Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 217 Goryeo sends troops
Previously, when Liu Ling only had Luanzhou in his hands, only a small section in the southeast of the entire Yan region was close to the sea. With the subsequent expansion of the territory, whether it was the seven states of Hebei or the three states of Yingping and Luan, they all brought large tracts to Liu Ling. Coastal area - surrounding the Bohai Sea.

Across the sea is the Tokyo Road of the former Liao Kingdom, which now belongs to the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and further east is the peninsula area of ​​later generations, where the Koryo Kingdom is now located.

Starting from about the Xuanhe period, Goryeo was divided into three factions. First, there were the most powerful powerful officials from the wealthy family, headed by their foreign relative Li Ziqian. Secondly, there was the faction of Zheng Zhichang, a Hanlin scholar in the Goryeo Dynasty. The latter often advocated that the Goryeo Kingdom had a long and long history. Song Dynasty.

The third one is the Guangshan Jin family, headed by the four brothers Jin Fubi, Jin Fuyi, Jin Fushi and Jin Fuzhe.

Li Ziqian himself was both a relative and a powerful minister, and he often wanted to usurp the throne. Therefore, he tried his best to advocate in the court this year that he would become a minister to the Jin Kingdom, hoping to gain the favor of the Jin people and usurp the throne with the help of the latter.

But the envoy seeking to see the King of Han was sent by Zheng Zhichang.

"My lord, I have met the king."

The envoy from Goryeo bowed and saluted without bowing. Just as Liu Ling was about to speak, Han Fang who was standing next to him shouted coldly: "Envoy from the lower country, please kneel down when you see the lord of the upper country!"

Liu Ling reacted and stared at the Korean envoy with an unkind look, but the latter immediately said:

"We, the Kingdom of Korea and the Kingdom of Jin, are countries of brothers, and so are your Kingdom of Han and the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin is the largest, and I, the Kingdom of Korea, are the second. How can your Han Kingdom catch up? As a country of brothers, just bow down."

"Where is the envoy of the Golden Man?"

Who do you think you are?
The envoy of the Jin people is still waiting for my king's summons in a separate tent. If this king and the Jin people agree to jointly destroy Goryeo, do you think the Jin people will be reluctant to part with this younger brother of your country? "

"Tell them that I agree to their master's request," Liu Ling said slowly: "As long as Goryeo sends troops, I will send troops to the east to respond. After that, I will use the old Liao and Tokyo as the boundary to divide the north and south.

Do not write letters or documents to them explicitly, just tell them verbally. "

"Here."

"Drag it out, chop it up, mince the body and feed it to the fish."

The Goryeo envoy was dragged out of the commander's tent. When his screams gradually faded away, Liu Ling took Goryeo's credentials, read them casually, and threw them aside. Han Fang and others were waiting nearby. After a while, I heard him say lazily: "Is he the only Korean envoy?"

This king has been in the family for four years, and he has all his subjects and concubines from all over the world.

"Your Majesty, he is the envoy, and there are some Korean officials waiting outside the camp."

Liu Ling clicked his tongue and waved his hand.

The envoy from Goryeo was stunned for a while, and suddenly said in a cold voice: "The land of Ruyan is separated from my Goryeo by thousands of miles of sea water. If the king wants to scare foreign officials, I will not be afraid. I, Goryeo's millions of people and one hundred thousand troops are also the same." Don’t be afraid!”

Liu Ling raised his eyebrows and moved his fingers to signal the soldiers and officials on both sides to move away. He sat up straight, looked at the messenger, and said calmly:
"My king raised from the territory of Yan, collected his former Liao subjects, marched west to the desert, and sent troops to the Qingfu, forcing the Xia people to sue for peace; he went south to the Song Dynasty, besieged Kaifeng, and asked the Song people to send the three emperors to surrender. He went north to Yunzhong and killed ten Jin soldiers. Ten thousand, now the Jin people are trapped in the pass and dare not fight with me in the wild.

"I will call them over now."

Compared with the brainless and domineering Goryeo envoy, the Jin envoy obviously changed his attitude. After handing the credentials to Liu Ling, he immediately bowed and saluted.

"The Great Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin orally issued a decree: The previous defeat of the alliance was at the hands of the ministers of the DPRK, and I was not aware of it. Now, I am willing to divide the land of Yunzhong Grassland. From now on, the two families will cease fighting and each will defend its territory. According to the Song Dynasty, Regarding the old affairs of Liao Tan Yuan, I would like to be your brother." "The clouds and grasslands are our country's territory. Your Jin Kingdom uses our country's territory to negotiate terms with this king?"

The Jin envoy immediately replied: "Since your Majesty knows this, he should also know that Juyongguan and the Great Wall are our Kingdom of Jin, but your Majesty secretly..."

"Juyongguan and the Great Wall have always been my Han territory," Liu Ling's eyes turned cold and he said without hesitation: "If the Jin Kingdom still has doubts about the ownership of these two places, then let's meet on the battlefield."

"Your Majesty, my family came here to repair it. If Your Majesty keeps forcing me, we will all be destroyed by then. It will be too late to regret!"

"Tell your emperor,"

Liu Ling stood up and said directly: "The millions of Yanyun subjects who were kidnapped by your country four years ago must be returned to 250,000 people. And if your country continues to let its soldiers intercept and kill our common people along the way, I will still have many more." There are many generals and soldiers, so at worst there will be another fight!"

It was normal for the two sides to fail to reach an agreement at the beginning of the negotiation. The letter of credence submitted by the Jinren did not contain many actual terms. Obviously, he wanted to test Liu Ling's bottom line again so as to lower the price later - try not to start a war if possible.

Liu Ling suspected that the Jin people were pretending to sue for peace, but were actually preparing to gather troops to launch a surprise attack. Therefore, within the next half month, he began to slowly withdraw the frontline troops and prepare to build a new defense line along Tanshan Mountain and the Great Wall.

However, the troops of Yelu Dashi and Han Shizhong never recovered. The latter was ordered to attack the Shenshan camp in the south of Zezhou. After three days of fighting, the camp was breached. Han Shizhong ordered his men to drag the body of the camp guard behind the horses and drag it all the way to Songting Pass allowed the defenders inside to see this scene clearly.

In the first year of Qianwu, at the end of December,
Emperor Wanyan Wuqi of the Kingdom of Jin bought the order to collect soldiers and horses from all over the country, assembled all the troops and material resources, and called an army of 200,000, marched to Songting Pass in a mighty manner, preparing for a decisive battle with the Han army.

"Han Army. Did the Han Army really send troops?"

Zheng Zhichang, a Hanlin scholar in Korea, kept a close eye on his confidants. Because of the long distance, news was often delayed too much. However, Korea now had more contacts with the Jin Kingdom, so the time difference between getting the news was no more than half a month at most.

"Yes," the confidant thought for a while and replied: "The villain got the news from the merchants of Yandi. It was said that the Jin people had assembled an army of 500,000 troops at their southern pass. The Han army seemed to have done the same thing. I I think, now they must be very inseparable."

"very good!"

Zheng Zhichang stood up excitedly and said in a deep voice: "The Liao Kingdom used to be the suzerain of our country, but was usurped by the Jurchens. Now, we, the great country of Goryeo, should inherit the Liao Kingdom Zuo and inherit the Han Dynasty's orthodoxy!"

The Han army contained all the Jin's main forces in the west. It can be expected that other parts of the Jin Kingdom will become extremely empty, and Goryeo can naturally take advantage of it.

"Send someone immediately, no, just pass the order directly and let them prepare to send troops."

"But, where is Mr. Li?"

"Li Ziqian is just a profit-driven fool," Zheng Zhichang said with a contemptuous smile: "Tell him that this battle is related to the expansion of territory and the continuation of Zhengshuo. If he agrees, I hope to marry his daughter for my son. .”

Li Ziqian was ambitious and wanted to usurp the throne. Many people in the Goryeo Dynasty actually knew it. Now that Zheng Zhichang took the initiative to say this, he naturally meant that he was willing to help the former usurp the throne.

After his confidant left, Zheng Zhichang sat back down and murmured excitedly to himself for a while, then suddenly raised his head again.

"Come here, I want to enter the palace to see Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)