Longhua Prefecture of Liao, here is located at the intersection of the Huang River and the Tu River, after the Huang River is Shangjing, and after the Tuhe River is Yikun Prefecture, as for Zhongjing is far away from here, but now Xiao Yunjin has mobilized heavy troops to arrive in Yikun Prefecture, and Yelu Zongzhen in Shangjing is across the river, seeing that a big war is about to break out.

On the head of the city of Longhua Prefecture, Yeluzhi let the female wall look at the tumbling Huang River outside the city, and the downstream Liao River is known as the mother river of the Khitan people, it is said that the ancestors of their Khitan people were fishing and hunting by this river, and finally slowly developed into such a large empire now.

In addition, the Liao River is still one of the lifelines of the Liao State, because the Liao River is wide and the draft is deep, so boats can be traveled on the river, and the river passes through Shangjing and Zhongjing along the river, so there are often boats coming and going on the river, but this section of the river in front of him has been under martial law, and all the ships have been requisitioned by them to avoid Xiao Yunjin's army suddenly killing.

Yelu Zhirang was thinking about his thoughts, he should have been very happy, although the previous coup failure made him almost lose his life, but later Yelu Ren rescued him and Yelu Zongzhen first, Yelu Zongzhen did not blame him for this, after all, this is not Yelu Zhirang's fault, but someone obviously revealed the news, but now he is not sure who it is, but what is certain is that Yelu Renxian and Yelu Zhirang, as well as the Yelu Xisun who died in battle, must be fine, but the few insiders left behind are not so reliable.

It is also in this situation that Yelu Zongzhen has always had a suspicious attitude towards the people around him, especially now that the situation is special, he does not dare to trust others too much, so Yelu Renxian and Yelu Zhirang have been reused, and this raid on Longhua Prefecture also directly appointed two people to take on the big responsibility, but they did not disappoint Yelu Zongzhen, and finally won Longhua Prefecture after a hard battle, which also made Yelu Zongzhen's reputation greater.

With such a big effort, Yelu Zhirang should have been very happy, in fact, when he first occupied Longhua Prefecture, he was indeed very happy, and drank with his subordinates a few times in a row, but what he didn't expect was that Yelu Renxian, who served as the main general this time, did not show any happy appearance, and even looked a little sad.

Yelu Zhirang and Yelu Renxian are both henchmen around Yelu Zongzhen, the two have known each other many years ago, and their friendship is not rebellious but not bad, so he naturally also sees that Yelu Renxian has something on his mind, and it is also a very heavy kind, which makes him feel a little uneasy, after all, he has always admired Yelu Renxian's resourcefulness very much, especially after he saved himself, he was even more willing to be Yelu Renxian's deputy, and he did all the hard work without any complaints.

Thinking of Yelu Renxian, Yelu Zhirang suddenly thought of his sister again, originally he had a good impression of Yelu Renxian, the other party was shrewd and capable, and he was really trusted by Yelu Sect at a young age, which was very compatible with his shrewd sister, but unfortunately his sister was later selected as a candidate for harmony, which also made him very sad at that time.

"I don't know how my sister is now, is that Li Zhang good to her?" Yelu Zhirang suddenly sighed and spoke again, and at the same time, the expression on his face became even more melancholy.

"What is Brother Zhirang thinking?" At this moment, he suddenly heard a clear voice, and Yeluzhi looked at it, and sure enough, he saw Yeluren walking from the other side of the city.

"It's nothing, why is Brother Ren here?" Of course, Yelu Zhirang would not tell anyone about his sister, so he asked with a smile, Yelu Ren was the main general first, especially after occupying Gwanghua Prefecture, there were many things that he needed to deal with, and these were not what Yelu Zhirang was good at, so he could only leave them to him.

"I came to tell Brother Zhirang to let you prepare early, and we will withdraw to Shangjing in two days!" Yelu Renxian also came to Yelu Zhirang's side at this time, and then held on to the female wall and looked at the Huanghe outside the city and said lightly.

"What? Withdraw to Beijing? What about Gwanghwaju? Yelu Zhirang couldn't help but show a shocked expression when he heard the other party's words, they finally took down Gwanghua Prefecture, and with here, they could form a flanking attack on Yikun Prefecture together with Shangjing, so he thought that he and Yelu Ren would be stationed here for a long time.

Compared with Yelu Zhirang's shock, Yelu Renxian was very calm at this time: "The reason why we decided to attack Gwanghwa Prefecture was mainly because Your Majesty's prestige was weak, and most of the people in the court were still more optimistic about Xiao Yunjin, so we took the initiative to attack and defeated Gwanghwazhou, which saved Your Majesty's prestige, but Gwanghwa Prefecture is useless now, so it's better to give up directly!" ”

"Why, we finally took the Gwanghua Prefecture, and thousands of soldiers died in battle before, how can we say give up?" Yelu Zhirang asked again very puzzled at this time, and he also saw at this time that Yelu Renxian seemed to have known that he was going to give up Gwanghua Prefecture a long time ago, but he didn't tell him, which made him quite dissatisfied.

"Brother Zhirang, you don't have to be angry, in fact, Your Majesty didn't think about giving up Gwanghwa Prefecture before, but after I took down here, I carefully analyzed the current situation, and found that instead of dividing my troops to guard Gwanghwazhou, it is better to concentrate my forces to a point, so I suggested to Your Majesty to give up Gwanghwazhou, and Your Majesty agreed, and I only received the order to withdraw today." Yelu Renxian said again calmly at this time.

"But...... But with Gwanghua Prefecture, we can attack Yikun Prefecture with Shangjing, if we can take Yikun Prefecture, then Zhongjing will be isolated, we can fight as much as we want, Brother Renxian, don't you give up the opportunity to take the initiative by doing this? Yelu Zhirang was still a little unwilling at this time.

"Brother Zhirang's words are wrong, don't forget, Xiao Yunjin's troops have an advantage, especially when she recklessly transferred most of the soldiers on the southern border, these were originally the elites who were arranged on the border, and they had suppressed the Great Yanlin Rebellion before, in contrast, the troops in our hands were only half of the opponent's, and most of them were temporarily pieced together, if you disperse the troops, it will be a way to die." Yelu Renxian also said with a heavy face at this time.

Yelu Zhirang finally woke up when he heard this, this time he was also carried away by the victory in Gwanghwazhou, and he even ignored the disparity in the strength of the two sides, no wonder Yelu Renxian always looked worried before.

"In fact, what I'm most worried about is not the strength in Xiao Yunjin's hands, although her strength is superior, but it is nepotism, some generals in the army have all been replaced by her as their relatives and henchmen, most of these people have no ability, the Song people have a saying 'a soldier bears, will bear a nest', let a sheep lead a group of wolves to fight, and in the end it will only turn the wolf into a sheep......"

"And what are you worried about?" Yelu Zhirang couldn't help but ask again with a puzzled face when he heard this.

I saw that Yelu Renxian did not rush to answer at this time, but looked at the Huang River in the distance and sighed, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the Huang River in front of him: "This river is called Huang River, although the name is similar, but it is much worse than the real Yellow River, the Yellow River that is mainly in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty is known as the natural risk, and it is also the only natural danger for the Han people to resist my Great Liao, but every winter, this natural risk will fail, but in fact, the Han people have a second natural risk, that is, the Great Wall built by their ancestors, It's just that now the eastern section of the Great Wall has completely fallen into the hands of my Great Liao. ”

When he said this, he saw Yeluren pause for a moment and then said: "It is precisely because the Great Wall is not in the hands of the Han people, so they only have the Yellow River, which cannot be used at all in winter, which is also the reason why Song Taizu and Song Taizong wanted to recover Yanyun, and my Da Liao has also been arranging heavy troops on the Liao-Song border, in order to prevent the Song people from attacking Yanyun, but now Xiao Yunjin has withdrawn the army on the border, how can I not worry?" ”

"What should I do, it turns out that you are worried about this matter, but you must have thought too much, since the defeat of Song Taizu, the Song people no longer dare to look north, the first emperor forced the Great Song Dynasty to sign the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and every year they send us New Year's coins for peace, how can they have the courage to attack us?" Yelu Zhirang laughed when he heard this, and said unconcernedly.

In fact, Yelu Zhirang's attitude also represents the thoughts of the vast majority of Khitan nobles, they almost despise the weak Great Song from the heart, and look down on the Song people very much, and even some radical people think that if it were not for the constraints of the Yuanyuan Alliance, their Liao State would have sent troops to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, so in their opinion, only they attacked the Great Song Dynasty, but they never thought that the Great Song Dynasty would have the courage to send troops to attack the Liao State.

Seeing Yelu Zhirang's attitude, Yelu Ren smiled bitterly, but he didn't seem surprised, and hesitated for a moment to speak again: "Brother Zhirang, you should remember the envoy of the Song Kingdom, Li Zhang, right?" ”

Hearing Yeluren suddenly ask about Li Zhang, Yeluzhi was also stunned, and then he became a little nervous, worried that Yeluren knew about his sister first, but he still asked calmly: "I remember, that Li Zhang once stammered Xiao Yunjin at the beginning, and I sent him away when he left." ”

"Li Zhang's person is not simple, I later asked people to collect his intelligence, and it turned out that this person is not only the cousin of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, but also invented sharp firearms, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Song army, and he is extremely tough on the outside world. When Ye Luren mentioned Li Zhang first, the expression on his face became more solemn.

Yelu Zhirang was relieved to hear that the other party didn't know the relationship between his sister and Li Zhang, and then said quite carelessly: "So what, Brother Renxian, you don't think that Li Zhang will persuade the Emperor of Song to use troops against us, right?" ”