Chapter 702 0697 [Wag Your Tail and Beg for Mercy]

Wanyan Zonggan was Aguda's eldest son and the father of the future Hailing King Wanyan Liang.

This man once served as the national debater Bogile, and was on equal footing with Wanyan Xie. At this year's Bogile Conference, he took the initiative to give up his position as the first deputy prime minister in exchange for the command of the Liaozhong Bohai army.

This time, he led the army to conquer Goryeo, but only brought 3,000 Jurchen soldiers, and the rest were all Liaozhong Bohai navy.

Li Xiaoxian, the governor of Baozhou in Goryeo, woke up and suddenly found that the Jin army had reached the other side of the river.

Li Xiaoxian recruited young and strong men in the city, while sending people to recruit farmers in the suburbs, and also sent fast horses to Beijing for help.

Although the Jin shipyard on the north bank of the Yalu River was burned down by Li Bao, many woods still survived.

These woods were made into simple boats and rafts, and more than 10,000 Jin troops quickly crossed the river.

Baozhou City was soon surrounded by Jin soldiers.

Wanyan Zonggan did not attack the city immediately, but asked the Bohai soldiers to go outside the city with shields to persuade the surrender.

The Bohai soldiers shouted: "Listen, Bohai people in the city, don't forget the blood feud. Kill the Koreans quickly and help the Jin Dynasty open the city gate. Those who have made contributions will be rewarded and can take their families to the Jin Dynasty to share the land!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaoxian's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly said to the messenger: "Tell the soldiers in the city that they are all Korean warriors. There is no distinction between Koreans and Bohais here. As long as you kill the enemy and make contributions, the court will reward you heavily! As long as you hold on for one day, I will give you a day's reward, and you can get it when you change guard every day."

The blood feud is too far away after all, but the reward money given by the defender is in front of you.

The Goryeo Kingdom did a lot of shitty things.

A hundred years ago, in order to make Goryeo pay tribute, the Liao Kingdom promised to give Goryeo hundreds of miles east of the Yalu River.

But the land was granted, and the Liao Kingdom moved away the already small population.

In order to enrich the population of the border, the Goryeo Kingdom lured the Bohai people north of the Yalu River to migrate south, and secretly contacted the Song Dynasty and became a vassal of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Bohai people could not bear the exploitation of the Liao Kingdom, and the Goryeo side had preferential policies, so they fled to Baozhou and built six towns for the Goryeo Kingdom. That is, the Six Cities of Jiangdong.

The Liao Kingdom found that Goryeo lured its citizens and flirted with the Song Kingdom, so it immediately stationed troops on the north bank of the Yalu River to threaten.

The King of Goryeo was frightened. He did not dare to take in the Bohai people anymore, nor did he dare to let them go back to enrich the border of the Liao Kingdom. So the King of Goryeo played a trick and launched a large-scale massacre of the Bohai refugees who were lured to Goryeo!

There are also a large number of descendants of the Bohai survivors in Baozhou and the surrounding Six Cities of Jiangdong, and even many of them are among the soldiers guarding the city.

Their grandfathers were massacred, how could they forget in such a short time?

In addition, when the Liao Dynasty fell, tens of thousands of Bohai people also fled here, and there were still 20,000 to 30,000 people who were repatriated. These new Bohai immigrants also had close contacts with the descendants of the original survivors.

Wanyan Zonggan stationed troops outside the city, building siege equipment while sending people to continue shouting.

At the same time, troops were divided to besiege the six cities in Jiangdong. Those were small mountain cities, not as large as the towns in Zhejiang. But it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there would definitely be considerable casualties.

The descendants of the Bohai survivors in the six cities in Jiangdong accounted for at least 30% of the local total population.

If the new immigrants at the end of the Liao Dynasty were added, the proportion of the Bohai people was estimated to reach 50%.

Wanyan Zonggan sent people to persuade them to surrender and promised a lot of benefits. In just less than ten days, Bohai soldiers in two mountain cities turned against each other and cooperated with the Jin soldiers to quickly capture the mountain cities.

Then the Bohai army who turned against each other was dragged to other mountain cities to shout, and the remaining four mountain cities also followed the civil strife.

At this point, Baozhou has become an isolated city.

Faced with such a desperate situation, and the Goryeo court's reluctance to send troops to help, Baozhou garrison commander Li Xiaoxian quickly made a decision to follow the will of his ancestors.

Surrender the city!

The gates of Baozhou were wide open, and Li Xiaoxian led his troops out of the city to present maps and household registration, and knelt down very smoothly and said: "The guilty general Li Xiaoxian, kowtow to the noble general of the Great Jin!"

Wanyan Zonggan laughed and said: "Very good, you are very tactful."

Not only did Li Xiaoxian surrender very quickly, but he also planned to be a guide: "Your Excellency doesn't know that the nobles of the two capitals of Goryeo are fighting internally, and the nobles of Kaijing have imprisoned the king. The nobles of Xijing have held the royal family Taiyuan Gong hostage, and are rebelling against the emperor. The armies of the two capitals are fighting, and the Great Jin soldiers will definitely be able to quickly capture the two capitals if they rush over now!"

"Is there such a thing?" Wanyan Zonggan was overjoyed.

Li Xiaoxian said, "I am willing to be the vanguard for the Great Jin. Please lend me 500 Jin cavalrymen."

Wanyan Zong laughed dryly and said, "Then I will lend you 500 Jurchen cavalrymen."

"I will die for the Great Jin!" Li Xiaoxian swore and kowtowed frantically to express his gratitude.

The two major forces in Goryeo were fighting. The Kaijing faction had the upper hand and beat the Xijing faction to the point where it could not take care of itself.

The Goryeo troops in other prefectures had long been withdrawn by the nobles of the two capitals. The Jin soldiers were extremely powerful, and Goryeo was short of troops. It took Wanyan Zonggan half a month to kill them in Pyongyang.

Knowing that their base camp Pyongyang was surrounded, the Xijing faction on the front line was in chaos and was defeated by the Kaijing faction army.

"Sikong, news came from the north that Xijing Pyongyang was captured by the Jin soldiers!"

Hearing this urgent military information, Jin Fushi, who colluded with the Jin people, fought for the country, and imprisoned the king, did not show any panic.

He seemed to have expected it.

Jin Fushi made a quick decision and said to several of his confidants: "Ask the envoys from Haizhou Port to immediately go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and rescue the troops. Send another envoy to Xijing to see the Jin Bing commander and ask them what they can do. Willing to retreat."

As long as they can kill the Xijing faction, the nobles of the Kaijing faction headed by Jin Fushi don't care about national interests at all, and it doesn't matter no matter how many people are burned, killed and plundered.

Moreover, the Xijing faction had to take the blame for these disasters. It was they who deceived the people and induced the king to send troops. As a result, the Jin Kingdom sent troops for revenge and everyone was devastated.

…

Pyongyang.

Wanyan Zongqian lived in the Goryeo Palace. He had divided his troops to occupy the nearby Nanpu Port, and even captured two Ming Dynasty merchants from Shandong.

Wanyan Zongqian said: "If you are willing to be an internal agent for Daikin and pass on some news every year, I will let you go with all the goods. There is no danger. I will keep people at the port. When you do business, let the news go." Just tell the person who left me."

A maritime merchant angrily rebuked: "You barbarians, don't say anything. If you want to kill or behead me, do it immediately. Although I, Fan Chengli, am a merchant, I have also read the books of sages. How can I be the kind of person who betrays his country and seeks glory!"

But another maritime merchant knelt down and kowtowed wildly: "General, please spare my life. I am willing to serve as an internal agent."

"Very good," Wanyan Zongqian smiled proudly and pointed at Fan Chengli, who refused to cooperate. "Drag this man out and kill him, and remove all the cargo on his ship."

Fan Chengli was dragged out and yelled at the merchant, who was afraid of death: "You are not going to die a good death. Your Majesty will definitely barbarize the three tribes of you!"

The merchant huddled up in fear and lay on the ground shivering.

Wanyan Zongqian waved and said, "Come closer and talk."

The merchant trembled and crawled forward.

Wanyan Zongqian asked: "What is your name?"

The merchant was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, saying a lot quickly: "The villain is called Qian Cishan. He was originally from Jiangnan in the former Song Dynasty. The villain's clan brother is Qian Chen, the Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty. I heard from the clan brother that he came to Korea to do business. The business can make a lot of money, so I bought a sea ship to sell goods to Goryeo. This is my first time, and I was caught by the general before I made any money... General, have mercy on me, general!"

Wanyan Zongqian's eyes lit up: "Your clan brother is the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty?"

"We're not too close. We've already been out of the fifth server. I haven't benefited much from my clan brother." Qian Cishan kowtowed crazily again, "I just ask the general to spare my life. General, you can take the goods on the ship."

Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Your ship has been impounded, and the goods on the ship are mine. How can you use my goods in exchange for your life?"

Qian Cishan was dumbfounded for a moment and stared at Wanyan Zongqian blankly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Wanyan Zongqian was extremely proud and continued to threaten: "Even if I let you go back, the businessman will be killed, but you can escape alone, doesn't it arouse suspicion?"

Qian Cishan knelt on the ground and trembled in fear. After a long time, he suddenly said: "This villain is willing to invest money and will not return to the Ming Dynasty. Please take care of him, general!"

Wanyan Zongqian asked back: "The Kingdom of Jin does not lack you as a businessman, why should I take you back?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Cishan knelt there with empty eyes, as if he had lost his soul.

Wanyan Zongqian came up with an idea and said: "I can have people move the goods, and then make the guarding soldiers drunk. You take the opportunity to take your own crew, escape back to the ship, and drive back in an empty ship. Your goods are converted into money, and every day Send the message once and I will repay you a sum of money.”

Qian Cishan listened blankly, and then nodded like a convulsion.

Wanyan Zongqian said: "Don't think about returning to the Ming Dynasty and never going to sea again. If you don't deliver the news within half a year, I will send people to Kaifeng to spread the news and let the Ming Dynasty emperor know that you are colluding with Dajin."

"Never dare, never dare!" Qian Cishan cried.

After sending this man away, Wanyan Zongqian waited for a while, and an attendant came over to report: "The crews of both ships have been reviewed. The man named Qian often boasts that his clan brother is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. But his confidant "These are all big words, and the person named Qian is not closely related to the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

Wanyan Zong smiled and said, "As long as it works."

That Qian Cishan has been in a state of disbelief since he returned to the detention house.

It wasn't until night that a confidant came over and asked, "Can you escape?"

Qian Cishan whispered: "If you can escape, let us be the internal response. What did you say?"

The confidant said: "I said that you were bragging nonsense and you were not a close relative of Qian Shangshu. They probably believed it."

Qian Cishan sneered: "If I find an opportunity in the future, I will go to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin to have a look and let the straight thief today kneel down for me!"

Qian Cishan is indeed Qian Chen's younger brother, who has just released the fifth server.

After the opening of Dengzhou Port in Fu, no private merchant ships dared to go to Korea to do business, so Qian Chen wrote home and told his brothers about this way to make a fortune. The brothers were not interested in being a maritime merchant, so they told the family brothers and were willing to contribute capital as shares. The two families bought a ship in partnership.

Shi Yuangong always wanted to send spies to Goryeo, but there were no private maritime traders in Dengzhou Port.

Due to the successive victories against Jin last year, this year finally some maritime merchants dared to do business in Goryeo. The intelligence personnel dispatched by Shi Yuangong immediately selected Qian Cishan, and even wrote a letter back to Beijing to inform Qian Chen.

This so-called confidant is actually the head of the Korea Intelligence Station.

The next day, the guards were very drunk. Qian Cishan and a group of crew members took the opportunity to escape back to the ship and escape quickly.

And the envoy sent by Jin Fushi also arrived.

A middle-aged official knelt down and said, "I, Jin Fu, am honored to be the Imperial Censor of the Palace of Goryeo. I pay my respects to the Prime Minister of the Great Jin Dynasty."

Wanyan Zonggan shouted angrily, "How dare you! You surrendered to the Great Jin in exchange for the land of Baozhou, but you rebelled and attacked our father's country!"

Jin Fu said, "Prime Minister, the rebellion was caused by the nobles of Xijing who instigated our Majesty. But the nobles of Kaijing have always been loyal to the Great Jin. Even when our country sent troops, we sent people to inform the Great Jin in advance to prepare for it."

Wanyan Zonggan was no longer angry after hearing this: "Did you write the letter?"

"That's right," Jin Fu said, "The nobles of Kaijing have always been loyal to the Great Jin. This time, the betrayal has been eradicated. The people of Xijing of the Great Jin Dynasty, from then on, Goryeo has followed the Great Jin Dynasty as its father country for generations. ”

Wanyan Zonggan asked: "What about the ruler of Goryeo?"

Jin Fu replied: "Your Majesty is still young and needs the guidance of great scholars. He plans to concentrate on studying in the future. His Majesty has also taken in four concubines, all of whom are daughters of the great families of Kaijing. With the help of ladies from noble families, His Majesty will definitely be more calm in the future and will not attack his parents' country again. ”

Wanyan Zonggan said: "Although you secretly reported the news, it is true that Goryeo sent troops to rebel, and I brought a lot of troops here. Goryeo is responsible for food and grass for people and horses."

"Please tell me the exact number, Prime Minister." Jin Fu said.

Wanyan Zonggan asked for a huge sum of money: "One million dan of grain!"

Jin Fu said in embarrassment: "Even if we are willing to give this much grain, we can't raise it in a short time."

Wanyan Zonggan said: "Give 200,000 dan first, and the remaining 200,000 dan every year. If you don't agree, I will fight all the way to Kaizhou!"

"My humble servant...I really can't make the decision. I have to go back and discuss with the ministers." Jin Fu said.

"Then go back and discuss it quickly." Wanyan Zonggan said.

After Jin Fu left, Wanyan Zonggan began to frantically search for property in Pyongyang.

This is the Western Capital of Goryeo, the commercial center of Goryeo. The alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Taedong River is also one of the main agricultural granaries of Goryeo.

The Jin Kingdom can rob countless money and grain!

The wealth and grain that the Jin people robbed by their own ability are naturally not counted as the military expenses compensated by Goryeo.

After more than half a month of procrastination, Wanyan Zonggan had almost robbed everything, and Jin Fu finally came back to bargain.

The results of the peace talks between the two sides are as follows:

First, the King of Goryeo must submit a report and admit his guilt.

Second, Goryeo must pay the Jin Kingdom 1 million shi of military grain, with a first payment of 150,000 shi this year and the rest to be paid in five years, with no less than 200,000 shi per year.

While Goryeo ministers were raising grain, Wanyan Zonggan continued to plunder cities and villages along the Taedong River.

At the same time, tens of thousands of Bohai people in Baozhou were forcibly relocated to Liaodong to supplement the population.

Li Xiaoxian, the governor of Baozhou in Goryeo, also surrendered to the Jin Kingdom with his troops and was appointed as the governor of Gaizhou and the governor of the state. The city there had been burned by the Ming army, and most of the people in the suburbs were taken away by Yelu Yudu. Li Xiaoxian led the army and civilians to fill the empty land.

It lasted for more than a month, and Pyongyang and the lower reaches of the Taedong River were robbed by Wanyan Zonggan, leaving hungry people everywhere.

And the ministers of Kaijing in Goryeo actually looted 150,000 shi of grain and sent the Jin soldiers who had done all the evil things out of the country.

The envoys sent by Goryeo to the Ming Dynasty knelt down and cried in Kaifeng: "Your Majesty, the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to submit to the Ming Dynasty, our Goryeo has broken with the Jin Kingdom. Your Majesty also personally led an expedition to the Jin Kingdom, but unfortunately, we were defeated and suffered heavy losses. Now that the Jurchen barbarians are invading in large numbers, please enthrone the king of the Ming Dynasty and send troops to help and defeat the Jurchens!"

The nobles of Kaifeng in Goryeo naturally did not think that the Ming Dynasty would really send troops.

The real intention of these guys was to take advantage of the invasion of the Jin Dynasty to express that they had completely broken with the Jin Dynasty, and then ask the Ming Dynasty to send envoys to enthrone the king of Goryeo.

As long as Zhu Guoxiang sent an envoy to enthrone, it would be equivalent to acknowledging the control of the Kaifeng faction over Goryeo.

At that time, they would be equivalent to gaining the support of the emperors of the Ming and Jin Dynasties.

Then they would sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers, and they would help whoever wins.

If the Ming Dynasty won a decisive victory, Goryeo would refuse to pay the remaining military rations that should be paid, and even take the opportunity to expand its territory. Then they came to Kaifeng to cry about how badly they were extorted by the Jin Kingdom in order to help the Ming Dynasty, and how starving people were everywhere in the country, and asked the Ming Dynasty to give them food relief.

Zhu Guoxiang looked at the crying Goryeo envoys and suddenly asked, "Why didn't Master Miaoqing, who was on a mission to the Ming Dynasty last time, come?"