Who once said that happy lives are generally similar, but miserable lives are different.

Our ancestors also said that every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.

For Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, how to choose a suitable envoy to go out to discuss peace is the most difficult problem to solve at the moment——

The Kingdom of Jin has always had a tradition of killing envoys. Sometimes it not only kills the other party's envoys, but also kills its own. Sometimes it even kills its own communications troops in order to keep it secret.

In addition, Zhao Huan once trapped and killed Xiao Sanbaonu and others in Bianjing City, and later directly killed Wu Xiaomin, the last candidate suitable for envoys on the bank of the Yellow River, so that now there is no one in the entire Jinbing camp who dares to

A person who is on an envoy to Taiyuan.

So the two brothers Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang had a headache.

Zhao Huan, who had just entered Taiyuan, also had a headache.

After several circles around Wang Zhen, who stood as straight as a javelin, Zhao Huan still couldn't hold back the anger in his heart. He kicked Wang Zhen and cursed: "I thought you were so capable.

How dare you lead people out of the city to confront the Jin soldiers? Did you never expect that you would lead three hundred cavalry out of the city?"

"Yes! The officials have taught you a lesson!"

Wang Xun's body swayed slightly. At this moment, he no longer had the majesty he had when he asked Wang Xun to tie up Zhang Xiaochun: "The general has made his own decisions, please punish me!"

"The officials calm down!"

Seeing that Zhao Huan's face was not very good, Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help but stand up and smooth things over: "Deputy General Wang also wanted to make a surprise attack on the Jinren camp to receive reinforcements, but he never thought that the official would come in person."

Zhao Huan said angrily: "As a general, you should make a plan before taking action. Even if you cannot predict the enemy's opportunity, you should not lead 300 cavalry directly into the battle!"

You, Wang Zhen, are not Zhao Zilong, and brother Wanyan Zonghan is not Cao Ah Ma. If Yao Qing hadn’t led 3,000 cavalry to support him this time, how many of the 300 cavalry you brought would have returned? How should you, Wang Zhen, tell the parents of those soldiers?

Wife and children explain!”

After reprimanding Wang Zhen, Zhao Huan continued: "However, because you are also here to receive reinforcements and sincerely serve the country, I will spare you this time. I will fine you for half a year for the time being and dismiss you from your post.

There will be consequences. If you do it again, you will be killed without mercy!"

Wang Zhen's expression remained unchanged, he still stood like a javelin and said loudly: "Yes! Thank you for your kindness!"

Zhao Huan snorted again, took out a jade pendant from his sleeve and threw it to Wang Zhen: "I reward you. Remember not to be so impulsive next time, your life is much more valuable than the one with the last name Wan."

Wang Chen took the jade pendant, and his old face was already smiling as brightly as the chrysanthemums in September. How could he still look downcast like when he had just been trained?

"You are a dog-faced person."

While Zhao Huan was walking towards his seat, Zhang Xiaochun deliberately lowered his voice to the point where only Wang Zhen could hear clearly, and said sarcastically: "It's a shame that I met an official today."

Wang Zhen nodded calmly and said in a low voice: "I know this. If it were the emperor, I would probably have to move my head. However, even with the emperor's courage, he would not dare to come to Taiyuan."

Zhang Xiaochun was about to nod in response, but he saw that Zhao Huan was already sitting on the chair, looking at Wang with a smile and said: "What is Deputy General Wang talking about? Why don't you say it loudly so that everyone can listen?"

"Deputy Manager Wang said that this time it was all due to the official's power, Wanyan's child was defeated thousands of miles away, and he is afraid that he will never dare to look south to the Song Dynasty from now on!"

Zhang Xiaochun straightened his body and said loudly: "Congratulations to the official family! Congratulations to the Song Dynasty!"

Although Zhao Huan didn't know anything about lip reading, just by looking at Wang Chen's mouth shape just now, he knew that he must have said a lot, and it was not at all the short twenty or thirty words that Zhang Xiaochun said.

But Zhao Huan didn’t expose Zhang Xiaochun’s nonsense——

It is actually a good thing that the two civil and military personnel responsible for guarding Taiyuan can work together. It is much better than two people beating people's brains into dog brains just because of the so-called civil and military disputes.

"I don't care what you were muttering about just now, and I don't want to ask."

Zhao Huan tapped his fingers on the table in front of him and said in a deep voice: "What I am concerned about is, apart from the siege of the city by the Jin soldiers, what is the situation in Taiyuan now?"

"In response to the official report, the people of Taiyuan look to Your Majesty like a baby looking to its parents."

Seeing Wang Zhen's wrinkles cleared, Zhang Xiaochun quickly rushed in front of Wang Zhen and bowed and said: "This time the Jin soldiers are attacking, everyone in Taiyuan is united, Deputy General Wang is in command, and the gentry of Taiyuan are enthusiastically helping the battle. There are those who donate money and food."

Some even send their families to help defend the city. Taiyuan City is impregnable, but even if it is defended for another ten or twenty years, Taiyuan will still be the Taiyuan of the Song Dynasty!"

"Zhang Qing's words can only be used to fool the emperor, not me."

Although flattery is very useful, Zhao Huan still smiled and said: "I ask you, how many soldiers are there in Taiyuan City now? How much food are there? How many crossbows and arrows are there? Is rolling stones and wood enough?"

Faced with Zhao Huan's questions, Zhang Xiaochun was a little dumbfounded, but Wang Zhen said loudly: "Let's report to the officials: There are three thousand soldiers in Taiyuan City, and some gentry donated 200,000 stones of food. The rolling stones have been exhausted, and the hammering wood is supported.

It’s enough for the people to demolish their houses!”

Zhao Huan's face darkened almost at a speed visible to the naked eye: "Shang Enough? If there are no gentry donating food, how many days will the food stored in Taiyuan City be enough?"

"Half a day is not enough!"

Wang Zhen unceremoniously revealed the truth: "After tens of thousands of victorious troops, Mr. Tong only left 3,000 men for the last general; the food reserves in Taiyuan Prefecture had been completely exhausted two days ago. If it hadn't been for the gentry in the city who donated food to help,

, the general originally planned to send people to grab food."

Zhao Huan's face turned darker——

Wanyan Zonghan did have a lot of cavalry, and the 50,000 regular soldiers who dared to fight and fought hard were indeed rare opponents in this era.

But Tong Guan had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and there were several armies around Taiyuan at that time. In Bianjing City, the Qin Wang Rebel Army alone had 200,000 troops, not counting other miscellaneous troops.

No matter how you calculate it, it should be a smooth game for Feilongqi Wanyan, but in the end, it was turned into a fairy game by those idiots!

After eight months of defense, Taiyuan City was completely deprived of the last grain of food. Cattle, sheep, war horses, bark, grass roots, cowhide, almost everything edible was eaten, and there was even a tragedy of cannibalism.

but.

Taiyuan still refused to surrender.

On the third day of September in the first year of Jingkang, after Taiyuan was completely lost, Wang Xun still led his hungry and exhausted soldiers to fight in the streets. He broke out of the city carrying the imperial statue of Song Taizong enshrined in the Taiyuan Temple. The Jin soldiers pursued them with all their strength and were wounded dozens of times.

Wang Zhen, the gunman, committed suicide by throwing himself into the Fen River.

After the Jin soldiers got Wang Zhen's body, Wanyan Zonghan cursed loudly and ordered the soldiers to ride their horses and trample them into flesh to vent their anger. After the city was defeated, more than 30 local officials in Taiyuan died for their country. The Jin soldiers massacred the city in revenge. Taiyuan survived the starvation.

The people were almost slaughtered.

Zhang Xiaochun was captured and taken to Yunzhong. Four years later, the puppet Qi regime supported by the Jin Dynasty was established. Zhang Xiaochun, who was in prison, accepted the puppet position against his will and became the right prime minister of Shangshu.

Then, Zhang Xiaochun once wrote to Wanyan Gou, first stating that he had no choice but to become an official in the Puppet Qi Dynasty, and then revealed the plan of the Puppet Qi Emperor Liu Yu to send assassins to assassinate the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers.

Another eight years later, due to repeated defeats in the war with the Southern Song Dynasty, the puppet Qi Dynasty was deposed by the Jin Dynasty. After Zhang Xiaochun and others were repatriated to the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Xiaochun was deeply ashamed of his lack of integrity, asked himself to serve, and died of illness in Xuzhou.

It is worth mentioning that the famous family in Qufu, Shandong Province, was completely split into two sects, the northern and the southern sects, at this time, and there were even three cases of Yanshenggong standing side by side——

The family of the Jin Dynasty descended from Sheng Gong, the Puppet Qi family descended from Sheng Gong, and the Southern Song family descended from Sheng Gong...

But he didn't feel guilty, and there was no suggestion that he had asked for the job.

For the sake of the saint's incense, for the saint's ancestral temple, for the sake of the saint, just put all the nonsense there. Anyway, as long as the people in the world still study the Analects of Confucius and the Four Books and Five Classics, no one can do anything to this family.

That's why Zhao Huancai didn't directly kill Zhang Xiaochun, or even had the idea of ​​suppressing Zhang Xiaochun.

Compared with that family, Zhang Xiaochun, who was able to actively work as an undercover agent after being captured, was definitely a rare loyal minister.

After shaking his head and trying to get rid of all these messy thoughts, which started to go astray again, Zhao Huancai stared at Zhang Xiaochun and said: "In Zhang Aiqing's opinion, what should the current situation be like?"

Zhang Xiaochun bowed and said: "Let's report to the officials. Now that the Jin soldiers are in retreat, even if Wanyan Zonghan has the power to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he may not be able to save himself. The only way to go is now. There is only one way in front of Wanyan Zonghan. One way.

The first is to send envoys to negotiate peace, and the second is to quickly retreat back to Xijin Mansion in order to fight again."

Zhao Huan hummed meaningfully, and then asked: "In view of your love, which path will Wanyan Zonghan choose?"

"Choose both paths."

Zhang Xiaochun bowed and said: "If I were Wanyan Zonghan, he would definitely send envoys to discuss peace in advance and at the same time plan to retreat to Xijin Mansion. Regardless of whether the peace negotiation is successful or not, he will make a comeback after returning to Xijin Mansion. There are three reasons.

Compared with the Central Plains, Xijin Prefecture was originally the hometown of Yan and Zhao, and it was also an excellent horse farm. If we got it in the Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom would be like a fish in the throat, making it difficult to sit or sleep at ease. This is one of the reasons.

Secondly, if it comes back immediately, it can catch the Song Dynasty off guard. Even if it cannot avenge the past, it can still cause some trouble to the Song Dynasty. It can also affect the farming season of the Song Dynasty and damage the people's harvest in the coming year.

And then affected the entire Song Dynasty.

Thirdly, Wanyan Zongwang has been in battle for a long time and must know the power of the official's large carriages. If he does not make a comeback earlier, I am afraid that it will be too late when the official's Northern Expedition comes.

I believe that with these three points in mind, Wanyan Zonghan will lead his troops back to Xijin Mansion, no matter whether he negotiates peace or not, and then reorganize his troops and go south again."

"Ai Qing's words coincide with my thoughts."

Zhao Huan clapped his hands with a smile, looked at Zhang Xiaochun and said: "Then according to Zhang Aiqing, how can I completely keep Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang?

After all, a dead barbarian is a good barbarian, and this is an unbreakable truth."

Zhang Xiaochun suddenly looked at Zhao Huan with a confused expression.

Zhang Xiaochun agreed with the saying that a dead barbarian is a good barbarian, but what Zhang Xiaochun couldn't figure out was who gave the officials the confidence to keep both Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang in Taiyuan?
Chapter completed!