bookrandom Chapter 965: Go and explain to the Lord of Liao
Chapter 965: Go and explain to the Lord of Liao
Chapter 965: Go back and explain to the Lord of Liao
After hearing Yelupo's words, Zhang Yue was quite pleased, thinking that the Khitan people were finally willing to be reasonable.
Yelu Po's statement indicated that the Emperor of Liao was deeply concerned about the Song Dynasty's construction of cavalry in Hebei.
Li Ping was deeply afraid that the Liao Kingdom would be upset and ruin the peace negotiation. He would not be able to explain to the officials when he returned, so he frequently winked at Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue ignored him.
In the Chanyuan Alliance, when Song Zhenzong heard that 300 million coins a year was a lot, he thought it was a lot at first, but he thought it was acceptable as long as he could buy peace. Later, when he heard that Cao Lili said it was 30 coins, he was completely moved. I was so happy.
The 30 yuan was the result of Kou Zhun's efforts for Cao Liang.
This is somewhat similar.
Zhang Yue said to Yelu Po: "It doesn't matter. My army swept across Qingtang in the northwest. I thought the horse soldiers were very good. Now they are deployed in Hebei. It is not because of your family."
Zhang Yue's words revealed a sense of confidence. The Song Dynasty had just won a victory in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, sweeping thousands of miles of land.
What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get it in negotiations.
This is the opposite truth that applies everywhere. In another time and space history, the Song Dynasty could not win the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, and shamelessly asked the Jin Dynasty for it. What happened in the end?
Not only was he beaten, but his face was also humiliated.
Yelupo pondered for a while. He was not shocked by Zhang Yue, but carefully weighed the pros and cons.
Just then, someone came in and whispered a few words to Zhang Yue.
When Zhang Yue heard this, he glanced at Yelupo and Xiao Xi. He had just learned the news that the Liao army invaded the border of our state, burned my house, and exchanged fire with the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers.
He also led his army into the Hengdu Valley and stationed himself on the border of the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, various Liao armies also repeatedly invaded the territory and had minor conflicts with the Song army.
Zhang Yue was speechless when he found out.
Yelvpo asked: "How can we talk about it?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Of course."
But at this time, Yelupo took the map of Song and Liao Dynasties, marked the location of Weizhou on the map, and expressed his willingness to give it to the Song Dynasty.It can be regarded as a sign that he was willing to admit defeat when he failed in the shooting competition with Zhang Yue, showing a very trustworthy person.
Li Ping on the side was overjoyed, because before he came, the officials had given him a secret order. Except for Huangwei Mountain in Yingzhou, all the boundaries of Yuzhou, Shuozhou and Wuzhou could be given away.
But now Yelvpo said that in addition to Huangwei Mountain, he was also willing to give up the territory of Yuzhou to the Song Dynasty. This was already a big surprise.
Li Ping immediately took a liking to Yelu Po and thought that the people of Liao were quite kind and kept their word.
Zhang Yue sneered secretly after hearing this, saying that he was very generous when he distributed the land of the Song Dynasty people to us Song Dynasty people.
Then Yelupo said with a stern face: "I have made my own decision. If you Song people are not satisfied with this, then you will never even want Huangwei Mountain in Yingzhou!"
Yelupo's words were very threatening.
You don't want to toast or eat fine wine.
Many Song Dynasty officials were deeply horrified, not to mention Li Ping, who was eager to complete the negotiations and deliver a message to the emperor.They all looked at Zhang Yue and hoped that he would simply agree to Liao's request this time, thus giving an explanation to the emperor.
Zhang Yue heard this and looked at Han Zhen and Li Ping on his left and right.
Both of them avoided his gaze. Li Ping looked away, but his expression still revealed a little bit of his thoughts. As for Han Zhen, who had obviously seen big scenes before, he didn't say a word.
At this moment, the sound of drums and bowstrings was still sounding outside the tent, and the warriors of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan people kept comparing their archery skills.Occasional cheers filtered into the tent.
Zhang Yue looked through the tent and saw a Khitan archer hit the bull's-eye. He immediately clapped his hands and said, "What a great arrow!"
As soon as Zhang Yue said this, Xiao Xi looked at Yelv Po as if he was the opponent, and Xiao Xi ignored Yelu Po's threat.
Yelupo's expression changed on the spot.
But I saw Zhang Yue snapping the case and saying: "I just learned that your country sent troops to invade Daizhou and Hengdu Valley, and stationed a large army in our Song Dynasty. I wonder whose intention this is? After all, you, the Liao Kingdom, are all sincere in negotiating. ? Taking advantage of the negotiation to invade our Song Dynasty, do you want to negotiate or fight? Can you two speak for your lord?"
While the two countries were still negotiating, the Liao army suddenly entered the Song Dynasty. Then I can doubt your sincerity in negotiating!
This incident was beyond Yelupo's expectation.
Then Yelupo immediately defended: "It's not because you Song people were so dilly-dallying during negotiations that my Lord lost patience."
Zhang Yueze said: "Since your lord has lost patience, then there is no point in talking, and the two sides will just start fighting. If your lord wants to talk, then please withdraw your troops and return to the country, but in the meantime we, the Song Dynasty, will also strengthen our troops."
Zhang Yue spoke in a slow tone and comforted Yelu Po, asking him to return to the Liao Kingdom first and ask the Liao Lord Yelu Hongji what he meant, and the two sides could talk next time.
Yelupo agreed immediately.
This kind of negotiation would not lead to results so easily, but he said: "Next time I come, I am afraid that what I said before will not count, or my lord will personally lead an army to greet you, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty."
Zhang Yue said: "I hope your envoy will work harder and make peace with both sides. I don't want to see Song and Liao fighting each other when the time comes."
Zhang Yue in turn threatened Liao with war.
Yelupo sneered after hearing this.
On that day Zhang Yue held a farewell banquet for Yelu Po.
The next day, Zhang Yue personally sent Xiao Xi to Yelu Po, and they returned directly from Zhending Mansion to Datong Mansion in Xijing, Liao Kingdom, where Yelu Hongji is now.
It was almost the end of the year, and it was freezing cold in Zhending Mansion.
Before leaving, Yelvpo was still arrogant and said: "Before, my country wanted to claim back the land of the Three Passes. It was my lord who repeatedly pressed for it, and then he asked me to change the realm to other places. If you Song people don't understand, you will miss my lord." If you have good intentions, you will regret it later.”
Zhang Yue said: "In the land of Sanguan, when Prime Minister Fu Bi went to the Liao Kingdom during the Qing Dynasty, he had already made it clear that if your country regrets it, we can first reduce the 20-year-old coin."
Yelu Po said angrily: "Xianggong Zhang, you have ignored our good intentions again and again, making it impossible for me to explain to my lord!"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't rush to say this. Wait until tomorrow, and you will know how to explain to your Lord. Take your leave."
Yelupo didn't understand what Zhang Yue meant. What did he mean by waiting until tomorrow?
That night the Khitan envoys stayed in the Song Dynasty for the whole night. They all felt that Zhang Yue was too ignorant of praise and did not understand the power of the Khitan cavalry. The two countries had not fought for a long time, which made the Song Dynasty forget the power of the Liao Kingdom.
But Yelupo remembered Zhang Yue's words and said nothing.
The next day, when they were on the road, they encountered the Song Army and Horse Army halfway up the road.
This horse army was extremely large, with a total of 3 to [-] people, and it marched from west to east.
After seeing this group of cavalry, Yelupo and the other Khitan envoys were all dumbfounded. Didn't it mean that the entire Song army only had [-] to [-] troops and horses at most?
So what happened to the horse army along the way?
And they all could see that this cavalry group was well-equipped and was obviously a division that had fought for a long time.
Only Yelupo understood what Zhang Yue meant.
In order to prepare for the war with the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty transferred tens of thousands of cavalry that had just leveled the Xihe River to Hebei for use. Yelupo, please take this back and explain it to the Lord of Liao.
(End of this chapter)