If you can't fight, you want to make peace, there is really no such cheap thing in the world, at least Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji think so, but Zhao Ji quickly sighed and said: "It's a pity that our Great Song Dynasty's rule over the south is too weak, even if we beat Jiaozhi, we can't rule, we can only cheap Dali and other countries for nothing, so it's better to beat Jiaozhi half to death, maybe it can't cause the greed of Dali and other countries, which will cause a scuffle between these small countries." ”

Zhao Yan heard Zhao Yan's sigh, but said with a slight smile: "Big brother doesn't have to feel sorry for this matter, as long as our Great Song Dynasty remains strong now, then these small countries are not to worry, in addition, I heard that Jiaozhi is very rich, if Guo Kui defeats Shenglong Mansion, I am afraid that our Great Song Dynasty will make a windfall." ”

"Conquer Thang Long Mansion?" Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and then looked at him a little strangely and said, "Third brother, Shenglong Mansion is the capital of Jiaozhi, and it is also the most prosperous area of Jiaozhi. ”

In fact, not only Zhao Ji thinks so, most of the people who pay attention to the battle situation of Jiaozhi have this idea, in their opinion, this time they can defeat the Jiaozhi army one after another, and hit the opponent's national capital, has given Jiaozhi a big lesson, the next is to besiege Shenglong, in order to negotiate conditions with Jiaozhi, as long as the other party agrees to the conditions that make the Great Song Dynasty satisfied, then Guo Kui's army will withdraw, after all, they don't really want to destroy Jiaozhi, so there is no need to fight the other party's national capital.

It was precisely because he knew the above, so Zhao Yan didn't show a surprised expression when he heard Zhao Ji's words, but smiled and said, "Big brother." If it had been a few years earlier or a few years later, I might not have been in favor of capturing Thang Long Province, but it was a coincidence that at this time last year, Cochin sent troops to occupy the city and captured the capital of Thang Cheng in one fell swoop. Li Changjie also captured the king of Champa alive, and then the Jiaozhi army looted the inside and outside of the city, whether it was the nobles or the wealth in the Buddhist temple, all of them were moved back to Thang Long Mansion by the Jiaozhi people, it can be said that the current Thang Long Mansion gathers the wealth accumulated by the two countries, in the face of such a huge wealth, try to ask the eldest brother are you tempted? ”

"Is that true?" Zhao Ji couldn't help but stand up excitedly when he heard Zhao Yan's words, if it was just a Jiaozhi, but Zhancheng is an ancient country with a long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Champa was famous for its richness, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the wealth in the city must be more amazing, and now all of them have been looted by the Jiaozhi people, no need to think about it, now Thang Long City must be rich in oil, such a huge wealth. If it can be enriched into the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, it will definitely allow the Great Song Dynasty to recover its strength a few years earlier.

"It's true. The eldest sister was in charge of the shipping in the south, and she also confirmed the matter with the merchants from Champa in Guò, and it is said that after the Jiaozhi people retreated, hundreds of people starved to death around the city, and countless large merchants in Champa became destitute, and even many Champa people died in order not to starve to death. Ventured to Guangzhou to work as a coolie to earn a living. Zhao Yan said with great certainty at the moment.

He was also in correspondence with Princess Dening, and the other party inadvertently mentioned this matter, which made Zhao Yan very interested, and specially wrote to ask for some details, originally according to the original history. The war between Cochin and Champa should have been a few years later, but I didn't expect it to be advanced now.

Seeing Zhao Yan so sure, Zhao Yan immediately stood up excitedly, ready to immediately go back to the palace to report this matter to Zhao Shu, and then the imperial court gave Guo Kui an order, ordering him to take down the Shenglong Mansion no matter what, but Zhao Yan stopped him with a smile at this time and said: "Big brother doesn't have to go back in a hurry, I once mentioned this matter to Yang Huaiyu, with his wisdom, he must know what to do, so even if the court doesn't give an order, I'm afraid that the Shenglong Mansion will be breached!" ”

Hearing that Yang Huaiyu in the army knew about this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the road from the capital to Jiaozhi is long, even if he can say that Zhao Shu will order immediately, I'm afraid it will take a while to send it to Jiaozhi, God knows what will happen during this time, fortunately, Zhao Yan has already made preparations, presumably Yang Huaiyu should also sue Guo Kui, with Guo Kui's intelligence, he must know how to choose, after all, if he can offer such a large fortune to the imperial court, it is also a great credit for him.

In fact, it is indeed as Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan guessed, Yang Huaiyu under Thang Long City finally told himself in Zhao Yan's letter after thinking for a while, and told Guo Kui about Jiaozhi taking the city and looting it, but Guo Kui's eyes lit up after hearing it, and he immediately made a decision to capture Thang Long City!

In the palace of Shenglong City, Li Rizun, the king of Jiaozhi, sat on the top of the main hall, and Li Changjie stood in the hall with his hands tied, except for the two of them, there was no one else in the palace, I saw Li Rizun looking at Li Changjie with a heavy face, and then slowly said: "Taibao, you have lost the Song army several times before, and the ministers in the court have been quite dissatisfied with you, but this king believes in you, so he reactivated you despite the opposition, I hope you will not let this king down again!" ”

"The king can rest assured, the minister will definitely live up to the king's trust!" Li Changjie bowed and saluted at the moment, and at the same time secretly looked at Li Rizun's face, and when he saw that the other party did not show any angry expression, he was relieved. Li Rizun is a middle-aged man in his forties, short and dark-faced, with a typical cochin appearance, usually not smiling, looking very gloomy, so that people can't guess what he thinks in his heart.

"It doesn't matter if you live up to my trust, but if you lose again, then the entire Thang Long Mansion will be trampled by the Song army, and my Da Yue will lose the foundation of the country, and hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside Thang Long Mansion will also be ruined because of this, even if I don't say this, I think you know better than anyone else." Li Rizun said in a deep voice again at this time.

"The king can rest assured, his subordinates have enough confidence to defend Thang Long Mansion, and his subordinates can also see from some signs of the Song army outside the city that the Song army has no intention of breaking through Thang Long City!" Li Changjie said confidently, and when he said the end, his face showed a look of happiness.

"Oh? How do you know that the Song army has no intention of breaking through the Shenglong Mansion? Li Rizun asked in surprise when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, this matter is complicated, and in general, there are two reasons!" Li Changjie came to see Li Rizun today, mainly to explain this matter to him, "First of all, the Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to the area south of the Yangtze River, and its rule is also very weak, which can be seen from our previous attack on Yongzhou, since they are not even able to rule their own land, how can they have the energy to rule our land?" Therefore, His Majesty guessed that the Great Song Dynasty had no intention of destroying our country this time, but just wanted to teach us a lesson, since this is the case, then there is no need to break through the Shenglong Mansion, only need to besiege us to negotiate conditions. ”

Li Rizun heard Li Changjie's analysis, and couldn't help but nod at the moment, only to see Li Changjie pause at this time and then said: "In addition, I also found that the Song army outside the city will besiege our Shenglong Mansion on all sides, which is not logical, generally speaking, if you want to break through a city, unless you have more than ten times the strength, it is possible to besiege a city, and then break the city in one fell swoop, but the number of Song troops outside the city is not much, if I am the general of the Song army, I will definitely use the tactic of encircling three and missing one, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of attacking the city, However, the other side did not do this, but instead besieged us on all sides with an unsuperior force, and I can judge from this that the other side did not break through the Thang Long Mansion! ”

"Circumference three missing one?" Li Rizun couldn't help but show a contemplative expression when he heard this, he also knew the art of war, put himself in his shoes, if he was the general of the Song army, he would definitely use this tactic to attack the city if the army was not superior, but the other party did not do this, then there are only two possibilities, the first is that the other party does not understand the art of war, but this is obviously impossible, judging from the situation that the other party has defeated Li Changjie several times, this general of the Song army must be a general who is proficient in the art of war, so since he chose to besiege on all sides, The only explanation is that he didn't really want to break through the Thang Long Mansion, but used it to blackmail himself into compromise.

Thinking of the above, Li Rizun couldn't help but feel relieved, during this time, he received the news of the fiasco of Li Changjie's army one after another, which had made him think about it, and now he was besieged in the city by the Song army, which made him sleepless at night, and now he knows that the other party has no intention of breaking the city, which makes Li Rizun feel like he has removed a set of heavy shackles, as long as the Shenglong Mansion is not lost, then Da Yue's vitality is there, it's a big deal to bow his head to the Great Song Dynasty and admit his mistakes, anyway, the Great Song Dynasty has a good face, and then he will put his posture lower and strive for less compensation, In this way, maybe after a few years, Da Yue will be able to regain his strength.

Li Changjie has also been observing the changes in the expression on Li Rizun's face, although the other party's joy and anger are invisible, but Li Changjie can see through Li Rizun's thoughts from the changes in the other party's eyes, when he sees the ease and joy in Li Rizun's eyes, he is also relieved, as long as the Shenglong Mansion is not broken by the Song army, then he can be regarded as a crime, even if it is liquidated in the future, he can save his life without losing, as long as he is alive, there will be a day of comeback.

However, just when Li Rizun and Li Changjie both showed relaxed expressions, suddenly a palace attendant ran quickly and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, the Song army outside the city suddenly moved on a large scale, and the Song army in the middle city was evacuated and dispersed to the other three sides, and the Song army was frequently moved, as if they were ready to attack the city at any time!" (To be continued......)