Chapter 1692: The proud father-in-law, Wanyan Hao asks for help
Chapter 1692: The arrogant father-in-law, Wan Yanhao begs for help
I asked the chef to prepare a table of wine and food, and the two of them ate in the big tent.
Wanyan Hao didn't mean to talk about personal matters at all, and Shen Tang tried to please his father-in-law. Although there were only two people at the banquet, the atmosphere was very lively.
It wasn't until midnight that the drunken Wanyan Hao finally said, "The emperor asked me to come find you. The conditions are about the same. Don't be too cruel!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he fell directly on the wine table and fell asleep.
Shen Tang gave a helpless smile. It was probably the first time in his life that this arrogant father-in-law asked for someone, and he asked for a son-in-law. Even so, he only said this after drinking too much...
Both of them are smart people, and Wanyan Hao believes that Shen Tang knows what he is talking about.
In fact, Wan Yanhao has been paying attention to the actions of this cheap son-in-law. He doubts whether all this was planned by this son-in-law. Although it is a bit unbelievable, he has enough reasons to believe that Shen Tang can do it.
Early the next morning, Shen Qiu came over and woke up Shen Tang, who was still a little dizzy. It took Shen Tang a while to come back to his senses.
My father-in-law has a considerable capacity for drinking, and he himself is not incapable of drinking. Even so, he drank a lot of meat and vegetables.
"Commander, the guest left an hour ago. He said he would not disturb the commander, but he left a letter!"
Shen Tang nodded, not surprised at all by his father-in-law's coming and going! It would be strange if he continued to stay and talk to Shen Tang about the affairs of the two countries.
He took the letter from Shen Qiu's hand and opened it to read. There were only a few words in it, "I don't feel comfortable being here with you. I might cause trouble to you if I stay here for a long time, so I just left. I don't need you." A hypocritical send-off.
You just have to take care of what you said, if it works, if it doesn't work, just pretend that I was drunk and didn't say anything."
"Also, if it's convenient, let the girl go home after a while. We haven't seen her for several years, and her mother has also thought about it."
Shen Tang smiled. Although he said it was OK or not, asking Wanyan Yue to return to Daming Mansion obviously also implicitly expressed his father-in-law's expectations.
After all, given the current situation, Shen Tang probably wouldn't let Wanyan Yue go back.
But if the two countries are completely united, there will be no problem in going back.
After another three to five days, a fast horse rushed directly into the camp and did not stop until in front of the Chinese army's tent.
"Commander, your Majesty's messenger is here!"
Shen Tang dismissed the generals in the camp, and then asked Shen Chou to invite the messenger in.
"Shang Bai, a subordinate of Lord Situ of the Imperial City, has been ordered to deliver a message to the commander!"
After Shen Chou checked the waist badge and token, he took the letter and handed it to Shen Tang! Shen Tang picked it up and took a look, and sure enough, what he said was that the Jin Kingdom wanted to join forces with the Song Dynasty, including Pu San Zhuo and others arrived in Lin'an and told Shen Tang all the conditions they proposed.
At the end, Zhao Shen wrote, asking Shen Tang to think carefully and put forward corresponding opinions based on the current situation!
"call!"
Although he knows that if his plan goes well, it is not impossible to get Kaifeng Mansion back, but now hope is really in front of him. Even Shen Tang is a little restless in his heart! Although this is only the first step, for the people of this era, For the people of the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng Mansion, which had been the capital since the end of the Tang Dynasty, was almost a kind of belief and spirit. Being able to take it back not only meant that Shen Tang had completely changed history, but also made him sincerely proud as a Han Chinese.
And if we can get Kaifeng Mansion back now, we may not be able to get Yanyun back to the north of the Yellow River or even Yanyun, which has been away from the Central Plains for hundreds of years, in the future.
Unknowingly, within a few years, this Song Dynasty has become different, and a different Song Dynasty will definitely change its original destiny.
"Shen Chou, go take the messenger to rest! Lei Zheng goes and asks someone to bring over the geological survey map of the Nanjing Road area!"
"Commander, Master Tu has an order. This matter cannot be delayed. After receiving the commander's reply, my subordinates must return as soon as possible!"
Shen Tang nodded, "I know this, Commander-in-Chief. Shen Chou arranged for the messenger to eat some food and selected 60 good horses as backup. After I reply later, you can set off immediately."
Naturally, this messenger is not just one person, but a team of twenty people! Just like an emergency military report, each person is equipped with three horses, and the inns along the way need to cooperate with food, horse replacement and other matters.
And even so, the manpower is almost unbearable, so these twenty people are just one of the groups. Every few hundred miles, the manpower will be rotated. This letter will hardly stop along the way, and will go directly to the fastest speed. The speed reached Lin'an Zhao Shen's hands.
Otherwise, the so-called five-hundred-mile and eight-hundred-mile expedited journeys are simply impossible to achieve. Even if you can change horses at any time, you can hardly hold on.
Even so, countless horses or messengers died from exhaustion on the road, which is why this method of transmitting messages would not be used unless it was a major military conquest or a big event.
The loss is so huge, and the speed is naturally extremely fast, just like Lintao to Lin'an, a journey of four thousand miles. If it is normal, like Chen Junqing before, it would not be unusual even if it takes several months. Even if it is a smooth journey by boat, it will still take One or two months.
Under this extreme situation, the messenger can arrive within ten days.
As for whether someone would stop these messengers on the road, this has almost never happened in history!
For the sake of speed, these couriers will not carry a large amount of silver except dry food and letterheads. It is too cost-effective for some bandits to intercept them.
Moreover, one of the disadvantages of intercepting this kind of messenger is that the nine groups of Xiaoxiaole are the result. Not many bandits are so stupid as to do this.
Not long after, Lei Zheng found the geological survey map and hung it on the wall. Shen Tang stared at it and looked at it carefully.
In order for the Song Dynasty to gain the maximum benefit from this discussion, the Jin Kingdom must not jump over the wall in a hurry, and it needs a degree that the Jin Kingdom can barely accept, but will not find the cost unbearable.
As a result, it is almost impossible to get some pass places.
The Kingdom of Jin would never let the Song Dynasty set foot north of the Yellow River easily. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult for them to come back or stop the Song Dynasty troops from marching north.
Crossing the Yellow River from Kaifeng Prefecture to the north is Damingfu, an important town in Hebei. Although it is still nearly a thousand miles from Damingfu to Zhongdu, the entire land of Hebei is the Central Plains, and there is almost no danger to defend! Let go of the natural dangers of the Yellow River, This means that there is a bright road from the Yellow River to Zhongdu.