With a bang, Zhao Jiong smashed the firewood kiln tea cup handed down from the previous dynasty to pieces. The eunuch who was waiting below lowered his head and followed up to sweep, taking advantage of the official's inattention, he gently swept a few slightly larger pieces into the cuffs, the name of the firewood kiln fired by Shizong this week~, the glaze is as pure and ethereal as the rain over the azure, but the fragments flowing out of the palace are also more expensive than the Khotanese jade, after the fragments are carefully polished and repaired, the literati and inkmen will embellish them on the hat with a crown of jade.

"This kind of thief who has stolen the rebellion of the border village has seized the land of the five states of Dingyan, and he actually asked for a seal!" It was difficult for the Cai clan to attack Lingzhou and was defeated, and was pursued by the Anxi army. Cai Jifeng gathered more than 10,000 party Xiang Qiang cavalry to ambush the pursuing Anxi army, Wu Yingying's general Xiao Jiu formed a formation with horse foot men to hold on, Cai Jifeng's troops repeatedly could not attack, and were copied by the follow-up cavalry of Anxi's chasing troops, the whole army was scattered, and even Cai Jifeng was captured. The Anxi army followed the fleeing Cai Keyuan, Cai Keshun and other troops all the way into the land of Dingyan Five Prefectures, and with the cooperation of the Bai Yu Army that took advantage of the resurgence of the situation, they seized the Dingyan Five Prefectures in one fell swoop. Wu Yingying now has the land of Yi, Sha, Su, Gan, Liang, Shan, Ling, Xia, Sui, Yin, You, and Jing, and sent envoys to the imperial court to pay tribute to the imperial court with 5,000 horses and 30,000 catties of jade.

"Your Majesty," Prime Minister Zhao Pu said slowly, "Wu Yingying also said on the table, if the imperial court is crowned as desired, it will pay tribute to 10,000 war horses, and the Anxi army is willing to be the northwest barrier of the imperial court, and will always be China's ministers who will not invade or rebel." "A lie!" The prime minister didn't mention it, but it was okay, Zhao Jiong's heart was angry again, he reached out and grabbed the teacup, and then threw the inkstone on the top of the imperial case to the ground, and the eunuch who was still picking up the fragments of the teacup next to him was weak. "This is a national thief! Did he think that fifteen thousand war horses could be exchanged for the recognition of the imperial court and conceal his ambition?" Zhao Jiong said angrily. Zhao Pu's face is still unfazed, the old minister who has experienced Zhao Kuangyin's anger and often beats people with a jade axe, has become accustomed to the anger of the official family, "Since the battle of Youyan, more than 100,000 iron horsemen of the Khitan people have threatened Heshuo, and my dynasty is really unable to renew the smoke in the northwest. He paused for a moment, and then said, "Besides, Wu Yingying and Han Derang originally had an old relationship, if they forced him to rush and coerce the people of the land of the twelve states to surrender to the Liao State, the situation would be out of control." ”

"Appeased?" Zhao Jiong sneered, and when he heard Zhao Pu mention Youyan's shame again, his anger burned so much that his blood gushed, and even the old wound on his thigh was faintly painful, "Wu Yingying said to appease when he stole Hexi, what about now?" "Your Majesty is angry, the dragon body is important." Chongyi's deputy envoy Hou Mowu said busily, "This Wu hero's wolf ambition has been revealed, if he just blindly appeases, he is afraid that he will raise a tiger for trouble." "Since the luck of Fang Shu, Hou Mowu has been rejected by the courtiers many times, and he deeply feels that the way to survive lies in catering to the will of the Shang, so he does not care about offending Zhao Pu. "The Liao people are tyrannical, and the elders of Youyan only hope that Wang Shi will go north, and the rule in the sixteen states of Yanyun cannot be consolidated, so it is not easy to invade the south. The privy envoy Cao Bin also said leisurely, "After the Khitans suffered a great defeat in Mancheng, they no longer dared to invade the south, and now they can only protect Youyan." ”

Zhao Jiong's face showed a hint of triumph, on the third day of the ninth month, the Liao Emperor Yelu Xianguo ordered Yan King Han Kuangsi to be the capital commander, and the prime minister of Nanfu Yelu Sha was the supervisor of the army, leading tens of thousands of troops from Youzhou to the south in two ways, defeated by the Song army, Han Kuangsi led the troops to flee, and was ambushed by Cui Yanjin, many dead and wounded, the remnants fled to Suicheng, the Song army pursued by victory, and killed more than 10,000 Liao soldiers, and obtained more than one war horse. "Wang Qing, what Cao Shumi said about Youyan's father and the elder is looking forward to the situation of Wang Shi, but is it true?" Zhao Jiong turned his head and asked Wang Yu, the envoy of the Shangmen Pavilion who was standing next to him, and he was deeply impressed by the response of the Han army and Han people in Youyan during the last Northern Expedition.

"What the envoy of Cao Shu said is true, His Majesty in order to save the people from fire and water, tirelessly, experienced the arrows, such a heavenly grace, really make Youyan's father and elder grateful, as long as the king goes north, it must be the state and county to respond everywhere, kill Hu and attack the captives, and the people should help the old and bring the young to welcome the king. ”

After the battle of the Gaoliang River, Han Derang Jinyan was adopted by Xiao Xuan, and began to gradually implement the policy of equality between the Han and the Khitan people in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the fields and crops to be ripe of the fleeing Han households were owned by the people who stayed behind, which greatly stabilized the mood of the Han people in the Yanyun area, coupled with Han Derang's increasingly high power, spared no effort to suppress the Han people who were centered in the south of the dynasty, and vigorously promoted the Han people to the Liao State and Han Derang to the heart, which has made the civil situation in Youyan very different from before the first Northern Expedition。

Listening to Wang Yu's pandering words regardless of Zhao Pu's gaze next to him, Zhao Jiong felt even more comfortable, and even the courtier Hou Mo Wu used to cast a trace of envy at Wang Yu. Only this prince himself has a bitter heart, and what this sycophant minister does is much easier than that of a brave and loyal pillar.

"I have made up my mind," Zhao Jiong said in a deep voice, looking down at several ministers, "Wu Yingying is undoubtedly a traitor, and the imperial court cannot tolerate it, so he ordered to cut off the official position of the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, cut off the mutual market between the Central Plains and the rebel land, post a notice on the border, and the head of Wu Hero will be immediately awarded the envoy of the Dingyan Festival, and Cao Han will be the observer of the four states of Yanqing Jinghuan, and the garrison of the soldiers and horses will be under the jurisdiction of the capital, Yin Xian will be the governor of Jingzhou, Cao Guangshi will be the inspection envoy of Yanzhou, Cai Keyuan will be the governor of Xiazhou, and Cai Kexian will be the governor of Yinzhou. In Gyeongju, the imperial court sent 50,000 troops to the border to support each other. ”

"Your Majesty, a piece of paper can be appeased, why do you have to work hard to mobilize the people to spend money on food and salary? The war horses needed by the forbidden army of the imperial court are all given to the northwest, if you have a bad relationship with Wu Yingying, the cavalry army has no horses, how to compete with the Khitan army in Heshuo, Your Majesty thinks twice!" Zhao Pu said excitedly, "Moreover, Cai Keyuan and Cai Kexian slaughtered more than 20,000 people under Lingzhou City, and the news was transmitted back to the Central Plains. Although he is usually a wise man to protect himself, Wu Yingying now has the foundation of the country, but he is still willing to show favor to the court, and pays 15,000 war horses every year, but the court abandons him as a thief, and since then he has faced a two-sided battle, and the situation is extremely dangerous. "Hmph! That was a rumor from Wu Yingying, the Huanqingxiang army and the people were clearly slaughtered by Wu thieves. Zhao Jiong was quite annoyed, and this old man became more and more ignorant, "I have made up my mind, and the secretaries can retreat if they have nothing to do." Hou Qing stayed for the time being. Zhao Pu had no choice but to retreat with Cao Bin and Wang Yu, and the three of them had their own hearts and said goodbye at the gate of the palace.