Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 805 Running around
Yang Yuan's soldiers naturally ignored Kou Heiyi's shouting. It was not until Yang Yuan waved his hand that he went out and scooped a plate of mutton from the big pot.

The sheep here are the famous Tan sheep, which have tender meat, no mutton smell and delicious taste.

Tuoba Heiyi seemed really hungry as he ate with relish.

"How is it? The mutton here is more delicious than that in Lin'an, right?"

Tuoba Heiyi ate meat and drank wine with big mouthfuls while raising his eyebrows at Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan nodded: "It's really good. In the future, the herdsmen here can sell such fat Tan sheep directly to Lin'an. The people of Lin'an will have a good time, and the herdsmen here can also make more money."

Tuoba Heiyi was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask sarcastically, "The two countries have already fought to such an extent, and you still expect to establish a market for mutual trade?"
But he immediately understood what Yang Yuan meant.

If this place became the territory of Song State, and the herdsmen here became the people of Song State, then the goods here could naturally be traded with Lin'an without any hindrance.

Tuoba Heiyi suddenly lost his appetite. He dropped the piece of fat mutton he had not yet finished eating, grabbed a towel to wipe his mouth, and then wiped his hands.

"Yang Yuan, our Prime Minister wants to arrange a place to have a good talk with you."

"Without the authority granted by the emperor, I have no right to represent the Song Dynasty and meet with the prime minister of Western Xia."

Yang Yuan refused outright, thinking, "You must be joking! He would not fall into such a big trap."

He is not a rule-following man, he only wants results.

But how could he be stupid enough to get involved in something that clearly violated the principles and could be used to hold him responsible?

Tuoba Heiyi had been in the Song Dynasty for a long time, so he naturally understood the twists and turns involved.

Tuoba Heiyi said: "It's okay. The Prime Minister is busy with important matters. He needs to settle many things before leaving Xingqing Prefecture. It will take time to go back here. The Prime Minister is old, so he can't walk too fast."

Tuoba Heiyi smiled and said, "You can submit a letter to the court now. It won't take more than a few days."

"I will."

Yang Yuan picked up the wine bowl and saluted Tuoba Heiyi.

He has complicated feelings towards Tuoba Heiyi.

However, he also knew that his hatred for Tuoba Heiyi, which was like betrayal, was actually groundless.

After all, Tuoba Heiyi was an undercover agent from the very beginning.

If an undercover agent wants to integrate well into his environment, he will inevitably have conflicts with others.

Where there are entanglements, there will naturally be feelings.

Just looking at how Tuoba Heiyi exploited and betrayed Madam Qiu Pi'er, it can be seen that he has always been firm in his position.

And it was such a loyal Xixia undercover agent who only gave his true love to his elder brother.

Therefore, if he put aside his emotions and looked at it rationally, he could not blame Tuoba Heiyi for anything.

After a long silence, Yang Yuan finally calmed down and said in a businesslike manner: "So, Xixia wants to negotiate peace. What conditions do you want to put forward? If you can reveal it, you might as well tell me first. Then my memorial to the court will be clearer."

Tuoba Heiyi also knew that given the hostile stance between him and Yang Yuan, it was meaningless to talk about friendship.

He also collected his thoughts and looked more serious. He said in a deep voice: "Song State is only aiming for the Central Plains. What they are worried about is that Xixia will contain them from the flank.

Xixia originally regarded the Jin Kingdom as its suzerain, but your majesty the emperor is willing to submit to the Song Dynasty from now on and form a vassal state with the Song Dynasty. "

When Liu Qi heard this, he couldn't help but look at Yang Yuan excitedly.

Yang Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, and after a while, he raised his eyes again, looked at Tuoba Heiyi, and smiled softly: "Okay, then, please reply to your country's prime minister that Song and Xia will hold peace talks in Shatuo City."

Yang Yuan paused, then added: "However, I cannot guarantee that I will be the one to negotiate with your country."

……

The wind is a bit strong today, and the snow is mixed with snowflakes, making me feel cold in my face.

A cavalry team slowly moved towards the foot of Lingdu Mountain from the direction of Huizhou.

The Xixia people on this road were still nowhere to be seen, but occasionally on the snowy plains one could see traces of the ruined camps and fortifications where the Xixia army was stationed at that time.

There were several large carts in the horse team.

In one of the carriages sat the military envoy sent to Liu Qi's army, namely the military supervisor Jiang Zhiping.

In the second car sat the eunuch Lang, who was sent by the court to announce the imperial decree.

In the third car sat Han Jingbei, the military envoy sent to Yang Yuan's army.

General Jiang was originally excited to go to Liu Qi's army to take up his post, but when he arrived, the combat area of ​​Liu Qi's army was very unstable, so he waited in Lanzhou for a while.

And Zhao Yi took office immediately.

What followed was a series of bold moves by Zhao Yi, which caused the Wu army to retreat to Xining Prefecture and Liu Qi's troops to be besieged in Roulang Mountain, making it even more impossible for Jiang Jianjun to take office.

By the time Yang Yuan rescued Liu Qi, the old man had caught a cold and hasn't fully recovered yet. He kept coughing all the way.

As for the Military Supervisor Han who was sent to Yang Yuan's army, he was no more comfortable than the Military Supervisor Jiang.

At that time, the imperial court sent three military supervisors, Zhao Wei, Jiang Zhiping and Han Zhenbei. Supervisor Han was sent to Yang Yuan's army, which made him not very happy.

Wu's army and Liu Qi's army are both military leaders, so they are easier to control.

Yang Yuanke was also a famous scholar outside Donghuamen, and he was the top scholar and the top scholar among the top three.

In particular, Yang Yuan built five major palaces and countless academies and learning societies in central Sichuan. His great merit in popularizing education and promoting the learning of sages won him supreme honor among literati all over the world.

When he, the military inspector, came in front of Yang Yuan..., he felt unconfident.

Then wouldn't he just be a decoration?
Moreover, he was originally going to Baoji to take up his post, but when he arrived in Baoji after a long journey, Yang Yuan went to Tianshui. When he arrived in Tianshui after a bumpy and windy journey, Yang Yuan went over the mountains.

Military Supervisor Han thought that if Yang Yuan acted like this, he would most likely be buried in the snowy mountains.

So he waited until Yang Yuan's troops successfully crossed the snow-capped mountains, rescued Liu Qi's troops, and won a great victory before he set out along the Long Road to Lanzhou.

How could I not visit the sick Military Supervisor Jiang when I arrived in Lanzhou?
So, he was also infected.

However, he was in better shape and recovered faster than General Jiang.

As soon as he recovered from his illness, the imperial official arrived in Lanzhou.

Therefore, two military supervisors and an inner court official who was in charge of announcing the imperial edict rushed to Lingdu Mountain together.

The imperial court issued a clear decree, so the two military supervisors already knew the content of the decree.

The imperial court appointed Yang Yuan as the Sichuan Xuanfu Envoy, in charge of the three major army corps that were sent to fight in Xia, and given full authority to coordinate and dispatch the war in Western Xia.

At this time, Yang Yuan had already obtained the supreme power that Wu Jie had obtained in the past.

The King of Sichuan can now be called the King of Shu.

The young emperor was not unaware of Yang Yuan's growing strength and prestige.

Especially since Yang Yuan is so young.

But he had no choice.

Before Yang Yuan's victory report reached Lin'an, the government and the public had fallen into complete despair about the Western War.

Even the most optimistic people no longer held any hope for the conquest of Western Xia.

More than 100,000 families related to Liu Qi's soldiers are already preparing for the funeral.

At this time, Yang Yuan's battle report came:
Liu Qi's troops were rescued, the Western Xia army was defeated, and of the twelve military divisions on both sides of the Western Xia, the total number of casualties was almost three military divisions, and the Song Dynasty won a great victory.

Yang Yuan himself is a very legendary person and is the most frequently cited character prototype in various stories in the brothels of Lin'an.

For a time, Yang Yuan's reputation reached its peak.

The young emperor knew very well that the more this was the case, the more he had to restrict Yang Yuan's military power.

But he knew better that it shouldn't be this time anyway.

He is more shameless than Zhao Gou, or rather, not as sinister as Zhao Gou.

Therefore, it was natural that Yang Yuan became the commander-in-chief of the three major legions fighting in Xia.

……

When the two military supervisors were heading to Lingdu Mountain, a camel caravan of more than 30 people was moving slowly from west to east in the "Banhai".

Hanhai was its name in that era. After the Mongols conquered Western Xia, the name of this great desert became "Tengger", which means "sky", a desert as big as the sky.

The vast sea after the snow is spectacular. The snow-covered sand dunes are intertwined with the yellow sand, forming a unique natural landscape, giving people a feeling of vastness and tranquility.

This camel caravan was moving from the Guasha area, along the edge of the desert, from west to east.

The reason for going through the desert was just to avoid the cities where the Western Xia army was stationed along the way.

Since this camel caravan was walking on the edge of the vast ocean, there was not endless yellow sand.

Sand dunes, lake basin grasslands, mountain hills and plains are interspersed, and small lakes with frozen water can be seen from time to time.

The guide said that we would soon be out of the desert.

The location where we walked out of the desert is east of Liangzhou and west of Lingdu Mountain.

Gao Shuyao tightened her camel-hair felt cloak and looked into the distance.

Her face was extremely beautiful. When the sunlight shone on her face, her skin had a texture like ice porcelain and jade, and seemed slightly transparent.

Even though she was wrapped tightly in winter clothes, her face and figure still exuded a strange charm and beauty from the inside out, which made people bewitched.

The white camel felt is a very precious material. The cloak made of it is very valuable, and one piece is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

However, Gao Shuyao's white camel cloak was not bought, but was seized in Dunhuang City by Tibetan warriors when they entered the sandbar.

Gao Shuyao planned to leave the Hanhai from here, first go to Huizhou, then go to Tianshui via Lanzhou.

According to the information we received earlier, her "lover" is right there.

"Lover" was the name Gao Shuyao used to tease Yang Yuan, because the two of them had no name or status.

She originally called Yang Yuan "the first concubine of this palace", but was beaten to death by Yang Yuan. In the end, she could only raise a trembling finger and swear with a weak breath:
"I only want to be number one, there is no second, and there will never be a second!"

It took her a long time of swearing to finally appease the stinky man, but even so, she still didn't have the strength to get up at noon the next day.

Thinking that she would be able to meet her "lover" soon, Gao Shuyao suddenly felt a surge of heat in her heart.

The bad guy who always bullies her.

Just as a sweet smile appeared on her lips, she saw two teams of more than a hundred cavalrymen coming from the front and wings, encircling her like lightning.

"It's going to be bad!"

Gao Shuyao grabbed the cymbals and shouted, "Break out, kill them!"

(End of this chapter)