Yang Erya stroked Yang Peng's head, a touching smile appeared on her delicate face, and she felt extremely warm and happy in her heart. Yang Peng suddenly opened his eyes and asked with a smile: "Little sister drove everyone out, is it going to have a room with the eldest brother?" Yang Erya was embarrassed, but thinking that she had already been canonized as a princess, this cave room was inevitable, so she looked at Yang Peng with a red face, and her beautiful eyes were rippling with moving looks, as if she was shy and timid, and she was as charming as a spring flower.

Yang Peng was originally just a joke, but looking at her such a moving appearance of being picked by Ren Jun at the beginning of love, he couldn't help but move his index finger. Gently pulled Yang Erya with both hands, Yang Erya sat on Yang Peng's lap, her beautiful eyes trembled and looked at Yang Peng leisurely, maybe she had felt something, she was so nervous that **** rose and fell violently. Yang Peng smelled the delicate fragrance, his heart rippled, and he couldn't help kissing her warm red lips. Yang Erya only felt an electric current hit her whole body, her brain buzzed, and all the scenes in front of her seemed to disappear in an instant, and she and her eldest brother flew up to the clouds. Yang Erya was shy and excited, and couldn't help but respond to Yang Peng's kiss jerky, lingering and not knowing where the world was.

Suddenly, Yang Erya thought of something, pushed Yang Peng away, sat on Yang Peng's lap and held Yang Peng's chest, panting and panting, and raised his head again and again to see that the eldest brother was smiling and looking at him, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, and hurriedly lowered his head again, and whispered: "Also, I haven't officially passed the door yet, no, it can't be like this!" "Yang Erya, like Han Bing, was just canonized and did not hold a wedding, which is equivalent to just being engaged, but not yet married.

Yang Peng smiled slightly, "Big brother doesn't force you." Yang Erya glanced at Yang Peng gratefully.

That night, in the dead of night, Yang Peng was still working in the study, looking at the reports sent from all over the country. Putting down the report at hand, he leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. Standing up, walking to the map, his eyes fell on Xixia, revealing a look of thought. The most critical issue with Western Xia has been negotiated, but there is still one major matter that has not been negotiated between the two sides, that is, the exchange of hostages and prisoners between the two sides.

Xixia Xingqing Mansion, the capital city located on the side of the Yellow River, has been immersed in panic and worry during this time, the pedestrians and merchants on the street seem to be a lot less, there are few guests in the tavern and tea shop, the Yellow River Building is the famous place of Xingqing Mansion, the wine and food are extremely famous, in the past, it was crowded here and it was not lively, it was difficult to find an empty seat, but now there is only a table of guests on the second floor. The only table of guests was chatting about the current situation, and seeing that they were gorgeously dressed but a little less extravagant, they must be businessmen, not aristocratic families. The fat middle-aged man said, "Hey, I didn't expect our Great Xia to lose so badly!" Not to mention the heavy losses, even the entire Shaanxi and Gansu have been lost! The thief-eyed man next to him sighed: "I originally thought that the legend about Yan Yunjun was just a rumor, but now I know that the rumor is true!" ”

The companions at the same table nodded one after another, and the handsome man said in an incredulous tone: "Li Yuanzhong is defeated and lost, but what kind of person is Generalissimo Li Zongdao, the 300,000 army entered northern Shaanxi and ended up almost annihilated!" I don't understand, everyone is raised by their parents, why can Yan Yunjun be so fierce!? ”

The fat man said: "If we knew the reason, wouldn't we all go to be the prime minister and marshal, and still talk nonsense here!" The two companions laughed. The man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes said worriedly: "Our Da Xia and Yan Yun are neighbors, it's really reassuring!" In the future, if Yan Yun comes to attack in a big way, I don't know if we can hold it or not! ”

The handsome man frowned and said, "I think it should be fine, aren't we holding it this time?" If Yan Yunjun can drive straight in, he won't come to talk to us! The fat man picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass and said, "This is not right or not!" It is true that Yan Yunjun did not drive straight in, but it is not that they do not have that ability, but they are distracted by the Tubo people and cannot concentrate! In fact, our army of more than 800,000 can only draw with the opponent's more than 200,000 horses, which is not a good thing! This time they only came with more than 200,000 horses, we can resist it, and next time they have an army of 500,000 or 600,000 people, what will we do? ”

The handsome man and the thief-eyed man were silent, looking very worried. The thief-eyed man said angrily: "It's all caused by such bullshit ministers in the court!" If they hadn't coveted the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, which originally belonged to the Han people, how could they cause such a disaster? ”

The handsome man shook his head and frowned, "I can't see it." That King Yan is not a lord who is willing to be satisfied with the status quo, even if we don't want Shaanxi and Gansu, I'm afraid that sooner or later he will be in the morning! There is nothing wrong with the imperial court's approach, if Shaanxi and Gansu can be included, our country's strength will undoubtedly be greatly improved, which will be very beneficial to future development! It's just that the generals are too incompetent, and the troops are obviously more numerous than Yanyun, but they are defeated again and again, and in the end, they actually lost the Great Wall Ridge and Yinzhou! Hey, the current situation can be said to be very unfavorable for our country, I really don't know what will happen in the future! ”

The three of them were silent for a moment, and the thief-eyed man raised his wine glass, "We little people can't control those bird things, think about it, and ask for trouble in vain!" Drink and drink! The two companions felt the same way, and picked up the wine glasses and touched them with the thief-eyed man, and the three of them dried it up in one gulp.

"Woo woo woo ......" The backyard of the restaurant suddenly heard the sound of father and daughter crying. The three of them were already in a bad mood, and when they heard such movements, they were even more upset. The thief-eyed man slapped the table and shouted, "Dude, man! The little second brother trotted over, huffed and asked, "What do you have to say about the guest officer?" ”

The thief-eyed man pointed to the back of the restaurant and said angrily: "I said that your restaurant is still not doing business?" A few of us are drinking and chatting in the front, but you are crying and mourning in the back, which is clearly adding to our blockage! Xiao Er hurriedly said: "Forgive me, guest officer!" How dare we make our guests unhappy? Isn't that uncomfortable for yourself? Then he lowered his voice and said, "The one who is crying in the back is the lady of the shopkeeper,"

The three guests were surprised, and the fat man asked curiously, "Why is the proprietress crying?" The thief-eyed man smiled obscenely: "Eighty percent of the boss is obsessed with the goblin outside, and the boss is crying with the boss!" The two companions laughed. The little second brother said: "The guest laughed, how can there be such a thing!" The reason why the proprietress is sad is because of the son in the family! ”

The three guests were even more strange, and the handsome man asked, "What happened to your son?" Xiao Er sighed, "What's more, our son-in-law has an accident!" Defeated in a row, I'm afraid that more than 200,000 people in Daxia will be captured by Yan Yun! The three guests suddenly realized, and the fat man said, "It turns out that your son-in-law is a soldier." ”

Xiao Er nodded, "It's a general under General Li Yuanzhong, I heard that he was captured along with General Li Yuanzhong!" Hey, the division of Yanyun Tiger and Wolf is cruel and ruthless, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back! The proprietress can't eat these days, she can't sleep, and she worries about the safety of her son all day long! The three of them couldn't help but sigh. Xiao Er said apologetically: "The three guest officers have a letter of forgiveness for more than 10 million letters!" ”

The handsome man waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay, the little second brother doesn't have to say that." "Thank you, three guest officers. I don't know what else the three guest officers need, so the villain will prepare. The handsome man said, "No need." Xiao Er said: "The villain will retire, and the guests in need just squeak!" "Then it went down.

The handsome man sighed and said: "After this ** battle, we are afraid that every family in Daxia can hear the cry!" The fat man said: "These are lucky, at least their relatives are still alive, and there is still a little hope if they are still alive." The real pain is those whose relatives have already died, people who are dead, and there is no hope! The handsome man nodded sympathetically. The thief-eyed man picked up the wine glass, "Two brothers, let's stop talking about these bullshit, it's useless to say it, it's ruining our mood in vain!" The two sighed, picked up their glasses, and dried them in one gulp.

Just then, hoarse cries rang out from the street outside. The three of them felt very strange, and immediately left their seats and walked to the window to look out into the street, only to see that the sackcloth was stacked and the white flags were heavy, it was a funeral procession, and a large group of men, women, and children were walking in the middle of the procession, and everyone was grief-stricken, crying and crying incessantly.

The handsome man frowned and said, "This seems to be the family of General Baduo, I heard that General Baduo was beheaded by the enemy generals in the battle with Yan Yun!" The two people next to him nodded, and the thief-eyed man sighed: "It's also his life!" Yan Yun is invincible, and his life is naturally not guaranteed when he encounters it! The handsome man glared at the thief-eyed man, and said angrily: "General Baduo died on the battlefield for the country, he is a great hero, you can really say such things!" The thief-eyed man disagreed, but he didn't refute him.

Looking back on the street, the funeral procession walked along the long street, and many people came out of the houses on both sides one after another, infected by the atmosphere of the scene, and couldn't help crying, they thought of their relatives, their relatives had either died on the battlefield, or were captured by Yan Yun, and now their life and death are uncertain.

In the palace of Western Xia, the old emperor heard the cries on the street, and couldn't help but be upset, got up and walked out of the study. Looking in the direction from which the cry came, he asked disapnously, "Why is there so much noise in the city?" The guard next to him was about to answer, when a moving female voice like a yellow warbler came, "Father...... Emperor"

The emperor followed the prestige, and the boredom disappeared in an instant, only to see a very beautiful girl. She was dressed in a gorgeous traditional party costume, with a graceful posture, fluttering like a fairy, with brisk steps, fluttering clothes, a bun hanging down her head, and a pheasant tail stuck obliquely on the bun, she was like a lark flying down from a distant snow-capped mountain. Her name is Li Qingxia, and she is the emperor's favorite pearl in the palm of her hand, the little princess of the Western Xia Kingdom.

The girl came to the emperor and saluted, "Daughter to see her father!" The emperor smiled, stepped forward to help the girl, and said lovingly: "As soon as my father sees you, all his troubles will disappear!" The girl smiled happily.

At this time, there was an annoying cry outside, which was very sad and made people feel very uncomfortable. The emperor frowned, and said angrily: "I don't know who is so unlucky, crying and shouting!" ”

Li Qingxia said: "My father shouldn't be angry, it's the family members of General Baduo's family who are funeral for him!" The emperor was stunned, sighed, and said to himself: "It's all to blame!" Blame me for not coveting the land of Shaanxi and Gansu, and making Yan Yun an enemy, and as a result, I killed so many loyal ministers and righteous people! It's all to blame! ”

Li Qingxia said: "How can you blame my father? Frowning, he said with great resentment: "This is all caused by Yan Yun!" The emperor frowned, "Speaking of Yan Yun, there is something that makes it difficult for me to choose!" Li Qingxia asked with some annoyance: "Did Yan Yun put forward harsh conditions again?" Hmph, they're really getting an inch! ”

The Emperor said, "It's not that harsh, but the ministers keep arguing. Glancing at Li Qingxia, she took her little hand and walked down the steps and strolled through the garden. At this time, the crying outside came again, and the emperor frowned slightly, and said, "We proposed to exchange with Yan Yun by exchanging a captive Han people for a captured soldier. However, Yan Yun proposed a method of exchange as a whole, and wanted to use the more than 210,000 captives in their hands to exchange all the nearly 600,000 Han people we had taken captive. In this regard, some ministers opposed and some ministers agreed, and they all said very reasonably, my father was really in a dilemma and didn't know what to do! ”

Li Qingxia said coldly: "Most of the Han people who were taken captive have become the private property of the noble ministers, and they naturally do not agree to the overall exchange, but they are completely selfish!" Now that the country is in danger, these people are still playing their own little calculations, and they really deserve to die! ”

The Emperor frowned. Li Qingxia said: "Father, what is Yan Yun's attitude?" Is it that if we don't agree to this condition, they won't change people? The emperor frowned and said, "Looking at the envoy's speech and attitude today, it seems that this is the case. ”

Li Qingxia lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head and said, "Since this is the case, we can only make this loss-making deal!" Looking at the emperor, "Father, in fact, we have no other choice but to agree to their conditions." First, the population of my Great Xia is not large, and these captives are very important to us, and only by exchanging them back can our army recover; Second, if you do not agree to replace people, the morale of the people will inevitably be greatly damaged, and the prestige of the father and emperor will inevitably be greatly affected, and the harm will not be seen in a short time, but the impact will be reflected after a long time, and the country that has not lost the support of the people from ancient times to the present can still last, and if they are replaced, the soldiers and the people will be grateful to Your Majesty, and they will definitely join us in the future to fight against foreign humiliation! The pros and cons of this, the father is wise, and he doesn't need to say more about his sons! ”

The emperor nodded thoughtfully, stopped, took his daughter's hand, patted the back of her hand, and said with emotion: "Your words made my father suddenly!" You're right, now is not the time to worry about it, since Yan Yun wants to exchange it as a whole, then exchange it as a whole, as long as my 200,000 soldiers can come back! Li Qingxia bowed and said: "Father is wise! ”

The emperor smiled, helped Li Qingxia up, looked at the beautiful daughter in front of him, and said with emotion: "If you are a man, your father will pass on the throne to you!" Then he showed a sad look, "Hey, those brothers of yours, if you had half the benefits, my father wouldn't have so many troubles!" Li Qingxia did not speak.

The emperor lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "What suggestions do you have for Yan Yun's policies in the future?" Li Qingxia pondered: "It was rumored before that Yan Yun was the army of tigers and wolves, the elite of the world, invincible, and invincible!" Originally, we didn't believe this, but now that we have tasted it ourselves, we can't believe it! The emperor nodded, "As the old saying goes, 'know oneself and know one's opponent and win all battles', we took it for granted before, so we ended up in such a big defeat!" What a painful lesson to learn! ”

Li Qingxia said: "The Yan Yun army is difficult to match, so we must lose the illusion of fighting against them alone, and the only way to defeat Yan Yun is to unite the Jin people and the Song Kingdom!" and the power of the three parties to defeat and even destroy them! ……”

The emperor nodded sympathetically and asked, "If you don't talk about Tibet, do you think that the Tibetans are unreliable?" Li Qingxia's eyes showed contempt, "The Tubo people were frightened after a defeat, and they actually gave Princess Gesang, whom they called 'national treasure', to Chen Xiao, where can they still rely on them!" I'm worried that if I talk to them about this, it won't be long before the relevant information will be sent to Yang Peng's desk! ”

The Emperor frowned and nodded, "It's very possible!" After a pause, he frowned and said: "It is a matter of course to unite with the Khitans, and it is easy to do, but if you want to unite the Song Kingdom, I am afraid that it will not be easy, and it is difficult to ensure that the news will not leak!" ”

Li Qingxia pondered: "We must behave very deferency in front of Yan Yun now, and we must not let them be suspicious of us, and at the same time send reliable people to Liao State to secretly negotiate with the Khitans about the joint destruction of Yan, and after this matter is completed, we will find a way to persuade Song State." I have thought about this matter carefully, and it is not impossible to convince Song Guo, Song Guo is suspicious of Yan Yun, so he will go on many northern expeditions before. Now I'm just scared and don't dare to act rashly, as long as I find a suitable entry point, I think it shouldn't be too difficult to convince Song Guo! The Emperor nodded.

Li Qingxia looked at the emperor, "This matter can be put aside for the time being, let's do a good job of uniting the Khitans first." The emperor sighed with emotion: "My father was originally full of clouds, but your words seemed to see the sun through the clouds!" Father knows what to do next! After thinking about it, he said to Li Qingxia: "I really can't rest assured that this important task of envoying the Liao State will be handed over to others, so it's better for you to go on this trip by your daughter!" ”

Li Qingxia was very happy, and immediately saluted: "Erchen has long wanted to do his best for his father and the emperor for Western Xia!" If the father trusts his sons, the sons will not live up to their mission! ”

The emperor smiled heartily and said, "Good, good! ”

Eyes turned to Jingzhao Mansion. Jingzhao Mansion, that is, today's Chang'an, as the ancient capital of the past dynasties, although Jingzhao Mansion did not have the prosperous scene of the day, but the magnificent atmosphere is still there, the ancient road west wind, the towering city, people seem to have traveled through the millennium back to the strong Han period, back to the Tang Dynasty.

As the sun sets, on the long bluestone street of Jingzhao Mansion, pedestrians are returning home one after another, and the hawker carrying the burden is humming the ancient tune of Qin dialect while shaking the burden; Thousands of households, curling smoke rises. Dada...... With the sound of horses' hooves, a group of knights in armor and a figure in the shape of a general galloped from the city gate, and came straight to the outside of the mansion of the Shaanxi and Gansu envoys, and stopped.

The group turned over and dismounted, and several guards immediately came down to take hold of their horses. The general climbed the stairs alone, walked through the door, and walked straight into the hall. As soon as he saw the middle-aged man pacing back and forth in the hall, he immediately hugged his fists and said, "My lord! The man glanced up at the general and smiled, "Coming?" Have a seat! ”

The general sat down casually on a chair, and the middle-aged man did it next to him. The maid brought two bowls of tea, put them down, and bowed down. The general came all the way, and was already very thirsty, so he grabbed the tea bowl and drank it in two sips. Putting down the tea bowl, he clenched his fists and asked, "My lord, I don't know why I am in such a hurry?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and asked, "I heard that your General Sun often complains about returning to the imperial court!" The general was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said; These are all rumors, don't listen to them! ”

The middle-aged man smiled, "You and I have worked together for many years, don't I know you yet?" I called you for nothing else, but to hear what you have in mind! When the general heard the middle-aged man say this, he couldn't help but say, "Since the adults asked, I won't hide it!" He raised his thick eyebrows and scolded: "Those gray grandsons in the court, I don't want to work for them!" Even if I work hard and make a feat, what if I make a difference? I'm afraid that what awaits me will be the same fate as Gao Hu! ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "Having said that, what can we do as courtiers? It's not going to be a different race again, right? This is a matter that the ancestors have not been able to live in peace for eighteen generations! If you don't want to do what you don't want, you can do it again! The general couldn't help but say: "My lord, I think this world will return to Yanyun sooner or later, why should we work for the useless Song Dynasty, it is better to defect to Yanyun!" I heard that Yan Yun is completely different from the imperial court, and attaches great importance to military generals, but does not treat literati well. ”

The middle-aged man seemed to be moved, but he was very hesitant, frowning and groaning. Seeing this, the general was anxious, got up and hugged his fists and said, "My lord, don't hesitate!" It is a wise move to defect to Yan Yun, even if you don't mix well over there, it is better than being angry with those civil officials here! I heard that King Yan is now in Yan'an Mansion, which is not too far from us, so let's send someone to lose our sincerity to King Yan! ”

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