"Boom!" Xiao Yanshou kicked over the old case in front of him, and angrily yelled at the dozen or so generals in front of him, "Can anyone tell me why the Jurchens bypassed our defense line and drilled to the rear, and also ambushed our materials, which not only contain food, but also weapons and other materials that the Great Song Dynasty supports us, such a huge loss, which of you will bear this responsibility?" ”

Seeing Xiao Yanshou so angry, the generals below lowered their heads one by one, and no one dared to answer, after all, this time the Jurchens blocked the convoy transporting materials, on the one hand, the Jurchens were able to drill through their defense line, which shows that the Jurchens are very familiar with their defense line, and secondly, they can also learn the news of the material transportation team, which is a high secret in the army, these two things all show an important thing, that is, some of them leaked the news, and this person's level is not low, Otherwise, it would be impossible to get access to such a confidential matter, and it is even possible that it is one of them.

Xiao Yanshou was really angry this time, so he was so out of shape, but he was angry for a long time, but no one below made a sound, but there were a few guys with unconvinced looks on their faces, which made him angry and helpless, because the generals under him were not of the same heart as him, most of them were forced into by Yelu Yixin, and he could only barely command at ordinary times, but when it came to the critical moment, the chain would fall, and even the guys from big families were purely here to gild, I don't have the slightest ability, but I am still very arrogant, such as these guys who are not convinced now.

"Get out~, get out of here!" Xiao Yanshou was upset when he saw such subordinates, but he couldn't do anything about them, because if he dared to touch these people, he was afraid that it would cause more trouble, and this was also his use of soldiers against the Jurchens for three years. But there is almost no main reason for much achievement, and it is most appropriate to describe it in a sentence of later generations, that is, he is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, it is not easy for him to take these pig teammates to barely suppress the Jurchens, as for eliminating the Jurchens, it is simply delusional. Unless Yelu Jun suddenly woke up and killed Yelu Yixin, so that Xiao Yanshou no longer had any constraints.

Seeing Xiao Yanshou drive them away, some of the more than a dozen generals in the camp were like being amnestied, some turned around and left with cold faces, and some snorted coldly, muttered a few words and turned away, speaking of which, although they were very hard behind their backs, Xiao Yanshou was still the main one in the army, if it really annoyed him. They didn't have a good time, so some of them left the camp honestly, despite their dissatisfaction.

The other generals left, but Xiao Dilie did not leave, only to see him step forward at this time and persuade: "Father, don't spoil your body because of these people's anger, after all, the matter has been discovered, and it is useless to be angry now, you should still find a way to deal with this matter!" ”

But to Xiao Dilie's surprise. I saw that Xiao Yanshou sighed at this time and said: "Enemy Lie, although the loss of these materials will make the court blame." But now there is no one to replace me in the whole of Daliao, so although this matter will be a little troublesome, it will not have a big impact on me, but I am worried about another thing! ”

"One more thing?" Xiao Dilie was a little puzzled when he heard this, since the materials were robbed, he had been worried about whether the imperial court would punish his father. But now that his father has said that he will be fine, what else is there to worry about?

Seeing his son's puzzled expression, Xiao Yanshou couldn't help but sigh helplessly, although Xiao Dilie was a natural general. But after all, he is still a little young, and it is normal not to think about some things, so I saw him open his mouth at the moment: "Enemy Lie, what I'm worried about is the Jurchen side, they got so many supplies this time, of which food and weapons are urgently needed by them, with these, they can recruit more Jurchen tribes to join the Wanyan Tribe, so that their strength is likely to skyrocket, and the next time they send troops again, it may not be a sneak attack, but a direct war with our army." ”

Hearing his father's words, Xiao Dilie couldn't help frowning slightly, after the last battle of Kaizhou City, he found that some of the captured Jurchens were not from the Wanyan Ministry, but another loose Jurchen alliance in the western part of the sea, and the two of them were seeking cooperation, which showed that the Wanyan Ministry had been consciously expanding its strength, and now after getting those materials, it was like a tiger with wings, plus there were not a few Jurchens in the mountains and forests, some Jurchens only needed to give them food to eat, and they would help you kill people and set fires, Therefore, as long as Wanyan is willing to contribute a part of the grain, it is almost difficult to recruit manpower.

"Father, Ah Guta has hijacked so many supplies, he definitely can't act like the wind before, if we take the initiative to attack them now, maybe we can achieve miraculous feats!" At this time, Xiao Dilie suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, the reason why the Jurchens are difficult to exterminate is that in addition to their own reasons for the Liao army, the Jurchens have many horses and are familiar with the mountains and forests, so it can be said that they are elusive, and they will immediately flee thousands of miles away if they miss a blow, and they will not give the Liao army a chance to fight head-on at all.

Hearing his son's suggestion, Xiao Yanshou also showed a heartfelt expression on his face, but after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Enemy Lie, your method is very good, if I have an elite army of about 10,000 people in my hands, I can give it a try, but if you look at our big camp, most of them are the manpower arranged by Yelu Yixin, and many of them are some wine bags and rice bags, and the soldiers under him are even more slack and vulnerable to weapons, I'm afraid that before the war starts, there will be many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death ready to escape. ”

When he said this, he saw that Xiao Yanshou was also full of bitterness, he had also tried to rectify military discipline before, but every time there was a critical moment, he would be interrupted, and even reprimanded by the court several times, saying that he was arbitrary and oppressive of his subordinates in the army, for which he had also written to Yelu Jun several times, explaining all kinds of shortcomings in the army, but unfortunately every time it was a mud cow into the sea, there was no reply at all, and over time, he could only give up.

Xiao Dilie couldn't help but be annoyed and helpless when he heard his father's words, he also knew his father's distress, and walked a few steps back and forth in the big tent at the moment, and then suddenly said to Xiao Yanshou: "Father, you have exhausted your strength for Da Liao, but there are people everywhere in the court who stumble on you, and Your Majesty only cares about your own pleasure, and does not pay attention to your suggestions at all, such a mediocre person, what do you want him to do?" ”

"Shut up! Is this what a courtier should say? Xiao Yanshou was stunned when he heard his son's words, but then he was a little disheartened Xiao Enemy Lie said, "Enemy Lie, I am not supporting a certain Emperor of Da Liao, but our Da Liao finally got the Jiangshan Sheji, I think that when the former Tang Dynasty, the Han people were extremely strong, and our Khitan people were just a small tribe that raised horses for the Tang Dynasty, and then the Tang Dynasty declined, and our Khitan ancestors went through a lot of hardships to lay down such a vast territory, I really can't bear to let our Da Liao rivers and mountains fall into the hands of others!" ”

Xiao Dilie didn't understand his father's feelings for Liao, but he also knew that he couldn't persuade his father to abandon Liao and join the Song Dynasty no matter what, so in the end he could only sigh helplessly.

The transported materials were robbed, and Xiao Yanshou, who was the main general, naturally had to bear the main responsibility, and the court was Yelu Yixin's Yiyantang, so soon a messenger rushed to the military camp from Shangjing, and then reprimanded Xiao Yanshou, and demoted his official position several levels, but in the end he still stayed in his original position, because as Xiao Yanshou himself said, a huge Liao country has no generals available, especially in the face of the cunning Jurchens, no one can do it except him, so even Yelu Yixin has long been eager to kill Xiao Yanshou, but still dare not act rashly.

Xiao Yanshou didn't take the reprimand of the imperial court to heart, and the promotion of the official position was not worth mentioning to him, so after sending away the envoy of the imperial court, he immediately began to urge the rear to prepare grain and grass weapons again, after all, the materials that should have been sent to the camp last time were robbed, resulting in a lack of materials in the camp now, and they must be replenished in time.

Xiao Yanshou and their current place is located in the northeast of Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo near the Tongtong River, where hundreds of miles to the west is the Huanglong Mansion, in the past, the Wanyan Department took the Huanglong Mansion as their main direction of attack, but after Xiao Yanshou repelled the Jurchens' attacks in the Huanglong Mansion several times, Ah Guta began to move eastward and began to frequently harass the vicinity of Liaoyang Mansion, which also made Xiao Yanshou have to lead troops to be stationed here, although there is no city here to hold, but with his back to Tokyo Liaoyang Mansion, The south of Liaoyang Mansion is Chenzhou City, which is near the sea, and the supplies supported by the Great Song Dynasty are all there, so the transportation of materials is more convenient than that of Huanglong Mansion, and it can be regarded as a gain and a loss.

It's just that what Xiao Yanshou didn't expect was that the people he sent to Liaoyang Mansion to supervise the transportation of materials had no news for a long time, it was said that even if the mobilization of materials was a little difficult, the people who urged him would send someone to send a message to explain, but this time the people sent to Liaoyang Mansion were like mud cows entering the sea, which made Xiao Yanshou a little worried.

It was in this situation that Xiao Yanshou was ready to let Xiao Dilie lead a cavalry to Liaoyang Mansion to ask about the situation, but when Xiao Dilie had just ordered his troops and horses to set off, he suddenly had a horse galloping from the south, and after rushing into the camp and seeing Xiao Yanshou, he immediately reported loudly: "General Qiyu, Liaoyang Mansion Guard General Gao Yongchang has reversed!" (To be continued.) )