Mr. Qingyuan went to the Taishi Mansion late at night, and the Xihe prince of the Qingguo Mission, accompanied by Yun Canglan, also came to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion late at night. After several days of negotiations, the prince of Xihe looked very tired, and his eyes were even bloodshot.

Welcoming into the house, Han Xuandao asked people to serve tea, and after retiring from the people, the prince of Xihe said: "Lord Han, since entering Yanjing, I have been taken care of by Lord Han, and this king has thanked me here."

Han Xuandao smiled calmly: "The prince is polite. Negotiation with Taishi Xiao...... Is there no progress? ”

The prince of Xihe spread his hands and said: "It doesn't matter if you progress or not." The king has no interest in talking about it anymore...... And even if you want to talk about it, I'm afraid you won't be able to help this king."

Han Xuandao picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Lord Wang's words, but Han Mou is a little incomprehensible."

The prince of Xihe leaned back on the chair, looking very weak, he was already old, and these days he has been negotiating with foreign embassies every day, although he knows that it is difficult to have a result in talking with Xiao Taishi, but it is a matter of national fortune, and he can only argue back and forth with the embassies abroad, and discuss and argue one by one on the terms of negotiation. The prince of Xihe can only drag his tired body every day to support himself in the embassy abroad...

"This is a letter that this king received recently." The prince of Xihe took out a letter from his sleeve, shook it in his hand, and then threw it on the table next to him, and said slowly: "I went to the Beijing court in Daqing, and countless officials have jointly folded their names, claiming that your Yan country's negotiation heart is not sincere, and the deputy envoy An Yuqing died in your Yan country, which humiliates my Daqing national respect, so I ask my emperor to stop this negotiation......"

Han Xuandao frowned, glanced at the letter on the table, and asked, "This letter...... Is it the will of the emperor of your country? ”

"That's not it," the prince of Xihe sighed, "but I'm afraid this will won't take two days... I sincerely come to form an alliance with your country, but your country's master has used countless tricks, so where is it to negotiate with my Daqing...... That is obviously to ask us Daqing to retreat in the face of difficulties, unwilling to form an alliance with my Daqing, I Daqing is a big country, this time I came, not to ask for Yanguo, just for the future of the two countries, this is to send a mission......" glanced at Han Xuandao, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Han, this king does not hide from you, this time I sent a mission, and there are many people in my Daqing who oppose it...... Many people are even more hopeful that the negotiations will fail...... Now that your country has repeatedly made things difficult, this king can no longer afford to talk about it, and it seems that he can only go home."

Han Xuandao pondered for a moment, glanced at the prince of Xihe, and then sighed: "Actually, Han never thought that things would come to such a situation... The prince has been affected in the past few days...... Hey, the Taishi is too much......"

The prince of Xihe arched his hand and said: "I came here today to say goodbye to Lord Han, this king has already led them to pack their luggage, if there is no progress tomorrow, they will go home the day after tomorrow." My Daqing has a vast territory, with a million armor, abundant money and food, and there are even holy generals in the town, just the jackals of the Wei country, but they are not afraid at all"

A strange light crossed Han Xuandao's eyes, he got up, and arched his hand: "Since the prince has this plan, Han doesn't dare to say anything... In this way, tomorrow night, Han will set up a banquet to see off the prince, and I hope that the prince and Lord Yun will enjoy the light when the time comes."

The prince of Xihe glanced at each other with Yun Canglan next to him, and his eyes were also crossed with different colors.

In fact, this is also the way for Qingguo to retreat, there has been no progress in negotiations for several days, and Qingguo is indeed cloudy, the two not only have to bear the difficulty of negotiations here, but also have to withstand the pressure of the country, which is really difficult.

They also saw the situation of Yan Guo and knew that it was in the interests of the Han family to form an alliance with Qing Guo, so they used this method of retreating as advance, which was to let the Han family exert a strong force and resolve the deadlock in the negotiations as soon as possible.

After all, Qingguo is now at the border of Chen Bing, so to defend but not fight, the daily loss of materials is extremely huge, the results of the negotiations here will be one day earlier, and the Qingguo side will make corresponding arrangements...

At the Weiqing border pass, hundreds of thousands of troops from the two countries are holding each other, waiting for the results of the negotiations on the side of the Yan State.

Although Qingguo seems to have a vast territory and rich resources, the nobles of Yan are too corrupt, and the officialdom is even more rotten, and there are many disasters in the country, and the treasury is not full.

If you really want to compare, Wei has been poor for more than ten years, and has accumulated grain and grass, but it is stronger than Qingguo's reserve force.

Others don't know the details of Qingguo, but the prince of Xihe understands, knowing that it is really not a matter to drag it down on Yanjing's side, there is no way, so he came up with a way to retreat, the purpose of which is actually faintly intimidating Han Xuandao, once the Qingguo delegation is evacuated, Yanqing cannot form an alliance, then for the Han family, it is undoubtedly a very unfortunate thing...

It's just that they didn't expect Han Xuandao to be so calm, and he would even set up a banquet to see off tomorrow night, and this time, the prince of Xihe had no idea.

In fact, the Qingguo delegation survived here, because they knew that the Han family must be a firm Yanqing ally, and there was such a force with the same goal in the Yan country, which was the reason why the Qingguo delegation still insisted on negotiating despite knowing that Xiao Taishi deliberately made it difficult to negotiate, and they were just waiting for the Han family to make a heavy punch to break the deadlock in the negotiations.

In the hearts of the Qingguo Mission, of course, they are unwilling to lose such an internal support force...

Han Xuandao behaved so calmly, which suddenly made the prince of Xihe feel worried, in fact, the ** situation is never static, as time progresses, as long as there is any trace of ** change in the situation, allies may become enemies, and enemies may also become allies.

Yesterday, the Han family was a powerful internal helper, but tomorrow it is very likely to be an enemy with completely different interests.

For the ** situation inside the Yan State court, as an outsider, it is naturally difficult to distinguish clearly, for the prince of Xihe, who has been through the wind and waves for a long time, if the Han family suddenly changes his mind and does not unite with Qingguo because of the change of interests, this will not surprise the prince of Xihe, but he will definitely panic.

Yun Canglan smiled lightly, smiled very beautifully, and was also very elegant, and arched his hand: "Lord Han is full of power, and the prince and Zai Xia are very grateful... After a pause, he sighed: "When I was in Qingguo, I heard that your country's Taishi was in a high position, and now it seems that it is indeed true." He glanced at Han Xuandao and said slowly: "Lord Han, forgive me for taking the liberty of having some psychological words, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Please speak"

"Many people think that the Xiao clan can call for wind and rain in Yan Country because there are many disciples of Taishi Xiao, but they don't think so in Xia." Yun Canglan smiled and stared at Han Xuan and said: "The so-called tree falls and scatters, everyone understands this truth, there are many disciples of Taishi Xiao, it is only because the Xiao family has a strong power, and it is because of the power of the Xiao family that many protégés have taken refuge in it, but it is not because of the many protégés that the Xiao family has today's prestige...... Cause and effect, we have to investigate"

Han Xuandao showed a smile in his eyes, and even with a hint of appreciation, this young man's insights were amazing, and he really hit the nail on the head...

In fact, many people think that the Xiao family can tilt the power of the government and the opposition because Xiao Taishi's protégés are all over the government and the opposition, and there are his henchmen everywhere, and it is precisely because of the large number of protégés that Xiao Taishi has a solid foundation and huge power.

But few people see through, the foundation of the Xiao family's prestige is not these clinging disciples, although these people have indeed strengthened the momentum of the Xiao family, but as Yun Canglan said, it is because the Xiao family has the power first, these people see the wind and make the rudder under their doors, to put it bluntly, when the Xiao family is powerful, these people must hold their thighs, but once something happens to the Xiao family one day, these people may have to dissipate half.

"In the opinion of Lord Evian, where is the foundation of such a powerful Xiao clan?" Han Xuandao stared at Yun Canglan and asked...

"In the military" Yun Canglan said calmly: "As far as I know, twenty years ago, the strongest clan in your country was the Ye family of Bozhou County, which had perished, not the Xiao family today. The Xiao family jumped up, and that was because the Xiao family produced a Xiao Huaiyu, that is, General Xiao, the military god of your country. There used to be a lot of friction between your two countries on the border, to say something that Lord Han doesn't like to hear, if it weren't for the fact that your country produced this General Xiao, don't say that now there are six counties in Yan Kingdom, I'm afraid that even the three counties can't be saved......"

Han Xuandao's face did not change, he just looked at Yun Canglan quietly.

He actually knows very well that Yun Canglan's words are not false, before Xiao Huaiyu's debut, Qingguo had Shangjing Shengjiang Shang Zhongli, at that time the border between the two countries often rubbed, although the Yan soldiers were brave and good at fighting, but there was no real famous general, so in that period, after every battle, Yan always had to send envoys to Qingguo, offering a large amount of money, food and property, and was ridiculed and ridiculed by the Qingguo people, and Linyang County and Wu County at that time were also occupied a large area of land. It's just that at that time, the Wei State used troops against Qing for many years, like a fierce wolf biting the Qing State, and Shang Zhongli's energy was focused on the Western Front, so he did not launch a real attack on the Yan State.

For at least ten years before Xiao Huaiyu appeared, Yan Guo had been unable to raise his head in front of the people of Qingguo, but fortunately, at that time, the ancestor was alive, and he was still able to suppress the major families, and the major families were also in a group in times of crisis for the sake of family interests, and resisted the intrusion of Qingguo with the power of unity, but the land occupied by Qingguo has always been unable to be snatched back.

Just when Yan Guo was worried about the attack of the Qingguo people all day long, Xiao Huaiyu, a famous general of a generation, rose in the land of Yan State, fought as a young man, led hundreds of troops, went deep into the enemy formation, and killed the king of Linzi of Qingguo, and became famous in a battle.

Since then, Xiao Huaiyu has risen upward like a rocket in the army, and he will win the battle, and at the age of twenty-five, he will recover the lost territory of Yan and become a worship figure of Yan from top to bottom

When a country was facing a great crisis, this young man relied on his martial wisdom to reverse the sky and support the border defense of Yan State.

After resisting countless attacks by the Qingguo people, Xiao Huaiyu's name as the "God of the Army" spread all over the world, he was like a bright star in the sky of Yan Kingdom, shining on the land of Yan Kingdom, and the dazzling light made the Qingguo people never dare to use troops against Yan Country from then on.

With Xiao Huaiyu, the border of Yan is safe, and the peace between Yanqing and Qing has been maintained