"Your Majesty, I would like to see you in the right leather room!" An attendant entered the tent and whispered, very careful, knowing that the emperor had not been in a good mood lately.

Hearing Yeluwu's request to see him, Yeluruan's brows suddenly furrowed, and a little displeasure flashed in his expression. As a meritorious man and a rare person with outstanding ability among the Khitan nobles, Yelu Ruan still has a great fancy for Yelu House.

Lately, however, he has become increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the Yelu House, as his people oppose some of his policies, especially the resolution of the Southern Expedition. If it weren't for his loyalty, he also had some talent, and he would definitely not take him with him, and he would also hand over the right leather room army to his command.

I have the intention to refuse but not see it, but after all, he is the general of the army of the Imperial Tent and the pro-army, and he is in charge of the military and politics, so it is not easy to see.

However, when Yelu Wu entered the inner account, sure enough, after the salute, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was Yelu Ruan's words that he didn't like to hear: "Your Majesty, the ministers have been patrolling all the way, and they have seen all the soldiers and soldiers, and the people's hearts are fluctuating, and there are quite complaints. ”

Although he did not oppose it as bluntly as before, the meaning of the words annoyed people when he heard it.

I wanted to scold, but as a Ming monarch, when I practiced and listened to it, Yelu Ruan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said lightly: "The subordinates have some grievances, and I know it in my heart. Ordinary soldiers, who have no military force, do not know strategy, and do not know about national affairs, only need to appease them. After they entered the Han realm, captured the city, plundered the goods, grabbed the slaves, and occupied the women, and let them see the many benefits, the resentment in their hearts naturally subsided. I have sent someone to announce to the armies that the Great Han has produced a lot this year, and it is just right for him to gallop and plunder......"

Inducement with profit, no matter where it is, has always been the most direct and effective means, but it also depends on the timing.

Seeing Yelu Ruan's appearance of Zhizhu in his hand, Yelu Wuzhi opened his mouth and said: "This time the march is delayed, and the fighter plane will be lost early. On the side of the Han Kingdom, there have been defenses, according to the southern exploration, only in the south of Younan, several strong passes, hundreds of fortresses, and tens of thousands of soldiers have been built. ”

"The two large-scale raids in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Southern Privy Envoy made a lot of gains, but the losses of our army were not small, and more than 5,000 soldiers died at the hands of the Han army. This time, the Han army, and even Zhao Kuangzan's Yan army, had a resolute will to fight, and they moved far ahead. It can be seen from this that the Han army should not be underestimated, once the two armies clash, it will be a bloody battle, Your Majesty must not be careless! ”

After listening to Yeluwu's words, Yelu Ruan immediately refuted: "I was disturbed by the Han people during the spring plowing and autumn harvest, and the movement was very loud, and the Han people were expected to be prepared. Naturally, I will not be careless and underestimate the Han army. However, it is mainly an infantry army, although the military formation is powerful, but the tactics are dull, and on the plain, everywhere is the place where my iron cavalry gallops. ”

"I will not storm those fortresses and fortified cities built by the Han people, and if the Han army retreats into them, it is more suitable for me and there is no need to worry. As for the Han army's heart to resist and the will to fight, in my opinion, it only takes a few more defeats to reduce it. ”

Yelu Ruan, one by one, refuted the concerns raised by Yelu House.

Yelu felt that the emperor was overconfident, but seeing his demeanor, he didn't say it clearly.

After thinking about it, he raised his hand and bowed, and said solemnly: "The situation of the Southern Expedition has been under the control of Your Majesty, and the minister can only do his best to assist Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yelu Ruan's face looked much better, and he was probably thinking in his heart: This is what you should think about, what you should do!

However, Yeluwu changed his words and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Yelucha, the king of Taining, cut his heart and was not pure, and he was afraid that he had other intentions. Your Majesty remembers his merits and doesn't want to kill him, so it's just that, how can he return his command of soldiers and horses to appease his subordinates? If you are not prepared, I am afraid of unforeseen chaos! Your Majesty, beware! ”

After some earnest words, Yelu Ruan's face was irrepressibly angry, and the emperor's robe swung up, and he said extremely impatiently: "It's this rhetoric again!" As an important minister, you don't think about important military and political affairs, but repeatedly attack your clan relatives and colleagues in front of me, what are your intentions? I knew the loyalty of Cha Che as early as when he killed his relatives and exposed his father. ”

"When I succeeded to the throne, Cha Che also supported me and made great contributions. I know that because you were aware of your father's rebellion, you were afraid that you would be regarded as an enemy. However, I have endured you again and again in this matter, and if I make such a statement in front of me again, even if I have talent, I will not tolerate it! Step aside! ”

Yelu Chacut, the king of Taining, is the son of Yelu Anduan, the younger brother of Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of Liao, and Anduan rebelled two years ago, and was noticed by Yelu Wu, and sued Yelu Ruan. Yelu Chachai took the opportunity to sue his father, but instead of being implicated, he further gained Yelu Nguyen's trust.

Looking at the emperor's state, Yelu really had a feeling of powerlessness. If the son does not love his father, how can he be loyal to his king, Your Majesty, you claim to be familiar with the classics of the Han people, how can you not even understand such simple truths.

No matter how much advice he has in his heart, Yelu has no intention of saying it at this moment. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and arched his hand: "The minister understands!" However, the troops in the army are unstable and have to guard against it, so in order to avoid accidents, the ministers ask for orders! ”

"Hmm!" Seeing this, Yelu Ruan also thought about it, nodded and agreed: "If you have a house, you will supervise the army, and I can rest assured!" ”

"In this way, the royal banquet in the evening, the monarchs and ministers celebrate together, and drink more wine!" His expression eased at this time, and he patted Yelu Wuqian's arm, and Yelu Ruan said.

Walking out of the imperial tent slowly, passing by the pomp and circumstance that had been prepared, the worry in Yeluwu's heart did not decrease but increased, and he couldn't help but shake his head. Standing in front of the tent, in the middle of the woods, looking up at the distant sky, instead of being liberated, he felt that there was an invisible rope binding his heart, so depressing.

In today's situation, instead of letting the generals appease the soldiers, they will have a wine banquet. I am afraid that this approach will not only fail to motivate the soldiers, but will further encourage the slackness of the soldiers.

In the evening, there was a lot of noise in the imperial tent, and the atmosphere was coaxed very hot. In front of fine wine, most of the Khitan aristocratic generals are still very honest.

Only a few, such as Jerod Chac, king of Taining, have tasted the light; For example, the quality of Jerod's house is like drinking bitter water; For example, Yelu Jing, the king of Shou'an, is absent-minded.

On the main seat, Emperor Yelu Ruan sat cross-legged, drunk and red, and said quite boldly: "Please have fun tonight, but after my army enters the customs and sweeps the Han realm, we should strictly abide by military discipline and fight hard!" ”

"Yes!"

And Yelu Ruan also hugged left and right, and he took the two queens with him on this trip. That's right, Liao Emperor Yelu Ruan had two queens, one of whom was still Han, Zhen.

Zhen's family, originally just a maid in the Daliang Palace, had a humble status, but she was dignified and elegant, and she was very beautiful. When he entered Kaifeng with Yelu Deguang, Yelu Ruan fell in love at a glance, and he felt that this woman was the image he imagined the Central Plains girl to have.

Although he is older, the so-called are still charming, and Yelu Ruan is very attracted. Later, when he returned to the north, he brought this woman who was more than ten years older than him back to Khitan, and after seizing the throne, despite the opposition of the nobles, she was named the queen, and the two also gave birth to a prince.

For the Zhen family, Yelu Ruan is certainly favored, but after that, it is not a kind of confrontation with the Khitan nobles who did not obey him to accelerate the reform. At this time, in the imperial tent, Yelu Ruan was also obviously a pro-Han woman and a Liao queen.

This royal banquet lasted not a short time, and in the end, except for a few people, the generals in the army, were very drunk. As the emperor, Yelu Ruan, unconscious, was supported by Empress Zhen to sleep.

And in the dead of night, in a camp tent three miles away from the imperial tent, a group of Khitan nobles were gathering together. Generally, this kind of secret discussion, the person who plots it, of course, is not a good thing, but it is definitely a big thing.

Headed by the Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan, the king of Taining, Yelu Cha Che, who was relied on as a loyal and good person, and several noble generals and tribal leaders.

Yelu Chachai did not have a fierce face, he was dressed in full armor and flashed with coldness, but in the dim light, his bearded face revealed some discordant gloom.

Looking around, Yelu Cha still exuded a little wine in his mouth, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "I'm about to enter the customs, once we enter the state of battle with the Han army, it will be inconvenient for us to act!" The emperor did not care about the life and death of the soldiers and the people, and insisted on marching south, and we waited for the best to save the national situation, just tonight! ”

"Isn't it too urgent?" Some hesitated.

Yelu Cha cut suddenly glared, his eyes showed a fierce light, and frightened the others: "Today, that house is slandering the king in front of the emperor, and if it drags on any longer, we will all have to worry about our lives!" ”

"This king has already found out clearly, the emperor is drunk, and the generals in the army are also too drunk to lead the army. We don't need more soldiers and horses, we only need to concentrate 5,000 warriors, raid the imperial camp, capture the imperial tent, and directly take down the emperor. After that, it was announced that the whole army would stop the southern expedition, which would inevitably be supported by the officers and men of all departments. ”

"The only thing that needs to be guarded against is the quality of the house, when the time comes, divide an army, attack his camp, and kill him!"

"Success or failure, just tonight, after tonight, this Da Liao, it's up to us to decide!" At last, Jerodzachel no longer concealed his ambition, and his eyes welled up with eagerness.

Until midnight, in the center of the Khitan camp, a fire was suddenly raised, and the sound of killing suddenly broke out, but it was the rebels who attacked and rushed straight to the imperial camp. Although the guards were the elite of the leather room army, they were directly broken by the rebels in the absence of command and attacked, and were able to go straight to the royal tent.

At the same time as the royal camp was attacked, the camp where the Yerod House was located was also attacked at the same time. It's just that Yelu was very light in his sleep, and he was suddenly awakened, and he got up with a knife and inquired about the situation. In fact, where do you still need to inspect, and when you go out of the tent and see the fire and the sound of killing in the direction of the imperial camp, you will understand.

His expression was extremely serious, his eyes were full of anxiety, and what he had been worried about for a long time had finally happened.

But when he saw the rebels attacking his camp, he became angry, and immediately ordered his subordinates to gather the leather room army assigned to him by Yelu Ruan, and personally led people to counterattack and kill. With the combat power of the leather room army, the rebel army was quickly defeated.

Immediately, the army led straight to the royal camp, intending to save the driver. But what I saw along the way, the Liao camp was startled by the sound of killing and firelight, and quickly became chaotic and spreading. Based on the situation of the army before, the morale of the army was already unstable, and the generals were too drunk, if they did not increase the pressure of ammunition, there would inevitably be a camp roar, and the consequences were completely unimaginable.

In his heart, he scolded the thieves who made trouble regardless of the overall situation, and Yelu forced himself to calm down and think of a solution.

In addition to the rebels, the rebels were suddenly born, almost stepping on the corpses of their own people, and Yeluwu led people to the royal rescue. coincided with the turmoil, leading his subordinates to form a formation to protect themselves.

Yelu finally thought of an emergency plan, he believed that the rebellion was definitely only a small number of people, and he was afraid that the remnant would be coerced. That is, the division of waves of military horses, and the rumors to each battalion, saying that there are rebellious soldiers, the emperor has transferred troops to suppress them, and the non-rebels take off their helmets and form a formation to defend themselves, otherwise the counterinsurgency army will be killed.

Although this method cannot suppress the army that has been in turmoil, it is still effective for those troops who are far away from the imperial camp. And just as Yelu guessed, there are not so many people who want to rebel after all.

While stabilizing the overall situation, he sent an army to rescue the rebels, and after the peripheral situation stabilized a little, Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Jing, the king of Shou'an, led the army to support the royal camp.

The thousands of pro-soldiers guarding the royal tent finally dispersed because they could not react, and there were hundreds of die-hard armor soldiers, desperately guarding them, and finally because they were outnumbered, they were killed by the rebels.

By the time Jerod arrived, the imperial camp was completely occupied by the rebels, and thousands of troops were besieging the reinforcements he had sent. And Yelu Chachai had already played the banner of Emperor Yelu Ruan and began to send people to fight for other armies.

Seeing that the traitor was going to reverse black and white, Yelu was even more furious, even if he led an army with Yelu Jing to attack him, he broke his treacherous scheme.

On this autumn night, the Khitan imperial camp turned out to be daylight, and the two armies had a tragic confrontation. It didn't abate until dawn.