The Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was a little tired, in this era, it was a very tiring thing to hurry, even if he was an emperor, the bumps of hundreds of kilometers could still make him tired.

Thirty-three or four-year-old Yelu Hongji, who has been on the throne for almost ten years, is in this state of exhaustion every year, several capitals go back and forth, and his spirit is often in a state of high tension, especially after just experiencing a rebellion, Yelu Hongji can't eat or sleep well.

The emperor of the Liao State is really not as comfortable as the emperor of the Song State.

It can also be seen that the emperor has never been a stable and good profession.

Yelu Hongji, who couldn't sleep at night, wandered around the palace in Yanjing City, and in the middle of the night, a large group of palace maids and eunuchs carried lanterns to accompany Yelu Hongji around, shivering from the cold, but most of these palace maids and eunuchs couldn't understand why their Emperor Majesty still came out in the middle of the night to be frozen......

It seems that Yelu Hongji has a premonition that something will happen to his vast country.

This premonition was right, and in the swishing cold wind, a eunuch rushed over and reported in front of him: "Your Majesty, the privy envoy of the Southern Court asks to see you outside the palace." ”

Yelu Hongji's spirit tightened when he heard this, in the middle of the night, the privy envoy of the Southern Court with a heavy army suddenly came to ask for a meeting, how could there be a good thing?

"Bring it here."

"Yes!"

The eunuch rushed away again, and passed the order to the guards outside, who went to the palace gate to bring Yelu Yixin in.

Yelu Yixin hurriedly came, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty, urgent military situation." ”

"Military intelligence? Say it. Yelu Hongji's first thought was that someone rebelled, but his conjecture was not civilian, but someone in Shangjing or Zhongjing had rebelled. As for other military situations, such as the sudden war attack of the Southern Dynasty, he did not think about it in this direction at all, because it was impossible for the Southern Dynasty to start a war with Liao.

"The bandits in the east have rebelled, and seven or eight prefectures and counties are besieging Luanzhou City." Yelu Yixin, who had just received the news, was still surprised.

"Bandits?" Yelu Hongji couldn't seem to remember what a bandit was.

"Your Majesty, the bandits are a group of bandits entrenched in the east of Linyu Mountain, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, suddenly went down the mountain to loot, in two days, there were seven or eight counties in Liankezhou, Luanzhou was also under siege, and the people who asked for help just arrived in Yanjing tonight." Yelu Yixin was also in a dilemma, and he also thought about whether to report this matter, after all, he was the privy envoy of the Southern Court, and he was responsible for this kind of thing happening in his territory.

However, Yelu Yixin is a smart man, knowing that if he doesn't report it today, someone will help him report it tomorrow, rather than letting people use this matter as an excuse to attack him, it is better to say it himself and avoid talking about it.

Another problem is that the emperor is in Yanjing, and if he wants to transfer troops and horses in Yanjing City, he must nod his head and agree, otherwise he will be charged with rebellion if he is not careful. If you want to transfer troops and ammunition, this matter cannot be overwhelming.

When Yelu Hongji heard this, he was actually relieved in his heart, it was not those generals who led the army and rebelled against the feudal officials, this was a blessing in misfortune, so Yelu Hongji asked: "Why are the mountain and forest thieves so powerful?" Seven or eight states and counties can be captured in two days? ”

"Your Majesty, Yanyun is more Han people, once the thieves are in power, there are many thieves, and it is at the end of the year, many cheap names are sad, and for a while, tens of thousands of rabble have gathered to wreak havoc in the prefectures and counties...... "Yelu Yixin explained.

Yelu Hongji accepted this explanation, and he even said: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, this sentence in "Zuo Biography" is still very reasonable, more than a hundred years have passed, and there are still so many people who are difficult to be of the same heart and mind as my Khitan." ”

Yelu Yixin's face was fierce and replied: "These Han dogs are white-eyed wolves that can't be raised, how can I, Khitan, be able to stand up to them?" Many of them are still ungrateful to my Khitan, they should be killed! ”

Yelu Hongji waved his hand again, and said from the perspective of an emperor: "I can't say that, you see that he is in the Southern Dynasty, and there are things that rise up everywhere every year?" The Southern Dynasty is still like this, let alone my Khitan? ”

Yelu Hongji is still very insightful, but Yelu Yixin said: "Your Majesty is reasonable, but these rebellious thieves should still be killed. ”

Two Khitan descendants who came down from the Great Khing'an Mountains, an emperor and a privy envoy. One opened his mouth to say "Zuo Chuan", and the other said "Hanshu", which is also interesting.

Yelu Hongji nodded: "Killing should be killed, but it can't be too much, after all, it's my Daliao people, let's transfer troops and horses from Xiongzhou." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to transfer 50,000 troops to suppress it, solve this matter with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and teach the people of Yanyun to see the power of my Daliao, so that those with bad intentions will not dare to act rashly." Jeruethin had to ask the emperor for advice.

"Well, the bullet pressure must be fast, and as soon as the army arrives, it must be solved immediately." Yelu Hongji obviously has this in mind, this kind of thing can't be delayed for a long time, otherwise there will be a real problem.

"The minister is willing to personally lead the troops to the bullet pressure to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Yelu Yixin spoke.

Hearing this, Yelu Hongji raised his head slightly and glanced at Yelu Yixin, 50,000 troops went to Luanzhou in the east to suppress the rebellion, and Yelu Yixin went in person. On the face of it, there seems to be nothing wrong with this.

However, for the emperor, the risks were unimaginable, and Yan Yun's army was gathered in Xiongzhou in the south at this time. Yanjing is almost empty, if you really let Yelu Yixin lead 50,000 troops in hand, this is the time to test human nature.

Because Yelu Yixin has a little rebellious heart, he turned his head and went north for more than 200 miles, and he could encircle Yanjing City in an instant, and this Yanjing was Yelu Yixin's territory, and these generals of Yanyun were also Yelu Yixin's subordinates, maybe the next day the throne was Yelu Yixin.

It's not that Emperor Yelu Hongji doesn't trust Yelu Yixin, it's that Yelu Hongji, as the emperor, knows how to trust a person, and he can't put his humanity to the test, and he can't put his fate in the hands of anyone, no matter how much he trusts anyone, even if it's his own son.

Yelu Yixin saw that the emperor did not answer immediately, and immediately knew that there was something wrong with his words just now, just now he was just bent on solving the problem quickly, so he wanted to personally lead the troops forward, and it was also the time to make meritorious contributions.

At this time, after thinking about it, he also knew the problem, and immediately said: "But the minister also knows that it is more important to deter the Southern Dynasty now, so the minister should accompany His Majesty, if there is a change in the Southern Dynasty, the minister should be the first to lead the troops to the battle." When going to Luanzhou, it is better to choose another good person, and please ask Your Majesty to show it. ”

When Yelu Hongji heard this, he nodded and said, "Who do you think is suitable?" ”

Yelu Yixin knew that he should avoid suspicion, and said: "The minister thinks that the Northern Privy Council has made Yeluren suitable first. ”

This suspicion is well avoided, and it is appropriate to let the North Privy Council lead the troops on the territory of the Southern Privy Council.

"Okay, just wait for dawn, and then arrange this matter." Yelu Hongji was very satisfied, but he also felt a little guilty in his heart, and felt that he was a little unsuitable for such a loyal courtier as Yelu Yixin, but there was no way, as an emperor, he had to do this.

Thinking of this, Yelu Hongji couldn't help but envy the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty seemed to him to never have to worry about these things, and sent people to the expedition, and the Manchu Dynasty officials didn't have to be so guarded.

Probably because of the Great Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, those who were qualified to lead troops on the expedition were literati. It seems that literati are not born to do anything like leading troops to rebel.

In fact, Yelu Hongji likes to stay in Yanyun very much, for many reasons, such as Yanyun's prosperity, such as Yanyun's good climate, not as cold as Shangjing Zhongjing. But the real reason is that Yelu Hongji envied the overall atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, and he felt that it was too difficult for him to be an emperor compared to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although it is said that "my cultivation of cultural relics is not different from China", but in fact, this Khitan Daliao is still too bad after all.

It boils down to one sentence: I'm too difficult for others to compare.

When the morning dawned, the pilgrimage began.

But not long after the court meeting began, I heard a shout from outside the main hall: "Report, report, urgent military situation!" ”

The matter of going out has just begun to be discussed, and the transfer of those troops is still being determined, and this urgent military situation has come again.

Yelu Hongji raised his hand.

On the morning of early spring, he saw him sweating profusely, kneeling on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, Luanzhou has been lost, and Macheng has also fallen into the hands of thieves." ”

"What?" Yelu Yixin was surprised, he was really surprised, he knew about the bandits, and he was driven away by him like a lost dog at the end of last autumn, just a few hundred people. How did you turn your head and capture Luanzhou City in one day?

Luanzhou is not a small county town like Anxi, the Luanzhou wall is several feet high, there are two or three thousand soldiers and horses, there are hundreds of officials, there are also some other auxiliary logistics soldiers, and even the Khitans in Luanzhou City are not a few, such a strong city, the army and the people are united, how can it be that the thieves can capture it in one day?

Thieves, do you know what a siege is?

"Back to the privy envoy, the villain came from Macheng, when he set off, Luanzhou had been lost, and the villain went out of Macheng a few miles, and saw that the gate of Macheng was also open." The person who reported it looked nervous.

"Bastard!" Yelu Yixin was angry, in Luanzhou City, not to mention the defenders, just say that there are 10,000 Khitans, in his thoughts, even if there are only 10,000 Khitans, they can temporarily organize thousands of Khitan warriors, how can they be easily broken?

This kind of thinking cannot be said to be wrong. The only thing that is wrong is that "thousands of Khitan warriors" can only be a pipe dream, and the Khitan nobles who have lived in Yanyun for a hundred years, what warriors are they talking about? Even two thousand regular troops are not enough, and they can still expect the Khitan nobles to be warriors?

The battle of Luanzhou City was not tragic, mainly because the thief army came too fast, Luanzhou City, which had not heard of the war for hundreds of years, did not even prepare a few feather arrows on the city wall, not to mention the rolling stones, and the people after the defeat were panicked, and it was normal to be broken.

What's more, Di Yong really coerced countless people all the way, causing a crowded situation, when Di Yong arrived at the city of Luanzhou, there were already more than 30,000 people under his command, which looked very scary.

What does it mean to be "coerced"?

Along the way, all the people you can meet, but all the men, are forcibly pulled into the team. This is the most normal operation of the rogue.

Even if it was a third watch in the middle of the night, whenever he came across a village, Di Yong would send someone to rush into the village, smash everyone's homes, drive out the men of every household with knives, and force them to join his command, crying bitterly, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and those who did not obey would be immediately hacked to death on the spot.

Therefore, Di Yong under the city of Luanzhou has more than 30,000 "troops".

This is called "coercion".

Throughout the history books, there are many cases of rogue coercion and good people.

Di Yong took 4,000 people, wrapped up an "army" of 30,000, and personally attacked the fortified army with his own pioneers, and defeated Luanzhou City, which had long lost much will to fight.

Luanzhou was lost, and above the court, there were expressions of consternation. Just now, everyone really didn't take this group of thieves down the mountain seriously, and they all knew that as soon as the imperial army arrived, they would be captured.

But at this time, everyone's faces were dark, and they knew that things were not as simple as they had just thought.

Yelu Hongji, who was on the high platform, asked, "How many thieves are there?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the thief army is divided into two roads, Luanzhou this way, there are tens of thousands, the specific number is unknown, but there are at least fifty or sixty thousand people, I heard that this road is not the main force of the thief army. The thief leader Ma Niu personally led the main force to the other way, and also heard that Yingzhou had been broken, and the two roads were about to converge in Luanzhou, and there were as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people along the way. ”

"The thief army has exceeded 100,000?" Yelu Hongji was shocked.

"Impossible! No way. Jereth Ishin didn't believe it.

"Villain...... The villain is also guessing, but even if there are no 100,000, it is not far from it. ”

Yelu Hongji didn't mess up, even if there were 100,000 thieves, it was not a big deal for this Great Liao State. Yelu Hongji was only shocked by the speed of the development of the thief's power, so he said: "No matter how many thieves there are, the most important thing is to immediately stifle the momentum of the thief's development, and to quickly send troops to suppress and exterminate the thieves. ”

Ye Luren, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is quite inappropriate to dispatch 50,000 troops to suppress it, if you want to quickly exterminate the thieves, you should add more troops and horses, and defeat the enemy with absolute superiority." ”

It was also difficult for Yeluren first, he was a privy envoy of the northern court, but he wanted to lead the soldiers of the southern privy council to fight, which was a disadvantageous thing.

The country is big, and it is this little trouble, and it is impossible to go to Beijing to transfer troops to fight now. Just like the Great Song Dynasty, when Hebei was fighting, it was almost impossible to temporarily transfer troops from Sichuan to reinforce it. The sheer size of the country is also a troublesome thing.

Therefore, in order to be safe, Yeluren had no choice but to add more people. This battle can only be won and not defeated for him, and once he loses, his life will come to an end.

Yelu Renxian's idea is okay, and it is also an idea that is beneficial to the war, and it is also a method that is beneficial to Yelu Renxian himself.

But Yelu Hongji hesitated, a total of about 130,000 troops were gathered on the other side of Xiongzhou, and it was good to transfer 50,000, but the thieves may have 100,000 now, and if they transferred 100,000, then there would only be 30,000 left.

What about the things that threaten the Southern Dynasty?

Yelu Hongji frowned and asked: "If most of the Xiongzhou army is transferred to Luanzhou to suppress thieves, once the Southern Dynasty knows that I am false and unrestrained, what should I do?" Do you have any opinions? ”