Chapter 255: We'll see
Princess Xuan'er smiled and said, "Big brother, I believe that if you can defeat Yelu Xiuge for the first time, you will be able to defeat him for the second and third time." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info has been beaten until he himself dares not bring troops to the Song Dynasty until he dares to bring troops to the Song Dynasty, that is called ability. β
Yang Xianmao suddenly had a sentence in his heart, "A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and those who are above are also." Wouldn't it be better if the other side did not withdraw his troops by means of battle, and no longer lead them south?
At that moment, Yang Xianmao raised his voice and said loudly to Yelu Xiuge, who was riding a horse below: "General Yelu, this matter is very important, and I don't dare to make an assertion. Therefore, I will report to the emperor before making a decision. If the general is sincere, he can withdraw his troops first. As long as I agree with the emperor, we will discuss the issue of healing. If you are now in the city to talk to me about this, it is a bit like using soldiers to oppress people. Therefore, you withdraw first, and then I will ask the emperor about this matter. How?"
Brother Yelu Xiu didn't expect Yang Xianmao to agree immediately, and after hearing his words, he nodded and said, "Yes, I will lead the troops to withdraw to the Liao Dynasty first, and wait for the general's good news." β
Yelu Hugo turned his horse's head, rode his horse back to his own position, and gave an order, and the rear team of 50,000 Liao troops was the front team, and slowly withdrew to the Liao border. After a while, he was gone.
Cui Yanjin and the others originally wanted to wait for the Liao army to attack the city after drinking, and then fight a bloody battle, but they didn't expect that Yelu Xiuge came with a large army, but Yang Xianmao said in a few words that he had withdrawn, which was really unexpected.
Since the army does not fight, it is the best, which is also in line with Song Taizong's requirements, so everyone laughed and went down to the city tower and returned to the yamen to continue drinking.
And this time the drinking is different from the previous life, the Liao army has withdrawn, and they drank even more freely, especially the famous general Yelu Xiuge, the commander of the Liao army, actually sought medical treatment from Yang Xianmao in front of the two armies, which made Song Jun feel that this young supervisor really had great ability, and his reputation spread to the Liao country, and they all felt that they had a special face on their faces.
At that moment, Yang Xianmao asked the record office to write a memo, and urgently reported the request of Yelu Hugh Ge to the capital with 800 li urgently.
In the recital, Yang Xianmao did not make any statement, but only objectively recounted the matter and asked the emperor for instructions. Because he really doesn't know how the emperor judges this kind of thing, if he takes the idea first and thinks differently from the emperor, he is afraid that he will leave a bad impression on the emperor. It's better to leave it all to the emperor to get ideas.
I didn't expect to wait for more than 20 days before the emperor's decree arrived. At this time, it was almost the Spring Festival.
As soon as Yang Xianmao saw Huang Gonggong as a eunuch to convey the decree, he knew that the emperor was afraid that he did not promise to break the tendons of Yelu Xiuge in exchange for Yelu Xiuge's promise that he would never lead troops to invade the Great Song Dynasty, because if it was promised, the emperor could send a holy decree directly, and there was no need to ask Huang Gonggong to send it in person. Since he is here, there must be some words that are inconvenient to write on the holy decree, and he needs to say it to Yang Xianmao in person.
The holy decree brought by Huang Gonggong was actually a commendation order, and Cui Yanjin and others hurriedly set up an incense case to receive the decree.
Gonggong Cui read out the holy decree in a subdued male duck voice. This time, the emperor obviously won a big victory against them, and the dragon was very happy, and added officials to the main generals. Feng Cui Yanjin deployed for the Guannan capital. Responsible for the defense of the Kannan area. All of them are deployed equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, holding military power and being responsible for the defense of one side, and it is impossible for someone who is not the emperor's most important and trusted person to get this position. This shows the emperor's appreciation for this battle of Kannan. Although Cui Yanjin didn't actually make any actual contributions in this battle, after all, he was the commander, so the credit was still credited to him.
Guo Shouwen, who broke the Liao army this time, was named the assassin of Lanzhou, and Li Jilong was the assassin of Dingzhou, and jointly assisted Cui Yanjin in defending Guannan to prevent the Liao army from attacking again.
Because the area around Guannan is the only place where the Liao army of Youzhou must pass through to enter the Central Plains. Therefore, Song Taizong arranged Guo Shouwen and Li Jilong, two tiger generals, here and held important positions.
Judging from the title given to Li Jilong by Song Taizong, he finally has real power, and it is a very important military power, and he is placed in a very important position, which makes Li Jilong smile.
After thanking the eunuch Huang Gonggong, he expressed his gratitude to Yang Xianmao repeatedly, all because Yang Xianmao led him to fight and defeated the 60,000 Liao army with 3,000 iron cavalry. If it weren't for Yang Xianmao's fire that burned the Liao army to pieces, it would be impossible to break the dream of the Liao army.
What they are most concerned about is the reward of Yang Xianmao. Yang Xianmao made the first contribution in the Battle of Guannan, but he did not know what official position the emperor rewarded him.
After Gonggong Huang read out the holy decree, Cui Yanjin and the others were dumbfounded. ββThe holy decree only canonized Yang Xianmao as the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu.
This thing is just a dismissal from the third grade, with no position and no power. Cui Yanjin They thought that Yang Xianmao was eloquent and brave in battle, and he should be an important military attache such as the deployment of the capital, guarding the northern frontier and resisting the Liao army, but they didn't expect that the emperor did not give him a military position, but only gave him a civil and prose official, although the grade is already very high, but in the end it is not in charge of real power, it is really puzzling. It was not good to express it in front of the eunuchs, and they all looked at Yang Xianmao with sympathetic eyes, for fear that he would lose his temper under great disappointment.
Unexpectedly, when they saw Yang Xianmao smiling and not caring, they felt a little puzzled. They felt that Yang Xianmao was the first to break the Liao army in the two major battles of the Battle of Mancheng and the Battle of Guannan, but the emperor only gave him a civil and prose official, which was indeed too asymmetrical, but Yang Xianmao was not unhappy.
Yang Xianmao is actually a person with no ambitions, and his greatest wish is nothing more than to treat people. As for the leading battle, it was just an improvisation, these two battles achieved major victories, in his opinion it was just a coincidence, the next stop may not be able to win, it is the best to accept it when it is good, and now he is still young, he has become a high-ranking official from the third grade, which in his opinion, has been very satisfied.
After reading out the holy decree, Gonggong Huang said to Yang Xianmao: "The family still has the official family's edict this time, and it will be given to Lord Yang alone." β
Yang Xianmao had already expected this, and hurriedly let Huang Gonggong to his inner house, and after the guests were seated, the maid offered fragrant tea and withdrew and closed the door.
Gonggong Huang lowered his voice and said to Yang Xianmao: "The official family asked our Yang Jueye to say two things: First, the emperor knows that Yang Jueye has made great contributions, but you are too young, if you are awarded a real high-ranking official, the ministers are only afraid of dissatisfaction. Therefore, the official family will take all your credits to heart, and when you are older, they will entrust you with important responsibilities. Moreover, the official family also wants you to go around to find a prescription for the princess of the kingdom and cure his illness. If you are allowed to stay on one side, you are afraid that you will not have this opportunity, and you must understand the good intentions of the officials. β
Yang Xianmao hurriedly stood up, looked at the direction of Kaifeng in the south, bowed for a long time, and said, "Weichen thanks the official family for their grace." The official family thought too thoughtfully, and Wei Chen fully understood, please rest assured that Wei Chen would do his best to find a way to cure the illness of the princess of the kingdom. β
Gonggong Huang touched his smooth chin, nodded again and again, and said, "The official family said that he believes that the lord will definitely accept this arrangement, and it is so." The official family is really far-sighted, and it is also the lord who understands the righteousness, and our family admires it very much."
Yang Xianmao hurriedly said: "Father-in-law is polite, what is the second thing?"
"The second thing that the official asked our family to tell the lord is, of course, the letter that the lord sent to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 miles. Regarding Jeruxiugo's request to heal his wounds in exchange for his promise that he would not lead troops to the south for the rest of his life. The emperor summoned his ministers to discuss this matter, but the final result was that he did not agree. The reason is very simple, judging from the Battle of Mancheng and the Battle of Guannan, and the two consecutive defeats of the Liao army, the Liao army is actually not as strong as imagined, and we can completely defeat them and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. even smashed the Yellow Dragon, seized the land of the Liao Dynasty, and dominated the world. There is no need to use this method in exchange for his promise, even if he leads the army? Didn't the lord lead the army to defeat him in the city? Therefore, the official family believed that it did not matter whether Yelu Hugo led the army south or not. There is no need to heal him in exchange for his promise. Speaking of this matter, it is actually not glorious for my Great Song. Now he is begging us to treat him in front of the two armies, and my Great Song is so proud of it, and the soldiers of the Liao army are very frustrated, which is already a good result, if he is given treatment, it will damage our spirit. Besides, one of his hands was abolished by you, the lord, and he couldn't use the blade, and his skill was greatly reduced, wouldn't it be easier to defeat him again? β
When Yang Xianmao heard this, Song Taizong finally decided to be the same as Princess Xuan'er expected. It seems that knowing her father is Mo Ruonu, and although Xuan'er is young, her speculation about her father's mind is still very accurate.
Yang Xianmao nodded and said, "Since the official family has decided so, then of course I will comply." What do I do next?"
Gonggong Huang smiled and said: "The emperor said, you have been working very hard for several days, fighting continuously, and you have been called to listen to the dispatch on the night of the candles in the cave room, I am really sorry." Therefore, let you hurry back to your hometown in Xuanzhou and have a good reunion with your family for the Spring Festival. Now there are only three days before the Spring Festival, fortunately, your donkey can travel thousands of miles a day, and it is estimated that you can rush back to Xuanzhou before the Spring Festival, so you don't have to wait for our family, and our family will reward the three armies here. β
Yang Xianmao nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Then we will send someone to inform Yelu Xiuge and let him know the result." β
Huang Gonggong said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, when you drink the celebration wine, you should rush back, and you have to rush back to accompany your daughter-in-law for the New Year." As for Yelu Huge's side, the official family has already told our family how to deal with it, just leave it to our family. β
Yang Xianmao faintly felt that something was wrong, but Huang Gonggong said so, and it was not good for him to insist on writing a letter to Yelu Xiuge in person, but it seemed that he had some friendship with him, but in fact, the two were mortal enemies, so he nodded and agreed.
After the two finished speaking, Huang Gonggong found Cui Yanjin, and according to what Emperor Song Taizong explained before coming, he personally wrote a short message with a pen, asking Huang Gonggong to send a soldier to Yelu Xiuge.
When Jeruhukor received the letter and opened it, he saw that it was written: "You deserve to be injured." If you invade the south again, you will take your life!"
Jeruhugo crumpled the letter with one hand and unfolded it again, and the letter had become countless fragments, scattered in the wind.
His eyes were blazing with anger, he looked at the sky of the Song Dynasty in the south, and three words popped out of his teeth: "Let's see!"