Xianxia version of Water Margin

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After Yelu Yanxi was captured, Jiang Hongfei took him to Yanjing City.

Yelu Yanxi presented the letter of surrender in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which read:

Yelu Yanxi, a minister of the Liao Dynasty, bowed his ax and axe, bowed down to the Yuan Dynasty, and bowed down to await his punishment. I heard that people are not afraid of their bravery, but if they are afraid of it, they will be violent. Fu Nianchen's ancestors established a foundation of two hundred years, inherited the throne from heaven, passed down the steps to their descendants, worshiped God in the suburbs, and celebrated internally and externally...

After Jiang Hongfei read the letter of surrender, he issued an edict to confer the title of Marquis of Xiangyin to Yelu Yanxi, build a Liao city in Yanjing City, and imprison Yelu Yanxi and all the royal family and clan members of the Liao Kingdom in it.

After finishing this matter, Jiang Hongfei sent Chai Jin and Xiao Rong as envoys to the Zhao and Song dynasties with the "Book of the Great Yuan Bao and the Great Song Dynasty Winning the Khitan Hun Master".

Zhao Ji paid great attention to the envoys sent by the Yuan Empire, and immediately transferred Zhao Liangsi to the capital as the accompanying envoy. He went to the edge of the Yellow River to meet Chai Jin and Xiao Rong and accompanied them to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

In fact, Zhao Ji and his ministers already knew about Jiang Hongfei's capture of Yelu Yanxi.

No.

It should be said that since Jiang Hongfei went north, Zhao Ji and his ministers have been paying close attention to Jiang Hongfei's movements.

Well... let's put it this way, when they learned that Jiang Hongfei had just negotiated peace with the Song Dynasty, he led his troops north to attack Yanjing, Zhao Ji and his ministers almost died of joy.

In the words of some ministers of the Zhao and Song dynasties: "God bless me, the Song Dynasty!"

It can be said that all the ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasty were very excited when they saw that Jiang Hongfei and Beiliao were fighting each other. They, the Zhao and Song Dynasty, would definitely benefit from it.

Zhao Ji and his ministers planned that once Jiang Hongfei was defeated by Bei Liao, Gao Qiu would immediately send his troops north to recover Hebei and Shandong. If there was a chance, he would even recover the sixteen states of Yanyun; even if Jiang Hongfei defeated Bei Liao, they could still take advantage of the water. The opportunity of Liangshan being severely hit by Beiliao gave Gao Qiu the opportunity to send his troops northward to eliminate Jiang Hongfei, a serious problem.

In the eyes of Zhao Ji and his ministers at that time, they were destined to be fishermen, and the Zhao and Song dynasties were saved.

Unexpectedly, it had only been more than a month since Jiang Hongfei went north, and Zhao Ji and his ministers were all dumbfounded!

Jiang Hongfei actually recovered Yizhou and Zhuozhou with thunderous momentum, and then took over the city of Yanjing. He also captured Xiao Puxian, the Queen Mother of Northern Liao, and defeated the main force of Northern Liao in one fell swoop, regaining Yanjing.

All this happened so fast that Zhao Ji and his ministers didn't even have a chance to react, let alone intervene.

By the time Zhao Ji and his ministers received accurate information, Jiang Hongfei had completely recovered the land of Yan, and the more than 200,000 troops who had just defeated Bei Liao were idle and could march south at any time.

Under such circumstances, how could Zhao Ji and his ministers dare to act rashly?

What if Jiang Hongfei, with the power of victory, led an army of more than 200,000 people to go south to attack the Song Dynasty, wouldn't the Zhao and Song Dynasty be over?

Zhao Ji is so regretful!

Zhao Ji did not regret letting Jiang Hongfei go north to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, nor did he regret not sending troops decisively to join forces with Bei Liao to defeat Jiang Hongfei. What he really regretted was that he did not send troops to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun before the domestic problems of the Zhao and Song Dynasty broke out.

You know, six years ago, when Dong Pang'er surrendered to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji wanted to send troops north to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

At that time, Zhao Ji even ordered Tong Guan to mobilize some elites from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army to form the front army. At the same time, he ordered all parties in Hebei to prepare for wartime logistics support. He also planned to secretly send the main force of the Western Army to the Hebei border to assemble in the name of defense change. .

Soon, the Northern Expeditionary Army quietly set out from Tokyo. Tong Guan planned to lead the Northern Expeditionary Army to dispatch in early March.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, Deng Xunwu hurriedly entered the palace and asked for an interview. Before being allowed, he rushed directly into the Chongzheng Hall and wrote a memorial that strongly opposed the Yan expedition - "Northern Expedition Questions" directly to Hand it over to Zhao Ji and ask Zhao Ji to order Cai Jing to come and discuss it in person.

Deng Xunwu's memorial was very long, stating a total of 27 matters related to the interests and disadvantages of the Northern Expedition, each with detailed annotations. At the end, he even wrote emotionally:

"Your Majesty, please take a look at the court today. Are there any ministers who can compare with Zhao Pu? Can any general be as good as Cao Bin and Pan Mei? Can any of the elite soldiers be as good as those at the beginning of the founding of the country? At that time, with Taizong's powerful force, Zhao Pu's strategy, and the generals Cao Bin and Pan Mei, they were victorious in every battle, but only several attacks against Yan Yun ended in failure. How can it be done today? We have vowed to send troops lightly. If we abandon this oath for a hundred years, we are afraid that if the war breaks out, the insects and vegetation in China will not be able to rest!"

After reading the memorial, Zhao Ji was sweating profusely. He thought to himself: "Is it too hasty to send troops to the Northern Expedition?"

Zhao Ji was suspicious and could not help but waver in his thoughts: "The Khitan is different from Tubo and Xixia. The Khitan is a grassland empire, and its cavalry are not easy to mess with. Once they go south in a big way, they will trample the mountains and rivers."

At that time, the national power of the Zhao and Song dynasties had not declined so sharply, and the four major bandits, Jiang Hongfei, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, had not yet succeeded. Therefore, Cai Jing was in favor of sending troops to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and even vigorously promoted this matter .

Zhao Ji found Cai Jing and handed Deng Xunwu's memorial to Cai Jing, saying: "Breaking the ancestral oath may bring about bad luck, so we should stop the Northern Expedition."

Later, Zhao Ji wrote a note to Tong Guan, who was about to lead his troops out: "Suspend all military operations in the Northern Expedition."

Both Cai Jing and Tong Guan didn't understand why Zhao Ji went back on his word. Was it just because of Deng Xunwu's memorial?

Cai Jing and Tong Guan quickly persuaded Zhao Ji to continue the Northern Expedition to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

But Deng Xunwu, Zheng Juzhong and others were firmly opposed.

Since then, the Zhao and Song dynasties have been involved in a quarrel between supporting the recovery of the Sixteenth Yanyun Prefecture and opposing the recovery of the Sixteenth Yanyun Prefecture. Zhao Ji was moving left and right, unable to make up his mind.

This matter has been put on hold.

It wasn't until the Song and Jin Dynasties signed the "Sea Alliance" that Zhao Ji thought he had help. At the same time, the five capitals of the Liao Empire lost four. Zhao Ji finally saw clearly that the former grassland empire was really in trouble, and he made up his mind to unite with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

However, at this time, the four major bandits, Jiang Hongfei, Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La, had risen, divided the Zhao and Song dynasties, and contained all the forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties, leaving Zhao Ji powerless.

Now, seeing Jiang Hongfei recapture Yanjing easily, Zhao Ji couldn't help but think: "If I had known that the Khitan was so weak, I should have sent troops to the north. If I had recaptured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, I would have won a great victory." By destroying the four great bandits who had just emerged at that time, I would be the emperor of the ages, so why would I, the Song Dynasty, do this?"

It's a pity that there is no regret in selling medicine in this world!

Zhao Ji could only think angrily: "The ministers all misunderstood me!"

Just when Zhao Ji was full of regrets and didn't know how to face Jiang Hongfei, who might use the power of victory to go south to attack the Song Dynasty, Jiang Hongfei actually got involved with the Jin people again.

When Zhao Ji and his ministers learned about this, their mood was paraphrased by Master Xing's words: "Life goes up and down so fast, it's so exciting!"

This time, Zhao Ji and his ministers decided that they would keep an eye on Jiang Hongfei. As long as Jiang Hongfei and the Jin people decided the winner, they would send Gao Qiu to lead his troops north to recover the sixteen states of Hebei, Shandong and Yanyun.

Zhao Jijun and his ministers even thought of excuses.

That is, as long as the Jin people win, they will say that they are here to implement the "Sea Alliance" and take over Yanjing according to the covenant signed by both parties. By the way, there are also Xijing and the three states of Pingluanying. In short, all All the benefits.

But what Zhao Ji and his ministers never expected was that the Jin man, who had defeated the Liao Empire, would also be defeated by Jiang Hongfei. Jiang Hongfei was so killed that he abandoned his armor and could not even take care of his wife and daughter.

At that time, Gao Qiu had assembled an army of 200,000 on the south bank of the Yellow River.

But facing the hundreds of thousands of Liangshan troops who defeated the Jin army, Gao Qiu really didn't dare to move.

Not only Gao Qiu, but also Zhao Ji and his ministers did not have the courage to let Gao Qiu lead his troops north.

Next, Jiang Hongfei tore up the peace treaty signed with the Zhao and Song dynasties and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Naturally, Zhao Ji and his ministers also knew about this matter. They were still discussing at that time whether they should send someone to condemn Jiang Hongfei for betraying the covenant?

However, many ministers of the Zhao and Song dynasties clearly expressed their opposition. They were afraid of angering Jiang Hongfei. Jiang Hongfei led the victorious Liangshan Army, which had been renamed the Yuan Army, and marched south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji was also afraid of this.

Therefore, Zhao Ji and his ministers pretended not to know that Jiang Hongfei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

At the same time, Zhao Ji sent Ma Kuan as an envoy to Hedong to talk about recruiting Yasuda Tigers. If that didn't work, he could talk about a union between the two families. In short, they were just going to deal with Jiang Hongfei together.

In addition, Zhao Ji began to burn incense and worship gods devoutly, hoping that the ancestors of the Zhao Song Dynasty would protect the country and the country of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Maybe Zhao Ji's prayer had an effect.

Under Ma Kuo's persuasion, Tian Hu agreed to join forces with the Zhao and Song dynasties to deal with the Yuan Empire.

This is actually reasonable.

You know, after regaining the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, Jiang Hongfei's territory had semi-surrounded Tian Hu's territory, and Hedong became a piece of territory that Jiang Hongfei must take.

No matter how stupid Tian Hu is, he can still see this.

And if Tian Hu doesn't want Jiang Hongfei to annex him, he can only defeat Jiang Hongfei.

But Tian Hu knew very well that with his own strength, it was simply impossible to do this.

At the same time, Tian Hu has been suppressed and beaten by Zhongshi Dao, and his relationship with Wang Qing is not good. It can be said that he has made enemies everywhere.

Therefore, cooperating with the Zhao and Song Dynasties is Tian Hu's only way out.

In addition to persuading Tian Hu to join forces with the Yuan Empire, Zhao Ji waited for a third opportunity, that is, Yelu Yanxi wanted to regain Yan Yunping's lost land and seek revenge on Jiang Hongfei for taking his wife.

After the lessons learned from the previous two failures, this time Zhao Ji and his ministers chose to take the initiative.

Tian Hu recommended a Fan monk to Zhao Ji, who ordered the Fan monk to secretly go to Jiashan to contact Yelu Yanxi with an imperial pen and silk book.

Fanseng came to Jiashan to find Yelu Yanxi, and conveyed it to Zhao Ji, letting Yelu Yanxi feel confident and bold to do it with Jiang Hongfei, and he and Tian Hu would fully support Yelu Yanxi. Moreover, even if Yelu Yanxi fails, there is no need to worry, the Zhao and Song Dynasty will take Yelu Yanxi in.

Yelu Yanxi quickly replied to Zhao Ji, agreeing to join forces with Zhao Ji, and also confirmed with Zhao Ji that if he failed, could he really go to the Zhao and Song Dynasty for refuge?

Zhao Ji then changed the letter into an imperial edict, and wrote an imperial letter in his own handwriting to promise Yelu Yanxi: "When you return, you will be treated as a brother, and you will be the king of Yan and Yue. You will build the thousandth room, and there will be 300 female musicians. You will be treated generously." ”

——The King of Yan and the King of Yue are Zhao Ji's two direct brothers. Zhao Ji means that if Yelu Yanxi comes to vote, he will recognize Yelu Yanxi as his direct brother and give him a mansion with a thousand houses and three hundred beauties. , must treat each other with courtesy.

Yelu Yanxi was very happy because of this, so he made up his mind to fight Jiang Hongfei, and personally led the coalition forces to the Yunzuo area to seal the pass.

At the same time, Zhao Ji and Tian Hu have already discussed that as long as Yelu Yanxi goes to war with Jiang Hongfei, they will send troops north respectively, Tian Hu will take Yundi, and the Zhao and Song Dynasties will take Hebei, Shandong, Yandi, and Pingluanying.

This is definitely unfair to Tian Hu.

But Tian Hu is in a bad situation now. If he doesn't want to perish, he can only hold his nose and admit it.

Of course, the Zhao and Song Dynasty also proposed that after defeating Jiang Hongfei, all the wealth and all the female relatives owned by Jiang Hongfei should be given to Tian Hu as compensation. In addition, after the completion of the matter, the Zhao and Song Dynasty would make Tian Hu the governor of Hedong. The king cut the east side of the river to Tian Hu, so that Tian Hu would guard it for generations, and he would marry a daughter to Tian Hu as his wife and other conditions.

It is no exaggeration to say that in order to join forces with Tian Hu to deal with Jiang Hongfei, no, in order to fool Tian Hu into joining forces to deal with Jiang Hongfei, Zhao Ji and his ministers really worked hard.

But what made Zhao Ji vomit blood was that Yelu Yanxi was defeated in just one battle, and he was captured by Jiang Hongfei, giving him and Tian Hu no chance to send troops.

Now, Jiang Hongfei was in the north, defeated the Jin army, destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and also defeated Xixia, becoming the little overlord of the north.

At this time, Jiang Hongfei sent an envoy to the Zhao and Song Dynasties. How could Zhao Ji and his ministers not be worried? Do you suspect that Jiang Hongfei might want to go south to conquer the Song Dynasty?

Zhao Ji quickly issued an order to summon Zhang Xubai, a feather guest from Kinmen, to the palace.

Zhang Xubai is one of the three Kinmen Yu Kes who have the most profound Taoism under Zhao Ji. He is erudite and proficient in all Taoism. He is especially good at Taiyiyanxiujiu, that is, the art of deduction. After he was drunk, he was especially good at it. Accurate.

Zhang Xubai's status with Zhao Ji is also different from other Kinmen feather guests. Zhao Ji calls him "Zhang Hu" every time instead of calling him by his name. He likes to drink, and every time he drinks, he can say whatever he wants without hiding anything. He once lay on Zhao Ji's lap after being drunk. Zhao Ji said tolerantly: "Zhang Hu, you are drunk."

Soon, Zhang Xubai came to the palace. Zhao Ji told him that Jiang Hongfei sent envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and that Yelu Yanxi had been captured by Jiang Hongfei, and asked him to speculate on the good and bad fortune.

Zhang Xubai then used Taiyi's magic to calculate while drinking.

After a long time, Zhang Xubai said with drunken eyes: "Tian Zuo has been building a palace on the sea to wait for His Majesty for a long time."

When the people on the left and right heard this, they were all shocked!

Zhao Ji looked at Zhang Xubai for a long time and then said slowly: "Zhang Hu, you are drunk again."

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