Chapter 691: Liao's Western Expedition
On the vast prairie, the thin snow of the previous few days has not yet melted, but some tenacious grass buds have emerged from the snowdrifts, making the originally yellow and white earth a little greener.
But soon countless horses' hooves trampled over the land, mixing the loess with the snow and turning into a puddle of mud, and the grass buds that had just germinated were also trampled into the muddy water, but the green grass tips still stuck out tenaciously.
"Brother Renxian, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have reported the matter of the party to Your Majesty if I knew it!" Yelu Zhirang said to Yeluren next to him with a guilty face at this time, and behind them, there was a cavalry of tens of thousands of people, who had just set off from Zhongjing, and the goal was to recruit the division on the far northwest road.
"Brother Zhirang doesn't have to blame himself, even if you hide the matter, there will definitely be other people who will report it to Your Majesty, and then there will still be no way to change the current result." Yelu Renxian, who was on the horse, said helplessly at this time.
Some time ago, Yelu Ren first successfully suppressed the rebellion of the Jurchens, so that Yelu Zongzhen's prestige was restored, and after Yelu Ren first stabilized the situation in the north, he immediately returned to Zhongjing, and suggested to Yelu Zongzhen that by taking advantage of this great victory, he would completely stabilize the domestic situation and collect the military power in the hands of the nobles in various places.
Yelu Zongzhen also agreed with Yelu Renxian's suggestion, but as time went by, he felt that it was too slow to reclaim military power little by little, and it happened that some time ago, after Li Yuanhao of the party had laid down the Northwest Recruiting Division, he also began to go all the way to the west to conquer a considerable part of the western part of the Liao State for himself.
When Yelu Zongzhen learned that even the small party was so arrogant and didn't take them into account at all, he finally couldn't help but want to send troops again, and his plan was also very good, if he could successfully defeat Li Yuanhao this time, not only could he recover the lost land, but also definitely let his prestige be improved again, and then with two big victories, the matter of recovering the military power in various places would be smoother.
It was precisely under this idea that Yelu Zongzhen decided to send troops to the west, and although Yelu Renxian persuaded hard, he warned Yelu Zongzhen that he was now lacking in national strength and it was really not suitable to send troops, but Yelu Zongzhen couldn't listen to it at all, and the final result was that Yelu Renxian led his troops to the expedition again, and Yelu Zhirang became his deputy.
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is really anxious, now we are worried about internal and external troubles in Daliao, and finally there is a little improvement, we only need to break through the nobles in various places and take back the military power in their hands, but now we are taking risks to attack, if this is ......"
Yelu Zhirang couldn't go on in the end, and his face was full of remorse, because Li Yuanhao's matter was the first time he reported it to Yelu Zongzhen, and his original intention was just to put a little pressure on Yelu Zongzhen, but he didn't expect Yelu Zongzhen to react so much, and he had to send troops to fight no matter what.
"It is the duty of our courtiers to share their worries, and since Your Majesty is determined to take risks, we can only find a way to fight this battle." Yelu Renxian also sighed at this time.
In fact, for Yelu Zong's real character, Yelu Renxian also had a headache, when he was in Gubeikou, it was because Yelu Zong really died and refused to retreat, even if the soldiers were hungry, but they still had to urge the soldiers to attack the city, and finally this led to the later defeat, and this lesson has only passed for less than two years, but he made an old mistake, and Yelu Renxian really has no way to do it.
"Brother Renxian, can't we take so many savages on the expedition this time, and many of them are related to the previous rebellion, if they make trouble on the battlefield, it will be bad?" At this time, Yelu Zhirang suddenly looked at the tens of thousands of cavalry around him, and then said very worriedly.
This time, Yeluren went out first, originally Yelu Zongzhen only gave him 10,000 people, not that Yelu Zongzhen looked down on the party, but that he did not have many troops in his hands, and Zhongjing and other places also needed troops to defend, so at most 10,000 cavalry could be dispatched.
However, Yelu Renxian did not dare to underestimate the party, especially Li Yuanhao defeated the northwest to recruit the army, and it was impossible for 10,000 people to defeat the party members, so Yelu Renxian proposed to transfer the Jurchens to serve as an army, among which many female Zhenren were also related to the previous rebellion, and Yelu Renxian also promised that as long as the party members were defeated, they would no longer be held accountable for the previous rebellion of these Jurchens.
"Rest assured, although these Jurchens are a little savage, they don't want to die when they fight, as long as they command properly, they can also exert a lot of strength, and after these Jurchens are drawn out of the young and strong, only some old and weak women are left in the tribe, if they dare not obey the order, then their entire tribe will be unlucky!" Yeluren said first, and at the end he also showed a sneer.
Whether it is the Jurchen or the party, it is a big threat to them in the Liao state, in contrast, the Jurchen can still be driven by them, and the party is completely a foreign invader, so Yeluren thought of this strategy to drive the wolf and the tiger first, whether the battle is won or lost, in the end, it can weaken the strength of the party and the Jurchens, so as to strengthen the rule of the Liao state over the north and the west.
Yelu Zhirang also knew Yelu Renxian's plans, but he had always been very disdainful of the Jurchens, believing that these people were a group of uncivilized savages, so he did not have much hope for their performance on the battlefield.
"By the way, before I went to suppress the Jurchens last time, Goryeo sent envoys to Beijing, I originally wanted to pay attention to this matter, but then I didn't have time, do you know why those Goryeo came?" At this moment, Yeluren suddenly thought of another thing, so he asked again.
"Goryeo is a group of villains who see the helm, they sent envoys to Beijing, they actually wanted to ask us for a few cities on the east bank of the Yalu River, and they also cheekily said that it was their hometown, which is shameless!" When it came to the Koreans, Yelu Zhirang was immediately very annoyed.
"Sure enough!" Yeluren nodded silently when he heard this, in fact, he had already guessed that although Goryeo had been a vassal to the Liao State before, he was only in awe of the strength of the Liao State, and this time the Liao State suffered a defeat, they would naturally fall into the ground, and Goryeo also wanted to dominate the east bank of the Yalu River, so they have always coveted several cities of the Liao State on the east bank.
"Goryeo is a group of capricious villains, seeing small profits and forgetting the righteousness, now my country is worried about foreign troubles, and we have to guard against Goryeo, wait for us to repair a book together, remind Your Majesty of Goryeo's vigilance!" Yeluren pondered for a moment before he spoke.