The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 306 Li Jing Breaks Through Bargaining
Let Your Majesty train the new recruits during the most important three months.

With a smile, Wang Shouren continued to concentrate on dealing with the endless military and political affairs.

Two days later, in the city of Bianjing, the phenomenon of a breakthrough to the Grand Master realm appeared, attracting the attention of many masters.

Wang Shouren laughed happily a few times.

It finally happened.

On October 30th, Li Jing broke through to the level of Grand Master in the city of Bianjing.

The morale of the Ming army increased again.

Wang Shouren immediately made preparations and troops from all over the country were mobilized and replaced.

On November 5, Li Jing led the First Army, the Third Army and Wu Yunzhao's Eleventh Army, a total of nearly 100,000 troops, to station in Daming Prefecture in eastern Hebei.

Also accompanying them were three great masters, Wuming, Lang Fanyun and Doujiuseng, who were extremely powerful.

Wang Shouren continued to stay in the city of Bianjing and continued to mobilize troops from all over the country to rotate guards.

The final military deployment will be based on Han Shizhong's 21st Army and the 30th Army composed of 30,000 new recruits who have completed training. They will be dispersed to garrison five cities.

The remaining personnel of Li Jing's First Army, Third Army, and Eleventh Army will be transferred back to Li Jing, who will lead the three complete armies to be stationed in Daming Prefecture to confront the Jin Army stationed in the western part of Hebei.

Wang Shouren led his 13th, 14th and 18th Armies, as well as a cavalry guard drawn from Han Shizhong's 21st Army, totaling four cavalry guards, plus the captured Jin troops, with nearly 40,000 cavalrymen, stationed in Bian Jing to support Li Jing and guard against the Liao Kingdom.

Such deployment was a last resort.

The Jin army stayed in western Hebei, obviously unwilling to give up.

The Jin army was composed of cavalry and moved quickly, while the Ming army was mostly infantry and could not catch up with the Jin army.

This meant that once the Jin army had recovered, they could attack the eastern route of Hebei at any time, plundering money and food and harming the people.

Wang Shouren, who was far away in Bian Jing, was unable to stop or catch up.

In order to guard against the attack of the Liao army, he could not move lightly and led a large army to chase the Jin Kingdom.

Now East Hebei Road is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The people on East Hebei Road are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army must not ignore it.

This is also the reason why Wang Shouren has been hoping that Li Jing could make a breakthrough these days.

Fortunately, Li Jing lived up to everyone's expectations and finally broke through to the level of grandmaster.

Li Jing broke through to the level of Grandmaster and led three armies. He was unstoppable except by those who were at the level of Heaven and Man.

Add to that the three great masters who are at the pinnacle of power, and most of the heavenly realms cannot confront them head-on.

This power is the real strength that can stand on its own.

The Daming Prefecture stationed in the eastern part of Hebei was enough to make the Jin army fearful. At least they would not dare to plunder the eastern part of Hebei wantonly. Then, when Wang Shouren had some time to free up his hands, they would quickly drive the Jin army out of the western part of Hebei.

This time is not far away and action will be taken soon.

As for whether the Jin army would take action against Li Jing's troops before this?
Wang Shouren actually hoped so. If the Jin army dared to move, he could reach Li Jing's army in less than an hour and defeat the Jin army again.

In fact, the most fundamental thing to say is that after Li Jing's breakthrough, his greatest role at this time was to safely bring the troops of the three armies to the north.

Then wait for Wang Shouren to arrive alone and drive away the Jin army in one fell swoop.

In this way, time was saved, various places were governed, and more importantly, it prevented the Liao Kingdom from launching a sneak attack.

At the same time, Wang Shouren has been busy for the past month, and the Jin and Liao kingdoms have also been busy.

On the Jin side, there were so many treasures, two emperors, and thousands of dignitaries, all of which had to be properly arranged.

Needless to say, the treasures are all bargaining chips in the hands of the Jin Kingdom at this moment, and they are very useful.

In addition, it is to enhance your own strength.

They continued to plunder money and food in the western part of Hebei Province, and recruited and transferred soldiers from the Jin territory.

These all take time.

There are also negotiations with the Liao Kingdom. The two sides have already contacted each other and are having a heated debate.

On the Liao side.

The Liao army, which took over the three western routes, naturally did not gain as much as the Jin army.

But this is due to the geographical location of both sides, there is no way around it.

The Jin army that attacked Bianliang faced greater forces and dangers.

Now, as expected, they were defeated by the Ming Dynasty and suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, the Liao Dynasty’s top leaders no longer had the envy and jealousy they had felt about the Jin Dynasty taking over Bianliang, and were actually quite grateful.

If the Liao Kingdom had attacked Bianliang, it would probably be the Liao Kingdom that would have suffered a great defeat now.

At this time, the Liao Kingdom was also in a lot of trouble.

The Yang family army and the Zhong family army, which were defeated by them, still had some strength left and were confronting them in the south.

They also had to guard against Western Xia in the northwest.

The three territories that have been captured also need to be governed and rectified in order to enhance one's own strength, which all takes time.

If the Ming army gave them a chance, they would not mind launching a surprise attack and defeating the Ming army together with the Jin Kingdom.

The result was that Wang Shouren was so stable that they could not find any flaws, so they could only continue to govern and rectify the three territories honestly. They did not want to confront the Ming army led by Wang Shouren head-on now.

The Jin Kingdom is not dead yet and is standing in the way.

Over the past month, he continued to accelerate the rectification of the local area, waited for opportunities, and negotiated with the Kingdom of Jin.

In the negotiation, both sides had a common wish to join forces to defeat the Ming army first. However, the Liao Kingdom wanted to control the Jin Kingdom and gain more benefits.

The Jin Kingdom wanted to gain some benefits for itself.

No one was willing to give in easily, and now that winter was approaching, both parties needed time to prepare, so the negotiations became somewhat deadlocked.

When the Ming army, Jin and Liao were confronting each other and making silent preparations, Zhao Gou in the south was the happiest.

He was terrified by how easily the Ming Dynasty defeated the Jin army.

Now, he was happy because the Liao Kingdom had apparently shifted its number one enemy to the Ming army.

How could this make him unhappy?
The Southern Song court seized the opportunity to reorganize the various political forces in the south.

Just when Zhao Gou was happy, on November 6, Weng Taibei came to Longxing again as an envoy.

"Eight million silver coins and five million dan of military rations every year!"

Emperor Zhao Gou and his ministers all looked unhappy.

"That's right." Weng Taibei raised his chin and said with a more arrogant attitude than last time: "The Emperor of Song will not say that he can't produce it, right?"

"Your Excellency, please be clear. Our Song Dynasty really cannot afford it. And why has it suddenly increased so much?" Zhao Gou said with a grim expression.

"Haha." Weng Taibei said with a disdainful smile: "Is the Emperor of Song pretending to be stupid?
Now the Liao Kingdom has also set its sights on our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty is about to deal with the joint forces of Jin and Liao.

The State of Song could sit back and reap the benefits in the south.

Now you ask me why it suddenly increased so much?
Is the Song State playing a trick on me?"

Weng Taibei's attitude was full of contempt for the rulers and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty.

But none of the Zhao monarchs and ministers were angry. Of course, this was also because Zhao Gou did not allow some upright officials to attend the meeting. He was worried that those officials who knew nothing and did not consider the overall situation would offend the Ming envoys.

All the officials here advocate making every effort to be friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and they are mentally prepared in advance.

"Your Excellency has misunderstood. Our Great Song Dynasty has absolutely no intention of playing tricks on you. It's just that the quantity is too large and our Great Song Dynasty cannot afford it. Please reduce the amount." An official who looked to be in his thirties and had a dignified appearance stood up and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Zhao Gou looked over with satisfaction and nodded in agreement.

Although this minister agreed to increase the amount of money and grain without authorization, he did not think it was wrong.

There had to be an increase, and he knew it was something he couldn't refuse.

“It is impossible to reduce it. This is already the number that the Grand Commander has reduced.

My Great Ming wants to deal with the Jin and Liao countries, but the Song Dynasty does not need to take action. If these money and grain cannot be provided, then I would like to ask if the Song Dynasty wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? "Weng Taibei frowned and glared at Zhao Gou.

'Of course. '

Emperor Zhao Gou and his ministers thought that they wished the Ming Dynasty and the Jin and Liao dynasties would die together.

But the words must never be spoken.

Otherwise, the entire Song Dynasty would lose the support of the people, and the Southern Dynasty court would also gain a reputation for disloyalty and unfilial piety, with its prestige greatly reduced, making it even more difficult to rectify the south.

After all, the Jin and Liao kingdoms conquered the northern part of the Song Dynasty, especially the Jin kingdom, which captured two emperors, a large number of royal family members and officials. The Ming army came to resist the Tartars.

If Zhao Gou had not taken revenge or launched a northern expedition, but instead chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, he would have lost both his reputation and the support of the people.

He also offended the Ming Dynasty.

They dare not do either of these.

Anyway, you can think about it, you can hope for it, and at most you can do something silently, but you can't say it out loud.

"That's wrong." The official spoke again, calmly saying, "The Ming and Song dynasties have been friendly for generations, and are still relatives today. Even His Majesty the Emperor Shengwu has praised His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus of the Song Dynasty, saying that the two countries have friendly relations.

This time the Ming army came for our Great Song Dynasty. How can our Great Song Dynasty sit idly by?

But the amount is so huge that our Great Song Dynasty simply cannot afford it at the moment.

How can you agree to it if you can’t produce it?

Therefore, we ask your Excellency to reduce the amount and reach an agreement as soon as possible so that the money and food can reach the Ming army as soon as possible to resist the attacks of the Jin and Liao countries.

I hope your Excellency will understand this.

If the envoy cannot make the decision, you can report back to Grand Commander Wang."

These words made Weng Taibei's face change slightly, and he looked at the official deeply.

How shameless.

Is my Great Ming Emperor praising Zhao Ji?

That was because Zhao Ji gave enough gifts and gave them quickly, so he praised the gift and allowed the emperor to continue giving gifts.

It would be fine if it was just shameless, but the following words were both soft and hard.

It's a talent.

But he was not surprised. After all, it was an imperial court, so it was not surprising that there were some talented people.

"Okay, since the Song Dynasty court doesn't have that much money and grain, there are other ways to solve it. Let's use experts to offset it.

A great master serving our army to fight against the Jin and Liao countries can offset the annual expenditure of 200,000 taels of silver or 50,000 shi of military rations.

A great master at the pinnacle of power can offset 600,000 taels of silver or 150,000 shi of military rations.

A strong man in the realm of heaven and man can offset three million taels of silver, or one million dan of military rations. "Weng Taibei did not argue with the official and changed the subject.

(The third chapter, the extra chapter for the 700-average subscription will be put off until tomorrow, I didn’t write it today.)
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