Today's turmoil in Nanjing has long been known to everyone. The officials of the Liao Kingdom who stayed here were naturally informed of it as soon as possible. They were all shocked and angry, and many of them ran away immediately. Seeing Yelu Xiongge, he hoped that he would come forward to deal with the unruly envoys from the Song Dynasty to express his bad temper.
To be honest, even if Yelu Xiongge was not a narrow-minded person, he was furious after learning what happened in the city before. You must know that since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom has always had the upper hand in the overt and covert battles with the Song people. It has almost never suffered such a big loss. It actually allowed a few Song people to act so recklessly in Nanjing. In the end, they were able to escape intact. Where did this put their face
Encouraged by the advice of a group of subordinate officials, Yelu Xiongge was about to send someone to the Song Embassy Station to capture the relevant people. But just when his words came to his lips, Yelu Dashi, who hurriedly arrived at the end, stopped him urgently: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, you must not make such a hasty decision on this matter!" As he said this, he had already entered the hall. After bowing slightly and bowing to everyone, he sat down at the head position.
If someone else dared to say this after being late, even if Yeluxiongge didn't pursue it, the colleagues next to him would immediately scold and refute him. But since it was Yelu Dashi who came, these people did not refute him immediately, they just looked at him with strange eyes, waiting for his next words. Although this person was not an important official in Nanjing, he was an important minister in the court. He was more favored by the emperor than the Liao officials who were sent to the outskirts of Nanjing.
Yes, although Yelv Dashi is in Youzhou City, he is not a subordinate official of Yelv Xiongge. He stays here because of other important matters. His status is almost the same as that of Yelv Xiongge. In addition, he and Yelu Xiongge have known each other since childhood and have a close relationship, which is unmatched by others. So even if what he said at this time was contrary to everyone, no one dared to refute it immediately.
Yelu Xiongge also asked after hesitating for a moment: "What did Lin Ya mean by this? Why can't we pursue this matter? The Song envoy injured many people in our Nanjing, and also held two sons of the Xiao family hostage. The crime is real."
"The reason why I came late was that I went to Yangma City after getting the report and asked the people there carefully. In fact, the fault of this matter is not the Song people, but the two sons of the Xiao family who fought for a moment. They did it. So if we really want to talk about it, it's hard to say who is at fault. Once Song Shizhen insists on this, we will have nothing to do and will only lose face." Yelu Dashi said with a serious expression. said.
"Even so, it's always their fault for hurting people!" someone said dissatisfied.
"It goes without saying if they are ordinary Han people, but they are members of the Song envoy. If Tong Guan wants to protect them, do we really have to use force against them? Aren't you afraid that this trivial matter will cause the Liao and Song Dynasties to suffer Will there be another dispute or even start a war?" Yelu Dashi directly raised a big question.
Everyone was shocked. They couldn't afford to have such a big hat removed. Only Yelv Si smiled and said: "Why should Dashi Linya have the ambition of the Song people to destroy our majesty in the Liao Dynasty! You keep saying that we can't afford the consequences of starting the war lightly, then the Song people dare to do it again Are you going to start a war with Daliao? Do they have the guts to do it over such a trivial matter
Just raise troops to fight? "His status is not much lower than that of Yelu Dashi, so he is very confident and shows little mercy to the other party.
Yelu Dashi frowned slightly, and then glanced at Yelu Xiongge, indicating that he would step in to suppress the opponent. Yelu Xiongge saw that he actually had other ideas, but he couldn't elaborate on it in front of everyone, so he thought for a while and said: "Xuanhui envoys don't have to be so impatient. Let's put this matter aside for the time being until I go and talk to him." It will not be too late for the Song Dynasty envoy to deal with it after negotiation."
"But..." Sibuda clearly felt that he wanted to shirk it, but before he could say anything else, Yelu Xiongge had already said seriously: "That's it. Listen carefully, this matter will be left as it is. Go and cause trouble for the Song envoy again, otherwise don’t blame me for dealing with you. It’s not too early, you all should go back!”
Yelv Xiongge, as the person with the highest status in Nanjing City, spoke like this at this time. Others did not dare to object anymore. Even Yelv Xiongge, no matter how dissatisfied he was, could only respond in a dull voice at this time. , and then left together with everyone, but his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. When he turned to go out, there was even a flash of sternness in his eyes.
After all these people left, Yelu Xiongge looked at Yelu Dashi and said, "Tell me, what other discoveries and opinions do you have?"
Yelu Dashi also looked extremely solemn at this time. He walked up to the other party and whispered: "But do you still remember that the Song Dynasty people I mentioned a few days ago may be coming for our Daliao border army defense plan? If what I said The information is correct, today’s chaos is caused by them!”
"What?" Yelv Xiongge's expression really changed now. This was an important matter related to the safety of the entire southern border of Daliao, and even he had to be cautious in dealing with it: "Do you take this seriously? Do you... do you think so? What evidence?" The matter was so important that he didn't dare to believe Yelu Dashi.
"I have already made inquiries. The person who is leading everything today is a military attaché from the Song Dynasty named Sun Tu. I had dealt with this person in the Song capital a few years ago. He is a powerful figure..."
"Sun Tu... I seem to have heard you mention this person. Is he really as powerful as you said?"
"Originally, I had the intention of taking him for my own use, but he rejected it. He also won the attention of Tong Guan. Even if he was just a small and unpopular military officer at the beginning, he could stir up troubles in the Song Dynasty. But also Yes, I have been paying attention to him since then. Over the past few years, he has not only become a middle-level military attache of the Song Dynasty, but also a military commander. He has also trained an extremely elite army. Not to mention these achievements It’s in the Song Dynasty, and even in Daliao, I’m afraid it will be difficult to do it, right?”
This introduction really made Yelu Xiongge think more highly of Sun Tu. And Yelu Dashi took the opportunity to say again: "Although this man is young, he is extremely powerful in both mind and skills. Do you think he would go to war with our Liao Guojie in Nanjing over a small conflict? He even dared to fight with someone." Are two thousand soldiers and horses fighting head-on? I'm afraid he has a deeper purpose in doing all this, and judging from the previous intelligence, what he wants to do is probably to take advantage of the chaos to get the defense map."
Yelvxiongge came to his senses, nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, everyone was focusing on the chaos at that time, and no one would have thought that he would take advantage of the situation."
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There was new news before that, during the chaos, one of his companions suddenly disappeared and did not return until not long ago. Although we didn't find anything on him, to hide it, Sun Tu must have brought the things into the embassy, and maybe they have been handed over to Tong Guan. "
"We can't let them succeed. We must get the picture back!" Yelv Xiongge couldn't sit still at this time, stood up and walked around. Once they really let them take the defense plan to the Song Dynasty, the Daliao border would be in danger. Although they could make up for it by transferring and changing the garrison in time, it would take a lot of time, and it would also give the Song people an opportunity to send troops.
But Yelu Dashi was not optimistic about this method and said with a bitter smile: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to do this. The things have fallen into the hands of the Song envoy, can we still search for Tong Guan and others? Even if we really ignore the diplomatic relations between the two countries If I were to search him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find anything. If I were Tong Guan, I would have prepared people with photographic memories around me early in the morning. Once I got the defense map, I would have them memorize it immediately, and then take the map. The fire is burning. In this case, no matter how much we search, we will never find any physical evidence. Instead, they will find excuses."
"Then is there no way to make up for it?" Yelu Xiongge said in a low voice, with anxiety and anger on his face.
"There is still a way, but it requires taking some risks." Yelu Dashi said with a serious face: "If something goes wrong with this plan, I'm afraid it will really lead to a war between the two countries. But at this time, I can't care too much... "
After a pause, he revealed his overall strategy in the expectant eyes of the other party: "Actually, the key is only Tong Guan. As long as he can find a way to control him, he will not be afraid of not getting the defense map back, no matter if he has collected the blueprints." , or if people memorize the blueprints, they won't let them get too far away from him. So what we have to do is to move Tong Guan away from those guards, at least so that there are not many people guarding him. And to do At this point, Xiongge needs to come forward. You can come forward as the king of Daliao Nanyuan to invite Tong Guan to hunt outside the city, and then take this opportunity to control him and put him under house arrest, so that you can take back the drawings from his hands. Then I have some understanding of Tong Guan's character. Although he is somewhat heroic and knows some military skills, in the final analysis he is still a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death. As long as he understands his situation, he will die if he does not hand over the blueprints. I think he will definitely make the best choice for himself."
"Is this plan really feasible? What if the things are left in the post?" Yelu Xiongge was still a little vague.
Yelu Dashi said quickly: "Xiongge, you are outside, while I am working in the city. Their deputy envoy is weak-tempered. As long as I force him a little, I am not afraid that he will not submit. As long as Tong Guan is not around, the embassy will be in vain."
After thinking for a while, Yelu Xiongge finally nodded and agreed to his plan: "Okay, I will do it as you want. Tomorrow, in the name of the king, I will invite the Song Dynasty envoy to go out to hunt in the city, and also bring the grandson Tu also called me, I want to see if that guy is as powerful as you said!"
Sun Tu never imagined that Yelu Dashi could easily see through the methods he thought were brilliant, and as a result, he and Tong Guan were put into an extremely dangerous situation.
And the variables in Nanjing don’t stop there…