After hearing this, Wanyan Shouxu was greatly moved and said to the eunuch Jia Zheng: "Jia Zheng, after the court, you go to Cui Li's house to visit. You must tell Cui Qing's family to take good care of their health. I, Dajin, can't live without him."
"Yes, Master Lang." Jia Zheng responded.
Wanyan Shouxu was still worried about Cui Li, but he didn't know that Cui Li already had the heart of a seller!
Cui Li was always paying attention to the war ahead, but one bad news came after another. Guo Xiabao, Wanyan Chenglin, and Wanyan Zhongde were defeated one after another, and no "Monk Wanyan Chen" was born. This really disappointed him.
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In the current situation, the demise of the Jin Kingdom was already a certainty. How could Cui Li not understand it? Naturally, he had to make plans in advance.
Cui Li asked his confidant Zhang Xiu: "The Kingdom of Jin is finished. Do you think it is better for me to surrender to Ogedai Khan, or to surrender to Tuo Lei Khan?"
At this time, Wo Kuotai and Tuo Lei were still fighting for the position of the Great Khan. However, when they heard about the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, they stopped fighting, hoping to reap the benefits.
However, when they learned that the Song Dynasty had indeed sent 600,000 troops, they no longer had any intention of reaping the benefits, and some of them just wanted to avoid the danger temporarily.
At this time, Wo Kuotai and Tuo Lei, no matter who they were, could not face the Song Dynasty's 600,000-strong army. Even if they joined forces, they would still be unable to withstand the Song Dynasty, which was so powerful. This was a fact and they could not control it.
After hearing this, Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, since you are considering surrendering to Wo Kuotai and Tuo Lei, it is better to capture the master directly and make a surrender letter and hand it over to the Emperor of Song Dynasty. In this way, your Majesty can
Isn't it better to continue to be a high-ranking official and well-paid in the Song Dynasty than to enjoy the wind and herd sheep on the grassland?"
When Cui Li heard this, he was surprised at first, and then a sinister look appeared on his face.
Cui Li gritted his teeth and said, "That's right. If you don't have a poisonous wife, you won't have a husband. As long as you capture the master, you won't be able to get glory and wealth in exchange."
So while the news of the defeat ahead had been blocked by him and had not yet spread, Cui Li made a secret arrangement to capture Wanyan Shouxu.
However, he didn't expect that the letter would be exposed and someone would report him.
Being reported was purely an accident. To put it simply, Cui Li had a close servant, and the servant's brother had offended an official of the Kaifeng government. Originally, the servant thought that because he was Cui Li's domestic servant, his brother would be fine.
Unexpectedly, the official of the government office was also impatient and had a donkey temper, so he beat the servant's brother to death. So the servant cried to Cui Li, hoping that Cui Li would stand up for him.
But at this time, Cui Li was busy planning a rebellion and had no time to care about the servants, so he sternly scolded the servants and ignored the matter.
He didn't want this servant to hold a grudge, and he happened to overhear Cui Li and Zhang Xiu's plan to rebel, so he reported Cui Li.
However, Wanyan Shouxu's stupidity was no joke. When he learned that Cui Li was going to rebel, he didn't believe it. He just ordered Jia Zhengxuan and Cui Li to enter the palace, saying that he wanted to inquire in person.
Cui Li didn't dare to enter the palace, so he just ran away with his family papers. As for his sister Cui Qing'er in the palace, he didn't even care.
Cui Li escaped, but it seemed that he had run out of luck. As soon as he escaped from Kaifeng, he encountered a large army. This army was not a Song army or a Jin army, but a peasant uprising army responding to the Song Dynasty.
The leader of the rebel army was named Ding Baxian. He was just an ordinary poor man, but he was righteous and very popular. Because he was dissatisfied with the oppression of the Jin Dynasty court and heard about the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, he rose up and responded positively.
However, in just one month, Ding Baxian had gathered more than 10,000 people. He was taking people to Kaifeng, where he wanted to wait for the Song army to arrive, but unexpectedly he met Cui Li first.
Cui Li's convoy consisted of only a few dozen people, and was surrounded by more than 10,000 people from Ding Baxian. Wherever he could escape, he was quickly captured and brought to Ding Baxian.
When Cui Li saw Ding Baxian, he hurriedly said: "Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life. I have gold, silver and jewels in my carriage. As long as you spare me, hero, it will all be yours."
"Hahaha,,,"
Ding Ba first laughed a few times and said, "You dog official, if I kill you, the gold and silver are mine too. Come on, chop them down."
Cui Li was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he hurriedly identified himself and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I am Cui Li, Prime Minister and Privy Councilor. As long as the heroes let me live, I will choose the official positions in the court according to the heroes."
"Are you Cui Li?"
Ding Ba was shocked and unexpectedly caught a big fish. He said to his subordinates: "This dog officer has made the people miserable. First chop off his two hands. When Master Wang comes, let General Song chop him off."
Sacrifice the flag with your head, it can be regarded as our pledge of honor."
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"It's necessary. Please spare your life, hero."
Cui Li shouted for help, but no one paid attention to him, and soon his hands were chopped off.
At this time, a small leader said to Ding Baxian: "Boss, this Cui Li is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. He must know a lot of secrets and be useful to some extent. If the general of the Song Dynasty does not kill him by then and recruits him,
Then wouldn’t we have to suffer his revenge?”
Ding Ba heard it first and felt that it made sense. He had offended him to death anyway, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ding Ba ordered Cui Li to be chopped off and his head disposed of before handing it over when the time came.
When Ding Baxian and more than 10,000 people arrived a hundred miles north of Kaifeng City, their movements also alerted the Jin court.
Wanyan Shouxu was shocked. He shouted to the officials: "What's going on? Before the Song people came, our own people were in chaos first. What did you do?"
The officials were lying on the ground one by one, not daring to raise their heads, let alone answer.
He lost his temper with all the officials, and then Wanyan Shouxu ordered his troops to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.
However, at this time, the news of the defeat of the Jin Kingdom's three armies had spread back to Kaifeng. Although there was no final confirmation, considering the Song Army's 600,000 troops, this number was really terrifying, and many people began to run away.
The people sent to counter the rebellion were not much better. They were obviously just dealing with a group of improvised rabble. These people had just put down their hoes. How could they fight?
But the counter-rebellion army still had no thoughts. They just wanted to escape quickly, so as soon as they left Kaifeng, someone sneaked away. Before they saw Ding Baxian, the counter-rebellion army was reduced by more than half.
The general who was ordered to counter the rebellion was named Zhang Chengzhi. He was frightened when he saw more than half of his troops running away. In this situation, even if he defeated the rebels, he could not go back to report. With Wanyan Shouxu's character, he was definitely
He wants to kill everyone in his family.
So he secretly returned to Kaifeng with dozens of confidants, picked up the little boy, threw away the flag, and disappeared.
And Zhang Chengzhi is just a microcosm. During the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, 600,000 troops swept across all directions with an unstoppable force. Countless cities opened their doors and surrendered. Countless Jin soldiers and people also chose to join the Song Dynasty because they felt that the Jin Kingdom was no longer worthy of them.