Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Before Ouyang Shilang arrived at Xiongzhou, the Jin envoys Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi entered Yizhou through Jinpo Pass, and then went straight to Xiongzhou under the protection of Cao Zheng.

After questioning, the people in Shuibo Liangshan knew that Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi had brought the credentials of the Kingdom of Jin with them.

After Chai Jin and Zhao Ding deceived Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi into house arrest, they showed the Jin Kingdom's credentials to Jiang Hongfei.

The content of the credentials is as follows:

The Emperor of the Jin Dynasty wrote to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty:

Time flies, and one year flies by. Last year, our dynasty sent envoys to your dynasty twice in order to agree on a date for dispatching troops. However, they stayed for several months without receiving any envoys. Your dynasty did not send back the envoys to reply, and there was no news after that.

If your dynasty doesn't tell you when it will be, this dynasty will make plans and send troops to conquer. When they first arrived in Zhongjing, they were defeated on the same day and the Khitan Dark Lord fled. Our army then went straight to the back of the mountain and captured the Khitan Dark Lord. However, we allowed him to escape and escaped, only to be escorted to the palace. The army continued to Xijing, Ying, Shuo, Wei and Southwest Road to recruit troops from various prefectures, counties and tribes in the Si area to garrison, all of whom paid tribute. Later, there were two rebellions in Xijing and Dezhou. They tried their best to induce people, but they failed to reform. Once the military orders were issued, they had no way to pursue them. They engaged in fierce battles and killed all the prisoners.

It was later learned that the unknown Khitan leader was fleeing in the desert, so he divided his troops to continue the pursuit.

In Yanjing, the left-behind king Yelv Chun presumptuously claimed his honor. He once sent people with the intention of claiming vassal status and seeking peace. However, this dynasty remembered that they had an agreement with your dynasty, so they did not respond.

I recently heard that Jiang Yan, the Duke of Qi in your dynasty, had sent troops northward. He had been waiting for a long time but had not seen the envoy to report the due date, so he became suspicious. Now according to the reasons for the back and forth, I wrote to ask each other what I meant, hoping to give some clues. Sheng Yan is waiting, and along the way to the celestial body, he has sent Bo Jinwuxie, Gao Qingyi and other deputy envoys and the family of Su Shouji in charge to go with a few gifts, presented in a letter, without announcing it. Jinbai.

Jiang Hongfei read the letter of credence from the Kingdom of Jin several times and asked everyone: "Can you analyze the core meaning of the letter of credence from the Kingdom of Jin?"

Chen Xizhen believes that the core meaning is to complain that the Zhao and Song Dynasty sent troops to the north without sending envoys to report it.

Zhao Ding believed that the core meaning was that he suspected that the Zhao and Song dynasties had broken the contract, and was worried that after the Song army regained Yan land in the future, they would not be able to get the annual coins that the Zhao and Song dynasties had promised.

Obviously, Zhao Ding's insights are deeper than Chen Xizhen's.

Jiang Hongfei said: "Zhao Daizhi is right. The core is the issue of interests. We now have to find a way to use the greed of the Jin people to stabilize the Jin people so that they will not disturb us in conquering Yan. At present, Khitan is in pieces. Destruction is the general trend. If we can take the opportunity to regain all the lands lost to the Han and Tang Dynasties by the Khitan in the past five generations, then we will be national heroes. "

With the tone set by Jiang Hongfei, Chai Jin and Zhao Ding came forward to continue the negotiations between the Zhao Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom with Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi. The main content was to fight for the nine states of Yundi and the three states of Ping, Luan and Ying.

Since ancient times, when Hulu from the grassland went south to invade the Central Plains dynasty, there were usually only three ways to go.

The first road is to enter Yundi from Yehuling, Yalangguan (i.e. Killing Tiger Pass) and other places, then enter Yanmen Pass, and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains through Hedong.

However, there are many dangerous passes in the mountains and rivers in Hedong, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. Only Yanmen Pass blocked the majority of the Hu people from going south.

In fact, the Zhao and Song Dynasty, which had both Hedong and Yanmen Pass, really had no shortage of cloud lands in Kyushu.

Therefore, the recovery of Yundi Jiuzhou is the icing on the cake for the Zhao and Song Dynasty. It is good to be able to recover it and it looks good in terms of face. But if it cannot be recovered, it will have no impact on the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

This was also the main reason why when Zhao Ji and his ministers were preparing to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Tong Guan proposed to recover the Yundi first from a military perspective, but Zhao Ji disagreed, forcing Tong Guan to recover the Yandi first.

——Zhao Ji made up his mind that the land of Yan must be recovered. If you can recover the cloud and land, then recover it. If you really can't recover it, don't give it up.

The second way is to enter Yandi through Juyongguan, Songtingguan, Jinpoguan, Gubeikou and other passes, or directly enter Hebei from Daomaguan and then go south.

The advantage of this road is that as long as you enter the pass, you will find the vast North China Plain. In a few days, you can drink the Yellow River and whip the Yangtze River to invade the hinterland of the Central Plains Dynasty and even the capital.

"The land of Youzhou is a land of thousands of miles of fertile fields. It is limited to mountains in the north, and there are many mountains and obstacles. There are five passes in the middle. You can drive carts and go around. Songting, Jinpo, and Gubeikou are only accessible to people and horses, so you can't drive. Outside there are The eighteen paths are all rabbit trails and bird paths, only accessible to people but not horse-riding. To the south of the mountain, the land is full of grains, fruits, good materials, and beautiful trees. Only a few dozen miles after leaving the pass, the mountains and rivers are turbid. , are all barren, guarding the yellow grass and white grass, I don’t know the end of the world, how could God set this limit for Huayi?”

From this passage, it is not difficult to see the importance of the land of Yan to the Central Plains Dynasty. If the Central Plains Dynasty can obtain the land of Yan, it can keep the Hulu away from the Great Wall. If the land of Yan is in the hands of the Hulu, the Central Plains Dynasty will be the Hulu. In the prisoner's back garden, they can come whenever they want.

By the way, this second road is the longest route for Hulu to go south.

Originally, there were only two roads for Hulu to go south.

But in recent years, with the decline of the coastline and artificial development and construction, Hulu has a third choice to go south.

This third road is the Western Liaoning Corridor.

The Western Liaoning Corridor, also known as the Yuguan Corridor, is located between Jinzhou and Yuguan. It borders Liaodong Bay to the east and Songling Mountain to the west. It runs from southwest to northeast. The corridor is backed by mountains and faces the sea. It has undulating hills and a dangerous situation. It is the link between the inside and outside of Yuguan. An important passage, it has always been a must-pass for military strategists since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The counties under the three states of Ping, Luan and Ying are the military strongholds that control the Liaoxi Corridor.

In addition, there is also the world's first pass Yuguan (also known as Shanhaiguan) on the Liaoxi Corridor.

If the three states of Ping, Luan and Ying are not recovered, even if the Central Plains Dynasty recovers the sixteen states of Yanyun, it will not be able to completely keep the Hulu out of the pass.

At the beginning, when the Song and Jin countries formed a maritime alliance to discuss the joint destruction of Liao, Zhao Ji only asked the Jin people for Yandi and managed the counties because he did not understand the geographical situation of the Yanyun area.

According to the literal meaning, after the Song and Jin countries destroyed Liao, only the seven states of Yandi belonged to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the nine states of Yundi and Heping, Luan and Ying were not under the Zhao Song Dynasty's request.

Later, it was Wang Fu who discovered this problem, and Zhao Ji and his ministers chased the Jin people to ask for the nine states of Yundi and Heping, Luan and Ying.

Jiang Hongfei knew this matter clearly through Lehe's message.

In fact, not only Jiang Hongfei, but also the officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty knew about the huge mistake Zhao Ji made, but because of Zhao Ji's face, no one dared to discuss it.

In order to stabilize the Jin people, Jiang Hongfei asked Chai Jin and Zhao Ding to continue to ask the Jin people for the nine states of Yundi and the three states of Pingluanying. As for the annual tribute, any amount is fine. Anyway, this was agreed by the Zhao Song Dynasty. What does it have to do with him, Jiang Hongfei, and he, Jiang Hongfei, never intended to give it.

After Chai Jin and Zhao Ding talked with Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi, Zhao Ding said: "Wu Xie has not seen much of the world and is easy to deal with. Gao Qingyi is from Bohai. He is very familiar with our Han culture and the Song Dynasty. He is also very smart. He is an old acquaintance of Zhao Liangsi. In the spring of the previous year, when Zhao Liangsi and the gold owner negotiated in the Liao Kingdom, he served as an interpreter beside him. He was very difficult to deal with." Jiang Hongfei thought for a while and said: "Then detain Gao Qingyi and send someone to go to Fengshengzhou with Wu Xie to meet Wanyan Aguda." Chai Jin, who was standing aside, heard this and volunteered: "I'll go." Jiang Hongfei reminded Chai Jin: "This is very dangerous. Once the Jin people know the true relationship between me and Zhao Song, you may be in danger of your life."

Chai Jin smiled freely: "My life was saved by my brother. For my brother and the world, why should I be afraid of dying?"

Jiang Hongfei wanted to persuade him again, but Chai Jin said: "Brother, there is no need to say more. Just ask Yan Qing to go with me."

Yan Qing listened to him and said directly: "I am willing to go!"

The heroes of Liangshan also knew that they were no longer fighting in the past, but were really making achievements.

In this case, how could those who wanted to pursue a career not fight?

Like Yang Zhi, Chen Xizhen, and Chai Jin, they were all like this.

After making a plan, Jiang Hongfei found an excuse to detain Gao Qingyi and let Chai Jin and Yan Qing follow Wu Xie to Fengshengzhou...

Just as Chai Jin and Yan Qing left, Minister Ouyang received the imperial edict of the Liao Kingdom and came to Xiongzhou with many gifts and horses.

After Liu Huiniang learned about this, she asserted: "This person is probably here to recruit us on behalf of Yelu Chun."

Chen Xizhen said disdainfully: "Yelu Chun is also worthy of recruiting me, Liangshan Marsh?"

It's no wonder Chen Xizhen is arrogant.

In terms of territory, Jiang Hongfei's territory is much larger than Yelu Chun's, who only has six states.

In terms of soldiers and horses, Jiang Hongfei has at least 500,000 or 600,000 troops, while Yelu Chun has at most 50,000 or 60,000 troops.

Even Yelu Chun, the emperor of Northern Liao, usurped Yelu Yanxi, and the key is that Yelu Yanxi is not dead yet, so now, no one recognizes Yelu Chun, the emperor of Northern Liao, except these people in Northern Liao.

Such a small regime in Northern Liao wanted to recruit Jiang Hongfei. It was really ridiculous!

Jiang Hongfei asked everyone for advice: "What should we do in this case?"

Li Gang said: "It depends on the situation."

Jiang Hongfei nodded and asked someone to bring Minister Ouyang.

Minister Ouyang came to the hall.

After the greetings, they sat down as host and guest.

Jiang Hongfei asked: "What did the Minister come to me for?"

Minister Ouyang said: "I have a small matter to report to you. Please send your attendants away."

Jiang Hongfei only left Gao Liang, Chen Xizhen, Du Fu and Lu Junyi, and drove the rest away.

Minister Ouyang saw this and did not force it. Instead, he bowed and said to Jiang Hongfei:

"Our Great Liao Kingdom has long heard of the great name of Jiang Zhaizhu, but we are far away from him and have no way to see him. We also heard that the Zhaizhu is in Liangshan Zhai, acting on behalf of heaven, and all the brothers work together. Today, the treacherous officials of the Song Dynasty have blocked the way for the wise. Those who have spiritual money will be promoted to high positions, and those who have not bribed will be buried without being promoted or rewarded. Such treacherous parties have abused their power, slandered and taken chances, envied the wise and the capable, and did not know the rewards and punishments, which led to chaos in the world. Good people have suffered and cannot live. Now the Zhaizhu has led 200,000 elite soldiers to attack our Yan land. He has suffered so much, but all he wants is fame and fortune.

Ou Mou, under the order of the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, has sent a small official to bring an imperial edict, conferring the title of King of Qi, the General of the Liao State, the Grand Marshal of the Army, and presenting a bag of spiritual stones, 100 colorful pieces and famous horses each. He will also copy the names of the leaders and go to the country to grant them official titles according to their names.

I am not here to persuade the Lord of the Village. This is because the Lord of the Liao Dynasty has heard of the Lord of the Village’s great virtues for a long time, and has sent Ou Mou to come and ask the Lord of the Village to recruit all the generals and agree to surrender. "

Seeing that Yelu Chun really sent someone to recruit him, Jiang Hongfei couldn't help shaking his head in his heart: "It's come to this point, and Yelu Chun still wants to recruit me, how ridiculous!"

After figuring out Yelu Chun's plan, Jiang Hongfei directly asked someone to take Minister Ouyang away.

Yelu Chun sent people to recruit Jiang Hongfei this time. Not only did he not impress Jiang Hongfei at all, but he also made Jiang Hongfei see Ye Lu Chun's guilty conscience and political naivety.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Hongfei ordered Sun Jing to capture Zhuozhou.

After Sun Jing accepted the order, he commanded the right army to advance quickly towards Zhuozhou.

During the recent period, Zhuozhou's top military commander, Chang Shengjun, who was in charge of Guo Yaoshi, had been very uneasy.

——News continued to spread in Yanjing that the wise woman Xiao Pu was preparing to massacre Han officials on a large scale. This news spread like wildfire, which made Medicine Master Guo frightened.

These days, Pharmacist Guo has been paying close attention to the movements of Yandi and the movements of Liangshan Army.

Hearing that Yizhou Gaofeng surrendered to Jiang Hongfei, Pharmacist Guo couldn't help but feel moved - he felt that this was probably the only path he could choose. Although he had no contact with Jiang Hongfei and did not know about Jiang Hongfei's deeds, he could The situation in Liao was getting worse and worse, and he felt that it was time to find a way out for himself.

Just as Pharmacist Guo was pondering whether to surrender to Jiang Hongfei or the Jin people, Pharmacist Guo received news that Xiao Qian was coming to Zhuozhou from Yanjing.

This surprised Medical Master Guo: "Why did Xiao Qian come to Zhuozhou? Could it be that he came to arrest me?"

Pharmacist Guo quickly summoned Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, Zhen Wuchen and other close friends to discuss countermeasures.

Pharmacist Guo said, "I don't know what Xiao Qian's intention is when he comes here. How do you think we should respond?"

Zhen Wuchen said: "Xiao Qian must have done nothing good when he came to Zhuozhou. I think he may have come to carry out Concubine Xiao De's secret order and come to arrest us."

Zhang Linghui said: "In my opinion, we might as well do what Gao Feng did in Yizhou and descend to the Yangtze River to spread the city. We can not only save our lives but also protect our officials. Why not?"

Liu Shunren said: "It would be better to surrender to Jurchen than to surrender to Jiangyan. Aguda was ordered to inaugurate the foundation. In seven or eight years, the world was on the verge of being established. His merits are abundant and the ancients are revitalized. He must be the master of the Ming Dynasty."

Everyone looked at Pharmacist Guo, waiting for him to make a decision.

Pharmacist Guo was also very hesitant!

If it was the Zhao and Song dynasties that conquered Liao, he would definitely be willing to surrender to that wealthy dynasty.

But those who came to attack Liao were a group of mountain bandits and water bandits. Although this group of bandits looked quite extraordinary, in Guo Yaoshi's view, they were indeed not as worthy of surrender as the Jin men who captured the four capitals of Liao Kingdom.

Just when Guo Yaoshi and others were hesitating, a scout from the Ever Victorious Army came to report: "Du Tong, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are coming from the Fan Village area to kill me in Zhuozhou..."

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