Snow-capped mountains, palaces, grasslands, melodious pastoral songs in the distance, bustling markets nearby, goshawks circling in the blue sky, rivers meandering on the grasslands, this is the capital of Tibet, Luoxe City, which is now Lhasa
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Yanyun envoy Fan Yong stood by the window on the second floor of the guest house, looking at the scenery outside the window with a thoughtful expression on his face. The sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him brought him back from his thoughts. He turned around
When I came, I saw my deputy Wang Changshan running over with a letter. Wang Changshan saluted Fan Yong and handed the letter over: "An urgent letter from home!" Fan Yong took the letter, looked at the cover, and saw that it said
With the four characters "Fan Yong personally signed it", he opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, handed the envelope to Wang Changshan's hand, unfolded the letter paper and read it again. A look of joy suddenly appeared on his originally serious face, and he couldn't help shouting: "Mr.
Well! Our army has won a great victory!"
Wang Changshan's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "Sir, what is the situation in Xixia?"
Fan Yong walked back and forth excitedly and said: "Our army marched from the north to the south and defeated Xixia one after another. Not long ago, the army broke through Xingqing Mansion in one fell swoop. The Emperor and Queen Mother of Xixia were all captured. Our army won a complete victory.
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Wang Changshan did not expect that the performance would be so brilliant. He was so pleasantly surprised that he couldn't help but said: "This is really great!"
Fan Yong stopped, picked up the letter and read it, frowning slightly and said: "But there is another news." He walked to the window, looked at the majestic Tubo Palace not far away, and said: "Our army is here
After occupying Xingqing Mansion, the war cavalry continued to rush towards the southwest, sweeping away the enemy forces, and at the same time captured the Xishou Baotai Army Division and Zhuoluo and Nan Army Divisions one after another, with the frontline pointing directly at Xiliang Mansion!"
Wang Changshan said puzzledly: "This is a good thing. Why do you have a worried look on your face?"
Fan Yong turned around and asked with a smile: "Do you know who our army encountered Zhuoluo and Nanjun in Xishou Baotai Military Division?" Wang Changshan was very surprised when he heard Fan Yong ask this.
:'Aren't the enemy troops in the Xishou Baotai Army Division, Zhuo Luo and the Nan Army Division Xixia people?' Suddenly my heart moved, and I said anxiously: "Is it possible, is it possible that they are actually Tubo people? How is this possible?"
Fan Yong nodded, "You guessed it right!" Then he frowned and thought: "Why he became a Tubo is not explained in the letter. But I guess that it was probably the Xixia people who gave it to the Tubo people on their own initiative.
, Humph, we want to divert the attention of the trouble to the south and let us fight with the Tubo people so that they can get a chance to breathe! It is quite smart, but it is a pity that Tubo does not have the qualifications!" Wang Changshan snorted coldly and said: "The Xixia people are
Wishful thinking! Since the letter says that our army has already invaded Xiliang Mansion, maybe Xiliang Mansion has been captured by our army at this time, and Xixia has been completely destroyed!"
Fan Yong shook his head, "No. King Yan has ordered all armies to stop attacking."
Wang Changshan was very surprised and asked: "Why is this? Our army is overwhelming and the enemy's army is defeated like a mountain. Isn't it a great opportunity to conquer Xixia in one go?"
Fan Yong said: "You only know one but not the other. Our army is indeed overwhelming, but there is one difficult thing, and that is the problem of food and grass." Wang Changshan was stunned. If Fan Yong hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about it.
Just listen to Fan Yong continue: "The food and grass raised by our army before the war has been almost consumed, and the army will no longer be able to conquer in a short time. If it were not for the food and grass constraints, we would have swept away the Xishou Baotai Army Division, Zhuoluo and Nan
The military commander will never have only 20,000 war cavalry, it will be a force of thunder and lightning, and in an instant, the remnants of Xixia will be wiped out!"
He walked to the Tubo table and sat down, read the letter again, and folded the letter. Upon seeing this, Wang Changshan quickly handed over the envelope. Fan Yong took the envelope, put the letter paper into the envelope, and then put the envelope
On the small table at hand, he raised his head and said to Wang Changshan: "King Yan wants us to stabilize Tubo as much as possible and do our best to destroy the possible peace between Tubo and Xixia." Wang Changshan nodded thoughtfully.
At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from the stairs. The two of them looked towards the stairs together, and saw the secret guard team leader responsible for guarding them running up, clasping his fists and saying: "Sir, the Tubo Emperor has sent someone.
, waiting below now."
Fan Yong and Wang Changshan looked at each other. Fan Yong stood up, bent down and picked up the letter on the table, handed it to Wang Changshan, and ordered: "Keep it carefully." Wang Changshan took the letter, acknowledged it, and then
He walked to an exquisite small wooden box nearby, took out the key, opened the copper lock, opened the lid, and put the letter inside. There were also some documents-like things in the small wooden box. Wang Changshan put the letter and closed it again.
Lid, lock the copper lock, and keep the key close to your body.
Fan Yong, accompanied by the captain of the secret guard team, went to the living room below. He saw the waiting envoy. He walked up, smiled and clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long!" The envoy hurriedly replied.
He saluted and said: "Your Majesty, please invite your envoy to go to the palace for a while!" Fan Yong nodded, stretched out his hand and said: "Please lead the way!" The envoy nodded slightly, turned and left. Fan Yong said to the team leader
He said: "You stay here, I'll come back when I'm gone." Seeing the worried look on the squad leader's face, he smiled, patted his shoulder, and left.
Fan Yong came out of the guest house and boarded the carriage brought by the envoy. Then the carriage started and went straight to the palace.
Soon after, Fan Yong followed the envoy into the palace hall. Fan Yong glanced around the hall and saw the emperor and several important ministers there. Everyone looked gloomy. He had already received the document sent to him by Chen Xiao.
I wrote a letter, so I had a good idea of the situation in front of me.
He strode to the center of the hall, clasped his fists towards the Tubo Emperor who was sitting high above him and said, "Your Majesty!" The Tubo Emperor snorted angrily and said angrily: "I thought King Yan was a great hero, but I didn't expect him.
He betrayed his trust and stabbed someone in secret!!" Fan Yong naturally knew what was going on, but he pretended to be confused and said: "I don't understand what your Majesty means!"
The Tubo Emperor snorted again, turned to look at Prime Minister Zambala standing on the left, and said, "Tell him." Zambala bowed and agreed, then straightened up and said to Fan Yong: "We have an appointment.
Attack Xixia, but your army made a sudden plot and launched a surprise attack on our troops who occupied Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Nan Military Division. Our army was caught off guard and was defeated by you, and two pieces of land were snatched away by you!
"
The Tubo Emperor said angrily: "You are so dishonest that you betrayed your trust and attacked your allies! King Yan must give me an explanation, otherwise, otherwise..." He said two "otherwise"s in a row, but he did not come up with any explanation.
Fan Yong frowned and said: "I don't know about this, but according to the information I got before, the Xixia Army should be stationed in these two places!" He glanced at the Tubo Emperor and said, "I think the news your country got before is also the same.
!" The Tubo monarchs and ministers looked at each other and remained silent.
Fan Yong continued: "Now it is suddenly said that the defenders in these two places are not the Xixia army but the Tubo army. This is really confusing!" He glanced at the Tubo emperor and asked: "Is it possible that the Tubo army secretly negotiated with the Xixia army?
What agreement was reached? So that Xixia voluntarily gave up those two pieces of land?" Fan Yong called this "Zhu Bajie beats him up with a rake". He did this deliberately because he wanted to take the initiative in theory. In fact, in his heart, there is no relationship between allies.
The idea of treachery is very disapproving. There are no real allies in the world's struggle for supremacy. Everyone only unites for benefit, and will also divide for benefit. Morality here is an unrealistic illusion. Success will lead to princes and defeat, and they will become bandits.
That's the truth. Of course, these are things that we know very well but cannot express openly. For the sake of face, everyone has to be reasonable. Haha, it's a hypocritical game.
When the Tibetan monarchs and ministers heard each other say, "Did Tubo actually reach an agreement with his subordinates secretly?" their expressions changed and their expressions became very unnatural. However, these expressions only disappeared for a fleeting moment. However, Fan Yong
Having noticed the unnatural expressions on everyone's face, he thought in his mind: I was just raking the water to stir up the water, but now it seems that there is something really special about it!
I only heard the Tubo Emperor saying urgently: "Your Majesty, please don't talk nonsense! We, how could we have any contact with Xixia!" Zambala continued: "Your Majesty, please don't try to muddy the waters. Xishou Baotai Military Division and Zhuo
Luo and Nanjunsi were both captured by our army! However, Yanyun's army betrayed their trust and tore up their alliance, openly attacked their allies, and took away the land that should have belonged to us! In both circumstances and reason, Yanyun should have taken these two pieces of land.
Give it back to us!" All the ministers agreed.
Fan Yong smiled coldly, looked at the emperor, and said: "We Han people have a saying, 'If you don't want others to know, don't do anything except yourself'! Although your country denies secret contact with Xixia, our spies in various places in Xixia have found out.
You two have made contact! I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor has to say about this?" Fan Yong said so confidently that it made people feel as if Yan Yun knew everything. The Tubo monarchs and ministers couldn't help but become a little panicked, and they completely lost their enthusiasm to launch an attack to accuse them just now.
of momentum.
The emperor was at a loss and looked at Prime Minister Zambala. Zambala's heart was racing, and he felt that this matter could not be acknowledged in any case. No matter whether the other party really knew it or not, he had to hold on to the end even if he was acting rogue, otherwise he would not have the strength to challenge him.
There is no reason to explain, so how can we get along with Yan Yun? With this thought, he looked up at Fan Yong, glared and raised his eyebrows and said: "Your envoy's words are simply slander! I didn't expect that your envoy, as the envoy of Yan Yun, would talk such nonsense and confusion.
Black and white, it is really disgusting! King Yan is treacherous and has no reason, but he insists on using strong words to make excuses. How will the people of the world treat King Yan?" Other ministers also accused King Yan and Yan Yun.
Fan Yong stared at them and shouted: "How outrageous!" It was like a thunder exploded in the hall. The Tubo monarchs and ministers were startled, and the voices of accusations and curses suddenly stopped.
Zambala snorted and said loudly: "Nothing can be explained by a word of rationality. If you are rational, you don't have to speak loudly. Your envoy shouted so loudly. Is it because you are short of rational words?"
Fan Yong chuckled and said sarcastically: "The Prime Minister is really clever with his words. He confuses black and white and calls deer into horse, but he can be so upright and awe-inspiring. I admire you! You are obviously colluding with Xixia, but now you come to accuse us, Yan Yun, of betrayal!" See Zambala again.
When he wanted to speak, he waved his palm suddenly and said loudly: "You don't have to defend this matter. We already know the details. Besides, these are just disgusting!" Fan Yong saw that Zambala had made up his mind to mess around, so
There would definitely be no results if he continued to entangle. Instead, he might put himself in a disadvantageous position theoretically, so he decisively cut off the topic.
He turned to look at the Tubo Emperor and said: "We, Yan Yun, don't want to care about this matter. Does Tubo want to fall out with us, Yan Yun, by being so entangled?" This question was very angry and had an aggressive attitude.
The emperor quickly said: "Your envoy has misunderstood. How dare we, how dare we fall out with Yan Yun!..."
Seeing that the emperor spoke softly, Zambala quickly continued: "Since each matter has its own reasons, let's just let it go. Our Emperor, Your Majesty, invites your envoy to come here because he wants to bring peace to Xishou Baotai Military Commander, Zhuo Luo.
Talk to your envoy about the ownership of the two pieces of land in Nanjunsi. According to the previous agreement, whoever takes the land will belong to him. These two pieces of land were taken by our Tubo army soldiers on the battlefield, so according to the agreement, you should
Give it back to us! King Yan is a world-famous hero, so he probably won’t keep his word!”
Fan Yong said: "Of course King Yan means what he says! But this matter needs to be explained clearly. These two pieces of land were clearly handed over to you by you and Xixia during the peace agreement. Moreover, you did not send anyone to inform us afterwards. It was you who violated the covenant and left us."
First, our army will attack according to the plan and seize these two pieces of land without any problems!"
Zambala said angrily: "The facts are very clear, but why do you insist on making strong arguments? King Yan is not trustworthy, and I am afraid he will lose even more. Everyone in the world will lose trust in King Yan!"
Fan Yong said proudly: "The prime minister is clearly the one who made strong remarks! In order to cover up the peace with Xixia, he is entangled in this matter endlessly!" Then he glanced at the Tubo monarchs and ministers, and said angrily: "You Tubo people clearly violated the covenant first, my family
The King of Yan does not care about many of them. You just accept it when you see fit. You actually want to slander the King of Yan. It is reasonable to be strong and rude. What do you want? Do you have to force the King of Yan to be furious and raise an army?
Give up?"
There was silence in the main hall, and you could hear a needle drop. The Tubo monarchs and ministers were angry, frightened, and a little depressed. They felt that Yan Yun knew about the peace with Xixia. This was really an accident. It made sense.
Things can't be explained clearly now.
Zambara frowned and asked: "What do you mean by your envoy's words? King Yan does not intend to return the two places?" Fan Yong said categorically: "It is not your Tubo, so why should you return it? There is nothing wrong with this matter.
It's easy to discuss!" He looked at the Tubo Emperor and asked in a tone of indictment: "As for your private peace with Xixia and violation of the covenant, please give us an explanation! If there is no good explanation, it will definitely affect both of us.
of diplomatic relations!”
The Tubo Emperor felt a little overwhelmed and hurriedly looked at Zambala. Zambala quickly said: "I have already explained it just now. There is absolutely no such thing. What your envoy heard is just a rumor!"
Fan Yong glanced at Zambala and said to the emperor: "We both know whether this matter is true or not. Whether you admit it or not does not affect our judgment. Originally, King Yan did not want to pursue this matter, but
, Huh, you Tubo people are actually here to pester you endlessly. If this is the case, then you have to ask King Yan to reconsider whether to pursue this matter!"
The Tubo Emperor was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Since King Yan no longer intends to pursue this matter, it would be better for your envoy not to cause trouble!" When Zambala heard what the emperor said, he couldn't help but frowned and secretly screamed.
. Sure enough, Fan Yong sneered and said: "Your Majesty's words, don't you admit that you have made peace with Xixia?"
The Tubo Emperor was shocked and secretly blamed himself. However, the words had already been spoken and he could no longer deny it. He looked very embarrassed. Fan Yong softened his tone and said: "Of course, I think it is better to do less than to do more.
As long as you no longer dwell on the past, I will naturally be happy and relaxed, and will not say anything to King Yan that may cause additional trouble."
The Tubo monarchs and ministers were very depressed, and they felt that they were stealing the chicken but losing the rice. They felt that Yan Yun was a bit bullying, but they had nothing to say. Fan Yong saw that the other party's arrogance was suppressed by him, and said: "We Yan Yun
The king is not a person who does not take care of his friends! In view of the fact that Tubo has worked hard but achieved nothing, King Yan decided to open up the previously prohibited trade of iron, porcelain, silk, salt, and cloth!" After hearing this, the Tubo monarchs and ministers were all overjoyed. You must know that Tubo
It is rich in salt and cloth, but ironware and porcelain are in short supply, especially since there are no iron mines. Therefore, the demand for ironware can be said to be ravenous. The exquisite porcelain and silk produced in the Central Plains are luxuries that the Tubo nobles yearn for. Previously,
The reason why Chen Xiao banned the above trade with Tubo was out of considerations of suppressing Tibet, but now he decided to open these trades out of considerations of appeasement.
With Yanyun's current strength, he is naturally not worried about the alliance between Xixia and Tubo. However, if the two families really unite, it will undoubtedly add many obstacles to Yanyun's unification of the West. Appeasing Tubo to prevent Tubo from forming an alliance with Xixia will undoubtedly be a strategic step in unifying the West.
advantageous.
Fan Yong continued: "In addition, King Yan promised not to use troops in Xixia within one year. If Tubo can annex the entire Xixia within this year, King Yan will be happy to see it happen!" The Tubo Emperor was overjoyed and shouted anxiously.
He asked: "Does King Yan really mean what he said?" Then he asked: "Is King Yan willing to enter into a formal alliance with me, Tubo?"
Fan Yong smiled and said: "This is what King Yan means, and he is naturally willing to enter into this covenant!" The Tubo Emperor said: "Great, I will draft a document immediately and send someone to Yan Yun as an envoy."
Fan Yong said: "This is the best thing. King Yan has now returned to Tianjing New City. Your envoy can go directly to Tianjing New City." The Tubo Emperor nodded, "Okay!" Fan Yong saw that his goal had been achieved,
There was nothing more to say, so he clasped his fists and said, "If your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will go back and prepare for my return." The Tubo Emperor asked, "When will your envoy leave?" Fan Yong said, "Tomorrow morning.
." The Tubo Emperor thought for a moment and said to Fan Yong: "My envoy will come to see your envoy early tomorrow morning and will go to Tianjing New City with your envoy." Fan Yong nodded and said: "Okay." Then he hugged the Tubo Emperor and turned around.
went.
The Tubo Emperor let out a long breath, feeling that although he had not achieved the expected goal, he had gained a lot from what was lost. He glanced at Prime Minister Zambala, who was frowning and silent, and asked curiously:
"Why has Prime Minister been silent since just now?"
Zambara bowed slightly to the emperor and frowned: "Your Majesty, although it is beneficial to us to liberalize trade in ironware, porcelain and other trades, this is just to appease us..."
"I don't agree with what the Prime Minister said!" A low and hoarse voice suddenly interrupted Zambala. Everyone looked at the voice and saw that the person speaking was an old man with a thin face and a deep temperament. He was currently the most virtuous and respected old man in Tubo.
Noble, Hami.
Hami bowed slightly to the emperor and said: "Although what the Prime Minister said makes sense, I think Yan Yun's actions are mostly to make up for us. After all, with Yan Yun's current strength, even if we are completely different from Xixia,
The alliance cannot threaten them! Since it cannot threaten them, why should they worry about our alliance and appease us? So I think the reason for opening up trade is because King Yan felt that he owed us, so he used this to compensate us! This is a good thing, everyone must not
Random thinking turned a good thing into a bad thing! As for the promise not to attack Xixia within a year, this should be the same consideration! This is a great opportunity for us!"
The emperor was deeply convinced, and all the ministers talked about it, and they all felt that what Elder Hami said was very reasonable. Zambala frowned and said: "Promise not to attack Xixia within one year, but let us attack. I am afraid that the King of Yan will catch him."
The poisonous plan behind the cicada and the oriole!"
Hami laughed, looked at General Songhe, and asked: "General Songhe, given the current situation of Xixia, do we have any problems if our Tibetan warriors want to destroy them?" Songhe glanced at Zambala.
, said loudly: "The Prime Minister is overthinking! Almost all the elite main forces of Xixia have been annihilated by Yan Yun. What's the use of a few remnants of troops that are just hanging on now! With only one hundred thousand troops, the entire Xixia can be annexed within three months! There is no doubt about this.
!" Then he went to the emperor to invite the emperor to fight and said: "Your Majesty, please let the last general lead the army to quell the summer. The last general will be able to succeed immediately and live up to your majesty's trust!"
The emperor chuckled and said, "General Songhe is our number one warrior in Tubo, so he will succeed immediately! But the general is General Pingxi, and he serves as the commander-in-chief of Pingxia. I'm afraid..."
After listening to the emperor's intention, Songhe seemed to still want to let Zanbutai serve as the commander-in-chief of Pingxia. He couldn't help but ridiculed: "If General Zanbutai was really capable, he would not lose so much but be unable to capture an inch of land."
Yes!" The emperor frowned and said: "This matter will be discussed later. What needs to be discussed now is the candidate for the envoy Yan Yun!" As he said that, he glanced at everyone. Everyone deliberately avoided the emperor's gaze. Obviously, everyone
He was unwilling to trek thousands of miles hard. When the emperor saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.
Zambala suddenly came out, bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to make this trip as an envoy!" The emperor was overjoyed and said: "The prime minister has been on an envoy to Yanyun. If you are willing to go, that would be great.
No more! So I appointed the Prime Minister as the imperial ambassador to Yanyun, and I must let Yanyun feel the goodwill of our Tubo!"
What happened after all, let’s see the breakdown next time