The content of Li Heng's letter and Yu Yunwen's letter is very simple, but in the eyes of both Ye Qing and Ye Heng, they are two completely different contents.

Fortunately, Li Heng's letter sent an envoy to negotiate peace with Li Heng, willing to surrender and sacrifice Xingqing City, but there was one condition, that is, he must be named the king of Western Xia.

Obviously, Li An'an's surrender is just an expedient measure, but for Ye Qing or Ye Heng, it is already good news, after all, this shows that since Li An'an is willing to talk, it is enough to prove that Li An'an is now at the end of his strength, and he can't hold on for a few days, and the initiative seems to have been held on Ye Qing's side.

But in the same way, there is also a huge hidden danger in Li An'an's conditions, that is, the condition of the king of Western Xia, once Ye Qing admits that Li An'an is the king of Xixia and lets him live in Xingqing Mansion, then it means that once Li An'an has a chance to recover, he will inevitably stab him in the back without hesitation.

This kind of surrender is not so much a success, but a temporary dormancy and forbearance, in order to be able to return to the country again in the future.

"I can't promise him, and if I do, it won't be in vain. Fight, must fight, forcefully reject him. Ye Heng stood on the bank of the Yellow River, there was no surging river water in his eyes, only the content of the letter in Ye Qing's hand.

"Even if I agreed, the court wouldn't necessarily want to. Tell him that the king of Western Xia should not think about it, if he is really sincere, the Marquis of Xingqing can consider it, give him three days, and as soon as the three days are over, he will immediately order Li Heng to attack Xingqing Mansion on October 11 at any cost. Ye Qing had an almost superstitious paranoia about dates, the Western Xia was founded on October 11, and now he wanted to bring the Xia kingdom to an end on the same day.

There is no practical meaning at all, some are just symbolic and coincidental man-made providence, but it is this kind of man-made providence that Ye Qing values entirely because he believes that such a time node can bring a morale boost to Yu Yunwen and other armies.

Compared with Li Heng's relatively optimistic news, the news from Lanzhou Yu Yunwen made people frown, as if facing the golden man full of flags on the opposite side, giving people an invisible pressure for a while.

Han Yanxuan is now in Lanzhou, and the purpose is unknown, but Yu Yunwen can feel the pressure from the imperial court and Han Yanxuan personally.

In fact, since Sima Jian led the An Feng army to aid Lanzhou, Pingliang, and Ye Qing, Ye Qing had already expected that Han Yanxuan would inevitably take some measures to retaliate, or warn him, to balance himself in the north.

It's just that Ye Qing always thought that even if Han Yanxuan wanted to take revenge, he would never come to Lanzhou in person, at most, he would fabricate charges for himself in the court, or like Shi Miyuan, cut off his own food and grass and other materials, so as to blackmail himself into making concessions in the court or officialdom.

"Is he trying to take credit?" This was the first reaction of the military judge after hearing that Han Yanxuan had arrived in Lanzhou.

After all, Han Yanxuan was famous in the court for robbing others of his merits in the early years, even if it was Ye Qing at the beginning, it was not that Han Yanxuan had not been robbed of the credit, so now that the situation in the summer realm is very good, Han Yanxuan appeared in Lanzhou, and this move is indeed a bit intriguing, making people confused, what is his purpose.

"Lanzhou is the first city to guard the Great Sanguan, and now Han Yanxuan is here in person, it is nothing more than wanting to fight for power with Yu Yunwen, after all, if Han Yanzhou can take charge of Lanzhou without effort, it is equivalent to erecting a sharp knife in our back in our sphere of influence, which will make us sleep. This is to retaliate for me sending Sima Jian and Hengqiao, as well as the incident of the east and west roads of Huainan in the first place. Ye Qing pondered what Han Yanxuan's intentions were, and after waving his hand lightly to the begging stone lie gods and slaves who also walked out of the camp tent and waved at him on the other side, he did not engage in a verbal psychological war with the begging stone lie gods and slaves again as usual, but turned his head and led Ye Heng and the others to the camp tent.

In the tent, Ye Heng took the lead in taking off the map hanging next to him, searched the three roads of Hetao with an extremely serious and dignified expression, and then pointed to the Muma Town that was being rebuilt, and then pointed to Liangzhou and Xingqing, and finally landed on Lanzhou, raised his head and said: "If it is really as you guessed, what are you going to do?" The importance of Lanzhou to you now is self-evident, so I'm afraid it's hard to let go, right? But if you don't let it, I'm afraid that the voice of self-proclaimed king is above the Lin'an court, and even the saint can't continue to suppress it for you. ”

"Lanzhou guards the south of Dasanguan, Lizhou Road, Muma guards the northern Mongols, can also guard the Jin people but the Yellow River, if Xingqing Mansion is taken, it can also become the first barrier to defend the Mongols, plus now Mo Xiaobao in the west They are attacking Xiping Mansion, we can form a defensive line for the Mongols, impregnable. But once we lose Lanzhou, it is like losing a leg, and we will lose our advantage over the Mongols. Wu Juan frowned

Judging and analyzing.

Whether it is Lanzhou, or Muma Town, or the Hexi Corridor from Liangzhou to Xiping Mansion, and Xingqing Mansion, which is now at your fingertips, the importance in the eyes of everyone is naturally self-evident.

At first, no one believed that Ye Qing valued the Mongols, but now, with the Liao State in danger and most of the territory was plundered by the Mongols, even Ye Heng finally realized the strength and danger of the Mongols, so now, Ye Heng is even more concerned than Ye Qing in the matter of establishing a defense line against the Mongols.

"Yes, yes, that's right, you must not lose any city, otherwise your hard work in the past half a year, as well as the sacrifices of many soldiers, will all be wasted." Ye Heng nodded in agreement next to him.

Lanzhou Mansion, Xingqing Mansion, and Xiping Mansion were interlocking, and when Guanshan was still in the hands of the Xia people, these four places became military important places to guard the territory of the Xia Kingdom, and with the loss of Guanshan, the Xia people had actually lost the initiative in the war, so that Ye Qing firmly grasped the initiative and advantage of the war.

Now that Ye Qing has entered the summer from Guanshan, he has successively won Lanzhou, as well as the states of the Hexi Corridor, and he is just two places away from Xingqing Mansion and Xiping Mansion, as long as he takes these two mansions, Ye Qing is in the summer realm, and with the close connection between Jingzhao Mansion and Guanshan, he can be completely invincible.

Of course, Ye Qing also has high hopes for the Muma Town that he named himself, although the Muma Town is located on Hetao Third Road, across the Yellow River from Xiajing, but if the town is properly guarded, it can also become a military town that will resist the southward movement of the Mongols in the future.

This point is not only clear to Ye Qing and others, but also Yu Yunwen is also very clear that Lanzhou, Xiping, Guanshan, and Xingqing are indispensable, and only if they firmly grasp these four places, then most of the territory of Xia Kingdom is truly included in the territory of the Song Dynasty.

As long as there are no internal strife and big mistakes in the future, Yu Yunwen also believes that the territory of the Xia State occupied can be completely impregnable, and no one can break through it with external forces.

Han Yanxuan is no stranger to Lanzhou Mansion, on the contrary, there are still a lot of memories of him and Ye Qing back then, but now, the Lanzhou City in front of him is still a little beyond his expectations.

The ruined city wall is being repaired, and the city gate is closely guarded by the Song army, although the people who come in and out will not clash with the Song army, but if you look closely, you will find that the faces of these people are obviously more hateful than grateful when they look at the Song army.

Entering the city of Lanzhou, which he had been here once, looking at the place where there were still some residual impressions, Han Yanxuan's heart could be said to be full of emotion, back then he was just the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, who would have thought that after more than ten years, he has now become the king of the heroic vassal who is entrenched on one side, and now the land under his feet is already the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Think about the past, Ren Dejing committed treason and sacrificed the city, which made the Song court lose face, and let the Xia people take away a large part of the territory of the Song court without much effort, and now, under Ye Qing's scheme, everything has returned to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but ...... All this has nothing to do with him.

"Lord Han is here, Yu was unable to greet him at the gate of the city, and I hope Lord Han will forgive me." Yu Yunwen's hearty laughter sounded in the ears of Han Yanxuan, who was standing at the door of the Lanzhou Government Office in a daze.

Yu Yunwen's words and deeds are neither humble nor arrogant, and even his self-profess has a clear meaning, as if Han Yanxuan, the left minister of the current imperial court, has nothing to do with Lanzhou Mansion and Yu Yunwen.

Even, on the way to the government office with Han Yanxuan, although it was polite and thoughtful, it was still able to make Han Yanxuan feel that Yu Yunwen did not regard himself as a subordinate at all, and he was completely on an equal footing with him and had a clear attitude.

"This official came this time, naturally to congratulate Yu An's envoy on taking Lanzhou, for my Great Song Dynasty to recover the territory, raise the prestige of the imperial court in the four seas, and make such a great contribution, which is really gratifying. It seems that the official didn't look at the wrong person back then. After Han Yanxuan sat down, he continued with a smile: "When you were in Jingzhao Mansion back then, this official tried his best to override public opinion and sent you to pacify Jingzhao Mansion, and even ignored the opposition of Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, and strongly advised the imperial court to confer on you the title of Duke of Yongguo. Now that the appeasement has made a miraculous feat again today, according to the official's point of view, it is enough to be crowned king. ”

"Lord Han is polite, Yu doesn't dare to take credit at will. The fact that Beidi can have such a situation today is entirely due to Lord Ye, and Yu is just acting under the command of Lord Ye and guarding Lanzhou. Yu Yunwen smiled, looked at Han Yanxuan and said as he picked up the teacup.

"Yu appeasement envoy is too modest, Ye Qing is certainly meritorious, but Yu appeasement's merit, in the eyes of this official, is no less than Ye Qing. What's more, as far as this official knows, since the start of the Xia War, Ye Qing has stopped here, but went to Yanyan Road to defend against the Jin people. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yu pacified one person to have such a good situation here. Even in the eyes of this official, it is simply overkill to let Yu Anfu come to take charge of Lanzhou Mansion now, it is too much

It was wasted. Han Yanxuan's tentative words also carried a strong temptation.

In Han Yanxuan's view, he still doesn't believe that there are really officials in this world who are not greedy for merit, and the reason why he is not confused by power and merit can only show that the rewards given by the imperial court have not met the expectations of people's hearts.

And Yu Yunwen couldn't hear it from Han Yanxuan's words, every word Han Yanxuan said since he sat down was nothing but provoking the relationship between himself and Ye Qing, and similarly, he was also trying his best to hint at temptation, with his current merits, he was enough to choose to send at will above the court.

Han Yanxuan can be said to have taken the sentence that can only be understood and unspeakable to the extreme, from beginning to end, it has always hinted that Yu Yunwen has always hinted that with his current merits in the Xia Kingdom, he is enough to get a greater and more powerful dispatch than the pacification envoy, and even as long as he wants, he can easily have it, no less powerful than Ye Qing now.

Just imagine, once the entire territory of the Xia Kingdom, which was captured by the Song army, was completely controlled by Yu Yunwen alone, then it would be an extremely beneficial thing for both the imperial court and Han Yanxuan.

This can not only weaken Ye Qing's power in the entire northern border, but also use Yu Yunwen to balance Ye Qing, so that Ye Qing is like Han Yanxuan and Shi Miyuan living in the court, and there is always a person with the same power as him beside him, balancing and restraining him everywhere.

As for Han Yanxuan, now that Ye Qing and Jin Ren are still in a hurry, he can't take care of the Xia Realm at all, if he can take advantage of this opportunity to draw Yu Yunwen under his command, then in the entire Song Court, no one will be able to check and balance him anymore, and the real power of the government and the opposition will also be vividly reflected in him.

Whether it is Shi Miyuan or Ye Qing, in front of him, there will be no advantage at all, and the combination of He Xiang will be enough to send him Han Yanxuan to the extreme of the power of the ministers.

"Lord Han is polite, if it weren't for Lord Ye's foresight and thoughtful planning, he would not have achieved this gratifying achievement. In the final analysis, all of this is the credit of Lord Ye, how can Yu be virtuous, how dare he take credit. Let alone...... Yu knew that he was two pounds, and he didn't dare to compare with Lord Ye, whether it was the pacification envoy of Jingzhao Mansion, or the pacification envoy of Lanzhou Road, or even if it was just a prefect, Yu was terrified in his heart, and he was afraid of living up to Lord Ye's expectations. Yu Yunwen also continued to play Tai Chi with Han Yanxuan, after all, he knew better that if there was no Ye Qing, let alone him, even if it was the entire Great Song Dynasty, before Ye Qing, he didn't even dare to think that the imperial court would one day be able to recapture so many territories.

Ye Qing is also just an ordinary person, with many shortcomings, and countless charges on his head, but it is precisely because of this, it is precisely because of Ye Qing's courage to risk the world, not afraid of the world's accusations, abuse, and blame, that Song Ting was finally able to recover a large amount of lost land.

Whether it was him Yu Yunwen or Xin Qiji, or Ye Heng, Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm and others, before Ye Qing appeared, none of them would dare to think that one day they would have the opportunity to plot the Xia Realm.

Although both he Yu Yunwen and Xin Qijian had dreamed that one day they would be able to recover the territory seized by the Jin, but they never thought that one day, they would be able to plot the mysterious and fierce Xia territory.

Even now, sometimes Yu Yunwen feels as unreal as a dream, and in just half a year, under the leadership of Ye Qing, he has really achieved the territory of most of the Xia Kingdom.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that in the middle of the war, the Mongols joined forces, which made the Xia Kingdom suffer enemies on both sides, and the biggest reason for the internal strife in the Xia Kingdom made them take advantage of the opportunity to achieve what they are today.

But if you want to investigate it carefully, you will find that in fact, the internal strife between Li An'an and Li Chunyou in Xia Guo almost also contains Ye Qing's scheming figure, and it is precisely because of his obstruction that Xia internal strife has come step by step, and now it is divided between Temujin and Ye Qing.

"What if that's what the court means?" The original kind smile on Han Yanxuan's face disappeared, and it was replaced by a serious official authority.

"What does the court mean?" Yu Yunwen's heart seemed to be pinched hard.

"What if the imperial court plans to reward Yu An's military exploits in the Xia Kingdom, and plans to send Yu An's envoy back to Lin'an to serve as the right minister?" Han Yanxuan said more directly this time, but without waiting for Yu Yunwen to answer, Han Yanxuan smiled and waved his hand: "This official still needs to stay in Lanzhou for a little longer, and this matter will be discussed slowly, so there is no hurry." ”

Looking at the back of Han Yanxuan who got up and left after finishing speaking, Yu Yunwen fell into deep thought for a while, and was a little entangled and didn't know how to deal with it next.

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