Song He said angrily: "Do you mean to agree to Yan Yun's unreasonable request?" Zambala couldn't make up his mind and looked at the emperor. The emperor also looked hesitant, at this moment his heart was really more chaotic than chaos, he was afraid that Yan Yun would really attack on a large scale, and he was unwilling to give up on recovering the Great Snow Mountain, he was in a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do.

The Emperor looked at Zambala and asked, "If Yanyun really invades on a large scale, will we be able to resist it?" ”

Zambala thought for a moment and frowned, "If Yan Yun's side only uses the two legions of Qin Fenglu, we should be able to resist it. But if Yan Yun transferred the elite of the direct legion, and even King Yan personally went out, he was afraid that he would ...... "Zambala didn't say anything when he said this, but everyone understood what he meant.

Songhe said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, why don't you transfer all my western expeditionary troops back!" "The so-called 'Western Army' is an army of 100,000 people stationed on the western border of Tubo Tun for defense and territorial expansion. All the armies of Tubo are about 800,000 people, divided into five major divisions, east, west, south, north and middle, and the 300,000 annihilated by the entire army that invaded Yanyun before are all the Eastern Army and one part of the Northern Army, that is to say, after that battle, the Eastern Army of Tubo has already existed in name only, and the Northern Army has also suffered heavy losses; Now the royal royal forest army in the central part and the Zhengnan army, totaling more than 300,000, are attacking the Daxue Mountain with all their might, if you want to resist Yanyun's attack, it is obviously not enough to rely on the northern army, and you must transfer the Zhengxi army back.

Zambala said: "This may not be able to resist, you must know that the Western Army and the Northern Army are only about 200,000 horses, but the previous Protector King was 800,000 Khitan Army, and the Protector King was still defeated, not to mention us!" ”

Song Hyuk said angrily: "Why does the prime minister always speak for Yan Yun, it's really unpleasant!" Song He hurriedly said: "I'm not speaking for Yan Yun, I'm just seeking truth from facts!" You can't be angry with people about national events! The general is full of pride, but has he ever thought about it, once our army can't resist Yan Yun's attack in the northeast, what will be the consequences? It's very likely to happen! Songhe frowned and didn't speak, although he didn't want to admit it, but he could also imagine what the consequences would be if the defense of the northeast failed, just thinking about it in his head, he couldn't help but sweat in his palms. The ministers and nobles exchanged ears, and the scene was buzzing.

The Emperor looked at an elderly nobleman and asked, "Elder Hami, what do you nobles think?" ”

Elder Hami first saluted the Emperor, and then said, "We don't think we should take this risk!" When Song He heard this, he was taken aback, but he didn't dare to interrupt the words of the noble elder, so he continued: "Yan Yun is the most terrifying tiger wolf, and even the Great Liao Kingdom, the country of tigers and wolves, is not their opponent, how can we fight them recklessly!" Hey, it's also our own mistake, if it weren't for our ghost mind to take advantage of Yan Yun, where would there be these things! The emperor felt a little embarrassed and said, "Elder Hami, you should talk about the matter in front of you!" ”

Elder Hami paused, "We all think that if we insist on going our own way, Yan Yun will definitely make a big attack. In that case, even if our army does its best to deal with it, it will be difficult to deal with it, not to mention that our main force is still attacking the big snow mountain in the south! Once you start a war with Yan Yun, you will inevitably lose more and win less! Therefore, we all think that we can only agree to Yan Yun's request and give up the Great Snow Mountain! The nobles nodded in agreement.

Songhe couldn't help but say, "Isn't this a great shame? Hami glanced at Song He, "National affairs, how can you be rash!" You must know that the result of this hot head may bring ruin to our Tibet! What is personal honor and disgrace, only the safety and well-being of our Tubo is the most important thing! ”

The corners of Song He's eyes jumped, and he couldn't help but ask, "Then why did the elder agree to use troops against Yan Yun before?" Hami's dry face turned red, and he said angrily: "This time is different from the past, how can it be mixed up!" Song He disagreed in his heart and muttered in a low voice.

The emperor hung his head and frowned, he had basically decided to give up the Great Snow Mountain now, but this decision was still not easy to make, giving up the Great Snow Mountain felt like he was going to cut a piece of flesh from his body.

Just then, a minister rushed in out of breath. Everyone's eyes immediately converged on him, and the entire hall suddenly became silent, except for the minister's hurried footsteps and panting. Zambala frowned and said, "It's the Minister of the Station, is there something urgent?" ”

I saw that the post minister ran to the center of the main hall, knelt down with a thud, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, border, border emergency, Yan Yun Army, Yan Yun Army, Yan Yun Army......" Everyone became nervous, and the emperor asked urgently: "Yan Yun Army has invaded?!" This, how can this be good? ”

The minister of the post station hurriedly shook his head, swallowed his saliva vigorously, and then said: "According to the news from our detailed work, the Yanyun army on Qinfeng Road is gathering, and in addition, there are rumors that the army directly under Yanyun is moving to Qinfeng Road, and the specific strength is unknown!" Everyone panicked, and the emperor hurriedly said, "Quick, quickly invite Yanyun's envoy!" I, I agree to their request!! ”……

In the southeast of Tibet, there is a mountain range that stretches endlessly and towers into the clouds, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, looking from afar, it seems to be countless Qionglou Yuyu, this is the famous snowy mountain; There is a gap of more than 1,000 meters wide in the middle of the Daxue Mountain, on the mountainside, the terrain is relatively flat, it is the only way to cross the Daxue Mountain, there is a huge military camp and a castle built of many stones in the gap, that is the most important snow-capped mountain fortress in the Daxue Mountain; The Snow Mountain Fortress was originally held in the hands of Tubo, but now it is in the hands of Dali, on the northern slope of the Snow Mountain Fortress, there are countless corpses and the remains of various siege equipment, and at the foot of the mountain, more than ten miles of joint camp, that is the camp of the Tubo army.

The great general, Duan Zhichun, stood on a sentry tower and watched as the soldiers used stones to block a gap that had been broken open by the Tibetan army in the previous fierce battle. His eyes averted and fell to the Tubo military camp at the bottom of the mountain, and he couldn't help frowning, he really didn't know how long he could hold on. took a deep breath and said secretly: If I can't keep it in the end, I can only leave this life here!!

As he was pondering, he saw movement in the Tibetan military camp at the foot of the mountain, and many Tibetan troops were mobilizing. Duan Zhichun's heart sank, and he shouted: "The Tubo people are coming up!" Get ready to fight!! The soldiers of the Dali army were startled, and they took action one after another, ready to face the battle, everyone's hearts were full of fear, and the fierce battles of the past few days have almost exhausted the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Dali army.

Duan Zhichun stood on the watchtower and stared at the Tubo camp below the mountain. Soon after, he discovered a strange phenomenon, the Tibetan army did not look like they were coming to attack the mountain, they packed up their grain and grass, dismantled their tents, and it seemed that they were about to withdraw their troops. Duan Zhichun and the others were surprised, and one of the generals said puzzledly: "What tricks are the Tubo people playing?" Don't you fight? No one was able to answer his question.

After another half an hour, it was already obvious that the Tibetan army was indeed withdrawing, and some troops had already embarked on their way home. The Dali soldiers were overjoyed, but they also felt inexplicable.

At this moment, I saw a fast horse galloping up from the north slope, and it was a Tibetan officer. I saw the Tibetan officer running to the front of the camp, reining in his horse, and shouting: "Listen to the Dali people inside!" Our army quit because of the request of Yanyun's envoy, but I am not afraid of you Dali people! You Dali people do it yourself, otherwise you will look good! Then he turned his horse's head and galloped away.

Duan Zhichun said excitedly: "It turned out that Yan Yun made a move!" No wonder the Tubo people withdrew their troops in a hurry, they were afraid of Yan Yun, it was really thanks to them! ”

In the capital of Dali, when he learned the news that Tubo was forced to withdraw under the pressure of Yanyun, the city was jubilant, and the haze that had lingered in everyone's hearts for many days was swept away, and hundreds of people gathered in front of the palace to shout long live the emperor and long live Yanyun.

The palace hall is also a jubilant scene, and the Emperor Dali who sits on the top is a middle-aged man with a kind face, fair complexion, and a goatee. I saw the emperor say happily: "Thanks to Yan Yun's retreat from Tubo, our Dali can turn the danger into a disaster!" All the ministers said yes, and they all said how powerful Yan Yun was, how amazing. Duan Zhixing, who had previously sent an envoy to Tianjing New City, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, we have to send an envoy to thank King Yan!" The Emperor smiled and nodded, "That's what I mean!" I was in a hurry before, and the gift was really not a tribute, but this time I must prepare a generous gift to thank Yan Yun! Duan Zhixing bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise! Then he suggested: "Your Majesty's Princess Qionghua is just at the age of marriage, so it is better to propose to King Yan!" ”

All the ministers echoed one after another, and an old minister said very happily: "If you can marry Yan Yun, then it will be no better!" At that time, who were we afraid of in Dali! The emperor nodded thoughtfully, "Although this matter is good, it also needs Qionghua's consent!" The old minister who spoke just now said excitedly: "King Yan is a hero, Yan Yun is in the north, where is there a better man in the world than King Yan, how can Princess Qionghua not agree?" The ministers chimed in. The Emperor smiled, but said nothing. ……

In Tianjing New Town, in the sky of falling leaves, a horse-drawn carriage drove into the gate of Tianjing New City under the escort of many people. The curtain opened, revealing a delicate, beautiful but worried face, which was actually Li Qingxia, the princess of Western Xia. How did she get to Tianjing New Town? It turned out that the Western Xia Emperor was afraid of Yan Yun's soldiers and was eager to negotiate peace with Yan Yun, so he ordered Li Qingxia to send an envoy to Tianjing New City to negotiate peace with Yang Peng.

Li Qingxia saw that the streets of Tianjing Xincheng were full of traffic, the shops on both sides were crowded, and there was a prosperous and lively scene everywhere. Li Qingxia's brows furrowed even tighter, and her heart became even more worried.

Coming to Tianjing New Town all the way, I saw a thriving scene everywhere I went, full of stretches of farmland and working farmers, everywhere were expanding towns, government officials were conscientious, and everyone was smiling; Commerce is thriving, handicraft workshops are numerous, and the official roads are full of caravans and countless supplies of all kinds. All this reflects only one thing, Yanyun's strength is still getting stronger.

Before coming to Yanyun, Li Qingxia just felt that the combat power of the Yanyun army was terrifying, but after coming to Yanyun and walking through so many places, she suddenly found that Yanyun was not only the army was terrible, but the huge energy hidden in the people was the most terrible thing, if the power of the entire people was fully mobilized, who in the world could fight against them?!

Li Qingxia no longer dared to think about how to destroy Yan Yun at this moment, but was thinking about how to resist Yan Yun's expansion, a terrifying beast that was rapidly growing.

Just as he was thinking about it, the captain of the Yanyun cavalry who was leading the way in front stopped and said, "It's here." Li Qingxia retracted her thoughts, only to see that the carriage came to the gate of a large-scale courtyard, with a plaque of 'Yanyun Inn' hanging on the gate, and a few guards guarding the door.

The captain of the Yanyun cavalry turned his horse's head, came to Li Qingxia's carriage, reined in his horse, hugged his fists and said, "Please make a temporary stay here, King Yan will summon you." Li Qingxia nodded, "Thank you." The cavalry captain smiled and pointed to an official who came down the steps, "This is the envoy who is responsible for entertaining your envoy, if your envoy has any needs, you can ask him, if we can do it, we will definitely meet your envoy's request!" After speaking, he waved to his cavalry, and then the dozens of cavalry who escorted Li Qingxia and his party all the way to Tianjing New City left.

The pavilion came to the carriage, bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Welcome to Tianjing New Town!" Very polite, but between the eyebrows, there was involuntarily revealing a hint of arrogance. Nowadays, Yanyun's officials and people are like this, and there will always be a natural sense of superiority and self-confidence in front of outsiders.

Li Qingxia stepped out of the carriage with the support of the maid.

The pavilion servant asked, "Your envoy, please come with me." Immediately, he led the way and walked into the gate, and Li Qingxia and dozens of people immediately followed. After a few arches and corridors, after a while, the courtier led the people into a courtyard and said, "Your Excellency, live here!" Li Qingxia looked at the environment in front of her, a small pond, surrounded by trees, there was a small and delicate wooden building on the north side, and on the east and west sides were two two-story wooden buildings with two rows of doors and windows neatly arranged, the small and delicate wooden building was obviously for the envoy to live, and the other two wooden buildings were obviously for the envoy's entourage to live, there were two, if there were men and women in the entourage, they could be separated.

Li Qingxia asked the pavilion minister: "I don't know when King Yan will meet me?" The pavilion minister hugged his fists and said: "Lord Zhang Xiang has already reported the arrival of your envoy, but when to meet your envoy depends on King Yan's arrangement, we don't know when!" ”

Li Qingxia was a little annoyed in her heart, but the current situation was that Yanyun was strong and Xixia was weak, although she was dissatisfied, she had no temper, and said: "Thank you for your hospitality, I want to rest now, you go down!" The pavilion said: "Your envoy, please, if your envoy has any needs, just instruct the guards at the door, the guards will inform me, and I will do my best to do it for your envoys." Li Qingxia nodded, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Tianjing Hotel is the most famous restaurant in Tianjing New Town, I don't know where it is?" The pavilion said: "Just to the west of the palace, it is very recognizable, and the tallest and most splendid building over there is the Tianjing Hotel!" ”

Li Qingxia nodded, and asked again, "King Yan lives in the palace now, right?" The pavilion shook his head, "No, the palace is empty, and King Yan lives in the palace near the palace, which is the former official mansion." Li Qingxia's heart moved, and she smiled and said to the pavilion minister: "Thank you for informing." The pavilion bowed his head to Li Qingxia and retreated. Everyone settled down in the courtyard, and Li Qingxia summoned a few cronies to discuss matters in the living room of the small wooden building.

Li Qingxia frowned and said, "Yan Yun is much stronger than I thought!" In every way, it far exceeded my previous expectations! The cronies nodded in agreement. Princess, there is a sentence that my subordinates don't know whether to say or not! The man who spoke was a man in his thirties, with a Chinese face, dark skin, short hair, and deep eyebrows, and seemed to be a person who liked to think, his name was Li Wenchang, and he was one of the three most important cronies around Li Qingxia, and the other two, the burly and fierce man named Gao Feng, was Li Qingxia's guard captain, and the tall, thin, and somewhat sickly scholar-looking guy named Li Xu was also Li Qingxia's staff.

Li Qingxia glanced at Li Wenchang, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't swallow it!" Li Wenchang responded, frowned, and said: "Princess, my subordinates feel that the gap between our Great Xia and Yanyun is too big, and I don't feel it if I don't come to Yanyun, but when I come to Yanyun, I deeply feel this gap!" We, we can't be Yan Yun's opponent at all, and there is no way to talk about destroying Yan Yun! ”

Gao Feng glared and shouted: "Lao Li, you are growing other people's ambition and destroying our own prestige!" Li Wenchang sighed, "Do you think I want to extinguish my prestige?" But after seeing Yan Yun's situation, even if I don't say anything, my own prestige has already been extinguished! ”

Gao Feng said loudly: "Rich has a fart!" Wasn't the previous Song Dynasty rich, wasn't it beaten like a grandson by us! ”

Li Wenchang asked with a strange expression: "Then in the few wars we have with Yan Yun, who was beaten like Sun Tzu?" Gao Feng was speechless. Li Wenchang frowned and said: "Yan Yun is not only rich, but also uses all his resources on military strength, unlike the Song Dynasty, he completely abandoned the Confucian concept of benevolence and righteousness, and the whole Yan Yun is like a fierce beast growing wildly!" No matter how rich the Song Dynasty was, it was just a fat pig that was getting fatter and fatter, but Yan Yun had transformed its resources into combat power, and the richer it was, the stronger it became, like a rapidly growing tiger! Therefore, the prosperity of the Song Dynasty is just a more tempting prey for us, but the richer Yan Yun is, the more majestic, ferocious and greedy the giant tiger! The difference is huge! ”

Li Qingxia said: "Wenchang is right! Yan Yun is a huge, greedy and ferocious tiger! Gao Feng was very unconvinced, "Is there no way to deal with them?" Shall we just sit back and wait! ”

Li Qingxia frowned and said, "It's not that there is no way at all," looked at Li Xu, who had not spoken, "Li Xu, tell me about it!" Li Xu glanced at Li Qingxia and said with a smile: "The princess has actually thought of it, why bother asking her subordinates?" Gao Feng said angrily: "If the princess wants you to say it, you can say it, what is the sale!" ”

Li Xu smiled, "I don't dare to sell Guanzi!" After a pause, he glanced at Gao Feng and said with a smile: "I'll tell you what the princess thinks." The princess's idea was actually to assassinate Yang Peng. Gao Feng and Li Wenchang were both shocked. Li Xu continued: "Yanyun was established by Yang Peng, and everything, including the abandonment of Confucianism, is based on his supreme prestige! As long as Yang Peng is killed, everything will change, at least Confucianism will make a comeback, and in this way, Yan Yun will lose the aggressive spirit he has now, and become that kind of gentle and elegant style again! That's what we want! ”

Gao Feng nodded with a smile and said, "It's best to become like the Song Dynasty!" Everyone smiled, and Li Xu continued: "On the other hand, Yang Peng's fierce generals are like clouds, and the two princesses, Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing, both hold heavy power, and Yang Peng will naturally not have any problems if he is alive, but once Yang Peng suddenly dies, then these princesses and generals under him who hold great power will inevitably have different hearts, and it is not impossible for them to fight each other, and even break out into a civil war!" If this is the case, so much the better! ”

Gao Feng pursed his lips and glanced at Li Xu, "What you said makes a lot of sense!" But the question is how to kill Yang Peng? That guy is so good, I don't think anyone can kill him! ”

Li Qingxia frowned and said, "That's the problem!" How easy it is to assassinate Yang Peng! After a moment of silence, he raised his head, "Don't talk about this matter, this matter can't be carried out for the time being!" Glancing at Li Wenchang, "Wenchang, stay in the inn and wait for news." Li Wenchang responded. Li Qingxia said to Gao Feng and Li Xu again: "You two go to Tianjing Hotel with me!" Gao Feng Daxi, "Okay! I've long heard that the food at Tianjing Hotel is the best delicacy in the world, and I've thought about it for a long time! Li Xu said angrily: "We're not going to eat!" ”

Gao Feng blinked blankly, "Go to the restaurant and don't eat?" Li Xu smiled: "I can't tell you clearly, just follow along!" Gao Feng grabbed Li Xu's arm and glared: "You look down on me? Li Xu said helplessly: "How can there be? ”……。 Li Qingxia didn't bother to pay attention to the entangled two and walked out. Li Xu took the opportunity and said: "The princess is gone, don't talk nonsense, let's hurry up!" As he spoke, he ran away, and Gao Feng hurriedly chased after him, shouting as he ran: "You have to make it clear!" Otherwise, I'm not done with you! ”

At this time, in the study of King Yan's mansion, Yang Peng listened to Zhang Xiang's report and muttered: "Princess Li Qingxia of Western Xia? I didn't expect Xixia to send her as an envoy! Zhang Xiang said: "This princess is very shrewd, and I don't know if she can play any tricks?" Yang Peng smiled, "I want to see what tricks she can play!" ”

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