Xianxia version of Water Margin

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In fact, when Shuibo Liangshan signed a peace treaty with the Zhao and Song dynasties, Zhao Ji and his ministers tricked Jiang Hongfei.

The key point is that Jiang Hongfei can only hold his nose and admit it.

Some people may be confused and don't understand why Jiang Hongfei was tricked by Zhao Jijun and his ministers, and he could only admit it. This is not like Jiang Hongfei's style?

Here's the thing.

When the peace treaty was signed between Shuibo Liangshan and the Zhao and Song dynasties, the Zhao and Song dynasty deliberately wrote that the two sides were bounded by a river to the west.

This big river refers to the Yellow River.

"The west is bounded by the Yellow River." If we follow the words, the Zhao and Song Dynasties provided water to Liangshan, not only Shandong and Hebei, but also Hedong.

——Hedong is both east of the Yellow River and north of the Yellow River. It is bounded by the Yellow River. No matter how it is set, Hedong should belong to Shuibo Liangshan.

Zhao Jijun and his ministers made a mistake?

How can it be.

There were more than 20,000 officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. How could no one discover this small problem? This is clearly because Zhao Ji and his ministers had bad intentions and deliberately gave the east side of the river that belonged to Tian Hu to Jiang Hongfei. They deliberately alienated Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu, and even hoped that Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu would fight with each other and reap the benefits.

In addition, after Shuibo Liangshan negotiated peace with the Zhao and Song dynasties, Jiang Hongfei accepted the title of Duke of Qi conferred by the Zhao and Song dynasties, and was appointed as the military envoy of Liangshan Army, guarding Shandong and Hebei for generations.

There is no guarantee that Tian Hu will not become suspicious and worry that Jiang Hongfei will rob him of Hedong.

That person may ask, doesn’t Jiang Hongfei know the sinister intentions of the Zhao Song Dynasty? Wouldn't it be nice to point this out when signing the peace treaty?

Of course, Jiang Hongfei knew the sinister intentions of Zhao Jijun and his ministers at the first time.

But the problem is that Jiang Hongfei really cares about Hedong. It can even be said that Jiang Hongfei is bound to win Hedong.

Think about it, if Jiang Hongfei regains the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and then seizes Tian Hu's Hedong, then Shuipo Liangshan will have the power to sweep the world. If Jiang Hongfei works hard, he will have the opportunity to complete the unification and join forces with Qin Shihuang, Liu Bang, and Li Shimin. In a comparison, Zhao Kuangyin would not be as good as him.

And as long as this treaty is in hand, Jiang Hongfei has an excuse to capture Hedong, and it is reasonable and legal, and will not be explicitly blocked by the Zhao and Song Dynasties. After all, this is written in black and white in the peace treaty, and it has the name of Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Signature and jade seal, if Zhao Ji and his ministers do not accept this account, then Jiang Hongfei can use this as an excuse to tear up the peace treaty.

In other words, Jiang Hongfei can now conquer Tianhu.

This was actually a conspiracy by Zhao Ji and his ministers to Jiang Hongfei. They hoped that Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu would both lose in a fight, and then send troops to eliminate Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu, the two big bandits, and regain the north of the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Even though Tian Hu now has hundreds of generals and millions of troops, Tian Hu knows very well that his strength is not as good as Jiang Hongfei's. If he starts a war with Jiang Hongfei, he will lose more than he wins.

It's no wonder that Tian Hu sent Qiao Daoqing to Jiang Hongfei to explore Jiang Hongfei's reputation.

Soon, Qiao Daoqing was invited by Ruan Xiaoqi.

Jiang Hongfei, who had always wanted to win over Qiao Daoqing, a conscientious and capable military man, was as polite as ever.

Seeing Qiao Daoqing coming, Jiang Hongfei stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "What kind of wind brings Dao Qiao to my place?"

Qiao Daoqing clasped his hands and said, "I have met the Duke."

The title "Guo Gong" has already shown that Qiao Daoqing came to raise an army to question the crime.

This made Jiang Hongfei want to pretend to be confused, but he couldn't.

Jiang Hongfei could only ask Qiao Daoqing to sit down and say frankly:

"Not long ago, just before my Liangshan Army was preparing for a decisive battle with the Song Army, I suddenly received news that the Jin Army captured the capital of Liao Zhong. Yelu Yanxi, the Lord of Liao, led his family, tribesmen and 500 personal guards along a secret passage in the middle of the night. Escaped from the city and fled to Yanjing overnight. Yelu Chun, who stayed in Nanjing of Liao Dynasty, persuaded Yelu Yanxi to stay in Yanjing to organize a decisive battle with the Jin army. However, Yelu Yanxi did not agree and only named Yelu Chun the king of Qin and Jin. Yanjing organized forces to fight against the Jin army, and Yelu Yanxi claimed that he would go to Xijing to gather people to fight against the Jin army. The next day, Yelu Yanxi left Yanjing with his family, tribesmen and 20,000 troops..."

Following Jiang Hongfei's narration, Qiao Daoqing learned that after Yelu Yanxi left Yanjing, he left Juyongguan in the west and came to Yuanyangluo.

Here, Yelu Yanxi issued an order to grant King Yelu of Jin the death of Lu Han.

Yelu Yanxi was so mediocre that the Liao people all hoped that he would die soon and let the wise and brave Yelu Aolu Han inherit the throne and lead them to repel the Jurchen attack.

But good people don't live long, and disasters live for thousands of years.

Yelu Yanxi is now in good health and eating delicious food, but Yelu Aolu Han, who was regarded as the hope of the Liao people, was killed by Yelu Yanxi.

Liao's hope was gone.

There is no hope for the Khitans.

When the courtiers, officers and soldiers of the Liao Kingdom heard that Yelu Aolu Han had committed suicide in compliance with the order, they all cried bitterly.

From then on, the Liao court officials and officers and soldiers were completely disappointed with Yelu Yanxi and were unwilling to work for him anymore. They resisted the Jin army and became even more passive. A large number of Liao people fled Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi hid in Yuanyangluo and ordered the death of Yelu Aolu Han. The news that the Liao army was now scattered and had no fighting spirit was quickly learned by the Jin people.

Wanyan Zonghan immediately led his army to Yuanyangluo and came to pursue Yelu Yanxi.

But Yelu Yanxi had already heard the news and fled. He took his family and clan members and quietly left Xijing under the protection of more than 2,000 pro-army troops. He first went to the Grotto Temple, then joined the Tiande Army, then went to Yuyang Ridge, and then plunged headlong Entering the dense forest in the mountains.

Jiashan is a vast and boundless virgin forest, located in the north of the desert. The mountain is criss-crossed with ravines and towering peaks. There is a muddy swamp within a radius of 60 miles below the mountain. Outsiders cannot enter without a guide. If you go there rashly, you will get trapped. Life is not guaranteed.

Since Yelu Yanxi left Xijing, Yelu Chun lost contact with Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Chun was restless, so he sent out many spies to inquire about Yelu Yanxi's whereabouts.

There were many rumors about Yelu Yanxi at that time. Some said that he had been captured by the Jin army, some said that he had died in Yuanyangluo, and some said that he fled to Xixia and took refuge with Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun.

Yelu Chun was the grandson of Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty. Yelu Yanxi called him his uncle. His fathers were the famous former military marshals of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu and Lu Wei. When he was a child, he was almost made the crown prince.

Moreover, Yelu Chun has stayed in Yanjing for twelve years and has won the hearts of the people.

Daliao, the once all-powerful grassland empire, is now in turmoil.

As the highest official of the Liao Kingdom in Yanjing City, and as a descendant of the royal family, Yelu Chun was very worried about the future and destiny of the Liao Kingdom. Facing the chaos in front of him, he wanted to do something, but he felt helpless.

Yelu Chun's princess, Xiao Puxiannu, was only in her thirties. She was a very ambitious woman, and she had a grudge against Yelu Yanxi.

——A few years ago, Yelu Zhangnu and Xiao Dili, the younger brother of Xiao Pu Xiannu, conspired to depose Yelu Yanxi and make Yelv Chun the emperor. Unexpectedly, Yelv Chun did not accept it. After assessing the situation, he beheaded Xiao Dili and others, and His head was given to Yelu Yanxi. Also given to Yelu Yanxi by Yelu Chun was Xiannu Xiao Pu. Therefore, Xiao Pu Xiannu had been imprisoned in Shangjing of Liao Dynasty by Yelu Yanxi before. Later, Shangjing of Liao Dynasty fell, and Yelu Yanxi imprisoned Xiao Puxian's daughter in Zhongjing of Liao Dynasty. Not long ago, Xiao Puxian took advantage of the chaos in Liao Zhongjing to escape from Liao Zhongjing and fled back to Yanjing.

Xiao Puxian's daughter hated Yelu Yanxi. She felt that the reason why the Liao Kingdom was in such a state of collapse and collapse was all because of Yelu Yanxi's mediocrity.

Xiao Pu Xiannu also hated Yelu Chun. She felt that if Yelu Chun had not been indecisive and kind-hearted as a woman, but had joined them in seizing the throne of Yelu Yanxi, the Liao Kingdom would definitely not be in the state it is in today.

Now, Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, has disappeared when the Liao Kingdom is on the verge of collapse. There is no news. Xiao Pu Xiannu feels that this is the perfect opportunity to depose Yelu Yanxi and establish Yelv Chun as the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

And Yelu Chun is now sixty years old, and his health is still very bad. The key point is that Yelu Chun's only son has died long ago, and now there is only one daughter left, namely Princess Tianshou Yelu Dalibo. If Yelu Chun ascends the throne and becomes emperor, no matter how unfortunate it is. If she dies, then the supreme power of the Liao Empire may fall into the hands of Xiao Pu Xiannu. By then, Xiao Pu Xiannu will become the second in line to Xiao Yanyan, the Queen Mother of Liao Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Chuwen, the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, also contacted Xi Wang Xiao Qian, General Eleven Yao of the Liao Kingdom and others to prepare to support Yelv Chun.

Xiao Puxiannu and Li Chuwen hit it off immediately.

On this day, Li Chuwen, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi (that is, Yelu Dezhong, Dezhong is his name), Li Chuneng, Li Xi, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Kang Gongbi, Cao Yongyi and other officials of the Han Dynasty and the Tens of thousands of military leaders, monks and Taoists, as well as fellow villagers, gathered outside the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Li Chuwen, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian walked into the palace on behalf of the hundreds of officials of the Han Dynasty, and invited Yelu Chun to come outside the gate to accept the worship ceremony of the officials.

Yelu Chun refused.

Yelu Dashi said: "Today's Daliao is like a big ship. How can the ship sail without a helmsman? If the king refuses to be the helmsman, the ship will sink soon. The king cannot bear to see all the people on the ship fall into the sea." Die?"

Xiao Qian said: "Currently, only the king is the most prestigious person in the Liao Dynasty. The king ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor. He obeys the will of God and wins the hearts of the people. Please don't refuse. Daliao has no choice!"

Li Chuwen said: "Ascension to the throne is not a usurpation of the throne. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Longji fled Chang'an, and Prince Li Heng ascended the throne as emperor on his own in Lingwu. Later, he organized forces, finally put down the rebellion and restored the Tang Dynasty. Today, Daliao is also facing the same situation. In this situation, if the king does not ascend the throne, where will the people go? "

Xiao Puxiannu also said to Yelu Chun: "The country has not yet been destroyed, but the emperor cannot be found. Isn't this absurd? How can the country's destiny last forever if this continues? Your Majesty is the royal family with the largest seniority, the most prestige, and the highest position in Yanjing City. , the king should inherit the throne.”

Under the persuasion of the wise woman Xiao Pu, Yelu Chun walked out of the door accompanied by Li Chuwen, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi.

At this time, Li Chuwen's son Li Shi, who was waiting at the gate, quickly put an ocher-colored robe on Yelu Chun.

At the foot of the steps, all the Han officials and tens of thousands of people cheered and danced together to celebrate warmly.

Looking at the tens of thousands of officials and people kneeling on the ground in front of him who refused to get up, Yelu Chun had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Therefore, hundreds of officials in the Han Dynasty gave Yelu Chun the title of Emperor Tianxi.

Yelu Chun appointed Li Chuwen as Taiwei, Xiao Qian as envoy to the North Privy Council, Yelu Dashi as the commander of the Southwest Road, Zuo Qigong as Situ, Cao Yongyi knew the Privy Council, Yu Zhongwen participated in political affairs, Zhang Lin was the Grand Master, and Li Chuneng directly directed the Privy Council. , Li Shi was appointed as the young eunuch of the Shaofu, Prince Consort Xiao Danzhi was informed of the affairs of the Privy Council, and so on. Xiao Puxian was granted the title of Virtuous Concubine, the Resentful Army was renamed Changsheng Army, the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Jianfu and a general amnesty was implemented, and Yelu Yanxi was consecrated as the King of Xiangyin.

From then on, the already shaky Liao Kingdom was divided into two major spheres of influence.

Yelv Chun owns the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, three prefectures of Pingluanying, and nominally owns Shangjing, Liaoxi and other places.

Yelu Yanxi, on the other hand, owned the southwest and northwest roads north of the desert to recruit the Si Zhufan tribe.

Jiang Hongfei briefly introduced the current difficult situation of the Liao Kingdom to Qiao Daoqing, and then said: "In view of the situation in the Liao Kingdom, I negotiated peace with Zhao Song, drew out the army, and prepared to lead the army north to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Retake this territory that has been lost for more than two hundred years for us Han people, and teach us that the Han people will no longer be threatened by the barbarians."

When Jiang Hongfei said that he negotiated peace with the Zhao and Song dynasties in order to go north to conquer the Liao Dynasty, Qiao Daoqing was very surprised. He said: "When the Liao Dynasty was strong and powerful, the territory covered thousands of miles, and the entire grassland was under its rule. The emaciated camels were bigger than the horses. The leader of the village To defeat the Liao Dynasty with the strength of one village..."

Although Qiao Daoqing didn't say the following words, his meaning was already obvious, that is, is Shuibo Liangshan a bit of a mantis who is overestimating his capabilities?

Jiang Hongfei can't say that now the Liao Kingdom doesn't even have 50,000 horses, so I'm going to pick up big leaks?

Jiang Hongfei said proudly: "A man has done something but not done. He has lost this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don't know how long it will take, and how long we Han people will have to be harassed and blackmailed by barbarians, before we Han people can regain Yanyun Liuliu." Only in this way can we have a safe border, Jiang Yandan will not let this opportunity pass by!”

Although Qiao Daoqing was not optimistic about Jiang Hongfei's ideas, he admired Jiang Hongfei's courage and felt that Jiang Hongfei was really a great hero and hero. In this regard, Tian Hu was indeed incomparable to Jiang Hongfei.

At the same time, Qiao Daoqing also accepted the reasons for Shuibo Liangshan to negotiate peace with the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

At this time, Jiang Hongfei took the initiative and said: "To be honest, Taoist Master Qiao will not come to my place today. I am also going to send someone to your house to discuss it in the next two days. While I am leading the army north to regain the seven states of Yandi, Tian Hu My brother also sent troops north to recover the nine states of Yundi. The two of us will complete the feat of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun. How about that?"

Qiao Daoqing was very moved, but he knew that Tian Hu definitely did not have the courage.

Moreover, Tian Hu has recently asked Zhongshi Dao to attack Tongguan. Tian Hu is already exhausted in dealing with Zhongshi Dao. How can he still start a war with Liao Kingdom, the once all-powerful grassland empire?

After figuring out the reason for the peace talks between Shuibo Liangshan and the Zhao and Song dynasties, Qiao Daoqing did not give up, but launched another attack: "Then what is the meaning of the peace talks between Guizhai and Zhao and Song Dynasty, with the river as the boundary?"

Without Jiang Hongfei's instructions, Chai Jin stood up and said: "I blame you for this. I didn't see Zhao Ji's plot to drive a wedge between your family and our family, so I signed the peace treaty hastily. My brother has already scolded me. Teach me I will go to your house to explain as soon as possible, but I am currently serving as a martial arts examiner and am ready to wait for this matter. I will go to your house to explain and eliminate this misunderstanding. I don’t want the Taoist priest to come to my house first. "

With Chai Jin's foreshadowing, Jiang Hongfei said: "Brother Chai Jin is not serious in his work. I have already reprimanded him. If Brother Tian Hu feels that there is a problem with the peace treaty signed between our family and Zhao Song, he will definitely deal with it when I return from Liao. How about going to Zhao Song to change the peace treaty?"

"this……"

Qiao Daoqing suspected that this was a delaying strategy by Jiang Hongfei and Chai Jin.

But Jiang Hongfei has made it very clear before, that is, the Liao Kingdom is very weak now, and he is ready to concentrate all his efforts on conquering the Liao Dynasty and regaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

At this critical moment, if Tian Hu forces Jiang Hongfei to ask the Zhao and Song Dynasties to change the peace treaty, first of all, Tian Hu will appear to be too petty, and secondly, it will easily cause the strategic and strategic plans formulated by Shuibo Liangshan to go sideways.

Moreover, to be honest, Jiang Hongfei's willingness to give Tian Hu an explanation was already a favor.

Don't forget, Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu are both bandits, and it is normal for the two families to be at war with each other.

Based on Qiao Daoqing's understanding of Tian Hu, as long as Tian Hu has the ability to annex Jiang Hongfei, he will definitely annex Jiang Hongfei without hesitation, and then sweep the world and complete the unification.

Seeing this, Jiang Hongfei was willing to explain to Tian Hu, and also said that if Tian Hu insisted, he would go to the Zhao and Song Dynasties to change the peace treaty after conquering the Liao Kingdom, which would be the most benevolent and righteous thing to do.

And Jiang Hongfei has already reached this point. If Tian Hu still clings to this matter, he just wants to break up with Jiang Hongfei.

After thinking about this, Qiao Daoqing could only return in vain...

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