Chapter 297: Take the initiative
Yelu Zongkang is not a useless gentleman, in addition to loving vanity, timidity and fear, other aspects are remarkable, otherwise he would not stand out from Yelu Cai's more than a dozen sons to become the prince, and later Xiao Dahu used his life to wash away Yelu Zongkang's love for vanity, and was framed by Liu Ling again, Yelu Zongkang's cowardice and fear of things are gone, and now Yelu Zongkang thinks he is invincible.
Yelu Zongkang has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and some of his own cronies are also under his command, coupled with the Northern Liao ancestral system, the prince can set up his own tribal soldiers, so when Yelu Zongkang came to Shazhou City near the Hetao, his subordinates quickly gathered 100,000 troops.
When Yelu Cai knew that Yelu Zongkang had fled privately, he was furious, and wanted to take a personal expedition to solve this unfilial son, but was persuaded by Yelu Chu, Yelu Cai did not send a large army to the sandbank, but only sent a messenger to see Yelu Zongkang.
This messenger Yelu Zongkang is very familiar with it, it is his own uncle, Xiao Dahu's younger brother, and Xiao Dada, who is currently the head of the Xiao family, the Xiao family is a very special family in Northern Liao, because basically every queen is from the Xiao family, so the Xiao family is also known as the "Feng family".
Xiao Dada came to Shazhou City all the way, and went to see Yelu Zongkang without even having time to change his clothes.
When Xiao Dada came, Yelu Zongkang was discussing with the generals, and when he heard Xiao Dada asking to see, Yelu Zongkang had a trace of distraction, and then Yelu Zongkang's number one general Futu stood up and said: "Prince, when the interruption continues, you will suffer from its chaos, since you have chosen this path, the last general hopes that the prince can stick to it, and the last general will share life and death with the prince." ”
"The last general and the prince share life and death." The generals also immediately echoed, Yelu Zongkang can see from the looks of the generals that what these people say is serious, they are all the people they trust the most, if they die, they will all be martyred according to the ancestral system, so in order to make a living, the generals have to follow Yelu Zongkang to the end.
Yelu Zongkang's expression became firm again, and he asked all the generals to retreat, leaving only Futu alone, and then said coldly: "Xuan Xiao is in the account." ”
Before Xiao Dada entered the big tent and didn't have time to speak, he saw Yelu Zongkang say slowly: "Uncle, are you here to help Gu?" If not, don't say anything, please go back. ”
Xiao Dada was stunned for a while and said with a wry smile: "The prince should be clear about the old minister's intentions, why ask knowingly?" Now it seems that it is useless for the old minister to say anything, since this is the case, then the old minister will leave. ”
"Uncle, can't you think about staying?" Yelu Zongkang looked at Xiao Dada with hopeful eyes and said.
Xiao Dada's tears flowed unconsciously, and Xiao Dada choked and said: "Prince, the old minister is incompetent, he can't be like the eldest brother, he can abandon everything, and the old minister has the entire Xiao family behind him, so please don't embarrass the old minister." ”
Speaking of Xiao Dahu, Yelu Zongkang's heart was also painful, and Yelu Zongkang said disappointedly: "In this case, when the second uncle went back to worship the eldest uncle, he told the eldest uncle that Zongkang was not filial and could not go to the grave of the eldest uncle to worship in the future, please don't blame the eldest uncle Zongkang." ”
"No, no, your uncle loves you the most......" Xiao Dada was speechless when he cried.
Xiao Dada turned around and left, at this time, Futu suddenly burst out, pulled out his sword and fell, Xiao Dada's head rolled to the ground, this scene was completed in an instant, Yelu Zongkang didn't even have time to react, only to see Xiao Dada fall in a pool of blood.
Yelu Zongkang roared angrily: "Futu, what are you doing? Did you know that he was my uncle? ”
Fu Tu threw down the sword, knelt on the ground and pleaded: "The prince forgives the sin, Xiao Dada is known for his talent, since he doesn't want to do things for His Royal Highness, then let him go back, it is very likely that he will let the tiger return to the mountain, and the last general will have to do it." ”
Yelu Zongkang kicked Futu to the ground and sneered: "Don't put gold on your face, what do you mean Lone knows, aren't you just afraid that Lone will make peace with his father?" Lone is the biological son of his father, as long as he surrenders, he may be able to save his life, but your father is bound to kill, and now kill Xiao Dada, this is the back road to break Lone. ”
"Prince, the last general is still the same as before, if you choose, you should go on, and you must not give up halfway." Futu gritted his teeth and replied.
"It's okay, since that's the case, then let's go all the way to the dark." After saying this, Yelu Zongkang laughed and left the camp, but there was a hint of desolation in his laughter......
Lou Chong has been very angry recently, everyone feels that he is good at defending and not attacking, even the holy decree given by His Majesty is to let himself guard Gaoque, he is also a veteran, why is he so ignored, Lou Chong secretly swore in his heart that this time he must fight a big victory before the Xiliu Battalion arrives.
Not to mention anything else, the enemy commander Yelu Zongkang is a hairy boy, he was frightened by Wei Shuai in Hangaishan, so he left 50,000 troops and ran back by himself, even his own uncle was there, such a guy, Lou Chong didn't think he would lose to him.
Wei Yan is now the deputy general in Lou Chong's army, and in just a few years, he has been promoted from a sinner to the position of deputy general of the third grade, and Wei Yan has taken every step very steadily.
Wei Yan was reinforcing the city defense of Gaoque City, and suddenly received an order from Lou Chong, so Wei Yan hurriedly went to Lou Chong, when Wei Yan came, Lou Chong was studying the sand table, Wei Yan came in and finished saluting, and stood aside honestly.
After a long time, I saw Lou Chong say slowly: "Wen Chang, come and see, if we ambush Yelu Zongkang, should we choose Baishan Mountain or Junling Mountain?" ”
Wei Yan chuckled in his heart, immediately understood what Lou Chong meant, and hurriedly said: "Dashuai, the order we received is to stick to Gaoque, and wait until the arrival of the Xiliu Army to destroy Yelu Zongkang." ”
Lou Zhong waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the fine willow army was brought out by Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai told you, those boys can be black, if they come over, we won't even be able to drink the soup." ”
"Marshal, the last general still thinks it's better not to take risks, after all, we don't have a god rider in our army." Wei Yan continued to persuade.
"Hmph, there will be no war without the god horse, and there was no god horse before, when have our soldiers in Datang been afraid, you don't need to persuade again, Ben Shuai called you to ask your opinion, if you don't agree, go to the confinement room for four days, and Ben Shuai will arrange another person." Lou Zhong said impatiently.
Wei Yan saw that Lou Chong was really angry, and he didn't dare to persuade again, so he walked to the sand table and said: "Great marshal, the last general feels that Baishan Mountain is a suitable place for ambushes, although the terrain of Junling Mountain is also very dangerous, but there is no fresh water, this is a big problem. ”
"Well, that's right, Wei Yan wants you to take 10,000 troops to Baishan Mountain to ambush, right?" Lou Zhong said lightly.
Wei Yan was stunned for a while, and then looked at Lou Chong's impatient face before he reacted and immediately agreed: "The last general will obey the order." ”
Wei Yan left Lou Chong's room and went directly to the house of the military Sima Yuan Xiaojie, Yuan Xiaojie, Yuan Zhan's distant nephew, who had known Wei Yan since he was in Chang'an.
So seeing Wei Yan coming, Yuan Xiaojie was very happy, no matter what unit he was in, Jun Sima was not a pleasing position, and Yuan Xiaojie was no exception.
At this time, Wei Yan didn't have time to talk nonsense with Yuan Xiaojie, and said directly to the point: "Old Yuan, the handsome man wants to ambush Yelu Zongkang in Baishan Mountain, do you know about this?" ”
Yuan Xiaojie was shocked when he heard this and said, "What's the matter? Dashuai didn't tell me, no, I have to go to Dashuai and ask now. ”
After saying that, Yuan Xiaojie ran out, Wei Yan hurriedly grabbed Yuan Xiaojie and said, "Wait a minute, old Yuan, you will definitely not get an accurate answer if you go now, after all, I haven't set off yet." ”
"So what should I do? This is a disobedience to the Holy Decree. ”
"I'm here to ask you what the decree is all about?" Wei Yan smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty said that you want to keep Gaoque, and you didn't say that you would defend Gaoque." Yuan Xiaojie immediately replied.
Wei Yan covered his forehead when he heard this and sighed: "Alas, then you don't have to go, taking the initiative is also a way to keep Gao Que, and this matter is handsome." ”
Yuan Xiaojie also understood, sighed and said, "Since this is the case, my brother must take care of himself when he goes." ”