After Yang Yanzhao received the report, he still did not dare to be careless. It was not until he was sure that the main army of Xiliao had indeed withdrawn that he sent a fast horse messenger to Xingqing Mansion and sent a message to Bianliang.
Li Tongren, who was left behind in Xingqing Mansion, breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Yang Yanzhao's report. He immediately ordered his officials to spread the news of this great victory throughout Ningxia. Not long ago, there were Xixia aristocrats in various parts of Ningxia who instigated rebellions. With the help of Li Tongren's "Huaxu", they were well prepared and quickly put down the rebellions in various places. However, although the chaos was calmed down, undercurrents were still raging in various places. , the tense situation did not seem to have eased much. Because of this, Ningxia's military army did not transfer to the western front to support the regular troops in the battle. Now that Xiliao has retreated, the news has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Ningxia. Those nobles who were still hoping that Xiliao could invade to help them regain their country were disappointed, and the tense situation in various places was instantly resolved. Not only that, some party nobles who originally had rebellious intentions for the restoration of the country no longer had any hope for the restoration of the country, and sincerely defected to Yanyun. With the help of these people, the local governments in Yanyun arrested people accordingly. Countless party nobles who had previously conspired to rebel.
The arrests were carried out not only throughout Ningxia, but also in Tianjing New City. It turned out that among the high-ranking nobles from the original Xixia who moved to Daotianjing New City, many of them participated in the rebellion. Now that the Dongchuang Incident happened, all of them have become turtles in the urn. Those Xixia nobles who did not participate in the rebellion and only wanted to live a peaceful and happy life in Tianjing New City were extremely panicked and nervous when they saw this scene. They were only worried that those people's rebellion would implicate themselves! However, as the situation developed, these people quickly let go of their worries, because Yanyun only arrested those officials with solid evidence, but did not harass others.
Li Qingxia stood under the moon, looking up at the bright moon in the sky in a daze, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. A maid came behind her and said: "Master, Mrs. Hanhai is here to visit." Mrs. Hanhai was the last empress dowager of Xixia and the noble concubine of the first emperor of Xixia.
When Li Qingxia heard that Mrs. Hanhai was coming, her eyes showed joy and she quickly turned around. I saw a woman with a soft figure and a charming face wearing a long skirt in Hanfu walking towards her. Under the reflection of the moonlight, she looked like an illusion, like a real person, like a demon or a fairy. She was none other than Mrs. Hanhai Li Ruolan.
Li Qingxia greeted her and said happily: "Sister, I was just going to find you!" Li Ruolan smiled sweetly. When everyone sees this, they must feel strange. These two people could be said to be sworn enemies before. Li Ruolan naturally wants to get rid of Li Qingxia, and Li Qingxia also dreams of getting rid of this vixen who, in her opinion, has harmed the entire Daxia. Now this How come two people who are incompatible with each other become like sisters, and their relationship seems to be very harmonious? In fact, this is not surprising at all. The two women were originally hostile. To put it bluntly, it was just because of Xixia's power. Now Xixia no longer exists. They were in a foreign land and were both women. They naturally gradually became closer, and in the end they became I have become a good sister who can talk about everything. As for the previous hostility, for the two of them, it was as if it happened in the previous life and they no longer cared about it.
Li Ruolan held Li Qingxia's delicate hand and said with a smile: "I must have felt my sister's feelings, so I came here!" Li Qingxia smiled sweetly. The two held hands and walked along the small pond in the backyard. At this time, the moonlight is like a wash, the breeze is blowing, the water is sparkling, and the cicada frogs are chirping non-stop, making it a summer night scene.
Li Ruolan asked: "Sister, have you heard about recent events?" Li Qingxia frowned and nodded, saying: "Officials from various places have arrested many former party nobles who participated in the rebellion! Hey, they don't have much time left!" With a look of joy, he said, "Fortunately, Yan Yun did not take this opportunity to persecute our party members! Although those nobles should not do that, they still have a sincere heart for the previous dynasty!" Li Ruolan snorted, She said angrily: "What loyalty is, it's just for themselves!" Li Qingxia frowned.
Li Ruolan saw Li Qingxia's expression in her eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that my sister doesn't believe what she said! Hey, sister, you are an amazing hero among girls! Even if you are a hero like King Yan, defeating your sister is useless. A lot of strength! But sister, you have a big shortcoming, do you know?" Li Qingxia looked at Li Ruolan in confusion.
Li Ruolan turned to look at the night sky and said: "Sister, your shortcoming is that you are too kind! And you judge others by yourself. You always think too well of others and trust others too easily! Because of this, sister, you Only then did Li Tongren and the others plot against him!"
Li Qingxia frowned and nodded, turned to look at Li Ruolan, and said with a smile: "This is how my sister took advantage of me!" Li Ruolan smiled and nodded, glanced at Li Qingxia, and asked: "Sister, do you know how I bribed you back then? Li Tongren and the others?" Seeing her asking this, Li Qingxia couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Isn't it because my sister deceived them? Only in this way can Xixia be saved?" Li Ruolan pursed her lips and smiled, shook her head and said: "That's just a high-sounding statement to the outside world. ! In fact, the real situation is that I promised them countless benefits. To put it bluntly, it’s benefits! They were deceived by the benefits, so they betrayed their sister! Of course, I just said it beautifully! "
Li Qingxia didn't want to believe this and frowned tightly, but her reason told her that what Li Ruolan said was most likely the truth.
The two of them stopped, and Li Ruolan looked at the sparkling lake and said mockingly: "Now those nobles are rebelling. They say it is to regain Daxia and save the people from the fire and water, but in fact it is just for themselves! The reason why they want to rebel is just that It was because King Yan caused them to lose the land and pastures that originally belonged to them, so that they could no longer enjoy the superior privileges they had before! Therefore, they hated King Yan and Yan Yun deeply, and wanted to collude with the Western Liao general Yan. Drive away Yun's forces to restore their former authority! I can conclude that they don't care at all whether Xixia can be restored. They actually know that after Xiliao drives away Yan Yun, it is impossible to restore Xixia, but will directly Ruling Xixia and restoring Xixia is just a delusion! They knew this, but why did they collude with Xixia to rebel? Haha, in fact, they don't care about this. What they care about is their past power and position. They know that as long as Xixia If Yan Yun is replaced, the previous system will definitely be restored. In that case, the pastures and land will be theirs, and the people of Dangxiang will become their slaves again!"
Li Qingxia frowned. She didn't want to believe that people's hearts were so ugly.
Li Ruolan sighed and said: "In the world, no matter what race you are from, there are people who can truly sacrifice their lives and blood for others for a lofty ideal, but they are very few! Most of them They are just shouting high-sounding truths, but in fact they are just for their own interests! 'Everything in the world is for profit, and all the bustle in the world is for profit.' This sentence actually expresses the true meaning of people's hearts!" Li Qingxia sighed. He groaned and murmured: "Maybe it's just like what my sister said!"
Li Ruolan smiled and said: "Let's not talk about such unhappy things! Now that we have relieved all the burdens, it is better to enjoy life wholeheartedly!" Li Qingxia glanced at Li Ruolan and smiled: "Actually, My little sister is very envious of her elder sister! She is such a person who can take things and put them down and take things as they come!" Li Ruolan smiled and said: "Sister, you can do the same! Put down everything in your heart and think about how to be a woman! Li Qingxia Showing confusion, he murmured: "If it's a woman? This, how to do this? "
Li Ruolan pursed her lips and smiled, held Li Qingxia's delicate hand, and said: "Being a woman, first of all, you have to find a man you like!" Li Qingxia was stunned, and the figure of a man could not help but appear in her mind. Suddenly I was startled, my beautiful face turned crimson, and it was so beautiful under the moonlight!
Seeing this scene, Li Ruolan was very curious and asked quickly: "Sister, do you already have a man you like? Who is he?" Li Qingxia was embarrassed, and then said with a puzzled face: "I don't know, this Is it called liking? That person always appears in my mind from time to time!..."
Li Ruolan pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Good sister, this is what I like! Because you like him, you think of him from time to time, and you are bound to him. You can't forget him even if you want to!" Li Qingxia showed a look of confusion. Li Ruolan asked curiously: "Good sister, tell me, who is that lucky man? What kind of man can win my sister's heart?" Li Qingxia's face turned red, she didn't speak, she was so embarrassed. Li Ruolan was very interested when she saw that this heroic woman who had come to Daxia to confront the King of Yan was now showing a shy expression like a little daughter. At the same time, she was even more curious about the man in her heart. She really wanted to know what happened. What kind of man can actually win the heart of this proud and proud woman?
Li Ruolan wanted to ask, but suddenly her heart moved. She smiled slyly and said, "Sister, do I know who that man is?" Li Qingxia was shocked, her face turned red as if she was about to bleed, "You, how could you? Do you know?" Li Ruolan smiled and said: "Actually, it's not difficult to guess! How many men can like a person like my sister! He is..." Li Qingxia was frightened and shouted hurriedly: "Don't say it! "Li Ruolan pursed her lips and smiled, leaned into Li Qingxia's ear and said someone's name. Li Qingxia was stunned for a moment, her expression became coy, and she looked like a young girl in love.
Li Ruolan returned to his mansion very late. Seeing that his father Li Shicheng and his two brothers Li Chenglong and Li Chenghu were there, he smiled and asked: "It's so late, why are you still here?"
Li Chenglong said angrily: "Sister, you can still be so relaxed at this time!" Li Ruolan laughed, walked to sit down next to his father Li Shicheng. He glanced at the father and son, and asked with a smile: "What's going on? Why do you all look like you've seen a ghost?"
Li Shicheng said angrily: "Ruolan, don't you know that Yan Yun is arresting party nobles now?" Li Ruolan nodded and said: "I know." Li Shicheng rolled his eyes, "How can you still laugh when you know it? Why don't you go quickly? Think of a way? If we resign, I'm afraid our family will be reunited in our brains!" Li Chenglong and Li Chenghu nodded together, looking at Li Ruolan with a look of complaint. Li Chenghu cursed angrily: "They are all full. Guys who have nothing to do! With just the few pieces of information they have, they actually dare to rebel. They really don’t know how to write the word ‘death’!”
Li Ruolan smiled and said: "What did I think it was, but it was just for this!" The three father and son looked at each other, and his father Li Shicheng asked in surprise: "Aren't you worried at all?"
Li Ruolan sighed and said, "You guys don't understand King Yan very well! Although he is ruthless, he must do everything in accordance with the law! We are not involved in the rebellion, and there is no way he will do anything to us. ! You can think about it, have any of the houses that have been confiscated so far been confiscated without evidence?"
The father and son looked at each other with thoughtful expressions. Li Shicheng frowned and said, "Listening to what you said, it seems that this is really the case!" He looked up at Li Ruolan and asked, "In other words, we don't have to worry. ?" Li Ruolan nodded and said angrily: "Don't worry at all! You guys are worrying in vain!" The father and son couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard her affirmation. Li Chenghu glanced at his sister and murmured: "If our family wants to truly maintain its glory and wealth, I think the only way for my sister to become the princess of King Yan!"
Li Shicheng and Li Chenglong nodded in agreement. Li Shicheng said: "Hu'er usually doesn't use his brain, but this sentence is never right!" Then he said to Li Ruolan: "Ruolan, I heard what you said last time. King Yan had an interview with him, what happened next? Why was there nothing more after that?"
Li Ruolan said with a blush on her face: "This kind of thing cannot be rushed, but after what happened last time, I have a reason to find him!" Then he frowned and said: "I was already working on it. It was carried out, but not long after, the six countries came to besiege Yanyun, and a war broke out, so my planning had to be suspended! It's really annoying!" Li Chenghu couldn't help but cursed.
Li Ruolan looked at his father and said, "You are here just in time. I have something to do and I am going to see you!" Li Shicheng asked, "Ruolan, do you have any plans?" Li Ruolan said, "As the saying goes, ' If you want to take something, you must give it first. If we want to achieve our goal, we have to spend some money!" The father and son looked at each other, and Li Chenghu asked anxiously: "Sister, can you tell us what we should do?"
Li Ruolan said: "Then An Qian was born much lower than us, and she is not a peerless beauty! But it was because they put so much effort into Anjiazhai's treatment of the refugees in Sichuan that they attracted the attention of King Yan! After that! If you continue to flatter her, it will be a natural thing and you will become Princess Yan!" The father and son nodded, Li Chenghu frowned and said: "Sister, do you want us to spend money to help the refugees like Anjia did?"
Li Ruolan said: "It's not necessarily about rescuing the refugees, but it's almost something similar. King Yan is different from those fatuous kings and mediocre rulers. What he values is women who are helpful to him, not women who only have looks. ! Only if we show enough help to him on national affairs will we attract his attention. After that, it will be much easier to get in touch with him. If I try my best to please him, I will definitely achieve my goal! "
Li Chenghu said with heartache: "Doesn't that mean we have to spend a lot of money?" Li Ruolan said angrily: "We can't use up our money in a few lifetimes! Money is no longer important to us, what we need is Status! Moreover, only by possessing such a lofty status can our glory and wealth be maintained for a long time!"
Li Shicheng and Li Chenglong nodded in agreement. Li Shicheng said to Li Chenghu: "Your sister is right! We can't be too stingy! We still have to spend the money we should spend!" Then he said to Li Ruolan: "Ruolan, What are your plans? We will fully cooperate with you!"
Li Ruolan said: "First of all, I want to issue a call in my name to tell the people of Dangxiang: 'The change of dynasties is normal. Xixia only has a history of a hundred years. I think the Dangxiang people were just subjects of the Tang Dynasty. Xixia has long since ceased. It exists again. Now we are all the people of Yanyun. We must be loyal to Yanyun. If we violate this, we will be treasonous and evil. I hope all the people of Yanyun understand this and do not do anything that harms the country and is not good for ourselves. Things are coming!'
Li Shicheng smiled and said: "Ruolan's move is really great! We openly stand on the position of King Yan and speak to the party members. In this way, we will be invincible!" Li Chenghu curled his lips and felt his stomach Li muttered, but he didn't see the cleverness of this move at all.
Li Ruolan continued: "Then my father and two brothers went to Ningxia and used money to help the government appease the people who had been living in difficulty because of some people's rebellion. After doing this, I think King Yan will definitely treat our family. People looked at each other differently. I will have the opportunity to get close to King Yan and take the next step. If everything goes well and I become the princess of King Yan, our family can sit back and relax!" The father and son nodded excitedly.
Li Ruolan glanced at the father and son and said, "If you don't have any problems, then this matter is settled!" The father and son looked at each other, and Li Shicheng said loudly: "Ruolan, we will do what you want. !" Li Chenghu muttered in a low voice: "Everything else is fine, but having to spend so much money is really painful!" Li Shicheng slapped the back of his head angrily.
Li Chenglong asked Li Ruolan: "Sister, the King of Yan is not in Bianliang now. We have all gone to Ningxia to help the people. What are you doing?" Li Ruolan smiled and said: "I also went to help the people, but I went to Yanjing! "
Yang Peng received the news that the main force of the Khitan army was retreating, but he still did not dare to be careless and still took strict precautions. All scouts monitored the movements of the Khitan army day and night. Soon after, Yang Peng received the exact news that Yeli Hucheng had indeed led the main force to leave, and the big stone that had been weighing on his heart was completely let go. Then Xiao Loushi completed the handover with Yanyun's army in accordance with the order of the Liao court, and then withdrew from Tanzhou and returned to Zhongjing Road. Yanyun's army regained Tanzhou without bloodshed.
After all this was completed, Yang Peng was ready to entrust the defense of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to Cao Jun, Liu Zhiliang and others. He himself led an army to rescue Yang Yanzhao. After all, the two legions who rushed to reinforce him first cooperated. Yang Yanzhao's troops, facing the 300,000 Liao army, still seemed a bit weak and could not defend well enough to counterattack.
However, as soon as Yang Peng issued the order, news came from Bianliang that the Xiliao army had taken the initiative to retreat outside Yanmen Pass and sent envoys to sue for peace. The crisis in the Hexi Corridor had been relieved. Yang Peng and others were overjoyed when they received the news. At this point, everyone was completely relieved! The six countries jointly besieged Yanyun, and it was considered a complete failure so far! Thinking back to the beginning, the Six Nations Allied Forces were besieged from all sides with such mighty momentum that the people of Yanyun were terrified. Even within the Yanyun Army, many people were filled with despair. However, in less than two months, the situation completely changed. The Eighth Prince surrendered, Zhao Heng fled in panic, and was destroyed in an instant. The Liao Kingdom was overwhelmed by civil strife, and the Liao Army's successive attacks were frustrated. In the end, they had to retreat to the country sadly; as for Tubo and Dali, they were just clowns and not worth mentioning at all.
Faced with such a victory, the people of Yanyun cheered and were excited; but the Yanyun army not only defeated the powerful enemy under extremely unfavorable circumstances, but also swept across the entire Jiangnan. The army was so powerful that the world trembled. Yelu Hanyu, Yang Yanzhao, The names of Cao Jun and others were praised by people all over the world, especially Yelu Hanyu, who had a special status.
In view of the current situation, Yang Peng felt that it was no longer necessary to send troops to aid the Hexi Corridor, so he ordered the Sixth and Seventh Army Corps to stop aiding the Hexi Corridor and station themselves nearby in Shanxi to await orders. Cao Jun was ordered to return to Datong Prefecture for defense, and Liu Zhiliang was appointed as the military commander of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, responsible for the defense of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. After doing this, Yang Peng went to the Liao border for inspection under the protection of the secret guards, and then returned to Yanjing.
When Yang Peng and his party arrived outside Yanjing City, they found that there were many different people in the camps that temporarily housed the fleeing people. They were also ordinary people, but they were helping the refugees in the camps, distributing food and clothing to them, and helping They repaired damaged tents, and others diagnosed and prepared medicine for the refugees. They took great care of the refugees, just like your so-called volunteers in modern society. The appearance of these people has undoubtedly greatly reduced the burden on the local government.
Yang Peng and his entourage came to the gate of Yanjing's left-behind mansion. Yang Jiumei, who had just received the news, led his staff to come out to greet him: "Welcome King Yan!" He held her delicate hand. The staff were shocked when they saw this scene, and then they believed that the rumor that had been circulating was actually true!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
