Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 489 The Threat of Weakness

Yelu Yanxiu is also somewhat unable to defeat Zhao Mu at the moment.

Yelu Yanxiu simply used another method, which was the threat of force.

Yelu Yanxiu sneered and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi is really very clever in his words, and he disguises such unjust acts in such a high-sounding way. But if your country insists on attacking the right with the unjust and raises this unjust army, then. Don't blame me, Daliao, for helping the Xixia Kingdom despite our previous covenant. We, Daliao, have always been related to the Xixia Kingdom, and now we come to this palace to persuade the Song Dynasty. If the monarchs of the Song Dynasty insist on not listening to the advice, Then don’t blame me, Daliao, for being unkind.”

Facing Yelu Yanxiu's threat, Zhao Mu couldn't help but laugh.

And laughter is contagious. When Zhao Mu smiled, King Zhongxiao and others also laughed.

Not only them, but Zhe Zong also laughed.

Seeing Zhe Zong smiling, all the officials in the palace also laughed.

Yelu Yanxiu is a woman, not as thick-skinned as Yelu Yanping. When she heard everyone's ridicule, she said angrily: "Haha, is there anything funny about what I said?"

Zhao Mu laughed at this time and replied: "Haha, isn't what Her Royal Highness the Princess said funny? Since Daliao is willing to go to war with us, then it will be a good fight. Okay, everyone has heard it. Princess Zhao, the envoy of Liao, Declare war on the Song Dynasty. The previously negotiated alliance is now void. Since you Liao people are treacherous, don’t blame me, the Song Dynasty, for being unkind. Let the Lord of Liao lead you to death!”

Yelu Yanxiu said quickly at this time: "His Royal Highness King Qi has misunderstood. I came here to mediate the dispute between the Song Dynasty and Xixia at the request of my father. I have no intention of being an enemy of the Song Dynasty. I just want to "Tell your country, if the Song Dynasty insists on using force against Xixia, then don't blame me, the Liao Dynasty, for supporting Xixia."

After all, according to Zhao Mu's previous logic, the ancestral lands of the Han people are not limited to Ganzhou, Liangzhou, and the Hexi Corridor occupied by Xixia. There are also the fourteen states of Yanyun occupied by Daliao, as well as the land of Liaodong.

Seeing Zhao Mu's sinister expression and the unsmiling faces of the officials of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yanxiu even suspected that they were deliberately setting up a trap to lure him into trouble. The purpose was to tear up the previous alliance signed between Song and Liao, and then find a new excuse to start a war with Daliao.

Although the ministers stopped smiling, the victory in the battle of Xiongzhou also made them more courageous. Although their hearts were full of worries about the two-front battle, they didn't show it on their faces, and they all looked very calm.

Hearing Zhao Mu's words, the officials in the palace also stopped smiling. If Zhao Mu hadn't been so confident in defeating Yelu Yanping before, then the Song Dynasty would still be safe. The ministers must have thought he was crazy.

Zhao Mu sneered and said, "It's up to you."

Seeing Zhao Mu's indifferent attitude, Yelu Yanxiu asked, "Does His Highness King Qi really have no friendship at all?"

"Friendship? When did you and I have friendship?" Zhao Mu asked pretendingly.

Yelu Yanxiu couldn't help frowning when she heard this. She said: "I am talking about the brotherly alliance between the Liao and the Song Dynasty for many years. There is also the friendship between the kings and ministers of the Xixia Kingdom and your country. This is a rash army." Yelu Yanxiu. Zhao Mu's slightly teasing words made him so excited that he became incoherent.

Zhao Mu said: "Since Her Royal Highness the Princess mentioned friendship, I will tell you a little about friendship. I will also tell you some truths. Whether your Liao Kingdom can help Xixia now, will you intervene in this war, what will happen to me? It doesn’t matter. If you don’t intervene, you know the current situation. Anyway, the new Chanyuan Alliance has been agreed upon, and I don’t want to be accused of breaking the alliance and betraying the promise.”

"But if you really take action, even if you mobilize a single soldier, and act hostile to our Song Dynasty, then I will regard your Liao Kingdom as tearing up the covenant and take action against our Song Dynasty. Then the covenant signed before , I don’t recognize them at all. I don’t mind turning around and going north to destroy you after destroying Xixia.”

Zhao Mu frowned at this time, and said with a sinister look: "Or I can eliminate you first, and then go to pacify Xixia! That's not a bad idea!"

Yelu Yanxiu couldn't help but tremble in fear as she looked at Zhao Mu who was looking at him like a hawk, as if he was going to eat him alive in the next moment.

Seeing the trembling look of this woman, Zhao Mu said: "How to behave depends on the Liao Kingdom. It is to know the current affairs and stand aside to watch the show. Oh! I will give you a nicer way of saying it, 'sitting on the mountain and watching the show' "Hu Dou" means "watching the fire from across the bank", whichever way you want to interpret it. Whether he is "watching the fire from the other bank" who is aware of current affairs, or he wants to be buried with the Xixia people, it all depends on the Liao Kingdom. "

Yelu Yanxiu was speechless at this time. Looking at Yelu Yanxiu's embarrassing look, Zhezong smoothed things over and said, "I'm a little tired today. Your Highness, the Princess, should go back to the post to rest first. This matter is not urgent for a day or two. If Your Highness, the Princess, has any ideas, I'll be there tomorrow." It doesn’t matter if we discuss it again.”

Hearing Zhezong give him a step down, Yelu Yanxiu said: "In that case, I'll leave."

After saying that, Yelu Yanxiu left the Golden Palace. When she walked to the door, she even tripped over the threshold. If the attendant beside her hadn't supported her, she would have almost stumbled. And even so, she would look back at Zhao Mu from time to time.

As the eunuch shouted "Retreat from the court", the officials dispersed and returned to their posts to perform their duties.

After the dynasty dispersed, Zhezong invited Zhao Mu to go with him.

Zhao Mu and Zhe Zong came to the back hall. Zhe Zong smiled regardless of his dignity and said: "Hahahaha, the emperor is worthy of being an emperor. My emperor and ministers of the Song Dynasty were speechless by this woman in the hall. But the emperor only said a few words, and then Scared her like this. But" Zhe Zong stopped smiling, "But can we really fight on both sides? At the same time, we can resist the attacks of Liao and Xixia."

Zhao Mu replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry. What I just said was just to scare this woman. The less we show that we don't care, the less Liao will dare to use force against us. Today's Liao is just a paper tiger, and they also They don't have the power to use force against us. If there were, there would be no need to send envoys here. But if we are a little weak and caught by them, they may really take advantage of it."

"But if they really take action, we don't have to worry. When we were in the Privy Council before, Wei Chen, King Zhongxiao, and General Yang all considered the possibility that the Liao Kingdom would really intervene. For this reason, we also made corresponding plans. That is, once the Liao Kingdom intervenes, we will quickly abandon the territory outside the plains and move all the people's food and supplies to the dangerous and defensible cities or passes to clear the land. "

"As for the Pingxia war, we put in all our strength this time. Weichen estimates that this war will end in one month at the earliest and three months at the latest. With the strength of the border cities, the stockpiles of grain and grass, and the garrisoned border troops. As long as the troops defending the city do not take the initiative to surrender, it will not be a problem to hold on for more than half a year. When our army takes advantage of the victory and attacks the exhausted Liao army in three months, it will be devastating. "

(End of this chapter)