FWF Chapter 15 The Bad News Comes (For Favorites)
Chapter 15 The Bad News Comes (For Favorites)
Chapter 15 The Bad News Comes (For Favorites)
It is said that nine out of ten things are unsatisfactory in the world.
Just when Xiao Qi and Zhang Xiu, after several months of getting acquainted with each other, both thought that the other was their good match and were secretly delighted.
The news of the failure of Longxing's Northern Expedition came from outside. It was rumored that the Song army was defeated by Fuli and suffered heavy losses.
Zhang Xiu was dumbfounded when she heard the news, she just cried bitterly as she tugged on Xiao Qi's sleeve, not knowing what to do.
Xiao Qi knew from the beginning that he would be defeated this time. It was a pity that when his old father-in-law left, he had just traveled through time and had not yet figured out the situation, otherwise he would definitely remind his father-in-law.
Although it doesn't have much effect, but after all, I won't feel so guilty in my heart.
Xiao Qi knew that the defeat this time was due to the discord between the main general and the morale of the army.
When he was forced to evacuate, he was chased by the Jin army in Fuli, which had already assembled a superior force.
Although Xiao Qi didn't feel much when he saw this description when he was learning historical knowledge.
But it's different now, now the father of my little daughter-in-law, Zhang Cheng, the father-in-law who treated him like a son since he was a child, doesn't know if he is alive or dead.
Xiao Qi once discussed with Zhang Xiu, let Zhang Xiu wait for the news at home, and go there to find out the news by himself.
Zhang Xiu firmly disagreed, saying that his father was already in danger, and he could no longer let his officials take risks in that turbulent place.
Seeing what Zhang Xiu said, Xiao Qi refused to let him inquire about the situation, so he could only stay at home with her and wait for the news.
Xiao Qi tried hard to recall what he knew about what happened at this point in time.
But apart from the important events that I learned about in the history books, I don't know anything else.
He just knew that after Fuli's defeat this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was forced to negotiate peace again.
However, the time for the peace talks will be next year, and Jin Guo will achieve the goal of promoting peace through war.
It will attack the Southern Song Dynasty next year, and the Jin soldiers will capture several important states and counties in the Southern Song Dynasty next year, and prepare to cross the south of the Yangtze River.
In this case, Zhao Shen was forced to choose peace.
The main provisions of this peace treaty, known as the "Longxing Peace Treaty" in history, also known as the "Alliance of Qiandao":
The emperor of the Song Dynasty changed his name to the emperor of the Jin Dynasty as a minister and as a nephew;
Change the name of "Sui Gong" to "Sui Coin", and reduce the silver and silk negotiated in the "Shaoxing Peace Negotiation" by 20 each, to [-] taels and horses;
In the Southern Song Dynasty, outside the four prefectures of Tangtang (now Tanghe, Henan), Deng (now east of Dengzhou, Henan), Hai (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu), and Si (now north of Xuyi, Jiangsu), then cut Shang (now Shang County, Shaanxi), Qin (now Tianshui, Gansu ) Two states to Jin Guo.
After the Longxing peace talks, the Song and Jin countries maintained peace for more than 40 years.
Xiao Qi knew that this hadn't happened yet, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Because now he is just a teenage boy, not to mention that there is no way for others to hear his voice.
Even if you can tell others, who will believe what you say.
Xiao Qi had no choice but to focus on comforting Zhang Xiu, hoping that the girl could survive this blow.
In the war of this era, the loser is very miserable. I hope my father-in-law will have better luck and escape safely.
Although there is little hope, Xiao Qi can only tell Zhang Xiu this every day.
However, after crying bitterly for a few days at first, Zhang Xiu calmed down.
She said to Xiao Qi: "Officials don't need to be in Kuan Xiu'er's heart. Before Dad left, he told Xiu'er that he probably won't come back this time."
Seeing the girl with tears in her eyes when she said these words, Xiao Qi couldn't help feeling distressed.
She stretched her arms around Zhang Xiu's shoulders: "No matter what the result is, Xiu'er still has her husband, and her husband will definitely make Xiu'er worry about food and clothing in the future."
As the days passed, more and more bad news came back from the front, Xiao Qi knew that it had been so long now, and his father-in-law didn't even send a message, so he probably died on the battlefield.
Zhang Xiu also felt more and more that her father would not come back. Whenever she heard that there was an army passing by near them, Zhang Xiu begged Xiao Qi to take her to have a look.
Xiao Qi didn't say much, and led Zhang Xiu to the route that the team passed by, regardless of whether the team retreated from the front line or went to the front line to support.
Until one day, several soldiers came to Xiao Qi's house.
These people told Zhang Xiu and Xiao Qi that there were only five or six of them left in their team, and left a burden, saying that the team would entrust them with the final entrustment.
After speaking, these people may be afraid of hearing Zhang Xiu's cry, and said that the military is not free, so they left in a hurry.
Zhang Xiu cried for a while, then stopped crying. In the past two months, she cried too much.
Now that he knew that his father was indeed killed in battle, he was already prepared in his heart, and he was numb from crying before.
After putting away her crying, she begged Xiao Qi to open the bag to see what was inside.
According to Xiao Qi's words, he opened the package that was delivered, and saw that there was a letter inside, placed on top of something wrapped in a piece of cloth.
Xiao Qi took out the letter and read it to Zhang Xiu.
It turned out that they won the battle at the beginning and captured several states and counties. When distributing the spoils, he chose a gold hairpin for his daughter.
These books were not wanted by those soldiers, but they knew that Zhang Cheng's son-in-law was a scholar.
The soldiers of his team gave all the books they found to Zhang Cheng.
Opening the coarse cloth bag, there were about ten books and a gold hairpin inside.
Zhang Xiu held the gold hairpin and wept again, Xiao Qi also cried with Zhang Xiu.
This father-in-law only thought about their husband and wife, even on the battlefield, he only thought about what Xiao Qi and Zhang Xiu needed.
Xiao Qi and Zhang Xiu have been sad for many days, Zhang Cheng probably guessed that he would not be able to come back, he took away not even a single piece of clothing.
It must be because they don't want their young couple to set up another tomb for him!
In the days to come, Xiao Qi coaxed the 13-year-old girl as much as possible, hoping that the girl would get well soon.
Maybe Zhang Cheng often vaccinated this girl, Zhang Xiu quickly adjusted.
And said to Xiao Qi: "Officials don't have to worry about Xiu'er, Daddy always tells Xiu'er at home every day, sooner or later there will be such a day, and Xiu'er is fine."
As more and more news spread in the market, all kinds of true and false news were flying all over the sky.
They are not far from the Yangtze River, but they are north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huaihe River. Many wealthy businessmen and wealthy and powerful people have fled south.
All of a sudden, housing and land prices plummeted. In the past, it was only a dozen taels to buy an acre of fertile land, but now no one wants three or five taels.
The main reason is that the rich dare not buy it, and the poor cannot afford it.
Coupled with the rumors in the market, Jinbing has already begun to prepare to attack the Yangtze River. Now they are all selling fields and real estate, and very few people buy them.
Xiao Qi knew that the Jin people did not fight the Yangtze River in the end, and that the final peace agreement still belonged to the Southern Song Dynasty, so he discussed with Zhang Xiu, why not buy a Zhuangzi while this is the time.
(End of this chapter)