Aguda's words also attracted the echoes of other generals: "Yes, Fourth Prince, the Song Dynasty is very far away from us. Even if we use fast horses, it will take several months. And I heard There is a turbulent river in the middle blocking the way. It took Liao a hundred years to defeat Song, so how can we attack Song again?"
"What's more, the Song State still has a cooperative relationship with us. They don't have a generational hatred against us like the Liao people. Even the warriors below may not be willing to send troops to attack the Song State."
Facing these generals who were satisfied with their current victory and harvest, Wanyan Wushu's eyes flashed with disdain, but his tone was still enthusiastic: "Have you ever thought about it, the wealth of the Song Kingdom is dozens of times that of the Liao Kingdom? A hundred times, as long as we can break into the Song Kingdom, each of our tribesmen can harvest a lot of food and wealth. There are countless treasures like this in every big city of the Song Kingdom. Isn’t this enough to inspire us Jurchens? A warrior’s fighting spirit
"As for the so-called alliance, everything is based on the survival of the Liao Kingdom. But now, the Liao Kingdom is close to destruction, so the so-called alliance between us and the Song people has come to an end. It is natural to use troops against them again. , there is no problem.”
After saying these few words, it was really difficult for everyone to refute. Even Aguda couldn't help but become interested, with greedy light shining in his slender eyes. Wu Shu knew his father best, and he said loudly: "As for how difficult it will be to attack the Song Dynasty southward, don't worry about it. For hundreds of years, how much fighting power can the Song Dynasty have, which the Liao people can easily suppress?" ?I also heard that until a few days ago, they were still confronting the Liao army south of Xijin Mansion, but we have swept through most of the Liao Kingdom, conquered all their capitals, and fought with us. In comparison, the Song army's combat power is really too weak. So as long as we are determined and our soldiers go south, we will surely conquer the entire Song country. The wealth, population and land there will become the property of my Jurchen tribe, and our people will also be able to conquer it again. There is no need to starve and freeze to death due to various natural disasters!”
After saying these impassioned words, Wanyan Wushu's cheeks turned red, and a hint of sparkle shone in his eyes: "Father, generals, can we only be satisfied with obtaining this benefit instead of winning more?" For great wealth?"
This time, Aguda was really moved: "If we really want what you said, then attacking the Song Dynasty is indeed the best choice. If our Kingdom of Jin wants to truly rise, we need more wealthy people!"
"Father is wise!" Wu Shu hurriedly bowed and praised, and then added: "But if we want to attack the Song Dynasty without any worries, the next thing we have to do is to stabilize the rear, which is the current Liao Kingdom. Father, in my opinion, our warriors can no longer vent their anger by killing the people of Liao Kingdom as they did before. We should use kindness and power to them, making them fear and respect them, so as to become the guarantee for our rear and our great gold. people!"
After going around in such a big circle, Wu Shu finally said what he most urgently wanted Aguda to correct at the moment. Because in his opinion, it is easier to conquer a city than to conquer it, and it is easier to conquer a country than to conquer it. It is impossible to truly control the Liao Kingdom in the hands of the Jurchens by just killing.
At this time, Aguda had also noticed his son’s
Careful, his narrow eyes flashed again, and then he smiled and said: "Since you have considered everything, Wu Shu, then do it according to your own wishes. However, the attack on Song Dynasty is important after all, and we still need more opportunities. It’s easy to send troops, but the Song Dynasty is too far away after all.”
"Yes." Wu Shu was not too disappointed about this. He only held his fist again and turned around to leave the apse. Some things cannot be rushed. Once the time comes, they will fall into place.
But the opportunity he was waiting for came to his door automatically a few days later. The appearance of a Song envoy finally made Aguda and other Jin people begin to consider the feasibility of going south to attack the Song Dynasty.
The tired Wu Yong stood in the hall, looking at the tall man lying lazily on the throne that should belong to the Liao Emperor, and unconsciously felt a little fear and panic. Although this guy is only half-lying like this, he still feels like a tiger that chooses people to eat. Looking at it with its narrow eyes, it looks more like a tiger sizing up the prey in front of it.
"Wu Yong, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, met the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom." But even so, he suppressed the throbbing in his heart, only bent down and held his hands in front of Aguda with a tough posture.
Aguda coughed lowly and then smiled: "Song envoy, there is no need to be polite. Are you here today to fulfill your previous promise on behalf of the Song Dynasty? I wonder where are the food, cloth and other things you promised us?"
Under the explanation of the Jin Guotong interpreter beside him, Wu Yong understood the other party's words and smiled awkwardly: "Jin Emperor, please don't be anxious. I, the Song Dynasty, are rich all over the world. Since I have promised you that you will be paid, it is impossible to go back on it." . However, this is not why I came here today, but because I hope that the Jin Kingdom can continue to use troops against the south to defeat Youzhou, which is also the Xijin Prefecture in Nanjing, the Liao Kingdom."
"Oh? This is a bit strange. If I remember correctly, I, Da Jin, had an agreement with your Song State before. Both sides would raise their troops at the same time to attack Liao from the north and south. I, Da Jin, would capture the other four capitals, leaving only Nanjing and your Song Dynasty. Because as you said, that city belongs to you, and the surrounding area, called Youyun Sixteen States, is also your land. Why, today, again Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"In my opinion, you Song people are at a disadvantage in fighting and can't capture the city of Nanjing, so you are thinking of asking us, Dajin, for help at this time, right?" Someone next to him immediately spoke sarcastically. Compared with the strict hierarchical etiquette of Song and Liao Dynasties, the Jin Kingdom today is much more casual. Even in such formal occasions, ministers can interrupt the king at any time, and Aguda has not shown any displeasure. .
Not only was he not offended, he even smiled appreciatively at the minister, and then looked at Wu Yong: "Envoy Song, are we right?"
"This..." The muscles on Wu Yong's face suddenly twitched, and then he said softly: "Things are not what you said. We, the Song Dynasty, have good soldiers and brave generals. It is not difficult to capture Youzhou. However, Liao People resisted desperately, even threatening the lives of the people in the city. Our Lord has passed down his benevolence to the world, so it was difficult to break the city for a while. But if you have the golden soldiers behind to help attack the city, it will be difficult to defend Youzhou again, so Only my handsome boy would have such an invitation.
"However, we are not
Let your army work in vain. As long as you can capture Youzhou, we can exchange it with money and food, and we can add 50% to the number we promised you before. how? "
The more he explained like this, the more these Jin people felt that he was lying with a guilty conscience, and everyone looked mocking. Aguda suddenly sat up, slapped his big hand on the dragon table, and shouted loudly He said: "Fifty percent? That's too little. I want to double it. Not only the money and food, but also all the benefits you promised us before will be doubled."
"This... okay!" Wu Yong immediately gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Also, once we capture Youzhou, all the population and wealth in the city will belong to our Jin country, and you people from the Song Dynasty will not be able to compete for it." Wu Shu on the side saw that he agreed happily, so he put forward an even more harsh condition. Come.
This time, Wu Yong's face became even uglier, but after a moment of hesitation, he still nodded with difficulty: "Okay, but you are not allowed to destroy other things in the city..."
"Haha, you Song people are really generous. Since you only need an empty city, I, Dajin, are naturally willing to help. In this way, you write down the covenant, leave the documents, and then let people prepare the money, food and wealth, just stay in Nanjing, no matter what , it’s time for you to call Youzhou, and wait outside Youzhou City to see my army break through the city. But remember, if you want to enter the city, you must first fulfill your previous promise. If we don’t have the money and food in place, we won’t start. The city let you in." Aguda laughed again and made the final decision.
Wu Yong's face changed again, but he finally nodded and said, "Everything is just as Jin Emperor said, we will prepare everything."
After asking Wu Yong to step down, everyone in the hall laughed proudly again. Then, Aguda sighed: "When you mentioned the weakness of the Song people before, Wu Shu, I still had some doubts. But now it seems that the Song army is indeed extremely useless. Nanjing has allowed them to fight until today. It needs to be replaced." It won’t take ten days for our Dajin warriors to attack the city, and the city will have already been breached!”
"What's even more ridiculous is that they still want to take care of their own face at this time, and they have to find some excuse, saying that it's because of kindness that they can't attack the city. It's obvious that their soldiers and horses are all useless. From this point of view, The Song Army is indeed vulnerable and cannot be compared with our elite Dajin forces."
The hall was immediately filled with contemptuous remarks against the Song people, and as they continued talking, Aguda had quickly made a decision: "This time, I will not only lead everyone to knock down the city of Nanjing, but I will also take the opportunity to continue Go south and conquer the richer Song Kingdom in the south, rob their wealth and population, and make everything there my territory. Warriors, do you have confidence?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Capture Nanjing, annex the Song Dynasty, and make our Jurchen clan the most powerful existence in the world!"
The generals in the palace had been ignited with passion by his words, and they all responded loudly. Their roars almost blew off the roof of the imperial palace.
But amidst the bursts of shouts, only Wanyan Wushu, who was the first to propose attacking the Song Dynasty, remained silent, as if he was thinking about an extremely important issue. After a moment, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Father, there may be a fraud in this matter!"