The struggle of the reborn prince

"Hehe, I finally made it here, and I have no regrets in dying!" Zhao Tun immediately stood on the high slope, looked at the majestic city wall of Huining City, stroked his neck and said with a smile, he had fought for so many years for this day.

"Your Majesty's dragon body is healthy, how could such a thing happen!" said Zhao Yong, who was by the emperor's side.

"People are mortal, and it is a worthy death if I can fulfill my wish to rule the world." Zhao Tang said indifferently. Although he had lived hard for decades, it was for nothing, and he was able to make another one. All these things are earned, so what is there to be dissatisfied with.

"Your Majesty rejuvenated the Great Song Dynasty and completed the great cause of unification. His name will cover the ancient and modern times, and he will surely be famous in history." Chen Yun also joked, but what he said was true.

"Okay, no matter how much you flatter me, I won't live a long life, but if I want to be famous forever, the one in the city will be infamous forever!" Zhao Tang pointed at the city with a whip and laughed.

"Your Majesty, let's go back. The alarm bell has been sounded on the city. The Jin soldiers are all-wrong-.. we have been found." Seeing the emperor exploring the city, he hurriedly persuaded him worried that something might happen.

"It's okay. You see, the Jin army built a fortress wall around the city, but the passages in it are very narrow, and it's extremely difficult to get in and out. Even if we run on two legs, they can't catch up. But it's also not easy for Wan Yan to run. I Those who hurried along this road were afraid that he would escape out of the city early, otherwise it would be difficult to catch him if he got into the deep mountains and old forests." Zhao Tong waved his hands and said confidently. "That's right, the people of the Kingdom of Jin have lost their minds and built such a thing outside the city. Although it can limit our attack surface, it also traps ourselves in it. Even if King Qin's army arrives, how will they enter the city? What about the food and grass? To add, it's like a prison." Zhao Yong laughed.

"As long as we surround the city, they will starve to death within three months," said Zhao Tong.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't take three months. Under our blockade and destruction for so many years, the economy of the Kingdom of Jin has been very difficult, and after losing the Central Plains, their food is barely enough to fill their stomachs. And when we went to the Northern Expedition, the fields had just They planted the seeds, and then they implemented the policy of emergency income fortress, destroying all the crops in order to prevent us from taking grain on the spot. Several state capitals with large grain stocks were also captured by us, so they have no harvest this year, and there is no grain of rice. State treasury." Zhao Lian said, "However, Huining City has a population of more than [-], and cannot support itself with self-produced food. It won't last long either!"

"Hey. It seems that the Jurchens are really in a hurry, and they don't care about the consequences. If they really have to dig the levee, why don't they flood the entire area around Huining? People can't get out, and food can't be transported in. In the end, I'm afraid they can only Cannibalism." Gao Chong sighed.Fortunately, the water army went up the river immediately after conquering Xiangzhou, preventing the Jin army from breaking the embankment.Otherwise, they would not be able to stand under Huining City. "The fact that the Jurchens are so crazy also shows that they know that it is the last moment, so they will fight to the death. The battle may be more tragic than all our previous battles. And their plan is to wait until the cold winter comes, let God force us Retreat to get a chance to breathe. Now it’s August, and it’s snowing in September here, and it’s barely enough after careful calculation. If the embankment is successfully broken, it will be frozen into solid ice by then, and everything will be no problem.” Zhao Tatum thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, then we can prepare to attack the city and strive to enter Huining City to spend the winter before the cold winter comes." Zhao Yong said.

"Don't forget that a cornered beast is still fighting, and a bite before dying is a three-pointer. Our fighters have fought all the way here. It would be a pity if we sacrificed on the eve of victory." Zhao Tuo shook his head and said, "Now the armies have been fighting continuously for more than a month. Take a good rest, and wait until you have recharged your energy before making a fuss."...

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At this time, the two armies of the Song army joined together, with more than [-] soldiers. Zhao Tun ordered to go to the village three miles away from the city to surround the city, and camp in the Jindi Palace ten miles south of the city.But now that the weather is getting colder and the water level of the river has dropped, he ordered to seize the time to rush to transport food, grass and supplies, and then ordered the navy to return to the country with the captured spoils and sick and wounded. interest, all kinds of materials piled up like a mountain.At the same time, the Song army who besieged the city also felled trees to build a village, rammed earth for walls, and built houses, as if they wanted to settle down here.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Jin sent envoys to ask for peace. Shall we continue the peace talks with them?" The matters sent from the country require him to make decisions and discuss the current war.

"Your Majesty, I think it's meaningless to talk about peace at this time, don't you need to talk to them again? There are a lot of words." Zhao Yong felt very funny. Now that the Song army has arrived at their door, I will retreat if you say a few words. Isn't it a joke!

"I also thought that there was no need to talk about it. When we hit Jinzhou and asked them to cede Jinzhou, the Jurchens refused to agree; then when we hit Liaoyang Mansion, they agreed to cede Jinzhou, but we asked to cede Liaoyang Mansion. They didn't agree." Ken; this time, he must have agreed to cede Liaoyang Mansion, and His Majesty must have asked to cede Huining Mansion, how could they agree, this is their old den, so what's the point?" Ma Kuo spread his hands and said, while he The words also caused everyone in the hall to burst into laughter.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Ma is right. A peace negotiation is nothing more than a bargain. How many coins are given a year and how much land is ceded. Now the Kingdom of Jin only has Huining City, which is a small piece of land, and how many coins can be paid by scraping the ground. After that, where will the old coins come from? You can’t let your majesty raise troops to ask for it!” Zhao Zhi also said, he understood very well that the emperor is no longer the little prince who used to spend every money in Xiangyi carefully. Now the gdp of the Song Dynasty With hundreds of millions of guan, the Jin Kingdom is already clinking poor, and it may be difficult to get 50 guan of old coins a year, and the emperor can't see this little money.

"You are all wrong, we have to talk about what we should talk about." Zhao Tang said with a smile, "You must know that no one in this world wants to die, and no one hates war. Those Jurchens in the hope city will have illusions, and then we will have to relax our combat preparations."

"Your Majesty is wise, what are the terms of our peace talks?" Chen Yun twitched his face and saluted, saying in his heart that the emperor is really bad, and he is still making fun of these poor people at this time.

"You still have to ask me, what conditions did the Jurchens offer when they arrived in Bianjing, can't you just find it out and change it!" Zhao Tang said impatiently.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Yun replied loudly, and his opinion of the emperor has risen to another level. They all say that the emperor is benevolent and generous, but today it seems that he has always remembered hatred, but he likes it.

"Your Majesty, the Khitan people from the civil uprising in Liaodong have already surrendered under our suppression and appeasement, but recently some Khitan people have rebelled and marched towards the Huining Mansion under the banner of 'recovering Liaobao gold'." Military Intelligence Secretary Shang Hu He played again.

"Oh, there is such a thing? This is a bit strange. They revolted against the tyranny of the Jurchens, and now they are raising troops to rescue them. We can find out the reason." Zhao Tong rubbed his chin and said.

"Your Majesty, after you got the report, you sent people to investigate. There were envoys from the Kingdom of Jin who went in and out of it, but it's hard to find out what they talked about." Shang Hu replied.

"That's it. Jin Guo must have promised a heavy bribe, or promised them that they can restore the country, and this condition is something that our court cannot agree to, so they will help the Jurchens." Chen Yun immediately figured out what was going on. Joint, speak out.

"Well, the rightist's analysis is reasonable. The population of the Jurchen clan has been declining for many years since they rebelled against the Liao Dynasty. They can only expand themselves by merging other tribes. Later, it became the main force of the war. This time, it was because of excessive conscripts that the Khitans rebelled. Some of them wanted to take this opportunity to restore the country. Therefore, the conditions offered by the Jurchens were so irresistible to them. The Jurchens lost Liaodong but kept the country , it’s not bad for him.” Zhao Li nodded in agreement.

"It would be bad if the Jurchens really agreed to restore the Khitan to the country. Now there are a large number of Khitan people in the northwest, Liaodong, and even the Yanjing area. If they join forces to rebel, it will cause disaster. We have to divide our forces to suppress the Jurchens. This is vicious enough." Gao Chong also said with some worry.

"Your Majesty, why don't we storm Huining City first and destroy the Jurchens, then the conditions they agreed to the Khitan people will be out of the question, and we can also send troops to suppress them." Zhao Yong said.

"We can't deal with the Khitans only by force. Once we completely turn against them, not only the Khitans in the Northwest and Liaodong will become our enemies, but the Xiliao will also take advantage of the chaos to intervene. At that time, the entire Northwest will fall into chaos again. We The court will fall into a situation of constant border troubles, so we must focus on appeasement." Chen Yun did not agree with the use of force to solve the Khitan people.

"Erba, you immediately lead the guards to attack the cities of the Five Kingdoms, and bring Yelu Yanxi back to me alive, remember to be alive!" Zhao Tong suddenly stood up and said to Lei Zhenshan, the captain of the guards beside him. .

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Erwa didn't ask why at all, she agreed to give the order and left.

"Yelu Yanxi Palace?! Your Majesty is going to draw the bottom line?" Chen Yu exclaimed, suddenly remembering that the Emperor of Liao Dynasty was still in the Kingdom of Jin, why the Khitan people did not have him under the banner of restoring the country, although that bastard, but It is orthodox after all.And the Jurchens will definitely control him to coerce the Khitans to obey their orders, and they will take the initiative if they control Yelu Yanxi first, and those Khitans who have ghosts in their hearts will greatly weaken their appeal.

"Your Majesty's brilliant plan, this will make the Khitan people fall apart!" Zhao Yong couldn't help praising...

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