Poor Family Chapter 605

  Chapter 605 Song Jin Zhengyan (1)

After a few days of martial law and purge, the Liao soldiers hiding in the city were basically wiped out, and Yanjing City gradually returned to normal order. However, because there were tens of thousands of Jin soldiers outside the city, the Song army did not completely let go. Martial law is still enforced at night, and the streets and alleys are full of patrolling soldiers of the Song Army. Although the atmosphere is very depressing, the military discipline of the Song Army is good. Orderly.

In the morning, the neighborhood of Dongchengmen is quite lively. There is a small market here. Many people in the city grow their own vegetables, and the extra vegetables will be sold here, so many people come to buy vegetables. It is as lively as a market. Same, but there are quite a lot of soldiers from the Song army patrolling here, and there are soldiers patrolling everywhere in the city, watching everyone in the market, and preventing spies from the Kingdom of Jin from passing on information.

At this time, a group of cavalry came slowly. This was Li Yanqing inspecting the order in the city with the same teacher. Li Yanqing has been in a bad mood for the past two days, mainly because his army suffered too many casualties in the street fighting. More than 1,400 people were injured, more than 1,200 people were injured, nearly half of them were killed, and a general and a dozen generals were killed. This is the heaviest casualty since he participated in the Western Xia Campaign. The army has been supplemented for him again, but Li Yanqing is still a bit depressed.

Zhong Shidao glanced at Li Yanqing, and said with a smile: "Yanqing, I just got the news that Yelu Dashi has fled westward with 20,000 troops, and he should have fled to Jiashan to join Yelu Yanxi. The Yizhou government has already withdrawn." The flag of the Liao state was lowered, but the flag of the Golden State was hoisted, which is simply unbelievable."

  Li Yanqing said indifferently: "This is a wise move for them, otherwise Tong Guan's army will kill the city and take revenge. They surrendered to Jin Kingdom first, and they hope to get Jin Kingdom's protection first!"

"Yes!" Zhong Shidao sighed slightly, "Although their desire to protect themselves is understandable, the situation has become more complicated. Yizhou and Pingzhou surrendered to Jin Kingdom, and Yanjing and Zhuozhou were occupied by us again. The Jin and Song forces in Yanjing Mansion are intertwined, how will they be divided in the future? Although the alliance agreement stipulates that Yanjing Mansion belongs to the Song Dynasty, the Jin people obviously want to share a piece of Yanjing Mansion's pie, and it will not be easy for them to retreat!"

Li Yanqing smiled, "What the Jin people actually want is the people and wealth of Yanjing. The tens of thousands of artisans in Yanjing City and the wealth of the Liao Kingdom in the inner treasury are their goals. As long as they get these two things, they will Immediately withdraw the troops back to Liaodong, they don't care about Yanjing's land."

   "Artisans and wealth are also what we need, and we will not give them. At most, artisans who voluntarily go to the Kingdom of Jin to settle down can let them out of the city, but I guess not many people are willing to go."

   "Han craftsmen will not go, but Khitan craftsmen may. As far as I know, many Khitan craftsmen have withdrawn from Liaodong, and their families are still in Liaodong."

   "This. Let's talk about the negotiation situation!"

   While the two were talking, a soldier rushed over and knelt down on one knee to report: "I want to report to the commander, there is an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin outside the east city, asking to see the commander!"

  Zhong Shidao said to Li Yanqing puzzledly: "Shouldn't the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin be Bianjing? What are you doing here?"

   "Perhaps they want to reach some kind of consensus with us, the commander-in-chief might as well go and have a look."

  Zhong Shidao nodded, turned his horse's head and headed towards the city.

From the top of the east city, you can clearly see the Jinbing camp several miles away. Their camp is also built with plank walls. This is the camping method that Jinbing learned from the Liao army. For the most spectacular, 80,000 golden soldiers were stationed in it.

A troop of cavalry from the Kingdom of Jin came from the moat below the city, surrounded by a civil servant of the Kingdom of Jin. He was wrapped in a brocade scarf, wearing a gold silk satin collar, a waist belt, and black leather boots. Typical Jurchen dress, but he is gorgeously dressed, he should be a Jurchen civil servant.

  Zhong Shidao immediately ordered: "Open the city gate and let him in!"

The suspension bridge was lowered slowly, and the city gate was opened a crack. The cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Jin surrounded the civil servant and entered the city of Yanjing. After a while, some soldiers led him to the city. Helu, come to see General Zhong by order of our wolf master!"

  Although this person is a Jurchen, he can speak fluent Chinese. In the Kingdom of Jin, he was a Meng An Bojin, and he once participated in the alliance negotiations with the Kingdom of Song as the deputy envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.

  Master Zhong said indifferently: "I don't know why your envoy is looking for me?"

   "Lord Wolf ordered me to come and ask for something that belongs to the Kingdom of Jin. I hope you will return it immediately!"

  Li Yanqing laughed at the side: "Has the monarch of your country come to Yanjing Mansion yet?"

   "That's right! Lord Wolf is on his own expedition and is about to arrive here. I hope that your army will be aware of current affairs and return the things of the Kingdom of Jin to us first."

  Zhong Shidao shook his head, "I don't understand what you are talking about, there is nothing from the Kingdom of Jin here."

"There are many craftsmen who escaped from Zhongjing and Tokyo. Their household registrations are in Zhongjing and Tokyo. They should belong to us. You must return these craftsmen. In addition, a lot of wealth in the city's treasury was brought by Liao people from Shangjing and Zhongjing. They should also belong to the Kingdom of Jin, and you must return them too."

Zhong Shidao snorted coldly and said: "The artisans of the Liao Kingdom do not have civilian household registration. The craftsmen's registration belongs to the Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom. The Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom is in Yanjing. Since Yanjing was destroyed by us, these craftsmen are our prisoners of war. It has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Jin. Secondly, the property in the treasury is compiled in the book. It is the wealth of the Liao Kingdom and has nothing to do with the region. Since the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by us, of course the wealth in its treasury also belongs to the Song Dynasty. Third, I just City defender, you should negotiate with the imperial court instead of negotiating conditions with me, I have no right to make decisions, and I will not promise you any conditions."

   He Lu said angrily: "Our wolf master treats each other with courtesy and persuasion. If you don't know what to do and offend the army of the Kingdom of Jin, once we capture Yanjing, you will all die!"

  Zhong Shidao was so angry that he even threatened himself by attacking the city. He coldly ordered the left and right: "See off the guests!"

  He Lu stomped his feet angrily, "Since you don't know what to do, don't regret it!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and strode away. Li Yanqing stood on the battlements and watched the Jinren cavalry go away. He sneered and said: "It seems that Jin Guo wants to take Yanjing and then negotiate with Da Song." .”

   "What do you mean?" Zhong Shidao was a little puzzled.

   "Won't it be a good deal to capture Yanjing, plunder the population and wealth, and then sell an empty city to Song Dynasty."

Li Yanqing knew that this is what the Kingdom of Jin did in history. It plundered the population and wealth of Yanjing Mansion, and then sold several empty cities to Song Dynasty. He also called it: abide by the covenant, and the Kingdom of Jin still wants to do this. , Although Yanjing City is now controlled by the Song Army, the Jin people only have interests in their eyes. Driven by interests, there is no difference between the Song Army and the Liao Army. The so-called covenant is just a piece of waste paper.

  Zhong Shidao nodded, Li Yanqing was right, and he also realized that the war was coming.

  The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin said that the so-called ceremony before the soldiers was a precursor to war. They had decided to attack Yanjing City, and at the same time shifted the responsibility to the Song Dynasty. They had sent envoys to negotiate, but the Song Army refused to accept it, so they had to send troops.

  Aware of this, Zhong Shidao ordered to start preparing for the war, and at the same time reported the latest situation of Yanjing to the court with the eagle letter.

  At present, the Song Army in Yanjing City has a total of 65,000 people, of which 5,000 people are used to maintain order in the city, and 60,000 people are devoted to the battle of defending the city.

   Not only that, in order to prevent Jinren spies in the city, the Song Army proposed a reward notification. Anyone in the city who found something abnormal could report to the Song Army immediately.

The preparations for the Song army began to operate on a large scale. Large-scale defensive weapons such as trebuchets, artillery, and bed crossbows appeared at the top of the city. These were found in the warehouses of the Liao army in the city. It was a sharp weapon for the Song army to defend the Jin army from attacking the city.

Yanjing City was designated as Nanjing by the Liao State. In the division of functions, the handicraft industry was emphasized. Therefore, most of the artisans of the Liao State lived in Yanjing City, so that various workshops could be seen everywhere in Yanjing City. Commerce and handicraft industries were very developed. The country's smelting, foundry, military, leather, textile, brewing, ceramics and other handicraft centers are all concentrated in Yanjing, which makes the country of Jin covet Yanjing.

  Of course, the firearms research and development center of the Liao State is also located in Yanjing City, which belongs to the Gunpowder Bureau under the South Privy Council.

   At noon, Li Yanqing quickly came to the firearms workshop near the state government office.

  (end of this chapter)

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