These days, although the morale of the Song army has been greatly boosted, the Liao army has not suffered much loss. Liao soldiers can be seen everywhere between Bianliang and Xiangyang. At the foot of Lumen Mountain, not far southeast of Xiangyang, there are tents of the Liao army all over the place, and the Khitan cavalry walks between the tents, and on the periphery of the tents, like ants, the soldiers and civilians dig trenches and build fortresses under the supervision of the Liao army. It seems that the Liao army has given up its plan to quickly conquer Xiangyang, and it is easy to use the strategy of long-term siege and long-term siege. In the center of the Liao camp stands a white sun and moon flag several zhang long, which is the imperial account of the Khitan emperor.

"In just half a month, there were two major defeats, and the Song army of Luoyang and the Song army of Xiangyang became one." Yelu Dashi's eyes were a little more chilly, and he said coldly: "Could it be that the water and soil of the Southern Dynasty have corroded the blood of the Khitans, and my warriors have become cowards?" The generals under the tent did not dare to raise their heads, and they did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere. His Majesty's rebuke made many people feel ashamed.

There was silence in the tent for a moment, and Brother Yelu Tiege bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the repeated defeats are not because the soldiers are not brave, it is because our army is not accustomed to water warfare that the Song army has taken advantage." "As the privy envoy of the Northern Court and the commander of the Southern Expedition, he naturally has to distinguish between his subordinates. Sure enough, the generals of the Southern Expedition listened to him take the lead, and they were all half relieved.

Yelu Dashi "snorted" and said sharply: "Before the Southern Expedition, didn't you be allowed to levy the Southern Dynasty to sign an army and establish a naval army?" The North Court reported that there were 70,000 people in the navy, so was it so vulnerable? Looking around at the generals in the camp, his eyes fell on Yelu Baoyi, and then turned back to Yelu Tiege.

Yelu Tiege said without hesitation: "The people of the Southern Dynasty are weak, and they have different intentions, and they are unwilling to use their lives, so they have been defeated repeatedly. The other Khitan generals nodded their heads one after another, showing their approval of the privy envoy of the Northern Court, and someone said loudly: "The signing army can't fight at all, and the Song army hasn't come over yet, so I can't wait to throw away my armor." "There are even many spies with ill intentions and secretly communicate news to the Song army!" "Not long after the battle on the water, Song Zhu signed the army and helped the enemy army to fight us." "The people of the Southern Dynasties are not reliable at all!" Yelu Baoyi's expression remained unchanged, as if Yelu Tiege had nothing to do with Nanren's belittling of him.

The etiquette of the Khitan court was originally not strict, and after Yelu Dashi ascended the throne, he removed many of the courtesies of the monarchs and ministers from the Southern Dynasty on the grounds of restoring the old customs. For a time, the complaints and shouts of the generals in the imperial account were noisy, and the responsibility for the defeat was put on the Southern Signing Army. Yelu Dashi looked at the generals coldly, his face gradually turned blue, and he said secretly: "The arrogant army will be defeated, and the city of Xiangyang can still be said to be ineffective in signing the army." And what about the Battle of Fangzhou? ”

"Your Majesty!" In the midst of the prevarication, someone suddenly said in a deep voice, "The minister has a strategy to control the naval army of the Southern Dynasties." ”

Yelu Dashi was slightly surprised, and turned his head to look, and it was Yelu Condition, the king of Jin, who spoke, that is, Mr. Han Da of Liaodong. After defeating the Jin State, in order to eradicate the remnants of the Jurchens, Han Guo offered another strategy to ravage the crops, that is, to send cavalry in the summer to destroy the crops of the wild Jurchen tribes. If you only live by fishing and hunting, there are very few people who can support the people in the mountains, forests and rivers. In the long run, the population of the wild Jurchen tribe will definitely be greatly reduced, and it will no longer pose a threat to the Khitan. Although Yelu Dashi thought so, and ordered Xiao Weili, the general who stayed in the Huanglong Mansion, to act according to the plan, he was also secretly wary of Yelu, who was resourceful and familiar with Hu and Han customs. This southern expedition also took him with him. Yelu seems to be aware of it, and he usually discusses matters in the Liao camp, but he only listens to it and doesn't say anything, but today's advice seems quite abrupt.

"What is King Jin's strategy?" Yelu Dashi smiled, "Say it, let's listen?" ”

"The Southern Dynasty signed an army that was unbearable, and His Majesty could use the Jurchens to train the navy." Ye Lujing smiled slightly, "The Jurchens are a people of fishing and hunting, known as apes on the mountains and otters on the rivers. In addition, this place is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, and the Jurchens and the Southern Dynasties do not understand each other, and the customs are very different. ”

Yelu Dashi looked at the Khitan generals standing in the tent with a strange face. The Jurchens and the Khitans have a lot of grudges. Therefore, since the pacification of the Jin State, the Liao army recruited Jurchen soldiers to form battalion heads, no more than 1,000 people, and all of them were dismantled and used under various Khitan generals. However, it is also true that the Jurchens are better at water than the Khitans, and when Yelu Dashi was in the Hanlin Academy, he also saw the envoys of the Dongying State complaining about the Jurchen pirates floating in the sea to loot fishing villages.

After pondering for a moment, Yelu Dashi nodded and said: "In this way, the Jurchen soldiers will be selected to fill the Baihe Water Division camp, and the matter of training the Jurchen Water Division Camp will be handled by the King of Jin." He gave him a deep look and smiled. This person is still not willing to be lonely.

Yelu suppressed his joy and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. The minister will not dishonor the holy commandment. Although he was named the king of Jin, he has not been in charge of the army since he returned to Liao. Yelu Dashi's will was a little vague, only letting him select and train troops, and did not say who would lead him in the future. Jeru's heart is contemplating, which means to observe its aftereffects.

"Zhao Qi made a false decree and established Xiangyang as the line." Yelu Tiege said again, "Xiangyang itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in my opinion, it is better to send another army to bypass Xiangyang, rush to Ezhou south of Xiangyang, and cut off Xiangyang's food and salary." In this way, Xiangyang can be self-defeating. "Outsider" Yelu suddenly got an important errand, such as Yelu Tiege and other henchmen are a little strange. Yelu Dashi glanced at the tent for a week, and saw it in his eyes, what he wanted was this effect, using Yelu as an outsider to stimulate the arrogant soldiers who were gradually becoming a little complacent.

Yelu Dashi thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Ezhou is also a strong city, the defenders will win people, and the army is not weak. His face was a little complicated. Fangzhou's land of projectiles was originally insignificant. Yelu Tiege sent troops to attack Fangzhou, which was mainly to punish the Song people, but who knew that he suffered a big loss. There are 5,000 iron cavalry, plus 10,000 signed troops, and there is no scum left after being eaten by the thousands of signed troops of the Southern Dynasties. "Five thousand true Khitans, thinking of this verse, Yelu Dashi felt his heart twitch. If the lone army goes deeper, and then falls for some tricks, the losses will be even more serious. Yelu Dashi's current plan is to attract the main force of the Song army to the Jingxiang area with heavy troops, so that the Song army's southeast roads are empty, and Yelu Bijie and Temuge can calmly annex the land of wealth in the southeast, so that the Jingxiang Song army will be cut off from food and salary, and it will collapse without a fight.

Seeing this, Yelu's heart moved slightly, and he offered his plan again: "If Your Majesty cares about Yue Fei and Zhao Xingde, I have a plan to make the Song people cut off their arms." ”

"Oh?" Yelu Dashi raised his head and said with a smile, "The King of Jin is resourceful, he is really the wise man among my Khitans, and if he wants to make the Song people cut off their arms, isn't it a counter-plan?" ”

"That's right," Yelu saw that His Majesty's eyes seemed to be smiling, and he even broke his own plan, and his heart was terrified, and he didn't dare to sell Guanzi, so he bowed down and said, "As the saying goes, the sky cannot be without sun. Ezhou is known as the Son of Heaven, but this Zhao Ke is in the hands of our dynasty, in fact, all major matters are decided by Chen Dong and Yue Fei. The minister thought that the people of the Southern Dynasty loved intrigue the most, and one mountain could not tolerate two tigers. Sooner or later, Yue Chen and the others will have to fall into discord. But Yue Fei has a deep temperament, and it is said that this time he opened up Xiangyang. The waterway is what he insists on. Although he did not receive Zhao Qi's official position and reward, he gave it away, which can be regarded as a secret song. Chen Dong didn't believe it, and there was no speculation about him in his heart, if we sent a fine work to sneak into Ezhou, take a walk with some rumors, and add fuel to the fire......"

Yelu Dashi frowned slightly, and asked, "What about Zhao Xingde?" "Zhao Xingde of the Southern Dynasty has repeatedly made amazing moves, and between Yue and Chen, there is a faint role of balancing and buffering, so if Zhao Xingde can be removed, it will be more certain to separate Chen and Yue.

Yelu smiled slightly, glanced around, the Khitan generals whispered, they didn't read, not only could they not think of this kind of scheme, but they even sounded incredible.

"As far as the minister knows, Zhao Xing Dewen can possess the people, can be powerful in martial arts, and is deeply humble, if it weren't for some connivance with his subordinates to harass the place, according to the Southern Dynasty scholars, he is indeed an impeccable and perfect person." Yelu smiled slightly, "However, he shouldn't be surnamed Zhao." ”

"Oh?" Yelu's big stone eyes were shining, and his body leaned forward slightly, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"When the case was uncovered ten years ago, the Southern Dynasty court charged Zhao Xingde with the crime, and there was a crime of 'impersonating the clan'. That's where we start. "Yelu has made up his mind today, and if he doesn't make a sound, he will be a blockbuster, so that even if Yelu Dashi has scruples in his heart, he has to use him.

"Impersonating the clan?" Yelu Dashi was slightly stunned, and said in a deep voice, "But this person is from an innocent background, everyone in the world knows it, and he pretends to be a 'traitor party'," he glanced at Tong Guan who was standing next to him, "It's just the crime that was planted against him, Chen Dong and these people will never believe it." ”

"The minister thinks that we just need to follow the trend, we don't want to publicize Zhao Xingde's impersonation of the clan, but let the fine work spread the news, Zhao Xingde is the clan." Ye Lujing smiled, "This person can be civil and martial, and he is a clan." Now there is only one person in the Song Dynasty clan, Zhao Qi, and Chen Dong of the Li Society falsely claim that 'respecting the Son of Heaven does not obey chaotic orders', in the opinion of the ministers, if Zhao Xingde suddenly becomes a clan, I am afraid that Chen Dong will not be wary of him. ”

This is in addition to the score. Poisonous, Yelu Dashi thought about it for a moment, nodded and asked the privy envoy of the Northern Court, Yelu Tiege and Yelu Condition, to handle it together. Anyway, it's just spreading some rumors, and even if it doesn't succeed, there will be no loss to the Liao Dynasty.

After the generals retreated, Yelu Dashi stopped Tong Guan and asked, "King Zheng, how feasible do you think King Jin's strategy is?" ”

Since the fall of Bianliang, Zhao Ke was captured. Yelu Dashi named Tong Guan as King Zheng according to the agreement, however, this king is specially rewarded for foreign races, and it is not included in the genealogy, it is similar to the title of "so-and-so king" among the Bohai people and Jurchens, and it is completely different from the Khitan prince, and the Khitan generals will naturally not be jealous of him, at most they feel that there is one more courtier of the Southern Dynasty around His Majesty.