Li Tianhao once again came to Yanjing as the envoy of Xixia. When he entered Yanjing City, he saw that the population was at its peak, merchants gathered, and the prosperity seemed to be higher than when he came last time. He couldn't help but marvel in his heart, and felt that the development of Yanyun was really
It can be said that he has made great progress with each passing day! Then a burst of fear came into his heart. Yan Yun was already very powerful and developed so rapidly. If time goes by, will anyone in the world be able to fight against him?
Li Tianhao turned his head and saw a three-story teahouse on one side of the street. It was bustling with people. Li Tianhao suddenly felt something in his heart.
The group followed Yan Yun's reception official into the guest house and settled down.
Later that day, Li Tianhao received the summons from King Yan, so he changed into his official robe, carried his credentials and followed Yan Yun officials to the lobby of King Yan's palace. At this time, King Yan Yang Peng sat high on the throne, and several civil and military officials lined up on the left and right.
Li Tianhao basically saw them all when he came here last time.
"On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Xia, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to His Majesty the King of Yan!" Li Tianhao bowed and said, looking much more respectful than the last time he came. This is how it is between countries.
All this is bullshit. Only whoever has a strong fist can gain respect and who is the boss. The winner is a prince and the loser is a bandit. If you lose, even if your morals are extremely high, you are just a bandit. If you say you are a bandit, you are a bandit.
, if the Yanyun Army had been defeated in the Battle of Hedong before, haha, I'm afraid Li Tianhao would have a different face now.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I also greet your Majesty the Emperor."
"It's His Royal Highness King Yan!" Li Tianhao then held up the credential, "This is our country's credential. Please read it over to His Highness King Yan." Jiang Li immediately went down to the hall, took the letter of credence, and came back to forward it to Yang Peng.
Yang Peng picked up the credentials, opened it, read it again, smiled slightly, put down the credentials, and said to Li Tianhao: "Peaceful coexistence is my wish, but it is a pity that some people in your country always like to use weapons rashly, but in the end it is not harmful.
He killed himself!" Li Tianhao was quite embarrassed. Yang Peng said again: "Since your country wants to make peace, I naturally have no reason to disagree." Li Tianhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and saluted: "The benevolent and righteous demeanor of King Yan is really impressive.
I admire you!"
Qian Neitian said: "If your country wants to make peace, it can't just be a matter of one sentence. What conditions do you plan to use in exchange for peace?"
Li Tianhao said: "Our country is willing to surrender to Yan Yun all the people it has robbed in recent years, with a total number of more than 200,000, as a sign of sincerity in making peace. And we hope that the King of Yan can surrender the people in Hexi
All the land will be returned to our country as Yanyun’s sincerity in making peace.”
Qian Letian sneered: "This is too cheap! There are four to five million people in the three states of Hexi, a lot of land, and a lot of wealth. Your country actually wants to exchange more than 200,000 plundered people back. Your country
What a good calculation, I'm afraid nothing is so cheap in the world!"
Li Tianhao said: "The three states in Hexi are originally our country's land..."
"The three states in Hexi, including actually all the land in Xixia, have always been the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty!" Yang Peng said calmly.
Li Tianhao said: "Those are all things in the past. Our country of Daxia has been established for a long time. The emperor of the Central Plains at that time has recognized it, so our Daxia no longer belongs to the Central Plains Dynasty! As for the three states in Hexi, since they were previously occupied by the Khitans, then
It belongs to the Khitan people. Later, the Khitan people gave it to us, Daxia, so it naturally belongs to us, Daxia! King Yan is a great hero, so he will not use forceful words!" Li Tianhao hoped that these words would stop Yang Peng.
But Yang Peng didn't buy his blame. Yang Peng was only practical. He didn't care whether a hero was a hero or not. He wouldn't be a hero without any benefit. "Not just in Hexi, but in the whole of Shaanxi and Gansu, we have never recognized it."
The land that belongs to the Khitan people and their ancestors will be taken back sooner or later!" Li Tianhao couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he heard Yang Peng's unwavering words. Yang Peng glanced at Li Tianhao and said, "You Xixia people shouldn't be idiots. Are you looking at this?
If the Khitans don't come out, handing over those lands to you is just a plan to bring disaster to Jiangdong? You are unwilling to let go of this hot potato, do you think you can compete with me, Yan Yun?"
Li Tianhao said proudly: "I have been in Xixia for more than a hundred years, and I have millions of armors. If I fight back with all my strength, even Yanyun will be hard-pressed to resist! It's just that His Majesty the Emperor of our country does not want people to die, but it is not because he is afraid of Yanyun! King Yan, please don't bully others too much.
!" Yelu Hanyu, who was dressed in military uniform, yelled angrily: "How outrageous!" But Li Tianhao was unyielding.
Yang Peng smiled faintly, "Xixia has eaten the bait of the Khitans and is unwilling to let go. Let's do this. You and I each take a step back. We don't ask you for Shaanxi and Gansu, and you don't want to talk about the three states of Hexi.
, but the population that you have robbed must be returned."
Li Tianhao shook his head, "No, if we don't return the three states of Hexi, we can't return the people to you!" He glanced at Yang Peng and said, "It's like doing business, you can't just take the goods without paying the bills!"
Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "Don't make any mistake. It's not us who are asking you for peace, but you who are asking for peace from us! We have taken a step back, don't be ungrateful!" Li Tianhao said loudly: "Ruruotan.
If we don’t come together, our monarchs and ministers in Great Xia will surely fight back. That means millions of troops are approaching the river, huh..."
Yang Peng said calmly: "Don't always talk about your million-strong army. I really don't take it seriously! No matter how strong your million-strong army is, it can't be stronger than the million-strong army of Liao. After several fierce battles,
The Khitans have suffered a huge defeat. They even lost the Central Plains and Shanxi! To tell you the truth, the reason why I am willing to have peace talks with you is simply because our main target is the Khitans and not you Xixia. If you don’t know what to do,
You must say that millions of troops are approaching the river. Huh, I, Yan Yun, have no choice but to adjust the established policy from targeting Liao to targeting you Xixia! Change from destroying Liao to destroying Xixia!" The last sentence, Yang
Although Peng's tone was calm, the bloody meaning contained in it was chilling.
Li Tianhao couldn't help but feel flustered and was silent for a long time. Yang Peng said: "Our conditions are what I just said. Of course you agree, it doesn't matter if you disagree." Li Tianhao knew that it was useless to say anything, "I can't do this.
The decision must be reported back to His Majesty the Emperor of our country." Yang Peng nodded and glanced at Li Tianhao, "I will send an envoy back to Xixia with you to have a good discussion on this matter." "Yes. I will retire." Yang Peng nodded.
, Li Tianhao saluted Yang Peng and left.
Li Tianhao came out of Prince Yan's Mansion and let out a long sigh. He turned back and glanced at Prince Yan's Mansion. For some reason, he couldn't help but feel palpitations in his heart. He calmed down and boarded the car to go back to the hotel.
Halfway through the car, I lifted up the car curtain and looked outside. I saw that the shop next to me was crowded with people, and the streets were full of people. The noisy sound made me feel irritable.
After a while, a three-story teahouse not far away came into view. Guests were coming in and out, which was also a very lively scene. Li Tianhao's heart moved and he quickly shouted: "Stop!" The carriage stopped. Li Tianhao got off the carriage.
, looked at the teahouse in front of him, and said to a follower beside him: "Tell everyone to go back first." So the follower said to everyone: "You go back to the guesthouse first!" Everyone responded and went to the guesthouse. Li Tianhao led the way.
He walked into the teahouse with his entourage.
As soon as I entered the teahouse, my first feeling was: there are so many people! The first floor was already packed, with three or five guests sitting at each table, drinking tea and chatting, making it very noisy.
The two of them followed the stairs to the second floor. The second floor was also crowded and noisy. However, at this moment, several customers near the window paid and left, so the two of them walked over and sat down. Dr. Tea took a big rag.
He quickly wiped the table clean, then cleared away the tea soup and cups left by the guests in front of him, bowed and asked, "What do you two gentlemen want?"
Li Tianhao didn't mean it, so he said: "Whatever." Dr. Tea took a look at the clothes of the two people, said "wait a moment", and then went down to make arrangements. After a while, Dr. Tea held a pot of phase difference and a plate of peanuts.
The stack of fennel beans came back, he put it down on the table, said "use it while you can" and left.
The entourage immediately poured a full cup for Li Tianhao. Li Tianhao picked up the tea cup and took a sip. At this moment, a voice came from the table next to him: "Hey, our life is getting harder and harder!" Li Tianhao followed the sound and looked over.
, I saw that the people at the table were all young people who looked like scholars. If you just listen to one person's anger and no one takes it seriously, what great cause can you achieve? Don't look at the commotion now, I think it will be like that of Wang Mang, who will not be famous for long.
!" One person said with a self-deprecating smile: "It's not that we don't take scholars seriously, it should be said that we don't take Confucian scholars like us seriously!"
The first person said angrily: "If you don't take us Confucian scholars seriously, you don't take the saints of Confucius and Mencius seriously! If you don't take the saints of Confucius and Mencius seriously, you are an unscrupulous person! What can an unscrupulous person do?
Do?"
The other person lowered his voice and said with fear: "Don't say this, it will be bad if others hear it!" The first person glared and said: "What are you afraid of? Don't we not be able to say what he did?"
The reason why Li Tianhao came to the teahouse was just to know something about Yan Yun. Now that he heard that these Confucian scholars were quite dissatisfied with King Yan in their words, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. At this time, he heard one of them say: "We are now
It's 'people have to bow their heads under low eaves'! Hey, saying this just makes you more depressed, drink tea, drink tea!" Then there was a sound of drinking tea.
Li Tianhao thought for a while, stood up and walked over, clasping his fists and saying: "Young masters, please be polite." The Confucian scholars turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing exotic clothes, but they didn't take it to heart. They didn't
It can be seen that Li Tianhao is wearing the official robe of Xixia. After all, the color and style of the official robe of Xixia and the official robe of Yanyun and the imperial court are so different that ordinary people cannot tell it at all.
Several Confucian scholars bowed their hands to Li Tianhao, and one of them, a handsome Confucian scholar wearing a black Confucian shirt, said: "Sir, what advice do you have?" Li Tianhao said with a smile on his face: "I am from Dangxiang, and I have admired the culture of the Central Plains for a long time, so I came to the Central Plains specially.
Study, seeing that all the gentlemen are scholars, so I took the liberty to come to meet you!" Several Confucian scholars laughed, and the dignified Confucian scholar in black sighed, "Sir, you are really interested, but it's a pity that you have come to the wrong place! You have to study.
Chinese culture should go to Bianjing, not here!"
Li Tianhao looked very puzzled, "I don't know why? I heard that King Yan is a great hero. He thought that coming to China would bring the essence of Chinese culture, so he didn't want to come thousands of miles away. But why did the young master say that I shouldn't come here?
Woolen cloth?"
A skinny Confucian scholar in white sneered: "The culture that even you foreigners yearn to admire is just a piece of cake for King Yan. Are you in the wrong place?" The Confucian scholar in black glared at the Confucian scholar in white:
"Stop talking nonsense!" The scholar in white knew that he had made a mistake and quickly closed his mouth, feeling quite uneasy.
Li Tianhao asked curiously: "From what this young master said, it seems that King Yan doesn't care about scholars?"
The scholar in black said: "You can't say that." He looked at Li Tianhao and said, "There is no need to ask too many questions about these things, as they are of no use to you. In short, if you want to learn Chinese culture, it is better to go to Bianjing.
But if you’re doing business, you can’t go wrong by coming to Yanyun!”
Li Tianhao saw that the scholar in black was very wary and knew that he could not ask anything, so he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master, for informing me." The scholar in black clasped his fists and said, "You're welcome!" Li Tianhao returned to his seat at the table and drank.
Tea started to think about it. Early the next morning, Qian Letian came to the guest house and met Li Tianhao. After the two sides exchanged a few words, Qian Letian said: "Our envoy has been prepared. I wonder when your Excellency will set off?" Li Tianhao said:
"Of course the sooner the better. I will go and say goodbye to His Highness King Yan!" Qian Letian waved his hand, "No need, King Yan left Yanjing early this morning." "Oh? I wonder where King Yan went?"
Qian Letian said: "Went to Yuguan." Li Tianhao was very surprised. He naturally knew that Yuguan was one of the key passes at the junction of the north and the pass. He didn't understand what King Yan's intention was in going to Yuguan at this moment? He has now
Subconsciously, he regards Yan Yun as his enemy, so Yan Yun's every move will arouse his special attention and thinking.
"What is Master Li thinking about?" Qian Letian asked. Li Tianhao came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Nothing." Then he frowned and asked, "Should I wait until King Yan comes back before leaving?"
Qian Letian smiled and waved his hands and said, "There's no need for that! King Yan told you before he left that he wants me to greet you all on behalf of King Yan!" Li Tianhao nodded and said, "Then you'll have a hard time!" After a pause, "I plan to do it tomorrow.
We will set off back to Daxia early in the morning." Qian Letian nodded, "Okay, I will see you off tomorrow."
Then he stood up. Li Tianhao also stood up quickly. Qian Letian clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Li, have a good rest. I'll take my leave." "I'll see you off, sir." Then he and Qian Letian left the guest house, and the two of them were at the gate.
Saying goodbye, Qian Letian boarded the carriage. Li Tianhao looked at Qian Letian's carriage with a thoughtful look on his face.
Yang Peng and his party entered Yuguan and went straight to the gate of the Yuguan camp. Lin Chong and others who had just received the news rushed out of the gate to greet them. Yang Peng got off his horse and walked into the gate surrounded by everyone.
In the lobby, Yang Peng stepped forward, turned around, and all the generals worshiped together: "Greetings to His Highness King Yan!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "Brothers, you don't have to be polite!" Everyone felt warm in their hearts, straightened up, and looked at Yang Peng. Yang Peng sat down, and when he saw everyone standing, he said: "Everyone, please sit down.
!" Everyone sat down. Yang Peng looked at Liu Zhiliang and asked: "Liu Zhiliang, is there anything new in Korea?"
Liu Zhiliang clasped his fists and said: "I just received news this morning that the princess of Liao led an army to repel the Japanese army that besieged Xijing in Goryeo. The Japanese army retreated sixty miles, and now the two armies are confronting each other. According to intelligence, the Japanese are constantly coming from the country.
Mobilizing troops and supplies to Goryeo, the exact number is unknown, we only know a lot."
Yang Peng looked thoughtful and asked, "Is there any news from the martial arts practice?" Liu Zhiliang shook his head, "Not yet." Yang Peng said, "As soon as there is any news from the martial arts practice, let me know." "Yes.
"
Yang Peng glanced at the generals and said with a smile: "You all go and do your own thing. There is no need to accompany me, an idler." Everyone smiled, and Liu Zhiliang said to the generals: "Everyone, go and do your own thing!
"Everyone bowed to Yang Peng and exited the hall. Liu Zhiliang turned back to Yang Peng and said: "I will immediately pack up the camp for my elder brother to live in!"
Yang Peng waved his hand, stood up and walked to Liu Zhiliang, smiling: "We have set up a military camp outside the city, I can live there." "But..." Yang Peng said: "It's too hot in the city, it's still the city.
It's cooler outside. If you have anything, come and report to me outside the city." Seeing Yang Peng's insistence, Liu Zhiliang said nothing more and agreed with his fists clasped.
Yang Peng and his party left Yuguan on horseback and came to a camp on the outskirts. The camp was located on the bank of a creek, in a pine forest, and surrounded by a green screen-like mountain range. Although the sun was scorching, the camp was still peaceful.
But it is very cool. A gust of wind blows, and the coolness carries the fragrance of fragrant grass and green water, which makes people feel particularly comfortable from the skin to the internal organs.
Yang Peng returned to his tent and saw Yelu Hanyu kneeling at the desk not far away, preparing a kind of food unique to the grassland. Yelu Hanyu changed out of Han Chinese clothes and put on a dress unique to Khitan women.
The attire is less feminine, but more wild. At this moment, Yelu Hanyu really looks like a Khitan woman waiting for her husband to return in a tent.
Yang Peng felt tenderness in his heart, walked forward, knelt down next to her, and kissed her cheek, "Why are you alone here? Where are the others?" Yelu Hanyu said with a smile: "
It was a rare trip for them, so they were so happy that they went sightseeing!" The two people were talking about Chai Yonghui, Yang Tong, Zhao Jinxi and others, as well as the princess Zhao Lihua. That day, everyone heard that Yang Peng was going to Yuguan, and they all
Very depressed, Yang Peng naturally felt uncomfortable when he saw this scene. Suddenly, he had an idea and thought that there was no danger in going to Yuguan and the distance was not too far. Why not take them all with him? He had done something and enjoyed the sights at the same time.
, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds? Thinking of this, Yang Peng told the girls his idea, and the girls were all overjoyed when they heard it. So Yang Peng went to Yuguan this time, and all the princesses from the Yan Palace also came
.The reason why Yang Peng did not live in the camp but in the camp outside was to make it easier for everyone to play.
While the two were talking, a woman's voice came from outside the tent. The voice should be Zhao Lihua.
The two of them looked toward the door, and saw the curtain lifted, and three graceful women walked in. The one at the head was Zhao Lihua, and two personal maids followed behind her. When Zhao Lihua saw Yang Peng, she was very happy.
She wanted to go up and talk to him, but she controlled her impulse. After all, Yelu Hanyu was present. She was embarrassed and unwilling to show too much enthusiasm. Yingying bowed: "I have met King Yan!"
Yang Peng walked up to Zhao Lihua, helped her up, and said with a smile: "It's not a formal occasion, so there's no need to be so polite!" Zhao Lihua glanced at Yelu Hanyu and smiled slightly, "Brother, I'm going to help Princess Yelu prepare lunch."
Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Zhao Lihua came to Yelutli's side and said with a smile, "Princess Yelutli, let me help you." Yelutli smiled, "Okay," and pointed to the person next to him.
Bucket of milk, "Please ask Princess Lihua to boil the milk and give it to me for use." Zhao Lihua agreed, and then asked two palace maids to carry the bucket of milk down. Several women were doing manual labor, delicate and timid.
The appearance is really unique and charming.
Just as the three people left, two more people came in, sisters Jin Xiuying and Jin Xiuwen, carrying a bucket of water. Putting down the bucket, the two women wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and then they saw Yang Peng.
He quickly bowed: "I have met His Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng asked with a smile: "What did you do?" Jin Xiuying said: "Following the instructions of the princess, I went to get some water." At this time, Yelu Hanyu called out.
"Bring the water here quickly!" the two women responded, and immediately worked together to lift the bucket of water to Yelu Hanyu's side, and then got busy under Yelu Tri's command.
Yang Peng felt that he, a grown man, couldn't just watch the women do their work, so he rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll help too. What do I do?" Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Peng while working and said with a smile, "
Why are you, a grown man, doing this! Just don’t get in the way here, go out for a walk, come back during dinner, I’ll keep it as a surprise for you!”
Yang Peng chuckled. Yelu Hanyu turned his head and concentrated on his work, instructing the Jin sisters to do this and that from time to time. Seeing that he could not help, Yang Peng left the tent. He came to the creek and walked along the
As he walked along the stream, he couldn't help but think of the war that was happening in Goryeo. Yang Peng felt that things were really confusing! He smiled bitterly and couldn't help but sigh.
Li Tianhao and Yang Peng's envoys hurried on the road and soon arrived at the capital of Xixia. Immediately, the two sides began a new round of bargaining. The right prime minister rushed back to the mansion, wrote a secret letter, and called his confidants,
He was ordered to immediately send him to the barracks of General You. After receiving the secret message from Prime Minister You, General Li Yuanzhong immediately led his 100,000 troops to leave Jianing Military Division and secretly go south, heading directly to Yan'an Prefecture.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.