In the light song and dance, a middle-aged man was lying on the thigh of a beautiful woman with half-squinted eyes, enjoying the song and dance while tasting the wine sent to the lips by the beauty, quite a drunken beauty knee, waking up to the power of the world, but if Zhao Yan saw this person here, I am afraid that he would not be able to recognize this middle-aged man who was fascinated by wine at all as the high-spirited Yelujun at the beginning.

"King Wei, how is the situation in the north?" At this moment, Ye Lu Jun, who saw half-squinted eyes, suddenly asked an old minister sitting there next to him, only to see that this old minister's beard and hair were all white, but because of proper maintenance, there were not many wrinkles on his face, and he looked quite childish.

"Your Majesty, some time ago, Wanyan led his troops to attack Huanglong Mansion again, but he was defeated by Xiao Yanshou's army, and he had no choice but to retreat." At this time, I saw Yelu Yixin say with some understatement.

However, Xiao Derang, who was sitting next to Yelu Yixin, heard his words, but couldn't help but pout his lips secretly, before the Wanyan Department attacked the Huanglong Mansion in a big way, Xiao Yanshou, who was guarding there, used the Liao army of less than 10,000 people to block the opponent's attack for seven days and seven nights with the city wall without assistance, although in the end the Wanyan Department retreated, but it was not a big defeat at all, but Xiao Yanshou's army suffered heavy casualties, if the Jurchens attacked again, he would definitely not be able to stop the Jurchens' troops.

"Very good, it seems that you still have the vision of King Wei, when you sent Xiao Yanshou to Huanglong Mansion, you were finally able to keep the peace of the north of my Liao Kingdom, since he has made such a contribution, then the court should not be stingy with rewards, and the rewards that should be given will be sent to Huanglong Mansion immediately!" Yelu Jun didn't seem to have the slightest doubt about Yelu Yixin's words, and he didn't ask about the casualties, but just asked people to send rewards. It's a pity that he didn't know that the situation in Huanglong Mansion was already very critical, and he might be attacked by the Jurchens again at any time.

"The old minister obeys!" Yelu Yixin smiled at this time and said, but he still had some regrets in his heart, since Yelu Ren died first, only that Xiao Yanshou dared to confront him in the court, and it just so happened that Huanglong Mansion had been threatened by the Jurchens. That's why he made a statement to Yelu Jun and transferred Xiao Yanshou to Huanglong Mansion to guard, but he ordered someone to deduct Xiao Yanshou's military salary and materials, and even the soldiers could not be replenished, I thought that this time the Jurchens could break through the Huanglong Mansion, at that time Xiao Yanshou had only two dead ends, the first was to die in the hands of the Jurchens, and the second was to escape back and die in his own hands, but unfortunately he didn't expect that he could defeat the Jurchens with less than 10,000 troops. It was really unexpected for him.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Great Song Dynasty that a delegation is about to arrive in my Liao country!" At this time, Yelu Yixin suddenly thought of another thing, and reported it again, he also felt very strange about the sudden dispatch of the mission by the Great Song Dynasty this time, although after the other party recaptured Yanyun last time, the two countries re-reached an alliance. But for the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty was still its enemy. It was only when Zhao Xu ascended the throne last time that the Liao State sent a mission over, and the two countries never sent a mission at other times.

"Oh? What kind of mission did the Great Song Dynasty send for no reason, did they say what it was? When Yelujun heard the news, he couldn't help but open his eyes for the first time and said, for him, the Jurchens in the north were just a disease of scabies. Even if it was fierce, he didn't pay much attention to it, but the Great Song Dynasty was a big problem for the Liao State, especially the Great Song Dynasty has become more and more powerful over the years, and the pressure felt by the Liao State is getting stronger and stronger. So for all the dynamics of Da Song, he had to pay attention.

"This time the Song people's mission is strange here, according to the rules of the envoy, before the envoys of the two countries, they will send people to inform each other, so that the other party knows the approximate purpose of the mission, but the mission of the Great Song Dynasty did not inform them of their purpose, only said that there is a very important matter for my Da Liao to discuss, and the envoy who led the mission is named Zhang Dan, the official worships the post of the servant under the door, and he can be regarded as the first person under the prime minister, and he personally serves as the envoy, which shows the importance of the Great Song Dynasty to this envoy." Yelu Yixin frowned at this time and said, he also felt a little strange about the sudden visit of the Great Song envoy.

"That's strange, when will the Great Song Mission arrive?" Yelu Jun suddenly sat up at this time and said, he had been ignoring the government for a long time, and all the affairs of the court were handed over to Yelu Yixin to take care of, but the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty delegation this time made him a little interested.

Seeing that Yelu Jun suddenly became interested in the Great Song Dynasty's mission, this made Yelu Yixin's heart sink, these years he finally let Ye Lujun ignore the government and take care of everything himself, but he didn't expect this state to be broken by the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty's mission, but he still said quietly on the surface: "Your Majesty, according to the news sent, it is estimated that they will arrive in Shangjing in a month at most." ”

"Very good, don't forget to inform me then, I will personally receive the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty!" Yelu Jun commanded at the moment, at this time he could vaguely see a little bit of the demeanor of the year, but as the singing and dancing in the hall sounded again, he showed a look of intoxication on his face, raised his wine glass and beckoned Yelu Yixin and Xiao Derang, let them have fun in time, don't live up to the good time.

At the same time, the Great Song Dynasty delegation led by Zhang Dian finally passed through the sixteen states of Yanyun, and then entered the territory of the Liao State from the Gubeikou where the Song-Liao War had taken place, and the Great Wall in the north of the sixteen states of Yanyun was all repaired, and a large number of troops were stationed.

As soon as he came out of the Gubei Pass, Zhang Dian immediately felt the difference between inside and outside the Great Wall, when he went forward in the sixteen states of Yanyun before, he found that although it was occupied by the Great Song Dynasty for a short time, it was already very prosperous, large and small villages were scattered in the land of Yanyun, cultivated land was connected with cultivated land, and the towns were very lively, although there was still some gap with the land of Hebei, but at least it had recovered from the previous war, and there was a vibrant scene everywhere.

But when Zhang Dian came out of the Gubei Mouth, he immediately saw a completely different scene from the land of Yanyun, only to see that the territory of the Liao Kingdom north of the Great Wall was actually a desolation, and there was not a single cultivated land or a village within a hundred miles, but from the terrain of some wasteland, you can still see a strip of Tianlong, which shows that these wastelands used to be cultivated land, but they were abandoned for some reason. In addition, along the way, they can also see some abandoned villages that have become beast dens, and many villages can even see a lot of white bones, and at night, they are full of ghosts, like ghosts in the world.

Originally, when he first came out of the Gubeikou, Zhang Dian thought that it was because it was too close to the Great Song Dynasty. So the Liao State moved the people to a farther place, but when he went deep into the Liao State for nearly a hundred miles, it was still a desolate scene, which made him feel very surprised, he had only heard of the decline of the Liao State in the Great Song Dynasty, but now it seems that this is the case, and there are almost no people within a hundred miles, which makes Zhang Dian feel that the Liao State seems to really have a bit of a sign of national destruction.

It wasn't until they walked forward for six or seven days that they finally saw some populated places. In the morning and evening, smoke could be seen rising from some ruined villages, but when the mission passed by these villages, the people of the villages did not dare to go out, at most some children hid behind the fence and looked at them secretly, their big eyes were full of fear, and most of these children were yellow and hungry, and they knew that they could not even eat enough.

Because it's too desolate along the way. There wasn't even a decent town, so they often slept in the wilderness. After dinner that day, Zhang Dian invited the officials of the Liao State who came to greet him to drink tea in his tent, and by the way, he also asked him about some things, and the other party was also happy to go to the appointment.

"Xiao Dianjian, I made this journey, and found that the territory of Liao was very desolate. Calculate the time, we are about to reach the boundary of Zhongjing Dading Mansion, I remember that this was once the most prosperous place in Liao, even after the war, so many years have passed. There should have been some restoration, but why is it still so desolate? Zhang Dian personally poured a cup of tea for the other party and asked.

The minister of Liao who came to greet him is named Xiao Wuna, the official worships the post of inspection, the so-called inspection, in fact, is the commander of the forbidden army of Liao, commanding the most elite imperial forbidden army of Liao, and also has the post of inspection in the past and later Zhou, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin once held this position, and later rebelled successfully, and it is precisely because of this that after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, there was no longer a position of the capital inspection.

The Liao State is not divided into civil and military families, although Xiao Wuna holds a military position, but he is also quite knowledgeable, and when Yelu Jun was still the prince, Xiao Wu Na took refuge in Ye Lu Jun's side, so he was very favored by Ye Lu Jun, and also had a lot of influence in the court, which was also the main reason why he was sent to meet the Great Song Dynasty.

Xiao Wuna heard Zhang Dan's question, but he secretly scolded in his heart, because the reason why Zhongjing is so depressed can be said to be all due to the Great Song Dynasty, but now the two countries are still in an alliance relationship, so he definitely can't tear his face with Zhang Dan, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "Zhang envoy doesn't know, since our Song Liao had a big war for the land of Yanyun, Zhongjing has also been greatly damaged, but if it is only like this, it will not make this place so depressed, The key is that the defenders of your Great Song border are not strictly guarded, and even let many of my fugitives from the Great Song Dynasty enter the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and our Great Liao has negotiated with your Great Song Dynasty several times for this, but your Song army did not pay attention to our request at all, and almost triggered an armed conflict between the two countries. ”

Hearing Xiao Wuna's words, Zhang Dian was stunned for a moment, and then understood, although the other party was unclear, and some places also concealed the truth, but he could also guess that it must be that after Yanyun was occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, the people of Yanyun were originally Han people in Liao, and their lives were getting better and better under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Han people north of the Great Wall and the Han people in the land of Yanyun must have some contacts, and even many people are still relatives, they are naturally unwilling to see that the lives of the people in the Great Song Dynasty are a hundred times better than their own sideIn this way, some people must have chosen to flee to the land of Yanyun south of the Great Wall, and the defenders of the Great Song Dynasty were naturally happy to do so, and the Liao State could not ban it, so that the people north of the Great Wall became fewer and fewer, no wonder there were no people for a hundred miles after entering the Liao State.

"Cough~, I see, the border defenders' move is really unorthodox, how can we let the people of Liao flee into the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and when the envoy returns to the capital, he will definitely participate in their play, if possible, I must send those Liao people back to Liao, so as to show the friendship between my Song and Liao!" Zhang Dian made a righteous expression at the moment and said, but I am afraid that only ghosts will believe his words, at least Xiao Wuna will not believe half of it, but on the surface, he still has to make a grateful expression, praising Zhang Dian for his high wind and bright festival, and it is really Song Liao's luck to have him as an envoy and so on. (To be continued.) )