Tong Guan took his 3,000 guards Shengjie army, fought a huge pomp out of Taiyuan City, and set up a formation on the bank of the Fen River to welcome the envoys of the Jin State.

Chu Tianya put on the gold-coated iron armor, and Wang Xun was also in the queue with Wang Xun left and right. Wang Xun said that Chu Tianya put on this suit of armor and new battle robes, and he was majestic and handsome - it was a pity that he couldn't ride a horse!

Wang Xun's words made Chu Tianya very embarrassed. Because in the team of Guo Ying's envoys, Tong Guan, Wang Yu's father and son, the generals above the command envoy, and Tong Guan's personal guards were all dressed in gold-spine iron armor, riding high-headed horses from Yanyun's area, and the rest were pawns wearing cloth armor. Wang Xun said that Chu Tianya was wearing a good pair of armor, how could he be a pawn? So out of kindness, he went to the stable of the county king's mansion to borrow a horse for him.

But Chu Tianya didn't know how to ride a horse - so, a "senior general" wearing a gold-spine iron armor appeared in the team to welcome the envoy, and the pestle was very eye-catching among those infanciers.

As soon as Qiē was ready, Tong Guan also sent several groups of scouts to inquire about the movements of the envoys' team, but after more than an hour, there was still no response. Everyone was a little impatient to wait, but they couldn't just disperse, so they could only wait stupidly.

Wang Xun stole a horse to find Chu Tianya, and said to him: "Brother Chu, why can't you even ride a horse?" ”

"I'm a prison city official, how can I have the opportunity to ride a horse?" Chu Tianya smiled bitterly, "You see that there are horses in this Taiyuan city, and there are a lot of mules and donkeys. ”

"Also, my Da Song is too short of horses. The army is still not fully equipped, let alone civilian. Wang Xun nodded and said, "When I'm free, I'll take you outside the city to practice riding." My father did not save personal wealth or property for half of his life, but he raised a few Western Xia war horses in the stable. It's not a peerless horse, but it's not bad. If Brother Chu likes it, I'll give you one! ”

"That's not good, these are all Wang Dutong's heart and soul treasures!" Chu Tianya said with a smile, "Brother Wang, you are really generous, and you take Lord Lingzun's heart to do favors." Let his old man know, I'm going to kick your ass! ”

"Hey, no, no!" Wang Xun patted Chu Tianya's bright breastplate a few times, "Let's say so first." We'll be free in two days, so let's go out of the city first! ”

"Okay!" Chu Tianya responded with a smile, feeling a warmth in his heart, Wang Xun is really a generous, generous and enthusiastic person.

"Hey, that's boring!" Wang Xun said in a stupid voice, "We are waiting for the generals, and we should defend the country and fight on the battlefield." Now the pestle like the drama Youling is here, waiting to greet the envoys of the enemy country, what a wretch! But Master Tong is good at this, and he learned it all from those civil officials. ”

Chu Tianya smiled hesitantly and said, "Brother Wang, do you see that our welcoming team, is there still something that has not been prepared, what are the shortcomings?" ”

"What's missing?" Wang Xun looked around in wonder, smiled evilly and said in a low voice, "Do you want to get a hundred or ten prostitutes to dance a lap dance here?" That's a good dare, let's wait stupidly so that we won't be so bored! ”

"Hehe, I'm sure Master Tong is definitely not good at this, so don't dream about it." Chu Tianya held back a smile and said in a low voice, "Shouldn't we make a horizontal line with a line written on it-warmly welcome the Jurchen robbers to go south to rob!" ”

"Hey, hey, interesting!" Wang Xun laughed out loud.

Wang Yu, who was riding on a horse not far away, turned his head and glared angrily, "What are you two muttering there?" What kind of system does it become in the ranks! ”

Wang Xun didn't dare to let go of a fart all of a sudden, so he obediently trotted back to the front and rode on the horse.

Chu Tianya secretly snickered, and said in his heart that Wang Xun was also in his thirties, but he was very funny like a teenager, but in front of his father, he was like a mouse and a cat.

After more than half an hour, a scout finally reported that the Jin delegation had passed the mountain col ahead and was almost to Taiyuan.

Everyone was about to wilt, and then they were all in good spirits. Tong Guan also ordered a strict queue to prepare for the official greeting.

Soon after, a group of men and horses appeared in front of them, about fifty or sixty horses, galloping forward. The leader was dressed in robes and armor, followed by a hunting and flying wolf flag.

As soon as this group of cavalry appeared, it made people feel a strong wind blowing in their faces. The Jurchen people use the wolf as a totem, and the leader is also called the "wolf lord". The wolf-headed banner, with its teeth and angry eyes, undoubtedly revealed the fierce nature of the Jurchens.

There were 3,000 Song soldiers present, and when they saw more than 50 horsemen coming near, they were silent, and there was a vague tension and crampedness stretching around. At this time, Chu Tianya felt that the aura of these fifty Jurchen cavalry was even stronger than that of the three thousand victorious cavalry! - "The Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible", it seems that the fierce Jurchen iron cavalry has formed a shadow in the hearts of the Song soldiers!

Seeing the mission approaching, Tong Guan, Wang Yu and other generals personally patted their horses and stepped forward to greet them.

Under the wolf flag, the general of the Jin Kingdom suddenly stopped his horse, and the black and shiny horse slammed its front hooves and stood up, neighing a few times. Tong Guan, who has always been majestic, seemed to be frightened, and hurriedly stopped his horse, his face a little pale.

"Haha, isn't this the king of Guangyang County? Don't come unharmed! The Jurchen envoy at the head spoke a Chinese language that surprised everyone, and laughed, "How dare the king of the labor county personally go out to greet Guo Xiang?" ”

"Your Honorable Envoy...... What a good face! Tong Guan didn't recognize the other party, and looked at him in confusion and bowed, "I don't know when you and I have ever met?" ”

"The prince is really a noble man, how forgetful!" The Jurchen envoy smiled and said, "When you were ordered by the Great Song Dynasty official to envoy to the Liao State, the general met with the prince. It's just that after many years, the prince must not remember me as a nobody, right? ”

"Oh, it turns out that your envoy is a Khitan?" Tong Guan's face suddenly became embarrassed. Although he still didn't remember who the other party was, he knew that he was once a general of the Liao State, and now he has joined the Jin State.

At the beginning, Tong Guan once represented the Great Song Dynasty as a national envoy and sent an envoy to Liao. But that time, he was severely humiliated by the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State. The Liao people also said, why is there no one in the Great Song Dynasty to send you a eunuch to serve as an envoy?

Since then, Tong Guan, who has been frustrated with strict self-esteem, has hated the Liao State to the core. Later, he strongly advocated the destruction of Liao by Lianjin and personally led the Northern Expedition, a large part of which was because of this personal vendetta. Now as soon as the envoys of the Jin Kingdom met, they exposed and mentioned Tong Guan's affair in public, obviously not taking Tong Guan seriously.

At this time, the envoy clasped his fists and saluted Tong Guan back and said: "I am under the command of the Privy Council Marshal of Yunzhong, and the marshal is the right capital of Yelu Yujian!" ”

"It turned out to be General Yelu, disrespectful." Tong Guan couldn't help but clench his fists in return, with a kind smile on his face, and said, "Your envoy has worked hard all the way. Xiao Wang has settled down in his residence, and the noble envoy can stay in the pavilion to recuperate first. In the future, let's discuss the military and political affairs of the two countries. ”

"Okay, it's up to the prince to arrange." Yelu Yu smiled casually and said, "I have heard for a long time that the southern country is rich and rich, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are the best in the world, and the beauties are like jade singing and dancing. This time I was treated by the prince, I wonder if Ben will have a chance to see them all? ”

"Naturally." Tong Guan said with a smile, "There should be enough in the hall to ensure that the envoy will be satisfied." ”

"Haha, that's good, great!" Yelu Lunda laughed a few times unbridledly, raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed directly at Taiyuan City, "Then enter the city!" ”

After that, he whipped the horse's buttocks, and galloped away with the fifty or sixty horsemen around him, ignoring Tong Guan.

Tong Guan's face was about to turn green with anger, and he took a few long breaths with hatred, and shouted, "Go back to the city!" ”

Chu Tianya saw all this process, and it also confirmed a rumor: Tong Guan and the Shengjie army under his command were indeed afraid of the Jurchens to the core; The Jurchens were quite strong in front of Tong Guan and others, not only did they not respect Tong Guan, the county king and feudal official of the Great Song Dynasty, but also looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts.

And that Yelu Yu, Chu Tianya is no stranger to him.

If you want to say that the Yelu Yu in history is also famous. Although his ability to fight a war is not bad, he is famous not because of his military ability, but because of his ability to rebel!

In short, he is like the "Wu Sangui" of Liao.

At first, he was a member of the Liao State and a general, and he was also a pillar of the famous country. However, because he was defeated in the struggle of the palace prince, he led his army to flee to the Jurchens. At that time, the Jurchen tribe was rising up against Liao, and Yelu Yujian's defection before the battle undoubtedly caused a qualitative change in the balance of power between the two sides. Moreover, after joining the enemy, Yelu Yujian, completely ignoring the old feelings of the mother country, took the initiative and worked very hard as a vanguard, personally led the troops to attack the Liao State, and finally helped the Jurchens destroy the Liao State, and made "great military achievements".

Later, in the many battles of the Jurchen invasion of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yujian also made great efforts, besieging Taiyuan and bloodbathing Taiyuan, among which he had his share.

However, it didn't take long for Yelu Yu to rebel against the Jin State again, and he fled to Western Xia. Seeing that he was just a bare-rod commander, Xixia didn't want to cause trouble and offend Jin Guo, so he drove him out. He then switched to the Tatars, only to be killed by the Tatars.

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On the way back to the city, many of the sergeants of the Shengjie army held back their anger and anger, but no one squeaked. Chu Tianya was thinking along the way, and he didn't expect that the Jin State had sent a Liao State to be an envoy in the future, and this person was also a famous three-surnamed family slave in history, Yelu Yujian-presumably, Xiao Linglong should be no stranger to him!

Thinking of this, Chu Tianya suddenly felt a stirring in his heart: Since Yelu Yu is capricious and does not pay attention to faithfulness, and he should be an old acquaintance with Xiao Linglong, the lord of Liaoguo, will there be room for me to play in this?

Just pondering, Tong Guan, who was riding a horse in front, suddenly sent someone to call Chu Tianya to come forward and answer.

Chu Tianya trotted forward to Tong Guan's horse, hugged his fists and said, "What does the prince command?" ”

"Since you are a native of Taiyuan, you must be very familiar with Taiyuan." Tong Guan said expressionlessly, "This king has already chartered the best restaurant in Taiyuan, the Star Picking Building, as the residence of the envoy of the Jin Kingdom. The cooks and musicians were all personally selected by the king, and 500 armor soldiers were sent to protect the building. But there is a lack of a general guide who is familiar with the local area and proficient in playing. I ordered you and Wang Xun to serve as ministers and guides, so that they could entertain the envoys of the Jin Kingdom. During this period, all you two have to do is to make the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin entertain and have fun! ”

"The last will be ordered!" Chu Tianya took the order, glanced sideways at Wang Xun next to him, and saw that he was also making a look at himself. I understood in my heart: this errand should have been won by Wang Xunjinyan!