Chapter 65: The Storm Moves, the War Begins!
Yanning City, Yanwang Mansion, moonlit night.
The weather of this palace is not very big, it is much worse than the Liang Wangfu of Liang West Road, but there are dozens of acres of land in size, and no one can underestimate it.
The third child of the Wu family, Wu Jingting is the master here, he was named the king of Yan, sitting in Liaodong, guarding the important places outside the Guan.
"Lord Wang, the saucer in the north has returned, I'm afraid the Khitan can't stand it!"
"Can't stand it? So fast? ”
In the study of King Yan's mansion, King Yan was taking a nap, but a person came in outside the door, and he didn't knock on the door, so he handed over a note directly.
This person's name is Zhang Maoxiang, he is the staff of King Yan, the confidant of the prince, and the current military situation is urgent, no matter how many courtesies are counted, he must explain it to King Yan.
"What do you mean, sir?" Wu Jingting, the king of Yan, looks a little different from his father and brother, and is more like his mother, but he is not so handsome, with a beautiful beard and quite masculine.
"Lord Wang." Zhang Maoxiang hugged his fists and said: "We should immediately ask for an order now, just say that the military situation is urgent, and at the same time immediately march north, if we can make it, we can open up thousands of miles." ”
"This ......" King Yan hesitated a little and said, "I have already received the news before, the palace marshal in the capital is coming, doesn't Mr. know the mystery?" ”
The palace marshal, is the commander of the Zhongjing forbidden army, because he often goes to the palace to face the king, so it is also called the palace marshal, today's palace marshal is the general Gao Qiu, this person is six out of fifty, and he was also a minister from the dragon.
What King Yan said, of course Zhang Maoxiang understood, and immediately said: "Lord Wang, this fighter, you can't miss the opportunity!" As for that high hill, naturally he came to grab the credit, but what kind of goods is the forbidden army, don't you know yet, prince? Not to mention anything else, Gaoqiu's hundreds of thousands of troops are moving slowly, and when he arrives, the fighter has been lost, and we have to face Beidi who broke through the Khitan. On the one hand, it is the work of opening up the territory, on the other hand, it is the loss of the fighter plane, and it is necessary to be pointed at by the palace marshal, the prince decides! ”
When King Yan heard this, he naturally understood in his heart, but he was thinking about something else.
"Sir, Your Majesty has always been very jealous of our Wu family, and this king uses troops privately, so what does Your Majesty think of this king?"
When Zhang Maoxiang heard this, he sighed in his heart, this King Yan is really not like his father and brother, and he is too cautious, but now, since the best strategy is not good, there is still a middle strategy.
"Lord, since I don't want Your Majesty to be suspicious, we can't just do nothing, we should guard the gate now, move the front line forward, the prince can go to the front line of Ningbei in person, the front army is stationed at the border, and the defeated Khitan army can't be allowed to go south, otherwise Your Majesty will definitely be guilty at that time."
"That's a great plan!"
King Yan felt that it was not bad to do this, at least there would be no big problems, but Zhang Maoxiang shook his head a little, how could he meet a master who did not seek merit, but asked for no fault?
At this time, King Yan asked another thing, "Is there any news about this king's nephew now?" ”
Zhang Maoxiang replied: "It should be in Ningbei and entered the Dragon Drum Camp." ”
"Oh, yes, got it." King Yan just said this, and then stopped talking.
In this way, even Zhang Maoxiang was a little at a loss......
At the same time, in the Liang Wangfu of Liangxi Road, someone also got the news of the Khitan.
"It's really unexpected that the Khitan is over so quickly, second brother, what do you think we should do?"
"Big brother, I already have a belly case, why do you have to ask me?"
"Good! I will lead my troops into the Hetao tomorrow, and when the time comes, thousands of miles of fertile fields will be owned by my Wu family! ”
"Big brother, you're still like that, as sharp as you were back then."
"Hahaha......"
Wu Jingcheng and Wu Jingxuan brothers seem to have a plan for today's affairs, and they don't even need the most basic preparations for marching and fighting, and they will lead the army to battle tomorrow.
At this time, in the Khitan South Courtyard and Huanglong Mansion, there were also people who could not sleep peacefully.
"King! The emperor is defeated, we have to make a decision early! ”
"This ...... Hey~ Chu Cai, is my Khitan exhausted? ”
Huanglong Mansion is the place where the king of the Khitan Southern Courtyard set up a mansion, the king of the southern courtyard is Yelu Dashi at the moment, Yelu is the Khitan royal family, and the person who is talking to him now is also a member of the royal family, but he is not a descendant, he is Yelu Chucai.
Hearing Yelu Dashi's question, Yelu Chucai was a little difficult to answer.
Yelu Dashi said: "Chu Cai, you can make it clear, this king knows that you are the most knowledgeable one in my clan." ”
"Hey~" Yelu Chucai sighed, "Actually, when I signed the covenant with the Central Plains before, I was already defeated. ”
Yelu Dashi sighed, "How do you say this?" ”
Yelu Chu said: "My Khitan originally started from the white mountains and black waters, and I was originally a wandering and wild race, but later rose and fought with the Central Plains, and every time we relied on the nature of our clan to win. However, the land grabbing is getting bigger and bigger, and the management is becoming more and more difficult, and most of the clansmen do not know how to deal with it, so they learn the law of the Central Plains. This is also a good thing, but since then, we can only be a student, the law of the Central Plains slowly wears out the wildness of our people, and slowly the same as the people of the Central Plains, then everyone is the same, compared to the quantity, how can we win?
Coupled with that piece of paper covenant, it seems that my Khitan has taken a great advantage, and the southerners hand over the New Year's coins every year, an astonishing amount, but what can these New Year's coins do? Silk cloth and silk can only make my people more happy, and the more they want, the faster they will decay.
What can money do?
We don't know how to produce, so we can only rely more on the southerners, and the result is only more than ten years. ”
Yelu Chucai's words, so that Yelu Dashi was shocked with sweat, it turned out to be so magnificent, majestic in the northern Khitan of Daqi, at the moment even a small clan Beidi can not beat, it is said that that clan, the number of people who go into battle is never less than 10,000, just such a small number, Khitan has no way at all.
How funny is it that the emperor's brother of his own, who still delusionally tried to turn the tide with his own strength, but ended up dying on the battlefield?
"Then ...... right now," Yelu Dashi really didn't want to say something.
Of course, Yelu Chucai understood, and if it was not good, he had to say, "King, there is nothing to do at the moment, the Khitan soldiers who can fight, there are only 2,000 iron cavalry left in the king's hand, plus 10,000 foot soldiers, these soldiers are probably not enough to fight against Beidi, His Majesty the Emperor's 200,000 troops are gone, and it is useless for us to go up again." In fact, the king had a foresight before, and when His Majesty proposed a personal expedition, he strongly persuaded His Majesty to bring the prince and the eldest princess to the Southern Courtyard, and at this time, we can only keep the prince and the princess, and then ......"
After that, Yelu Chucai stopped talking.
Yelu Dashi understood what he meant, and when he arrived at this place, he had to choose a direction, where to go?
Where to go?
Yelu Dashi really doesn't know, there are two directions at the moment, one is to the west, the other is to the east, of course, in general, they are going to the south, to the land of the two Liao, and then divide the east and west, but now it has to be decided, so ......
"Go east!"
"The king is wise!"
"Haha......" Yelu Dashi smiled bitterly, "No matter how stupid this king is, he knows that the west side is the boss and the second brother of the Wu family, both of them are guys who have been dealt with by this king, and the ghosts are powerful, as for the east side is the third brother of the Wu family, this third brother is brave, but if he really wants to fight, this guy can only be regarded as average." ”
"Great King, the minister is willing to stay in the Huanglong Mansion and fight against foreign enemies." Yelu Chucai said the last thing.
But Yelu Dashi shook his head, "Chu Cai, if I want to prosper in the Khitan in the future, I will rely on you, and we old men will go to see the first emperor sooner or later." ”
Yelu Dashi has already made a decision, he left his family in Huanglong Mansion, and then found someone to pretend to be him, the king of the Southern Courtyard, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, and himself, together with Yelu Chucai, led the main force, two thousand iron horsemen, plus five thousand foot soldiers, to the south, to fight a bloody road.
"Let the new emperor ascend the throne first!"
"That's exactly how it should be."
At this point, the war between the two Liaos began!