Chapter 35: The Liao State Coup

On the tenth day after the end of the Battle of Sanguan, Wujie Moxi, who had fought with Huo Wangxi's troops of the Qinglong 4th Army on the west side of Sikou Pass, took his more than 2,000 remnants across the long land and took the lead in escaping back to Shangjing in Liao.

However, Wujie Moxi did not directly enter Shangjing with his people, but hid on the side of Ma Mengshan near Shangjing, where the Song delegation was attacked. Subsequently, he took a few personal guards, disguised himself and then sneaked into Shangjing and quietly came to his mansion.

Ujie Moshi's father, Ujie Kaza, is the current patriarch of the Uighur tribe, and was given the idle official position of a Uighur prince by the Liao Shengzong to stay in Shangjing, and his purpose is self-evident. However, Ujiekaza doesn't seem to have any great ambitions, and he is really a little happy about this comfortable life. He suddenly saw his eldest son, who was supposed to be fighting outside, quietly returning home, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Son, why did you come back?" ”

Wu Jiemoxi didn't speak, and dragged his father to the secluded study, and then said anxiously: "Father, the child is in trouble this time, you have to think of a way, otherwise our whole family and even our tribe may suffer!" ”

Ujie Kaza: "Slow down! Slow down! Your amount of information is a bit large, and my father can't figure it out for a while, so you tell your father what happened in detail. ”

Wujie Moxi took the tea on the table and drank it down, stabilized his state for a while before saying: "Father, the child was ordered to lead the tribe to go out with the king of the North Courtyard this time, and after arriving at the Song State Sikou Pass, he was sent by the King of the North Courtyard to make a detour to attack the rear of the Song State Sikou Pass, and on the way I encountered a Song army with super combat power, and my department suffered heavy losses, and met a brainless Khitan warlord, who was killed and did not let him retreat, resulting in a mutiny...... The child didn't dare to see the Queen Mother, so none of our clansmen would survive, and the child had no choice, so he had to flee back with less than 3,000 remnants. ”

"Confused!" Listening to his son's audacity, Ujie Kaza shouted and scolded: "You think you will be safe if you escape? With the temper of the Queen Mother, it is inevitable that we will have to settle accounts after the autumn, and we will be even more miserable at that time! ”

Wujie Moxi: "Father, the child also knows that he is wrong, but the child can't watch his people die!" Father, think of a way! ”

"Find a way! Find a way! How did my father think of a way? Ujiekazar complained as he swayed back and forth in the room, after all, he was his own son, and he only had to use his brain, which had not been activated for a long time, trying to find a suitable path.

Usuke Moxi himself was also thinking, and after a while, he reminded his father: "Father, aren't you very familiar with the ministers of the court! Why don't you go to them and let them say nice things together? ”

"Alas! Don't mention it! Wujie Kaza sighed: "Since the queen mother took over, the ministers that my father had befriended before have either been demoted or changed their courts, and the rest are also mud bodhisattvas crossing the river!" ”

Usuke Moxi hung his head in frustration: "In this case, we can only sit and wait!" ”

"No!" A figure suddenly flashed in Wujie Kaza's mind, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said meaningfully: "Maybe there is someone who can save us!" ”

"Who?" Usuke Moxi asked hurriedly.

Wujie Kazha said lightly: "Today's saint! ”

"Holy?" Ujie Moxi asked with some confusion: "Isn't there no pro-government in the Holy Lord today?" How can we be saved? ”

Wujie Kaza said leisurely: "Then let's find a way to let the Holy Lord pro-government!" ”

Wujie Moxi looked at his father's expression, and seemed to feel for a moment that the person in front of him was not the smiling Maitreya-like father he was familiar with, and said with a little worry: "Father, do you say that this difficulty factor is a bit big!" According to what you said before, most of the people in the court are now the henchmen of the Queen Mother, and the saints have no right to speak at all! ”

Wujie Kaza: "That's what I said, but the Queen Mother hasn't done anything good in the past few years, and there are many people who are dissatisfied with her, but they just lack a chance, let's find a way to create an opportunity for everyone today." ”

Umemoxi: "What do you say?" ”

"Well, Father Rong is pondering!" Ujie Kazha touched his beard, fascinated his eyes, sat on a chair and slowly knocked on the coffee table, after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "You said that you fled back with the remnants, what about them?" ”

Wujie Moxi: "Father, the children are afraid that they will leak the news, so let them hide in Ma Mengshan now." ”

"Well, you've done a good job!" Ujie Kaza casually performed his son, and then asked, "By the way, how many people did you bring back this time?" ”

Usuke Moxi: "Probably a little more than two thousand!" ”

"So little? Didn't you bring 10,000 cavalry, why did you play like this? Although Ujiekazar knew that his son had failed miserably, he didn't expect to be defeated so completely.

"Alas! It's all tears! Usume Moxi shook his head: "Can you imagine what it's like to face a continuous rain of arrows?" ”

Wujie Kaza also shook his head like his son: "Could it be that you have encountered the large army of the Song army?" ”

Umemoxi: "No! The Song army also only had the appearance of 10,000 men, but their crossbows seemed to have been improved, they could shoot continuously, and there were still a lot of crossbows in their army. However, our cavalry has no equipment to block, so they can only rush hard, and we used to rely on the speed advantage to make them unable to put a few rounds of arrows, but now people's arrows are wave after wave, and there is nowhere to hide. To tell you the truth, the child fought with the Song army for only half an hour, and lost half of the soldiers, and later mutiny and lost some, but fortunately, the Song army did not have cavalry, otherwise it would be a problem to escape. ”

Wujie Kaza: "In this way, Song Jun is not as incompetent as we imagined. If the Song army is so powerful, maybe the Queen Mother will have many variables in this personal expedition! Isn't this an opportunity for us? ”

Usumemosi: "Father, what do you mean by that?" Song is strong, it's not good for us! ”

"Huh!" Ujiekazar smiled, patted his son on the shoulder, and said, "You're wrong! The Song State is strong, but it is not good for the Liao State, and it has nothing to do with us! Okay, it's good to know some things in your heart! You stay at home and don't go anywhere, and your father goes out for activities. ”

Ujie Kaza walked out of the door, thought about it, went back to the house and got a wooden box, and then went straight to the palace.

However, he walked into the palace with his own identity, but was stopped by his cronies arranged by Xiao Pidi outside the palace of Yelu Zongzhen, the little emperor of Liao.

"Lord Wujie, you are not at home on a cold day, why did you come here!" For this idle prince, Xiao Pidi's cronies' tone did not mean much respect.

Wujie Kaza was not angry, perhaps he was used to it, and still greeted him with a smile: "Ah! It's Commander Xiao! It's really hard for you to protect the safety of the Holy One here on such a cold day! Come on, Xiao Wang still has a little money, and the commander will buy some wine for the brothers to warm up. ”

"King Wusuke, you are so kind! It's our duty to keep the Holy One safe! While pretending to be modest, this Xiao commander unceremoniously took the copper plate in Wujie Kaza's hand: "I don't know what the king is doing today?" ”

Ujie Kazar opened the wooden box in his hand and said to him, "That's right! You also know that Xiao Wang has no ability, he likes to have fun on weekdays, and I don't know where the saint knew Xiao Wang's ability to be on the stage, so he sent someone to send a message to Xiao Wang to find something interesting to offer. No, Xiao Wang heard that there was a fun new gadget in the Song Kingdom in the south, which seemed to be called mahjong or something, so Xiao Wang asked someone to get a set from the Song Kingdom, which was sent to the saint as soon as he arrived. Please also ask Commander Xiao to make it convenient! ”

"Really?" Commander Xiao looked at him with a smile: "I wonder if the villain has the honor to take a look at this mahjong?" ”

"Please! Be my guest! Usuikaza held the wooden box and handed it to him.

Commander Xiao didn't say anything polite to him, took the wooden box and walked to the side to check it one by one, but didn't find any clues. He thought of his boss's explanation again, he couldn't let suspicious people contact the saint, but he couldn't go too far, the saint still gave more or less face, not to mention that he didn't want the saint to make trouble for himself after he became in power. Besides, it would be good for the saint to lose his mind if the plaything was discouraged by his own boss.

Therefore, he sent the wooden box to Ujie Kaza, and said with a smile: "This thing of yours is indeed very fresh, and this is the first time I have seen a small one!" Please wait a minute, the little one will report to the saint! ”

Ujie Kaza: "The commander has worked hard! ”

"It should be! You're welcome! Commander Xiao also responded modestly, but turned around and sneered at him, if it weren't for the money, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to it.

The little emperor of Liao, Yeluzong is really not a fool, he is like a mirror for his mother's arrangement, and when he saw that Xiao Commander, who was always "protecting" him, walked in, he hurriedly hid what he was writing into his cuffs, and leaned over and asked, "Didn't you see that I was practicing calligraphy?" What's the matter with unwarranted interruptions? ”

Commander Xiao bowed slightly and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, King Wujie is out to ask for a meeting, saying that he has brought you the fresh toys you want." ”

"King Wusuke? Fresh toys? What does it mean? Yelu Zongzhen muttered in a low voice before he said, "Let him in!" ”

After a while, Ujie Kazha successfully met Yelu Zongzhen with mahjong, and took the opportunity to reach an agreement with Yelu Zongzhen on the grounds that he was teaching the saint to play mahjong. Under the temptation of pro-government, Yelu Zongzhen hit it off with him, promising that once the matter was completed, not only would he not hold Wujie Moxi responsible, but he would also make him the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, and at the same time let Wujie Kaza serve as the king of the Southern Courtyard.

With the temptation of heavy profits, Wujie Kazha became more energetic and hardworking, lost his usual lazy coat, wandered between him and the ministers, and even used the prestige of Xiao Pu, the former secretary of the Liao State, to win over his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials, and swore a blood oath to form a royalist alliance.

Then he returned to his Taoist house and told his son about his plan, and said to him: "You should now quietly return to Ma Mengshan, and select some loyal and clever soldiers from your subordinates, and let them disguise themselves as past merchants, and make a big show of the strength of the Song army in the city, and fabricate some news of the empress dowager's disastrous." Then arrange some soldiers, pretend to be a rout, enter the city, and add fuel to the fire. When the water is completely muddy, let's fish! ”

"The child understands!" Usumemoshi nodded knowingly.

It didn't take long for the rumors of the defeat of the Liao State in Beijing to spread all over the place, and they all said it very well, and even said that the Empress Dowager of the Liao State was arrested by the Song State, or the Song State wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Liao State and point the sword at the sixteen states of Yanyun.

In the face of these "rumors", the minds of the ministers of the Liao State seemed to be suddenly broken, and they believed it one by one, and they had to hold a court meeting to discuss the response plan, which made Xiao Yunjin, the northern minister of the Liao State who was left to watch the house, even more unable to deal with it, and was forced to agree to "let out" the emperor who had not yet been in charge of the government.

Taking the opportunity of the meeting, the royalist ministers, under the orders of Yelu Zongzhen, controlled Xiao Rival bloodlessly, and with the help of pre-arranged manpower, they quickly controlled the situation of the Praetorian Guard, so that Xiao Rival lost the opportunity to turn the tables.

Subsequently, Yelu Zongzhen claimed that he was ordered to take charge of the government in advance in times of crisis, which won the praise of the majority of his subjects and smoothly controlled the situation in Gyeonggi. In order to prevent Xiao Yunjin from counterattacking with a large army, Yelu Zongzhen blocked Shangjing and issued an edict to mobilize a large number of troops to Shangjing in the name of resisting the "invasion of the Song army".

However, Xiao Yunjin was still busy complaining that God had made her lose in a mess, and she didn't know that the disobedient son in her eyes was running wildly on the disobedient road. (To be continued.) )