Because Nanjing Road and Xijing Road are still in the hands of the Liao people, although news has recently been heard from the north that the Jin Kingdom has begun to attack Xijing Road, and it is still in a state of unstoppable momentum.

There are also news that the Liao people were beaten to the point of fear of the Jurchen tiger. After hearing the Jin people attacked, many states opened cities and surrendered, and some people fled to Nanjing Road. There was no decent resistance in the entire Xijing Road, and the Jin army won consecutive victories.

Liu Xu didn't take it too seriously. This may have been specially asked by the Jin Kingdom to let someone go, or it may have been boasted by the business travelers, because the war is more difficult to fight later.

First, the Liao Kingdom had no way out, and second, a large number of people who had finally finally Liao Kingdom were forced to gather on small plots of land to resist, and they would work together and share the same hatred of the enemy.

So it seems that the Liao Kingdom has been beaten to a small area, but because of this, it has reached the most difficult time to beat.

After more than ten days of bumpy ride, he crossed the Bohai Sea from Jingguolai, detoured by Liaodong, entered Shangjing City from Tokyo Road, and finally arrived at Shangjing City.

This time when I returned to Shangjing, the Liao Kingdom was the capital of the Jin Kingdom. The towering blue-black city walls were still solemn and ancient. People came and went in and out, and people were passing by in a hurry. If it weren't for the broken female wall on the top of the city, and the row of heads hanging in front of the city cave, no one would have thought that there had been a war here only a month ago.

When he arrived at the city gate, the gatekeeper stopped him, and Liu Xu had to explain his identity.

The sect official glanced at him, became respectful and let him go into the city directly.

When he entered the city, he was not allowed to ride a horse unless he was a powerful person. Although he was a person trusted by the Jin emperor today, he was never a Jurchen person. If he could not cause trouble, he would not cause trouble. Therefore, he always acted in a low-key manner.

In fact, he had expected the difficulties and obstacles of this trip south from the beginning because he was originally from Jingguo.

He knew the difference between the Jurchens and the Jingguo people, so he prepared many plans in his heart from the beginning, but things still exceeded expectations.

One is Princess Yingge. To be honest, he never thought that such a thing would happen, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he never expected it.

He was obsessed with national affairs and never paid attention to the princess around him. The reason why he brought Princess Wanyan with him was also an important consideration.

He and Wanyan Wuguna discussed this matter because they were afraid of the alliance between Liao and Jing.

Because there is another possibility, that is, the Liao Kingdom was forced to make Daojing Kingdom give land on the eastern coast, let Jing Kingdom go north and attack the Jin Kingdom.

Moreover, the Jing Kingdom had a complete reason to send troops, because the Liao Kingdom invaded the border of Jing Kingdom two years ago, burned, killed and looted, and the Jurchens also participated.

It was precisely for this consideration that he discussed with the emperor and brought Princess Wanyan Yingge with him.

For the princess, they just told her to increase her knowledge and take a look at the fertile soil of the south on behalf of the emperor. In fact, he and the emperor had already agreed that if the matter was urgent, even if the princess was married to Jingguo and facilitated marriage, they would have to stabilize the situation and not allow Jingguo to send troops.

Only when the Jin Kingdom completely took over Shangjing, Zhongjing was a strong city, and had sufficient troops, food and supplies, could the threat from Jing Kingdom be lifted.

Looking at the bustling crowd around him and feeling various gazes, he walked all the way to the palace gate, and he began to worry about the second big problem.

That is King Pingnan, a person who always surprises him.

Previously, he used his troops to go out of Bohai to control his neck, but later he defeated most of the political enemies in the court as lightly as possible. Even Deputy Prime Minister of Jingguo died at his hands.

The key is that he is only sixteen years old!

A 16-year-old young man had such a clear understanding of the situation in the world that he crossed the Bohai Sea and attacked Liaoyang with one move to kill their lifeline.

If the Liao Kingdom uses the eastern coastal land to put the Jin Kingdom in danger, then if it succeeds in crossing the sea to attack Liaoyang, it will be like crushing the Jin Kingdom's throat and putting them in a embarrassing situation of fighting on both sides.

He naturally knew the pros and cons, so he gave up again and again, and even almost gave up two places, so he had to stabilize the King of Pingnan without using poisoning plans.

Fortunately, he really found an opportunity, which was the Jingwu Fight, a kind of person led by the prince, who was dissatisfied with the King of Pingnan. Using this, he finally stabilized the situation and dragged it to the Jin Kingdom to break through Shangjing.

If the emperor hadn't acted fast, if it wasn't for the Jing domestic fight, they would have bleed heavily this time.

This shows the terror of the King of Pingnan.

There are many more...

The more he saw, the more he felt that the second son was not a person in the pool.

Now, he began to vaguely regret his cooperation with King Pingnan.

King Pingnan exchanged a land of ​​a path for his help and helped design his political enemies.

At first, Liu Xu also thought it was cost-effective, after all, it was a Xijing Road!

But slowly he finally realized that things were unusual, because after his help, plus the operation and means of King Pingnan, a large number of people in the Jingguo court, including the Crown Prince, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Ministry of War, the Minister of War, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, the Third Yas Head Office, and many others suffered.

After these people fell, King Pingnan stood up immediately!

If the prince is gone, wouldn’t he be the most promising successor of Jingguo? This is a huge game of chess. He thought he had made money, but now he saw...

If he was asked to choose once, he would rather give up Xijing Road to face an enemy like King Pingnan or to have that kind of land.

If the emperor of Jing Kingdom is the current crown prince in the future, then the Jin Kingdom will have many opportunities to take back the land.

But if people like King Pingnan took power in the future, the Jin Kingdom would no longer be able to covet southern land.

"Oh, I'm not considering it enough." Liu Xu sighed.

......

After a while, he had already walked outside the imperial city. Shangjing and Kaiyuan's prosperity were incomparable, and the scale was also true.

So the road from the city gate to the imperial city is not far. This was originally the Liao Dynasty imperial palace, but it has changed hands now.

He led his horse to the wall, explained the situation to the guards, and asked them to go in and inform them that when he left, the Jin Kingdom had not yet established a country, so naturally there was no such thing as a scepter book that could prove his identity.

Liu Xu could only wait on the spot, and he began to understand the thoughts in his mind. He had too many things to tell the emperor.

Liu Xu was walking down and pondering. After a while, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and a group of five or six rode out on horseback. He was pondering, so he didn't have time to hide for a while and shocked the horse.

The war horse neighed and stopped quickly. The person on the horse's back was almost thrown off, "Are you looking for death?"

The visitor dismounted angrily, pointed at him with a horse whip and cursed, and the followers also dismounted and leaned over.

"Do you know where this is!" the guard scolded.

"Sorry, I'm negligent in the next moment." Liu Xu apologized.

As a result, the other party did not leave, but stared at him carefully and said, "Liu Xu!"

Liu Xu looked up, looked at the other party carefully, and quickly said respectfully: "It turns out to be the 14th prince." This man is Wanyan Wugu, the 14th son, Wanyan Yun.

Wanyan Yun's face was not good, so she stared at him and turned around: "You still have the face to come back, you traitor!"

Liu Xu felt a little nervous, "I don't understand the prince's meaning."

"Don't understand? Humph, you, the Han dog, at the beginning, bewitched your father and asked us to give up our ancestors' traditions. Now you give up Nanjing City to the people of Jingguo! What's it if you are not a traitor!" Wanyan Yun said angrily.

Liu Xu had to patiently explain: "This is a strategy. The more the war comes, the harder it is to fight. The Liao Kingdom converges in Nanjing. In the end, Nanjing will definitely become the hardest hard bone to crack. Letting Jing Kingdom fight can not only consume their strength, but also see how much Jing Kingdom is..."

"Hmph, that's just the idea of ​​you cowardly Han people!" Wanyan Yun was furious: "I, the Great Jin Warrior, are invincible in the world! There is no city that I can't defeat."

He said that, glaring at Liu Xu fiercely: "Coward, in my Dajin, many people want your dog head. You'd better be careful not to give me a chance." As he said that, he turned over and drove away.

Liu Xu sighed in place. This is his situation in Jin Kingdom...

He shouldn't have come back, as King Pingnan warned him, especially when the Jin Kingdom won consecutive victories and five surrounding cities to Jing Kingdom.

If Jing Kingdom had no such figure as Pingnan King, perhaps he would have lived in seclusion in Jing Kingdom, or Xixia, and never returned to the gold and earth.

But because of King Pingnan, he had to bring the news to the emperor, otherwise he would not be at ease if he had not fulfilled his duties.

After a while, the guards who informed him came out and personally sent him in.

Just as he arrived at the Great Highness, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Wugunai had already come out to greet him in person, helped him up with a smile, and took his hand and walked into the hall side by side with him.

Liu Xu couldn't help but burst into tears. No matter how hard it is, no matter how many grievances and slander it, he couldn't help but feel it was worth it at this moment.

But the emperor in front of him was aging before he got old, his eyes were deep and his hair was mixed with white, and he was no longer as majestic as before...

"Your Majesty is..." He said worriedly.

Wanyan Wu Gunna waved his hand and laughed: "It's not a big deal. You're sleeping in the open and fighting for years, and you will inevitably get sick. But I'm strong and these are not worth mentioning."

Liu Xu suddenly felt sad...

"By the way, where is Yingge?"

"Oh...Princess, the princess is walking slowly behind. I have something urgent to do, so I hurried back to see the emperor." Liu Xu said.

"Let's not talk about these things. You are busy with me for so long. Let's go and rest first. I will hold a banquet to welcome you in the evening. It's not too late to talk about it then, hahaha." Wanyan Wugunai said heroically.

Seeing this, Liu Xu could only nod.

.........

That night, the emperor set up a banquet in the palace and roasted two fat sheep to welcome him.

All important figures from the Jin Dynasty were present.

In addition to the emperor Wanyan Wugunai, he also has his brother, Wanyan Zongbi, the most powerful general in the Jin Dynasty.

There was also the second prince Wanyan Li on the table, who is also the current crown prince of the Jin Kingdom. He followed his father to fight south and north since he was a child. He led his men to conquer the capital and was deeply trusted by the emperor.

There is also the eldest prince Wanyan Liang. He was the one who defeated the Liao army in Liaodong. However, although Wanyan Liang was the eldest son, he was indeed a concubine, so he had no right to inherit.

There is also the fourteenth son Wanyan Yun. Wanyan Yun is a big disadvantage compared to the two brothers, but she has also been on the battlefield and is considered a warrior.

The remaining were foreign generals, the mother of the general, Pu Jianu, etc., who were all generals with great military achievements under the emperor. After a year of war with the Liao Kingdom, they occupied a large area of ​​land of the third of the five Liao Kingdoms, relying on the great military achievements of these people.

Since the battle with the Liao Kingdom, these people have fought more than a hundred battles of all sizes.

Most of them have bad eyes for Liu Xu, and only Wanyan Liang casts friendly eyes on him.

During the banquet, the emperor deliberately created opportunities for him to explain the reason for giving up Nanjing to fight Jingguo. After all, it was just two points. Nanjing would be the most capable bone for the entire Liao Kingdom, because all the last resistance forces would gather there; and look at the strength of Jingguo to determine the strategy against the south. If the enemy is strong, they will join forces and intimidate with military power and demand benefits. If the enemy is weak, they will take advantage of the situation and move south and annex large areas of fertile land in the south in one fell swoop.

As a result, except for Wanyan Liang, there was also the emperor, and the rest looked disdainful and were too lazy to listen to him say more.

Liu Xu had to keep silent. He knew that successive victories had given these generals the illusion that they were invincible in the world.
To be continued...