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"The deposed prince of the Liao State is dead?!" The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty tightly squeezed the armrest on the side of the imperial couch, and his hands trembled.

Shi Deyi said respectfully: "I heard that he died of a violent illness in the detention place of Linhuang Mansion. ”

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Zhao Ji could no longer maintain the image of the Son of Heaven on the imperial couch, and when he heard the news, how could he still sit peacefully.

Zhao Ji wanted to scream to vent the excitement in his heart!

What a blessing from heaven!

The lord of Liao now has only one emperor's grandson, and the father-killing enemy of this emperor's grandson is the current minister, and Yelu Hongji is also over forty-five years old.

The emperors of the Liao State passed the year of the Liao Shengzong and died at the age of sixty-one. Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji lived to be more than fifty, and the rest of the emperors, there were more than thirty and forty, anyway, none of them were long-lived, so it can be inferred that this Yelu Hongjidang did not have a few years to live.

When the time comes, the lord and the country are suspicious, and the ministers are in charge, and the monarchs and ministers still do not share the enmity of the sky, and the civil strife in Liao can be imagined, and it is just around the corner.

Zhao Ji was excited, and forgot for a moment that the situation on his side was actually similar. Of the few in the temple, none of them lived to sixty, and his father was the shortest-lived. Taizu, Taizong, Zhenzong, and Renzong are all over fifty, and only Yingzong only lived to be thirty-six years old.

However, Zhao Ji didn't think about the defeat at this time, his thoughts turned back and forth, and he had shifted from the civil strife that might occur in a few years in the Liao State to the civil strife that would inevitably occur in the middle of the Western Xia Kingdom in two or three years.

Although it is the relationship between mother and son, the power is incomprehensible. The mother of the Western Xia country, the Liang family, and her brother Liang Yi buried the government for many years, and the state of the Western Xia was declining, and there were many complaints in the country. According to the report of the secret agents sent to Western Xia, many people in various parts of the Western Xia Kingdom hope that the Liang family can withdraw the curtain as soon as possible, and then let the Khitan people support the support of the Chang pro-government, so as to save the current situation of the decline of mountains and rivers.

It was only with the support of several different surnames such as the Renjia family that the Liang family suppressed the royal family. But this situation is unstable, usually a year older than a year, the Liang family can't hold him down for a few years - how many people have the same prediction, the chaos in Xingqing Mansion is only two or three years at most.

Khitan civil strife, Western Xia civil strife, and as long as he Zhao Ji ensures the stability of the Great Song Kingdom, once the time comes, he can gather millions of soldiers and horses, wipe out Western Xia in one fell swoop, and then recover Yanyun's lost land, and even fight all the way to Linhuang Mansion and even Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Zhang Dian can mark the bronze pillar in Jiaozhi like Ma Yuan, is there no famous general in his great Song Dynasty who can be as sick as Huo? ! He had already counted the many generals in his pocket, and any of them, as long as he had luck and time, coupled with endless national support, he could complete Huo Quai's exploits at the end of the day.

If you want to realize the dream you have had since childhood, you just have to wait a few more years!

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In order to make the spring bowl and welcome the head fish feast, the Great Liao Dynasty under the protection of the mighty army of more than 100,000 people has left Guangpingdian, where the winter bowl is located, and began to advance to the Yazi River on the bank of the Songhua River in the north.

The army has to advance dozens of miles every day, getting closer and closer to the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and then going northeast after passing, which is to mix with the river. Originally, in the Linhuang Mansion, there was also a prisoner who had a close relationship with the emperor, who was not only young, but also noble. But the news of this prisoner's violent illness and death had already reached Guangpingdian a month ago, and the former crown prince of Da Liao could no longer be seen in the penal colony outside Linhuang Mansion.

Just a month ago, there were still many young people who even naively thought that as long as he conceded defeat to Yelu Yixin, his offensive would end here. However, the abolition of the crown prince's violent pawns shattered many illusions, and also brought an uncontrollable undercurrent to the court of Liao.

After many princes and nobles heard this, a chill crossed their backs, and then a burst of anger ignited.

Yelu Yixin was too unscrupulous, when the only son of today's son has been deposed as the crown prince and detained in Beijing, he can't even save his life after reaching the end of the day. There is Yelu Yixin who is blazing fiercely, so who has the patience to save his life?

But their anger was like a rabbit on the prairie, only popping out of its head, and retracting into a hole in the sense of crisis that permeated the whole body.

The dead son doesn't speak, so why should they overstep their bounds?!

Regarding the sudden and violent death of his only son, Yelu Hongji did not have many doubts. If you commit a serious crime, you can easily destroy your body and bones, and then fall ill and die violently.

But as a father, Yelu Hongji is inevitably sad. No matter how you say it, it's a son, and it's an only son who was finally obtained, raised from childhood to adulthood, and is the most loved, although for various reasons, he abolished the crown prince. But sooner or later, this position under him will belong to his son, there is no doubt about that.

On that day, it was the same as when the crown prince Yelujun was abolished, Yeluhongji had no intention of hunting for seven days and stayed in the tent.

From Yelu Yixin's face, there was no abnormality at all, although he was the culprit of the deposed prince Yelu Jun's violent pawn, but when he heard the good news that came back, he did not have the slightest joy, nor did he see a relieved look, and there was no reaction, as if he had died a stranger.

Ever since he personally designed and put Queen Xiao Guanyin to death, he has been unable to turn back. When only one person can live between himself and Yelu Jun, Yelu Yixin will never choose to sacrifice himself.

He is not worried that Yelu Hongji will be angry with him for Yelu Jun's death, the higher the position, the less he values family affection.

In the Great Liao Kingdom, there are too many cases of people with the same bloodline fighting each other. The Empress Dowager Chengtian back then was also ruthless to her own sister. Fathers, sons, uncles, nephews, brothers and sisters, the closest blood relationship is not even a piece of horse manure after meeting power. The horse manure can still be burned after it dries, and this father-son relationship is just a few more tears and a few days in a bad mood.

Unless he is proven guilty of deceitful in this matter in the future, there is no need to worry.

"Taishi." Xiao Delidi, who suddenly rushed to Yelu Yixin's tent, had a little nervousness on his face, "The emperor wants to summon the crown princess to come here to inquire!" ”

"I've already sent someone." Yelu Yixin had already gotten the news that the eyes and ears that he, a powerful minister, had arranged in the bowl, it was impossible for him to lose to Xiao Deli, "She can't see the Son of Heaven." His voice and expression were equally cold.

Xiao Delidi was stunned for a moment, and then relieved, but soon had a hidden worry, "First the crown prince, then the crown princess, will it arouse suspicion?" ”

"Could it be that if she meets the emperor, she won't arouse suspicion?" Yelu Yixin asked rhetorically, and seeing that Xiao Delidi was stunned, he said coldly: "The lesser of two evils!" ”

The harm of dying on the road is small, and it really makes people in front of the Son of Heaven, and then the reaction it triggers is a devastating disaster.

Seeing Xiao Delidi meditating, Yelu Yixin said, "It's better to think more about how to deal with the Song people." I heard that the 600,000 forbidden troops of the Southern Dynasty were already equipped with iron armor. ”

This issue has indeed spread at the top level of Liao. Although some people scoffed at it and said that they absolutely did not believe it, many people only accepted this statement after seeing the spaceship in the sky. It's just that in this way, the fear of the Song people also spreads.

Xiao Delidi is one of them, but his position is special, so he is taken care of, "If you fight in formation, no matter how strong the cavalry is, don't want to break through the foot soldiers of the Southern Dynasty Forbidden Army who are wearing iron armor and holding a divine arm bow." ”

"It's really not a difficult thing to compare who has more horses and more cavalry, and you won't lose. But if you want to have more iron and armor than anyone, it really can't be compared with the Song people. ”

"Fortunately, the Song people are only craftsmen with excellent craftsmanship, if even the martial arts who go into battle are generally excellent, then Da Liao will be dangerous."

"Where is it possible?" Maybe a few people can have both, but if they are placed above an army, they can have such qualities, which is basically rare, and it is impossible to form an army. If you want to become a threat to the Great Liao, you have to have 20,000 or 30,000.

Yelu Yixin comforted himself in his heart, at least he was not worried about the sudden appearance of an army with a hammer in the south, smashing people with a hammer while repairing weapons for other teams and crafting all kinds of weapons.

However, in any case, the financial, material and manpower consumed by the iron armor can only be done by the Great Song Dynasty. The Liao State had to fight hard to barely make four or five thousand sets; Xixia just wanted to fight for his life, but he didn't have that qualification.

The foundation of the Great Song Dynasty is stable day by day, and if you want to fight against a big country with tens of millions of household registrations, there is only a big country of the same level, and it is not a problem at all. And the current situation in the world, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has far overwhelmed the Liao State, and if the Liao State cannot unite with the Western Xia, it is also powerless.

It's just that the current situation in Western Xia is a little bad, and Yelu Yixin clearly knows this, if there is no external interference, the Liang family should be able to control the famous family and Bingchang in one fell swoop. But now it has become a situation of confrontation between the two powers, and if you want to divide the winner or loser, it is as difficult as the sky, and it seems that you have to intervene yourself.

The vast army escorting the Liao monarchs and ministers on their way to the Yazi River arrived at Shangjing Linyi Mansion on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, and stopped there, and the Zhengdan meeting was held in the palace in Shangjing City. When the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting is over, the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State will re-embark on the trip.

Due to the different calendars of the Song and Liao countries, the city of Tokyo, thousands of miles away, had a full day earlier than the Liao State on New Year's Day.

Just when the soldiers and civilians of the Liao State were celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve, the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting in the first year of Emperor Song Yuanfeng finally began.