Chapter 17: Jerymus
"The mountains and rivers of today and ancient times are uncertain. In the sound of the horn, the horses come and go. Who can speak of desolation. The west wind blows the old red maple tree. In the past, there were countless grievances. Iron Horse Jingo, Qingzuka Dusk Road. A little deeper. The sunset in the mountains is shining in the deep autumn rain. ”
This poem is, of course, one of the many Nalan words plagiarized by Zhao Weiji. At the beginning of the establishment of "Shilin Yuebao", in order to attract Chai Yu, he put this poem in the first issue and published it together.
At this time, this poem was placed on Yelumo's book case along with a lot of information related to Zhao Weiji.
"What kind of person are you?" Yelumo, who analyzed the information in hand, had great doubts about Zhao Weiji reflected in this information.
I have to say that Liao's meticulous work in the Song Dynasty is indeed very good, and in just one month, Zhao Weiji's relevant intelligence was collected. But when Yelu Mo expected to piece together a complete Zhao Weiji from this information, he was in trouble. If Zhao Weiji's words can only be explained by one modern word through this information, it is: split personality.
Of course, the people of the Liao Kingdom would not have thought that there was a guy a thousand years later who traveled to the Song Dynasty and possessed this Anding County Duke. Although the intelligence of the Liao people also wrote that Zhao Weiji fell from a horse and woke up in a coma, he suffered from soul loss and forgot the past. But that doesn't explain where his whimsy came from.
And Zhao Weiji's style of acting before and after is too different. Although Zhao Weiji was three years old before, he was a weak bow and a light arrow, planting money for it, and shooting in a play, with eight shots out of ten. At the age of five, he read and recited poetry. At the age of six, Taizu died, wailing day and night, Queen Xiaozhang repeatedly condoled, and began to eat porridge. This series is not bad, but when I grow up, I am just a child of the clan, a flying eagle and a lackey, and a dog and horse.
But just after he fell from a horse and woke up in a coma and suffered from soul loss, the whole person underwent a qualitative change. First of all, he was restrained in his personal actions, and he did not go out to play with the sons in Bianliang City, but often stayed at home (of course, Yelu Mo would not have thought that this was the result of Zhao Weiji's discomfort when he first arrived in the Song Dynasty, and the outbreak of his family name from the house guard at twenty-four o'clock).
The second is that thousands of strange new ideas have been generated from his head, such as fried tea, cotton fabrics, newspapers, crossbows, glass, footballs, etc.
The third is that this person suddenly became unusually intelligent, and he was calm and decisive in the face of problems. And it is quite intriguing militarily. The most typical example is the defensive battle he participated in when he first arrived in Daizhou. If it weren't for his appearance, Daizhou would definitely have suffered serious losses.
And now there is a fourth, which is that he suddenly wrote such good words. The intelligence shows that although Zhao Weiji has occasionally written one or two poems before, he has never reached it, and it is even close to the one that is now placed on the bookcase. Don't look at Yelumo as a Khitan, but the Liao State has already begun to have a certain degree of sinicization. They can still tell the difference between good and bad poetry.
"I don't understand, I really can't understand why a person is so different from before and after." Jermo was already on the verge of being blown up by the information in front of him.
Don't look at Yelumo who is now troubled by this pile of information, but he is a real talent.
Yelumo is now twenty-five years old and is now a staff member of Han Derang, the first powerful minister of the Liao State. Don't look at his surname Yelu, but in fact, his background is not very good. The Khitan people have two surnames, either Yelu or Xiao. Not all of them were nobles, for example, Jerumo.
Although this person is not from a good background, he is a genius and an all-rounder, whether it is the Khitan traditional bow horse riding and archery, or for the military marching formation, or he is very good at giving advice. It is precisely with this all-round talent that he can show his strength in the first Northern Expedition of Song Taizong, and then be discovered and enabled by Han Derang, and become a staff member in the palace.
Because of his humble background, Yelumo has an outstanding understanding of folk affairs. In the process of Han Derang's governance of Yanyun, he gave him great help. is also deeply valued by Han Derang, but this person is usually inconspicuous, so his fame is not very big. Even the high-level leaders of the Liao State knew very little about it, let alone the Great Song Dynasty.
……
"From the intelligence, it is really impossible to analyze the weakness of this person's personal ability or surname." After gathering the information to Han Derang, Yelu Mo explained. "However, this person's status may become his weakness."
"Oh, tell me about it?" Hearing Yelumo say this, Han Derang suddenly became interested.
"First of all, his identity, he is the grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. Now the succession of Emperor Zhao Guangyi of the Song Dynasty is problematic. Originally, the successor should have been Zhao Weiji's father, Zhao Dezhao, the Wei King of Song. But now the emperor of Song is Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi. Therefore, the identity of Zhao Weiji's grandson of Song Taizu naturally became the reason why he might be guarded against by the current Song Emperor. ”
"Well, that makes sense, go ahead."
"And then there's his current position in the Daishu Army. Although he is now recognized by the group of Yang family generals, because of all his own military positions: General Zuo Xiaowei is just a fictitious title. Therefore, only Yang Ye can really make decisions in Daizhou. Although he played well in the two battles he fought after arriving in Daizhou, it was not a big battle. When it comes to the real war, Yang Ye will definitely still be the one who dominates the battlefield single-handedly. Once his opinion is contrary to Yang Ye's, Yang Ye will not listen to him if he cannot prove that his opinion is correct. ”
"Well, anything else?"
"What's more, even if Yang Ye is not in Daizhou, once there is a big war, the Yang family will definitely be centered on the Yang family, and his result will still be the same as the situation above. It's going to be even worse than the previous one. ”
"Looks like you've got an idea."
"Well, according to intelligence, Yang Ye will return to Beijing in two months to report on his work, and the Daizhou army will also carry out a change. This would be a good time to strike at Daishou. ”
"Okay, then you come up with a plan as soon as possible."
……
As shown by the intelligence of the Liao State, the Daizhou side has already begun to fight. The original army was transferred to the Daimyofu, while the newly transferred army came from Sichuan.
The army that has just been built is basically in vain. We have to do it all over again. Zhao Weiji now realized the sorrow of the generals in the original history books. It's not that our army is incompetent, it's really Taizu who is too cunning.
Let's start from scratch, fortunately, Zhao Xin and Li Jiguang are basically Zhao Weiji's personal soldiers, and they did not go to the Daimyo's Mansion with the large army.
But the bad thing is not over, Yang Ye returned to Beijing to report on his work, and what is worse is that Yang Ye also brought the Yang family Shilang, Wulang, Liulang and Qilang, who had a good relationship with Zhao Weiji, back to Bianliang. The eldest left, the second, and the third are usually on duty at Yanmen Pass, so the relationship with Zhao Weiji is average.
When the few of them left, Zhao Weiji went to the south gate of Daizhou City to see them off, and when they saw them off, Zhao Weiji's face was almost as elongated as a horse's face.
"Don't worry, we'll bring your letter to my brother and sister. Don't stretch your face, you don't know and think I have some unclear relationship with you. Yang Yanzhao patted Zhao Weiji's shoulder, then turned around and got on his horse and ran towards Bianliang.
He knew that the reason why Zhao Weiji had a long horse face was because he was really not close to the eldest of the Yang family, the second, and the third. As soon as these four, five, six, and seven go, he will be bored in Daizhou.
On the seventh day after they left, Daizhou received a report from the scouts that the Khitan had an army, and about 10,000 people were advancing towards Yanmen Pass.
After receiving the information, Zhao Weiji immediately rushed to Yanmen Pass. When Zhao Weiji entered the big tent in Yanmen Pass, he heard that there was still a lot of noise inside.
Many old generals thought that Yanmen Pass had just completed the war, and the soldiers had not yet adapted to it, so they should rely on their crossbows to resist the city. Just put this group of Khitan thighs. But Yang Yanping, the boss of the Yang family, thinks that because there are not many enemies. It's completely possible to block the counterattack in a formation outside the gate like last time, anyway, the crossbow is simple, and the current soldiers can already use it.
Gradually, the voice of the boss of the Yang family began to prevail, and since the second and third children all supported the boss's proposal, it was basically determined that they would face the battle outside the gate.
Zhao Weiji has not spoken out on the side, as Yelu Mo analyzed, although Zhao Weiji felt that something was wrong, but because of his identity, he could not raise objections, and his usual relationship with the sophomore and third of the Yang family was also average, and these three people might not listen to him. So Zhao Weiji only didn't say a word.
After deciding to go out of the customs to face the battle, the generals of Yanmen Pass began to be busy with the dispatch of troops. At this time, there is basically nothing to do with Zhao Weiji. Sitting on the sidelines, he decided to take the information over and study it again.
After studying that information repeatedly, Zhao Weiji still felt that there was fraud in it. In May, when the water and grass are fertile, send troops to fight? And that's only 10,000 people? Which tribe eats too much and does not graze their cattle in the season when the water and grass are fertile, and comes out to fight and play? Besides, the Khitans also learned the power of the new repeater last time, so 10,000 people didn't deliver food?
Seeing that Yang Yanping was about to lead the army, Zhao Weiji, who was holding these problems, finally couldn't help but propose to Yang Yanping: "I still think there is fraud in this, but it is not good to stop the soldiers from fighting for meritorious service." Here is still a reminder to Da Lang that once the situation changes, immediately retreat to the pass. With the refusal of the city to defend, the Khitans have nothing to do with us. ”
I don't know if the Yang family listened to Zhao Weiji's suggestion, in short, he led the troops to set off like this. Zhao Weiji looked at this team and always felt that what they were running towards was not a future, but hell. But that's not something he can control. The only thing he could do now was to ask Zhao Xin to find someone to follow the team, and once the situation changed, he would come back and inform him immediately. Then it's time to wait.
;