In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...
Wuzhu was even more stunned, because he saw with his own eyes that the Huonu tribe, which had already reached very close to the highest point, suddenly turned around and left... These Jin army warriors who dared to dismount and attack the dragon flag should have been the most motivated soldiers on the entire battlefield at this time, but now they became the first to flee on the front line.
What exactly did these people see?
"Don't teach him!" Although he didn't know what was going on, Wushu knew that the earth was collapsing and the mountains were falling before his eyes, so he pointed his finger at the Taishi slave below. "Taishi slave! You are a smart person. Did you remember everything Hong Chengzhi said just now?!"
“Remember!”
"How do I treat you?"
"The King of Wei has only known me for a few months, but he has already appointed me as the leader of his personal guards, and generously lavished me with gold, silver, treasures, and official positions... His kindness is as heavy as a mountain!"
"I'm asking you for a favor. Take him with you as a talisman!" Wuzhu pointed at Yu Yunwen, and then quickly pointed at the dragon banner on the mountain. "Go to the Zhao Song emperor, kneel down and beg him for me, and explain the truth to him, so that he will let us go!"
The Grand Tutor's slave said nothing, turned around and brought a horse, tied Yu Yunwen to the horse's back, then hurriedly mounted the saddle and rode out of the camp.
The two of them entered the battlefield and followed the route opened up by Wanyan Huonu's tribe. They had just climbed the gentle slope and had not yet reached the barricade. When they passed by a Song army formation that was in confrontation, Yu Yunwen could not help but shout on horseback:
"The Jin army is defeated! The Jin army is defeated! Marshal Yue is coming from Hejian!"
Before he could finish his words, Tai Shi Nu turned around and hit Yu Yunwen with his elbow. The iron armor was stiff and immediately made Yu Yunwen's mouth full of blood. Several teeth fell out and he was speechless for a while.
When they arrived at the barricade, Tai Shi Nu was even more single. He dragged Yu Yunwen down and punched him hard, then dragged him forward while shouting to the Song army in front of him: "This is Yu Yunwen, the Hanlin scholar of your Song Dynasty, and the son-in-law of Zhang Rong, the governor of the country. I am the envoy of the King of Wei of the Great Jin Dynasty, and I am here to see Emperor Zhao!"
Several military generals came forward to meet them. Tai Shi Nu even threw Yu Yunwen to the ground and went forward alone, but he did not expect that the person who came forward was Yelu Yudu and several Khitan warriors.
Both sides looked at each other in surprise.
But soon, Yelu Yudu went to lead a few people to protect Yu Yunwen, and several other Khitan warriors went to meet Tai Shi Nu, hurriedly tied his hands behind his back, took away his helmet, and then punched him hard in the face... It was not known whether it was to kill him or to extort revenge.
However, Tai Shi Nu had already stopped caring about these things, because before he was beaten, when he took off his helmet, he vaguely saw a huge iron curtain of military formations on the east side of the highland, which was ten miles wide and swept westward along the slope... The formation was so large and wide that he had never seen it before. In his horror, Tai Shi Nu was keenly aware that this should be the unknown thing that King Wei feared, and it was also the thing that caused the Jin army to flee on the eastern front... When he thought of this, he didn't care about the pain on his face, but just thought of Wuzhu's instructions and kindness before, and then he struggled towards the dragon flag regardless of everything.
However, his hands were tied, and his struggle forward resulted in him falling down and being beaten several times along the way. When he was brought before the emperor, he was in an even more battered state.
But even so, he didn't care at all. He just knelt down hurriedly and tried his best to explain what he had said before: "Your Majesty! Emperor Zhao! You used your military skills like a god in this battle and won a great victory... My King Wei is willing to ask for peace by the Yanshan Road! The Great Jin retreats to the border, the entire Han territory is ceded, and the gold and silver obtained in Jingkang are returned! He is even willing to pay tribute!"
Some consultants were slightly startled, but more people sneered. As for the Zhao Song official who was wearing dark golden armor and was the only one sitting there, he said nothing and pretended to be deaf. He just lowered his head, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it all.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" The slave of the imperial teacher tried not to look at the increasingly spectacular and conspicuous iron curtain in the east, but just tilted his head and spoke with all his strength. "My King Wei is sincerely begging for peace... You must know that the Yanyun clan has always been unyielding to the Song Dynasty. If the emperor insists on robbing, I don't know how many more people will die. Even if Yanyun is taken by force, the people of the north will be divided! Why can't we give the Jin Kingdom a chance to survive in exchange for a smooth handover of Yanyun?"
Several close ministers around him were slightly moved.
But Zhao Jiu just quickly poured himself another drink.
"Your Majesty." Tai Shi Nu spoke more and more hurriedly, but his voice was already tearful. "Even if we don't talk about Yanyun, haven't enough people died since the Northern Expedition? God is merciful... Let's just talk about today's battle. Foreign ministers came along the way. The whole grassy slope was covered with corpses and weapons, and everywhere was smeared with blood and mud. What's the point of fighting? And if we really continue to kill like this, even our Jin army can't bear it, but can the Song army bear it? Besides, there are too many people dead here. Aren't you afraid that Yue Fei and his 100,000 people will become too powerful to be defeated?"
There was an obvious commotion behind him. Zhao Jiu shook the wine jug in his hand slightly, trying to fill another glass. It looked as if his hands were shaking... But even so, he only got half a glass.
Then, the official stood up holding the half glass of wine.
As far as he could see, the huge iron curtain had crossed the southeast corner of the high ground and appeared in the field of vision on the south slope with a vibration like thunder. On the main positions of the two armies on the south slope of the high ground, a large number of Jin army positions began to shake and tremble as if they had encountered an earthquake without encountering any attack.
Zhao Jiu let out a breath, drank the last half glass of wine, then took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, then he raised his sword and walked forward, causing almost all the ministers and generals behind him, including Han Shizhong, to raise their swords and respond. Han Shizhong and his men even took the initiative to follow him for a few steps.
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