After the three of them bowed, they drank blood wine and swore to heaven that they would not seek to be born on the same day in the same month, but to die in the same month and year of the same year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, only they know in their hearts how much they take this oath seriously. The three of them all have the intention of using each other, but they don't say anything. Li Hongji immediately ordered a banquet to be prepared, and the three of them were full of food and drink, and then dispersed.

Li Hongji personally sent the two out, looking very affectionate. Chen Dongshen was behind him, frowned, and said, "King Yan, do you really want to cooperate with them?" ”

"Hmph, it's just taking advantage of each other." Li Hongji said lightly, and walked back with his hands in his hands. Li Hongji himself also knows that whether it is Da Zhou or Wu Yue, they are both enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and now everyone is just thinking of using each other, Li Hongji will definitely not be fooled, and at the right time, he will definitely make the most advantageous choice.

On the bluestone pavement, Guo Rong and Qian Chengli walked slowly.

Qian Chengli said: "Brother Guo, did you say he would be fooled?" ”

Guo Rong pursed his lips, licked his lips, and said, "Whether he will be fooled or not, we still have to do what we should do." And you find out no, Li Hongji's desire for power is very strong, and he will definitely be fooled sooner or later. ”

"However, now that King Yan doesn't have much power, what should you and I do?" Qian Chengli asked.

Guo Rong smiled and said, "One word, force." ”

Qian Chengli thought about it carefully and said, "Brother Guo, what do you mean?" ”

Guo Rong whispered, Qian Chengli nodded again and again, the matter was decided, and the two left separately.

A few days later, there was a news circulating in Jinling, saying that it was the Yanwang Mansion, hiding hundreds of armor soldiers, sharpening their knives every day, and they didn't know what secrets they had. This rumor quickly spread, and not only the people talked about it, but even many of the courtiers learned about it.

Sun Sheng knew some secrets of King Yan, he was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly rushed to King Yan's mansion, Li Hongji got the news, and he was also surprised, he secretly raised the dead, this matter is very secret, who spread the news?

Li Hongji and Sun Sheng discussed for a while, and decided to pretend not to know about it, after all, now Li Hongji is guilty, if he is honest in the house, how can he know this news? But things did not gradually disappear with Li Hongji's low profile, and this rumor became more and more intense.

Imperial City, Li Jing has already gotten the news, Li Jing is a little unbelieving, although the eldest son has a bad temper, but he thinks that he should know the general situation, so as not to raise dead soldiers in Jinling, right? The prince is raising dead soldiers, this is not an ordinary thing, is the eldest son going to rebel?

Li Jing thought about it and asked Xiao Yan of Dali Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly, everyone knew that Xiao Yan was upright and did not participate in the party struggle, and believed that this matter would soon have a result. Xiao Yan got the holy decree and immediately made an investigation, at this time, Li Hongji had already dismissed the dead man, Xiao Yan investigated for more than ten days, but did not investigate, so he had to report it according to the truth, Li Jing listened, and then he was relieved.

Guo Rong and Qian Chengli couldn't help but be surprised when they saw that this matter was in a uproar at the beginning, but in the end it ended without a problem, and the two decided to force Li Hongji again, but they didn't have a better idea for a while.

Yunzhou, after more than half a month of busyness, winter wheat has been harvested, Yang Lian's vacated official field has been filled with water, several old farmers are leading soldiers to plant seedlings in the field, from time to time to mention a few words, Yang Lian patrols in the field, he hopes that rice can have a good harvest in Yunzhou, the improvement of multiple crops will greatly increase grain production, with enough food, Yang Lian's confidence is more sufficient.

When Yang Lian was inspecting, Chen Kesheng hurriedly walked over and said, "Yang Jiedu, someone from Khitan is visiting. ”

"Khitans?" Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and walked quickly, "Let's go, go and see!" ”

In the Jiedu envoy's mansion, Yang Gon is pacing, as a Han from the sixteen states of Youyun, his identity is complicated, on the one hand, they are unwilling to be enslaved by the Khitans, on the other hand, the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty makes them dare not act rashly, they have to accept the reality.

Yang Lian came in, and the sound of footsteps woke up the pensive Yang Gon. Yang Gon saw Yang Lian, walked over quickly, and said, "Yang Jiedu, don't come to harm?" ”

Yang Lian squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Gon for a while, before he remembered who he was, so he smiled and said, "It turned out to be General Yang, please take a seat!" ”

The two exchanged a few words, the maid brought the tea, and the two began to chat, Yang Lian then understood why Yang Gon came to the Khitan. Last year, the Khitan took advantage of Guo Wei's rebellion and wanted to plunder the wealth of the Central Plains, and Yang Lian and Guo Wei's timely peace talks enabled Guo Wei to lead his troops north to resist the Khitan. After a great battle, the Khitans suffered a lot of losses, and the weather became hotter, so they had to give up going south.

Now, the Khitan wants to make a comeback, so for the first time, the Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan sent Yang Gon, single into the Tang Dynasty, to discuss the matter of taking the Great Zhou, according to Yelu Ruan's idea, the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan sent troops, and destroyed the Great Zhou together.

In the face of this so-called temptation, Yang Lian seemed very silent, now is not the late Tang Dynasty, and it is necessary to use soldiers from Uighurs and other countries to quell the rebellion, otherwise Yang Lian will entangle Guo Wei to the death and let the Khitans do evil in Hebei. As for the original book, he just wanted to put pressure on Guo Rong.

Yang Gon saw that Yang Lian was silent, and only then did he say: "Yang Jiedu, this matter is a big deal, why don't you ask the Tang Dynasty Emperor to make a plan?" ”

Yang Lian raised his eyebrows, Yang Gon's words were a little interesting, and he faintly felt a little strange, Yang Lian was just a mere festival envoy, if you want to ally the two countries, Yang Gon should go to the Tang Dynasty Emperor, what's the use of finding a festival envoy?

Yang Gon suddenly shook his head and said, "Actually, I also know that Yang Jiedu is unwilling to trust the Khitans. ”

"How so?" Yang Lian spoke.

"Hey, hey!" Yang Gon smiled and said: "Yang Jiedu, I also know something about last year, if Yang Jiedu is willing to support the Khitan and contain Guo Wei, this Great Zhou Empire may have perished long ago." ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to contain it, I am alone in the depths and cannot get supplies, and in the battle of Rencheng, the Tang army has suffered great losses, and there is no spare strength to counterattack." In front of the Khitan envoy, Yang Lian still had to cover it up.

When Yang Gon heard this, he laughed, looked at Yang Lian fixedly, and said: "Yang Jiedu, it's really not a secret, although I was appointed by the Khitan Emperor to discuss the matter of joining forces with the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, I have another idea. ”

"I want to hear about it!" Yang Lian didn't refuse, it's not a bad thing to listen, at least you can know the next move of the Khitans.

Yang Gon smiled bitterly and said: "The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have always been the territories of the Central Plains, and Shi Jingjiao, a native of Shatuo, betrayed the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun for his own selfish interests, and the Han people of Youyun miss their homeland all the time. Now that the Tang Dynasty is thriving, Yang Jiedu hates the Khitans again, if Yang Jiedu goes north to recover Youyun, Yang Gon is willing to lead the Youyun Han people to respond to the righteous teacher! ”

Yang Lian frowned, looked at Yang Gon carefully, and saw that between his expressions and words, he was full of resentment towards the Khitans, and suddenly felt a little moved, Youyun is the barrier of Hebei, and if the Central Plains Dynasty wants to ensure the stability of Hebei, it must occupy Youyun, and the Later Great Song Dynasty was passively beaten, which was one of the factors.

There is a grassland in Youyun, and horses can be raised in the upper valley area, and the famous Shanggu iron horse in the Wei and Jin dynasties came from here. It's just that if you want to capture Youyun, you must occupy Hebei, and Yang Lian and Zhao Pu, Lu Duoxun and others discussed the results that it was the best policy to pacify the south first, and then concentrate on recovering Youyun.

Seeing that Yang Lian didn't speak, Yang Gon laughed miserably, a little depressed, stood up, staggered, and said, "It turned out that I was blind and saw the wrong person!" With that, he walked out.

"Stop, where are you going?" Yang Lian stopped him.

Yang Gon snorted, obviously very dissatisfied, he came with confidence, he didn't expect Yang Lian to refuse, did he want him to go to Guo Wei?

Yang Lian waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and said, "Come, tell me in detail, what's going on?" ”

Yang Gon's eyes lit up, he glanced at Yang Lian with some hesitation, and finally made up his mind, he took out a blood book from his arms. This is a petition written in blood by the Youyun Khitan generals, densely covered with finger prints underneath, and there are more than 30 people.

Yang Lian knew that if this blood book fell into the hands of the Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan, these Han generals would be beheaded, Yang Lian asked carefully, and then he knew that the current Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan was very happy and especially liked to fight, and this person liked to appoint Han people, most of these Han people were the courtiers of the original Jin State, and some of them were Han generals who were originally Youyun. Yelu Ruan reused the Han people, but ignored the Khitan nobles, which greatly damaged the interests of the Khitan nobles, and the current Khitan situation is not optimistic, and a war may break out at any time.

If the Khitan was in civil strife, it was the Han people who suffered the most, and they were unwilling to die for the Khitans, so Yang Gon was ordered to go south this time, with other selfish motives. For this statement, Yang Lian has some belief. Although he is not familiar with the Khitan, he still has some understanding of the Yang family general, this Yang Gon is said to be the ancestor of the Yang family general, although the book review is not a historical fact, but there is more or less some basis.

Yang Lian thought about it, asked a few more questions in detail, and further understood the situation of the Khitan, it turned out that Yelu Ruan insisted on going his own way, regardless of the opposition of the Khitan nobles in the country, accepted Liu Chong's gift, and decided to send troops to attack the Great Zhou, in order to destroy the Great Zhou in one fell swoop, Yelu Ruan accepted the advice of the courtiers, contacted the Tang Dynasty, and prepared to attack the Great Zhou on three sides, each taking benefits. That's why Yang Gon sent an envoy.

Khitan and Liu Chong are going to send troops to attack the Great Zhou again? When Yang Lian got the news, he couldn't help but be stunned, in the past few years, the Khitan has moved troops one after another, and the national strength is really strong. After a series of battles, it is no wonder that the Khitan nobles will oppose Yelu Ruan, Yang Lian wants to know how the Khitan and Liu Chong sent troops, but Yang Gon only knew about sending troops, and other details were not clear.

Yang Lian found the map and looked at it carefully, he felt that the Khitan and Liu Chong sent troops, it was best to send troops to Hebei, the Khitan along the eastern line, and Liu Chong along the line of Taihang Mountain, which could not only disperse the forces of the Great Zhou, but also support each other, which was much more than Liu Chong's troops in Luzhou, after all, Liu Chong sent troops twice, both to attack Luzhou, and did not take advantage.

After analyzing for a while, Yang Lian made a decision, he immediately repaired a letter and sent someone to Jinling, while Yang Gon continued to advance towards Jinling.

A few days later, Li Jing had a copy of Yang Lian's excerpt in front of him, in which Yang Lian said the recent situation of the Khitan, Yang Lian believed that the Khitan people and Liu Chong would inevitably be able to contain the forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty when they went south, and he suggested that at this time, the Tang Dynasty should also send troops, and they must not be idle.

Although Li Jing was happy, he was a little hesitant, what is the strength of Da Zhou, he has a deep understanding from the battle reports of Yang Lian, Liu Renzhan and others, if he can't destroy Da Zhou, the alliance relationship that has just been established will be broken, and in the hinterland of Da Tang There is still a strong rival Wu Yueren, tearing his face with Da Zhou, which is obviously a little unreliable.

Li Jing thought about it again and again, but never made a decision, this matter was very secret, and he couldn't let too many people know, so he summoned Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, Sun Sheng, the prime minister, Situ Zhouzong, and Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi, Feng Yansi, Chen Jue and others who had just been recalled from the locality.

This small court meeting was full of debates, Feng Yansi, Chen Jue and Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi and others were political enemies, no matter whether this matter was good or not, anyway, if the political enemies supported it, they had to oppose it, and the normal debate lasted for two hours, and everyone was arguing with dry mouths, and there was no result.

Li Jing had a headache, a group of people led by Prime Minister Sun Sheng and others, they opposed the attack on the Great Zhou, first, the two countries signed an alliance, if they were treacherous, they would be pointed out by the people of the world; Second, Bian Hao accepted Ma Xicao's invitation at the beginning of the year and sent troops to Chudi, and now that the war in Chu is fierce, there is no need to anger Da Zhou anymore, and at the same time fight with Chu and Da Zhou, can Da Tang hold on? Moreover, the Wu Yue people will definitely take the opportunity to attack Changzhou.

Feng Yansi was very excited, he finally returned to Jinling, naturally hoping to make a contribution and deepen the good impression of the Son of Heaven towards him, so he and Chen Jue tried their best to encourage the Son of Heaven to send troops to recover the Central Plains.

In this dispute, the king of Qi did not squeak, and he couldn't pay attention to it, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Jing set up the king of Qi to discuss the matter, but Sun Sheng hurriedly went to the palace of the king of Yan and sent someone to find Guo Rong.

Guo Rong knew that King Yan was looking for him, and there must be something, so he hurried over, and at this time, Sun Sheng had already told Li Hongji in detail about the matter, and Li Hongji also frowned. If the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack the Great Zhou, it was obvious that Shandong, governed by Yang Lian, was one of the most important theaters, and it could cross the Yellow River from Yunzhou to the north and attack Hebei; To the west, you can attack the Central Plains, if the forces of the Great Zhou are empty, you may be able to go down to Kaifeng and occupy the capital of the Great Zhou.

If Yang Lian really made this great achievement, his prestige and strength would inevitably rise greatly, and it would obviously be more difficult for King Yan to win the throne again.

Li Hongji definitely didn't want to see Yang Lian make another meritorious service, and Sun Sheng also saw this, so he tried his best to stop it. But judging from the current situation, it seems that the Son of Heaven has already moved, how can we stop it?

When Guo Rong learned about this, he opened his mouth wide, this scene was even more he didn't want to see, he hurriedly arched his hand towards Sun Sheng, and asked him to persuade the Son of Heaven not to send troops to Da Zhou. (To be continued.) )