Gargamel's people are working hard to help Kou Ji publicize the fact that Kou Ji is an envoy of God.
Kou Ji himself, accompanied by An Ziluo, arrived at Qingtang City, the capital of Qingtang.
It’s been a long time.
Kou Ji entered Qingtang City again and found that Qingtang City was three times larger than before. There were many more soldiers, horses, cattle and sheep entrenched outside Qingtang City.
It was night when Kou Ji entered Qingtang City, so there were not many people on the streets of Qingtang City.
But all the streets in Qingtang City are brightly lit.
If it weren't for the exotic songs that kept drifting past Kou Ji's ears, Kou Ji wouldn't believe that this was Qingtang City.
The current prosperity of Qingtang City is far more prosperous than the Qingtang City that Kou Ji had seen before.
The King of Qingtang, Siluo, was also very different from what Kou Ji had seen before.
When Kou Ji arrived at the gate of Qingtang City, the King of Qingtang appeared at the gate of Qingtang City sitting on his unique carriage.
Seeing King Jiao Siluo of Qingtang again, Kou Ji felt that he was much more majestic and older.
The majesty on his body made the attendants and officials around him afraid to raise their heads.
You know, the last time Kou Ji entered Qingtang City, he was personally greeted by Jiao Siluo, and the officials who accompanied Jiao Siluo at that time all had their heads raised.
It can be seen from this.
Jiao Si Luo's power must have been greatly increased.
The majesty of Jiao Si Luo was very strong, but it could not overwhelm Kou Ji.
When Kou Ji saw Jiao Siluo, it was like meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, looking at him with a smile.
Jiao Siluo bowed in the direction of Bianjing City, "Is everything okay with the official family?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Everything is going well in the official family."
After saying this, Kou Ji cupped his hands and said, "Is King Qingtang okay?"
Jiao Siluo smiled and said: "Thanks to the official family Hongfu, everything is fine in Qingtang."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, stared at Jiao Siluo and said with a smile: "You are right, Qingtang has relied on the craftsmen and goods of our Song Dynasty to expand its army and horses in recent years. Qingtang can be what it is today, our Song Dynasty
There is also a share of credit."
The smile on Jiao Siluo's face was a little stiff, and he made a gesture of invitation to Kou Ji.
At the invitation of Jiao Siluo, Kou Ji got into a very luxurious carriage.
Jiao Siluo got on his carriage and ordered the carriage to be driven to the Qingtang Palace.
Qingtang City has changed a lot, but Qingtang Palace has not changed, it is still the same as before.
There are just a few more guards at the door.
Entered Qingtang Palace.
The concubines and concubines of Jiao Si Luo have gathered at the entrance of the palace.
Looking at the huge group of concubines, Kou Ji couldn't help but said: "The King of Qingtang is very blessed."
Jiao Siluo smiled calmly, "Most of them are the daughters of the chiefs of the major clans in Tubo."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, understanding the meaning of Jiao Siluo's words.
After Jiaosiluo sent people to conquer the Tubo tribes, he brought their daughters into the palace and became his concubines.
After giving him a slap, he also gave me a sweet date.
By the way, the former outsiders became our own.
Marriage, whether in the Song Dynasty, Qingtang, or Liao Kingdom, was the best way to bundle interests.
Although it's useless most of the time.
But something is better than nothing.
Jiao Siluo welcomed Kou Ji into the Qingtang Palace and held a grand welcome party.
The fun of eating, drinking and having fun lasted most of the night and didn't end until late at night.
After the party ended, only Kou Ji, Jiao Siluo, An Ziluo, and a middle-aged man who Kou Ji had never seen were left in the palace.
Jiao Siluo invited Kou Ji to have another drink before talking about business.
Kou Ji put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "What does King Qingtang think of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom attacking the Song Dynasty together?"
Jiao Siluo's face darkened slightly, "The Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom dare to invade the Celestial Kingdom, and they are simply seeking death."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "King Qingtang, those who can sit here now are not stupid people. Why does King Qingtang say those polite words?"
Jiao Siluo said seriously: "What this king is telling is the truth. The strength of the Celestial Forbidden Army is obvious to all. The Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom offend the Celestial Empire together, and they will definitely be severely beaten by the Celestial Forbidden Army."
The smile on Kou Ji's face faded slightly.
I heard Jiao Siluo continue: "But the coalition forces of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are quite large. Even if the Celestial Empire wants to defeat them, it will have to pay a heavy price."
A smile appeared on Kou Ji's face again, and he stared at Jiao Siluo and said: "At present, only the army of the Black Khan Dynasty invades our Song Dynasty. I am afraid that the soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom will not appear on the border of our Song Dynasty until the spring of next year."
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King Qingtang thinks, can the Song Dynasty defeat the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty before the troops of the Liao Kingdom appear on the border of the Song Dynasty?"
Jiao Siluo smiled indifferently and said nothing.
Whether the Song Dynasty could defeat the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty before the troops of the Liao Kingdom appeared on the border of the Song Dynasty, the key lies not in the soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty.
The key lies in Qingtang.
If Qingtang boldly sent out troops to intervene with the troops of the Song Dynasty and the Black Khan Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Song Dynasty to defeat the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty before the troops of the Liao Kingdom appeared on the border of the Song Dynasty.
If Qingtang had not intervened, the Song Dynasty would most likely have defeated the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty before the Liao troops appeared on the border of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, regardless of the large number of soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty, the key to whether they can stand firm in Hexi and whether they can stand firm on the eastern battlefield lies in Qingtang, not themselves.
Seeing that Jiao Siluo was speechless, Kou Ji continued to speak: "I heard that the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to Qingtang before. I wonder what the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu discussed with the Qingtang King?"
Jiao Siluo laughed and said: "Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty invited me to join us in attacking the Celestial Empire, but I did not agree."
I'm afraid you didn't refuse, right?
Kou Ji muttered in his heart and asked: "Why didn't King Qingtang agree? In my opinion, this is an excellent opportunity for Qingtang. The territory of Qingtang has now been unified by King Qingtang, and Qingtang
If Wang wants to further expand his territory, he will inevitably have to fight with me, the Song Dynasty.
After all, no matter where Qingtang expands its territory, it will inevitably conflict with the Song Dynasty.
King Qingtang just said that our imperial army of the Song Dynasty is very tyrannical.
I'm afraid it will be difficult for me, the Song Dynasty, to get a good deal with "Qingtang" alone.
If King Qingtang agrees to the invitation of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and the three parties attack our Song Dynasty together, our Song Dynasty may not be able to withstand it."
Jiao Siluo said with a smile on his face: "Privile Kou is joking. We, Qingtang, are subordinate to the Song Dynasty. In recent years, we have grown stronger with the support of the Song Dynasty. If not for the support of the Song Dynasty, we, Qingtang
Maybe it's still the same barren green pond as before.
I will never be ungrateful when I receive favors from officials."
Hearing this, Kou Ji said with a bright smile: "So, King Qingtang is loyal to the official family?"
Jiao Siluo nodded and said with a smile: "That's natural."
Kou Ji said frankly: "Even so, now that the Black Khan Dynasty and the allied forces of the Liao Kingdom have invaded our Song Dynasty, our Song Dynasty's military strength in the western border is slightly weak. King Qingtang has strong soldiers and horses. Can you lend me Song Dynasty's 100,000 soldiers and horses?
The Song Dynasty used it to fight against the coalition forces of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom."
"Hahaha... Privy Councilor Kou is joking."
Jiao Siluo said very humbly: "Compared to the Celestial Dynasty, our Qingtang army is not as powerful as its soldiers and horses. Although our Qingtang army has accumulated some troops and horses in recent years, now we are all on guard against the Yuanshan tribe."
Speaking of this, Jiao Siluo rubbed his eyebrows and said with a headache: "The Yuanshan Department was supported by Privy Kou. Privy Kou should know who Yuanshan, the leader of the Yuanshan Department, is.
He used to be a horse bandit, but after becoming a leader, his banditry was hard to change.
The soldiers and horses under his command share the same virtue as him.
They often offend me at the edge of Qingtang.
Our Qingtang and Yuanshan tribes are both vassals of the Celestial Empire and have signed treaties with the Celestial Empire.
The Celestial Empire took great care of the Yuanshan tribe.
Due to the face of the Celestial Empire, we, Qingtang, cannot counterattack the Yuanshan tribe, so we can only send heavy troops to the border to prevent the Yuanshan tribe from invading our Qingtang.
Therefore, we in Qingtang now have no extra troops to lend to Privy Council Kou to resist the coalition forces of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom."
When Kou Ji heard Jiao Siluo's words, he cursed in his heart.
If another person came to Qingtang, he would definitely believe Jiao Siluo's lies.
But Kou Ji wouldn't believe it.
Why?
Because everyone in the Yuanshan tribe is from Kou Ji.
Does Kou Ji know whether Yuan Shanbu has caused trouble for Qingtang?
When the Yuanshan tribe was establishing the tribe, they signed a treaty with Qingtang.
In recent years, the Yuanshan tribe has been fulfilling the covenant signed with Qingtang and has never sent anyone to invade the feudal lords on the border of Qingtang.
On the contrary, soldiers and horses from Qingtang often appeared in Yuanshan tribe to plunder some small tribes.
Therefore, the nonsense that Jiao Siluo said could not be hidden from Kou Ji at all.
The reason why he said this was that he was unwilling to send troops and horses to help the Song Dynasty deal with the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom.
Its purpose is very obvious.
Jiao Siluo has already begun to think of joining forces with the Liao Kingdom and the Black Khan Dynasty to deal with the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, he had to keep his troops and horses ready to strike at the Song Dynasty at any time.
He did not take action with the Black Khan Dynasty because he knew that the combined forces of Qingtang and the Black Khan Dynasty were not enough to deal with the Song Dynasty.
He was waiting for the Liao army to enter the game, and he was also waiting for more tribes who wanted to eat meat from the Song Dynasty to enter the game.
The reason why he is still fighting with Kou Jixu and Wei She is because he does not want to fall out with the Song Dynasty before they have a complete confrontation with the Song Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty easily defeated the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty before the Liao Kingdom and other forces entered the situation.
If Qingtang enters the game again, he won't have much confidence in winning.
If you fail to steal the chicken, you will most likely have to lose a handful of rice.
Maybe it's not just a handful of rice lost.
Therefore, Jiao Si Luo will not enter the game until the situation is completely clear.
Kou Ji understood Jiao Siluo's thoughts and was too lazy to argue with Jiao Siluo, "Since the King of Qingtang does not have enough troops to lend to me in the Song Dynasty, then my trip to Qingtang is in vain.
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Jiao Siluo said with a smile: "Privy Kou's words are wrong. Although I, Qingtang, cannot lend the soldiers and horses of the Celestial Dynasty, I can still give you the generous gift to Privy Kou."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was not polite and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, King Qingtang."
The two exchanged some polite words.
Jiao Siluo ordered people to take Kou Ji down to rest.
As soon as Kou Ji left.
Jiao Siluo said with emotion: "He already knows that I, Qingtang, want to take action against Da Song."
An Ziluo was speechless.
On the contrary, the middle-aged man sitting not far from him took a deep breath and said: "The purpose of his coming to my Qingtang is to test whether Zamp will take action in this war.
If Zanpu doesn't take action, he will definitely lend me Qingtang's troops to help the Song Dynasty resist the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty.
If Zanpu takes action, he will definitely not lend him soldiers and horses.
Therefore, this matter cannot be hidden.
He only needs to use borrowing troops as an excuse to easily test Zamp's thoughts."
After a pause, the middle-aged man added: "One thing he said is right, that is, the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom attacked the Song Dynasty from east to west. For me, Qingtang, this is the only
Chance.
I, Qingtang, missed this opportunity and will have no choice but to bow before the Song Dynasty for generations to come.
Zanpu unified Qingtang, and with vigorous troops and horses, he has shown himself to be a hero.
He must not be willing to submit to others, and he must not be willing to submit to the Song Dynasty from generation to generation.
Therefore, Zamp will definitely take action."
Jiao Siluo was stunned and asked: "You mean, even if he tests me without using the excuse of borrowing troops, he still knows that I will take action."
The middle-aged man nodded slowly and said: "Anyone with a bit of ambition will not be able to help but take action when faced with such a situation, let alone Zamp."
Jiao Siluo pondered: "If that's the case, why did he come to my Qingtang again?"
The implication.
Kou Jiming knew that he would take action, but he came to Qingtang to test him. Was it unnecessary?
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "He could predict that Zanpu would take action, but he didn't know when and how Zanpu would take action. He came to Qingtang not only to confirm his thoughts, but also to
Testing when Zamp will take action."
Jiao Siluo frowned and said, "I don't even know when I will take action and what he will be able to detect."
The middle-aged man said frankly: "At least he has tested that Zamp will not take action now."
Jiao Siluo hesitated and said, "What do you mean?"
The middle-aged man said unceremoniously: "If Zampu takes action now, he will definitely not regard Zampu as his opponent. Maybe after he leaves, a great general from the Song Dynasty will appear with 50,000 forbidden troops.
In my Qingtang territory.
If Zanpu doesn't take action, he will stand still and guard against Zanpu secretly."
Jiao Siluo said in confusion: "According to you, it is far easier for me to take action now than later?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said: "It is easy, but there is no benefit. If Zanpu takes action now, it will only attract more Song soldiers here. In the end, the one who gained the advantage was Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
Zamp will take action in the future, although it will be more difficult.
But with Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty helping Zanpu attract the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty that Zanpu had to deal with would not be too many."
Hearing the words, Jiao Siluo nodded slowly, stared at the middle-aged man and said: "Mr. Wan, it is really the Buddha's blessing that I can get your help. If you didn't help me plan, I would have sent out my troops long ago."
Mr. Wan smiled calmly and said: "Zanpu is joking. The humble moral conduct of my minister would not be brought to the fore in the Song Dynasty. Only Zanpu is willing to accept this useless person like me."
Jiao Siluo shook his head slowly, "Mr. Wan's words are wrong. How can Mr. Wan be a useless person? In my eyes, Mr. Wan helping me is like having an extra arm."
When Mr. Wan heard this, he just smiled but said nothing.
It's just flattering each other, it's not enough.
Seeing this, Jiao Siluo stopped praising Mr. Wan. After pondering for a moment, Jiao Siluo looked at An Ziluo and said, "Where did the envoy sent to Yuan Shan go?"
An Ziluo said in a rich voice: "We have entered the Yuanshan tribe."
Jiao Siluo turned his head to look at Mr. Wan and asked: "Mr. Wan, do you think the Yuanshan tribe will agree to join us in attacking the Song Dynasty?"
Mr. Wan frowned and said in a deep voice: "According to the Song people's thinking, the Yuanshan tribe was supported by the Song people, and they would definitely not rebel against the Song Dynasty. And the leader of the Yuanshan tribe, Yuan Shan, offered sacrifices to the Song Dynasty every year
The generous tribute showed his loyalty to the Song Dynasty, so the possibility of him rebelling against the Song Dynasty was very small.
However, after the Song Dynasty supported the Yuanshan tribe again, it did not send troops to garrison near the Yuanshan tribe, nor did it often send people to beat them.
According to the thinking of the people in the Western Regions, after the Yuanshan tribe developed through the Song Dynasty, they would definitely not be willing to be squeezed by the Song Dynasty again. Now that there is an opportunity to counterattack the Song Dynasty, they will definitely not miss it.
Isn’t that what Zanpu thought when he sent someone to contact Yuan Shanbu?
Why are you still asking me?"
Youdao is a white-eyed wolf, and he is not familiar with it.
Most people in the Western Regions are like this.
The Song Dynasty certainly supported the Yuanshan tribe, but the Yuanshan tribe offered generous tributes to the Song Dynasty every year. Over time, it would naturally be overwhelmed.
There must be complaints from the top and bottom of Yuanshan Department.
Most people in the Western Regions grew up on horseback and relied on plundering to survive.
They don't have much kindness and righteousness in their hearts.
The only pursuit is to have enough food and live comfortably.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty frequently takes away generous tributes from the Yuanshan tribe, which makes some nobles in the Yuanshan tribe not enough to eat and live comfortably, and they will definitely feel dissatisfied.
If there is an opportunity to turn against Da Song and take a bite out of Da Song, they should not miss it.
After all, there is no friendship between countries or between forces, only interests.
Take Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty as an example.
He was promoted by father and son Guo Wei and Chai Rong.
But when it comes time to stand up and become emperor, do you think he will show his loyalty?
Jiao Siluo measured Yuan Shan, the leader of the Yuan Shan tribe, based on the temperament of the people from the Western Regions, so he felt that Yuan Shan might agree to join him in attacking the Song Dynasty, so he sent envoys to persuade Yuan Shan.
Jiao Siluo heard what Mr. Wan said and said with emotion: "Kou Ji is right. This time the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom attack the Song Dynasty together, this is our only chance in Qingtang.
Definitely not to be missed.
The reason why I care about Yuanshan's reply is that I hope Yuanshan can agree with me and join me in Qingtang to attack the Song Dynasty.
If Yuan Shanbu is willing to come forward, he can also help us share some of the pressure."
Mr. Wan thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Although the Yuanshan tribe is far less wealthy than my Qingtang, and it is not as strong as our Qingtang soldiers and horses. But the Yuanshan tribe got a lot of good armaments from the Song Dynasty by currying favor with the Song Dynasty.
, relying on those armaments, they established a cavalry force of ten thousand people.
That 10,000-strong cavalry force can stop our 100,000 elite soldiers from Qingtang."
Jiao Siluo nodded and said: "I asked the Yuanshan tribe to join the game because I valued the Yuanshan tribe's cavalry. If the Yuanshan tribe didn't have that cavalry, I wouldn't bother to bring them into the game."
Mr. Wan nodded slowly.
An Ziluo, who had been sitting silently, suddenly said, "Since Kou Ji knows that Qingtang will join the game, and also knows the crisis that the Song Dynasty will face after that, why can't I see any panic in him, and even a little bit..."
Do you mean to be confident?"
Jiao Siluo and Mr. Wan were both stunned when they heard this.
Jiao Siluo looked at Mr. Wan, who hesitated and said: "Kou Ji probably feels that everything is under his control. Kou Ji is the best at planning and controlling everything.
From the moment he became an official to the present, nothing seems to have gone wrong with the plans he has laid out and everything he has controlled.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that he feels confident."
An Ziluo frowned and said, "Does that mean he has a way to deal with Qingtang sending troops?"
Mr. Wan smiled and said: "He will definitely lay out some means to guard against our Qingtang. But now the most powerful Zhenxi Army in the Western Region of the Song Dynasty, the Yongxing Army, has been dispatched to Hexi.
All the local soldiers and horses in the western border of the Song Dynasty were also dispatched to Hexi.
Now the only people guarding our Qingtang are the 60,000 soldiers and horses newly built by the Song Dynasty to guard Dali.
Those 60,000 soldiers and horses must guard against our Qingtang and our Dali.
In fact, he could only guard against Dali.
Because once we send troops in Qingtang and they rush to fight on the battlefield of Qingtang, the Wuman tribesmen in Dali who have just surrendered to the Song Dynasty will definitely rise up and retake Dali that belongs to them from the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, once the 60,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Dali leave, Dali will be in chaos.
Therefore, it was impossible for them to leave Dali, and even if they did, they would not dare to leave for too long.
Therefore, no soldiers and horses in the entire Western Region can stop our Qingtang.
At most, Kou Ji would have deployed some means similar to how he defeated the Yellow-headed Uighur troops in Deshengchuan.
But there is absolutely no way to mobilize enough troops and horses to fight against me in Qingtang."
Speaking of this, Mr. Wan looked at Jiao Siluo and said with a smile: "And our Qingtang is far from the Qingtang of the past. Now our Qingtang has as many as five hundred thousand string control people.
The Song Dynasty's one or two imperial guards are no match for us.
Therefore, even if Kou Ji has some arrangements, he cannot stop our Qingtang troops.
Now what I have to do in Qingtang is to wait for the opportunity.
Wait for the outcome of the fierce battle between the Song Dynasty and the Black Khan Dynasty.
Wait for Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to lead his troops southward."
Hearing this, Jiao Siluo said with emotion: "I am afraid that the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty will be defeated by the Song Dynasty before Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao leads his troops south to the Song Dynasty."
Mr. Wan pondered for a moment and said: "The Black Khan Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of cavalry should not be defeated too quickly. Even if they are defeated, with the proud temperament of the Black Khan King Yusufu, he will recruit another group of troops from the Black Khan Dynasty's territory. Horse joins.
Even if the troops and horses mobilized again by the Black Khan King Yu Sufu were defeated, the Liao Kingdom's Xiang Yinxiao would still have 200,000 troops in the Liao Kingdom's territory.
The Liao soldiers will not be defeated that easily."
Speaking of this, Mr. Wan looked at Jiao Siluo and said, "Even if they are defeated, it won't have much impact on us, so we don't have to take action.
As long as we don't take action, we won't offend the Song Dynasty."
When Jiao Siluo heard this, he laughed heartily.
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