"Liao?"

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang frowned, she now has a lot of complaints about the Liao State.

For a long time, the Western Xia has been advancing and retreating with the Liao State, but since the Song State shook the sky and thundered, and the Western Xia was defeated, the Liao State was afraid of losses, and only cared about its own interests, completely ignoring the life and death of the Western Xia, otherwise how would the Western Xia find Qingtang, a pig teammate, again.

Wei Ming Ah Wu persuaded him: "Although the Liao State was bought by the interests of the Silk Road, it was impossible to sit idly by and watch the Song State become strong, as long as the Liao State still needed the Western Xia to contain the Great Song Dynasty, it would not sit idly by." ”

"After the mediation of the Liao State, the Western Xia sent an envoy to sue for peace, and the Song State would not dare to offend the two countries, so as to obtain a respite for the Western Xia."

Liang Yiqi echoed that although he wanted the Liang family to replace Li, he didn't want the Western Xia to lose too much.

"Prime Minister, immediately prepare a large amount of money to ask the Liao State for mediation and sue for peace with the Song State." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang finally bowed her head and said.

"Yes!"

Liang Yikui said solemnly and went to do it immediately.

After Liang Yiwei retired, Wei Ming Ah Wu reported in a low voice: "Empress Dowager Qi, someone secretly reported that the Prime Minister of the State had lost a lot of Silk Road materials from the Great Song Dynasty and made a windfall!" ”

He bought a batch of Silk Road materials from the high-priced Yelu Nanyin, in addition to wanting to please the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, he also planned to make a windfall.

However, his plan to make a fortune had just been implemented, and he found that a large number of Silk Road materials had appeared in Western Xia, and the price was affordable.

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, my brother is the prime minister of a country, how can he be greedy for this little money!" ”

"Wechen is talkative!" Ah Wu said in a low voice.

However, he knew that with the suspicious character of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, he was afraid that he had planted a seed in his heart.

Sure enough, as expected by the Western Xia, seeing that the situation in the Western Xia was critical, after receiving the Western Xia's request for help, the Liao State immediately sent an envoy to Kaifeng to ask for mediation in the Song-Xia War.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Qingtang also sent envoys to Kaifeng, and the envoys of the three kingdoms of Qingtang in Liaoxia gathered with a very tough attitude and demanded that the Great Song Dynasty immediately withdraw its troops.

What's more, Yelu Yanxi began to dispatch the Tielin Army, which had just been trained to Xiaocheng, to the area around Yanmen Pass, and had great plans to mediate by force.

"Liao is too deceitful!" Zhao Xu said angrily.

The Liao State is inevitably too biased, the Song and Xia wars for many years, whenever the Western Xia wins, the Liao State takes the opportunity to blackmail the Great Song Dynasty, and whenever the Great Song Dynasty wins, the Liao State begins to pull the bias frame, giving the Western Xia a chance to breathe.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also looked angry, seeing that after waiting for many years, the Great Song Dynasty finally gained the upper hand, and now how could they be willing to let go of Western Xia easily.

"Between countries, the weak eat the strong!" Fan Zheng sighed helplessly.

After a long time, Zhao Xu came back to his senses, looked around at the ministers and said, "Now the Liao State is mediating!" How should you respond to the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Lu Dafang arched his hand and said: "The official family thinks twice, the Liao State is strong, if it unites with the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty may be invincible!" From the perspective of Weichen, it is necessary to be cautious. ”

Lu Dafang claimed to be cautious, obviously agreeing to accept the mediation of the Liao State, after all, the current situation is favorable to the Great Song Dynasty, and if it causes the Liao State to attack, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.

"Never! Western Xia is a perfidious country, if you easily let go of Western Xia today, and the Western Xia recovers in the future, it will definitely become the henchman of the Great Song Dynasty again. Zhang Dan said toughly.

Zeng Bu echoed: "Don't worry! Our army already has earth-shattering thunder, a divine arm crossbow, plus a fierce fire oil tank, and with the fortress tactics, even if Liaoxia jointly attacks, my Great Song Dynasty is also sure to protect itself, but this time let go of Western Xia, I am afraid it will be difficult to encounter this good opportunity again. ”

Zeng Bu was a privy envoy in charge of the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, and the successive changes in weapons in the Great Song Dynasty greatly increased Zeng Bu's confidence enough to fight against the Xia-Liao coalition army.

Zhao Xu's heart suddenly fluttered, defeating Western Xia was the unfulfilled wish of the First Emperor Divine Sect, and now it was finally going to be realized in his hands.

Once the great problem of Western Xia is solved, the Great Song Dynasty will be able to compete with the Liao State.

Just when Zhao Xu was in high spirits and was about to refuse the mediation of the Liao State and continue to attack Western Xia, Fan Zheng suddenly stood up and said something amazing.

"Weichen thinks that the official family should agree to the mediation of the Liao State! Truce with Western Xia! ”

"What?"

Suddenly, all the officials looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

As we all know, Fan Zheng is not a stubborn conservative, and Fan Zheng led the abolition of the two years of the two years and even the defeat of Western Xia in the two battles of Pingxia City.

However, it was this hero who defeated Western Xia who agreed to let Western Xia go so easily, how could they not be surprised.

"Fan Aiqing, what is the explanation?" Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng calmly, he and Fan Zheng were each other's confidants, so he naturally knew that Fan Zheng must have his own ideas.

Fan Zheng walked to the huge map in the court, pointed to the location of the Western Xia and said: "Official, please look at the map of the Western Xia, which occupies the Hexi Corridor and has always been in cahoots with the Liao State, and the Liao State's strategy has always been to use the Western Xia to contain the Great Song Dynasty and constantly weaken the Great Song Dynasty, so even if the Great Song Dynasty defeats the Western Xia, but there is a lack of cavalry, coupled with the Liao State as an obstruction, it will definitely not be able to destroy the Western Xia, but will ruin the current favorable situation for the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Su Song nodded slightly, with the current national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that the defense is more than enough, and the counterattack is insufficient, so it can only implement shallow attack tactics, once the protection of the city wall is lost, in the field, the Song army does not have an advantage.

Zhang Dian frowned and said, "Could it be that you just let go of Xixia like this?" ”

The whole of the New Party was unwilling to give up this great opportunity and demanded that it be taken advantage of the opportunity to expand its results.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan Mou didn't say that he wouldn't fight, the minister thinks that after this battle, the first thing the Great Song Dynasty will attack is not Western Xia but Qingtang!" ”

"Qingtang?"

Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Fan Zheng puzzled, you must know that Western Xia is the henchman of the Great Song Dynasty, and Qingtang has been defeated in the hands of the Song army twice in a row, so there is no need to worry at all.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "In Fan's view, Western Xia is the henchman of the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State is the enemy of life and death of the Great Song Dynasty, and Qingtang is just the itch of the Great Song Dynasty's scabies!" ”

Zhao Xu bowed slightly, although Fan Zheng has a doctor's saying to describe the Three Kingdoms, but it is also very appropriate.

"Since it's the itch of scabies in Qingtang, let's completely eliminate it." Fan Zheng said in a sharp voice.

"Kill Qingtang!"

Suddenly, all the officials in the court exclaimed.

"There are many reasons why Weichen chose to destroy Qingtang, one of which is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys! Qingtang is a small country, and it has attacked the Great Song Dynasty twice in a row, so we must teach Qingtang a lesson and deter the surrounding countries, otherwise any dog or cat will dare to bully my Great Song Dynasty. Fan Zheng sneered.

It is not for nothing that the Great Song Dynasty is called a weak Song Dynasty, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, almost all the surrounding countries have attacked the Song Dynasty.

The hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty nodded with an embarrassed face, the first time Qingtang attacked the six states of Xihe, the Great Song Dynasty did not care, and also co-opted it, it was only a few years, Qingtang actually united with the Western Xia to attack the Song Dynasty again, and the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty had long been disgusted with it.

"Second, the most lacking thing in the Great Song Dynasty is war horses, and Qingtang is rich in war horses, once Qingtang is destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty will obtain a large number of war horses and excellent horse breeding land, so as to have the capital to fight against the Liaoxia cavalry." Fan Zheng said again.

Zhao Xu's breath suddenly stagnated, cavalry has always been the pain of the Great Song Dynasty, if Qingtang is destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty will completely change the national fortunes, so analyzed, the Great Song Dynasty to destroy Qingtang is more valuable than defeating Western Xia.

"Third, among the three kingdoms, Qingtang is the weakest, and the land is far away from the Liao State, which will not cause the interference of the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty will destroy Qingtang first, and then destroy the Western Xia, and then compete with the Liao State, this is the policy of Weichen for the Great Song Dynasty to unify the world." Fan Zhenglang said.

"Dominate the world!"

Baiguan couldn't help but be shocked, and looked at Fan Zheng and Zhao Xu in disbelief.

"First easy and then difficult, this is Taizu's strategy to dominate the world." Zhao Xu said excitedly.

He has always wanted to defeat the Liao State and dominate the world, but he is like a fool, and now Fan Zheng's strategy of first making it easy and then difficult is not only reasonable, but also has a strong success rate.

"Fan prefers to call it a big detour strategy!"

Say it! Fan Zheng drew a huge arrow from the six states of the Xihe River, passing through Qingtang, Western Xia, and finally pointing directly at Shangjing of Liao.

"What a big roundabout strategy!"

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be shocked.

(End of chapter)