Qian Song

Chapter 312 Three Years (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
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The arrival of the Jin and Xia envoys made the main combat faction very excited, but on the contrary, it made the main peace faction a little confused.

The envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin this time is Wanyan Yinshuke.

Wanyan Yinshu is not an easy person, he can lead the army and fight, he also understands governance, and he also understands politics.

At the beginning, when Wanyan Aguda had just succeeded to the throne, he ordered Wanyan Yinshuke and Wanyan Xigunai to go to the Daliao Empire.

After returning, Wanyan Yinshuke reported to Wanyan Aguda on the basis of Yelu Yanxi's lack of political affairs and Khitan's disintegration, and urged the conquest of Liao.

This enabled the smooth rise of the Jurchens and the destruction of Liao Dynasty.

The envoys sent by Xixia this time are also not simple.

This person is Li Renzhong, King Pu of Xixia.

Li Renzhong was originally the son of Li Jingsi of the Western Xia clan. He was proficient in both Tibetan and Chinese characters, and was good at poetry.

In recent years, Li Qianshun's administration stabilized the situation in Xixia. Wu relied on Jin Wang Chage, and Wen Ze mostly relied on the support of Li Renzhong and another Shu Wang Li Renli.

Therefore, Li Renzhong and Wanyan Yinshu had almost the same status in the Kingdom of Jin, and they were also important ministers of Xixia.

Just looking at the envoys sent by Jinxia and Xia to the small court of the Western Song Dynasty, it is not difficult to see how much the Jinxia and Xia countries attached importance to this mission to the small court of the Western Song Dynasty.

As soon as Wanyan Yinshuke and Li Renzhong arrived in Chang'an, they put away their previous arrogance, bowed down to Zhao Gou, and presented the letter of credence, the list of events and the draft oath one by one, and then the two represented Wanyan respectively. Yan Wu Qimai and Li Qianshun congratulated Zhao Gou on his ascension to the throne, and once again expressed their condolences for the misfortune suffered by Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, as well as the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

This is actually not the first time the Three Kingdoms have come into contact.

As early as the beginning of the year, the Jinxia and Xia countries had already sent envoys to contact Zhao Gou, who had not proclaimed himself emperor at that time.

It's just that the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty was too chaotic at that time, and they didn't know whether they could withstand the attack of the Dagan Dynasty. Therefore, the Jin and Xia countries only expressed their willingness to help the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty to put pressure on the Dagan Dynasty. Preservation of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, and others were not discussed in detail.

This time it was not the case. Seeing that the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty really withstood the attack of the Dagan Dynasty and established the country smoothly, the Jinxia and Xia countries sent important envoys to discuss with the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty how to form an alliance and the conditions of the alliance.

This time, Wanyan Yinshu and Li Renzhong formally proposed to the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty on behalf of Wanyan Wu Qimai and Li Qianshun that the three countries should form an alliance of offense and defense to jointly limit the development of the Dagan Dynasty and prevent the Dagan Dynasty from sending troops to destroy it. If the Dagan Dynasty attacks any of the three countries, the other two countries must send troops to help each other. Moreover, when there is an opportunity, the three countries will jointly send troops to destroy the Dagan Dynasty and carve up Lose the territory of the Dagan Dynasty.

As a condition for the alliance of the three countries, after the three countries jointly destroy the Dagan Dynasty in the future, the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty will get most of the territory that originally belonged to the Zhao and Song Dynasty plus the Liuqiu Road, Annan Road and Dingnan Road of the Dagan Dynasty. Territory, the Kingdom of Jin obtained Yanjing and the six nearby states and the three states of Pingluanying that originally belonged to the Daliao Empire, while Xixia obtained the areas of Tiande, Yunnei, Yundi Kyushu and Hedong Baguan.

The territory that the Kingdom of Jin wanted was the territory of the original Daliao Empire. According to the Jin people, the Daliao Empire was destroyed by its Dajin, and the territory of the Daliao Empire should belong to its Dajin. The large piece of land that originally belonged to the Daliao Empire in Nei and Yundi Kyushu was given to Xixia by their Dajin franchise, otherwise this large piece of territory should also belong to their Jin Kingdom.

The small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty also wanted Yan Yunping, a large piece of land that their Zhao Song Dynasty had been thinking about for 200 years. However, the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty could not let Jin Guo and Xixia help for nothing. From the point of view, if there were no troops sent by the Jin and Xia countries to contain the main force of the Dagan Dynasty, it is still unknown whether the small court of the Western Song Dynasty would be able to survive, not to mention that it would be impossible to restore the country. , agreed to give the land of Yan and the three prefectures of Luanying to the Kingdom of Jin.

Not only that, but as the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, most of the territory of Liuqiu Road, Annan Road, and Dingnan Road originally belonged to the Dagan Dynasty was obtained.

A part of the territory that Xixia wants belongs to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and some are still under the control of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty.

Ordinarily, the small court of the Western Song Dynasty should not agree to the conditions proposed by Xixia.

However, Li Renzhong expressed on behalf of Li Qianshun that although Xixia is not as powerful as the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Jin was blocked from the pass by the Yanyunping area after all, and it is not certain whether it can enter the pass. Only Xixia is convenient for sending troops to rescue. Moreover, even if the Kingdom of Jin takes a detour to attack the interior of the Dagan Dynasty in the future, it will have to borrow from Xixia, so Xixia is in the most important position in this three-nation alliance.

Moreover, after all, the small court of the Western Song Dynasty will get Liuqiu, Annan and Dingnan from the Dagan Dynasty, and it should be compensated for some territory in Xixia.

Zhao Goujun and his ministers considered that Xixia asked for part of the territory belonging to the Zhao Song Dynasty in the Hedong area, mainly to get out of the predicament that its small territory could not be developed. If they did not agree to Xixia's request, Xixia would definitely not try their best to help them.

The point is, just as Li Renzhong said, in this alliance, Xixia is in the position of the bond of the three countries, and unlike the state of Jin, which is restricted by the environment of the Yanyunping area, Xixia can send troops to assist the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty at any time. The Dagan Dynasty directly confronted and became the biggest helper for the small court of the Western Song Dynasty to resist the attack of the Dagan Dynasty.

In the end, Zhao Goujun and his ministers discussed and decided to agree to the conditions proposed by Xixia, but they also proposed that they would have to wait until the Three Kingdoms united to destroy the Dagan Dynasty before they would hand over the Hedong area claimed by Xixia under their control to Xixia. , Xixia can only borrow from these areas.

After the conclusion of the Three Kingdoms Covenant, the oath was quickly formed, and the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty also sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin and Xixia with Zhao Gou's imperial pen, letter of credence, and oath within a short period of time.

But before the covenants of Song, Jin, and Xixia were fully concluded, the Dagan Dynasty indeed marched into Shaanxi when the autumn was high and the horse was fat.

In order to ensure that the remnants of the Zhao and Song dynasties can be wiped out smoothly this time, the Sichuan-Shanxi area will be recovered, and the real unification will be completed. Wu Jie, who was in the Huaihe River Basin, was transferred to serve as the commander-in-chief of this battle, and Wang Yan, who was based in Hebei, was also transferred to join the battle.

In total, the Dagan Dynasty dispatched 20 troops this time.

Due to the 20 troops dispatched by the Daqian Dynasty this time, coupled with the chaotic command system of the small imperial court in the Western Song Dynasty-here in Shaanxi, there are now both Zhao Gou's imperial army and a motley army led by Zong Ze , as well as the troops of the six economic and strategic appeasement divisions in Shaanxi, as well as the troops of the Hedong Jingzhi Envoy; in addition, Zhao Gou wanted to restrain and control the commanding generals, so he did not appoint a unified command at all. Wang Shu, who commanded the six-way army in Shaanxi, was not under the authority of each other, and Wang Shu, who commanded the six-way army in Shaanxi, had no prestige, and it was difficult to command the other five-way western armies; therefore, after the Qian army moved westward, In just one month, they successively captured Dongcheng, Fengxiang Mansion, Chang'an, Qinzhou and other places in Yan'an Mansion, and defeated the main force of the Zongze Department and the main forces of the three economic and strategic appeasement divisions of Yanyan, Yongxing Army, and Qinfeng .

Of course, this is also because the Gan army broke through Shanzhou and Tongguan one after another within a few days. Wang Xie, who was in charge of guarding the forefront of eastern Shaanxi, saw that the Qian army's offensive was too fierce, so he quickly retreated from Shanzhou to Tongzhou Zhang Yu was the one who abandoned Cizhou and went south to join Wang Xie. As soon as Yang Zhengbu, the vanguard of the Gan army, attacked Shanzhou, Zhang Yu immediately abandoned Shanzhou and fled.

Later, after the city of Tongzhou was broken, Wang Xie fled to Lizhou Road in Sichuan via Shangzhou and Jinzhou on the grounds of lack of food.

This led to the collapse of Zongze's Department and part of the Western Army.

And Zhao Gou deserves to be Zhao Paopao, the most famous escaped emperor in history.

Long before the Gan army marched westward, Zhao Gou had already sent his concubine and his most concerned son, Zhao Tan, to Xingyuan Mansion.

Zhao Gou, who had just signed the covenant with Jin and Xia, stayed in Chang'an, pretending not to forget to enter the Central Plains, and would even join Jin and Xia in destroying the Dagan Dynasty and recovering the Zhao and Song Dynasties Therefore, there is territory.

In fact, Zhao Gou was already prepared to escape early.

Drawing on the experience and lessons of Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song Dynasties who were caught in the urn of the Dagan Dynasty because they had no time to escape, Zhao Gouxue and Yelu Yanxi prepared three thousand good horses for himself, and put his All the wealth collected by time is put into the horse bag, ready to evacuate at any time.

Of course, on the surface, Zhao Gou certainly cannot say that he is ready to escape at any time.

On the surface, Zhao Gou asked Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan to preside over the government and vigorously govern the Sichuan-Shanxi area. He also triumphantly told his left and right that with Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan as his prime ministers, he would have no worries from now on.

Zhao Gou sighed that he had been wandering for so long, and he was worried every day. He thought that now he could finally settle down and enjoy himself, so he lived a life of debauchery in Chang'an.

When the Qian army was about to hit Chang'an City, Zhao Gou was still having fun in the palace.

At this time, the servant rushed to report, saying that the cavalry of the Qianjun Army was only a few dozen miles away from us.

When Zhao Gou heard that Ganjun was coming so soon, he didn't care about anything, put on his clothes, got on his horse and ran away.

Compared with before, Zhao Gou's escape this time was even more hasty.

Due to his haste, the [-] fast horses that Zhao Gou had prepared before were useless at all. He only brought a dozen guards with him when he ran, and threw away his dragon robe, seal, and state secret documents. In Chang'an, he didn't even bother to bring the gods of Zhao Kuangyin and other emperors of the Zhao and Song Dynasties that he ordered to be newly created.

In the end, all these things fell into the hands of Gan Jun.

Zhao Gou fled to Xingyuan Mansion in such a panic.

It may be because of this incident that Zhao Gou was overly frightened and lost his fertility.

The emperor fled in a hurry, without even taking his own crown and ancestral tablet, and of course he didn't care about those civil and military ministers.

Therefore, when Zhao Gou fled, all the ministers in the small court of the Western Song Dynasty did not know.

At this time, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan had just returned from listening to monks preaching scriptures in the temple, and they were throwing a feast and drinking happily.

Suddenly someone came to report that Ganjun was coming soon, and Zhao Gou ran away.

When Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan heard this, they quickly put down their wine glasses, got on their horses and ran away.

As soon as the two prime ministers ran away, all the civil and military officials in Chang'an City immediately turned into birds and beasts and dispersed.

Some officials are relatively loyal to their duties, knowing that they run away with their official seals, and those irresponsible officials just run for their lives and don't care about anything else.

Therefore, the seals and many important documents of the three provinces of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty were lost in Chang'an City.

The people in Chang'an City saw that all the officials had fled. They didn't know the military discipline of the army, but they only knew that many soldiers were more robbers than robbers after entering the city, so they also fled.

As a result, the entire city of Chang'an was thrown into chaos.

Officials, soldiers, and ordinary people were all eager to get out of the city, and they huddled together at the city gate.

Under such circumstances, instead of protecting the people first, the escaped ministers of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty and the soldiers of the Song Army slashed and killed the crowded people with knives and sticks in order to clear the road and run first.

The people were outraged, and they were very disappointed with Zhao Gou and the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty.

However, this is only a hidden danger, and the harm cannot be seen immediately.

The immediate danger was that because Zhao Gou, who was personally in charge of all the troops of the Western Song Dynasty, and the central system of the Western Song Dynasty, all ran away. The Song Army, which was not very elite, completely lost its command system at once.

This led to the collapse of the Song army.

Zhao Gou, who escaped, was worried that Li Cun would pursue him relentlessly and would not give him any way to survive, so he wrote a letter to Li Cun on the way to escape, begging for peace, no, it should be said that he was begging to let him go.

Zhao Gou wrote to Li Cunshang in a sincere and earnest way.

First of all, the title of the letter written by Zhao Gou to Li Cun is: Song Kangwang Gou wrote to His Majesty the Emperor Daqian.

——Zhao Gou knew that Li Cun didn't want him to be the emperor, so he thought, well, I'll just say I'm King Kang.

Then, Zhao Gou said in the letter: "In ancient times, there was a country but those who were forced to perish, but kept and ran... Today, there is no one with the code, and there is no land if you run."

What Zhao Gou meant was that if you attack me, Your Majesty, I have only two choices, one is to defend to the death, and the other is to run away.Now I want to defend to no one can guard, and I have no place to escape if I want to escape. Look at how pitiful I am now.

Then, Zhao Gou said: "So I only hope that your Majesty will see you and mourn!"

What Zhao Gou meant was that my only hope lies in Your Majesty's mercy. You have pity on me, so don't hunt and kill me anymore.

"That's why the former is willing to cut off the old name even in the letter... It is a country between heaven and earth, and there is no second place in respect, so why bother to travel far away and be happy?"

I have written to you several times before, expressing my willingness to cut off my old name and not be the emperor of the Zhaosong Dynasty, but your Majesty the Dagan Emperor to confer on me, and the Zhaosong Dynasty to be a vassal state of the Dagan Dynasty. In this way, How wonderful it is that you are the only one in the world.

"Looking forward to His Majesty the Emperor, with a magnificent and far-reaching picture, thinking of the lonely and dangerous country, returning to Master Yanjia, and giving him the rest of the year."

Please be merciful, pity me, let me live on, and return home as a teacher.

It can be said that in order to beg Li Cun to give him a way to survive, Zhao Gou really didn't even have any face.

In this regard, Zhao Gou really has the meaning of Yue Wang Goujian.

Zhao Gou presented Li Cun repeatedly, begging Li Cun to let him go.

Of course, Li Cun could not let Zhao Gou go because of Zhao Gou's soft words. He ordered the frontline soldiers to capture Zhao Gou this time, wipe out the remnants of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and recover the Sichuan-Shanxi area.

But at this time, Chen Gongfu, who originally belonged to the right minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty and was now appointed as the imperial censor by Li Cun, suddenly wrote a memorial to Li Cun inappropriately: saying that the people in the Central Plains have suffered years of war disasters, and it has been ten years. There are no two or three, and the Yellow River is flooding again and again. We must concentrate our efforts to control it. There are bandits and routs everywhere in the Central Plains. The people of the dynasty can recuperate for three years...

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