Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

At this moment, they remembered that there was another life-saving straw in Xiongzhou City, and that was Wang Jieru, the peace envoy sent by Emperor Yeluchun of Tianxi of Liao Kingdom.

Since you can't beat it on the battlefield, let's talk about it!

The Liao envoy Wang Jieru followed the Song envoy Ma Kuo and returned to Xiongzhou City before the Battle of Baigouyi.

On the way to Xiongzhou City as an envoy, Wang Jieru also took Ma Kuo to visit the generals Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi successively.

At that time, the two armies had not yet fought. When Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi blamed Song for the unrighteous act of betraying the alliance, they also expressed to Ma Kuo their intention to restore the friendship between the two countries and to stop the war.

Therefore, Liao Army Commander Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi knew that Wang Jieru was in Xiongzhou City.

Tong Guan can convey goodwill to the Liao army through the Liao envoy Wang Jieru, so as to prevent the Liao army from attacking the city.

When the Song army was defeated and retreated into Xiongzhou, people called Ma Nei, and the whole city was noisy, which naturally alarmed the Liao envoy Wang Jieru in the posthouse.

Wang Jieru asked Ma Kuo, who was accompanying him, where the soldiers in the city came from, and whether they had retreated from the front line of Baigou Post.

How could Ma Kuo say that the Song army was retreating, so he lied to Wang Jieru that the new troops in the city were new reinforcements mobilized by the imperial court from the Sixth Route of Shaanxi.

Ma Kuo is doing his best to maintain the face of the Song court, but Wang Jieru is skeptical.

The Song army's reinforcements are so noisy, is the military discipline so bad?

The city was noisy for half a day, which made Wang Jieru aware of something unusual.

The next day, Tong Guan, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hedong of the Great Song Dynasty, even sent several aides to the posthouse with gifts such as gold and jade tea utensils to meet Wang Jieru, and greeted Wang Jieru with great care.

When I first arrived in Xiongzhou City a few days ago, the people in the Xuanfu Department's yamen were so proud in front of Liao envoy Wang Jieru. Facing Wang Jieru's argument, Taiwei Tongguan only said coldly that Song Dynasty must take back Yanjing City.

Now that the Song Army was defeated, under Tong Guan's instruction, Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others all came to see Wang Jieru, saying that Taiwei Tong had carefully considered his advice and deeply agreed with it, and still wanted to maintain the traditional friendship between the two countries , to avoid a war between the two countries and harm the people.

Zhao Liangsi said to Wang Jieru that Taiwei Tong had reported the situation on the front line and the sincerity of Daliao peace to the imperial court, and hoped that the imperial court would still abide by the original "Chanyuan Alliance" and maintain good relations with the Liao Kingdom from generation to generation.It's just that the paperwork takes time, and it's not easy for the Taiwei to retreat before getting a reply from the court.

In order to avoid misunderstandings between the Song and Liao armies, Zhao Liangsi asked Wang Jieru to write a letter to Liao army commanders Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi, explaining that Taiwei Tong had the sincerity to restore the old friendship between the two countries. Avoid the confrontation between the two armies, which will seriously hurt the peace.

Wang Jieru is not a stupid person either. The people of the Song Dynasty are arrogant and respectful, which has already made him understand that it must be King Xiao and Dashi Linya who won the battlefield, and the Song army was willing to return to the negotiating table after suffering from the Liao army.

Between the two countries, after all, we must rely on our strength to speak!

Although Wang Jieru knew that there was deceit, but promoting peace between the two countries was also the purpose of Emperor Yeluchun's arrangement of his mission.Therefore, according to the request of Zhao Liangsi and others, Wang Jieru wrote a letter to the Liao army, expressing that the Song army did not want the conflict between the two countries to expand.

Tong Guan received Wang Jieru's letter, and immediately sent someone to send it out of the city, and handed it to Xiao Qian, the Liao army coach who besieged Xiongzhou City, and Yelu Dashi.

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After reading the letter sent by Song Jun, Yelu Dashi smiled at Xiao Qian and said, "Hahaha~ Old Tong Guan is submissive? However, judging from the letter, Wang Jieru is probably still in the dark, not knowing that our army has already been defeated. Song Jun. King Xiao, in your opinion, how should our army respond to Song Jun's request for peace?"

Xiao Qian had also read Wang Jieru's letter, he said with a sneer: "That old thief Tong Guan is using a strategy to delay the attack.

However, I have already ordered people to start an incident in Zhongjing, and the Jin army has no time to look south. Our army can stalemate with the old thief Tong Guan here for some time.

As the order continues, our army will continue to besiege Xiongzhou City, and then send other troops to harass Mozhou, Bazhou, Zhending Mansion and other places, assuming a posture of vowing not to give up, forcing the old thief Tong Guan to kneel for peace! "

Yelu Dashi nodded when he heard the words, and agreed with Xiao Qian's proposal.

The southerners have always been cunning and cunning, and the old thief Tong Guan will not submit obediently unless the Song army is pushed into a desperate situation.

The letter sent by Tong Guan's order did not make the Liao army withdraw. On the contrary, the Liao army began to loot and harass the surrounding states of Xiongzhou.

For a while, Mozhou, Bazhou, Qingzhou, Zhendingfu and other places were full of turmoil and no peace.

Emergency letters from all over the country spread to the Xuanfu Office of Xiongzhou City like snowflakes.

For those who asked for help and reported letters from all over the place, the Liao army did not stop them from robbery and killing, but allowed them to enter and exit Xiongzhou City.

Taiwei Tong was as anxious as ants on a hot pot when he received the police calls from all over the country.

Tong Guan sent people to the commander of the Liao Army to send several peace appeal letters with many gifts, but he never received a reply from Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi.

The Liao envoy Wang Jieru also seemed to have seen the clues, he also became only concerned about eating and drinking well, and was not in a hurry to negotiate with Song.

Just when the members of the Xuanfu Department's yamen in Xiongzhou City and the generals of the Western Army were at a loss, the Liao Army outside the city finally made a move.

It turned out that Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi suddenly received an urgent report that an army of unknown origin raided the three counties of Yongqing, Gu'an, and Anci. posed a great threat.

Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, the generals of the Changsheng Army who stayed in Zhuozhou, led a fierce battle with the enemy in Gu'an County. They were killed and defeated, only to save themselves.

Liu Shunren was seriously injured by the enemy general and almost died.

Now that Zhuozhou is in critical condition, Yanjing City is also under threat.

Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi couldn't help being surprised when they heard the urgent report from behind.

Could it be that the Taiwei Tongguan in Xiongzhou City is so cunning that he even dispatched a strange army?

However, judging from the Song Army's repeated battles and defeats in the past few days, the command of the army by Taiwei Tong and the Song Army's chief general Zhong Shidao was ordinary, and it seemed that there would be such a clever plan.

Where did the mysterious army that did not carry the banner of the Song Army come from?How dare you be so bold that you feel as if you have entered the land of no one in the territory of our Liao Kingdom?

Knowing that the rear was attacked and the capital was threatened, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi no longer had the heart to fight Tong Guan in Xiongzhou City.

Yelu Dashi took advantage of Tong Guan's opportunity to send another letter of peace, and replied a letter to Tong Guan, expressing that Yelu Chunzhai, Emperor Tianxi of the Daliao Kingdom, had a kind heart and could not bear to see the lives of the people in the brotherly country of Song. The Liao army retreated.I hope Song State can remember the lesson of this time, keep in mind the oath of the ancestors, and don't provoke the Liao State again, and bring shame on itself.Since Song Jun sincerely seeks peace, he and King Xiao will lead the army back north, please don't send Song Jun far...

When Taiwei Tongguan received Yelu Dashi's reply, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi had already led the Liao army out of camp and returned in triumph.

Taiwei Tong Guan and the generals of the Western Army breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not dare to send troops to follow the Liao army.

When the Liao army was far away, the Song army carefully dispatched some scouts to follow them to the Juma River, thoroughly confirming the fact that the Liao army was retreating.

When everyone in the Xuanfu Department's yamen shouted for luck, they didn't know that this luck was brought to them by Ximen Qing and Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou.

A few days ago, in the Xiaonanhe village on the northern border of Cangzhou, on the border with the Liao Kingdom, Ximen Qing and Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou, were playing Go in the hall of the army village.

Jiao Ting and Xiaonan Hezhai Zhizhai were originally playing chess with Ximen Qing and Du Chong in the hall, but both of them are rough warriors who don't know how to play chess, so after sitting patiently in the hall for a while, In the end, it was too boring, so they slipped out of the hall together shoulder to shoulder, and went to inspect the military camp.

Du Chong asked Ximenqing while laying down his son: "Ximen brother, why did you not let my army play the banner of Cangzhou, Hebei?"

Ximen Qing dropped a piece on the chessboard, and replied: "Brother Du, there are several meanings for my younger brother to ask Brother Du to do this.

First, Brother Du dispatched troops to kill first and then play, before reporting to Xuan Fu envoy Tong Taiwei.

If this is done, Brother Du can generously go to Taiwei Tong to ask for credit even if our army has no banner.

If he failed to make meritorious deeds and instead caused disasters, brother Du can reason that it was the younger brother's rebel army who had nothing to do with the Cangzhou government army.It can even be inferred that it was a bandit fleeing from the sea, and the responsibility was completely removed.

Two, although brother Du wants to show his prestige to the Liao Kingdom, but the younger brother is worried that the imperial army will suffer a crushing defeat this time.After the defeat of the Western Army, if the Liao Army is sure that the Cangzhou local government army invaded the Liao Kingdom, they may lead their troops eastward and enter Cangzhou to avenge Brother Du.

Furthermore, the younger brother sent troops this time, not for military merit, but naturally to gain enough benefits within the Liao Kingdom.