Chapter 440: Lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot
Zhi Yueying looked at Zhao Shuo and nodded slightly. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info grew up in the house of the official eunuch, and she still understands Zhao Shuo's words.
Now Zhao Shuo is still nominally a prince, but in fact, he is no different from the emperor.
Zhao Shuo still regards himself as the King of Song, so to speak, for the land of the Great Song Dynasty, he still remembers it, as long as there is still the name of the King of Song, there will be a reason to go south to the Great Song Dynasty in the future.
With the rise of Mongolia and the unrest of Western Liao, Zhao Shuo may be drawn into the war at any time.
In addition to these external troubles, Zhao Shuo's interior is not what it seems. The generals that Zhao Shuo brought out before, the highest was Ju Zheng, and now he is only a major general, and he is not a marquis. Shi Zong, Lin Feng, Ling Yun and others only have the rank of captain.
It stands to reason that at this time, Zhao Shuo should transfer these people out when he is fighting, make military merits, raise military ranks, and improve his strength. But Zhao Shuo didn't do that. The army sent out in the north was all the Zhejia army, and the eastern part was handed over to the Yuejia army, and only when there was no way to mobilize their own army.
The names of the Zhejia Army and the Yuejia Army in the area controlled by Zhao Shuo are becoming more and more famous, and their influence is getting bigger and bigger, no matter how you look at it, they are all weakening Zhao Shuo's own strength. But Zhao Shuo didn't seem to take it seriously at all, and still went his own way and used soldiers like this.
Speaking of the marquis, only Li Yanghuan of the Li Dynasty, Yue Fei and Zhe Keqiu, the strength of the three should not be underestimated.
Think about Fang Yunshang again, this is the people who belong to Fang La's group, and Fang Qifo's hundreds of thousands of troops are in the Li Dynasty, which cannot be ignored.
If Zhao Shuo established the princess at this time, the generals under him would really be able to gang up with this side for the sake of the future.
The more Zhi Yueying thought about it, the more complicated she felt......
"Ying'er, don't think about it, Zhang Chujiu is coming back." For everything, Zhao Shuo has already planned, but at this time, it can't be implemented. After all, you have to take it step by step, otherwise it is easy to pull the egg.
"Xiao Tianyan, the prime minister of the Liao State, met His Royal Highness the King of the Great Song Dynasty." After Xiao Tianyan entered the door, he knelt on the ground and saluted.
Xiao Tianyan was very polite, but what he said made people very unhappy. His Royal Highness the King of the Great Song Dynasty, this is completely ironic Zhao Shuo, saying that he was just a prince of the Great Song Dynasty.
"You're looking for death?" Zhang Chujiu, who brought Xiao Tianyan in, was indignant and was already about to make a move on Xiao Tianyan.
Zhao Shuo didn't stop this time, because the last time Xiao Tianyan came, he had plans to oppose Zhang Chujiu. And Zhao Shuo also agreed that Zhang Chujiu relied on Xiao Tianyan to break into the interior of Western Liao, so as to steal information conveniently.
Now, it's an opportunity to validate the relationship.
"Lord Wang, do you think I said something wrong?" Xiao Tianyan ignored Zhang Chujiu, but looked at Zhao Shuo.
"Lord Song?" Zhao Shuo said very slowly, word by word. "In that case, you're in the wrong place, go to Lin'an!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuo raised his hand.
Zhang Chujiu pulled Xiao Tianyan over. "Get out, get out, you're talking nonsense in the prince, who do you think you are."
These words were said loudly, and after finishing speaking, Zhang Chujiu pulled Xiao Tianyan out, and in the process of walking out, Zhang Chujiu said in a low voice. "Yelu Dashi has been stopped by the Xia army and the Zhejia army at the border between the Kereh Department and the Liao State, and it may be surrounded and killed at any time."
This time, Xiao Tianyan was not calm. Originally, he wanted to bargain with Zhao Shuo, and then let Yelu Dashi withdraw to Liao safely. But now it seems that I still think too naïve.
Zhao Shuo This is completely a designed move, if Xiao Tianyan just leaves, the fate of Yelu Dashi is really hard to say.
Xiao Tianyan didn't know what Zhao Shuo wanted to do, so he didn't dare to take risks.
After breaking free from Zhang Chujiu's pull, Xiao Tianyan turned around and saluted Zhao Shuo again. "Lord Wang, it was my slip of the tongue just now, please don't be surprised."
"Prime Minister Xiao, every time you come, you will give this king a lot of surprises. Last time, this time, next time, this king really doesn't dare to see you. Zhao Shuo smiled, but there was a cool air in his words.
"Lord Wang, I came this time, first, I said goodbye last time, I miss the prince too much, and secondly, I want to make amends to the prince and admit my mistake." Xiao Tianyan was very sincere this time, because Yelu Dashi's life was now in Zhao Shuo's hands.
"Lord Wang, I think Prime Minister Xiao Cheng has already realized his mistake, otherwise you are giving him a chance?" At this time, Zhang Chujiu tentatively spoke.
Zhao Shuo thought about it and felt that this might be an opportunity, a chance for Zhang Chujiu to enter the Liao Kingdom.
"Captain Zhang, I remember that you didn't help Prime Minister Xiao Cheng last time, and this time you spoke for him, is there ...... between you" Zhao Shuo pointed at Zhang Chujiu, and then at Xiao Tianyan, and said lightly.
"The prince is aware that the minister has no personal contact with Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, and the minister helps him speak, also because the Liao State guards the northwest and does not have much hatred with us, plus, we still have the common enemy of the Jin State, it is really not easy to conflict with each other." Zhang Chujiu knelt on the ground and said respectfully.
"Hmph~!" Zhao Shuo snorted coldly. "It's not easy to conflict with each other, I don't want to conflict with them, but what do you see what they do?"
Zhao Shuo's voice suddenly raised. "Last time, they wanted to help the Jin State attack us, and finally were surrounded by the Xia army in Gaochang, if I didn't open my mouth, it is hard to say whether their Liao State could be kept, what I want to do with them, it's just a trade. Who is good for trade, and is it good for me? A large number of Central Plains items were sold to the Liao State, so that the Liao State, which should be remote and had nothing, regained its prosperity, and rushed to this point, am I not good to them? But what did they do, they even brazenly sent troops to attack after the Kereb tribe was subordinated, are they fighting the Kereb again? ”
Syllable~!
Zhao Shuo slapped the table and became angry. "They're beating me."
Xiao Tianyan turned his head to look at Zhang Chujiu and asked with his eyes whether Zhao Shuo's words were credible.
Zhang Chujiu nodded slightly, which was an answer.
Xiao Tianyan's heart was cold, and his bad premonition really came true.
"Lord Wang, we really don't know that the Kereh Department has been subordinated to the prince. If we knew, we would have been killed, and we would not have dared to send troops to attack. Xiao Tianyan first expressed his attitude, and then explained. At the beginning, the envoy of the Kereh Ministry asked for help, passed by the Liao State, and said that as long as the Liao State sent troops to help relieve the siege of the Kereh Ministry, the Kereh Ministry agreed to cede the 200 miles of land close to our Liao State, and for this reason, our Liao army mobilized more than 200,000 people, but after the end of the war in the Kereh Ministry, they actually tore up the agreement without authorization......"
"Bring the contract!" Zhao Shuo stretched out his palm towards Xiao Tianyan. "If there is a contract and the Kereh tribe does not obey it, the king will also force them to cede 200 li of land to the Liao State, but if the Liao State does not have a contract and spreads rumors, then the Liao State will have to cut out 200 li of land and let the king distribute it."
As soon as Zhao Shuo's words came out, Xiao Tianyan was directly stupid.