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In the city of Xiongzhou, after Taiwei Tongguan saw Zhao Heshou, the training envoy of the Zhuozhou regiment, he was overjoyed to learn that Guo Yaoshi had sent the whole army and Zhuozhou to vote.
Yizhou surrendered, and Zhuozhou surrendered without a fight. Taiwei Tongguan's northern expedition can be regarded as double happiness.
While Tong Guan sent people to Zhuozhou to appease Guo Yaoshi, he hurriedly reported the good news to Bianliang City, Tokyo.
This time Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng Army to Nantou, and the Song Dynasty gained a lot.
Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army has 8000 infantry and [-] fine cavalry. This is currently an important armed force of the Liao Kingdom in Yandi.
Unlike the guarding army and horses in the hands of Gao Feng in Yizhou City, Guo Yaoshi's army is a field force capable of fighting the Jin army, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds Gao Feng's Yizhou army.
After Guo Yaoshi voted to the Song Dynasty, together with Zhuozhou City and the large tracts of land in the four surrounding counties, they all fell into the hands of the Song Army.
Xiao Qian was forced to lead his troops back to Yanjing City, and then Xiao Yuqing also fled back to Yanjing City in embarrassment, bringing back the news that Guo Yaoshi had voted for Song Dynasty.
In the city of Yanjing, when she learned that the guards of Yizhou and Zhuozhou had successively surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and the minds of the guards of other states were also difficult to understand, the Empress Dowager Xiao was extremely frightened, and hurriedly summoned all officials to enter the palace to discuss the state affairs.
Empress Dowager Xiao wept and said to the ministers: "Your family, our Great Liao is in danger!
Exploring the horse and reporting, the forward troops of the Jurchen Kingdom in the north have now reached Fengsheng Prefecture, which is not far from Yanjing Juyongguan.
In the south, the army of the Song Dynasty suppressed the border. Gaofeng of Yizhou and Guo Yaoshi of Zhuozhou had surrendered to the Song Dynasty successively without thinking of the country's grace.
The enemy forces from the north and the south are pressing down on the border, and our Liao Kingdom is about to perish.
If we want to keep the remaining blood of the Liao Kingdom, for the present plan, we can only take refuge in one side with humiliation and humiliation, so as to have a glimmer of hope to continue the sacrifice of the ancestral temple.
Today, the Ai family called all the ministers to discuss together, to see which of the two countries is more reliable, Song or Jin.
After the conclusion is reached, the Ai family will declare themselves a vassal to the country. "
Facing the difficult problem posed by the Empress Dowager Xiao, the ministers had different opinions. Some people said that the Jin Kingdom had a strong military force and could be attached to.Some people also say that the Song Dynasty and the Liao State had a century-old contract, and they were once a brotherly country, which is more reliable.
Seeing that the opinions of the ministers could not be unified, the Empress Dowager Xiao said helplessly: "What you said is very reasonable, why don't we present ourselves as ministers to both countries. Whichever country is willing to accept us, we will depend on that country."
So Empress Dowager Xiao ordered people to go to the Song and Jin countries at the same time with the surrender form, just to beg to retain the power of the Liao Kingdom, willing to be a vassal state of the big country.
With the general trend, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi, who are in charge of the army, are powerless to recover.They didn't dare to boast that they could repel the Jin and Song armies, so they had to humiliately keep silent about the matter of proclaiming the vassal.
When the Empress Dowager Xiao in Yanjing City was determined to make peace with Jin and Song, Taiwei Tong Guan righteously commanded the Song Army to take over Yizhou and Zhuozhou.
When Yizhou surrendered, Tong Guan ordered Liu Guangshi, commander of the West Route Army, to send troops to take over Yizhou.
However, Liu Guangshi's army made a small mistake and bumped into a Liao army cavalry in Baigou. After a day of fighting, he was scared and retreated to the south of Baigou.
After receiving an urgent report from Gao Feng, the magistrate of Yizhou City, Liu Guangshi sent general Feng Xuanqing with [-] cavalry to Yizhou overnight to help Gao Feng and others garrison, and finally took over Yizhou formally.
A few days later, Guo Yaoshi from Zhuozhou joined the Song army again.
Tong Guan immediately ordered his general Yang Keshi to join forces with Liu Guangshi of the West Route Army and Liu Yanqing of the East Route Army. Unified moderation.
Yang Keshi and Liu Yanqing have always been at odds in the Western Army, and they look down on each other.For this reason, Tong Guan specifically asked the two of them not to abolish public affairs for personal reasons, but to maintain unity.
However, most of the generals of the Western Army are rebellious and rebellious, and they agreed well in front of Taiwei Tong, but behind their backs it was a scene.
After Yang Keshi's army set off, he first joined Liu Guangshi's army at Gushan, north of Fancun.
Liu Guangshi is Liu Yanqing's son, and Yang Keshi and Liu Yanqing are at odds, so naturally he doesn't like Liu Guangshi as a member of the yamen.
After the two joined the army, they had different opinions on how to march, and even had conflicts in the army, shouting at each other loudly.Because of the embarrassment between the two chief generals, the speed of the Song Army's advance was delayed.
The army and civilians in Yizhou had been looking forward to the stars and the moon for several days, and the leading troops led by He Guan, the deputy governor of the Song Army, finally entered Yizhou.
Gao Feng, the magistrate of Yizhou, was overjoyed. Together with Wang Ji, Mingzan and others, they led the people in the city to welcome the Song army.
After He Guan entered the city, he immediately began to appease the people and count the treasury, and Yizhou has officially become the territory of the Song Army.
After receiving Yizhou, the next step is to take over Zhuozhou.
Taiwei Tongguan ordered Zhuozhou general Zhao Heshou, who had come to deliver the surrender form, to rush back to Zhuozhou immediately to inform Guo Yaoshi that the Song army had accepted his application for surrender, and appointed Guo Yaoshi as the observer envoy of Enzhou, still in charge of Zhuozhou. The defense of the city was dispatched by Liu Yanqing, the governor of the capital.
Tong Guan also ordered to expand the Ever Victory Army from more than 8000 people to [-], and put them under the command of Guo Yaoshi.
After Yizhou and Zhuozhou surrendered to the Song army, many local tyrants in the Liao Kingdom also followed suit, and soon more than [-] places surrendered to the Song army.
In addition to the original army of 20, the Song Army also had Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army of 2 horses, Yizhou Gaofeng's garrison army of 50, and powerful civilian armed forces from various places, totaling [-].
For a time, the Song Army's military strength was great, and its power shocked Yanjing.
Chapter 8: Ximen Qing's Standpoint
Outside the city of Xingzhongfu in Zhongjing Dao, a group of cavalrymen from the Kingdom of Jin escorted the envoys Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi from the east to the city of Xingzhongfu.
After Wuxie and Gao Qingyi, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, crossed the sea from Dengzhou to the north and returned to the Kingdom of Jin, in order to return to the tent of Emperor Wanyan Aguda as soon as possible, they did not detour by taking the road to Beijing where the security is relatively good, but went directly westward from Liaoyang Mansion Entering the war-torn Zhongjing Road, he took a shortcut to the Xijing area where the emperor was.
Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, the envoys of the Song Dynasty, were also in this team. They followed the envoys of the Jin Dynasty Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi to venture through Yizhou, Qianzhou, Chuanzhou and other places along the Daling River, and finally arrived at Youjin. The army is heavily guarded, and Xingzhongfu, the second largest city in Zhongjing Road.
Along the way, this team of envoys even encountered several attacks from Xi Ren's rebellious army.Fortunately, Wanyan Sagai, who was in the Liaoyang Mansion, sent an elite cavalry to serve as guards for the envoys. They defeated the rebels several times and escorted Wu Xie, Gao Qingyi, Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others all the way west.
Gao Qingyi and Zhao Liangsi were literati, and they were a little frightened after seeing so many fighting scenes on the road.Wu Xie and Ma Kuo were born as warriors, and they were able to relish watching the cavalry of the Golden Army fighting with great relish on the way. They were completely different from envoys of a great power, which made Zhao Liangsi feel quite nondescript.
However, what surprised Zhao Liangsi even more during this trip was another big figure in the team—his assistant Ximen Qing invited by himself and Ma Kuo.
No matter how long he lived, Zhao Liangsi would never forget the scene of his reunion with Ximen Qing.
When Zhao Liangsi accompanied Wuxie and Gao Qingyi, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, to Dengzhou City from Bianliang City in Tokyo, Ma Kuo, the deputy envoy, had already been waiting there.However, Ximen Qing, whom Ma Kuo specially invited, was not seen.
When Zhao Liangsi thought that Ximen Qing had rejected Ma Kuo's invitation and felt a little disappointed, Ma Kuo told him quietly that the officials of Ximen Qing had agreed to accompany them to the Kingdom of Jin to meet the Emperor Dajin.It's just that Ximenqing still has important matters to do in the Kingdom of Jin, and he has already taken his men to cross the sea and go north more than ten days ago.
Ma Kuo told Zhao Liangsi that Ximen Qing had agreed to meet him at Tieshan Port outside Hesi Hanmeng'an Pass.
Sure enough, when Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo accompanied the envoys Wuxie and Gao Qingyi of the Kingdom of Jin, under the escort of Hu Yanqing, the commander of the Ping Navy, they crossed the sea to the north, and when they arrived at Tieshan Port outside the Hanmeng'an Pass of the Kingdom of Jin, they saw the The official Ximen Qing is waiting here.
To Zhao Liangsi's surprise, Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi, who were very proud of the Song court in Bianliang City, Tokyo, rushed forward to greet Ximen Qing respectfully when they saw Ximen Qing.
You know, when Gao Qingyi was in Bianliang City, Tokyo, he was very picky about the hospitality of the Song court, which made Zhao Liangsi who accompanied them at a loss.Even before Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi left, the imperial court gave them many gifts, but Gao Qingyi sternly rejected them.
All in all, the two envoys of the Kingdom of Jin this time were not good friends, especially Gao Qingyi who was vaguely hostile to Song Dynasty.Gao Qingyi is a descendant of the Gao family in Bohai, and his ancestors were also emperors. They are a powerful family in Liaodong.He was originally a descendant of the Liao Dynasty, but because he was proficient in Chinese and Jurchen, he was retained by Wanyan Zonghan as an officer in the army, and gradually became Wanyan Zonghan's staff advisor.
Compared with the more straightforward Jurchen Uxie, Gao Qingyi, who is familiar with Chinese classics and well-informed, is the real opponent in the negotiations of the Great Song Dynasty, and will not be easily paralyzed and deceived by the false words of Song Huizong's monarchs and ministers.
Therefore, along the way, Zhao Liangsi was most wary of Gao Qingyi, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin who was difficult to deal with.
However, Gao Qingyi, who always held his head high in front of Song envoys, bowed his head when he saw the official Ximen Qing, and tried his best to please him. Zhao Liangsi was stunned and almost thought he was dazzled.
Although the official Ximen Qing has good friends with the nobles of the Jin Kingdom, he is just a big businessman in the Song Kingdom!In terms of actual status, he should be inferior to me, an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, right?Why did Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi treat him as a guest of honor?
Zhao Liangsi's doubts were quickly solved. It turned out that Ximen Qing, his old friend with Ma Kuo, was not only a great businessman of the Song Dynasty who was loved by the nobles of the Jin Kingdom, but he was also the son-in-law of the Jin Kingdom and married the Emperor Wanyan of the Jin Kingdom. Aguda's daughter!