Ye Qihucheng couldn't help but said: "It's not that the Song people are cowardly, but that the cowardly literati among the Song people have become rulers, so they are cowardly. The warriors among the Song people are also extremely terrifying and awe-inspiring! For example, he has become the leader of the Yanyun Army now. Yang Yanzhao's family army and Cao Jun's group, the bravery of these people are very admirable to us Khitan people! They are not inferior even to Yan Yun's army!"
The middle-aged man was very disapproving, smiled and said: "This just shows that the Song Dynasty cannot retain warriors! Cowardly literati are not worth mentioning and vulnerable! If the Song people dare to send troops to Jiangbei, then they will surely see The invincible power of the Japanese Army!"
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled coldly, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Your navy and army, one to attack Shandong, one to attack the Huaihe River, who is the leader and who is the deputy?" The middle-aged man said: "No. The two generals are the commander and deputy, and the two generals are the commander at the same time." Yeqi Hucheng said: "Without a commander, if an emergency occurs, wouldn't it be impossible to coordinate and cause chaos?"
The middle-aged man said: "The king is overly worried. General Shimazu Shigehao led the naval fleet to attack Shandong. Apart from the Yanyun Navy, Shandong has no other forces worth mentioning. Now that the Yanyun Navy has been defeated, they have given up. At Changdao Water Village, our army is sure of victory. It is only a matter of time to completely annihilate the Yanyun Navy, so Shandong is already within our grasp; and General Ping Zhongsheng will lead an elite army of 100,000 to attack the two Huaihe Rivers, which should also be unstoppable. , there will never be any accidents.”
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned slightly and said: "You said Ping Chongsheng is leading the army? I heard that Ping Chongsheng is the eldest son of your Taizheng Minister Ping Qingsheng?" The middle-aged man nodded and smiled: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Yes, General Ping Zhongsheng is the eldest son of our Taizheng Minister."
Ye Qianhucheng smiled and said: "Shimazu Shigeo was promoted by your prince, and Taira Shigemori is Taira Kiyomori's eldest son. Doesn't this mean that the prince and Taira Kiyomori are competing for interests and credit?" The middle-aged man's expression changed. After a slight change, he returned to normal and said: "The king is joking! Whether he is a general promoted by His Highness the Crown Prince or the eldest son of the Taizheng Minister, they are all ministers of His Majesty the Emperor. How can they compete for benefits and credit? "
"Really? But I heard that the current Japanese emperor is just a puppet created by Taira Kiyomori. I'm afraid Taira Kiyomori is dissatisfied and suspicious of the current crown prince's actions, right?"
The middle-aged man laughed dryly and said: "What the king heard is completely a rumor and cannot be taken seriously!"
Ye Qian Hucheng saw the middle-aged man's face in his eyes and knew in his heart that the information about the Japanese he had obtained before was true, but there was one thing he didn't understand: 'Since the Japanese emperor is just a puppet of Taira Kiyomori, then Taira Kiyomori Why did Chiang Saen sit back and watch the prince develop his power and become bigger and bigger? ' After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out, so I stopped thinking about it and thought to myself: The internal situation in the Japanese country is very complicated, and there may be drastic changes at some point!
The middle-aged man saw the thoughtful look on Ye Qian Hucheng's face and was worried that the other party would ask questions that he could not answer again. He quickly asked: "Just now, the king said that he has no objection to our Japanese army occupying Shandong and Huaihe Rivers. I wonder if that's true." Does this count as agreeing to our request?"
Ye Qian Hucheng nodded and said: "I promise you, as long as you can eat it!"
The middle-aged man took out two already written agreements from his arms, took a step forward, placed them in front of Yeqi Hucheng, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this is the agreement we have written, and it has been stamped by Ping Qingsheng. As long as the king stamps the treasure seal, this agreement will be effective!"
Seeing that the two agreements were written in Chinese characters, and he didn't recognize any of them, Ye Qihucheng handed the agreement to Han Chang, the Han general beside him, and said, "Look carefully." Han Chang took it with both hands. After reading the agreement carefully, he said to Ye Qian Hucheng: "Your Majesty, it says that after discussion, both parties agreed that the Japanese would occupy Shandong and the Huaihe River area, and no objections could be raised after the war. The contents of the two agreements are the same. ." Ye Qian Hucheng nodded, took the agreement from Han Chang, put it in front of him, then took his treasure seal, and stamped the treasure seal on the lower left side of both agreements. Then he picked up one of them and handed it to the Japanese envoy.
The Japanese envoy quickly took the agreement with both hands, carefully looked at the seal of Yeli Hucheng, couldn't help but smile, folded it and hid it close to his body. He bowed to Ye Qi Hucheng and said, "If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave." Ye Qi Hucheng nodded. The Japanese envoy bowed and exited the tent.
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled coldly. Han Chang said angrily: "The appetite of the Japanese is really too big. Not satisfied with annexing Shandong, they actually want to annex the entire Lianghuai region!" The other generals also looked very dissatisfied and cursed the Japanese one after another. Ye Qi Hucheng sneered and said: "Let them annex the Huaihe River, it is best to conflict with the Song people, this will be beneficial to us!"
The Japanese envoy came out of the tent, got on his horse, led a few followers and galloped out of the military camp, and galloped towards the east. A follower asked: "Sir, has the Yeqi Hucheng agreed to our plan?" The Japanese envoy smiled proudly and said: "This is just to inform them that Shandong and Lianghuai are already in our possession. , whether they agree or disagree, it will not have any impact at all! That Yeli Hucheng is a smart man and must have seen this, so he has no objections to our proposal!" Several followers Hearing this, they were all very happy and very proud. A follower said very proudly: "Our country is now so powerful that even the powerful Khitan people are very afraid of it!" Everyone nodded with deep understanding.
His eyes turned to Fengshengzhou. Han Derang, the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, stood at the door of the hotel hall, looking at the stars and moon in the sky in a daze, frowning slightly. Han Derang was originally ordered to lead an envoy to Tianjing New City to discuss further cooperation with Yan Wang Yang Peng to deal with the Japanese. However, a sudden earthquake completely changed this plan. The Liao Kingdom suddenly shook hands with the Japanese and made peace. Hundreds of thousands of troops broke into the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun with lightning speed. The former Enemies become friends, former friends suddenly become enemies, the world is so unpredictable! Just when Handerang led the envoy to Fengsheng Prefecture, an order from the Queen Mother suddenly came from Zhongjing, canceling the plan to send the envoy to Tianjing New City, and ordered him to return to Zhongjing immediately to wait for dispatch, so he and his envoy stopped In order to move forward, we temporarily returned to Fengshengzhou City, preparing to take a short rest before returning to Zhongjing.
Handerang couldn't help but sigh. At this time, a follower walked in quickly, came to Han Derang, bowed and said: "Sir, I just received the news that our seven-way secret envoy has successfully entered the territory of Yanyun." The Khitans have launched an all-out war with Yanyun. , and the Queen Mother has already ordered Handerang to withdraw, why would Handerang still send seven secret envoys? It turned out that Han Derang saw the outbreak of a full-scale war between the two sides, so he considered how to assist the frontal battlefield. He thought of a way to instigate rebellion! At present, some generals and local high-level officials in Yanyun were actually officials or generals of the Liao Kingdom, such as Guo Tong. Guo Tong was originally a general of the Liao Kingdom. He later surrendered to Yanyun and was later surrendered by Yang Peng and became the leader of the Yanyun Army. On the inside, he played the leading role in the Yanyun Army's battle to seize Yanmen Pass, and later became an important general of the Yanyun Army. Now Guo Tong has been entrusted with the important task of serving as the envoy of Xuanwei in northern Shaanxi and holding great power.
There is also Zhang Xiaochun, who was originally the Taiyuan guard in the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, he surrendered to the Khitans and became the Taiyuan guard of the Khitans. Now he is the deputy Xuanwei envoy of Yanyun Shanxi. There are many situations like this. In Handerang's view, these are all forces that can be instigated and exploited. We don't expect all of them to be instigated, but as long as one or two or two or three of them are successfully instigated, it will be enough. The uproar within Yanyun can obviously play a huge role in shaking the morale of Yanyun's military and people.
Handerang nodded after listening to his entourage's words, and couldn't help but sigh again. Seeing Handerang's worried look, the entourage thought he was worried about the Seventh Secret Envoy, and said, "The Seventh Secret Envoy is a cautious and meticulous person, and there will definitely be no trouble!"
Handerang shook his head and said: "I'm not worried about them. It's best if they succeed. Even if they don't succeed, there won't be any bad effects. I'm worried about this war!..."
The entourage was even more confused and said: "The imperial army has swept across the entire Yanyun. At present, only Yanjing is struggling to support the sixteen states of Yanyun. I believe it will not take long! I heard that King Yang of Yanyun Peng is in Yanjing City. If he is captured or killed in this battle, our army may be able to sweep the entire Yanyun in one fell swoop! Besides, I heard that the Japanese army has also been dispatched, and the defeat of the Yanyun army is certain! Why, sir? Should you worry?"
Han Derang sneered: "Yan Yun's defeat has been decided? How can it be so easy! Yang Peng is not an ordinary opponent. He is a great hero. Just like Cao Cao, there is no way to say who will win until the last moment. Defeated!" The entourage was very disapproving, but since the master said this, as a subordinate, it was naturally difficult for him to refute.
Handerang thought: "It's better for me to stay in Fengshengzhou now!" Then he turned around and walked into the hall, walked behind the desk, picked up the pen, wrote a letter, dried the ink, folded it, and put it in envelope. He wrote on the envelope, "I would like to submit it to the Empress Dowager for her royal reading." He immediately put down his brush, handed the letter to his attendants, and ordered: "Immediately send a reliable fast-horse messenger back to Zhongjing and deliver it to the hands of the Empress Dowager!" The attendants bowed! He accepted the promise, took the letter with both hands, and ran down.
His eyes turned back to Yanjing. Early in the morning, the Khitan army's war drums and horns sounded loudly. The Khitan army lined up outside the south gate as before, preparing to attack the city.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
