The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

According to the diplomatic regulations of the Song Dynasty, local governments and counties where foreign tribute envoys enter should set up post offices to accommodate the envoys. The local military and political chiefs are responsible for reception matters and report their country names, names, number of people, and years to the Ministry of Rites.

The temple declaration, the envoy's itinerary and the reception and supplies along the way must also be recorded and reported together.

Because the Xuanfu envoy Zhao Tan did not return from his patrol, the matter of handling the entry of Jin's "envoys" temporarily fell on Xu Jingheng, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, which put him in a difficult position. Since the foreign policy of the early Song Dynasty was

'Losing money and making money' and adopting a reward system for tributary countries have allowed some countries to see business opportunities

, the missions they sent can be regarded as tribute missions from a political point of view, and can be directly called "caravans" from an economic point of view. Tribute envoys and merchants took advantage of the loopholes in the Song Dynasty government's policies to come to Beijing one after another.

The goods earn a fortune, and the rewards are a big income, so I never get tired of it.

These tribute envoys were happy, but the Song Dynasty government was not happy. There were too many tribute envoys. On the one hand, they had to give large rewards to the envoys. On the other hand, the large-scale commodity transactions of the envoys caused a large outflow of silver, silk, etc., which had a negative impact on the economy.

It had an impact. From this point on, stipulations began to be made on the number of people, tribute period, rewards, and stay time of the envoys, and the tribute envoys must carry a stamp and be allowed to enter the country.

However, these Jurchens who entered the country brought no tributes, let alone stamps, but brought a lot of swords and guns. So Xu Jingheng reported the situation truthfully and suggested that they be treated as unauthorized crossers and deported. This was already considering the current situation between the two countries.

Allied relations, otherwise they would have to be sent to hard labor camps. The imperial court quickly rejected his suggestion, thinking that it was not suitable for a hostile relationship, and that he should consider taking refuge in our country.

The problem arises again. Since it is an asylum application, the Jurchens should be allowed to write an application for approval, but Wanyanxie is not willing to be a refugee. He is determined not to apply, but hopes to enter the country as an envoy. At least it will look good!

So I had to report it again and ask my superiors to send someone to verify my identity. I had only heard of Wanyanxie, but no one knew him, and he had no credentials. If he was just some bandit pretending to be a gangster, it would become an international joke.

This trip took a long time. First, the Jin Embassy in the Song Dynasty sent someone to verify. This person knew Wanyan Xieye quite well. While quickly reporting back to the country, he explained the situation to the Song Dynasty and confirmed that it was the Jin Dynasty.

Lu Bo was extremely fierce, commanding the army both internally and externally, and his younger brother Wanyan Xieye

, but it is an indisputable fact that he led the troops into the country. Otherwise, how could he explain it to the more than 3,000 soldiers around him? This is even more troublesome. The nature of the incident has changed. When an important minister of a country leads troops to trespass into another country without authorization and cross the border by mistake, that is aggression. What else can he do?

What envoy, please explain this matter clearly first!

The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin could only ask the country for instructions on how to deal with it. The Song Dynasty also wanted a reasonable explanation. But at this juncture, Aguda was away on military expedition, and Wu Qimai was in charge of the family and did not make the final decision. He was just a housekeeper, so it was difficult.

Yan Xieye and Xu Jingheng. They could only waste their time here, and the day became cold. At this moment, something big happened. The deadlock took a turn for the better...

On June 24 this year, Yelv Chun, the false emperor of Yanjing, died. His wife, Xiao, became the empress dowager. Xiao Defei had the entire family of Li Chuwen, the Han prime minister of the dynasty, beheaded. The reason was that it would be difficult to enrich the country by using power for personal gain. After that, Yan

The Yun Dynasty was in great turmoil, and the Han, Xi, and Bohai tribes were all in danger. The Yelu and Xiao families were at odds with each other, and they were troubled internally and externally, and people's hearts were unstable.

In July, Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty, at the request of Tong Guan and his courtiers, decided to take advantage of the leaderless situation in Yanjing to attack Yanjing again. Since the veteran general Zhong Shidao had always objected to the invasion of Liao, and had submitted letters many times, Tong Guan was dismissed.

After the failure of the first expedition to the Liao Dynasty, he became a scapegoat and was demoted and demoted. So the army of 200,000 soldiers was divided into two groups and headed to Yanjing with Liu Yanqing as the capital. Liu Yanqing's army was stationed in the ancient city, and Liu Guangshi's troops were stationed in the ancient city.

Stationed in Guangxin.

Soon, Gao Feng, the defender of Yizhou, and Guo Yaoshi, the defender of Zhuozhou, of the Liao Kingdom, took the initiative to surrender to the Song Dynasty. This gave Tong Guan hope, thinking that the Liao Kingdom was over and Yanjing could easily gain it, so he ordered an attack. The Western Army

Assembling a hundred thousand troops, Liu Yanqing personally went into battle and attacked Youzhou City. On the night of October 23, with Guo Yaoshi's victorious army of thousands as a guide, and Yang Keshi, Gao Shixuan and other six thousand soldiers, they unloaded the weapons in the middle of the night.

Beidao rushed to Yanjing.

On the morning of October 24th, the Song soldiers crossed the Lugou River early and arrived at the gate of Yanjing City. Guo Yaoshi, led by Zhen Wuchen and others, led fifty people among the people in the suburbs, entered Yanjing City, captured the Yingchun Gate, and released the Song soldiers

Enter. Then, the two sides fought in the city. The Song soldiers killed all the Khitans and stormed in. Guo Yaoshi and others quickly occupied key points in the city and approached the palace of Queen Mother Xiao.

However, an accident occurred again. Liu Guangshi, who was the backup, did not show up in Youzhou City that day. He and the agreed fresh troops disappeared. The resentful army was trapped in Youzhou City, and they finally had to tie up with ropes.

On the top of the city, people came down one by one. Those who barely escaped from the city alive were left with only a few hundred people, and none of them had horses. They escaped on foot and returned from the trail.

arrived at the camp. The Song soldiers were defeated and fled Yanjing City. Guo Yaoshi, Yang Keshi and others escaped in embarrassment. Gao Shixuan and other generals died in the city, leaving only a few hundred of the 6,000 elite soldiers. Guo Yaoshi's military plan to attack Yanjing City was a surprise to the enemy.

, was originally a brilliant move in the war. However, the Song army was undisciplined and did not understand the national appeasement policy. There were also many conflicts among the generals, and the commander Liu Yanqing was incompetent, which led to the failure of the surprise attack.

After this battle, it is said that the Song Army just did not take advantage and the losses were not great. However, Xiao Qian, the defender of the Liao Army, began to move. He implemented a very absurd and almost boring plan, commanding the Liao Army to sneak attack the Song Army's

transport team, and falsely claimed that one hundred thousand Liao troops had arrived in Yanjing, and carried out an attack at night, which frightened Liu Yanqing.

Retreat, retreat immediately! Liu Yanqing issued the order to retreat with the strictest military order, ordering the entire army to abandon everything and flee quickly. All the strategic war preparation materials that were not brought in time were burned on the spot. That night, the fire was soaring into the sky.

Most of them were lit by the people of the Song Dynasty themselves. What was burned in this fire was not just tents, equipment and the like, but all the wealth accumulated by the Song Dynasty since the Xining Reform, the most important of which was military rations.

Liu Yanqing couldn't care about this. In his heart, his own life was the most important. He ran desperately, driving the soldiers to run with him, and finally retreated to Baigou after a night. Here he breathed a sigh of relief and felt

The danger finally passed. There was the national border ahead, and it would be safe to cross the river. But at this moment, he discovered a greater danger - the Liao army was approaching.

In fact, Xiao Qian only had 3,000 men in his hands. Due to the disparity in strength, he never took action. Instead, he followed the Song army with a bluff. It was not until the Song army was exhausted mentally and physically after running all night that he launched an attack. At this time, there was a white ditch in front of him.

Boundary River, later the Liao Army

The iron cavalry and one hundred thousand Song troops fled overnight, and the situation became extremely bad. Needless to say, everyone understood the result. The Song troops threw away countless corpses before crossing the Baigou and escaping back to the Song Dynasty. The second Northern Expedition ended in such an anticlimactic manner.

's over.

This time, the Song Army was defeated to a terrible extent. Don't talk about morale and glory. Every soldier was depressed to death. The failure was really their fault. They were really cowardly. The Western Army was so vulnerable.

? At this time, everyone knew that the generals were incompetent and exhausted the three armies. They were not defeated by the Liao people at all, but were defeated by themselves!

After this battle, the supplies were gone, the military strength was lost and morale was extremely low, and they were unable to fight anymore. This was only their own loss. A group of people in the DPRK tried to take advantage of the fire and make a big profit, but in the end they failed to gain the upper hand.

Mi, not only suffered heavy casualties, but also brought Wang Anshi to reform.

All the military supplies they had accumulated were lost. If they retreated at this time and pretended that nothing happened, it would be a wise move. In that case, future generations would not be able to hear what they said, at least in this life.

There is no need for those who have lost their heads to lose their heads, those who hang themselves to hang themselves, and those who eat snow to eat snow!

First of all, Tong Guan was unwilling to give in. His dream had not yet been realized, the king's title had not yet been obtained, and comrades still needed to work hard. So he kept tossing. He thought that if he returned to the dynasty like this, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others might

We have to add Cai Jing, the old immortal, and they will

He would take the opportunity to make a big fuss. The emperor had lost his original favor for him. Now that he went back in such a dejected mood, he would no doubt have to sit on the bench in the future. The wealth he had built up through many years of hard work would have been wasted for most of his life's hard work.

Dongliu, how can you do this to yourself?

I am not willing to give in, but now I ask Tong Guan to fight with the Khitans again. He doesn't have the courage, but people are afraid of using their brains. As long as they think about it, there will be a way. Tong Guan thought about it, I, Song Dynasty

Just because you can't defeat the Khitans doesn't mean you are invincible. Aren't you also beaten to pieces by the Jurchens? You lost your city and your territory. Even your own country was taken over by others.

After thinking about it, Tong Guan came up with an idea. Damn it, we can't beat you. Our buddies are very powerful. I'll send someone to come and let them deal with you. So Tong Guan returned to Beijing again and reported his idea to the emperor. Unexpectedly,

Zhao Ji actually agreed without thinking, and sent Zhao Liangsi as an envoy to visit the Kingdom of Jin again to discuss the recovery of Yanyun...

Now that I have something to ask for, everyone in the court thought of the Supreme Commander of the Jin Kingdom in Hedong who was still holding hostage. Isn't this too rude! Intruders can no longer be mentioned, and they must be treated quickly.

If it improves, it will be treated as a prince of the Song Dynasty. According to the practice of reciprocal diplomacy, the Song Dynasty will also have to send a prince to receive it, and it will be left to Prince Yan.

But they didn't know that Zhao Tong would know about such a thing eight hundred years later. He had already finished his 'border patrol' and rushed to the Volcano Army in a dusty way. While they were busy drafting the imperial edict, Zhao Tong had already met Wanyan Xieye.

After drinking a little wine, we are calling each other brothers!