654, Self-inflicted iniquity cannot live (9)
(Sorry for coming back late)
Although Ye Luchun returned to Nanjing, he did not forget to observe the real-time situation in Beijing, and as soon as he was halfway through the road, he had already learned that only three days after he left Beijing, the emperor had sent a peace mission to Jindi, and when Ye Luchun successfully arrived in Nanjing, a letter detailing all the emperor's peace conditions had been placed on his desk.
The letter said that the minimum bottom line issued by the emperor to the peace envoys was to maintain the current actual territory of the two countries, and that Liao gave 50,000 horses of gold and silk and 50,000 taels of silver every year, and that the armies of Liao and Jin along the border states guarded their borders, and that the people of the two places were not allowed to invade each other, and that they were not allowed to take in the fleeing traitors of the other side, and that the two sides could still repair the city, but they were not allowed to build castles or change the river. In addition, Emperor Liao called Emperor Jin his brother, Emperor Jin called Emperor Liao his brother, and Song Liao was a country of brothers from then on. At the same time, the emperor also had one condition, that is, he asked the Jin State to return Yelu Yujian, who had defected and fled to the Jin State, to the Jin State!
After reading the letter, Ye Luchun finally figured out the emperor's true thoughts, which is clearly the same version of the Liao and Song Dynasty's "Lanyuan Alliance", the difference is that the Liao State became the former Song State in this peace treaty, and the Jin State became the Liao State, and the original emperor wanted to emulate the Empress Dowager Xiao and the Liao Shengzong, and also signed a "Lanyuan Alliance" with the Jin State, in order to achieve a hundred years of peace like the Song State.
Thinking of this, Ye Luchun couldn't help but laugh dumbly, his own Great Liao Emperor, who was proficient in wine, wealth, and wealth, was simply too naïve, he was neither the eloquent Empress Dowager Xiao and the Liao Shengzong, nor was the Jin State the Song State that lost the sixteen states of Yanyun and was passive everywhere, and even on the contrary, the current Jin State is only afraid that the Liao State is more aggressive than the Liao State that was extremely strong during the period of Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong! How can such a golden country honestly sign a peace treaty with you? Even if they accept it, they will never obey it, but will use it to paralyze you and stab you with a fatal stab when you let your guard down!
As for Yelu Yujian, Yeluchun is very sure that Jin Guo will never hand him back. Yelu Yujian is not an ordinary person, but a dignified deputy commander of Liao, already one of the top military generals of Liao, he not only understands all the inside affairs of Liao, but also knows the military deployment of Liao from top to bottom.
Ye Luchun casually threw the letter aside, his face was full of disdain, this trip to Zhongjing made him completely see the future of the Great Liao tragedy, and also made him completely determined to break away from the Liao State and stand on his own!
Does Jerochun want to be emperor? Absolutely! He is the grandson of Liao Xingzong, and in terms of blood, he is definitely qualified to inherit the throne. The last time Yeluzhangnu rebelled and wanted to support him as the emperor, to be honest, he did feel moved, but he held back, because the emperor was still the absolute authority in the country, and he did not have the strength to fight against the emperor at that time, so he could only choose to sacrifice Yeluzhangnu.
Since then, he has won the trust of the emperor because of his meritorious service, and it is precisely because of this that he has completely controlled Nanjing Dao in his own hands in the past few years. All this he got made him a little satisfied, since he couldn't be an emperor, it seemed good to be a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person.
But now everything has changed, the sudden rise of the Jin State has exposed the emperor's true form, and a series of mediocre decisions of the emperor are irreversibly dragging Daliao into the abyss.
Especially this time the bloody storm in Zhongjing made him suddenly wake up to the fact that continuing to be loyal to such an emperor can only be a dead end, and it is time to find a way out for himself, this road is nothing else, only to completely control his fate in his own hands from now on!
Therefore, Yelu Chuncai resolutely resigned to the emperor the post of generalissimo of the Liao army, and now the Liao army is like a plate of scattered sand except for the Nanjing army in his own hands, there is no actual combat effectiveness at all, even if it continues to be in his own hands, it is better to take the initiative to give up, so that the emperor can lose his vigilance against himself, and can still trust himself and let himself control Nanjing. Fortunately, the emperor did not doubt himself.
Yeluchun thought about it, and immediately issued a series of orders that had been thought of a long time ago, mobilizing the hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Nanjing Province at the same time, some to the front line of the battlefield, and some to retract the hinterland.
In the eyes of outsiders, these orders may be just ordinary army changes, but if people who are very familiar with the Nanjing Dao army can see the unusual flavor at a glance, because Yeluchun is clearly transferring those troops that are not strong in combat or are not absolutely loyal to him to the front line, and at the same time, he is also transferring the main army of Nanjing, which is extremely strong in combat and absolutely loyal to him, back to the vicinity of Nanjing.
And this is the most fundamental purpose of Ye Luchun to issue these orders, from today onwards, he will step by step and methodically withdraw the main force loyal to him, try his best to preserve his strength, quietly observe the situation in Nanjing, and strive for the greatest interests for himself!
In addition, Ye Luchun also looked at the south, he was really glad that he was responsible for contacting those Jingdong people from the beginning, their appearance not only helped him several times in a row, but also provided a very favorable condition for himself now, those Jingdong people are clearly a strong reinforcement given to him by God for nothing.
When the same person looks at the problem from different angles, they will get different answers, and this is the case with Yeluchun now.
In the past, he was loyal to Da Liao, loyal to the emperor's Da Liao Yan King, and looked at everything from the interests of Da Liao, so on the one hand, he wanted to use the Jingdong people as much as possible, and on the other hand, he had to try his best to restrict the Jingdong people, in case they continued to grow and become a threat to the Great Liao.
But now it's different, his first consideration is his own interests, how to keep his Nanjing and power, and even finally raise an army against Liao, compared to the mediocre hedonistic emperor, only himself is the only hope to keep Daliao!
Standing in such a new perspective, he decided to change his attitude towards the Jingdong people, the facts have proved that those Jingdong people are very powerful, especially the mysterious and powerful weapons in their hands, but let the Jin people suffer, and now they have occupied half of the Song Kingdom, becoming a behemoth, the strength is only stronger than their own, not weak, if they can secretly and completely form an alliance, the benefits to themselves are self-evident!
At the same time, if you want to be independent, you must also have such a strong ally as a backing, because Nanjing alone, whether it is against the Great Liao or the Jin State, it is obviously not enough, just a variety of resources are not enough to support themselves, but with those Jingdong people, it is different, they occupy the richest area of the Song State, the grain and grass are incomparably abundant, plus their weapons and the good cooperative relationship that has been established, if there are more suitable allies than them today? Moreover, after several years of cooperation, they have also proved the feasibility of forming an alliance with them, and they rely on their strong marine sailors to provide themselves with great assistance in a very short time.
But how do you form an alliance with them?
By war horses? War horses have their own, but are they still as desperate as before? And if you can give a war horse, then someone else can also give you a war horse, and the war horse can obviously only be used as an additive, not an absolute necessity.
Ye Luchun couldn't help but fall into thought......!
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Neither Wanyan Aguta nor Bo Jilie showed much surprise when they received the news that the Liao Kingdom wanted to negotiate peace with them, and that they had sent messengers to the border to wait for the summons, for they had already known everything from the mouth of Yelu Yu, who had fled to the Kingdom of Jin a few days earlier and had returned to him.
If it had been placed in the past, Wanyan Aguta and others would have thought that there must be some conspiracy in Liao's move, otherwise how could the victorious side take the initiative to sue for peace when they learned that the Song State had lost its threat and the situation was very good for them? If it was Wanyan Aguta, he would never have made such a ridiculous decision, Wanyan Aguta would definitely seize this rare opportunity and launch a fierce attack on the enemy with the courage to break the cauldron and sink the boat! Of course, even if such a decision was made, it was just to play a role in delaying the army.
But now that Yelu has seen it, Wanyan Aguta and others have determined that Liao's move is definitely not a delaying tactic, and their emperor just doesn't want to fight anymore wholeheartedly, but just wants to seek peace with one mind and continue to be the happy emperor of his Jiuchi Meat Forest and Xiao Ge at night.
Wanyan Aguta and the others couldn't help laughing, thinking that all this was simply incredible, with a great reputation and many heroes, why did they choose such an extremely ridiculous Yelu Yanxi as the emperor? However, it is also fortunate that Dajin can take the opportunity to rise suddenly in a short period of time, otherwise, if the Liao State is not the emperor of Yelu Yanxi at present, but a different person, Dajin may suffer from many times more difficulties from the beginning, and it is not known that it will even be nip in the bud. Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that Ye Luchun, the king of Yan, even if that person is not the emperor, and the Liao Emperor can completely and thoroughly trust him and listen to his opinions, the current situation will definitely be different, and the situation will be much more unfavorable to Dajin!
The crowd concluded that this was good news! With such mediocrity and incompetence, who don't know right from wrong, who favors villains, and persecuts virtuous people in front of the emperor of Liao, it is only a matter of time before we destroy him!