According to Zhao Liang's previous assumption, the first day of negotiations between Song and Liao should have been carried out in a friendly atmosphere in which the two sides exchanged greetings, greeted each other, kept talking nonsense, and went around in circles.

Originally, in things like negotiations, it is often the first person to speak. As soon as you put forward your expectations or requirements, the other party will immediately offer corresponding conditions, and these conditions will most likely make you very passive.

Therefore, in the course of important negotiations, it is often the party with more urgent needs, or the party with a more disadvantaged situation, who will be the first to show their point and then wait for the opponent to bargain.

In this way, for strategic reasons, even if the situation is bad, the negotiator will slow down the pace of the entire agenda as much as possible, constantly test the opponent's bottom line, and try to avoid spreading his own hole cards as soon as he comes up.

However, today's situation greatly surprised Zhao Liang.

The negotiation envoys of Song and Liao began to fight each other almost as soon as their butts were next to their seats.

Cao Yu took the lead in attacking and directly rebuked Yelu Ning, saying that the Liao State had taken advantage of its own selfish interests, disregarded the well-being of the common people in the world, provoked wars without authorization, and caused heavy personal and property losses to the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty.

Yelunin was also not to be outdone. He immediately sternly refuted that the three large-scale northern expeditions launched by the Song Dynasty over the past few decades not only brought deep war suffering to the Han people, but also seriously undermined the peace and tranquility of the Great Liao, causing strong dissatisfaction and just resistance from all ethnic groups in the north. The purpose of this Khitan southern expedition was to recover the Guannan states and form a defensive barrier to prevent the Song Dynasty from prying into the Khitan territorial sovereignty.

Cao Yi immediately ridiculed each other, it is true that the Great Song Dynasty attacked the Liao State three times, but the Liao State attacked the Great Song Dynasty more! It's like a New Year's greeting, almost every year! The only time I didn't come was because the Khitan encountered a double blow of plague and drought that was rare in a century, and at the same time, the Bohai rebellion and the royal infighting, I really couldn't spare energy, otherwise I would definitely be able to work full!

Yelu Ning couldn't help but sneer, spread out the parchment scroll on the table, and calculated a detailed account for Cao Yun. The Khitan did commit a lot of crimes, but every time only 20,000 or 30,000 people crossed the border to threw grass, neither taking the city nor occupying the land, and leaving after grabbing. It's like the Song Dynasty, either it doesn't come, or it comes with hundreds of thousands of troops, from top to bottom, they are holding back the bad intentions of destroying the country and destroying the people of Daliao!

Cao Yong was articulate, how could he admit this account, he also took out a thick stack of volumes, and replied while flipping through them: The so-called threshing grass in Liao is simply a tragic banditry. Every time, it was indispensable to burn the towns and towns, and take away a large number of people and livestock, so that the northern frontier of the Great Song Dynasty almost became a no-man's land. This time it has intensified, and it has actually been dispatched to the whole country, can this still be called threshing grass? It's like scraping the turf! If you don't teach the Khitans some lessons, how can you be worthy of the soldiers and civilians who died in the Great Song Dynasty?!

When Yelu Ning heard him say this, he casually rolled the sheepskin onto the table, hugged his shoulders and snorted coldly: "According to what Lord Cao said, then you and I just don't have to talk?" ”

Cao Yu slammed the volume on the table in a similar way, and smiled slightly: "It's obvious that you are insincere and don't want to talk, but you still blame me?"

Yelunin did not answer, with an imperceptible sneer on his face, his eyes looking at the sky, and he was silent.

Cao Yu looked at the other party's posture, and didn't say anything more, picked up the teacup, and tasted the tea carefully.

All of a sudden, the entire negotiation hall suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

The attachés and officials on both sides all looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

Zhao Liang sat next to him, probed Yelu Ning and Cao Yong's hearts successively, understood the intentions of these two guys, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and he also didn't pay much attention to them anymore.

In this way, the negotiation envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, the right Bandian Zhicao, and the negotiation envoy of the Great Liao, Prince An, Yelu Ning, used silence as a weapon, and sat in place for three hours, but no one said a word, and no one moved the place.

Zhao Liang really couldn't afford to spend it with them, he ran seven or eight times to the toilet alone, seeing that the sun was about to set, but he hadn't even eaten lunch yet, not only secretly sighing in his heart that he was unlucky.

But because the current negotiations are related to the major affairs of the two countries, he can't easily interrupt the endurance competition between the two, so he has to continue to suffer together.

Idle and bored, Zhao Liang used his spiritual sense and glanced at the venue one by one

Song Liao officials, look at these friends who are as unlucky as themselves, what are they thinking at this time.

"Oh, stay up like this, how long will it be a leader? Your Majesty sent Xiao Cao, a hairless guy with a hairless mouth, just nonsense......"

"This trick is really powerful, who is afraid of who is more than endurance? The envoy of the Song Dynasty on the other side was almost unable to sit still, hahaha......"

"If you don't move like a mountain, if you want to consume us, we will consume it to the end! Master Cao is relieved to insist boldly, is it possible that we will still be afraid of those Khitan dogs......"

"I don't know if this kid Ge Erlun has safely transported Lao Tzu's two boxes of treasures back to the grassland? This is all snatched back with all his life, and we must not let the scouts of the Han barbarians rob them halfway......"

"No, no, I can't hold it anymore! Damn, Lin'anhou has been running to the hut for the eighth time just now, but I haven't been there once! Alas, what if you don't say that you have to do everything possible to climb up when you become an official? Without status, I don't even have the qualifications to leave the scene conveniently......"

"Prince, do it! As soon as you give the order, I will immediately chop up all the beasts on the other side! Save the nonsense with the Han people......"

"Oh, if we can really negotiate this time, Your Majesty will definitely give a big reward, and I should be promoted from the sixth grade. However, if this errand is accidentally messed up, then I'm afraid that in the future, it will affect my career......"

"Count the hour, Hallecuntu's soldiers and horses are almost here, I have to see an opportunity to go out and meet them......"

"What are you going to eat when you're done? Looks like it's barbecue again. Alas, after leaving Bianliang, I haven't eaten braised noodles for a long time......"

Hey, wait? Something is wrong!

Zhao Liang was full of excitement, turned his head to look at a Liao State official in front of him, and said to his grandmother, what was that guy thinking just now? Halxiongtu? Soldiers? Answer?

Take a closer look, the Khitan man not far away is tall and strong, although he is wearing ordinary civilian clothes, it is not difficult to judge that the other party must be a military general of the Liao State.

Zhao Liang's spiritual sense moved with all his strength, and he completely covered the person, only to hear a rough voice echoing in Zhao Liang's heart: "Well, the time is almost up, the time is almost up, I have to quickly find a way to get out." ”

Zhao Liang immediately realized that there was a huge crisis slowly approaching at this time, and he couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp. I, Nima, the Khitans actually dare to play yin? Do you want to openly send troops to attack and kill the Great Song negotiation mission?

However, when he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong. Regardless of the peace negotiations recorded in the history books, or the true inner thoughts of the Empress Dowager Xiao Liao Shengzong, he can be sure of the sincerity of the high-level leaders of the Liao State for this peace talks. If this is the case, how could the other party make such a stupid and meaningless move?

Zhao Liang calmed down, and a familiar figure suddenly appeared in his mind - Shangguan Xueming!

That's right, sure this bastard! Yesterday, Xiao Tzu Rin's old department came to the door to seek revenge, and it was Shangguan Xueming who made trouble behind his back, and this time it was the same Bacheng, who instigated and instigated the leather room army, so that these fighting and reckless men came to attack, so that he could not only avenge the king of the Southern Courtyard, but also sabotage the Song-Liao peace talks, and then continue the war between the two countries.

As long as Cao Yong and his Zhao Liang died in Songfenggang, then it would be difficult for Da Song to have any room for turnaround, so he had to fight with Da Liao to the end.

Damn, this trick is really vicious! Zhao Liang secretly said in his heart: Shangguan Xueming has always been ghostly, and Lao Tzu has not gone to find his bad luck, but he has been ruthless to me again and again. In order to show the sincerity of the peace talks, the sovereigns of the two countries agreed that the two sides would choose to negotiate in a neutral zone, and each country would send only 100 soldiers and horses to carry out symbolic honor guards and escorts. In this way, Songfeng Gang is equivalent to a target without any defensive power, as long as you secretly send hundreds of elite soldiers to sneak attack at night, you can definitely take it easily!

If it weren't for Zhao Liangxian's pain, he spent his spiritual sense to peek into the secrets of the inner world of the attachés of the two countries, and only discovered this information by mistake, I am afraid that when his body is cold, he will not know what happened.

Thinking of this, Zhao Liang immediately couldn't sit still. He pondered, since the Khitan military general was thinking in his heart that he was going to respond, he thought that the troops of Hale Xiongtu were not far from here, and they could be killed at any time.

Although the name here is Songfeng Gang, it is not actually a hilly hill, but a small plateau on the plain. Within a few miles around, most of them were weeds that were half a man high, and there was not even a ghost of a pine tree.

Therefore, after the sun sets, the four sides of Songfeng Gang are particularly easy for Tibetans. As long as the thousands of soldiers move secretly, it is not easy to be discovered when they sneak near the camp, and it is definitely an unlucky place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

With such a topography, it's an excellent scene for a sneak attack.

At this time, Zhao Liang was already sweating on his head, he lightly touched Cao Yun next to him, and said in a low voice: "The situation is not good, hurry up and withdraw." ”

Cao Yu was confused, and hurriedly asked, "Master Hou, what do you mean?" What's wrong? ”

Zhao Liang secretly glanced at the other side: "The Khitans are coming to raid here, if we don't leave, I'm afraid we'll all have to finish playing!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Yu was suddenly startled. Although he is a military attaché, he has never been on the battlefield, and when he heard Zhao Liang's words, he couldn't help but feel a little masterless, so he said in disbelief: "Won't it?" Can they do that? Besides, how did you find out? ”

Zhao Liang ignored his question, but stared directly at Yelu Ning, Prince An, who was sitting opposite, and secretly listened to the other party's inner monologue at this time: "Yo? The main lord Lin'anhou finally can't sit still? It seems that this king is going to have the upper hand in this game. Later, as soon as the representative of the Song Dynasty speaks, I will take advantage of the situation to kill him, and I can't help but go to one or two state capitals as trophies, wahahaha......"

Zhao Liang secretly scolded a fool, and suddenly said: "Lord Wang, do you want to fight or talk?!" ”

"Hehe, Lin'anhou's question is unreasonable," Yelu Ning was still smug: "If you don't want to talk, why does this king waste time here with you?" It's just that we are sincere, but you are still going around in circles, obviously just wanting to take advantage and not ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Liang said a word: "Since you want to talk, why did you send troops here to attack us?" ”

"Huh?!" Yelu Ning was stunned when he heard this: "I, I didn't hear what you said clearly just now, sending troops to attack?" ”

At the same time, the Liao General not far from him suddenly changed his face, obviously not knowing how Zhao Liang knew about this.

Zhao Liang turned his heart and decided to simply have a showdown with Yelu Ning on the spot.

The reason why he did this was because he was based on a judgment: even if Hale Xiongtu and Shangguan Xueming had a bad plot, because Empress Dowager Xiao would definitely restrain the Khitan troops in advance in order to make peace talks between the two sides go smoothly, and they would not be allowed to leave the camp easily. Therefore, there will definitely not be too many soldiers and horses that Hallexiongtu can secretly mobilize, and having a sworn friend of three or five hundred is considered to be the sky.

In this way, if you want to leave this place safely, the safest way is to unite the escort forces on both sides to form a joint force, so that you can have a certain self-protection strength.

Thinking about it from this point of view, Zhao Liang pointed at the Khitan general: "That's right! It's you who sent troops to attack! Don't believe you ask him! ”

Yelu Ning was slightly stunned, then looked at the man, and said in a deep voice: "Zhekun, what is going on?" ”

Zhekun pretended to be innocent, and spread his hands: "Lord Wang, I don't know what he's talking about, I'm wronged!" ”

Yelu Ning was about to continue questioning, but Zhao Liang said: "This question is very simple, since Zhekun refuses to admit it, then we don't have to engage in a battle of words." Now immediately send out the secret sentinel, and carefully and covertly search within a radius of five miles, it should be easy to know the result. ”

Yeluning and Cao Yi glanced at each other, and immediately ordered the subordinates beside them to go out to check immediately.

It didn't take long for two officers to strode into the venue, and it was the captain of the escort team of Song and Liao.

I only heard the captain of the Liao State say in a deep voice: "Lord Qiqi, we sent out a secret post just now, and sure enough, we found that a large number of soldiers were secretly approaching Songfeng Gang, and the purpose was unknown!" ”

When Zhao Liang heard this, he first smiled smugly at Cao Yun, who was stunned, and then said to Yelu Ning: "How is it, Your Royal Highness, I'm not talking nonsense, right?" ”

At this moment, Prince An's face was already sinking like water, and he asked angrily: "Have you seen the identity number of the other party clearly?" Which of our battalions is it? ”

"Not our people." The captain of the Liao Kingdom shook his head.

At the same time, the captain of the guard of the Song Dynasty bowed his hand to Zhao Liang and them, and said with shame: "Master Hou, Lord Cao, judging from the attire, it should be the Song army." ”