Great Zhou Empress

"Contest?"

When Yuan Jin saw the letter Xue Zhijing sent back, he was a little dazed.

To be honest, she didn't really believe what the Liao people said. After all, they were opponents who had fought for many years. Just like the Liao people didn't trust the Han people they did business with, she didn't believe that the Liao people would retreat so easily in the military.

To Yuan Jin, sending people to compete is nothing more than everyone acting together in a decent manner. The real strategy has long been acting outside the battlefield of the two sides.

Soon, Yuan Jin let some of the best soldiers in the army go by boat.

Xiao Liege's actions were also quick, he cleaned up the venue, found some good fighters in their army, and a grand ceremony was going to be held on both sides.

It really has a little bit of the meaning of the Olympic Games in the military.

They set up the venue there, Xiao Liege hid somewhere, Xue Zhijing was wondering what Xiao Liege meant.

Military competition?

On the positive side, this could become a condition for peace talks.If Dacheng's side wins, Xiao Liege can go along with the flow and discuss with the noble council about withdrawing troops.If the Liao Kingdom wins, Xiao Liege will take advantage of it to seek more benefits, such as using the Yellow River as the boundary?Compensate them with 20 to [-] copper coins every year?Trade larger amounts of goods and more.

From a negative point of view, Xiao Liege may want to use this to delay time.She should be looking for someone to go north to inquire about the reality of the Marine Corps, and she will also arrange for someone to monitor the movements of the tribes in the east.

The Marine Corps is a paper tiger, and it must be far away to be a deterrent, and they must not be allowed to find out the truth.If you take a closer look, it's all over.

Fortunately, Xue Zhijing was also prepared, and there were other arrangements waiting for time to brew.

However, if all international disputes can be resolved by means of sports competitions, it should be a very ideal state, but there must be a leading country with sufficient deterrence, able to drive other countries to maintain such a situation A state of balance.

The leading country in later generations relied on its strong military strength, accumulated industrial strength and financial strength that swept the world.

Otherwise, how will Dacheng be built into such a country?

Thinking of this, Xue Zhijing's heart was burning with excitement and excitement, as if he had already boarded a [-]-ton giant ship and a chariot of the industrial revolution.

Hey, who is not a sophomore in middle school?

The venue over there has been set up, and there is a high platform for Xue Zhijing and Xiao Liege to sit on.

Xiao Liege appeared just now, but his eyes didn't keep falling on Xue Zhijing like before, as if he was trying hard to play the role of a ruthless ruler of the Liao Kingdom.

Today is just a ceremony, Xiao Lie sang and blatantly lectured, probably something like the friendship between the two countries for a hundred years, today we meet at the border, we want to learn each other's martial arts, hope everyone will work hard and so on.

At night, there is a bonfire party, where sheep and fish are slaughtered, and it is very lively.

The sergeants who came from Dacheng were a little nervous. After all, it was an enemy camp, so they didn't eat much or drink much.

Xue Zhijing went to their side and asked them to relax.

In fact, Xue Zhijing didn't know them very well, so he just took this opportunity to get acquainted with them and understand what they are good at.

To be honest, Xue Zhijing didn't know whether they could win the competition.

She even started to think about whether to use Tian Ji's horse racing or other methods to play.

But what happened to Xiao Liege today, why does he always treat me like nothing?

Xue Zhijing looked at Xiao Liege who was sitting on the main seat drinking from a distance, and he was talking to a nobleman with a cold face. After such a long distance, Xiao Liege seemed to be a different person, the feeling of an emperor seemed to be It's getting stronger and stronger.

Xue Zhijing greeted the soldiers, and walked towards Xiao Liege on his own.

Xiao Liege seemed to have seen her, but he just glanced at her, as if looking at something.

Xue Zhijing felt weird, but she didn't take it seriously, she thought she knew Xiao Liege, this arrogant child.

Walking up to the high platform where Xiao Liege was sitting, Xue Zhijing didn't think he was an outsider and sat down beside her. Anyway, her desk was long and big, and the bench she was sitting on could be carried out to play a board. Sit on her more Alone is fine.

"Where did you go today? Why haven't I seen you all day?" Xue Zhijing asked with a smile.

Xiao Liege took another sip of wine, and said in a flat tone, "Commander Xue is not polite at all, he just sat down and said nothing."

Xue Zhijing glanced at her sideways, "I can't sit next to you?"

Xiao Liege curled the corners of his lips, and snorted coldly, "Aren't you a foreign minister, how can the foreign minister sit?"

If he didn't really understand Xiao Liege, Xue Zhijing would probably be repelled by her sarcasm, but how could Xue Zhijing not know how duplicity Xiao Liege is.

Of course, at this time Xue Zhijing was quite confident in front of Xiao Liege.

She smiled, and stretched out her hand under the table to grab Xiao Liege's. Xiao Liege couldn't break free, and Xue Zhijing's fingertips rubbed against her palm twice.

It's not good for Xiao Liege to move too much. If the nobles below saw her, wouldn't they all know that she was "molested"?What's even more annoying is that she was "molested", not her to "molest" others.

She must be ridiculed.

Xue Zhijing approached slightly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Honey, although I am a foreign minister, I hope that I will always be a housewife with you."

Xiao Liege looked at Xue Zhijing as if he didn't know each other, God, although Xue Zhijing was more active most of the time in the previous relationship between the two, but at that time Xue Zhijing was tolerant, appropriate, and his image was gentle and refined. Why has he stayed in Dacheng for more than a year, like a different person.

Ah, by the way, there is a Lichun Courtyard in Dacheng under her name. It is said that it used to be a brothel with thousands of girls in it.

Xue Zhijing probably learned from them.

Immediately, Xiao Liege felt bad all over.

Although she has never been to a brothel, she doesn't know what a place like that is like, a bunch of gorgeous Yingyingyanyans.As she described the brothel, pictures gradually emerged in her mind one after another, each of which had Xue Zhijing in it, and each picture was unsightly.

"Hmph!" Xiao Liege finally couldn't help but shake off Xue Zhijing's hand.

How did Xue Zhijing know that Xiao Liege had already staged hundreds of small movies for her in his heart, and he still pretended that Xiao Liege was playing with her.

She sighed and said, "Baby, don't be angry with me, okay? I really miss you and want to reconcile with you. I have thought about it, if our two countries return to the peaceful and friendly relationship as before In the relationship, the economic and cultural exchanges on the border are fully open, then I can walk back and forth between the two countries for a long time, and then I can meet you."

The more she talked, the happier Xue Zhijing became, as if her beautiful imagination was already close in front of her eyes.

"Commander Xue, please respect yourself!"

Xiao Liege said coldly, "I have never promised to meet with Commander Xue. I am the regent princess of the Liao Kingdom. Men who want to marry me and women who want to marry me can line up from Nanjing to Beihai. Why? ? I can only wait for you there, and visit me like a holiday."

holiday?

Xue Zhijing deeply felt that her baby seemed to be really angry with her, otherwise, how could he make a set of words.

How to coax this?

It's not easy to coax, but it has to be coaxed, she always feels that there are still dangers, whether it is the relationship between the two countries, or the relationship between her and Xiao Liege, and the key to this lies in Xiao Liege.

So Xue Zhijing fully mobilized all the sweet talk skills stored in her memory, and began to bombard Xiao Liege, thanking those TV dramas and movies she had watched in her previous life.

"I know that my baby is liked by others, I have always known it, but none of those who like you love you like me. How many of them like you are not because of your identity and status, but I love you, But only because you are you. In my eyes, you are a child eager to care. Although I am helpless in many things, I will do everything for you within the scope of my reach. It will be so."

Xue Zhijing's expression was as sincere as her heart, but what she said was a little different from her before.

But who told her to take Xiao Liege down now, at least don't let Xiao Liege always speak coldly to her.

Sure enough, Xiao Liege's expression seemed to have softened, but just when she decided to say something to Xue Zhijing, she remembered those scenes of the Lichun Courtyard, and the words just came to her lips, "Heh! Commander Xue is really good at talking, isn’t this the one thousand girls in your Lichun Academy who taught you one by one?”

Xue Zhijing: "..."

By this time, Xue Zhijing really said that everything was wrong, and he couldn't even explain it clearly.

At night, Xue Zhijing returned to her tent. The competition will officially start tomorrow, but she still hasn't received a letter from Xiao Liege.

Forget it, let's see what happens, I hope all my arrangements can produce results.

Over there, Xiao Liege called all the nobles for a meeting, or the nobles took the initiative to come to her tent for the meeting.

The nobles were also very nervous, not knowing exactly what Xiao Liege was planning.

In these years, Xiao Liege has secured his position in power. Whether it is force value, governance ability or balance ability, Xiao Liege has shown the potential of a mature emperor.

This time, taking these nobles deep into the Central Plains again showed her military ability. The leaders on the grassland like to follow the leader who can bring them wealth.

"Princess, peace talks are possible, but we will never retreat."

"This retreat, how about the land we occupy here, don't you want it?"

"I'm already ready to live in the Central Plains, and turn a large piece of land into pastures so that I can raise sheep."

"What changed to grassland, let the Han people cultivate the land."

Xiao Liege rubbed his fingers, really tired of their arguing every day.

"Okay, stop arguing!"

After Xiao Liege spoke, everyone fell silent, ready to listen to her.

"You have also heard that Dacheng sent a marine corps to directly enter the hinterland of our country. If it is true, our Liao Kingdom will probably be cut in half by them. Even if their marine corps is not so powerful, you Do you really think we can keep the front line along the Huaihe River now? How many people do we Khitan have at full strength? How many cities are there in the North Central Plains? Have you ever thought about it? How many people are there to guard here?"

Everyone started talking one by one again.

Xiao Liege finally concluded, "Okay, stop yelling, give me a good match tomorrow, send out your capable people, and let me win."