Zhao Yan said: "Do you think my Great Song Dynasty should send troops to help Dali restore the country?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is still a foreign official, and he does not dare to speak presumptuously about the resolution of the DPRK and China. ”

Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Okay, then I ask you, if the imperial court decides to send troops to aid Dali, and you will lead the army, are you sure?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Yes." ”

Zhao Yan said: "Then how many people do you need to help Dali restore the country?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Back to Your Majesty, if you want Weichen to lead the army to aid Dali, you only need to transfer troops from Guangxi, and there is no need for the imperial court to send another soldier." ”

Zhao Yan said: "But now that Manichaeism has not been completely pacified, once you lead the army to aid Dali, how will Guangnan be arranged, and after the transfer of troops from Guangxi, the Manichaean Church will not be short of troops, in case Manichaeism takes the opportunity to sit big again, what if it is good?"

Yang Yan said: "Now there are only three Manichaeism left on the mainland, Leizhou, Huazhou, and Gaozhou. If the army is led by the ministers, within 15 days, the three states can be recovered, and all the remnants of the Manichaeism will be driven to the isolated island of Hainan. Moreover, the ministers led the army to aid Dali, only 30,000 horses were needed, and then Cao Xun and Gao Zhen led the remaining men and horses to defend the coastal lands, which was even more foolproof. The isolated island of Hainan, the land is narrow and sparsely populated, and Manichaeism can only survive on the island, but once the ministers help Dali to restore the country, he immediately waives his army to enter Hainan, and Manichaeism can also be pacified. ”

Zhao Yan nodded approvingly, and said, "Then is it enough for 30,000 horses to aid Dali?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Gao Jianming borrowed foreign troops to seize the throne of Dali, how can he convince the public, and Dali itself still has more than 10,000 horses, which shows that the Duan clan has not completely lost the hearts of the people, and once I send troops to the Great Song Dynasty, it will definitely boost morale, as long as there are one or two more victories at this time, so that the neutral and wait-and-see departments see that the Duan clan has the hope of recovering the country, then someone will definitely take refuge in it, and the total number of Jiaozhi people and Gao Jianming's rebels is only fifty or sixty thousand people, so it is enough to help Dali restore the country." ”

Hong Shi asked on the side: "Yang Zhizhi, Dali's soldiers are just a hundred defeated soldiers, and the other ministries are also repeated, so they may not be of great use, if you want to help Dali restore the country, you still need to rely on my Song Dynasty soldiers." But as far as I know, there are still 100,000 horses in Jiaozhi, do you know that they will not increase their troops to help Gao Jianming? You only have 30,000 horses, how can you resist? ”

Yang Yan turned around and saluted Hong Shi, and said: "Although what Hong Shumi said is true, but since ancient times, the soldiers have been noble and not expensive. What's more, if the Jiaozhi country is small and weak, and the army is limited, if the army is forcibly expanded, then it is bound to forcibly conscript ordinary people into the army, and such a rabble, even if there are millions, it is not to be feared. Therefore, the minister only used 30,000 horses, mainly the infantry army, with a small number of elite cavalry, at that time, the infantry army is positive, the cavalry army is strange, and it is not difficult to defeat the Jiaozhi soldiers. Moreover, Jiaozhi itself must also be garrisoned by men and horses, if they send all their troops to Dali, we can just take advantage of the weakness to attack Jiaozhi itself, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao. ”

Zhao Yan nodded, what Yang Yan said was indeed reasonable, compared with Jin, Western Xia, Tubo and other countries, the combat effectiveness of the Jiaozhi Army was indeed very average. Moreover, the army in the south has always had few cavalry, and the cavalry army was also relatively frightened, when the general Di Qing quelled the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, and also mobilized thousands of cavalry of the feudal army. A small number of elite cavalry can indeed be of great use against the Cochin army. And Yang Yan has the most elite cavalry team of the Great Song Dynasty in his hands, so it seems that he is completely sure.

At this time, Yu Yunwen said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Yang Yan said is extremely true, please Your Majesty hesitate in a hurry and make a decision immediately." ”

Han Yanzhi also said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that what Yang Yan said is feasible. ”

Zhao Yan's eyes looked at Liang Kejia and the others who opposed sending troops, and said, "Liang Qing, Long Qing, Hong Qing, what do you think?" ”

Liang Kejia said: "The minister also thinks it is feasible. In fact, although Liang Kejia has always advocated peace with Jin, this time he opposed sending troops out of selfishness, and he also knew in his heart that if Dali was really annexed by Jiaozhi, or would be attached to Jiaozhi from now on, it would never be a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty, but he only thought that the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty was insufficient, so he opposed sending troops. But after listening to Yang Yan's words just now, I also felt that I still had a certain certainty of sending troops, so I no longer objected.

And Hong Shi and Liang Kejia had similar thoughts, so they immediately agreed to send troops. Shi Hao has always been neutral on this matter, neither in favor nor against, and now naturally agrees. There was only Long Dayuan, who was originally opposed for the sake of opposition, but firstly, he had no reason to say that he would stop Yang Yan, and secondly, he saw that Zhao Yan had made up his mind to send troops, so he agreed.

Seeing that all the ruling ministers agreed, Zhao Yan immediately said to Zhang Gongdan: "You go and tell the Dali envoys, and three days later, I will meet them in the palace." ”

Zhang Gongdan agreed, and said: "Your Majesty, how should the eldest princess of Xiuyu in Dali deal with it?" Do you want her to come into the palace? ”

As soon as he said this, the other ministers also laughed, because they all knew that Princess Xiuyu was sent by Dali to the Great Song Dynasty to make peace. Now that Dog Song is willing to send troops, it is natural that he should accept Princess Xiuyu. Zhao Yan also smiled slightly, and said: "The eldest princess of Xiuyu is at a young age, and I am close to knowing the destiny of heaven, how can I be included in the palace?" However, Dali is also sincere, and I can't refuse, so I will send her to the East Palace and serve the prince. ”

Listening to the emperor's words, all the ministers also laughed. Yang Yan secretly felt sorry for Liu Renxian and Duan Yanzhu in his heart, and it was a well-known fact that Zhao Yan was not a woman. Yang Yan originally had a glimmer of hope that Zhao Yan would refuse Dali's harmony, but who knew that although Zhao Yan refused, he gave Duan Yanzhu to the prince as soon as he changed hands. However, he didn't do this either, but fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty finally decided to send troops to help Dali restore the country, and the sacrifices of Liu Renxian and Duan Yanzhu finally paid off.

When Yang Yan was stunned, he suddenly heard Zhao Yan say, "Yang Yan." ”

Yang Yan's heart sank and he came back to his senses. Seeing Zhao Yan looking at himself with a smile, he hurriedly said, "The minister is here, I don't know what happened to Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Yan smiled and said: "Yang Yan, you and Princess Yongning have been engaged for a lot of time, but it's a pity that the country is now in an eventful time, and it is also tiring for you to fight in the east and west, and you have been getting married flawlessly." Now that you have returned to Lin'an, take this opportunity to go to Guangnan after you marry Princess Yongning. Although it is said that you will leave Beijing immediately after you get married, Princess Yongning still goes to Quang Nam with you, and there is no pain of lovesickness between the two places, are you willing? ”

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the emperor to say that it was his own marriage, so he had to say: "Everything is up to Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "That's good, but the princess's wedding ceremony can't be rushed, today is October 12, and the sixth day of the next month is the auspicious day of the zodiac, and your wedding will be set on the sixth day of November." There are still more than 20 days, which must be enough for you to prepare. ”

Yang Yan saw that Zhao Yan had even set a date, and knew that he was not on a whim, but had already thought about it, so he knelt down and thanked him, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Yan laughed and said: "You go back quickly, you don't have to go to Ma Junsi to govern the public these days, just go and prepare for your marriage, and the other secretaries will also go back to rest." ”

After Yang Yan withdrew from the hall with the ministers, everyone immediately congratulated Yang Yan, Yu Yunwen and Han Yan didn't have to say anything, and even Long Dayuan, who had always been not in harmony with Yang Yan, also smiled and said a few words of congratulations. Although Yang Yan hated Long Dayuan in his heart, he had to pretend to be a smile to thank him.

As soon as Yang Yan returned home with his front foot, the holy decree of the marriage arrived on the back foot, and it was naturally Cao Anmin and Cao Gonggong who came to deliver the decree. The content of the holy decree not only announced Yang Yan's wedding date, but also rewarded Yang Yan for quelling the rebellion, and promoted Yang Yan to the Zhennan Army to undertake the propaganda and the founder of Wuchang County. He also rewarded Yang Yan with a pair of armor, horse armor, bow and arrows, a gold-threaded battle robe, a gold belt, a hand knife, a silver spear, a seaskin saddle, a military flag, and other things, and gave him 30,000 yuan of money and 20 tilts of land.

The Zhennan Army Chengxuan Envoy is the official Zhengsipin Chengxuan Envoy, and it is regarded as a senior military general of the Great Song Dynasty, and then it rises to the Jiedu Envoy. The Founding Earl is a title, one level higher than Yang Yan's current title of the founding son, and it is also a positive fourth grade. At the age of twenty-two, Yang Yan was promoted to the official envoy of Chengxuan, which is almost unprecedented. And no one doubted that Yang Yan would be able to surpass Yue Fei and rise to the position of Jiedu Envoy before the age of thirty.

In fact, now the rebellion in Guangnan has not been completely quelled, and it should not have been promoted, but in this case, Zhao Yan still sealed Yang Yan's official position, on the one hand, because he will marry Zhao Qianru and become a concubine, on the other hand, after experiencing the storm of rumors, he also expressed his trust in Yang Yan to the ministers.

After reading the holy decree, Gonggong Cao took the gift, then congratulated Yang Yan a few words, and left with peace of mind.

After Gonggong Cao left, the whole house was jubilant, and the family, the nurses, and the maids all congratulated Yang Yan one after another. Even Tassel and Yan Rui were very happy, because after Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru got married, it would be their turn. Especially Yan Rui, she also wants to end this situation as soon as possible. Yang Yan also asked Yang Quan to go to the mansion immediately and relay the news to Yang Yizhong.

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( This chapter was published by Reader's Bar - reprinted)