On December 20 of the third year of Yuanfu, it was close to the end of the year.

The mountains outside the city of Kaifeng are covered with snow, and it is obviously another weather of a good year.

However, Ruixue Fengnian is for the Great Song Dynasty, and for the people on the northern grasslands, the grasslands have become snow countries, and the snow has become white disasters!

In recent years, the temperature has been getting lower and cooler every year, and the life of the herders living in the northern grasslands has become more and more difficult every year. Moreover, the most fertile and warm grasslands were occupied by the Khitan tribes, leaving only the most bitter cold places for the Divi and other tribes on the grassland.

Those who can't survive can only take risks. The most fundamental reason for the nine-year-long Northern Divination War was that the Divination people in the northwest grassland could not survive and had to rob the Khitan tribe of cattle, sheep and wealth...... Therefore, as long as the weather does not warm up and the divination people do not perish, the war in the northern steppes will not really end!

The death of Mogus only won a short respite for the Great Liao Kingdom.

And after this short respite, the Great Liao Empire will face two extremely serious challenges!

First, the old emperor's health is deteriorating, and I am afraid that he will die soon...... And his death will bring a bloody storm to the Khitans!

The second is that the rise of the daughter Zhiwan Yanbu in these years has reached a terrifying point! After Yan Yingge, it is likely to be another Mogus!

The third is that the Goryeo Kingdom is also about to move, and I don't know when it will go north to fight with the female straight...... Although it is possible for the Goryeo woman to fight directly, it is possible to fight a lose-lose battle and win a longer recuperation time for Da Liao.

But this war may also be a new "Goguryeo", and then a strong enemy will rise to the east of Daliao.

Xiao Bao first rode on a tall horse, walking on the official road in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture, looking at the snow white on both sides of the road, and thinking a lot.

Now, he has served as He Zhengdan's envoy in the position of staying in Nanjing Road, and set off from Xijin Mansion on the first day of December, all the way south, and now he is almost to Kaifeng Mansion. On the way south, he also made a special trip to the Jiehe Commercial Market, where construction was carried out in the snow, and brought hundreds of slaves by the way...... Not from the Mogus tribe, but from the Divination Blockers who didn't know where to get them.

Today's grasslands are full of herdsmen who can't survive, and they can't finish catching them! And what if you catch it? Kill them all? The Khitans may have been able to do it more than 100 years earlier, but now that everyone has taken refuge in the Three Treasures and become disciples of the Buddha, where is that kind of murderous intent? If there was still such a big murderous intent, the Liao State would not be as tired as it is today.

But if you don't kill it, how can you deal with it? Is it customary to be assigned to the palace guard as a slave?

Xiao Baoxian did not agree with this method, in the past, when the Khitan people were strong, they were not afraid of foreign slaves making trouble at all, and if they were not honest, they would be killed!

But now...... The Khitan knife is blunt! The last time the Bohai people were in turmoil, the military production of Longyan Tieshan came to a halt for a long time.

Maybe selling a little to the Han people in Jiehe Commercial Market is the best of both worlds, right? Those who obstructed divination could live, and the Khitans also got a little money.

It's just that the Han people of the Southern Dynasty are really willing to be brothers with the Khitans?

In addition, the Song Dynasty has changed officials at the beginning of this year, and now even the prime minister has changed. The faint king's adultery is the death of the dead, and the walk goes. Now the Great Song Dynasty seems to be a saint, and it is not wasting national strength in the west. It's really enviable!

"It would be fine if it was just the old party gaining power, but now the Song Dynasty is in harmony with the old and the new."

"Alas, it would be nice if we could get along with the two parties there, but it doesn't look good, when the time comes, the loss will always be the strength of the Khitans......"

He Zhengdan, the deputy envoy who looks like a Khitan warrior, the middle doctor, and Liu Yun of the northern Lin Ya Chengzhi listened to Xiao Baoxian's words to himself, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Such words, that is, you dare to say ...... Your sister is the wife of King Yan! King Yan will never fail to believe you. If we say this, most of them will be regarded as Yelu Yixin's accomplices!

However, what he said was also right, most of Yelu Yixin's comrades were relatives of the Khitan and Xi tribes, and they were either surnamed Yelu or surnamed Xiao. The sturdy surnames Yelu and Xiao are two or three hundred thousand, and one less is one less to kill!

I don't know how much King Yan will destroy in the future? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?

That's the core force of the Khitans!

"There is a bounded river business market, and you can always escape some." Liu Yun thought about it, and said to Xiao Bao first, "When the limelight is over, there will always be a chance to forgive." ”

Liu Yun still understands Xiao Baoxian's character, he is not as insidious and ruthless as Xiao Fengxian (Xiao Baoxian's younger brother), but he is a loyal person. If he can persuade King Yan more, he may be able to save more vitality for Da Liao.

"Do you know who He Zhengdan, the envoy of the Song Kingdom sent to the Song Kingdom this year, is it?"

"Goryeo?" Liu Yun thought for a while, "It should be Wang Yan and Wu Yanpet." ”

"Wu Yanpet?" Xiao Bao took a breath first, "Is that the Han man?" ”

"It's Han Chinese." Liu Yun said, "It is a person from Haizhou on Huainan East Road in the Great Song Dynasty, and his family seems to be a maritime businessman with millions of assets." ”

"Millions of family assets...... It's really rich! ”

Xiao Baoxian muttered, and his mind turned to the upcoming Nüzhi-Goryeo War.

At this time, the king of Goryeo sent a Song official like Wu Yanzhong to act as He Zhengdan's envoy, needless to say, it must be to draw backup for the war with the female straight people. And the Song people ...... I'm afraid that I will vigorously support the Goryeo Kingdom, help them defeat Wanyan Nuzhi, and then grow into a strong enemy of the Great Liao Kingdom in the east, right?

What should I do? It seems that it is impossible to openly ask the Song Dynasty to maintain absolute neutrality in the battle between Goryeo and Nüzhi, right?

……

"Wu Langzhong, my country and Liao are really brotherly states now...... All the ministers of this daughter are all courtiers of the Liao State, and your country is also a vassal of the Liao State, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient to support them publicly, right? ”

At this time, Wu Haogu was marching in with a high-ranking Goryeo official in his forties, with a national character face, a black face, and a big beard.

This official of the Goryeo State is none other than Wu Yanchong, the deputy envoy of He Zhengdan of the Goryeo Kingdom. Wu Yanzhong and the official Goryeo State Military Department Shangshu Wang Yi landed in Mizhou, and walked slowly for a month before arriving near Kaifeng Mansion. And Wu Haogu "met" with them in the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion. Moreover, the official who served as the accompanying envoy was actually the eunuch Tong Guan, who Wu Haogu was quite familiar with, so Wu Haogu simply accompanied the Goryeo mission.

Wu Yanzhong obviously knew Wu Haogu's identity and his close relationship with Zhao Ji, so he found an opportunity to walk in the forefront of the mission with Wu Haogu, and also tested Wu Haogu's attitude towards the Goryeo-Nüzhi War.

"Wudongmen ......" Wu Yanpet squinted his eyes and looked at the unexpectedly young Wu Haogu beside him, and remembered his brother Wu Yanen's evaluation of this person: Evil Confucian, profiteer, capable minister!

In short, it's not an easy character!

"It is inconvenient to support it publicly, but can it be secretly supported?" Wu Yanpet asked tentatively.

"It's not."

Wu Haogu's answer is very clear!

Why did Da Song support Goryeo to fight women? You dog-eat-dog still want to ask Da Song to get money? The money of the Great Song Dynasty is not blown by the wind...... And even if it is blown by a strong wind, it has to be saved for Song Huizong to squander!

"Could it be...... Your country does not want to see a powerful Goryeo state appear in the east of the Liao state? ”

What about dreaming?

Wu Haogu said quietly: "I don't want to!" My dynasty is the brotherly state of Liao! ”

What does that mean?

Wu Yanzhong repeatedly heard the argument of "the state of the Song Liao brothers", and he was also a little confused.

Could it be that it is the old party that is in power in the Great Song Dynasty now? Or does the current Great Song official family really have no ambitions?

If this is the case, the battle between the Goryeo Kingdom and the female straight must always pay attention to the attitude of the Khitans.

Wu Haogu looked at the change in the expression on Wu Yanzhong's face from the corner of his eyes, and he was thinking about how to use the upcoming Goryeo-Nüzhi War to strengthen the trust and friendship between Song and Liao...... Wu Haogu really wanted Song Liao to become a brother, and he was also a brother!

In this way, after Brother Yanxi "dies", Brother Zhao Ji can legitimately inherit the inheritance!

Why did the Great Song Dynasty want to go north to Yanyun? Can't you inherit Yan Yun? Anyway, Da Liao is dead, they are dead, and Da Song just accepts the inheritance, how good is this!

Of course, it is best for the Goryeo Kingdom to win over Ze, to be an ally in the future, and to deal with the Jurchens together...... The current Goryeo is not the useless Korean kingdom that came later.

"Actually......" Wu Haogu said as he considered his words, "Da Liao may not be willing to see Goryeo and Nuzhi go to war.

After all, Goryeo is a country of agriculture and etiquette, and it is different from a female straight person! For the Khitan, the harm of female straightness is the real trouble of the heart! ”

Is it a problem for a woman?

Wu Yanzhong would not hold such an opinion, in his mind that coming to Goryeo was the great trouble of the Khitan. Nuzhi is just a barbarian tribe, and even if she can fight, she is similar to Mogusi, and she is not the opponent of the Khitans after all. The Goryeo Kingdom is a powerful country that has been established for more than 200 years, and has defeated the Khitan in history.

Moreover, the current national strength of the Kingdom of Goryeo has developed to its peak, and there is a holy monarch in power, not only planning the Northern Expedition, but also preparing for Nanping Tamna to dominate the sea. There is a good chance that it will become the second in Goguryeo in the future!

"By the way," Wu Haogu suddenly asked at this time, "Wu Langzhong, there is an island country named Tamna in the sea between the Great Song Dynasty, Goryeo and Japan, right?" ”

"Tamna?" Wu Yanzhong replied, "That is a vassal of our country, and it has paid tribute to our country for generations. ”

"Oh." Wu Haogu nodded, "Got it." ”

Tamna is actually Jeju Island, and now it is not the territory of Goryeo, but a vassal country! However, the date of the fall of the Tamna Kingdom is also near, unless it can be interfered with by the Yuntai Academy......