The next day, Emperor Zhu Tingxun of Yan received Xiao Che and his party in the palace, and Shi Luosheng also met Gao Lan, the imperial lieutenant, and Niu Changyan, the imperial servant, who strongly opposed the Yan and Song alliances.

After Xiao Che and the others saluted, Emperor Yan Zhu Tingxun asked directly: "I don't know what the three princes think of the relationship between Yan and Song?" ”

Xiao Che had been prepared for this question for a long time, and got up and replied: "Your Majesty, the reality of this question has already told us the answer, three years ago the Song and Yan countries formed an alliance, for our Great Song Dynasty, the war that lasted for more than 200 years ended, the people ushered in a rare peace, a large amount of idle land has resumed production, and the national strength is gradually recovering. For the Yan State, the benefits are also obvious, the Yan State no longer has to fight on two fronts, and can concentrate on dealing with the Qi State, and at the same time ......"

Before he finished speaking, a voice beside him sneered: "The benefits are all for you Song Guo, what benefits have we gotten for Dayan?" Concentrate on dealing with the Qi State? Hahahaha, we have offended the State of Chu by forming an alliance with you, and we can still join forces with the State of Chu in the past, and go to your Song State to replenish strategic materials, but now? Our Dayan is not as good as it was three years ago. ”

Xiao Che saw that it was the servant Niu Changyan who spoke. So he replied forcefully: "As for the alliance between Song and Yan, I admit that in the short term, our Great Song will get more benefits than Yan State, but if we don't form an alliance, does Mrs. Niu think that the Chu-Yan coalition will definitely be able to take my Great Song?" The state of Chu has been at war with us for more than 200 years, and since Deng Yuanjue took over as the general, the state of Chu has not only not invaded a piece of our land, but has been recovered by us a lot. Yan Guo has acted together with Chu State in the past ten years, how can he have taken advantage of our Great Song Dynasty? If the war starts again, the Qi State will inevitably take this opportunity to attack you, if the Yan State can't achieve a quick victory, does Mrs. Niu think that with the current national strength of the Yan Kingdom, can it still support a two-front battle? ”

At this time, Gao Lan spoke: "Joke, whether you can win quickly, you will know after the fight, the Song Kingdom is weak, the world knows it, if it weren't for a Deng Yuanjue, you would have died long ago, how could it be your turn to come to our Dayan court today to talk about it." Besides, the Yan-Chu coalition army, Deng Yuanjue will definitely be sent to deal with the Chu State, do you have any other generals who can stop my Great Yan's army? ”

Because of the Song country's official election system, people from families are reluctant to join the military, and those who have a little talent among the children of the poor family either leave other countries, or they are like Wang Lun and Dong Hai, and this environment has also led to the fact that there are not many generals in the Song State who can fight, since Yan Chixing and Ling Zhen left, there is only one Wu Teng who can be ranked in addition to Deng Yuanjue.

Xiao Che seemed to be prepared, and said with a faint smile: "I don't know if Lord Taiwei has heard of Yan Chixing?" ”

Although the name Yan Chixing has disappeared for a long time in various countries, the people of Yan will not forget that one of the two pillars of the Song State back then, every time the Yan and Chu coalition forces attacked the Song State, they either met Deng Yuanjue or Yan Chixing, but no matter which one they encountered, the Yan army could not get benefits, but often failed miserably in the hands of the two. Later, Yan Chixing didn't know why he disappeared, so that after so many years, Yan Guo had almost forgotten about this person.

Gao Lan said: "Of course Yan Chixing's great name and official have heard of it, but this person has been missing for a long time, could it be that your Song Kingdom has found him again?" Is he willing to fight for your Song Kingdom again? ”

Xiao Che said: "Yan Chixing is the family teacher, he has never disappeared, the family teacher quit the military camp just to take over the sect, and the family teacher has been in retreat to pursue a breakthrough in martial arts all these years, and he has just recently come out of the customs." Taiwei also knows that my Great Song Dynasty has never appointed the position of Great Sima, and this position has been set when the first emperor was still alive, and it was reserved for the family teacher. ”

The people in the court who had heard of Yan Chixing were slightly stunned, Xiao Che, as the prince of the Song Kingdom, naturally what he said would not be false, if Yan Chixing really came back, Yan Guo needed to think about the relationship with Song.

Gao Lan asked tentatively, "So Yan Chixing will come back and take over the position of Great Sima?" ”

Xiao Che said: "I have to go back and discuss this with the family teacher, the family teacher has just come out of the customs, and there are still a lot of mundane things to deal with, but when the country is in trouble, the family teacher always has to take action." ”

Gao Lan heard that Yan Chixing did not mean to take over as Da Sima for the time being, and said with a slight sigh of relief: "Even if Yan Chixing comes back again, the benefits of our Great Yan alliance with the Chu State are still greater than the benefits of forming an alliance with the Song State." ”

Xiao Che said again: "Okay, even if the two countries of Yan and Chu join forces and finally capture my Great Song, then what will happen next?" Qi Chu's heart to unify the five kingdoms is known to the world, my Great Song Dynasty is dead, who will be the next target of Chu? Will it be the Kingdom of Qi? The State of Qi is strong, even if the State of Chu after swallowing my Great Song Dynasty cannot compete with it, and it is different to take the State of Yan as the next target, Yan will have to face the attack of the State of Qi at that time, even if General Ning is powerful, he can't deal with the State of Chu with his own body, at that time, choosing to attack Yan is not a better chance for Chu? When that day comes, will Taiwei still think that it is better to form an alliance with my Great Song today than to form an alliance with the Chu State? ”

Gao Lan snorted coldly and said, "This is just your wishful thinking, how do you know that after the destruction of the Song Dynasty, the Chu State will no longer join us in the war against Qi?" ”

Xiao Che wanted to say something more, Yan Emperor Zhu Tingxun interrupted: "Okay, there is no result if the two of you continue to argue about this matter, the third prince, this matter is related to the national fortune of my Great Yan Kingdom, I have to discuss it with the courtiers again, and I will give you an answer in five days." ”

Zhu Tingxun also agreed with what Xiao Che said, but Gao Lan was aggressive, and Zhu Tingxun didn't want to listen to the two of them arguing at the moment, so he decided to delay it for a few days before making a decision.

After retiring from the dynasty, Zhu Tingxun summoned Ning Zefeng and Zhang Qiyu separately and asked: "Taiwei has always been strongly opposed to the alliance between Yan and Song, and the two Aiqing have both contacted Xiao Che, how can he still convince Taiwei?" ”

Ning Zefeng already knew that Zhang Qiyu had a problem from Shi Luosheng last night, so he kept silent, wanting to see what Zhang Qiyu said first. Zhang Qiyu also glanced at Ning Zefeng, and saw that he didn't mean to speak, so he had to say: "Lord Taiwei's attitude is so strong, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the third prince to persuade him, I don't know what Lord Ning thinks?" ”

Ning Zefeng saw Zhang Qiyu ask himself in turn, so he had no choice but to say: "The minister doesn't know if Xiao Che has a way, the minister only knows that our Dayan can't make enemies with the Song State now." Now once the alliance with the Song State is dissolved, it means that we will start a two-front battle again, and now the eldest brother is already very difficult to face the Qi State in front, and then divide the manpower to destroy the Song State, it is really a bit overwhelming. In addition, as Xiao Che said, if Yan Chixing comes back, we will not be able to get any benefits, once the battle is lost, the other party will defend and attack, and we will be even more passive. ”

Although Zhu Tingxun was not happy to hear this, he also knew that the possibility that Ning Zefeng said existed, which was also the reason why he did not want to break the alliance with the Song State.

Zhang Qiyu suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, we have always considered the issue of the Song State, but there is one question that we have never considered, that is, if the Chu State uses troops against us now, how should we deal with ourselves?" ”