[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

Zhao Yuan burst out laughing.

She tilted her head to look at Zhong Yi, and asked a little slyly: "It's really just supper?"

Zhong Yi nodded solemnly: "Well, it's just a midnight snack."

"Okay." She put down her pen, rolled up the map on the table, and said with some regret: "I was thinking about how to explain the Xixia incident to you. If you..."

"Xi Xia?" Zhong Yi was startled.

She nodded, suppressed her smile, and gradually lowered her voice: "I know you can't let it go."

"Ah……"

Zhong Yi slowly propped himself up, walked to the door, and took the food box from the servant.Zhao Yuan stood behind the table and looked at him quietly, his back was a little lonely, and his hand grabbing the food box was a little unsteady.However, this gaffe only lasted for a short moment, and when he turned his head to look at her, his expression had returned to calm.

"Okay." He carried the food box, sat down opposite her, and tidied up the messy books on the table, and arranged the small plates in the food box one by one.From the beginning to the end, he never raised his head to look at her once, and his thin lips were slightly pursed, giving him a somewhat cold and lonely atmosphere.

"Thirteen Lang?" She was a little surprised.

"Di Ji should use some smaller dishes first." He said in a gentle voice, and gently pushed the two small dishes over.

Zhao Yuan closed his eyes and raised his voice in anger: "Mr.!!!"

He froze for a moment, and his hands froze in mid-air.After a long while, he withdrew his hand little by little, held a pair of silver chopsticks, held a small piece of dessert and fed it to her lips: "Try it?"

She opened her mouth to bite, ate it and drank another cup of tea, just as she was about to bring up the Western Xia incident with him again, the second piece of sweet cake was fed to her lips again.She had no choice but to be fed by him for supper and a cup of hot tea, and then she took the time to ask him: "Have you...have you had dinner yet?"

He nodded and smiled very lightly.

"That's good." She said, pushed away the dishes, spread the messy map on the table, pointed to a few messy lines and said, "This is the Gobi within the Xixia Kingdom."

Zhong Yi's expression gradually became serious.

"Qing Yanyun's strength can last about half a year's march. However, this is obviously not enough." She grabbed a charcoal pencil wrapped in white silk, and drew two lines on it, "Actually, now Xixia, The three-legged situation of Liao and Song Dynasty is actually the most beneficial to us. As long as we use the Western Xia war to hold back the Liao Kingdom, they will not be able to march west."

"Western Expedition?"

"Yeah." Zhao Yuan nodded and explained, "To the west of the Tubo Kingdom, there is still a piece of fertile land. From the Ganges River to the Euphrates River, there are deserts and oases. If the Liao Kingdom can't eat the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, they will A more powerful kingdom will be established in the west of the Tubo Kingdom. Therefore, the Yanyun Sixteen States can be used as both a backing and a bait for fishing, and the Xixia Kingdom..." She looked at Zhong Yi cautiously for a moment, and asked softly : "What does the general mean?"

Zhong Yi pursed his thin lips tightly, and the color faded a little on his face.

He never dared to forget the hatred of the country and the family on his body, and the ancestral precepts of his family.

Liao Kingdom and Xixia, they have contended against them in the northwest for hundreds of years, and now the situation has turned upside down, and every step needs to be cautious...

"I..." He turned his head and looked outside the house, got up and closed the door, sat down beside Zhao Yuan again, pointed to the border of Xixia Kingdom and said, "I originally thought that at all costs, we must let The Xixia Kingdom is destroyed."

Zhao Yuan understood: "No wonder you said today that you would not hesitate to tear up the Chanyuan alliance."

"This is just a means to force the Liao Kingdom to let go." He lowered his voice and said, "Yuan Yuan, do you know that these days, the secret agents I sent to the Liao Kingdom told me in unison that the Liao Kingdom's annals are not here. They They have already begun to migrate to the north, and they are very close to the Mongolian country. Some Khitans even go to the Mongolian territory to teach them how to herd horses."

Zhao Yuan was startled: "Before in Jin Kingdom..."

Zhong Yi nodded slightly.They had heard such a rumor before in the Kingdom of Jin.The reason why the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed so completely was that apart from internal decay, the Mongolian Kingdom also contributed a lot.It is said that half of Zong Bi's elite soldiers and generals were lost in the hands of Mongolia.

But for Zhao Yuan, the Mongols are more than just "a neighbor with evil intentions".

In another time and space, the Southern Song Dynasty was in a corner of peace, and finally couldn't bear the successive provocations of the Jin Kingdom, and teamed up with the Mongols to destroy the Jin Kingdom, but in the end, they couldn't even hold the small area south of the Yangtze River.What does it mean to lure a wolf into a house, what does it mean to seek skin with a tiger...

"They will massacre cities, use civilians as pioneers, and establish a powerful country across the Eurasian continent." She muttered to herself almost unconsciously, her brows furrowed slightly.Zhong Yi sat quietly and watched her without speaking.He knew that once she showed this thoughtful expression, it meant that something big was about to happen.

After a long time, Zhao Yuan came back to his senses, pulled Zhong Yi's sleeve, twisted it around his fingers unconsciously, and said softly: "The Mongols are very powerful, much stronger than the Jin people. If you want to deal with them in the future, you should You need to be 12 careful."

She paused, and then said: "Let's continue talking about Xi Xia. General, I... I think you have changed a little bit."

"Oh?" He turned his head and said quietly, "What changed?"

"The changes are a bit big." She twisted his cuffs and said in a low voice, "For example, you will go to the extreme north to find me, for example, you will threaten Yelu Dashi, for example, you will say those words to the person who watched you " She smiled, lowered her head, and said softly, "Although I don't know if this is good or bad for you. But I hope you don't want to shoulder too much."

His body froze, and he looked at her deeply, his eyes were as deep as ink.

"For the matter of Xixia, I will stand by your side as always. For the matter of Liao Kingdom, I have also thought of some solutions..." She gradually raised her head, her eyes were as bright as water, "Even if you really tear up the Chanyuan alliance, I am also fully confident that I will block the Liao Kingdom from outside the country."

Zhong Yi's whole body was shocked.

"There is also the emperor." She smiled slightly, "Whether it is the emperor or the gentlemen, I am fully sure that they will all shut up. Right now Xixia and Liao are the most important. If I can guess That's right, Yelu Dashi and Emperor Liao are going back to China soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.