Chapter 1052 Jurchen infighting
The drums were loud, and ten thousand musketeers quickly retreated. They ran towards the woods two miles south, and two thousand cavalry slowly covered them behind to retreat south.
Ten thousand heavily armored infantry lined up, and the first row of 3,300 people squatted on the ground, pressing against the ground with long handles, and aimed the sharp sword at the rushing cavalry.
The Jurchen cavalry had no time to retract, and they collided with the heavily armored infantry. Hundreds of people were pierced by sharp swords and screamed.
Eight thousand Song cavalrymen fought from both sides, and nearly 20,000 Song soldiers and 7,000 Jurchen cavalrymen fought fiercely. Although the Jurchen cavalry was strong, the Song cavalry was well-trained and never weak, not to mention that there were ten thousand more powerful heavy armored infantry.
Facing the Song army, which was three times more than its own, the Jurchen cavalry gradually fell into a disadvantage, and the casualties became increasingly serious. They could only fight back, but no strength to fight back.
At this time, Wang Gui saw that the time had come, he immediately ordered: "Shoot the rocket!"
A rocket rose into the air and dragged long black smoke through the air. Wanyan Yinkeshu and the five thousand Jurchen cavalry suddenly broke out from the forest behind Wanyan and the five thousand Jurchen cavalry. They were lined up in a neat manner, lined up in three complete square formations, with war horses fast and murderous intent swept into the sky, sweeping towards the five thousand Jurchen cavalry.
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Just when Wang Gui led his army to fight fiercely with 20,000 Jin soldiers in Dading Prefecture, Niu Gao also led a 50,000 army to come from Goryeo, and succeeded in attacking Xianping Prefecture. The 50,000 Song troops attacked Pingguo City at night, wiped out 10,000 defenders, and cut off the way for the Jin soldiers of Liaoyang Prefecture to retreat.
At this time, Li Yanqing led an army of 450,000 out of Yu Pass, and captured Jinzhou two days later, and rushed to Liaoyang Prefecture.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Wanyan Zongbi had to give up Liaoyang Prefecture and bypass Xianping Prefecture from the west to retreat north. However, he happened to meet Wang Gui's army who was coming from the west. Fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Niu Gao led a large army to attack Wanyan Zongbi, and a hundred thousand troops were left and right.
The Jin soldiers were defeated and almost all of them were destroyed. Wanyan Zongbi led only three thousand remaining troops to break through the siege and fled towards the direction of the capital.
At this time, the Jin Kingdom was already surrounded by enemies. The 250,000 grassland coalition forces fought fiercely with the Jin soldiers in Linhuang Prefecture for three days and three nights, and finally defeated Wanyan Zongwang's 70,000 army. Wanyan Zongwang was killed in the war and the entire army was destroyed.
However, the grassland coalition also paid the price of heavy casualties of nearly 100,000 casualties. Four of the thirteen tribes were killed in the entire army, and the chief of the Naiman tribe also died on the battlefield.
According to the alliance signed last year, the Grassland Alliance was responsible for seizing Linhuang Prefecture, while the Song army was responsible for conquering Shangjing. Then the Jurchens and the people from the Bohai tribes returned to the Grassland Alliance, while the Song army occupied the land of the Jin Dynasty.
However, the Wei tribe was determined to regain their hometown. Regardless of the dissuasion of each tribe, the chief Aludin led 30,000 Wei troops to kill the north of Shangjing, which was their hometown. The 30,000 troops began to massacre the various Jurchen tribes in blood.
After Li Yanqing captured Liaoyang Prefecture, he did not rush to the north, but rectified the army, and 200,000 civilians continued to transport food, grass and supplies to Liaoyang Prefecture.
At this time, Wanyan Ningji came to Liaoyang Prefecture again, hoping to reach a final peace agreement with Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing did not meet him, but asked Liu Qi to negotiate with him.
In the big tent, Liu Qi handed over a list of conditions drafted by Li Yanqing to Wanyan Ningji.
After reading the list, Wanyan Ningji couldn't say a word for a long time. The conditions were too harsh and there was no difference between them and the destruction of the country.
In fact, the conditions offered by Li Yanqing are exactly the same as those offered to Xixia at the time.
Article 1: The wolf lord of the Jin Kingdom took the imperial title and changed his title to the Jurchen King, became a minister of the Song Dynasty, and moved south to Lin'an.
Article 2: All armies must surrender immediately. If the surrender is sincere enough, the Song army can cancel the surrender ceremony.
Article 3: When the Jin Kingdom surrendered, the Wanyan royal family and their wives and daughters were escorted by the Song army to Yanjing, and their personal property was preserved.
Article 4: When the Jin Kingdom surrendered, the Song army would treat the Jurchen tribes well. Except for Han slaves, other property and land were not robbed, and their descendants would be allowed to live in Liaodong for generations.
Article 5: When the Jin Kingdom surrendered, the Song army would strictly control military discipline and not allow any plunder of the people.
Article 6: When the Jin Kingdom surrendered, the Song Dynasty governed the old land of the Jin Kingdom in the Hexi manner, and at the same time, it would promote some Jurchen people who understood Chinese as appropriate to prefectures and county officials.
Wanyan Ningji shook his head repeatedly, "There is no difference between this condition and the destruction of the country, I'm afraid we cannot accept it!"
Liu Qi said: "The principles cannot be changed, and some details are very handsome and can be discussed."
Wanyan Ningji pointed to the first point and said, "First of all, the name of the Jin Kingdom was cancelled, that would mean the country was destroyed, and this would not be acceptable."
"The Jin Kingdom's title must be cancelled. There is no choice to go to the Emperor's title. At most, it can be changed to the Jurchen king. In addition, it is also questionable that except for the Jurchen king, who must go to Lin'an, if the other kings remove the throne, they can stay in Liaodong as the chief of the tribe, but there must be a hostage to live in Yanjing. Except for this, no other conditions shall be changed."
Wanyan Ningji was helpless and had to say, "I will go back and discuss, I have no right to take control of these conditions."
"Yes! But if there is no response within ten days, it will be considered as rejection. The Song army will launch a large-scale attack on Shangjing."
"I see!"
Wanyan Ningji left the Song army tent, and Liu Qi hurried to the Central Army tent and said to Li Yanqing: "This condition scared them."
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "It may not be scared. The key is that Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun and others don't want to go to the Song Dynasty. As long as they promised them to stay in Liaodong as chiefs, they could agree to other conditions. At worst, they could go back to before the founding of the Jurchen country."
Liu Qi asked worriedly: "Du Shuai's words make sense, but will this leave hidden dangers? The Jurchens will make a comeback in the future?"
Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Do you think I will give them a chance? Even if I promise them, will the grassland coalition forces agree? They are still waiting to take away the Jurchens and the people from the Bohai tribe."
Liu Qi became even more confused, "Since that's the case, why should I get the conditions for the handsome man?"
"So, you still have political shortcomings! How to say the art of war, Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zongjun may be able to accept this condition, but what about Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongbi? Can they accept it?"
Liu Qi finally understood, "Du Shuai wants to provoke civil unrest in Jin?"
Li Yanqing nodded, "That's right, this is called the strategy of killing three soldiers in two peaches."
"Where does Du Shuai think the breakthrough point will be?"
Li Yanqing laughed, "Wanyan Ningji went to the Song Camp twice, but he did not mention their emperor Wanyan Dan. Wanyan Zongpan and others regarded him as a puppet, but Wanyan Dan would never see the foundation of his ancestors being finished. He would definitely fight back. A young emperor is the fuse of the internal strife of Jin. Let's just wait and see."
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In the Jin Dynasty Palace, a little eunuch ran to the harem martial arts field and found a young man riding a horse and shooting archery. "Little wolf master, it's amazing!"
This young man is Wanyan Dan, the twelve-year-old emperor of the Jin Kingdom. Although the Jin Kingdom emphasizes the inheritance of his brother, he also emphasizes the priority of the legitimate son. After Wanyan Xie passed away, the first generation of the first generation of the throne ended.
Then there was the second generation. Since Wanyan Aguda's eldest son Wanyan Zongjun died early, Wanyan Sheng decided that Wanyan Aguda's eldest grandson Wanyan Dan would take over the position, which is Wanyan Zongjun's son.
This is also why Wanyan Sheng knew that the competition for the throne in Jin was extremely fierce. No matter who took over the throne, a civil war would break out. Only the young eldest grandson succeeded to the throne, leaving everyone speechless.
However, although the riot of fighting for throne was stopped, Wanyan Sheng was powerless in the battle for power.
"What's the news?" Wanyan Tan asked, turning over and dismounting.
The little eunuch rushed forward and whispered: "They are secretly negotiating with the Song army. I heard that the Song army has offered conditions."
“What conditions?”
"I only heard two o'clock, one canceled the Jin Kingdom's national name and the imperial name, and the other was that the little wolf moved to Lin'an."
Wanyan Tan immediately widened his eyes and abolished the country and emperor names. Then the Jin Kingdom was destroyed?
Wanyan Tan said angrily: "This is absolutely not possible!"
"But I heard they might have agreed."
Of course, Wanyan Tan knew who they were referring to, Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun and Wanyan Xi Nilie.
"I'll go find them!"
Wanyan Dan just walked to the gate of the palace, but met Wanyan Loushi. After Wanyan Loushi was released back to the Jin Kingdom by the Song Dynasty, his body was completely destroyed and he could not even pull the bow and arrow. He served as the Minister of Revenue of the Jin Kingdom and was in charge of the Jin Kingdom's treasury.
In the struggle for the throne of the Jin Kingdom, he was a supporter of Wanyan Zonghan. Wanyan Zonghan failed to fight for power and was under house arrest, but he escaped.
"Where is the Little Wolf Lord?"
Seeing that Wanyan Dan was full of grief and anger, Wanyan Loushi blocked his way.
"Did the veteran general know about the negotiations between Ban Bojilie and Song Jun?"
"I know."
Wanyan Loushi sighed, "Little Wolf Lord, the situation is not good!"
“How serious is it?”
Wanyan Loushi took out a piece of paper and handed it to him, "This is the condition of Song Jun!"
Wanyan Tan took the paper and looked at it, his eyes suddenly turned red, "This is the condition for the destruction of the country! Can we agree?"
"The problem is that Wanyan Zongpan and the others have decided to accept it. They will continue to return to the tribe to be the chieftain, and their interests will not be lost. As for the survival of the Jin Kingdom, he no longer cares about it."
Wanyan Dan almost fainted: "Elder General, what should we do?"
Wanyan Loushi pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, there is only one way to let Nianhan come out to preside over the military and political affairs. He is a firm defender of the interests of the Jin Kingdom. He would rather die in battle than surrender. There is also Wushu, he would not accept such terms."
Nianhan is Wanyan Zonghan. Because he has too high prestige in the army, Wanyan Zongpan dared not kill him, but put him under house arrest.
"Uncle Fourth is back?"
Wanyan Loushi nodded, "He is outside the city!"
Wanyan Tan lowered his head and said nothing. Wanyan Loushi sighed and said, "If the little wolf master can accept the conditions, then the old minister will not be troubled!"
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave. Wanyan Dan grabbed his hand and said in tears: "No one is willing to help me except the old general. I am willing to obey the old general's arrangement!"
A sharp light flashed in Wanyan Loushi's eyes. He knew that Jin Guo could not protect him anymore, but he could never accept the humiliating surrender.
He nodded slowly, "The old minister will not let down the little wolf master's trust!"
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Chapter completed!