"So, Wu Yibo, I would like to advise you." Nalan Ruojiang paused and continued: "You are actually in a dangerous situation now, and it is the wisest decision to withdraw!"

To put it bluntly, two dogs were snatching a bone, and one dog was already 70% full, and the scramble was not so strong. Because of this, the dog that had not eaten was very jealous of his companion and secretly did not know what bad intentions were. Maybe he was slaughtering his companion and digging out the undiluted bones from his stomach to swallow it. Now the bone in front of him was very hard. Any dog ​​that bite would crack his teeth and would not be able to deal with his companion's attacks next. If he came up and bite together, he would have to prevent the other party from taking the opportunity to bite him.

After hearing this, Lian Zining couldn't help but admire Wanyan Yeping's military wisdom.

From a military perspective, the inference of Wanyan Yeping is no problem. It can be said to be at the critical point. It hits the nail on the head and clearly reveals the embarrassment situation that Lian Zining is in now. It can also be seen that Wanyan Yeping is a natural handsome man, and seems to have a keen instinctive insight into the changes in the battlefield and the situation, so that every step she takes is critical and correct.

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Lian Zining's mind: "This person must not be kept. If he cannot be used for himself, he must kill him!"

But he turned around and laughed: "Lien Zining, when did you become so unconfident? Wanyan Yeping is amazing. But she is just a powerful war. She can't govern the country, and she doesn't understand politics. Now that the Jurchens are in decline, what kind of storms can she cause by herself? Now is not the time to consider these things, the overall situation is the most important thing!"

However, what Wanyan Yeping made Lian Zining afraid of was only military wisdom. From what he said just now, Lian Zining could analyze that even if Wanyan Yeping's military command was not zero, it would definitely not be much higher.

Lian Zining glanced at Nalan Ruojiang. After thinking for a moment, he knew that the other party must be bluffing. If all military matters were just looking at them from a military perspective, they could solve all problems. If we draw a conclusion, it might not be too simple. What else should we do in politics?

Most of the time, the military is succumb to politics. Some battles that you know you can’t win must be fought, and even if you want to win, you must withdraw!

This is called the overall situation.

And Chacha, Lian Zining always considers the problem from a political perspective.

Wanyan Yeping must be unable to hold on to Lian Zining now.

In fact, Lian Zining had the idea of ​​retreating, but the reason why he wanted to retreat was not what Wanyan Yeping said. Wanyan Yeping was right - first, Lian Zining had already swallowed enough benefits, which was enough for him to digest for a while. If he swallowed the Jurchen Khan and a large area of ​​nearby territory at this time, he would be afraid that it would be harmful or useless. If he swallowed it, it would harm the stomach and intestines. Such internal damage would be even more ruthless and fatal!

Secondly, Lian Zining was also afraid of damaging his strength. In the past month and a half, the Wuyi Army ran from Songhua Riverside to Henguhe Pan. After more than 2,000 miles, although the morale of the soldiers was high, they had become tired troops. And this place was so far from Baiying Gorge and even further from Zhenyuan Mansion, the long-distance transportation of grain had already become a huge pressure on Zhenyuan Mansion. What's more, the logistics line of the Wuyi Army was not just this one, but also to supply the ten new guards stationed in Jiangbei and hundreds of thousands of refugees?

But these are only two secondary aspects. What really made Lian Zining decide to withdraw his troops was not these details, but the general trend. In terms of power, although Lian Zining surpassed the Russian army in this period of time, in this area, don’t forget that there is a huge empire behind the Russian army, and Lian Zining doesn’t even dare to let the court know the background of the Wuyi army, so how can he support it?

The Russians have the support of a huge empire, the rich Siberia, the endless fire of aggression and incredible ambitions. Moreover, during this southern expedition, they had no benefits except for losing troops and generals, and all the benefits were achieved by Lian Zining.

If Lian Zining had such a situation, he would definitely be depressed, resentful, and planned greed and plundering.

Therefore, it can also be imagined that once the Jurchens are destroyed, the Wuyi army, which directly borders the Russians, will inevitably be attacked by the Russians in the next step!

This is undoubtedly!

If Lian Zining was replaced, he would do the same.

If Lian Zining destroyed the Jurchens at this time, he would really become a dog whose teeth were damaged due to greed for bones, which caused a decrease in combat effectiveness by 50% or 60%. At the same time, indigestion and pain in the abdomen, it was difficult to concentrate. What's even more, another dog was so hungry that he was attacking him frantically - it was very bad!

And what if it is the immortal Jurchen?

The Jurchens, who lie across the southwest of Henguhe, happened to be a barrier and a buffer zone between the Russians and themselves. After just passing such a disaster that was almost like a catastrophe, the first thing the Jurchens did was to recuperate. Even if they were not convinced and had the heaviest hatred, they had to wait to be fattened and have the strength to come back! In this way, Lian Zining was given a buffer time to digest the newly occupied area and completely incorporate it into his own rule. When the Jurchens finished recuperating, and before they even finished, Lian Zining's strength had reached a new level!

Although Lian Zining wiped out the Haixi Jurchens, don’t forget that the Jianzhou Jurchens who dominate the entire Jin Dynasty were the Jianzhou Jurchens. Now only the Jianzhou Jurchens are in charge of the family. The damage and pain they suffered from the Russians are definitely greater than their own, so they hate the Russians even more. Although the Jurchens have greatly lost their strength, they still have several cities, more than a hundred tribes, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, which are not easy to mess with. If the Russians want to attack themselves, they have to deal with the Jurchens. It can be imagined that it is like treating cervical spondylosis. This is a long and painful process.

As for the benefits you get, it's even more meaningless - swallowing a bone whole leads to indigestion, abdominal cramps, rupture of the stomach sac, bleeding from the large intestine, and blooming chrysanthemums... Or gnaw this bone finely, chew slowly, swallow it without any panic, which one is wiser to see at a glance.

It can be said that even if Lian Zining retreats and leaves nothing, it is an excellent choice, and the benefits he gets will be enough to benefit for a while. But is Lian Zining the kind of person who doesn’t take advantage of it?

Although I already have the intention to retreat, even if I retreat, I cannot see the intention, and I also want to ask myself to retreat. I will use this to make a big move!

This is Lian Zining's style.

Lian Zining shook his head: "No one is afraid of too many benefits. If you do not retreat and attack you with the Russians, you will destroy the Jurchens, spread the land thousands of miles, and get hundreds of thousands of people. Such a great benefit will never make me give up because of your words. As for what you said, the things that we cannot work with the Russians are not the same. Look at this."

Lian Zining reached out and handed Nalan Ruojiang a few pages of paper placed on the table.

On this, the combat plan formulated by the Wuyi army and the Russians.

Nalan Ruojiang shouted at Lian Zining, shook the two pieces of paper and looked carefully. The more she looked down, the more solemn she looked. She was also a soldier-knowing person. She was secretly calculating in her heart and was shocked to find that if she was really like this, the Jurchen army might be defeated, and 20% would be wiped out!

After she finished reading it, she glanced at Lian Zining and saw that he didn't pay attention, she started from the beginning again, looking in great detail, and taking a cup of tea for a full time, almost three or five times.

Lian Zining didn't stop him, just looked at him.

When Nalan Ruojiang put down, Lian Zining asked with a smile: "Do you remember it all?"

"Remember!" Nalan Ruojiang replied without waking up, and as soon as he said that he knew something was wrong, he touched Lian Zining's smiling and hateful face and did not breathe, and almost fainted from anger.

She took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and asked, "Why show me this?"

"So what can you do if you know? I, Lian Zining, have this ability?" Lian Zining laughed and didn't care at all.

The subtext of the word is, if I want to defeat you, I can defeat you, so what if you see it?

"You!" Nalan Ruojiang's pretty face turned red with anger. Before she could refute, Lian Zining smiled slightly and said, "Don't talk first. I'll ask you, is there not enough food in your camp?"

"Nonsense!" Nalan Ruojiang said disdainfully: "We have too much food and livestock to eat."

Although she was stubborn, Lian Zining kept staring at her. She could still see some clues on her face, and she knew that she must be lying.

Even Zining didn't reveal it, but just continued to ask with a smile: "The reason you came today must be because you just received a letter from Khan Ting that Wanyan Yeping had full authority to handle the matter here?"

"How did he know?" Nalan Jiancheng was shocked. Although his face remained unchanged, looking at the gentle smile in front of him, a feeling of "he is a demon who can see through people's hearts" came out of his heart.

Wanyan Yeping did receive a letter yesterday that asked her to handle it with full authority, otherwise she would not have acted without authorization.

She argued forcefully: "Why can't I understand what you said?"

Before she finished speaking, Lian Zining looked at her with the look of "You really can't lie" and continued: "In the past few days, I believe that the morale in the Jurchen camp was depressed and the soldiers were not interested in fighting. Wanyan Yeping was very anxious, right?"

Nalan Ruojiang was speechless. She felt that it would be too embarrassing to lie any more.

Next, Lian Zining asked a few more questions, all of which hit the nail on the head, and they were all major problems facing the Jurchens now.

Nalan Ruojiang simply stopped talking. She sat on the brocade puncture, just like a silence. No matter what Zining asked, she didn't speak.

——This is actually the best way to face this situation. If you don’t speak, talk less. If you talk less, you can leak less details. Whatever you guess, I won’t admit it anyway! Under the pressing situation that Lian Zining can create, most people are already panicked, and not many people can think of this in this situation. It can be seen that Nalan Ruojiang is still very smart.

"Look, you are too weak to say my Wu Yijun. And you are too strong to say yourself." Lian Zining saw that Nalan Ruojiang had nothing to say, knowing that she seemed calm at this time, but in fact her psychological defense line had collapsed. Everything they rely on was refuted by him one by one, which was already convinced.

Then I also found out: "It is not impossible to talk about the withdrawal of troops, but you must recognize the situation and advantages and disadvantages of both sides. You must show sincerity. This official has the conditions!"

Nalan Ruojiang, who had almost been ashamed and desperate as Lian Zining said, seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and quickly said, "What are the conditions."

"You finally opened your mouth." Lian Zining was still happy to make a joke. He said in a good manner: "The first condition of this official is territory."

Lian Zining walked to the giant map hanging on the wooden wall, reached out to point in the south of the Yiman River, about 150 miles south of the Jurchen Khanate, and then drew a straight line about 30 degrees northeast. This straight line was extremely long, probably more than 2,000 miles, and the end was extended to the seaside. To the south of this straight line, the entire Songhua River basin, including the mouth of the Songhua River, the former capital of the Nuergandus, and even the Kuyi Island. They were all included.

To the south of the North Mountain, east of the Mongolian tribes, north of Liaodong, and west of the Whale Sea, this area is more than 2,800 miles in the north and south. In addition, the width of Kuyi Island has reached more than 3,000 miles in the east and west. The vast northeast region in the traditional sense is divided into two halves by this line, with the south accounting for 70% and the north accounting for only 30%!

Lian Zining smiled and said, "I want all areas south of this line!"

Nalan Ruojiang glanced at him, and unexpectedly, he did not express strong opposition. Lian Zining's words were very clever, and the boundary he divided was also very coincidental. In the area south of the straight line, it was roughly the area occupied by the Wuyi Army now. Either the three parties did not occupy it, but there were only some scattered tribes, which were very wild.

Wanyan Yeping also understood that since these lands have been occupied by the Wuyi army, it is impossible to spit it out again. Anyway, it is already someone else's territory, so let him continue to occupy it! The situation is stronger than that of others, and this is helpless.

As for the Jurchen territory, more than 60% of Lian Zining's territory was cut off by Lian Zining - the entire Haixi Jurchen tribe and most of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe - this reality can only be accepted. It is not as powerful as others. What should I do? Fortunately, this area near the Khanting is still north of that straight line. It is also the area with the densest and most fertile land in the entire Jianzhou Jurchen tribe. Its significance is roughly equivalent to the significance of the Guanzhong area before the Song Dynasty to the Central Plains dynasty.

This is also because Lian Zining did it deliberately. If the population and land were cut off and the Jurchen power was extremely exhausted, who would resist the Russians for him? The long-lasting flow was the best strategy, but blind bursting and greed were not desirable.

Nalan Ruojiang did not object or agree, but just remained silent.

Lian Zining continued: "The second one is silver and money."

"From today, you Jurchens will pay 30,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold to our Wuyi army every month! One thousand good horses, one hu of high-quality beads!" Lian Zining lion said.

This condition is very harsh.

This month is equivalent to 360,000 taels of silver, 120,000 taels of gold, 12,000 horses, and 12 hu of pearls a year! You should know that the Song Dynasty, which was the most prosperous in the Central Plains dynasties, had the softest backs to pay tribute to Liao, Xixia, Jin, Mongolia and other countries, could not reach this number at all.

Nalan Ruojiang was so angry that his face turned pale, his whole body was trembling, and he said angrily: "Bo Wu Yi, you are too greedy, tell you, this is impossible! We Jurchens don't have that much money at all!"

"Impossible?" Even Zining was not angry when Nalan Ruojiang criticized this way. She was already smiling, calm and gentle, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. This is something that can be negotiated. Don't agree? Then there are always those who agree, and there are always those who agree. Let's seek common ground while reserving differences. Let's start with the terms that are agreed upon, and talk one by one."

Even Zining said this, and Nalan Ruojiang's anger naturally disappeared, but she said coldly: "If I don't talk to you, I can't make the decision. I have to go back and ask His Highness the Princess."

"That's natural." Lian Zining smiled.

"Article 3."

Lian Zining closed the smile on his face and said solemnly: "It is also something you must agree to."

"The Jin Kingdom must submit a tribute to the Ming Dynasty!"

This is also a very important thing that Lian Zining values. Emperor Zhengde hated the Jin Kingdom, and he was such a very proud person. His favorite thing was the scene of the coming of the country. The Jin Kingdom submitted a letter of surrender, which would definitely make Emperor Zhengde very happy. When he was happy, his own benefits would be rolling in? Some long-planned requirements can also be put forward.

This is a long-term solution.

Nalan Ruojiang remained silent, waiting for Lian Zining to say the following detailed terms.

After a cup of tea, Nalan Ruojiang looked at Lian Zining with a strange look, as if she wanted to take out his heart and see if it was black. She never knew that a person could change so quickly. This man seemed to have transformed from a gentle and humble gentleman to a ruthless and ruthless family, and then he became a complacent businessman.

After another cup of tea, Nalan Ruojiang left the Wuyi Army camp.

After this, Nona woke up. She wore a big fur to her feet and wrapped her whole body in it. She rubbed her eyes and walked out, looking cute.

She walked behind Lian Zining, gently rubbed his temples for him, and whispered: "Sir, what you said. I have also heard some of them. Can they agree to such harsh conditions?"

"Opportunity, of course, I can't agree all of them." Lian Zining said: "But, I don't care about them for these things. It just happens to be stuck in their bottom line. Don't look at the Jurchens who are desperate now, but they are actually rich in their family!"

After hearing this, Nona nodded in a vague way.

After Nalan Ruojiang returned to the Jurchen camp, she was immediately recruited by Wanyan Yeping into the big tent. The two had a secret conversation for a full morning.

All of this was known to the entire Jurchen camp, only the two of them and a few of their confidant tiger and leopard cavalry. This was also to prevent spies in the camp and leaked the matter to the Russians there.

The next day, Nalan Ruojiang came again.

Day 3.

Day 4.
To be continued...