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Chapter 174: Forcing the Palace

There is no doubt that Yeluxiu was ambushed by the Zhou army. How did the Zhou army capture Yijin Pass this time? It's simple to say. The Great Zhou is located in the Central Plains, the north Khitan and the south of Macu, and the two major enemy countries are always coveted, and it is impossible for Guo Rong to be unprepared. I think that back then, when Guo Rongyuan was in Chang'an, he was able to control Jinling remotely, which made rumors spread in Jinling, and set up a lot of obstacles for Chu to appease Li Tang. Now that he is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is naturally very easy to get some information about the enemy generals on the border. He had already sent someone to investigate the Han barbarian generals in the sixteen states of Yanyun.

In an extremely difficult environment, the Great Zhou brazenly went on a northern expedition. It's not like going to the north to go back and have a big madness before you perish. On the contrary, the plan was short-lived, but it was well thought out. There is a premise for it to be executed, Ma Chu is weakened, and it is impossible to go north in a short period of time to rescue the Khitan, so that the Zhou State can concentrate its forces and face the Khitan alone. As for Liu Han, after the Battle of Gaoping, he no longer had the strength, and the Shu State and the Great Zhou did not take it to heart at all.

The ideal outcome of this Northern Expedition for the Great Zhou is to fight a decisive battle with the Khitan in the Yanyun area, and defeat the opponent, and from then on this strong opponent will be beaten into a second-rate country. In the face of such a strategic purpose, for Da Zhou, he can't let go of any details that can win.

The Khitan is indeed strong, but the Khitan has these three major weaknesses. First, in the Yanyun area, there was discord and even antagonism between the Han and Khitan generals, and many Han generals had the idea of returning to the south; Second, the warlike emperors of the Khitan people are all hanging, and the warlike generals are also hanging, that is to say, the Khitan army is now facing a green and yellow army, "a thousand troops are easy to get, and a general is hard to find", without famous generals, the combat effectiveness of the Khitan army will be greatly reduced; Third, the Khitan Emperor had no ambition and had no hunger or thirst for the land of the Central Plains. It is difficult for such an emperor to send troops south, but will he have firm confidence and the belief that he will win a decisive battle with the Zhou army? It's hard to say. On the battlefield, the emperor's indecision will be fatal.

As soon as he analyzed it in this way, Guo Rong immediately understood that now is the best time to deal with the Khitan, if he cultivates a new general, if the emperor is not afraid of war, then the Great Zhou can really only retreat to Guanzhong.

After Guo Rong made up his mind to the Northern Expedition, the carelessness of Zhong Tinghui, the general of Yijin Pass, naturally easily became the breakthrough point of Guo Rong's Northern Expedition. Wang Hong, the assassin of Qingzhou, Liu Chuxin, the assassin of Mozhou (now Moxian, Hebei), and Gao Yanhui, the assassin of Yingzhou (now Hejian, Hebei), were all Han Chinese, and they were under the control of the Khitan Qianhua Army. And these three states are geographically located in the south of Sanguan. If they can first take Yijin Pass, close the road for the Qianhua army to flee north, and then annihilate the Qianhua army, it is very likely that Mozhou and Yingzhou will surrender without a fight. Then, this majestic victory without a fight went north, if the Khitan army did not go south, the sixteen states of Yanyun could be decided with one blow. If the main Khitan force went south from Shangjing, then Wang Pu had other ways to deal with the Khitans.

So, Murong Yanzhao took 30,000 cavalry, changed into the clothes of the Khitans, and rushed to Yijin Pass day and night. This Zhong Tinghui was indeed too sloppy, and he was easily succeeded by Murong Yanzhao. Zhong Tinghui saw that the situation was irretrievable, so he surrendered neatly, his surrender was not finished, and he also persuaded Yao Neiyun, the guard of Waqiao, and Wu Tianbao, the guard of Sikou, to surrender to Da Zhou. As a result, the road from Mozhou and Yingzhou to Youzhou (now Beijing) was completely closed. At the end of April, when Guo Rong led the army to the city of Mozhou, Liu Chuxin, the assassin of Mozhou, surrendered, and on the third day, Gao Yanhui, the assassin of Yingzhou, also surrendered. By the third day of the fifth month, except for Murong Yanzhao's defeat of the Qianhua army under Yijin Pass, the Zhou army took Sanzhou, Sanguan, and Seventeen Counties without much effort.

The main force of the Zhou army was 150,000 men, and after a day of correction at Yijin Pass, Guo Rong ordered to march north. Under the command of their respective generals, Ma Bujun prepared to take Zhuozhou and went straight to Youzhou. The entire Yanyun situation immediately became extremely tense.

"Your Majesty, the Zhou army has captured Mozhou, Yingzhou and other places, and the troops are pointing directly at Zhuozhou." In the palace in Beijing, the great emperor Yelujing rarely worked in broad daylight. It's just that looking at his red and swollen eyes and gray face, he must have been drinking and having fun for a long time last night, and his spirit was somewhat weak.

"Mozhou and Yingzhou are originally the land of the Central Plains, and since they have been recaptured by the Zhou army, it is not a big deal." Yelu Jing said disapprehantly.

"Your Majesty, the land of Yanyun was won by the Holy Heir Emperor in a hundred battles, how can the ancestral foundation be given up once, and the minister thinks that he should immediately fight." Gao Mohan, the right minister of Shangshu Province, said. Gao Mohan was promoted to the right minister of Shangshu Province, and it seems that he has been promoted, but "the county official is not as good as the current management", and the power in his hands has shrunk significantly. Above the court, although he has the right to speak, his influence is not as good as before.

Gao Mohan was very excited, and his gray beard was still trembling slightly. This made Ye Lujing quite surprised, and he asked puzzledly: "Gao Aiqing, haven't you always advocated friendship with the Central Plains?" Since they want to get their things back, we will give them to him, so that our relationship will not be better? ”

Hearing Yelujing's words, Gao Mohan was anxious: "Your Majesty, this... This land of Yanyun is already the land of my Khitan, how can I give it to others for no reason? The reason why the minister supports friendship with the Central Plains is that he hopes to use the Central Plains to contain the Chu State in the south, and then use Hedong to contain the Central Plains, so that the whole world is under the control of my Khitan. I, Khitan, can be a man of his word and a powerful world. ”

Seeing that Yelu Jing was a little relentless, the political affairs made Yelu Lie also anxious: "Your Majesty, the minister has been called to reorganize the army and prepare for the south. Now that the Zhou State dares to go north to invade our Celestial Empire, our Dynasty can just give them a head-on blow. Defeated the Zhou State in one fell swoop, drank the Yellow River, and reproduced the great cause of Taizong back then! ”

Yelüjing waved his hand impatiently and said, "Father and Emperor once said: I didn't expect the Chinese to be so difficult to govern. If the Holy Heir Emperor can't govern, can I be stronger than the Holy Heir Emperor? Sending you to prepare the army to the south is not for the land of the Central Plains, but for the money, grain and grass of the Central Plains. ”

I don't know if it's because the hangover hasn't sobered up yet, or if the straightforward personality of the Yelu Jing Khitan clan has exploded, what he said is so straightforward. For a while, the ministers in the palace were a little dazed, as if dreaming back to the Taizu period. When Yelu Abaoji conquered the world, he had always been straightforward, and he did what he said, and when it came to the time of Yelu Deguang, the emperor of Taizong, due to the relatively high cultural level of Deguang's classmates, the Khitan officials gradually cultivated a little officialdom culture. It's a pity that this atmosphere was destroyed by the unconscious Yelu Jing's three or two sentences.

You can speak directly, you are still playing tricks. In history, the words "strong master wins the ancestors" should be said by the emperor himself first, and then the ministers refuted it, persuading the emperor not to be too ambitious, and then the emperor can admit that he is inferior to the ancestors in front of him, and at the same time thank the ministers for their persuasion. For example, when Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty saw that Cao Cen only took a salary and did not do things, he was very dissatisfied, and then asked: "You don't want to think about how to innovate all day long, don't want to think about how to change, don't want to think about how to serve the people, don't want to think about how to build a new feudal countryside, you should always think about how the Han economy can be sustainable, right?" What's the deal with eating and drinking all day? As a result, Cao Cen said: "Your Majesty, how do you think I am better than Xiao He Xiao?" When Xiao He was the prime minister, Cao Cen still stood aside, and Emperor Han Hui was dissatisfied with Cao Cen, so he said: "It's better to do it!" As a result, Cao Cen asked again: "How do you think you are better than Emperor Gao?" Emperor Hui was stunned at the time, thought for a while, and had to say: "I might as well be!" (Maybe Liu Bang threw Emperor Hui off the car a few times, which scared Emperor Hui into fear of his father from then on) Cao Cen smiled slightly: "I am not as good as Xiao He, Your Majesty is not as good as Emperor Gao." In that case, why should we change the policies that were made by those two wise men? Then, Emperor Hui suddenly came to his senses.

This is an extremely harmonious and classic relationship between the monarch and the courtier. However, Yelujing himself said, I am not as good as my father, my father can't manage the Central Plains, can I still manage it? These words choked the minister enough. I want to say that you are better than your father, but no one can say anything that violates conscience.

But the ministers are not stupid. When Gao Mohan saw that the emperor was shameless, he immediately turned pale with anger, his beard trembled, and he didn't advise Yelujing anymore, he beat his chest and cried: "Holy heir emperor, you have a spirit in the sky, open your eyes and take a look." At that time, you took the lead in the blood-stained expedition, and Yingzhou (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province), which took two years to capture, was about to be lost, and you took the Khitan children and ** to fight bloodily, and the sixteen states of Yanyun that you exchanged for will also be lost. Holy Heir Emperor, you have a spirit in the sky, but you want to bless me Khitan. Lose Guannan today, lose Yanyun tomorrow, and what about the day after tomorrow? Is Zhongjing and Shangjing all discarded? Murwei has rebelled, and the enemy martyrs are also about to move, your majesty, are you not cheering up, are you worthy of Emperor Taizu Taizong Sejong? Is it worthy of the Khitan man who died on the battlefield? ”

Gao Mohan cried like this when he relied on the old man, and Yelu Jing was dumbfounded. He quickly remembered the eventful years when his father was alive, remembered that King Yan Shuzha rebelled and killed his cousin Emperor Sejong, it was Gao Mohan who led the troops to quell the rebellion, and personally went to Nanshan to protect himself and ascend the throne as emperor. This old thing has to have qualifications, and he has to have military merits, speaking of the relationship between the monarch and the minister, although Yelujing has been credited with it over the years, he has not done anything about Gao Mohan, after all, there is still a friendship between the two. When Gao Mohan cried like this, Yelu Jing's expression was also a little gloomy.

The masters who can enter the palace are all monkeys and monkeys. Seeing Gao Mohan crying like this, the emperor's expression was a little loose, and the big guy knelt in a hula, and said in one voice: "Please Your Majesty's soldiers go south and fight with the Zhou army!" ”\

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