After a few days of martial law and rectification, the Liao soldiers who hid in the corner of the city and resisted stubbornly were basically wiped out, and Yanjing City gradually restored normal order, but because there were tens of thousands of gold soldiers outside the city, the Song army did not completely let go of control, and still implemented martial law at night, the streets and alleys were full of patrolling Song soldiers, although the atmosphere was very depressing, but the military discipline of the Song army was good, basically there was no disturbance of private houses, and there was no extortion for merchants, and the city was in order.

In the morning, there is quite a lively scene near the east city gate, there is a small market here, many people in the city grow their own vegetables, and the excess vegetables will be picked up here to sell, so it attracts a lot of people to come to buy vegetables, it is lively like rushing to the market, but there are also quite a lot of soldiers of the Song army patrolling the sentry here, there are soldiers patrolling everywhere in the city, monitoring everyone in the market, preventing the spies of the Jin State from taking the opportunity to pass on information.

At this time, a group of cavalry came slowly, this is Li Yanqing with the same kind of division to inspect the order in the city, Li Yanqing's mood has not been very good in the past two days, mainly because his army suffered too many casualties in the street battle, more than 3,400 people were killed, more than 1,200 people were injured, nearly half of the casualties were killed, and a partial general and more than a dozen generals were killed, this was the heaviest casualty since he participated in the Western Xia Campaign, although the seed division road has re-replenished the army for him, but Li Yanqing still has a trace of depression.

Seed Master Dao glanced at Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "Yanqing, I just got a piece of news that Yelu Dashi has led 20,000 troops to the west, and it should be that he fled to Jiashan to join Yelu Yanxi. ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "This is their wise move, otherwise Tong Guan's army will inevitably slaughter the city and retaliate, they surrender to the Jin State first, and they also hope to get the protection of the Jin State first!" ”

"yes!" Seed Master Dao sighed slightly, "Although their self-preservation is understandable, but in this way, the situation has become complicated, Yizhou and Pingzhou have surrendered to the Jin State, Yanjing and Zhuozhou have been occupied by us again, and the Jin and Song forces in Yanjing Mansion are intertwined, how will they be divided in the future?" Although the alliance treaty stipulates that Yanjing Mansion will belong to the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin people obviously also want to share a piece of Yanjing Mansion, and it is not easy for them to withdraw from the army! ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "What the Jin people want is actually the people and wealth of Yanjing, the tens of thousands of craftsmen in Yanjing City and the wealth of the Liao State in the inner treasury are their goals, as long as they get these two things, they will immediately withdraw their troops back to Liaodong, they are not rare in the land of Yanjing." ”

"Artisans and wealth are also what we need, we won't give them to them, at most, artisans who voluntarily go to settle in the Jin Kingdom can let them out of the city, but I estimate that not many people are willing to go."

"Han craftsmen will not go, Khitan craftsmen maybe, as far as I know, many Khitan craftsmen have withdrawn from Liaodong, and their families are still in Liaodong."

"This ..... Let's see how the negotiations go! ”

While the two were talking, a soldier rushed to the scene and knelt down on one knee to report: "Qi Qi Marshal, there is an envoy from the Jin Kingdom outside the East City, asking to see the Marshal!" ”

The seed master said to Li Yanqing puzzled: "Shouldn't the envoy of the Jin State be Bianjing?" What are you doing here? ”

"Maybe you want to reach some kind of consensus with us, Dashuai might as well go and have a look."

The planter nodded, turned the horse's head and headed towards the city.

On the head of the east city, you can clearly see the Jin soldier camp several miles away, their camp is also built with a board wall, this is the way the Jin soldiers and the Liao army learned to camp in the camp, covering an area of thousands of acres, quite spectacular, 80,000 gold soldiers are stationed in it.

Outside the moat under the city, there was a group of Jin cavalry, surrounded by a Jin civil official, I saw that he was wrapped in a brocade scarf on his head, wearing a gold silk satin plate collar, a spitting belt around his waist, and black leather boots on his feet, which was a typical Jurchen dress, but he was gorgeously dressed, and he should be a Jurchen cultural official.

The Seed Master Dao immediately ordered: "Open the city gate and let him in!" ”

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate opened a crack, the cavalry of the Jin State surrounded this civil official into Yanjing City, not long after, a soldier led him to the city, the Jin soldier official hugged his fists and gave a slight salute, and said proudly: "I am the Jin envoy Huolu, and I came to see the general by the order of my wolf master!" ”

Although he was a Jurchen, he was fluent in Chinese, and in the Jin State he was a Meng'an Bo Jin, who participated in the alliance negotiations with the Song State as the deputy envoy of the Jin State.

The seed master said lightly: "I don't know what your envoy is looking for me?" ”

"The wolf lord ordered me to ask for something that belongs to the Jin Kingdom, and I hope you will return it immediately!"

Li Yanqing smiled on the side: "Has the monarch of your country already come to Yanjing Mansion?" ”

"Exactly! The wolf lord is about to arrive here, and I hope that your army will know the current affairs and return the things of the Jin Kingdom to us first. ”

Seed Master Dao shook his head, "I don't understand what you're talking about, there are no things from the Golden Kingdom here." ”

"There are a lot of craftsmen who fled from Zhongjing and Tokyo, their household registrations are in Zhongjing and Tokyo, they should belong to us, these craftsmen must be returned, in addition, a lot of the wealth in the city treasury is transported from Shangjing and Zhongjing by the Liao, they should also belong to the Jin State, you must also return it."

The seed master snorted coldly and said: "The craftsmen of the Liao State have no civilian household registration, the craftsman registration belongs to the Privy Council of the Liao State, and the Privy Council of the Liao State is in Yanjing, since Yanjing was broken by us, then these craftsmen are our prisoners of war, and they have nothing to do with the Jin State, secondly, the treasury property is compiled in the register, it is the wealth of the Liao State, and it has nothing to do with the region, since the Liao State was destroyed by us, of course, the wealth in its treasury also belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, third, I am only the commander of the city, you should negotiate with the imperial court, not negotiate terms with me, I have no right to call the shots, I won't grant you any conditions. ”

Ho Lu said angrily: "Our wolf lord treats each other with courtesy, good words and persuasion, if you don't know what to do and anger the Jin army, once we capture Yanjing, you will all die without a place to die!" ”

The seed master Dao was furious in his heart, and even threatened himself with a siege, and he coldly ordered left and right: "Send off!" ”

Holu stomped his feet angrily, "Since you don't know what to do, then don't regret it!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and strode away, Li Yanqing stood on the battlements and looked at the Jin cavalry in the distance, he sneered and said: "It seems that the Jin Kingdom wants to negotiate with the Great Song Dynasty after taking Yanjing." ”

"What do you mean?" The planter was a little puzzled.

"Wouldn't it be a good deal to capture Yanjing, plunder the population and wealth, and then sell an empty city to the Great Song Dynasty."

Li Yanqing knew that the Jin State did this in history, plundered the population and wealth of Yanjing Mansion, and then sold a few empty cities to the Great Song Dynasty, and said: abide by the covenant, the Jin State in front of him still wants to do this, although Yanjing City is now controlled by the Song army, but the Jin people only have interests in their eyes, driven by interests, there is no difference between the Song army and the Liao army, and the so-called alliance is just a piece of waste paper.

Seed Master Dao nodded, Li Yanqing was right, he also realized that war was coming.

.........

The so-called salute before the soldiers of the Jin State was a precursor to war, they had decided to attack Yanjing City, and at the same time put the responsibility on the Song Dynasty, they had sent envoys to negotiate, but the Song army refused to accept, so they had to send troops.

Realizing this, Seed Master Dao ordered to start preparing for war, and at the same time used the Eagle Letter to report the latest situation in Yanjing to the imperial court.

At present, there are a total of 65,000 Song troops in Yanjing City, of which 5,000 are used to maintain order in the city, and 60,000 are devoted to defending the city.

Not only that, in order to prevent the Jin people from spying in the city, the Song Army put forward a reward notice, and those who found abnormalities in the city could immediately report to the Song Army, and the reporters were rewarded, and it was verified that the gold people were rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.

The preparation of the Song army began to operate on a large scale, and large defensive weapons such as trebuchets, cannons, and bed crossbows appeared at the head of the city, which were found in the warehouse of the Liao army in the city, which was used by the Liao army to defend against the Northern Expedition of the Song army, and finally became a sharp weapon for the Song army to defend against the siege of the Jin soldiers.

Yanjing City was designated as Nanjing by the Liao State, in the division of functions, the emphasis is on the handicraft industry, so most of the craftsmen of the Liao State are concentrated in Yanjing City, so that all kinds of workshops can be seen everywhere in Yanjing City, commerce and handicraft industry are very developed, and the smelting, casting, military weapons, leather, textile, winemaking, ceramics and other handicraft centers of the Liao State are concentrated in Yanjing, which makes the Jin Kingdom extremely coveted Yanjing.

Of course, the firearms research and development center of the Liao State was also located in Yanjing City, which was subordinate to the Gunpowder Bureau under the Southern Privy Council.

At noon, Li Yanqing walked briskly to the firearms workshop near the state office.