After listening to Zhao Liangsi's words, Wanyan Zongwang burst out laughing, and then asked Pharmacist Guo with a smile: "Guo Liushou, what do you think? Is three million wealth and an emperor concubine worth our trip to the south?"
Pharmacist Guo laughed and said: "Prince Langjun and his soldiers have not yet crossed the river, but there are three million goods and an emperor concubine to deliver. If Prince Langjun's soldiers arrive at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, there will definitely be thirty million goods." And ten emperor concubines!"
Wanyan Zongwang turned around and asked Wanyan Yan's mother, "What do you think, uncle? Do we want three million plus one emperor concubine, or do we want thirty million plus ten empress concubines?"
Wanyan's mother smiled and said: "Do you still need to ask? Of course I want them all!"
Zong Wang nodded, convinced, "Uncle is right, then let's go to Daming Mansion first, and then to Kaifeng City!"
"No," Medical Master Guo saw that Zong Wang wanted to move his troops to Daming, so he quickly tried to dissuade him, "Prince Langjun, we cannot turn to Daming Mansion now."
"Why not?" Wanyan Zongwang asked, "This place is not far from Daming Mansion, so it won't take too much time."
"Young Prince, you don't know. The weather in the first month of this year is a little warmer. I'm afraid the Yellow River won't be frozen for long. And once the Yellow River thaws, it will be difficult for us to cross."
Zong Wang frowned slightly: "Don't you want those three million in wealth and an imperial concubine?"
"Of course I can't do it," said Pharmacist Guo with a smile. "I am willing to take my soldiers and horses to Daming Mansion on behalf of Prince Langjun and the general army. I will take custody of three million worth of property and offer it to the empress." Give it to the prince Langjun and command the army."
There are 50,000 people in Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army, but not all of them went south. Only the backbone of the ever-victorious army, 8,000 soldiers from Liaodong, followed Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jianmu.
Because Wanyan Zongwang looked down upon Guo Yaoshi, a slave with the third surname, he was not allowed to lead the entire eight thousand victorious army backbone as the forward, and was only allowed to lead two thousand victorious army cavalry to clear the way forward.
Medicine Master Guo also felt the distrust of the Jin people, so he wanted to find an opportunity to take all his eight thousand elites in his hands. In addition, he also knew that Damingfu City was as big as Yanjing, so he wanted to seize it as his fundamental place. From now on, wouldn't it be nice to guard Daming Mansion and serve as a vassal town for the Jin Dynasty?
Wanyan Zongwang's brows widened, his smile returned, and he nodded and said: "Okay, with Guo staying behind and leading the troops to Daming Mansion, the Dutong Army and I can rest assured and go south. But after all, we Jurchens are not familiar with the Han Dynasty. Roads and people's customs still have to be led by the Changsheng Army. How about this? Guo Liushou leads 5,000 Changsheng Army, and then joins Liu Yanzong's 5,000 Han Army on the Nanjing Road, and goes to Daming Mansion together. Guo Anguo, your husband, will lead the way. The remaining 3,000 victorious troops continue to serve as the vanguard of the army! What do you think?"
Pharmacist Guo has only one son and one daughter. The son is named Guo Anguo and the daughter is named Guo Tiannu. They are both in the army now.
"That's great." Although he knew that Wanyan Zongwang was keeping Guo Anguo as a hostage, he still agreed with a smile on his face, "Our elder man is the pioneer, so he will certainly have a share of the credit. I, the minister, will do it for you." I thank you, Prince Lang, for your support."
Wanyan Zongwang smiled again and said: "The Song Dynasty transfer envoy Lu Yihao you presented when you were in Yanjing refused to surrender, and even wrote poems to scold us every day. We, a Bodhisattva, cannot bear to kill such loyal people, so why don't we give it to you to take with us?" Mansion. When the time comes, ask him to go into the city and talk to King Yun. As long as he sends over the wealth and the emperor's concubine, our golden army will not attack Daming Mansion."
In fact, Wanyan Zongwang did not want to destroy the Song Dynasty, otherwise he would not have left so many fortified cities in Hebei and went straight to Kaifeng. The purpose of his coming south was just to make a serious blow. At most, he would force the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers to cede several state capitals in Hebei and Hedong adjacent to the Jin Kingdom.
Of course, Zong Wang didn't want to destroy the Song Dynasty not because he had a bodhisattva heart, but because the Kingdom of Jin still couldn't fully control the old land of Daliao, especially it couldn't control the Mobei grassland like Daliao. Moreover, there are still two powerful forces on the Mobei grassland that can fight against the Jin Kingdom. One is the Mongol tribes led by Bo'er Jijin and Hebule. There are now signs of establishing a grassland khanate. . One group was the more than 10,000 remaining Khitan households gathered by Yelu Dashi in Zhenzhoucheng, an important town in northwestern Liaoning.
In Wanyan Zongwang's view, if the Mongol and the remaining Khitan tribes on the Mobei grasslands cannot be eliminated while the Jin army is at its peak, in the future when the Jurchens are used to living a good life like the Khitan people, who can? How hard would it be to go to Mobei Grassland? If the troubles on the Mobei grassland are not solved, when they become bigger, won't the Great Jin Kingdom become the second Great Liao Kingdom?
Pharmacist Guo didn't understand what Wanyan Zongwang was thinking. He just said that Wanyan Zongwang was a country bumpkin who didn't know the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. However, he would not contradict the prince to his face. He just agreed with a smile on his face: "The prince is indeed With a bodhisattva's heart, if the ignorant and treacherous ministers of the Song Dynasty do not accept the love of the prince, they will really be possessed by ghosts."
Wanyan Zongwang also felt that he was kind-hearted, and smiled and said to Zhao Liangsi: "Zhao Guizhi, please go back and tell Zhao Guan's family that in addition to the three million worth of goods and an emperor concubine that have been sent to Daming Mansion, we Dajin also want If he gives us thirty million in goods and ten emperor concubines, we will lead our troops back."
"Prince Langjun," Zhao Liangsi asked, "I wonder if the Kingdom of Jin wants to occupy the land of the Song Dynasty?"
Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said: "Yanshan Mansion is sure that I won't spit it out again. We don't have to take it from other places... But we can't do it for Marshal Nianhan of the West Route Army. You still have to send people." Go and talk to him."
It turns out that the 33 million in goods and eleven emperor concubines requested by Zong Wang, plus the Yanshan Mansion, were just the harvest of the Jindong Route Army. As for what the Jinxi Route Army wants, we have to discuss it separately...
Zhao Liangsi sighed, crossed his hands towards Zong Wang on horseback and said, "Prince Langjun, can you ask someone to write a document, and let Liangsi take it to the officials to see."
Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said, "That's easy to say... Zhao Gui, please don't go back in a hurry. Let's have a few drinks with us first, and then leave after eating and drinking."
Zhao Liangsi cupped his hands and said, "Then Liangsi, it's better to be respectful than to obey."
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The banner of Zhao Kai's Hebei Military Marshal's Mansion has been erected on the top of the palace city in Damingfu City.
Daming Mansion became the fourth capital of the Song Dynasty during the reign of Renzong, and was called Daming Mansion in Beijing. At that time, Dangxiang was rising in the northwest, and the Khitan was planning to invade Yanjing, waiting for an opportunity to invade the south. Emperor Renzong listened to the suggestion of Prime Minister Lu Yijian and established the Daming Palace in Beijing to express the emperor's intention to personally conquer the Khitan. After the Khitan gave up the idea of invading the south, Damingfu's Beijing status was not revoked, and the Song Dynasty court also spent huge sums of money on the construction of Damingfu City.
After the completion of the expansion, Damingfu City has three walls: outer, inner and palace. Among them, the outer city has a circumference of 48 miles, and the innermost palace city has a circumference of 3 miles. The three city walls are all tall, magnificent and very strong. It’s definitely the first city in Hebei!
Because of Damingfu's capital status and strong city defense, since the Jin soldiers invaded, the city has become the first destination for the fleeing Hebei military, civilian and gentry.
So when Zhao Kai arrived at Daming Mansion, the 48-mile perimeter was filled with refugees, troubled officials, troubled gentry, and troubled soldiers from all directions. Some occupied people's houses, while others built shacks in open spaces and lived in a mess. The streets and alleys were full of soldiers and refugees who could not be restrained. Fights, thefts and plundering occurred every day. This made the officials in Daming Prefecture, Daming County, and Yuancheng County all have headaches.
And after Zhao Kai, the marshal who led the army and people of Hebei to fight against the Jin Dynasty, arrived with more than 3 million in military expenditures for the fight against the Jin Dynasty, more rebels and volunteers came to join him. Almost every day, rabble-rousers in various costumes arrived one after another. Half of the soldiers wore soft hats and jackets, and the rest were simply dressed in common people's clothes, holding any weapon in their hands, and they were considered soldiers. It looks like crap, almost nothing presentable.
However, there are exceptions. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, eight hundred cavalry suddenly arrived from the north of Daming City. Everyone had a horse and was wearing armor. They still maintained their team and came slowly. The leading knight also held a red recognition flag with two large characters "Red Heart Liu Yan" tattooed on it.
