Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After Zhong Shidao learned that the Jin army had withdrawn, he immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Zhao Huan, saying that this is the best opportunity for the war, as long as our army pursues from behind and fights with the Jin army when they cross the Yellow River, it is guaranteed that they will all be able to fight. The army was wiped out.

Zhong Shidao also asserted that if the Jin army was let go like this, the Jin country would definitely invade the south in the future, and the disaster would be unpredictable.

After hearing this, Dazai Li Bangyan and other ministers of the main peace faction strongly opposed it in the court, thinking that the court had spent such a high price to conclude a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Jin, and that they should not start war lightly, which caused the Jin army to go south again for revenge.

Emperor Zhao Huan was afraid that the Jin army would go and return, so he decided to accept Li Bangyan's proposal and send the Jin army out of the country.

At the same time, in order to avoid the Jin army being provoked by the leading troops of Zhongshidao, the imperial court decreed that Zhongshidao should be dismissed as the envoy of the Taiyi Palace, and the military power of Zhongshidao was lifted.

At this time, Yao Gu and Zhong Shizhong also led troops to Bianliang City, Tokyo, to go to King Qin, but after Zhong Shidao was dismissed, the generals of King Qin's army wisely protected themselves, and no one mentioned the idea of ​​chasing the Jin army.

Li Bangyan was still worried about accidents, and after a few days, he submitted a memorial, asking Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Zhe Yanzhi and other generals to escort the Jin army across the river.And set up banners in Hedong and Hebei, making it clear that anyone who sends troops without permission will be dealt with by military law everywhere, so as to prevent local armed harassment of the Jin army.

On February [-]th, the East Road Jin Army finally left the capital, and at the same time took away as hostages Su Wang Zhao Shu, Dazai Zhang Bangchang and Qin Hui who were in charge of land ceding affairs.

On February [-], in order to celebrate the Jin army finally retreating, Emperor Zhao Huan issued an order to amnesty the world.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, only gave amnesty to the world once before he abdicated. Now, after a month, the new emperor Zhao Huan gave amnesty to the world again. I am afraid that the prisoners in the prisons will benefit the most from the Jin army's southward invasion!

On February [-]th, Li Gang submitted a letter to Emperor Zhao Huan for approval to send troops to escort the Jin army across the Yellow River, saying that this was an ancestor's precedent.

It turned out that when the Liao Kingdom was strong and prosperous, Song and Liao signed the famous Chanyuan Alliance after many wars in history.After signing the covenant, the Song army at that time sent a large army to escort the Liao army out of the country in order to prevent the Liao country from going back on its word, or burning, killing and looting when retreating.

The current situation of the Jin army is similar to that, so Li Gang cited it as an example, hoping that Emperor Zhao Huan would also send the Song army to escort the Jin army across the river with the approval.

After Li Gang went up, all the ministers thought that the Jin army had just left for three days, and now they sent troops to escort them behind. It was too early, and it was easy to cause misunderstandings by the Jin army.

But Li Gang said that while the Song army was escorting them, they were also looking for fighter opportunities.

Li Gang believes that the tens of thousands of troops in the Jin army area defeated so many troops of our Song Dynasty and captured so many cities.Now that the Golden Army is going to take so much gold and silver, and the results are so brilliant, the Golden Army will definitely get carried away.

If our army suddenly attacked the Jin army while escorting them, it would definitely win in one fell swoop.

At this time, the Jin army had left for two or three days, and Emperor Zhao Huan felt that the threat had disappeared, and gradually turned to the main combat faction.He agreed with Li Gang's views very much, so he ordered Li Gang to take full charge of this matter.

Li Gang was overjoyed. Immediately after he came down to court, he dispatched soldiers and mobilized more than [-] troops outside the city to march together in several routes to escort the Jin army.

Everyone in the Song army felt that the opportunity for revenge had come, and their morale was very high.

On February [-]th, Chen Gongfu, secretary of the ministerial school, wrote a letter to impeach Dazai Li Bangyan, Zhongshu Shilang Wang Xiaodi, Shangshu Zuocheng Cai Mao and other peace ministers, and proposed to add Wu Min as Shaozai and Li Gangzhi to the Privy Council. At that time, Xu Churen was the assistant minister of Zhongshu, Tang Qitong knew the affairs of the Privy Council, and Li Yue was the right minister of Shangshu.

In short, Chen Gongfu was asking the emperor to adjust the ministers in the court and eliminate all the Zhuhe faction.

For Chen Gongfu's letter, Emperor Zhao Huan quickly approved all of them.

So the prodigal prime minister Li Bangyan, after several ups and downs in the officialdom, was finally settled and was completely kicked out of the court.

Emperor Zhao Huan ordered Li Bangyan to go to Dengzhou to be the magistrate, but Li Bangyan said that there was a funeral in his family, and he asked to go home to observe his filial piety and not take up his post temporarily, which was approved.

Later, Emperor Zhao Huan sent Wang Xiaodi to Liquan in Jingzhao Mansion and demoted Cai Mao to Daming Mansion.

On February [-]th, Emperor Zhao Huan issued an order to strictly train the imperial guards in the capital.

At the same time, the imperial court ordered all the Yan people who ran from Yanjing to the territory of the Song Dynasty to be sent back to the Kingdom of Jin.

Emperor Qinzong ordered the government offices of the various prefectures to give these Yan people enough money, and must follow or escort them back to the territory of the Kingdom of Jin. They were not allowed to gather together, they were not allowed to pass by the capital, and they were not allowed to do business along the way. Send them back smoothly, and don't violate the contract signed by Song Jin.

Chapter 9 and Eight: The Threat of Yan Zonghan's Army

Don't say that the Song Dynasty wanted to send the Yan people in the country to leave the country. Even if the Song Dynasty did not repatriate these Yan people, the Yan people would not dare to live in the Song Dynasty.

When Bianliang City in Tokyo was besieged, the soldiers and civilians in the city slaughtered many people from Yandi indiscriminately.That massacre had already killed the people in Yandi, their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, and everyone was in danger.

Similarly, in the states of Hedong, the Yisheng Army composed of Yanyun people was regarded as a hidden danger, and those who did not join the Jin Army in time were killed by the Song Army.

It can be said that the people of Song Dynasty and the people of Yandi no longer trust each other at all.

Without the repatriation by the Song Dynasty, these people from Yandi would not dare to stay in the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, after the Jin Army's East Route Army retreated, Yan people from all over the country followed the Jin Army and returned north.

Li Gang sent Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Zhe Yanzhi and other generals to follow Wanyan Zongwang's army from a distance. They were called escorts, and they were actually troops waiting for an opportunity to chase after the Jin army.

However, shortly after Song Junqin's main force of more than [-] soldiers set off, the imperial court received an emergency military report from Zezhou, saying that the Jin Army's West Route Army, under the leadership of Wanyan Zonghan, had not only continued to encircle Taiyuan Mansion, but also sent additional troops. Continue to attack the rest of the prefectures and counties, and now they have captured Longde Mansion in the south and approached Gaoping County.

It turned out that when the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty, the East Route Army and the West Route Army each had a division of labor.

Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army had the most arduous task. It had to capture the most mountainous and dangerous Song Dynasty East Road, and also defeated the most elite Western Army Corps in the Song Dynasty. It crossed the Yellow River south and went straight to Luoyang, cutting off the connection between Tokyo Bianliang and the Western Army. .

It can be said that Wanyan Zonghan's army was facing the strongest army in the Song Dynasty, which was different from the opponent Wanyan Zongwang of the Eastern Route Army had to face.

The task of Wanyan Zongwang of the Jin Army's East Route Army was to regain Yandi, and then go south from the Hebei Road Plain, which was weakly defended by the Song Army, and join forces with Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army is less effective than Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army, but they face weaker opponents.In the Jin Army's plan, the East and West armies should reach the city of Bianliang in Tokyo with little difference.

Unexpectedly, the [-] ever-victorious army of Yanshan Mansion in the Song Dynasty surrendered to Wanyan Zongwang, which suddenly accelerated the advance of the Jin Army's East Route Army.

Coupled with the fact that the Hebei Imperial Army and the Imperial Imperial Army were vulnerable to a single blow, it took Wanyan Zongwang Army just over ten days to kill them from Yanjing City to Tokyo's Bianliang City.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan was still surrounding the city of Taiyuan to fight for aid, annihilating a large number of the main field forces of the Western Army in the Song Dynasty.

The Jin army also did not expect that Wanyan Zongwang's advance was so fast, which caused errors in the coordinated operations of the two armies.

Wanyan Zonghan has not heard from the East Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang for a long time, and he is worried that his army will fall into trouble alone.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan's general Wanyan Yinshu could continue to besiege Taiyuan City, and he personally led the army to the south, looking for the East Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang.

After Wan Yan Zonghan led the troops to the south, he descended to the counties of Taiyuan Prefecture and the Weisheng Army along the way, and the troops approached the South and North Passes.

The terrain of the North and South Passes is dangerous, and it is a battleground for military strategists.However, the defenders who closed the gate fled in the face of the wind, and surrendered such a dangerous pass.

After Yan Zonghan entered the pass, he looked up and sighed: "I can pass through such a pass, and there is no one in the Southern Dynasty."

After Yan Zonghan's army passed through the North and South Passes, they killed them under the city of Longde Mansion.

Although the Song army in Longdefu City resisted, it was no match for Wanyan Zonghan's army. After only holding on for three days, the Jin army broke through the city.

Zhang Que, the guard of Longde Prefecture, died on the spot, dedicating his loyalty to the country.

Wanyan Zonghan then led his army to capture Luzhou, and the troops approached Zezhou.

After conquering Zezhou, Wanyan Zonghan prepared to cross the river to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo.

At this time, Song envoy Lu Yundi came to Wanyan Zonghan's army, bribed Wanyan Zonghan with generous gifts, and told him that the two countries had abandoned the past, and Song Guo was willing to cut three towns for peace.

After Wanyan Zonghan learned of this, he temporarily stopped his attack on Zezhou.

The news that the West Route Army of the Jin Army captured Longde City shocked the government and the public. Everyone was worried that after Wanyan Zongwang left, Wanyan Zonghan's army would cross the south again and approach Bianliang City in Tokyo.