Xiao Xiaomu, the envoy of the Liao State, had already sent someone to investigate the military intelligence spy report from the front line of the Song army at this time, and he learned the news of the defeat of the Liao army, and he was shocked for a while, and immediately sat on the Taishi chair in a daze.

And the deputy envoy Wu Shuda said at this time: "Lord Xue, the people in my Great Liao army who participated in the war are all elite divisions, how could they lose nearly 80,000 people at once?" Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty came up with the good news of the Great Void to hit the morale of our mission, so that we could mess up our position. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Xiaomu said:

"Lord Wu, I think that the Song army's good news this time is true, after all, such a big victory is the most outstanding victory in the more than 60 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is expected that the commander of the Song army, Chong Shiheng, will not dare to deceive, after all, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake;

Because of this great achievement, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely verify it, and I heard that Zhang Dexiang, the privy deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, is also supervising the army on the front line, so our elite division of the Great Liao is really more auspicious.

I also advised the emperor not to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, although the combat power of the Great Song army is weak, but the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is rich and strong, although the offensive ability of the Song army is insufficient, but its defensive ability is strong. Therefore, our Daliao may have the upper hand for a while, but we must fight a quick battle and not fight a protracted war with the Song army, after all, we can't afford to consume it. ”

Wu Shuda said: "In that case, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to go to the five states in front of the mountains and the land south of the Great Wall in Daliao, this time not only will we not be able to get the ten counties in Guannan, but even the entire Nanjing Dao will be lost in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty."

We still negotiated with the Great Song Dynasty, and then we fell into the situation of "people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat".

The two also lost their momentum, so they didn't go to the Great Song Dynasty to look for bad luck in the past few days, and at this time, the Liao army on the front line also came with a military report, and the military situation reported in the military report was that the Liao army on the front line was defeated, and its main force was lost. The entire Nanjing Dao is like a girl who has been stripped naked, allowing the Song army to act wantonly, driving straight into and smashing Huanglong.

More serious news is still to come, and from Zhongjing came the news that Concubine Liang was holding the prince hostage in the palace and wanted to harm the emperor, and the two of them were stunned when they heard it, and they felt like the sky was falling, and they felt that the situation was already uncontrollable, and the Great Liao General was divided.

After all, there are two forces in the Great Liao: the two forces of the emperor and the queen, and the descendants almost enjoy the same privileges as the imperial family, and they are the privileged family group second only to the imperial family, and their activities have a significant impact on the politics of the Liao State, and can even influence the government of the Liao State.

The concubine can participate in the government and likes to use the members of the family, and now the younger brother of the concubine, Xiao Tugusa, is left behind in Xijing and has 100,000 elite soldiers;

The descendants also have the right to elect some important official positions, such as the prime minister of the Northern Prefecture, and in the actual appointment of officials, the descendants of the hereditary elected officials (but for the party forces of the descendants) have an absolute advantage in the qualifications; Because Concubine Xiao Yunjin is the biological mother of the prince, some speculators gather around her, taking it as a backer, and leaning over as henchmen and lackeys.

Like the imperial family, the members of the descendants can serve as important officials at the central and local levels, as well as the official positions of some small tribes, so the local power cultivated by Xiao Yunjin should not be underestimated.

In particular, the official positions of the descendants are held by members of the descendants, and outsiders have no right to hold them.

The so-called "palace tent", "palace" refers to Lu Duo, also known as palace points, palace guards; "Tent" refers to the four tribes in Liao (including the nine tents of Yaoyuan, the three fathers' houses of the horizontal tent and the five rooms of the national uncle), also known as the accounts and the tents.

Moreover, as an important force supporting the Liao Emperor, the descendants also have the privilege of commanding tribal soldiers and owning private soldiers militarily. As far as the command of the tribal soldiers is concerned, like the royal palace tent, the generals of the tribal soldiers at all levels of the national uncle's tent are all members of the descendants of the clan. The descendants have a large number of slaves and vassals or other dependent forces, and can form "family soldiers".

Therefore, both of them feel that Da Liao will be in danger, and the task at hand is to fight first, after all, now that the power of the Hou clan has been established, the privileges have been greatly strengthened; Major political and military events in the DPRK and China will be attended by the Hou clan; They have now caused great threat and destruction to the imperial power, once the descendants launch a rebellion, the Great Liao will fall into war, and even cause disintegration, and the country will no longer be a country.

At this time, Xiao Xiaomu said: "Lord Wu, God does not bless Da Liao, now Da Liao will definitely be in chaos, if you don't handle the rebellion well." Da Liao will definitely collapse, and then Da Liao will be full of gunsmoke and fall apart. ”

When Wu Shuda heard this, he was also depressed, and he didn't know what to do, so he sighed for a long time, like a mourner.

From time to time, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu sent a holy decree, first announcing that Xiao Yunjin was a rebel, and announced to the world that everyone would be punished; secondly, let the Liao envoy and the Great Song Dynasty facilitate peace talks and reach a ceasefire agreement; It is hoped that the Great Song Dynasty will restore the original state of the national border, so as to withdraw its troops from the territory of the Great Liao, and at the worst of all, let the Great Song Dynasty return to Shanhaiguan.

Compared with the gloomy and bleak scene in the Liao State Embassy, the Great Song Dynasty was full of joy, and they had already seen the hope of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun, at least the land of the eight states in front of the mountain could be recovered in advance.

Another half a month passed, and it was the month of the third year of the sky, and Xiao Xiaomu wanted to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty several times, but he was turned away, and the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty towards them became increasingly cold, and they could only see the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the bigwigs in the court avoided them.

Although he was angry and hated so much that his teeth itched, there was nothing he could do;

It seems that the Great Song Dynasty court has made up its mind to occupy the Nanjing Road (Bazhou in front of the mountain) of the Great Liao, and after creating the established facts, it will use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Great Liao, forcing the Great Liao to pinch his nose and admit the fait accompli.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Liu E met with Qian Weiyan in private, after all, Zhao Zhen has been familiar with political affairs since he succeeded to the throne for four years, and he has recently been commendable in handling political affairs in these few times, and has his own ideas and decisions, although he is a little young, but he has become more and more mature. Therefore, he also has different opinions on some of Liu E's decisions and political opinions, and from time to time he will raise objections and objections, which makes the relationship between the two a little tense.

At this time, Qian Weiyan said: "The Queen Mother, now the official family is sixteen years old, although the official family is young, but it is already more heroic than the Yellow Emperor of Zhenzong; Now if the official family recovers the eight states in front of the mountain, his merits will be far ahead of the previous emperors, and his prestige will be unsurpassed. ”

Liu E said: "Qian Xiang said very much, the official family is the Qilin'er of my Great Song Dynasty, he has made great achievements, and my mother's face also has light, and the first emperor Zhenzong Emperor will also smile Jiuquan." However, the official family is still younger, and sometimes they are young and reckless, and they have to supervise and discipline the mourning family; Qian Xiang also tried his best to assist the official family, and if the official family had any out-of-the-ordinary behavior, he should also advise him. ”

Qian Weiyan said: "Queen Mother, now the official family seems to be very dissatisfied with Weichen, probably because Weichen once vigorously opposed Meng Yuma's new school and military reform; And this time, the Weichen was a powerful lord and the Great Liao negotiated peace, which also caused the official family to dislike; The official family moved the idea of transferring Weichen to serve as a foreign official, and this was also supported by Xia Zhu, the governor of the council, and Kou Zhun, the senior minister. ”

Liu E comforted him and said: "Qian Xiang, don't worry, the official family knows that you are my person, and you will not be reckless and in a hurry; But you have committed the anger of the people in the political hall, and the mourners must make some concessions;

The official family is also quite dissatisfied with the current Tongping chapter matter Lu Yijian, and I have to coordinate it; Let Lu Yijian be the foreign official, and let Xia Zhu be the Tongping Zhangshi, I think the official family proposes to increase the number of people participating in the governor's affairs to four, and you can also refer to it at that time. ”

Qian Weiyan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's appreciation and support, I will only see the Empress Dowager with the head of the horse, and I recommend the Shangshu Ministry of Ministers to know Kaifeng Mansion and Hanlin Bachelor Chen Yaozuo as the governor of the government." ”

Liu E listened and said: "The candidate recommended by Qian Xiang was not bad at that time, without further ado, let Chen Yaozuo come to me tomorrow to accept inquiries from the official family and the mourning family." ”

In the end, Liu E felt a little tired, and then picked up the teacup, and Qian Weiyan took his leave when he saw this; At this time, he was in a good mood, after all, his official position had been retained.

Lu Yijian seemed to have heard the news that he would be assigned to serve abroad during this time, so he was also sick at home, and he had not been on duty in the political hall for many days. And Qian Weiyan also said that he was sick at home, because he wanted to avoid the limelight for the time being.

At this time, Zhao Zhen called Xia Zhu, the governor of the government, and Xue Kui, the privy envoy, to come to discuss the Song Liao war on the front line.

At this time, he was in Shanhaiguan, he stood on the gate tower and looked into the distance, looking north at the Great Wall winding mountains, and looking at the waves of the Bohai Sea in the south, and suddenly full of pride.

He smiled and said to Meng Ming: "Political Commissar Meng, on top of this Xiongguan, why don't you chant a poem?!" ”

At this time, the cold wind on the Shanhaiguan Pass, the dark clouds pressed on the top, and I saw the snowflakes floating, and after a while, the goose feather like snow fell all over the world, and the sky and the earth were vast, and the eyes were full of white, confusing the boundaries of the fields.

Meng Ming suddenly remembered the poem "Qinyuan Spring. Snow:

The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless; Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging. Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test. It must be a sunny day, and look at the red dress, which is extraordinarily enchanting.

There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists. Regret the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, slightly lose the literary style; Tang Zong Jin Zu is slightly less coquettish. A generation of Tianjiao, mourning the king of heaven, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. The past, the number of romantic figures, but also look at the present. ”

Chong Shiheng immediately applauded when he heard it, and he repeated it: "Go all over the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present." ”

Due to the great victory of the Song army, the morale of the army was high, and it can also be said that it was inflated; So at this time, there was a voice in the army after the liberation of Kyushu, Chong Shiheng was not carried away by victory, he also felt that the Song army won a big victory at this time, and the luck factor was greater, first, the carelessness of the Liao army underestimated the enemy; The second is the advantage of the firearms of the 1st Lu Division, and the second is the suddenness of the 1st Lu Division, which makes the Liao army defenseless.

He had already sent the good news back to Tokyo quickly, and he could imagine the ecstasy of the officials and ministers, and he could also expect that the imperial court would definitely reward the soldiers of the border army.

Meng Ming said to Chong Shiheng at this time: "Chong Shuai, the next step for the imperial court is to solve the Western Xia, and strive to destroy the Western Xia within three years." After the mountain, Kyushu will see the situation and then decide, if Xiao Yunjin controls the prince and the Great Liao court, we will support it, so that the Great Liao is in turmoil and division, and our Great Song Dynasty will reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Chong Shiheng said: "Political Commissar Meng, think very long-term, so that our soldiers can gallop on the battlefield and strive for military exploits, so that the swords and guns will not be put into the warehouse, and the horses will be released in Nanshan." ”

Meng Ming said with a smile: "Chong Shuai, in the future, our Great Song Dynasty will expand its territory, and in the far run, it is to conquer Daliao in the north, attack the Western Regions in the west, attack Jiaozhi and Annan in the south, and recover the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties; Overseas raiders Fuso, the land of the South Seas. ”