Chapter 489: Shocking Change

"Dutong, it's been two months, and it seems that there is not much chance. (Niu Wen ~ Net)" In the military tent, Han Chang, who was getting better, said.

Ma Wu's face was gloomy, and his tone was neither angry nor a little helpless: "Well, I guess it's over, the peace talks are about to be completed." It's just that I can't win Fengxiang after all, it's a little regrettable, if I don't take it today, it will be even more difficult in the future. At the beginning of this month, he received news from Lou Su that the Song and Jin peace talks and that Wushu had agreed to the suspension of military operations by the Eastern Route Army, urging him to take Fengxiang Mansion as soon as possible, creating a fait accompli, in order to gain bargaining chips for negotiations.

But the big offensive was launched more than ten times, and other small actions continued, until now, although Feng Xiang was riddled with holes, he was still standing. Whenever he saw the Song army flag fluttering at the head of Fengxiang City, he hated itchy. Xu Wei and Yao Pingzhong were both defeated by his subordinates, but these two defeated generals were forced to defend the city for three months under the siege of the Jin army. As time passed, the Jin army could clearly feel that the opponent's resistance continued to decline, and the early advantage of firearms no longer existed, and later even arrows were spared, but even so, the city was never broken.

In three months, more than 10,000 Jin troops were killed and countless were wounded. There was a fear of the siege from top to bottom, and by this month, Ma Wu wanted to launch a big offensive again, but the whole army complained. Helplessly, it has been five or six days, and the two sides have been fine.

"I really don't understand, why did the DPRK and China agree to negotiate peace? Even if the attack of his eastern route army is blocked, isn't our western route attacking fiercely? The vitality of the Western Army was greatly damaged, as long as the Fengxiang City in front of them was broken, the Dasan Pass of Baoji was taken, and the Weishui Long Drive went straight in, and there was almost no one behind it. What a good opportunity...... "Han Chang said angrily.

Ma Wu also couldn't understand, as we all know, the prime minister and the vultures are opposites, and they have always been at odds, and he vultures agree with the peace, and the state minister can oppose it, so why did he nod? It's just that in front of his subordinates, he was inconvenient to criticize, so he said: "The DPRK and China must have their own considerations, and what we have to do now is to wait." ”

Hearing this, the generals in the tent were a little discouraged. But after thinking about it, this time the troops were exchanged, the main force of the Western Army was defeated, and the five prefectures of Fang, Yao, Ning, Sui, and Shaanxi were captured, Jingzhao Yifu, and Dingrong Yifu, and the results were brilliant and even forced the Southern Dynasty to take the initiative to beg for peace. The Western Army has been crippled, and the balance of strength between Song and Jin in Shaanxi has been completely tilted in favor of Jin, and it is the general trend to seize the whole of Shaanxi.

The horse walked out of the tent in five steps and overlooked the head of Fengxiang City. After three months of onslaught, the city was dilapidated, there was not a single complete enemy tower in the city, and the walls were also scarred, but the Song army flag was still fluttering at the head of the city. I have to admit that Yao Pingzhong and Xu Wei, although they were defeated by me, their perseverance this time was undoubtedly successful.

"Next time, you're not so lucky......"

In the sixth year of the Great Song Dynasty, at the end of March, before the advent of midsummer, Song Jin Chengda made peace. After being ratified by the emperors of the two countries, it officially entered into force. According to the content of the peace agreement, the first thing that the Great Song Dynasty wanted to do was that the Song Emperor respected Emperor Jin as his uncle. This was already a humiliating thing, but what happened later was as if God was deliberately playing tricks on and humiliating the Southern Dynasty.

After the peace treaty was concluded, the Fuzhou court sent a delegation to the Jin Kingdom with gifts and letters dictated by the emperor and written by the ministers. But halfway through, the mission learned that the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wu Qimai, had died of illness and was respected as Taizong, and it was not his son who succeeded him, but his nephew.

Wanyan is the eldest son of Wanyan Aguda's eldest son, and according to the customs of the Han family, he belongs to the eldest grandson of the long house. After Yan Wu begged to ascend the throne, he was supported by a group of meritorious clans and was determined to be his successor.

Originally, Wu Qimai died and succeeded to the throne, which was the internal affair of the Jurchens, and it was not a matter of the Southern Dynasty. Anyway, according to the peace agreement, Zhao Huan called his uncle to stab. But the problem is that this Wanyan Hethorn is only eighteen years old now, and according to the customs of the Central Plains, he is not yet the age of a weak crown, and he is not even an adult. When Zhao Huan was established, he wanted to call an eighteen-year-old boy to be his uncle

However, before Song Jin officially concluded the peace agreement, Wanyan Wu had already passed away. It was the new monarch of the Jin Kingdom who approved the peace discussion, and it was clearly written in black and white, and there was no way to deny it.

It is precisely because of the death of Wu Qimai and the turmoil in the Jin dynasty that the upper and lower levels are inclined to agree to peace. Otherwise, the consequences are really two words.

While honoring Emperor Jin as his uncle, the Fuzhou court also issued a letter of state to Gao Shiyou, who was the capital of the Daimyo Mansion, recognizing the legal status of the puppet Han and calling Gao Shiyou the "Emperor of Han".

The four major conditions, do two things, and the rest will take some work. Since the peace agreement was concluded this year, the New Year's coin should also be counted from this year, but Zhao Huan fled in a hurry, how many things did he bring? Then he instructed the Zhenjiang government to raise money and materials and send them to Suzhou for delivery according to the regulations.

As for land cutting, it is difficult in Shaanxi. Because until now, the emperor and officials of Fuzhou did not know what the situation in Shaanxi was, and since the emperor fled, he had lost contact with Shaanxi, and he was beyond the reach of the whip. However, according to the content of the peace agreement, the Southern Dynasty wanted to dismiss the Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy and abolish the three recruitment divisions. In view of this, Geng Nanzhong sent an important minister to serve as an envoy to Shaanxi to announce the decision of the imperial court.

On the fifth day of the fourth month, Fengxiang.

Early in the morning, before the sun came out, the defenders at the head of the city discovered something. In the past, the Jin army that surrounded the city on all sides disappeared Xu Wei Yao Pingzhong hurriedly went to the city to check after hearing the news, and saw that the Jin army pulled out the camp overnight and withdrew at the beginning, the defenders all thought that the Jin army withdrew, first, because the long-term attack on Fengxiang could not be lowered, and second, because the midsummer was coming, the Jin army could not bear the scorching heat, so it could only retreat.

But it soon became clear to them that this was not the case at all.

Although the Jin army withdrew, Xu Wei still did not dare to be careless, and sent a white horse to the east to reconnoitre, and learned that the Jin army had indeed withdrawn into Jingzhao Mansion, and there was not a single soldier left in Fengxiang Mansion. Xu Jiu then ordered the opening of the city, and the siege of Fengxiang in March was lifted.

As soon as the gates opened, the people who had been trapped for three months rushed out. Those who withdrew with the official army from Yaozhou, Jingzhaofu and other places all went west, and those who had relatives in the west went to defect, but they didn't, and they also wanted to leave this land of tigers and wolves as soon as possible, and the ghost knows when the fight will start again?

Although the wolf smoke is extinguished, Xu Wei, as the commander of the whole army, still has to arrange quite a lot of things. Count losses, resettle the wounded, reward and punish merit, and so on. I was busy until the evening, when I breathed a sigh of relief and hurried home.

Although he had been in the city, he had not seen his mother and daughter for many days. When he didn't have time to change out of his uniform and stepped into the threshold, the house was already on the palm of his hand.

"The handsome man is back." The servant woman shouted, and it immediately spread throughout the small courtyard with only six rooms. Before Xu Wei entered the hall, he saw a figure flying out and shouted loudly, "Uncle"

looked closely, but it was his nephew Fan Yi. Since the nephew is here, it must be the third sister who is here.

Xu Wei habitually wanted to hug him, but he found that his nephew was already twelve or thirteen years old, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle hasn't seen you for a long time, why are you like a crop filled with dung?" ”

Fan Yi was born in a scholarly family, and now he knows the system, so he saluted his uncle and congratulated: "Congratulations to my uncle for repelling the strong enemy and keeping the army and people safe in Manchuria."

This is the heartfelt words of the junior, but it is not a taste in Xu Wei's ears. The fiasco of Yanzhou, a great shame, is now just holding the city, where is it worth congratulating?

"The ninth brother is back? Didn't eat, did you? Xu Xiuping flashed out of the hall.

"Third sister." Xu Wei saluted and called. "I've been busy all day, and I haven't eaten lunch yet."

"Huh? Then come in quickly, fortunately, your mother-in-law is thoughtful, it is estimated that you will come back in the evening, leave you a meal, and my sister will go to give you heat. Xu Xiuping said loudly.

As soon as Fan Yi heard her mother's words, she immediately said: "My aunt and mother are three orders, how can my mother talk ......?"

Xu Wei laughed when he heard this, patted his nephew on the shoulder, and threw himself in, while asking, "What about September?" ”

"Your precious daughter is still crying, and my brother and sister have been coaxing, and I don't know if she has fallen asleep at this time. You go in first and sit down, Yi'er, and talk to your uncle. Xu Xiuping said that, and rushed to the kitchen in a hurry.

This house was arranged by the Yamen of Fengxiang Prefect when he retreated into the city. Counting the hall and kitchen, there were only six rooms in total, which was already good in an emergency situation at that time.

Xu Wei sat down on the hall, and Fan Yi accompanied him. The battle finally came to an end, Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, for the past three months, he had been tightening the strings like an eight-ox crossbow every day, and now, he could finally rest.

As soon as I thought of this, I heard the servant woman shouting behind me: "Big handsome, the little official is here." ”

The little official in the mouth of the servant woman refers to Xu Sheng's eldest son, Xu Zhong. When Xu Wei heard this, he felt strange, Xu Zhong should have listened to the fourth brother, why did he suddenly come to Fucheng? Didn't something happen to Dasanguan?

"Let him in." As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly called.

From time to time, Xu Zhong, dressed in military uniform, stepped into the hall, first saluted his uncle, and then said hello to his cousin Fan Yi. Xu Jiu got up and asked, "Are your father and your fifth uncle okay?" ”

"Uncle Jiu, rest assured, everything is as usual in Dasanguan." Xu Zhong is a sensible person, first calmed his uncle's heart, and then said, "My nephew was ordered to come to Fengxiang to convey the meaning of my uncle, and I asked Uncle Nine to go to Chengzhou immediately." ”

Knowing that Dasanguan was fine, Xu Wei's hanging heart fell. But after listening to this order, he frowned, why is it so urgent? Do you want to start now? He asked, "Do you know what?" ”

"My nephew really doesn't know about this, but my father and fifth uncle have already rushed there." Xu Zhong replied.

Xu Wei's face was cloudy, guessing what might be something, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't have a clue. recalled that Xu Zhong said that it was to convey the "meaning" of "Uncle Zu", not the "Jun Will" of "Xuanfu Xianggong", and asked again in his heart: "Who else was called?" ”

"Nope." Xu Zhong replied.

This is strange, it is said that if there is official business, Yao Pingzhong and I are both handsome guards, and we should both go. But it seems that the third uncle only summoned the Xu family brothers, so it is a private matter? couldn't figure it out at the moment, so he called Xu Zhong to sit down, and ate together after the meal came up, without using the table.

The next day, he entrusted Yao Pingzhong and Wu Jue to temporarily preside over the military affairs of Fengxiang Mansion, and set off with Xu Zhong, first rushing to Dasanguan, and after leaving the pass, he went southwest along the Jialing River. It took less than two days to rush to Chengzhou. Therefore, the Great Scattered Pass is the gateway to Shu, as long as it passes this pass, the Jialing River is in front of you.

Entering the city, Xu Wei didn't feel anything abnormal, the pedestrians in the market were coming and going, and the soldiers in the city were also normal garrisons. ”

As soon as he heard this title, Xu Wei knew that the person who came was unusual, looking for prestige, and sure enough, the person was in his forties, dressed in gray cloth, neatly tied, and it was the servant in the third uncle's mansion, I don't remember what it was called.

"You're waiting for me here?" Xu Wei led the horse and asked.

"Exactly, the villain and others are ordered by the six officials to be here to greet them, please." The servant bowed to the side and got out of the way.

Xu Wei did not doubt him, accompanied by the other party, walking in Chengzhou City, not long after, in front of a house, the man lightly buttoned the door knocker, Xu Wei took the opportunity to wait and look around, there are private houses everywhere, it should not be the location of the Xuanfu Disposal Division, right?

When the door opened, someone came up to lead the horse, and the servant led Xu Wei all the way inside, and when he reached the atrium, he called inward: "Go and report, the nine officials have arrived."

As soon as Xu Jiu stepped down the steps, brothers Xu Si, Xu Wu, and Xu Liusan all came out. Looking at the expressions of the three elder brothers, Xu Wei realized that something was wrong, why did they all look unlucky? Thinking that the third uncle only summoned the brothers of the Xu family this time, he was shocked, was there any surprise?

"Ninth brother, I'm waiting for you." As soon as Xu Liu's words came out, Xu Jiu felt that the taste was wrong. Wait for me what you want? In other words, it's not called big brother?

"Sixth brother, what's going on?" Xu Wei stepped on the steps and asked with a frown.

"Inside." Xu Liu's brows furrowed even tighter, he grabbed his cousin's arm, and the four of them went to the hall together.

In the hall, because the four of them are all equal brothers, no one sits on the main seat, Xu Wu and Xu Liu sit on the left, and Xu Si and Xu Jiu sit opposite each other on the right.

Xu Wei saw that the sixth brother was worried, the fifth brother looked gloomy, and the fourth brother bowed his head and was silent, and his heart became more and more confused. Patted the armrest of the chair and said, "I said, brothers, what's wrong?" ”

"Ninth brother, Song Jin has made peace." Xu Liu said in a deep voice.

Shi Potian was shocked Xu Wei stared at him for a long time, negotiated peace? This...... Where does this start? When will it be? Why, how did you negotiate peace?

"The Song and Jin countries have formally concluded a peace agreement, a truce and a halt to the war, and the envoy sent by the imperial court is already in the city. I'm afraid that you will crash headlong into the Xuanfu Division, so I asked someone to wait for you at the city gate. Xu Liu explained.

Xu Jiu didn't care too much about what he said, but was thinking that it was easy to say that the two countries negotiated peace and a truce and stopped fighting. But it is not difficult to imagine that this time we have suffered such a big loss, Song and Jin negotiate peace, our side will inevitably sacrifice great interests, and he can't control the rest, the only thing he is worried about is, the two countries negotiate peace, is there a clause on Shaanxi?

"Time is urgent, to make a long story short, this peace negotiation, in general, there are only four. First, the official family respects the Jin Emperor as his uncle, and the two countries are the countries of 'uncles and nephews'; second, they give 500,000 taels of gold and silver and 500,000 horses of silk every year; third, they recognize the puppet dynasty that is highly rebellious against the world; and fourth, they are the land occupied by the Jin army. ”

When Xu Wei heard this, he didn't say a word, damn, it's time to recall. Respecting Emperor Jin as an uncle, that is the matter of Zhao Guan's family, and the amount of silver silk sent is not large. It is to admit that the puppet dynasty and the land cession are extremely important. Once the South recognized the legitimacy of Gao Shiyou, it was tantamount to losing the moral high ground. But this is all false, and cutting the ground is the pain of the skin

"Where are they cut?" He asked.

"Where else can I cut? Shandong, Henan, Jianghuai, Shaanxi, and all the areas occupied by the Jin army are all listed. Song and Jin, the southeast is bounded by the Yangtze River, and the northwest is bounded by the Meridian Ridge of Daxiaoqiao Mountain. Xu Liu shook his head and said.

"Alas, it's sad that the situation has deteriorated to this point." Xu Sheng sighed.

Xu Liu glanced at him and continued: "In addition to this, among the land cuts, there is still one article, the Shaanxi Xuanfu disposal envoy who ordered the Western Army to take the initiative to attack must step down and be responsible, and the three recruitment divisions for the two rivers must be abolished. ”

Xu Wei, who was silent, suddenly raised his head, Shaanxi Xuanfu disposed of the resignation of the responsible person? That is, the third uncle was dismissed?

"Ninth brother, this time the third uncle urgently summoned us to Chengzhou, just hoping to see our brothers before leaving. Since the arrival of the proclamation envoy, the third uncle has already ......" the words later, Xu Si did not say it. But it is very obvious that as soon as the envoy arrived in Shaanxi and announced the order of the imperial court, Xu Shao was no longer the highest military and political governor in Shaanxi.

Xu Wei could imagine Xu Shao's mood at this time, when he gave up returning to the central government and came to Shaanxi, he was ambitious to show his ambitions on the 800-mile Qinchuan River, to establish Shaanxi as a base for counteroffensives, to make Shaanxi the forefront of the Great Song Dynasty, and to integrate the Western Army into a disciplined, brave and warlike elite...... This kind of species, in the blink of an eye, is gone.

As he was talking, Xu Shao came in.

But I haven't seen him for a few months, but Xu Wei found that the third uncle has aged a lot. Most of the beard is white, and the forehead is wrinkled, how can it have the appearance of the past radiant? And his body is also much thinner, and he can't even support the purple official robe. And the most eye-catching thing is the look on Xu Shao's face, and the loss is written on it.

After coming in, the four of them stepped forward to salute, Xu Shao saw that several children and nephews were there, and his lips moved and wanted to say something, but after a vague sound came out of his throat, he stopped abruptly, and for a while, he didn't know where to start.

After a long time, he sat down at the main seat before he hissed, "Sit down." ”

"I think you already know the things, but time is limited, so I won't say more. After I left office, the imperial court did not send a new Xuanfu envoy, but designated Wang Shu, the Xuanfu judge, to temporarily preside over the military administration of Shaanxi. Wang Shu has worked with me for many years, and he is a down-to-earth person, so you have to support him. Xu Shao commanded.