Although it has just arrived in early summer in Yanshan Mansion in May, the weather this year is a bit abnormal, the climate is exceptionally dry and hot, Yanshan Mansion has not rained for nearly two months, the scorching sun is scorching the earth, the water level of large and small rivers has dropped to a historical low, farmers are worried, if the weather continues to be so abnormal, most of the rivers will dry up after autumn.

'The drought in April and the summer in May are the appearance of military disasters. Some of the older people said this, which made many people in Yanshan Mansion have no bottom, and everyone is worried that the Jurchen cavalry with hundreds of thousands of soldiers will suddenly kill.

Not only ordinary people are worried, but Guo Yaoshi is also worried that the Jin people control Juyong Pass, like a sharp sword on the top of their heads, which will be cut on the top of their heads at any time.

On the morning of this day, the gate of Juyong Pass was opened, and a team of female soldiers and cavalry escorted a Jin official out of the pass, and they hurried to gallop towards Yanjing City, which was hundreds of miles away.

Near noon, the cavalry escorted the officials to the west gate of Yanjing City, the vendors who were doing business outside the west gate avoided one after another, the west gate soon became empty, the soldiers guarding the city also hurriedly closed the city gate, the officials of the Jin State reined in front of the city gate, and shouted to the city in fluent Chinese: "I am sent by the order of the lord of the big golden wolf, please come out of the chief officer of Yanshan Mansion!" ”

There were already soldiers guarding the gate who rushed to report to the prefect Cai Jing and the same acquaintance Guo Yaoshi, and it happened that Cai Jing was patrolling near the west gate, and when he got the news, he hurriedly rushed to the city, and the general guarding the city gate hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It's the envoy of the Jin State, it seems to be sending some documents!" ”

Cai Jing became more and more puzzled, looked down, and saw a team of soldiers guarding a Jin State official, and he asked in a loud voice: "I am the prefect of Yanshan, what is the matter with you?" ”

"By the order of the wolf lord, I hereby hand over the credentials to your country!" After the official finished speaking, he took out a scroll of documents from his backpack.

Cai Jing looked into the distance for a moment, but did not find the ambushed Jin soldiers, so he said: "Please take a hundred steps back, I will send someone to fetch it!" ”

The official laughed, and said a few words to his subordinates with a sneering face, and a team of golden soldiers also laughed, but they did not insist, so they took a hundred steps back, and Cai Jing ordered to open a crack in the city gate and order a soldier to go out to get the papers.

The Jin official handed a scroll of documents to the soldiers, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.

"Please take a look!" The soldier presented the paperwork to Cai Jing.

At this time, Pharmacist Guo hurried over surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers, "Governor Cai, what's going on?" ”

Cai Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Just now, a Jin State official sent a letter of state, and he has already left. ”

"National Letters?" Guo Yaoshi was stunned, and his eyes fell on the scroll in Cai Jing's hand, "Open it and take a look!" Pharmacist Guo suggested.

"This.... It's not right! Cai Jing was a little hesitant, he was just a prefect, how could he open the letter of state at will, at least Xiangguo could see it.

"It shouldn't matter, Jin Guo sent us the credentials, of course, we are allowed to read them, otherwise they will send them directly to the capital."

Cai Jing is right to think about it, Jin Guo sent the national letter to himself, didn't he just let him read it?

Only then did he untie the silk tied to the scroll, and slowly unfolded the national letter, and the first line of words made Cai Jing's face change greatly, and his whole body trembled.

"Prefect, what's going on?"

Guo Yaoshi felt that it was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward, his face suddenly turned pale, the national letter was written in Chinese and Jurchen at the same time, and the first column was written in three big characters: 'Declaration of war!' ’

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In June of the sixth year of Xuanhe, the Jin State tore up the Song-Jin Maritime Covenant and officially declared war on the Song Dynasty under the pretext that the Song Dynasty had violated the Song-Jin Covenant by accepting the Pingzhou general Zhang Jue without authorization, and officially declared war on the Song Dynasty.

On the night of the declaration of war delivered to Yanshan City, 10,000 Jurchen cavalry came out of Juyong Pass, bypassed Yanshan City, and galloped towards Pingzhou in the east.

Guo Yaoshi was well aware of the serious consequences of the loss of Pingzhou, and he ordered his general Liu Shunren to lead 10,000 troops to defend Yanjing City, and he personally led 50,000 troops to Pingzhou to rescue.

But Guo Yaoshi was still a step late, and when he first arrived in Lulong County, Pingzhou, the news of the loss of Yuguan came.

Yuguan is a pass of the Yanshan Mountains, guarding the road to the southeast of Liaoning, the strategic position is extremely important, before the Shanhaiguan was not built, Yuguan is the throat of Liaodong into Hebei, and the importance of Pingzhou lies in Yuguan.

When Guo Yaoshi learned that Yuguan was lost, he immediately made a decision and led the army to withdraw to Yanjing City, but it was too late to withdraw at this time, and the Jin army general Yelu Yujian led 20,000 cavalry from Juyong Pass to the south, cutting off his retreat, while Wanyan Zongwang led an army of 100,000 troops from Yuguan to the south, marching all the way to the west to catch up with Guo Yaoshi's army.

Three days later, Guo Yaoshi's army retreated to Yuyang County, and more than 100,000 Jin soldiers immediately slaughtered Yuyang County under the leadership of Wanyan Zongwang and surrounded the small county town.

Late at night, in the dilapidated county government office in Yuyang County, Guo Yaoshi paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands in his hands, his brush-like thick eyebrows twisted into a line, his eyes were full of complicated expressions, determination, hesitation, remorse, expectation, and even a hint of timidity, he was obviously distressed by a major decision.

Although the official family treated him very well, and even hinted at him that if he could defend Yanshan Mansion for the Great Song Dynasty, the official family would consider making him the king of Yan and allow him to inherit it from generation to generation, although it was just a hint, but it was enough to make Guo Yaoshi excited, and it was this promise that Guo Yaoshi led the army to rescue Pingzhou without hesitation, but he finally underestimated the war preparations of the Jin State, among the three thousand defenders guarding Yuguan, one thousand people had been rebelled by the Jin State, and the Jin State took advantage of the situation to seize Yuguan in the fierce internal strife.

Guo Yaoshi's 50,000 troops did not carry baggage, although they were supplied with food in Lulong County, but now there are only six days of food left, it is obviously impossible to hold Yuyang County for a long time, Guo Yaoshi now has only two choices, either break through and withdraw to Yanjing, or surrender to the Jin State, although there are only two choices, but Guo Yaoshi is really difficult to make a decision.

At the bottom of the lobby stood his son Guo Zheng and several henchmen, at this time, Zhang Linghui glanced at Guo Zheng, Guo Zheng understood, and said to his father: "Father, our army is basically infantry, there are only 3,000 cavalry, and the enemy cavalry is at least 80,000 or more, even if we break through the whole army, we will be caught up by the enemy, and we can't escape the end of the annihilation of the whole army, even if the 3,000 cavalry flees back to Yanjing, relying on 10,000 defenders, can we hold Yanjing City?" The imperial court will not consider our difficulties, and the responsibility for losing Yanshan Mansion will be borne by my father, and I hope my father can think about it clearly. ”

Guo Yaoshi sighed, he didn't understand what his son said, but he was worried about the reputation behind him, he was a Han Chinese, surrendered to the Song Dynasty from the Liao State, and became a powerful minister of the Great Song Dynasty, should he be asked to surrender to the Jin State and become a meritorious minister of the Jin State? If future generations talk about him Guo Yaoshi, he is a typical three-surnamed house slave!

Zhang Linghui was very aware of the boss's worries, and he cautiously said: "Yanai is right, we are now in a good situation, there is no other way to go except surrender, and surrendering to the Jin State can save the lives of 50,000 soldiers, and it can be regarded as an explanation to their families, as for how the court evaluates the marshal, I don't think there is any need to worry." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Pharmacist Guo asked puzzled.

"Dashuai, the 200,000 troops of the Jin State will go south, and they will inevitably go all the way, and there will be countless states and counties that surrender, and the Song Chen who surrendered to the Jin State will also be like a carp crossing the river, the Dashuai is just one of them, who will pay special attention to the Dashuai?"

Zhang Linghui's words suddenly made Guo Yaoshi's heart pound, this is a typical psychology of not being held accountable by the law, although it is very stressful for one person to surrender, but dozens or hundreds of people surrender, then there is basically no pressure.

"Commander, surrender!" All the generals were persuading Pharmacist Guo.

Guo Yaoshi pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind, he walked quickly to the front of the hall, knelt down to the south, kowtowed three times, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the situation is compelling, and it is not what the ministers want, I hope Your Majesty will forgive the sin of disloyalty!" ”

Guo Yaoshi slammed his head again, he suddenly stood up, and shouted: "Pass my order, the officers and men of the three armies put down their weapons and prepare to surrender!" ”

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As soon as the day dawned, the gate of Yuyang County was opened, and Guo Yaoshi, the Tongzhi of Yanshan Mansion, led 50,000 troops out of the city to surrender to the Jin State.

After Guo Yaoshi surrendered to the Jin State, he immediately led more than 100,000 Jin soldiers to Yanjing City, Guo Yaoshi ordered the general Liu Sunchen to surrender in Kaicheng, so that the Jin soldiers occupied Yanshan Mansion without blood, and the prefect Cai Jing and Yanshan Mansion transferred Lu Yihao to be unfortunately captured, becoming the first batch of Song Dynasty high-ranking officials who were captured by the Jin State to attack the Song Dynasty.

Jin then changed the name of Yanshan Mansion to Yanjing Mansion, Wanyan Zongwang immediately personally worshiped the fallen soldiers of Liao, and ordered the construction of Liao Loyal Martyrs' Shrine to buy the hearts of Yandi, which did win the unanimous support of hundreds of thousands of people in Yanjing Mansion, so that Jin quickly gained a firm foothold in Yanjing Mansion.