as not to be discovered.

The woods are a few miles away from the town, beside a bare hill, the trees are very thick, and now it is almost winter, and the forest is full of thick fallen leaves, and the rustling sound is very soft and comfortable when you step on it.

The sky was pitch black, thinking that the dark clouds covered the moonlight, Wanyan Haiye and others raised a bonfire in the woods, whispering loudly, Wanyan Haiye looked at the path leading to the distance from time to time, the darker the sky, and could only faintly see the scene ten steps away.

was waiting anxiously, and suddenly heard the rustling sound around him, Wan Yan Haiye was stunned for a moment, is it the person from Zengtou City who came to answer? How could there be people coming from all directions, he has been in contact with the Song people and the Khitan people for a long time, and he has long lost the vigilance of the barbarians, but the rest of the Jurchens have beast-like intuition, several guards violently kicked the bonfire away and extinguished it, and one of them flew to Wanyan Haiye's body, at this time, the sound of bowstrings sounded around him, and in the sound of breaking the air, random arrows flew, and several Jin people screamed and died on the spot.

Wanyan Haiye touched it with both hands, but what he touched was the wet blood that was pressed on his body, and he couldn't help but exclaim "ah" in shock, the voice did not fall, his arm had been grabbed, and he was pulled to the side violently, and then there were a few "whoosh" sounds on his side, and a few arrows had been deeply inserted into the direction where he was lying.

The bonfire was extinguished, and the forest was suddenly dark, Wan Yan Haiye's heart was pounding, and he reached out to pat the face of the guard who had just pulled him away, as a sign of gratitude, and the guard shook his head and pulled Wan Yan Haiye behind him.

Wan Yan Haiye looked around, and he didn't know how many people were still alive on his side, and then he looked at the darkness around him, and he didn't know how many people were ambushed on the other side, and why he attacked his group.

The Jurchen warrior who saved Yan Haiye took off the longbow on his back very carefully, worried that the enemy would hear the sound, and his movements were extremely slow, and when he put the arrow on his back and put it on the bowstring, Wan Yan Haiye breathed a sigh of relief Thinking that at this time, the rest of the clans also made the same move, these people are all marksmen, how can they be compared with the Song people.

Not far away, there was a sudden sound of sand, and invariably, several eagles shot like lightning, and a miserable cry of "ah", followed by the sound of falling to the ground, thinking that the enemy who accidentally made a sound had been shot to the ground.

The Jurchens were as light as a tanuki, and they didn't pay attention to the arrows, but flashed lightly to the side, so that the enemy could hear their location through the sound of the bowstring.

After Yan Haiye was pulled by the guard and flashed to another tree, the guard began to carefully draw arrows again.

In this way, the two sides shot at each other from time to time in the dark, although there were also Jurchens who accidentally showed their voices and were shot into a honeycomb, but the enemy lost more lives, Wanyan Haiye was placed behind a tree by the guards and did not move, holding the trunk tightly, the heart was nervous, the enemy hiding in the shadows is always more terrible than the enemy who surfaced, it is precisely because he doesn't know who the enemy is, and why he wants to kill himself, Wanyan Haiye is more and more frightened, is it the Liao people?

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a "snort", a fire burst out, although the Jurchen warriors immediately shot the black-clothed man who ignited the fallen leaves, but the fire could no longer be extinguished, the breeze blew, the flame swelled violently, and soon the forest was already a sea of fire.

In the firelight, I saw dozens of black-clothed men popping out of the surroundings, each holding a simple knife and rushing towards the Jurchens, some Jurchens just emerged from behind the tree, and they shot a honeycomb with an archer, and the fire was shining, and the numerical advantage of the black-clothed people was immediately reflected, but the Jurchens could no longer rely on their naturally intelligent ears and intuition to sneak attack

After a while, the man in black had already rushed to the front and fought with the few remaining Jurchen men, although the Jurchen men were all warriors in the clan, but the family members were many powerful and very skillful, and no one dared to guarantee whether they could live out.

The white chess that got the first move did not go to grab the big game on the next side, and the lower right corner was pulled in two ways, and Wang Ziming made a victory declaration.

"Heh, does Prince Mingdi want to wear a different costume from the tribal guards, showing that he is superior? Now I'm afraid this costume will kill me!

Sure enough, just as he thought, these black-clothed men examined the bodies of the Jurchens one by one, and finally the footsteps sounded, and someone ran towards him.

Wanyan Haiye clenched the dagger on his chest, panicking in his heart, not knowing whether he should fight with the other party or be false and pseudo-snake, find out the origin of the other party and then make plans, he has not yet made a decision, he has been pulled up, and then the dagger on his chest was taken away, Wanyan Haiye sighed, and the Khitan people, the Song people have been in contact for a long time, but he no longer has the blood of the Yan Department.

When he opened his eyes, a blue-faced man stood in front of him, looking at himself coldly.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am? Wanyan Haiye asked the other party loudly.

The blue-faced man could hear this barbarian's Song language so fluently, and he couldn't help but know slightly, is the Jurchen dog? "I have been with my lord for a long time, and I will naturally learn the title of my lord.

Although Wanyan Haiye's arms were firmly clamped, his body rushed forward, as if he was about to bite the blue-faced man.

The blue-faced man laughed: "Sure enough, it's a dog!" As he spoke, a big mouth slapped Wan Yan Haiye's face, Wan Yan Haiye screamed "Ah", and immediately snot and tears flowed, and then the nosebleed all over his mouth.

The blue-faced man didn't talk nonsense anymore, stretched out his hand and groped in Wanyan Haiye's arms, and soon took out the "Song-Jin Covenant" covered with the jade seal of Emperor Zhao Ji of the Great Song Dynasty, opened it and looked at it a few times, and said to himself: "This time I won Brother Shi once, but I grabbed the first merit!" ”

Although the voice was soft, Wanyan Haiye could hear it clearly, and raised his head in amazement: "What prince?" Who are you? ”

The blue-faced man smiled: "We are subordinates of the King of Great Liao Wei, so don't tell the wrong person when we get to the underworld!" As he spoke, the knife flashed, and Wanyan Haiye's head rolled to the ground, and he turned around on the ground a few times, his eyes widened, as if he didn't believe that he was killed like this.

The blue-faced man threw the "Song-Jin Covenant" into the still burning fallen leaves, and saw that the silk silk turned into ashes little by little, before turning around and whistled, and the black-clothed people jumped and disappeared.

The news that the envoys of the Jin Kingdom had been killed by bandits in Lingzhou and that their belongings had been looted reached Tokyo, causing an immediate uproar.

Zhao Ji was furious, ordered Lingzhou to be imprisoned, sent out Shangshu right Cheng Zhang Shangying personally went to Lingzhou to find out the truth, Zhang Shangying was busy in Lingzhou for half a month and did not find out why, in the end the matter had to be stopped, but the salt lords in Shandong were affected by the pond fish, the local government searched for thieves, naturally often encountered the salt gang with weapons, these salt lords were all taken down as thieves, put in prison and tortured, and finally killed the thieves who killed the Jin people did not catch, but the salt gang in Shandong was wiped out for most of them.

At the same time as Zhang Shangying went to Lingzhou, Zhao Ji urgently summoned Wu Zhi back to Beijing, and it would not be successful if he was not summoned, and the envoy of the Jin State was killed in the Song Realm, which was a top priority for the two countries, and it was understandable that the Jin State would declare war on the Great Song Dynasty immediately, of course, the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty were not yet bordered, but Zhao Ji's painstakingly determined policy of linking Jin to destroy Liao was just a sight

There was even more noise in the temple, and Cai Jing advocated sending an envoy to Jin Guo to explain the misunderstanding, hoping to resolve the matter.

An Gongtao spoke coldly, saying that the barbarian tribe would not give up, but he was afraid that the envoy would go to death in vain, and said that since Cai Xiang had this wonderful plan, it was better for Cai Xiang to go through. Cai Jing immediately made a bitter face.

Zhao Ji saw that they couldn't make a name for themselves, so he could only urgently summon Wu Zhi, hoping that his magical second brother would do another trick to share his worries.

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