Chapter 293: The Liao Army Divides
After three days of cleaning the battlefield and half a month of cleaning up the corpses, the rebels gradually recovered a little bit of vitality.
The original army of 70,000 also joined with the 10,000 elite soldiers on the training island, and there were less than 30,000 people left.
And the reason why Murong Fu killed Hal Charat and controlled the leaders of the tribes was also to prevent them from gathering troops and horses to attack the rebels again after returning to the tribe.
Kill Hale Chara because he is the big leader of the Khitan tribe, and he is similar to the existence of a spiritual leader, this person does not die, the faith of the Khitan tribe is still there, and there is the possibility of leading a large army to counterattack at any time. 𝕄.🅅𝕆🅳𝙏𝙒.ℂ𝙊𝙈
And the leader who controlled the rest of the tribes, Murong Fu, in order to rebel against their tribes, took the opportunity to cause internal strife among the Khitan tribes, and had no intention of uniting the Liao army to deal with the rebels.
With these trump cards in his hand, as well as the hole card of King Zheng, Murong Fu can even follow the example of history, and after taking control of the Khitan tribes, he will directly support King Zheng as the new emperor of Liao and compete for power with Yelu Yanxi.
However, these things will take some time to plan, and there is no hurry for the time being.
The most important thing for Murong Fu now is naturally to ask Da Song for benefits!
This time, the rebels suffered heavy casualties, and almost single-handedly solved the pressure of the 400,000 army for the Great Song Dynasty.
The news of the rebels' victory soon reached the ears of the two armies facing each other at Yanmen Pass.
After Yelu Yanxi learned that even the 200,000 troops of the various tribes had been defeated by the rebels, his heart instantly sank to the bottom, and he didn't know how to deal with himself.
With such a life-seeking ghost hidden in the rear, he finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and urgently summoned the imperial uncle and generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Yelu and Lu Wei, to discuss with the kings of the north and south how to deal with the rebels entrenched in Liaodong.
The king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelu, said: "The Song army occupies the advantages of the Hetao, so that it can compete with our army, and now it has reached the critical moment of the war between the two countries. ”
The emperor's uncles, Yelu and Lu Wei, had long coveted the richness and fertility of the Great Song Dynasty territory in the south, and immediately advocated taking the Great Song Dynasty first, ignoring the quarrels and harassments of these rebels.
It's just a piece of Liaodong, and when they take the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, won't they be able to deal with these miscellaneous soldiers?
Yelu Yanxi, who was still a little frightened, also calmed down a little after hearing the words of the two, thinking to himself, it's a big deal that he doesn't return to Shangjing first, and lets these rebels be arrogant for a while.
Just when the three of them reached an agreement and decided to ignore the rebels first, Xiao Wuna, the king of the North Courtyard, said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this group of rebels is not an idle person, and they must not be tolerated and nurtured!" ”
"The rebels have suffered heavy losses in this fierce battle with the tribal army, and now is the best time for our army to completely wipe them out, and Weichen has the courage to ask His Majesty for his life to go and exterminate this group of rebels!"
From the news from the front, we learned that the rebels are now less than 30,000 horses, which happens to be a great opportunity for them to annihilate the other party in one go, how can they let it go and let them become bigger?
When Yelu Yanxi heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.
The rebels have always been a thorn in his heart, and it would be best if he could pull them out, after all, no one knew how much he wanted to exterminate the rebels, if it weren't for the overall situation, he hated to wave millions of troops and directly annihilate the rebels.
The king of the southern courtyard, Yelu, said: "This matter must not be done, you and my soldiers and horses have been confronted with the Song army for a long time, if the king of the northern courtyard rashly leads the troops to withdraw, won't it trap my soldiers and horses in the southern courtyard in danger?" ”
"Okay, you Xiao Wuna, what kind of heart do you have?"
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became.
His ability to lead troops is not as good as that of the other party, if Xiao Wuna really leads his troops to exterminate the rebels and let himself stick to the defensive line, in case of defeat on the battlefield, won't this pot be thrown on him?
Xiao Wuna frowned, and was about to defend himself, but Yelu Yanxi suddenly came back to his senses and interrupted: "What Utra said is right, the rebels don't have to pay attention to it in advance, you still have to defend the front line, at most three months, the Yanmen Pass will be broken, and then our three armies will join forces and we will be able to take the Great Song Dynasty!" ”
Seeing that Xiao Wuna seemed to have something to say, Yelu Yanxi said again: "The king of Peking University doesn't have to worry about the rebels, this time the northern tribes only sent 200,000 soldiers and horses, maybe they don't need my army to come out, they will come back again, and the troubles of the rebels will naturally be solved!" ”
Xiao Wuna wanted to say that the rebel alliance leader had captured the leader of the northern tribes, and his intention must be to blackmail the tribes, how could they send troops to attack again?
It's just that seeing Yelu Yanxi's insistence, he can only swallow it back when it comes to his mouth.
Recently, he heard some news, and learned that His Majesty was quite dissatisfied with him, and if he contradicted the other party again, he would inevitably suffer trouble.
Xiao Wuna is loyal to the Great Liao, and is naturally not afraid of honor and disgrace, but he knows that the king of the Southern Courtyard is a complete straw bag, and if he is removed, the deployment of the Liao army in the front for several years will inevitably fall short, so he can only try to comply with the wishes of Emperor Tianzuo.
As for the rebels, they could only pray to God to let them capture the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible and not give the other party a chance to grow.
At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was in the palace of Bianjing.
Han Zhongyan hurriedly came with several close ministers to congratulate Huizong.
Huizong didn't have much hope for the righteous army, but when he learned that the righteous army really defended the Khitan army, he also paced back and forth excitedly.
Han Zhongyan saw the opportunity and invited Murong Fu to reward.
Huizong Longyan was very happy, and even said that he should be rewarded, and let Han Zhongyan discuss with the minister on his own, giving him great power.
After all, if it weren't for Han Zhongyan's recommendation, how could he make such a miraculous achievement for him this time?
Even with it, Huizong also felt that Han Zhongyan was a capable minister with a discerning eye, and thought that there was such a minister in the court to share his worries, and he could devote more of his mind to studying calligraphy and famous paintings.
After Han Zhongyan was ordered to retreat, he quickly negotiated with a group of close ministers and came up with a reward.
Among them, gold jewelry and military supplies are still secondary, and on the homepage, Han Zhongyan deliberately used all kinds of rhetoric praising his merits and reputations to give Murong Fu a name, and he made a long speech.
When the fold was presented to Huizong for approval, as soon as he saw the awkward text on it, he casually flipped through a few pages and approved it!
Han Zhongyan knew that Emperor Huizong had used all his patience in calligraphy and painting, but it was always difficult to have extraordinary patience for other things, so he took advantage of this shortcoming of the other party, and he also sought great convenience for himself.
Now the people around Huizong are all arranged by him, so that he can control each other anytime and anywhere.