Snow-capped mountains, palaces, grasslands, melodious pastoral songs in the distance, bustling street markets nearby, goshawks circling in the blue sky, rivers meandering on the grasslands, this is the capital of Tibet, the city of Luo, which is now Lhasa.

Fan Yong, the envoy of Yanyun, stood by the window on the second floor of the guest house, looking at the scenery outside the window, with a thoughtful expression on his face. The sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him pulled his thoughts back. When I turned around, I saw my deputy, Wang Changshan, running over with a letter. Wang Changshan saluted Fan Yong and handed over the letter: "An urgent letter from home!" Fan Yong took the letter, looked at the cover, and saw that it read 'Fan Yong personally opened', opened the envelope, took out the letterhead, handed the envelope to Wang Changshan's hand, unfolded the letterhead and read it. The originally serious face suddenly showed a very happy expression, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Great! Our army has won a great victory! ”

Wang Changshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "My lord, what is the situation in Western Xia?" ”

Fan Yong paced back and forth excitedly, and said: "Our army marched north and south, and defeated Western Xia one after another, not long ago, the army broke through Xingqing Mansion in one fell swoop, and the emperor and queen mother of Western Xia were captured, and our army won a complete victory!" ”

Wang Changshan didn't expect the record to be so brilliant, he was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't help but say: "This is really good!" ”

Fan Yong stopped, picked up the letter and looked at it, frowned slightly and said, "But there is another news coming." Walking to the window, looking at the majestic Tubo Palace not far away, he said: "After our army occupied Xingqing Mansion, the war cavalry continued to rush to the southwest, destroying the withering and sweeping away the enemy, and at the same time successively captured the Xishou Baotai Military Division and Zhuoluo and the Southern Military Division, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xiliang Mansion!" ”

Wang Changshan said puzzledly: "This is a good thing, why do you have a sad face?" ”

Fan Yong turned around and asked with a smile, "Do you know who our army encountered with Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division in the Xishou Baotai Military Division?" "When Wang Changshan heard Fan Yong ask this, he was very surprised: 'Aren't the enemy troops in the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division the Western Xia people?' Suddenly, his heart moved, and he said urgently: "Is it possible, is it possible that it is a Tubo person?" How is this possible? ”

Fan Yong nodded, "Guess right!" Then he frowned and thought: "Why did he become a Tibetan, the letter does not explain. However, I speculate that nine times out of ten, the Tangut people took the initiative to give it to the Tubo people, hmph, they want to divert the attention of the south of the trouble, so that we can fight with the Tubo people, so that they can win a respite! It's quite smart, but it's a pity that Tubo doesn't have that qualification! Wang Changshan snorted coldly and said, "The Xixia people are delusional!" Since the letter says that our army has suppressed Xiliang Mansion, maybe Xiliang Mansion has been captured by our army at this time, and Xixia has completely perished! ”

Fan Yong shook his head, "No." King Yan has ordered all his armies to stop attacking. ”

Wang Changshan was very surprised and asked, "Why is this?" Our army is like a bamboo, and the enemy army is defeated like a mountain, isn't it a good time to calm the Western Xia in one go? ”

Fan Yong said: "You only know one but you don't know the other. Our army is indeed overwhelmed, but there is one difficult thing, that is, the problem of grain and grass. Wang Changshan was stunned, if Fan Yong hadn't talked about it, he would have forgotten about it. I only heard Fan Yong continue: "The grain and grass raised by our army before the war have been almost consumed, and the army can no longer go on expeditions in a short period of time. If it weren't for the constraints of food and grass, the sweep of the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division would never have only 20,000 war cavalry, it would be a thunderous force for the soldiers to overwhelm the realm, and in an instant, the remnants of Western Xia would be wiped out! ”

Walked to the small table of Tubo and sat down, looked at the letter again, folded the letter, and Wang Changshan hurriedly handed over the envelope when he saw this. Fan Yong took the envelope, put the letter paper into the envelope, and then put the envelope on the small table at hand. Raising his head, he said to Wang Changshan: "King Yan wants us to stabilize Tubo as much as possible, and make every effort to destroy the possible peace between Tubo and Western Xia. Wang Changshan nodded thoughtfully.

Just then, there was the sound of hurried footsteps at the staircase. The two looked towards the stairs together, only to see the captain of the secret guard who was responsible for guarding them running up, clenching his fists and saying, "My lord, the Emperor of Tubo has sent someone here, and he is now waiting below." ”

Fan Yong and Wang Changshan glanced at each other, Fan Yong stood up, bent down to pick up the letter on the small table, handed it to Wang Changshan, and instructed: "Be careful to put it away." Wang Changshan took the letter, answered, and walked to a delicate small wooden box next to it, took out the key, opened the copper lock, lifted the lid, and put the letter in it, and there were some document-like things in the small wooden box. Wang Changshan put away the letter, closed the lid again, locked the copper lock, and put the key close to his body.

Fan Yong, accompanied by the captain of the secret guard, went to the living room below, saw the messenger who was waiting, walked up, smiled and hugged his fists, and said: "Let the envoy wait for a long time, forgive your sins!" The envoy hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Your Majesty, please go to the palace for a while!" Fan Yong nodded, stretched out his hand, and said, "Please lead the way!" The messenger bowed slightly, and turned away. Fan Yong said to the team leader: "You stay here, I will come when I go." Seeing the team leader's worried face, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder and left.

Fan Yong came out of the inn and boarded the carriage brought by the envoy, and then the carriage started and went straight to the palace.

Soon after, Fan Yong followed the messenger into the palace hall. Fan Yong swept the hall with his eyes, and saw that the emperor and several important ministers were there, everyone looked gloomy, and he had already received the letter sent to him by Chen Xiao, so he had a bottom in his heart about the situation in front of him.

Striding to the center of the main hall, he hugged his fists towards the Tubo Emperor who was sitting on the top and said, "Your Majesty! Emperor Tubo snorted angrily and said angrily: "I thought King Yan was a great hero, but I didn't expect him to be treacherous and hurt people with secret arrows!" Fan Yong naturally knew what was going on, but he pretended to be at a loss and said, "The envoy doesn't understand what His Majesty means!" ”

The Tibetan Emperor snorted again, turned his head to look at the prime minister Zambala standing on the left, and said, "You tell him." Zambala bowed in agreement, then straightened up and said to Fan Yong: "We both agreed to attack Western Xia, but your army suddenly plotted and launched a surprise attack on our troops who occupied the Xishou Baotai Military Division and Zhuoluo and Southern Military Division, and our army was defeated by you by surprise, and both pieces of land were also robbed by you!" ”

The Tubo Emperor said angrily: "You are too discredited, and you actually treacherously attack your allies!" King Yan must give me an explanation, otherwise, otherwise it will ......" said two otherwise, otherwise it would not come out of a reason.

Fan Yong frowned and said, "I don't know about this, but according to the information I got before, the Western Xia army should be stationed in these two places!" He glanced at the Tibetan Emperor, "I think the same is true of the news your country got before!" The Tibetan monarchs and ministers glanced at each other, but they were silent.

Fan Yong continued: "Now it is suddenly said that the defenders of these two places are not the Western Xia army but the Tubo army, which is really confusing! Glancing at the Tubo Emperor, he asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Tubo actually reached some agreement with Western Xia behind his back?" So much so that Western Xia took the initiative to give up those two pieces of land? "Fan Yong is called 'Zhu Bajie beats a rake', he deliberately does this because he wants to take the initiative in the truth. In fact, in his heart, he is very dismissive of the set of not treacherous among allies, how can there be any real allies in the world, everyone is just united because of interests, and they will also be divided because of interests, morality is an unrealistic fantasy here, and it is the truth that if the prince is defeated, it is the truth. Of course, these are things that are well known but cannot be declared, and on the face, everyone has to be reasonable, hehe, hypocritical games.

When the Tibetan monarch heard the other party say, 'Could it be that Tubo actually made an agreement behind his back and on his knees?' At these words, the complexion changed, and the expression became very unnatural, but these expressions were only fleeting. However, Fan Yong had already seen everyone's unnatural expressions in his eyes, his heart moved, and he said secretly: I was originally just beating a rake to muddy the water, but now it seems that it is really famous!

I only heard the Tubo Emperor say urgently: "Your envoy don't talk nonsense!" We, how could we have any contact with Western Xia! Zambala continued: "Your envoy don't try to muddy the waters, the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and the Southern Military Division were all captured by our army!" And the Yan Yun army treacherously tore up the alliance, openly attacked the allies, and took away the land that should have belonged to us! It stands to reason that Yan Yun should return these two pieces of land to us! The ministers chimed in.

Fan Yong smiled coldly, looked at the emperor, and said: "We Han people have a saying, called 'If people don't know, don't do it unless you do'!" Although your country has denied secret contact with Western Xia, our spies in various parts of Western Xia have found out that you have made contact! I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor has to say about this? Fan Yong's words were convincing, making people feel as if Yan Yun knew everything. The Tubo monarchs and ministers couldn't help but be a little flustered, and they completely lost the momentum of the Xingshi just now.

The emperor was at a loss and looked at Prime Minister Zambala. Zambala's mind was racing, and he felt that this matter could not be admitted no matter what, no matter whether the other party really knew it or not, even if he was a scoundrel, he had to hold on to it to the end, otherwise he would not have the strength to make a statement, and there was no reason to talk about it, how could he get along with Yan Yun? As soon as he thought of this, he looked up at Fan Yong, glared and raised his eyebrows and said, "Your envoy's words are simply bloody!" I didn't expect that your envoy, as an envoy of Yanyun, would talk so nonsense and reverse black and white, which is really cold! King Yan is treacherous, obviously unreasonable, but he wants to use strong words, how will the people of the world view King Yan? The other ministers also blamed King Yan and Yan Yunlai.

Fan Yong even if they were stunned, and shouted: "Presumptuous!" It was like a thunderclap in the hall. The Tibetan monarchs and ministers were taken aback, and the voices of accusation and scolding stopped abruptly.

Zambala snorted and said loudly: "Nothing can lift a word of reason, reason is not high, the noble envoy shouted so loudly, is it because he is poor in words?" ”

Fan Yong smiled and said sarcastically: "The Prime Minister is really clever and beautiful, reversing black and white to refer to the deer as a horse can be so righteous and awe-inspiring, admire and admire!" Obviously, you and others colluded with Xixia, but now you are here to accuse us of Yanyun's treachery! Seeing that Zambala was about to speak again, he waved his palm violently and said loudly: "You don't have to defend this matter, we already know the details, and these are just disgusting!" Fan Yong saw that Zambala had made up his mind to stir up trouble, and if he continued to entangle, there would definitely be no results, but it might put his side in a disadvantageous position in terms of reasoning, so he decisively cut off the topic.

Turning his head to look at the Emperor of Tubo, he said: "We Yanyun don't want to worry about this matter, does Tubo want to turn his face with us Yanyun if he is so entangled?" This question was full of anger and an aggressive attitude.

The emperor hurriedly said: "Your envoy has misunderstood, how dare we, how dare we turn our faces with Yan Yun!" ……”

Seeing that the emperor was speaking softly, Zambala hurriedly took over: "Since this matter has its own reason, let's reveal it." His Majesty the Emperor invited your envoy here to talk to your envoy about the ownership of the two lands of Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Southern Military Division. According to the previous agreement, whoever takes the land belongs to whom, and these two pieces of land were taken by our Tubo army soldiers on the battlefield, so according to the agreement, you should return it to us! King Yan is a famous hero in the world, and if you can't speak, it doesn't count! ”

Fan Yong said: "King Yan naturally counts when he speaks!" However, this matter must be explained, these two pieces of land are clearly made peace between you and the Western Xia, and the Western Xia handed them over to you, and you did not send anyone to inform us afterwards that it was you who violated the covenant first, and our army attacked according to the plan and captured these two pieces of land, without any problem! ”

Zambala said angrily, "The facts are very clear, but why do you have to be forceful? Yan Wang does not talk about credit, he is afraid of losing more, and everyone in the world will lose trust in Yan Wang! ”

Fan Yong said proudly: "The one who is strong and reasonable is clearly the prime minister!" In order to cover up the peace with Western Xia, he was entangled in this matter! Then he glanced at the Tubo monarchs and ministers, and said angrily: "You Tubo people obviously violated the covenant first, and my Lord Yan didn't care about it. Do you have to force my Yan King to be angry and raise troops before he stops? ”

The hall was silent, and the needles could be heard. The Tubo monarchs and ministers were angry, frightened, and a little depressed, feeling that the matter of making peace with Xixia was actually known by Yan Yun, which was really an unexpected loss, and it was originally a very reasonable thing, but now it is not clear to say.

Zambala frowned and asked, "Listening to what your envoy means, does King Yan plan to return the two places?" Fan Yong said categorically: "It's not your Tubo, how can you say that you want to return it?" There is nothing to discuss in this matter! Looking at the Tibetan Emperor, he asked in a questioning tone: "Regarding your private peace with the Western Xia and the violation of the covenant, please give us an explanation!" If there is no good explanation, it will definitely affect the diplomatic relations between our two sides! ”

The Tibetan Emperor felt a little overwhelmed and hurriedly looked at Zambala. Zambala hurriedly said: "I have already explained just now, there is no such thing, what your envoy heard is a rumor!" ”

Fan Yong glanced at Zambala and said to the emperor: "Whether this matter is true or not, we both know in our hearts. Whether you admit it or not does not affect our judgment. Originally, King Yan didn't want to pursue this matter, but, hmph, you Tubo people actually came to entangle, since this is the case, then whether this matter is pursued or not has to ask King Yan to reconsider! ”

Emperor Tubo was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Since King Yan no longer intends to pursue this matter, your envoy should not make a good difference!" When Zambala heard the emperor say this, he couldn't help frowning and secretly screaming that it was bad. Sure enough, Fan Yong sneered: "Your Majesty's words, doesn't you admit that you have made peace with Xixia?" ”

The Tubo Emperor was shocked and secretly blamed himself, but the words had already come out, and he couldn't deny it anymore, and his expression was very embarrassed. Fan Yong's tone softened a little, and said: "This envoy is naturally better than one less thing, as long as you don't dwell on the old things, the envoy will naturally be happy and relaxed, and will not say those words to King Yan that may cause additional incidents." ”

The Tibetan monarchs and ministers were very depressed, and they had a feeling that stealing chickens and rice would not be lost. felt that Yan Yun was a bit of a bully, but he had nothing to say. Fan Yong saw that the other party's arrogance was suppressed by himself, and said, "Our Yan Wang is not a person who doesn't take care of his friends!" In view of the fact that the Tibetan side had worked hard but had no gain, King Yan decided to open the previously forbidden trade in iron, porcelain, silk, salt, and cloth! When the Tibetan monarchs heard this, they were all overjoyed, you must know that Tubo is rich in salt and cloth, but ironware and porcelain are in short supply, especially there is no iron mine, so the demand for iron can be said to be hungry and thirsty, and the fine porcelain and silk produced in the Central Plains are the luxury goods that the Tubo nobles yearn for.

With Yan Yun's current strength, he naturally does not worry about the union of Western Xia and Tubo, but if the two really unite, it will undoubtedly add many obstacles to Yanyun's unification of the West, and appeasing Tubo to prevent Tubo from forming an alliance with Western Xia is undoubtedly beneficial to the strategy of unifying the West.

Fan Yong continued: "In addition, King Yan promised not to use troops against Western Xia within a year, if Tubo can annex the entire Western Xia within this year, King Yan will be happy to see it!" The Tubo Emperor was overjoyed and asked urgently: "Is what King Yan said true?" Then he asked, "Is King Yan willing to make a formal covenant with me in Tibet?" ”

Fan Yong smiled and said, "That's what King Yan meant, so he is naturally willing to make this covenant!" The Tubo Emperor said: "Great, I will draft the document immediately, and then send someone to envoy Yanyun." ”

Fan Yong said: "It's not so best." King Yan has now returned to Tianjing New Town, and the envoy of your country will go directly to Tianjing New Town. Emperor Tubo nodded, "Okay!" Fan Yong saw that the goal had been achieved, and there was nothing more to say, so he hugged his fists and said: "If Your Majesty has nothing else to do, I would have to go back and prepare to return." The Tibetan Emperor asked, "When will your envoy leave?" Fan Yong said: "Tomorrow morning." The Tubo Emperor pondered for a moment and said to Fan Yong: "My envoy will come to see your envoy early tomorrow morning and go to Tianjing New City with your envoy. Fan Yong nodded and said, "Okay." Then he hugged his fist at the Tibetan Emperor and turned around.

The Tubo Emperor let out a long sigh, feeling that although he did not achieve the expected goal, he lost the harvest of mulberry elm in the east corner, and the harvest was still very small. glanced at Prime Minister Zambala, who was frowning and silent, and asked curiously, "Why has the Prime Minister been silent since just now?" ”

Zambala bowed slightly to the emperor and frowned, "Your Majesty, although it is beneficial for us to open up trade in ironware, porcelain, etc., it is only for the sake of appeasing us. ……”

"I don't agree with the Prime Minister's words!" A low, hoarse voice abruptly interrupted Zambara's words. Everyone looked at the voice and saw that it was an old man with a thin face and a deep temperament, who was the most respected old nobleman in Tubo at present, Hami.

Hami bowed slightly to the emperor and said, "Although there is some truth in what the prime minister said, I think that Yan Yun's approach is more out of making up for our reasons. After all, with Yan Yun's current strength, even if we were completely united with Western Xia, we wouldn't be able to threaten them! If they can't threaten them, why should they worry about us uniting and appeasing us? So I think the reason for opening up trade is that King Yan feels that he owes us something, so he uses it to compensate us! This is a good thing, and you should not turn a good thing into a bad thing by thinking about it! As for the promise not to attack Western Xia within a year, it should also be in this consideration! It's a great time for us! ”

The emperor thought so, and all the ministers discussed it, and they all felt that what Elder Hami said was very reasonable. Zambala frowned and said: "I promise not to attack Western Xia again within a year, but let us attack, I'm afraid it's a poisonous plan of the Yan King Mantis to catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind!" ”

Hami smiled, looked at the great general Songhe, and asked, "General Songhe, with the current situation of Western Xia, is there any problem for our Tubo warriors to destroy them?" Songhyuk glanced at Zambala and said loudly: "The prime minister is too worried! The elite main force of Western Xia was almost annihilated by Yan Yun, and now the little remnants of the army who are still breathing are enough! With only 100,000 troops, the entire Western Xia can be annexed within three months! There is no doubt about it! Then he asked the emperor to fight: "Your Majesty, please let the last general lead the army to Pingxia, and the last general will definitely succeed and live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

The emperor smiled, "General Songhe is the first warrior of our Tubo, so naturally he will succeed!" However, the general is the general of Pingxi, and he is the commander of Pingxia, so he is afraid of ......"

Hearing the emperor's meaning, Song He still seemed to want to make Zanbu Tai the commander of Pingxia, and couldn't help but mock: "If General Zanbu really has this ability, he will not lose so much but can't seize an inch of land!" The emperor frowned and said, "This matter will be discussed later, what needs to be discussed now is the candidate to envoy Yan Yun!" As he spoke, his eyes swept over everyone, and everyone deliberately avoided the emperor's gaze, obviously no one was willing to travel thousands of miles to the bitter end. When the emperor saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.

Zambala suddenly walked out, bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to take this trip as a messenger!" The emperor was overjoyed and said: "The prime minister has sent Yanyun as an envoy, if you want to go, it is no better!" The widow appointed the prime minister as the ambassador to Yan Yun, so that Yan Yun could feel the goodwill of our Tibetans! ”

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