Yang Lian walked out of Honglu Temple and let out a long breath, there are still many things to do in these ****, he will not pay attention to Liu Xin and the others for the time being, and before Wu Yueguo does not withdraw his troops, he will definitely not meet with Liu Xin again, all things are entrusted to Lin Renzhao, if Liu Xin dares to make a move, Lin Renzhao will definitely be able to stop him.

Sure enough, at ten o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Renzhao personally came to report the matter, although Liu Xin was angry, but there were several teams of Shenwu soldiers stationed in Honglu Temple, everyone was well-equipped, and all of them were so fierce that they were lone wolves on the grassland, Liu Xin still had some scruples, and after thinking about it, it was a compromise to let Zhao Kuangyin take people out to buy food.

Yang Lian felt that Liu Xin might have some conspiracy, so he reminded Lin Renzhao to be careful and not let Liu Xin make trouble. Two days later, news came from Changzhou that the Wu Yue people still did not withdraw their troops, but had a tendency to increase their troops. In this regard, Yang Lian just smiled coldly, not anxious, he believed that Wu Yue people were not stupid, although they surrendered to the Han State, but after all, the Han State had just been established, and when the Han State did not have troops on the Tang border, Wu Yue Guo would not take the initiative to attack Changzhou at all.

At this time, it is a question of whose heart is bigger and whose ability to bear it is stronger. In this regard, Yang Lian, who had been prepared for a long time, was naturally excellent and not anxious at all. However, Li Jing was a little anxious, especially with the news of Wu Yueguo's increase in troops in Suzhou, Li Jing became even more nervous.

Li Jingsui persuaded him, since he chose to trust Yang Lian, let him give it a try, at least judging from Liu Xin's performance in the past few days, Liu Xin is quite honest. Li Jing thought about it and decided to wait.

Liu Xin felt that Yang Lian was giving him a dismount at first, but as Wu Yueguo increased his troops in Suzhou, this young general must not be able to withstand the huge pressure, and he would definitely come to him in person and beg him to give him a chance. However, after a few days, Liu Xin didn't see Yang Lian's shadow at all, let alone talk about other things.

After seven or eight days, Liu Xin was a little helpless, this big group of people, eating and drinking every day, is a lot of money, although he is not short of money, but Zhao Kuangyin takes the guards out to buy food every day, and brings back a lot of food, making Honglu Temple like a vegetable market, lively and extraordinary. At first, Liu Xin could still insist, after all, his purpose was to drag, and dragging it until the imperial brother took Weizhou, it would be a great achievement.

However, seven or eight days passed, Liu Xin couldn't see Yang Lian, the messenger of the Eight Classics, but only saw Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and others, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked Zhao Hongyin to go out to find out the news, what does Yang Lian mean by this, do you want to negotiate?

After Zhao Hongyin went out to investigate, he soon brought back a shocking news that the envoy of the Khitan people had also arrived in Jinling.

Moreover, it is said that the Khitans were treated as guests by Yang Lian and entertained with delicious food and drink. As fellow envoys, this gap is too big. When he got the news, Zhao Hongyin was quite calm, but Zhao Kuangyin couldn't hold it back, and he was about to go to Yang Lian to theorize, what kind of person is this, he still admired Yang Lian very much at the beginning.

Zhao Hongyin stopped him, it was useless to find Yang Lian, all this was clearly done by Yang Lian deliberately. He hurriedly took Zhao Kuangyin back to Honglu Temple.

Yang Lian stood on a tall building not far away, saw this scene, and said with a smile: "I don't believe that Liu Xin can still hold it." ”

Lin Renzhao hesitated a little and said: "Commander Yang, although Liu Xin is unreasonable, after all, it is the Central Plains Imperial Court, and it is essentially different from the Khitans. ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said: "Otherwise, although Liu Xin is the envoy of the Central Plains Imperial Court, Liu Zhiyuan is a Shatuo person, which is not the same as China, if it weren't for their deep sinicization, there is no difference between them and the Khitans." ”

Lin Renzhao nodded, and deeply agreed with Yang Lian's words, but why did Yang Lian conspire with the Khitans? Didn't he know that cooperating with the Khitans was seeking skin with the tiger?

Yang Lian sighed leisurely and said: "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, most of the Central Plains Dynasty have been Shatuo people, and they have changed a court in more than ten years or even a few years, and the people of the Central Plains have suffered for a long time. The Tang Dynasty inherited the Yang and Wu courts, and was the largest force in the south, with the wealth of the two Huai, the north can enter Shandong, the Central Plains, the west can enter Jingxiang, and the south can control Wuyue and Lingnan. There should have been a great opportunity to unify the world, but it's a pity. ”

Lin Renzhao's heart moved, he didn't actually know much about Yang Lian, at least he almost didn't know about Yang Lian's past. The only thing he can be sure of is that Yang Lian is a person with ambitions. And he, seeing some clues from the relationship between Yang Lian and King Qi, is ready to take refuge in Yang Lian.

"Both the Han State and the Khitan are enemies, but the Khitans are a little farther away, and they must first recover the Central Plains, and then recover the clouds that were taken away by the Khitans. However, before that, we need a large number of war horses from the Khitans. Yang Lian said the purpose.

Lin Renzhao nodded, yes, if there is no war horse, the army of the Tang Dynasty does not have an advantage in the field, and even if it wins, it will not be able to annihilate the enemy's living force.

"These **** give the Khitan people good food and drink, just to coax them and get a large number of war horses from them, so as to prepare for the future march into the Central Plains, and even to recover Youyun." Yang Lian said lightly.

Lin Renzhao didn't expect Yang Lian to think so far-reaching, so he immediately arched his hand and said, "Commander Yang is far-sighted, but Renzhao can't do it. ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "You and I are both brothers, and we are about to support each other in order to create a world in this troubled world." ”

Lin Renzhao narrowed his eyes, this was the first time Yang Lian showed his heart, and this said at least two meanings: it was to serve the Tang Dynasty and create a world; Or do you want to carve out a niche for yourself? In terms of emotion, Lin Renzhao at this time did not have a sense of identity with the Tang Dynasty, and not long after the destruction of the Min State, he had not yet changed from the identity of the Min people to the Tang people. On the contrary, he has a special sense of identity with Yang Lian, and for nearly a year, the two have also formed a friendship, and they have also been recognized by Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie.

Although the three did not make a covenant and became brothers of the opposite sex, the relationship between the three was closer than that of their own brothers.

Lin Renzhao said with a straight face: "No matter what happens, I, Lin Renzhao, am on the side of Commander Yang. ”

Yang Lian smiled: "Renzhao, with your words, I am relieved." ”

As he spoke, Yang Gon walked up. Yang Gon is a Youyun person, Shi Jingjiao cut the sixteen states of Youyun to the Khitan, Yang Gon also became a Central Plains under the rule of the Khitan State, he also has a name, called Yelu Dilu, this name is when Yelu Deguang went south, he was rewarded for his meritorious work. However, Yang Gon didn't like this name at all, and declared to the outside world that it was still Yang Gon.

Although Yang Gon was in the Khitan, his heart was still towards the Central Plains, hoping that the Central Plains Imperial Court could recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but Shi Chonggui's success fell short, making his plan to serve the Central Plains Imperial Court fail. This time, he came to Jinling with Yelu Haili, the son of Mada, to contact the Tang Dynasty and deal with the Han Kingdom together. As far as Yang Gon is concerned, he hopes to reach an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, but he hopes that the Tang Dynasty can make a northern expedition to the Central Plains and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

The reason why Yang Gon is not optimistic about Liu Zhiyuan is actually very simple, because Shi Jingjiao, like Liu Zhiyuan, is a Shatuo person and cannot be recognized by Yang Gon.

However, even with such an attitude, Yang Gon could not easily show it. Seeing Yang Lian, Yang Gon arched his hand like a native of the Central Plains and said, "General Yang." ”

"Jun Ai, have you ever eaten?" Yang Lian asked with a smile.

Yang Gon shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Since we haven't, let's eat together." Yang Lian said and walked down.

Lin Renzhao followed, and Yang Gon hesitated slightly, and also walked over. Yang Lian found a wine shop, ordered a few side dishes, and let people serve wine.

"Jun Ai, please!" Yang Lian said that the reason why he was so kind to Yang Gon was also because he had the intention of wooing. In any case, Yang Gon is not a real Khitan, maybe one of his hearts is still towards the Central Plains. Yang Lian vaguely remembered, it seemed that Yang Gon was Yang Ye's father? That is, the ancestor of the Yang family? But he wasn't impressed, and he didn't remember it very clearly.

It didn't take long for the runner to bring up the food, which was steaming hot and fragrant. Yang Lian raised the wine bottle and said, "Renzhao, Jun Ai, come, I will toast you two glasses." ”

"Don't dare!" Yang Gon hurriedly said, lifted the wine bottle, and drank it all.

Yang Lian smiled: "Refreshing! As he spoke, he drank the wine in one gulp.

Yang Gon put down the wine bottle and said, "Although the wine is a good wine, the taste is a little lighter. ”

Lin Renzhao smiled and said, "The people of the Northland are fierce, and the wine is extraordinarily strong, don't you like to drink it?" ”

Yang Lian poured a full bottle of wine for the two of them, looked at Yang Gon, and said, "It is precisely because of this that he shows his true character as a hero." ”

Yang Gon laughed, drank another glass of wine, and then looked at Yang Lian with an inquiring meaning in his eyes, and said, "Dare to ask General Yang, what is a hero?" ”

"Heroes, when the mind of Lingyun is hidden, the mind of the four seas is contained, in this troubled times, it is necessary to save the people from fire and water, relieve the people from hanging upside down, dominate the world, restore the mountains and rivers of the Han family, and live up to the seven-foot body. Jun Ai, what do you think? Yang Lian said, glancing at Yang Gon meaningfully.

Yang Gon smiled slightly, when there is chaos today, if you have such ambitions, you should be a hero. However, Yang Gon is now working for the Khitan, and some words are inconvenient to say in his heart, so he has to smile and say: "What General Yang said is extremely true, this is a hero." ”

Lin Renzhao glanced at Yang Gon and frowned slightly, no matter what, Yang Gon was a Khitan envoy after all, and there were some things that he couldn't say.

Yang Lian said: "If there are disputes today, there are many heroes, Jun Ai thinks, who is a hero?" ”

Yang Gon groaned slightly, and said: "The Great Liao Taizu, the unification of the Khitan, the breaking of the Yue Wu, the Wugu, the Liuxi and other departments, are known as 'Ah Zhu Shali' by the people, and the Murowei, Jurchen, and Bohai all surrendered, can they be heroes?" ”

Lin Renzhao took a sip of wine, feeling a little unhappy in his heart. Speaking of Liao, Taizu Yelu Abaoji can be regarded as a hero, but from the position of the Han people, he thinks that Yelu Abaoji is just a butcher.

Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Although Liao Taizu is good, in Yang Lian's heart, he is not a hero!" ”