After ordering the soldiers to go down, Yang Yan turned his head and looked down again, only to see that there were thousands of people crying under the city, carrying packages, helping the old and the young, carrying baskets and burdens, and some of them were pushing carts, scattering, and gradually heading north.

Zhao Yueru looked at the people who were far away, and couldn't help but feel unbearable in her heart, and said softly: "Can we do this well?" ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know, but if we want to achieve our goal, I really have no other way but to do it." If they want to hate me, there's no other way. War is a cruel thing, and it is these civilians who suffer the most from war. ”

Even Cao Xun was rarely serious, and said: "Big brother, don't blame yourself too much, in fact, in order to defeat the Western Xia, you have tried your best enough, as you said, the people who suffer the most in the war are the common people." If this is really the case, then it is better to let the ordinary people of other countries suffer than to let the people of our Great Song Dynasty suffer. So sister-in-law don't blame the eldest brother too much. ”

Zhao Yueru also smiled bitterly, looked at Yang Yan, and said, "I don't blame him, but looking at these people, I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, and I was also talking about myself just now." ”

At this time, Lai Wenzheng said: "Princess, Commander Cao, in my opinion, Yang Shuai's actions are not wrong, and this is also the best way at present." Just as Commander Cao said just now, it is better to let the ordinary people of other countries suffer than to let the people of our Great Song Dynasty suffer. And the thing was done with the scriptures, and it was too late to say anything, so don't be entangled, and judging from the news from the Xingqing Mansion, the scriptures have worked, and the Western Xia court seems to be almost unable to resist. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Not bad!" It's too late to say anything, well, we'll wait now. ”

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"Your Majesty." Ren Dejing walked into the main hall and first paid tribute to Emperor Li Renxiao.

Li Renxiao nodded and said, "Ren Qing, flat." ”

After the Song army attacked Western Xia, Li Renxiao issued several edicts to Ren Dejing, inviting him to come to Xingqing Mansion to discuss the invasion of the Song army, and repeatedly promised to ensure Ren Dejing's safety. But Ren Dejing found all kinds of excuses to excuse himself, that is, he didn't go to Xingqing Mansion, and Li Renxiao and the ministers of Xixia had no way to take him.

After learning that Ren Dejing arrived at Xingqing Mansion, some people persuaded Li Renxiao to simply take this opportunity to kill Ren Dejing and eradicate this confidant, but some people also told the emperor that now Lingzhou and other places are still in the hands of the Ren clan, once Ren Dejing is killed, the Ren clan will dedicate the city and land to the Song army, so what should I do, and the current Dejing still has more than 100,000 troops under his command, this is a force to be reckoned with, if you can fight to deal with the Song army, wouldn't it have a great chance of victory?

Although Li Renxiao and Ren Dejing are now on the same page, he is not unmoved, but in the case of the Song army's large-scale attack, Li Renxiao thought about it repeatedly, and still felt that it was right to be unanimous with the outside world at present, so he sent someone to welcome Ren Dejing into the city, and immediately met Ren Dejing in the palace.

After seeing that he was finished, Li Renxiao immediately asked: "Ren Qing, I don't know if the war on the front line of Lingzhou is now." ”

Ren Dejing smiled bitterly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, since the Song army conquered the Jingsai Military Division, the minister had an army of 80,000 in Lingzhou, and fought fiercely with the Song army. In desperation, the minister had to retreat to Lingzhou, and now he is ashamed to see His Majesty. ”

In fact, Li Renxiao is generally clear about the situation in Lingzhou, so he is not too surprised. And now that he knows how powerful the Song army is, he is not surprised that Ren Dejing even suffered defeat. He asked again: "Then Ren Qing, I don't know if Lingzhou can be defended?" ”

Ren Dejing said: "The city of Lingzhou is tall, there are sixty or seventy thousand defenders, and the ministers are also preparing to defend the city in the city, and the grain and grass materials are very complete. It's just that the Song army is very cunning, and the people of Jingsai Military Division, Mengjing, Pule City, Yaode City and other places are all driven to Lingzhou, they are all the people of my big white high country, and the ministers dare not accept it, so more than 300,000 people in the city have increased at once, and they have no food and clothing, so they can only rely on the government for relief, but the consumption of grain and grass in the city is huge, and now it can only last for one or two months at most. ”

When Li Renxiao heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, he couldn't imagine that Song Jun would use the same method against Lingzhou, and now Lingzhou is facing a greater difficulty than Xingqing Mansion. I couldn't help but say, "What if this is good?" ”

Ren Dejing said: "The minister is in Lingzhou, I have heard that the imperial court and the Southern Song Dynasty are negotiating peace, if the peace negotiation is successful, it can temporarily solve this urgent need, but I don't know how the imperial court and the Southern Song Dynasty are talking now?" ”

Li Renxiao smiled bitterly and told Ren Dejing the process of Lang Jinzhong's last peace negotiation. In the end, Li Renxiao said: "Ren Qing, you see, is the Southern Song Dynasty too embarrassing to deceive people, not only insulting our country, but also insatiable, such a request, how can I agree to it!" ”

Ren Dejing also nodded, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, it turns out that this is the case, the Southern Song Dynasty is really too deceitful, and I, Dabai Gaoguo, would rather fight to the death with the Southern Song Dynasty than negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty." The old minister is not material, and he is willing to personally lead the army to fight the Song army, so as to die for the country, even if I am the last person to fight in the Great White Gaoguo, I will never compromise with the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

Ren Dejing originally had some henchmen in the court, and there were also some people who fought the main battle, and when he said this, they all agreed with Ren Dejing and wanted to fight to the death with the Song army.

Li Renxiao was taken aback, he just said that, he just wanted to be tough in front of Ren Dejing, so as not to let Ren Dejing underestimate himself, after all, I am afraid that there will be a fight between the two in the future. But he didn't expect Ren Dejing to be even more angry than himself, and he actually said that he would fight to the last man, didn't he say that Li Renxiao himself would also die for the country? If all the ministers really insisted on a decisive battle with the Song army, it would not be easy to do, and he hurriedly said: "However, Jiao Jingyan came back from the Jin State and said that the Jin State promised to maneuver from it and put pressure on the Southern Song Dynasty to force the Southern Song Dynasty to lower its conditions and negotiate peace with us." I am also hesitating now, should I negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty again? ”

Ren Dejing was amused in his heart, in fact, he had many eyes and ears in Xingqing Mansion, and he knew these situations very clearly, of course he understood that the emperor would never dare to fight with the Song army. Sure enough, when he heard Li Renxiao say this, he immediately borrowed the ladder to go down the wall and said: "Jin Guo has helped me several times Dabai Gaoguo, and I am willing to maneuver from it, whether it is successful or not, then it is not good for us to refuse the kindness of others, and the minister thinks that we should still send someone to renegotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, and first see what conditions the Southern Song Dynasty has." ”

When Jiao Jingyan heard this, he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the minister said is reasonable, whether it succeeds or not, he can't refuse the kindness of the Jin State, and he should send someone to talk to the Southern Song Dynasty first." ”

Some ministers of the Lord and Peace also echoed it, and Ren's henchmen also knew that they would be wrong just now, so they hurriedly saw the wind and turned the rudder, and said: "Yes, yes, the minister is reasonable." ”

When the officials who were fighting heard this, they were all so angry that they blew their beards and glared at them, but they all knew in their hearts that the emperor actually wanted to negotiate peace, so there was no way.

When Li Renxiao heard this, he was also relieved, and he ignored the officials who were fighting the main battle and said: "Then Zhuqing, who is willing to go to Xingzhou to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty?" ”

The ministers all looked at each other, people looked at me, I looked at you, and no one spoke. The last time Lang Jinzhong came back from making peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, he was angry with a serious illness, and he has not been able to come to the court today, although this time there is Jin Guo maneuvering around, after all, this is not a good errand, and look at the performance of the Jin army after arriving in Xingqing Mansion, you can't expect much from its circumstance. Therefore, there was a pillar of incense in the main hall for a while, and no one dared to take over this task.

Seeing that no one dared to answer, Li Renxiao's face gradually became ugly, and he was about to do it, when Ren Dejing said: "Your Majesty, if no one dares to go in the court, then the old minister is not good, and he is willing to go to Xingzhou and negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty." ”

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Just three days after Ren Dejing arrived at Xingqing Mansion, the results of the Jin State were also revealed, and news came from the Song Dynasty, expressing his willingness to continue to negotiate peace with Western Xia. However, the Jin State was afraid that the two sides would once again talk because of the unsatisfactory conditions in the peace talks, so it proposed that the personnel of the Jin State participate in the process of the peace talks, so as to mediate between the two sides. This article was also accepted by the Song Dynasty, so the Jin State sent Shi Ju, the governor of the government, as an envoy to Xingzhou to participate in the peace negotiations between the two sides.

After getting the news, Li Renxiao was also very happy, it seems that Jin Guo is indeed trying his best to maneuver, so this time the peace negotiation also has great hope of success. So he immediately issued an order, with the Minister of State Ren Dejing as the main envoy and the emperor's younger brother Li Renyou, the king of Yue, as the deputy envoy, to go to Xingzhou together to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty.

In order to be able to promote the success of this peace negotiation, the Western Xia court seized the time overnight to discuss the price that the Western Xia could accept at present. Because during this period, the Western Xia lost another battle, and it also made the Western Xia court wake up to realize that with the current strength of the Western Xia, it is simply impossible to confront the Southern Song Dynasty alone, although there is a Jin State to maneuver around, but if the Western Xia does not want to pay some big price, I am afraid it will be difficult to negotiate and succeed.

Therefore, although the price of the peace negotiated by the Western Xia this time cannot be compared with the requirements put forward by the Southern Song Dynasty last time, it is also more superior than the conditions set by the Western Xia itself last time. This is almost the bottom line that Western Xia can accept.

Although Ren Dejing swore before he came out, he must fight according to reason so that the Western Xia would suffer less losses, but Li Renxiao was worried for a long time, whether the Western Xia could be preserved, but it depends on this time, if the Southern Song Dynasty did not agree to these conditions, then it would really only be able to fight to the death with the Southern Song Dynasty.