Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The borders between Xixia and Chu State Shaanxi Wulu are criss-crossed, and due to historical reasons, they often change. It is not easy to fairly delineate the border between the two countries.

However, Wanyan Zonghan ignored the reality and historical experience of the border between Xia and Chu. As the suzerain, he simply and rudely drew an east-west border line at the junction of Shaanxi Wulu and Xixia Kingdom, and stipulated the border line. The north belongs to Xixia, and the south of the border belongs to the newly established state of Chu.

Once this Wanyan Zonghan line was drawn, some cities and fortresses occupied by the Xixia Kingdom were assigned to the Chu Kingdom. Of course, some castles on the border of the Chu Kingdom were also assigned to the Xixia Kingdom.

Obviously, this is a border division plan that neither Xia nor Chu will be satisfied with.The frontier troops of the two countries will not give up the territory they actually control.

Want land?sure!Send troops to grab it yourself!

There is no doubt that this border division plan will become a big country that guides the outbreak of war between Xia and Chu again, rather than a greedy and mercenary country.

Chapter 957 The Golden Army Withdrew Northward

After Zhang Bangchang was canonized as the emperor of Chu, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang had no intention of staying for a long time and decided to lead the army back to the north.

When the Jin army returned to the north, Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Huan, the abolished emperor, would die, together with concubines, clans, hundreds of officials, thousands of officials, as well as musicians, craftsmen, dharma drivers, ceremonial guards, crown clothes, ritual utensils, etc. Astronomical instruments, treasures and playthings, royal collections, and maps of the world's state capitals were all escorted to the north with the army, and the Great Song Dynasty was declared to perish.

The Jin army's destruction of the Song Dynasty took place during the Jingkang period of the Song Dynasty, so it was called the "Jingkang Change" by the adherents of the Song Dynasty.

Taishanghuang Zhao Ji, the king of subjugation, is not a competent emperor, but he is a qualified artist.It is said that when he heard that the treasures in Beijing were robbed by the Jin army, he didn't care, and when he heard that the royal collection was also robbed by the Jin army, he sighed a few times, feeling deeply sorry.

However, Zhao Ji is still short-sighted.

Alien powers in the north such as Liao and Jin are difficult to conquer by force.Only by using the culture of the Central Plains to assimilate the Khitans and Jurchens can we truly solve the problems in the north.

Therefore, Ximenqing has been sparing no effort to export Chinese classics to the Kingdom of Jin, in order to completely Sinicize the Jurchen nobles.

It is precisely because of his admiration for the culture of the Han people that the Jin army took away so many dharma vehicles, ceremonial guards, crown clothes, ritual vessels, astronomical instruments and royal collections from Bianliang City, Tokyo.

For Ximen Qing, who wanted to Sinicize the Jurchens of the Kingdom of Jin, this was a dream come true.

The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji did not have such a vision and mind.

As for Zhao Huan, he was worse than Zhao Ji. He was in a daze at this time, but he only knew that he was taking orders from the Jin army.

When the Jin army abolished Emperor Zhao Huan and established Zhang Bangchang as Emperor Chu, what was the prime minister? In order to show his loyalty to the Zhao Song royal family, he committed suicide at home and did not become a minister of Chu.

Another prime minister, Sun Fu, as the prince Taifu, sent the prince to the Jin army camp with his own hands. In order to show his loyalty to the Zhao family, he also followed the Jin army camp, willing to accompany the deposed emperor Zhao Huan and the prince northward.

Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of Chu, wanted to rescue Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, Qin Hui and other loyal officials, so he wrote to Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Army to ask for Sun Fu and others.

Wanyan Zonghan replied to Zhang Bangchang that because Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, and Qin Hui were loyal to the Zhao family, the Jin army had to take them away.As for other ministers who have no intention of dying for the Song Dynasty, they can be released to Chu State.

Zhang Bangchang had done his best, so he could only accept it helplessly at this time.

How did Zhang Bangchang know that when the Jin army was about to withdraw, Wan Yanchang secretly escorted Qin Hui and his wife to Yongqiu County and handed him over to Ximenqing.

Those like Sun Fu and Zhang Shuye who are loyal to Zhao Song royal family have no friendship with Ximenqing. The officials of Ximenqing are not interested in them, and they don't want to stay as a stumbling block for themselves. Of course, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang will take them take away.

Zhang Bangchang couldn't rescue Sun Fu and others, so he had to go out of the city to send them north.

Inheriting the throne was not Zhang Bangchang's wish.It was for the safety of the people in the city that Zhang Bangchang had no choice but to accept the canonization of the Kingdom of Jin and ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Chu.

However, after Zhang Bangchang ascended the throne, he still only called "Yu" instead of "Zhen", and his official documents were called "handwritten" instead of "imperial decree". In the Chuigong Palace, he avoided the harem concubines arranged by the Jin people like the plague, and never dared to get close to them.

When the deposed Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and Emperor Zhao Huan were escorted by the Jin army to the northern kingdom, Zhang Bangchang, who was already the emperor of Chu, specially dressed in plain, and led all the civil and military officials to see them off.

Seeing the tragic situation of the two emperors, Zhang Bangchang knelt down and cried bitterly, completely obeying the etiquette of being a minister.

These actions also reflect Zhang Bangchang's helplessness.

When the Jin army withdrew from Bianliang City in Tokyo, it was still divided into two groups.

Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army escorted the deposed emperor Zhao Huan to Daizhou on the East Road, and then went north to return to Wanyan Zonghan's headquarters, Datong Mansion in Xijing, Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army escorted the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and his party to the north, and returned to Yanjing Xijin Mansion via Hebei Road.

The prisoner of the Song Dynasty was caught in the Jin army brigade, and guided by the banner of "The Overlord of the Dead Song Dynasty", he traveled all the way north, swaggering through the city.

In the West Route Army of the Jin Army, when the deposed Emperor Zhao Huan set out, he was forced to wear a felt hat, a blue cloth coat, and a black horse, accompanied by Jin men, looking devastated.

Zhao Huan not only suffered the hardships of the journey, but also was insulted by the Jin army.

Zhao Huan cried up to the sky from time to time, but was stopped by the soldiers escorted by the Jin army.When the sun was camping, Jin Bing also let him lie down side by side with King Qi, the prince, and his wife" to prevent them from escaping.

When the West Route Army of the Jin Army crossed the Yellow River from Gongxian County to the north, the driver told Zhang Shuye, a member of the Privy Council who accompanied him, that the team would cross the boundary river and enter the territory of the Kingdom of Jin.

When Zhang Shuye heard the words, his grief and indignation were uncontrollable, he looked up to the sky and shouted, hanged himself in the campsite and died.

When Zhao Huan heard that Zhang Shuye committed suicide in anger, he only dared to cry secretly.

After the Jin army withdrew, how did the forces in the original Song Dynasty respond to the Jin Kingdom's destruction of Zhao Song and the newly established Zhang Bangchang's Chu Kingdom?

The Western Army, which was once the strongest in the Song Army, once put together more than [-] troops when the Jin Army besieged Bianliang City in Tokyo.

However, because Fan Zhixu, the pacifier of Shaanxi Province, did not know how to use troops, he was defeated by the famous general Wanyan Loushi of the Jin Army and almost wiped out his entire army.

Sun Zhaoyuan, Wang Yi, Wang Si and others will retreat to Shanzhou, and Fan Zhixu will also collect the disabled soldiers and retreat to Tongguan.

However, Wanyan Loushi, who was based in Luoyang, took advantage of the victory and pursued. He led the troops to conquer Tongguan and Shanzhou, opened the gateway to Shaanxi, and posed a threat to Hezhong Mansion and Shaanxi Fifth Road.

Wang Si, Wang Yi and others scattered like birds and beasts, and each led their troops back to their own jurisdictions to defend themselves.The Western Army lost its powerful commander and became a mess.

Therefore, when Jin Guo's "Executive Mansion Announcement on the Fall of the Song Dynasty and the Establishment of Chu Characters" was passed on to the Fifth Route of Shaanxi, the generals of the Western Army were unable to make a decision for a while. Don't dare to take a clear-cut banner to go to Beijing to seek thieves under the banner of anti-Chu.

After all, Wanyan Loushi's golden cavalry is still eyeing Shanzhou!

Furthermore, because of Ximenqing's intervention at this time, the situation is different from the original historical situation, that is, Kang Wang Zhao Gou is dead, and other respected royal family members have also been taken away by the Jin army.

Even if the generals of the Western Army want to continue to support and be loyal to the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties, they cannot find an object of allegiance so far.

At this time, Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi, the deputy commander of the Ma Infantry of Fuyan Road, who divided the troops due to disagreement with Fan Zhixu, were also faced with the choice of whether to be loyal to Chu, or to go to the capital to overthrow the false emperor Zhang Bangchang. , Revive the Song Dynasty?

After separating from the main force of Fan Zhixu's army, Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi's army avoided the Jin army in the direction of Luoyang, led the army to Lushan County, and joined the Xiangyang army collected by Wang Xiang, the governor of the capital of the West Road.

After the two armies met, Wang Xiang suggested that Zhang Shen join forces with him to plan major events.

Zhang Shen saw that Wang Xiang's troops were the newly defeated remnants of the army and the mobilized inland militia, and they were all mobs without combat effectiveness, so he did not agree to join forces with Wang Xiang.

When the Jin army retreated to the north, Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi led their troops to Yingchang Mansion in the southwest of Bianliang City, Tokyo.

At this time, the two emperors were captured by the Jin army and went north. The news that the Jin Dynasty had established Zhang Bangchang as the Emperor of Chu spread to the army.

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Fuyan Jinglue sent Zhang Shen to garrison troops in Yingchang Mansion to watch the situation in the world.