Guo Yaoshi betrayed and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, Zhuozhou and Yizhou were lost one after another, these two news were undoubtedly two heavy blows to the Liao State that was still breathing, losing Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng army and Fanyang County, the gate of Xijin City was opened, once the Song army besieged the city, I am afraid that the Liao State would really be destroyed.

At this time, the emperor of Liao was still young, and the queen mother's wife Xiao Puxian was regent, this news made her anxious, and immediately summoned Xiao Gan, the privy council of the Northern Yuan, and all the armies to discuss countermeasures.

Xiao Gan is not a Khitan, but the leader of the Xi people, as early as the rise of the Khitan people in the Middle Tang Dynasty, the Xi people adjacent to the Khitan became a subsidiary and puppet of the Khitan people, and it has been like this for hundreds of years, the Xi people have not been destroyed by the Khitan, but they have never been truly independent, just like the generations of domestic slaves of a large family, so Xiao Gan's other identity is the king of Xi.

"Queen Mother, don't worry, this matter has been carefully considered!"

"Zhuozhou and Yizhou are lost, and 200,000 troops are about to be killed, how can the mourning family not be in a hurry? Xiao Dutong has any good strategy, please say directly. ”

Xiao Gan smiled and said: "Actually, it's not a good strategy, it's nothing more than soldiers coming to block, water to cover up, do things in detail, we will find the enemy's weaknesses, and the opportunity lies in how we grasp the enemy's weaknesses." ”

"Have all the weaknesses of the Song army been discovered?"

Xiao Gan nodded, "Song Jun's weakness lies in Tong Guan, this person is too selfish, we might as well use his selfishness to definitely turn the situation around." ”

"Please keep talking, Commander!" Empress Dowager Xiao got a hint of comfort from Xiao Gan's confident tone, and she was not as flustered as she was just now.

"The Queen Mother, Wechen has recruited 30,000 soldiers in the capital, but they still lack the necessary training, so the top priority is to stabilize the Song Dynasty and give Wechen about ten days, and the Empress Dowager can immediately send an eagle letter to the envoy in the capital, asking him to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty on behalf of the Empress Dowager, and return Youzhou through negotiations.

"And then?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked again.

"Then send an envoy to inform Tong Guan and Chongshi Dao, saying that the monarchs of Song and Liao are negotiating the peaceful transfer of Yanjing Mansion, and ask them to wait patiently for the results of the negotiations between the two countries."

"The mourning family understands!"

"Nope! The Queen Mother has not fully understood. ”

Xiao Gan smiled slightly: "Weichen is willing to recommend Yelu Dashi as the deputy capital commander and lead 20,000 troops against Tong Guan!" ”

Empress Xiao's face changed, Yelu Dashi resolutely opposed his regent, and asked to return to Yelu Yanxi, he finally deprived him of his military power and drove him to guard Juyong Pass, how could Xiao Gan persuade himself to use him? She was a little unhappy and said: "Xiao Dutong, there are still a lot of people in our Liao Kingdom who can lead troops to fight, can we change someone, or wouldn't it be better for Xiao Dutong to personally lead the troops?" ”

Xiao Gan said lightly: "Speaking of which, Yelu Dashi is still my political enemy, but now that Da Liao is at stake, these personal grievances should be put aside for the time being, with Yelu Dashi's outstanding ability to lead the army, I believe that he can turn the situation around, and I will not be idle, I will lead the army against the Seed Master Dao, compared to Tong Guan, the Seed Master Dao is our real threat." ”

Xiao Hou sighed for a while, "I'm afraid that Yelu Dashi will not take over!" ”

Xiao Gan shook his head, "Wei Chen believes that he will definitely be ordered to be in danger, please follow Wei Chen's plan to do it, and there will be no discount." ”

"Alright! The mourning family will immediately send an eagle letter to Song Jing, and then appoint Yelu Dashi. ”

.........

After entering August, the weather in the capital is not as hot as a few days ago, although the heat wave is still rolling at noon, but there is a hint of coolness in the morning and evening.

It is precisely because of this that the streets and alleys of the capital are deserted at noon, but in the evening, the coolness hits, and the whole capital is like boiling water in a pot, and it suddenly becomes lively.

Qingfeng Restaurant is generally closed for rest at noon, anyway, some guests also go to the teahouse, but in the afternoon, before the heat wave completely subsides, the restaurant becomes very noisy and lively, and the drinkers come in an endless stream, and it is not easy to find a seat.

"I'm really sorry for the guest officer, the shop is full, and there is no extra seat, otherwise, you come a little late, I want to find a way to leave a seat for you, but now it's really not good."

The shopkeeper kept apologizing at the door, "The seats on the second floor have been booked by the guests a long time ago, and they will come soon, it is a matter of the reputation of the shop, and the shop does not dare to mess around." ”

At this time, there was an ox cart in the distance, stopped in front of the restaurant, and the shopkeeper suddenly had a big head, only to see a middle-aged man with half-white hair come out of the carriage, and the shopkeeper recognized it at a glance, it was actually Li Daqi, the proprietor of Baoyan Zhai.

He hurriedly stepped forward, "Proprietor Li, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

Li Daqi seemed a little absent-minded, there is a reason why he was restless, since his son Li Yanqing led the Northern Expedition, Li Daqi has been unable to let go of his heart, he is most worried about the first Northern Expedition of the Song Army fiasco again, it is said that the corpses of the Song army killed in the battle are even blocked in the white ditch, and the north of Xiongxian County is full of corpses, miserable, and half of the generals of the same level as his son have also been killed, every time he thinks of this, Li Daqi feels trembling in both strands, and he can't help but want to go to the thatched house.

Li Daqi came to Qingfeng Restaurant today, because Tang Zhengzong had something to find him, and specially invited him to drink a glass of water and wine, he replied casually: "Shopkeeper Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, is the old soup here?" ”

Tang Zhengzong is also a frequent visitor to Qingfeng Restaurant, everyone is familiar with it, and the shopkeeper Wang smiled: "It's already here, it's by the window on the second floor, or I'll ask the bartender to take you up." ”

"No need, I'll go up myself."

Li Daqi walked up to the second floor, and at a glance saw Tang Zhengzong who was waving to him, he stepped forward and said apologetically: "There is something in the store, it's late, so I made Brother Xian wait for a long time." ”

"It's okay, Daqi first sit down and drink a bowl of sour plum soup to cool off, their sour plum soup is very authentic, more authentic than my soup."

Tang Zhengzong made a joke, Li Daqi just smiled reluctantly, Tang Zhengzong saw that he had something on his mind, so he asked, "What is Daqi worried about?" ”

Li Daqi smiled bitterly, "What else can I worry about besides my son?" Northern Expedition! When is it a head? Li Daqi sighed again.

Tang Zhengzong laughed, "Speaking of worrying, it should be me more worried, my nephew Tang Huai is a general under Tong Guan, Tong Guan's loser, every battle will be lost, my brother is going to die of worry these days, no, I just came back from Tangyin County, my brother said that he was willing to take out 10,000 yuan, let me help him do something, and transfer my nephew away from Tong Guan, in fact, Yanqing really has nothing to do with it, he is under the hands of the seed master, the old seed is notoriously stable, even if he can't win, he won't be defeated, don't worry!" ”

Tang Zhengzong's words gave Li Daqi a hint of comfort, he nodded and asked, "What is the matter with Brother Xian looking for me?" ”

"Actually, it's not me looking for you, it's Yao Wannian, he wants to go to Beijing to find you, but the academy can't get out, so he asked me to tell you."

Tang Zhengzong took out a letter and handed it to Li Daqi, "This is a letter from him to you." ”

"Tell me something! I don't have the heart to read the letter now. ”

"That's right! Lushan Academy wants to move to the south. ”

"Is it so urgent?" Li Daqi was stunned.

"I heard that the whole family of more than a dozen Xiongzhou students in their academy died in the military disaster, and the entire academy was panicked, and Yao Wannian was of course very worried."

Li Daqi nodded, "It's not a big problem to move to the south, move to Jiangxia first, I have land over there, when do they plan to move away?" ”

"The sooner the better, of course!"

Li Daqi lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "Do you still want to go back?" ”

"I'm going back in two days."

"Then I won't write to him, you tell Yao Wannian for me, I will arrange for someone to build a house in Jiangxia County, and the academy can be moved there before next summer at the latest, but the school building will be a little shabby for the time being, and then move back to Tangyin County after the war is over."

Tang Zhengzong was overjoyed, "I will tell Yao Wannian what I said." ”

At this time, the bartender began to serve the food, and Li Daqi poured him a glass of wine, "Thank you Brother Xian for your comfort just now, I feel a lot better, I will give Brother Xian a glass first." ”

"Don't dare! We drank this glass. ”

The two raised their glasses and drank them all, and at this moment, a drinker next to them said: "I didn't expect that the Liao State actually asked for surrender, and this time Li Yanqing is going to be promoted." ”

Li Daqi was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "May I ask this brother, what is the reason for saying that Li Yanqing is going to be promoted just now?" ”

Li Daqi really asked a little abruptly, and the drinker smiled, "Casual words, don't take it to heart, please go back to your seat!" ”

Tang Zhengzong also stepped forward and said with a smile: "This is Li Yanqing's father, he will of course be very concerned when he hears the news about his son." ”

The drinker hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Li Yuanwai of Baoyan Zhai, who was disrespectful, but in fact, he also had a little friendship with Yanqing." ”

"I don't know who Your Excellency is?"

"In Xia Wu Min, currently in the imperial court, this is my colleague, Gu Sheren."

"It turned out to be Wu Guanren and Gu Guanren, but I was disrespectful, can't we talk about it together?"

Li Daqi really cared about his son's situation, although it was a bit rude to ask for a table merger, he couldn't take care of it.

Wu Min glanced at Gu Qian, Gu Qian smiled and nodded, and Wu Min said happily: "It's also our honor to drink at the same table with Li Yuanwai, please!" ”

Li Daqi hurriedly asked the guys to put the two tables together, and introduced Tang Zhengzong to them, and then invited them to sit down. 8)