"First, the Kingdom of Jin must release Yanxi, the righteous son of the Song Dynasty official and the leader of the Khitan Kingdom; second, the Jin soldiers must withdraw from the mouth of Shanhaiguo and the Nanjing Road of the original Liao Kingdom; third, the Kingdom of Jin must no longer support the traitor Zhao Gou; fourth, the Jin Kingdom must , the Kingdom of Jin returned a large proportion of the grasslands and deserts east of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest to the Khitan..."
To the west of Yanghe Village, in the middle of the battle formation where the armies of the Jin and Song Dynasties faced each other, Xiao Buyan was using fluent Chinese to relay the so-called peace terms that Han Shizhong had come up with, word for word, to Liu E, the "mouthpiece" of the Jin Kingdom. .
After finishing speaking, he suddenly noticed that Liu E seemed to be under a restraining spell. He was sitting on the horse stupidly, motionless. He thought that the "gold thief" in front of him could not understand Chinese, so he continued to speak in Khitan dialect. The terms of the peace talks were reviewed.
Hearing Xiao Buyan speak Khitan, Liu E realized that he didn't understand Chinese, but was shocked by the loose peace negotiation conditions proposed by the Song people!
is this real?
Zhao Kai can't be so easy to talk to, right?
Did I hear it wrong?
Xiao Buyan said this again in Khitan dialect, and Liu E finally confirmed the conditions proposed by the other party - what a blessing from the Bodhisattva!
Although it was unbelievable, Liu E quickly figured out the reason.
First of all, Zhao Kai was not sure of killing the nearly 200,000 golden soldiers on the Shanhaikou-Yuguan battlefield.
That's the Great Golden Heavenly Soldier!
Secondly, now that Zhao Kai has taken all the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and most of Hebei Road, he should be satisfied. There is no benefit in continuing to fight!
If he really wants to push 200,000 gold soldiers to a dead end and fight to the death, even if he can win, he will have to pay more than 100,000 casualties, right?
The gain outweighs the loss!
Third, for Zhao Kai's court, it was not difficult to recruit 100,000 warriors to fill this gap. After all, the number of Han people is there, and Zhao Kai has gone against the grain in recent years, almost abolishing the good imperial examinations, and replacing them with military merit titles and the military system, making the folk customs of the so-called Yingtian Fourth Road more and more martial.
But these warriors will not serve as soldiers for Zhao Kai in vain. They are very expensive!
According to the information Liu E has obtained, after becoming a corporal and officially becoming a member of the imperial army, he will be awarded 100 acres of land! Moreover, they are exempt from paying taxes and have the right to use it for up to 60 years... Even if they are old and weak and unable to serve as soldiers, they can continue to enjoy these jobs until the 60-year period expires.
As for whether it can be withdrawn after the expiration of the term...only God knows!
In other words, if Zhao Kai wants to recruit 100,000 new soldiers to replace the 100,000 soldiers who were killed or seriously injured, he must pay 10 million acres of fertile land!
Even if one mu is discounted by 5 guan, these 10 million acres are still worth 50 million guan!
Fourth, the tens of thousands or even one hundred thousand golden soldiers who were hacked to death were also very "valuable"! How many "gongs" are needed for this? How many soldiers can be upgraded to add fields? Upgrading to one level adds 100 acres!
One hundred thousand golden soldiers are worth 10 million acres, right?
Two 1,000 acres are worth hundreds of millions of dollars...
The price is so high, Zhao Kai should be reluctant to part with it, right?
Although Zhao Kai has continued to use troops and won victories in recent years, the land he seized has become "camping envoys" and "jiedu envoys", which means that the benefits are all given to the soldiers below. As an emperor, he has no Catching something. If another "20 million acres" were "lost" when the Yanyun War was about to end, his work might have been in vain.
Thinking of this, Liu E tried hard to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and said to Xiao Buyan expressionlessly: "I already know the conditions of your country's official family. I will go back immediately to discuss it with the king. Please wait for your envoy." moment."
After saying that, Liu E immediately hugged Xiao Buyan, then pulled the reins and flew the flying horse to report to Wanyan Salihe.
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"Blessed by Bodhisattva... we can finally negotiate peace, and finally enjoy a few years of peace!" Wanyan Salihe was so happy that tears filled his eyes when he heard the news.
Although it is definitely a loss-making business for Zhao Kai to forcefully eat tens of thousands of his people, it will be a loss if Wanyan Salihe loses his life here... He is the "Lao Wan" who followed A Gu to fight. "Yan", I have been robbing for almost twenty years, and I have grabbed countless trophies. I died before I could fully enjoy them. Wasn't these twenty years of hard work in vain?
However, Salihe, who has been fighting for half his life, has not completely lost his vigilance. Instead, he asked the people around him: "There is no fraud, right?"
"Probably not..." Liu E shook his head, and then told the reason he had imagined.
Yelu Zhangnu on the side also nodded in agreement: "Zhao Kai's method of using troops is to be strong, but the price of having strong troops is that all the benefits go to the people below... Zhao Kai, an official, and his The court has not gained anything. This means that the country is poor but the army is strong, and it will not last long. Only when the country is rich and the army is strong is the true way to achieve long-term peace and stability."
He's right!
But Zhao Kai didn't know...
"Yes, yes," Wanyan Sali nodded repeatedly, "Zhao Kai is a wise king, he must understand these principles." He paused and said to Liu E, "Just go and tell the envoy of the Song Dynasty, just say Ning The king has agreed to the conditions of the Song Dynasty. However, the peace negotiation has to be decided by Deputy Marshal Zuo, so we ask the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to make way so that we can send someone to report to Deputy Marshal Zuo."
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Liu E nodded in agreement, then got on his horse and flew off to talk to Xiao Buyan.
While Wanyan Salihe and others were well-intentioned and preparing to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong on the opposite side had already given the order for the artillery to block and aim at Wanyan Zongbi to recognize the flag and the grenadier to light the match rope!
And when the fences blocking the Song Army's cannons were pushed down one after another, revealing the dark muzzles and busy artillerymen inside, Xiao Buyan had already brought Liu E back - Xiao Buyan was also shady enough. Liu E said that he would take him to see Zhao Kai and let him report to Zhao Kai himself. As a result, Liu E forgot about the revenge of killing his father and followed him like crazy. When he arrived under the black and white banners in front of the Song army's formation, Zhao Kai didn't see it. Instead, he saw cannons one after another and artillerymen busy loading ammunition.
He immediately realized something was wrong and wanted to turn his horse's head and escape, but it was already too late - a 5-pound long cannon was already aimed at him. Xiao Buyan even shouted at him: "Liu E, get off your horse and surrender, or we'll fire!"
Liu E was panicking now. With such a thick stick facing him, how could he not panic? If it takes one shot, it will be shattered into pieces!
He quickly rolled off his horse and lay on the ground shouting: "I wish to surrender, I wish to surrender..."
But the only answer he got was the roar like thunder exploding in his ears!
The Song Army's artillery opened fire!
96 artillery pieces roared almost simultaneously, firing 96 solid projectiles in the direction of Wanyan Zongbi's flag in front of the Jinbing formation!
Sitting under the commanding banner of Wanyan Zongbi was a stand-in, and it didn't matter whether he lived or died, but behind the row of sandbags behind the fake Zongbi were gathered the generals of the Jin Army, including Wanyan Salihe, Yelu Zhangnu, and Liu Xiao.
This group of people were all frightened by the sudden flying cannonballs. When the cannon fired, they were all as if they had been hit by a immobilization spell, unable to move. Fortunately, the soldiers around them reacted quickly and pushed everyone behind sandbags to avoid the gunfire.
Although they were protected by sandbags and could not be injured, no one knew what happened for a while. Don't know what to do?
What did this Song Dynasty official want? We all agreed to the conditions he proposed, so why did he still fire?
Before a few people could figure it out, Wanyan Zongbi's handsome flag over there had fallen - the flag was being carried by someone. If the person carrying the flag was killed or ran away, the flag would naturally fall down.
Han Shizhong, who was on the opposite side, saw Wanyan Zongbi's handsome flag fall to the ground, and Wanyan Zongbi's position was also filled with dust and chaos, so he shouted loudly: "You bastard, Wanyan Wushu is dead, I have to blame him for it." Ah! Kill the gold thief! Divide the fields!"
"Kill the gold thief! Divide the fields..."
A group of Song Dynasty soldiers fighting for the land suddenly became excited. Rows of grenadiers and infantrymen, pushing carts, surged forward like a tide!
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"Your Majesty, the southerners' big cannon is about to start..."
"Your Majesty, the southerners are deceitful, they are too insidious!"
"Send the order, form the team..."
Wanyan Zongbi, Wuyanhu Shahu, Tudan Hexi and others who were waiting nervously in the woods of Huaishuling for the start of the battle in the direction of Yanghe Village all jumped up.
Wanyan Zongbi immediately issued the order to form the team, but he did not say what to do after the team was formed.
Zong Bi is not deaf, so of course he can hear the earth-shattering cannon fire of the Song army... This is not a good thing! Therefore, whether to escape immediately after forming the team or go south to support them depends on the situation.
Just when the 20,000 gold soldiers were forming a team in the woods of Huaishuling, the kidnapping horse who was on guard outside the woods came running like crazy. He even forgot to dismount and shouted at Wanyan Zongbi: "Ambush! Ambush!" ! There are thousands of Nannan and Khitan ambushes behind Huaishuling Mountain!"
It turns out that He Ji and Xiao Heda's troops have also been dispatched and are heading towards Huaishuling!
Wanyan Zongbi's face was livid. The Song army ambushed his troops behind Huaishuling Mountain, and it was the Song army's big cannon that fired first. This shows that Zhao Kai was deceiving him from the beginning and wanted to make a sneak attack... It's really despicable. How shameless!
Fortunately, Dajin Bing also has a backup plan, otherwise it would be over!
Wanyan Zongbi turned his head and said to Tu Dan Hexi: "Tu Dan Hexi, can your camel tube be able to fight now?"
"able!"
Wanyan Zongbi nodded: "Okay! You take the lead!
Hu Shahu, you lead the iron pagoda to follow the camel drum. After the camel drum is finished, your iron pagoda will rush forward! "
"Here!"
"Got the order!"
After receiving Wanyan Zongbi's general order, the two Jurchen generals flew onto the horses brought by their own soldiers and ran towards their respective troops - these were elite Jurchen soldiers, and they were not the same as the golden soldiers Wanyan Salihe brought with him. Son.
And they have a trump card on hand - 350 camel tubes! Even the Song Army has not used this thing yet (Camel Cannon is a weapon used in grassland and desert warfare, Zhao Kai cannot use it for the time being, and none of his knights can ride camels, so they cannot use it). It can definitely defeat He Jihe Xiao Heda was caught off guard.
