In the midst of the singing and dancing, a middle-aged man lies with his eyes squinted, lying on the thighs of a beautiful woman, while admiring the singing and dancing, while tasting the wine sent to his lips by the beauty. It has a sense of drunkenness on the beautiful woman's knees and awakening the power of the world. However, if Zhao Yan saw this person here, he would probably not recognize that the middle-aged man who was fascinated by wine and sex was the energetic Yelu Jun at the time.

"King of Wei, what's the situation in the north?" At this moment, Yelu Jun, who was half-closing his eyes, suddenly asked an old minister sitting there next to him. He saw that the old minister's hair and beard were all white, but because of proper maintenance, there were not many wrinkles on his face, and he looked quite a bit like a childish face. This old man was Yelu Yixin, who was powerful in the Liao Dynasty.

"Report to Your Majesty, some time ago, Wanyan's troops led their troops to attack Huanglong Mansion again, but were defeated by Xiao Yanshou's army and had no choice but to retreat." At this time, Yelu Yixin spoke with a little light.

However, Xiao Derang, who was sitting next to Yelu Yixin, couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard his words. Before, Wanyan's army launched a large-scale attack on Huanglong Mansion. Xiao Yanshou, who was guarding there, used the Liao army with less than 10,000 people under his command to block the opponent's attack on the seven days and seven nights with the city wall. Although Wanyan's army retreated in the end, it was impossible to say that it was a big defeat. On the contrary, Xiao Yanshou's army suffered heavy casualties. If the Jurchens attacked again, he would definitely not be able to stop the Jurchens' military.

"Very good. It seems that you have the vision of King Wei. When he sent Xiao Yanshou to Huanglong Mansion, he could finally maintain peace in the northern part of our Liao Kingdom. Since he made such a contribution, the court should not be stingy with the rewards. The rewards that should be received are immediately sent to Huanglong Mansion!" Yelu Jun seemed to have no doubt about Yelu Yixin's words, nor did he ask about the casualties, but he just sent them to the rewards. Unfortunately, he did not know that the situation in Huanglong Mansion was already very critical and could be captured by the Jurchens at any time.

"Old minister obeys the order!" Yelu Yixin said with a smile, but he still felt a little regretful. Since Yelu Ren died first, only Xiao Yanshou dared to confront him in the court. Huanglong Mansion has been threatened by the Jurchens, so he advised Yelu Jun and transferred Xiao Yanshou to Huanglong Mansion to guard. However, he ordered people to deduct Xiao Yanshou's military pay and supplies, and even the soldiers could not be replenished. He thought that the Jurchens could break through the Huanglong Mansion this time, but at that time, Xiao Yanshou had only two deaths, the first was to die at the hands of the Jurchens. The second was to escape and die at his own hands, but unfortunately he did not expect that he could defeat the Jurchens with only less than 10,000 troops. This was beyond his expectations.

"Your Majesty, news came from the Song Dynasty that there was a mission to arrive in our Liao Kingdom!" At this time, Yelu Yixin suddenly thought of something again and reported it again. He was also very surprised about the sudden sending of the mission to the Song Dynasty this time. Although the two countries reached the alliance again after the other side took back Yanyun last time, the two countries reached a new alliance. However, for the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty was still its own enemy, and only when Zhao Xu ascended the throne last time, the Liao Kingdom sent a mission there. The two countries never sent a mission again at other times.

"Oh? What mission did the Song Dynasty send for no reason? Did they say that it was because of it?" Yelu Jun couldn't help but open his eyes for the first time when he heard this news. For him, the Jurchens in the north were just scabies, and no matter how fierce the trouble was, he didn't care much about it. However, the Song Dynasty was a major concern of the Liao Kingdom, especially the Song Dynasty became more and more powerful in recent years, and the pressure the Liao Kingdom felt was getting stronger and stronger, so he had to pay attention to all the dynamics of the Song Dynasty.

"This time, the Song people's mission is strange here. According to the rules of the mission, before the missions of the two countries will send people to inform the other party, so that the other party will know the general purpose of the mission, but the mission of the Song Dynasty did not inform them of the purpose. It only said that there were very important matters for us to discuss with the Liao Dynasty. In addition, the envoy who led the mission was named Zhang Dun, and he was appointed as the minister of the subordinate. He was the first person under the prime minister, and he personally served as the envoy. This shows how important the Song Dynasty attached to this mission." Yelu Yixin frowned at this time, and he also felt a little strange about the sudden visit of the envoy of the Song Dynasty.

"That's strange. When will the Great Song Dynasty Mission arrive?" Yelu Jun suddenly sat up and said. He had been ignoring the government for a long time, and all the affairs in the court were handed over to Yelu Yixin. However, the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty Mission this time made him somewhat interested.

Seeing Yelu Jun suddenly became interested in the mission of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yixin felt a slump. He finally made Yelu Jun ignore the government and hand over everything to himself. However, he did not expect that this situation was broken by the arrival of the mission of the Song Dynasty. However, he still said calmly: "Report to Your Majesty, according to the information sent, it is estimated that they will arrive in Shangjing at most a month."

"Very good, don't forget to inform me then, I will personally meet the mission of the Song Dynasty!" Yelu Jun ordered immediately. Only then could he vaguely see the style of the past. However, as the singing and dancing in the hall sounded again, his face showed an intoxicated look. He raised his wine glass and greeted Yelu Yixin and Xiao Derang, so that they could have fun in time and not let down the great time.

At the same time, the Great Song Dynasty mission led by Zhang Dun finally passed through the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and then entered the territory of Liao from Gubeikou where the Song-Liao battle had occurred. All the Great Wall in the north of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were restored, and a large number of troops were stationed. With the danger of the Great Wall, as long as the Great Song Dynasty's defense did not relax, there was basically no need to worry about the Liao Dynasty going south again.

As soon as he left Gubeikou, Zhang Dun immediately felt the difference between inside and outside the Great Wall. When he was moving forward in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he found that although this place had not been occupied by the Song Dynasty for a long time, it was already very prosperous. Villages of all sizes were distributed in Yanyun land in an orderly manner. The arable land was connected to the arable land, and the towns were even more lively. Although there was still some difference with the Hebei land, it had at least recovered from the previous war, and there was a vibrant scene everywhere.

However, when Zhang Dun left Gubeikou, he immediately saw a completely different scene from Yanyun Land. He saw that the territory of Liao Kingdom north of the Great Wall was desolate. There was no farmland or village within a hundred miles. However, there were also fields and ridges on the terrain of some wastelands. This shows that these wastelands used to be farmland, but they were abandoned for some reasons. In addition, they could also see some abandoned villages that had become a nest of wild beasts along the way. Many villages could even see a lot of bones. At night, there were ghost fires everywhere.

When he first left Gubeikou, Zhang Dun thought that it was because it was too close to the Song Dynasty, so the Liao Kingdom moved the people farther away, but when he continued to penetrate the Liao Kingdom nearly a hundred miles, it was still a desolate scene, which surprised him very much. In the Song Dynasty, he only heard that the national strength of the Liao Kingdom declined. Now it seems that this is true, and there is almost no people within a hundred miles. This makes Zhang Dun feel that the Liao Kingdom really has a sign of destruction.

It was not until Zhang Dun and the others walked forward for six or seven days before they finally saw some smoke-filled places. Every morning and evening, they could see the curling smoke rising from some broken villages from time to time. However, when the mission passed by these villages, the people in the village did not dare to go out. At most, some children hid behind the fence and watched them secretly. The big eyes were full of fear, and most of them were yellow and hungry and thin, and they could tell at a glance that they could not even eat enough.

Because the road was too desolate and there was not even a decent town, Zhang Dun and the others often slept in the wild. After dinner that day, Zhang Dun brought the Liao Kingdom to welcome his officials to drink tea in his tent, and asked him about some things, and the other party happily went to the appointment.

"Xiao Dianjian, I went on a journey and found that the territory of Liao was very desolate. Calculate the time, we are about to reach the territory of Zhongjing Dading Prefecture. I remember that this was once the most prosperous place in Liao. Even after the war, after so many years, some weather should have been restored. But why is it still so desolate?" Zhang Dun personally poured a cup of tea for the other party and asked.

The Liao minister who came to greet him was named Xiao Wuna, and he was appointed as the chief of the capital and the so-called capital and inspector. The so-called capital and inspector was actually the commander of the Liao Dynasty's imperial guards, who commanded the most elite imperial guards of the Liao Dynasty. They also had the capital and inspectors in the past and later Zhou dynasties. Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, held this position, and later successfully rebelled. It was precisely because of this that after the founding of the Song Dynasty, the position of the capital and inspectors was no longer established.

The Liao Dynasty was not divided into civil and military affairs. Although Xiao Wuna held a military position, he was also quite knowledgeable. Moreover, when Yelu Jun was the crown prince, Xiao Wuna surrendered to Yelu Jun, so he was highly favored by Yelu Jun and had a considerable influence in the court. This was also the main reason why he was sent to welcome the Song Dynasty mission.

When Xiao Wuna heard Zhang Dun's question, he cursed in his heart. Because the reason why the south of Zhongjing is so depressed is that it can be said that it is all thanks to the Song Dynasty. However, the two countries still maintain an alliance in their performance, so he must not be able to break up with Zhang Dun. He could only smile bitterly: "Enity Zhang doesn't know that since a great war between our Song and Liao battle for Yanyun, Zhongjing has also been greatly damaged. However, if only this is the case, it would not have made it so depressed here. The key is that your Song Dynasty border guards were not strictly guarding the passes, which actually allowed many fugitives from our Great Liao to enter the Song Dynasty. Our Great Liao negotiated with you Great Song several times for this, but your Song army ignored our requests at all, and almost triggered a conflict between the two countries. If Envoy Zhang returned to the capital, I hope you will report this to the Song Dynasty court and must severely punish those border guards!"

When Zhang Dun heard Xiao Wuna's words, he was stunned at first, and then he understood. Although the other party was unclear and some places were hiding the truth, he could also guess that after Yan Yun was occupied by the Song Dynasty, the people of Yan Yun were originally Han people from the Liao area. They lived better and better under the rule of the Song Dynasty. The Han people north of the Great Wall must have had some contact with the Han people from the Yan Yun area, and many of them were even related. When they saw that the lives of the people in the Song Dynasty were a hundred times better than those on their side, they were naturally unwilling to accept it. In this way, some people must have chosen to escape to Yan Yun area south of the Great Wall. The defenders of the Song Dynasty were naturally happy, and the Liao Kingdom could not forbidden. As a result, fewer and fewer people north of the Great Wall. No wonder they were uninhabited after entering the Liao Kingdom.
Chapter completed!