Chapter Fifty-Eight: Civil Strife in Liao

Upper Beijing

The hunting place chosen by the emperor of Liao is located in the area of Changbai Mountain, which is not too far from Shangjing, and this generation also has many really diligent beasts, and there will be a good harvest every year in this area to carry out hunting conferences, and over time, this generation has become the area of royal hunting in Liao.

Yelu Hongji is in a good mood at the moment, although because of an accident, he almost fell into the hands of those Jurchen mongrels, but because of this, he got to know a real warrior.

Different from the Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on martial arts, the Liao people with steppe nomads believe in the respect of the strong, and the status of real warriors in the Liao State is extremely lofty.

Although Yelu Hongji was a little unhappy about letting go of those Jurchen mongrels, it was still very worthwhile in Yelu Hongji's heart to be able to exchange this for a real warrior with the courage of the three armies.

The Jurchen tribe, who completely destroyed the Liao State in later generations, although it has already reflected enough fierceness and bravery at this time, has not yet reached the Cheng dù that the Liao emperor is afraid of, even if it is the Jurchen leader who destroyed the Liao State and created the Jurchen tribal dynasty, Wanyan Aguta, is now just a hot-blooded young man who has just taken over the position of the patriarch, and he cannot reflect the eloquence and strategy of a generation of founding emperors, so it is naturally difficult to put it in the eyes of Yelu Hongji, the emperor who owns the entire Great Liao.

took the righteous brother who recognized on a whim and the Ah Zi beside him, who was a little too naughty in Yelu Hongji's opinion, back to the hunting camp, and Yelu Hongji, who was in a good mood, began to solemnly introduce his newly accepted righteous brother to the ministers of the Liao State.

As an emperor who is not too mediocre, it is naturally impossible to immediately entrust him with a heavy responsibility because of a life-saving grace and the extraordinary bravery of the other party, but Xiao Feng does have extraordinary courage, and he has some ideas in his heart about how to use his righteous brother with a peerless talent for fierce generals, but he can't be in a hurry at the moment. First, it will inevitably give people the impression of frivolity, and secondly, it is just the first acquaintance, and some investigation is needed.

The emperor's mind, how can it really be as simple as the book says.

Although the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs couldn't figure out Yelu Hongji's thoughts, seeing Yelu Hongji's solemn introduction, it was not difficult to guess that His Majesty had his own deep meaning. They can be regarded as characters who have experienced a long time in officialdom, even if the Daliao officialdom is not as complicated as the Da Song officialdom, but when it really reaches a certain height, it is actually not too much different.

Although this Xiao Feng who suddenly appeared will inevitably steal the limelight from many people, but now that the Holy Lady is in his prime, naturally no one will really come to touch His Majesty's brows, and the warriors mentioned by Chrysostom Yuyan should have real skills from the perspective of Yelu Hongji. Such a character, even if you don't stammer, you don't have to lose a friend or two.

In the past, in the Great Song Dynasty, in the eyes of Qiao Feng, who was still the leader of the beggar gang at that time, Khitan was naturally a big trouble, but now that his background is gradually clear, he also has the idea of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors, even if he knows that these people's minds are not pure. At this time, it seems to be very cordial, and the toast to everyone. But the one who came did not refuse, the wine was dry, and the heroic spirit of the clouds was very light and won the favor of many people.

Looking at Qiao Feng, who was gradually getting along with the ministers of civil and military affairs, Yelu Hongji had a lot more smiles on his face, and he was still very satisfied with the pride and courage shown by this righteous brother. Although I grew up in the Song Realm, I was not erased by the flashy world of the heroic spirit of the northern man, this should be what my Khitan warrior looks like.

After a period of small twists and turns, the hunt continued, but the hunt, which was supposed to be a happy one, could not be successfully concluded. Yelu Chongyuan, the king of Chu, suddenly attacked and forcibly drew a termination charm for this hunting conference.

Daliao, Nanjing

In Li Xuan's current mansion, Li Huo carried out light work all the way, rushed in as fast as he could, and shouted loudly: "Lord, something big has happened in Beijing!" ”

"Oh?" Li Xuan, who was discussing some details of the army with Li Shan, Ling Batian and other generals, was slightly stunned when he heard this, although he had expected it, but he didn't expect that the result would come out in such a short period of time, which made him a little surprised, but he was not too surprised, just looked at Li Huo and said, "What is the specific situation?" ”

"Yelu Chongyuan, the king of Chu, has been three days ago, taking advantage of the Liao lord Yelu Hongji outside, Shangjing is empty, suddenly attacked, captured Shangjing in one fell swoop, and then sent troops to attack the Liao lord, the Liao lord was not well prepared, caught off guard, under the escort of Xiao Feng, a warrior of the Liao State, and a cadre of civil and military ministers, led three hundred iron cavalry, broke through the siege, escaped into Zhongjing, and the King of Chu started a confrontation, and now the people in Liao are panicking." Li Huo took a breath and briefly explained the current situation.

"Who is this Xiao Feng? There is no record of this in the intelligence. Li Shan frowned slightly, he could be highlighted in the intelligence, obviously played a lot of roles in this battle, but before that, everyone collected a lot of information about the civil and military generals in the Liao State, and even some state and county magistrates did not let go, but the name Xiao Feng was extremely unfamiliar to them.

"I heard that it is a new nominal brother recognized by the Liao lord, although there is no official lord, but he bravely crowns the three armies, if it were not for the help of the mysterious master around the king of Chu, on the day of the rebellion, he almost killed the king of Chu Yelu Chongyuan in the three armies!" Xiao Feng's appearance had too many accidents, even if Li Huo's intelligence work had been done enough, but for Xiao Feng's information, all he could collect was the bit of information collected on the day of the rebellion.

"In the Liao Kingdom, there is still such a master?" A flash of surprise flashed in Li Shan's eyes, according to Li Huo's description, if it weren't for the mysterious master beside the King of Chu to stop him, the King of Chu would probably be killed in that battle and completely reverse the situation, this kind of character is already difficult to describe as a brave man, even if the level of strength in the world in front of him is too low, Li Shan, as the number one general in Li Xuan's hands at the moment, does not have the certainty to be able to take the first rank of general among the ten thousand armies.

Moreover, the one who can stop this Xiao Feng must not be a mediocre hand, such a person, there are two such characters in the Liao Kingdom at once, but there is no record on his side, which makes Li Huo, who has always been in charge of intelligence work, a little discouraged.

"Okay, about this Xiao Feng, you don't have to guess, it should be the real name of Qiao Feng, the former leader of the beggar gang." Li Xuan got up, looked at Li Huo, who was a little depressed, and said with a smile.

"Joe's helper?" Li Shan and the others stared, a little incredible, the impression left by Qiao Feng on Li Shan in the past was not bad, but he didn't expect that time would change, according to the current situation, this former beggar gang leader may become an enemy in the future.

"That mysterious master beside the King of Chu......" Li Huo's eyes moved, and he looked at Li Xuandao.

"Ignore it, your own people." Facing Li Huo's puzzled gaze, Li Xuan nodded affirmatively.

When Li Huo heard this, his heart was relieved, and some time ago he found that in addition to them in this Nanjing City, there was another force secretly helping each other, and many originally difficult things were inexplicably solved, which made Li Huo a little suspicious that Nanjing had a force that belonged to him in addition to them, and now that he was confirmed by Li Xuan, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened while breathing a sigh of relief.

It seems that the lord has not avoided them in his every move after coming to this world, but he doesn't know when he has attracted such a master, although the four generals of the Wind Forest Volcano are Li Xuan's key training targets, they have experienced two worlds, coupled with the particularity of the Three Kingdoms of Chaos, and now it has gradually become a climate, although even the strongest Li Huo is still one step away from the level of a third-rate general, but the comprehensive Su zhì in all aspects is actually no longer under those famous third-rate generals in the Three Kingdoms of Chaos, but he can be a character with Qiao Feng for a long time, At least not in Li Xuan's hands now.

Regarding everyone's doubts, Li Xuan just smiled slightly, and did not explain too much, Murong Bo's storage zài, it is enough for him to know, Li Xuan doesn't want to make a emperor on his head for no reason.

"Lord, now that the time is ripe, do you want to start an army immediately?" The doubts were lifted, Li Shan immediately got up, and asked: "Brother Feng's Prancing Horse Battalion and Brother Lin's Mountain-shaking Army are already ready, and they can send troops at any time, with the current strength in our hands, it is more than enough to capture Nanjing." ”

"My lord, the last general's Hengjiang battalion can also enter the battlefield at any time." Ling Batian also stood up and rubbed his hands.

"Don't worry, although the time is ripe, but now is not the best time for us to join the war, inform my mother-in-law that all the stores in the sixteen states of Yanyun have begun to raise the price of grain, remember, don't raise the price of grain in our name, just operate secretly, now is not the time for us to surface, and at the same time secretly provoke the contradictions between Han and Liao, and be sure to make the contradictions between Han and Liao completely intensify before this war has a result!" Li Shan shook his head and looked at the enthusiastic generals, but he was not as optimistic as everyone else.

At present, although the rebellion has been formed, as far as the Liao State is concerned, it has only just begun, and when a stalemate situation is not formed, it is not a big loss of vitality.

"Inform Li Feng to take his Prancing Horse Battalion with him, act at the opportunity, no matter which side has the advantage, secretly sabotage their grain routes, and make sure that the battle situation is in our hands, and in addition, the Shaking Mountain Army and the Hengjiang Battalion secretly arrange to enter the city, ready to take over the city of Nanjing at any time." Li Xuan made the final decision, and a few months were enough time for them to infiltrate the iron bucket-like Nanjing City in Yelu Chongyuan's eyes, especially now that Yelu Chongyuan had taken almost all the soldiers and horses, and the current Nanjing City was no different from an empty city to them, and it could be occupied at any time.

"Don't be greedy for temporary gains and losses, what we want is the entire sixteen states of Yanyun, not just one Nanjing city!" Li Xuan's gaze swept over everyone, and he had a heroic spirit of directing the country, which made people feel convincing.

"Yes!" A flash of scorching heat flashed in the eyes of the generals, Li Shan and Li Huo seemed to see Li Xuan, who had destroyed a country in the plane of Heaven in the past, and in this world, the days of mediocrity and comfort were really enough.

The various ministries and institutions that Li Xuan had secretly established in the past year, with Li Xuan's final order, were rapidly operating in a silent and silent manner within the territory of Liao. (To be continued......)