Youzhou, the capital of the Marshal's Mansion, is holding a banquet.

Yelu Hongji sat on the throne and feasted with a group of ministers, during the banquet, delicious delicacies were served, and the wine and wine were fragrant, which made people appetize.

After hundreds of years of integration, the food culture of Liao has been significantly improved, and it is no longer the barbecue meat that used to be, and there are many Han foods and wines.

Yelu Hongji eats meat and drinks wine in a big bowl, looking like a whale eating the sea and swallowing the sea, which is particularly powerful, has its own majesty, and eats heartily.

The ministers saw that Yelu Hongji was in good spirits, had a good appetite, and was in a good mood, so they ate and drank to their heart's content. For a while, the sound of eating, drinking, and laughing was endless.

"Ladies and gentlemen, despite the defeat of Xiongzhou, I don't care, it only takes a few years for me to lead you into the Central Plains and restore the glory of Taizong." Yelu Hongji wiped his mouth and looked at the ministers, he was very interested, and he talked more.

Entering the Central Plains and reproducing the old things of Yelu Deguang is the dream of the Khitan people for a hundred years, and when they heard this, the ministers were all overjoyed, full of energy, and praised in unison: "The emperor is sage!" ”

"The emperor said that if he can enter the Central Plains, Da Liao will definitely be able to enter the Central Plains!"

"Think about how happy it is that a hundred years ago, Emperor Taizong entered the Central Plains, proclaimed himself emperor in Bianjing, and established the Great Liao!"

"At that time, there was civil strife in the Central Plains, and there was not much oil and water. Despite this, Da Liao still plundered countless treasures and drove away, which increased Da Liao's strength several times. ”

"Now, the Central Plains is so rich, after entering the Central Plains, Da Liao will not leave again no matter what, and must become the master of the Central Plains. At that time, Daliao will have endless delicacies, endless wines, endless beautiful silks, and endless beauties of the Southern Dynasties......"

When it comes to the benefits of entering the Central Plains, the ministers are all shining with their eyes, and their greedy appearance is undoubtedly revealed, and they are eager to enter the Central Plains immediately.

Listening to the discussion of the ministers, Yelu Hongji was in a better mood: "The defeat of Xiongzhou, Daliao is just a small setback. This time, I prepared a generous gift for that Wu Ji, and I must catch him. ”

The defeat of Xiongzhou was, in the final analysis, caused by Wu Ji. It was precisely because Wu Ji led a ragtag army at a critical moment, killed from behind, and caught Yeluming off guard, that there was a rare defeat in the history of the Liao State.

Since then, Wu Ji has become a thorn in the side of the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State, a thorn in the flesh, and they are willing to kill him. Yelu Hongji's words, when it came to the hearts of the ministers, all shouted loudly: "This Wu Ji is too hateful, if he doesn't take Da Liao in his eyes, just three thousand miscellaneous troops will dare to go against Da Liao." ”

"After catching Wu Ji, you must let him not survive, he can't die, and he will torture him for the rest of his life!"

"In the hands of Da Liao, Wu Ji is definitely worse than dead!"

Yelu Hongji waved his hand and interrupted the discussion of the ministers: "This time, the Southern Dynasty gave Da Liao a New Year's coin, and I sent two armies, one to escort and one to respond. There are 5,000 people in this army that responded, including 1,000 of my leather room army, as long as Wu Ji dares to appear, Bao Zhun will let him have no return! ”

The leather room army is the most elite army in Liao, and with the leather room army out of the horse, what else can't be done? As soon as they heard this, all the ministers were very happy, and they were busy praising Yelu Hongji's wisdom and extraordinary, which is rare in heaven and earth.

At this moment, I saw a leather room army hurriedly come in, with a pale face, cold sweat on his forehead, frightened, trembling and frightened to Yelu Hongji, stammering and reporting: "Your Majesty, I just received the news that the New Year's coin was robbed, and the leather room army was wiped out!" ”

"You're confused!" Before Yelu Hongji could speak, a mockery sounded: "The leather room army has been wiped out, how is this possible?" The leather room army is the most elite army in Daliao, as long as the leather room army is dispatched, there is no bone that cannot be gnawed. Song Jun, it's a lot! ”

"The New Year's coin was robbed? Who is so bold, ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and robbed Da Liao's New Year's coins? ”

"Even if that Wu Ji arrives, it will be impossible to snatch the New Year's coins from the hands of the Leather Room Army, let alone defeat the Leather Room Army. Da Liao has been fighting with the southerners for hundreds of years, and there has always been only the leather room army to kill the southerners, which is impossible! No way! ”

The ministers were foaming at the mouth, and they didn't take it seriously at all, they just listened to it as a joke.

However, at this moment, another leather room army came in, looking frightened, and reported loudly, "Your Majesty, the two warriors who escorted the New Year's coins have all been wiped out. Even the leather room army, no one escaped! ”

"Impossible!" Another voice of disbelief and questioning sounded.

The prestige of the Leather Room Army is too great, and it is not ordinary to make them believe that the Leather Room Army has been annihilated, it is difficult! They would rather believe that the sun rises in the west than believe that it is true.

Immediately afterwards, the third and fourth reports came, and the seven reports came on one side, and the content of the reports was the same, so I didn't dare to disbelieve it.

The annihilation of the leather room army is too shocking, although it is not much, only a thousand. However, with the combat strength of the leather room army, even if it can't be defeated, it can still escape. None of the 1,000 Skins Army escaped, which was so shocking that it was even more unbelievable than the defeat of tens of thousands of Skins Army.

It is easy to defeat, but it is difficult to completely annihilate, even if it is only a thousand leather room army, the difficulty of total annihilation is much higher than that of defeating tens of thousands of skin room army.

"Boom!"

Yelu Hongji stood up violently, flew up, kicked the table in front of him, and splashed wine, soup, and food everywhere. A few ministers who were close to each other splashed a lot, but they didn't dare to come out.

Yelu Hongji's face was iron, his hands were clenched into fists, his bones were clenched, his eyes were bigger than copper bells, as if he wanted to breathe fire, his chest rose and fell sharply, and his panting sound was louder than that of a cow.

was looking forward to the good things in the future after catching Wu Ji, but suddenly such a big news came, this was a loud slap in the face, and Yelu Hongji felt like someone was shooting a bow on the left and slapping him in the face, and he was angry.

This is the real rage, about to go away, all the ministers, no one dares to touch the moldy head, only lower their eyebrows and hold their breath, for fear that one is not good, and it will anger Yelu Hongji, then it will be over.

"Say! Make it clear! Yelu Hongji's eyes were like sharp swords, staring at the group of leather room soldiers, and he shouted.

The cheers were like thunder, which made people's hearts palpitate, and several leather room soldiers who reported the news trembled, almost scared to pee. Fortunately, there was a leather room army with good courage, who endured his fright and told the news that he had heard. Of course, he was so frightened that he stammered, and it took him a long time to finish.

"Whew! Whew! Yelu Hongji took a few breaths, finally calmed down, let go of his fist, raised his eyebrows, and muttered: "That pit was blown up by a thunderbolt." What kind of weapons can break men and horses into pieces? In this case, it was split at once, and the wound was smooth. ”

Yelu Hongji was a great expert, and concluded from the report of the leather chamber army that the wound was smooth, it was a single split, and there would be no second blow, otherwise, it would not be smooth. It's just that he can't think of what kind of weapon has such power in today's world.

"Your Majesty, is it the captive knife of the Southern Dynasty? That's a new kind of combat power, and it's unmatchedly sharp. Marshal Du Xiao Lu cautiously reminded.

The captive knife is very sharp, and the Liao State has already probed it. The only thing that has not yet been detected is the thunderbolt, which is related to Wu Ji's ability to keep secrets. Of course, in order to keep this secret, Song Shenzong also issued a strict decree, claiming that it was made by the military supervision.

"It's not!" Yelu Hongji vetoed: "Although the captive knife is unmatched, it can't chop the war horse with one sword." No matter how sharp the war knife is, it is impossible to smash the war horse. ”

He was right, although he was good at slashing the captive, he couldn't chop the horse to pieces with one sword, at most he could kill it. You must know that the body of a war horse is much larger than a person, and when a knife is slashed, the friction generated by the muscles is very large, and it will clamp the captivating knife.

"What kind of weapon is that? It can't be that the southerners know the demon law, right? Xiao Lu frowned, unable to figure it out.

Not only did he not understand, but many of the ministers present couldn't figure it out, and they all looked confused.

"Your Majesty, there is really a sharp weapon that can chop people and horses to pieces, this kind of sharp weapon is called Mo Dao." A minister reminded loudly.

This person is surnamed Han, called Han Ju, and is a descendant of Han Derang, a famous minister of Liao. Han Derang, the confidant of Empress Dowager Xiao, made great contributions to the governance of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures by Liao and the integration of Han civilization. It is precisely because of Han Derang's efforts that the national strength of Liao has increased dramatically, and in a short period of time, the overall strength of Liao has increased several times.

"Mo Dao?" An exclamation rang out.

"Phew!" Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of inhaling cold air, and the faces of the ministers changed color.

Mo knife is a sharp weapon of the Tang Army. In Wu Zetian, the first brigade of the Tang Army almost wiped out the Khitans, at that time, the Modao was invincible, and I don't know how many Khitans died under the Modao. Hundreds of years have passed, but it has been passed down.

The reason why Yeluhongki didn't think of it was because he didn't think of it for a while. When he heard Han Ju mention it, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Did the Southern Dynasty use a Mo knife?" This is no small matter! ”

If the Song Dynasty put the Mo knife into the battlefield, it would be of great significance. The Tang army dominates the world, and it has an inseparable relationship with a large number of Mo Dao. However, because of the decline of the Tang Dynasty and the sharp reduction of war horses, the Tang army had to change from high-speed mobility to snails, and could only march on two legs.

As a result, Modao had to withdraw from the battlefield. Because the Mo knife is too heavy, it is impossible to appear on the battlefield without a war horse. A Mo knife weighs fifty pounds, which is equivalent to sixty pounds now, plus armor, horizontal knives, bows and arrows, and other equipment, a Mo knife hand carries hundreds of pounds.

Such heavy equipment, if there is no combat power, relying on people to carry it, it is impossible, even the most powerful people will be tired to lie down.

If the Song Dynasty re-put the Mo knife into the battlefield, it means that the Song Dynasty already had a large number of war horses, otherwise, the Song Dynasty would not have put the Mo knife back into the battlefield.

The lack of horses is the biggest shortcoming of the Song Dynasty, if the Song Dynasty makes up for this shortcoming, it will not only be Modao who will be put into the battlefield, but also a large number of cavalry. As for the strength of the cavalry, Yelu Hongji could not be clearer.

Cavalry, Mo knife, strong crossbow, are the Tang Army's three major weapons in the world, once the cavalry, Mo knife to the Song Dynasty back into the battlefield, strong crossbow will not be a problem. These three sharp weapons appeared on the battlefield, and the legendary army of the Tang Dynasty was resurrected.

For the strength of the Tang Army, as long as the Khitans remember it vividly, who can not be afraid? The faces of the ministers changed color.

"Check! Examine! Be sure to check it out! "Yeluhongki is the calmest of the people.

(To be continued)