Chapter 63 The Siege of the Envoys
Hearing the news of the envoy's accident, Ximen Qing's face did not change, but said lightly: "What, the Liao envoy group was beaten?" Dead? β
Although the Liao State has been in alliance with the late Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, there are always fly in the ointment between the two countries. From the perspective of Dali, the Liao State consciously supported the Western Xia, caused chaos in the West, and lost the national strength of the Song Dynasty; From a small point of view, the military system of the Liao State itself is aggressive - the Liao army is established, and each regular army has one person, and there is one person under its jurisdiction who fights the grass valley army, and one person who guards the camp and shop. You have a way to eat smoothly every day, and celebrate the New Year every day; If it is a waste, it will starve to death and be pulled down sooner rather than later-the grass valley army is specially responsible for getting supplies. How to do it? Rob!
Of course, rabbits will not eat the grass on the edge of the nest, in order to solve the problem of eating, these Liao grass valley troops will often run into the territory of the Song Dynasty with great enthusiasm, and use swords as currency to raise food and wages from the border people of the Song Dynasty, and it is common to make human lives.
For more than 100 years, this wind has never been broken, the people in the frontier have suffered deeply, some can migrate, they have already migrated away, near this Liangshan, maybe there are border people who have left their hometowns from the Song Liao frontier.
Although Yelu Yu saw that they were messengers, those who were blinded by hatred would not care about the clichΓ© of "the two countries did not fight each other", and now they occupied the right time and place on their home field, and they would not take the opportunity to retaliate. Ximen Qing was worried about this, and had already sent the elite disciples of the Wutang to protect these troublesome Liao people openly and secretly, maybe it was the children of the Wutang who released the water and let people beat the members of the Liao envoys, but I think these rabbit cubs should have a good grasp of proportion, it is okay to beat people, and it is absolutely impossible for dead people to happen.
Therefore, Ximen Qing was not shocked or anxious, and he was very sure in his heart. But at the same time, he was also secretly frowning - if the disciples of the martial arts hall were pampered and arrogant, and shrunk to carry out the orders given, this would not be a good sign. Give them a buffer today, and tomorrow they will abuse this tolerance - this is how the steel of total corruption is made!
Who knows, the next words of the person who reported the news greatly exceeded Ximenqing's expectations - "Your Excellency, it is not the envoy of the Liao State who has an accident, but the envoy of the Jin State who has an accident!" β
"Huh?!" Ximenqing was rarely taken aback, of course, it was only a surprise. He immediately stood up, "What's going on?" β
It stands to reason that although Zhiduoxing Wu Yong has changed his body and is desperate to finish Yan Zongyong, but the current Jin Kingdom does not border the Central Plains, and there is no injustice or enmity between each other, even though many people are blind to Wu Yong's behavior of changing his clothes, but after all, there is an old relationship in the past, so why not go to him for trouble?
But the next words of the person who reported the news gave Ximen Qing another surprise - it turned out that it was not any one from the Chinese Federation who intercepted the envoys of the Jin State, but Zengtou City under the rule of Lingzhou on Jingdong Road!
Zengtou City? Ximen Qing immediately remembered Shi Wengong, the god general who used to ride a thousand, and then his heart flashed again - the Zeng family in Zengtou City, but the Sinicized Jurchens who crossed the sea, who dared to protect their family, and there was no pimple with the Jurchen Wanyan Department?
Thinking of this, Ximenqing walked out, and then ordered to lead the horses one after another, and at the same time ordered the troops.
When the envoys of the Jin State used by the Yan Sect came south, they took the land route, but now that the Xingzang has been broken, it is not so easy to cross the Liao border and return to the Jin State in the eyes of the Liao State. Therefore, Ximen Qing specially arranged for Yan Zong to use his party to take the sea route, and ordered Wang Shizhong, the prefect of Dengzhou, to arrange a sea boat for them to send them back to the north.
Fortunately, Yuwen Xuzhong accompanied him, and the general who partnered with him was Xiao Li Guanghuarong, although he encountered the sudden swarm of Zengtou City people on the way, but Huarong first used magic arrows to deter the enemy and suppressed the position, and Yuwen Xuzhong immediately stepped forward to ask. Since Yuwen Xuzhong was in charge of Jingdong East Road, all industries have flourished, and Zengtou City Maji has also benefited from its good governance of light donations and thin taxes, so the Zeng family has respect for this official, and when they saw him come forward, they didn't dare to blaspheme, but they just kept saying that they didn't let Yan Zong walk with a Jurchen.
Helpless, there was a stalemate between the two, and Yuwen Xuzhong hurriedly sent someone to report to Juye City and ask Ximen Qing to come to mediate.
Ximenqing hurriedly transferred 3,000 men and horses, and specially brought the jade unicorn Lu Junyi, the holy water general Shan Tingqi, and the Shenhuo general Wei Dingguo.
This road said that it was not far away, it was said that it was not close, and when it arrived at the ground, it was seen that there was a sea of people, and the flat ground was like a market, and the people and horses of Zengtou City surrounded a high ground and could not be passed. When the rangers on all sides saw the Ximenqing Brigade coming, they hurriedly blew their horns and sent a message to the Chinese Army.
After the horn sounded, the men and horses of Zengtou City were divided, and a team of elite horsemen took over to Ximenqing. In addition to the old acquaintance Shi Wengong, there is no shortage of five tigers in the Zeng family, as well as Shi Wengong's son Shi Yupei, two flowers in Zengtou City - Shi Wengong's daughter Shi Yuzhu and Zeng Bulu's daughter Zeng Bulu, and even Zeng Rong, an elder who has always lived in a simple place, also came to the front.
Ximenqing saw it clearly from a distance, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "It's actually pouring out of the nest!" What a hate! β
Elder Zeng also saw Ximenqing from a distance, and as soon as he gave an order, all the men in Zengtou City jumped off their horses, abandoned their weapons, and came on foot to greet them.
Lu Junyi, Shan Tingqi, and Wei Dingguo, who were originally full of nervousness around Ximenqing, all breathed a sigh of relief - the head of state really has a big face! The Zeng family is so humble, it seems that this battle can't be fought anyway!
People respect me, I respect people. Ximen Qing waved his hand, and everyone around him also dismounted and greeted everyone in Zengtou City.
Zengtou City is one of the main suppliers of military horses of the Chinese Federation, although the new Tubo tea horse trade has been opened, but Zengtou City has a convenient location, the supply chain of war horses is short, the cost is saved, and it is still very competitive.
From the old Song Dynasty to the new country, the elder Zeng has dealt with Liangshan, he knows that Ximenqing does not like others to bow to him the most, so after seeing each other, he just hugged his fists and bowed, Ximenqing hurriedly supported him, looked at the children of Zengtou City all over the mountain, and asked with a wry smile: "Old man, what kind of trouble are you making today?" β
Elder Zeng first pleaded guilty and said: "It alarmed Lord Ximenqing, it is the capital crime of the little old man!" β
Ximen Qing said: "There is nothing wrong with alarming me, the people of the Chinese Federation have the right to assemble freely and go to the streets!" It's just that if this right is abused to restrict the personal freedom of others, it will go to the opposite of freedom - old man, you also understand people, why bother with such a big movement? β
Elder Zeng listened, but suddenly burst into tears, and just pulled the sleeve of Ximenqing's robe and said, "Please also ask the head of state to make the decision for us!" β
The old man cried, but Ximenqing was confused by crying, and said in his heart: "It's really a little child, an old child, how can you say that you cry when you cry?" β
So he hurriedly coaxed: "The old man doesn't have to be sad, if you have any grievances, speak out, the federal government will make the decision for you!" β
Elder Zeng wiped a handful of tears, and then spoke, painfully counting a bitter family history.
It turned out that the ancestors of Zengtou City belonged to the Jurchens of the Wendu Department of the North, and this Wendu Department was also a large tribe in the North, with a large number of people and horses, occupying the vast land south of the Lailiu River and north of the border of the Liao State.
Later, the Jurchen Wanyan Department rose, and the edge approached the Wendu Department. Wu Chun, the patriarch of the Wendu tribe, saw that the power of the Wanyan tribe had expanded greatly, and there was a faint sign of overpowering the Jurchen tribes, so he contacted the various departments to contend with it, and the number of coalition troops almost reached three times that of the Wanyan tribe.
Seeing that he couldn't win, Wanyan Department played a trick and ran to Liao Guoyun to cry and complain that the Wen Capital Department was not subject to the control of the Great Liao, so he raised troops to block the Eagle Road of the Liao State and make a confrontation with the Great Liao.
The so-called Eagle Road refers to the Jurchen handsome bird Haidongqing, can catch swans, is a good helper when hunting, the upper nobles of the Liao State have always ordered the Jurchen to pay tribute, to meet their own poor and luxurious enjoyment. Today, as soon as I heard that the Wendu Department dared to rebel - on the contrary, and to block the passage of their own pleasures, the Liao State was suddenly excited, and without saying a word, they sent a large number of troops to support the Wanyan Department.
At this time, the situation was suddenly reversed, and the Wendu coalition army could not be joined by the Jurchens and the Great Liao, and was finally defeated, and the Wendu clan patriarch Wuchun died of defeat and illness, and most of the remaining people surrendered to the Wanyan Department.
The ancestors of Zengtou City are the descendants of the Jurchen of the Wendu Department, and they are heart-wrenching for the blood feud of the tribe, and they swear not to surrender to the Yan Department, so they were forced to stand in the north, and they had to move south, risking the sea to come, and they don't know how many tribal children were killed on the way.
Up to now, Zengtou City has also taken root in the Central Plains, living in harmony with the Han people, intermarrying with each other, the tribe population is flourishing, and the vitality is gradually recovering, but the blood feud of the ancestors, Zengtou City people have been passed down from generation to generation, no day or forget.
A man's grudge is the grudge of a tribe; The resentment of one tribe is enough to resentment in the past and present lives.
Therefore, as soon as they heard that Wanyan Jurchen had come on Jingdong Road, everyone in Zengtou City really shook up like chicken blood. Elder Zeng didn't act like an elder anymore, he gave an order with red eyes, and all the old and young masters in Zengtou City went out together, they had to cut off these evil Jurchens, not to mention eating flesh and sleeping skins, how could they have to break the corpses into ten thousand pieces, right?
After finishing speaking, Elder Zeng continued to move Ximen Qing to mourn: "This is the feud of the little Lao'er family, and I hope that the head of state will be merciful and give us the decision of the Wendu Department!" As long as we can fulfill our wishes, in the next ten years, Zengtou City will provide free horses to adults! β
When Ximen Qing heard this, he couldn't help frowning. How to solve the ancient blood feud between the tribes? This is exactly what it is:
The blood feud of the Mo Dao tribe is heavy, and Fang Xian's head is high. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.