Chapter 292 Delaying Tactics

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In fact, when Water Margin Liangshan and the Zhao Song Dynasty signed the peace treaty, Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers tricked Jiang Hongfei.

The key point is that Jiang Hongfei had to accept it.

Some people may be confused and don’t understand why Jiang Hongfei was tricked by Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers, but he had to accept it. This is not like Jiang Hongfei’s style.

This is what happened.

When Water Margin Liangshan and the Zhao Song Dynasty signed the peace treaty, the Zhao Song Dynasty deliberately wrote that the two sides were bounded by a large river in the west.

This large river refers to the Yellow River.

"The Yellow River is the boundary in the west". If we follow the words, the Zhao Song Dynasty gave Water Margin Liangshan not only Shandong and Hebei, but also Hedong.

——Hedong is both east and north of the Yellow River. If we use the Yellow River as the boundary, Hedong should belong to Water Margin Liangshan.

Did Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers make a mistake?

How is it possible?

There were more than 20,000 officials in the Zhao Song Dynasty. How could no one have noticed this little problem? It was obvious that Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers had bad intentions. They deliberately gave Hedong, which originally belonged to Tian Hu, to Jiang Hongfei. They were deliberately trying to alienate Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu, and even hoped that Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu would fight each other and reap the benefits.

In addition, after the peace talks between Liangshan Marsh and the Zhao Song Dynasty, Jiang Hongfei accepted the title of Duke of Qi and the military governor of Liangshan Army, which was conferred by the Zhao Song Dynasty, and guarded Shandong and Hebei for generations.

It was hard to guarantee that Tian Hu would not be suspicious and worried that Jiang Hongfei would take his Hedong.

Someone might ask, didn't Jiang Hongfei know the sinister intentions of the Zhao Song Dynasty? Wouldn't it be better to point this out when signing the peace treaty?

Of course, Jiang Hongfei knew the sinister intentions of Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers at the first time.

But the problem is that Jiang Hongfei really cared about Hedong. It can even be said that Jiang Hongfei was determined to get Hedong.

Think about it, if Jiang Hongfei recovers the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and seizes Hedong from Tian Hu, then Liangshan Marsh will have the momentum to sweep the world. Jiang Hongfei will have the opportunity to complete the great unification if he works harder, and compare with Qin Shihuang, Liu Bang, and Li Shimin. Zhao Kuangyin will not be as good as him.

As long as he has this treaty in hand, Jiang Hongfei will have an excuse to capture Hedong, and it is reasonable and legal, and will not be openly obstructed by the Zhao Song Dynasty. After all, this is written in black and white in the peace treaty, with the signature and jade seal of Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty. If Zhao Ji and his ministers do not recognize this account, then Jiang Hongfei can use this as an excuse to tear up the peace treaty.

In other words, Jiang Hongfei can now conquer Tian Hu.

This is actually a conspiracy that Zhao Ji and his ministers cast on Jiang Hongfei. They hope that Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu will fight each other to lose, and then send troops to eliminate these two bandits, Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu, and recover the north of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Although Tian Hu now has hundreds of generals and millions of troops, he knows that he is not as strong as Jiang Hongfei. If he goes to war with Jiang Hongfei, he will lose more than win.

It is no wonder that Tian Hu sent Qiao Daoqing to Jiang Hongfei to test Jiang Hongfei's attitude.

Soon, Qiao Daoqing was invited by Ruan Xiaoqi.

Jiang Hongfei, who has always wanted to win over Qiao Daoqing, a conscientious and capable military officer, was as polite as ever.

Seeing Qiao Daoqing coming, Jiang Hongfei stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "What wind brought Taoist Qiao to me?"

Qiao Daoqing bowed and said: "Meet the Duke."

The title of "Duke" has already shown that Qiao Daoqing came to ask for punishment.

This made Jiang Hongfei unable to pretend to be confused.

Jiang Hongfei could only ask Qiao Daoqing to sit down and speak frankly:

"Not long ago, just before my Liangshan Army was about to fight a decisive battle with the Song Army, I suddenly received news that the Jin Army had captured Liaozhongjing. The Liao Lord Yelu Yanxi led his family, clansmen and 500 personal guards to escape from the city along a secret passage in the middle of the night and fled to Yanjing overnight. Yelu Chun, the Liao Nanjing garrison, persuaded Yelu Yanxi to stay in Yanjing to organize forces to fight a decisive battle with the Jin Army, but Yelu Yanxi refused. He only named Yelu Chun the King of Qinjin and ordered Yelu Chun to organize forces in Yanjing to fight against the Jin Army. Yelu Yanxi claimed that he was going to Xijing to gather troops to fight against the Jin Army. The next day, Yelu Yanxi left Yanjing with his family, clansmen and 20,000 troops..."

As Jiang Hongfei told the story, Qiao Daoqing learned that after Yelu Yanxi left Yanjing, he went west through Juyongguan and came to Yuanyangluo.

Here, Yelu Yanxi issued an order to grant the death of Jin Wang Yelu Aoluhan.

Yelu Yanxi was extremely incompetent, and the Liao people all hoped that he would die soon, so that the wise and brave Yelu Aoluhan would inherit the throne and lead them to repel the attack of the Jurchens.

But good people don't live long, and evil people live forever.

Yelu Yanxi is now in good health and eats delicious food, but Yelu Aoluhan, who was regarded as hope by the Liao people, was killed by Yelu Yanxi.

The hope of the Liao Kingdom is gone.

The Khitan people are hopeless.

When the Liao court officials and Liao army officers and soldiers heard that Yelu Aoluhan had committed suicide according to the order, they all burst into tears.

Since then, the Liao court officials and officers and soldiers have been completely disappointed with Yelu Yanxi, and are unwilling to work for him anymore. They are more passive in resisting the Jin army, and a large number of Liao people have fled from Yelu Yanxi.

The news that Yelu Yanxi hid in Yuanyang Luo and sentenced Yelu Aoluhan to death, and the Liao army is now in disarray and has no fighting spirit, was soon learned by the Jin people.

Wanyan Zonghan immediately led his army to Yuanyangluo to hunt down Yelu Yanxi.

However, Yelu Yanxi had already fled. He took his family and clansmen with him and quietly left Xijing under the protection of more than 2,000 personal soldiers. He first went to the Grotto Temple, then joined the Tiande Army, then went up Yuyang Ridge, and then plunged into the dense forest of Jiashan.

Jiashan is a vast and boundless virgin forest, located in the north of the desert. The mountain is criss-crossed with ravines and towering peaks. There is a muddy swamp within a radius of 60 miles below the mountain. Outsiders cannot enter without a guide. If you go there rashly, you will get trapped. Life is not guaranteed.

Since Yelu Yanxi left Xijing, Yelu Chun lost contact with Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Chun was restless, so he sent out many spies to inquire about Yelu Yanxi's whereabouts.

There were many rumors about Yelu Yanxi at that time. Some said that he had been captured by the Jin army, some said that he had died in Yuanyangluo, and some said that he fled to Xixia and took refuge with Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun.

Yelu Chun was the grandson of Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty. Yelu Yanxi called him his uncle. His fathers were the famous former military marshals of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu and Lu Wei. When he was a child, he was almost made the crown prince.

Moreover, Yelu Chun has stayed in Yanjing for twelve years and has won the hearts of the people.

Daliao, the once all-powerful grassland empire, is now in turmoil.

As the highest official of the Liao Kingdom in Yanjing City, and as a descendant of the royal family, Yelu Chun was very worried about the future and destiny of the Liao Kingdom. Facing the chaos in front of him, he wanted to do something, but he felt helpless.

Yelu Chun's princess, Xiao Puxiannu, was only in her thirties. She was a very ambitious woman, and she had a grudge against Yelu Yanxi.

——A few years ago, Yelu Zhangnu and Xiao Dili, the younger brother of Xiao Pu Xiannu, conspired to depose Yelu Yanxi and make Yelu Chun emperor. Unexpectedly, Yelv Chun did not accept it. After assessing the situation, he beheaded Xiao Dili and others, and His head was given to Yelu Yanxi. Also given to Yelu Yanxi by Yelu Chun was Xiannu Xiao Pu. Therefore, Xiao Pu Xiannu had been imprisoned in Shangjing of Liao Dynasty by Yelu Yanxi before. Later, Shangjing of Liao Dynasty fell, and Yelu Yanxi imprisoned Xiao Puxian's daughter in Zhongjing of Liao Dynasty. Not long ago, Xiao Puxian took advantage of the chaos in Liao Zhongjing to escape from Liao Zhongjing and fled back to Yanjing.

Xiao Puxian's daughter hated Yelu Yanxi. She felt that the reason why the Liao Kingdom was in such a state of collapse and collapse was all because of Yelu Yanxi's mediocrity.

Xiao Pu Xiannu also hated Yelu Chun. She felt that if Yelu Chun had not been indecisive and kind-hearted as a woman, but had joined them in seizing the throne of Yelu Yanxi, the Liao Kingdom would definitely not be in the state it is in today.

Now, Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, has disappeared when the Liao Kingdom is on the verge of collapse. There is no news. Xiao Pu Xiannu feels that this is the perfect opportunity to depose Yelu Yanxi and establish Yelv Chun as the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

And Yelu Chun is now sixty years old, and his health is still very bad. The key point is that Yelu Chun's only son has died long ago, and now there is only one daughter left, namely Princess Tianshou Yelu Dalibo. If Yelu Chun ascends the throne and becomes emperor, no matter how unfortunate it is. If she dies, then the supreme power of the Liao Empire may fall into the hands of Xiao Pu Xiannu. By then, Xiao Pu Xiannu will become the second in line to Xiao Yanyan, the Queen Mother of Liao Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Chuwen, the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, also contacted Xi Wang Xiao Qian, General Eleven Yao of the Liao Kingdom and others to prepare to support Yelv Chun.

Xiao Puxiannu and Li Chuwen hit it off immediately.

On this day, Li Chuwen, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi (that is, Yelu Dezhong, Dezhong is his name), Li Chuneng, Li Xi, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Kang Gongbi, Cao Yongyi and other officials of the Han Dynasty and the Tens of thousands of military leaders, monks and Taoists, as well as fellow villagers, gathered outside the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Li Chuwen, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian walked into the palace on behalf of the hundreds of officials of the Han Dynasty, and invited Yelu Chun to come outside the gate to accept the worship ceremony of the officials.

Yelu Chun refused.

Yelu Dashi said: "Today's Daliao is like a big ship. How can the ship sail without a helmsman? If the king refuses to be the helmsman, the ship will sink soon. The king cannot bear to see all the people on the ship fall into the sea." Die?"

Xiao Qian said: "Currently, only the king is the most prestigious person in the Liao Dynasty. The king ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor. He obeys the will of God and wins the hearts of the people. Please don't refuse. Daliao has no choice!"

Li Chuwen said: "Ascension to the throne is not a usurpation of the throne. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Longji fled Chang'an, and Prince Li Heng ascended the throne as emperor on his own in Lingwu. Later, he organized forces, finally put down the rebellion and restored the Tang Dynasty. Today, Daliao is also facing the same situation. In this situation, if the king does not ascend the throne, where will the people go? "

Xiao Puxiannu also said to Yelu Chun: "The country has not yet been destroyed, but the emperor cannot be found. Isn't this ridiculous? How can the country's destiny last forever if this continues? Your Majesty is the royal family with the largest seniority, the most prestige, and the highest position in Yanjing City. , the king should inherit the throne."

Under the persuasion of the wise woman Xiao Pu, Yelu Chun walked out of the door accompanied by Li Chuwen, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi.

At this time, Li Chuwen's son Li Shi, who was waiting at the gate, quickly put an ocher-colored robe on Yelu Chun.

At the foot of the steps, all the Han officials and tens of thousands of people cheered and danced together to celebrate warmly.

Looking at the tens of thousands of officials and civilians kneeling on the ground in front of him who refused to get up, Yelu Chun had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Therefore, hundreds of officials in the Han Dynasty gave Yelu Chun the title of Emperor Tianxi.

Yelu Chun appointed Li Chuwen as Taiwei, Xiao Qian as envoy to the North Privy Council, Yelu Dashi as the commander of the Southwest Road, Zuo Qigong as Situ, Cao Yongyi knew the Privy Council, Yu Zhongwen participated in political affairs, Zhang Lin was the Grand Master, and Li Chuneng directly directed the Privy Council. , Li Shi was appointed as the young eunuch of the Shaofu, Prince Consort Xiao Danzhi was informed of the affairs of the Privy Council, etc., and Xiao Puxian was granted the title of Virtuous Concubine. The Resentful Army was renamed Changsheng Army, the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Jianfu and a general amnesty was implemented, and Yelu Yanxi was consecrated as the King of Xiangyin.

From then on, the already shaky Liao Kingdom was divided into two major spheres of influence.

Yelv Chun owns the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, three prefectures of Pingluanying, and nominally owns Shangjing, Liaoxi and other places.

Yelu Yanxi, on the other hand, owned the southwest and northwest roads north of the desert to recruit the Si Zhufan tribe.

Jiang Hongfei briefly introduced the current difficult situation of the Liao Kingdom to Qiao Daoqing, and then said: "In view of the situation in the Liao Kingdom, I negotiated peace with Zhao Song, drew out the army, and prepared to lead the army north to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Retake this territory that has been lost for more than two hundred years for us Han people, and teach us that the Han people will no longer be threatened by the barbarians."

When Jiang Hongfei said that he negotiated peace with the Zhao and Song dynasties in order to go north to conquer the Liao Dynasty, Qiao Daoqing was very surprised. He said: "When the Liao Dynasty was strong and powerful, the territory covered thousands of miles, and the entire grassland was under its rule. The emaciated camels were bigger than the horses. The leader of the village Use the strength of one village to conquer Liao..."

Although Qiao Daoqing didn't say the following words, his meaning was already obvious, that is, was Shuibo Liangshan a bit of a mantis mantis who was overestimating his capabilities?

Jiang Hongfei can't say that now the Liao Kingdom doesn't even have 50,000 horses, so I'm going to pick up big leaks?

Jiang Hongfei said proudly: "A man has done something but not done. He has lost this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don't know how long it will take, and how long we Han people will have to be harassed and blackmailed by barbarians, before we Han people can regain Yanyun Liuliu." Only in this way can we have a safe border, Jiang Yandan will not let this opportunity pass by!”

Although Qiao Daoqing was not optimistic about Jiang Hongfei's ideas, he admired Jiang Hongfei's courage and felt that Jiang Hongfei was really a great hero. In this regard, Tian Hu was indeed incomparable to Jiang Hongfei.

At the same time, Qiao Daoqing also accepted the reasons for Shuibo Liangshan to negotiate peace with the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

At this time, Jiang Hongfei took the initiative and said: "To be honest, Taoist Master Qiao will not come to my place today. I am also going to send someone to your house to discuss it in the next two days. While I am leading the army north to regain the seven states of Yandi, Tian Hu My brother also sent troops north to recover the nine states of Yundi. The two of us will complete the feat of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun. How about that?"

Qiao Daoqing was very moved, but he knew that Tian Hu definitely did not have the courage.

Moreover, Tian Hu has recently asked the Zhongshi Dao to attack Tongguan. Tian Hu is already exhausted in dealing with the Zhongshi Dao. How can he still start a war with the Liao Kingdom, the once all-powerful grassland empire?

After figuring out the reasons for the peace talks between Shuibo Liangshan and the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Qiao Daoqing did not give up, but launched another attack: "Then what is the meaning of the peace talks between Guizhai and Zhao Song Dynasty, with the river as the boundary?"

Without Jiang Hongfei's instructions, Chai Jin stood up and said: "I blame you for this. I didn't see Zhao Ji's plot to drive a wedge between your family and our family, so I signed the peace treaty hastily. My brother has already scolded me. Teach me I will go to your house to explain as soon as possible, but I am currently serving as a martial arts examiner and am ready to wait for this matter. I will go to your house to explain and eliminate this misunderstanding. I don’t want the Taoist priest to come to my house first. "

With Chai Jin's foreshadowing, Jiang Hongfei said: "Brother Chai Jin is not serious in his work. I have already reprimanded him. If Brother Tian Hu feels that there is a problem with the peace treaty signed between our family and Zhao Song, he will definitely deal with it when I return from Liao. How about going to Zhao Song to change the peace treaty?"

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Qiao Daoqing suspected that this was a delaying strategy by Jiang Hongfei and Chai Jin.

But Jiang Hongfei has made it very clear before, that is, the Liao Kingdom is very weak now, and he is ready to concentrate all his efforts on conquering the Liao Dynasty and regaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

At this critical moment, if Tian Hu forced Jiang Hongfei to ask the Zhao and Song dynasty to change the peace treaty, it would first appear that Tian Hu was too petty and petty, and secondly, it would easily cause the strategic and strategic plans formulated by Shuibo Liangshan to go sideways.

Moreover, to be honest, Jiang Hongfei's willingness to give Tian Hu an explanation was already a favor.

Don't forget, Jiang Hongfei and Tian Hu are both bandits, and it is normal for the two families to be at war with each other.

Based on Qiao Daoqing's understanding of Tian Hu, as long as Tian Hu has the ability to annex Jiang Hongfei, he will definitely annex Jiang Hongfei without hesitation, and then sweep the world and complete the unification.

Seeing this, Jiang Hongfei was willing to explain to Tian Hu, and also said that if Tian Hu insisted, he would go to the Zhao and Song Dynasties to change the peace treaty after conquering the Liao Kingdom, which would be the most benevolent thing.

And Jiang Hongfei has already reached this point. If Tian Hu still clings to this matter, he just wants to break up with Jiang Hongfei.

After thinking about this, Qiao Daoqing could only return in vain...

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