Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Thinking of this, Ma Kuo immediately stood up and toasted the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin, and said humbly that the Song Dynasty would need the help of its loyal ally, the Kingdom of Jin, to conquer Yandi.

How could the Song Army have defeated the Liao Kingdom and taken back the city of Yanjing without His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom personally leading the conquest.

Once the Great Song Dynasty regains the land of Yan, the Great Song Dynasty must offer it as soon as possible according to the yearly coins agreed in the Sea Alliance Treaty.Hope that the two countries can form a friendship for generations to come.

Ma Kuo's respect and respect satisfied Wanyan Aguda and his ministers, and Ma Kuo got closer to this envoy without realizing it.

However, Zhao Liangsi didn't know that the victory of the Song army was imminent, and when he had already demonstrated his mighty force to the Jin army, Ma Kuo suddenly became more humble and eager to show his favor to the king and ministers of Jin, what was his intention.

Shouldn't it be time to bargain with the Kingdom of Jin with the prestige of a great victory to seek greater benefits for the court?

Vice Envoy Ma's performance today is out of order, and he has made many troubles for me!

Alas~ Deputy Envoy Ma is in the same boat as me, and I can't expose his shortcomings to the court. I can only try my best to save some leeway, so as not to be unable to do business with the court in the future.

These words have been said today, and I have to hold my nose to admit it.Tomorrow, I, Zhao Liangsi, will evaluate my penetrating tongue again, and strive for more benefits for the imperial court!

Zhao Liangsi smiled wryly in his heart, looked at Ma Kuo helplessly, and concealed his embarrassment and bewilderment by lowering his head and eating wine.

Ximen Qing sat on the sidelines and watched Zhao Liangsi coldly, he guessed what Zhao Liangsi was thinking.

Ximen Qing sighed secretly: "Zhao Liangsi, you are still accusing Brother Ma Kuo of ruining your negotiation plan, right?

Hehehe~ In a few days, you will understand whether Brother Ma Kuo has harmed you or saved you.

This high-ranking official has done good deeds without leaving a name, and he is really a role model for time travelers! "

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Whether it is the Jinjun Camp in Fengsheng Prefecture or the Xuanfu Division Yamen in Hejian Prefecture, they are all paying attention to the battle in Yanjing City.However, the Song Army, which was exhausted in Yanjing City, could no longer hold on and was about to collapse.

General Gao Shixuan was shot by dozens of arrows in Minzhong Temple and died on the spot.

Yang Keshi, Guo Yaoshi and other generals saw that the situation was not good, and took turns leading their subordinates to break through desperately, but they all failed.

The remaining Song army had no choice but to give up their horses, climb up the wall and towers in the east of the city, and make a final resistance condescendingly.

Seeing that the situation was over, Guo Yaoshi, together with his confidant general Zhen Wuchen, ordered the subordinates of the Changsheng Army to find him and hang him outside the city with ropes, preparing to flee for his life.

When Yang Keshi saw it, he stared and roared angrily: "General Guo, we are all generals who lead the army and fight, how can we learn the attitude of those sons and daughters, greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Guo Yaoshi shook his head and sighed: "General Yang, we have done our best, and we have no regrets. What's the point of staying here and throwing away our lives for nothing? General, follow me quickly! Stay useful, and I will wait for you." It can come back.”

"Hmph! I will not leave! General Guo is going, don't forget to lead the army to avenge me, Yang Keshi!"

Yang Keshi led the soldiers to rush to the Liao army, leaving Guo Yaoshi and others alone.

"Everyone has his own aspirations, let's go!"

With an order, Guo Yaoshi took Zhen Wuchen and others to hang down the city with ropes, swam across the moat, and fled.

On the city wall, Song Jun saw Guo Yaoshi and others fleeing, so he came to report to Yang Keshi, saying that he saw Guo Yaoshi successfully crossing the city, and there was no Liao army to stop him.

Yang Kebi, Yang Keshi's brother, listened and persuaded Yang Keshi: "Brother! Then Zhao Heshou failed to meet our army outside the city, and Liu Guangshi's reinforcements did not come for several days. Today's defeat is very important." It is our brother's responsibility.

If I was killed by the Liao army in such a muddleheaded way today, Liu Yanqing would definitely put the blame on my two brothers.

Future generations don't know the truth, and they will definitely regard us as the eternal sinners who caused today's fiasco.

Brother, thousands of brothers cannot die in vain.Please, brother, go out of the city with me, go to court to appeal for grievances, and tell His Majesty the reason for today's fiasco.

Even being beheaded in court is better than dying so uselessly! "

Chapter 824 Xiao Qian's Trophy

Hearing Yang Kebi's words, Yang Keshi looked up to the sky and screamed, and said in his mouth: "I, Yang Keshi, am sorry for these brothers who died! But, you are right, I will go back alive to appeal, and let the world know about this. The right and wrong of the battle!"

After Yang Keshi finished speaking, he agreed to the plan to escape out of the city.

So the two brothers Yang Keshi and Yang Kebi, with the help of their confidantes, also followed Guo Yaoshi's example, hanging out of the city with ropes, and left without looking back.

The remaining soldiers of the Song Army on the east wall of Yanjing City were leaderless, and they were quickly attacked by Xiao Qian's army on the wall, beheading them and the Han people who had helped the Song Army on the wall.

After Xiao Qian led the Liao army to capture the outer city of Yanjing City, he was afraid that the Song army would come and Yanjing City would fall again. He ordered the Liao army to close the city gates to prevent them from defending.

The Liao army was busy searching for and killing the remnants of the Song army in the city, counting and cleaning the battlefields of Yanjing City, appeasing the people of Yanjing City, etc., and did not open the city gates to chase and kill the fleeing Song Army scattered soldiers.

It was precisely because the Liao army did not clean up the battlefield and did not know that it was the chief general of the Song army who escaped, and did not go out of the city to pursue them, the two brothers Yang Keshi escaped from the city of Yanjing.

In the Battle of Yanjing City, there were 6000 Song Army cavalry who followed Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi into the city. In the end, only a few hundred cavalry were able to escape across the city alive, and the entire army was almost wiped out.

The city of Yanjing was also greatly damaged during the war. On the streets and in the courtyards, the dead bodies of Khitans, Song soldiers and Han people were piled up like mountains.

Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights. Standing on the tower watching the tragic situation in Yanjing City, his emaciated body seemed to be injected with a violent force, which made him tireless.

Xiao Qian's face was livid, ready to take revenge on those Han Chinese who helped the Song Army massacre the Khitan people after the Song Army entered the city.

Therefore, under the command of Xiao Qian, the Liao army, identified by the Khitan survivors, went around arresting Han people who were suspected of collaborating with the enemy.

For a time, everyone in the city was in danger.

Situ Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, a member of the Privy Council, Yu Zhongwen, a member of the Political Council, and Zhang Lin, the Taishi, and several important Han officials were escorting them in the inner city.When they knew that King Xiao was wantonly arresting Han people in the city, they knelt down and pleaded with Queen Mother Xiao, and asked Queen Mother Xiao to issue a decree to pardon the Han people in the city.

Situ Zuo Qigong even rode his horse to find Xiao Qian, the commander of the Liao Army, and persuaded Xiao Qian not to delve into the matter further.

Zuo Qigong told Xiao Qian that although there were a few Han people in the city who acted as internal support for the Song army, they had already fought against the Song army and died under the sword of the Liao army.

Although the rest of the Han people also contributed to the Song army, most of them were coerced by the army and had no choice but to do it.For such Han people, there is really no need to kill them all.

Zuo Qigong said that after several days of war in Yanjing City, the common people were already terrified and terrified all day long.If the Liao army arrests the Han people in the city again, I am afraid that the people of Yanjing City will be completely thrown into chaos.

The city of Yanjing was in chaos, and the whole of Yanjing was in turmoil.

The most urgent thing now is not to arrest a few traitors, but to restore order in Yanjing City as soon as possible.

Seeing that Zuo Qigong's words were justified, Xiao Qian withdrew his soldiers and horses, and stopped searching the whole city for Han traitors.

Officials such as Cao Yongyi, who was in charge of the Privy Council, Yu Zhongwen, who was in charge of politics, and Zhang Lin, the grand master, took to the streets to appease the people and maintain order, and finally the city of Yanjing gradually returned to calm.

After Guo Yaoshi, Yang Keshi and others narrowly escaped from Yanjing City, they went all the way southward, and they met again in Anci County.

Along the way, several people collected remnant soldiers and defeated generals, and recruited about [-] Song troops who escaped from Yanjing City.

Guo Yaoshi secretly negotiated with Yang Keshi, and believed that the primary responsibility for the defeat of this battle was that the planned Liu Guangshi army missed the appointment and failed to arrive at Yanjing City as planned.

Now Liu Guangshi's father, Liu Yanqing, is sitting in the camp in Liangxiang County. After Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi return to the camp after being defeated, there is no guarantee that Liu Yanqing will not take the opportunity to confuse right and wrong, frame him and punish him.

If he was killed by Liu Yanqing and his son in the military camp, it would be hard to justify it.