Yelu Hongji was on the third day after the naval battle on the Eastern Front received the news of the annihilation of the army crossing the sea, Yelu Hongji immediately fainted, was rescued by the guards, under the reminder of a guard, he remembered the 120,000 army preparing to attack Hebei, he was even more frightened, and hurriedly issued an order to summon Yelu Naye's class, but it was too late, and soon the news came, the 120,000 army had been killed into the well, and there was no news.

In a fit of rage, Yelu Hongji began to track down the source of the leaked military aircraft, and he did not believe that it was the Song army that saw through his plan, and someone must have leaked the plan.

For a time, people in the Liao court were panicked.

On the morning of this day, a group of Khitan ministers such as Yelu Yixin, Yelu Ruinu, Xiao Weixin, Heshu, Xiao Tanggu, Xiao Wugu and so on were discussing in the courtroom.

Yelu Yixin waved his hand to quiet everyone, and he said to everyone: "It is not appropriate for the emperor to pursue these investigations, each of us may be suspected, which will lead to a great purge of the imperial court, let's discuss, how should we persuade the emperor?" ”

Everyone looked at Xiao Weixin, he was the commander of the Eastern Front, and since he came to ask for the guilt, then he should solve this matter.

Xiao Weixin smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, I think there is no leakage at all, the naval base is only eighty miles away from the mouth of the Yalu River, and the island base of the Song army is next to it, in such a few months, won't they find out?" I don't think this kind of secret can be concealed at all, and the Song army has long been eyeing our warships. ”

Yelu Yixin shook his head, "Although the privy envoy said it is very reasonable, but the emperor may not accept it, which means that his strategy is not appropriate, so someone must have leaked the secret, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Yelu Ruinu found that there was not a single Han among the thirteen important ministers present, and his heart moved, and he immediately understood what Yelu Yixin meant, and planted this matter on Han Chen's head, and by the way, cut off some Han Chen who did not like his eyes.

Yeluruinu immediately said: "Our Khitan people will never leak military secrets, but Hanchen may not, maybe some people want to return to the Great Song Dynasty, use these military secrets as a vote, the Han people have a saying, 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different', the most reasonable saying!" ”

Everyone responded one after another, and they all thought that Hanchen had leaked the secret, and there were only two Hanchen who knew this military secret, one was Zhang Xiaojie, the deputy minister of the North Court, and the other was Yang Ji, a member of the Privy Council.

Zhang Xiaojie is more favored, so Yang Ji, who knows the Privy Council, is the most suspicious.

But Xiao Weixin felt that this was directly framed to Han Chen, which was a bit inappropriate, especially since he had a good personal relationship with Yang Ji, and he didn't want Yang Ji to suffer such an unwarranted disaster.

Xiao Weixin pondered and said, "There is another possibility, that is, the Koreans have leaked the secret of our possession of the warship. ”

This excuse is not bad, Heshu and Xiao Tanggu both agreed, Yelu Ruinu knew that Xiao Weixin was protecting Yang Ji, and he couldn't be this villain.

He also nodded, "It's really possible that it's Korean." ”

Yelu Yixin saw that everyone was biased towards the Koreans, and he had no choice but to agree. 、

Early the next morning, Yelu Yixin and other thirteen important ministers jointly wrote to Yelu Hongji, the son of heaven, and they pointed out that the leakers of the Liao army were very likely to be Goryeo, first, the Goryeo people were on the other side of the Yalu River, and they could clearly know the situation of the Liao army's naval army; Second, the Goryeo people knew that the Song army base threatened Liaoyang Prefecture, but they acquiesced to the Song army's occupation of the island as a base, indicating that they favored the Great Song Dynasty between Song and Liao, and leaked the secrets of Liao's warships to the Great Song Dynasty.

In the imperial study, Yelu Hongji had a gloomy face, and said for a while: "Do you also think that the Koreans stabbed us in the back?" ”

Yelu Yixin knows better than anyone else that the inner ghost that everyone is arresting everywhere is none other than him, it is Yelu Yixin, if he hadn't leaked the two most secret news to Fanning, the Liao army would not have been defeated so badly today.

The 80,000 army has been killed, and the 120,000 army will be lost in the Great Song Dynasty, this is a 200,000 army!

Yelu Yixin knew that there was no turning back, so he had to die for Fanning.

Before, he wanted to frame the Han officials, but then he also realized that it was inappropriate, and the framing of the Han officials was likely to implicate Zhang Xiaojie, Zhang Xiaojie was also Fan Ning's life, and Zhang Xiaojie also knew a little bit of his own details.

It was precisely because of this thought that he completely dispelled the idea of framing Han officials, so he took Xiao Weixin's jar and put it all on the heads of the Koreans.

Yelu Yixin said unhurriedly: "There are only fifteen ministers who know the plan to cross the sea, and they are all high-ranking officials and important ministers of the imperial court, to their status, Weichen believes that they will not betray the Liao State, maybe someone accidentally said something at home, this possibility is there, but it is very small, in comparison, Gaoli is more likely to betray us." ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, in order to fight for land with us, it is not once or twice that Goryeo has broken out into war, and we were finally defeated, and the Goryeo people can't take advantage of us, so they must want to take advantage of the Great Song.

Since the Song army occupied Goryeo's island as a base, Goryeo actually didn't say a word, isn't this a tacit approval? Wechen suspected that Goryeo and the Song dynasty had secretly reached some kind of agreement. ”

"Damn goryeo dogs!"

Yelu Hongji finally accepted the statement that the Goryeo people had betrayed him, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth with hatred, and said: "When this battle is over, I must break these Goryeo dog thieves into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Yelu Yixin's eyes were gloomy, and when the war was over, this war did not know how it would end!

After a long time, Yelu Hongji said again: "I am considering a temporary truce with the Great Song Dynasty, what do you think of Xiangguo?" ”

Yelu Hongji's new statement was expected by Yelu Yixin, the 80,000 army was wiped out, and the life and death of the 120,000 army were unknown.

Of course, it can't be said that peace is sued, but that there is an armistice, Yelu Yixin is a little speechless, Yelu Hongji was eloquent and strategic in the early years, why is there no determination at all now, and he asked for peace after only a month of sending troops, doesn't this make the world laugh?

Yelu Yixin sighed in his heart, so he had to bow down and say, "Since Your Majesty has no intention of fighting, you can give it a try, but Your Majesty must be mentally prepared." ”

Yelu Hongji nodded, after all, he is the monarch of a country, negotiating a truce is just a matter of rights and interests for him, he wants to rescue the 120,000 army, this is an urgent matter.

"Then I will let Zhang Xiaojie go to the Song Dynasty to negotiate again!"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid negotiation alone is not enough!"

Yelu Yixin is a thief, lest Yelu Hongji suspect him, at this time, he must try his best to show an image of loyalty to the Liao State and even Yelu Hongji.

Seeing the confusion in Yelu Hongji's eyes, he added: "Weichen means that the mouth can be soft, but the hands cannot be soft, we should take the initiative to attack and send troops to rescue the army of Jingcheng." ”

Yelu Yixin's suggestion reached Yelu Hongji's heart, and he was hesitating about this matter, and he immediately asked, "How does Xiangguo think we should send troops?" ”

Yelu Yixin's spirits lifted, he knew that he had made the right bet, his mind was flying, but his mouth was not stopping.

"There are four roads to Jingcheng, one is the east end, breaking through from Hebei, but to cross the Juma River, kill the two blockade counties of Dingzhou and Zhendingfu, in fact, Dingzhou and Zhendingfu are not a big problem, the key is the Juma River, Wechen can be sure that there are already warships gathered there, and it is difficult for us to get ......."

Yelu Hongji did not interrupt him and calmly listened to his plan.

"The second way is to take Yanmen Pass, Yanmen Pass must have a heavy garrison of the Song army, originally Yanmen Pass is difficult to attack, now this road is more difficult to walk, Weichen suggests to give up, and then the third way, is to take the Flying Fox into Daizhou, there are bottle-shaped passes, Meihui Village and Magu Village, but compared to Yanmen Pass, it is still slightly easier to attack, but Weichen is very worried about Yi County, will the Song army take Yi County first, cut off our road to Yanmen Pass......."

Yelu Hongji was taken aback, "You said that the Song army would attack Yi County?" ”

In fact, the news of the loss of Yi County has already reached Shangjing, but no one dares to tell Yelu Hongji, Yelu Yixin has no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I don't know the situation over there yet, but Weichen feels that Fan Ning should take this into account and seize Yi County first, blocking our way to Yanmen Pass." ”

Yelu Hongji frowned, and said very unhappily: "You tell me the truth, is Yi County lost?" ”

Yelu Yixin had to sigh and said: "The news I just received in the morning, Your Majesty is in a bad mood, and everyone doesn't dare to tell Your Majesty for the time being. ”

Yelu Hongji was stunned for a long time, he was hit too much now, but he felt a little lice and was not afraid of itching, Yelu Hongji was very helpless, so he had to wave his hand, "Let's not mention the matter of Yi County first, continue the topic just now." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was not angry, Yelu Yixin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and continued: "If the Flying Fox Road can't go through, then you can only consider the fourth way, take Lou Fu Pass....."

Speaking of Lou Fu Pass, Yelu Hongji was upset for a while, he knew a few days ago that Lou Fu Pass was captured by the Song army, he didn't pay too much attention to it at the time, and when the whole army on the Eastern Front was wiped out, the news that the army on the Western Front fell into the well came, Yelu Hongji woke up to the Song army's intention to seize Lou Fu.

Now listening to Yelu Yixin's analysis, he finally realized how powerful his opponent Fanning was, covering all aspects and not leaking, in comparison, his own strategy was still too simple and too hasty.

Yelu Hongji sighed in his heart, his mood became low, and after pondering for a moment, he said with a gloomy expression: "Then take the road of Lou Fu Guan!" ”