Just as the Jin soldiers threw a large number of leaflets into the capital, the 10,000 Song troops also began a confiscation operation, collecting the leaflets spread by the Jin soldiers from door to door to eliminate the adverse effects. At the same time, eight thousand soldiers also rushed to the city and entered a defensive state. Three hundred and twenty bed crossbows began to fire strongly, destroying the enemy's speculative aircraft.

Li Yanqing also rushed to the north city head under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers. In the city tower, a soldier lit a lantern and illuminated the city tower room. Liu Qi handed a flyer to Li Yanqing, "It's very interesting publicity, let's take a look!"

Li Yanqing took the flyer and looked at it, and smiled and said, "The Jin Man is too arrogant and respects me. I will kill me. From now on, the world will be peaceful and I can't afford to take responsibility!"

"That's nonsense, so the generals don't need to pay attention to it. The key is the last paragraph. Has the generals seen the clue?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It is obvious that the Jin soldiers can't hold on anymore. Wang Gui burned Li Yang Cang last night, shaking the foundation of the Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers should have the intention to retreat, so there are bullshit remarks that "diplomatic diplomacy cannot be broken". He is finding a way for himself!"

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Qi lowered his voice and said, "I think this is the Jin people sending messages to some forces in the court."

Li Yanqing frowned slightly. Of course, he knew who Liu Qi's certain forces were referring to. The court's lords and gangs were very powerful. Judging from the effect of the leaflet, it did not have much significance to ordinary people, but the lords and gangs did have an impact.

At this moment, soldiers outside the city tower reported, "Report to the governor, Prince Li is urgently asking for a meeting!"

This is Li Gang coming, and Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Please come to the top of the city."

He said to the two personal soldiers next to him: "Go and notify General Yang to continue collecting the leaflets and try to avoid the spread of this matter."

"Abide by the order!"

The two personal soldiers bowed and hurried away. Li Yanqing walked out of the city tower. It was early morning and it was almost dawn. In the hazy morning light, Li Gang followed the two soldiers quickly towards this side.

"Dutong Li, the situation is not good!" Li Gang walked forward and said anxiously.

"What happened?"

"I just got the news that the official has issued an order to go to the Jin camp to contact the Jin soldiers."

Li Yanqing was shocked. Some officials left the city and he knew nothing. What's going on?

"What happened?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously.

"About an hour ago, Bai Shizhong, Wu Min, Li Bangyan and Zhang Bangchang went to see the official family and submitted a petition for hundreds of officials. More than 70% of the officials signed the petition. They finally convinced the official family to negotiate peace with the Jin soldiers.

Li Yanqing did not expect the lords to be so fast. Although they had been preparing for a long time, it was obvious that the Jin people's leaflets played a huge catalytic role. However, Li Yanqing was more concerned about the officials leaving the city at this time. He asked: "Gong-gong Li just said that Ma Zheng has already left the city?"

"I got this information, but I don't know the specific situation."

Li Yanqing turned to Liu Qi and said, "You go and check this matter and see if anyone opens the city without authorization. If there is any problem, I suspect it is from Dongcheng and Nancheng."

"Go now!"

Liu Qi turned over and urged the horse to run towards the east city.

Li Yanqing said to Li Gang again: "Li Xiangguo should go to the official family now. Tell the official family that General Wang Gui succeeded in attacking Li Yangcang the night before yesterday and burned at least one million dan of forage. The Jin soldiers could no longer support it, so there was a hint of peace asking for peace. We must not be fooled!"

This news surprised Li Gang and worried. He hurriedly said, "I'll go to see the official family now!"

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Li Yanqing quickly received a report that the problem was in the Xinsong Gate on the east side. The New Taipei Army stationed at Xinsong Gate unauthorizedly released Ma Zheng and several followers out of the city. This news made Li Yanqing extremely angry, and he immediately urged the horse to rush to Xinsong Gate.

The New Taipei Army was a new army formed at the suggestion of Li Yanqing. It had a total of 30,000 troops, led by Dong Ping, Xu Ning and Zhang Qing. Gao Qiu gave Li Yanqing a face and joined Li Yanqing's 100 personal soldiers to serve as the head of the New Taipei Army, which gave Li Yanqing a great influence on this army.

However, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he reused Li Yanqing on the one hand, but also restrained Li Yanqing's military power. The most obvious thing is to eliminate Li Yanqing's influence on the New Northern Army. Zhao Huan promoted Dong Ping to the deputy commander, so that Dong Ping could also report directly to the emperor.

The army on duty at Xinsong Gate today is Dong Ping's three thousand direct troops. Li Yanqing just arrived at Xinsong Gate and saw Dong Ping head-on at the city gate.

"General Dong!"

Dong Ping was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Yanqing. Dong Ping seemed to know that Li Yanqing was coming, so he stepped forward and bowed immediately, and smiled faintly: "Is the governor here to inspect the East City?"

"I heard that someone has left the city, so I'll come and check it out!" Li Yanqing said straight to the point.

Dong Ping nodded, "It's someone who left the city, and it's Ma Zheng, the young master of the Honglu, I'll let him go."

"Is it the Kaicheng Order issued by General Dong himself?"

“That’s right!”

Li Yanqing's face immediately became gloomy and said coldly: "A month ago, I personally ordered that the city gates were not allowed to be opened. If there are special circumstances, I must obtain my consent before I can let it go. Why can't my military order be implemented when it comes to General Dong? Is General Dong despising my authority?"

"The last general dare not. The reason why I let Ma Zheng go out of the city is because Ma Shaoqing has an imperial edict and a gold medal for leaving the city issued by the government. Although Li Dutong's military orders are as good as a mountain, I dare not disobey, but the imperial power of the government is still a little worse than the imperial power. If Li Dutong must put the military orders above the imperial power, then there is nothing to say in a humble position!"

Li Yanqing sneered, "General Dong is very good at speaking and directly uses imperial power to suppress me. But I have said before that if there are special circumstances, you must get my consent before you can let it go. The imperial edict and the emperor's gold medal are special circumstances. Why don't you report to me?"

"The situation was urgent at that time, and the low-ranking position could only be subject to power. If the general public believes that the low-ranking position is inappropriate, he can directly impeach the official family. The low-ranking position is willing to accept any punishment!"

After saying that, Dong Ping bowed Li Yanqing with his fists and turned around and urged the horse to leave.

Dong Ping's deputy governor was directly appointed by the emperor, not Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing had the right to punish him, but had no right to remove him from his post and investigate. Dong Ping was right to this and dared to directly disobey his military orders.

Li Yanqing looked at Dong Ping with a long look. A fire in Li Yangcang destroyed the will of the Jin soldiers to continue to attack Tokyo, but a leaflet also tore apart the tacit understanding between the monarch and minister of the Song Dynasty. There were also wise people in the Jin camp!

After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to publicly rehabilitate the Fan Dang case and enfeoffed the former prime minister, Fan Zhixu as the governor of the Five Routes of Shaanxi. The officials implicated in the Fan Dang case were all restored to their posts. At the same time, Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi, the initiator who advocated the joint efforts of Jin to destroy Liao, and dismissed Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Gao Qiu and Cai You as prime minister. However, Ma Zheng, the former military envoy of Dengzhou who represented the negotiations and alliances with the Jin Kingdom, was not affected. He was still appointed as the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple.

Although Ma Zheng was not held accountable, it did not mean that his life was easy. Before dawn, Ma Zheng received a hot task that no one wanted to take over. Emperor Zhao Huan ordered him to represent the court to contact the Jin camp and test whether there was a possibility of peace between the two sides.

Of course, this is also related to Ma Zheng's long-term special envoy to the Jin Dynasty. He can speak fluent Jurchen language and know many senior officials and major generals of the Jin Dynasty.

As soon as dawn, Ma Zheng, who was nervous, finally appeared outside the Jin soldiers camp. In fact, he was three miles away from the Jin soldiers camp, and he was caught by the Jin soldiers' ward and escorted him to the camp.

In the big tent, Wanyan Xie was also drinking a bowl of ginseng tea. At this time, a soldier reported in front of the tent, "Report to the Grand Commander, there was a Song Dynasty official outside the camp, saying that he came to Jinying for consultation under the order."

Wanyan Xie was stunned at first, then laughed. He had just thrown a flyer last night. Did the Song Dynasty send ministers here just as dawn? This speed was really beyond his expectations. From this, it can be seen that the Song Dynasty court's desire to negotiate peace was not very urgent!

"Who is the person coming?" Wanyan Xie also asked.

"It was Ma Zheng, the former envoy to Jin State."

It turned out to be him, and Wanyan Xie immediately ordered: "Take him to wait, and I will meet him when I have time."

The Song Dynasty court was so anxious that Wanyan Xie was not anxious. He needed to let go of the horse politics first, give him a warning, and then receive him.

Wanyan Xie must also grasp this rhythm well. Although he is now facing the threat of cutting off the forage and is eager to lead his army back to Hebei, he must not express his true intentions. He must take advantage of the Song Dynasty's urgent peace talks to maximize his interests.
Chapter completed!