Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 159 That’s it?

After the slogan "Welcome the bride" was shouted, the Song Dynasty court immediately found a step to go down.

In the court, Wang Fu's faction once again occupied the high ground and urged the officials to say that the thieves in Yan area were just talking about property and women, and at worst they would get more annual gifts. Now that Liu Ling was about to cross the Yellow River, it was all Tong Guan and Zong Ze who were good at crossing the border. Caused by provocative and reckless behavior.

Zhao Guan's family was also happy that the matter would be settled, and immediately sent envoys north to greet the King of Han. At the same time, they issued an express decree prohibiting all armies from entering for reinforcements. Even the small reinforcements that had arrived on the battlefield had to "escort" the King of Han on the spot to welcome the bride.

At this point, Liu Ling's trip to the south to attack the Song Dynasty directly turned into an autumn outing.

Historically, when the Jin people went south at this time, it was obviously a dispute between enemy countries, so there were many Song ministers taking charge of the battle at that time. After all, if they really wanted to fight in the capital, everyone would be unlucky together.

And Liu Ling always accepted the canonization of the Song Dynasty before claiming to be the King of Han, and he worshiped the Han Dynasty to the extreme. Moreover, he occupied a pitiful Four War land like Yanyun, and he had no ability to really swallow up much land.

After listening to Wang Fu's explanation, the courtiers agreed one after another, not only because they and Wang Fu believed that Liu Ling only came for women's money and food, but also because they had sensed a trend from the officials.

Officials don't want to fight.

No matter how dissatisfied I am now, I have to suppress this anger in my heart. After all, judging from the news constantly received from the court - Tong Guan's 300,000 troops have lost contact, and there are almost no traces of any troops along the way to Hebei Prefecture. Despite the resistance, the Hebei Forbidden Army could not find even an organized army, and all the defeated soldiers were gathered in the hands of Zongze, who disobeyed the imperial order.

Zongze was tragic and wanted to defend the city for his country, but he did not expect that Liu Ling had no intention of retreating immediately.

Zongze didn't even expect that the court would be so submissive.

It can be expected that after the imperial court appeases Liu Ling, it will immediately issue a decree to summon Zongze back. Then, it is possible that he will die suddenly on the road or die in prison.

In fact, there were many ministers in the court who looked unwilling.

However, for the time being, they really cannot raise an army that can fight against the Yan bandits. Many courtiers even said that Liu Ling conquered the grasslands in the north, swallowed Xixia in the west, and conquered the Jin Kingdom in the east. The number of troops under his command exceeded 100,000 soldiers. If we really want to go to war with him, who will lead the troops?

Is it possible to let Tong Guan go?

"The northern captives were washing their horses in the Yellow River, and all the princes in the court did not say a word. The prime minister only knew how to make peace! What's more, Liu Ling was originally a minister, but now he is willing to rebel. Now he calls him his younger brother in public and wants to marry the emperor. Ji! What a shame, what a shame! What a shame!"

As soon as Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang returned home, he couldn't help but curse. His friend sat opposite and chuckled:

"Are you going to negotiate peace?"

"Otherwise, what else can we do?" Li Gang said impatiently.

My friend shook his head and drank tea slowly.

"It is said in the north that Liu Ling led 100,000 troops, first destroyed Tongguan, and then went to Hebei. Zongze also rebelled and surrendered to Liu Ling, and the whole of Hebei was invincible. But in my opinion, even if he really led 100,000 troops, Liu Ling Tens of thousands of soldiers marching south may not be able to conquer the two important towns in Hebei.

There were only 10,000 or 20,000 people who could reach the sky. At this time, he was lucky enough to cross the Yellow River, and he was probably at the end of his battle. At most, it was Dong Zhuo, and it was impossible to be Hou Jing.

By the way, do you know who is on this mission? "

Li Gang thought for a while and replied: "To Wang Yun and Dr. Taichang Li Ruoshui. These two are both good and they will definitely fulfill their mission."

"Why not humiliate me?"

My friend chuckled.

"Liu Ling was originally a traitor commander in Yan. He first proclaimed himself the King of Han and then went to Hebei. He trampled on the face of the Song Dynasty time and time again. How could the Song Dynasty be such a powerful country?"

"That's all, let's see how the two of them negotiate a peace."

"You two, are you here to discuss peace?"

In the handsome tent, the two peace negotiators from the Song Dynasty stood and bowed to salute. Liu Ling stretched out his hand to signal. Someone immediately brought chairs to the side for the two Song envoys to sit down. Wang Yun and Li Ruoshui were stunned for a moment and had to say thank you. .

Liu Ling was sitting in the main seat wearing a black royal robe, flanked by generals from Zhenyuan Army and Shengjie Army.

Wang Yun was already old, but Li Ruoshui was still young, in his early thirties, and looked very handsome. After he bowed and saluted, he felt that the King of Han could not help but look at him, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Wang Yun had a smile on his face, as if he was an old man who came to visit. After holding out the imperial edict, Liu Ling stretched out his hand to signal. Next to him, a broad-shouldered general immediately walked out, took the imperial edict directly in his hand, and handed it to Liu Ling. .

Such domineering behavior made the two Song envoys frown at the same time. The smile on Wang Yun's face gradually faded. After Liu Ling read the imperial edict, he said: "The Song Dynasty has never failed the Duke. I don't know why the Duke wants to Defeat the alliance?"

Liu Ling narrowed his eyes.

Next to him, someone immediately scolded: "My lord is the King of Han, how can he be just a county prince? If the title is still so outrageous, I, the general, would like to go to your capital to ask questions on behalf of the king to see who is in the north." Shou?"

Li Ruoshui's hands that were shrunk in his sleeves clenched immediately. Wang Yun glanced at him and replied: "The general is right. It was my words that were wrong."

"This king is not strict in his discipline. He speaks rudely and makes the envoy laugh." Liu Ling said calmly.

"Don't dare."

"The envoy just said that I lost the alliance?"

Liu Ling didn't wait for Wang Yun to answer. He slapped his hand casually and knocked down all the documents and letters on the desk in front of him. The stacks of papers filled with contents "flowed" to Wang Yun's feet. He lowered his head and picked up a letter. , only looked at it for a moment, and then sighed in his heart. This is a letter Tong Guan wrote privately to a certain Zhenyuan Army general. Tong Guan lured him to betray Liu Ling with a huge profit and agreed on a time limit for the response.

Looking around, there seemed to be a lot of such letters and documents, so Liu Ling would rather give up the initiative at first and wait for Tong Guan to attack first.

Wang Yun was also speechless at this time.

If it was really Liu Ling who started the war first, then Wang Yun could naturally use the issue as a good excuse. But not only did the Song people defeat the alliance first and start the war, but now they were beaten by him and were forced to sue for peace.

"The officials of the Song Dynasty have already known about Tong Guanshan's provocation. The decree has stated that they will compensate the King of Han well, with money, food, annual gifts, and I, the Emperor Shunde of the Song Dynasty, will be married together. "

Money, food, and women were all given. As long as Liu Ling was willing to give face, this ridiculous war would end immediately.

Moreover, this huge war indemnity will be described by the court as the princess's dowry, and the matter will be covered up in a vague way.

But Liu Ling frowned slightly.

"What's the specific number?"

"Um, I'll give you 150,000 pieces of silk and 600,000 pieces of coins."

The generals in the tent were breathing heavily, and the eyes they looked at the two Song envoys suddenly became countless times friendlier.

Yan people often have a psychological advantage when facing Jin people:

I really couldn't beat you before, but now, not only can I compete with you, I'm also richer than you!

But when he came to Song people, Yan people suddenly felt that the little money at home might really be nothing.

Wang Yun noticed the changes in the people around him, but when he looked up at Liu Ling after reading, the latter leaned back on the chair and yawned carelessly.

"That's it?"

How dare he speak like this? !

"King of Han!"

Li Ruoshui spoke up: "In the past, the annual gift to the Liao Kingdom was only 200,000 bolts of silk, you..."

"What is given to the Liao Kingdom is not annual gifts, but annual tributes."

Liu Ling still had a good impression of Li Ruoshui in his heart, so he became gentler and said with a smile: "I am willing to accept the annual gift from the Song Dynasty. I also ask the envoy not to raise the price anymore, so as not to directly turn it into annual tribute."

Li Ruoshui stood up directly. Liu Ling looked at him with a smile and said, "Read it."

What to read?

Li Ruoshui was still holding his breath at first, and couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this word, and then a voice sounded next to him.

"In mid-August," a Zhenyuan Army general held a military report in his hand and read in a deep voice: "Tong Guan's army marched to Zhuozhou. Our army went south to Xiongzhou, and successively captured the prefectures, cities and counties along the way, and captured more than 20,000 Song soldiers. , countless people surrendered, including Song general Liu Sichu and others.

In August, Hejian Prefecture surrendered without a fight. All the gentry and gentry accepted the surrender, and all were sealed in the army. Zongze, the governor of Jizhou, wrote a letter of surrender in his own hand, asking the soldiers, civilians, gentry and soldiers of Jizhou to surrender!

In September, Daming Mansion was defeated in half a day. More than 200 Song soldiers were killed or injured in the city. Liang Fangping, the servant, was captured. He wrote a message to the Han king and persuaded the surrounding cities to surrender. "

"Did you hear that, angel?"

Liu Ling said lazily: "You can continue to fight with me today, but I have already shown you the facts. I and the soldiers attacked all the way here, and Tong Guan's army has been completely wiped out in Yan. !

I have sent envoys to Xia, Jin, and Grassland to ask for help. Hundreds of thousands of troops can go directly south along the gap in Hebei and wash their horses in your Yellow River!

You can reason with me, or you can scold me here, but I only want to ask you one question: Did I start this fight first? "

At this moment, even Li Ruoshui knew that he was being unreasonable, so he had nothing to say and cursed secretly in his heart.

What the hell is this?

Damn castrated dog, old castrated dog, why don't you just stay at home and enjoy your wealth?

I have to go out and commit suicide.

boom!

Liu Ling smashed his fist on the desk.

The generals on both sides were startled by the sound, and the two Song envoys immediately raised their heads.

"I know that the Song Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, but the world must be reasonable. You Song Dynasty cannot bully us Yan people just because of your great family and business!"

Wang Yun: "."

Li Ruoshui: "()"

The two Song envoys were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

"I want one million grains of dendrobium, one million bolts of silk, and three hundred thousand bolts of silk."

Looking at the faces of the two Song envoys, Liu Ling seemed a little embarrassed.

"Well, I'm not an unreasonable person. If it's not enough, an imperial concubine can be worth fifty thousand hu of food. I remind you not to use civilians and official women to make up for the loss. As for me, I'm also picky about food. So let’s just say it vulgarly.

If the emperor is not the beauty of the country, don't want it. "

(End of this chapter)