Chapter 139 Gap
At night, drinking in the city walls, the breeze was gentle. Liu Qi sighed: "This kind of alien race is a country that deceives me from the Central Plains. The Central Plains are as strong as the Tang Dynasty, and all countries come to pay tribute. When the Central Plains are weak, the Jin Dynasty, and the Five Barbarians invade China."
Ouyang smiled and said, "I am just a businessman. I know that at most chips in my hands, I must win the opponent to the bottom and not give the opponent a chance to breathe and fight back."
"Report" a personal soldier went up to the city wall and said, "The emperor condemned Lord Zhang Bangchang and Zhang to come and work hard."
"Hard work?" Liu Qi said in confusion: "Didn't the third prince just finish the military service? Why did another one come to work hard?"
"Go and have a look"
Zhang Bangchang was being received by Li Han, Li Gang and Zeng Bu and drank in Leying in Nancheng. Zeng Bu was from the Privy Council, Li Gang was the supervisor who must be equipped with logistics, while Li Han was the supervisor, and Liu Qi was the chief general in the city. This was the reception specification, but because there were two supervisors in this battle, one more person participated in the reception wine than before.
Zhang Bangchang's several tours of wine showed the intention of the army this time: "The emperor asked me to ask, have the envoys of the Xixia peace talks sent?"
Ouyang shook his head: "Not yet."
Zhang Bangchang said: "The emperor means to send someone to ask."
Ouyang smiled: "Mr. Zhang, this negotiation is like doing business. If people don't say anything, we are in a hurry to contact them first, and it seems difficult to negotiate. Besides, the battles that I have fought in the Song Dynasty are now victorious. General Han is now attacking Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia. They are not in a hurry, why are we in a hurry?"
Li Gang had the same official rank as Zhang Bangchang, and said directly: "The emperor is wise, the progress ahead is smooth, and the generals and officials in the front say no need for peace talks. Why is the court so nervous? The war against Xixia ten years ago was because some people wanted to make military achievements. Ten years later, the peace talks with Xixia ten years later were because some people did not want to see others get military achievements. Lord Zhang, this is what the ministers in the court meant?"
Zhang Bangchang smiled and said, "Why did Lord Li say this?"
Li Gang said: "General Han took Xingqing Prefecture directly. If this achievement is achieved, it will be the most amazing achievement of Song since the founding of the country. I am afraid that it will not be difficult to be a king? Some people do not want martial arts to be in literature, while some people have been a military supervisor for more than ten years, and they have been awarded the king without a big victory. In comparison, they cannot bear it."
Everyone understands the person Li Gang is talking about. One is naturally Cai Jing, and the other is Tong Guan, the army supervisor of Hebei West Road. Li Han laughed and said, "Mr. Li is drunk too much, come and help me go down to rest."
"I can leave myself." Li Gang swayed and said, "You can only speak the truth after drinking."
Liu Qi waved his hand and asked someone to help him quickly, then clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhang, there are really no Western Xia envoys to visit. As for sending people there... I feel very inappropriate. There is no such thing as seeking peace before winning the battle. I will personally submit a statement to Your Majesty. Our Song army is mighty, so I will definitely not send peace first."
"Yeah" Zhang Bangchang admitted that what Liu Qi said was very reasonable, but someone in the court was anxious and came up with a nonsense idea of sending envoys here. Zhang Bangchang said: "No need for a general to submit it. I will naturally explain this matter after I return to Tokyo. There is indeed no such statement of sending envoys. Will the Xixia army take action in the near future?"
"The main enemy's main force was led by his emperor Li Qianshun and led a camp fifty miles away. The vanguard was the garrison of Xixia, thirty miles away from us. At present, the enemy's siege equipment has not yet been in place, and we will not attack for the time being."
"How is our army's morale?"
"Morning is high, and everyone wants to fight the enemy."
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Zhang Bangchang was still very satisfied with this banquet, and almost at the same time, Wu Bada couldn't stand the torture and finally surrendered. According to CIA's research, a person's ability to withstand limited, and it is wrong to not be able to get out information. Anyone will surrender under torture. The only difference is the length of time to surrender.
Early the next morning, a lieutenant took the information out of the city. After traveling for ten miles, he was intercepted by the Xixia army. The lieutenant handed over a letter written by Ouyang. When the Xixia General saw it, he said that the content was: Following His Majesty's order, Han Shizhong's troops were ordered to rest on the spot and not attack any target during this period.
The captain was invited to Li Ganshun's tent. After asking a few questions, Li Ganshun was very satisfied with the peace talks of the Song army, so he immediately sent a letter to go on the road with him, demanding that the Western Xia army that surrounded Han Shizhong be pursued and not attacked the Han army. After the captain Song was on the way, Li Ganshun immediately ordered: "Mobilize the Hengshan Guards, circumvent the Han army, and annihilate the Han army in the Hexi Corridor."
In the false and intrigue, Ouyang and others encountered a big trouble. The trouble was that Zhang Bangchang was not in a hurry to go back and reply, but enjoyed the scenery in Rongxian and surrounding areas. According to the plan, Ouyang must set off to negotiate with the Xixia people in an unknown village today, otherwise the Xixia people would definitely notice something wrong. Zhang Bangchang sent someone to invite Ouyang to accompany him to inspect the logistics route early in the morning. Of course, Zhang Bangchang cannot blame Zhang Bangchang. The emperor had an explanation, and Li Gang and Zhang Bangchang, who were in charge of the logistics, were wrong. It would be much better to have Ouyang, a panacea.
Liu Qi said: "If you go to accompany Lord Zhang and cannot go to negotiate, the people of Xixia will definitely be suspicious. If you go to the peace talks, Lord Zhang will definitely be suspicious."
Wang Wuyi said, "Sir, there is not much time left."
"Yeah..." Ouyang asked after thinking for a long time: "Can you make Lord Zhang faint for a day?"
Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "Sir, Lord Li is an imperial envoy, and there is an imperial envoy guard. If you are not careful, you may be charged with rebellion."
Ouyang waved: "Then put medicine, if you have the ability, they have their own chefs."
“…this is the only way.”
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Near the unknown village, Wang Wu and Zhao Liu went out first. According to the agreed rules, the guards on both sides searched each other, and then both sides went into the village to check if there was an ambush. Wang Wu and the others were more concerned about this matter than the Xixia guards. Liu Qi told the other party that the negotiators were of no value to us. However, Ouyang was very valuable to the other party. It is not ruled out that the other party would attack.
Li Ganshun was not without ideas, but Han Shizhong's part was more valuable than Ouyang in his opinion. If Wanyan Agutou beat him, he would definitely kill Ouyang first. Once Ouyang died, he would destroy the power of Song army spending money. Even if Emperor Song came, he would not have the courage to spend money.
The three of them sat on the chairs prepared by the guards. Wang Wu was responsible for the guards beside Ouyang, and Zhao Liu led the horse and was ready to run for life at any time. But the two of them didn't expect that it was Li Renzhong. Li Renli actually chatted with Ouyang about poetry. The compliment of the top scorer on the left and the top scorer on the right made Ouyang look a little burning.
Finally, Ouyang, who wanted to delay time, shifted the focus of the conversation to the peace talks: "Two sirs, there are also statements about peace talks. I wonder if the two Your Majesties have any constitutions?"
As soon as the two spoke, they knew that they were not businessmen or negotiators. They threw out the impossible price: "My emperor means, first, the Song army retreated to Qinfeng Road. Second, release the proton army captured by the Song army. Third, the Song Dynasty gave 130,000 yuan of silk, 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 jin of tea in the previous peace talks of Song Xia. Change it to 200,000 yuan of silk, 80,000 taels of silver and 30,000 jin of tea."
"..." Ouyang couldn't help laughing and crying: "Two sirs, are you mistaken? Now my Song army has the upper hand. Are these three conditions too...?"
"This is a bad statement. This matter was just waiting for the Song army to provoke the offensives of the border and violate the peace agreement designated by Emperor Renzong of Song. It is really unfaithful and unfilial." Li Renli: "The Song army has many killings in our Daxia territory, which can be said to be unkind and unrighteous. But His Majesty of the Emperor is magnanimous, and the two countries are also a country of friendship..."
"As far as Ou knows, the Dangxiang people were hunted by Tubo, and they were built by relying on the Tang Dynasty. When Song Taizu was alive, you also asked to be subordinates. However, in the second year of Yongxi, Li Jiqian and his clan brother Li Jichong lured and killed Song general Cao Guangshi, occupied Yinzhou, and captured Huizhou. He also "please surrender" to the Liao Kingdom and was named King of Xia by the Khitans. In the second year of Zhidao, Li Jiqian intercepted 400,000 stones of food and grass in the Song army, and then went out to surround Lingwu City. How could this minister rebel against the king? "
"The successful one becomes the king, and the defeated one becomes the enemy. The fact is that Daxia won. After Emperor Zhenzong of Song ascended the throne, he ceded Xia, Sui, Yin, You and Jingzhou to Daxia, and recognized that Daxia was an independent kingdom."
"Hmph" Ouyang disdained Song Zhenzong, and said that it was very important to have a good monarch in the feudal dynasty. Seeing that Song Zhenzong was timid and feared, they continued to bully him. After admitting that the people were independent, the people of Xixia were not satisfied and continued to capture Lingzhou, the important town of the Song Dynasty, renamed Xiping Prefecture, and later captured Liangzhou, the important town of the northwest, cut off the business roads between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, cut off the Western Regions' tribute to the Song Dynasty, and at the same time prohibited the tribes of the Western Regions from selling horses to the Song Dynasty. The people were bullied to the nose, and Song Zhenzhu was still mainly forbearance. Then the Western Xia became even more exaggerated, sending a large army to capture three strategic areas: Gua, Sha and Suzhou. It can be seen that the result of not nipping the enemy in the cradle was to raise a tiger.
Ouyang said: "What we mean is that Xixia returns Ling, Yongle, Xiliang, Gua, Shazhou, and half of the Hexi Corridor. And pay 30 million guan of war reparations."
"You are rude." Li Renli said angrily: "You are also a scholar, so you don't know that everything is important. Wouldn't such conditions force me to fight all over Daxia?"
"Why do you want to have lunch first?" Wang Wu said next to him: "Eat and drink well, and you can talk about it later."
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While having dinner on both sides, Wang Wu whispered: "Sir, there is nothing to talk about at all. Why do they still have to talk about it?"
Ouyang smiled and said, "It's not OK if we don't talk. For example, what we think is that General Han's headquarters will soon take down Xingqing Mansion, and they are thinking about destroying General Han's unit. Everyone is delaying time. But we have to see that the Dangxiang people have an extraordinary appetite, and they also see that the Song Dynasty is easy to bully."
Wang Wu read for a few years: "Song of Confucianism governed the country, but it also distorted the meaning of Confucianism. Even the generations of people and soldiers of the Song Dynasty only wanted peace. My dear ones, in addition to General Liu, who was young and vigorous and enterprising, even General Han was mostly thinking of protecting the country."
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