Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 364 Chain Plan

Although the words of the Liao envoy were obviously flattering, Zhao Mu still found them useful. After all, no one in this world likes to hear those who blame themselves.

Zhao Mu continued: "If the envoy is willing to listen to my suggestion, then I will be very interested in cooperating with your country. At that time, everyone will get what they need."

The Liao envoy said: "Of course! I will truthfully report the prince's suggestion to my Lord. But is Dali really willing to cooperate?"

Zhao Mu still smiled calmly and said: "Of course! As long as it is profitable, I have no reason to refuse."

The Liao envoy said: "However, I wonder what the current views of His Majesty and the Crown Prince are? Will they support the prince?"

The words of the Liao envoy made it very clear. Although Zhao Mu has shown sincerity in cooperation, he is only the "King of Zhennan". The most important thing is whether he can be the master of the emperor and the emperor's brother.

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "This is natural. We made peace with the Song Dynasty because the benefits the Song Dynasty gave us were huge. Overall, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages. We only gave the Song Dynasty some ores and furs. But they gave us Our silk and porcelain envoys have lived in Dali City for a long time. I believe that we have seen the prosperity of Dali Country."

"We in Dali State sold the porcelain and silk imported from the Song Dynasty to the surrounding tribes at high prices. And their merchants saved their travel expenses to the Song Dynasty through our help."

"The Song Dynasty got what it wanted, we made a profit and enriched Dali, and the merchants from other countries also saved the time to go to the Song Dynasty. Everyone made a profit. If Daliao gives us the benefits of Dali , if it is higher than this, then we have no reason to refuse to cooperate with Daliao!"

"On the contrary! If we, Dali, stop supplying these raw materials at this time, it will arouse the wariness of the Song Dynasty, and even our pre-prepared plans will go bankrupt. After all, the Xixia Kingdom is a two-sided vassal. I think as long as the Song Dynasty transfers enough It may not be impossible to win over Xixia Kingdom. Besides, I believe that your country has realized the power of King Qi. I don’t want to offend that deadly guy alone. I hope the envoy will consider the difficulties of our country.”

The Liao envoy nodded and said: "Yes! I understand! Since Dali is sincere in cooperating with Daliao, can we stop exporting leather, iron ore and other materials to Song?"

"But there is no need to worry, envoy. At this time, we can supply these things to Song Dynasty as promised, which can just paralyze them. When the war between Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty begins, we in Dali can take advantage of the fact that Song Dynasty is undefended against us, and then march straight in. When the time comes, we must call The Song Dynasty doesn't care about each other. But don't worry, sir, we in Dali don't have that much appetite. We only need Bashu and Lingnan. Even if we capture more cities, we will hand them over to your country."

Zhao Mu shook his head and said: "This is impossible. These supplies are the supplies requested by King Qi who facilitated the surrender, that is, my brother-in-law Zhao Mu. Moreover, when the alliance was signed before, the Song Dynasty promised Our country, Dali, retains the imperial title and reign title internally, and our country, Dali, reciprocates the favor and naturally promises not to unilaterally terminate the supply of these materials."

The Liao envoy was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he said: "I would like to hear the details!"

Zhao Mu said: "Of course! This is what it should be. But the messenger must not leak the news." Then Zhao Mu pretended to pause, and he continued, "Well, since both of us cooperate sincerely, then I will Tell the messenger a secret."

The Liao envoy thought for a while and then said: "Okay! In this case, can the prince give me a letter of alliance first? This way, I can go back and deliver my orders to my lord!"

Zhao Mu said mysteriously: "It's like this. There is a traitor under King Qi in the court of your country."

Hearing this, Ambassador Liao couldn't help but widen his eyes. His face was full of disbelief.

The envoy of Liao asked: "What basis does this have, Your Majesty?" Zhao Mu said pretentiously: "Of course there is. Envoy, please do not forget the identity of this king. In terms of seniority, I am the eldest son of His Highness King Qi. Uncle. As for the princess sent by Dali Kingdom, does the messenger think that we are just a marriage partner?"

The Liao envoy said in surprise: "So, Princess Zhaohua of your country is a spy placed by the prince in the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "That's right! The most unpredictable person in the world is the person beside you. Although King Naqi is a powerful man, he is romantic and lustful by nature. It just so happens that my sister-in-law is a famous beauty. My sister-in-law sacrifices herself for the sake of her family and country. , so I married him with the dignity of a royal daughter, and this news came from my sister-in-law.”

The Liao envoy murmured: "I see. I just wonder if the prince knows who the Song spy is lurking in our side?"

Zhao Mu was speechless.

The Liao envoy continued: "Since Your Majesty is sincerely cooperating with us in Daliao, digging out this spy within us will also help our future actions. If you can help us in Daliao to dig out the spy, we can avoid the disaster of the Imperial Wall." . Then it is a great kindness to me, Daliao. I am willing to advise my lord to cede this land to Dali."

Zhao Mu was still speechless, and then he sighed and said: "It's not that I don't want to say it clearly, it's just who this person is. I don't know very well. This is because King Qi never uses his real name to contact this person. Instead, they are called by nicknames. King Qi's nickname is "Nanshan", and the spy lurking inside Daliao is nicknamed "Beishan". This nickname was given by my sister-in-law at great risk, if not for my sincerity. Daliao cooperates and takes the land of Bashu, otherwise I don’t want to be blamed.”

Seeing the thoughtful look of the Liao envoy, Zhao Mu smiled evilly in his heart, and then continued: "I hope that the envoy will order the Emperor of Liao to investigate in detail after he returns. In this battle of Xiongzhou, the movements of the Liao army , as well as the location of the distribution of troops and supplies, were all secretly informed to King Qi by this 'Beishan'. This allowed the Song army to achieve victory in one fell swoop."

"Otherwise, why was it such a coincidence? The Liao Dynasty sent more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the southern courtyard, and the Song army used King Qi's 3,000 elite soldiers as bait, and secretly ambush more than 200,000 troops behind them. In order to show its strength, the Song Dynasty let I will surrender with peace of mind. During the Song-Liao war, it happened that the king and his wife also received the invitation from King Qi and went to the border town in person. "

"As soon as King Qi arrived in Xiongzhou, he immediately began to deploy. And he attacked the Liao camp at night, very accurately burned the weapons, food and grass of the Liao camp, and captured the army commander alive. If someone hadn't informed this in advance, even if he was It’s hard to do even if you’re a god.”

"King Qi had beaten the Liao envoys in the palace before, and he was confident about starting a war against Song and Liao. If he hadn't been sure of victory, I don't think he would have been so confident and risked the disapproval of the world to start a war against Liao."

The Liao envoy said: "Your Majesty's words make sense. Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for informing me of such confidential information. I will definitely report it to our Lord after I return to Daliao. If we can capture this damn spy, Daliao will certainly not forget your Majesty." , Forget about Dali’s kindness. I’ll take my leave for now and come back to visit the prince another day!”

Zhao Mu cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I would like to send you your envoy respectfully."

After the Liao envoy saluted again, he quickly left the Zhennan Palace. He planned to send the news back as quickly as possible.

I saw that my serial schemes of "making things out of nothing", "stoking dissension" and "killing people with borrowed knives" were all successful. Zhao Mu was very proud. What he wants now is to disrupt the Liao Kingdom, not only from the outside, but also from the inside.

It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. What Zhao Mu wants is to plant this seed of doubt in Emperor Liao's heart. Make them suspicious of each other, so that administrative and sergeant efficiency is greatly reduced.

(End of this chapter)