In the first year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the ninth year of the Great Liao Tianqing, on May 18, the Song delegation finally arrived at the city of Nanjing, Liao State.

Looking up at this ancient city, Sun Tu felt more emotion in his heart than anyone accompanying him, because he thought not only of the past, but also of the future thousand years.

Who would have thought that this ancient city, which is now full of regret and shame in the eyes of the Han people, would become the center of the world hundreds of years later, and even after a thousand years, the city that has been renamed Beijing will still be one of the greatest cities in the whole world?

Of course, for others, the city in front of them, which already had many Liao officials waiting outside, was still a problem for the Song people, and it was a strategic place that all the Song courtiers and even the people hoped to recover as soon as possible.

Yes, the strategic place, as an ancient city that has stood on the northern land since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or even earlier, it has had too many names - Yandu, Yanjing, Youzhou...... But what remains unchanged is the important position it occupies in the northern land, no matter which force wants to control the northern land, it must be the first to take it, so that battles unfold here, and heroic stories are also staged here.

But who would have thought that in the turmoil more than a hundred years ago, a guy named Shi Jingtang would cede a large area of land including Youzhou City to them in order to get assistance from the Khitans. As a result, the Central Plains Dynasty completely lost the most powerful barrier in the north, and also lost a large area of land that could be used to raise horses for self-improvement, so that the Great Song Dynasty, which was founded later, has been in an extremely passive position militarily.

It can be said that if it weren't for Shi Jingtang's move, the Great Song Dynasty would be much stronger than it is now, and breaking the Liao State and swallowing Western Xia may not be just a slogan and fantasy. It is precisely because of this that no matter at that time or in later generations, many Han men regarded Shi Jingtang as the biggest tumor in history and the biggest traitor, and hated to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

But in fact, while their hatred is good, there are still some omissions. For example, Shi Jingtang is not a traitor at all, because he is not a Han at all, but only a Shatuo; What's even more interesting is that most of the so-called Youyun Sixteen Prefectures ceded by him at that time were actually not even under his control, and his so-called ceded land was just a real empty glove white wolf who was generous to others.

Of course, his mistakes are still irreparable. Because it was precisely because of his recognition that the Liao people were able to justifiably occupy the entire sixteen states of Youyun, making the Youzhou of the Han family become today's Liao Nanjing, Xijin Mansion.

Slowly came to the city gate, and after raising his eyes to look at the words Xijin Mansion carved on the stone above, Sun Tu's cheeks couldn't help twitching, and at the same time secretly swore in his heart that one day, he would take the Han family to take this city from the hands of the Khitans!

At this time, a group of officials from the Liao State on the opposite side had already greeted him with a hearty smile, and the first person was the old acquaintance Chen Xiangnan, who was laughing, and at the same time hugged his fist at Tong Guan, who was also full of smiles: "Tong Shumi's ability to make me Da Liao this time is really beyond the expectations of all of us, it is really a rare guest." Many officials from the Southern Court of the present day came to greet him, and he hoped that the Privy Counsellor would not be surprised. ”

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It's good to say that the official has also been staying in Bianjing City, and his body is about to rust, so he asked the official family for this errand to come to Daliao for a walk, which can be regarded as the first step to recognize the road. Tong Guan smiled meaningfully.

At first, the other officials around didn't listen to it too much, until some southern officials gave a little pointer, and they changed their faces and snorted coldly. If it weren't for the fact that it was not good to turn their faces at this time, they would have taught Tong Guan a lesson, and they dared to run to their own land to be so arrogant.

Chen Xiangnan also changed color for a while, but soon said with a smile: "Tong Shumi said that he was joking, if you want to say so, Xia Guan has also been to your Great Song Bianjing before." With a few words, he gave a big response, which also calmed down the anger of the others, and he glared at Tong Guan and Sun Tu and the others beside him a little defiantly.

Tong Guan didn't care too much about this, just smiled, and followed these waiting Liao officials to officially enter Youzhou City. Sun Tu followed the team, from time to time to look at the people coming and going in the city, etc., and found that the Han people here were not much different from the Great Song Dynasty, and their eyes when they looked at their team were full of indifference and hostility, just like the Han people of Liao who came along the road, they had long regarded themselves as the people of Liao, and the identity of the Han people had been left behind.

In addition, this Youzhou is both Nanjing, the Liao State, here is indeed much more prosperous and lively than the many towns that passed before, along the way, the street pedestrians are endless, and there are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, among which there are those who sell fur horses, and there are also those who sell various commodities such as tea and porcelain in the Song Kingdom. Although this city is not as prosperous as Bianjing, it has far surpassed Jiangju, Jeju and other places.

The Liao people have been able to entrench themselves in Youzhou for many years, and obviously they also have their own means of governing the place, even if they are not as good as the Han dynasty, but they can also let the people of a city live in peace and contentment.

Ahead, Chen Xiangnan was proudly introducing the customs of Youzhou City to Tong Guan, and at the same time, he also brought the prosperity of the soldiers here, and the meaning of the words was obvious, that is, you Song people should stop beating me Nanjing, otherwise it will only break your mouthful of teeth.

In a somewhat strange mood, everyone came to a large pavilion that covered an extremely wide area and was more than enough for thousands of people to live. Chen Xiangnan smiled at this time and said: "Tong Shumi, this is the residence arranged for you by the king of my family, all the food and drink have been arranged, and hundreds of servants have been prepared, but if you have orders, they will do it." Xia Guan still has something to do, so he will leave for the time being. ”

"Chen Shilang is slow, this official came to see the Great Liao Emperor on behalf of my Great Song Emperor, but I don't know when you can arrange this matter? Also, even when I arrive in Nanjing, I always want to meet the king of your family's Southern Courtyard, I don't know ......" Tong Guan was not busy parting from him, and immediately put forward his own request.

"This ...... The emperor is far away in Linhuang Mansion, and it is difficult to see him. As for the king of my family, he has just left the city recently due to some government affairs to deal with, but he wants to come and summon Tong Shumi in a few days. Wait here for a few days. Chen Xiangnan gave an answer with some embarrassment, and officially said goodbye and left.

Tong Guan didn't say anything more this time, but when he saw him leave, a playful smile appeared on his face, which was natural

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It didn't escape Sun Tu's eyes.

When they entered the pavilion and the people below began to settle down, Sun Tu curiously asked Tong Guan about Chen Xiangnan's reaction just now. Seeing this, Tong Guan smiled and said: "The reason why he is like this is because he feels a little embarrassed." Don't you know that the current Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi is a restless lord, and what he loves most is to lead his own army to hunt around and make bowls in all directions, not to mention the Liao courtiers here in Youzhou, that is, those important ministers of the court who went to Beijing, it will take a lot of time to find their emperor. That's why when the old man asked to see their emperor, he felt embarrassed. I'm afraid that at this time, I will wait for the news of the envoy to send it to Shangjing, and when I find Yelu Yanxi, I will have to wait until a month or two later. ”

Sun Tu was a little stunned when he heard this, is there such an unreliable emperor in this world, who actually travels in all directions, making it difficult for the courtiers to find his whereabouts. No wonder such a powerful Liao State was quickly destroyed by the Jurchen Jin State in a short period of time, and it was all his own death.

At the same time, he thought of the Daojun Emperor in the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, Zhao Ji's situation is not much better than Yelu Yanxi, he has been staying in Bianjing City, but he does not pay attention to government affairs, but he spends a lot of thought on many other art things.

It can be said that the king of the two great kingdoms of the south and the north, one civil and one military, has indeed ascended to the right, and it has indeed created the most favorable external conditions for the rise of the Jin people.

After his mind turned for a while, Sun Tu asked again: "In that case, then what should we do here next?" Is it just waiting for them to make arrangements? In fact, until now, he has not fully understood the purpose of Tong Guan's coming to Liao.

Although one of them is to cover the alliance with the Jin, after all, who would have thought that Tong Guan would be bold enough to reach an alliance with the Jin people to attack the Liao State on the halfway route to the Liao State? But now that this main purpose has been achieved, what is the purpose of them going to Liao again and going deep into Nanjing?

"Actually, the old man still has two important things to deal with here, and if you don't see their emperor, it's second." Tong Guan's face became solemn at this time, and he turned his head to look outside the house, and found that there were two of his personal guards guarding him, and no outsiders approached, so he lowered his voice and said: "One is to try to contact the Hanchen of Liao, hoping to reach some agreement with them and prepare for the future attack on Liao." In the event of a war between the two countries, as long as these people do something in the rear, we can win in one fell swoop. ”

Sun Tu couldn't help frowning slightly after hearing this, can this really be done?

The Han people of the Liao State who came all the way had no idea of their homeland, and these Han officials who had become officials would risk killing their heads and stealing their homes to help the Song State?

Tong Guan didn't explain much about this matter, but said: "Of course, this matter has nothing to do with you, and the old man will handle it." But the second thing is up to you to do it in secret. ”

"I don't know what Tong Shuai commanded?" Sun Tu's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's very simple, that is, go to the city to find my spy placed in Youzhou City by the Great Song Dynasty, and get the Liao people's troop deployment map on the border between the two countries from them!" Tong Guan's answer made Sun Tu's face more and more solemn!

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