Chapter 727: Territory
"Yelu Jing, the lord of Liao, was stabbed!" Wei Renpu walked into the living room, with an excited face, "Xiao Siwen and Yelu Xianzhen and other generals have supported Yelu Xian as the emperor, and the troops have been sent to Beijing!" ”
Guo Shao's so-called palace is a small courtyard of a wealthy family, and there are two coffee tables and a few chairs in the living room, and he is sitting on the chairs and is very shocked when he hears the news.
Although Youzhou is lost, it is expected that there may be problems in Liaoguo, but this is too fast! An emperor who says to die is dead?
Guo Shao asked, "What did Xiao Siwen do?" ”
Wei Renpu bowed and said: "The minister also doesn't know, the rumor is that the cook moved the hand, the lord of the Liao State thinks that the chef is slow to cook, and angrily denounces the anger of the killing, several close servants and cooks are afraid of the cruel behavior of the lord of the Liao country, and they hack the lord of Liao to death with a kitchen knife in fear!" ”
He said in a deep voice: "Whether it was Xiao Siwen's command behind the scenes, there is no way to know at this time. Xiao Siwen will not admit it either. ”
Guo Shao sighed secretly, although the lord of the Liao State is not a hero, in the end, he is the emperor of a big country, and he died under the kitchen knife of the cook!
Wei Renpu said: "After Xiao Siwen escaped from Youzhou, he quickly defended himself. said that the lord of the Liao State wanted to abandon Youzhou, and only wanted to delay time, causing the Liao army in Youzhou to almost mutiny; In a desperate situation, Xiao Siwen opened the city for a decisive battle, but the disparity in strength did not win...... He didn't run away, he was coerced by his subordinates. ”
Guo Shao was speechless when he heard this, remembering that day Xiao Siwen sent a war letter to the bright light......
It looks like a decisive battle, and many people can testify. But in fact, as soon as the East Gate was matched, Xiao Siwen broke through from the West Gate and ran faster than a rabbit!
Guo Shao originally thought that only the Han officials in the Central Plains were the best at this routine, but now it seems that the Liao people are not bad, and the black can also be said to be white.
Wei Renpu handed over a file transcribed in Chinese with both hands, and said: "Xiao Siwen has sent a document, spread it to all places, and bitterly complained about the fifty charges of Yelujing, the lord of the Liao State!" Yan Yelujing is the most mediocre, cruel, and promiscuous faint and tyrannical monarch in history, and even the ministers can't stand some words, such as liking to eat human brains and babies, and calling his maids to sleep...... Your Majesty's forgiveness of sins is really insulting to the Holy Hearing......
In this way, Liao has such a monarch in power, how can it not be chaotic? Jeregen is to blame for everything! ”
Guo Shao listened quietly while watching the text. He hadn't seen Yelujing, and he didn't know the details of the Liao dynasty's government in detail, so it was difficult to be sure if Yelujing was really that bad.
In his personal opinion, Yelujing is at least not that stupid! Otherwise, in the chaos after Liao Taizong, only Yelu Jing sat for the longest time! Sitting in that mess, the emperor is not so easy to be. It is not easy for Yelujing to be stable for so many years.
But Guo Shao can be sure of one thing: Xiao Siwen and the Liao State need Ye Lujing to be so bad, the worse the better; Otherwise, who will bear the blame for the crime? The accumulated evils and chaos created in the past, those who created chaos have long since died, and they can't be counted, and they can only be counted as the most appropriate for a failed emperor!
Wei Renpu continued: "Even Brother Yelu Hugh was unlucky. Yelu Xiuge was originally famous in the Liao State, known as the "First Tiger General of the Great Liao", but now he has become a traitorous minister who relies on the favor and trust of the Liao State to take charge of the army, and all the previous military exploits have been overthrown, and the counterinsurgency is to first provoke and force other ethnic groups to rebel, and then slaughter civilians for false fame; The capture of Yizhou in the Zhou State was also to take advantage of the weakness to enter, killing the people and falsely reporting the victory.
After Yelu Hugo attracted the Zhou army, he was completely exposed, first incompetent and unaccomplished, and then reinforced Youzhou with indiscriminate use of troops. is the biggest sinner who caused the Liao State to lose Youzhou! ”
When Guo Shao heard this, he remembered Yelu Xiuge's flexible use of troops during the first Northern Expedition, and naturally disagreed with the conclusion of the Liao State.
He couldn't help but sigh a little, only to feel that many things were floating clouds.
As for Xiao Siwen, Guo Shao thought that he would die, and wondered how he could save his life...... It turned out to be so big, it's a bit of an underestimation of this person. The depth of its city layout was completely unexpected by Guo Shao!
Now Guo Shao can't care about the grievances of the Liao State, right or wrong, and sighs such as the high place is unbearable. He said very directly and simply: "Spread the ministers to see, at this time, the Liao State has no time to look south, let's immediately deploy to capture Yunzhou, Wuzhou, and Pingzhou!" ”
Guo Shao didn't even need to look at the map, he had already pondered these places in the north many times, and casually decided on the general outline.
Yunzhou is Datong, which is the first entrance of the Mongolian Plateau into the Hedong region.
Wuzhou, that is, Zhangjiakou, looks from west to east, and is also the second mouth of the northern barrier of the Central Plains.
Pingzhou, the mouth of the western Liaoning corridor, controls the Yuguan Pass, is the fortress of the first pass in the world, Shanhaiguan, and the eastern important place of the northern line of national defense.
As long as the Great Zhou occupies these three states and controls the land south of the three states, the eastern half of the entire territory can form a thick and solid barrier with the terrain and the Great Wall! Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended; When the northern ethnic groups wanted to enter the Central Plains, they first faced the long and difficult copper walls of the road.
The sixteen states of Youyun also included most of them in the territory of the Great Zhou.
There is only one Yingzhou left, on the northeast edge of the western Liaoning region, far away, Guo Shao does not want to rush to collect it for the time being, that involves a farther strategic direction, and the imperial court has not yet decided......
There are two reasons why there is no need to rush. First, Yingzhou was a stronghold for the development of the eastern Liaodong region, which was equivalent to the purpose of the Tang Dynasty to set up four towns in the Western Regions, and did not affect the complete defense line. second, although that place belonged to the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, it was only a stronghold, and it was later lost; Over the years, most of them have been Khitan, Xi, Jurchen and other ethnic groups, and some Han people have long been Hu, and the Great Zhou lacks a population base over there, and it is difficult to control it in a short time.
Not long after, the generals entered the living room one after another.
This house is really not a convenient place to work. The upper seat is an incense case with no seats; Guo Shao sat on a chair on the upper left side.
Dong Zunzhi came in first, hugged his fists and greeted Guo Shao. Guo Shao said casually: "If there is a chair, sit down." ”
Dong Zunyu glanced at the scene of the room and said, "Your Majesty, it's better for the last general to stand." ”
Guo Shao noticed his gaze and glanced at the remaining chairs. Because he was sitting on the left, it was impossible for the two chairs opposite him to dare to sit on it...... On an equal footing with the Emperor. There are only four chairs left, and when Li Chuyun and others come in together, it seems that it is not Dong Zunzhi's turn.
Guo Shao said casually for a while, "General Dong is good at archery and good at leading troops. Being able to keenly observe the surrounding environment and make quick judgments is indeed a necessary quality for a good general. ”
Dong Zunzhi was very happy to be praised, bowed down and said: "The minister doesn't dare, he doesn't dare to bear the praise of His Majesty." ”
After a while, Shi Yanchao walked in, and when the deacon heard that he was given to sit, he found a chair and sat down without saying a word.
Wei Renpu was busy arranging for someone to hang a proper map on a wooden shelf in front of the incense table.