Chapter 216: It's all about buying time
After the battle will show its muscles, it will seem calm to speak again. Or that the identities are already equal, and you can move on to other topics. Chao Gai and Yelu were facing each other, and the two first praised each other's military generals for their bravery, and congratulated Liao on winning the battle......
The captured Danzhou generals Chu Mingyu and Cao Mingji were also put back into their own positions. The two armies invariably reined in their momentum, and the tense atmosphere before the war eased. Then another order was given, and the rear team turned to the front team and left quickly.
The time for half a pillar of incense was less, and the two parties walked about the same.
Chao Gai led Han Shizhong, Gu Sanniang, Du Yan, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Li Kui, six generals and dozens of soldiers. On the side of Liao, Yelu Dezhong and his four sons, Ta Li, Taishan Baturu and dozens of other henchmen guarded.
Two groups of people meet and greet each other!
Chao Gai crossed the moon bow, lifted the three-pointed two-edged knife upside down, and took a few steps forward to stroke his chest and salute: "King Yelu of Jizhou, we are really just buying and selling livestock, smuggling horses, and I have no intention of encountering the Jurchens on the street and getting involved." ”
Yelu had to borrow the donkey again, and waved his hand very heartily and laughed: "Hahaha, King Chao is too polite!" Half a month ago, when he rescued the little girl in danger, he was a friend of the Liao Kingdom. A fighting general, worthy of being a warrior among the Han people, is admirable, and my Liao general should also have a long memory. My sons who are not angry have encountered a fierce opponent for the first time. ”
Chao Gai saw that this royal brother king was not speaking to people and was slightly impressed by this king, looked up and down at this middle-aged man with white sideburns, and sighed after a while: "Hey, King Yelu knows that today's Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty are corrupt and degenerate, and the eldest brother and the second brother are all in a stormy situation. ”
Jerod opened his mouth again to refute, but there was nothing to say!
Thinking of dignified generals such as Chu Mingyu and Cao Mingji, thinking of his daughter and himself being assassinated by the Jurchens, and then thinking of the various obstacles encountered by those nobles who colluded with foreign races.
The prince who has been sitting in the frontier for many years was full of fatigue and sighed long: "Hey, I have lived comfortably for too long, my will is exhausted, and I don't want to make progress." Just for the sake of yellow and white things, they are lawless and smoky. ”
Yelu Tali, Yelu Zongyun and others know the parties best. Today's Liao State is seriously corrupt, and it is also an internal and external trouble.
"Engong, I don't know what you think?" Answering Li's eyes flashed, and he looked at Chao Gai.
"A towering tree has rotten roots and cannot be saved, so it can only be pushed until the seeds are planted. Is it to let the Jurchen barbarians occupy the magpie's nest or do people with lofty ideals do it? Chao Gai thought about it and looked at the Yelu family meaningfully.
"For example, in the Great Song Dynasty, corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were hungry and displaced. I am not talented, but I dare to be the first in the world, support the army and stand on my own, and when the time is ripe, I will point to Bianliang City and reorganize the old mountains and rivers. ”
Chao Gai's analogy is full of ambition, as long as the head is not stupid, you can understand it. Li Kui shouted with a big grin: "That is, feng shui takes turns, and the emperor goes to his brother's house." He Lao Zhao can raise troops, why can't others? And the situation in your Liao country is almost the same, why can't you revolt? ”
"No, how can this king disobey the teachings of his ancestors and act perversely?" Yelude raised his head sharply and stared at Chao Gai and Li Kui.
"O king! The Liao Kingdom is not guaranteed, what are you talking about ancestral teachings? ”
"No, I don't believe it, my Liao country has hundreds of thousands of troops, how many Jurchen barbarians are there? Dozens of them fight one, how can the Liao State fail? ”
It's okay that Chao Gai didn't persuade him, but this persuasion made Yelu Dezhong a little excited. Yelu Zongyun, Yelu Zongdian and other brothers were also a little indignant. I felt that I had won the battle not long ago, and Chao Gai said too much.
Only Yelu Tari's face was even more sad, and when she saw that her father and several brothers were so confident in the Liao army, the good-looking willow eyebrows furrowed.
"King Yelu has returned to Yanjing, and the Jurchens should be the founding of the country and known as Dajin!" Chao Gai smiled, and one sentence shocked Yelu Dezhong: "This news is strictly blocked, how did you know about it?" ”
"Are you stupid to be a Jurchen?" Chao Gai smiled sarcastically and said half-truthfully: "Since more than 100 years ago, some people have settled in the Great Song Dynasty. In Shandong, a market town of 30,000 or 20,000 people was formed, and it never intermarried with foreigners. Take the initiative to raise military horses for the imperial court. arrogant and domineering and oppressing the people of the Song Dynasty. It's just that the imperial court loves it tightly, and the news comes from there. ”
Han Shizhong, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong and others have not seen much of the information they have collected during this time. Where there are bullies, I thought of Lingzhou for the first time.
"How can such a thing happen?" Jerod was astonished!
"What did I lie to you? Once the situation changed, the eighteen thousand Jurchen Iron Horsemen were formed in an instant. It can go south and go deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, or it can go north to attack from both sides. Chao Gai's eyes narrowed, and what he said was not false at all. Historically, the Jurchens who had emigrated turned around and rebelled.
"In addition, there is a horse plant in Liao. For generations, you should know the Liao clan. Now in the Great Song Dynasty, he is thriving, and he proposes the strategy of "Lianjin to destroy Liao", and after Zhao Ji adopts his suggestion, he changes his name to Zhao Liangsi. It is estimated that it has been contacted many times, and the Song Dynasty has a great opinion on the Liao State. ”
Yelu was heavy, and the faces of Yelu Taribi and Yelu Sihu were a little ugly. Ma Zhi was an official of the Liao Dynasty, and they naturally knew about leading his family to the Song Dynasty. I have also collected some information on the revival of troops to attack the Liao State.
Originally, it was very difficult to deal with the Jurchens in the north, if you add another Great Song Dynasty. Caught between two sides, Liao's situation is worrying, it really seems to be stormy.
"What you said is just one-sided, how can you take it seriously?" Yelu stared at Chao Gai with a fierce gaze, and asked this question, but he believed seven or eight points.
"You Liao have bullied the Great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, and who in the court doesn't hate you. Come on, look at this, Zhao Ji's handful of birds let me be cannon fodder. Chao Gai sneered, took the wooden box from the saddle and threw it over.
Jerod took it casually, opened it and saw that it was the holy decree. When I came over with a few children to take a look, everyone's faces changed dramatically.
The above edict said that it was not Song Huizong who boasted that he was benevolent and virtuous in the world, and praised Chao Gai for his good reputation, defeating bandits many times, protecting the territory and the people, and other nonsense. In the end, the canonization of the festival made this big official, but the state capital was in the clouds. He also served as the chief of Jeju soldiers and horses, and after exterminating the Yangsan Caokou, he went on a northern expedition.
"You should be able to see that the decree is true, and I don't need to fool you!" Chao Gai saw that Yelu was heavy, and he looked helpless and shrugged his shoulders.
"This was sent some time ago, and I didn't want to be an official, so I ran to the Northland to hide. Now you understand, the life and death of the Liao State are at hand. I dare to conclude that in five years at most, I will be killed by the attack of the north and the south. This is also what I said about coming here to meet, which is related to the fate of Liao. ”
"Father, we need an ally!" That's all he said.
"King Chao, my Liao Kingdom has formed an alliance with the Chao family's army to advance and retreat together." Jerod was a resolute man, and after thinking about it, he agreed.
"Wait." Chao Gai interrupted him with a serious expression, and emphatically emphasized: "I, Chao Gai, am not allied with your Liao State, but with your King Yelu. To put it mildly, Lord Lang of the Liao Kingdom, your brother Yelu Yanxi only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, hunting in the mountains and wilderness, and several sons are more unsuccessful than the other, and corruption is becoming common in the Liao Kingdom, I can't believe it. ”
"It's... This ......" Jerod was a little speechless.
Chao Gai thought that this prince of Liao was very capable, and he also wanted to make the broken shield of Liao stronger and block the north for himself.
He knew that he was moved by emotion and reason, and persuaded very seriously: "King Yelu, don't be obsessed. You Yelu is the backbone of the Liao State, you have several sons who have both ability and political integrity, bravely crown the three armies, and the Jurchens are also afraid of you, and you can see one or two when you deal with you carefully. If you don't take the opportunity to make a decision to provoke the beam, I'm afraid that the Liao State will be in danger! ”
What Chao Gai said was reasonable, well-founded and measured, but his eyes were slightly disgusted. The four tiger brothers of the Liao royal family felt that what they said was very right.
Boss, Yelu Zongyun was the first to speak: "Yes, father, you are also a descendant of the Yan faction. ”
"Yes, since ancient times, it has been ordered in danger, and the ancestral admonitions also have regulations," Yelu Zongdian, Yelu Zonglei, and Yelu Zonglin spoke one after another.
"Shut up, this king will never rebel!" Jerod rebuked with a look of anger on his face.
Seeing this, Chao Gai hurriedly stepped forward to play a round and changed the topic meaningfully: "The king is angry, who made you rebel?" At most, two or three years you will change your mind. I waited for outsiders to see that the king had already prepared. ”
"What advice does King Chao have?" Jerod asked with a serious face.
"Come, you come with me." Chao Gai turned his horse and walked back, and everyone followed. I didn't go far when I saw a shelf covered with linen cloth after General Chao left. The crowd dismounted, and Chao Gai came to the side and lifted the sackcloth.
Suddenly, a vivid geographical sand table is presented!
This was made by Chao Gai based on his own knowledge and according to Han Yong's words, and it took more than ten days to make it. The main purpose is to be for the sake of the alliance.
The sand table is dotted with various colors of paint and branches, and there are mountains, rivers and meadows, as well as rivers and lakes. There are also towns, villages and red and blue flags pinched in mud.
Jerod was heavy, and Jerodari and several of her brothers were dumbfounded.
"It's... This is ......" Jerod felt familiar again, and he couldn't remember it.
"Hahaha, Chao traveled the world in his early years and went to too many places. Due to the time constraints, it was only possible to make a simple one about the people of the northern Jin country. Chao Gai said that set of lines again, took the civilization stick and pointed at the sand table: "You look at these terrains, which are very conducive to defense." I think there are no more elite soldiers, there are few Jurchens, and the Liao State also has elite soldiers. Send elite soldiers to thwart its edge, and the army will then cover up and kill ......"
Chao Gai was not very familiar with the history of Liao and Jin, but he knew a little about several major battles such as Hediankou and Huanglongfu (now Nong'an, Jilin) and other key battles. Slightly adjust the replacement characters, and come to a live teaching.
Highlight the points of defeat and remedy in several battles! In order to inform Yelu that he was heavy, as for whether he could persuade Emperor Tianzuo to ignore his business. It is estimated that even if you can't be convinced, you won't lose so badly.
Yelu has to take over the mess of the Liao State again, and he has soldiers and generals under his hands, and he will also give some military assistance to make this shield stronger. It is also easier to defend against the barbarians of the Jin Kingdom, just to buy time.