The first thousand and ninety-nine chapters protect the money out of the country
Originally, everything was developing in the direction Wanyan Zongwang expected. How could he know that just at the last moment, a sudden change occurred. Could this be a delaying plan of the Southern Dynasty?
Wanyan Zongwang was immediately furious. He first ordered people to closely monitor the movements of these supporting troops, and then immediately ordered people to find Zhang Bangchang immediately.
Zhang Bangchang didn't know about it. When he came to Jinying, he saw Wanyan Zongwang's face full of anger. He was inexplicably shocked. Li Qi is dead, how can you be so angry? He said: "I don't know if the second prince is in a hurry to call me here. Is there anyone?"
What are your orders?"
Wanyan Zongwang pointed at Zhang Bangchang and said, "Okay! I trust you so much, but you went back on your word and stabbed me in the back."
Zhang Bangchang was shocked and said: "Second Prince, this must be a misunderstanding. I have never done anything to be sorry to the Second Prince."
Liu Yanzong snorted: "You still dare to quibble, let me ask you, why did Luoyang's 80,000 reinforcements suddenly march towards Kaifeng?"
Zhang Bangchang's eyes suddenly opened and he said: "This---this is impossible!"
"This is absolutely true, don't say you don't know about it," Liu Yanzong said angrily.
Zhang Bangchang was so frightened that he almost knelt down and said hurriedly: "Second Prince Mingjian, I really don't know about this matter. The court didn't let them come at all."
Wanyan Zong saw that he really didn't know anything about it. He made eye contact with Liu Yanzong and asked in a deep voice, "You really don't know?"
"I really do not know."
Zhang Bangchang was sweating profusely and said: "Please give me another chance, Second Prince. I will go back immediately to investigate this matter."
Wanyan Zongwang was also worried. He had been here long enough. But he had no choice, so he ordered Zhang Bangchang to find out the matter immediately.
Zhang Bangchang quickly nodded in agreement and hurried back to the city.
Back in the city, he went straight to the Privy Council and asked Wu Min if he was the one who asked Master Zhong to come.
Wu Min was also confused and hesitant.
Since it was not an order issued by the Privy Council, it must have been decided by Zhong Shidao himself. As for the other reinforcements, they were not very large in scale, and they were all ordered to come to King Qin. Due to the slow spread of information in ancient times, a
The country is so big, so those reinforcements didn't know the situation in Kaifeng.
This angered Zhang Bangchang and others, and they immediately sent people six hundred miles away to question the cultivator.
Since Luoyang, Xijing, is very close to Feng, Zhongshidao has already reached more than half of the road at this time. Within half a day, the urgent letter was delivered.
Zhongshidao had expected this a long time ago and replied a letter to Zhang Bangchang, saying that I was ordered to come to the rescue of the capital, so I brought 80,000 troops on an urgent march, but there was no military rations at all. Now my military rations have been exhausted, and this
We are going to Tokyo, and Xijing has no obligation to provide us with military rations. I can only go to Kaifeng first, but Zhong Shi Dao also said that my coming this time is not to hinder the court negotiations. As soon as the Jin army retreats, my brother Zhong
The division immediately led its troops back.
He even carried Song Huizong out. At the beginning, the emperor asked me to pass through the Gyeonggi Road, and my army should have been stationed near the capital.
After Zhang Bangchang saw it, he felt that it was understandable for Zhongshidao to do this. When Zhongshidao hurriedly came to rescue the capital, he came with the loyalty of King Qin. Moreover, the war situation was very tense at that time, and the court also repeatedly attacked.
The urgent letter asked them to rush to the capital as quickly as possible. Since they had to be fast, they definitely couldn't bring too much military rations.
From the perspective of cultivating teachers, it was you who urged me to come here, and I led my troops here. Now I am not allowed to enter this door, and I am not even given a meal. You have gone too far.
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Xijing has not prepared military rations for more than 80,000 people, and the prefect of Luoyang will definitely not be willing to entertain so many people. You are going to save Kaifeng, and you cannot ask me for military rations. However, after all, the Jin Army is still in Tokyo.
Gui, you can't just let the reinforcements go back. This logic makes no sense. Song Huizong didn't even order his troops to retreat. He just asked him not to mess with the Jin army. Moreover, logically speaking, you have a lot more.
With thousands of people, the bargaining chips are higher.
Therefore, Zhang Bangchang could not find any reason to prevent Zhongshidao from entering Kaifeng.
However, at this moment, the situation changed again, and an urgent military situation suddenly came from the northwest. The Western Army, which had been attacking Taiyuan, suddenly detached an army and headed straight for Kaifeng. Now it has reached Gaoping, which is in the Taihang Mountains.
nearby.
This frightened the entire Song court, and they immediately convened another emergency meeting.
Wu Kai was very afraid of death. He didn't know how to fight at all, so he hurriedly said: "No, no, if the Western Army comes, then the Jin Army will definitely be suspicious, which will be detrimental to the negotiations. What if the Jin Army attacks again?"
That's good, why don't we give him some military rations and let them go back."
Zheng Yifu immediately said: "This is absolutely impossible. At first, the imperial court issued several military orders in succession, ordering Master Zhong to lead the Fengxiang Army to come to the rescue quickly. Now that the Zhong family's army has arrived in front of the door, you asked them to go back. Those eight
What will Wan Fengxiang's army think? If they come here in a hurry next time? Also, if the Western Army retreats and the Jin Army attacks Kaifeng again, then something serious will happen."
As soon as these words came out, both the peace-seeking faction and the war-fighting faction felt that it was very reasonable.
Because the status of the Western Army in the Northern Song Dynasty was very high, and the Zhong Family Army and the Zhe Family Army were the most important of the Western Army. Anyway, when there was a war, these civil servants thought of the Western Army, so they did not dare to neglect the Zhong Family Army.
This is the first time you've done this to someone, next time you can still count on others to come to your rescue day and night. If you offend the Western Army, they will be the ones who suffer!
Including Wu Min, everyone felt that the Western Army should be stationed in Tokyo at this time. Treating the Western Army like this was no different from throwing away one's own life-saving charm. Especially the reinforcements along the West Road made them tremble.
I'm shocked, this Western Army is saying that they can't be allowed to go back.
They put their own interests first in everything they consider, whether they are seeking peace or war.
But then, the problem arises again, what about the negotiations?
Wang Zhongling stood up and said: "Whether to send troops or not is the responsibility of the Privy Council. Without the order of the Privy Council, it is impossible for Zhongshidao to send troops. Magistrate Zhang should let the Jin army understand this. If they are not at ease, whether the support army will come or not will
.Negotiation or not, what difference does it make?”
Wu Min also felt that it made sense. Now that Li Qi was dead, he could make the decision and said: "What Wang Shangshu said is absolutely true. When our reinforcements enter the city, their Jin army has no right to intervene. If the Jin army lets us
Withdraw all the troops from the capital. Do we have to do the same? This makes no sense at all! Moreover, we have shown enough sincerity, how can they still question us."
The ministers nodded one after another. With the Western Army here, they could feel more at ease.
Jiang Daoyan frowned and said to Zhao Kai: "Prince Regent, what the Jin Army is most worried about now is this Western Army and several other reinforcements. We have to be careful about this. I am afraid these reinforcements do not understand the current situation of the capital.
If they encounter the Jin army, there will inevitably be an accident. Why don't we follow the example of the Chanyuan Alliance and have the imperial guards under the command of Zhang Zhifu and the guard Ma Du to escort the Jin army out of the country. In this way, we should be able to eliminate the Jin army.
The military’s suspicion.”
Now Li Qi's life and death are uncertain, and the palace commander He Guan is protecting Song Huizong. Zhao Huan has gone to the south of the Yangtze River. The only one left is the horse commander Hu You. This Hu You was in this battle. But he has been sick at home.
, he is most afraid of war. He simply leaves it all to Li Qi. He doesn't care about anything. Anyway, he can't care about anything. He has already been ignored by Li Qi.
Since Hu You had repeatedly courted civil servants such as Jiang Daoyan, Hu You still gained the trust of these civil servants.
A smile flashed in Zhao Kai's eyes, and he thought to himself, this boy is really good at predicting things! But he hesitated and said, "I wonder what you think?"
Zhang Bangchang said: "I agree."
As soon as he agreed, those peace-seeking factions naturally agreed.
Although some of the main militant factions also stood up to oppose, they could not make any waves at all.
So, the matter was settled, and Zhang Bangchang went to negotiate with Wanyan Zongwang. Later, Master Mingzhong was not allowed to go northwest to avoid an encounter with the Jin army. He diverted to the southwest and detoured to Kaifeng, stationed in the eastern suburbs.
In Fanjiagang, the Jin Army is stationed in the northwest, so you should go to the southeast and stay there.
Zhong Shidao did not complain at all and led his troops around to the eastern suburbs and stationed themselves at Fanjiagang.
When Zhang Bangchang, a group of envoys and the temporary commander-in-chief of the three Yamen, Hu You, came to the Jin camp again, the tone of the Jin army general became even more tyrannical. Apparently they had learned that Wanyan Zonghan had divided his troops and rushed to Kaifeng, and they were very confident.
But what's the matter? Although Li Qi is dead, reinforcements have arrived, and you have no follow-up supplies, so you will definitely still be unable to defeat it.
Moreover, Wanyan Zongwang knew Wanyan Zonghan’s character well, and knew that when Wanyan Zonghan separated his troops, he definitely wanted to come here to take credit, not to rescue him. He was even afraid that this supporting army would also fall into trouble, because they went deep into the hinterland and needed supplies.
The shortcomings have been fully exposed, there is simply not enough food to support him to continue fighting, and retreat is inevitable.
But in this way, it is even more impossible for Jiang Daoyan and the others to let Zhong Shidao and the others go back. If my reinforcements leave and your reinforcements come, who should I cry to!
Zhang Bangchang humbly explained to Wanyan Zongwang that the arrival of the reinforcements had been decided in advance. They were only here to garrison in Kaifeng and would not affect the negotiation. Without our emperor's order, they did not dare to act rashly.
Pharmacist Guo also nodded. Of course Wanyan Zongwang knew that at this time, no matter how soft the Southern Court was, it would be impossible for the 80,000 reinforcements to go back. After all, they were all greedy for life and afraid of death!
Zhang Bangchang also cited the example of the Chanyuan Alliance and the Song Army escorting the Liao Army out of the country, and said that if you are still not at ease, I will personally lead the imperial army to escort you across the Yellow River to ensure that nothing goes wrong. You have nothing to say.
Medical Master Guo also explained the Chanyuan Alliance and Wanyan Zongwang in detail.
Wanyan Zongwang has great trust in Zhang Bangchang. It is very safe to let him lead the army. Moreover, if you put the army in the open, it is better than leaving it in the dark. Moreover, what he is most worried about is the 80,000 soldiers from Zhongshi Dao.
reinforcements and those unknown reinforcements, because he didn't know how many reinforcements were coming here and where they were at this time. If a fight broke out and faced more than double the Western army, plus
With hundreds of thousands of Forbidden troops and a shortage of food, it was difficult for them to win. Seeing that the so-called Ma Shuai looked submissive and incomparable to Li Qi, they felt even more relieved and nodded in agreement.
Since Zhang Bangchang and Wanyan Zongwang had reached a private agreement before, it can even be said that Zhang Bangchang has taken refuge with Wanyan Zongwang. You help me kill Li Qi, and I will make concessions in the negotiations and give you enough face. Therefore, to solve this worry, both parties
The negotiation went very pleasantly.
The second plan was to cede Taiyuan, increase the daily tribute to 7 million guan, and use a prince as a hostage. But this posed another problem for the Song court, because Song Huizong was away, and Zhao Kai
He was the regent, and he had no power in this regard, so he asked his brother to be a hostage.
But Zhang Bangchang and others don't care. Now that we have finally reached this point, the last step is to send the prince. The person in front is Li Qi. They dare to say this, and they still care about you, the prince.
Just when Zhao Kai was in trouble, Kang Wang Zhao Gou suddenly came to Zhao Kai and expressed his willingness to take Jin Ying as a hostage. From a certain point of view, Zhao Gou had both civil and military skills. After all, he was the son of Song Huizong. He was a calligrapher, of course.
Needless to say, his archery skills are also very good, which can be said to be very rare among the sons of Song Huizong.
Zhao Kai was still hesitant. Although his younger brother was usually relatively silent, he had a good relationship with the other brothers and sisters. However, after Zhang Bangchang and others learned that King Kang Zhao Gou had volunteered to go to Jin camp as a hostage, they ignored Zhao Kai.
, directly sent Kang Wang Zhao Gou to Jinying.
After Wanyan Zongwang got the hostage, he was very satisfied with Zhang Bangchang and finally ordered to withdraw his troops.
When the Song court saw that the Jin army finally agreed to withdraw, the civil servants were very happy and wished that the whole world would celebrate. It was a pity that the people did not accept their kindness.