Chapter 240, the heart is like a fascination

The voice stopped immediately, and then the door creaked open, and the two palace maids walked in with broken steps, knelt down and pleaded: "The slave and maid are arguing with the princess, please punish the princess!" ”

"Forget it. What are you talking about? A palace maid hurriedly said, "Are we talking about the new song made by His Royal Highness King Yan?" As soon as Zhao Lihua heard that Yang Peng had a new song, she became interested, "What is it?" Tell me about it? Another palace maid said: "The name is "Farewell My Concubine", and the slaves and maids can't remember everything, so they can only sing it to Her Royal Highness the princess!" Zhao Lihua nodded. The palace maid thought about it and sang it according to her memory, although some places were not remembered clearly, but it was generally good, and it was sung by a little girl like her, there was a completely different charm from when Yang Peng sang, not like the role of the overlord, but like the role of Yu Ji, lingering and tactful, and very complaining.

Zhao Lihua had a long aftertaste, sighed, and couldn't help muttering: "You use tenderness to exchange me for pride!" Such a heroic and beautiful story is really desirable! Then he asked puzzledly: "King Yan, why did he suddenly make such a song?" ”

A palace maid said: "I heard that King Yan made it for Mrs. Yelu." Zhao Lihua frowned, and a monstrous resentment surged in her chest for no reason. snorted, and said angrily: "I'm going to sleep, you guys go out!" "The two palace maids don't understand why the princess is suddenly angry? I didn't dare to ask more, so I answered, retreated, and gently closed the door. Zhao Lihua lay down and covered her head with a quilt. ……

"The Mingjiao was defeated again, and the Gao family army only annihilated more than 50,000 Mingjiao troops with 50,000 soldiers and horses in seven battles and seven victories, which is particularly eye-catching!" Zuo Mou laughed. At this moment, Yang Peng, Zuo Mou, Qian Letian, Yang Jiumei, and Yelu Hanyu were discussing in the study of the Left-behind Mansion.

Yang Peng smiled and said: "Gao Jiajun really didn't disappoint!" Gao Huaide's descendants are good, I think the combat effectiveness of this Gao family army can be compared to our Yanyun army! Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "How is this the same! Although the Gao family army can be called a strong army in the world, but it is subject to the cowardly Zhao and Song courts, I think not only can it not play its due role, but I am afraid that the future will be very miserable! ”

Yang Peng thought of the Gao Huaide incident, and couldn't help frowning and nodded. Yelu Hanyu sighed, "Actually, the Song Court has never lacked generals and soldiers who can fight well, and their problem lies in the royal family. The royal family breathed a sigh of relief and lacked a bone, so although Zhao Song always had strong soldiers and fierce generals, he did nothing after all, and he couldn't even recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that he lost during the Shi Jingjiao period! ”

"My sister-in-law is absolutely right! Zhao Song's problem is that he lacks a backbone and a proud bone! ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "According to your meaning, isn't it impossible for the Zhao Song Dynasty to go on a northern expedition?" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "The essence of human beings cannot be changed!" I feel that Zhao Heng's current mind should be that the new emperor of Liao State is on the throne, and the people in the country are unstable, so he can take this opportunity to negotiate peace with Liao State. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Isn't this a great time for the Northern Expedition?" Negotiate peace, that's incredible! ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "Since you don't believe it, why don't we make a bet?" "Okay, what does my sister-in-law want to bet on?" Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng with beautiful eyes and smiled; "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you when I think about it!" Yang Peng smiled: "My sister-in-law is really cunning, isn't this a blank check?" Well, as long as I can do it, I promise you! Yelu Hanyu smiled.

The gaze turned to the Liao court. When the Liao court learned the news of another defeat and defeat of the Ming Sect, it was greatly annoyed. Ye Yu Hucheng said: "Help him Mingjiao, originally I wanted to use the Han people to control the Han people, let them attack each other, so that we can sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen!" But I didn't expect that this Mingjiao was really useless, and he actually lost three times again and again, allowing Song and Yanyun to regain a lot of land in vain! It's better to abolish Liu Yu, and our Liao State will directly control the Central Plains! ”

Emperor Ye Yan nodded sympathetically, "I have long felt that the Ming Sect is useless!" But how to abolish Fang Jinzhi? If this matter is not handled well, I am afraid that Fang Jinzhi will take the Central Plains to take refuge in Song Ting! ”

Yehu Hugo immediately said, "This matter is easy. He glanced at Ya Yu Guanyin and said with a smile: "I think if this matter is handed over to the imperial aunt to do, it must be very easy!" Brother Huce frowned slightly.

Ye Yan agreed with Ye Hugh's point of view very much, so he said to Ye Hu Guanyin: "Then I will hand over this matter to my aunt and grandmother!" Yaren Kannon hesitated for a moment and accepted the order.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the Yehu Guanyin and the Yehu Hucheng went out of the palace together. Walking on the street, Ye Yu Guanyin told Ye Hu Cheng: "Big brother, after the little sister leaves, all the things here will be handed over to the big brother!" Big brother must be careful! Ye Hu Cheng nodded, frowned, and said, "We shouldn't tolerate Ye Hu Huge!" It's really depressing to look like this now! Ye Yu Guanyin said: "In order to maintain the stability and unity of the Great Liao Kingdom, it can only be like this!" Yeyer Tiger City sighed helplessly.

It turned out that when Ye Yan had just ascended the throne, rumors were rife, and it was difficult for Ye Yan to convince the public. Seeing that the Liao State was about to fall into civil strife, at this critical time, Ye Yu Guanyin and Ye Hu Cheng stood up and publicly expressed their allegiance to the new emperor. Ye Yu Guanyin and Ye Hu Cheng, is the younger brother and sister of Taizu Taizong, from the rise of the Khitan clan to the present, has made countless military exploits, both in the army and in the people have a noble prestige is incomparable, and they both hold heavy troops, and they can affect the situation of the court between gestures. Therefore, they made this statement, and the chaotic situation immediately expressed allegiance to the new emperor. A looming crisis was thus extinguished.

"Shouldn't Brother Ya Hugo and that Goryeo demon concubine be punished?" Yerak Tiger City is very uneven. Ya Yin Guanyin frowned, "For the time being, it can only be like this!" Tiger City sighed. Ya Yin Kannon left Zhongjing the next day and headed for the Central Plains. Soon after she left, a rebellion suddenly broke out in Shangjing, the eldest son of Liao Taizong, Ye Yu Pu Luhu suddenly raised 100,000 soldiers and horses in the name of avenging his father and eradicating the traitors, and rebelled together with more than ten prefectures and counties on Shangjing Road.

When the news reached Zhongjing, the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State were shocked. The Emperor ordered Yahu Hucheng to be the generalissimo of the counterinsurgency, and led the 500,000 troops transferred from Zhongjing Road and Tokyo Road to the north to quell the rebellion. In view of the strong power of the imperial court, he was afraid that he would be unable to resist the enemy, so he arranged defenses and sent secret envoys to Yanyun and Jiangnan respectively, trying to unite the forces of Yanyun and the Song court against the Liao court.

Yang Peng read the handwritten letter written by Ye Yu Pu Luhu, and said to the secret envoy who was standing below disguised as a merchant: "We need to discuss this matter, please ask your envoy to rest in the inn for the time being!" Then he called Wang Kai and ordered him to lead the envoy to the inn to stay and protect him. Wang Kai received the order, and then led the messenger of Ye Yu Puluhu to leave.

Yang Peng glanced at the people in the study and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Zuo Mou said: "The two emperors of the Liao State have died in vain, and the undercurrents in the Liao Kingdom are surging, and this rebellion is just the tip of the iceberg of this turbulent undercurrent!" We should unite with Ye Yu Puluhu, as long as we can create a momentum and form a state of confrontation on the battlefield, I think there will definitely be more Liao nobles who will rise up to rebel! In this way, it will inevitably affect the front-line warfare, and our army will have a great chance of winning, and then wave its troops north. Even if we can't defeat the Liao State in one go, it will inevitably greatly reduce the strength of the Liao State and increase our strength, and further aggravate the civil strife of the Liao State! Therefore, the subordinates thought that they should unite with the Jeho Puluhu! ”

Everyone was thoughtful. At this moment, Jiang Li rushed in and presented a letter: "Master, General Han Bing has sent an urgent message!" Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter, read it quickly, and frowned. Raising his head and saying to everyone: "Ye Yu Guanyin has arrived in Xijing, and the nearly 800,000 Khitan troops in Xijing and the Central Plains have received Ye Yu Guanyin's order and are ready to fight against our Yanyun army!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, Yelu Hanyu glared at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "This lover of yours is really unsympathetic!" ”

Yang Peng smiled bitterly. Yelu Hanyu pondered: "In this case, our army will take the initiative to attack, but I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses!" Unless the Song army in the south can move with us! At about the same time, an envoy sent by Yayu Guanyin rushed to Bianjing and entered Wang Qinruo's mansion. Wang Qinruo received the secret envoy in the inner hall, and as soon as he saw the secret envoy, he bowed and worshipped: "Slave Wang Qinruo pays a visit to your envoy!" ”

The messenger said proudly: "The princess has a letter written to you. Wang Qinruo hurriedly raised his hands and prepared to accept it. The messenger took out the handwritten letter of Ya Yu Guanyin, put it in his hand, and commanded: "The king must give an account, and you must immediately follow the contents of the letter!" Wang Qinruo respectfully agreed.

After sending the messenger away, Wang Qinruo hurriedly opened the letter and read it, frowning slightly and revealing a thoughtful look. At this moment, Wang Qinruo's confidant, Governor Sun Jin, hurriedly came to Wang Qinruo's mansion. "Xiangguo, the traitor of the Liao State, Ye Yu Puluhu, has sent an envoy." Wang Qinruo's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "What is his messenger coming to do?" "What else can I do, he raised an army to rebel against the Liao court, and sent an envoy to naturally want to unite with us!" Your Majesty doesn't know about this matter yet, Xiangguo, how do you say this matter should be handled? ”

How did Wang Qinruo become the prime minister of the imperial court? It turned out that Zhao Ding was responsible for causing such a situation. Previously, Cao Jun was dismissed from his post because of the matter next to Liqiong, so the emperor asked Zhao Ding who could take over Cao Jun's position. At this time, because Wang Qinruo tried his best to meet Zhao Ding on various occasions, Zhao Ding created the illusion that Wang Qinruo was loyal and responsible, so when the emperor asked about Cao Jun's successor, Zhao Ding's first thought was Wang Qinruo, and recommended him to the emperor. The emperor also felt that Wang Qinruo was available, so he promoted Wang Qinruo to be the right servant of Shangshu and the envoy of the Privy Council, and became the so-called right minister, while Zhao Ding was the left servant of Shangshu, that is, the so-called left minister, the prime minister.

Wang Qinruo thought about it and whispered, "There is no need to tell Your Majesty about this matter." Execute the man in secret as if nothing had happened! Sun Jin responded and ran down.

A few days later, Yang Peng and others were planning their strategy in the study. Yang Peng had already replied to Puluhu, agreeing to join forces with him against the Liao State, and promised to send troops within a month.

"My plan is to use the main army to contain the Khitan army of Ye Yu Guanyin in the direction of the Central Plains and Shanxi, and at the same time concentrate an elite cavalry to directly attack the Zhongjing Road of the Liao State and turn the Liao State upside down!" Yang Peng said.

Yelu Hanyu pondered: "You want to use such actions to create the illusion that the Liao State is in danger, so that more disgruntled people can rise up and rebel!" Yang Peng nodded, "That's the purpose!" If the imperial court can also send troops at this time, then the situation will be very favorable to us. We can start at the same time in the north and south, and the army of the southern route can cooperate with the army of the imperial court to recover the entire Liao country in one fell swoop! ”

At this moment, Jiang Li rushed in and presented a letter, "Master, a letter is coming from the south!" Yang Peng took the letter and looked at the cover, which did not have any words, only the pattern of the sun and the moon. Yang Peng opened the envelope, took out the stationery, read it, and frowned. Put down the letter, looked at Yelu Hanyu, and sighed: "I really guessed it!" Gao Hu, Cao Jun, and others asked the imperial court to take advantage of the civil strife in Liao to launch a large-scale northern expedition, but the emperor did not agree, but listened to Wang Qinruo's demagogy, decided to negotiate peace, and had already sent Wang Lun as an ambassador to Liao to negotiate peace! ”

Yelu Hanyu snorted coldly, "They really don't learn their lesson!" If a paper contract was useful, how could the Song Kingdom lose the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun! Yang Peng rubbed his temples and frowned, "Damn! It seems that there is no way to recover the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop! I just hope that our northward expansion strategy will work! ”

Later that day, Yang Peng appointed Liu Zhiliang as the main general, and Hu Yan Bixian as the deputy general, leading the 40,000 cavalry of the directly subordinate army, out of the Gubei Pavilion to sweep the Zhongjing Road of the Liao State, and at the same time ordered Zhan Jin to lead 2,000 Xuanjia troops out of Yuguan, and flanked to cooperate with Liu Zhiliang in a roundabout way.

When she got the alarm, she immediately understood Yang Peng's intentions, and immediately wrote a handwritten letter, sending people to send her back to Zhongjing day and night, and she herself ordered all 800,000 Khitan troops to take an attacking posture, and at the same time ordered the main force of the Ming Sect army to cooperate.

The 150,000 troops of Xiao Yebule's subordinate stationed in Bei'anzhou, opposite the Gubei Pavilion, received a border alert that a large number of Yanyun war cavalry had suddenly entered the customs. Xiao Ye didn't take it too seriously, thinking that the purpose of Yan Yunzhan cavalry entering the pass was just to harass him, so he mobilized a large army step by step to prepare for the battle.

But just when he had just assembled his army, there was information that Yanyun had waded across the Luan River from the upper reaches of the Luan River, bypassed Bei'an Prefecture, and rushed north. Xiao Yebule felt that something was wrong at this time, and hurriedly chased after him with 80,000 cavalry, and at the same time ordered someone to warn Zhongjing.

At the same time, Zhan Jin led 2,000 Xuanjia troops out of Yuguan, quickly passed through the gap in the Khitan army's defenses, and headed towards the north to raise dust. Xiao Tie, the general of the Khitan army, did not receive a report until the Xuanjia army had gone far away, and he felt that something was wrong, so he mobilized cavalry to chase after him, and sent fast horses to warn Zhongjing.

The Liao Emperor and the important ministers of the imperial court in Zhongjing have not yet received the warning and urgent report from the two generals, but they have first received the bad news that various places have been captured! First of all, the loss of Mayushan Dazhai, the news of the annihilation of 30,000 garrisons came, and then the news of the loss of Danzhou came, in this defeat report, it was specifically mentioned that Yanyun's black-clothed and black-armored cavalry suddenly appeared like a ghost, nearly 10,000 defenders could not resist, and in an instant, they were killed by those ghost-like terrible war horses and the streets and alleys were full of blood, and the rest of the army was terrified and scattered, and Danzhou was lost!

Only one day after the fall of Danzhou, Lizhou, dozens of miles north of Danzhou, also fell, more than 10,000 defenders were killed, and Lizhou Dacang was burned.

When he received the report, he said angrily, "Rubbish! Rubbish! More than 10,000 defenders were actually defeated by the opponent's 2,000 war cavalry, which destroyed my Lizhou Okura! Immediately send a decree to arrest the governor of Lizhou and return to Beijing to ask for the crime! The officer standing at His Highness immediately complied and ran down.

Han Derang stepped out and said, "Your Majesty is angry! The strength of the Xuanjia war cavalry can be said to be the best in the world, that day in the lonely mountain, it was this cavalry that actually faced my hundreds of thousands of troops to charge, and was almost impulsed by its Chinese army! The strength of the battle can be seen! Now the defenders of Danzhou, Lizhou and other places are even inferior to our main army, and they are defenseless, how can they resist such a ghost and god army! Ye Yan frowned tightly and muttered: "I originally thought that the Battle of Lonely Mountain was just an untrue legend, but I didn't expect the Xuanjia Army to be so brave!" Then he showed a fierce look, "Since you're here, don't think about leaving!" He raised his head and said to Brother Ye Hugh: "Please ask the generalissimo to mobilize troops and horses to surround and annihilate the Yanyun Xuanjia Army!" I don't believe it, the 2,000 of them are really gods and demons! ”

"Command!" At this time, another officer rushed in in a hurry, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, General Ali Puluhun led his 60,000 cavalry to block Liu Zhiliang's 40,000 cavalry under the Naturalization City, and a big battle is about to break out!" “

Brother Ye Hugh said urgently: "Yan Yunjun is a tiger and a wolf, and Liu Zhiliang and Huyan are all tiger generals who are enemies of 10,000 people, and Ali Puluhun is afraid that he can't deal with it!" ”

Han Derang immediately said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you should immediately order Xiao Zhan of Songshan to lead his 80,000 war cavalry to the south to help, and join Ali Puluhun and besiege and annihilate the Yanyun army under the naturalization city!" The emperor thought so much that he immediately issued an edict. At this moment, the letter of Ya Yin Kannon arrived.

After reading the letter, the emperor frowned and said, "Auntie and grandmother want us to pay attention to internal problems, she said that the purpose of Yan Yunjun's invasion is neither wealth nor land, but to incite a rebellion among us who have dissident intentions!" ”

Han Derang smiled and said, "The imperial aunt is too alarmist! Your Majesty has reigned over the world, and who else dares to rebel? Just ask him how many heads he has! The emperor felt that what Han Derang said made sense.

At this time, a big battle broke out under the city of Guihua with the 40,000 cavalry led by Liu Zhiliang and Huyan Bixian and the 60,000 cavalry led by Ali Puluhun. Liu Zhiliang Huyan will show himself as a pioneer, take the lead, the spear is invincible, and there is no general under him; The 40,000 Yanyun war horsemen bravely assaulted and sacrificed their lives to kill. The battle lasted from morning to noon, and then lasted until evening, killing the wind and clouds changed color, the grass and trees were sad, the corpses were all over the field, and the ditches were full of blood, although the soldiers of the Liao army also tried their best to fight, but the combat power of Yanyun's war cavalry was too terrible, and they were finally defeated! The remnants of the defeated army did not have time to rush into the city of Guihua, so they threw away their armor and fled to Zhongjing in a hurry.

Yan Yunjun took the opportunity to break through Guihua City. The herald stumbled into the hall and knelt down with a thud, "Oh no, no! General Ali Puluhun was defeated, and the 60,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out! When the kings and ministers heard this, they felt like a thunderbolt from the sky. The emperor was at a loss, and Han Derang asked angrily, "What about Ali Puluhun?" ”

"Generalissimo Hui, General Ali Puluhun, as well as three forwards, and four partial generals are all killed in battle!" The monarchs and ministers were stunned. Brother Ye Hugh hurriedly asked, "Where is the army that Xiao Zhan has not drunk?" "Xiao Zhan didn't drink the general's army didn't appear on the battlefield at all!"

The monarchs and ministers couldn't help but be suspicious. At this time, another herald rushed in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, General Xiao is still in Songshan and has not sent troops. The emperor was puzzled, "Why didn't he send troops as he was told?" Han Derang frowned and said, "I'm afraid that I will be hit by Ya Yu Guanyin!" Xiao Zhan didn't drink it, I'm afraid he also has a different heart! The emperor was taken aback, "Now there are only 50,000 defenders in the capital, and the Yanyun army is about to come to the city, Xiao Ruozhan has not rebelled at this time, then, won't the capital city be able to keep it!" The ministers of the court also panicked.

Han Derang was secretly frightened, but suddenly burst out laughing. Everyone looked at Han Derang very suspiciously, and some people couldn't help but wonder if Han Derang was crazy?! "Why is the Generalissimo laughing?" The Emperor asked. Han Derang said with a smile; "I'm so happy for Your Majesty! Because of this little crisis, all the people with bad intentions jumped out, and just in time we could catch them all! ”

Minister Xiao Yijinglun said angrily: "The rebellion has jumped out, but we are afraid that it will be difficult to deal with them at present!" Although the number of Yanyun troops is not large, the combat power is really terrifying, and with the 50,000 defenders in the capital, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win! Coupled with the 80,000 rebels in Songshan, Zhongjing is simply undefensible! I think we should abandon Nakyo immediately, retreat in the direction of Tokyo, and then mobilize a large army to destroy the rebellion and the Yanyun army to retake Nakyo! Many ministers nodded in agreement.

Brother Hugh shouted: "Hugh is angry with others to destroy his own prestige!" It's just tens of thousands of Yanyun troops and tens of thousands of rebels, what is there to be afraid of! Then he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, our 50,000 soldiers and horses are enough to defend the fortified city to resist their attack!" At the same time, the hundreds of thousands of troops of Xiao Luyegan, Xiao Tiehegan, and Xiao Yebula were on their way back to help, and they would be able to gather under Zhongjing City in a few days, and it would be the end of the Yanyun army and the rebels! Zhongjing must not be abandoned, if Zhongjing is abandoned, the world will be shaken, but I am afraid that the situation will be really difficult to control! ”

Han De said: "What the generalissimo said is extremely true! Please give an order to defend the capital city to the death, and at the same time call on all armies to come back to help! Your Majesty will win, and the Great Liao Kingdom will win! Some ministers immediately said in unison: "Your Majesty will win, and the Dajin Kingdom will win!" ”

The emperor's heart couldn't help but boil, Huo Ran got up, and raised his voice: "Tell your subjects that I will not leave Zhongjing, and I will live and die with Zhongjing!" Those ministers who were originally frightened in their hearts, seeing the emperor like this, couldn't help but recover their fighting spirit, and bowed in unison: "I am willing to follow Your Majesty to the death!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.