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Chapter 852 Give the world a boost, peace can't just be exchanged with old coins!
"The Liao army attacked at night?"

When Hua Rong heard the military situation from all sides, Hua Rong was shocked at first, and then quickly calmed down: "Order all the battalions to guard, close the walled city, and don't attack!"

Although it sounds exaggerated to fight back after being attacked at night, Hua Rong knew that if the general did not give strict orders, it is really possible to do so. After all, the township army is full of confidence and eager to fight .

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Fortunately, soon, a series of fireworks flew into the sky, exploding a unified color.

The fireworks invented by Ling Zhen have now been used in military affairs. The most direct way is to send signals at night.

Listening to the sound of the drums nearby, watching the beacon fire and fireworks from a distance, not to mention the fortifications practiced by the township army, it is these details of preparation, they are not afraid of night attack.

What Hua Rong was worried about was the unexpected military deployment behind the Liao army. As a student of the first phase of Suian, he had learned not to focus on the current gains and losses. After thinking carefully for a while, he recruited Du Xing from the secret camp and asked After the current situation, I had the answer in my heart, and walked to the study where my brother was.

Li Yan was reading the heavenly book, and the previous movement could not make him raise his head. When he heard Hua Rong's footsteps, he put down the book and asked, "What's the matter?"

Hua Rong said: "The Liao army attacked at night. This move was very sudden, and it was the next strategy. An army with a disorderly military discipline cannot attack at night, otherwise the damage to itself will be far greater than that of the enemy. After tonight, The loss of the Liao army must be serious, and the morale must be even lower!"

"Even if the overjoyed Emperor Tianzuo didn't know about this risk, Yelu Dezhong, the 'King of Yudi', and Xiao Wuna, the 'King of Lanling' must be aware of the risk. It is too exaggerated to make such a strong attack in order to save face."

"That's why I thought, they should have other reasons, so they put all their eggs in one basket and win quickly!"

"I just learned about the arrest of Liao merchants in the territory from Du Mimi, so I know the specific reason. No wonder my brother said that trade is a key step for our Central Plains Dynasty to get stuck on the neck of the grassland barbarians!"

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction: "That's right. Actually, I have been able to attack the merchants in the land of Yanyun long ago, making a fuss on the mutual market, but I have been slow to do so, just to paralyze the Liao Kingdom."

"They can't feel much difference in a short period of time, and there is a crisis of division in the country, so they can't take care of trade for a while. When we made a gesture of closing the market and the news spread, Liao's high-level leaders suddenly became anxious."

"If you choose to seek war, once you are invincible in a short period of time, the country that is already full of contradictions will definitely explode completely. If you choose to seek peace, Emperor Tianzuo's temper may not be able to accept it, so this night attack..."

Hua Rong was convinced: "Brother is always so clever!"

Li Yan smiled lightly.

In the world of Tang Dynasty, he used tea to detonate the internal conflicts in Tubo. In this world, he used the closed market to detonate the internal conflicts in Liao.

The only difference is that in the world of Tang Dynasty, he wanted Tubo to perish, but now he cannot let Liao really perish.

Huarong also understood this point: "Brother, go up to the army to attack the enemy. If you don't fight and surrender the enemy's army, then the Liao people will come to sue for peace next time? It's because Emperor Tianzuo is very happy and honors his face. Will it Get in the way?"

Li Yandao: "War is the continuation of politics. Foreign barbarians often start wars, but they also know how to negotiate."

"The former Tang Jieli Khan aggressively approached Chang'an, but saw that although Datang had just had a coup d'état, it was still a tough nut to crack. He was willing to sign the Weishui alliance immediately, and left after obtaining a large amount of property. Later, he found that Datang was getting worse and worse. He is strong, and has repeatedly sent envoys to lower his stance to ask for peace, but in the end, how could such a wise emperor as Tang Taizong refuse all of them as he wished, and finally destroy them all in one fell swoop!"

"The Liao Kingdom is the same now. Once Yanyun cannot be conquered in military operations, and the mutual market trade is stuck by us, they will inevitably negotiate a peace agreement. The so-called face and dignity can be abandoned, and Emperor Tianzuo is no exception."

"What's more, Xiao Wuna will push for a peace negotiation, even at the expense of infamy, to speed up the peace negotiation. This old minister is the last pillar of the Liao Kingdom. Now I hope that he will not die, at least for a while..."

Hua Rong understood that it was a courtier playing the trick for the monarch. It was very old-fashioned, but it was indeed feasible, and he became excited when he heard the words: "In this way, we can force the people of Liao to negotiate and conclude an alliance, so can our conditions be raised? Too much?"

Li Yan laughed: "What conditions are you going to raise?"

Hua Rong said without hesitation: "Of course it's New Year's Coins, let the Liao people give us New Year's Coins!!"

He is usually very quiet, which is a must for a sharpshooter, but now his voice is raised, and his face is slightly flushed.

If calculated based on pure economic interests, the Song Dynasty did not lose money after trading with Liao and Xixia. The miraculous operation of buying silver taels from the Liao Kingdom at a high price, and then dedicating them as old coins to the other party...

Coupled with the exchange of money for peace, there is a sense of humiliation after all.

The dynasty of the Central Plains has always been high and high, we can give generously, you can't take by force, such as the Song Dynasty's principle of "those who give more than what they receive", and rich material rebates, attracted a large number of overseas envoys to pay tribute frequently, and put a greater burden on the country's finances. The heavy burden is just for the vanity of foreign countries.

Then at the same time, they donated New Year coins to the Liao Kingdom, and bestowed New Year coins to Xixia, which was actually equivalent to making offerings to keep them safe. For generals like Hua Rong who fought on the battlefield, they naturally couldn't understand such things.

Now he has the opportunity to ask the other party for old coins in turn. Even if Hebei and Shandong have collected all of them now, with the wealth of these three parties, he can't look down on Liao's little money at all, but for the sake of breath, he also wants to see the Liao people humiliated The scene of presenting old coins to one's own side.

Li Yan affirmed: "Trade is a sharp sword. The reason why I choose to use it now is that I really value this."

"From the Alliance of Chanyuan to the Alliance of Baoyou, the Han people in the Central Plains have suffered all the humiliation of the Alliance under the city, and it's time to cheer them up!"

"Let the world know that peace can't be bought only with old coins!"

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"Did you lose?"

In the Liao army camp, Yelu Yanxi rarely slept, looking forward to the good news from the former army.

Reason also tells him that the possibility of a big victory or even taking the city is extremely low, but he is looking forward to it after all.

As a result, teams of Liao troops returning in disgrace broke his luck, and even after counting the soldiers, Emperor Tianzuo was even more frightened and angry.

The township army was mainly on the defensive, but in fact it failed to kill many Liao troops. As a result, when they marched at night, some lost and fell behind, some directly mutinied, and some civil strife broke out among the tribes. ...

Yelu Yanxi's face was pale and white, and he could only squeeze out an order through his teeth: "Call the Taifu and Yudi!"

Xiao Wuna and Yelu Dezhong came to the front very quickly, obviously they didn't want to sleep, they looked at this Emperor Tianzuo's face, they all shut up.

After a depressing silence, Yelu Yanxi finally said, "Is it necessary to offer New Year's coins to negotiate a peace?"

Xiao Wuna raised his spirits and analyzed: "Your Majesty, whether you want to use old coins depends on how much obstruction the township army going south has encountered."

"If the resistance in various places is serious and the township army is blocked again and again, then the other party is naturally eager to negotiate a peace. We will negotiate on an equal footing and get what we need."

"However, if the rural army going south is like a broken bamboo, they drive straight in and conquer the land of Hebei and Shandong in the Southern Dynasty, then their confidence will be completely different. If we don't give up some, it is impossible to complete the negotiation."

"Of course, as long as they are willing to donate old coins, even if they give up one hundred thousand taels, the township army will definitely agree to negotiate a peace, because this is not only a financial benefit, but also will make their prestige among the people in the Southern Dynasty flourish, and at the same time make the Zhao and Song courts lose face lose!"

"This move can also prevent the Zhao Song court and the township army from planning to rule the river, and give the township army a chance to grow completely. Now that it is like this, I believe that no matter how incompetent the Emperor Zhao Song is, he should mobilize the Western Army and fight to the death. With the confrontation between the two armies, we will be able to free up our hands and calm down the chaos in the country!"

Yelu Yanxi nodded slightly to express agreement, then looked at Yelu Dezhong, and said in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, "Yudi, what do you think?"

Yelude's heart shuddered, knowing that he wanted to use himself as a scapegoat, but he was willing to bear other responsibilities, but he was unwilling to do so, not because of his reputation in the history books, but because the various clans under his command would not Allow such a disgraced leader.

Before he could figure out how to refuse, Xiao Wuna took a deep breath and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to preside over this peace negotiation!"

Yelu Yanxi was moved by this, and now all the armies are more convinced by Xiao Wuna, but if he takes the lead in signing this kind of covenant, then his prestige in the army will be wiped out, and such a sacrifice has moved him a bit: " Taifu is my loyal minister of Daliao!"

Xiao Wuna's eyes showed sadness: "I also hope that Your Majesty will put Daliao as the most important thing, and don't let the old minister spend all his hard work!"

Yelu Yanxi suddenly felt disgusted, and nodded perfunctorily: "It should be so!"

When Xiao Wuna staggered away, Yelu Yanxi paced around the spot a few times, feeling sad in his heart: "When did I, Daliao, come to the point of begging for mercy from a group of southerners?"

After sighing deeply, Emperor Tianzuo felt angry and determined, then yawned, walked towards the bed, and hugged Meiji.

Just when he was quiet and unable to do anything, he fell into a dream, and a black dot flew over the sky.

"Zuo Ming" sat on Ying'er and flew over the Liao army again.

However, just as the defense of Jinling Palace City is extremely strict now, since he was captured alive in front of Yanmen Pass, the Nabo where Emperor Tianzuo lived was also guarded by layers of guards, so this time he did not enter by force, but closed in the sky. eyes.

"Panda! Panda!"

When Li Yan was walking among the green mountains and green waters transformed into a dream, when he called out, a puff of black and white smoke slammed and turned into a round body of a nightmare, and he greeted him cordially with his nose swishing: "Master!"

Compared to the initial reluctance, the Nightmare Tapir has become more and more active in recent times, and obviously found that there is a mystery in his unpretentious name, Li Yan didn't talk nonsense: "It's time to work!"

The nightmare tapir turned its nose around, followed the target he locked, and Emperor Tianzuo lying on the bed emerged: "Is this the one? Master, the little beast still has to explain clearly that the dream cannot be weaved randomly, it must conform to this person's taste." Whatever you think about, whatever you worry about!"

The corner of Li Yan's mouth raised slightly: "Don't worry, the dream I let you weave must meet this point, your design..."

If a nightmare can manipulate the target's dreams at will, it will make people haunted by nightmares and exhausted, and the talent is too powerful. They are not that strong, but they can trigger all kinds of subconsciousness of the target. Thinking, dreaming at night."

So Li Yan let Wu Yanguang go out, there is another layer of intention.

He created a "thinking".

Now, it's time to "dream".

"Well!"

When the nightmare turned into a layer of smoke, disappeared from Li Yan's dream, and then entered Emperor Tianzuo's dream, the Liao emperor frowned suddenly, and his body began to writhe uneasily.

Because in the dream, Wu Yanguang, who was invincible on the battlefield during the day, was just like the "Zuo Ming" in front of the Yanmen Pass in the past, rushing towards him on a rampage.

What was even more frightening was that the purpose of "Zuo Ming" was to capture him alive, yet this lowly Jurchen slave shouted: "Kill the Liao Emperor! Kill the Liao Emperor! For the Jurchen warriors oppressed by the Khitans, kill the Liao Emperor! "

"Jurchen is no more than ten thousand, and more than ten thousand is invincible!"

The key is that there is a way of appearance similar to "Zuo Ming" in mid-air. Haidongqing flies over, and the Jurchen falls from the eagle body and hits the ground unharmed. Everyone screams and kills them from all directions.

Yelu Yanxi was so shocked that his scalp was numb, his soul was scattered, and he wanted to flee on the horse, but he couldn't hold the rein no matter what, so he could only shout hysterically: "Guaranteed!! Guaranteed!!!"

To Yelu Yanxi's surprise, Oruduo, who couldn't see the edge at a glance, rushed over at the same time. The number was much larger than that of the Jurchens, and he couldn't help laughing: "Kill! Kill them all!"

But then, his smile froze.

Because Orudo, who came to escort him, changed suddenly. He changed into Jurchen hair accessories and clothes, drew out his weapon, and stared at him sternly.

"Look, Your Majesty, who are we?"

The shining knife shone brightly, completely submerging him in the crowd of Jurchens.

"what--"

Yelu Yanxi screamed from inside the camp, and Orudo rushed in, only to see that His Majesty stood up in cold sweat, panting heavily on the bed.

Only then did everyone realize that it was actually a nightmare, so they didn't dare to look closely, and slowly retreated outside.

And Yelu Yanxi clutched his chest, felt the beating heart, unexpectedly found that this dream was so real, and there was a haze in his eyes:

"Couldn't this be a bad omen? My country has been stolen by a group of lowly slaves... Straight women must be killed, all of them!!"

(End of this chapter)