Chapter 280: Brave
"However, the envoy of Lord Han said that as long as the Song people raise troops to attack Liao, the heroes of Wu will definitely take the opportunity to return to Hexi, and at that time, the Anxi armies will have the backbone again, and the opportunity for our people to rise up is fleeting. Si Jie hurriedly said, "Didn't this Wu hero pour some ecstasy into Eleda?" Han Derang immediately set out to deal with the forces of Hexi since he was rejected to win over Wu Yingying, according to his strategy, Hexi could not be owned by the Great Song Dynasty in any case, and the occupation of Hexi by a strong vassal like Wu Hero would also be unfavorable to Da Liao in the long run, and the best situation would be to return to the situation where the heroes stood side by side as before, and the various departments fought and killed from time to time.
"Sijie, what are you talking about?" Tong Luo saw that Jing Qiong's face changed slightly, and immediately reprimanded, although this old guy is mediocre, he still has some residual prestige among the Uighur tribes of Ganzhou, and there is still a place to use it now, so he can't be offended first. As long as the tiger Wu Yingying is driven away, the position of the leader of the Uighurs will naturally belong to their young eagles.
The three of them sneaked out of the mansion and discussed while leading their horses.
"Khan, according to the next opinion, there is no hurry to instigate the warriors in the clan to raise righteousness," Tong Luo whispered, "Although this Wu hero is not in Hexi, the generals under him, such as Xin Gu, Xiao Jiu, Chase, Yu Furen and others, are all heroes who are brave in the world, and in the past year, the six towns have been expanding outward with all their might. Even if our move is temporarily successful, as long as one or two armies return to attack the division, it will be difficult to resist. ”
Jing Qiong listened to his analysis that was not much different from what Alidai said, and couldn't help but be even more depressed. "In this way, the glory of the Uighurs in Ganzhou will never be repeated?"
"Tongluo, you coward!" Si Jie scolded loudly, his hand already pressed on the hilt of his sword, and those of them who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Anxi Army had experienced too many setbacks these days.
Too many Uighurs have settled for the status quo, and many of the original Uighurs have gained unimaginable power and status under Anxi's rule, and have turned against their original tribes. Even like the Han people who were keen to promote the five tiger generals in the army, there was a discussion among the Uighurs and the steppe warriors, among the Hu people, who were the "four masters" and "four dogs" of the Great Khan, Xin Gu was the first of the four heroes, and Yu Fu Renliang was also among them, because there were no other figures in these two tribes who were relied on by Wu heroes like Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu, and the remaining six positions, those Hu officers who were official captains and centurions were a little eager to try.
"I'm not a coward!" Tong Luo looked back unceremoniously and angrily, and immediately glanced around a few times alertly, and the surrounding soldiers and civilians did not care when they saw the two Uighurs arguing. These two or three people quarreled on the street, not like the Central Plains, which attracted a lot of idlers to watch.
Hexi was under the rule of the Anxi Army, and did not raise idlers in the market, and if they were idle at home, they might be sent to the craftsman camp to serve hard labor by the sergeants in accordance with the "Law on Punishing Lazy Beggars". Therefore, when the warriors returned from the expedition, they honed their skills and invited their comrades to feast, and the people were busy running their land and property every day, and the merchants were eager to make the money run like flowing water.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Tong Luo calmed down a little, lowered his voice and said: "Do you want to put up with those vulgar warriors running over our heads to and pee?" However, recklessness is not bravery, and waiting for the season is not cowardice!" Jing Qiong and Sijie both realized that the street was not a place for quarrels, and neither of them spoke, and Tong Luo continued: "The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State and the Song State are now facing each other in Heshuo, just like two oxen are holding their horns, and whoever withdraws first will lose." It was precisely because of this section that this Wu hero dared to seize Hexi with tens of thousands of people. He paused, looked left and right a few times, and after confirming that he had not attracted the attention of the sergeant, he added: "Only when the battle of Heshuo is over, and the Liao State or the Song State really free up their hands to deal with the fox of Wu Yingying, is it the time for our Uighurs to rise up." "This Hexi Uighur is also too bold," Xiao Zhen said with disdain, "Wu Yingying didn't know how to take advantage of the great opportunity when he was detained in Bianliang, but instead looked forward to our army sending troops to help. ”
Han Derang dusted off the dust on the sleeves of his robes, walked to the mirror, raised the glass cup, poured the wine presented by the Hexi Uighur envoy, and said with a frown: "Could it be that the Anxi army is already so strong that these unruly Hexi Uighurs are so jealous?" he muttered to himself thoughtfully, and Xiao Zhen did not dare to interrupt, "The Sixth Army of Anxi has continuously defeated the grassland tribes in the past year, and many leaders have gone to Shangjing to ask for help. My righteous brother's methods are a little too harsh, he sees that my Da Liao and the Song Kingdom are all riding tigers, and he can't pull away, so he takes the opportunity to expand the territory. ”
Speaking of this, Han Derang couldn't help but frown and sighed. Which official in Bianliang was preparing to recover Yanyun, but he didn't expect that the horse farm in Hexi was the most important and easiest to obtain in the Central Plains Imperial Court. The Liao State originally had a great deal of henchmen in Goryeo in the east who urgently needed to be defeated and pacified, but the elite of the 300,000 forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty was eyeing it, and the Liao State had to leave the elite soldiers and fierce generals to defend to the south. For Xiao Xuan and Han Derang, Liao Emperor Yeluxian was weak and sickly, and could die at any time, and an internal struggle for power was imminent at the top of the Great Liao, and they were really unwilling to waste their strength in the war with the Song State.
"All the units of the Song people's forbidden army have been gathering in the state capitals south of Taiyuan, and it seems that once the New Year is over, they will send troops. Xiao Zhen said again, "Liu Jiyuan on the Northern Han side has recalled Yang Jiye back to Taiyuan to prepare to deal with the attack of the Song army. ”
Han Derang nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Taiyuan soldiers are only 50,000, but Zhao Jiong has gathered more than 200,000 forbidden troops to besiege it, this is the heart of Longwang Shu," he glanced at Xiao Zhen and said: "It's ridiculous that people in the court, as a nation, they only know infighting, and more than 200 people from the royal family support the army and hold the government, and Yingbu the court." Seeing that we had the Han people to stay in Nanjing, we only sent 18,000 Han soldiers to garrison Youzhou, and the large army of hedgehogs gathered near Shangjing.
Xiao Zhen is a Khitan clan, and he is also Han Derang's confidant, so he is not afraid to speak, Xiao Zhen bowed down and said: "My lord is loyal, serving His Majesty the Emperor and Niangniang, and when the difficulties in front of him pass, these short-sighted villains will regret it sooner or later." In his mind, such as Yelu Xiyin, the Khitan royal family who coveted the throne is more dangerous enemies than the Youyan Han people, which is also the reason why Xiao Sui can tolerate Han Derang's influence in the sixteen states of Youyun, he is a Han person, at most he is just an important minister of the country, and the foundation of the Khitan state - the Pi family will never obey Han Derang's orders.