I am Da Song

Chapter 243 He Was Too Strong

When it comes to the rise of Mongolia and Jurchen at the same time, one has to mention the north-south official system of the Liao Kingdom.

That is to say, the Liao State has two administrative systems, governing according to customs, governing Khitan with the state system, and treating Han people with the Han system
In the farming areas in the south, the Han system is adopted.The nomadic areas in the north adopt the grassland management method.

The Jurchens are fishermen and hunters, so they mainly occupy the settlement area in the south.Mongolia quickly made up for the power vacuum in the north, occupying the grassland nomadic areas.

In the current situation, it can be said that the Jurchens use half of their land to farm the country and fight against the entire grassland nomadic tribe.

The reason why the Kingdom of Jin can take advantage is that they are good at fighting.On the other hand, the Mongols have not yet realized from the very short period of time that the Liao Kingdom perished that they have become the protagonists of the entire era.As long as they unified the grassland, they would immediately become another powerful nomadic people after the Huns and Turks.

And all of this was brought to light by Zhao Huan.

He just grabbed Jin Guo's ear and told them that if he didn't want to be pinched between the north and the south, and if he didn't want to use half of the country to fight against the entire grassland, he should hurry to clean up Mongolia!

It's just that the upper Jurchens don't have much strategic wisdom.

Even if they knew that they might be attacked by the north and the south, if there was no strong intervention, they would still fight against the north and the south at the same time in a fierce struggle.A stable national strategy could not be found until the country was destroyed.

But fortunately, the Song Dynasty is very powerful now, and the record of the Song Army on the battlefield helped them clear their heads, knowing that it was too much for the Song Army to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in the south and the Song Army's tough Jurchens.

Moreover, in the current situation of internal and external troubles, Jin Guo must cease war with the powerful Song Dynasty, and then quickly stabilize the domestic and foreign situation with a small number of strong troops.

It doesn't matter if you can't find a strategy. The Jurchen is still in the stage of founding the country, and you can rely on the Jurchen to strengthen the army to solve most of the problems... The Song Dynasty doesn't count, he is too strong, and the big problems make the Jurchens scalp numb.

The distance from Tokyo to Yanjing is not too close, but it is not too far, only one Hebei is separated.It took less than ten days for messengers to communicate, so the negotiations between Song and Jin were closer. From August to September, a large number of messengers frequently communicated between the two places.

Finally, in early September, a critical development took place.

However, this progress is a thorny issue for Da Song and Da Jin.

The Huangcheng Division was the first to discover this key information, and it could also be said that the other party contacted the Huangcheng Division on its own initiative.

Wu Ge, the commander of the Imperial City Division, did not dare to delay, and immediately found Zhao Huanhui to report: "Officials, Yeluyu, the powerful general of the Jin Kingdom, has secretly contacted our court. Please offer Jizhou and attach it."

"Yelü see?" Zhao Huan frowned, and asked, "He is a powerful figure among the surrendered generals of the Liao Kingdom. He holds a heavy army. Why would he want to defect to our court? Is he the general who instigated rebellion in the imperial city?"

Wu Ge did not dare to be greedy for credit. In fact, during this period of time, it is not necessarily a credit for instigating the enemy's general who holds a large army. It is very likely to destroy the negotiation and oppression strategy that Song Dynasty has been deploying.

Wu Ge quickly explained: "The official is not he who instigated the rebellion in the imperial city, but Yelu Yujian who took the initiative to contact us. He and another general, Shi Jianu, were ordered to attack Ketun City. The ministry opposed sending troops and was forced to suspend it."

"The rebellion of the nomadic iron cavalry made the Khitan generals even less trusted. The emperor of the Jin Dynasty was worried that they would change on the border, so they moved to the interior. Not only the emperor was suspicious, but there were often rumors in the marshal's mansion. If they are not of my race, their hearts must be different. They wanted to kill all the Khitans, so that Yeluyu was terrified and dared not stay in the Kingdom of Jin for a long time."

Zhao Huan nodded, Yelu Yujian's betrayal was a typical event of inevitability and probability.

Many rebellions were not as carefully planned as imagined, and they were accidental events that occurred because of the combination of various accidental factors of the rebels.

But this contingency carries with it an absolute inevitability.

The Kingdom of Jin is now in a turbulent state without a strong cohesion, so it is inevitable that a large number of generals from other clans will rebel.

Yelu Yujian is the first one, but it won't be the only one.

Now that the Song Dynasty is strong, the Jin Kingdom is relatively weak, and there is a precarious appearance, so defecting to the Jin Dynasty and surrendering to the Song Dynasty must be the first choice of these generals.

The emperor of the Jin Dynasty's defense against the Khitans was by no means aimless and groundless.

The disloyalty of the Khitan generals can be seen by everyone, and it is bound to happen.

Taking precautions can barely maintain the situation, and not taking precautions can only bring about greater disasters.

Zhao Huan knew where Jizhou was without looking at a map, which was the famous imperial capital in later generations.

Since ancient times, You and Ji did not separate their families, and took Youzhou and Jizhou. The Song Dynasty's defense line in Yanyun was basically stable. If Zhao Huan wanted to, he could also build a Great Wall similar to the Ming Dynasty along this area.

It's just that this kind of sudden incident suddenly appeared during the negotiation, which immediately made the negotiation more difficult.

Whether Da Song accepts Yelu Yujian's defection or not, it will cause domestic controversy.

If he refused to accept the rebel generals of the Jin Kingdom and gave up the Youzhou he had obtained, he would definitely bear the reputation of being weak and cowardly.

Of course, if you accept it, your reputation will not be much better. You will be scolded as sinister and despicable.

This kind of thing itself is a deadlock, if it is dealt with routinely, it will definitely be in a dilemma.

But Zhao Huan felt that this was an opportunity, a weight to completely end the negotiations between the two countries.

So Zhao Huan asked: "How is Jin Guo's negotiation on the terms of the peace talks going?"

"Reporting to the officials, Jin Guo has given up the whimsical idea of ​​making me bow my head and proclaim myself a minister. But just to negotiate a peace, they ceded Zhuozhou, Youzhou and other Yanyun six states. Jin Guo has great internal resistance. Recently Jin Guo has been following The Honglu Temple negotiated with the Great Song Dynasty to bestow a million guan coins."

Compared with the more than 3 million yuan of the Song Dynasty's finances, the million-dollar coin is indeed just a drop in the bucket.

However, Zhao Huan has made a pledge that Da Song will never pay any more compensation, and even if the whole country collapses, he will not give his opponent a penny at the negotiating table.

So Zhao Huan said: "The Kingdom of Jin still doesn't understand that they are seeking peace after defeat. It is already magnanimous for me not to ask them for compensation, but they still want to be whimsical. Then clarify their attitude and declare for this long negotiation. End!"

"Have Honglu Temple notify the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin to the envoy of Yeluyu Jian. Either the Kingdom of Jin will accept the cession of land for peace, or the two countries will immediately engage in war!"

"Let Yelu Yujian be the terminator of this negotiation. Whether it's war or peace, let Jurchen make an immediate decision."

Wu Ge's eyes brightened, and he praised: "If this is the case, the passive one will be transferred to the Kingdom of Jin. It will make the negotiation situation of the Kingdom of Jin take a turn for the worse. No matter if it cede territory or fight troops, the two factions within it will bear extra heavy pressure."

That's right, especially since the situation at home and abroad in Jin Dynasty is so severe, would even hardliners dare to take the charge of provoking continuous wars with the Song Dynasty?
Yelu Yujian, who appeared hastily, will become the most urgent terminator of this negotiation.

(End of this chapter)