This sentence immediately made everyone suddenly enlightened, because they only looked at the problem from the perspective of the Song and Jin countries, but ignored the Mongolian factor. Pro, Baidu search eye & fast, a large number of free looks. Full text and no ads. This time the Western Xia was able to be destroyed, which was the result of the Song and Mongolian alliances, and if there was no Mongolian army, it would be difficult to destroy the Western Xia by relying on the Great Song Dynasty alone. Moreover, now the Song and Mongolia have formed a north-south attack on the Jin State, and once the war starts, the Jin State must fall into a two-front battle and suffer from the enemy on its back. Therefore, for Jinguo, it is necessary to implement the strategy of stabilizing one side first and attacking the other. Naturally, it is better to choose the weaker Mongolian side first. And of course, the Great Song Dynasty must not sit idly by and watch Mongolia be destroyed by the Jin State.

Zhao Ruyu frowned and said, "Although Yang Shumi is reasonable, but the vitality of the Jin State is greatly damaged, how can he immediately use troops against Mongolia?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Zhao Xiang only knows one of them, but he doesn't know the other, although the Jin State has the defeat of the Western Xia, and the dismantling of nearly 200,000 troops, the national strength has not been greatly damaged, and the standing strength of the Jin State has always been more than that of my Great Song Dynasty, so when it comes to the great injury of vitality, it is an exaggeration." Moreover, although the Jin country was defeated, the country was not shaken, and it was enough to move a war of about 100,000 horses. It is not enough to attack our Great Song Dynasty in a war of this scale, but it is more than enough to attack Mongolia. ”

Zhou Kui was still a little unconvinced, and said: "If Mongolia is only a Jin country that can be destroyed with only 100,000 troops, then what good is it for us to ally with Mongolia?" ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said: "Zhou Xiang misunderstood the meaning of the following, the Mongolian steppe is wide, I don't know tens of thousands of Sheli, the Mongolians are still nomads, living in the grass, walking along the water, their whereabouts are uncertain, and no matter men, women and children, they are all good at riding and shooting, and they can be said to be all soldiers. If it is said to perish, it is difficult to achieve even a million troops. ”

When Zhou Kui heard this, he became a little confused, and said, "What Zihao said, isn't it inconsistent? ”

Yang Yan smiled and said: "But Mongolia itself has a great weakness, that is, it is advantageous to attack but not to defend, and the Mongolian cavalry is brave and good at fighting, as Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: aggression is like fire." But there was no defense in the camp. Wanyan Changzhi is still a person who is proficient in the art of war, he must be able to see through this, so he only needs to stick the army in one place, lure the Mongolian army to attack, and then send a small number of elite cavalry, go deep into the grassland, find the camp of the Mongols, and kill and burn all the old and young women, Confucianism, livestock, grain and grass in Mongolia, then Mongolia will inevitably be greatly injured, and it will be difficult to recover within a few years. ”

Listening to his explanation, everyone understood, and Han Yan said straightly: "According to Zihao's opinion, is it not to negotiate peace with Jin Guo?" ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "No, we should still negotiate peace with Jin Guo." ”

Not to mention a few ministers at this time, even Zhao Chen was a little confused, if Yang Yan was a sincere peacemaker, then wouldn't it be over to directly agree with Zhou Kui and Zhao Ruyu's opinions? Why did you go around in such a big circle and say so many words.

Yang Yan then said: "At present, it is indeed inappropriate for my Great Song Dynasty to have any more wars, and negotiating peace with the Jin State can reduce the pressure on the border, and it can also make the Jin State relax its vigilance against us. However, this time it was the Jin State that reneged on the alliance first, so in terms of the terms of peace negotiations, we could not take the past peace treaty as the standard, and we could make more demands on the Jin State, demand greater benefits, and force the Jin State to return some land. Even if the Jin State does not agree to our conditions, the two sides will go back and forth repeatedly, and it will consume time, and during this time, we can secretly support the Mongols, provide weapons, armor, and food, so that they can compete with the Jin State, and wait until the Jin State and the Mongols are both defeated, and then our Great Song Dynasty will take the opportunity to send troops to reap the benefits. ”

After everyone listened, they understood Yang Yan's intentions. It can not be said that his suggestion is very clever, because the peace talks between the two countries do take time, when Longxing negotiated peace, Xiaozong and Jin Guo talked for two years in a row, before it was finally finalized, so the two sides are now back and forth, bargaining, and it is not a problem to talk for two or three years, and by then, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty has already prepared for the Northern Expedition. Moreover, during this period, helping Mongolia to fight with the Jin State could not only involve the strength of the Jin State, but also increase the bargaining chip for the peace talks with the Jin State, and also strengthen the alliance between the Song and Mongolia States, so that they would not break down due to the Song-Jin peace talks.

Therefore, Zhao Chen was also quite relieved, and said to the ministers: "Yang Qing's proposal, what do the ministers think?" ”

Han Yan said straightly: "The minister thinks that this plan is very good, please act according to the plan." ”

Others agreed. At this time, Yang Yan said again: "Your Majesty, my lords, then from now on, my Great Song Dynasty will be united in preparing for the Northern Expedition, and when the time is ripe, I will immediately wave my troops north to recover the lost territory." The great cause of a thousand years is here. ”

Zhao Chen also nodded, and said: "What Yang Qing said is extremely true, then the Privy Council will first come up with a plan for the Northern Expedition from now on, and then submit it to the political hall for discussion, and the recovery plan of the Great Song Dynasty in the future will all be carried out based on this criterion." ”

The next day, Zhao Chen immediately ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to meet with the envoys of the Jin State, and solemnly stated that the Great Song Dynasty was willing to renegotiate peace with the Jin State, but this time it was the Jin State that betrayed the alliance first, so it must not be in accordance with the previous peace agreement, and the Jin State must make substantial concessions, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty will never agree to negotiate peace again.

The envoys of the Jin State naturally fought on the basis of reason, but the Song Dynasty did not budge an inch, and the two sides talked for several days, and finally the envoys of the Jin State returned to Dajin with an agreement to renegotiate peace.

In terms of the agreement, the Great Song Dynasty listed several conditions for renegotiating peace: 1. All the previously formulated peace agreements were null and void, and the two sides had to reformulate the terms of concord, and for the Great Song Dynasty, the terms of concord could not be inferior to the previous agreement. 2. If the state agrees to Article 1, then it shall redraw the article and send envoys to Jiankang, and 3. During the period of peace negotiation, the two sides shall prevail within the scope of their actual control at the border, but they shall not cross the scope and cause conflicts, otherwise the other side may terminate the peace negotiations at any time.

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As soon as the envoy of the Jin State left, Mongolia sent the Zha Ba'er Fire Messenger as an envoy, and also came to Jiankang to meet Zhao Chen and hand over the Mongolian credentials.

It turned out that Temujin withdrew his troops from Western Xia and returned to Mongolia. This time it was also a very rich harvest, with nearly 300,000 people plundered alone, more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock, as well as countless other gold, silver, treasures, and grain materials. And it was also the richest plunder in Temujin's history.

Later, Temujin rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, whether it was a general who accompanied him on the expedition to Western Xia, or an important minister who stayed in Mongolia, and the leaders of each thousand households were rewarded. And everyone's reward is very generous. Therefore, the Mongolian tribes were immersed in joy.

However, during Temujin's expedition to Western Xia, the wife of the general's son died in the camp. So Temujin gave his eldest daughter, Yibaha, who dared not to be, to his master.

It is not surprising that the monarch gave his wives and concubines to his subordinates, which is also a common thing in the grassland. And Yiba Bebei Concubine was young and beautiful, and she was the daughter of Zahe, and her status was noble, so the master was naturally very happy, and he was even more grateful to Temujin, and happily led the beauty back to his camp.

After dealing with these things, Temujin stopped his troops and sent people to inquire about the movements of the Jin Kingdom to see if there was an opportunity to attack the Jin Kingdom and avenge his ancestors.

Although Temujin was disappointed to learn that Wanyan Changzhixuan had defeated Wanyan Yungong and became the new emperor of the Jin Kingdom, this did not discourage him from starting to attack the Jin Kingdom.

The Mongol army returned to the steppe in early February, and Temujin only stopped his troops for more than two months, and in mid-April he sent the generals Butai and Jebe, Borshu and Chilaowen to lead 5,000 men and horses each into Gyeongju and Huanzhou respectively to test the reality of the Jin state. At the same time, the two brothers Yelu Zhenhai and Yelu Bald went to the Shangjing area and instigated the Khitan people there to leave the Jin Kingdom and help the Mongols.

Because of the civil strife in the Jin State, and after Yan Changzhi ascended the throne, the focus of defense was also the Song Dynasty in the south, so the defense of the north was relatively lax, although the general Yang Woyan was used as the envoy to Xijing to guard the northern border, but the number and combat effectiveness of the defenders could not be compared with the Jin army in the Nanjing and Shandong defense lines.

Therefore, the advance of the Mongol armies on both routes went very smoothly, and they defeated the defenders of Gyeongju and Huanju separately, and although they failed to capture the city, they plundered the villages outside the city, and returned to Mongolia in early May.

Temujin was very satisfied with the results of this attempt, and at this time, Yelu Zhenhai and the Yelu Bald Flower brothers also sent a reply letter, saying that many Khitan, Xi, Bohai, and Han Chinese who were dissatisfied with the rule of Jin were contacted in Shangjing and Linhuang, and they all said that as long as the Mongols sent troops, they would definitely raise troops in response. Temujin was also very happy to see this, so he ordered a large army to be assembled and prepared to attack the Jin State in a big way, and at the same time ordered the Zaba'er Fire Warrior to send an envoy to the Song Dynasty, hoping that the Great Song would also send troops to respond.

After the Mongol army withdrew from Western Xia, it had been in contact with the Song Dynasty and had a certain understanding of the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, so Temujin also estimated that the Song Dynasty might not be able to send troops to respond to the Mongol attack this time. However, Temujin still hoped to be able to trade a batch of high-quality weapons and armor, as well as food, from the Song dynasty to supply the Mongol army for this attack.

After learning the intention of the Zha Ba'er firer, the Great Song Dynasty court was in the middle of it, and in addition to not being able to send troops now, they agreed to Mongolia's other requests. Not only was the price very favorable to Mongolia, but also a batch of materials that were willing to belong to Western Xia were given to Mongolia. At the same time, 10,000 Western Xia soldiers were transferred to the command of the Mongol army to reinforce the Mongol army. In the end, he also made a promise to Mongolia that although the Great Song could not send troops to support the Mongol army from the south, it could create tension on the border and contain the forces of the Jin State. And Yang Yan also personally met with the Zha Ba'er Fire Warrior and gave some suggestions on the attack method of the Mongol army.