Lingzhou is dry and windy, and the wind outside can be heard in the palace.

The privy deputy hurriedly walked to the door of the study, and inside Guo Shao stopped talking with Lu Duoxun and beckoned Wei Renpu in. Wei Renpu bowed his hand, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Cao Bin has news here." The Zhou army made good news in the north of Shaozhou, but the situation did not seem to be going well. ”

Guo Shaodao: "I read Cao Bin's report before, as long as he takes Shaozhou and destroys the Southern Han Dynasty, it will be just around the corner, and he can't capture Shaozhou?" ”

Wei Renpu said: "The minister thinks it's difficult. Since the confrontation between the Great Zhou army and the Southern Han army, it has mostly been on the defensive, and it is considered a victory if it repels the attack of the Southern Han army, and the progress is extremely slow. The Zhou army was affected by the miasma in the south, and there were many sick people, and some people even secretly reported that they had encountered the plague! The minister guessed that Cao Bin might be considering retiring from the army! ”

Guo Shao's brows furrowed, and he said, "Ask Taichang Temple to send an imperial doctor to the southern line for consultation and solve the disease." ”

Wei Renpu clenched his fists and said, "Huh." ”

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: "Send the letter back, and ask Zuo You to go too!" In the past, I led the troops to have a set of methods for isolation and disease prevention, Cao Bin has never followed me, and may not be familiar with it, Zuo You is most familiar with those methods. ”

Wei Renpu couldn't help but say: "Cao Bin has no record to praise, and his performance in attacking the Southern Han is also mediocre. The imperial court spent so much money, armor, weapons, and grain were all sufficient, and he had as many as 100,000 soldiers under his command, and the consumption of the expedition was huge, but the battle was fought like this......"

Guo Shao said: "Although Cao Bin's number is large, we have to consider that he is not a veteran of the battle array. ”

Wei Renpu sighed: "The Southern Han Dynasty is weak, and the monarch is faint, which is much worse than the previous Southern Tang Kingdom. ”

Guo Shao said without hesitation: "Cao Bin hasn't given up yet, and let him think of ideas, we can't rush too much." ”

Wei Renpu noticed Guo Shao's attitude and tone, so he didn't say anything more...... That Cao Bin is a talent personally selected by Guo Shao, and when he really fails, Guo Shao is unwilling to admit that he has lost his eyes.

Speaking of this, there was a slight silence among the three monarchs and ministers in the study.

Guo Shao stretched out his hand and rubbed it on his forehead a few times, and a kind of tiredness welled up in his heart...... Thinking about it, he didn't do much every day, but if everything didn't go well, his mood would affect him.

Guo Shao pretended to be calm and said: "You all perform your duties, don't be too anxious." ”

Wei Renpu and the others bowed down and said, "The ministers must follow the teachings. ”

Lu Duoxun said at this time: "Tomorrow, I will send the party members away, and the minister will be ordered to be the envoy of the imperial court, return to Xiazhou with them, and see Li Yiyin again." ”

Guo Shao and Wei Renpu were surprised when they heard this, and Guo Shao reminded: "This time is different from the last time, Lu Zhijun went to the danger, and his life was in danger. ”

Lu Duosun said: "If Xia Prefecture rebels and kills the ministers, the war is inevitable, and more people will die." What is the pity of a minister's life? ”

Guo Shao nodded in agreement after hearing this, and waved his hand silently.

The two clasped their fists and said, "The ministers will retire." ”

Guo Shao stood up and paced a little irritably in the room. Thinking about it, it is the most advantageous situation if there is no accident in the west...... As soon as there is a war in the north, the Liao State is very likely to intervene. The westward movement of the main front was not beneficial to the Central Plains Dynasty, which was more expensive to transport; What's more, Liao will have one more ally, the territory of the party in Xiazhou is not large, but the party is all soldiers, and the terrain is also complicated, so it is not easy to deal with. However, Li Yiyin is not necessarily willing to be caught between the two great powers and be used as a gunman.

Guo Shao took a deep breath, and only then did he wake up to the fact that he was a little paralyzed and careless after sitting on the throne, and the error tolerance rate for many things was still not high.

He suppressed his anxiety and irritability in his heart, got up and walked out of the study.

Guo Shao, under the guidance of the eunuch Wang Zhong, walked through a corridor and went to see Li Yueji.

Li Yueji was sitting in the old house in a daze, and when she saw Guo Shao coming in, she looked at him vigilantly, and she didn't get up, and there was almost no etiquette. Guo Shao didn't care, and asked kindly: "Is Concubine Li Xian feeling better these days?" ”

Li Yueji was a lot haggard, and she said in a low voice: "I shouldn't have agreed to escape with Brother Yu because of my temperament...... I thought it was just a trivial matter, and even if I was caught, no one would be able to do anything to me. ”

She said and her voice was a little choked: "If I were sensible, I wouldn't have ...... if I didn't hide my uncle."

Guo Shao said: "It is understandable that Concubine Li Xian suddenly came to a place where she was unfamiliar with her life. People do wrong things, but the responsibility for wrong things has to be counted on my head. ”

Li Yueji was a little surprised when she heard this, and looked up at Guo Shao: "You are so vicious to Brother Yu, why are you so tolerant of me?" If I don't promise my brother, nothing will happen! ”

Guo Shao was noncommittal, and said: "Tomorrow, we will send the corpse gift of the party's family and the father and son of the Wuzang family back to their hometown, and Concubine Li Xian and I will go together to send it off." ”

Li Yueji said: "You still want to keep me here?" ”

Guo Shao said: "My marriage with the Li family is not a marriage with the Wuzang family. ”

Li Yueji frowned and said, "Your Majesty thinks that my father will marry the royal family?" ”

Guo Shao said: "It's hard to say now. ”

……

The news of the death of the father and son had already spread to Xiazhou, and it was reported from Xiazhou to Shangjing in Liao.

When the general Yelu heard the news, he rushed to the house of Xiao Siwen, the deputy envoy of the North Courtyard, to discuss, and was welcomed into the inner courtyard, but saw Xiao Siwen leisurely watching the younger generations play in the courtyard.

After the two of them saw the salute, Yelu obliquely followed Xiao Siwen's gaze, looked at it fixedly, and blurted out: "Isn't that Yeluxian?" ”

Xiao Siwen smiled and said: "The old man is also his uncle's house here, the cousins and sisters get along, and Yanyan (Xiao Sui) often talks about her cousin." It's not good to see it once. ”

Yelu nodded thoughtfully: "Queen Huaijie, the mother of Xian'er, is a member of the Xiao family. ”

Na Yeluxian is thirteen or fourteen years old, and his body is a little weak, but he is still playing with his innocent and lovely nine-year-old cousin, and the two are chasing after him. Xiao Xuan circled around a tree a few times briskly and nimblely, and looked back at Ye Luxian, who was bent over and panting and couldn't catch up, she smiled from ear to ear, and the "giggle" laughter was like a silver bell.

Yelu put aside all the party matters, and looked intently at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, very interested. It's not that there's anything different about the boy, it's because of the boy's origin!

Ye Luxian's father was Liao Shizong, the first emperor of the Great Liao; Mother is the queen of Liao Shizong!

But the status of the teenager is not high now...... Because the current emperor is in the same line as Taizong; And the young man's father is a lineage. The alternate way of the throne of the two veins is the "Huoshendian Change" when the first emperor was assassinated, and Yeluxian's embarrassing position can be imagined.

Xiao Siwen looked at her beautiful daughter's elated appearance, and was fascinated, and it took a while to come back to her senses. Turning his head to Yelu, he slanted and said, "Dashuai is here for the party's affairs?" ”

Yelu slanted and said: "Gong Xiao should have known that the party nobles sent their relatives, father and son all died in Lingzhou. If there is a change in Xiazhou, he will ask for help from Da Liao. ”

Xiao Siwen nodded and said: "As long as the people of Xiazhou rebel against the Zhou State, they will be the second Eastern Han (Northern Han) State!" They are more difficult to deal with than Hedong. The people of Hedong are Han'er, and they do not fight hard against the Zhou army, but the party members are different. I have already sent another envoy to lobby Li Yiyin. ”

Yelu obliquely bowed and said: "Xiao Gong is far-sighted and prescient!" ”

Xiao Siwen said: "When the Zhou people attacked Hedong, I advocated the rescue with all my might, but the purpose was to protect Youzhou; As a result, Hedong was lost, and Youzhou was immediately threatened by the Zhou army. This matter is not over yet, Youzhou is involved in the national fortune, and it must not be taken away by the people of Zhou!

If something happens in Xiazhou this time, Da Liao should do his best to protect it, and move westward to the place where the Zhou army is dueled, no matter whether it wins or loses, it is not our place to lose; If the war in the west is not won or lost for a day, Youzhou will be stable for a day. ”

In the past two years, Yelu has been completely impressed by Xiao Siwen's strategic insight, and constantly nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Xiao Siwen was greatly applied, so he said in a deep voice: "The Great Khan also agreed with the old man's proposal to keep Youzhou with all his might, and promised that Xiazhou would send troops to the west whenever something happened. At this time, there must be nothing in Daliao, and you should focus on the overall situation. ”

Yelu leaned and pressed his hand to his chest and said, "Let's serve Xiao Gong, everything is up to Xiao Gong's opinion!" ”

Xiao Siwen praised it kindly, and then turned his head to look at the two children playing and playing. He squinted his eyes and was very calm.

Even if it is the Great Liao Emperor, a violent monarch that everyone fears when they see it, what can it be? He Xiao Siwen is not afraid! A long time ago, Ye Lujing was suspicious of Xiao Siwen, but now he is more and more afraid to act rashly against Xiao Siwen. Unless you want to die together, the Great Liao Emperor can only compromise!

First, the Daliao royal family has always been married to the Xiao family, and almost all the prime ministers are from the Xiao family, which is extremely powerful; If Yelu Jing dared to kill Xiao Siwen for nothing, it would be tantamount to completely losing the support of the Xiao family.

Both, Xiao Siwen himself also has a force, if Ye Lu Jing can detect Xiao Siwen's actions, it should be clear that if Xiao Siwen does not mediate, Ye Lu Jing will face a greater risk of change! Unless Yelujing wants to eradicate the threat completely, it is not a good thing to move Xiao Siwen...... It's a pity that there are too many threats, and he probably doesn't dare to act rashly.

Xiao Siwen just looks at what Ye Lujing wants to do, and now that the emperor wants to stabilize the situation, then everyone will be able to talk.

Xiao Siwen closed his eyes slightly, feeling that the time was not yet ripe, in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that Yelujing should not carry all the sins now.

At this moment, there was a dull sound of "bang ......" in the distance. Yelu tilted his head to the side and looked, "What sound?" It won't be thunder on a sunny day. ”

Xiao Siwen said calmly: "It should be the palace tent army training war horses, and the Great Khan listened to my advice." The Zhou army has ** weapons, and when attacking Youzhou, ** guns were also used, which will frighten the war horses, and I said that the Great Khan let the Liao army war horses get used to the ** explosion sound, so as not to mess up the formation. ”

Yelu slanted and said: "Xiao Gong|Both civil and military, let us admire it." ”

Xiao Siwen shook his head, and Shaoqing said slowly: "I heard Han official Fan Zhongyi say that the ancient Wei State was able to defeat the Shu State because Sima Yi lived longer than Zhuge Liang. As long as we keep Youzhou and delay time, and wait for Blacksmith Guo to die, everything will be fine. ”