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Chapter 576 Negotiation

On the banks of the Baidadan River, Yeliyuqi cut off the head of a Khitan prisoner with one knife, but he seemed to be unhappy. He immediately cut off the heads of more than a dozen prisoners of war who fell to the ground. The Dangxiang people around him applauded. First, Yeliyuqi was the second second among the Dangxiang people after Li Yuanhao, and second, they had just defeated the Khitan attack, and these prisoners of war were to be executed.

More than a dozen heads fell to the ground, and the blood sprayed spread all over Ye Li Yuqi. However, the blood seemed to extinguish most of the anger in his chest, which made him finally calm down and immediately stepped to Li Yuanhao's tent. As a result, Li Yuanhao was reading the military book in his hand, and seemed to have not taken this victory to heart.

"General, why do you agree to a peace agreement with Song State?" Yeli Yuqi stepped forward and asked. Although the anger in his heart had been suppressed by him, the mention of this still made him feel angry and even his voice became much louder.

It was obvious that he had won a battle, but Ye Li was not happy when he met Qiqi, because just a few days ago, the Song State shamelessly sent people to discuss peace with them, but did not give any sincerity to discuss peace. Instead, he asked them to give up the Heishan Military Office and even strictly prohibited them from stepping into the border of the Song Dynasty.

Ye Li Yuqi thought Li Yuanhao would never agree to the inexplicable peace talks in the Song Dynasty, but unexpectedly, after defeating the attacking Liao army today, Li Yuanhao suddenly agreed to the peace talks, and the envoys to the peace talks had been sent out. Although they would not fully agree with the harsh conditions proposed by the Song Dynasty, it also meant that they would bow to the Song Dynasty, which was also a great humiliation for the Dangxiang people.

Seeing Yeli Yuqi's angry look, Li Yuanhao was very calm. He put down the book in his hand, then picked up the teapot next to him and poured him a cup of tea: "I will calm down the fire when I meet you. This is a gift from the Song envoy. The new autumn tea produced in the Song Dynasty this year is indeed a bit more fragrant than spring tea."

"I'm not in the mood to drink tea. General, what do you think? Why do you agree to discuss peace with Song State for such humiliation?" Yeli Yuqi stepped forward a few steps at this time, staring at Li Yuanhao's eyes and asked.

When Li Yuanhao was full of complacent, he had almost become emperor within Dangxiang, so the people below also called him "emperor". However, since he was defeated by the Song army, especially after being forced to attack the Liao Kingdom before, Li Yuanhao felt that the title of "emperor" was getting more and more harsh. After all, he now has no more than a piece of his own safe land, and Heishan may face attacks from the Song and Liao countries at any time, so he ordered his subordinates to call him "general".

Li Yuanhao was very calm at this time, as if he had expected someone to ask him, so he calmly picked up the teacup and sipped it, then said, "What do you think of the Liao army when you meet beg?"

"There is a name for the Void. No one dared to look at them where the Khitan cavalry passed by, but now the Liao army is a group of cowards. They surrendered after one charge. It seems that the Liao Kingdom is already in decline. It was just that we were afraid of its reputation and did not dare to use troops against the Liao Kingdom. But after trying it now, we found that the Liao Kingdom is just a paper tiger!" Yeli Yuqi said proudly at this time. They recently defeated the Liao army's attacks one after another, especially last year, which greatly boosted the reputation of the Dangxiang people. Almost no one on this grassland dared to disobey their orders.

"You underestimate the people of Liao too much. Don't think that after defeating the Liao army's attacks several times, we can run rampant in Liao. The Liao Kingdom just didn't take us seriously before, and the Liao Kingdom's women were in charge, so the troops sent in these few times cannot be regarded as the main force of the Liao army. If they transferred the iron cavalry stationed in Yanyun, do you think we can still be as relaxed as we are now?" Li Yuanhao said the last time, the expression on his face became more and more serious.

"What's so scary about Yan Yun's iron cavalry? They have not fought with the Song army for decades, and they will die if they come!" Ye Li Yuqi said indifferently at this time. The great victory against the Liao army has made the Dangxiang people's awe of the Liao people from the past to the contempt of the current. Ye Li Yuqi is only a representative of many Dangxiang people.

"I have already said, don't underestimate the Liao Kingdom, just like we didn't underestimate the Song people. When my father was alive, didn't we play with the Song people in applause? Even as long as our Dangxiang people lacked supplies, they would lead their troops into the Song territory to grab them. But later, when the Song people took it seriously, they beat us all over the ground and even Xingzhou City had to give up. Do you think the Liao Kingdom, which was regarded as a powerful enemy by the Song Dynasty, would be worse than the Song Kingdom?"

Li Yuanhao showed an annoyed expression at the end of his speech. Now Li Yuqi finally stopped talking. After all, the terror brought to him by the Song army was too great, and even the Dangxiang cavalry was unwilling to fight with the Song army now. In comparison, the Liao army's performance was extremely bad, so it was normal for them to develop arrogance, but Li Yuanhao's words woke him up and they were still very weak against a big country like Song and Liao.

Seeing that Yeli Yuqi stopped talking, Li Yuanhao said earnestly again: "Yuqi, the current situation makes us have no choice, and even the benefits of forming an alliance with the Song Dynasty are far beyond your imagination!"

In fact, since he took the risk of attacking the Liao army last year, Li Yuanhao has been determined to die because he knew that he had offended the two most powerful countries in the world. If they joined forces to attack, he would die at any time without a burial place. Therefore, since his sneak attack last year, his behavior has become increasingly crazy, and he plundered almost without considering any consequences. In his opinion at that time, even if he died, he would have to bring more people to bury him.

However, Li Yuanhao himself did not expect that his luck would be so good. Although he defeated the Liao Kingdom, the Empress Dowager Xiao, now in charge of the Liao Kingdom, was in charge of the country and was not very concerned about the border matters. Therefore, although he was making a big fuss with Bai Dadan, the Liao Kingdom's reaction was very small. At most, he was worried about some nearby garrisons coming to encircle and suppress them, but unfortunately he was not his opponent at all.

However, compared to the Liao Kingdom, what Li Yuanhao was most worried about was the Song Dynasty. This country, which was once regarded as a granary by the Dangxiang people, suddenly showed its minions a few years ago and beat them to the north and fled north. If it weren't for the Song Dynasty, they would not have fallen to such a point.

However, Li Yuanhao never dreamed that the Song Dynasty would take the initiative to propose peace talks to them at this time. He originally suspected that this was the conspiracy of the Song Dynasty, but after careful consideration, he understood the intention of the Song Dynasty. Of course, the other party had no good intentions. The reason for peace talks with them was actually to use himself to disrupt the Liao Kingdom. After all, for the Song Dynasty, weakening the Liao Kingdom was to strengthen itself.

In other words, in the eyes of the Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao's threat is no longer great, but it still has value in use. Therefore, it is normal for the Song Dynasty to send people to negotiate peace, but the cost is not small. That is, Li Yuanhao must try his best to disrupt the Liao Kingdom. If the Song Dynasty found that he did not move after the peace talks, and even negotiated peace with the Liao Kingdom, then the Song Dynasty would definitely send troops again without hesitation and directly wipe out their Dangxiang.

After understanding the above, it was not surprising that Li Yuanhao agreed to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty. However, people like Yeli Yuqi were still a little unacceptable. After all, in their opinion, the Song Dynasty was their biggest enemy, and even the Liao Kingdom had to be ranked behind. But now they negotiate peace with the biggest enemy, and instead had to continue to use troops to the Liao Kingdom. If this continues, when will they fight back to Xingzhou?

"General, this is not a solution. The Song Dynasty used us to disrupt Liao Kingdom. If we waited for the Liao Kingdom to react as you said, wouldn't we be dead?" Ye Li was not stupid when he met Qie. In fact, as Li Yuanhao's first deputy, he was also very smart, but he was just unacceptable in terms of feelings before.

"It's okay, let me ask you, why did the Song Dynasty use us to disrupt the Liao Kingdom?" Li Yuanhao suddenly asked with a strange smile.

"General, have you just said that it is to weaken the strength of the Liao Kingdom?" Yeli Yuqi asked strangely when he heard this.

"Why did the Song Dynasty weaken the strength of the Liao Kingdom?" Li Yuanhao asked with a smile again.

"Is there any reason for this? Although the Song and Liao countries are allied on the surface, they regard each other as great enemies. As long as the other party is weak, they will be safer and may even send troops to destroy this great enemy." Yeli Yuqi also showed a puzzled expression at this time.

"Yes, do you think if the Song and Liao dynasties fight, will it be a good or a bad thing for us?" Li Yuanhao asked again immediately.

"It must be a good thing. Only when they fight can we take advantage of the chaos and even take back Xingzhou!" Yeli Yuqi immediately slapped his thigh and said excitedly.

"Don't just focus on Xingzhou. The world is very big. The Khitans can go from a horse-raising tribe to a great empire that controls the entire grassland now. Why can't we Dangxiang people do it?" Li Yuanhao suddenly said ambitiously again. As the leader, his eyes are much longer than those of Yelihuiqi. He even smelled some opportunities for a comeback from the matter of peace talks with him in the Song Dynasty.

"But will the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom really fight?" Yeli Yuqi asked again with some concern.

"The Song Dynasty is no longer the Song Dynasty, especially after Emperor Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty became more and more aggressive. Before, they could attack our Dangxiang and seize Xingzhou and other places. Then they could attack the Liao Kingdom and regain the Yanyun land occupied by the Liao people. After all, there was no Yanyun. The Song Dynasty was like the fat meat in the mouth of the Liao Kingdom. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty probably had to open his eyes even when he went to bed, so I bet that there must be a battle between them, and we just need to hold on until they fight!"
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