On the way from Yanjing to Guangning Mansion in the Jin Kingdom, tens of thousands of Yanjing residents and large households were escorted by more than a thousand Jin soldiers on the road. Tens of thousands of people who migrated north, supporting the elderly and the young, staggered forward. From time to time, golden soldiers came over on horseback, whipped the people who couldn't walk, and scolded them loudly. The beaten people reluctantly got up and moved forward with difficulty.
There were also wealthy families in the procession, riding on horses. There were mules and horses dragging their luggage beside them.
Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others were also among the people migrating north.
They were treated as ministers who paid money. In addition to themselves riding tall horses, their family members were also treated specially. They formed a square formation, with the female family members riding in the carriage, and the male family members walking empty-handed beside the carriage. Domestic slaves, servants, etc. crowded around, taking good care of their family members.
Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and other Liao ministers who cooperated with the Jin soldiers to escort the residents of Yanjing to Guangning Prefecture of the Jin Kingdom were riding on tall horses. They did not feel the slightest sadness in their hearts. On the contrary, they were very proud, thinking of going to Guangning Prefecture. Later, they continued to be ministers of the Jin Kingdom and continued their prosperous life. They didn't know that a disaster was about to befall them.
After more than ten days of walking and stopping, they arrived at the Luanhe River in Pingzhou.
The Luanhe River is winding and flowing with clear water. On both sides of the Luanhe River, there are alternating grasslands, hills and hills, with lush vegetation and rolling hills. The scenery is very beautiful and full of vitality.
Pingzhou is already in the Kingdom of Jin. If you hurry, you can reach Guangning Mansion in the Kingdom of Jin in more than ten days. Thinking that they were about to arrive at Guangning Mansion and their wandering days were about to end, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, and Kang Gongbi couldn't help but feel proud, thinking about being rewarded by the Kingdom of Jin and living a life of high official status and fortune.
Suddenly, large groups of soldiers and horses rushed out from the hills and hills on both sides, shouting loudly, and the killing generals were coming. The Jin soldiers were in chaos and rushed forward to fight. The people being escorted stopped in panic.
After a while, more than a thousand golden soldiers were all killed. Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others knew that the situation was not good and hid among the people migrating north and did not dare to come out.
Among the soldiers and horses that rushed out, a general was riding on a maroon horse, holding a long spear in his hand, and ordered in a loud voice: "Soldiers, find those rebels for me."
The general shouting was none other than Pingzhou Deputy Governor and General Yuan Dingyi.
When the soldiers rushed into the crowd to look for Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others, they knew they could not escape, so they rode out of the crowd.
Zuo Qigong galloped his horse in front of Yuan Ding's horse, reined in his horse, and said loudly: "Yuan Zhizhou, are you okay?" Yuan Dingyi snorted and did not answer. Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others also rode up to Yuan Ding's horse.
Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others treated Yuan Dingyi with such an attitude. They were in bad mood and panicked in their hearts.
Shaoqing, Zuo Qigong calmed down and bowed to Yuan Ding one by one, saying: "Yuan Zhizhou, we were appointed by Emperor Jin to accompany the Jin soldiers and generals to escort the people to Guangning Mansion. Zhizhou stopped us on the road. , what exactly is going on?”
"Clumsy!" Yuan Dingyi pointed his gun at Zuo Qigong and others, yelled, and rebuked: "As a minister of the Liao Kingdom, why did you betray the imperial court, seek glory, and seek refuge in the Jin Kingdom? Since you and others wanted to betray the Rong, why do you want to kidnap the common people and go with them? Which common people are willing to leave their homes, go to other places, and be bullied by foreigners?! Come on! Kill!"
Soldiers from both sides rushed over and pulled Zuo Qigong and others off their horses.
Zuo Qigong and others were shocked. Zuo Qigong shouted loudly: "Yuan Zhizhou! Aren't you also the Pingzhou Zhizhou of Dajin and the one who stayed behind in Nanjing? How come we are just sellers seeking glory, but you are loyal to the court?"
Yuan Ding was furious, fearing that Zuo Qigong and others would say more unpleasant things, so he quickly ordered: "Pull him down! Kill him!"
The soldiers couldn't help but Zuo Qigong and others to tell them apart, pulled them aside, raised the knife and dropped it, and several heads rolled to the ground.
Immediately, Yuan Dingyi ordered the soldiers to escort the abducted civilians to the outskirts of Pingzhou for resettlement.
After killing Zuo Qigong and others, Yuan Dingyi rushed into the city and reported the situation to Zhang Jue. Zhang Jue said: "The matter has come to this, and there is no way out. Yuan Zhizhou, the Liao people who were kidnapped by the Jin people, if they are willing to return to their hometowns, they will be allowed to return to their hometowns; if they are willing to stay in Pingzhou, they will be taken in. You go to Yanshan Prefecture immediately. Come and tell the king to appease the envoy that we have surrendered to the Song Dynasty as promised and ask him to send troops to assist us."
Yuan Dingyi replied loudly: "I obey the order!"
Yuan Dingyi immediately left Zhang Jue's official residence and asked people to deal with the affairs of the people who had been kidnapped by the Jin. He led hundreds of cavalry and rushed to Yanjing to report the situation to Wang Anzhong, the Yanshan Prefecture's pacifier.
Wang Anzhong received the report and allowed Zhang Jue to surrender to the Song Dynasty. He sent General Zhang Linghui of Guo Pharmacist with 10,000 troops to Pingzhou to assist Zhang Jue and prevent the Jin Kingdom from coming to conquer.
After Wang Anzhong negotiated with Guo Pharmacist, he asked Zhang Linghui not to use the banner of the Song army and secretly enter Pingzhou to resist the Jin army as Pingzhou soldiers and horses.
Yuan Dingyi killed Zuo Qigong and others, hijacked the Liao people who went north to Guangning Prefecture, and was reported to Wanyan Nianhan and Wanyan Yanmu by the Jin soldiers who fled Guangning Prefecture. Wanyan Yanmu is the half-brother of Wanyan Aguda, and has an uncle-nephew relationship with Wanyan Nianhan. Because Wanyan Nianhan inherited the post of state minister from his father Wanyan Saggai, his status was higher than Wanyan's mother. At that time, Wanyan Yanmu was stationed in Guangning Prefecture, and Yan Nianhan, after handing over Yanjing to the Song Dynasty, also moved to Guangning Prefecture, waiting for the arrival of the Jin soldiers escorting the Liao people.
Wanyan Nianhan did not wait for the Liao people to be escorted over. Instead, he waited for the Jin soldiers who escaped through the net and learned about Zhang Jue's interception of Zuo Qigong and the Liao people, and the betrayal of the Jin and surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Wanyan Nianhan was furious and immediately ordered Wanyan's mother to mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Pingzhou to conquer Zhang Jue. Later, Wanyan Nianhan sent people to Shangjing to report to Wanyan Agu that Zhang Jue had rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
At that time, there were more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in the three states of Yingping and Luanzhou under Zhang Jue's command. In addition to the 10,000 Song troops brought by Zhang Linghui, there were a total of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses. Zhang Jue rebelled against the Jin and surrendered to the Song Dynasty. He knew that the Jin Kingdom would definitely come to prove the suppression, so he had already made preparations. He sent elite soldiers and generals to station in the Yingzhou area and stood ready to welcome the Jin soldiers to come to prove the suppression.
As luck would have it, Wanyan Yanmu led his troops to Yingpingluan in order to annihilate Zhang Jue. On the way, they suddenly encountered a heavy rain, causing floods. The roads were muddy and the soldiers and horses could not move forward. Wanyan's mother had no choice but to lead her troops back and find another opportunity to annihilate Zhang Jue again.
Wanyan Aguda, who was far away in Shangjing, was very angry when he received the report. There was an agreement signed between the Jin and Song Dynasties that neither party could recruit surrenders or rebels within the territory of the other party. Wanyan Aguda felt that the Song Dynasty would not openly recruit Zhang Jue to surrender, and it was necessary to sound the alarm for Zhang Jue now. If Zhang Jue persisted, he would be conquered with all his strength when the time came; if the Song Dynasty blatantly accepted Zhang Jue's surrender, he would Attacked the Song Dynasty.
Wanyan Aguda then issued an edict to Zhang Jue.
The edict said: I temporarily stayed in Yanjing to reward your officials and people for being the first to surrender, so I elevated Yanjing to the prefectural level as Nanjing, reduced corvee, reduced taxes, and received the favor. Why bother to be a traitor again? Now I want to march to Nanjing, but it is the busy farming season, and I can't bear to endanger the people because of one evil person. Besides, the whole country of Liao belongs to me. What can you do if you defend your city alone? Today, only the ringleaders will be punished, and the rest will be released without further investigation. I hope you will do your best, and don't persist in your stubbornness. It will be too late to regret it.
Zhang Jue accepted the edict and thought, who are you? ! I am a minister of the Liao Dynasty and a general of the Liao Dynasty. It is up to me to surrender to the Jin Dynasty or to the Song Dynasty. I will surrender whoever I think is better. What can you do? Therefore, Zhang Jue ignored Wanyan Aguda's edict.
It was rainy for the next ten days and the Jin army was unable to attack. Zhang Jue took the time to go to Yanshan Mansion and met with Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du and Guo Yaoshi, the three most important officials of Yanshan Mansion. Wang Anzhong immediately praised Zhang Jue and said that after the situation in the three prefectures of Ying, Ping and Luan was stabilized, the imperial court would appoint Zhang Jue as the general manager of the three prefectures of Ying, Ping and Luan and the military envoy of Linhai, and then arrange for Zhang Jue to go to Beijing to see the Holy Emperor. Zhang Jue was very excited. Later, Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du, and Guo Yaoshi took turns to entertain Zhang Jue, and Zhang Jue stayed in Yanjing for several days.
In his interactions with Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du and Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Jue especially admired Guo Yaoshi. Firstly, Zhang Jue and Guo Yaoshi were both ministers and generals of the Liao Dynasty, so they were emotionally close to each other; secondly, after coming to the Song Dynasty, Yaoshi Guo was treated favorably by Emperor Huizong. Although Wang Anzhong and Zhan Du seemed to be more concerned about their surrender to the Song Dynasty, among the military governors of the Wutai Army of the Song Dynasty and the imperial tutor of the school, Yaoshi Guo seemed to be more powerful in terms of power. The third reason was that Zhang Jue wanted to ask Pharmacist Guo how to gain the favor of Emperor Huizong.
Therefore, after Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du and Guo Yaoshi took turns to entertain Zhang Jue, Zhang Jue made a special trip to visit Yaoshi Guo at his mansion in Youzhou.
After the two sides were polite, Zhang Jue asked Guo Yaoshi: "The Jiedu envoy is on top, and the lower officials have been living in Pingzhou for a long time. They are ignorant of external affairs and know very little. Since Tian Zuo fled, the lower officials have no master, and they have no choice but to go down. , he surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin and served as the magistrate of Pingzhou and the governor of Nanjing. The Jiedu envoy was an old man, with foresight and foresight. He took the lead and won the trust of the emperor of the Southern Dynasties. He was rich and powerful, and was envied by the lower officials. "
Pharmacist Guo listened quietly. Pharmacist Guo felt uncomfortable with Zhang Jue's words; although Zhang Jue told the truth and respected himself, from Zhang Jue's words, he always felt that he was not very upright and seemed to be taking the lead in selling the goods for glory.
However, the thing is like this. Everyone used to be ministers of Liao, but now they have surrendered to Song Dynasty, and they are all ministers of Song Jiang. They are disgusted with Zhang Jue's own bad attitude. In addition, Emperor Huizong treated Guo Pharmacist well. Pharmacist Guo really wanted to make some contributions to Emperor Huizong, so he psychologically accepted Zhang Jue and strongly supported Zhang Jue's rebellion against the Jin Dynasty and surrender to the Song Dynasty.
While Zhang Jue was speaking, Pharmacist Guo kept nodding his head in approval.
Seeing that Medical Master Guo agreed with his statement, Zhang Jue continued: "The Jiedu Envoy is above, and the lower officials also want to gain the trust of the Southern Emperor. They don't know how to do it. The Jiedu Envoy might as well give him some advice."
Pharmacist Guo stroked his beard and after pondering for a while, he gave Zhang Jue an idea.
