In the palace of Shangjing, Yelujun sat in a warm pavilion at the edge of the garden, sipping wine, admiring the snow scene in front of him, and Zhang Xiaojie sat next to him. Originally, according to the habits of the emperor of Liao, Yelu Jun should stay in his palace and move at any time according to the four seasons, but since his father Yelu Hongji was assassinated by Yelu Chongyuan in the palace, plus he himself felt that staying in the palace was not as comfortable as staying in the palace in Shangjing, so he changed the previous rules, and now he stays in Shangjing like the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and rarely goes out.

"Your Majesty, the messenger sent to the army of King Song came with the news, after King Song received His Majesty's holy decree urging him to send troops, although he sent troops to attack the Song army, but he stopped after only one day of attacking, and then he didn't move, it seems that he just wanted to deal with the errand, and he really didn't take His Majesty's will in his eyes!" At this time, I saw Zhang Xiaojie speak slowly, with a little excitement in his eyes, because he knew that Yelu Renxian was finally going to be unlucky.

Hearing Zhang Xiaojie's report, Ye Lujun took a sip of the wine glass slowly, and a trace of inexplicability flashed in his eyes, and then he spoke: "It seems that Father Shang has decided to trap the Song army, but in this way, it seems that my Liao army is afraid of the Song army, which is really a big loss!" ”

"Your Majesty, King Song obviously doesn't take His Majesty's will in his eyes, maybe he already has a bad heart, and please make a decision as soon as possible!" Zhang Xiaojie said with an anxious face at this time, according to his character, he would not usually say it so clearly, but he had already grasped Yelujun's mind and knew that no matter what he said, Yelujun would not be blamed for this.

Sure enough, when Yelujun heard Zhang Xiaojie directly say that Yeluren had bad intentions first, he didn't show an angry expression, but smiled and said: "Zhang Aiqing's words are a bit excessive, and everyone knows that Shang's father is loyal to the monarch and patriotic. I was able to sit on the throne thanks to his support, so I think Father Shang must have had his own ideas, so he didn't obey my will. ”

"Your Majesty, no matter how great the merit of King Song is, he is also His Majesty's courtier. But as a courtier, he did not obey His Majesty's will, isn't this a double-hearted thing? Therefore, the old minister thought that he should send envoys again, cut off the military power of the Song king, and then escort him back to Shangjing to await trial! Zhang Xiaojie said aggressively again, he had already seen that Yelujun had some scruples about Yelurenxian, so he would unscrupulously slander Yelurenxian in front of Yelujun.

"This ......" Yelu Jun deliberately showed a hesitant expression when he heard this, speaking of which, after he ascended the throne, he quickly pacified the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan, and then stabilized the internal situation of the Liao State. The national strength of the Liao State recovered quickly, and he can be regarded as the lord of the Zhongxing of the Liao State, but the only thing that made him unhappy was that there was also a Yeluren master in the court, and from time to time he also warned him as a loyal minister, although Yelujun respected Yeluren Xian very much on the surface, but in fact, he was very impatient with him in his heart, and even had a bit of murderous intentions.

Zhang Xiaojie saw Ye Lujun's hesitant expression. Thinking that he was worried that Yeluren had a heavy army in his hands, he proposed again at this time: "Your Majesty." The King of Song now has a large army in his hands, and most of those armies are the descendants of the King of Song, which is difficult for outsiders to control, but it is not impossible, such as the will issued by His Majesty before, let the King of Song take the initiative to attack the Song army. In this way, the strength of the Song army can be consumed, and the strength of the Song king can also be consumed, but since a holy decree is useless, then a few more, the Song king has always regarded himself as a loyal minister. I don't dare to disobey His Majesty's decree all the time! ”

Zhang Xiaojie's words can be described as heart-wrenching, but for Yelu Jun, who is bent on getting rid of Yelu Renxian, it is very listening, I saw him think about it for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "It's okay, although the country has recovered a lot of strength in recent years, but the King of Song went out with an army of 100,000 troops, and tens of thousands of grain and grass were consumed every day, and the country really couldn't support it, so I wrote a few more holy decrees to urge him!" ”

Yelu Renxian never thought that he explained to Yelu Jun why the unmoving recital had just been sent, and what he was waiting for was not Yelu Jun's will to retract his fate, but urged him to attack the Song army again, and the reason was very sufficient, it turned out to be that the domestic supply of grain and grass was insufficient, but Ye Lu Renxian was a little skeptical about this reason, because he clearly remembered that the national strength of the Liao State had increased greatly in recent years, and there was a lot of grain stored all over the country, even if his army consumed a lot, it would not even be able to support this winter.

It was Yelu Renxian's doubts in his heart, so after receiving Yelu Jun's second holy decree, he did not immediately send troops to attack the Song army, but in addition to sending the holy decree, Yelu Jun also sent a messenger, plus the previous envoy, the two envoys have been urging Ye Lu Ren to send troops first, at first Ye Lu Ren was able to withstand the pressure, but when the third messenger arrived with the holy decree, he also felt an indescribable pressure.

Now Yelu Renxian's situation is actually similar to Yue Fei in the history of later generations, you can not withdraw from the army with a gold medal, but with eighteen gold medals in a row, if you don't withdraw from the army, then you can only rebel, but Yelu Renxian and Yue Fei are rare loyal ministers, and their loyalty to the country in their hearts is incomprehensible to ordinary people, so even if they know that the holy decree is wrong, but in the end they still have to choose to obey.

It is precisely because of this, so when Yelu Renxian received the fourth holy decree, he finally couldn't withstand the pressure, and began to gather a large army to attack Gubeikou again, and this time it was no longer like last time, but a real onslaught, which also made the Song army on the defensive side under great pressure, although they relied on the city wall and gunpowder to cause great casualties to the Liao army, but as the so-called killing the enemy one thousand self-loss eight hundred, the Song army in the city also suffered a lot of casualties, and finally Yang Huaiyu had to risk a few hot air balloons into the air, With some Song troops flying away from the Liao army in the dark of night, and after landing on the ground, these escaped Song troops immediately found Wang Shao and asked for help from the imperial court through him.

Yang Huaiyu's army was only besieged before, and according to Zhao Xu's estimates, they all knew that Yang Huaiyu should have the strength to protect himself, so he was not particularly anxious, but now he received Yang Huaiyu's call for help, after the news reached the capital, it once again caused chaos in the court, fortunately, Zhao Yan already knew that Zhao Yan had troops in his hands to rescue Yang Huaiyu, so he immediately wrote to Zhao Yan and urged him to send troops quickly.

However, before Zhao Ji's letter was sent, he suddenly received a bad news that made him vomit blood again, and it was precisely because of this bad news that his body, which was already very weak due to illness, suffered another blow, and the whole person was bedridden all of a sudden, and he couldn't even get out of bed for a few days.

Just half a month before Zhao Ji received the above bad news, the army led by Yelu Renxian was storming Gubeikou, Yang Huaiyu repelled more than a dozen attacks of Yelu Renxian with natural danger, and both sides paid a lot of casualties for this, but in general, it was still the Great Song Dynasty that took advantage, after all, the Great Song Dynasty was the defender, and it could use the city wall to kill and injure a large number of Liao troops, and the use of gunpowder weapons also brought a lot of casualties to the Liao army.

But even so, Yang Huaiyu and the others did not feel any lighthearted, because they had received the news that the Liao State in the north of Gubeikou had sent an army to rush again, preparing to attack from the back of Gubeikou, and then it would be with Yelu Renxian's army to attack from the north and south, and when it was difficult to take care of the end, Yang Huaiyu was not sure that he would be able to hold Gubeikou, which was also one of the main reasons why he asked the court for help before, because this situation would appear sooner or later.

On this day, the Liao army besieging the city was repulsed again, Yang Huaiyu and Hu Yanqing dragged their tired bodies down from the city, these days the Liao army seemed to be crazy, regardless of the casualties of the siege, so that they did not dare to have the slightest slack, so every day they personally climbed the city wall to command, which also made both of them tired, but they firmly believed that Yelu Renxian on the opposite side must be more tired than them, and more distressed, because the casualties of the Liao army were far greater than those of the Song army.

"Finally, I figured it out!" Hu Yanqing, who was walking down the city wall, suddenly stopped, and then excitedly grabbed Yang Huaiyu's arm and said, just now he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and finally figured out why Yelu Renxian would attack them so disregarding casualties.

"What do you want to understand?" Yang Huaiyu was also stunned when he heard Hu Yanqing's words.

"Hehe, I want to understand why Yelu Renxian is so stupid to attack us, this is definitely not his will!" Hu Yanqing said very excitedly.

"Oh? It's not voluntary, what do you mean......" Yang Huaiyu is not a stupid person, and when he heard this, he immediately guessed something, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"That's right, Yelu Renxian must have been forced to send troops, and the entire Liao State can force him to send troops, naturally only the Emperor of Liao, I remember that Yelu Renxian made great contributions before and was respected by the Emperor of Liao as his father, but he committed the taboo of his courtiers, that is, the merit is high, in this way, it is normal for the Emperor of Liao to have the intention of getting rid of him, and this time he was forced to send troops, just to borrow our hands to consume Yelu Renxian's strength!" Hu Yanqing said very excitedly, understanding Yelu Renxian's abnormality, maybe he could come up with some corresponding countermeasures.

Yang Huaiyu also thought of the above, which also made him very excited, and immediately gathered some of his henchmen to discuss the matter regardless of his physical exhaustion, hoping to find a way to deal with it, at least let Yeluren stop this lifeless attack first. It's just that what they never expected was that Yelu Renxian would soon be unable to attack, because God made him stop. (To be continued......)