"The power of the Great Liao is overwhelming, this expedition to Ezhou, I don't know how long the people of the Southern Dynasty can resist?" A voice suddenly said behind him.

Wanyan Zongbi turned around, hid the color in his eyes, and said with a smile: "The King of Jin is coming, Zong Bi has lost his welcome." Jeroth seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. Wanyan Zongbi avoided his gaze and said loudly and rudely: "Just looking at the momentum of this whip and breaking the stream, who else can there be except His Majesty Da Liao, who is destined to return?" Those rabble in Ezhou who don't know how to lift up, together with His Majesty's army, will naturally be wiped out. He looked at the shore, where several thousand-strong men were drinking horses, and the shore was full of horses, and before they had left, they came up again, and the people were neighing, and the river was splashing everywhere. Farther afield, on the shore, thousands of Liao cavalry, is a team like a strong wind swept down, although did not deliberately hit the grass valley, along the way, the villages are all broken, ten rooms and nine empty, there is no kind of left.

"The king has been reading a lot lately. Although His Majesty does not like the Khitans to read too much, he is always happy to see that the 'uncivilized' generals of other ethnic groups are motivated. It is precisely because His Majesty's mind is like the sea that Da Liao can be invincible. Yelu said with a smile, suddenly lowered his voice, and asked, "The king thinks so too, right?" ”

Wanyan Zongbi's heart suddenly burst out, and he said in a loud voice: "Of course, the loyalty of my Jurchen clan to Your Majesty can be seen every day!" ”

"Really?" Yelu smiled slightly, the smile gradually faded from his eyes, turned to a hint of calmness, and reminded, "When meeting Your Majesty, the king had better be careful. Although Your Majesty doesn't care about the reading of generals of other ethnic groups, if you are too 'knowledgeable and courteous', and your conversation can catch up with the Han people, it will be a bit too much. ”

Wanyan Zongbi was a little annoyed in his heart, in front of Yeluqing, he was always a little weak-hearted, as if there were some unspeakable things. Since the violent death of his father and the fall of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zongbi has had a lot more cities than before. However, whenever Yelu came to him, Wanyan Zongbi felt a little uneasy in his heart. This way of southern invasion, Rong Ma handsome, conquest and killing, Wanyan Zongbi has a lot of blood on his hands, sometimes, he is even a little lost, but Ye Lu is like a shadow in his heart, his eyes always remind Wanyan Zongbi, a prince of a dead country, a Jurchen general, will never be trusted.

Wanyan Zongbi reluctantly smiled: "Thank you King Jin for your kind words." He paused and asked, "Didn't King Jin personally sit in charge of the grain fleet, how could he have time to come to the front?" "What he was most concerned about was that he didn't have a personal soldier, so how did Yelu get on his boat without knowing it? Thinking that this person could appear by his side anytime and anywhere, Wanyan Zongbi felt a slight chill in his heart.

"There are too many injuries on the grain fleet, and the old man looked so angry that he panicked, thinking that the king's command was full of vigorous warriors, so he came over to take a breath." Yelu said with emotion, "What a good young man, in the first battle of Xiangyang, more than 2,000 fell in front of the water gate, and every battle was so bloody, I don't know how many people can return to the white mountain and black soil?" He smiled and said, "I forgot, the fertile land is thousands of miles away, all of which are guarded by soldiers and horses, if the warriors can stay in this southern dynasty and enjoy the glory and wealth, it will be a good situation." The world is unified, the world is peaceful, the horse is released in Nanshan, the armor is disarmed and returned to the field, and it is not bad to be a rich man in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Listening and listening, Wanyan Zongbi's mood suddenly became very bad, he looked up at the distance, the blue sky seemed to be infinitely far away, and he was just an ant on the ground, always crawling on the ground, never able to fly, and an ant that could be trampled to death by someone at any time.

On the road from Xiangyang to Ezhou, the emperor of Liao was slowly driving south. When a group of cavalry passed by the emperor's palace, they all drew their scimitars loudly, and their military appearance was magnificent and solemn, as if this was a grand safari.

The palace tent cavalry is clustered in front and behind the Xi chariot, the cavalry crotch is all white war horses, dressed in iron armor, wearing lotus leaf felt helmets, neatly combed braided hair hangs behind, and some braids are also decorated with white jade, green hair, gold beads, etc. The war horse has vertical sideburns and tails, saddle sheaths, stirrups decorated with mud gold, reins, etc. are also golden, and the mud barrier is silver silk satin, and the iron hoof armor is clanging, looking from afar, it seems that the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals are coming in the fog.

Surrounded by the cavalry of the palace tent, the royal chariot is as majestic as a hill. In front of the Imperial Rim, twelve carriages carried twelve large drums and twelve sun and moon flags to open the way, and the carts were also pulled by white horses, each with a slave next to them leading the way slowly. Six tall white camels, which are rare in the world, pull the royal chariot, and each camel is also led by a packer in a brocade coat and felt hat.

The wheels of the Xi car are tall, the wheels are extremely long, twelve square wooden pillars support the carriage of the royal blue palace hall, like a moving palace, the eaves corner of the eaves is hung with white Yingluo tassels fluttering in the wind, the carriage is erected with the symbol of the emperor's nine sun and moon flags, the two sides of the carriage wall are the lines, shooting the dragon, capturing the tiger, going out and other exquisite paintings. At the front of the carriage, a pergola as white as a curtain is propped up diagonally, and at the rear there is a square wooden shed supported by wooden strips.

Under the pergola, Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the North Court, was sitting and reporting to His Majesty, which was a rare grace, and the generals of the palace tent army next to him could hardly hide their envious eyes. However, Yelu Tiege's face was very solemn, and he even felt a little like he was on pins and needles. In this southern expedition, a total of 100,000 Khitan cavalry, 50,000 Xi army foot soldiers, 50,000 Jurchen soldiers, and 100,000 Han soldiers of the Southern Dynasty were also requisitioned. Yelu Dashi only sets the general plan of the country, and the details of the 300,000 army are all in charge of the North Courtyard, and behind Yelu Tiege, I don't know how many envious or jealous eyes are staring. There are even rumors that His Majesty intends to restore the custom of electing the leaders of the eight ministries, and no longer replace the father and son on the throne, but will do the election after the abdication, and His Majesty is also the candidate who everyone wants, only Yelu Tiege. These rumors made Yelu Tiege's mood very complicated, and every time he met Yelu Dashi, he was also a lot more careful, not as unscrupulous as before.

"Cao Di has detained our envoy, but he is still treated as a guest." Yelu Tiege said, "Even the clansmen who were captured by the Southern Dynasty did not do any harm, and it is said that the food is better than that of the forbidden army of the Southern Dynasty." The Southern Dynasty also attempted to recruit these clansmen as cavalry. ”

"They are always like this, always like this......" A sneer appeared at the corner of Yelu Dashi's mouth, his eyes fell on the map, and suddenly became gloomy, "How are Brother Temu and Xiao Xiangsheng?" "I was going to wait for Xiangyang and Ezhou to come up with a result, if it weren't for the defeat of the Eastern Route Army, it wouldn't have rushed south. Yelu Dashi picked up a cup of oil tea and was about to drink it.

Yelu Tiege said in a low voice, "They were caught up by Yue Fei. ”

"What?" The tea in Yelu Dashi's hand spilled in the carriage, stared at Yelu Tiege, and asked sharply, "Where is it?" ”

"Shuzhou." Jerod replied, "They didn't rush over. After two days of fierce fighting with the Heng Navy, he was caught up by the Zhenguo Army. Now I got the news that Xiao Xiangsheng and Brother Temu occupied a small city and waited for reinforcements, and Yelu Bijie was also mobilizing troops and horses to rescue them. His tone was a little uncertain, the cavalry was good at attacking and not defending, the news of the siege was a few days ago, and the current situation is estimated to be more auspicious.

Yelu Dashi's face sank and asked, "What about the situation in Ezhou?" ”

"Cao Di is still attacking Ezhou with all his might." A hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of Yelu Tiege's mouth, "However, a few days ago, Zhao Xingde led his troops into Ezhou, and there has been no progress in the siege of Xiangyang in the past two days, and the defense is impressive. ”

"Hurry up!" Yelu Dashi nodded.

"Yes!" Jerod Tiege withdrew from the imperial chariot and immediately ordered the forward cavalry to speed up.

............

Under the city of Ezhou, Zhao Qi summoned the privy envoy Cao Di and told him about the peace.

"Oh? Fight against the North with Ezhou? Cao Di's face sank like water, staring at Deng Su, "How do you say this?" ”

"The northern captives are pressing step by step, and they have the advantage of the swiftness of the cavalry, and they can be killed in the city in ten days, Cao Xianggong thinks better than Deng. If Ezhou does not surrender, more than 100,000 troops will be forced to fight a decisive battle with the Liao soldiers, and the result is unpredictable. Once defeated, Xijing and Hedong are lonely and difficult to support, and the border towns will protect themselves in order to protect themselves, and if they do not descend to Liao, they will descend to summer. And Yelu Dashi will take advantage of the opportunity of the Xia State to look eastward, sweep the southeast, and divide our dynasty with the Xia Kingdom, breaking the situation of three parts of the world in one fell swoop. ”

Deng Su's fingers tepicted the route of the Liaoxia soldiers and horses on the topographic map of the mountains and rivers, and drew it along the line between the east and west of the river, as if the Liaoxia army divided the world.

Zhao Qi's face was pale, cold sweat trickled down his back, and he muttered: "The Northern Captives invaded, and the Central Plains was weak. Cao Xianggong, how should I be? ”

"For today's plan, no matter how harsh the conditions proposed by Chen Shaoyang are, as long as Ezhou surrenders, the situation can be stabilized and reversed. Not only that," Deng Su said categorically, "the southeast is unified, 40 million people, 400,000 troops, Your Majesty only needs to work hard, and the ministers will do their best, who in the world can covet it?" Recovering the Central Plains, ZTE can be expected! Infected by him, Zhao Qi's eyes also lit up, and he said, "Really? Then he frowned and said, "It's just that ,......, Liu Xianggong has contributed to the country, rashly snatching his military power and handing it over to Ezhou, doesn't it make the world laugh at me for being a mean general?" He looked embarrassed and asked, "What about it?" How about Cao Xiang's public opinion? ”

Cao Di looked at the two monarchs and ministers, and said coldly: "Lord Deng, do you know that you colluded with Chen Dong in Ezhou, deliberately deceived the saint, and wanted to seize the military power of Liu Xianggong. As he spoke, the Chinese military tent seemed to be a little colder than just now.

Deng Su's face was even more pale, and he said without giving in: "If this is the case, Deng Su just went to the Huangquan Prefecture one step earlier to clean up the ants for all the ministers." He turned his head to look at Zhao Qi, who was really frightened, and sighed, "It's not a pity that Deng died, it's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty is a country!" ”