Guo Yaoshi betrayed the Song Dynasty, and Zhuozhou and Yizhou were lost one after another. These two news were undoubtedly two heavy blows for the surviving Liao Kingdom. If Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army and Fanyang County were lost, the gates of Xijin City were opened. Once the Song army sieges the city, the Liao Kingdom would really destroy the country.

At this time, the Emperor of Liao was still young and was regent with the empress dowager Xiao Puxian. The news made her anxious and immediately learned about the Privy Council of the North Court. Xiao Gan, the commander of the army, summoned Xiao Gan to discuss countermeasures. Soon, Xiao Gan rushed to the Tianyou Pavilion of the palace like a gust of wind.

Xiao Gan was not a Khitan, but a leader of the Xi people. As early as the mid-Tang Dynasty when the Khitans had just risen, the Xi people who were adjacent to the Khitan became subordinates and puppets of the Khitans. This has been like this for hundreds of years. The Xi people were neither destroyed by the Khitans, but they have never been truly independent. They are like slaves from a wealthy family for generations, so Xiao Gan's other identity is King Xi.

"Don't worry, the empress dowager, the empress dowager has carefully considered this matter!"

"Zhuozhou, Yizhou is lost, and 200,000 troops are about to come. How can the Ai family not be in a hurry? Is there any good strategy for Xiao Dushou to tell me?"

Xiao Gan smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a good idea. It's just that soldiers come to block the enemy and water comes to cover the earth. If you do things more carefully, we will find the enemy's weaknesses. The opportunity lies in how we grasp the enemy's weaknesses."

"Have the commander of the Song army discovered the weaknesses?"

Xiao Gan nodded, "The weakness of Song Jun lies in Tong Guan. This person is too selfish. We might as well use his selfishness to turn the situation around."

"Please continue talking!" Empress Dowager Xiao got a little comfort from Xiao Gan's confident tone, and she was not as panicked as before.

"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, has recruited 30,000 soldiers in the capital, but they still lack the necessary training. Therefore, the most urgent task is to stabilize the Song Dynasty and buy me about ten days for me. The Empress Dowager can immediately send an eagle letter to the special envoy in the capital, asking him to surrender to the Song Dynasty on behalf of the Empress Dowager and return it to Youzhou in negotiation. The Liao Kingdom is willing to give up the land, retain the name, and then let the special money to buy Wang Fu with a large amount of money, so that he can persuade the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to accept our plan."

"What then?" Empress Xiao asked again.

"Then I sent an envoy to inform Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao, saying that the monarchs of the Song and Liao countries were negotiating the peaceful transfer of the Yanjing Prefecture, and asked them to wait patiently for the results of the negotiations between the two countries."

"The Ai family understands!"

"No! The Queen Mother hasn't fully understood."

Xiao Gan smiled and said, "I would like to recommend Yelu Dashi as the deputy commander and lead 20,000 troops to fight against Tong Guan!"

Empress Xiao's face changed. Yelu Dashi firmly opposed her regent and demanded that she return the power to Yelu Yanxi. She finally deprived him of military power and drove him to guard Juyongguan. How could Xiao Gan persuade him to use him? She was a little displeased and said, "Xiao Dutong, there are quite a few people in our Liao Kingdom who can lead troops to fight. Can it be replaced by another person, or isn't it better for Xiao Dutong to lead troops personally?"

Xiao Gan said lightly: "Speaking of it, Yelu Dashi is still my political enemy, but now at the moment of life and death of the Daliao, we should put these personal grievances aside for the time being. With Yelu Dashi's outstanding military command ability, I believe he can turn the situation around, and I will not be idle. I will lead the army to fight against Zhong Shidao. Compared with Tong Guan, Zhong Shidao is our real threat."

Xiao Hou sighed for a while, "I'm afraid Yelu Dashi will not take over!"

Xiao Gan shook his head, "Weichen believes that he will definitely be ordered in the face of danger. Please ask the Empress Dowager to follow Weichen's plan, and don't have any discount."

"Okay! The Ai family will immediately send an eagle letter to Songjing, and then appoint Yelu Dashi."

After August, the weather in the capital was not as hot as before. Although the heat waves were still rolling at noon, there was a hint of coolness in the morning and evening.

It is precisely because of this that the streets and alleys of the capital are deserted at noon, but in the evening, the coolness comes, and the whole capital is like a pot of boiling water, and it suddenly becomes lively.

Qingfeng Restaurant usually closes for rest at noon, and any guests go to the teahouse anyway, but in the afternoon, before the heat wave completely subsides, the restaurant becomes very noisy and lively, with endless stream of drinkers, and it is not easy to find a seat.

"I'm really sorry, the shop is full and there is no extra seat. Otherwise, you'll always come a little later and I'll find a way to leave you a seat. It's really not possible now."

The shopkeeper kept bowing and apologizing at the door, "The seats on the second floor have been booked by customers, and they are coming soon. It is related to the reputation of the small shop, and the small shop dare not do anything randomly."

Several drinkers really couldn't find a seat, so they had to leave in disappointment. At this time, another ox cart came from the distance. When the shopkeeper stopped in front of the restaurant, the shopkeeper suddenly became too big. He saw a middle-aged man with half-white hair walking out of the carriage. The shopkeeper recognized it at a glance that it was Li Daqi, the owner of Baoyanzhai.

He hurried forward, "Master Li, long time no see!"

Li Daqi seemed a little absent-minded. There was a reason why he was restless. Since his son Li Yanqing led his army to the Northern Expedition, Li Daqi had been unable to let go. His most worried was that the Song army defeated the first Northern Expedition again. It is said that the bodies of the Song army who died in battle were blocked even Baigou. There were corpses north of Xiong County, which was terrible. Half of the commanding generals of the same level as his son were killed. Every time he thought of this, Li Daqi felt a wave of trembling and couldn't help but want to go to the cottage.

Li Daqi came to Qingfeng Restaurant today. Tang Zhengzong had something to ask him for, so he specially invited him to have a glass of water and wine. He replied casually: "Shopkeeper Wang, it's been a long time since I saw you. Is Lao Tang here?"

Tang Zhengzong is also a regular customer of Qingfeng Restaurant. Everyone is familiar with him. Manager Wang smiled and said, "He has arrived, right by the window on the second floor. Otherwise, I'll ask the bartender to take you up there."

"No, I'll go up by myself."

Li Daqi walked up the second floor and saw Tang Zhengzong who was waving to him at a glance. He walked up to him and apologized: "There is something in the store. I'm late. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"It's okay, Daqi first sit down and drink a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve the heat. Their sour plum soup is very authentic, even more authentic than my soup."

Tang Zhengzong made a joke, and Li Daqi just forced a smile. Tang Zhengzong saw that he had something to do, so he asked, "What are Daqi worried about?"

Li Daqi smiled bitterly, "What else can I worry about except my son? Northern Expedition! When will it be a head?" Li Daqi sighed again.

Tang Zhengzong laughed, "When it comes to worrying, I should be more worried. My nephew Tang Huai is a general under Tong Guan. Tong Guan's prodigal son will be defeated in every battle. My brother is worried these days. Just now, when I came back from Tangyin County, my brother said that he would give him 10,000 yuan of money and ask me to help him handle it and transfer his nephew away from Tong Guan. In fact, Yanqing really doesn't matter. He is under Zhong Shidao, and the old Zhong Zheng is famous for being steady. Even if he can't win, he will not lose a big shot. Don't worry!"

Tang Zhengzong's words gave Li Daqi a little comfort. He nodded and asked, "What's the matter with me, brother?"

"Actually, it's not me looking for you, it's Yao Wannian. He wants to go to Beijing to find you, but the academy can't get rid of it, so I'll ask me to tell you."

Tang Zhengzong took out a letter and handed it to Li Daqi, "This is his letter to you."

"What do you want to tell me about it! I don't have the heart to read the letter now."

"That's right! Lushan Academy wants to move to the south."

"Is it so urgent?" Li Daqi was stunned.

"I heard that the whole family of more than a dozen Xiongzhou students in their academy was dying in the military disaster. The entire academy was in panic, and of course Yao Wannian was also very worried."

Li Daqi nodded, "It's not a big problem to move to the south. Move to Jiangxia first. I have land. When will they move away?"

"Of course the faster the better!"

Li Daqi lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "Do you still want to go back?"

"I'm going back in two days."

"Then I won't write to him. Tell Yao Wannian for me that I will arrange for someone to build a house in Jiangxia County. The academy can be moved by next summer. However, the school building will be a little simpler for the time being. I will move back to Tangyin County after the war is over."

Tang Zhengzong was overjoyed, "I will tell Yao Wannian the original words."

At this time, the bartender started serving the dishes, and Li Daqi poured him a glass of wine, "Thank you for your comfort just now, I feel much better. I'll give you a glass of wine first."

"Don't dare! We drank this glass of wine."

The two raised their glasses and drank them all. At this moment, a drinker next to them said, "I didn't expect that the Liao Kingdom would actually ask for surrender. Li Yanqing is going to be promoted this time."

Li Daqi was stunned and hurriedly walked up to him and asked, "My brother, why did you say that Li Yanqing was going to be promoted?"

Li Daqi was really a bit abrupt. The drinker smiled and said, "Don't take it to heart, please go back to your seat!"

Tang Zhengzong also walked up and smiled, "This is Li Yanqing's father. Of course he will be very concerned when he hears news about his son."

The drinker quickly got up and smiled, "It turns out that it is Mr. Li from Baoyanzhai. He is disrespectful. In fact, he has some friendship with Yanqing."

"I wonder if you are?"

"In Wu Min, currently serving in the court, this is my colleague, Gu Sheren."

"It turns out that it was Guanren Wu and Guanren Gu. I was disrespectful. Can't we talk together?"

Li Daqi really cared about his son's situation. Although he was a bit rude to ask for a table merger, he couldn't care about it.

Wu Min glanced at the sanctuary Gu Qian, Gu Qian nodded with a smile, and Wu Min said happily: "Drinking with Mr. Li is also our honor, please!"

Li Daqi quickly asked the guy to put the two tables together, and introduced them to Tang Zhengzong, and then asked them to sit down. 8)
Chapter completed!