In March of the tenth year of Xining, Zhao Yan personally led 130,000 troops out of Bei'ancheng, and once again entered the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing of Liao, for a time the Liao State was in great panic, after the army of Yelu Renxian was wiped out, the Liao State no longer had any available soldiers, in this situation, the Liao Emperor Yelu Jun hurriedly sent an envoy to the Song military camp to sue for peace.

Liao's initiative to sue for peace is also in line with Zhao Yan's intentions, after all, the Song army looks powerful, but it has become the end of the strong crossbow, not only the soldiers are extremely tired, but the imperial court has also been supported to the limit, it is impossible to fight anymore, and even if it can take down Dadingfu and other places, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to hold it, so it is already the limit of the Great Song Dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

However, although Zhao Yan wanted to withdraw from the army, he also put up a full shelf for Liao's request for peace, he first hung the Liao envoy in the barracks for several days, and finally pretended to be impatient to meet the other party, and before the other party proposed the conditions for peace, Zhao Yan directly dropped a sentence "Let Yelujun personally come to talk to this king", and then turned around and left.

For Zhao Yan's arrogant attitude, although the Liao envoy felt very angry, but at the same time very frightened, because he thought that the Great Song Dynasty had no intention of peace talks, but was determined to capture Zhongjing, so he did not dare to have any delay, he stayed to inquire about the situation, and then sent his deputy envoy to rush back to Shangjing to meet Yelujun, and put forward Zhao Yan's request for him to go to the peace talks in person.

Yelujun didn't expect Zhao Yan to make such an insulting request, you must know that he is the emperor of Liao, and Zhao Yan is just the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and the two are not equal in identity at all, even when it was the original alliance of the Great Song Dynasty, it was also negotiated in the name of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and the Emperor of Liao, and now Zhao Yan let himself go to negotiate. This simply puts the identities of the two on the same level.

It is precisely because of this that Yelujun was furious again after receiving the report from the deputy, and he wanted to personally lead the troops to destroy Zhao Yan's army, but unfortunately their Liao State really couldn't send troops, and there were a lot of troops stationed in the northern and northwest frontiers, but those troops needed to guard the frontiers. If he transferred these troops back regardless of it, there would be no problem in destroying Zhao Yan, but the frontier of their Liao State was about to be in chaos, so this was not worth the loss at all, and the troops of these frontiers were far away, if they arrived, it is estimated that the Great Song Dynasty would have taken away Zhongjing long ago.

After Ye Lujun lost his temper, he finally had to leave Shangjing and rush to the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing to meet with Zhao Yan in person, after all, he couldn't watch the Great Song Dynasty take away the Dading Mansion. So for this humiliating meeting, he can only endure, but he secretly swore in his heart that when he has the opportunity in the future, he must return today's humiliation a hundred times!

Seeing that Yelu Jun really came in person, Zhao Yan was also proud, because this meant that the Liao State had been forced to a dead end by himself, and there was no other way to think of it except for peace talks. This also gave Zhao Yan more bargaining chips in the peace talks, and he would definitely be able to achieve greater benefits for the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yan in order to show his sincerity. After Yelujun arrived in Zhongjing, he immediately withdrew the army to the rear fifty miles, that is, to the south bank of the Luan River, and ten miles to the rear is Bei'an City, and then sent someone to inform Yelujun, hoping that he would come to the bank of the Luan River to discuss peace talks.

For Zhao Yan's invitation. Yelujun naturally couldn't retreat, so he ordered the 30,000 pro-army he brought, plus the 60,000 defenders of Dading Mansion, a total of 90,000 people rushed to the north bank of the Luan River and faced the Song army across the river.

The Luan River is one of the two largest rivers in the Liao Kingdom. The other is the Huang River between Shangjing and Zhongjing, and the Luanhe River is located between Zhongjing and Nanjing Xijin Mansion, but unfortunately now the Xijin Mansion has been occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, and almost all the south of the Luan River has fallen into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, plus the river is wide, even if the army wants to cross the river, it is not a matter of a while, which can prevent the two armies from clashing, so Zhao Yan chose the negotiation location here.

The location of the negotiation was chosen, but the two sides had differences on the way of negotiation, among which the Liao State believed that it should be like the original Lanyuan Alliance, and the Great Song Dynasty sent envoys to the Liao military camp to negotiate, and it was best for Zhao Yan to come in person, after all, Yelu Jun came in person as the emperor of the Liao State, and it was impossible to deign to go to the Song military camp.

Zhao Yan naturally would not agree to this request of the Liao State, firstly, he was unwilling to take the risk, and secondly, if he took the initiative to enter the Liao military camp, the Liao State might become the active party in the negotiations, so he would never accept this kind of negotiation, but also proposed that the Liao State send envoys to negotiate in his own camp, after all, the Great Song Dynasty now has an advantage.

It can be said that Song Liao and both sides have their own opinions on the way of negotiation, and no one is willing to compromise, and finally Zhao Yan proposed a solution, that is, each side will send a boat, and then he and Yelujun will only take a few escorts to the river by boat, and then negotiate on the boat, so that no one can take advantage of anyone.

For Zhao Yan's proposal, Yelujun finally agreed after thinking about it, so on a sunny morning, the murderous arrays of the armies of Song and Liao were on both sides, and a medium-sized boat was docked on the shore of the two armies.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Zhao Yan and Ye Lujun appeared on the bank of the river almost at the same time, and then the two of them each brought ten guards and five rowing boatmen on the boat, and the two boats walked in opposite directions and soon came to the middle of the river, and when the bow of the boat arrived, one guard from each side of the boat came to the other party's boat, checked whether there were ambush people on the other party's boat, and weapons other than knives, etc., and when it was confirmed that the boats of both sides had not violated the previous agreement, the two boats were anchored at the same time and tied together with ropes.

Only then did Zhao Yan walk out of the cabin with a smile, standing at the bow of the boat and waiting for Yelujun, after a while, he saw the cabin door of the opposite ship being opened, and then saw Yelujun, who was wearing a dragon robe, walked to the bow of the boat, but when he saw Zhao Yan who was smiling, his face showed a complicated look, and it was estimated that he would not have thought that when the two met again, it would be in this situation.

"Brother Yan, I haven't seen you for many years, your demeanor is better than in the past!" At this time, I saw Ye Lujun take the initiative to speak, he still used the title when he first met Zhao Yan, at that time they were both princes, according to the covenant between the two countries, they were all brothers to each other, and at the beginning, the two got along very happily, but no one expected to meet again on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty is the same, you have quelled Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion between your backhand, which really makes the little brother feel admired!" Zhao Yan also bowed his hand to Yelu Jun, although he and Ye Lu Jun's positions are different, but Zhao Yan is indeed very impressed that he was able to put down Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion in such a short period of time, and also made the Liao economy recover quickly.

"Hehe, speaking of Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion, I also want to thank you, Brother Yan, if it wasn't for the secret provocation between you and Brother Zhao, how could Yelu Chongyuan launch a rebellion so quickly!" Yelu Jun heard Zhao Yan mention Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion, but he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, it was the secret planning of the two brothers Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji that made Yelu Chongyuan rebel in advance, which led to a sharp decline in the national strength of the Liao State, and almost collapsed.

"Haha, it's just a little thing, Your Majesty doesn't have to take it to heart!" Zhao Yan didn't want to be entangled with Yelujun anymore, so he said a little lightly, but his appearance made Yelujun's teeth itch even more.

However, Zhao Yan didn't care what Yelujun thought of himself, he looked up at the sky, but he waved his hand back, only to see the guards behind him immediately move the tables and chairs from the cabin, and took out a few drinks and dishes from the food box and put them away, at this time Zhao Yancai smiled at Yelujun: "Your Majesty, it's almost noon, I haven't come to have lunch yet, why don't we sit down and have a drink or two?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan invite him to drink, Yelujun also showed an unexpected expression, because from the beginning of the peace talks, both sides guarded each other from the inside out, especially the safety of him and Zhao Yan, which was the top priority, for fear of being accidentally calculated by the other party, but now Zhao Yan actually invited him to drink, what if he poisoned the wine and food?

"Your Majesty, don't, be careful!" At this time, the head of the guard beside Ye Lujun also shook his head lightly and said, according to the prior agreement, there was no such thing as eating, so Zhao Yan's move seemed to him to be a deliberate attempt to poison His Majesty.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that after hearing Zhao Yan's invitation, Yelujun just glanced at Zhao Yan deeply, and then suddenly strode over and said: "Could it be that Brother Yan has this Yaxing, then Brother Wei will accompany you to drink a few glasses, speaking of which, I also like the spirits of the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately the spirits sold by the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao State every year are too few." ”

"Haha, if Your Majesty likes spirits, I'll ask someone to bring you some when I go back, speaking of which, I have stored a lot of good wine, but it's a pity that the women and children in the family don't like to smell wine, so I rarely drink it." Zhao Yan also laughed at the moment, and the content of his speech also had any scruples, as if two friends were chatting about family life.

At that moment, Zhao Yan poured a glass of wine for Yelujun, and then the two of them had a drink first, and then Zhao Yan beckoned each other to eat, although it was in the army, but before Zhao Yan came, he asked the cook at home to cook a lot of dishes, and then made them canned and sealed, coupled with the cold weather, it is still very delicious to preserve, and Yelutan also praised it again and again after tasting it, which also eased the relationship between the two.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Lujun put down the wine glass, the smile on his face also retracted, and then stared at Zhao Yan's eyes and asked, "Brother Yan, you have already tasted the wine and food, what kind of conditions do you need to withdraw from the army?" (To be continued......)