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Chapter 1485 Could it be that Mr. Gao thought that the old man made his own decisions? (Second more)
Chapter 1494

After venting his anger, Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, finally regained his majesty, and sat behind the court case. "Dear ministers, Yelu Hongji of Northern Liao passed away, and his grandson Yelu Yanxi came to the throne. Northern Liao has been in chaos. It is impossible to make a smooth transition in a short time.

And this is an excellent opportunity for my Song Dynasty, and the Liaodong side has done a good job. In addition to defending the Liaodong Peninsula, it has also acquired Juehua Island, making the hinterland of the Northern Liao Dynasty under the supervision of my Dasong Navy. middle.

Beiliao will inevitably increase its troops to the hinterland coast.In this way, it created a good opportunity for my master to take all of the Hedong Road in Beiliao. "

Wang Yang came out and bowed to the emperor. "Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty is now rich and powerful, with strong soldiers and strong horses. I have won successive victories in the war against the Liao Dynasty, and now I have captured Juehua Island, so that the Northern Liao Dynasty had to concentrate their troops on the coast. The suppression pressure on the northern border of my Great Song Dynasty has been greatly reduced. It also made the Hedong Road in the Northern Liao more and more isolated and helpless, so we, the Song Dynasty, must take this opportunity to control the Hedong Road."

"If we can take all of the Hedong Road, our Great Song Dynasty will have a large area of ​​land for raising horses, and we will be able to cut off the connection between Beiliao and Xixia. At that time, as long as the strategy is appropriate, the pacification of Xixia will be nothing more than a matter of turning our hands."

After hearing Wang Yang's words, Emperor Zhao Xu and others nodded their heads frequently. "Your words are justified. This Xiao Shen surrendered by offering land, if this happens, then it will be extremely beneficial to our Great Song strategy."

After the strategy was finalized, the Son of Heaven gave instructions to let Gao Shize and the others secretly contact Xiao Shen first, and at the same time ordered the troops on the East Road to quietly prepare for war.

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Zhang Xiaojie who stayed in Hongzhou City for three full days finally saw Gao Shize and Gao Qiu.At night, Zhang Xiaojie quietly left Hongzhou City, mixed among those Liao Kingdom merchant teams, and headed towards Xiazhou.

But at this moment, there was one more person in Zhang Xiaojie's carriage, it was Gao Qiu, the military envoy of Yan, You and Hong in the Song Dynasty.

After arriving at the ancient city of Wuyan, the group boarded a boat here and headed northeast along the Wuding River. It only took one day to reach the wharf of the Wuding River in the south of Xiazhou.

"At this time, old man, you should be able to tell the truth, right?" Gao Qiu stood on the bow of the boat, facing the gentle wind blowing his face, squinted his eyes, enjoying it comfortably, and said in a deep voice.

Standing beside him, Zhang Xiaojie couldn't help raising his eyebrows, stroking his long beard. "What does Mr. Gao mean by this, I don't quite understand?"

"That Lord Xiao, really intends to surrender to my Great Song Dynasty?" Gao Qiu opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Xiaojie, and said with a half-smile.

"That's natural. Could it be that Mr. Gao thinks that the old man is arbitrarily making his own claims?"

Gao Qiu chuckled and said meaningfully. "Then Mr. Xiao is good enough. In order to win the trust of my Song Dynasty, he would not hesitate to take risks and leave such a handle."

Without waiting for that Zhang Xiaojie to answer, Gao Qiu spoke authentically on his own. "But no matter what, now my Great Song already has such a handle in my hands, and there is an irreconcilable conflict between him Xiao Shen and the new Liao Emperor, if he doesn't continue to follow my Great Song's Will to go on, waiting for his fate, I am afraid it will be more terrible than death."

"Mr. Gao's words are reasonable, and this is why the old man tried his best to persuade Master Xiao to surrender to the Song Dynasty." Looking at Gao Qiu in front of him, Zhang Xiaojie also showed a deeply approving expression and nodded heavily.

Looking at the figure of Gao Qiu swaying away from the bow and returning to the cabin to rest, Zhang Xiaojie couldn't help wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.I really didn't expect that Gao Qiu's eyesight was more poisonous than Gao Shize's.

But in this way, it would be even better. If Xiao Shen continued to hesitate, with the help of Gao Qi, and himself at the side, no matter how Xiao Shen tried to struggle, he could only succumb to fate in the end. under.

Thinking of this, the corner of Zhang Xiaojie's mouth raised a brisk arc.At that time, even if I have become a guilty commoner in the Northern Liao Dynasty, I should be able to reap a lot of benefits if I want to come to the Song State. At least, I can enjoy my life in the Song State without having to do it like in the past. , always worried that the first emperor, or the current Yelu Yanxi, wanted his old life.

When Zhang Xiaojie returned to Xiazhou and led Gao Qiu to a secluded courtyard, Zhang Xiaojie left in a hurry.

And Gao Qiu temporarily lived in this other courtyard with the accompanying guards, waiting for the news of Zhang Xiaojie.

At this moment, a businessman from Hongzhou had already stepped into the shop of Wanhong Trading Co., Ltd. in Hongzhou.

"The envoy is Mr. Gao Qiugao? This subordinate understands, but what kind of cooperation do we need?"

"You need to inform the stations on the East Road of Bei Liao River as soon as possible so that the brothers can cheer up. Something big is about to happen on the East Road of He Liao River. We will only wait for the meeting between Lord Gao and Xiao Shen here. If there is any further news I will inform you of any trends."

Zhang Xiaojie came to the gate of Xiao Shen's manager's mansion, where Shi Shiran got off the carriage, the guards guarding the gate naturally recognized this old man whom Xiao Shen respected as his husband, and hurriedly invited the old man inside.

"What are you doing now?" Zhang Xiaojie took a step forward, walked inside, and asked Xiao Baifu, the butler of the Xiao residence, who was welcoming him.

"Old man, my lord is in the study. Where have you been these few days, old man? Yesterday, my lord specially ordered the villain to look for the old man, but I heard that you were out..."

"Oh, the old man is going to do an important matter. This matter has a lot to do with your lord. The old man has to go there in person..." Zhang Xiaojie explained with a smile.

"That's it. No wonder after the villain reported it to the lord, the lord said that when the old gentleman comes back and receives the news, he will naturally look for him." Xiao Baifu suddenly said.

While speaking, the two came to the outside of Xiao Shen's study, and after Xiao Baifu motioned to Zhang Xiaojie, he stepped forward and knocked on the closed door.

"My lord, Mr. Zhang is here."

"Mister, please come in..." Xiao Shen's tired voice came from inside.

After Zhang Xiaojie nodded to Xiao Baifu, he boldly pushed open the study door and stepped into the study.

Seeing Zhang Xiaojie, Xiao Shen showed an indifferent smile. "I wonder where Mr. has been these past two days. Why did he come back today?"

Zhang Xiaojie smiled, but he didn't answer Xiao Shen's question directly, but asked directly. "I don't know if my lord knows what happened in Zhongjing Road?"

Xiao Shen sighed helplessly, sat back behind the desk, nodded his finger on the news from Zhongjing Dao on the desk, and said quite angrily.

"A certain person really knows a thing or two. He has been enthroned for less than half a month. He didn't know how to appease the late emperor's veterans and rectify the court. He actually insisted on satisfying his own selfishness and hunted down the so-called Yixin remnants in the court. Such actions are simply naive. "

While Xiao Shen was speaking, Zhang Xiaojie picked up the secret reports from Daliao Dongdong Road on the case table, Xiao Shen was also an important minister of Daliao, and Yelu Hongji's favorite minister in the past, with many followers.

(End of this chapter)