On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, the Khitan arrived at Kaifeng Mansion with the deputy privy envoy Yelu Yixin and the Hanlin scholar Yao Jingxing, and congratulated Zhengdan.

The two Khitan envoys were placed in Dutingyi, and Wen Yanbo convened the Zaizhi again to discuss the matter in the capital.

Everyone sat down, and Wen Yanbo said: "Looking at the Khitan National Book, there is no mention of Xiongzhou, but only congratulations to Zhengdan. When the embassy accompanied the Khitan envoy to the banquet, Yao Jing said that this matter was done by Yang Ji of Zhuozhou, the Khitan Zhizhuozhou. The Khitan has recalled Yang Ji, and the final result is unknown. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "If you don't mention the war in Xiongzhou, this matter is extremely suspicious. Or not long after the war, the Khitan army was annihilated, and the rear did not know the specific situation, so it was inferred that they did not know. Wait until you understand the news, and then negotiate with the DPRK. ”

Wen Yanbo nodded: "This matter is also possible." Xiongzhou is in the north and south post road, when the envoy came, he lived in Baigou post for a few days. Maybe they were there to find out the news, send it back to the Khitan, and wait for the order. ”

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said: "The great victory of annihilating nearly 10,000 people, how can it be regarded as if this incident did not happen?" If the Khitans don't mention it, this dynasty should also mention it. There are still some days before the end of the year, and the officials can be ordered to inform the Khitan envoys. At the same time, he ordered Ma Huaide, the border pacification envoy of Xiongzhou, to negotiate with the Khitan Nanjing Road in the name of the Khitan people crossing the border and disturbing the people. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "What if the Khitan Nanjing stays behind just and doesn't know? ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head with a smile: "Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses have been annihilated, how dare the Khitan say that he doesn't know?" If you say so, you will have no scruples about the border in the future. Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan were left behind in Nanjing and did not know their whereabouts, so wouldn't the Khitan border be able to enter and exit at will? ”

Wen Yanbo nodded: "What I said is that it is better to let Xiongzhou negotiate with the Khitans." In this matter, Xiongzhou occupied a rational word, and really won a big battle, and the negotiations with the Khitans prevailed. ”

Han Qi said: "There is another point, the Khitan envoys did not mention the battle of Xiongzhou, maybe they are waiting for us to mention it." Especially in Xiongzhou, they don't negotiate with the Khitan, and the Khitan people really don't know what happened after that battle. ”

Wen Yanbo nodded: "It seems that this is the case." Ma Huaide was ordered to sort out the results of the battle and negotiate with the Khitans. He still has more than a thousand captives in his hands, and these captives always have families, how can they ignore them? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "With the news of Xiongzhou, the Khitan envoys can talk about the war." ”

Several people discussed and discussed, and only this conclusion could be reached. The Khitans only knew that nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses had crossed the border and never returned. What these people encountered, and what the final result was, I am afraid that I still don't know anything. They were waiting for news from Xiongzhou and knowing what had happened before they could negotiate with the Song Dynasty. The number of 10,000 people lost in the First World War is not small, how can the Khitans not be shaken.

In the Duting Station, Yelu Yixin and Yao Jingxing sat opposite each other, and a pot of tea was placed on the table in the middle. It's just that at this time, neither of them had the heart to use tea, and they sat there with a bad complexion.

After a while, Yao Jingxing took a sip of tea and said, "The news I got now is that after Yelu Fonu crossed the border, he fell into the siege of the Song army. The newly built station had been evacuated, and the Buddha had looted there, but no one was harmed. It was only later during the battle that two nearby villages were rushed in by the rout, and I don't know how many people were killed or wounded. ”

Yelu Yixin said: "This battle has lost 10,000 people, and it has not been defeated for many years!" At this time, I still care about how many people the Song people lost! ”

Yao Jingxing sighed: "Is there any way?" It was indeed Jeruphernus who crossed the border and was besieged and annihilated. This battle was fought in the territory of Song, and no matter how many people we lost, there was nothing to say. ”

"Yang Ji is hateful!" Yelu Yixin slapped the table. "As a minister along the border, I didn't know the layout on the other side, so I was rashly crossed by the army. And there is no response in the rear, and as soon as it is besieged, there is no longer anything to think about! ”

Yao Jingxing shook his head: "Who would have thought that the Song Dynasty could quickly surround 10,000 cavalry?" In just one day, he surrounded and annihilated an army of 10,000 people, which had never happened before. Yang Ji just acted according to the usual practice, where would he have thought of this result. ”

Yelu Yixin took a sip of the tea on the table and said in a deep voice, "What should we do?" You can't keep saying you don't know about it. The Holy Lord sent the two of us to envoy, and he was supposed to deal with the matter of Xiongzhou. It's not a way to drag it out all the time. ”

Yao Jingxing thought for a while and said: "This matter is difficult to do, the difficulty is that the soldiers and horses of this dynasty crossed the border and were surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop. The negotiations between the two countries will either occupy a single word or win the battle. Now the two ends are not relied on, and it is the most difficult to talk about. Let's wait and see how the Song Dynasty negotiated with Zhuozhou. Now it's better to be still, look at the conditions proposed by the Song people, and then we will find a way. ”

Yelu Yixin said hatefully: "Yang Ji is nonsense, Yelu Buddha is incompetent!" It's winter, and the rivers and lakes are frozen and can be crisscrossed without hindrance. He has 10,000 cavalry, how can he be surrounded by people, and not a single one of them can escape! ”

Yao Jingxing shook his head, poured tea alone, and thought while drinking. He is a Han Chinese, born in Jinshi, and can be regarded as a capable minister of the Khitan. And he is loyal and has the law to do things. Now that the Khitan is at a complete disadvantage, they were sent.

This kind of envoy is really not easy to do. Zhuozhou took the initiative to send troops, but was surrounded and annihilated by the Song army, the war was not smooth, and it did not occupy a rational word, how to negotiate with the Song people? The Song people bit to death that it was the Khitan invasion, and then taking advantage of the current victory, the lion opened his mouth, but it is difficult to talk about. After losing 10,000 Yelu Funu, Zhuozhou's defense was empty, and if the Song army went north, it could not be saved.

This time, Yang Ji was too hasty, and without carefully reconnoitring the arrangement of the Song army in Xiongzhou, he rashly sent the army south, which was like sending a sheep into the mouth of a tiger. Now the Khitan knew that the Song people had just transferred Zhang Qi's army there before Yelu Fonu went south. Zhang Qi formed an army on Hequ Road, and fought all the way to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, making many military exploits, how could he let go of the meat that was sent to his mouth like this?

After thinking for a long time, Yao Jingxing said: "There is only one way to negotiate with the Song people in this matter. ”

Yelu Yixin hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

Yao Jingxing said: "Xiongzhou was originally the land of Guannan taken by Zhou Shizong, and later it was established as Xiongzhou. Since the Jin Dynasty dedicated the sixteen states of Yanyun, the land of Guannan has been owned by this dynasty. Therefore, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, in Xiongzhou, the households were divided from the current dynasty, and they were called the two losing households. That is to say, the so-called Xiongzhou of the Song people was originally the land of Guannan, and it can also be regarded as the territory of this dynasty. Yelu Fonu's southward movement did not necessarily mean entering the Song realm. ”

Yelu Yixin nodded again and again after hearing this: "What the bachelor said is that it is the land of Guannan. More than ten years ago, the Song Dynasty fought against the party, and the dynasty had proposed to let the Song people return these places, and finally increased the currency. In other words, the Song people didn't dare to say that they were dead, and that was the Song Realm. ”

Yao Jingxing said: "This is just a statement after all, so we won't be too embarrassed." In the final analysis, whether the other party listens or not, it depends on which army is stronger in the border area. More than ten years ago, the Song people agreed to increase the currency because the war with the party was unfavorable and they were afraid that the army would go south. Now, at this time, they are not afraid. He also destroyed all the people of Jeruphhimus, and he was not so easy to speak. ”

Yes, in the end, it is still the military that will speak. The army is strong, how to say how it makes sense. The army is not strong, what is the use?

(Happy New Year to all)