The situation in the city is changing, and the rulers are replaced by conspiracies and calculations.

Outside the city, Bao Bao Bald Flower and Shi Li Ha Li Li didn't know anything, and only waited for Zhao Mengqi's arrival with apprehension.

Zhao Mengqi came on horseback, without a guard of honor, and there were not many servants around him, but there were only about 100 people.

He was dressed in a military uniform and light armor, nothing too conspicuous, and at first glance he looked like an ordinary young general.

It was still Cao Lie, Xue Jin, Zhang Shijie and other Song generals who began to stand in line in the middle of the road, and when they greeted them with solemn expressions, they realized that King Yan was in this team of cavalry.

The two hurriedly stood beside General Cao Liesan, staring at each other with wide eyes.

I saw a divine horse like a black dragon, stepping on the yellow dust in the sun, and galloping first.

A sturdy and majestic figure on the horse's back, undulating and rhythmic with the horse's mane, full of a sense of strength that combines rigidity and softness.

The galloping horse was like flying, and the momentum of wind and thunder rushed towards him, and he did not slow down in the slightest, and he was about to crash into the waiting queue.

At this time, the black horse suddenly stood up, raised its hooves and neighed for a long time, and then fell back to its front hooves, and paused less than two feet away from the queue.

Cao Lie and other generals looked at the horseback knights, and beat their chests together to salute, "The last general and others greet His Royal Highness, and the Great Song Dynasty wins!" ”

Zhao Mengqi was stroking the horse's neck, comforting the end of the night when he was forcibly strangled because he was running happily.

After waiting for the generals to salute, he turned over and jumped off the horse, and the corners of his mouth smiled back to salute with a flat palm, "Huaxia Yongchang, you have worked hard." ”

This is King Yan of the Great Song Dynasty?

It is said that he is only seventeen years old, and he is so tall and majestic, and his whole body is full of heroic energy, which seems to be very difficult to deal with.

To say that his riding skills are indeed extraordinary, but his actions are really crazy, probably he is extremely confident and proud.

The pride of the sky is talking about people like King Yan, I hope he won't be too blind......

Bao Bao Bald looked at Zhao Mengqi carefully, muttering in his heart.

When he galloped straight in front of him, he hung his heart to his throat.

If it weren't for Cao Lie and the others, who looked motionless as usual, he would definitely have run as far as he could.

When Zhao Mengqi and the generals saw the salute, as soon as their eyes turned, Bao Bao Bald hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to greet him.

"The foreign minister will take off the bald flowers, and bow to His Royal Highness King Yan Jin'an."

"Foreign Minister Shi Lili Deva, I wish His Royal Highness King Yan ten thousand blessings."

Shi Lihe did not lag behind, and worshiped Zhao Mengqi almost at the same time.

"Let's be flat...... Zhao Mengqi raised his hand slightly.

After another unnutritious and formulaic politeness, everyone flocked to Zhao Mengqi and went to the 'venue' that had already been prepared.

This time, Zhao Mengqi led more than 30,000 troops, but he did not press to the Buddha Oath City.

Here, in addition to the vanguard of the cavalry regiment, there are more than 10,000 people in Xue Jin's Dongwei First Brigade and Zhang Shijie's Fourth Brigade.

After Zhao Mengqi arrived, one regiment from each of the two brigades remained outside the east gate to maintain the array, while the other 7,000 men began to be busy setting up camp.

The so-called meeting place is located on the side of the road more than a mile away from the east gate of the Buddha Oath City.

More than one mile to the north is the array of the army of Shili Hali, and more than one mile to the south is to protect the bald flowers.

As for the east, there were 3,000 Song troops, which were closer.

In this way, it has done enough to meet the posture of the alliance before the army, which can be regarded as very decent for the city.

The venue is very simple, not even a tent has been set up, just a carpet is spread on the wasteland, and a few chairs are placed.

The two countries and the three parties sit separately in the shape of a product, which looks a little solemn and formal.

Subsequently, Song Jun sent wine, tea, pastries and fruits here, which made the atmosphere not so stiff because of the appearance of a banquet.

After everything was arranged, the irrelevant personnel were far away.

There were five entourages standing behind Bao Tuo Bald Flower and Shi Li Ha Li, and there were only a dozen people left on Zhao Mengqi's side.

King Yan treated each other so politely, and he was completely unpresumptuous and aggressive.

This made Bao Bao Bald Flower and Shi Li Hali very surprised, and they couldn't help but drum in their hearts.

Didn't King Yan come to Xingshi to ask about the sin?

How can it look like a friendly consultation now?

What kind of medicine is he selling in his gourd?

Could it be that he was preparing to annex the city of Zhancheng into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty?

The doubts in the hearts of the two powerful ministers of Champa are similar.

The so-called nothing is courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

If Zhao Mengqi scolded and scolded him, they would be able to be calm.

Because this is the normal operation of the suzerain, when the kingdom encounters disobedience from the subject country.

It's like being a son and causing a big disaster, instead of beating or scolding, Lao Tzu smiled and laughed haha, can you not be furious in your son's heart?

At this time, Zhao Mengqi didn't seem to see that the two of them were preoccupied, and greeted him warmly.

"The army is outside, so I can only slow the two of them, and I will use some food and drink to get rid of hunger and thirst, and I will talk about things later."

After speaking, he raised the wine cup, "Come, for the peace of the world, drink to win." ”

Although there is a mess in his head, King Yan's face can't be left ungiven.

There was no need to worry that King Yan would poison them in front of everyone, so the two powerful ministers drank the wine very cooperatively.

"...... for the peace of the world"

Subsequently, Bao Bao Bald Flower and Shi Li Ha Pear naturally had to toast Zhao Mengqi.

After a few rounds of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, I saw that Zhao Mengqi did not mention the slightest sign of business, as if it was really just an ordinary wine banquet.

So Bao Bao Bald couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to tear away the conversation.

"Your Highness, the foreign minister must first ask you for the guilt, it is the foreign minister's poor protection that makes the mission suffer, no matter how His Royal Highness punishes, the foreign minister willingly bears it, but the foreign minister also assures His Highness that he will definitely find out the ins and outs of this matter, and all the people involved, no matter what their status, will definitely be arrested and handed over to the kingdom ......for disposal."

Immediately, Zhao Mengqi put down the wine cup, also put down his smile, and said lightly without sadness or joy, "Is it just that the guards are not careful?" ”

"It's nature." Bao Bao Bald sat up straight, and said with a sincere face, "The mission is in trouble, and the foreign minister is responsible, but the foreign minister swears by the head of the foreign minister, and there is absolutely no idea or behavior of murdering the mission. ”

"Really?" Zhao Mengqi was indispensable, and his tone was calm and unwavering, "Then who do you think did such a stupid thing?" Or who is suspected? ”

Bao Bao Bald pursed his lips and said resolutely, "The foreign minister does not dare to deceive His Royal Highness, although it is difficult to speak, but the foreign minister thinks that the king of the country has always been unscrupulous, and it is the most suspicious person, and it is difficult for the other person here to get rid of the suspicion......"

Zhao Mengqi raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Do you mean that among the three people with the most power in the city, except for you, the other two are not clean?" ”

"He's full of nonsense!" Shi Li Lili couldn't help but refute it out loud, and said angrily, "If you want to say that the most disrespectful thing to the kingdom of Shangguo, is that he protects the bald flower himself, he is in charge of the navy of the contempt country, and he also raises countless sea bandits, and the previous raids on sea ships to cut off the trade route are dominated by the bald flower!" ”

Bao Bao Bald glared at Shi Lihe and argued, "Don't spew blood, what do you mean by me dominating!?" The plunder is an order from the king, and I am only ordered to carry it out!" ”

Shi Liheli smiled disdainfully, "The bullshit is carried out, and the proceeds of the looting, you are no less than the king, and when you negotiated with the embassy of the kingdom before, you also proposed to collect more than 30% of the taxes and fees from the passing merchant ships, in short, you and the two brothers of the king are the same dog, and their stomachs are full of robber thoughts." ”

"I'm a robber, aren't you a lihap? Do you dare to say that you have never plundered the maritime merchants of the Shanghai Kingdom? ”

"I admit that I have also plundered, but I was forced to use this method to raise military funds for self-preservation, and in my heart I have always opposed this practice, I think that looting is short-sighted, it is killing chickens and eggs, and it can only obtain short-term benefits, if you want to develop serious business and trade for a long time, it is a pity that I can't decide on the national policy of Zhancheng, so I want to overthrow the incompetent and stupid Jaya and bring Zhancheng back on the right track......"

"Don't put gold on your face, you just seized power for your own selfishness, Jaya may not be suitable to be a king, but you are even more unsuitable for this ambitious thief, only by handing over the city to me, can you be truly obedient to the kingdom of God......"

"What's the use of talking about it, I have planned it a long time ago, once I become the new king of Champa, I will start to comprehensively crack down on the pirates, clear the trade routes, and open the port......"

"You have a plan, don't I have it, can you have me in the matter of clearing out the pirates? Not only do I command the navy, but I also know the inside story of the pirates, so I can ensure that I can clean up all the pirates within half a year, and I can also send the navy to escort the merchant ships of the Shanghai Kingdom......"

The two of you and I are arguing with each other.

They kept exposing each other's shortcomings, revealing the dirty things that each other had done without reservation, and at the same time, they tacitly pinned the biggest black cauldron on the head of King Jaya.

On the other hand, he desperately explained how to be deferential to the kingdom if he grasped the power of the city, how he would provide convenience to the kingdom, and rushed to be a dog's leg in order to gain the support of the king of Yan.

The more noisy he goes, the more explicit his words become, with no regard for any decency, like two bustards competing for their benefactor.

And Zhao Mengqi'an sat there shaking the wine cup, while enjoying this dog-eat-dog show with great interest.

As for their various flatteries and promises, Zhao Mengqi didn't believe it at all, so naturally he didn't care.

Perhaps there is a large army to deter, and they will do it in the short term, but when the army is far away, these occupying monkeys will definitely relapse again.

Zhao Mengqi didn't have so much energy to rectify it again, so he still had to completely control the city.

With the current situation, it is not difficult to defeat the city, because after a period of internal friction, it can be said that the city has almost no power to fight back.

However, it is not advisable to occupy it by force and forcibly annex it, after all, the country of Champa is also hundreds of years old and has its own traditional culture and beliefs.

After the occupation, it will inevitably face one resistance after another, which will drag the limited military strength in Zhao Mengqi's hands into the mud pit of law and order warfare.

For Zhao Mengqi, there are rich lessons in this regard.

Not to mention before the Song Dynasty, just look at the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties behind, which one has not rolled in the mud pit of the Indochina Peninsula, and the results are not very good-looking.

Therefore, Zhao Mengqi did not plan to annex it directly, but just to support an obedient person to ascend to the throne, and first turn this vassal state that had been reduced to a nominal vassal state into a real vassal state that could provide benefits.

Of course, the support is the support, but it can't be too obvious, so that this process of taking the top position will not be criticized by the occupants of the city, otherwise there will be more trouble in the future.

For example, now, Zhao Mengqi will never interfere in the internal dispute in the city, and who the throne will fall into in the end depends on their own abilities.

At most, it is to drag the two powerful ministers of Bao Tobald and Shi Lihali outside the city, and let Suriya play to his heart's content in the city.

The two of them quarreled for a long time, and their mouths were almost bald, only to find that King Yan had not expressed his opinion, and he couldn't see if he was inclined to anyone.

So both of them stopped and looked at Zhao Mengqi.

Zhao Mengqi said lazily, "Noisy, why don't you quarrel, look at what Lone is doing, the so-called Qing officials are difficult to decide family affairs, Lone will not interfere in the internal affairs of your occupation of the city......"

Non-interference in internal affairs?

You have sent a large army to our capital, and this is still called non-interference?

Shi Liheli's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhao Mengqi in a daze, not daring to declare it, so he could only slander it.

Zhao Mengqi seemed to understand his heart, shrugged his shoulders and said, "You don't think that the Lone Army is here to fight you, right?" Isn't that a joke? As a suzerain, how can it be possible to invade its own subjects by force? I am a Chinese man, and I love peace the most, and I have to do war or something. Originally, Lone only planned to come to ask me about the embassy and the maritime trade routes, but I heard that you had fought on your own, which caused the war to be raging and the people were miserable, so I brought more troops to defend yourself, and by the way, I helped you maintain peace. ”

"Dimension... Peacekeeping? "Shi Lihali was unfamiliar with the word.

Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but touch his nose, "That's right, it's peacekeeping, that is, mediating disputes and maintaining peace!" Well, this is an obligation as a suzerain, and you don't need to be too grateful. ”

Bao Bao Bald is also a little unacceptable, "Send 50,000 troops to mediate disputes and maintain peace?" ”

Zhao Mengqi was serious, his face was full of reason, "Exactly, these 50,000 troops are the peacekeeping troops, stop the war by force, you see, after the army under the command of the lone man came, did he attack you?" Have you ever killed any of you? Not really. ”

After listening to this, Shi Li Hali thought back carefully.

Although their own army was forced to surrender and the barracks were occupied, the Song army did not seem to have used force in substance, except for intimidation and threats.

Then he thought again, isn't that actually good?

As long as it doesn't really fight, it's still good for your own family.

That's right, you have to hold on to King Yan and let him continue to only reason and not use force.

Shi Liheli's eyes rolled, and his face showed gratitude, "Your Royal Highness is incomparable in benevolence and righteousness, and in order to save the people of the country from war, he even went all the way to come, which moved the foreign ministers inexplicably and ashamed, and was willing to stop the war and accept the suspension of His Highness......"

"Yes, yes, boycott, strike! The ministers are also willing to accept the suspension of His Highness! Bao Bao Bald Flower was also busy making a statement.

"Well, wouldn't that be nice?" Zhao Mengqi was very pleased, and then sighed again, "Lonely, the biggest wish in this life is that the world is peaceful and there is no war in the world!" …… By the way, since it is to maintain peace in your country, it should be very reasonable for you to occupy the city for the expenses of the 50,000 peacekeeping troops......"