Chapter Seventy-Eight: Guo Qiu's Plans to Retire Reinforcements (2)
Let's say that this general guarding the city is the six-rank guard Ma Sanjie in the palace with a sword, but Li Gang knows how to make good use of people, and knows that Ma Sanjie is strong in martial arts, so he arranged Ma Sanjie to guard the city on the whole city tower!
When Ma Sanjie heard Guo Qiu's words, he replied: "Please wait, let me report!"
Guo Qiu said: "And please report to the general!"
Ma Sanjie then ordered a deputy to report the fast horse into the palace, and the deputy general got the order, ran down the city tower, and took a fast horse to the palace to ask for orders. Fang walked for a while, and suddenly saw three horses in front of him dragging a big carriage with a green cover roof coming in a hurry. The chariot was driven by a palace guard with a broadsword at his waist.
When the adjutant general saw this carriage, he knew that it was a special envoy of the DPRK, so he made way for the roadside.
Suddenly, the window of the car was opened, and the adjutant general raised his eyes to the side, and saw that one of the people in the car was Tang Luo, the first and auxiliary minister of the imperial court, and the Privy Council.
The adjutant general then shouted to stop and stepped forward to say, "Lord Tang! There are three golden envoys outside the noon gate who want to enter the city to discuss peace! Dare to ask Tang Da how to deal with it?"
Tang Luo was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Come in with me!"
It turned out that a few days ago, the Emperor of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty gathered important civil and military ministers to discuss the strategy of withdrawing the Jin soldiers, and those who spoke of war and those who spoke of peace argued for several days without yielding results! When the weather was fine today, the Son of Heaven was afraid that the Jin people would enter the city and attack the city, so he ordered Tang Luo to go to the Jin army to discuss peace! Tang Luo was afraid that the Jin people were like tigers, and he did not want to go. But I couldn't bear the name of the Son of Heaven, so I had to go. Therefore, when he heard that the golden envoy had suddenly arrived, he was overjoyed! He ordered the city gate to be opened and let the golden envoy enter the city! Then he returned to the palace with the golden envoy!
When the Son of Heaven saw that the Jin envoy had come to discuss peace, he was overjoyed, thinking that this move would allow him to return the Jin soldiers! Geng Nanzhong and the other lords sent three people to meet with the golden envoy and the Xianqing Palace.
Guo Qiu led the two deputy envoys into the palace and did not reply when they saw the Son of Heaven, but only talked and laughed and promised, and said: "Dajin came to make Guo Qiujin see His Majesty! If you don't pay the offerings to our dynasty on time, why not? Why don't the three counties of Qinfeng Road and Weihu be cut for a long time?"
Seeing this, Geng Nanzhong got up and replied that the matter of offering was not accepted by our dynasty, but because the number was huge and had not yet been gathered, I also asked your envoy to give a little more leniency, and our dynasty would definitely deliver the offering to Sizhou on time to pay. As for the three counties of Qinfeng Road, the imperial court has also sent envoys to cut the land. There will be no misdelivery!
Seeing that the Son of Heaven did not speak, Guo Qiu replied, and then asked: "Who are you?
Geng Nanzhong said: "I am the governor of the government, Geng Nanzhong is also!"
Guo Qiu also said: "This envoy has come this time to negotiate a peace treaty with your country on behalf of Marshal Wanyan Zongwang, the plenipotentiary of our great Jinzuo!
At this time, the Son of Heaven heard this. He replied urgently: "I am willing to make peace with the court." ”
Guo Qiu also said: "If you are willing to negotiate peace, you must show your agreement and sincerity! I heard a Malay report yesterday that the Ru Dynasty has transferred more than 200,000 soldiers and horses from the two western parts of Nanjing to the north, and wants to fight with our army. Marshal Wu Dajin Wan Yan Zongbi heard the news. Then there was a saying: If the soldiers and horses in the two places do not retreat. If the Ru Dynasty has the sincerity to negotiate peace, it can first send a holy decree to order the soldiers and horses of the two places to return to their original places to show their sincerity, and our generalissimo will also withdraw 30 miles, and then the two countries will negotiate a peace treaty.
Tang Luo, Zhang Bangchang, and Geng Nanzhong did not answer when they heard this. The Son of Heaven also knew how to answer, and sat on the dragon table thoughtfully. I want to agree to retire from the army. and fear that the gold people have no faith in their words. If you don't agree to withdraw the troops, you are afraid that 300,000 gold soldiers will attack the city on a large scale! Once the city is broken, there is no regret. When he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard an urgent report from the city gate that the two members of the Jin army had ordered the two brave generals Wugu Ren'an and Jin Hujing to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to attack the noon gate in a hurry!
Guo Qiu then said to the Son of Heaven and the others: "Presumably, our generalissimo has ordered a large-scale siege of the city when he sees that the Ru Dynasty has not made peace with sincerity. And whether you and other monarchs and ministers are peace or war has not yet been decided. That being the case, it is useless for the envoy to stay, and he will leave!"
Zhang Bangchang saw that Guo Qiu wanted to leave, so he hurriedly got up and said: "The emperor thinks twice!" After that, he hurriedly kept the golden envoy, and said: "Your envoy, please stay, my dynasty is willing to make peace with you, and my emperor immediately sent a holy decree to order the soldiers and horses of Huai Nanjing East Second Road to return to their original places, if what!"
Guo Qiu said: "It is not only the wish of the Ru Dynasty to make peace, but also sincerity. Then the envoy will not stay for one more day to see how you and other kings and ministers behave!"
The Son of Heaven and Zhang Bangchang and the others heard Guo Qiuyan first ask the generalissimo to withdraw from the army, and they were overjoyed!
The Son of Heaven urgently ordered Tang Luo to draft a holy decree, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the Huai Nanjing East Second Road to return to their original places, and there was no need to go north to King Qin!
Guo Qiu saw the holy decree issued with his own eyes, so he led the accompanying deputy envoy back to the headquarters!
Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongwang heard that Guo Junshi had returned, and urgently ordered him to go to the Shuai tent to discuss matters.
Seeing Guo Qiu's face overjoyed when they saw Guo Qiu entering the tent, they expected that Guo Junshi's trip would definitely live up to his mission, and they secretly rejoiced in their hearts.
said that Guo Qiu entered the tent, but saw that the generals in the army were all in the tent, and Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongwang were lying on the two beds at the head of the tent. Guo Qiu then said to the two marshals and said: "The monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty are all afraid when they hear that the marshal is attacking the city, and they are all willing to make peace with our dynasty." The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has ordered the soldiers and horses of the two eastern parts of Huai Nanjing to retreat!"
Wanyan Zongbi said: "What I am worried about is the soldiers of the king of the two roads, and now the soldiers and horses of the two roads have retreated, and I have broken through this city like a bag to get something." ”
The generals under the tent were happy when they heard this. Wanyan Zongwang said: "Since the Song family is willing to make peace with my Dajin, we must both engrave and draft peace negotiations to reach the Song Dynasty!"
Wanyan Zongwang then ordered the clerk to draw up several peace treaties, which simply said: "The north of the Yellow River belongs to Dajin, and the land and my Dajin are engraved." Every year, the Great Song Dynasty paid Dajin 10 million coins, 1 million taels of gold, 10 million taels of silver, and 200,000 horses of silk! "The Registrar prepares the terms of the peace treaty. After Yan Zongbi read it, he laughed, and made people immediately serve the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
When the Son of Heaven got this peace treaty, he opened his mouth and vomited blood, and the ministers had nothing to do when they saw this peace treaty. Chen Guoting, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said in his speech: "Now there have been natural disasters and military disasters for many years, and the treasury has long been empty. Dajin demanded such a demand, even if he poured the capital's wealth, it would be difficult to satisfy! Why didn't the emperor send envoys to discuss with the Jin people and slightly change this peace treaty?"
Before the Son of Heaven could reply, Xu Han came out of the class and said: "The ambition of the golden man and the wolf, last year he occupied several towns and cities, and this year he came to ask for land and money. According to the minister's humble opinion, there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city, and Lord Li Gang has recruited more than 30,000 civilian warriors in the city. Based on this calculation, there were no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city. In addition, the city tower of the capital is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is enough to resist the Jin soldiers for several months. The emperor then transferred the soldiers and horses of the two eastern parts of Nanjing to the north to the king of Qin, and ordered the soldiers to stick to the city tower, and then ordered Han Shizhong to cut off his grain route. ”
When the Son of Heaven heard this, he didn't know how to decide, he wanted to be the enemy of the Jinren, and he was afraid of defeat. If you want to ask for peace, it may be difficult to meet the demands of the golden people. It is difficult to advance and difficult to retreat. And the civil and military officials of the imperial court could not reach an agreement either in war or peace. If the Son of Heaven is resigned, he said: "The Jin people are brave, if our dynasty is defeated, how will it end?"
Cai You heard the emperor's words and said: "The 300,000 troops of the Jin people besieged our capital for half a month without attacking, and they were not afraid. If Dajin's 300,000 troops besiege and attack the city together, I am afraid that the capital will already be unbearable!
When the Son of Heaven heard this, it was even more difficult to make a decision, so he said to the ministers: "I don't know which Aiqing is willing to share my worries and go to the Jin army on behalf of the party to discuss the peace treaty!"
When the ministers heard the emperor's words, they were all silent. Less leaning, the door waited for Lang Uncle Zhang to prelude at night and said: "The minister is willing to go to the Jin army!"
The Son of Heaven was overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that Uncle Zhang was a bold person. He then issued a decree to appoint Zhang Shuye as a privy envoy and immediately went to the Jin army to negotiate a peace treaty.
Uncle Zhang did not bring his deputy envoy at night, and rode out of the noon gate alone to come to the tent of the Jin Junshuai. When he arrived at Jinying, he shouted: "I am the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Shuye, and I have come to renegotiate the peace treaty with Generalissimo Wanyan Zongbi, and I will be informed quickly!"
But after saying that, Yan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongwang were drinking and having fun in the tent, and suddenly heard that Song made Uncle Zhang give a night to him. Bi Wang and the others then asked the military advisor Guo Qiu to discuss how to meet Zhang Shuye.
Qiu said: "I expect that Uncle Zhang must have come here at night to ask the generalissimo to renew the peace treaty, I have heard for a long time that this person is brave and resourceful, and I don't know if it is serious? The marshal can be promoted to the big tent of the Chinese army, with 30 swords and axes on both sides, and a pot of boiling water in the tent, and then let him come in to see how he answers!"
Bi said: "Guo Junshi's words are exactly what I want!"
As soon as he was ready, he ordered the Song envoy to enter the meeting!
Uncle Zhang walked to the big tent of the Chinese army at night, and saw dozens of knives and axes on both sides with angry faces, and glared angrily. Seeing a pot of boiling water in front of the tent, he already understood in his heart that Yan Zongbi's intention was to test his courage!
Uncle Zhang entered the big tent of the Chinese army at night, and he was not panicked, and he was calm and self-assured. Seeing that Bi Wang and the others were angry, they stepped forward to bow and bow, saying: "Song envoy Zhang Shuye came to renegotiate the peace treaty with Marshal Dajin at night!"
Wanyan Zongbi was furious when he heard this, so he picked up a crockpot on the table and threw it on the ground, the crockpot was shattered in an instant, and he pointed his finger at Uncle Zhang and said: "The peace agreement has been delivered to the Ru Dynasty, you just have to do it, don't have it anymore." If you dare to say more, then boil it to death in the boiling water before you make it! Now I will use your mouth to spread a message to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in your mouth, and within three days you will definitely prepare the things required by the peace treaty, otherwise you will break through the city and kill them all!" (To be continued......