Datong Mansion in Xijing, Great Liao, Imperial Palace.

"Youzhou Army...... Republican ......"

Yelu Yanxi held a candle and looked at the newly hung parchment map in the palace. At the northwest foot of Yanshan Mountain, there are densely marked with signs with the word "Republic".

Xiao Wuna, who had just fled back to Datong Mansion from Yongxing County, the seat of Fengsheng Prefecture, also held a candle and bent down to stand behind Yelu Yanxi, with a sad face.

He is a bit like those civilian officials who knew the soldiers in the Song Dynasty, his strategic vision is good, and he has millions of soldiers in his chest, but he can't really command battles. On the battlefield of Fengshengzhou, he was beaten by Mi Youren and Yang Jian, two usury generals, and even Yongxing County, the seat of governance, was also broken by Cao Yongyi's debt slave soldiers! If you don't still think about the great Liaojiang and the mountains, you should promise the country with your body!

However, while losing the battle, the old man still figured out a lot of the situation of the Youzhou army, and knew that the Youzhou army had actually become a strange feudal town, and the relationship with the Great Song Dynasty court was also inseparable. What really made the Great Liao soldiers suffer heavy losses was not the directly subordinate forces of the Song Dynasty, but the fledgling Youzhou army!

In addition, Xiao Wuna also inquired about some special features of the Youzhou Army.

This Youzhou army does not seem to be an ordinary feudal town, but a feudal town full of Confucian ideals and striving for the common good.

In other words, "An Lushan and Shi Siming" also have culture and thoughts!

After a long time, Yelu Yanxi put down the candle in his hand, turned around and asked Xiao Wuna, "What does this martial artist want to do?" But do you want to pull the flag and rebel, take the Song Dynasty and replace yourself? ”

"It doesn't seem to be ......" Xiao Wuna shook his head, "Wu Haogu shouldn't have the ambition to be the emperor." ”

"Do you want to be a soil emperor in Youzhou?"

"It doesn't seem to be." Xiao Wuna said, "If he wants to achieve the careers of Tian Chenghei and Li Huaixian, he should not engage in the Laoshizi Senate and the citizenship system, let alone use the slogan of 'The Great Road, the World is for the Public'." Moreover, in Youzhou Town, Wu Haogu never claimed to be a festival envoy, but issued orders in the name of the ruling government of the Republic. ”

"The republican government is in power?" Yelu Yanxi shook his head, "He just wants to serve in Youzhou for a long time, and he doesn't want to pass on his descendants?" ”

"Not necessarily," Xiao Wuna said, "he's only in his thirties now, and it's not yet time to think about hereditaryness. However, the ten prefectures attached to Youzhou are all hereditary states and counties. The people below are all hereditary, and it's not okay if he, the republican government, doesn't pass on to his descendants? ”

Yelu Yanxi was a little confused, "Then isn't he Tian Chengsi and Li Huaixian?" ”

"No, no." Xiao Wuna said, "Although Tian Chengsi and Li Huaixian are disobedient to the feudal town, their temperance envoys are still canonized by the Tang Dynasty.

And Wu Haogu is now abandoning the name of the Zhao family's festival so that he does not use it, and uses the name of the republican government elected by the Senate to govern it, which is to implement the world for the public, and select the virtuous and capable, at least in the name of righteousness. Without the constraints of the name of the monarch and the minister, Youzhou may really sweep the world one day, but it will never replace Zhao and Song! ”

Xiao Wuna, the old man, just likes to be alarmist, and he is a "crisis theory" and "collapse theory" in later generations. However, he was indeed the first in history to predict the rebellion of the birth of Jurchen!

Now he was the first to prophesy the scourge of a republic!

Xiao Wuna continued: "In addition, the minister always feels that this Youzhou soldier is strong, and it may also have something to do with it!" ”

If you want to say that Xiao Wuna's investigation has been done thoroughly, he also has this condition, because many exiled Khitan nobles have property in Tianjin Mansion, and even have citizenship rights, and participated in the "Youzhou Election Selection" held not long ago, that is, the election!

However, it was not a one-person-one-vote democratic election, but an unfair election in which only a few military aristocrats, bourgeoisie, and intellectuals participated.

But no matter how unfair it is, after all, it is also a selection of talents and abilities. And the people who can participate in the election and cast a solemn vote or a lot of votes are undoubtedly the ruling class of Youzhou!

There were about 70,000 such people (natural and legal persons), more than 40,000 warriors, and the rest were intellectuals and merchants.

In other words, the main force of the Youzhou Army now is not only the first generation of feudal soldiers, but also citizen soldiers! There is also a relatively scientific command and training, and there is also the industrial and commercial support of Tianjin Municipality, which stands on the threshold of capitalism. It is normal that Yelu Yanxi's tribal soldiers can't defeat others.

And with more than 70,000 citizens with the right to vote, no one can say that Wu Haogu is a one-man thief, right? Even if it is a thief, it is 70,000 husbands who are thieves together.

Incidentally, later generations were negative about the fighting power of democratically elected states. However, this kind of high-threshold election, in which only tens of thousands of citizens or more than 100,000 citizens participate, is in many cases more superior and more effective than the politics of a monogamous dictatorship.

Even the rising Jurchen empire was not monogamous when it was first rising, and they still retained a large number of military democracies left over from the tribal era. Aguta's heir, Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng, was also beaten by the ministers because he violated the oath between Aguda and the ministers, stole the money in the treasury to buy some delicious food and drink.

In contrast, Zhao Gou, who was chased by the Jin soldiers under his command and ran to the sea, was a dictatorship of the Sacred Heart and held all the power!

Of course, it would be a different story if there was a genius who came out of hundreds of years to dictatorship. However, Yelu Yanxi is not such a genius, Zhao Ji is a genius enough, but his genius is not in politics......

"I can't read it, I can't read it!" After listening to Xiao Wuna's explanation, Yelu Yanxi shook his head and exhaled heavily, "How can Zhao Ji tolerate such a chaotic minister and thief?" Aren't you afraid that this Rausch republic will take over the world? ”

"How can you not be afraid?" Xiao Wuna said, "I just can't take care of it." If the two dynasties negotiate peace, maybe they will be able to join forces to deal with Youzhou! ”

"Peace?" Yelu Yanxi looked back at Xiao Wuna, "How can it be possible to negotiate peace?" Who can give up the land of Youzhou between me and Zhao Ji? ”

"Your Majesty, but the land of Youzhou is not in the hands of you and Zhao Ji!" Xiao Wuna reminded, "To abandon or not to abandon is just a name.

Compared with the great enemy of the Youzhou republic, a mere name is nothing at all! ”

Yelu Yanxi was silent.

After a while, he asked, "Don't take Hedong anymore?" ”

"Of course Hedong has to take it!" Xiao Wuna said, "Without Hedong, we don't have the bargaining chips to negotiate peace with Song Guo." ”

"Or exchange Hedong for Youzhou?"

"No." Xiao Wuna said, "Youzhou has strong soldiers, and it is about to take full advantage of the danger of Yanshan, which is not desirable for the imperial court. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court all prepared their own horses and weapons and raised their own grass valleys. If they did not succeed, the soldiers would be destitute and unable to serve in the army.

Therefore, it is impossible to exchange for Youzhou, and Youzhou must combine the forces of the North and South Dynasties to defeat! However, you can also exchange Hedong for Hexi and Shuofang. ”

Fighting a war in Liao, which is also a self-financing business, can only be maintained by fighting the grass valley. After the Youzhou army obtained the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain and recovered the dangerous points of Yizhou and Bauhinia Pass, it closed the route for the Liao army to enter and plunder. With the combat effectiveness of the Youzhou Army, the Liao Army will not be given a chance at all.

Therefore, the counterattack on Youzhou will definitely turn into a loss-making deal! How can those self-gan Liao in Liao afford to pay for it? As long as they fight a few more defeats, they will either be killed or go bankrupt and die.

As for asking the Khitan court to pay the following Zigan Liao, then there must be money to be paid! Now not only is the year's coin gone, but even the money bag of Yandi is gone. Where can I find money to send in Yelu Yanxi?

"Exchanging Hedong for Hexi and Shuofang, although it is a bit of a loss, but it is better than nothing...... Yelu Yanxi thought for a while, "It's just that you have to take Hedong first to be possible!" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Hedong is easy to take!"

"Easy to take?"

"Didn't Your Majesty discover that since the start of the war, my Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers have not been defeated when they encounter the officials and troops of the Song Dynasty, and even Gao Yu, the first marshal of the Southern Dynasty, has been killed."

Xiao Wuna paused, and said: "But at the same time, when we encounter the Youzhou army, we are also north in every battle!" Therefore, in the battle of Hedong, Your Majesty will definitely win a big victory! ”

"As long as Hedong can win, it's easy to say anything......" Yelu Yanxi nodded, as if he had made up his mind, "Tomorrow, my imperial camp will march south, approaching Yanmen Pass!" ”

……

The sun and moon god that symbolizes the Great Liao Emperor appeared outside the Yanmen Pass, and the analysis report of the General Military Machinery Department of the Youzhou Army on the possible transfer of the Liao army to Hedong, almost arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

Combined with the fact that the war in Hebei and Youzhou had progressed quite smoothly before, the Military Machinery Division of the Metropolitan Army also made a judgment, believing that the main force of the Liao Army was very likely to have moved to the western front, and the next step was likely to attack Hedong and Shuofang, which were relatively empty.

"Hedong Song Newspaper and Youzhou Military Newspaper both said that the Liao army will attack Yanmen Pass, what do you think? Hedong Xuanfu Wang Yang said that he couldn't understand military affairs, and it was difficult to take on a big job, who in the court could go out of the town Hedong Road? ”

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji was asking questions with a sad face.

The situation in Hebei has just improved a little, and there is an alarm in Hedong, although there is a danger in Yanmen in Hedong, but there are no generals and strong soldiers to defend it, Wang Yang, who has just taken office not long ago, is not as confident as Tao Jiefu, and he is directly cowardly before fighting, and he asked for transfer.

Cai Jing and He Zhizhong glanced at each other, and both had a little numbness. A minister of Wang Yang's level can't handle Hedong, so it's time to let the important ministers at the level of the Privy Council come out! But who of these people in the court is sure to defeat the main Khitan force led by Yelu Yanxi on the battlefield in Hedong?

"Your Majesty," Zheng Juzhong, the Privy Councillor, said, "Tong Guan, the current Xuanfu envoy of the Northwest Fourth Road, has been in military affairs for a long time and is familiar with the battle formation, so he can go out of Zhenhedong Road." ”

Zhao Ji nodded lightly when he heard this, "Tong Guan is out of Zhenhe East Road, who is the Xuanfu envoy of the Northwest Fourth Road?" ”

"Hexi Road Jinglu appeases Zhang Yuan to serve as the Northwest Xuanfu," Zheng Juzhong said, "The imperial court can also take the opportunity to send another important minister out of the town of Hexi Road." ”