These are the duties of a military commander, of course.
After issuing these orders, Jin Wushu was full of ambition, but he had nothing to do, so he simply returned to the camp with the two captains. But before he could return to the military camp, Zhao Qiu, who had entered the city for the second time, turned back again.
"Zhang Jun won't change his conditions. What's his intention?"
This time it was Jin Wushu's turn to frown slightly, and the fourth prince stopped his horse in front of the gate and thought for a long time, looking at Xia Cai Jiancheng not far away, but he couldn't help but ask the other party's opinion. "You are an old friend of Zhang Jun, do you think his words are credible? Since you want to surrender, why dare you bargain with me like this?"
"I think it's credible." After hesitating for a while, Zhao Qiu gritted his teeth and said, "Let the Fourth Prince know that Zhang Boying is good in everything except greed. His reputation as a greedy person is known to everyone from Fengxiang Prefecture to Taiyuan Prefecture, from Jingdong Prefecture to Huaishang Prefecture. And this time he also said..."
"say what?"
"He said that the Zhao Song government had actually been kind to him. If Liu Guangshi had not burned Nei Du and Xia Cai had not become an isolated city, he would not have surrendered. But the current situation is like this. If he is really forced to surrender, he is not prepared to lead troops to fight against the Zhao Song government... Therefore, he has more than 10,000 people in the city, plus 10,000 strong civilians from Shouzhou, and 7,000 to 8,000 defeated soldiers from the Jingdong Road who fled with Liu Guangshi, a total of 30,000 people, countless food and fodder, and 7,000 armored soldiers. He can hand them all over! He only asks for a county magistrate or a magistrate in his hometown in Guanxi, so that he can become a rich man..."
"I understand what he means. This money is not only for buying him, but also for buying his soldiers and horses. Is that right?" Jin Wushu was very interested.
"That's what I mean." Zhao Qiu continued to speak hard on his horse, sweating profusely. "And he also said..."
"Can't you just say it all at once?" Before Jin Wushu could even open his mouth, another captain named Elubu who had followed him back was already furious.
"Hurry up and speak!" Jin Wushu urged excitedly.
"Zhang Boying also said that he knew that the Fourth Prince's army must have such a large sum of money, including gold and silver. The price he offered was not false, and he asked the Fourth Prince to show a little sincerity..."
"Nonsense!" Jin Wushu shouted immediately. "I have been chasing Liu Guangshi all the way here, and I didn't have time to plunder along the way. Where did all this gold and silver come from? Even if there is some in the north of Mount Tai, is it too late to send it here now?"
Zhao Qiu hesitated to speak.
"Speak!" Elubu was completely furious and whipped Zhao Qiu's helmet directly.
Zhao Qiu quickly bowed his head and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Boying said that Liu Guangshi definitely has this money! Liu Guangshi's usual rule is to keep the gold and silver for himself and give out copper coins as rewards. This money must have been obtained by the Fourth Prince at this time!"
Jin Wushu, Elubu and Ali looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say... because Zhang Jun got the truth of the matter right!
That evening, after careful discussion, the three Jurchen nobles in the army sent Zhao Qiu into the city overnight, which was considered as an agreement in principle.
There are many reasons for this:
First of all, this money is absolutely worthwhile to buy the 20,000 to 30,000 people in Cai Cheng and Zhang Jun's hands. It is a great value for money. Jin Wushu and the other two have not fallen to the point of thinking that the army is inferior to gold and silver.
Secondly, after destroying Liao and Song, especially after the Jingkang Incident, the Jin army obtained a huge amount of gold and silver spoils. The Song Dynasty's century-long savings were all in the city of Dongjing, but they were seized by the Jin people in one day. In other words, although this money was a lot, it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the three powerful nobles of the Jin army. Their stocks in Yanjing were real gold and silver!
Not only that, the leader of this march, the Fourth Prince Jin Wushu, also promised the two captains a temporary loan, thus taking on the debt risk this time.
Finally, they specially found a lot of surrendered people from the Song Dynasty and carefully inquired about Zhang Jun, and the results they came to were the same... This man was indeed notoriously greedy for money, and it was said that he was better at doing business than fighting!
However, these are just public discussions. The three of them actually have two important reasons that they all understand:
First, although Taiyuan was eventually conquered by the Jin army, and they did not think that Shanzhou would be conquered by Wanyan Loushi, this kind of siege war of attrition was still too scary for the sparsely populated Jurchens, and it still left a deep impression on the high-ranking officials of the Jin army. In fact, it was in line with the simple military knowledge that the Jurchens had acquired from their fishing and hunting life to avoid siege cities. The barbarity and stupidity were just misunderstandings of the hard-working style of the Jin people in battle by the Song and Liao countries.
Secondly, the war was still going on, and the Jurchens still followed some rules when treating surrendered people with troops. Perhaps that was why Zhang Jun made this condition, and perhaps Jin Wushu would not go back on his word... But as the saying goes, you always have to put bait when hunting prey, but once the prey is caught, the hunter has to turn even its fur into clothes. This time, if Zhang Boying took so much money to Shaanxi, Jin Wushu would have ten thousand ways to make him spit it all out in the future!
In short, these reasons, combined with the fact that Xiacaicheng is indeed an isolated city and the widespread existence of surrendered people from the Song Dynasty, the Jurchens, or Jin Wushu, still felt that this deal could be made!
Of course, they couldn't agree to it all at once. This was Zhao Qiu's third entry into the city in one day. The condition he brought was that the document could be written and the Fourth Prince could even sign it personally. However, a lot of gold and silver had indeed been lost from the camp and it was difficult to gather the money together. So he hoped to pay half of it first, and then pay the other half to Zhang Jun after he opened the city, handed over his troops, and took office in Guanxi!
What kind of person is Zhang Jun? How could he possibly accept such a foolish account? Not only did he insist on it, but he even put on armor in front of Zhao Qiu that night and participated in the night patrol on the city wall.
On the second day, which was the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, Zhao Qiu entered the city for the fourth time. He changed his mind and asked Jin Wushu to pay 70% of the gold and silver first, and put forward the final condition that Jin Wushu was willing to give Zhang Jun some more treasures and goods!
This time, Zhang Jun pondered over it again and again, and finally agreed reluctantly. He agreed that once he saw the gold, silver and other valuables entering the city, he would count and distribute them in front of the envoy, and then he would open the city to surrender the next day to welcome the Jin army!
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