In Duting Post, Yao Jingxing couldn't help but open his eyes after hearing Ouyang Xiu's words: "We haven't seen Emperor Song, so we just went back like this. What do you say? Since the alliance of Chanzhou, the two countries have made an appointment as brotherly countries, and this has not happened yet!"

Ouyang Xiu said seriously: "Bachelor, since the two arrived in the capital, the relationship between the two countries has been bad. This year, your country has not only not sent envoys to celebrate Zhengdan, but even their envoys have refused to enter the country. This is already like this, why both of you see the emperor again? Going back here is a bit embarrassing, it is better than the conflict. Because of the Northern Dynasties' slow treatment, many officials of the court have become dissatisfied with the two."

Yao Jingxing looked at Ouyang Xiu, then looked at Yelu Yixin on the side, and said, "We have been in Duting Post these days, and I don't know what the situation outside is. However, if you don't go to the palace to face the Lord, you will go back to the country directly. This - how do we explain when we go back?"

Ouyang Xiu said: "The two countries are like this now, and they have nothing to do with you. You can clean up and wait for tomorrow and get on the road. The court specially dispatched a train to leave from there to Xiongzhou. The holy intention has been decided, so the two of you will part."

After saying that, he and Zhang Maoshi said goodbye to Yao Jingxing and Yelu Yixin and left Duting Post.

After seeing off the two, Yao Jingxing and Yelu Yixin returned to their residence and said, "King, what should I do now? The envoys come to the capital and cannot go to the palace, but there is unprecedented things. How can I explain it when I go back like this?"

Yelu Yixin pondered and said, "There must be a reason for the Song people to do this. Could it be that our dynasty was going to go to war with the Song Dynasty because of the war in Xiongzhou?"

Yao Jingxing shook his head: "It's the first month now, and it's spring. How can the war start at this time? We must gather troops and horses, and we have to wait for the autumn when the autumn is high and the horses are fat. Besides, we have not received any news."

Yelu Yixin didn't say anything, and couldn't figure out the reason for it. This time, when we came to the Song Dynasty, we were originally negotiating the battle in Xiongzhou, but we didn't want the negotiations to go smoothly. The Song Dynasty asked the Khitan to cross the border for no reason and promised that it would not happen in the future. The Khitan wanted the Song Dynasty to admit its mistakes in annihilation of its own troops, insisting that it had not crossed the Song Dynasty. The two families could not talk about each other at all, and the more they talked, the more they became more and more rigid.

But Yao Jingxing and Yelu Yixin never thought that the Song Dynasty would not allow them to go to the palace and return directly without seeing Emperor Song. Is this a turning against each other? Is it necessary to start a war? There is news in the country, and I should get it.

Unexpectedly, Yao Jingxing said, "There is no choice but to go back. When we were locked in Duting Post, we could only see the two Song Dynasty officials. We are useless here. In recent years, the Song Dynasty occupied the Western Regions and destroyed the Dangxiang. The military strength is no longer comparable before, so naturally the attitude will be different. If it is soft this time, it will inevitably be more difficult to deal with the Song people in the future."

Yelu Yixin nodded: "It's true. This time, the Song people's wishes will be difficult to speak in the future. If you don't see them, you will just take a leisurely trip to Kaifeng Prefecture. After the autumn, the emperor will gather troops and horses, and then see what the southerners say!"

Yao Jingxing shook his head and said nothing. In the past five or six years, judging from the results of the Song Dynasty's foreign war, the Khitan would be afraid of the Khitan? But it is hard to say very much. Dangxiang, who was once arrogant, was destroyed as soon as he said it, and the Song Dynasty might not be afraid of the Khitan anymore.

Du Zhongxiao left the official hall and arrived in the courtyard. He looked at the bright red sun in the sky. After a while, he said to Li Zhang beside him: "The envoys of the Khitan should have already taken the train to the north, right? Just sending them back will inevitably cause trouble."

Li Zhang said: "I should leave. I specially arranged people to accompany them all the way and sent them to Baigou Post."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Since the establishment of the country, Khitan envoys have not been allowed to go to the palace for the first time when they arrive in Kaifeng Prefecture. When they go back this time, their relationship with Khitan will not be improved. What do you think Khitan will do?"

Li Zhang said: "For the past six months, the Khitan king has been stationed in Zhongjing and has not gone anywhere else. In a few months, all the generals who were originally with the Empress Dowager were replaced. According to the news from the front, the conflict between the royal family and the Hou tribe caused by the rebellion in Chongqing has been resolved, and many Hou tribe princes and princes became ministers of the Khitan. In this way, when the Khitan envoys return, the two countries will inevitably have chaos."

Du Zhongxiao heard this and turned around and said, "In less than a year, the Khitan king will trust the clan of the clan?"

Li Zhang said: "When Chongyuan was in chaos, there were actually not many princes and princes following him. It was just that the empress dowager supported him and he didn't speak. Now that Chongyuan was killed and the empress dowager died of illness, everything naturally disappeared. The Khitan could not without the support of the empress dowager, it was just a substitution."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, the two major tribes of the Khitan are indispensable. Without the support of the rear tribe, the Khitan will be in chaos. In this way, the Khitan has now settled civil strife, and I am afraid that I will not swallow Xiongzhou's breath."

Li Zhang said: "The news I just received is that the Khitan has newly appointed Yelu Renxian as the one who stayed in Nanjing. I am afraid that there will be no peace this year."

"It turned out to be him--" Du Zhongxiao nodded. When he was on Hequ Road, he shot and killed the Khitan king Yelu Zongzhen. At that time, the one who broke the enemy was Yelu Renxian. Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Hongji competed for establishment, but the domestic situation was unstable. Yelu Renxian took the initiative to withdraw from Hequ Road and gave it to Du Zhongxiao. In the past few years, Yelu Renxian had been leading a large army to station Shangjing Road and monitor the empress dowager Zhongjing Road. It was his actions that ensured that the Khitan headquarters did not participate in the war and maintained the strength of the Khitan nationality. However, if they did not participate in the war, Yelu Renxian lost his merits and went to Youzhou to stay, which could be regarded as a small punishment in name. On the other hand, it was also a defense against the Song Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said, "Yelu Renxian was the one who stayed in Nanjing. Did the Khitan increase his troops in Youzhou?"

Li Zhang said: "Only thousands of people were transferred from Pingzhou, no other troops were mobilized. However, the Khitan king greatly increased the strength of the palace in Zhongjing. All the Khitan troops under his rule have newly drawn Ding Zhuang to go."

Du Zhongxiao heard this and thought for a while. The purpose of the Khitan doing this is hard to say or guess. After the civil strife, the thoughts of the Khitan tribes will inevitably be chaotic. Yelu Hongji draws people to replenish the troops in the palace, which can be considered as an ambulance. However, the strengthening of the troops in the palace may also be a preparation for war. For the Song Dynasty, the biggest enemy was always the Khitan grassland army, not the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "We cannot predict what the Khitans think. You send someone to monitor carefully. Whenever there is any movement, report it to the court in time. The most important thing is to increase our troops. The court has decided that by March this year, another 100,000 troops will be completed. One is organized into Xuanwei Army and the other is organized into Fengjie Army, and they are all sent to Hebei Road."

After hearing this, Li Zhang hesitated for a while before saying, "Taiwei, there are already 150,000 people after the Hebei Road training, and there are quite a few soldiers. Why not stay in the capital if the army is organized? Only with such an internal and external ministerial system can peace be maintained in the world."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head: "It is different from the past, and the internal and external ministers are not the same as before. The emperor has already decided to directly guard the imperial guards in the capital and use the military titles of the four armies. The four armies are stationed around the capital with 200,000 yuan. The situation on Hebei Road is now urgent, so of course we will send the army there first."
Chapter completed!