Since ancient times, the Han court has attached great importance to the status of monarchs and ministers. As the saying goes, if the name is upright, the words should be obeyed. As long as the other country is willing to respect it as the monarch, everything will be fine. Even if it will bring a lot of advantages to other countries, it will just ignore it. Now the Song Dynasty has the same attitude when it forms an alliance with the Jin people. As long as the Jurchens can surrender to the court, everything else will no longer be a problem.
Tong Guan was ordered to go to sea to secretly form an alliance with the Jin people, and he had received this bottom line from Zhao Ji. Now when he revealed it to Wu Qimai and Wu Qimai, he was a little nervous, fearing that the other party would reject it outright. So as soon as the words came out, he stared at the two of them.
Wu Qimai and his nephew were stunned for a moment, and then they looked at each other and started laughing: "The Song Kingdom is already going to be stronger than me, the Jin Dynasty. If it can really help us get rid of our great enemy Liao Kingdom this time, it will be a great help to us." With his virtue, it is not too difficult for us to respect Song Dynasty as our master."
"Okay, happy!" Tong Guan was overjoyed after hearing what he said, and immediately said: "Then quickly make a covenant. From now on, we, the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, will work together as one to destroy the Liao Dynasty!"
Seeing his excited look, Sun Tu sighed secretly from the side. He really couldn't understand what benefit this false title of chief minister had to the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that the Jin people could not take it seriously, even if they really regarded the Song Dynasty as their suzerainty, what benefits would it bring to the Song Dynasty? At this time, he couldn't help but think of something from his shallow historical knowledge. It seemed that many years later, the Jin State destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and oppressed the Southern Song Dynasty, but the Song State asked the Song State to treat him with courtesy. Perhaps the root of this lies here. This person clearly knows your preferences and deliberately uses this to insult you.
As soon as he heard that he wanted to sign an alliance, Wu Qimai said again: "Wait a minute. Privy Tong, you and I haven't finished the details on how to destroy Liao. How can we sign an alliance so quickly? Liao You have The five capitals, Linhuang Prefecture in the upper capital, Dading Prefecture in the middle capital, Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, and Xijin Prefecture in Nanjing, are what you call Youzhou City, and Datong Prefecture in Xijing is what you call Yunzhou City. Since you, the Song Dynasty, want To retake the Sixteenth Province of Youyun, you must capture Nanjing and Xijing among the five capitals, right? As for the other three capitals, I, the Dajin Warriors, can attack them. I wonder what Privy Privy Tong thinks?"
Tong Guan really didn't expect that the other party would have such confidence, and he completely dismembered the Liao Kingdom with one mouthful, which was really not a small talk. You know, in fact, in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, even if they join forces with the Jin Kingdom, it is almost impossible to succeed in destroying the Liao Dynasty. After all, the Liao Kingdom is too strong, and it has been established longer than the Song Dynasty and has a solid foundation. How can it be It can be destroyed in one or two battles.
This time, the Song Dynasty's intention was just to let the Jin Kingdom contain most of the Liao Kingdom's troops from the north, and then suddenly send troops to seize the Land of Youyun. But since the other party said so, he would not object. After thinking for a while, he said: "Of course, I, the Song Dynasty, will take over the two capitals in the south and west of the Liao Kingdom!"
"This is perfect. By the way, I wonder when the Song Dynasty plans to send troops?"
"This..." Tong Guan hesitated again, and after a while he said: "The military situation is unpredictable, and it is difficult to set a specific time now. You should also know that our country, the Song Dynasty, is different from small countries like you. If you want to send troops to attack the country, just mobilize and prepare. It will take more than half a year. In addition, there are many constraints from the DPRK and China, and some time arrangements are needed. Therefore, we have to wait until two or three years before we can actually use troops against the Liao Kingdom."
Hearing such an answer, Wu Qimai was fine, but the young man next to him couldn't help but curled his lips and showed a contemptuous expression. The Song Dynasty is really in trouble. Isn't it just sending troops to fight? It has to be so delayed. No wonder it has been suppressed by the Liao Kingdom for such a long time.
Wu Qimai nodded after silence: "Then it's settled. I, Da Jin, have been consuming the national power of the Liao Kingdom in the past few years, and I also ask Da Song to make some compensation for us."
"This is easy to say. As long as you are willing to recognize me as the master of the Song Dynasty, I will not be stingy with some money or food." Tong Guan agreed immediately. At this time, the official drafting the covenant had already written a fairly detailed manuscript and quickly sent it to both parties.
Tong Guan took it and scanned it, then nodded with satisfaction, and then it was time to look at the two golden envoys. Wu Qimai and the others did not let the Song people wait too long. After reading the contents of the covenant hastily, they nodded in approval.
Originally, their purpose this time was to gain as much benefit as possible while joining forces with Song Dynasty. Now that both goals have been achieved, is there anything they can object to? As for recognizing the Song Dynasty as the suzerain country, that is simply a trivial matter. If I am weaker than you, it is natural for me to recognize you as my lord. Once I am stronger than you, then let's talk about it.
So soon, two formal covenants stamped with the seals of the two countries were quickly formed, and the envoys from both sides received one as a certificate. No one would have thought that this alliance, which was related to the fate of Song, Jin and Liao, would go so smoothly. It only took less than half a day to reach a consensus.
After the covenant was concluded, Tong Guan finally felt relieved. He laughed again and asked people to serve the food and wine again, entertaining these two friendly envoys from the Kingdom of Jin. The banquet lasted until the evening and finally broke up. However, Wu Qimai, who was already drunk, did not accept Tong Guan's kindness and stay the night on the Song Dynasty's ship. Instead, he insisted on getting off the ship and rushed back at night. .
Although Tong Guan was worried that these guys would make some mistakes at sea. After all, they only had a few small boats that could not withstand the trouble at night, he finally let them leave. Anyway, the bottom line of the Jin people is known. As long as they are given enough benefits, even if all the envoys on this ship die at sea, there will be a second wave of envoys to form an alliance with them.
However, out of courtesy, he still politely sent Wu Qimai and the others off the boat. Finally, he watched the boat they were riding in gradually move away amidst the bumps of the wind and waves, and then he exhaled with satisfaction: "The big deal is settled. Next, we will go to the Liao Kingdom to stabilize them. In about three years, it will be the day for us to take back the Sixteenth Province of Youyun!"
Thinking of this, he glanced at Sun Tu, who was standing behind him, and said with a smile: "Qianli, you have contributed to this success. I may transfer you to the north to guard, and you can lead the army to seize it. In Youzhou City, what are you willing to do to achieve unparalleled achievements?"
Sun Tu looked solemn at this time, thinking that the Song-Jin covenant was established, which meant that the war between the Three Kingdoms would soon begin. As far as he knew, this war would greatly surprise the Song Dynasty. The seemingly powerful Liao Kingdom would be completely destroyed by the Jin people in a short period of time, and the Song Army would also be defeated in this battle. Exposing his weak nature will eventually lead to disaster!
It’s okay if you didn’t think about it carefully before.
, now thinking about everything that will happen in the near future, Sun Tu is confused, what choice should he make? In this way, he didn't hear Tong Guan's question. It wasn't until the latter called twice more that he got out of his thoughts: "Tong Shuai..."
"Why are you so worried?" Tong Guan couldn't help but asked a little strangely.
Sun Tu hesitated for a moment, but finally reminded him: "Xiaoguan always feels that he is seeking skin from a tiger. It seems to drive the tiger to devour the wolf, but what will happen if the tiger is raised? If the Jin people are more cruel and domineering than the Liao people, there will be no more If the Liao people block it in the north, our Song Dynasty will be in a dangerous situation."
"Hahaha..." This was met with a burst of laughter from Tong Guan: "You are too worried, you really take the Jurchens seriously. If they are so strong, how could they be suppressed by the Liao people for hundreds of years? How long? In my opinion, as long as there is a war, the Jin Kingdom will be severely damaged in the end, and they may just destroy the country. And what I, the Song Dynasty, want is such an opportunity to seize the Sixteen Provinces of Youyun. Re-open the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty!" When he said this, his eyes flashed, and the ambition and ambition could not be concealed.
Sun Tu could only remain silent. This should be the common mentality of the main war faction in the Song Dynasty today. As a small fifth-grade military attache, it was naturally impossible for him to change the minds of these people. But what should he do next
When Sun Tu was full of doubts and didn't know the way forward, on the fishing boat that was breaking through the waves, the two guys who should have been drunk were already in high spirits and did not look drunk at all. In fact, the Jurchens are located in a cold land in the north. The men, women and children in the tribe are all very fond of wine, and they drink the strongest wine. In comparison, the wine of the Song Dynasty is like water to them, and How could it be possible to get them drunk
They are just pretending, just like some of their performances during the alliance today. At this time, Wu Qimai looked more calm and shrewd than before, and his nephew no longer looked dazed. The two looked at each other and smiled, and the latter said: "Second uncle, I just took a closer look. Although there were many soldiers in the Song Dynasty, they were all in low spirits. Apparently they couldn't even withstand the storm at sea. As expected, just like the legend, the Southern Dynasty was already extremely weak. Once a war started, only ten thousand people could kill them. The capital city is Kaifeng."
"Haha, that's good. The people of Song Dynasty are indeed weak, but what's more valuable is that they are also really rich. Hundreds of thousands of stones of food are nothing to them. If we can conquer the beautiful lands of the Southern Dynasty, we will be better in the future. Life is no different than that of a god. Wu Shu, although you cannot succeed the Great Jin Emperor, as long as you make contributions, you might be able to become a little emperor in the south."
"Yes, one day, I, Wanyan Wushu, will personally lead my army into the southern kingdom and bring all their property and children back to the north!" Wanyan Wushu, a rare general in the history of the Jin Kingdom, has been born. , but at this time, he is still like a sword in its box, with no sharp edge yet.
Although his destined opponent Yue Pengju has not yet appeared in the Song Dynasty court, fate has already placed a brand-new opponent in front of him early...
On April 11, the first year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, five years after the Jin Dynasty took over, the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty formed a maritime alliance.
The dispute between Song, Liao and Jin is about to begin...