The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 491

After Ma Kuo spent a lot of money, he finally found out what happened during his mission to Liao.

However, three days ago, Lin Ya Yelu Dashi, who was stationed on the front line of Baigou in the Liao Dynasty, and Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the Song army on the south bank of Baigou without the permission of Yelu Chun, defeating the two armies. The Song Army caused the Song Dynasty's original military situation on the front line to take a sharp turn.

As a person who is proficient in martial arts, Ma Kuo couldn't figure out why the [-] elite army was defeated as soon as they said they were defeated, without any prior warning.

However, he also knew that what he should be concerned about at the moment is not why the Song army failed, but to think of a way to minimize the impact of this defeat before retreating completely.

It's just that now, Ma Kuo's people are trapped in the Jingleu Temple, and they don't know what's going on at the front line, especially whether Tong Guan's army is only a small defeat, or whether it's broken or broken. This will affect his subsequent negotiations. , whether it can take the initiative.

Just when Ma Kuo was racking his brains for this, Yao Fan came to visit again and questioned him as soon as he saw him.

"Master Ma, what is your Southern Dynasty's plan? After the army of our dynasty defeated your country, we did not kill all of them considering the centuries-old friendship between the two sides.

But the country is good, but it doesn't care about the friendship between the two countries, and besieged Lin Ya Dashi and the others in Langoudian. Is it really going to be so impossible? "

After Ma Kuo heard this, he stared his eyes like copper bells. He was obviously surprised, but in an instant, he realized that no matter why things developed to such a situation, to him, It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, he quickly put on a confident attitude, and sneered at Yao Fan, "Master Yao's words are wrong. It is clear that your country attacked our dynasty first and was besieged by our army. This is called retaliation for retribution!" report."

Yao Fan couldn't help but get angry, and secretly cursed Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian for being incompetent, and the good news came only after the front foot, saying that they had defeated the Song Dynasty's [-] troops.Unexpectedly, before everyone was happy for two days, bad news followed, and I really don't know what to say.

However, the identities of these two people are not trivial, especially Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, he is not only the leader of the Xi clan, but also the younger brother of Queen Xiao Puxian.

But all the important ministers of the Liao Kingdom in Nanjing, no one knows that Yeluchun's health has always been bad, and in recent years all state affairs have been handled by Xiao Puxian.

To put it bluntly, Yeluchun is nearly thirty years older than Xiao Pu Xiannv, and if something goes wrong, Xiao Pu Xiannv should come to the court to listen to the government. After all, this is the tradition of their Liao Kingdom.

Let me ask, under such circumstances, who would dare to treat Xiao Qian without saving him?
If it weren't for the fact that Nanjing Dao couldn't mobilize any troops, it is estimated that Xiao Pu Xiannv could not bear to order at this moment, and sent troops to rescue Xiao Qian and his party at all costs.

As Ma Kuo said, this is really a turn of events. The day before yesterday, Yao Fan and others ridiculed and laughed at Ma Kuo, but today, they have to pull down their faces and keep apologizing to him.

In fact, Yao Fan didn't know it at all, and Ma Kuo didn't know what to do at this time, because he knew very well that with Tong Guan's ability, he might not be able to achieve the feat of defeating first and then winning.

But this does not prevent him from pretending to be powerful, so no matter how soft Yao Fan's words are, Ma Kuo just pretended to be deaf and dumb. He didn't let go until Yao Fan had almost finished talking, "This matter is of great importance. I want to meet the Nine Great Kings and talk to him personally."

Seeing that Ma Kuo was always reticent, Yao Fan had no choice but to agree to his request.

Finally, five days after arriving in Yanjing, Ma Kuo met Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun in the former Nanyuan Grand Palace and now the Daliao Palace.

"Ma Kuo, Xuanzan Sheren of the Foreign Minister's Pavilion, has met the Nine Kings!"

Before Yeluchun could reply, Xiao Puxian, who was sitting next to him, scolded,
"Bold, how dare the envoys of the Southern Dynasty be so rude? Why don't they worship the emperor when they see me, but call me a king instead?"

It was only at this time that Ma Kuo raised his head and looked into the hall, but he saw a group of important officials of the Liao Kingdom standing in the hall, like Yao Fan, Xiao Kui, Yi Xin, Xiao Ao and others that he had seen before. .In addition, there are many unseen ministers.

As for the upper steps of the main hall, a thin old man in a dragon robe of the Liao Dynasty sat upright, and beside him was a beautiful woman in her thirties.

Ma Kuo knew that these two people should be Yeluchun and Xiao Puxian.

Faced with Xiao Puxian's questioning, Ma Kuo calmed down, cupped his hands, and replied in a loud voice, "The foreign ministers don't understand what the princess said. Since ancient times, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the land. Today, Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom The emperor is still here, so where is the new emperor coming from? May I ask if there is an edict for succession, and has it been approved by our dynasty?"

"Hmph, what a sharp mouth! This is my Daliao's internal affairs, why do you need the consent of your Daliao?"

"This statement is wrong! The two dynasties of yours and ours are brotherly states. The emperors of the two countries have to take note of each other since they came to the throne. The foreign minister asked the Nine Kings, did you ever tell me to go to the emperor?"

Seeing Ma Kuo's question on his own head, Yeluchun naturally didn't want to keep silent, so he said flatly,

"The king of Xiangyin lost his teacher and humiliated the country, abandoned his ancestral temple, and was ashamed of his ancestors. What face does he have to be the king again? I am the direct descendant of the emperor Taizu. The position of Emperor Liao is a matter of reason.

Just because the incident happened suddenly, I didn't submit the letter of credence to your country. It's my fault. Why don't I hand over my letter of credence to the emperor of the Zhao family when Xuan Zan returns to China? "

Ma Kuo replied, "This is a matter for foreign ministers, but whether or not my majesty approves of it is beyond the discretion of foreign ministers. Please forgive me by the Nine Kings!"

Yeluchun was not annoyed when he heard Ma expand his mouth on the Nine Great Kings and shut his mouth on the Nine Great Kings, but the officials below quit, immediately Xiao Ao came out and asked loudly,
"Master Xuanzan just mentioned repeatedly that you and I are a country of brothers, so I would like to ask you, your country took advantage of the danger of our dynasty to loot, is it the actions of a country of brothers?"

Of course, Ma Kuo knew that Da Song's actions were morally untenable, but he understood even more that there were some things that everyone knew, but they should never be made public.

Therefore, he only hesitated for a moment before replying, "Master Xiao's words, I do not agree with you. I spread the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor to the world, and now I heard that your country is on the verge of subjugation. What's wrong with the army coming to meet them?
If I really have the idea of ​​​​taking chestnuts out of the fire.How could a [-] army sit quietly at the border, so that your country's sneak attack succeeded?

Just think about it, everyone, if the emperor of my family has no bad intentions for your country, he only needs to send envoys to contact the Jin country, and then how will your country deal with itself? "

As soon as these words came out, Yeluchun and his ministers were speechless for a moment. Even though they knew that Ma Kuo's words were nonsense, the threat revealed in his words was real and they could not tolerate them. Do not think twice.

"Forget it, let's not argue who is right and wrong, as Xuan Zan said, since the emperor of your country wants to appease our dynasty, why did he let Mu Xu make trouble at the border?
It first seized our Xijing Road, then sent troops to attack Juyongguan, and now it has besieged our army of more than [-] in Langoudian, so what? "

Hearing Yeluchun's words, Ma Kuo immediately resolved the doubts in his heart, but at the same time he became even more troubled. As a rare understanding person in the Song Dynasty, he could clearly see the delicate relationship between the court and Mu Xu.

Take Mu Xubing's siege of Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi as an example, it must have been his own decision, what's more, it was premeditated.

But Ma Kuo also knew very well that he must not reveal the inside story in front of the Liao people now, otherwise his loss of life would be trivial, and it would be very detrimental to the imperial court's plan to recover Youyun.

(End of this chapter)