260 NUJUN. Kin asked for the head of Jang Ooo ; it was given them. If they ask the head of Losu, will it be given up also ? " A Song minister was with the commander at the time, and he was terrified at the serious aspect of affidra He could do nothing, however, to save the mutinous army, which melted away, — each man going his own way ; but the ranks of Kin received considerable ■accessiona There was, therefore, now no army to stand between Kin and the object of their wrath, so senselessly kindled, and of their contempt so richly deserved. Their irritation was intensified into glowing rage, when the messengers, sent to receive the grain promised by Liangsu, returned empty handed. And the troubles of Sung were not lightened by the rebellion of 100,000 men in Shantung, and of one-third that number in Honan. The Chinese general, Toonggwei, who had been so often beaten by the Liao in their dying struggles, was nominated a Wang, and commissioned to go to Taiyuen by the imbecile Sung court to meet messengers of the Kin there, who had been sent to surrender the southern portion of Chinese lands then in Ban hands. And the Sung, notwithstanding so many lessons, believed the offer was made in good faith. Experience teaches the wise. But no sooner did the two ambassadors meet £ace to face, than the Kin one bitterly upbraided the Chinese one for harbouring rebels, and for breach of faith. The new Wang, conscious of his dignity, was so thoroughly ashamed of the part he had to act^ that he knew not where to look ; while the Kin «aid that the Biver* must be made the boundary between the two kingdoms. Thus, instead of giving up to the too credulous Chinese court a few cities in the south of Chihli, three provinces, sufficient to make a powerful kingdom, were demanded by Kin. Toonggwei knew not what reply to make, other than that he would return to his government and consult The governor of Taiyuen urged him to remain; for now that Kin had broken faith, if the commander-in-chief returned to the south, men's minds would become agitated ; while, if he remained, his presence
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