The right prime minister snorted coldly, "You are cowardly!" Like you, how can you serve the country? ”

Prime Minister Zuo said angrily: "How can you be rash about national affairs!" Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for us to defeat Yan Yun, but why do we have to fight with Yan Yun? Even if we can defeat Yan Yun, I am afraid that we will pay an extremely heavy price, that is, others will take advantage of the fisherman! What good will it do to me, Western Xia? ”

The right prime minister said: "The so-called winner must be proud, Yan Yun was lucky to take advantage of a little in the previous war, and we will definitely not guard against us at this moment, and we dare to fight back against them!" If our army is unprepared for a surprise attack, it will surely win a complete victory! After the big victory, even if we paid some price, but our army took advantage of the great victory to capture Shanxi, and then went south to Henan and swept the Central Plains. Prime Minister Zuo's words are too scholarly! ”

The emperor listened to the two of them have their own opinions, and they seem to have a point, and some are unsure of what to pay attention to, and they don't know what to do. couldn't help but look at Li Tianhao, "Tianhao, what do you think?" ”

Li Tianhao was about to speak, when the right prime minister spoke: "Master Li has been to Yanyun, and he must be very clear about Yanyun's details, so please tell me about Yanyun's situation, lest some people say that Yanyun's strength can be said to be heavenly!" "Prime Minister Right takes it for granted that the Central Plains has been in tatters after a long period of war, and although the Yanyun Army has performed brilliantly on the battlefield, it is certain that the overall national strength cannot be compared with the Western Xia after a hundred years of peace!

The emperor also wanted to know about Yan Yun's situation, and when he heard what Prime Minister Right said, he also said, "Just tell me what you have seen and heard in Yan Yun and what you think." ”

Li Tianhao responded, straightened out his thoughts, and said: "The sixteen states of Yanyun are very prosperous, with a prosperous population, developed agriculture, and prosperous commerce. The barren land that the minister saw when he went to Yanyun had already been planted by the minister, and many people who fled to other places returned to their homes one after another, and Shanxi is rapidly recovering......

The right prime minister said angrily: "What do you want to say?" Do you mean that Yan Yun is very strong? Li Tianhao said: "Yes, it is indeed very strong!" Whether it is population, commerce, agriculture, or military strength, it has far surpassed our Western Xia! "Fart!" Prime Minister Right couldn't help but scold, and Li Tianhao didn't dare to make a sound.

The left prime minister glared at the right prime minister and said unhappily: "In front of Your Majesty, why is the right prime minister so rude?" The right prime minister realized that he had gone too far, and hurriedly asked the emperor for guilt: "The minister is presumptuous, please punish Your Majesty!" The emperor was originally very displeased, but when he saw him so whispering and trembling to ask for guilt, the displeasure in his heart disappeared, and he said lightly: "The right prime minister is also worried about state affairs, forgive you for your innocence!" "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Then he said: "Your Majesty, what Li Tianhao said just now is clearly to let others have the ambition to destroy his own prestige, and it is absolutely unbelievable!" ”

Li Tianhao hurriedly said: "How dare the minister speak in front of His Majesty!" What the minister said was what the minister had seen and heard with his own eyes," he glanced at the right prime minister, "Since you want to be an enemy of Yan Yun, why don't you want to listen to Yan Yun's instructions?" Yan Yun's situation is like that, and it won't change because you don't want to admit it, cover your ears and steal the bell, I'm afraid that you will end up harming yourself! ”

The right prime minister was very displeased and wanted to scold Li Tianhao, but with the experience of the past just now, he didn't scold the words that had come to his lips after all; The Emperor nodded, "You go on." Li Tianhao responded and thought for a while, "During the period when the minister was in Yanyun, he carefully observed and found that many of the policies introduced by Yanyun were very popular with ordinary people, although Yanyun has been in the Central Plains for a short time, but according to what I see, Yanyun has won the hearts of most of the people in the Central Plains!" In addition, Yan Yun encourages farming and warfare, and the enthusiasm of the people to open up wasteland and cultivate land is unprecedentedly high, and the soldiers are very eager to fight, because as long as they make military achievements, the whole family will get glory and benefits at the same time, even if they die in battle, they can also live in the Hall of Loyal Souls, so most of Yan Yun's soldiers don't care about life and death at all, which is very similar to the description of the Qin army in the history books! ”

The Emperor frowned, "According to what you say, aren't we inferior to Yan Yun in any aspect?" Li Tianhao sighed, "Although I don't want to admit it, but this is the case!" ”

Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere in the imperial study was a little depressing. The right prime minister suddenly snorted coldly, "I don't believe anything you say!" I definitely don't think that Yan Yun can compete with my Great Xia! Li Tianhao said: "The prime minister doesn't believe it, and I can't help it, what I said is just what I see and hear." ”

The right prime minister snorted and said to the emperor; "Your Majesty, do not let these words shake your ambitions! I still think that we should take revenge on Yanyun with the army of the whole country! This matter is related to the prosperity and decline of our country, please Your Majesty to investigate it in detail! ”

Prime Minister Zuo said: "We must also pay attention to the timing of the use of troops, now is not the time to use troops at all, how can we use troops rashly!" Your Majesty, please think again! The right prime minister glared at the left prime minister fiercely, and the left prime minister just pretended not to see it.

The emperor hesitated for a long time and said: "What Prime Minister Zuo said is reasonable," Prime Minister Zuo was happy, but Prime Minister Right was surprised, and said urgently: "Your Majesty......" The emperor said unhappily: "I have already decided, so don't say anything more about Prime Minister Zuo!" The right prime minister touched his nose and was depressed.

The emperor said: "Find a way to stop the war with Yan Yun, as for the land of Shaanxi and Gansu, I mean not to hand it over to Yan Yun, since it is in our hands, why hand it over!" Zuo Cheng responded: "Yes." The emperor looked at Li Tianhao and said, "It was Tianhao who sent Yan Yun before, so this time you will still send Yan Yun." Li Tianhao responded: "Yes." The emperor thought for a while, "If you don't want to be busy talking about the specific conditions, let's see what Yan Yun has to say first." "Yes."

After the meeting, the right prime minister and the right general left by themselves, and the right general followed the right prime minister to the right prime minister's mansion. This right general is a middle-aged man with yellow eyes and a good temperament, and he is of the same clan as Youcheng, so the relationship is extraordinary.

The two sat down in the study, and the delicate maid brought the tea and then withdrew. The right prime minister said angrily: "National affairs have been delayed by these cowards!" The right general nodded sympathetically, "This general thinks the same way!" Since ancient times, peaceful means have been used by birds, and it has always been whoever has a hard fist who takes advantage, and what cannot be obtained on the battlefield is even more impossible for peaceful means! Now that Yanyun has won a new victory, his morale is like a rainbow, and he will negotiate with them at this time, hehe, if he can succeed, he will be called a ghost, but he is afraid that he will be despised even more! ”

The right prime minister nodded, "The general's words are extremely true!" The right general sighed, "But what's the use of us thinking like this, Your Majesty doesn't think so!" He has been persuaded by Prime Minister Zuo, and now ******** just wants to negotiate peace with Yan Yun! Ay! The right prime minister squinted his eyes and said: "This matter is not irreparable!" The right general looked at the right prime minister in confusion. Prime Minister Right looked around, leaned over to General Right, and whispered in his ear: "General Right can lead the army south to meet the prince's army, and then raid Yanyun!" When the war was going on, it was said that Yan Yun provoked the war, and at that time, it was impossible for His Majesty to send troops if he didn't want to! ”

General You's eyes lit up, and then he said worriedly: "The Prime Minister's plan is wonderful, but if His Majesty knows about this approach, this ......" The Right Prime Minister smiled: "The war is together, who will move first, who can say it clearly, at that time, they will only say their own words, the emperor is at a loss, why should you worry?" The right general nodded.

Look back to Yanjing. The early summer sun is already a bit hot, but it's still very cool in the shade. Yang Peng was lying on the grass by the lake in the backyard of the princess's mansion, with his head resting on Zhao Lihua's thigh, listening to her humming Jiangnan minor tunes, although Yang Peng couldn't understand a word in the Jiangnan dialects, he felt that the rhythm was very tactful and beautiful, and it was even more comfortable to hum in Zhao Lihua's yellow warbler-like voice; Zhao Lihua knelt sideways on the grass, dressed in a white light gauze dress, graceful and moving, her soft hair swayed gently in the breeze, brushing her beautiful face.

After Zhao Lihua finished singing, Yang Peng exclaimed: "It's so good! It's just that I can't understand a word of the Jiangnan dialect! Zhao Lihua smiled and said: "The eldest brother is not from Jiangnan, and it is normal that he can't understand the Jiangnan dialect." Yang Peng sat up and looked at Zhao Lihua. Zhao Lihua was very embarrassed by him, and lowered her head with a slightly red face. Yang Peng held Zhao Lihua's slender hand, Zhao Lihua raised his head to look at Yang Peng, and was stunned under the exchange of eyes, without speaking, a lingering and sympathetic atmosphere lingered in the hearts of the two. Zhao Lihua couldn't help but lean into Yang Peng's arms, suddenly blushing, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, you want me tonight!" Yang Peng couldn't help but turn his bowels and teased in Zhao Lihua's ear: "Since Mrs. has a life, do you dare to be a husband and die without bowing down?" ”

Zhao Lihua was so ashamed that she almost wanted to find a hole to get into. At this moment, a palace maid trotted over with broken steps. When they came behind Yang Peng and Zhao Lihua, they couldn't help but hesitate when they saw the appearance of the two of them. Zhao Lihua, who was lying in Yang Peng's arms, saw her, hurriedly left Yang Peng's arms, and asked in a loud voice, "Is there something wrong?" Yang Peng turned his head to look behind him.

The palace maid hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to report: "Lord Qian is here, saying that there is something important to report to His Royal Highness King Yan." Zhao Lihua looked at Yang Peng, and Yang Peng said, "Bring him over." The palace maid answered and left.

Zhao Lihua sighed faintly. Yang Peng's heart moved, he held Zhao Lihua's slender hand, and said softly: "No matter what happens, I will accompany you today!" Zhao Lihua's heart trembled, looked at Yang Peng, flipped her slender hand, and held Yang Peng's palm tightly.

A moment later, the palace maid came with Qian Letian. Qian Letian bowed down and said, "My subordinates will meet His Royal Highness King Yan and the princess." Yang Peng and Zhao Lihua stood up. Zhao Lihua whispered: "Big brother, the concubine has retired." Yang Peng nodded. Zhao Lihua walked towards the bedroom, and Qian Letian hurriedly bowed again: "Congratulations to the princess!" ”

Yang Peng walked to the water's edge, Qian Letian followed behind him, hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi Yan Wang, I just received the information that Princess Yelu has entered the range of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and she will be able to return to Yanjing in two days." "Yelu Hanyu, when Yang Peng left Shanxi, she was temporarily responsible for Shanxi's military affairs, and later transferred Han Bing back to Shanxi to take over military affairs.

Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but feel longing, and then he thought of the many peerless beauties who had a deep affection for him, and couldn't help but feel that he owed a lot to each of them, sighed, and muttered: "Each of them has a deep affection for me, but I can only give a small part of my feelings to repay them, do you think I'm sorry for them?" ”

Qian Letian hurriedly said: "My subordinates absolutely believe that the lord loves every princess and every princess wholeheartedly!" ”

Yang Peng smiled self-deprecatingly, "Wholeheartedly?!" Hey, I don't dare say that! He glanced up at the blue sky, listened to the sound of frogs, and muttered: "I can't repay it in this life, I can only wait for the next life, the next life, and slowly repay their affection!" Qian Letian didn't make a sound, this is purely a private matter of King Yan, as a subordinate of King Yan, it is really difficult for him to say anything.

Yang Peng turned his head and asked jokingly, "Are you just running here with a roar just to tell me that Little Sister Yelu is coming?" ”

Qian Letian hurriedly said: "There is one more thing, Xixia has already sent an envoy, it is said that Xixia wants to reconcile with us. Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look. After a while, he bent down and picked up a stone, and threw it towards the lake with all his might, the stone flew out dozens of meters and fell into the water, with a bang, the ripples rippled in all directions, and the surrounding lotus leaves moved, but soon they all returned to calm. Qian Letian stood aside, watching all this, figuring out Yang Peng's thoughts.

Yang Peng said: "Put aside the matter of Western Xia for the time being, I have another thing for you to do." Qian Lotian hurriedly said, "Please ask the lord to command." ”

"I heard that Yayo Kannon has led a large army into Goryeo?" Qian Letian nodded, feeling a little inexplicable about Yang Peng's sudden question. Yang Peng said: "I'm going to send someone to discuss things with Guanyin, do you have a suitable candidate?" Qian Letian thought about it, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "There is such a person, who is thoughtful, quite resourceful, and eloquent and has a good understanding of the situation in Liao, so he should be able to take on this great responsibility!" ”

"Oh? Who is this man? "This person's name is Wu Xing, he is in his forties, although he is a scholar, he looks like a green forest and grass." When Yang Peng heard him describe the person named Wuxing like this, he couldn't help but be interested, and said with a smile: "There are still such people? Qian Letian nodded, and continued: "He is not a native of Yanyun, he was originally from Shandong, he fled with his family to Yanyun before the war, and originally relied on the fields assigned to them by the palace to live. Zhang Xiang often praised him in front of a few of us, and his subordinates didn't believe it, but after seeing it, they found that compared to what Zhang Xiang said, it was really excessive, and he was definitely a great talent! ”

Yang Peng nodded, and shouted at Wang Kai, who was standing in the distance: "Wang Kai! "When Wang Kai heard Yang Peng's call, he immediately ran over, clasped his fists and bowed;" What does the master command? Yang Peng said: "You go to the academy immediately, tell Tang Shidian, and bring the student called Wuxing to the princess's mansion." Wang Kai answered, and immediately ran down. Qian Letian couldn't help but ask: "I don't know what the lord sent someone to envoy to the Khitan princess for?" ”

Yang Peng turned his head to look into the distance and was silent for a moment, "The Japanese have been very arrogant recently, in such a short period of time, Goryeo was almost beaten by them and was about to die!" ”

Qian Letian was very puzzled, "Then Goryeo is our enemy of Yanyun, why is the lord ......?" Yang Peng retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "Goryeo is no longer a thing, and it is a little bit stronger than the Japanese people, besides, it should be beneficial for us to keep Goryeo in containment!" ”

Qian Letian hesitated for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "With all due respect to his subordinates, if the Japanese destroy Goryeo, they will directly threaten the Khitan Kingdom, which should be beneficial to our Yanyun, why is the lord actually ......?"

Yang Peng smiled: "I naturally have my considerations!" Qian Lotian responded: "Yes." Even though he said this, he was still very confused in his heart, but he thought that the lord must have a vision that he could not see, and he only needed to do things according to his orders.

Soon after, Wang Kai returned, and with him came Tang Shidian, the head of the education department, and a middle-aged man dressed in a scribe's robe, who looked like a good man in the green forest, and his appearance was very eye-catching.

"Master, Master Tang Shidian and Mr. Wu Xing have arrived." Wang Kai replied. Tang Shidian and Wu Xing immediately knelt down and saluted: "Meet His Royal Highness King Yan." Yang Peng smiled: "No need to be polite. "King Xie Yan!" The two stood up, bowing their heads.

Yang Peng glanced at the martial artist and said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Wuxing is a rare talent!" Wu Xing gratefully glanced at Qian Letian, who was standing beside Yang Peng, and hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said: "The villain doesn't dare to be arrogant, although the villain is much inferior to the King of Yan, but compared with others, he will never be inferior by half a point!" ”

Yang Peng listened to his words, and felt good about it, Yang Peng's most disgusting thing was the so-called 'modesty', modesty or something, it is hypocrisy at all, both fooling others and belittling yourself, what does it mean? Isn't it bad that what is what it is? "I want you to send the Khitan princess to camp, do you dare to go?"

Wu Xing said without hesitation: "King Yan has an order, and the villain will not hesitate to go to the soup and step on the fire!" What's more, the Khitan princess will not be in any danger! ”

"Oh? Do you think there will be no danger? Wu Xing glanced up at Yang Peng and grinned, "Who in the world doesn't know that the Khitan princess loves His Royal Highness King Yan!" His Royal Highness King Yan is a person who values love and righteousness, and when he sent a villain to the camp, he must have something good to say to the Khitan princess, so this errand is actually a beautiful trip! His Royal Highness King Yan takes a fancy to the villain, and the villain is grateful! ”

Yang Peng laughed, "You guy is really thoughtful and can speak well!" "His Royal Highness King Xie Yan praises!" Yang Peng looked at Qian Letian, "The person you recommended is very good!" Qian Lotian smiled and bowed. Chen Xiao said to Wu Xing: "This trip is not as easy as you imagined, there are some things I hope you can do well." Wu Xing bowed and hugged his fists and said, "Please give orders from His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng paused, "First, learn more about the situation in Goryeo; Second, it is necessary to have a detailed understanding of the situation of the Japanese people, including the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, the composition of the army, the weapons and equipment, the characteristics of warfare, and the policies implemented in the occupied areas. Is there a problem with these two points? Wu Xing hugged his fists and said: "There is no problem, the villain will definitely live up to the trust of His Royal Highness King Yan!" But the villain can't do so many things alone, and he needs help. ”

Yang Peng nodded, "What do you need?" "A hundred guards, five hundred soldiers, and ten thoughtful and courageous scholars!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "One hundred secret guards, five hundred soldiers, I will give you, as for the ten thoughtful and courageous scholars, you can go to the academy and choose them yourself." ”

Wu Xing was very happy, and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng said: "I will only give you three days to prepare, and after three days, I will come to the Yanwang Mansion, and I will hand over the secret guards and soldiers to you." "Yes!"

Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "Okay, if it's okay, you all go down." The crowd clasped their fists in agreement, and then withdrew. Yang Peng turned to face the lake with rippling blue waves and lotus leaves, and fell into deep thought.

The sound of soft footsteps sounded, interrupting Yang Peng's thoughts, Yang Peng turned his head to look in the direction where the footsteps came from, and saw Zhao Lihua, who had changed into a set of white palace clothes, came in style. Yang Peng's eyes couldn't help but light up, at this moment, Zhao Lihua has a luxurious atmosphere in the beauty, which is different from the pure water just now, this Zhao Lihua is really a caring person, and she is charming and charming, which can always surprise Chen Xiao.

That night, the palace maids in the princess's mansion were busy and very excited, and the gorgeous embroidery building where Zhao Lihua lived hung red lanterns. The red gauze in the room is like mist, and a peerless beauty sits behind the red veil, hazy and illusory.

Yang Peng walked upstairs, looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart couldn't help pounding. walked over, lifted the gauze tent, and saw Zhao Lihua, who was dressed in a red robe and wearing a phoenix crown, raised her head, and her beautiful eyes radiated boundless tenderness, firmly binding Yang Peng. Chen Xiao smiled slightly, "Today, you can really marry me!" Zhao Lihua's delicate face turned red, and she added three points to her delicate face, and she didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Yang Peng turned around and walked to the round table, picked up the exquisite wine jug that he had already prepared, poured two glasses of wine, and then returned to the bed with two glasses of wine, and sat down next to Zhao Lihua. Zhao Lihua looked at Yang Peng. Yang Peng handed a glass of wine to Zhao Lihua, "After drinking this glass of wine, we are a real husband and wife!" ”

Zhao Lihua's beautiful eyes trembled, and she took the wine in her hand. The two looked at each other, crossed the two hands holding the wine glass, turned back, their eyes lingered, and slowly drank the wine. Put down the wine glass, pull down the gauze tent, and never regret the gradual widening of the belt, ** a moment is worth a thousand gold.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.