The Khitan camp was filled with the smell of mutton fat, and the palace tent army carried its skin to distribute mutton fat cakes in the camp. In a few days it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and this cake made of sticky rice and white sheep pith oil was a grace of His Majesty, and forty-nine were rewarded per account. The Khitan people who received the grace were full of smiles on their faces, and the grace bestowed by His Majesty was glorious. This trip to the south was different from the past, and all the wealth and silk looted and distributed by the people and horses of various departments were registered and transported back to Liao in a centralized manner. The soldiers and horses in front saved the burden, and the family members in the back also rejoiced. Since the southern expedition, the soldiers and horses of the northern courtyard have not thought of returning at all, but have been full of spirit to build the richest city in the world.

The longer the expedition, the more loyal the Khitan people from various tribes are to the emperor rather than the tribe, accustomed to obeying military orders, marching and fighting have become a part of life, such days for a long time, if the Khitan people return to the life of grazing, farming and weaving, fishing and hunting, there will be many people who are not very adaptable. There were about 9 million Song people swept by the Liao army on the roads of Hebei alone, and the Liao army plundered countless treasures along the way, and the carts full of various materials were continuously transported back to the north, and how could there be such a rich income from grazing, fishing and hunting.

Walking in the camp of the Liao State, Li Ruobing observed his words and looks, and saw that the morale of the Khitan was high, and a dark cloud rose in his heart. Suddenly, in a clearing not far away, two Khitans were tied to the ground, and the whip of the execution was whipped on their bodies, and the bloody whip marks crisscrossed their backs. A general with a stern face was intencing, and when he saw Li Ruobing looking this way, he glared at him fiercely. At this time, one of the soldiers who had been tortured could not bear it, and he was put on the ground, but the executioner did not care, and walked up and kicked him a few times, but the whip was still merciless, and he was whipped on him more and more fiercely.

"What kind of military law did these two men commit?" Li Ruobing asked seemingly casually. Along the way, he knocked on the side, seemingly unintentional, but in fact he wanted to hear as much about the situation of the Liao army as possible. Unexpectedly, the Liao army was so ruthless to its own people, Li Ruobing remembered that the military discipline in the Beijing camp was lax, and the officers let the soldiers in the battalion take on all kinds of forced labor, and even do business, and he was even more worried.

The Liao officer replied impatiently: "Rape. For adulteresses, the first offender shall be whipped and put into a death camp, and the repeat offender shall be lit with a lantern. ”

Feng Lu nodded secretly, even if it was to buy people's hearts, he finally implemented a benevolent government. Li Ruobing thought in his heart, does the Liao army want to make a long-term stay, he had some dealings with Yelu Dashi at the beginning, this person is very deep in the city, this envoy, don't fall for his tricks. While thinking, the two followed the Liao army officer to Yelu Dashi's imperial account.

The imperial tent was covered with tigers, leopards and bear skins, Yelu Dashi sat cross-legged in the middle, and the table in front of him was placed with the figure of Bianliang, he raised his eyes and looked at Feng Lu and Li Ruobing, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Did the Song Emperor send you and the others to beg for peace?" ”

Li Ruobing frowned, but Feng Lu was the first to speak: "My emperor pities the two countries for the exchange of troops, and the lives are miserable, God has the virtue of a good life, so he sent me and others to come to make a good connection, and I hope that the two countries will become brothers and continue to be good for a hundred years." ”

Yelu Dashi smiled slightly and said: "However, the Taizu of the Southern Dynasty has a saying, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly." ”

Li Ruobing raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "The Taizu of this dynasty started at the end of the five generations of troubled times, when the people were devastated, and he received the mandate of heaven with virtue, so he issued an order to flatten the countries of the Quartet to plug the source of turbidity. After the success, rest in the world. This dynasty made ceremonies and music, and examined the governance of cultural relics, and since three generations, morality and benevolence are worthy of the Han and Tang dynasties. The so-called 'side of the couch' is just a momentary joke, how can it be taken seriously? He originally planned to count the tragic situation of the Liao army since it went south, and the tragic situation of the city, the hills and ruins, which was very different from when Taizu won the world, but was quickly interrupted by the messenger Feng Lu.

"Yes, yes," Feng Ludui said with a smile, and he could only bypass the words, "The so-called one side of the water and soil raises the other side." The land of the Southern Dynasties is rainy and hot, the crops are fed, the mulberry and hemp are clothed, the plates are built and settled, and the city is governed. The land of the Northern Dynasties is cold and windy, with animal husbandry and fishing for food, fur for clothing, migration at any time, and chariots and horses as their home. This day and place are favorable, so it is limited to the north and south. It is in line with the northerners returning to the north, and the southerners returning to the south. His Majesty has been herding horses in the south for a long time, and the soldiers are tired, so why not turn the war into jade silk and return to the north with a rotating horse. This is to know reason, move with emotion, and then slowly negotiate the conditions.

"Feng Xianggong's words are wrong," Yelu Dashi shook his head and said with a playful smile: "The Khitan people are the descendants of Yin Shang. The area of Luoyang, Bianliang, is also the place where the ancestors built the capital, if it is given to the Southern Dynasty in vain, it will not be an unworthy descendant of the ancestors. He paused and said meaningfully, "But then again, the Southern Dynasty took Song as the name of the country, and if it goes back to the Spring and Autumn Period, the Song Kingdom was built by Weizi after the Yin Shang, and the people who governed it were also the remnants of the Yin Shang." In this way, the Khitan and Song dynasties, both after the Yin Shang, were an ancestral tribe thousands of years ago, but they were a real country of brothers. The Khitan people want to return to the place where their ancestors grazed and operated, and they fought with the Song people, at most they can be regarded as brothers on the wall. It is the Xia country, with Xia as the name of the country, and built the foundation of Guanzhong, inheriting the hometown of the Zhou family, whether it is Zhou or Xia, and my Yin Shang ancestors have the enmity of destroying the country, we Liao and Song should be the same enemy, and the foreign defense is insulted. ”

His rambling and specious remarks. Let Feng Lu and Li Ruobing cry and laugh, worry comes from it, Yelu Dashi is not small, this southern expedition is not just to fight for land and loot wealth, but to fight for the world. But the Song State was defeated and retreated on the battlefield, and this time sent envoys to negotiate peace and ask for an alliance under the city. According to the "Historical Records", it is said that "the princes before the Yin Dynasty cannot obtain the score", but the Xiongnu also gave An a "seedling descendant of the Xia Hou clan". In such a situation, the Emperor of Liao said that the Liao and Song Dynasty were originally a country of brothers, but it was not easy to refute his face in person.

Feng Lu gave Li Ruobing a look, and persuaded the Liao army to retreat, not to dwell on the inexplicable issue of the ancestors of the Khitans, so as not to anger the emperor of the Liao State. However, after a moment of silence, Li Ruobing sighed: "The Khitan ancestors have looked at the north for more than 200 years, and they have their own way, and they may not be inferior to the Central Plains. Your Majesty is also indulging in divine martial arts, why bother to reluctantly put the Taoism of the Central Plains on the heads of the Khitan ancestors. He looked at Jerodashi with no fear in his eyes. Feng Lu secretly complained in his heart, and said in his heart, the Khitan people don't know the history books, Yelang is just arrogant, why is Lord Li so difficult to see like a barbarian.

A strange color flashed in Yelu Dashi's eyes, and he immediately pretended to be angry and said, "You are a messenger, and you dare to speak disrespectfully. This person who is not inferior will first stay in the royal account as a hostage. You, the messenger, go back and tell the news, and then someone else will come. He paused for a moment, then added, "If you want to persuade my army to return north, you must find some truly sensible ministers, at least the vassal king as an envoy." ”

His anger is really a bit of a million corpses and bleeding thousands of miles. Feng Lu trembled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry." He pulled Li Ruobing's sleeve, for fear that if he said the wrong word, Yelu Dashi would leave himself in this Khitan camp like a tiger and wolf's lair. Li Ruobing stood up without humility or arrogance, without saying a word, and slowly retreated according to the envoy's etiquette.

Yelu Dashi looked at Li Ruobing's back and said with a wry smile: "This person who understands, I didn't say that I forgot my ancestors and crowned the monkey, which can be regarded as saving face, but unfortunately I can't take it for my own use." He pondered for a while, and waved his hand to summon Lin Ya from the North Courtyard to teach him face-to-face. This humiliation of the Song envoy was counted in one fell swoop. One demonstrated to Emperor Song, even if he wanted peace, Emperor Song had to pay the greatest price. The second is to use the excuse of changing the messenger to delay time and wait for the artillery battalion to arrive. The third is to ask for a Zhao vassal king, who will be detained and used to appease the people, and no matter how many local tyrants there are in Zhao'an, it will work. Fourth, according to the list listed by Tong Guan, he put pressure on Emperor Song through envoys to wipe out the main battle officials in Bianliang City.

Bianliang sent an envoy to negotiate peace for the first time, and the deputy envoy Li Ruobing was taken hostage, and Feng Lu was detained for three days before he was released. Feng Lu brought back the request that the emperor of Liao State was not noble enough to be an envoy, and at least asked the vassal king to be the envoy. The Khitan envoy who accompanied Feng Lu to meet Emperor Song directly conveyed Yelu Dashi's meaning, asking Zhao Ke to execute the courtiers of the main battle to show his sincerity.

"Beiyu doesn't know that my dynasty is a doctor of Yourongshi, Lord Feng is the status of deputy prime minister, and one more step will be a very popular minister," Zhao Zhifu muttered, he seemed to deliberately ignore that Yelu Dashi had sent an envoy to Bianliang, and he knew the system of this dynasty well, "Since Liao is mainly an envoy of a vassal king, and it has to be His Majesty's own brother, in order to protect the society....... "The Liao State has already detained a messenger, and if the vassal king sends an envoy, it is likely to be detained again, and the plan is quite intriguing." It was about the Song clan relatives, and neither Zhao Zhifu nor Shao Wu dared to propose it at will.

Zhao Ke was standing on the dragon chair, his face was cloudy, he was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Since I am for the sake of the society, I can't just abolish the public because of private interests, and only care about the feelings of brotherhood." Zhao Qi, the king of Jing, was the envoy, and he went out of the city to negotiate peace, and Deng Su, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was deputy. After making this decision, Zhao Ke seemed to be relieved. The soldiers came to the city to negotiate peace, which was a matter of all difficulties, and King Jing Zhao Qi was taken hostage by Yelu Dashi and brought back to the Northern Dynasty for a hundred. Even if he came back, he couldn't escape a crime that made him never recover. As for Deng Su, it was Zhao Ke's sincerity to Yelu Dashi. On the day when the Bianliang scholars gathered to beat the drum, he was disobedient and arrogant, Zhao Ke still had a faint pain in his chest when he thought about it. Several other officials who were in the main battle, Zhao Ke just planned to demote them out of Bianliang, out of sight and out of mind, and also maintained the pattern of the DPRK and China.

Two days ago, the will of the new Baoyi Army had been issued. The officers were filled with troublesome soldiers. The so-called volunteers are mostly recruited by scoundrels who are greedy for money. The court said that it was just an emergency measure, and the soldiers who served in the army still kept their Taixue school records, and after the battle, the soldiers could go back to study. The big words of the soldiers' main battle came out, and when the matter came, they didn't dare to refuse, so they could only grit their teeth and abandon the civil and military forces, and they stopped making trouble in the past two days, and were busy sharpening their guns.