"Peerless Killing Array!"

The roar of earth-shattering thunder completely shook everyone in Liao.

For a long time, the two warring sides were mostly evenly matched, with the besieging side having a numerical advantage and the defending side having the advantage of the city walls, the gap between the two sides was not so obvious, and the losses of the siege were also within a manageable range.

However, as soon as the earth-shattering thunder came out, the strength of the defending side increased dramatically, and if you want to attack, you must pay a heavy price.

The fortress and the divine arm crossbow are human life harvesters, and if so, they can also use crowd tactics to attack and break the city at any cost.

And the earth-shattering thunder is the nemesis of the tactics of the sea of people!

The more people there are, the more lethal the earth-shattering thunder will be.

"How many lives will it take to fill this!" Xiao Wuna said coldly.

Liao is a country united by multiple tribes, if it is okay to fight a good war, if it is a hard battle to the death, I am afraid that no one is willing to send it to death.

With the roar over.

The Liao army was silent, and even Yelu Zhangnu, who was arrogant before, fell silent.

"No wonder Western Xia will be defeated!"

Yelu Hongji said with a solemn face, with his eyes, he could naturally see that the divine arm crossbow combined with the special structure of the fortress greatly increased its lethality, as long as the earth-shattering thunder could not be consumed, it would not be able to break through the city at all.

The Liao general also nodded helplessly, a small Pingxia city was enough to consume the lives of 50,000 Xia soldiers, even if the Liao army went in person, I am afraid that there would be the same ending.

"Taisun, what do you think?"

Yelu Hongji glanced at the expressions of the generals, turned his gaze to the young man with a weak crown on the side and asked.

This person is the only heir of Yelu Hongji, the later Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

"Da Liao must also have his own earth-shattering thunder." Yelu Yanxi said with a solemn face.

The other Liao generals also thought deeply and nodded again and again.

The lethality of the earth-shaking thunder is too great, and the force that the Liao army relied on to become famous under the earth-shaking thunder will come to naught, and only the Liao army can compete with the Song army if it has its own sky-shaking thunder.

Yelu Hongji nodded and said: "The earth-shaking thunder is easy to handle, it is nothing more than gunpowder and checkered iron shell, what I ask is that the Great Song Dynasty reneged on the covenant and abolished the year coin, and the Liao State is war or peace!" ”

In order to create more earth-shaking thunder, Fan Zheng almost mobilized blacksmiths from Kaifeng to the northwest, and it was not difficult for Liao to obtain the production method of earth-shaking thunder.

Yelu Yanxi stepped forward and said, "Sun Er thinks that the abolition of the New Year's coin is just a temptation of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"Temptation?" Yelu Hongji raised his eyebrows.

Yelu Yanxi nodded and said: "Yes, the Great Song Dynasty defeated the Western Xia, and the confidence of the Great Song Dynasty has greatly increased, coupled with the control of the city guarding the city and the thunder, although it is not enough to threaten the Liao State, but the defense is more than enough, there is a knot between the Song and Liao Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, sooner or later there will be a battle, if it does not continue to make the Song State weak, one day, it will become a problem for the Liao State." ”

"What do you think?" Yelu Hongji tested.

"In the opinion of Sun Er, the Liao State must unite with the Western Xia and attack the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State will take advantage of the topography of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and use the Great Song Dynasty as an excuse to exhaust the iron horse, avoid the city, plunder the Great Song Dynasty, and force the Song State to bow its head. Yelu Yanxi said coldly.

"Taisun Yingming!" Yelu Zhangnu and other Liao generals echoed.

In their opinion, the abolition of the New Year's coin by the Great Song Dynasty was to betray the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and the Liao State took the opportunity to plunder the Great Song Dynasty, which could not only make a lot of money, but also force the Song State to bow its head and suppress the Song State.

Yelu Nanyin on the side couldn't help but turn pale, and sure enough, as Fan Zheng said, no matter whether the Great Song Dynasty pays the New Year's coins or not, the Liao State will always suppress the Great Song Dynasty.

"Imperial grandfather think twice! Although the Great Song Dynasty abolished the New Year's coin, the income of the Silk Road was enough to exceed the New Year's coin, and the two countries would benefit from the two, and the war would be defeated, which was the way of peace between the two countries. Yelu Nanyin exclaimed.

Anyone knows that the Great Song Dynasty cannot always give the Liao State New Year's coins, and the Liao State cannot always suppress the Great Song Dynasty, there must be a war between the two countries, and the benefits of the Silk Road will be used to replace the income of the New Year's coins, and the Song and Liao countries will have the benefits, so that it is possible to maintain peace.

"Nanyin, you don't have to rely on your grandfather to pamper you! If you dare to be so presumptuous, this is a major matter of the country, and how can you be allowed to act recklessly. Yelu Yanxi angrily reprimanded Yelu Nanyin.

Yelu Nanyin knelt in front of Yelu Hongjima and said: "When the granddaughter went to the Song Kingdom, the emperor's grandfather once said: As long as the evil doctor Fan Zheng can cure the child's face disease, he will agree to a request of his granddaughter, and the granddaughter's request is to let the emperor's grandfather not go south. ”

Yelu Yanxi sneered: "What an extremely cold place, an extremely cold time, an extremely cold moment!" At first glance, it is the evil doctor Fan Zheng's prescription to deceive people, my brother knows that you have always liked the poetry of the Han people, but you must not forget, you are the princess of Liao. ”

Yelu Nanyin Huo Ran raised his head and said: "Nanyin is indeed the princess of Da Liao, but the Great Song Dynasty now has firearms that shake the sky and thunder. Does my brother really think that Liao has the certainty of winning the Great Song Dynasty? A Pingxia city lost 50,000 soldiers in Western Xia, and there were countless cities in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Yelu Yanxi was speechless for a moment, in the face of the powerful earth-shattering thunder, the Liao State really had no certainty of victory. If the city cannot be captured, it may be difficult to bring the Song Kingdom to its knees by plundering alone.

Today's Great Song Dynasty is like a fortress in front of him, full of spikes and thorns.

"Please also ask the emperor's grandfather to make a promise of a thousand gold, don't let the lives of Song Liao be ruined." Yelu Nanyin solemnly bowed to Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Hongji looked at Yelu Nanyin's face with a scarf that resembled Xiao Guanyin, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Are you sure that Fan Zheng's evil prescription can cure your appearance?" ”

"At this moment, the day of the winter solstice is not far away, and I ask the imperial grandfather to wait patiently for a few months." Yelu Nanyin said solemnly.

"Okay, I'll let the Song Kingdom go for the time being, come here, and convey it to the Song Kingdom, if the income of the Silk Road can't reach twice the annual coin, how much less, the Great Song Dynasty will make up for me! Otherwise, the Liao State will raise a large army and investigate the Song State's betrayal of the alliance," Yelu Hongji said loosely.

"Thank you, Grandfather!"

Yelu Nanyin was overjoyed when she heard this, she didn't expect that the imperial grandfather would keep his promise for her.

"Grandfather think twice! Don't let Song Guo breathe! Otherwise, Da Liao will regret it. ”

Yelu Yanxi exclaimed.

Yelu Hongji looked at Yelu Yanxi and shook his head and said: "Da Liao and Da Song have been friends for nearly a hundred years, how can they start a war lightly and let the two countries fall into a misery, I know that you have a strong character, don't make trouble!" ”

Yelu Yanxi was suddenly in a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded: "Today, the Great Song Dynasty dares to abolish the New Year's coin, and tomorrow it will dare to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, if you don't strangle the Great Song Dynasty in time, it will become a big disaster in the future." ”

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Some of the Liao generals who fought the main battle also persuaded Yelu Hongji one after another.

However, Yelu Hongji did not pay attention to it at all, and ordered the troops to retreat back to the camp.

Yelu Yanxi looked at the Yanmen Pass not far away on the opposite side with resentment, whipped his war horse fiercely, and followed.

It's night!

In the tent of Yeluhonki.

"Imperial grandfather! Nanyin is just a woman's opinion, even if it looks like the emperor's grandmother, you can't indulge it so much! Yelu Yanxi said dissatisfied.

Yelu Hongji glanced at Yelu Yanxi deeply and said, "Do you really think that your grandfather was greedy for the interests of the Silk Road or doted on Nanyin, so he agreed to let Song Guo go."

Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Yelu Hongji in confusion.

Yelu Hongji said solemnly: "In the grasslands of all dynasties, an iron law has been pursued, that is, the strong are respected. ”

"The strong are respected?" Yelu Yanxi frowned.

Yelu Hongji looked south and said solemnly: "For a hundred years, Liao is strong and Song is weak!" It is natural for the Song State to pay tribute to Liao, and the Song State has always done so. And now the Song State with the earth-shaking thunder in his hand already has the hole card against the Liao State, and he is naturally unwilling to give the Liao State New Year's coins, and I asked Nanyin to envoy the Liao State, just to test the confidence of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"And the Great Song Dynasty would rather let Nanyin look for the seeds of Artemisia annua, and do not believe that Nanyin can make Song and Liao peaceful, and would rather borrow five million guan national bonds to guard against Liao, rather than give Liao 500,000 yuan of coins, now the Great Song Dynasty is ready for war, and if Liao fights in a hurry, I am afraid that there will be fewer victories and more defeats." Yelu Hongji said solemnly.

Yelu Yanxi was suddenly shocked, the Liao State was also unstable, once the Liao army was defeated, I am afraid the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It just so happened that Nanyin brought back the Silk Road plan of the Great Song Dynasty, I first pretended to agree in the name of Nanyin, and then the Great Liao slowly planned it, secretly accumulated strength, united with the Western Xia, defeated the Song State in a war, defeated the Western Xia again, and dominated the world!" Yelu Hongji said coldly.

"Dominate the world!" Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but be shocked, he had never thought that the seemingly mediocre imperial grandfather would have such ambitions.

"I have been waiting for a good opportunity, but unfortunately during my reign, when Song and Xia were at the height of their national power, I never had a chance to make a move."

Yelu Hongji couldn't help but sigh that the opportunity for the rise of the Liao State was to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to obtain the sixteen states of Yanyun, which laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Liao State.

After he succeeded to the throne, he has been looking for the flaws of the Great Song Dynasty, but both Renzong and Shenzong are Mingjun! He didn't stand a chance.

Moreover, during his reign, he used people improperly, and there were Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin rebellions, which greatly hurt the vitality of Liao, and now the national strength of Liao is declining, and the Great Song Dynasty has such artifacts as earth-shaking thunder, so naturally the situation in Song and Liao has changed greatly.

"Grandfather Huang is already old! has also done a lot of wrong things, and this mediocre reputation is borne by the emperor's grandfather! Yelu Hongji said with a self-reproachful face.

During his reign, the unjust killing of Xiao Guanyin and causing his son Yelu Jun was the pain of his life, and every time he thought of it, he regretted it, and pampering Yelu Nanyin was just to make up for his guilt!

Yelu Yanxi couldn't help sighing, for the old man in front of him, his father and mother died because of it, and he personally raised himself to grow up, and he had the grace of nurturing.

"From today onwards, you will begin to secretly reorganize the army in order to plan for the future." Yelu Hongji solemnly entrusted.

"Thank you, Grandfather!" Yelu Yanxi said solemnly.

At this point, the ice of the two thawed and regained intimacy.

"Western Xia sent an envoy to ask for peace with Nanyin, asking Liaoxia to unite and divide the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know what the emperor's grandfather wants?" Yelu Yanxi said solemnly.

"Xixia asks for peace?"

Yelu Hongji couldn't help but smile coldly and said, "This is what I said about the strong being respected!" If the Western Xia had not suffered a defeat and had asked for my Da Liao, how could he be willing to ask for peace in a low voice, ignore him, the little emperor of the Great Song Dynasty still has an oath of discord, how can I be willing to fall behind and ignore the Western Xia. ”

Yelu Hongji also did not like the Western Xia, and there was also a lot of friction between Liaoxia back then, especially the two Liang Empress Dowagers, who were very disliked by Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Yanxi nodded slightly and said: "The emperor's grandfather is wise, but we still need to use Western Xia to contain the Song State, and we can't directly refuse the Liao State, so it's better not to respond for the time being, anyway, the little emperor of Western Xia is still young, far from the age of marriage." ”

"Yes!"

Yelu Hongji glanced at Yelu Yanxi appreciatively, from this point, Yelu Yanxi was already a qualified prince.

However, in the dark corner outside the tent, the veiled Yelu Nanyin heard all this clearly.

"Between Song and Liao, can't they really coexist?"

Yelu Nanyin couldn't help but look sad.

Whether from the Song State or the Liao State, there is the same point of view, that is, there must be a war between Song and Liao.

"Nope! Maybe there is another party that can let Song Liao coexist. ”

Yelu Nanyin's heart moved, and she remembered Fan Zheng's Silk Road plan, as long as the Silk Road linked the two countries of Song and Liao, the huge entanglement of interests would make no one bear the consequences of war, so that the Song and Liao countries could survive forever.

Of course, she also has her own selfishness, even if there is a war between Song and Liao, she also hopes to use the interests of the Silk Road to make Da Liao stronger.

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"Emperor Qiyu's grandfather, Nanyin wants to be in charge of the Silk Road Project personally!"

Day 2! Yelu Nanyin asked to see Yelu Hongji and said with a resolute face.

"You want to be in charge of the Silk Road?" Yelu Hongji was surprised and said, Yelu Nanyin is the most favored princess, she has always had no worries about food and clothing, and she wants to be windy and rainy, how could she think of being in charge of the Silk Road Project.

Yelu Nanyin nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, Nanyin is deeply favored by the emperor's grandfather and has no way to repay, and wants to be in charge of the Silk Road Project and earn money for the Liao State to revitalize the Great Liao." ”

"Good!"

Yelu Hongji is always happy.

Although he pretended to agree to the Silk Road plan of the Great Song Dynasty in the name of favoring Nanyin, he did not covet the famous Silk Road.

If the Liao State can get a lot of benefits from the Silk Road, the future revival of the Great Liao can be expected.

"The granddaughter will definitely live up to the high expectations of the emperor's grandfather!" Yelu Nanyin said solemnly.

"The Silk Road Project can be planned slowly, and the most important thing now is to cure your bright red mole, and your grandfather will smile in the future, and you can also get a trace of forgiveness from your imperial grandmother." Yelu Hongji said emotionally.

"The day of the winter solstice is the time when my granddaughter is healed." Yelu Nanyin said in a trembling voice.

As a woman, she didn't want to have a peerless face, and now this dream that has haunted her for 16 years is finally coming true.

Yelu Hongji lingered outside Yanmen Pass for several days, and finally quietly withdrew his troops.

"The Liao people have withdrawn!"

The scouts sent back the news of the withdrawal of the Liao State, and the Song army at Yanmen Pass cheered!

The guard of Yanmen Pass also breathed a sigh of relief, although he had a killing weapon such as the earth-shattering thunder, he was still unwilling to start the battle lightly, after all, the Liao army had given the Song army great fear.

"Come on, send the original words of Emperor Liao back to Bianjing."

At this moment, the Yanmen guard was sure that the Liao army had withdrawn, so he remembered Yelu Hongji's words, and hurriedly sent someone back to the imperial court.

(End of chapter)