Just when Xiang Yan was lamenting the uncertainty of the world, a few days later, Xiang Yan and Qu Feiyan received news that Nan Murong and Bei Qiao Feng were going to have a competition to decide who was stronger and who was weaker. The weak must agree to a condition of the strong.
Xiang Yan and Qu Feiyan were stunned again, and Xiang Yan said anxiously: "Murong Fu is already a general and a consul of Xixia. How can a rich man go out and fight bravely and compete with others when he can't sit down in court?" Qu Feiyan said: "I don't know what Murong Fu is thinking, but I think Murong Fu is not that stupid. Let me go and find out first to see what the inside story is." After a while, Qu Feiyan said Feiyan came back and said, "Murong Fu must have been tricked."
In the past, Dong Zhuo came to Beijing and coerced the emperor to order the princes. As a result, the local officials in the Han Dynasty were dissatisfied and spontaneously organized a coalition to attack Dong. Today, Murong Fu is even worse than Dong Zhuo. After all, Dong Zhuo was a general of the Han Dynasty, with great military exploits and a powerful army under his command. Murong Fu was a weakling from the enemy country of Xixia. He managed to control the emperor with the help of a group of rabble. He also wanted to imitate others and hold the emperor hostage to control the princes?
Although Murong Fu had the endorsement and support of Li Qiu Shui, there was no one in Xixia who supported him either openly or openly. If this continues, I'm afraid they will be kicked out of Xixia soon. In addition, Zhang Kai saw the civil strife in Xixia and kept sharpening his sword, hoping to take the opportunity to invade Xixia. And now Murong Fu definitely does not have the strength to defeat Zhang Kai.
The situation that Murong Fu is facing now is that he will either be driven out of Xixia by the ministers of Xixia, or he will be driven out of Xixia by Zhang Kai. In short, no matter what, Murong Fu's time was wasted.
Murong Fu was unwilling, and after discussing with Wu Yazi, decided to send people to ask for surrender from the Song Dynasty, intending to use the power of the Song Dynasty to stabilize the situation in Xixia. But in order to prevent the Song Dynasty from actually annexing Xixia, they sent people to Liao to lobby Daliao to prevent the Song Dynasty from annexing Xixia.
The Song Dynasty was very happy after receiving Murong Fu's request to surrender. Several Northern Expeditions to Khitan in the Song Dynasty failed. The main reason was that the land for raising horses in the north was lost. The Song Dynasty did not have high-quality war horses and could not train elite cavalry. Today's Xixia is a high-quality horse breeding land, and the Song Dynasty can make up for the shortcomings after annexing Xixia.
But at the same time, Daliao sent people to negotiate with the Song Dynasty. The reason was that according to the provisions of the "Tan Yuan Alliance", neither the Song Dynasty nor the Liao Dynasty stationed heavy troops on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, and only retained the power to maintain public security. To prevent misunderstandings between the two parties.
In the future, the Song Dynasty was unable to pacify Liangshanbo because Liangshanbo was on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty could not put its power into Liangshanbo. You said you were here to encircle and suppress Liangshanbo. Do you think Daliao believed it?
Previously, the border between Song and Xia was not the border between Song and Liao. No matter how the Song arranged it, it had nothing to do with Liao. But if the Song annexed Xixia, then the border between Liao and Xia would become the border between Song and Liao. According to the provisions of the "Tan Yuan Alliance", the Song Dynasty could not station heavy troops in Xixia.
In fact, the Song Dynasty also knew that the Liao Dynasty did not want the Song Dynasty to annex Xixia to expand its power, but if the Song Dynasty ignored the negotiations of the Liao Dynasty, it would give the Liao Dynasty an excuse to invade the south. When the time comes when the Khitans attack from outside and Xixia rebels from within, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty may not be able to get a good result either. However, if the Song Dynasty accepted Daliao's negotiation and only sent a few troops to Xixia, it might not be able to quell the Xixia rebellion.
After some hesitation, Song Dynasty thought of the Beggar Gang supported by the court. Under the arrangement of the court, Murong Fu became the new leader of the Beggar Clan, and a large number of Beggar Clan disciples poured into Xixia to help Murong Fu stabilize the situation in Xixia. It can be regarded as giving Daliao an explanation - the Song Dynasty court did not send anyone to Xixia. Those who went to Xixia were all civilians and had nothing to do with the court. The court later asked other martial arts people to rush to Xixia to help Murong Fu. As the saying goes, "Xia uses martial arts to break the ban." Anyway, these people staying in the Song Dynasty are also unstable factors. It is better to use the waste and go to Xixia to shine.
Therefore, Murong Fu's subordinates were all martial arts people. Martial arts people are inevitably impulsive. I don’t know who drank a few too many drinks, and because of the alcohol, he suggested that everyone work together to regain the Sixteen Youyun Provinces for the Song Dynasty. As a result, the public sentiment was raging, and Murong Fu could not stop it, so he had to lead his men to move to the Liao-Xia border to confront the Liao army led by Qiao Feng.
After Qiao Feng resigned as the leader of the Beggar Clan, he arrived in the Liao Kingdom. By chance, he assisted the Liao Emperor in putting down the rebellion of the King of Chu, and was named the King of Chu in Liao and the Dean of the South Academy. After Murong Fu asked for surrender to the Song Dynasty, the Liao Emperor was worried that the Song Dynasty's annexation of Xixia would be detrimental to the Liao Dynasty, and wanted to preemptively attack the Song Dynasty. Qiao Feng was unwilling to invade south, but when he heard that Murong Fu of Xixia was going to attack Daliao, he still led his troops to the Liao-Xia border to make preparations.
After the encounter between the Liao and Xia armies, Qiao Feng asked Murong Fu for a contest to determine who was stronger and who was weaker between Murong and Qiao Feng in the south and north. Murong Fu only wanted to be the emperor and was not interested in who was stronger or weaker than Qiao Feng, but Murong Fu's subordinates were all interested in this. Murong Fu had no choice but to agree to the agreement with Qiao Feng.
Xiang Yan sighed and said, "Why did this group of people think of provoking the Khitan? Is this the time to provoke the Khitan?" Qu Feiyan guessed: "Someone must be plotting against Murong Fu and deliberately poaching Murong Fu. Come on!" Xiang Yan suddenly remembered something and asked Qu Feiyan, "By the way, didn't you say that Murong Fu did a great job in controlling Tong Lao of Xixia? Why haven't I seen Tong Lao in the past few days?" Qu Feiyan said. : "After Li Qiushui met Wu Yazi, he got tired of being with Wu Yazi every day. When Child Elder saw that she was angry, she went back. I am afraid she has already arrived at Lingjiu Palace by this time."
