1142 Persuasion
Wanyan Jing had already made all preparations to lose the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Wanyan Jing, who was in charge of the imperial army, not only took away all the ministers in Yanjing City, but also all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were taken away by him, leaving only Wanyan Shoudao and the Gods slaves who had not returned to Yanjing Prefecture to guard Yanjing.
The vast army set out from Yanjing, almost like when they invaded and captured the Song court and returned to Wujing Road with all the spoils, including the two emperors Hui and Qin. All the concubines and queens also lived in a vast army.
At this time, Wang Wanyan Yongji, the King of Wei Shao on Zhongjing Road, had already moved a spare place for Wanyan Jing in Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing.
Although it was not stated clearly, the soldiers and ministers who were following Wanyan Jing in person were very clear in their hearts that this farewell might have been to bid farewell to Yanjing and other places, as if they had been handed over to the Song people in their entirety.
Before Wanyan Jing set out, although some people had made a vague suggestion like Wanyan Xiang, it would be better to burn Yanjing with fire, but in the end, with Wanyan Shoudao's promise, Wanyan Jing refused to destroy Yanjing with fire.
Although Wanyan Xiang's proposal made him moved, he was more willing to believe Wanyan Shoudao's words, or he was more willing to deceive himself. After he personally quelled the rebellion, he could soon turn around and retake Yanjing and other places.
Even Wanyan Jing knew very well that once the 16 states such as Yanjing were lost and were firmly held by Ye Qing, it would be difficult for him to take them back, but he was willing to leave a hope or if he wanted to look forward to it. Perhaps under the joint efforts of Wanyan Shoudao and Qi Shilie's Gods Slave, Yanjing could last until he quelled the rebellion.
From the time when Wanyan Jing arrived at Dading Prefecture, until the Shangyuan Festival had passed without realizing the war, Wanyan Jing, who was in charge of the army, had just transported all the things he wanted to bring back from Yanjing to Dading Prefecture on Zhongjing Road.
Dading Prefecture on Zhongjing Road is only more than 300 miles away from Yanjing. Now with the arrival of the 200,000 army led by Wanyan Jing, the situation on the entire Wujing Road has changed instantly.
The Yelu Liu brothers had to seek help from Temujin who had arrived on Xijing Road, knowing that they were unable to defeat him.
Wanyan Jing's personal command of the army brought a surge of morale to the Jin soldiers who were originally defeated. Dijier, Jisizhong, all the sects and Yisects, and the five Jin generals were stationed. They immediately replaced the army of Wanyan Chengyu and Wanyan Heda, who had just been defeated, and thus launched a counterattack against the Khitan Liao people and the Mongols.
On Xijing Road, Beijing Road, Khitan Liao people began to retreat quickly, and Yelu Liuge and Yelu Sibu had to start asking Temujin for help again urgently.
At the same time, around Yanjing, the army such as Zhong Can, Mo Xiaobao, Xin Qiji, and Lao Liu are now full of morale, and nearly 100,000 troops are about to completely surround Yanjing.
The Qishilie Gods slaves who received the imperial edict from Zhending Prefecture had to give up their strict defense in Zhending Prefecture and led all the troops to retreat to Yanjing. The Yelu Yue army behind him, as soon as they entered Zhending Prefecture, welcomed reinforcements from Sima Jian and Heng Qiao behind him. After the three met in Zhending Prefecture, Yelu Yue had originally had an army of less than 20,000 people left, and at this moment it turned into an army of nearly 70,000 people.
Now the three armies that the Song people besieged Yanjing have now reached 200,000.
When Ye Qing led 3,000 Hua family troops and 10,000 Xu Han's men to set out south from Shunzhou and approached Yanjing, the Qishilie god slaves had already fought with Yelu Yue, who was chasing behind him, and Mo Xiaobao led 20,000 troops from Yanjing to fight against the Qishilie god slaves. The large army led by Zhong Can continue to surround Yanjing without attacking. Lao Liutou and Zhao Qier went to Jizhou, the northernmost tip of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, so as to strive to capture all the sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun when they broke Yanjing.
In early February of the third year of Qingyuan, Wanyan Jing, who was personally expeditioned on Zhongjing Road, won consecutive victories. At the same time, the price he paid was that the Qi Shilie Gods slaves were defeated by the army led by Mo Xiaobao and Yelu Yue when they were thirty miles away from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Ye Qing, who had arrived at the city of Yanjing from Shunzhou, prevented Yelu Yue and Mo Xiaobao from pursuing the Qi Shilie's Gods slaves, which led to the Qi Shilie's Gods slaves leading the remaining 20,000 defeated generals and had to put down their weapons and surrender.
On February 10, the third year of Qingyuan, Ye Qing led 3,000 troops from the Hua family to join Yelu Yue, Mo Xiaobao, and Zhong Can, outside Yanjing City, and met the captured Qi Shilie's Gods slaves.
The thin-shaped Qi Shilie's Gods slave Yanjing was red, with a messy beard, and even a little blood swelling on his face. It was obvious that he suffered a lot when he was just captured by the Song people.
Ye Qing in the camp glanced at Mo Xiaobao, and Mo Xiaobao immediately smiled. The goose-ling knife on his waist quickly pulled out, cutting off the rope on the body of the Qi Shilie Gods slave.
As Mo Xiaobao walked out of the tent, the empty eyes of the gods slaves of Qi Shilie began to look at the entire tent, and got up and moved their numb hands and feet.
"Why don't you kill me?" Qi Shilie's god slave asked in a hoarse voice.
"Does Wanyan Jing want to lead the army in person?" Ye Qing ignored the question of the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie and asked back.
"I don't know." Qi Shilie's Gods slave said calmly.
"The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are already in my hands. Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves, and now the Jin Kingdom is in a desperate situation. I guess that Wanyan Jing must choose one of them to abandon the defense. Since attacking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I have not encountered any obstacles at all. Apart from the few battles between you and her, there are Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can and Wanyan Shoudao. This is enough to show that compared with the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Wanyan Jing obviously values the foundation of your Jin Kingdom more. So he will lead the army in person, right?" Ye Qing asked calmly, and did not feel dissatisfied because of the cold attitude of Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves.
Even at this moment, he felt a little guilty about Wanyan Jing, but this guilt was obviously not worth mentioning compared to the major affairs of the country.
Yelu Yue looked at Ye Qing. Although she didn't know why Ye Qing didn't kill the Gods Slave Qi Shilie, she also believed that Ye Qing's move was definitely not because he was familiar with the Gods Slave Qi Shilie, so he let him go.
Turning his head and looking at Yelu Yue, who was also much thinner than when he first set out on the war, Ye Qing sighed slightly, got up and walked to the Qishilie Gods slaves, and slowly said, "I can let you and your captured soldiers go north to help Wanyan Jing, but I have a condition to persuade Wanyan Shoudao to give up Yanjing and go north with you to find Wanyan Jing."
The slaves of Qi Shilie looked at Ye Qing at this moment. After a while of silence, they asked, "Why?"
"Wanyan Jing personally led the army to fight in person, obviously hoping to quell the rebellion in the shortest time, and then turn around and retake the Sixteen State of Yanyun when I am unstable. His wishful thinking was very good. If it were me, I would probably do this too. But..." Ye Qing took a deep breath, and his sincere expression seemed extremely hypocritical and disgusting in the eyes of the slaves of Qishilie's gods: "You have fought with me and Temujin back then. Do you think Wanyan Jing and the soldiers under him are Temujin's opponents?"
"Only Yelu Liu Ge, the Yelu Sibu brothers may not have too much hindered Wanyan Jing. He has the ability and strength to quell the rebellion of Yelu Liu Ge brothers at the fastest time. But will the Mongols watch Yelu Liu Ge brothers quickly suppressed by the Jin people? Besides, Temujin is now near Xijing Road. Once he knows that the Jin army was led by Wanyan Jing himself to quell the rebellion, do you think Temujin will sit idly?" Ye Qing continued to say slowly, and Yelu Yue next to him for some reason, because Ye Qing's words suddenly became a little nervous.
At this time, the expressions of the slaves of Qi Shilie's gods became even more gloomy and solemn. His eyes, which had already lost their fighting spirit and were like trapped beasts, gradually became brighter: "What do you mean?"
"I just learned that Temujin is near Xijing Road." Ye Qing sighed slightly, and then said a little deeper: "And Yelu Liuge's eldest son Yelu Xuedu has been with Temujin for many years. In the battle to destroy Liao, Yelu Xuedu followed Temujin. In other words, Yelu Liuge's surrender to Temujin was not entirely because of one reason for Wanyan Yongji's suppression of the Khitan Liao people, but had long been determined to rebel and had already surrendered to the Mongols. The reason why his eldest son was left by Temujin was obviously the sincerity of surrendering to the rebels."
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave unconsciously looked at Yelu Yue. After all, he was the princess of the Liao Kingdom. Whether Yelu Liuge's eldest son Yelu Xue had really been thrown into Temuzhen's tent, Qi Shilie's Gods Slave was not clear, because he was not very familiar with Yelu Liuge, and he was completely unclear about the whereabouts of Yelu Liuge's sons.
"What he said is true?" Qi Shilie's Gods slave asked Yelu Yue.
Yelu Yue shook her head slightly and said truthfully: "I don't know. When the Mongolian Iron Cavalry broke through the Liao royal city, I had been leading the Wujiang Army to block Mu Huali's army. I didn't know who led the other Mongolian army in the royal city."
The eyes of Qi Shilie's gods slaves were filled with a hint of suspicion, and their eyes moved to Ye Qing again.
"You can't believe it, because this is not important. What's important is that once Temujin knows that your Jin Kingdom is led by your emperor personally to suppress the rebellion, Temujin will never be like this now. He just occasionally supports the Yelu Liu brothers, and will inevitably send a large army into the Jin Kingdom, so... or do you want Wanyan Jing to be captured by Temujin?" Ye Qing frowned. What he was most worried about was that Temujin would attack Wanyan Jing.
With Wanyan Jing and the generals in front of him, it is impossible for Temujin to be an opponent. Moreover, the powerful generals under Temujin have been left on the grassland forever, just watching the Khitan Liao people and Jin people kill each other.
But if Temujin saw the opportunity to destroy the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop, or even capture the Jin emperor, Temujin would never miss this opportunity. At that time, he would inevitably send a real Mongolian army into the territory of the Jin people and strive to destroy the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible.
The current situation is just like the situation when Temujin attacked Liao and Ye Qing attacked Xia Shi. As the situation develops, it is very likely that Ye Qing seized the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which he had always dreamed of, and Temujin once again took the opportunity to seize the other half of the territory of the Jin Kingdom, thus making the Jin Kingdom completely put a perfect end in history books like the Liao Kingdom.
Although such a situation is not the worst result for Ye Qing, the pressure on the long defense line of the North will increase a lot, which will also cause the entire territory of the North to fall into a situation where conflicts with the Mongols will always occur.
Just like the analysis of the Gods of Qi Shilie of Ye Qing, when Ye Qing was about to achieve his goal through war, Ye Qing and his army were actually in a serious situation at the end of their strength.
Now the entire Jingzhao Prefecture and Hetao Third Routes are almost completely empty, and Shandong Road is now empty, and even a soldier is difficult to recruit. Wang Chong and Xie Lun had to leave the Guanlong Barracks and take the new army to the Hetao Third Route, so that they can give some support to the military verdict.
There is not much food left now. If the war continues, Ye Qing cannot guarantee what the Mongols will do, but they may have to live a hard life of real short-term food and clothing. At that time, if they fight against the Mongols, they will not have much confidence in whether they can hold on to Ye Qing.
On the wall of Yanmen Pass, the words he sighed at Dong Chao were not to appease Dong Chao, but because after seizing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Ye Qing could truly stop and carry out real innovation or administration, and thus make him less pressure from the Lin'an court.
Everything is based on the successful capture of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If the Five Capital Road is the foundation of the Jin people, then the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will be Ye Qing's undefeated reliance on the court.
After this battle, Ye Qing needed to rest, so he naturally could not do without the restraint of the Jin people on the Mongols, so that he could still be a little ease in strategic direction and not be in a difficult situation in any key fortress.
"How can I believe what you said?" The Gods slaves of Qi Shilie had no good feelings for Ye Qing. Ye Qing's every move seemed so hypocritical and disgusting in his eyes.
He could not describe what kind of person Ye Qing was, but at this time he knew that Ye Qing was a complete hypocrite. While forming an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, he was planning to attack Jin behind his back. He even chose to be in trouble with Wanyan Jing's internal and external affairs. Such behavior was completely a complete villain's behavior, not at all open and honest.
"I will let you and your army leave safely. Can't I tell you and your army yet? " Ye Qing asked back.
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave smiled disdainfully: "Mr. Ye is bound to be too good at gigging on his face. People in the world say that they are sincere. I'm afraid they won't have any relationship with you, Lord Ye, right? Lord Ye, are you a sincere person?"
Ye Qing ignored the ridicule of the gods of the Qi Shilie, lowered his head and smiled silently: "People who persuade Wanyan to surrender, and I, Ye Qing, immediately asked you to leave and find Wanyan Jing. If Wanyan Jing was defeated by Temujin, how miserable his fate would be? I believe you can think of it without me saying too much."
"I need to consider..." Qi Shilie's Gods slave had to put away his disdain for Ye Qing and said seriously.
"You don't have time to think about it anymore. If you delay it, it will be beneficial to you and Wanyan Shoudao, but for your Jin Dynasty emperor, it will be a disaster!" Ye Qing interrupted the words of the Gods Slave Qi Shilie and said firmly without giving him time to consider it.
"Then how do you guarantee that when I enter the city and convince Wanyan to persuade the way, you will not take the opportunity to attack the city..." The look of the slave of Qi Shilie was full of sarcasm. Ye Qing's insidiousness and cunning, or the character of this villain was not enough to convince him that he would not take advantage of this opportunity to attack the city.
"You have no bargaining chips. Whether to go or not is your business. I just remind you of the Gods Slaves of Qi Shilie for Wanyan Jing's sake." Ye Qing also showed some impatientness, looked up at the eyes of the Gods Slaves of Qi Shilie, took a deep breath and returned to calm, and said, "Even if you don't convince Wanyan Slaves of Yanjing, I can still capture Yanjing City. Now my 200,000 army is guarding outside the city. No matter whether Wanyan Slaves will abandon the city tomorrow or surrender, I will attack the city immediately, and Wanyan Slaves cannot defend it at all. This will only allow Wanyan Jing to follow him and destroy the Jin Kingdom step by step."
The Qishilie Gods slave looked at Ye Qing quietly, and the atmosphere in the camp became very quiet. Just when Yelu Yue felt a little depressed, the Qishilie Gods slave turned around and walked outside the camp.
As Qi Shilie's Gods Slave left, Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can, Heng Qiao, Sima Jian and Yelu Yixue walked in together.
"There is no need to send someone to guard the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie. He will do whatever he wants. As for the captured Jin soldiers, gather them all together tomorrow morning..." Ye Qing bowed his head and paced in the camp, pondered for a while and continued: "The war horses also prepared ten thousand for them, and the weapons also prepared for them. Tell Lao Liu and Zhao Qier that when the Jin army passed by, they would not pay attention to it and let them leave."
"Sir..." Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can looked at each other. Is this a little good to the slaves of Qi Shilie? Now they are enemies, not friends.
"Once the Qishilie Gods slaves decided to convince Wanyan to stop the Tao, it means that in the hearts of Qishilie Gods slaves, the fall of Yanjing City and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is not as important as Wanyan Jing in his heart. Therefore, he, who was in urgent need of aiding Wanyan Jing, would definitely not cause trouble on the way, and would definitely want to arrive under Wanyan Jing's command in the shortest time." Ye Qing said confidently.
The loyalty of the gods Qi Shilie to Wanyan Jing was completely more than that of other Jin ministers. So after he explained the pros and cons to him, he believed that the gods Qi Shilie could distinguish between priorities and priorities, and would never suddenly turn around and attack him at this time.
Chapter completed!