The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In October, the Song Dynasty protested against the Jurchens' resumption of the left and right marshals' offices, saying that they were not allowed to act hostile to the other party in violation of peace. Now the Jin Dynasty built boundary trenches, forts and other military facilities on the borders of the two countries, and arranged heavy troops.

It was a completely provocative act, and the Song Dynasty had the right to terminate the peace talks between the two sides and take countermeasures.

Faced with the accusations of the Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom immediately sent the Left Prime Minister Xiao Zhonggong to Bianjing to send the tribute to the year-old and clarify the misunderstanding. They said that the construction of boundary trenches was just to prevent the Tatars from harassing the border and pirates.

The invasion of coastal cities had no intention of targeting the Song Dynasty. At the same time, the tactful suggestion that the Song Dynasty mobilized heavy troops to the northwest and frequently conducted military exercises against the Jin Dynasty was to destroy the peace between the two countries and prepare to fight against the Jin Dynasty.

Of course, the Song Dynasty would not admit that it wanted to carry out the Northern Expedition. It said that since the Jin Dynasty launched a war against Song twenty years ago without any warning, it had to be vigilant about its military construction of military facilities to prevent it from launching.

Sudden attack. As long as it demolished the boundary trenches, reduced the garrison on the border, and abolished the left and right marshals' offices, the Song Dynasty agreed to cancel the military exercises against them this winter.

The trench was built by Prime Minister Wushu, who spent the whole country to build. If you say you can demolish the trench in the Song Dynasty, then we will demolish it. Of course, Xiao Zhonggong flatly rejected the unreasonable demands of the Song Dynasty. It is said that it is precisely because the Song Dynasty court continues to promote the people to the Jin Dynasty.

The country's hatred and support for the frequent harassment of the Jin border areas led to tension in the border situation. The Jin Dynasty's construction of boundary trenches was a defensive measure and was by no means used for attack.

The Song Dynasty naturally would not agree with the absurd rhetoric that the boundary trenches it built were just used as defense, pointing out that its boundary trenches built forts and arranged heavy troops in important military areas. It had hoarded a large number of food and grass and military supplies, which was completely possible.

It was used as a base for attacking the Song Dynasty. The Mongols did not launch harassment against the Jin Kingdom. They were just retaliating against the Tatars who had blood feud with them.

But it was the Jin Kingdom who was unauthorized to intervene in the affairs of the two tribes and executed the Mengwu tribe. He also sent troops to attack the Mengwu tribe, which led to the deterioration of the border situation, causing the grassland that had already appeared in peace to fall into the tribes.

The mutual revenge and slaughtered each other and affected the borders of the Song Dynasty, resulting in the herdsmen along the border not daring to grazle and farmers not daring to farm. This responsibility should be borne by the Jin Kingdom, rather than pushing the evil consequences they planted on the Song Dynasty.

Then the Song Dynasty re-mentioned old things, saying that the Jin side kidnapped two craftsmen from the northwest workshop of the Song Dynasty. After being asked by the Song Dynasty, not only did not return it, but was also killed by them. How could this kind of naked aggression be allowed to

The Song Dynasty believed that it built fortifications on the border. The hoarding of heavy troops was only for defense, not for preparation for war. Xiao Zhonggong was difficult to tell the truth about this, but in fact he knew a little about the whole story.

In order to obtain the method of manufacturing the Song army's continuous bead guns, the Jin Dynasty's intelligence department tried hard to collect information from all over the world. The emperor lived up to his efforts and really made them bribe two gun-making craftsmen from the Northwest Workshop of the Song Dynasty and abducted them to abduct with a large sum of money.

The Jin Kingdom. The Song Dynasty soon noticed it and used various relationships to search. But the idiots in the intelligence department were brainless, and the two craftsmen were homesick. They actually brought the two to the "Song Pavilion" because they missed home.

After eased the pain of lovesickness, their whereabouts were leaked and the Song Dynasty obtained evidence, they asked for it in the name of the Jin Dynasty's kidnap population.

At that time, Xiao Zhonggong, who was in charge of diplomacy, was responsible for handling this matter. After asking, he realized that the two of them were indeed brought by their own people, but they were two useless wastes. The things they brought were simply fake.

There was no effect at all, and the people from the Intelligence Department were angry and killed two "scammers". The sending was not sent back. He could only make excuses for the two of them that they could not bear the oppression and fled to the Jin Kingdom to swear to the Song Dynasty, and refused to admit that they were kidnapped.

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Because according to the provisions of the peace agreement between the two countries, fugitives from the other country shall not be accepted, and they should be sent back in time after being arrested. Therefore, even if they voluntarily transit, the Jin Kingdom has the obligation to seize and return them to the Song Dynasty. In fact, for this agreement,

Everyone usually turns a blind eye because no one can see the border line so long. As long as it is not a large-scale escape, no one will care about it, so just throw away the kidnapping hat.

However, the Song Dynasty refused to give up, and even used its own intelligence personnel to set up a trap to catch the Jin spy who had deceived two craftsmen. It fell into his hands and could not do anything to ask for any confession.

Ah, so the Jin Kingdom confirmed the charge of "kidnapping". In order to appease the angry Da Song, he had to send the body back and compensated a lot of money. Unexpectedly, Da Song took it out today as accusation of their invasion.

Evidence from the Song Dynasty.

Although he was at a disadvantage, Xiao Zhonggong could only insist on refusing to admit it. So both sides fought a verbal battle, accusing the other party of wanting to launch a war and destroying the hard-won peace between the two countries. Faced with the "unreasonable" Jurchens, the Song Dynasty decided to

Substantive measures were taken against the provocations of the Jin Kingdom, and the northwest camps were deployed in a tit-for-tat manner. Zhao Li, the Du Yuhou, and Gao Chong, the Tongzhi Privy Councilor, were in charge of the northwest Datong, Dading, Xi'an and Yanjing in the southeast respectively.

, Zhending and Dengzhou Navy five garrisons and various prefecture troops.

They were all deployed in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty and were the important titles of military commanders and the commander-in-chief deployed by all fronts. In the unified war of the Song Dynasty, they were often called the highest commander. This position is not a permanent title, only major military operations or important wars.

The war zone commander is sometimes appointed or temporarily awarded, and the minimum deployment is also the regiment training envoy. Now, the Song Dynasty is more unusual in this special period as two important officials of the state, and it is obviously improved the combat readiness level by a further level.

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Faced with the aggressive Song army, the Jin Dynasty was helpless and felt very cowardly. This was really bullied at the door of the house, but they could only send more troops to prepare for the battle, watching the powerful Song army danced with swords and guns under their noses.

.Just when they thought war was inevitable, Xiao Zhonggong, who went to the Song Dynasty to negotiate in vain, said that the Song army would not launch a large-scale attack in the near future. They were just bluffing and putting pressure on the Jin Kingdom, trying to force the Jin Dynasty.

Army defense measures to demolish borders.

Xiao Zhonggong's confident judgment comes from the news he heard during the Song Dynasty: Emperor Zhao Er of the Song Dynasty was preparing for the marriage for his two daughters and choosing a princess for his eldest son. In the Central Plains culture, military affairs have always been done in Central Plains culture.

In the face of evil, he thought war was very unlucky. How could Zhao Er, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, start a war on a happy day and make trouble for himself? So he believed that although the Southern Dynasty was clamoring, it would be

Those who will not take the initiative to start a war, and the Jin Kingdom can respond with confidence and boldness, without fear of being humble and blindly giving in, resulting in a weak morale and a loss of morale.

Wu Shu felt that Xiao Zhonggong's analysis was very reasonable, and at the same time, the news of normal trading between the two countries came from the southern border tent. Since the Song Dynasty recaptured the Yanyun area and occupied the Dading Prefecture, the Daling River in the west of the two countries was bounded by the Daling River as the boundary.

The ancient Great Wall was bounded in the north, and a corridor about 300 miles wide was left in the middle, which became the main trading channel between the Song and Jin Dynasties. The Song Dynasty set up a tentative site in Qianzhou on the Great Wall, allowing caravans from both sides to be here.

Transaction, and with the completion of Yingzhou Port, which was built to deal with the drought two years ago, it also attracted merchants from the southeast of the Song Dynasty to come here for a transaction by sea.

Compared with the tense sides on the western border, there is a harmonious atmosphere here. The crowds of people coming and going on, and there is no sign of tension in the relationship between the two countries. Now with the addition of merchants in the southeast, the Jin Dynasty

The demand for fur, ginseng, deer antler and wood has increased significantly, and the price has also risen with the water. What particularly satisfies the merchants of the Jin Kingdom is that this year, the Song Dynasty not only allows settlement of gold, silver, silk and other items, but also allows them to be used by both countries.

The copper coins are bartered as currency and grain.

Copper and grain have always been strategic materials strictly controlled by the Song Dynasty, especially those that were absolutely not allowed to transit during the war, let alone trade. Now the Song Dynasty has released grain transactions, which shows that they have no intention of fighting with the Jin Dynasty at all.

Wu Shu concluded that the Song Dynasty showed off its military power in the west to blackmail, so he ordered the Right General's Office to launch military exercises against the Song army to show its strength to intimidate the enemy. However, we should pay attention to the strategy and not cross the line to cause major conflicts. At the same time, we ordered the tower.

The Taer people launched an attack on the Mongolians to prevent them from constantly invading and plundering the Jin Dynasty's winter pastures. For a time, the soldiers and swords on the northwest Song-Jin border were clanging, and the iron hooves shattered ice and snow. The clouds of war were covered with clouds, and it was almost out of reach.

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"How about the Mongwu people now?" Although the situation in the west was tense, the Jurchens still maintained restraint and did not cross the line. Zhao Qi urgently summoned Shang Hu, the head of the Military Information Department, and asked as soon as he came in.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have asked Yesuge to increase their harassment of the Jin Kingdom. Now the right commander of the Jin army, Pusan ​​Zhongyi, urged the Tatar people to attack the Mengwu tribe several times to relieve their pressure." Shang Hu hurriedly reported

road.

"Hmph, they were still reluctant to take action themselves until they could calm down, and they still wanted to pretend to be Tatar people against the Mengwu people!" Zhao Qi snorted coldly and turned around in the hall.

"Your Majesty meant to drag the Jurchens into the water and let them attack the Mengwu people?" Shang Hu had been by the emperor for many years and knew that the emperor was thinking about countermeasures, but he was dizzy and thought about it and asked carefully.

"Nonsense, you think that so many troops are playing with the Jurchens in the west, I am going to beat them up!" Zhao Qi stopped and glared at Shang Hu.

"Your Majesty is looking for a reason to start a war?" Shang Hu asked with a smile.

"I know, I ask, the teacher must be famous, otherwise I will move, and those idle and uncomfortable scholars should give me a memorial again, and I will be so annoyed, but Zhao Li is a ruler, and he can't do anything to find trouble if he has nothing to do.

Come out..." Zhao Qi was nagging unhappily, and suddenly looked at Shang Hu and smiled... (To be continued...)