The person sent by the Holy City to negotiate peace was Li Shi, a scholar of Hanlin.

Yelu Yanxi really had an impression of this Li Shi.

What do you say?

It's just because this Li Shi is not an ordinary person - he was once the champion of the Liao State.

Yelu Yanxi had heard Xiao Sese's story before that Li Shi was wise and resourceful, and he was a great talent.

Yelu Yanxi therefore thought about reusing Li Shi.

But not long after, Li Shi was sent to Fengsheng Prefecture by Xiao Fengxian because he offended Xiao Fengxian.

Yelu Yanxi couldn't see Li Shi because of this.

Slowly, Yelu Yanxi, who had no intention of ruling the government, forgot about Li Shi.

Yelu Yanxi never expected that after many years, he would see Li Shi again.

Li Shi didn't expect that the rumors turned out to be true, and their emperor of Daliao was really captured by the southerners.

Li Shi hurriedly bowed to Yelu Yanxi, and said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, you have suffered!" ”

Yelu Yanxi is actually really bitter in his heart, but he can't show it, and there is Wu Yong "accompanied" on the side, so he can't say bitterness.

Yelu Yanxi squeezed out a smile and said, "What is Li Aiqing talking about, my son-in-law is very attentive to me, where did I suffer?" I'm just staying with my son-in-law for a while, and I don't want to worry about you. ”

Li Shi was stunned, and he said in his heart: "Your son-in-law? Who is it? ”

Yelu Yanxi seemed to see Li Shi's doubts, and he took the initiative to say: "The champion Hou is my son-in-law, and not long ago I married all my six daughters to him. ”

Wu Yong, who was on the side, never expected that Yelu Yanxi would give his relationship with Cai Yi without Cai Yanxi's consent!

How did Wu Yong know that this was Yelu Yanxi's last straw, of course he had to hold it firmly!

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Yong did not choose to demolish Yelu Yanxi's platform, he thought: "Let's open the gate of Fengsheng City first, and then we can do the rest later." ”

Li Shi is a smart man, as soon as he heard Yelu Yanxi say that he would marry all his six daughters to Cai Ying, he guessed: "It must be that this champion Hou has occupied the six princesses, and Your Majesty said this for the sake of his own face." ”

What Li Shi didn't expect was that Yelu Yanxi actually said again: "Tell Li Aiqing another good news, my son-in-law has already agreed to lend troops to me to avenge my return to the country." ”

Yelu Yanxi's words made Li Shi stunned, and then he didn't believe it!

But in the midst of unbelief, Li Shi had some expectations!

After hesitating for a moment, Li Shi still couldn't hold back and asked, "Is what Your Majesty said true?" ”

Yelu Yanxi's face sank suddenly, and he said with some displeasure: "You don't have any jokes, can what I say be false?" ”

Li Shi hurriedly said: "The minister is wrong! The minister is guilty! ”

Yelu Yanxi took a deep breath and said, "Those who don't know are not to blame, forget it." ”

Yelu Yanxi was eager to make what he thought true, so he took the initiative to say: "In order to thank my son-in-law for sending charcoal in the snow, I have decided to give Xijing Kyushu as a dowry to my son-in-law as my six daughters, and you should hurry up to open the city to welcome us into the city." ”

When Li Shi heard this, he was stunned!

But—

Li Shi quickly reacted: "This must be forced by the southerners, and Your Majesty did it, otherwise, how could he marry six daughters and accompany Kyushu?" ”

Li Shi couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, think twice!" ”

Seeing that Li Shi didn't understand his hard work at all, Yelu Yanxi's face immediately sank, and he said unceremoniously: "You are a little Hanlin bachelor, and you also know my plans?" All you have to do is go back to the Holy City and tell the people of the city what I mean. ”

Afraid that Li Shi would ruin his good deeds, Yelu Yanxi said again: "You tell the people in the city that whoever does not respect my will to open the city, I will remove him from his post and replace him with someone who can understand my will, and whoever hinders my plan can be killed!" ”

When Li Shi heard this, he felt that Yelu Yanxi didn't look like he was being forced, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Could it be that I guessed wrong, this is really a big plan set by His Majesty?" ”

Yelu Yanxi also knew that his prestige as the Great Liao Emperor was not as good as before, and many people were disobedient to him.

Therefore, Yelu Yanxi's tone was a little more relaxed, and he said: "The current situation of our Da Liao, Li Aiqing should also know, then I will not hide it, the Jurchens have now become the climate, and it may be difficult to take revenge and restore the country by relying on our Da Liao alone, so I am ready to take you, the loyal ministers and righteous soldiers, to leave Xijing to form an army of 100,000 by yourself, and then borrow 100,000 troops from the Dadan Tribes, the Western Xia and my son-in-law Champion Hou to gather 200,000 horses, and then destroy the Jurchens and take revenge and restore the country." ”

Not to mention, after listening to Yelu Yanxi's plan, Li Shi really felt that this was a good opportunity.

Li Shi thought about it again, and felt that Yelu Yanxi's plan was not only good, but also very feasible, and he thought to himself: "This may really be the last chance for Da Liao." ”

Glancing at Wu Yong on the side, Li Shi asked, "Master Wu, I wonder if I can talk to His Majesty alone with my family?" ”

Wu Yong hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's safety is not tolerated, so I ask Li Hanlin for forgiveness." ”

Seeing this, Li Shi couldn't help but be a little disappointed!

After thinking for a moment, Li Shiyi gritted his teeth and said straightly: "Your Majesty's plan is indeed a good plan to save the country, the only thing to worry about, people's hearts, you need to know, you can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of preventing people." ”

Li Shi almost said: "Your Majesty, you have to prevent that champion from talking and not counting!" ”

Yelu Yanxi heard what Li Shi meant, he was a little relieved, and felt that Da Liao still had loyal ministers, and then said in his heart: "I am here, Aiqing don't worry, my son-in-law is a great hero, how can he talk and not count?" ”

After speaking, Yelu Yanxi looked at Wu Yong and said, "Yes, Wu Junshi?" ”

Wu Xin said: "My marquis still hasn't promised you anything, all of this is all your wishful thinking now." ”

However, seeing that Yelu Yanxi was about to complete the dedication of the Holy City, Wu Yong could not dismantle Yelu Yanxi's platform at this critical moment, and then his life was turbulent, ruining this good thing.

Wu Yong could only smile and vaguely imply, neither saying yes nor denying it.

Li Shi was not satisfied with this, and wanted to force Wu Yong to admit the matter in person and sit down on the matter.

No, Yelu Yanxi gave Li Shi a look without a trace, signaling Li Shi not to talk nonsense.

Li Shi didn't know that Cai Ying hadn't actually promised Yelu Yanxi anything, but Yelu Yanxi knew this, so if he could get a result that Wu Yong did not deny, Yelu Yanxi would already be satisfied - as long as Wu Yong did not object, Wu Yong would be responsible for this matter, and then he would try his best to mediate for him Yelu Yanxi, and Yelu Yanxi thought about it very thoroughly.

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After returning to Fengsheng City, Li Shi immediately told Yelu Yanxi's meaning to all the dignitaries in Fengsheng City.

After being silent for a while, Xiao Huai, the assassin of Fengshengzhou, looked at everyone and said, "You all talk about it, how should we deal with it?" ”

The identity of Yelu Chuge of the clan is the most noble of all, so he was the first to say: "This must not be Your Majesty's original intention, and we cannot respect it." ”

Li Shi glanced at Yelu Chuge and said: "Your Majesty's original words, "Whoever does not respect my will to open the city, I will remove him from his post and replace him with someone who can understand my will, and whoever hinders my plan can be killed", the king still thinks that Your Majesty did not mean this? ”

Brother Yelu Chu was speechless for a moment, and he was faintly angry!

But—

Yelu Chuge also heard that the Han'er in Ulzhou City brutally slaughtered the Khitans, and then sacrificed Ulzhou City.

Yelu Chuge didn't want their family to be slaughtered like this.

Moreover, this matter is carried by Yelu Yanxi, the emperor, who is a Khitan nobleman who eats and waits for death?

Moreover, Yelu Chuge thought about it for a while, and felt that if this thing was really done by Yelu Yanxi, it might be really an opportunity for their Khitan, and take a step back and say, no matter how bad the situation is, it can't be worse than now, so it's better to give it a go.

After thinking about this, Yelu Chuge immediately changed his words and said: "Since Your Majesty has said this, then the king reserves his own opinion and respects His Majesty's choice. ”

Seeing that Brother Yelu Chu didn't stop it, Li Shi said again: "What I personally mean is that Your Majesty's plan is feasible, and maybe this is the only chance for our Da Liao to take revenge and restore the country." ”

Li Shi explained: "The southerners have always wanted our Yanyun of Daliao, thinking that it is a barrier, if we give it, it is possible to exchange for the help of the southerners." ”

Xiao Da, another Khitan nobleman, said: "But our Da Liao currently only has the land of Yanyun, and if we give the land of Yun to the southerners, we will only have the land of Yan Di in Da Liao." ”

Guo Tianxing, the chief secretary of Fengshengzhou, said: "I'm afraid that the southerners will get Longwangshu, and they will also want our Yandi in Daliao, and even Pingzhou." ”

Li Shi was silent for a while, and said: "What you said, I have also thought about it, the big deal is that we will first withdraw to the west with Your Majesty, and then recapture Zhongjing, Tokyo and Shangjing with the whole army." ”

Everyone thought about it and said: "Liaozhongjing, Liaodong, Liaoshangjing, how can it be so easy to take it back, besides, without Yanyun, what will be used to raise these 200,000 troops?" ”

Seeing this, Li Shi said leisurely: "But have you thought about it, if we don't give it, won't the southerners rob it themselves?" Don't forget, just a few days ago, the Nanren defeated the 20,000 army led by Yan Zonghan at Yehuling, killing and capturing more than 15,000 Jurchens. ”

As soon as Li Shi said this, everyone's faces became a little bad, their Da Liao army, in the process of fighting with the Jurchens, was repeatedly defeated, and constantly lost territory, and now even most of the family and country have been lost, and the Jurchens were defeated by the Jin Wu army, can they stop the more powerful Jin Wu army?

Li Shi looked at everyone's faces and said, "There are also those two terrible weapons of the Nanren. ”

Taking a deep breath, Li Shixin continued with palpitations: "Don't hide it from you, I just saw those mysterious weapons all over the Nanren military camp in the Nanren military camp, I think that even if those mysterious weapons are only as powerful as the legend, we may not be able to resist them for a day in the Holy City." ”

As soon as Li Shi said this, most people's faces were a little loose.

Li Shi said again: "If we have reinforcements in Fengshengzhou, we may be able to resist it, but do we have it?" ”

Without waiting for others to answer, Li Shi asked himself and replied: "The naturalized state has already voted for the southerners, and the Ulzhou has also voted for the southerners, how can we be spared if we are sandwiched between the two states?" Do you expect the two states of Confucianism and Concubine behind us, or rely on Nanjing behind us? ”

Without waiting for others to answer, Li Shi said again: "The Jurchens have already captured Zhongjing, the troops have been sent to Bei'anzhou, and even the vanguard has gone south, Yanjing himself is too busy to take care of himself, how can he take care of us?" ”

Xiao Huai was moved by Li Shi's words, changed his previous hesitation, and said: "Kaicheng welcomes Your Majesty, we people can at least save our lives like the people of Weicheng and Guihua City, and resist to the end, I am afraid that we will follow in the footsteps of the people of Yingzhou and Shuozhou, how to choose, let's watch and do it." ”

There is Yelu Yanxi, the order of the current emperor, and there are examples of the high-ranking officials and nobles of Yingzhou and Shuozhou who were all tried by the public after the defeat of Yingzhou and Shuozhou, and the high-ranking officials and nobles of Ulzhou and Wuzhou who took the initiative to open the city and surrender, and the examples of the high-ranking officials and nobles of their states who can still save the lives of their families and even hold important positions, and the key is that the 20,000 Jin army was annihilated by more than 15,000 powerful military threats, how can the people of Xinzhou choose?

In the afternoon of the same day, the people of Xinzhou, under the leadership of Xiao Huai, Li Shi, Yelu Chuge and others, surrendered in Kaicheng......

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