"Your Majesty, my Great Liao Heavenly Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it should be saluted first and then soldiers......"

It was Ma Zhi's uncle who proposed to salute first and then soldier, and he was also a member of the Privy Council of the South.

Of course, he didn't want Song Liao to go to war, and now the medical witch Lu Shan Ma family is rich! In Jiehe Commercial Market, he purchased the industry of Nuoda, and also united with several other families to "contract" Suzhou Commercial Market (Suzhou, Liaoguo), and the business was booming. If Song Liao goes to war, then his family's losses will be great.

Moreover, Ma Renwang also knew that Jiehe Commercial City was not easy to capture - his nephew Ma Zhi could not escape the current situation of Jiehe Commercial City. When the Shang City violated the regulations of the Yuanyuan Alliance and built the city wall on a large scale, Ma Zhi did not report it at all. It wasn't until the red wall was towering that it was known to Yelu Yanxi.

Later, Ma Zhi made contact in the center, and let the business market spend more than 100,000 yuan to dredge the door of the three brothers Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, and Xiao Sixian, and turned the illegal construction of the wall into a small matter and a small matter.

In addition, Ma Renwang knows more about the strength of the water army in Jiehe Shang City - anyway, there is nothing the Liao State can do with them. Therefore, as long as the Shang City is determined to block the Jiehe, the Xijin Mansion will run out of food, and the Liao soldiers will not be able to cross the river.

Xiao Baoxian, who stayed in Nanjing, also said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that he should salute first and then soldier, and he must not rush to war." After all, our army has not yet gathered, and the Hetao on the Western Front is particularly empty. Moreover, Ku'er Zahusi has not been exterminated, and the birth of Liaodong Dao is unstable...... If the war is unfavorable, I'm afraid it will cause chaos! ”

Although Ku'er Zahusi is not as good as his Lao Tzu Mogus, he is a little strong who can't be killed. was defeated several times by the Liao Army's Northwest Recruiting Division, but he couldn't catch it.

If you can't catch Kuerzahus, the resistance of the Kereb will continue. But this is not a problem, the problem is that the Kereb may have the support of the Song Dynasty!

Because on the original Liaoxia border, there were two tribes that were enemies of the Liao State, Basi Mother and Daridi. These two tribes had responded to the Kereh tribe, but were subdued by a combined attack by Western Xia and Liao.

And now that the Western Xia has pushed out the grasslands north of the Hetao, the forces of the Song Dynasty will enter at any time. In this way, the mother of Basi and the bottom of Dali bordered the Song Dynasty. Through these two tribes, it was possible for the Song to form an alliance with the Kereh tribe.

If the Kerebu gets a large number of iron tools, then the grassland will be on fire everywhere......

Yelu Yanxi reclined and leaned on the tiger skin couch, his brow furrowed, as if he was lost in thought.

"Your Majesty," Ma Renwang looked at the Son of Heaven of Da Liao, and said again, "The envoys of the Song State, Su Zhe and Lin Ji, have been trapped in the Xijin Mansion for many days...... Treating the envoys like this is probably not in line with the demeanor of my Great Liao Heavenly Empire. ”

Su Zhe and Lin Ji arrived at Xijin Mansion in early March, but they were not allowed to go to Mandarin Duck Luo, which now only has a few thousand imperial tent troops, and it is not scary to look at—but they were detained in the pavilion of Xijin Mansion.

Moreover, the attitude of the Liao State was very tough, and put forward a request to Su Zhe and Lin Chu to "return the land and cities of the Western Xia", and threatened to go to war.

But I didn't expect that the hole card in the hand of the Great Liao State - going to war, was rushed out by Gao Yu!

In this case, it doesn't make sense for Da Liao to encircle Su Zhe and Lin Ji in the Xijin Mansion Pavilion Station, right?

"Do you want Su Zhe and Lin to come to the mandarin ducks?" Yelu Yanxi asked.

"Not necessarily." The horse man looked at it and said, "The minister can go to the Xijin Mansion to negotiate with them, but ...... Could the terms of the negotiations be appropriately flexible? ”

To be flexible means, of course, to give up the demand for the return of all land in Western Xia.

Because the Liao State originally threatened to go to war, and now it is ...... This threat is useless, people are not afraid of war!

Yeluyan frowned when he heard this, what is this? The Great Liao Kingdom is scared?

"Your Majesty," seeing Yelu Yanxi's gloomy face, Xiao Baoxian hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade, "If I can't destroy the Song State's Imperial Front Three Straights, the Song State will not withdraw from the Western Xia land...... It really doesn't make the slightest sense to ask the Song State to return all the land again. It is better to let the Song State withdraw its troops from Hetao Grassland, Yanzhou, Qinwangchuan, Zhuoluocheng, Kaluochuan and other places. ”

What he meant was to recognize the Song State's possession of the three states of Yin, Xia, and You. Actually, it would be nice if this condition could be negotiated!

Yelu Yanxi turned his gaze to Yelu Yanxi, the white-haired Khitan warrior frowned, as if he was weighing it repeatedly.

Seeing Yanxi's gaze, he sighed and said: "Divination is always a big problem, and we must send elite troops to control the Hetao grassland as soon as possible, at least to control the Hetao Hebei grassland." Otherwise, once the thieves of the Kerebu Department collude with the Great Song Dynasty, they will be out of control.

Secondly, the Gao Yu of the Song Army is now arrogant, if it is not suppressed, I am afraid that it will become another huge trouble for my Daliao after the obstruction.

Furthermore, how much grain is stored in the city of Xijin Province now? Can you support the army to cross the border and go south in winter? ”

Xiao Baoxian frowned and replied, "There is not much grain in stock...... If the water transportation of the Jiehe River is interrupted, Xijin Mansion will have to run out of food in winter! ”

In fact, Xijin Province is not so short of food. Because in recent years, many people have moved from Xijin Province to Jiehe Commercial City, and the pressure on food supply has been greatly reduced.

However, Xiao Bao must first make the problem more serious, and he has a lot of investments in Jiehe Commercial City!

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that Hebei should not make a big move for the time being." Yelu Yan, the envoy of the Southern Privy Council, also spoke at this time, "The minister is willing to go to Xijin Mansion with Ma Renwang to negotiate peace with the Song envoy." ”

Needless to say, Yelu Yan (his privy envoys are all won by rolling dice, and what virtue can be imagined), and he also has a large industry in Jiehe Shang City...... and also received a large bribe from Ma Zhi. Now, of course, I can't agree to cut off my own money!

Yelu Yanxi's brows were still furrowed, he actually wanted to attack the Jiehe Merchant City! He didn't invest in Jiehe Commercial City, and he also knew that Jiehe Commercial Market had money, and if he could grab it, he wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of his life.

But the ministers in the tent were all against it......

"Uncle Huang, what do you think?"

Yelu Yanxi could only ask his uncle for advice.

The emperor's uncle, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Yelu and Lu Wei, are 64 years old this year, and he is the younger brother of Yelu Hongji of the Liao Daozong and the nominal heir to the throne.

However, in view of the tragic fate of the previous imperial uncle Yelu Chongyuan, He Lu Wei never dared to expect to inherit the throne. He just begged his wife to make a vase, and naturally he would invest in Jiehe Commercial City. And his son Yeluchun (later the Northern Liao Emperor) did not seem to have much ambition, and did nothing to do in his stay in Tokyo, but was busy reselling grain to the Jiehe Commercial Market, and also participated in the Suzhou Commercial Market, and became a good buddy with Ma Zhi, who was an official in Tokyo Province. Two days ago, he wrote to his father, saying that he could meddle in the customs of Goryeo......

In addition to making money, another interest of He Lu Hu is to burn incense and worship Buddha. Now when he heard Yelu Yanxi's question, he just folded his hands, "Amitabha, Amitabha, fighting a war will kill people after all, can you not fight, and don't fight." Even if you want to fight, you will fight in Hetao, and don't come to Hebei to fight. ”

"Don't go to Hebei to fight?" Yelu Yanxi asked, "Why?" ”

Uncle Huang smiled, "Jiehe Commercial Market is a hen that can only lay golden eggs, wouldn't it be a pity to kill it with one sword?" ”

"yes, it's a shame to kill with one sword!"

"It's good for me to keep it."

"What Uncle Huang said is extremely ......"

It is rare for the important ministers of the Liao State in the big tent to echo the imperial uncle in unison. Yelu Yanxi looked at this group of people, but thought in his heart: Is Jiehe Commercial Market really a hen that can only lay golden eggs? But where did the golden eggs go? Why didn't I see it?

……

"Su Xianggong, the food and drink sent by the Khitan people today has been reduced by one percent, but the number of soldiers outside the door has doubled, and I saw a lot of soldiers passing by outside the gate of the pavilion just now......"

"Alas, it seems that the Khitans are really going to threaten Hebei!"

"Coercion is coercion! Hebei defense is presided over by Han Xianggong, and Jiehe Commercial Market is even more impregnable, are you still afraid of the Khitan people? In the eyes of the lower officials, the Khitans are just bluffing and dare not really fight. ”

"It's hard to say, if the northwest hits a critical time, it can't be ruled out that they will intervene and prevent us from destroying Xingling in one fell swoop."

"Xianggong, if there is a real fight, what should we do?"

In the Xijin Mansion Pavilion, during dinner, in front of Su Zhe, Lin Yu and Wu Haowen, there were only kimchi and yellow rice porridge, not even a single meat!

This is a deliberate attempt by the Khitans to embarrass the mission, and at the same time they have taken a tough posture. They demanded the "return of the occupied land" and, after being refused, began to reduce the food supply of the mission. Troops were also sent to surround the pavilion and prohibit members of the mission from going out.

There is nothing good to eat, Su Zhe, Lin Ji and Wu Haowen can still bear it, but the prospect of Song Liao going to war makes them a little anxious.

Hebei doesn't seem to have much of a problem, but what about Hedong? What about the Northwest?

Now should be the critical moment for the attack on Xingling, right? In case the Khitan army marched south from the Hetao grassland, the Song army might have to repeat the mistakes of Yuanfeng's four years.

And the mission trapped in Xijin Mansion is only afraid that it will become Su Wu who is a shepherd - this may not be small, Su Zhe's Su plus Wu Haowen's Wu, isn't it Su Wu? Unlucky!

When the three of them were worried about the yellow rice porridge, an attaché from the mission came in to report that it was Zhang Jue, the deputy patrol envoy of the Nanjing Provincial Police of Liao, who asked to see him.

"Oh, Zhang Jue is here again, let him in."

When Su Zhe heard that Zhang Jue was coming, he immediately became excited. This Zhang Jue took good care of the Great Song Mission, came to visit from time to time, and would send some food.

Soon, Zhang Jue was brought in, not only him, but also a few servants, all carrying food boxes in their hands, and the food they brought was obviously more abundant than the previous times. But Zhang Jue's face was very ugly, his brows were furrowed, and he didn't know what was wrong?