Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 359 Don’t take advantage of the benefits delivered to your door.

The Liao envoy didn't know what Zhao Mu and the others were laughing at.

But he didn't care anymore. He came with a mission to divide the relationship between Dali and the Song Dynasty. It would be best if he could win over Dali as an ally. If not, it would be beneficial to the Liao Kingdom to let him choose to sit on the sidelines.

In the past, the people of Liao were able to be arrogant because the paper tiger had not yet been pierced, and they could be more arrogant.

But things are different now. Now that he was here to ask for help, he naturally couldn't show off his original domineering attitude.

The Liao envoy readjusted his posture and said to Duan Zhengming: "I wonder how your Majesty has considered our conditions? Have you ever discussed it with the Emperor's brother, Prime Minister Gao?"

Before Duan Zhengming could speak, Zhao Mu said: "We are currently discussing, if you don't want the messenger to come by yourself."

The Liao envoy had met Dali Sangong and Duan Zhengming. As for Gao Shengtai and Duan Zhengchun, they looked angry. But looking at Gao Shengtai's clothes, we can also tell that he is Zaifu. Duan Zhengchun and his elder brother Duan Zhengming were biological brothers. They had slight similarities in appearance. Plus the python robe he wore, the Liao envoy also guessed his identity.

Zhao Mu was subordinate to Duan Zhengchun, but he didn't know who the speaker was.

The Liao envoy saluted Duan Zhengming again, and then asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know who this is?"

Zhao Mu joked in front of everyone: "I am the king of Zhennan in Dali, and I am highly praised by Duan." Then Zhao Mu looked at Duan Zhengchun beside him and said, "I went to the Song Dynasty with my father to see my relatives, and I just returned today."

When Zhao Mu heard this, he became very playful.

After hearing this, the Liao envoy immediately saluted and said: "In that case, I will wait for the good news from everyone in Dali Kingdom." After saying this, the Liao envoy left.

Duan Zhengchun and Zhao Mu looked at each other, and Duan Zhengchun really felt that Zhao Mu looked like him, even more like him than Duan Yu. If he hadn't really had nothing to do with Zhao Ji back then, he would have really suspected that Zhao Mu was his son.

Zhao Mu only said the word "my king", which frightened everyone in Dali Kingdom. If Zhao Mu revealed his identity in public, it might embarrass everyone.

Just as Duan Zhengming was about to introduce him, Zhao Mu said first, "I am the king."

When the Liao envoy heard this, he quickly said: "It turns out to be the King of Zhennan. I have been rude."

Zhao Mu said: "I would like to ask the envoy to go back to the post for a while. I, my father, and my father-in-law will only return today. We will wait for the outcome of our discussion. I will inform the envoy."

Zhao Mu said: "My lord, there is no need to be too polite. Although Dali is a small country, our spirit is not small."

But what Zhao Mu said next was beyond everyone's expectations.

The Liao envoy knew the identity of the King of Zhennan. His father was the crown prince of the Dali Kingdom, and he would be the future emperor of the Dali Kingdom. These old ones may be stubborn, but the younger ones may not be willing to be subordinate to others. Therefore, he did not dare to offend the "Duan Yu" in front of him. Perhaps this King of Zhennan was the breakthrough point of his diplomatic mission.

Hearing this, Duan Zhengchun and Duan Zhengming were both stunned.

The Liao envoy smiled flatteringly and replied: "What King Zhennan said is absolutely true."

Only Gao Shengtai himself was laughing.

After seeing the Liao envoy walking away, Zhao Mu couldn't help but laugh.

When he smiled, Duan Zhengchun and Gao Shengtai also laughed.

Duan Zhengchun laughed and said, "Xian son-in-law, what's your plan?" Zhao Mu smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just playing tricks on him. But I do think that Dali can agree to Liao's conditions." ”

When Duan Zhengming heard this, he asked doubtfully: "Oh? Why is this? If I put a seal on the certificate of credence, then it is an alliance between the two countries. With this alliance, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would be free to pursue it. Take the trouble out of it. And if this matter spreads, Dali will probably bear the infamy of Chao Qin Muchu."

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "Haha, Your Majesty is serious. I am the backer of Dali Kingdom in this matter, and your Majesty will not pursue it. Besides, this is also my plan. Dali Kingdom pretends to agree to Liao Kingdom, and Liao Kingdom can also be allowed to do so." The country should relax its vigilance appropriately. What's more, if you don't take advantage of it, Dali can take the opportunity to kill the Liao Kingdom. How can they let Dali execute it when the Song Dynasty conquers the Liao Kingdom? Covenant? Is it possible to entrust a dream to His Majesty? "

Duan Zhengming thought about it and still felt that this matter was inappropriate. He looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?"

Gao Shengtai asked: "Does His Highness King Qi think it is really feasible?"

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "It's feasible! I'll ask Liao to lose his wife and lose his troops."

Duan Zhengchun also said at this time: "What if His Majesty the Song Dynasty asks about it."

Zhao Mu said: "I will immediately prepare a letter for your majesty, and my father-in-law can send someone to Bianjing. Even if someone does accuse Dali of dynasty Qin Muchu in the future, it will be a strategy instructed by me, the Song Dynasty. I will not do anything to Dali. Reputation has had a bit of an impact.”

Duan Zhengming dismissed his worries and then said: "In that case, I am relieved and will follow His Highness King Qi's words."

Then everyone discussed a plan to unite Dali's troops and fight against Tibet.

Although it is not yet the time to start a war, those who do not plan for the overall situation cannot plan for a region.

Dali Kingdom must prepare now.

What Zhao Mu wanted was not that Dali would really go to war against Tibet. Instead, we should clamp down on them from the south and reduce the pressure on Bashu and Qingtang. Don't let Tubo send troops to interfere with Zhao Mu when he is annihilating Xixia and opening up the Hexi Corridor.

Therefore, Zhao Mu planned to have Dali build camps on the border between the two countries in the name of building trade settlements that could station troops at any time. As long as the army of Dali is stationed in the Xia Dynasty in the future, Tubo will be in trouble.

If Tubo rescues Xixia, then Dali will advance and encroach on it step by step. If Tubo comes to defend Dali, they will not dare to move away as long as Dali's army is placed there, thereby reducing the pressure on Zhao Mu.

And Zhao Mu also promised that if Tubo was really defeated by him, then Dali could also invade Tubo and all the Tubo land it occupied would belong to Dali.

Afterwards, Zhao Mu also returned the seal of general that Duan Zhengchun had given him before. Zhao Mu understood Dali's sincerity. But he would have to command the Song Army in Pingxia later on, and it would be impossible to command both fronts at the same time, so the rest of the matter could only be left to the people of Dali.

Regarding Zhao Mu's plan to destroy Xixia and Liao and surrender to Tibet, although everyone in Dali was frightened when they heard about it, everyone felt at ease with the Song Dynasty as their ally.

The reason is very simple. Among the four kingdoms of Xixia, Tubo, Dali, and Liao, Dali is the weakest.

If the Song Dynasty really wanted to annex, given the combat power Zhao Mu had shown before, the Song Dynasty would have easily conquered Dali, and there would be no need to wait until the Liao and Xixia were destroyed. He can do it now.

What's more, Dali is now a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and half of it has actually been annexed. There is no need for Song Dynasty to go further. After all, Nanzhong is far more complex than other places. It is much more cost-effective to leave Dali State to control it than to actually control it yourself.

Gao Shengtai and others can see this, so naturally they will not have any doubts about Da Song.

What's more, Zhao Mu wants to destroy Xixia, except that Xixia is a force that truly dynasties Qin and Muchu and poses a threat to the Song Dynasty. What is more important is to open up the Hexi Corridor and regain the ancestral land of the Han people.

The Dali Kingdom did not pose any substantial threat to the Song Dynasty, and its strategic position was far less important than that of Xixia. Dali can sit back and relax.

(End of this chapter)