Cai Yu left Bianliang City in Tokyo on May 18 and arrived in Xiongzhou on June 13.

On this thousand-mile road, Cai You walked for a full twenty-five days.

Along the way, Cai You knelt down at the temple and burned incense when he saw the gods, and it is said that a whole carriage of incense was used.

Whether facing the Buddha or Guanyin Bodhisattva, Cai You held incense in his hands, closed his eyes and prayed, and recited words in his mouth, begging the gods and Buddhas to bless the Great Song Dynasty to win the banner, recover Yanjing in one fell swoop, and let him return with honor.

When he walked to the mansion of the Daimyo in Beijing, Cai You learned that the Song army had defeated Baigou, and he suddenly fell ill and was bedridden.

The Daimyo's Mansion stayed behind and quickly found some beauties and took care of them day and night, and Cai You gradually recovered.

When Cai You arrived at the Xuanfu Division in Xiongzhou, Zhao Ji's edict ordering the withdrawal of the army had just arrived.

Tong Guan planned to retreat to Hejian Mansion first, where he waited for the right time.

Cai You really wanted to return to the Daimyo's Mansion and continue to recuperate.

The people on the front line are preparing for the withdrawal of their troops.

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Yelu Chun originally wanted to claim the vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and then borrowed troops from the Great Song Dynasty to resist Wanyan Aguta in the north and Cai Yi and Yelu Yanxi in the west, so as to keep the last territory of Yanjing for the Great Liao and their Khitan clan.

No, Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi went out to fight without authorization and defeated the Song army, so that Yelu Chun's plans all failed.

Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi defeated the Song army when they should not have defeated the Song army, no, it should be said that Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi started a war with the Song army when they should not have fought with the Song army, and the last trace of vitality in Northern Liao was also lost, which made Yelu Chun discouraged, and then his condition worsened sharply.

One day, Ye Luchun, who was sick in bed, suddenly saw some black bats flying around in his dormitory, which upset him.

Ye Luchun said to Xiao Pu, a virtuous woman who was serving him, "How can there be bats flying in this big daylight? Where did they fly in? Get them out! ”

When Xiao Pu heard this, she hurriedly called someone to drive away the bats.

Actually-

There were no bats in the hall at all, it was all a hallucination of Yeluchun.

Everyone can see that Ye Luchun's condition is getting worse and worse, and time may be running out.

This made Yanjing, which was already shrouded in haze, even more gloomy.

Since that day, Ye Luchun's body has been getting worse day by day, and he is still in a trance for a while and awake for a while.

In mid-June, Xiao Gan hurried to Yeluchun's dormitory.

Although Ye Lu Chun was already lifeless, Xiao Gan still whispered in Ye Lu Chun's ear: "Your Majesty, the west has just rushed together, saying that Cai is still personally leading 100,000 elite soldiers to attack Confucianism and Fu Erzhou, and it seems that he is preparing to kill Yanshan and attack Yanjing. ”

Yeluchun was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered Xiao Gan to say, "Hurry up and gather the ministers and come here to discuss countermeasures!" ”

After receiving the notice, the ministers of the Fanhan Dynasty in Northern Liao came to Yeluchun's dormitory for a meeting one after another.

Looking at Ye Luchun, who was gray-haired, haggard, starless, and skinny, the ministers of the Fanhan Dynasty in Northern Liao were both sad and anxious.

Yeluchun was half-lying on the bed, looking at the ministers, and said weakly: "Now, Cai is still leading 100,000 elite soldiers to attack Yanjing, what do you think should be done?" ”

When the crowd heard this, they were shocked and immediately made a noise!

Someone said, "Fight to the death!" The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, since my Daliao warriors can defeat the Song army, they will definitely be able to defeat Cai Ying's men! ”

Someone said: "Cai still once defeated the Jin army with the same strength, and his combat power cannot be underestimated, and it is not comparable to the weak Song army, and now he has personally led an army of 100,000 to the east, I am afraid it will not be so easy to defeat." ”

Someone said: "What Guan Cai still does, it should also be the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, if Yanjing is still won by Cai Ying, the Great Song Dynasty is not far from the country, we can use this to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty and jointly deal with Cai Ying." ”

Someone sneered: "We just defeated the Song army, causing the Great Song to lose tens of thousands of horses, can the Great Song form an alliance with us?" Taking a step back, even if the Great Song Dynasty is willing to form an alliance with us, do we dare to let the Song army enter the territory, and we are not afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will attack us with false ways? ”

Someone said, "Do you want to surrender to the Jurchens?" Borrowing the Jurchens' ......"

Before this person finished speaking, someone said angrily: "My Da Liao fell to such a field now, all because of the Jurchen rebellion, I would rather surrender to Cai Yi and the Great Song Dynasty than to surrender to the Jurchens!" ”

Someone took the opportunity to say: "What about surrendering Cai?" ”

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Listening to everyone's quarrel, thinking that they had no way out in Beiliao, Yeluchun was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood, and then tilted his head back and fainted!

Seeing this, the imperial doctors who were waiting by the side hurriedly stepped forward to rescue them.

It wasn't until the next morning that Ye Luchun slowly woke up.

After that, Yeluchun's body was completely boasted, and he relied on the thousand-year-old ginseng to hang his last breath.

On this day, the sun was shining brightly, sprinkled with wooden lattice windows.

Ye Luchun suddenly felt that his mind was particularly refreshed today, and he asked Xiao Puxian to inform Li Chuwen to come to meet him.

In front of Xiao Pu's virtuous daughter, Ye Luchun personally wrote a codex to Li Chuwen, awarding Li Chuwen the marshal of the Fanhan Horse Infantry Army, and letting Li Chuwen command all the soldiers and horses of the Liao State, and instructed: "After my death, you must welcome the succession of Yeluding, the king of Qin, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Li Chuwen tearfully agreed.

He then closed his eyes as if he were asleep.

Actually-

Ye Luchun didn't sleep, he really couldn't sleep, he thought: "Now, Cai is still personally leading an army of 100,000 to attack Yanjing, and the Jurchen army has gathered in Bei'anzhou in the north, and the Great Song Dynasty has Chen troops on the southern border, these three sharp arrows will be shot at Yanjing, how can Yanjing be saved?" ”

Ye Luchun slowly opened his eyes, then looked at Xiao Pu and said, "After I die, you have to do it yourself." The matter of my ascension to the throne and the title of emperor has affected you. You...... Forget it, time is also, life is also! ”

After speaking, Yeluchun silently wept.

Seeing that Ye Luchun was obviously about to die, Li Chuwen hurriedly sent someone to secretly inform the ministers, saying that His Majesty was in critical condition and asked everyone to come and serve the sick quickly.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the palace, Li Chuwen quietly left the palace - he wanted to close the gate of Yanjing City, block Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi and other generals from the city gate, and then send someone to Xiongzhou to contact Tong Guan and let Tong Guan lead the army to come, and then he opened the door to welcome the surrender.

But when Li Chuwen arrived at the Yingchun Gate, the sergeant guarding the gate reported to him that Xiao Gan had led three thousand elite horsemen into the city in a hurry just now.

Li Chuwen was shocked when he heard the news!

At this sensitive moment, Xiao Gan led the army into the city, needless to say, it must have been arranged by his sister Xiao Puxian.

Li Chuwen really didn't expect that Xiao Puxiannu's speed of action would be so fast.

Judging from this duel, Li Chuwen lost to Xiao Puxiannu.

When Xiao Gan came to Yeluchun's dormitory, Yeluchun had completely closed his eyes, and Da Liao, the former overlord of the grassland, and this once vast empire, were once worse again.

Xiao Gan immediately blocked the news and imposed martial law on the imperial city, and ordered the ministers to come to the palace to discuss matters.

When the ministers came to the imperial city, they saw three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the atmosphere was extremely serious, so they all guessed what was going on.

Really!

Xiao Gan soon announced to the ministers: "In accordance with His Majesty's deathbed will, Ye Lu, the son of King Huaiyin, will be appointed as the emperor, and the princess Xiao Fuxian will be the queen mother." Because Yeluding followed his father to the north, the Empress Dowager Xiao was in charge of military affairs. ”

No one dared to raise objections.

Xiao Puxiannu immediately changed the era name to "Dexing" - Xiao Puxiannu's name "Concubine De", therefore, from the era name she set for herself, it is not difficult to see her ambition and her expectations.

Li Chuwen also received a notice of the meeting, but he said at home that he was ill, so he only asked his son Li Zheng to quickly contact the heroic warriors of Yanjing, preparing to secretly start an incident and dedicate Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Li Chuwen actually secretly contacted Dajin.

In short, Li Chuwen saw that Da Liao was really dead, and he had already begun to find a way back for his own family - this also means to find a way back for Northern Liao, in Li Chuwen's view, Ye Luchun took the right path, in this case, Northern Liao can only be preserved by claiming vassal to the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Chuwen, as the head of the hundred officials, did not come to the worship, in other words, Li Chuwen did not recognize her dominance, which made Xiao Puxian a little uneasy.

Xiao Puxian said to Xiao Gan: "Li Chuwen has a notebook in his hand, which was written to him by the first emperor, and appointed him as the marshal of the soldiers and horses. ”

That's right.

Xiao Pu did not believe in the Han Chinese.

It can even be said that Xiao Puxian hates the Han people very much, hating them for being vile and shameless, taking advantage of people's danger, swaying from side to side and always thinking of surrendering.

Sometimes, Xiao Puxian wanted to kill all the Han officials and Han people under her rule to vent the hatred in her heart.

Pity!

The current Northern Liao is already full of holes, and does not support the idea of Xiao Puxiannu at all.

Xiao Gan said: "Tomorrow, the Queen Mother will invite him into the palace, and the minister will promise to let him hand over the things obediently." ”

Early the next morning, Xiao Puxian ordered Li Chuwen to enter the palace immediately and discuss important matters.

Li Chuwen, Li Xuneng, and Li Zheng discussed for a long time in the secret room of the Li Mansion.

Li Chu Neng said: "Concubine Xiao De and Xiao Gan are both ruthless and scheming people, eldest brother must be guarded against, I think eldest brother, you should continue to call yourself sick, and it is better not to go." ”

Li Chuwen smiled and said: "It must be that Concubine Xiao Defei and Xiao Gan are worried about the handbook of the Marshal of Soldiers and Horses in my hand, and want to force me to hand it over, don't worry, they are in control of the government, and they should not dare to poison me, wait for me to enter the palace to take a look, what tricks do they have?" ”

Li Chuwen then entered the palace to meet Xiao Pu's virtuous daughter.

And Xiao Gan is also here.

As soon as Li Chuwen saw Xiao Puxian, he stepped forward quickly, then knelt down, and cried: "Your Majesty left with his hands, and the old minister was hit hard and couldn't afford to be sick, so today is better...... The old minister has a copy of the codex written by His Majesty to the old minister before his death, and the old minister does not dare to hide it privately, so it is now submitted to the Queen Mother for disposal. ”

As he spoke, Li Chuwen took out the Codex of the Marshal of the Soldiers and Horses from his arms and held it to Xiao Puxiannu with both hands.

Li Chuwen's performance made Xiao Puxian very satisfied, she smiled slightly, and said: "Taiwei Li is old, it is better to take care of his body, and leave the complicated affairs of the army and horses to the young people to deal with." ”

A day later, Xiao Puxian appointed Xiao Gan as the privy envoy of the Northern and Southern Courts and the marshal of the soldiers and horses, and all the soldiers and horses in the world were under the command of Xiao Gan.

Since then, the Northern Liao has entered the era of the reign of Xiao Puxian......

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