The great military exercise of the Great Song Dynasty has made the Liao Dynasty numb, and at the beginning they were still worried that the Song people would directly kill the border and take the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but now it seems that the Song people will only shout in their own territory and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

The Liao garrison in Feihuling had become accustomed to the shouts of killing coming from the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and although there was anger lingering in their chests, they would not be stupid enough to make the mistake of Yelu Dadan again, anyway, there were hundreds of rangers patrolling the border, and once they found that the Song people had crossed the border, they would gallop to report it.

The Liao Dynasty is now up to the king, down to the people are celebrating for the eradication of the demon queen Xiao Yunjin, the emperor has obtained the right to pro-government without her constraints, and in the eyes of the people, the generous emperor is not lost to the officials of the Great Song Dynasty at all.

Yeluzong, who has obtained the supreme right, is really enjoying the benefits brought by the right, how can he be in the mood to care about the military exercises of the Great Song Dynasty at this time? In his eyes, the Great Song Dynasty military exercise was just another show of power.

Yeluzong sneered in his heart, at this time, the Great Song Emperor should also receive the news that he eradicated the demon queen and took over the power, right?

Looking at the exquisite big Song wine cup in front of him, Yelu Zongzhen said to himself: "I, Yelu Zongzhen, am not worse than you Zhao Zhen at all!" What's the use of you showing off the strength of the Great Song Dynasty? Da Song is not my Da Liao's defeated general?! ”

The wine is fragrant, this is the clear spring white produced by Cai Ji of the Great Song Dynasty, in the eyes of Yelu Zongzhen, this wine is the congratulatory gift of the Great Song Dynasty for himself.

Zhang Jian and Xiao Hui on the side glanced at each other and shook their heads slightly.

"Although Your Majesty has taken over power today, you shouldn't have set up such a lavish banquet, after all, it is the Empress Dowager Fatian who is imprisoned, Your Majesty's biological mother! Wouldn't it be so complacent for outsiders to see His Majesty so happy? ”

Xiao Hui waved his hand anxiously and said: "At this time, Hugh wants to say this, but it will make Your Majesty unhappy, and you can't say that, Your Majesty has been suppressed by the demon queen for several years, and there has never been a day since the first emperor Daxing has been so happy, a little rude is also human nature, you and I, as courtiers, should take care of Your Majesty's reputation." ”

Zhang Jian nodded helplessly and said: "It can only be like this, I hope Your Majesty will cheer up as soon as possible, after all, the threat of the Great Song Dynasty always exists." ”

Xiao Hui nodded slightly, but asked rhetorically: "How does Your Majesty plan to deal with the Queen Mother Xiao Yunjin?" ”

"What else can be done? Reduced to a commoner, house arrest and Gyeongju land for the first emperor to guard the mausoleum! ”

Zhang Jian's answer made Xiao Hui breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, it was just house arrest and Gyeongju, if it was in a remote place, I was afraid that there would be problems, as for being demoted to a concubine, it was nothing, after all, it was the emperor's biological mother, even if there was no title of the queen mother, it would not change this, and when she was older, please ask Your Majesty to welcome her back to the palace to be raised, and you must not let Your Majesty fall into a name of unfilial piety.

At this time, Yeluzong was really happy, his father once said that Zhao Zhen, a young official of the Great Song Dynasty, was a great monarch, and he was also a rare opponent of his father, so he put his position below him at this time, why?

Why is he not his opponent Zhao Zhen, why can't he do better than Zhao Zhen?!

What if he, Zhao Zhen, can eradicate the rebellion and regain the power of pro-government? Now that he has done it, he Zhao Zhen can conquer the party in the west and destroy Dali in the south to expand the territory, and he will definitely be able to do it!

There are many disobedient places around the Great Liao, the Jurchen in the east, and the Western Xia Kingdom in the west, which one has not long been disobedient? With the current national strength of the Great Liao, it is impossible to make a move with the Great Song Dynasty, but it is still easy to deal with these small countries.

In Yelu Zongzhen's view, the Great Song Dynasty also dared to show off its might in its own territory, and the Great Liao is not a fake trick, some time ago, because Li Yuanhao was called the emperor, the party tribes at the junction of Liaoxia and Xia rebelled against Liao and returned to Xia, and the queen mother, who was fascinated by the right, did not want to cause an incident and sent an envoy to reprimand a few words and it was over.

Yeluzong really has a strong desire to prove himself to the outside world, and Xixia is his best whetstone, one is to prove to the outside world that he has taken back the rights of Da Liao, and the other is to use this opportunity to let the Great Song officials see clearly that Da Liao is not just a fake trick that will only be talked about at the door of other people's homes.

Having already made up his mind, he picked up the wine cup in his hand and asked the envoy of Western Xia: "Envoy of Western Xia, I have heard that there are many tribes attached to Western Xia in the border land of Daliao, I wonder if these tribes live well?" ”

The envoy of Western Xia trembled slightly, what did the emperor of the Liao Dynasty suddenly mean by asking this at this time? He didn't think it was a concern for the Tangut and the tribes to whom they had belonged.

He stood up cautiously and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, although those tribes belong to my Western Xia, my emperor has not taken much care of them, and even the civil registration is for them, and they are still waiting for your opinion." ”

Yelu Zongzhen seemed to have punched the cotton, and nodded slightly: "Oh? It seems that Li Yuanhao is still respectful and respectful to my Daliao, and I am very relieved......"

Having said that, the envoy could tell from the fierce light in his eyes that the Liao Emperor was not so friendly.

The Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty reached an alliance a long time ago to jointly fight against the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, since Li Ji moved to Li Yuanhao, the Western Xia III had a harmonious relationship with the Liao Dynasty, and there was never any friction and controversy, but since Li Yuanhao became emperor, many old party departments of the Liao Dynasty began to be attached.

After a little thought, the envoy understood that perhaps it was these one-way tribes that had joined Western Xia that caused the Liao Emperor's dissatisfaction.

Although today's Great Liao has been devastated by the Xiao Yunjin Rebellion, the national strength is still not something that the Western Xia can compete, and the envoy will certainly not ask for trouble to make Yelu Zongzhen hostile to the Western Xia, so he deliberately said so, in fact, these affiliated party tribes were warmly welcomed by Li Yuanhao, and promised to give land and titles.

But no matter how groveling he is, how can a man who has made up his mind to impress war change his course because of your deference?

Great powers need a suitable excuse and reason to start a war, and this was the case with the Great Song Dynasty and the same with the Liao Dynasty.

The Liao Dynasty was different from the Western Xia, he always regarded himself as an orthodox dynasty, although it was not a regime established by the Han people, but many systems were similar to those of the Han people, and they abided by the gist of the famous teacher, and Yelu Zongzhen was just a justifiable excuse for the difference at this time.

The Liao Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty can't easily tear their faces, but they have no worries about this Western Xia who has always been attached to themselves, and the Western Xia has used troops against the Western Regions for many years, and the wealth and land obtained have made the Liao Dynasty greedy, and the veterans of the Western Xia Division who have just finished conquering the Western Regions are tired, and it is a good time to start a war.

Zhang Jian and Xiao Hui saw the emperor's intentions very well, and they also had their own opinions on attacking the Western Xia.

After the banquet, Yelu Zongzhen summoned the two to discuss: "The Dangxiang tribe in the northwest border land has taken refuge in Western Xia, and Li Yuanhao knows that it belongs to my Da Liao Department, and he actually dares to accept and resettle, this is contempt for my Da Liao Tianwei, if I don't add up with swords and soldiers, wouldn't the world think that my Da Liao is weak and can be bullied?" ”

Xiao Hui said respectfully: "The Xia people are ungrateful, today the son is here in person, the army is gathered, if you don't conquer the Western Xia in one fell swoop, you will regret it in the future!" ”

This said to Yeluzong's true heart, and Zhang Jian said: "The minister thinks that it is not possible for the time being, but now the Song people are conducting military exercises in front of the gate of Yanyun Land, and once I fight against the Western Xia, it will definitely cause the Song people to watch." Moreover, Western Xia and my Great Liao have an alliance in front of them, so they must not start a war lightly unless they have to! ”

Yelu Zongzhen frowned and said, "When will it be?" ”

Zhang Jian replied: "At least wait until the end of the Great Song Dynasty's military exercises, and the headquarters will retreat." What kind of excuse I can't find at that time?! ”

Saying such shameless words in a grand manner, Zhang Jian not only made Yelu Zhenzong and Xiao Hui feel shameless, but felt that what he said was very reasonable, Da Liao is like this, what kind of excuse can not be found for conquering the enemy country?

Just like the Holy Sect and his Empress Dowager Xiao back then, they just used a Great Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Dynasty twice and provoke the excuse of the Great Liao Tianwei to lead the army south, and now it can also be used on the body of Western Xia.