The lights in King Qing's mansion are bright, King Qing Yelusheng has not yet gone to bed, at this time he is discussing military aircraft affairs with a group of henchmen, the generals are sitting on both sides, there is a geographical map of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall, Yelusheng frowns and points to the map, and is explaining the current situation in Yinzhou to his generals. Shanshan, a beautiful young woman in a white shirt for a month, walked into the hall and saluted King Qing, and the attendants and maids who followed behind him sent bowls of supper to the generals. ”

The generals who were sitting in the precarious position suddenly relaxed, some of them had big eyes and those handmaidens with graceful posture and delicate posture swirling, and some of them also secretly touched their little hands while they were serving porridge and tea, as long as the generals did not do too out-of-the-ordinary things in front of him, Yelusheng only did not see them. The beautiful young woman in the white shirt brought the fragrant japonica rice porridge to him with her own hands, and Ye Lusheng nodded with a smile.

Yelusheng's Qingwang Mansion is the original Yinzhou Defense Embassy. Even the beautiful young woman in the white shirt of that month was the concubine of Li Guangqi, the former defense envoy of Yinzhou, and was taken over by him after he occupied Yinzhou. His own original wife and concubine had long been lost on the way to escape.

King Qing Yelusheng fled all the way west, only brought out 40,000 people, except for those who were injured and sick and could not fight, there were only 30,000 people who could fight, they had no food and grass, all the way to the maintenance of looting the state capital villages, and there was Yelu Xiu Ge chasing hard, if he fled all the way, even if he was not annihilated by Ye Lu Xiu, he would inevitably be discouraged, and a large number of deserters appeared, so when he arrived near Yinzhou, King Qing did not want to run anymore, he had to find a foothold, and this foothold was only Yinzhou City.

Yinzhou City has been operated by the Li family for many years, and the family background is very solid, accumulated over the years, there are countless grains and grasses in the city, and there is living water, even if it is guarded for ten years, it is not a problem, and it is suitable as his foundation. However, although Yinzhou is due to the surrounding situation, the main force is placed on the outside line to resist the enemy, and Yinzhou City is not as steep and difficult to climb as the capital, but he has pursuers behind him, but he has no kung fu to fight for a year and a half, plus his men and horses are good at galloping on the grassland to fight, and he is not good at attacking and defending the city, and there is no corresponding siege equipment, so he can only take risks to capture Yinzhou City.

Yelusheng made a plan to seize Yinzhou, but there was no good plan to plan the city, so he asked his henchmen for a plan, Yelusheng also had a lot of civil and military generals, a moment of talent, one of them was a strategist called Long Xingyi thought hard, and then offered a plan to King Qing, King Yelusheng heard the great wonder, and immediately acted according to the plan. He commanded the army to pass through Yinzhou without entering, and went west in a panic, making the appearance of continuing to flee for his life, and at the same time made Yang Danmo, a confidant general, leave the brigade with 2,000 dead soldiers and surrender to Yinzhou.

That Yang Danmo is also a wise and brave man, he has to Longxing Wing face to face the wings, and made some additions, and asked Yelusheng for more than 1,000 soldiers, these soldiers do not want to live and live like a tiger, as long as they are disabled, old and weak, dying, if Yelusheng is not a lot of other tribes who rebelled with him, and refused to do anything to abandon the wounded soldiers and discourage the people, he would have abandoned these burdens a long time ago, and when he heard Yang Danmo's plan, he was immediately overjoyed and immediately agreed.

So Yang Danmo led these two thousand men and horses to Yinzhou, he first made the thousand strong soldiers ambush in Wuyangpo, and then personally led the remaining 1,000 old and weak sick soldiers, with a large number of gold, silver and jewelry handed over to him by Yelu Sheng to Yinzhou, there are ten miles away from Yinzhou, which is a military post set up in Yinzhou on the north road, called Wuyang Station. Yang Danmo knocked on the pass and begged to surrender, offering a large amount of gold and silver, only saying that he did not want to continue to flee with Yelusheng, and did not dare to return to the Khitan to die, so he offered gold and silver and begged for acceptance.

The general Shi Erqi was originally the new Yinzhou defense envoy Li Guangqi's last general, because Li Guangqi was from many cousins to compete out, fortunately was designated by Xiazhou Li Guangrui as the candidate for the defense envoy, in order to sit firmly in this position and fight the arrogance of his cousins, Li Guangqi wantonly appointed private individuals, and the people in the palace ascended to heaven, and all of them were appointed to official positions, and this general named Shi Erqi got the position of the general of Wuyangyi Town.

When Shi Ercang saw the gold and silver jewels offered by Yang Danmo, he was dazzled by the jewels, and saw that what he brought was indeed the old, the small, the crippled, and the old, and the young, so he was wary of it, and generously agreed to accept them. At this time, Yang Danmo said that another tribe had also left King Qing with all the treasures, cattle, sheep, horses and women of his tribe, but this tribe had participated in the Khitan attack on Yinzhou before, and their patriarch was afraid of being punished by Yinzhou, so he did not dare to come and surrender, and was ready to flee to the place of the Tubo people. If Lord Shi Erzhong intends to recruit, he is willing to introduce it on his behalf and dispel the vigilance of that tribe. At the same time, he also told Shi Ercang with great concern that the tribe still retained more than 300 people and had a certain combat effectiveness.

Shi Ercang heard that the tribe carried a large number of cattle and sheep, treasures, and women, and his eyes lit up, he was a domestic slave, short-sighted, at this time his mind was full of yellow and clear gold and flowers, and his saliva was about to flow down, where is there any vigilance, how to go to seek wealth, Yinzhou is fighting with the Tubo people, if the tribe that wanted to take refuge in the Tubo people is pulled over, it is still a great achievement. So he immediately couldn't wait to agree, and then led 800 elite soldiers and let Yang Danmo lead the way to recruit the Khitan tribe.

He did not report this matter to the Yinzhou side, because once the report was made, the Yinzhou side would send an envoy, first, to share his credit; second, to divide his wealth; Third, divide his women. Shi Ercang just wanted to report to Li Guangqi in person after the matter was completed, so he went on the road in a hurry.

In the evening of the same day, the team came back, the leader was still Shi Ercan, as soon as Shi Ercang entered the Wuyang Station, the people and horses he brought back were burned and killed, and the old and weak soldiers who had advanced into the city also fought to the death to cooperate, and the entire Wuyang Post was successfully occupied, and then they did not stop for a moment, and then they escorted Shi Ercang to "escape" to Yinzhou City.

The head of the city of Yinzhou had already seen the fire of Wuyangyi, and saw the routed soldiers fleeing, and hurriedly asked the city for news, Shi Ercang was forced by the Yangdanmo sharp blade, so he had to lie that the Khitanqing King had attacked Wuyangyi to seize the grain, and his soldiers were outnumbered and could not resist the enemy, and he wanted to flee back to the city to ask Li Guangqi for help.

The lamp head turned on the light, and saw that the soldiers and horses standing under the city were indeed all Wuyangyi, and Shi Ercan, who was wearing a set of small clothes, and there were five or six concubines with cloaks standing next to them, and the defenders of the city couldn't help but curse. But although he hated Shi Ercang for being a waste, this official was the henchman of the new defense envoy after all, and he couldn't offend him, so he had to let people put the drawbridge, open the city gate, and call him in.

If it weren't for the fact that Yinzhou City has not been touched by the enemy for many years, and the Qingwang brigade has indeed passed through the Yinzhou area and continued to flee westward, this city defender would not be so careless.

When Li Guangqi heard the news and waved his army to seize the door, a fire dragon galloped from afar outside the city, and King Ye Lusheng led the army to make a roundabout circle, and then killed a horse pistol at the fastest speed, and two thousand people who dared to die were bloodily guarding the door, using their flesh and blood to defend their only way of life.

The main force of Yinzhou is fighting with the Tubo and Hui tribes on the outer line, there are only more than 10,000 defenders in the city of Yinzhou, these troops rely on the geographical advantage, and they can support more than a month against the 100,000 army, but as soon as the city gate is broken, they are vulnerable, and when the day is bright, King Qing has killed Li Guangqi, and the dove occupies the magpie's nest and completely controls the city of Yinzhou.

The Yinzhou defenders died and surrendered, and the Yinzhou army that was fighting on the outside line learned that the foundation had been lost, and immediately dispersed as birds and beasts, some led the troops to Xiazhou, and some of the family members were in the city of Yinzhou, and they were tempted by King Qing, so they simply surrendered to King Qing, and King Yelusheng became the lord of Yinzhou.

Because at this time, the Li family of Xiazhou was being restrained by Tubo and Hui, although he knew that Yinzhou was missing, he couldn't take care of Yinzhou for a while, and King Yelu Sanming also had a different heart in Shangjing, forcing Queen Xiao Xuan to urgently transfer Yelu Hugo back to his division, which gave Yelu Sheng an opportunity. After he occupied Yinzhou, he immediately strengthened the city wall, rebuilt the military posts near Yinzhou, and deployed troops in strategic places to firmly control the entire Yinzhou in his own hands.

However, although he occupied Yinzhou by surprise attack and killed Li Guangqi, he did not dare to say that this son sat firmly. The Khitan Xiao Empress will not let him go, once she is freed up, she will definitely move westward to get rid of his rebellion, so Yelusheng attaches great importance to befriending the Tubo tribe, the Hui tribe and the Hengshan Qiang people who are close to the left, and at the same time strengthens the city and recruits troops and horses, not only to adapt, but also to hope that one day they will return to Shangjing.

Therefore, he needs to continue to enhance his strength, crazy accumulation of strength, only to have the capital to compete with Xiao Hou, Yinzhou more than 10,000 elite soldiers attached, so that he tasted the sweetness, if he can continue to expand his strength, Xiao Hou can not fight with him with the army of the country, he can be as stable as Mount Tai in Yinzhou.

The ideas of the Tubo, Hui, and Hengshan Qiang people who are close at hand can't be beaten for the time being, their forces are too loose, and now Yelusheng is stabilizing the defense of Yinzhou, and he can't go east and west to fight at all, offending so many troublesome neighbors, so he hit the idea on the head of the Han State, which is no longer a country.

Although the Han State is now like a remnant leaf in the wind, withering very much, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, so Yelusheng sent an envoy to meet Liu Jiyuan, the new emperor of the Han State, who had only been in office for more than a year, and generously promised that as long as the Han State formed an alliance with him, he was willing to help the Han and establish an offensive and defensive alliance.

After Liu Jiyuan was abandoned by the Khitan, he was frightened all day long, afraid that the Song State would send troops to fight, and sure enough, the Khitan side of the letter of renunciation was delivered for just over a month, and the Song State really sent troops, and the emperor's eldest son Dezhao personally took command, and the five-way army was murderous, and put on a posture of ambition to win the Han State.

Liu Jiyuan was in shock, falling from the sky, King Qing, such a benevolent and righteous brother, floated like a straw, floating in front of him, a drowning man, Liu Jiyuan was overjoyed, the pair of brothers and sisters hit it off, and immediately signed an offensive and defensive alliance. Yelusheng immediately sent 15,000 elite soldiers to the aid of the Han State in the starry night, fulfilling his promise.

In fact, King Qing did this, just to see that Liu Jiyuan's strength was not good, under the attack of the Song State, he couldn't hold his world at all, and King Qing didn't plan to send his own men and horses to help him defend the city, he just wanted to coerce Liu Jiyuan to Yinzhou when the situation was in danger, as soon as Liu Jiyuan came, his soldiers and horses had to follow, and when the time came, he could gradually annex the remnants of Liu Jiyuan on his own territory, and then he would be able to greatly expand his strength.

With Liu Jiyuan in hand, maybe he could use him, the waste emperor, to make a deal with the Song State at that time, but he never expected Zhao Kuangyin to die suddenly, the Song army came in like a tide, and the tide generally receded. Immediately afterwards, the new emperor of the Song State sent a Hengshan Jiedu envoy, and his Yinzhou was within the scope of Hengshan.

Besides, even if Yang Hao didn't mean to attack Yinzhou, how could he let Yang Hao go? That's his killer. However, in terms of influence among the Hengshan Qiang people, he, the newly arrived Khitan Qing king, is far inferior to Luzhou, who has been dealing with the Hengshan Qiang people for two years, and he can rest assured that he will rashly send troops through the Hengshan Qiang people settlement to attack Luzhou. But if you don't solve the thorn in Luzhou's side as soon as possible, once Empress Xiao frees up her hand and waves her army to crusade again, Yang Hao also sees the opportunity to attack, Yinzhou is bound to suffer from the enemy on its back and fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides.

Ye Lusheng was eating supper, while thinking about the problem in his heart, and when he was groaning, a small colonel suddenly rushed into the hall and reported loudly: "King Qiqing, the guard of the Han Kingdom is waiting for Liu Jiye to arrive, and he is waiting in the front hall to be summoned. ”

Yelu was overjoyed, and Huo Di stood up: "How many people did Liu Jiye bring?" ”

The little colonel said respectfully: "Liu Ji has a total of thirteen horses, and he has not seen a large team of soldiers and horses. ”

King Qing frowned, and immediately smiled with relief: "Yes, Liu Wudi has always been cautious in his use of soldiers, so naturally he will not come ostentatious, I will go to see him." ”

Liu Jiye sat in the hall, his eyebrows slightly locked, and he was looking down and thinking about his words after meeting King Ye Lusheng of Qing.

The Han country is in trouble, King Qing generously sent troops to help, and now King Qing intends to attack Luzhou and borrow troops from the Han State, Liu Jiyuan really has no reason to refuse, but when the Song State sent troops to attack the Han Dynasty, Liu Duanyuan wanted to wear a pair of pants with Yelusheng to reflect the intimacy of his brother, but as soon as the Song State retreated, he regretted it, he is now a general, and the soldiers and horses in his hands are limited, how can he wade into that troubled water and send someone to squander King Yelusheng of Qing?

But King Qing had just sent troops to help him, and if he didn't send troops, he would inevitably lose his morality. Second, King Qing to hold Yinzhou is beneficial and harmless to him, if King Qing sits big, he will have a backer, if the Khitan or Song Kingdom wants to attack Yinzhou, maybe they will make peace with him, then they can follow Luzhou, wait for the price and sell, left and right. So Liu Jiyuan thought about it, and finally sent someone, but he sent fewer people, only Liu Jiye and his party of thirteen people.

"With such a person, King Qing must be disappointed, how can I say that I can maintain the covenant between the two sides and not offend him?"

Although Liu Jiye is a clever woman, she can only smile bitterly because she has no rice.

Liu Jiye looks like he is only in his early forties, his real surname is Yang, and he is the brother of Yang Chongxun, the envoy of Linzhou Jiedu, because he supported the Han Kingdom, and won the favor of the Han lord, he was given the surname Liu, and he was renamed Liu Jiye. Liu Jiye has a white face and a slight beard, clear eyebrows, and is very elegant, if it weren't for his tall waist and military posture, it would be hard to believe that he was the pillar of the Han State and the invincible general who still supported the Northern Han Kingdom under the strong power of the Great Song Dynasty under the serious shortage of financial resources, troops, weapons, and military salaries.

A hearty laugh sounded outside the hall, and King Yelu of Qing strode in, laughing and said: "This king has a letter, I can't imagine that His Majesty the Emperor of your country has sent a general so quickly, and this king is very happy." ”

Liu Jiye hurriedly stood up, took a step forward, and saluted with his crossed hands: "The guards of the Han Kingdom are waiting for Liu Jiye and have seen King Qing. ”

Ye Lusheng hurriedly stepped forward to help each other, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "General Liu is exempt from courtesy, this king has long admired General Liu's great military might, like thunder, I can't imagine that I have met today, it is really an honor, haha, General Liu has worked hard all the way, but I don't know how many men and horses His Majesty the emperor of your country sent this time, and please tell the king that this king has good people to prepare cattle and sheep wine, and he will personally go to reward the three armies early tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Jiye showed a slightly embarrassed look and said: "King Qing, I can't hide it, this time, there are only Liu Jiye and more than ten primary schools. ”

Ye Lusheng was stunned, and his face suddenly sank: "Only the general?" This king wants to get the help of your country and work together to plot Luzhou, why did the general come alone, the general is called invincible, can he be able to use the power of the general alone to reach tens of thousands of troops? ”

Liu Jiye was said by King Qing, his face was slightly red, and his expression was even more embarrassed, he took a breath and asked in a deep voice: "King Qing has won Yinzhou, and immediately sent troops to attack Luzhou, passing through many Qiang tribes, it is not without danger, why are you so impatient?" ”

Yelu Sheng said angrily: "Don't you understand what this king said in his letter? If this king is attacked by Luzhou and Empress Xiao from the north and south, how can he defend Yinzhou? Take Luzhou first, and there will be no worries. The emperor of your country is unwilling to send troops to help, can you know that if my Yinzhou is destroyed, your Han State will have no foreign aid, and under the iron hooves of the Song army, it will be wiped out in an instant? ”

Liu Jiye said: "King Qing is angry, it is not that the officials are unwilling to send troops, but in fact, the army of the Song State has been stranded on the border for a long time and has not retreated, and our Han State has few soldiers, and it is no longer possible to draw people to help." Although Luzhou is only a place, but by the support of the two states of Linfu, the two states of Linfu will never allow King Qing to touch Luzhou, and live next to them, if the two states of Linfu intervene, with the division of King Qing and Huben, it may not be able to achieve his wish. King Qing's concern is just that he is worried that Luzhou and Khitan Xiaohou will echo each other, making Yinzhou difficult to take care of. Liu came to Luzhou on the order of the official family to relieve King Qing's worries. ”

Yelu Sheng smiled and said, "Haha, just the general? ”

Liu Jiye smiled and said, "Yes, it's just me!" ”

Ye Lusheng's eyes froze, and he asked in a deep voice: "General, how can I solve the crisis?" ”

Liu Jiye said: "Yinzhou originally had 10,000 defenders, and when King Qing came to the west, he had more than 30,000 soldiers in his hands. ”

Yelusheng shook his head and said, "Can't! ”

Liu Jiye asked again: "If King Rongqing calmly prepares, prepares all kinds of siege equipment, and has a sufficient supply of grain and grass, is it possible to conquer Yinzhou?" ”

Ye Lusheng pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "If you give me a year, maybe ...... It is possible to lay down the silver state, but it is ...... At that time, my men and horses were also exhausted, so what was the use of having a silver state city? ”

Liu Jiye smiled slightly and said: "King Qing is a hero on the grassland, accustomed to cavalry combat, he is not good at offensive and defensive techniques, and it is commendable to conquer Yinzhou in a year. Although Yinzhou has been fighting continuously over the years, most of the battles have occurred on the outside line, so the defense of Yinzhou is not tight, and it is not insurmountable. If the siege equipment is prepared and there is a sufficient supply of grain and grass, it will only take half a month at most for Liu to attack the city, and Yinzhou will change hands. ”

Ye Lusheng's eyes widened, and he said awe-inspiringly: "General Liu, is this a threat to this king?" ”

Liu Jiye shook his head and said: "No, Liu just wants to say that with the same troops, the same armament, and different people will command and dispatch, and the effects will be completely different." Liu is good at attacking the city, and is better at defending the city, although my lord only sent me alone, but if I help King Qing deploy the defense of Yinzhou, Yinzhou will turn into an iron wall, and the Khitan will send out 200,000 troops, give him three years, and it will be difficult to capture Yinzhou City. They...... Can you send out an army of 200,000 and fight for three years? ”

Ye Lusheng's eyes were blazing, staring at Liu Jiye tightly, and his eyes gradually glowed. What does Han have in the kingdom? There is neither the danger of geographical advantages, nor the mighty army, but Zhao Kuangyin's generation of heroes, whether it is difficult to conquer Shu and the Shu Kingdom, which is difficult to go to the blue sky, or Li Yu of Jiangnan who guards the Yangtze River moat, are all captured, and there is only one country he personally conquers: the Han State. However, it was several times to come, and returned with a feather, although there was a reason for the Khitan to send troops to help, but before the Khitan sent troops, the Song army had already besieged the Han State for a long time, if it was the Shu army and the Tang army that defended the city, the Han State had already planted the Song flag, and the national strength of the Han State was far less than that of the Shu Tang Dynasty, how could it be supported under Zhao Kuangyin's whip? Because there is a Liu Jiye here.

Liu Jiye's skills are also very prestigious in the Khitan, when the Khitan and the Han were still allies, the Khitan tribal army often pretended to be horse thieves to the Han to fight the grass valley, this Liu Jiye soldiers are outnumbered, but in the battle with it, it is more victories and fewer defeats, and he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, his "invincible" title is given to him by the Khitans, could it be that this person really has the ability to turn decay into magic?

Liu Jiye had a confident smile on his face, and said word by word: "Doesn't King Qing hear it...... Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find? ”