Chapter 135
The battle on February 15 made the Liao court, which had already begun to be turbulent, even more shaken.
The first battle was lost, and the 30,000 forwards were gone, this news not only made the ministers and officials in Beijing feel cold, but also made Yelujing fall into the embarrassing situation of not being able to go to the capital, and Yelujing's will even stopped at the palace and the privy council of the north and south courts, and could not be conveyed to the states and governments of the Liao State at all.
If it weren't for Yelu Jing's reputation for brutality, and if it weren't for Yelu Jing's military power in his hands to hold the Su Guard, the Palace Tent Army and the Leather Room Army, I am afraid that these Liao veterans and the royal children of the Khitan clan would take off their shoes and throw them at Ye Lu Jing. In the hearts of these people, their patience with Yelu Jing has reached the point where they can no longer bear it, and the various practices since Yelu Jing ascended the throne have deeply hurt the hearts of these royal elders, if it were not for the respect for Taizong Yelu Deguang, these people may have already turned their backs on Yelu Jing.
The peace talks, which were no longer mentioned because Yelutira, Yelu Shuogu, and Jelu Sara were forced to "fill the army", spread again in Shangjing, Liao State, and the noise became louder and louder.
Even if Yelujing was no longer reconciled, he had to make concessions at this time.
On the first day of the third month, Yelu Jing made a promise that if the battle could not be ended with victory within three months, he would agree to summon Yelu Tira, Yelu Shuogu, and Jelu Sara back to Shangjing, and from this the three of them proposed peace to the Ming Kingdom.
With Ye Lujing's promise, the Liao court finally reluctantly coalesced again, and the machine of war continued to turn.
However, the people of the Liao people in various prefectures have already reached a dire situation, and grain has been collected before the end of last year. Only three months' surplus grain has been kept for more than three months, and the people have even eaten all the seeds they will sow this year. There is no other way to go down but to starve to death.
In fact, in this era, whether it is the herdsmen of the North or the people of the Central Plains, what they need is to be fed and clothed, who can solve these problems for them, who will be the emperor. They don't think about it at all, as for the affairs of the country and the nation, it is naturally the meat eater's plan. What does it have to do with them?
Because of this, the instigation of planting and releasing was very effective, and he first launched a riot in Taizhou and Changchun Prefecture in the northeast of Shangjing in Liao State in accordance with the idea of telling Baili Wuji.
Thanks to the appeal of Taoism and the secret food support of the Ming army. Tens of thousands of people began with the riots. And there are more and more people, they occupy the county Yazhou Mansion, kill officials and rob the official warehouse, just like the style of a yellow turban thief.
The biggest headache for the Shangjing court was that under the secret guidance of the seeds, the people elected an authentic son of the Khitan royal family, claiming to be the new emperor of Liao.
This person is Yelu Jing's compatriot fourth brother Yelu Dili, a year ago. Due to the failure of the mastermind rebellion, Yelu was deprived of his royal status. Exiled back to Changchun Prefecture.
Yelu Dili was already in this life with no hope of resurrection, and when he got this opportunity, he naturally grasped it, and after secretly meeting with Chongfang, he chose to plant and cooperate with Ming Guo without thinking. For Yelu Weili, the country and the nation are no longer important at all, and the only thing he wants now is to snatch the throne from Yelu Jing, and for this reason, he would rather bow his head and pay tribute to the Ming State.
He didn't know that he was just a puppet under the support of Chongfang, even if he really ousted Yelujing from power, it would not be his turn to inherit the throne, because this promise of Chongfang had not been approved by Baili Wuji at all, and it was only a one-sided word of Chongfang, which was used to coax Yelu's enemy to say that he was thundering on his head.
After Chongfang coaxed the Yelu enemy into high spirits, he handed over the mob command of the two states to the Yelu enemy, and then secretly left the two states with hundreds of his henchmen and went to the territory of the two Tatar tribes in the northeast.
The goal of planting and releasing is very large, he wants to move the Bohai State to let them belong to the Ming State, at least, let them become independent from the Liao State.
After this change, Yelu Jing, who went to Beijing, was already anxious, and he issued three orders in a row to Yelu Xiuge to attack immediately.
On the north bank of the Huang River, Yelu Huge, dressed in military uniform, stood alone, his eyes were empty looking at the fortifications of the Ming army in the south, the twenty zhang wide Huang River, which was called the mother river by the Khitan, blocked the way of his 600,000 troops to the south.
When did the southerners have such sharp firearms? When did the Liao Kingdom, which was favored by God, have been abandoned by God? Is your ambition going to stop here?
"No, never." Jeruhugo suddenly roared, making the guards who were on guard around nervous.
"I'm not yet thirty years old, I still have a long life, and I still have a chance." Jeruhugo gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.
"There will be no disapproval of the king's order outside." Yelu Xiuge made up his mind, once again ignored Yelu Jing's third will, and continued to spend his energy on training the Liao army, waiting for the weather to warm up, and waiting for the time to come.
Heaven paid off, and soon, a Liao herdsman told Yelu Huge about a place that was easy to cross.
The herdsmen said that in the west of the Huang River, that is, about 50 miles west of Yikun Prefecture, there is a special place in the Huang River here, that is, the Huang River is divided into two by the middle land here, usually when the river water is sufficient, the middle land is submerged under the water surface, and no one will notice, but when the river water is less when it does not rain for a long time, the middle land will be exposed to the water.
When he heard this, he asked the herdsman to take him to see the riverbed himself, and found that the situation was exactly what the herdsman had said, so he rewarded the herdsman with a lot of money and sent someone to take him home, but when he got home, he killed the herdsman.
Subsequently, Jeruxiu handed over the training to his generals, and began to think hard behind closed doors, eating and sleeping in the tent.
Five days later, Jeruhugo walked out of the tent with a haggard look and laughed loudly at the warm sun.
Yelu Hugo ordered to mobilize all the catapults, and ordered to recruit Liao craftsmen to build them day and night.
Yelu Hugo left for Shangjing on the same day, and he had to give an account to Yelu Jing, and during the five days of retreat, Yelu Jing's will to promote war came four more ways, almost every day, and there were already seven before and after.
Yelu Hugo planned to personally inform the emperor of his ideas, in order to seek Yelu Jing's understanding and buy time for the decisive battle in the future.
Two days later, Yelu Hugo returned to Shangjing and conspired with Yelu Jing.
"Yi Lisumi, is that place really as important as you say?"
"Your Majesty, our army is good at cavalry, but in this battle, the Ming army used the Huanghe River as a barrier to block our army, and our army could only abandon the horse and swim across. Now, with this terrain, our army has a cavalry assault that is good at it, and the minister guarantees that it will be able to defeat the enemy and create victory. (To be continued......)