"Really?"

Is this the Twelve Gold Medals Summoning Yue Fei?

However, it was not the gold medal who came to deliver the letter, but just the eunuchs. And he, Han Gang, is not a military general, but a civilian official.

"In the first battle of Wangzhuang, the Liao army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, which is a great victory that Hebei and Shaanxi cannot compare."

"The Liao thieves have a new defeat, and they have no intention of sticking to Daizhou, as long as they wait for a while, the official army will be able to recapture Daizhou. At this time, the soldiers are dismissed, and the relatives are painful and the enemies are happy. ”

In the pursuit at night, nearly 3,000 heads were captured, and more than 1,000 were disarmed and surrendered.

Under the pursuit of the Song army, which was dominated by infantry, it lost one-fifth of its military strength, and the number of war horses and ordnance discarded was even more, and the losses of the Liao army could be described as broken, and it was difficult to recover within a few years. If it weren't for the fact that there weren't many Liao troops as the core of the palace branch army and the leather room army, Han Gang would have dared to attack Daizhou City with great fanfare.

Zhang Qi, Huang Shang, Zhe Keda, many staff, and the popularity of the martial artists who have no paper is ruined. was worried that the imperial court would drag its feet, but there was no edict to come, so I was relieved. Now that he is about to win a big victory, he doesn't want to pull back at this time.

How much credit is it to regain the lost land of the two states of the Xin Dynasty?! Zhou Shizong is only in seventeen counties in three states.

Jiang Rong, who was trembling all over the room, was about to cry when he was stared at by a room of tigers and wolves, and his body trembled: "The villain just came by order, how dare he do things in the army, if he is privy, he can have a good appearance,"

"Where is the imperial edict?" Han Gang let him go.

This Jiang Rong is not qualified to announce the edict, and there are other people who come with the edict.

The lieutenant envoy who Han Gang was very familiar with, but had been absent for a long time, held the edict wrapped in Huang Aya, "Privy, this is a secret decree, please leave out irrelevant people." ”

Jiang Rong was stunned when he heard this, and looked at his companion with wide eyes, while Han Gang immediately bowed his head to accept the order.

Several staff members in the tent exchanged glances and withdrew from the tent one after another. The soldiers put down the incense case, and they all retreated, leaving only Han Gang alone.

Han Gang walked up to the two chamberlains, turned his back to the tent door, and faced the eunuch, "Please summon the angel." ”

"Don't dare." The envoy bowed to Han Gang, "Before the villain came out, the sage only knew that the privy council was building the track, and he didn't know that there was such a great victory. ”

Han Gang has been slowly building tracks for a long time, and the confrontation with the Liao thieves seems to have no end in sight. The patience of the court side is almost exhausted.

"If the privy councillor really received the will, so that the military achievements of Hedong were defeated, it was definitely not what the saint wanted. This edict, whether it is passed on or not, is actually the same. ”

"Really?" Han Gang was surprised, it was rare to see such a bold chamberlain. No wonder the fame can be so big, the status can be so high, regardless of the character, the courage is beyond ordinary people. However, if he refuses to refuse the edict, it is his responsibility, and he doesn't need others to come to the edict on his behalf: "Tong Gemen, since you are ordered to pass on the edict, don't delay." ”

Tong Guan hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Han Gang was determined, he could only sigh helplessly. I finally returned to the capital, and finally got this errand, but I couldn't get my wish.

Nodding, he unfolded the edict and read it out.

Han Gang bowed to the hadith, and then bowed to his feet and took the edict with both hands.

The edict lacked details and did not make things clear, but the order for peace and power and a truce was unmistakable.

So Han Gang was even more surprised.

How could Xifu agree to the motion of both sides to strike the army? At least for now, the advantages of the Great Song Dynasty in Hedong are becoming more and more obvious day by day, and the credit is close at hand, neither Zhang Dian nor Xue Xiang will be willing to give up.

In addition, they are not afraid of Lu Huiqing's opposition? Regaining the credit of Xingling, how could Lu Huiqing, the privy envoy, watch it be returned to the Liao.

"There must be a reason for the sudden withdrawal of the army, why did the imperial court strike the army?"

Han Gang has not yet received a letter from Jingzhong, and the two governments were unwilling to accept the conditions of the peace talks before, but now they suddenly agreed, and it must be something that the Liao side has made that people cannot refuse.

"Privy Council." Tong Guan replied: "It was the Liao people who changed the terms of the peace negotiation. ”

"What terms?"

"Most of it is the terms of the Privy Council." Jiang Rong interjected on the side, Han Gang's request was still what he brought back last time, "The annual coin will not increase, and Xingling will be redeemed with one million taels of silver silk, and it will be returned to the Great Song Dynasty from then on." ”

"500,000 silver silks each?"

"Exactly."

"I said 350,000 yuan before. Today, it's a hundredfold times that. Han Gang's voice turned cold: "How can you accuse me of this matter!" It's me who says one less, don't exceed 300,000, and if you do, you will be killed?! ”

This was a warning that Kou Zhun had deliberately said before Cao Yu went to sign the Yuanyuan Alliance. 'Though there is a decree, you shall not promise more than 300,000. If you do not come to see the quasi-300,000, the brigadier will behead you. ’

As soon as Han Gang's face changed, Jiang Rong was almost frightened, how could Zai Fu's anger be something that he, a little yellow man, could afford.

"Please also calm the anger of the Privy. This million silver silk is not an old coin, but a buy-out. Just like buying and selling a house in the world, the price of selling it is higher than that of the pawn. Compared with the years and years of fierce soldiers in the future, one million is not much. ”

500,000 horses of silk and 500,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to twice the amount of coins. However, this is not an annual coin, but a one-time buyout.

The three or fifty thousand guan that Han Gang said before is indeed too little, but the buyout fee of one million taels is too much. Today's silver price is 12,1800 yuan, which is equivalent to two and a half yuan, and the average price of silk silk supplied to the Liao people as an essay is also around two guan. More than two million yuan in cash. I don't know how long it will take to recover the taxes of the land of the spirits. However, as Tong Guan said, after getting Xingling, I don't know how much military spending is saved.

In addition to the fact that the price of buying out Xingling was too high, it was essentially the same as Han Gang's request. The more than two million pieces of goods are also the practical benefits given by taking care of Yelu Yixin's face.

Han Gang was actually not very annoyed, compared to the New Year's coin, this one-time buyout was indeed not a loss. It is no wonder that the DPRK and China are not afraid of Lu Huiqing's opposition to the peace talks. Isn't what he is fighting for is the spirit of rejuvenation?

"In addition, there is an additional opening field on the northern boundary of Cangzhou. The history of the state assassination will be the permanent envoy. ”

This is indeed Han Gang's request. It was intended to be used to sell Yelu Yixin and buy off the wealthy families in Beijing at the same time. As for the history of the Jiezhou assassination, it is the queen's cousin.

"What about Wuzhou?"

"The Liao people are willing to exchange for the Daizhou Passes. It can even return the seven hundred miles of land ceded by Xining for eight years. ”

It's really creative, Han Gang really wants to shoot for Yelu Yixin's imagination, "...... What does the queen think? ”

"The sage and Wang Pingzhang disagreed."

It is indeed impossible to agree, if the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji knows the way, no one can say whether he is happy or ashamed.

"I wonder what you think?"

"Do you think we should agree now?"

Han Gang led people out of the tent, and the corpses of the Liao army were gathered up and burned in the field, and the thick smoke was particularly conspicuous under the clear blue sky.

"Feijie's report has already gone to Beijing, please play it to Her Royal Highness the Queen after the two of you go back, and the peace can be discussed, but Wuzhou will never return it."

Han Gang looked at the Hutuo River in the south, "The time, place and people are all right, are you still afraid that he will not succeed?" ”

The Hutuo River originates from the Taixi Mountain near the bottle-shaped village in Fanzhi County, and flows all the way to the southwest after coming out of the mountain. Passing through Daizhou Yanmen County, Lao County arrived at Xinkou Village. Then turn southeast in Xinkou Village, cross the Taihang Mountain and enter Hebei.

When the Hutuo River passes through the Taihang Mountain, the drop is very large, and it cannot be used to communicate Hedong and Hebei, but the runoff of the Hutuo River in the east of the river is mostly in the ribbon basin of Xinzhou and Daizhou, the water flow is gentle, the river surface is wide, and there has been water transportation and navigation since ancient times. In "Mozi", it is mentioned that Dayu controls the water, and there is 'the sinus of the pool, sprinkled as the bottom pillar...... Eliyan, Dai, Hu, Raccoon Dog and the people of the West River'. This Huchi is the Hutuo River.

It's just that it was the end of spring, and the peach blossom flood season when the snow melt on the mountain and the spring rain converged had passed, and the water level of the Hutuo River dropped sharply. The depth of the water, which is barely three feet long, has become too deep to fill the foot, and sections of the shallows at the bottom of the river are exposed, and the entire waterway is completely unusable. Perhaps in another month, when the summer floods arrive, the river will be put to good use again, but it will hardly even be possible to drink horses by then.

In fact, the engineering technique of raising the water level by embankments has been used in the Ling Canal, and it is also feasible to use it on the Hutuo River. However, in order to make up for the gap from Daizhou to Xinkou Village, on this section of the river with a width of seventy or eighty zhang, it is necessary to build a flood dam with a height of at least one zhang, which is much larger than a simple track, and Hangang cannot afford to consume labor, materials and time.

After learning about the hydrogeography through the local natives, Hangang decided to abandon water transportation and build tracks. The Liao army, which was not good at waterway transportation, could only look at the river and sigh.

Today, things have changed. From Daxiaowangzhuang to Daizhou City, the construction of forty or fifty miles of simple tracks requires a lot of man-hours and materials. But as the time entered April, the rain in the Wutai Mountains gradually increased, and the rising water level in the Hutuo River made Han Gang's original abandoned choice re-enter his field of vision. Compared to the overly expensive tracks,

When two river boats carrying more than 100 stones of grain, pulled by several horses, successfully arrived at the prepared wharf under the city of Daizhou, the supply line of the official army also became a complex of waterway transportation and rail transportation.

It's a blessing in time.

There was a lot of rain in the mountains, but not much in the Daishu Basin. This allowed the Song army, which gradually arrived under the city of Daizhou, to prepare for the siege of the city very smoothly. By any measure, God has helped a lot.

In addition to the time, people and aspects are also becoming more and more dominant.

In the direction of Shenwu County, the Linfu army had already controlled the front line of the ancient Great Wall before, completely mastered Wuzhou, and faced the enemy of Shuozhou. With the defeat of the Liao army, the morale of the defenders of Shuozhou plummeted, and they took advantage of the situation to cross the ancient Great Wall.

This also marked the beginning of a full-scale offensive of the Song army.

A day later, the cavalry of the Song army appeared outside the city of Shuozhou Prefecture and engaged the Liao army who had retreated here several times.

The cavalry from outside the river is not weak, but the number is not as good as that of the Liao army in Shuozhou, only 1,000 horsemen. After some entanglement, seeing that there were more and more Liao troops, he chose to retreat.

More than 2,000 Liao cavalry chased after him for more than 20 miles in one go, until he reached the mountains, where he was introduced into an ambush circle laid down by Zhekexing.

It's a pity that the Liao army is familiar with geography, and the leading officer is shrewd, and the ambush of the Linfu army only bites more than 200 people.

But this battle also knocked out the last bit of confidence of the Shuozhou Liao army. In the face of the Song army's pressing, no one was willing to risk staying away from the protection of Shuozhou City.

So the next day, when the first infantry army arrived outside the city, they set up camp without any problems.

The Linfu army that crossed the ancient Great Wall from Shenwu County and entered Shuozhou exceeded 5,000 and suppressed the defenders in the city.

The Liao army, which still insisted on not retreating in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, was already facing the danger of cutting off the back road at this time. And to the north of Shuozhou, is Datongfu, the capital of Xijing Road.

This is a strategic location, and there is no room for error.

Want to act on behalf of the state? Or Shuozhou?

Han Gang was waiting for Xiao Thirteen's choice.