Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

It is the middle of winter in the twelfth lunar month, and there is no food in the field itself, and the food has been hoarded by the Song people.

At this time, a considerable number of Song people had already fled south, and the surrounding counties and counties were implementing fortified walls and clearing the wilderness.

Song people from all over the north of the Yellow River are still resisting.

If you want to prepare for an attack for three months, you must prepare food for at least five months.

It is very difficult for Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang to prepare food for the army for more than five months.

The demise of the Northern Song Dynasty in history was an accidental event.

It was a death incident led by Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and the ministers of the Song Dynasty.

Carefully looking through the historical data, you can find that they have carried out a series of unimaginable magical operations.

However, the Jin army came aggressively, but failed to swallow the capitals of Hebei, Hedong (Shanxi) and other states.

In the final analysis, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang's visit to Kaifeng this time is more of a beheading action against the Song Dynasty.

Don't look at the Jin people's strong fighting power, but they are also human beings, and they have to eat.

In Zhao Ning's words, the biggest weakness of the Jin people is that they go deep into the territory of Song Dynasty, the battle line is too long, and the logistics supply is weak.

When Jin people want to grab food, Song people everywhere will resist.

Even if you can't fight head-on, they will jump out from time to time to harass you and set fire to your food.

In this way, the Jin army must be exhausted.

This is the reason why Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang fought quickly.

However, the defense of Tokyo City does not allow them to make a quick victory.

So they thought of surrounding, fighting and talking at the same time.

Use false peace talks to disintegrate the Song people, and trick the Song people out of Tokyo.

As a result, Zhao Ning has blocked the peace talks again.

This is the situation now.

Wanyan Zongwang said: "It is possible to temporarily stop the siege, but how long will it last? It will not be good for our army if it is too long. King Qin of the Song Dynasty is on his way. Once it is like it was at the beginning of this year, we will have to retreat."

He was talking about the first siege of Tokyo City at the beginning of the year, when Kaifeng Prefecture gathered hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army.

Shi Li'ai said: "The most elite soldiers from all walks of life in Shaanxi Province of the Song Army were besieged in Tongguan by Lou Shi."

"But the Song army is not limited to people from all walks of life in Shaanxi, people from all walks of life in the south, people from all walks of life in Shandong, people from all walks of life in Huaidong, and people from all walks of Jinghu Lake. They are all on the road now."

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Marshal, why don't you talk to them again, release the intention of peace talks, let their people come to us to talk, and make a decision after talking."

Wanyan Zongwang said again: "This commander also thinks that talking is the best policy. If Tokyo resists too strongly, we should change our target and get some money from the people of Song Dynasty, so we can return north."

As soon as Wanyan Zongwang said this, the camp fell into silence for a while.

This involves the political struggle of Jin Guochaotang.

Marshal Wanyan Zonghan is a standard Song extermination faction. He besieged Taiyuan City, an important military town in the north of the Song Dynasty, at the beginning of this year.

Wanyan Zongwang went south for the first time, directly bypassing the military town in the north.

From this point, we can see that the two have completely different political ideas.

One wants to flatten the Song Dynasty step by step, and the other just wants to attack quickly, bite the Song Dynasty and retreat.

Both of them are important figures in the clan of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Zonghan can say that Wanyan Agu was the number one hero in opening up the country, with illustrious military exploits and high prestige.

Wanyan Zongwang is the son of Wanyan Aguda, with outstanding military ability and great achievements in battle. Many people in the court are attached to him.

Wanyan Zonghan pondered for a moment, and said: "We can talk, but we also have to fight. This is not a conflict. Let the people below make 200 trebuchets within a month!"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "What if it still cannot be conquered?"

The camp fell into silence again, here only Wanyan Zongwang dared to talk to Wanyan Zonghan like this.

Liu Yanzong came out to smooth things over. He said: "We don't have enough food, and the food in the city may not be sufficient. Let's talk peace first to test the other party's situation."

In this way, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army reached an agreement again: first pretend to negotiate a peace, secretly build more siege equipment, and wait for the next full-scale siege.

Early in the morning on December [-], the Song army in the city tower received a request from the Jin people for peace talks.

The news quickly spread throughout the city.

People unanimously turned out the "Golden Man's Siege Strategy" written by the emperor.

Isn't this the same as what the officials predicted?

This is Yang Conspiracy!

I predicted your behavior, and I told you my prediction, you know that I already know your behavior, you must follow my prediction.

This incident really opened the eyes of ordinary people in Tokyo.

Fuck!The officials are right!

This more or less made the top executives of the Jin Army feel helpless, as if they had been seen through.

Of course, the top management of the Jin Army never mentioned this matter. Everyone tacitly believed that this was just a good luck of Zhao Guan's family.

Moreover, the victory of the war is not determined by prediction, so they are still full of confidence.

But as for the request for peace talks, as soon as it was announced in the city, some ordinary people jumped up.

"Which dog official in the court dares to go out for peace talks today, I will kill him here!"

"Yes! No peace talks!"

"Fight to the end!"

"Defend the homeland!"

"What are you afraid of! The officials can even predict their intentions for peace talks, and the officials must have more plans!"

"..."

It can be said that the Jinren's request for peace talks immediately created another wave of popularity for Zhao Ning in the city.

Zhao Ning: Oh, not bad, I can gain popularity while lying down.

But some people in Tokyo think otherwise.

Mainly officialdom.

These people began to give advice to Zhao Ning, analyzing the immediate pros and cons.

The main argument is: We defended the city and won, which means that the Jin people cannot attack. At this time, the Jin people know that we are powerful, and they also come to make peace, which is the best time to make peace.

Are people in officialdom stupider than ordinary people?

No!

Then why do some officials think about negotiating a peace?

The ass decides the head.

For the common people, the court's peace negotiation means losing money, and the court will inevitably ask the common people to collect their money.

Even if the golden man breaks the city, it is the common people who suffer.

For officials, the court's peace negotiation also means losing money, but the court will not take money from officials' pockets.

If the imperial court takes money from the officials' pockets, the officials will immediately hold up the books of sages and criticize the emperor.

Moreover, the rich and powerful are more afraid of death than ordinary people and are more willing to compromise.

Because they have endless money and don't want to die when their brains get hot.

This is why the elite has its weakness.

This is the status quo.

Chapter 32

Of course, not all officials wanted to take the opportunity to negotiate a peace with the Jin people.

Didn't Mo Chou keep close contact with Zhao Ning yesterday, saying that he would take advantage of the victory to take the initiative to attack?

Judging from the basic national conditions of the political struggles of the Great Song Dynasty, this is not isolated, and naturally a group of people below think so.

It can only be said that in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, had been masturbating for decades, so that there were speculators everywhere.

Don't believe their lies.

Song Qinzong had never done this kind of thing before.

When Tokyo City was besieged for the first time, Zhong Shidao led an army of [-] to King Qin, and the situation in Tokyo City was very good.

At this time, a self-conscious guy jumps up. This guy is called Yao Pingzhong.

This guy volunteered to raid the Jin army, Zhong Shidao's objection was invalid, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan agreed.

As a result, there was no surprise attack yet, and the news had already leaked out. Wanyan Zongwang set up a formation and waited for the Song army to come over, and then beat him up.

At this time, Yao Pingzhong ran away and disappeared instantly.

According to historical records, during the Southern Song Dynasty, in a remote temple in Sichuan, a monk claimed to be Yao Pingzhong.

This guy won the most escaped general in history, not one of them.

After doing this, the Peacemakers and Surrenderers in the city immediately raised their heads and began to attack.

So, don't engage in coquettish operations.

Hold on tight is everything.

And don't believe those people's promises. They are used to living in the peaceful and prosperous age, and they all have a problem: they come as soon as they open their mouths.

In the early morning of December [-]nd, just after Zhao Ning finished his breakfast, Gao Qiu came running over: "Officials, there are rumors outside that the Jin people want to negotiate a peace with us, and some people say that the imperial court has already agreed to negotiate a peace."

"Oh, are there many people passing it on?"

"There are some, but there are also some people who say that the imperial court will not meet and reconcile." Apart from reporting, Gao Qiu mainly came to inquire about the emperor's attitude.

"How does the Jinren want to negotiate a peace?"

"It is said that let's send someone over to talk."

"Then what is the mainstream folk voice now?"

"Don't make peace."

Zhao Ning changed the subject and said, "I asked you to investigate the food storage situation of the people's homes. How is your investigation going?"

"I asked [-] households yesterday, and there are still three months left of stored grain."

"Okay, I see, you go down first."

Gao Qiu also couldn't fathom the emperor's mind, so he said: "I will leave."

Three months later, this made Zhao Ning feel a little stressed again.

It is now the beginning of December, and it can be carried until March of the second year of Jingkang.

In March, the temperature has risen, and the army of King Qin from all over the country should be almost ready to arrive.

The Jurchens are very afraid of heat, and they will never fight in summer.

Although March is still spring, the Golden Army can't last long.

At that time, if Yan Zonghan dies, he can only follow him to the end.

If so, the damage to Tokyo City will be very large.

Right now the Jinren have failed to attack the city. With Wanyan Zonghan's character, he will never let it go. He will definitely create more trebuchets.

Therefore, Zhao Ning also needs to prepare sufficient armaments to defend the city now.

In the morning, there was a lot of discussion in the city about the Jin people's intention to negotiate peace.

Soon the latest front page of the "Tokyo Daily" came out and was sold out.

Everyone is very concerned about the "Tokyo Daily" now, even women who are not interested in state affairs on weekdays are paying attention.

The content of today's headlines turned out to be a commendation and praise of yesterday's fallen soldiers.

This surprised everyone.