This war has developed to the current situation, and Yelu Abaoji did not expect it. Li Congjing used the partial division dominated by the gentleman as a bait, pretended to be a large army, and led the Khitan Middle Route Army by the nose, while the main force of its coalition army successfully jumped out of the encirclement between Shuangtong, Yitai, and Jiuyang.

At present, in the Khitan army, there are actually two opposing voices on the next step of the army, and the voices are quite loud, each holding its own word. One advocated abandoning the Youzhou and Bohai coalition armies and focusing on Xiande Mansion and Longquan Mansion, in order to strive to include the Bohai State in Beijing as soon as possible. The meaning of this faction is very clear: Li Congjing is nothing more than a spoiler, and how can the Khitan 200,000 army be led by his nose, besides, in the Battle of the Bohai Sea, the key to destroying the country is to conquer Shangjing.

Those who hold the opposite view believe that since Li Congjing was able to stir up the situation in the Bohai Sea and put the 200,000 Khitan army into passivity, it shows that this opponent cannot be ignored and cannot be ignored, and the only solution is to deal with it head-on and extinguish it as soon as possible, so that the overall situation can really be taken into account. Otherwise, the army would not be able to enter Xiande Mansion and Longquan Mansion with peace of mind.

There are two opinions, the former refutes that the latter gives Longquan Mansion a chance, so that Daming An can calmly gather resistance forces and miss the opportunity, while the latter reprimands the former for being blind and unable to see the key to victory at all.

Regarding the quarrel between these two opinions, Yelu Abaoji did not comment.

Yelu Abaoji's attitude, virtually prompted the formation of the third opinion, than the previous two direct exchanges, this opinion seems more obscure, they advocate the way of others to govern their bodies, with a large army to feint Li Congjing, and the main force quickly broke through the Xiande Mansion, rushed to Beijing, and did the Ming plank road to secretly Chen Cang.

The first person to put forward the third opinion was none other than Han Yanhui, the Khitan emperor.

"Previously, the northern, central, and southern armies swept half of the Bohai Sea, and finally encircled the arrangement of Longquan Mansion in Beijing, which was a dignified and upright strategy, but in the final analysis, it was still a cautious policy step by step, and the benefits of this were obvious, that is, when the army came to the capital, it must be a thunderous momentum, no matter how he wrote and how Daming An struggled, he couldn't toss half a wave, and could only sit back and watch the country die." In the living room, Han Yanhui said to Yelu Abaoji, who was sitting opposite the brocade hat mink Qiu. Since the expedition to the Bohai Kingdom, he, the emperor, has been almost inseparable from Yelu Abaoji, like countless previous wars, he has made suggestions for Yelu Abaoji's horses and mountains, and he has been conscientious and conscientious.

Han Yanhui continued: "And now, because of Li Congjing's intervention, the situation is very different from before, and the most important thing is that our army has to divide a part of its forces to deal with the Youzhou Army, which is a change that the Bohai War situation did not expect in advance. The question now is, how many troops should the army divide to deal with the Youzhou army? Although Li Congjing defeated Yelu Xiangyin, who had 50,000 warriors, in Lulong, this did not mean that he could defeat our army's 50,000 warriors so easily in Bohai. The purpose of this war is to destroy the Bohai State, and Li Congjing's almost unreasonable intervention is also aimed at preventing our army from destroying the Bohai State, and it is precisely for this reason that the pace of destroying the Bohai State should not be stopped. ”

The cold wind crashed in from the window, fanning the curtains, and Yelu Abaoji, who was wrapped in a thick coat, suddenly lowered his head and coughed violently, and his face turned a little whiter. Han Yanhui's face immediately changed, "Your Majesty"

He then became extremely angry, turned to the waiter and shouted, "Didn't you tell you to close the doors and windows? Why is there still cold wind coming in?! ”

The waiter standing beside him was suddenly terrified, hurriedly closed the window that he had opened for some reason, and then knelt down in front of Yelu Abaoji, begging for forgiveness.

Yelu Abaoji waved his hand, signaling that Han Yanhui didn't have to make a fuss, and ordered the waiters to stand back, he said to Han Yanhui: "What Aiqing said, I am not without consideration, and it is not a good idea to cultivate the plank road in the dark. However, Aiqing still ignored something. ”

Some time ago, this heavy snow may have lasted too long, Yelu Abaoji was infected with the wind chill for some reason, and his face has been quite bad recently, and now it is a critical time for the Bohai Sea War, which makes Han Yanhui inevitably a little worried.

Han Yanhui moved the furnace closer to Yelu Abaoji for a few points, Yelu Abaoji tightened his strength, looked at the most trusted minister in front of him and said: "Aiqing, has you ever thought about it, if our army really drags Li Congjing with a partial division, and the army goes to destroy the Bohai Sea, what will happen to Li Congjing?" ”

"In addition to the Bohai Kingdom, it is meaningless for Li Congjing to fight again, so naturally he can only withdraw his troops." Han Yanhui said without thinking.

"If Li Congjing insists on retreating south, can our army keep him?" Yelu Abaoji asked again.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it." Han Yanhui replied.

"Let Li Congjing return to Lulong, how is it different from returning to the mountain?" Yelu Abaoji's eyes sharpened a little.

"What does the emperor mean" Han Yanhui was a little surprised.

"Aiqing has repeatedly told me that the Central Plains is prosperous, with gold mountains and silver seas, thousands of miles of fertile land, tens of millions of people, and a ten-mile long street. There are talented and beautiful women, small bridges and flowing water, splendid poems, sweat cows, lakes and mountains, three autumn laurels, ten miles of lotus? Yelu Abaoji shook his sleeves and asked again.

"Yes!" Han Yanhui's expression moved slightly, and his voice was determined. He told Yelu Abaoji countless times about the beautiful scenery of the Central Plains, and often encouraged the other party to go south to herd horses.

"I want to drink the Yellow River and whip the Yangtze River, what does Aiqing think?"

"Luckily!"

Yelu Abaoji snorted coldly and rolled up his cuffs, "However, there are people who, in just two or three years, have managed Lu Long to a monolithic scale, preventing my army from going south, and curbing my ambition, should such a person be damned?" ”

Han Yanhui realized something, and said categorically: "Damn! ”

Yelu Abaoji stared at Han Yanhui, "There is also a person who sees that I am a Khitan countryman, if he encounters an enemy, he doesn't say a word, he draws his sword and faces each other, plundering my country's land in the past, and now he will break my soldiers, should such a person be killed?" ”

Han Yanhui finally understood Yelu Abaoji's meaning, and said with his head bowed: "Kill!" ”

After Han Yanhui answered in the affirmative twice, Yelu Abaoji reined in his edge, leaned back in his chair, and his expression eased slightly.

Sighing, Han Yanhui said sincerely: "It's the ministers who are short-sighted, and it's not as good as the emperor to see the long-term." Li Congjing is really a big disaster for my Great Khitan to go south in the future, and if he doesn't get rid of it as soon as possible, the harm will be endless. ”

Yelu Abaoji coughed a few times, stopped talking, and closed his eyes to recuperate. Seeing this, Han Yanhui withdrew from the door.

Going out is a long staircase, and there are two people who are climbing the stairs, both of whom have extraordinary demeanors, and they are not ordinary people at first glance. However, there is a difference in the style of the two, the younger ones are always smiling, as if they are in a happy mood at all times; The older ones have calm eyebrows and eyes, do not squint, and their complexions are slightly wooden. If the former is like a breeze in the forest, the latter is like the thick soil in the mountains.

Seeing from a distance the two people who were enough to make almost the entire Khitan Kingdom take the initiative to greet each other, Han Yanhui's footsteps did not speed up by half a minute, and there was a sense of detachment from the reins. In contrast, after seeing Han Yanhui, the two young people sped up their pace to catch up, saluted in front of him, and took the initiative to greet "Mr. Han".

Han Yanhui returned the salute and said calmly: "The emperor is taking a nap, and if the two highnesses want to face the saint, they can wait a moment outside the house." ”

It was Yelu Deguang and Yelu Bei, the Khitan prince, who did not dare to slack off when they heard this, and really did not let the waiter report it, but stood side by side outside the house, quietly waiting for the summons.

Life is often dramatic, but it is also full of many staggering coincidences. The two brothers, who are both Khitan princes, are fighting each other in the current general trend of the Khitan Kingdom's continuous conquest in the east and west, but they have to fight side by side. Since the expedition to the Bohai Kingdom, the 200,000-strong army has experienced many battles, but whether it is Yelu Deguang or Yelu Bei, although they have some credits, they are far from the situation expected by the two. Not to mention anything else, the previous 200,000 soldiers were divided into three ways and marched together, one was the crown prince and the other was the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and the two people were unable to lead an army alone, but followed Yelu Abao's side together, which is enough to make people feel meaningful.

But whether it is Yelu Deguang or Yelu Bei, and even the knowledgeable courtiers of the Khitan Kingdom know that this situation will not last long, and it will definitely be broken in the end. Yelu Abaoji does not give the two of them a chance to be alone now because the time has not yet come, and he has not yet decided who will really inherit the mantle, but before the end of the Bohai War, this result will definitely appear.

The city is like a big lake, the eaves of the rows are like waves on the surface of the lake, the two of them are standing in a high position, looking at this scene just in time, Yelu is silent, like an old monk in a fixed position.

"Our Great Khitan Kingdom poured the strength of the country, combined with 200,000 troops, to attack the Bohai Kingdom, and it was a good situation to win, but I never thought of falling into the situation where I was led by the nose at this step, Li Congjing entered the Bohai Sea, and it was even more like a fish in water than in Lulong, His Royal Highness the Prince, you don't have any opinion?" Yelude looked at Yelubei with a smile and opened the conversation.

Yelu didn't squint, and said coldly: "What do you think?" ”

"I'm just a defeated general under Li Congjing, what can I think, but His Royal Highness the Prince, you fought with Li Congjing before, but the victory and defeat were mixed, so to speak, this time against him, how can you have a fifty percent chance of winning, don't you want to raise troops to destroy this guy?" Yerod said with some cynicism.

"If you want to go, go and ask your father for your life." Yelubei said lightly.

Yelu Deguang said hesitantly: "Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is helping me to take the pulse, do you say that the father is planning to concentrate on dealing with Li Congjing first, or is he planning to capture Shangjing first?" If I lead the army, what are the chances of victory? ”

Yelubei turned his head and glanced at Yeludeguang, and remained silent, "You should ask your father about these words." ”

Yelude sneered lightly, and his tone was playful, "Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really think that it is useful to ask his father these words?" ”

"What do you mean?" Jerubi finally looked at Jerod Light, frowning slightly.

"Isn't that clear enough?" Yelu Deguang cast his eyes on Hezhou City, his eyes fell on the layers of eaves, and his words were full of irony, "This time to go to the Bohai Sea, since Li Congjing appeared, our army should deal with every soldier of the Youzhou Army, which one is not personally dispatched by the emperor?" This time, Li Congjing jumped out of Shuangtong, Yitai, and Jiuyang, and jumped to the south, eyeing the enemy, making the army in a dilemma, even if the situation was like this, my father would rather postpone the attack on Shangjing, and did not let the two of us lead the troops to meet Li Congjing, but came in person. What does this mean? ”

"What does it mean?" Jerube's heart shook a little.

Yelu Deguang looked at Yelu Bei squarely and said solemnly: "This shows that my father no longer believes that you and I can win Li Congjing!" ”