Wanyan Xiebao quickly obtained permission from the emperor in the emperor's stronghold and entered the stronghold alone. The knights who followed him were all warriors from Meng'an under the control of Xiebao. Naturally, they were not allowed to enter the emperor's stronghold and settled in Xiebao's own stronghold first.
After Xie Bao entered the stronghold, he dismounted and followed a soldier belonging to Hezha Meng'an, who belonged to Wu Qimai, and walked quickly towards the palace in the center of the emperor's stronghold. When Kankan was walking past the horse racing field, he heard a young girl's voice in the distance. Called from far away: "Xie Bao nephew."
Wanyan Xiebao stopped when he heard the sound, turned around and saw a graceful girl, dressed in white, riding a tall horse, trotting towards him.
This girl is only fifteen or sixteen years old, several years younger than Xie Bao, but her body has grown and her chest is bulging... I am afraid she will have a lot of potential in the future!
She turned over and dismounted and landed in front of Xiebao. She put her hands on her small waist, straightened her chest, and smiled happily at Xiebao: "You are Xiebao's nephew, the second child of Nianhan's brother, right?" ?”
Wanyan Xiabao looked at this little girl and was really speechless. As the eldest son, he is not only older than most people of his generation, but also older than many people who are a generation older than him... I don’t know how many younger uncles and younger aunts there are?
Moreover, he has a baby face that is more popular with children and has a kinder personality, so a group of uncles and aunts love to play with him.
Needless to say, the one in front of me must be Wu Qimai's daughter... Wu Qimai had many children, 14 grown-up sons alone, and two more daughters, totaling 16. The total number of children is 16. Rounding up the numbers, there are 30!
But Xiabao didn't recognize who this person was in front of him for a moment? After all, he has not returned to Huining for more than two years.
After hesitating, he saw that the Jurchen soldier who was leading the way had already crossed his hands and saluted: "Princess Twelve."
Only then did Wanyan Xiebao recognize her. It turned out that she was the twelfth daughter of Wu Beggar, Wanyan's aunt, known as Princess Yan, and her Chinese name was Wanyan Yan or Wang Yan'er.
The girl jumped up to Wanyan Xiebao, stretched out her jade-white palm in front of him, and said with a sweet smile: "My dear nephew, you still remember that you promised me before we sent out the army last time that you would steal some gold and silver jewelry from the Khitan people. Give it to me, can you bring it now?"
When Wanyan Xiebao followed Wanyan Zonghan on an expedition last time, the Song and Jin Dynasties had not yet broken up, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi had not been captured. So he only knew that he was going to fight the Liao people. Unexpectedly, he went there for more than two years. Not only did he fight the remnants of the Liao Kingdom, he also invaded the Hedong Road of the Song Dynasty and robbed a lot of goods.
However, this time he was sent directly back to Huining from the Hedong front line by his father, Prince Nianhan. He did not even return to Datong, where the old camp of the West Route Army was located, so of course he did not bring any valuables. But he still put one hand into his loose robe, took out a golden bracelet and handed it to Wanyanyan, smiling and saying: "I came in a hurry, so I only brought this..." .When I come back next time, I will definitely bring a box full of jewelry for my aunt."
Wanyan Yan was not dissatisfied. She happily took the bracelet and put it on her wrist. She smiled and said, "Nephew Xie Bao is very filial, but my aunt has grown up and can ride horses and shoot arrows. You can go by yourself." Stealing the dowry!”
"Robbing the dowry?" Wanyan Xiabao chuckled, "These words sound like your father's drunken words..."
Wanyan Yan was a little unhappy, pouted and said: "You are not allowed to talk about my father like that, or I will be angry!"
Wanyan Xiebao would not get angry with a little girl and her aunt, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I won't say it again, is that okay?"
Wanyan Yan nodded and said seriously: "That's pretty much it...but my father really wants to take me to Kaifeng Mansion to steal the dowry. This is not drunken talk!"
Isn’t this drunk talk?
Wanyan Xiebao couldn't expose Wanyan Yan, so he had to smile and say to her: "That would be great. When the time comes to capture Kaifeng Mansion, I will find a Princess Mansion from the Song Dynasty for you, so that you can grab all you can!"
Wanyan Yan chuckled: "I don't care about the princesses of the Song Dynasty. If I want to rob them, I will rob them of the officials of the Song Dynasty!"
Wanyan Xiebao laughed loudly after hearing this: "Auntie, I heard that the current officials in the Song Dynasty are quite cruel. Don't let him snatch it away if you can't!"
Wanyanyan seemed a little angry, but she didn't mean to be angry. She just said coquettishly: "You crow's mouth, don't talk nonsense... By the way, I heard that the new official of the Song Dynasty is eight feet tall." Why is this scholar so cruel?"
"You're so talented!" Wanyan Xiebao said, "Auntie, you don't know yet, right? The second prince and the fourth prince didn't even touch the edge of Kaifeng Mansion. They suffered several embarrassing losses. Even Ah Lu Bu is all folded in!"
"I've heard about it," Wanyan Yan said, "Brother Alu arrived in Huining more than ten days before you... According to him, the southern captain Gao Qiu, the generals Zhao Bupo and Han Shizhong are all very powerful. That’s why I suffered a loss.”
Wanyan Xiebao shook his head, "There are tens of millions of Han people, there will be no heroes... But only truly powerful officials can make good use of these heroes! So the officials of the South are not only talented A bad scholar must still be a hero who can command thousands of troops!"
"Really?" Wanyanyan blinked her big eyes, a look of anticipation on her pretty face.
When Wanyan Xiabao saw her expression, he couldn't help but frown even more tightly, but he didn't want to talk nonsense with this little girl anymore, so he said: "Auntie, I have to go see the driver, see you later. "
Wanyan Yan smiled and said, "I'll take you there... Also, I also have a village now, called Princess Yan Village."
Wanyan Xiebao nodded and said, "Then Aunt Lao will lead the way."
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When Wanyan Xiebao followed his aunt Wanyan Yan into the palace in the emperor's village, in the main hall of the palace, which was decorated in a style similar to that of a bandit gathering hall, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin Dynasty was chatting with Ban Bo Ji Lie Wanyan Xiebao. Also, there is Wanyan Zongqian, the official of the state, and Wanyan Zongpan, the eldest son of Wanyan Xiebao, the deputy commander of all the internal and external armies. There is also Cai Jing, a surrendered minister from the Song Dynasty who just came from Nanjing, and a follower of Yelu Yanxi. The captured "loyal minister who surrendered to the enemy" Xiao Zhonggong was discussing matters together.
Seeing Wanyan Xiebao and his troubled daughter Wanyan Yan come in together, Wanyan Wu didn't say much, just called Wanyan Xiebao to come forward, "Xiebao, come on, come on, sit down Let’s talk.”
Wanyan Xiebao was not polite, saluted his emperor, and then sat down on an empty chair. Wanyan Yan, on the other hand, slipped behind a large pillar at the edge of the hall and stood there without going out.
"How's it going over there in Hedong?" Wanyan Wu Qimai, who was already old but had a rosy face and looked very powerful, asked, "When can Taiyuan be conquered?"
Wanyan Xianbao said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Taiyuan is not easy to defeat... The city has high walls and tight defenses. There are 3,000 victorious soldiers among the defenders. If we try to attack by force, the gains will outweigh the losses. So my father After breaking some cities outside Taiyuan and plundering them, the army was temporarily returned to Xijing Road to rest, leaving only Yin Shuke and Yelu Yujian, two families of ten thousand, to continue to besiege Taiyuan and lure people from all over the east of the river. The southern army came to relieve Taiyuan. However, the southern court seems to be unable to take care of Taiyuan. These days, only the soldiers and horses of the Fu Linzhe family are trying to relieve Taiyuan. After we were defeated, no one came again. "
This time, Jin Bing's East Route Army and West Route Army had completely different styles. The East Route Army drove straight into Kaifeng. The West Route Army, on the other hand, steadily besieged Taiyuan. While besieging it, it led the Song Army from Hedong to relieve the siege in Hedong, thus defeating them one by one.
In fact, the Jin Bing's West Route Army set up an encirclement and reinforcements situation in Hedong... In the original history, the Song Dynasty court fell into Wanyan Nianhan's trap and sent a wave of limited troops. Bo's were sent to Taiyuan, but Yin Shu Ke was defeated and collapsed outside Taiyuan City.
However, Zhao Kai doesn't care about Taiyuan as much as Zhao Huan now. In other words, he and the Jin Thief's East Route Army are fighting inextricably in the northeast and north of Kaifeng Prefecture, and there is no time to save Taiyuan, so there are not many Song troops to go to Taiyuan. The government is relieved.
"Since there is no big formation in Taiyuan... then the main force of the West Route Army should be transferred to the East Route!"
The person who spoke was the commander-in-chief of Ban Bo Ji Lie, the commander-in-chief of the capital, Wanyan Xieye. He was the younger brother of Wanyan Wu Qimai. The post he held was the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, and the Marshal Du was the nominal commander-in-chief of the troops of the Song and Jin Dynasties. His authority was considerable.
Wanyan Wu Qimai glanced at Xie Bao, "What do you think?"
Wanyan Xiebao came to Huining to participate in the military meeting on behalf of his father Nianhan, and Nianhan already knew what was to be discussed in the military meeting, so Wanyan Xiebao was now Nianhan's mouthpiece.
"Your Majesty, what my father means is that when a lion fights a rabbit, you should do your best!" Wanyan Xiebao said, "If we really want to fight the Southern Army on the East Road, then it doesn't matter whether Taiyuan Prefecture fights or not... .The key is that the East Road must not fail!"
"How could it possibly fail?" Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Wu's son who was begging for money, said with a calm face full of anger, "I, Dajin, have not been defeated since the beginning of the army and the Liao Dynasty!"
Wanyan Xianbao glanced at this clueless cousin, and said to himself: Arubu is dead, and he still claims that he has never been defeated. Are you feeling guilty?
However, Wanyan Xiebao would not talk back to his uncle, so he smiled and said: "Kaifeng Mansion is a city in the sky, everyone aspires to it... We might as well concentrate our efforts to fight. If we can succeed, then the Central Plains The Huahua World belongs to us Jurchens. If we can’t succeed, with more troops and a stronger momentum, we can easily form a Chanyuan Alliance. If we capture Taiyuan, it will be difficult to conclude the Chanyuan Alliance.”
The Chanyuan Alliance is equivalent to changing the border between Song and Liao into the border between Song and Jin, and then the Jin Kingdom will eat the Liao Kingdom's share of the coins.
But if the Kingdom of Jin annexed Taiyuan...then how to decide on the Chanyuan Alliance? Spit it out, will the Jin Kingdom agree? The Song Dynasty wouldn’t even let him spit it out!
Wanyan Wu Qimai nodded and said loudly: "Xie Bao is right, success or failure lies on the Eastern Front... If the Eastern Front can win, Kaifeng Mansion will be ours! If not, there is no point in holding Taiyuan." Great use. So, let’s concentrate our efforts this time to capture Kaifeng Mansion!”
