Chapter 534: Rupture
Li Yuanhao sat in the car with a respectful face, the Bai Dadan River was only more than 20 steps wide, just enough to talk across the river, only to see the Khitan cavalry on the opposite side came to the river, and walked out of the team A pure white war horse, immediately a young general in his twenties, tall and strong, with a lush beard under his chin, looked quite mighty.
This young general is Xiao Hu Tart, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao, don't look at the power of the other party, but in fact, he is a straw bag, that is, he doesn't know how to lead the troops and can't fight, and he hasn't even been on the battlefield, but with his aunt's power, he has rightly become a general who guards one side, which is simply ridiculous in the world.
"Xiaguan meets General Xiao!" Li Yuanhao immediately saluted when he saw the other party, he had accepted a reward from the Liao State, although the grade was very high, but in fact, there was no substantial benefit, and now he had to ask for others, so he also put his posture very low.
"What's the matter with you asking to see General Ben again?" I saw that Xiao Hu tart glanced at Li Yuanhao very arrogantly at this time, and yawned after speaking, if it weren't for the five big carts of gifts that Li Yuanhao gave him, he wouldn't have gotten up early in the morning, and then ran to the river to blow the cold wind.
Li Yuanhao was stunned when he heard the other party's question, he thought that Xiao Hu Tart should understand the reason why he saw him again, but then he patiently explained: "General Xiao still remembers the agreement we made last time, as long as I prove my strength, Da Liao will give us support, and now I have conquered a city in the Song Kingdom, and even almost defeated the other party's important town White Horse City, so I hope General Xiao can also keep his promise!" β
Li Yuanhao said and waved his hand, and the party members behind him immediately pushed out a few cars, and the cars were also full of heads, all of which were the heads of the Song army in the captured sandstone city, which were used by Li Yuanhao as a certificate, although this behavior seemed a little cruel, but the Great Song Dynasty and the party had reached the point of not dying, and both sides relied on the heads of the enemy to calculate military merits.
Suddenly saw so many heads, Xiao Hu Tart on the other side was pale, and seemed to be frightened, especially when the southwest light was blown today, which just blew the smell of human heads to the other side, which made Xiao Hu Tart cover his nose and said in disgust: "Take these heads away, you came to see me with so many heads, and I am not afraid of smoking others!" β
Seeing Xiao Hu Tart's performance, Li Yuanhao was also embarrassed and annoyed, he brought these heads back thousands of miles away, in fact, to prove his worth to the Liao State, but he didn't expect this Xiao Hu Tart to be so squeamish, just a few cars of people disgusted him like this, this kind of person can actually guard one side?
However, people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads, Li Yuanhao was also holding back his anger at the moment and letting people push his head away, only to see Xiao Hu tart on the opposite side let go of the hand covering his nose and tried to smell it a few times, and after feeling that there was no smell, he completely put down his hand, and then looked at Li Yuanhao very dissatisfied: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't engage in these moths!" β
Li Yuanhao finally waited for the sentence he wanted to hear the most, which made him feel relieved, and his previous anger disappeared without a trace, and he immediately smiled again and said: "General Xiao is really a cheerful person, since this is the case, then the next official is not polite." β
Speaking of this, I saw Li Yuanhao pause for a moment, and then spoke again: "The Song State is too deceitful, they will not retreat if they don't destroy our party, and now the only one who can uphold justice for us is Da Liao, so Xia Guan hopes that Da Liao can support us with some materials, such as weapons, food, etc., and in addition, we can open the border and allow us to enter the territory of Liao to rest!" β
After Li Yuanhao finished speaking, he also looked at Xiao Hu Tart with a flattering smile, waiting for the other party's reply, in fact, he didn't have any expectations for the first two conditions, as long as Liao Guo could agree to the last condition.
It's just that Li Yuanhao never dreamed of it, but after hearing this, Xiao Hu Tart waved his hand and shook his head directly: "Impossible, your requirements are too high, and we are also short of food and weapons, how can we give it to you for nothing, unless you buy it with money and materials, as for allowing you to enter my Daliao territory, it is even more impossible, several big tribes nearby have long been guarding against you, if you are let in, I'm afraid they will make trouble in the sky!" β
"This ......" Li Yuanhao didn't expect Xiao Hu to turn his face so quickly, and the other party didn't agree to any of the conditions he proposed, but this guy was extremely happy to accept his gift, why did he turn his face and deny people at this time?
"What is this? I have already asked the above, at most, our Great Liao will mediate the contradictions between you and the Song State, and then the Great Song Dynasty will definitely not dare to force you too much for the sake of our Liao State, this is much stronger than you fighting back and forth, so you go back and wait for the good news! Xiao Hu Tart said impatiently at this time, and after turning the horse's head and leaving, it seemed that he was too lazy to talk to Li Yuanhao anymore.
By the time Li Yuanhao reacted, Xiao Hut's team had already left the river bank and walked hundreds of steps away, Li Yuanhao wanted to ask the other party to turn back, but it was too late, and looking at Xiao Hut's attitude, he didn't take their party affairs to heart at all, no matter how much he begged the other party, the other party was probably disdainful.
As for Xiao Hut's promise to mediate, in fact, to put it bluntly, Liao is unwilling to provide any substantive help, and is only willing to mediate verbally, but with the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, they will definitely not agree, in other words, all the efforts they have made before have been in vain.
"Rubbish! Idiot! The ...... of the people who have a bright eye and a mouse" Li Yuanhao, who reacted, pointed to the back of Xiao Hu Tart and left, and he was also angry and scolded, it was the first time he was so out of shape, even when he withdrew from Xingzhou City, he still remained calm, but now because of Xiao Hu Tart, this fool, all his follow-up plans have been ruined, how can he not be angry?
"Your Majesty, what now?" At this time, I saw a young party general come to Li Yuanhao's side and asked, this person's name is Yeli Yuqi, he is also one of the brothers of Li Yuanhao's wife, Yeli Wangrong, who stayed in Xingzhou to attract the Song army, is his brother, but now Yeli Wangrong has long been executed by the Great Song Dynasty.
Li Yuanhao also calmed down after the rage, only to see that his face was also gloomy and terrible at this time, and after a long while, he finally took a long breath, and his face showed a firm look and said: "Go back to the camp and talk about it!" β
Ye Li Yu begged and nodded immediately, and then led the men and horses back to the camp, but when Li Yuanhao left, he turned his head and looked at the direction where Xiao Hu Tart left, and a little ruthlessness flashed on his face again, since Liao Guo didn't give him a way to live, then don't blame him for fighting to the death.
At the same time, Li Zhang in Tokyo was distressed by the transaction between Li Yuanhao and Liao, he did not know that the transaction had been yellow, after all, although he was familiar with the direction of history, many details were not clear, and Li Yuanhao's fate had changed, so the direction of history has become a little blurred.
Not only is Li Zhang distressed, Zhao Zhen and others are also worried about the intervention of the Liao State, but it is useless to worry about these now, the Great Song Dynasty can only strengthen the troops on the border, and at the same time increase the intensity of the attack on Li Yuanhao, if there is a chance, it is best to completely eliminate Li Yuanhao at the end of this year or early next year, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Of course, Li Zhang did not forget to suggest that Zhao Zhen send more people to inquire about the news from the Liao State, and now he also has a sense of urgency, because as far as he knows, Xiao Yunjin, a woman who was in power, was successfully seized power by Yelu Zongzhen within a few years, and then was confined outside, and although Yelu Zongzhen is a good man, he is indeed very tough, even if he fights for the great loss of national strength, he has to use troops abroad, and the Great Song Dynasty is also very tricky against this kind of enemy.
In addition, Li Zhang also used a "poisonous plan", that is, he sent a secret letter of his own to Zhao Anren beside Xiao Yunjin through the secret agents of the Imperial City Division, reminding him that Yelu Zongzhen was really likely to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, hoping to influence Xiao Yunjin through Zhao Anren, but this matter is very difficult, with Xiao Yunjin's character, I am afraid it is difficult to listen to other people's advice, so Li Zhang only has an attitude of doing his best and obeying the destiny of heaven on this matter, if the sky is going to kill Xiao Yunjin, then he has no choice.
As time goes by, the weather is getting colder and colder, suddenly a heavy snow fell, and the city of Tokyo also ushered in the arrival of winter again, Li Zhang was summoned to the palace as soon as he got up that day, but when he saw Zhao Zhen, he found that he was losing his temper, and there was a broken inkstone on the ground, and the surrounding palace maids were all trembling, as if they were afraid of provoking Zhao Zhen's efforts on themselves.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter, who provoked you to be so angry?" Li Zhang stepped forward with a smile and asked, and at the same time motioned to the chamberlain next to him to clean up the inkstone on the ground.
Seeing Li Zhang come in, Zhao Zhen's face looked better, but he still said hatefully: "It's not those ministers in the court, today someone actually wrote a letter suggesting that I make another queen, but the queen has just died, and even the coffin has not been buried, so they are in a hurry to establish a new queen!" β
Zhao Zhen also showed a painful expression at the end, he and Empress Zhang had a deep relationship, even after a few months, this incident was still a scar on his heart.
Li Zhang understood Zhao Zhen's pain, and said a few words of comfort at the moment, but he also understood the ministers in the court, after all, the queen's position was extraordinary, the throne could not be vacant, and the queen's seat could not be vacant for too long, so it was reasonable for the ministers to suggest a new queen.
After all, Li Zhang is the person who knows Zhao Zhen best, and after he comforted him a few words, Zhao Zhen's anger also dissipated a lot, but he was still very reluctant to oppose the new queen, so Li Zhang didn't persuade him, after all, it's useless to persuade now, let's wait for the next year.
But at this moment, someone suddenly sent an urgent recital, Zhao Zhen opened it and looked at it at the moment, but the result was suddenly uplifted, and then looked at Li Zhang with a shocked face and said: "Li Yuanhao and Liao Guo are fighting!" β