Shi Liai was so angry in the morning that he almost went to see his ancestors, but now he finally came to his senses.

Almost everyone now begins to agree with his words.

Previously, some people in the Jin Army wanted to capture Tokyo City quickly and focused on a quick victory.

For example, Wanyan Zonghan himself wanted a quick victory.

From his perspective, it is normal to have such thoughts.

After all, the current 150,000-strong army consumes tens of millions of kilograms of food every month.

If you stay in Kaifeng for three months, you will have to eat 30 million kilograms of grain.

It is the middle of winter in the twelfth lunar month, and there is no food in the fields, so the people of Song Dynasty have hoarded the food.

At this time, a considerable number of people from the Song Dynasty had already fled south, and the surrounding prefectures and counties were enforcing the rule of clearing the country.

Song people in various places north of the Yellow River are still resisting.

If we want to prepare for a three-month attack, we must prepare at least five months of food.

It was very difficult for Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang to prepare food for the army for more than five months.

The fall of the Northern Song Dynasty in history was an accidental event.

It was a suicide attempt led by Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and the ministers of the Song Dynasty.

If you look through the historical data carefully, you will find that they performed a series of incredible magical operations.

However, the Jin army came fiercely, but it failed to swallow up Hebei, Hedong (Shanxi) and other state capitals.

In the final analysis, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang's visit to Kaifeng was more of a beheading operation against the Song Dynasty.

Even though Jin people are powerful in fighting, they are still human beings and they also need to eat.

In Zhao Ning's words, the biggest weakness of the Jin people was that they were deep in the Song Dynasty, their front lines were too long, and their logistical supplies were weak.

If the Jin people want to grab food, the Song people everywhere will resist.

Even if you can't beat them head-on, they will jump out from time to time to harass you and set fire to your food.

In this way, the Jin army must be exhausted.

This is the reason why Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang decided to fight quickly.

However, the defense of Tokyo City did not allow them to make a quick victory.

So they thought of surrounding, fighting and talking at the same time.

Use fake peace talks to disintegrate the Song people and trick them into leaving Tokyo.

As a result, Zhao Ning has blocked the peace talks again.

This is the current situation.

Wanyan Zongwang said: "It is okay to temporarily stop the siege, but for how long? It will be detrimental to our army for a long time. The army of King Qin of the Song Dynasty is on the way. Once it is like what happened at the beginning of this year, we can only retreat."

He was talking about the first siege of Tokyo City at the beginning of the year, when hundreds of thousands of King Qin's troops gathered in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Shi Liai said: "The most elite Shaanxi troops of the Song Army were besieged in Tongguan by Lou Shi."

"But the Song army includes not only Shaanxi troops, but also southern troops, Shandong troops, Huaidong troops, and Jinghu troops. They are all on the road now."

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Marshal, it is better to talk to them again, release the intention of peace talks, let their people come to us to talk, and then make a decision after talking."

Wanyan Zongwang added: "I also think that talking is the best strategy. If Tokyo's resistance is too strong, we should change our goal and get some money from the Song people, so we can return north."

As soon as Wanyan Zongwang said these words, the camp fell into silence for a while.

This involved the political struggle in the Jin Dynasty.

Marshal Wanyan Zonghan was a standard member of the Song Dynasty extermination faction. At the beginning of this year, he besieged Taiyuan City, an important military town in the north of the Song Dynasty. He besieged it for nine months and conquered Taiyuan.

Wanyan Zongwang, on the other hand, went south for the first time and directly bypassed the military towns in the north.

From this point we can see that the two have completely different political philosophies.

One wanted to overthrow the Song Dynasty step by step, and the other just wanted to attack quickly, bite the Song Dynasty once and then retreat.

Both of them are important figures in the Jin clan.

Wanyan Zonghan can be said to be the most outstanding hero of Wanyan Agu Kaiguo, with great military exploits and high prestige.

Wanyan Zongwang was the son of Wanyan Aguda. He had extremely outstanding military talents and great military exploits. Many people in the court relied on him.

Wanyan Zonghan thought for a moment and said: "We can talk, but we must fight. There is no conflict. Let the people below make 200 trebuchets within a month!"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "What if it still cannot be conquered?"

The camp fell into silence again, and only Wanyan Zongwang dared to speak to Wanyan Zonghan like this.

Liu Yanzong came out to smooth things over. He said: "We don't have enough food, and the food in the city may not be enough. Let's talk about peace first to test the other party's situation."

In this way, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army once again reached an agreement: pretend to negotiate peace first, secretly build more siege equipment, and wait for the next full-scale siege.

Early in the morning on December 2, the Song army at the gate tower received a request from the Jin people for peace talks.

The news quickly spread throughout the city.

People invariably pulled out "The Jin Man's Strategy for Attacking the City" written by the emperor.

Isn’t this exactly what the officials predicted?

This is conspiracy!

I predicted your behavior, and I told you my prediction. You know that I already know your behavior, but you must still act according to my prediction.

This incident really opened the eyes of the people of Tokyo.

Damn it! The officials are right!

This more or less made the top brass of the Jin Army feel helpless, as if they had been seen through.

Of course, the top brass of the Jin Army never mentioned this matter, and everyone tacitly believed that this was just a case of good luck for the Zhao Guan family.

Moreover, the victory of the war is not determined by prediction, so they are still full of confidence.

But as for the request for peace talks, as soon as the news came into the city, some people jumped up.

"Which official in the court dares to go out for peace talks today, I will kill him right here!"

"Yes! No peace talks!"

"Fight to the end!"

"Defend your home!"

"What are you afraid of! The officials can even predict their intentions in the peace talks. They must have more strategies!"

"..."

It can be said that the Jin people's peace request immediately boosted Zhao Ning's popularity in the city.

Zhao Ning: Oh, that’s good. I can increase my popularity even while lying down.

But some people in Tokyo don't think so.

Mainly officialdom.

This group of people began to educate Zhao Ning and analyze the pros and cons at hand.

The main argument is: We defended the city and won, which means that the Jin people can't attack. At this time, the Jin people know how powerful we are, and they have come to ask for peace. It is the best time to ask for peace.

Are people in official circles stupider than ordinary people?

no!

So why do some officials want to negotiate peace?

The butt determines the head.

For the common people, the court's negotiation of peace meant losing money, and the court would inevitably seek money from the common people.

Even if the Jinren destroyed the city, it was the common people who suffered.

For officials, the court's peace negotiation also meant losing money, but the court would not take money from the officials' pockets.

If the imperial court took money from the officials' pockets, the officials would immediately hold up the sage's book and criticize the emperor with words and writings.

Moreover, the powerful are more afraid of death and more willing to compromise than ordinary people.

Because they have endless money and don't want to die if their brains get hot.

This is why the powerful class has its weakness.
Chapter completed!