Chapter 406: Seizure of the Throne
Xu Lian asked people to take the map and said: "The situation over there in Yunzhou is still unknown, but judging from the strength of the Youzhou battalion last night, it is enough for us to capture the entire Youzhou for half a month."
The forces of the two states of Yunyou and even most of the Liao State were concentrated in Youzhou and Yunzhou, so Xu Lian and Su Zhang said earlier that they could not hold Dingzhou without reinforcements.
But now Wen Dihan has taken away 20,000 elite soldiers, not to mention, Gu Lijia and others have taken another batch, and Shi Zhan should have also sent soldiers and horses to leave, and those who left were all elites.
In addition to the enemies who should be killed by the outside world yesterday night, the number of people who fled to the cities of Youzhou in all directions was limited.
The morale of the other party is low, and the losses are huge, the most important thing is that the main general is not there, and the stone cup alone cannot collect all the remnants of the army.
And the morale on their side is high, and the loss from last night's raid is not big, so Xu Lian dared to make this prediction.
"But it's not enough to advance in Youzhou, Yunzhou also has to be taken, otherwise the flank of Youzhou is easy to attack," Xu Lian said: "I have to ask about the situation in Yunzhou." ”
Xu Lian raised his head and looked at Lin Qingwan, "We occupy the two states of Yunyou, how sure is the county lord that he can negotiate peace with the Liao State?" ”
"On the other side is Wendihan, I'm eighty percent sure."
Eighty percent, very high, didn't she negotiate the certainty that she was only thirty percent before?
Xu Lian said happily: "Don't worry about this, as soon as Ganle and Ganzhun die, there is only one prince in the Liao Kingdom who can handle it." Regardless of whether the tiger dies or not, as long as the left and right sides are still there, the throne belongs to Wendihan. ”
Lin Qingwan also nodded, "I think so too." ”
She doesn't know much about the war, and naturally she can't compare to Xu Lian, who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, so she only needs to know a time and the approximate situation from him.
But in the politics of Liao, Lin Qingwan knows not much less than Xu Lian.
First, because of her identity, the Lin family has too much information about the Liao State;
The second is because Liao's fine work once assassinated her and Yubin, in her heart, Liaoguo has always been a big enemy, since it is an enemy, it is natural to know each other's confidants.
The left and right ministers of the Liao State are not good people, even if she is far away in Suzhou, she has heard the stories of the two of them being greedy, but they have two advantages, one is smart, and the other is loyalty.
No matter how greedy the two of them are, they know how to be better for the Liao State, so it is obviously impossible for the Asalan Ministry to support other princes to ascend to the throne.
Even if they knew that the Assassins had been sent by Wendihan, they would have put Wendihan on the throne. Because for now, there's no better person than Wendy Han.
Three days ago, Wendihan returned to Shangjing quickly, and the whole dynasty was stunned.
They remembered that the official who went to report the funeral had only been gone for a few days, and at the earliest, he should have just arrived in Youzhou, why did the third prince come back?
The most important thing is that the person sent was specially instructed to only report the funeral to the eldest prince and the second prince, and not to tell the third prince, how could the third prince come back?
The left and right ministers thought that it was not a coincidence, but they were informed that the third prince had brought back 20,000 elite soldiers.
The two of them fell silent.
As soon as the two sides met, the third prince cried and said that the eldest brother and the second brother were attacked in Youzhou and were killed by the assassins of the Liang Kingdom, but he did not expect his father to also meet the assassins.
Left phase: "......"
Right phase: "......"
Even if they hated the third prince for being too ruthless in seizing the throne, the two of them had to suppress their dissatisfaction, because among all the princes of the Khan, only the third prince could take on this important task.
And which generation of Da Liao is vying for the throne and is immortal?
Isn't the Khan also the one who took the throne after killing his father and brother?
The other courtiers of the Liao State obviously guessed this and silently did not speak, but this did not mean that everyone acquiesced.
The wife and mother of Ganle and Ganzhun are not willing to endure this breath, the key is that the sons of Ganle and Ganzhun are not young, and they can completely surpass their uncle to the throne.
And so the struggle began.
Wen Dihan came back with 20,000 elite soldiers, so he was naturally not afraid, so he fought with others, and when Shi Zhan's first letter arrived, he learned that his affairs with Liang Guo were discovered by Gu Lijia.
The letter carefully describes everything that happened after he left.
Wen Dihan looked shocked, rubbed the letter paper and said, "Shi Zhan, this idiot, can't even look at a woman who is locked in a big tent. ”
His henchman panicked: "Third Prince, the vanguard of Gu Lijia is estimated to be coming, what should we do?" ”
Wen Dihan's eyes were cold, and he said, "Let's take the lead and ascend the throne today." ”
He was a little uneasy in his heart, and said with annoyance: "I shouldn't have stopped the funeral officer on the road, I could have sent another person to pretend to go to the camp to report the funeral, so that Gu Lijia would not be so quick to suspect." ”
Wen Dihan gritted his teeth when he said this: "You shouldn't leave Lin Qingwan in the Youzhou camp, even if you take her with you and risk being discovered, it's better than leaving her in the camp." ”
The henchman was puzzled: "But doesn't she want to negotiate peace with the general, what's the benefit of taking the initiative to expose it?" Maybe she was accidentally discovered and had to identify herself in order to save her life. ”
"Then how could Liang Jun go in such a timely manner?" Wendihan sneered: "From receiving the news to setting off with the whole army......"
Wen Dihan was stunned when he said this, his heart was occupied by a kind of panic, and his face changed drastically: "No, no, what does Lin Qingwan want to do?" ”
The henchman looked at the general blankly, not understanding what he was thinking.
Wen Dihan's eyes were full of cold light, he clenched his fists, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Whole army, the eldest prince's mansion and the second prince's mansion are treasonous, go and arrest them all, and anyone who disobeys will be killed!" ”
Wen Dihan looked up at his henchman and said word by word: "Remember, it's a killing." ”
The henchman's face turned pale, he bowed his head and hurriedly went to arrange.
Wen Dihan got up and burned the crumpled letter in his hand, his eyes reflected the firelight, and he seemed to see Lin Qingwan's face on the paper.
He sneered: "Lin Qingwan, you'd better not lie to me, otherwise you'll ......"
Wen Dihan changed his previous half-strong and half-soft attitude, and used iron-blooded means to eradicate all dissent and potential dangers, and ascended the throne before the arrival of Gu Lijia's elite soldiers.
And early in the morning of the second day of his accession to the throne, the vanguard army of the Gulijia faction arrived, and Wendihan sent people to close the city gate and sent Zuo Xiang out to appease him.
Guljia was slower with his army, and when he arrived in Beijing, he learned that the khan was really dead, and Wendihan had already ascended the throne as emperor first.
Even the sons of Ganle and Ganzhun were killed by him, and it didn't make much sense to say that Ganle and Ganzhun were killed by him at this time.
Wen Dihan obviously doesn't care about reputation, and although he has a bad reputation in Liao because of the seizure of the throne and killing his father and brother, it really won't be a reason why he can't ascend the throne.
Gu Lijia was thinking about whether to fight to remove Wen Dihan from the throne when the news of the loss of Youzhou and Yunzhou came.
Gu Lijia was in a trance for a while, but Wen Dihan hated so much that his eyes were bloodshot, and his anger was scattered towards Gu Lijia.
He should be punished for the crime of leaving his post without permission, resulting in the loss of Yunzhou and Youzhou.
At this time, Gu Lijia finally remembered Wen Dihan's other trick, stood outside the city gate and shouted: "Wen Dihan, it is obvious that you colluded with Liang Guo, the eldest prince and the second prince were killed by you and Liang Guo in collusion, and the Khan was also assassinated by you and Liang together, and you are now on the throne because of the support of Liang Guo, and what can you exchange with Liang Guo?" I think the two states of Yunyou were sent out by you. ”
Gu Lijia was so angry that he tore off the battle report in his hand, rode on his horse and pointed angrily at the city wall, "What are you saying about heavy losses, I think the losses are all my soldiers and horses, and your Wendihan's descendants are not damaged, right?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the Liao courtiers were skeptical, because it was indeed the Han who assassinated the Khan at that time.
But the appearance of those Han people was too strange, and it was impossible for them to get close to the khan's body without internal response.
Gu Lijia shouted again: "Wen Dihan, at the beginning, all the soldiers of our battalion saw with their own eyes that the county lord of Liang State lived next to your lord's tent, and she was a hostage given to you by Liang State!" ”
"She is still Lin Ying's descendant, Liang Guo is so sincere, what did you give Liang Guo?" Gu Lijia asked, "Do you dare to say it?" ”
At this time, even the left and right ministers looked at Wen Dihan suspiciously, and his face couldn't help but sink.
They can tolerate Wendihan's bloody seizure of the throne, but they cannot tolerate his treason.
Cooperating with Liang Guo is tantamount to betraying the country.
Zuo Xiang stepped forward and said, "Khan, what Gu Lijia said is true, the county lord of the Liang Kingdom once lived next to your main tent. ”
Wendihan's worst fears came true.
He never thought of really negotiating peace with Liang, in his opinion, after killing his father through the assassins of Liang, he ascended the throne, and then used the war against Liang to divert the contradiction caused by the seizure of the throne.
Because he knows that it is even more difficult to negotiate peace than to fight.
Not only did Liang have a deep hostility towards Da Liao, but Da Liao also hated Liang Guo, when Lin Ying almost killed Shangjing with an elite army, every family in Da Liao had elites die at his hands.
If it weren't for the fact that Liang State only had this elite, although it could fight, it couldn't hold the country, and the two states of Yunyou would have been recovered by Lin Ying back then.
Therefore, when it comes to peace talks, not only Liang Guo is disgusted, but Daliao will not agree to it.
However, he did not have such a bitter hatred for Liang Guo, Lin Ying died before he was born, and he only existed in legends.
Compared with Liang Guo, he hates the people who bullied him since he was a child, so he starts everything from interests.
On the contrary, if the benefits of war are greater than those of the peace talks, he will fight.
Wen Dihan took a deep breath, of course it was impossible for him to talk about peace talks from his own interests, so he talked about it from the interests of Da Liao, and focused on the conditions that Lin Qingwan gave at the beginning.
"If we can get food and salt without spending a single soldier, why should we lose our soldiers and horses to go to war?" ”
The right minister sneered and asked, "But now that the Liang State occupies the two states of Yunyou, Khan, you not only lost soldiers and horses, but also did not get food and salt." ”
Wen Dihan's face tightened, and he had to reply after half a sound: "Maybe there is something else, we can send someone to investigate." ”
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