When the red warbler arrived at Yang's mansion, she was soon favored. Although she is a disabled person, her appearance and skills are excellent, and she is very good at pleasing Yang Ye. However, he often sleeps, that Yang Ye is a young and strong martial artist, and the red warbler feels a little unbearable.

Within a few days, a "cousin" from Hongying's hometown came to defect, also with a Yangzhou accent, because there was no provincial level, he wanted to eat in the house, and successfully became a horseman in Yangfu. In this world, big families accept people, mainly to prevent people who are traitors from mixing in, as long as it is the origin of a good family, it is not a big problem; Because there has never been such an undercover thing, people don't know about it...... And that cousin, with the master's favored concubine as a guarantor, is no problem.

…… In a few days, it will be even more difficult for people from outside to enter Jinyang, because there is news of the Beacon War on the market. The Great Zhou army claimed to be attacking with 200,000!

In early July, the Zhou army left Liaozhou (southeast of the border of the Northern Han Dynasty, present-day Zuoquan County, Shanxi). Liaozhou, the city wall is not strong enough, and it has been repeatedly fought for several years, first the territory of the Northern Han Kingdom, Li Yun found an opportunity to occupy Liaozhou; Later, the Zhou court could not take care of the north, and Li Yun had no intention of fighting with the Northern Han Kingdom, and there was a drastic change of power within the Zhou court, and the Northern Han Kingdom easily recovered this place; Not long ago, Murong Yanzhao served as the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army in Luzhou, and took back Liaozhou, which had little troops to garrison.

Two days later, the Zhou army attacked northwest and landed under the city of Longzhou. Longzhou is in an emergency.

At this time, the Northern Han court really felt urgent. The status of Longzhou is completely different from that of Liaozhou, which is the national gate of the southern region of the Northern Han Kingdom! The gateway is an important town, Fenzhou to the west (Jinzhou is also an important town in the hands of Zhou), and Longzhou is to the east! If Longzhou is lost, the Zhou army will directly occupy an important town at the gate of the capital, and can threaten the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty at any time, in that case, the Northern Han Kingdom will not be able to survive.

The lord of the Northern Han Dynasty first sent Feng Jinke, the general of the Guard Division, to lead the cavalry of the forbidden army and mobilize all troops and horses to aid Longzhou. The two sides set up a big battle, and although Feng Jinke fought hard, he was defeated because he was outnumbered and fled back to Jinyang in a hurry.

The lord of the Northern Han Dynasty sent Yang Ye to lead the army to resist the enemy. Yang Ye annexed Baigu and did not move, unwilling to go to the decisive battle...... The Northern Han court did not blame the urging, and even many ministers pragmatically said that the Zhou army was menacing, and Yang Yebing's major generals were outnumbered and could not win; The garrison of Baigu can prevent enemy soldiers from both sides of Longzhou and Liaozhou from attacking and harassing the capital.

Longzhou was besieged and attacked by the Zhou army, and repeatedly asked for help. Liu Jun had no strategy to retreat, so he hurriedly sent envoys to Liao to ask for help.

…… The capital of the Liao Kingdom was in Shangjing (probably located in the south of the Great Khing'an Mountains, north of the Henghe River). They sent troops to the Northern Han Dynasty and would not transfer troops from such a far place as Shangjing, but they had to go to Shangjing to discuss sending troops.

The Liao State has been more than 50 years, and the existence of the Khitan forces in the Northeast cannot be ignored from the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and now the Liao State is no longer a complete nomadic country, it is a half-cultivated and half-pastoral country, and even in Youyun, Bohai and other regions, cultivation is the main economic mode. The capital, Kamikyo, also shows this form well. Shangjing is not a place to pitch tents, it is indeed a city; It is divided into the imperial city and the Seoul city, with a circumference of more than ten miles, and it is a large city. In particular, Seoul in the south has settled artisan workshops, commercial districts, and the production of porcelain.

The main palace of the Royal Palace is on a hill in the middle of the Imperial City. However, the place where the envoys of the Northern Han Dynasty were received and settled was in the open land north of the palace, where there were many tents, and the envoys lived in tents.

The envoy did not see the Emperor of Liao during the day, no matter how anxious he was, he could only stay up in the tent for a whole day, and vaguely heard that the emperor was sleeping now! So I can't meet with him. The envoy had heard in Jinyang that the emperor of Liao was very cruel, and he had only two things in his life, that is, sleeping and killing! But drinking and hunting are also his hobbies. It's just a rumor, but now it seems to be mostly true.

Early the next morning, the envoy still did not see the emperor, but in an official office he saw a minister sent by the Liao state. However, there was no real progress in this meeting, and what was done was only to submit credentials, and the officials said some clichés in the tone of the emperor's holy decree, and there was no mention of the discussion of sending troops to rescue them, and it was impossible to give a reply on the spot...... The situation was urgent, and the envoy did such a thing after two days in Beijing.

However, to do real things, not on the scene, but on the bottom of the private discussion. The politics of the Central Plains Dynasty was like this, the Liao State carried the imprint and characteristics of the tribe, but because of the long-term study of the Central Plains official system, it was also tainted with some habits.

The envoys of the Northern Han Dynasty wanted to bribe the prime minister of the Liao State with the property they brought, but the staff dissuaded them, the Northern Han Dynasty was equally important to the Liao State, and they would not sit idly by, if they were too low-voiced, it would be inappropriate; However, the envoy of the Northern Han Dynasty was worried that Emperor Liao was a faint king, and regardless of the overall situation, he still decided to visit the prime minister so that he could teach someone to help him speak.

And the emperor of the Liao State had already known about the invasion of the Northern Han by the Zhou army in private, before the arrival of the Northern Han envoys.

…… Liao Emperor Yelu Jing, when he learned of this, was the news that he had returned from the secret performance of the "Great Liao Post House" (embassy) stationed in Jinyang. But Jerry Jong never paid attention to ...... The city of Jinyang is strong, and it will not be captured and destroyed so quickly, otherwise the Liao State will not be able to protect them; If the Liao State behaved too urgently in the rescue, it would be difficult to control the country when it had diplomatic relations with the Northern Han.

At this time, it was reported that Yelu had an audience with the enemy Lu (Yang Gon, a Khitan general who reinforced the Northern Han during the Battle of Gaoping).

Jereh declared his entry. Yang Gon had just returned from Youzhou, and he looked tired on his face, but as soon as he entered the palace, he was already afraid, and immediately bowed in front of the tiger skin soft couch.

Seeing this, Yelu Jing secretly sighed slightly, and said in his heart, am I so terrible; He did look fierce, with stiff eyebrows and beard...... According to the way of the Khitan people, Yang Gon can not kneel at all, just bow with his hands on his chest; But he still made a big salute.

This person is a general that Yelujing trusts, and Yelujing even sent him to Youzhou to visit Xiao Siwen, but he was still trembling in front of the emperor.

Yelu Jing said in his heart: Still no one can understand my suffering. Others are afraid of him, probably because he often kills the people around him with his own hands, but Yelu Jing feels that he really doesn't kill people indiscriminately, he usually only kills two kinds of people, one is the nobleman who was reduced to slavery first, and the other is the person who has long wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of it...... Of course, sometimes some inconsequential slaves will be cut off. However, he has never killed ministers and nobles with a little status for no reason, and he doesn't dare.

But he is indeed brutal by nature, and he is very happy when he kills! Just like drinking and hunting, often getting drunk, not all pretending, and doing so for a long time is also a hobby.

So people are afraid of him, and that's what he wants to see...... Yelujing, the emperor, was not easy to be the emperor, and his position was not very stable, which was also the essential reason for the turbulent situation in the Liao State for many years. He wanted people to be afraid of him, otherwise he would have been killed a long time ago!

The current situation in Liao is very unpeaceful. After Yelu Jing ascended the throne, there have been three major internal rebellions that want to kill the monarch and stand on his own, and it seems that there is no intention to stop there, as for the small rebellion and the intention to rebel, even Yelu Jing himself can't remember clearly, it's too much...... In addition, the two divisions of Muwei and Wugu, which had long been attached to the Liao State, also betrayed the Liao State and were pacified by war.

Yelujing felt that he couldn't blame himself for this situation, but everyone seemed to want to put all the blame on him! The reason is that he is brutal...... If it weren't brutal, how many people wanted this throne, and they would have been killed a long time ago! This made him very unhappy, and he was even more annoyed at the thought that he would definitely bear the name of a tyrant after death. But it can't be done for a while.

Why do so many people want this throne? This can be traced back to the death of Liao Taizong, Liao Shizong was proclaimed emperor by military generals (there is a righteous sect between Taizong and Sejong, which is a posthumous confession, and has never actually been an emperor...... This nickname Shizong knows that Liao Shizong is not the son of Taizong; At that time, the empress dowager in Beijing did not recognize this emperor, and she even wanted her son (Taizong's youngest son) to be the emperor, but the young son was not qualified enough, and he did not win a battle, so he reconciled under the persuasion of the nobles and recognized the throne of Liao Shizong.

This laid the foundation for the later legitimacy of the throne. However, after Liao Taizong, several emperors of Liao State did not suppress the great achievements and prestige of the various departments; So Abaoji's children and grandchildren all felt that they should be the emperor, and even felt that the throne was originally their own.

Liao Shizong's throne sat for three years, and the Huoshendian Rebellion occurred, and Liao Shizong was killed by Yan King Yelucha, and Cha cut himself as the emperor; Taizong's son, Yelu Jing, killed Yelu Chacha again and ascended the throne as emperor. Does this throne belong to the lineage of Yizong, or the lineage of Taizong and Sejong? (Yizong and Taizong are both sons of Abaoji, the Taizu of Liao) Obviously, the descendants on both sides feel qualified, and they both feel that they are upright.

In just a few years, the emperor has been changed three times through mutiny and assassination, the first two times did not last long, and several times he was killed before he became a prince...... Only Jerejen was still sitting in this position, although not so securely.

To be the emperor in this case, who can be down-to-earth? Yelujing was actually very scared in his heart...... Of course, he also makes others very afraid.

He was in a bad mood every day, and only when he drank a lot of alcohol could he feel a moment of joy. Some people say that he is a tyrant, but he is still self-aware and admitted; But to say that he is a faint monarch, he doesn't want to admit that a faint monarch can sit down as an emperor in this situation? If it was really that easy, Liao Shizong was not too faint and should not have been killed.

Lately, Yelujing has had a great headache, and he has discovered that the real danger may not only come from Yelu...... Because no matter who kills him, his essence will remain unchanged after he sits on the throne, and he will still be unstable. But what if the Xiao family, which has always been a royal marriage and has long been designated as the door of the prime minister, is involved?

Yelujing was nervous every day and thought a lot. He even suspected that his bad reputation was Shaw's long-term strategy; The Shaw wanted to put all the blame on himself, and then came forward to support someone to ascend the throne in an attempt to end the chaos of the battle for the throne...... But the prestige of the new monarch is also important! If Liao Shizong's achievements and prestige could be compared to Taizong's, there might not be any chaos behind.

If Xiao really does that, Yelu Jing himself will become a wronged ghost for the dead! Therefore, Yelu Jing sent Yang Gon to Youzhou for a period of time, just to observe Xiao Siwen's usual performance.

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