Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

During the conversation between several people, Wanyan Wu Qimai told Ximenqing that the one who is most in short of food now is Wanyan Zongwangjun of Guangning Prefecture in Yingzhou.

After Na Zhangjue's rebellion, he concentrated and transported the surplus food in Pingzhou and Yingzhou to his hometown of Pingzhou City.After Wanyan's mother led the troops to the south to capture Yingzhou, they failed to capture enough food for the army.

Now that Wanyan Zongwang was using troops in the front, the food and grass had to be transported from the country of Jin by carts and horses, and a lot of food would be consumed on the way. It was really a big burden for the country of Jin, which was already in a tight supply of food.

Wanyan Wu begs for money and hopes that Ximenqing can first help Wanyan Zongwangjun solve the food problem.

Chapter 864 It's easy to handle things if you have more friends

For the Kingdom of Jin, the problem of food transportation and supply was a difficult problem, but it was easily solved when it came to Ximenqing.

Guangning Mansion in Yingzhou is located on the coast of Bohai Sea, and Ximenqing's fleet was already transporting grain to the Kingdom of Jin.

At this time, it is only necessary to notify the fleet to change the port of call, from the Tieshan Port outside the Suzhou Customs to the port wharf directly on the seaside of Yingzhou, and it will be able to provide food for Wanyan Zongwang's army as quickly as possible.

After a little thought, Ximen Qing agreed to Wanyan Wu's begging request.He told the Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and the Prime Minister Wanyan Sagai that he would rush to Guangning Mansion in Yingzhou immediately to help Wanyan Zongwang solve the urgently needed food problem.

Wanyan Wu was overjoyed by begging for money, and hosted a banquet for Ximen Qing in the emperor's village.After drinking and eating, Wanyan Wu Qimai wrote an edict in his own hand and handed it to Ximenqing, asking him to go to Yingzhou to hand it over to Wanyan Zongwang, and explain the matter to Wanyan Zongwang.

Ximenqing returned to his residence and told Wanyan Wulu that he was going to the front line of Yingzhou to help her second brother Wanyan Zongwang.After the two were lingering and tender, Wanyan Wulu sent Ximen Qingzhi out of Huining City.

Because he wanted to stay in the capital to accompany his mother, Empress Tang Kuo, Wanyan Wulu could not go to Yingzhou with Ximen Qing, and could only watch him on his journey reluctantly.

Ximen Qing led Jiao Ting and his guards, took the warrant issued by Wanyan Sagai, rode all the way south, and soon arrived at Liaoyang Mansion.Here, Ximen Qing met several acquaintances.

Taifu, Zhongshuling Zuo Qigong, Privy Envoy and Attendant Zhong Yu Zhongwen, Sikong and Privy Envoy Cao Yongyi, and Shen Zhizheng Shi Kang Gongbi and other Han officials who were rescued by Ximen Qing were originally established in Guangning, Yingzhou However, because of the Pingzhou rebellion, these civil servants were unable to govern, so they were temporarily placed in Liaoyang Mansion by the Jin Dynasty court where there are many Han people.

Today, Zuo Qigong and others are handling official business in Liaoyang Mansion, governing the southern states with a large number of Han people for the imperial court.

When Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others saw the savior Ximen Qing, they hurriedly hosted a banquet in the restaurant in the city to entertain Ximen Qing and his party, and expressed their heartfelt thanks to Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting again.

When Ximen Qing chose to save them at the beginning, it was a long-term investment. Naturally, he wanted to maintain a good relationship with Zuo Qigong and others.

In the future, after the Kingdom of Jin occupies Yanjing and other places, the Han Chinese settlements in the north will be ruled and managed by Zuo Qigong and others.

Ximen Qing made friends with them first at this time, and it might come in handy someday.

While eating wine, Ximenqing asked Zuo Qigong and others for advice, saying that he was going to Yingzhou to help Wanyan Zongwang appease the hearts of the Han people in the surrounding states. I wonder if you have any tips?

Zuo Qigong and others said that in order to appease the hearts of the Han people in Yandi, they still need to have Han ministers they are familiar with or people with high morals from the local aristocratic families.It's a pity that several of them have official positions in the imperial court, and they have to stay in Liaoyang Mansion to handle the political affairs of the Jin Kingdom, so they cannot accompany Ximen Qing.

However, Zuo Qigong suddenly thought of someone at the table and recommended him to Ximen Qing, saying that this person must be of great use to Ximen Qing and Wanyan Zongwang.

The person recommended by Zuo Qigong was Shi Liai, who served as the governor of the Liaoxing Army in Pingzhou of the Liao Kingdom and the commander of the Han Army, and was once Zhang Jue's boss.

Shi Liai was from Xincheng, Zhuozhou, Yandi.In the Liao Kingdom, he successively held important positions such as Yushi Zhongcheng, Yanjing Deputy Left Guard, Liaoxing Army Jiedu Envoy and Han Army Commander. He was familiar with the customs of Yanjing, Pingzhou and other places, and he also had a certain prestige among Yan people.

Since the fall of the Liao Kingdom and Zhang Jue's rebellion in Pingzhou, Shi Liai returned to her home in Zhuozhou Xincheng and lived in seclusion.

Now Zhuozhou Xincheng is included in the territory of the Song Dynasty, Zuo Qigong heard that the Song Dynasty had issued several edicts to use Shi Liai, but Shi Liai declined them all.At the same time, it was heard that Shi Li'ai did not allow members of the Shi family to seek official positions in the Song Dynasty.

Zuo Qigong said that since Shi Liai was dissatisfied with the rule of the Song Dynasty and was unwilling to serve as an official in the Song Dynasty, it meant that he might be willing to come to the Kingdom of Jin to serve as an official.Therefore, Zuo Qigong suggested that after Ximen Qing arrived in Yingzhou, he would secretly send someone to Zhuozhou New City, and try to invite Shi Liai to serve in Guangning Mansion of Yingzhou.

Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, and Kang Gongbi were all old friends with Shi Liai. They each wrote a letter to Shi Liai, and handed them all over to Ximenqing to help Ximenqing persuade his old friend Shi Liai like.

As the saying goes, if you have more friends, you can do things better, so Zuo Qigong and the others recommended an available talent to Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing collected these letters, had a drink with Zuo Qigong and others, and returned home happily.

After resting overnight in the Liaoyang mansion, Ximenqing left the city, went to Jinzhou in the west and continued to Yingzhou.

At the same time, Ximen Qing sent someone back from Liaoyang Mansion to report to Dengzhou, asking Ximen Zhong to ship the purchased grain to the seaside of Yingzhou, where he would hand it over to him.

Wulin Moshi Tuhei, the guard of Liaoyang Mansion, learned that Ximenqing was going to the front line of Yingzhou, so he specially arranged for five hundred cavalry to escort him all the way.

However, before Ximenqing and his party arrived at Guangning Mansion in Yingzhou, Wanyan Zongwang seized the opportunity and defeated Zhang Juejun in Pingzhou.

It turned out that after the Song court decided to accept Zhang Jue in Pingzhou, Wang Anzhong, the appeasement envoy of Yanshanfu Road in Yanjing City, was ordered to reward the Pingzhou army.

At this time, Li Anbi, the former Liao survivor who rushed to Tokyo's Bianliang City to persuade the imperial court to recruit Zhang Jue, and Zhang Jue's younger brother Zhang Qi returned to Yanjing City with the imperial court's recruitment documents.

Therefore, Wang Anzhong immediately arranged for the two of them to rush to Pingzhou to reward the Pingzhou army by pressing the labor army and rewarding the silver, and officially announced the takeover of Pingzhou.

Li Anbi and Zhang Qi immediately sent people to rush back to Pingzhou to report.

Zhang felt overjoyed when he knew that the Song Dynasty accepted him, changed Pingzhou to the Taining Army, and made himself a Jiedu envoy.

But Zhang Jue didn't know that some people in Pingzhou didn't like the Song Dynasty, which destroyed the alliance and attacked Liao.In the eyes of these people, since the recovery of the Liao Kingdom is hopeless, it is better to accept the rule of the Jin Kingdom than to defect to the treacherous Song Dynasty.

Therefore, there have been spies in Pingzhou City who have secretly communicated with the Jin army.

When Zhang Jue decided to go out of the city to meet the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, someone quickly passed this information to Wanyan Zongwang's army.

After Wanyan Zongwang got this information, he seized the opportunity and led the cavalry straight to the city of Pingzhou.

Just as Zhang Jue went out of the city to meet the edict and orders of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang led his army to attack suddenly, cutting off Zhang Jue's way back to the city.

Zhang Jue was caught off guard. The army with him was used as a guard of honor, and he was not ready for war. How could he be the opponent of the Golden Army cavalry?

Although Zhang Jue's general Zhang Dungu led his troops out of Pingzhou City in an attempt to rescue Zhang Jue, he was also not the opponent of the Jin Army and was defeated by the Jin Army.

Seeing that he could not go back to the city, and if he continued to fight, he would be captured by the Jin army. Zhang Jue's think tank, Li Anbi, suggested that he first flee to Yanshan Mansion for refuge, and then lead the Song army to fight back to Pingzhou to break the siege of Pingzhou.

Zhang Jue was desperate, so he had to take his brother Zhang Qi, Li Anbi and others to flee to Yanjing City, and threw all the rewards of the Song Dynasty to the Jin Army.

Chapter 865 The Iron Evidence Provided by Song Huizong

After Zhang Jue fled outside Pingzhou City, his general Zhang Dungu was also defeated and besieged, so he surrendered to Wanyan Zongwang's army.

Seeing that Zhang Jue had been defeated, the people in Pingzhou City who wanted to join the Kingdom of Jin captured Zhang Jue's parents, wife and two sons, and left the city to sacrifice to Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang beheaded all Zhang Jue's family members for the crime of treason.

In order to appease the soldiers and civilians in Pingzhou City, Wanyan Zongwang ordered Zhang Dungu to enter the city together with the envoys of the Jin Army to persuade them, intending to collect the soldiers in the city and peacefully recover Pingzhou City in Nanjing.

How do you know that there are many people who are loyal to Zhang Jue and hostile to the Jin army in the city. These people launched a riot and killed the envoy of the Jin army, supported Zhang Dungu as the capital, and wanted to continue fighting with the Jin army.

Zhang Dungu was originally forced to surrender in front of the battle when he was defeated. At this time, he was instigated by others, and his blood boiled with enthusiasm, determined to rebel against the gold again.

Zhang Dungu told the soldiers and civilians in the city that the Song Dynasty had incorporated Pingzhou into its territory, renamed it the Taining Army, and appointed General Zhang Jue as Jiedushi. Therefore, the Song Dynasty would not abandon Pingzhou City.

Although General Zhang Jue was defeated now, he had already gone to Yanjing City to rescue soldiers.As long as all the soldiers stick to the city, General Zhang Jue will definitely be able to bring the Song army to break the siege of Pingzhou.

After hearing Zhang Dungu's words, the soldiers and civilians in the city expressed their willingness to obey Zhang Dungu's orders.Therefore, Zhang Dungu dispatched soldiers and horses to close the gate of Pingzhou city, climbed the city and refused to defend, and shut out the Jin army.

After Wanyan Zongwang learned that Zhang Dungu had returned to rebellion, he sighed with regret, and told his generals Wanyan Jiamu, Xiemao Ali, etc. that Zhang Dungu was capricious and regretted that he should not have been allowed to enter the city to surrender.

Wanyan's mother smashed a stone on the side of the road with a hammer, and cursed: "Zhang Dungu's dishonest Liao dog, when I catch him, I will definitely smash his body to pieces!"