Han Derang frowned, it was a good opportunity to compete in the world, but this person was unmoved, the two major forces entrenched in the Central Plains faintly had the tendency of alliance to resist Liao, so that many of the backs in his belly could not be displayed. At present, if it is rash to fight a decisive battle with the Great Song Forbidden Army with a considerable military advantage on the bank of the Yellow River, it will be greatly disadvantageous to the Liao State.

At this time, the guards came to report, the envoy of the Song State came, Xiao Sui passed on the officials of the Southern Court to come in together, and after a while, the three people who were making the governor Wang Yu, the deputy envoy of the left counselor Zhang Qixian, and the right counselor Xin Zhongfu entered with their heads held high. Although these three people were civil servants, they were all tall and tall, surrounded by a group of generals with armor, standing proudly in the middle of the big tent.

Wang Yu arched his hand, bowed down and said: "The envoy of the Great Song Kingdom, the governor Wang Wang, the left counselor Zhang Qixian, the right counselor Xin Zhongfu, see the Empress Dowager Chengtian." ”

Yelusha, the prime minister of the Southern Courtyard, shouted: "Since you are an envoy, why don't you kneel down and ask for peace when you see the Queen Mother of our country!"

Wang Yu glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "If it is a brotherly state, it is understandable to respect the courtesy of foreign ministers, at the moment you and I are hostile, the Liao soldiers invaded my homeland, burned my house, plundered my people, killed my soldiers, and became the envoy of the country, how can you bend the knee to the enemy and make China humiliated?"

In the past two months, the Liao soldiers have been attacking the city and plundering everywhere, Yelusha was aroused by him, and immediately drew his scimitar and shouted: "Since the two countries are fighting, I will first kill you, an official of the Southern Dynasty who does not know the times, and sacrifice the flag for the army!" Xiao Xuan deliberately humiliated Nanchen, and also let him mess around, Han Derang silently observed the three envoys, and saw that they were all dignified and majestic, and their faces remained unchanged, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Zhang Qixian smiled slightly, and said: "My dynasty's 300,000 troops are pillowing Godandan, and it is easy for the general to cut the three of us with a knife in his hand, and the general of the prime minister under Jiuquan and you will be fine." Although his words were witty, they did not lose the slightest momentum, but there was a faint threat, the Khitans went deep into the hinterland of the Song Kingdom, and once defeated, the consequences were unpredictable.

Xiao Xuan's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "Are you Zhang Qixian, who played the Ten Policies for Governing the Country to Zhao Kuangyin?"

Zhang Qixian bowed slightly and said, "No, it's just me." ”

Xiao Sui nodded, and Han Derang said: "The Song State wants to negotiate peace, this time our army came south, not for anything else, but to return the land of the ten counties of Mozhou and Yingzhou in the south of Waqiao Guannan, and the sixteen states of Yanyun were ceded to Da Liao by the Jin Dynasty. ”

When he said this, Zhang Qixian's eyes showed anger and he was about to reprimand, but Wang Yu smiled slightly: "The noble man also said that the ten counties in Guannan are the affairs of the Jin Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. ”

Han Derang didn't want his dignified vice-minister to also make trouble in this national affairs, and he was speechless for a while, but Wang Yu didn't wait for him to refute, and continued: "The matter of Guannan and Youyun aside, the most important thing at the moment is that your country invades my countryside, kills my people, plunders my wealth, and makes our country's laborers move people to come, and now if your army wants to retreat from the hinterland of our country, I am afraid that you need to compensate for the loss of violating our country's treasury and people." ”

Han Derang snorted and reprimanded: "The Song State has twice invaded our Great Liao, plundering the people's wealth is not small, and our country is only one or two. In recent years, the Song State has been building forts in various parts of Hebei, accumulating grain and grass, and stationing 100,000 soldiers on the border all year round, coveting my heart of the clouds. If my Daliao doesn't strike first, I'm afraid that your army has already reached Youyun City again. The generals of the Liao State are not as proficient in Chinese as Han Derang, they are agile and adaptable, and the interpreter will Han Derang's words continue to Khitan language, and every sentence is to maintain the Great Liao, and the generals can't help nodding frequently, but Xiao Sui is thoughtful, only listening to Han Derang and saying, "If the Song State has the sincerity to rest the army and the people, it must be returned to the Great Liao Ying and Mo Erzhou." No more castles shall be built in the east and north of the river. Compensate for the expenses of our Da Liao army 1 million taels of silver and 2 million horses of silk. Setting up a field at the border prohibits mutual trade. "The Liao soldiers went south this time, and they had already intended to force peace with war, and the terms of this contract had been discussed countless times by important Liao figures such as Xiao Xuan, Han Derang, Yelu Huge, and Yelu Sha.

Xin Zhongfu smiled coldly and shouted: "The two armies are facing each other, the victory or defeat is not divided, but your country is so blackmailing our country, in order not to have too little sincerity in peace negotiations, it is better for the Liao State to return to our Great Song Youzhou and Yunzhou, the Liao soldiers are not allowed to haunt the south of Yuguan, and your country invaded Hebei in the south and was broken, and you must compensate our people for the resettlement fee of two million taels of silver and four million horses of silk." ”

Han Derang listened to his disrespectful words, his brows furrowed, and he was about to get angry, but Wang Yu smiled and said: "Deputy Envoy Xin really has the ability to draw inferences, and he can learn more from Han Guiren in the future." He frowned again and said, "If the peace agreement fails, war is inevitable, the north and the south have a vast area, many people, and big countries compete for each other, and it is difficult to say that the victory or defeat will be determined by a war." Soldiers, livestock, and property suffered many casualties, and the country suffered greatly. Only those who advocate the conquest and attack of the war will enjoy the benefits of national calamity. Foolishly thought that all the ministers of the Northern Dynasty persuaded the Empress Dowager to use troops in the Great Song Dynasty, not for the well-being of the country, but for self-interest!" He didn't look at Han Derang, and said to Empress Xiao and the Khitan generals: "Even if the arrows are broken, the people of the Central Plains will never bend their knees to the enemy." At that time, the two countries will lose their troops, and the Jurchen and Murwei tribes in the north and south of the Daxianbei Mountain, and the Mongolian tribes in the west of the steppe that do not submit to the king, will be a trouble for your country, and it will also be a great trouble for my Central Plains!"

He was one of the few people in the court of the Song Dynasty who knew the situation in the north, and this intimidating speech made the faces of many Khitan generals next to him solemn, many of them had fought with the Jurchen, Murwei, and Mongol tribes, and knew the difficulty of pacifying these barbarian tribes. At present, the elite in the north are moving south, and the rear is empty, and these barbarians are about to enter the Liao Kingdom again.

Han Derang said abruptly: "Those barbarian tribes are just scabies, and they can be backhanded." However, your country gathers the elite of the world in the forbidden army, and the forbidden army is lost, I am afraid that the world will be in danger of collapse, and the Xia country is flourishing in Hexi, and it will be called the emperor Guanzhong in the future, and I am deeply worried about the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The two fought for a long time, and the Khitan generals next to them were dumbfounded, and finally concluded a peace treaty, and the Liao State returned the Jizhou, Beizhou, Mozhou, Deqing Army and other places that had been occupied to the Song State, and the Liao army withdrew from the Song State, and the people who plundered in the Song State were redeemed by the Song State with a one-time payment of 200,000 silver and 200,000 silk. The Liao people were not allowed to cross the border to fight the grass valley, and the Song State promised not to reclaim paddy fields on the Liao-Song border, build forts, and garrison troops to attack Liao.

After sending away the envoys of the Song State, the important ministers of the Liao State have complicated expressions, although the southern expedition has long been forced to make peace with the war, but the army drinks the Yellow River, Bianliang is close at hand, but it has not been able to take any advantage, it is really unwilling, the elite soldiers of the country came, and the flag died down, and the Khitan people went south to the Central Plains at any time, and it seems that it is gradually drifting away. Han Derang let out a sigh of relief and said: "The peace agreement has been completed, and when you can slowly return to the dynasty, you can slightly determine the many barbarians such as Murowei, Jurchen, Mongolia, and Goryeo, and lay the foundation for the Great Liao for a hundred generations." Xiao Xuan also nodded, the south is over, and the location is advantageous, when the famous ministers in the country are in trouble, the henchmen on the northern border will be slightly determined.