Stepping on the frozen Yellow River, the Jin envoy group came to Chenqiao Town.

The merchants here still refused to sell food and be served to them, indicating that the imperial court had already sent someone to greet them.

"Dada-da-da!"

The sound of horses' hooves and a troop of cavalry rushed.

Yan Ping, the cavalry general under Li Yanxian, was ordered to be transferred back to Beijing during the big case, and he was stationed near Chenqiao Town and had not yet left.

Yan Ping, who ran to the envoys of the Jin State, scolded: "Since you are leaving, don't procrastinate and harass the people of Daming along the way." Come on, give them something to eat. If you starve to death in the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the Celestial Empire is too stingy. ”

More than a dozen horsemen came with spare horses, took food from their horses, and threw them on the snow.

"Thank you!" Zuo Guangqing took people to pick up grain bags, and smiled at Yan Ping.

Wan Yan Yanying clenched her fists with both hands, feeling a great shame. He gave the slaves and threw the food on the ground like this.

Yan Ping said: "What else can't you do if you dare to offend Your Majesty in person? Barbarians are barbarians after all. The prince is afraid that you will loot along the way, so let me lead the troops to escort you out of the country all the way, and when you are full, hurry on the road. ”

The smile on Zuo Guangqing's face disappeared, and he said: "I am a great gold Fengtian and the people, inheriting the unification of the Liao State." Jin and Ming have made diplomatic relations again, how can the general be commensurate with barbarians? ”

"A barbarian is a barbarian, isn't it a change of skin?" Yan Ping said disdainfully, "Your ancestors are Han Chinese, and you have read books yourself, haven't you heard of Mu Monkey and crown?" ”

"Too much deception!"

"Boom!"

Wanyan Yanying drew his sword and came out, and his subordinates also showed their weapons one after another.

The Ming cavalry was not polite, they brushed their bows and arrows, and shot them as long as they received the military order.

The atmosphere is solemn and imminent.

As long as fighting breaks out today, regardless of victory or defeat, the two countries will inevitably go to war.

Zuo Guangqing couldn't care about saving Jin Guo's face anymore, and hurriedly said: "It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." When we return to China, we have to rely on the general to escort us all the way. ”

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and pressed Yan Yanying's right hand: "Rest the anger, stop the anger." ”

"Humph!"

After Yan Yanying returned the knife into the sheath, of course he knew that he couldn't fight.

Not to mention whether or not to provoke a war between the two countries, it will be difficult to win even if you are reckless. There were only a few dozen envoys in the Jin envoy corps, including civilians, but Yan Ping's cavalry had 300 people.

Both sides put away their weapons and walked north through the snow.

The Jin envoys went to the front, and the Ming cavalry followed closely behind, and they could shoot their backs at any time.

Along the way, they all rested in the handy shop, due to the lack of rooms, the envoys of the Jin Kingdom often slept in the forage room, and every night they smelled the smell of horse manure and fell asleep.

From time to time, Yan Ping would make sarcastic remarks, clearly trying to provoke the other party.

From the chief and deputy envoys to ordinary pawns, the envoys of the Jin Kingdom were all holding back their bellies.

When we arrived at Haiyang (Qinhuangdao), it was already spring.

The envoys of the Jin Kingdom did not eat or sleep well, and they didn't even have a hot shower on the way, and when they came to Haiyang City, it was similar to calling Huazi.

"Strengthen your vigilance, the Ming Kingdom may send troops!" Wanyan Yanying said to the Haiyang guard.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there was no Shanhaiguan, only Yuguan.

Yuguan is a military defense system, and it does not refer to a specific city alone. The vast area from Shanhaiguan in the east to Funing in the west all belong to the scope of Yuguan, which was used to defend Goguryeo during the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The Liao State was established, and Yuguan became Yuguan Station, which was mainly used to collect tolls in addition to transmitting military information.

The castle had long since collapsed and has never been repaired.

At this time, in order to jam the coastal road, the Jin State stationed heavy troops in Haiyang (Qinhuangdao), and also strengthened the county seat of Haiyang.

There are also different voices within the Jin Kingdom, and Wanyan Zonghan plans to abandon the Liaoxi Corridor and retreat directly to Jinzhou to garrison troops, which is more conducive to combat. But this proposal was rejected, because if the western Liaoning corridor was lost, the Lizhou and Jianzhou of the Jin State would be exposed.

After taking a bath in Haiyang Haosheng, Zuo Guangqing and Wanyan Yanying each rode fast horses towards Harbin.

……

Jin Guo, Shangjing.

"Why is my father drinking again? Can't you brace yourself a little and fight them? Wanyan Zongpan was furious.

Wu Qimai laughed: "Come over and have a drink." ”

Wanyan Zongpan snatched the wine glass, and said indignantly in his heart: "You let me forbear, but I lost my ambition." Those under the command of Muhan are becoming more and more arrogant, and many nobles are willing to fall to us. At such a time, how can you drink and enjoy yourself every day? ”

Wu Qimai sighed: "If you can't fight, don't worry yourself." ”

Wanyan Zongpan stared at his emperor father, he wanted to know if Wu Qimai was pretending, or if he was really lying flat and letting others handle it.

The infighting in the Jin Kingdom seems to have eased, but in fact it has become more complicated, and the ancestral line has been torn apart.

The first major force is the military merit faction headed by Wanyan Zonghan, and the leaders of all ethnic groups are grouped together.

The second major force is the Taizu faction headed by Wanyan Zonggan, whose core members are the sons of Akuta, and have the support of the civil officials of the Han and Bohai tribes.

The third major force is the Taizong faction headed by Wanyan Zongpan, and the core members are the sons of Wu Qimai, as well as the Jurchen nobles and some civil officials of various ethnic groups who have been excluded.

In addition, the Taizu faction also vaguely split into factions, such as the aristocratic faction led by Wanyan Zongfu. They hold part of the military power in Liaodong and Liaozhong, and nominally belong to the Taizu faction, but in fact they already have semi-independent tendencies.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zonggan have teamed up and have always wanted to ease the factional contradictions.

But I can't hold it down at all!

First, because the military merit faction was arrogant and domineering, as Wanyan Zonghan raised troops into Beijing, there were constant conflicts with the top nobles of the Jin Kingdom.

The second is because Wanyan Zonggan cultivated party henchmen and wanted to completely control the court, which caused a large number of Jin nobles to be dissatisfied.

These two people have their own interests, and they seem to endure each other for the country, but in fact they join forces to seize power.

Some people take power, and some people lose power.

The Jurchen nobles who were ostracized fell to Wanyan Zongpan one after another. But their strength is still relatively weak, and they don't dare to make big moves openly, so they can only secretly hibernate in tandem.

Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongbi (Golden Vulture Technique) and others, their status has also become more and more embarrassing. They supported Wanyan Zonggan as a whole, but they were dissatisfied with Wanyan Zonggan's behavior of seizing power, so they led the army to form a faction semi-independently.

With such a grass platform team, it can still maintain restraint, purely because of the existence of the enemy of Daming.

In order to alleviate the contradictions, the various factions met several times to compromise, and Wanyan Zongpan also obtained a Bo Ji Lie status, which could represent the emperor and the Taizong faction to participate in the conference.

"Let's go, let's go to a meeting!" Wanyan Zongpan pulled Wu Qimai, who was full of alcohol, out of the door.

The scene of the meeting.

Wu Qimai sat on the main seat, Wanyan Zonggan followed, Wanyan Zonghan followed by Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongbi......

Wanyan Zonggan's status is so high, in addition to the fact that he is the eldest son of Aguta and has received a lot of support from nobles, but also because the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom is also raised in his family - after the death of Aguta's eldest son, his wife and son were succeeded by Wanyan Zonggan.

In other words, the current crown prince of the Jin Kingdom is actually the stepson of Wanyan Zonggan.

"Tell me what happened to you in Mingguo." Wanyan Sect trunk road.

Zuo Guangqing said: "I have arrived in Kaifeng before autumn, but I didn't see the emperor of Ming until after the winter solstice." I asked the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom for the traitors and fugitives, but the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom flatly denied it, and I said that this would cause a war between the two countries. The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom thought that this was a threat to him, so he expelled all of us from the Sifang Pavilion......"

"It was snowing heavily in Kaifeng City, and we didn't even have a place to live, so we could only hide in a cave to keep out the cold. On the way home, the southern barbarians insulted us in every way, and let us sleep in the hay house and the horse shed...... "Wan Yan Yanying counted the things he encountered.

Zuo Guangqing is relatively restrained, but Wanyan Yanying is adding oil and vinegar.

After the two finished speaking, a group of people were not angry.

Wanyan Zonghan said: "If the Ming Kingdom wants to provoke a war, this year or next year, they will definitely send troops." ”

Wanyan Zong said: "We have also stored some grain and grass, if we can last until we collect autumn grain, there will be no problem in fighting a big battle for half a year." ”

Although the Jin Kingdom continued to suffer from famine and rebellion, it did not delay hoarding grain and grass.

Wanyan Zongfu asked: "How many troops can be recruited?" ”

Wanyan Zonghan said: "If you count the clouds and grasslands, you can send at least 120,000 troops." But the Han people in the clouds, the Khitans in the grasslands, and those Tang Gu tribes, they were sent to the battlefield, and there may be rebellions. Especially in the Tang and ancient tribes, there were spies of the Ming Kingdom who were active, and the tribal leaders rebelled against Jin and Ming. The spies he caught were tortured to extract confessions, and he said that all tribal leaders were willing to surrender. ”

This was caused by the high-pressure policy of the Jin State, and the Tang and Gu tribes were excessively exploited by the Jin State. Not to mention the rebellion against Jin, some even defected to the Western Xia and helped the Western Xia seize the Baotou region.

Wanyan Zonghan continued: "If the war goes well, I can make sure that they don't rebel. If the war does not go well, I am afraid that many armies will have to defect. ”

"Anyway, we have to fight with all our might." Wanyan Zongfu said.

Wanyan Zonghan said: "You can't fight on your own, and you can't blindly retreat and defend. ”

"My idea is to abandon the Ponkai Road and retreat to the Jinzhou area. Liaozhong, Liaodong, Liaonan, Jinzhou...... Focus on defense, don't send troops indiscriminately, because the Ming army may raid across the sea at any time. ”

"Yunzhong (Datong) is also mainly defensive, there are many strong passes, even if the Ming army can break through one place, it will not have much impact on the battle situation."

"The main force of our army is waiting for an opportunity to go south from all over Yanshan. did not fight for one city or one place, but plundered and harassed everywhere, lured the Ming army to run for their lives, and finally looked for fighters to encircle and annihilate. If it is not easy to take it, it will immediately withdraw from the siege and lure the Ming army to chase ......"

Wanyan Zongpan snorted coldly: "The land of Youyan was given to the Ming Kingdom by you, but now you have to fight there. ”

"You know what?"

Wanyan Zonghan sneered: "There is a flat river, sparsely populated, and barren land, if we keep occupying it, there is no danger to defend at all, and we have to garrison troops everywhere to guard against it." Now it's the other way around, it's the Ming army defending everywhere, and we come and go as we please. Moreover, the Ming State migrated the Han people, and cultivated there for two years, so our army could plunder grain everywhere. The earth is dead, but man is alive. Ceding the land to the Ming Kingdom would be beneficial to us. ”

"Dada......"

Before the conference was over, a fast horse galloped into Beijing, and soon an official came in to report: "The Niren Mongols have rebelled!" ”

Genghis Khan's great-grandfather officially rebelled against the Kingdom of Jin!

(End of chapter)