Yelu Longqing looked sluggish and sick, but when he saw Yelu Zhong and Yelu Yilie, he was in good spirits and very happy. "You two are here! Good, good! ”

Yelu Yilie said angrily: "Father, the son will definitely avenge you!" ”

Yelu Longqing waved his hand slowly. Jereus was amazed and asked, "Doesn't my father want revenge?" The Ming people have made us suffer such heavy losses and occupy a large area of land, how can we stop there! ”

Yelu Longqing looked ahead, frowned, and said: "I led my people to move to the Western Regions, rebuilt the Western Liao Empire in a hundred battles, and then expanded the territory, fought in the south and the north, and fought in the east and west, defeating countless strong enemies, and not tasting a single defeat!" But today I have been defeated, so badly, so badly! When he said this, he couldn't help but get emotional and coughed violently. When everyone saw such a scene, they couldn't help but get nervous, and Mills hurriedly shouted outside the tent, "Imperial Doctor! The old imperial physician had heard the emperor's cough and rushed in. I saw him rush to the bed, poured out a red pill from the small glass bottle he was carrying, and hurriedly fed Yelu Longqing, and then brought water from the small pestle on the side to feed Yelu Longqing to drink. Yelu Longqing grunted and swallowed the water and pills. However, Yelu Longqing coughed incessantly, and the old imperial doctor kept gently patting and stroking Yelu Longqing's back, and after a while, Yelu Longqing's cough gradually calmed down.

When everyone saw that Yelu Longqing's situation was improving, their hanging hearts couldn't help but let go.

The old imperial doctor said with a worried face: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body, don't be angry!" ”

Yelu Longqing nodded. The old imperial doctor didn't say anything anymore, and bowed down.

Yelu Longqing glanced at everyone and said, "You don't have to worry, I can't die for the time being." Then he looked at Yelu Yilie, his eyes showed a strong look of worry, and said, "Do you think that your father is useless, so you will lose to Daming?" ”

Yelu Yilie's heart sank, and he quickly knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Erchen will never dare to have such a rebellious idea!" ”

Yelu Longqing sighed and said, "If you have this kind of thought, my father won't blame you." Because not long ago, my father also thought that Da Ming was nothing remarkable. With a look of amazement on his face, he continued: "This battle, my father and emperor carefully planned, and I thought that I had the chance to win, but the result was completely opposite! Our army could not help but not achieve the slightest victory, but suffered heavy losses, a big defeat! This Yinshan region, I'm afraid it can't be recovered! Jereil wanted to say something, but in the end he held back.

Yelu Longqing looked at Yelu Zhong and asked, "If there is no accident, your army is only afraid that it will be wiped out, right?" ”

Yeluzhong was ashamed, knelt down with a plop, and pleaded: "The minister is incompetent, the army of more than 200,000 troops was almost wiped out, and the minister only fled back with more than 20,000 remnants of the defeated general!" ”

Yelu Longqing nodded and said, "You also brought back more than 20,000 horses, which is not bad." He looked at Yelu Yilie and said earnestly: "After this battle, I have completely understood. Although I can't wait to cut that Yang Peng with a thousand knives, I have to admit it, but I have to admit that Yang Peng is a hero who has not been born in the past thousand years, I am not as good as him, not as good as him! After a pause, he said with a solemn expression: "The Huaxia clan has become an unprecedentedly powerful empire under his leadership, and the result of rashly fighting them can only be self-inflicted!" Son, although you are brave and unparalleled, you can't be the opponent of Da Ming, you can't be the opponent of Yang Peng! Do not have thoughts of revenge in your heart! ”

Yelu Yilie greatly disagreed in his heart, but he did not dare to oppose his father's words, and bowed down to promise.

Yelu Longqing looked at this only son, couldn't help sighing, and said, "Get up." Jereil stood up and stepped aside. Yelu Longqing looked at his son, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Temporarily suppressed this worry, turned his gaze to Yeluzhong's face, and said: "The north must have someone to sit in the town, so don't delay here, immediately lead your soldiers and horses to the north to sit in the town!" Jeruzhong bowed and promised.

Yelu Longqing looked at Mills again and said, "Mills, your performance has been very good during this period of time, and you are worthy of being the general of my Western Liao!" Mills bowed and said, "Your Majesty has won the prize!" Yelu Longqing waved his hand and said, "You have been defeated by the Ming Dynasty before, and I am quite dissatisfied with you. Now it seems that I was wrong, not that you are incompetent, but that your opponent is too strong! Da Ming, how can we face such a terrible opponent!? All the people present, except for Jereil, couldn't help but feel the same way and frowned.

Yelu Longqing said to Mills: "Mills, you are the most familiar with the situation of the Ming Dynasty, what do you think should be done now?" The eyes of the others fell on Mills's face.

Mills pondered for a moment, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the war with the Ming Dynasty cannot continue any longer!" We should immediately end the war and restore peaceful relations with the Ming Dynasty! ”

Jereh was dissatisfied, and immediately rebuked: "How can we make peace with our enemies! ”

Mills didn't speak. Yelu Longqing shouted at Yelu Yilie, "Don't be rude to Mills! When Jereil heard this, he was greatly dissatisfied, while Mills was so moved that he felt that His Majesty the Emperor did not merely treat himself as a minister.

Yelu Longqing pondered: "Mills's suggestion is correct, our top priority now is to end the war with the Ming Dynasty!" Our Daliao is already seriously injured, and the war cannot continue any longer! Yelu Yilie frowned and said: "Father, even if we want to end the war, then Yang Peng will not agree!" If I were Yang Peng, who had just won a few big victories, and our Daliao had suffered heavy losses, it was a good time to take the opportunity to expand the results of the war, why should we end the war? ”

Yelu Longqing shook his head slowly, and said, "No, if he really wants to destroy our Great Liao, he will pursue it when our army retreats before!" It was a great time to completely defeat our army in one fell swoop, but he gave up! This shows that he still wants our Xiliao to exist, and he doesn't want to exterminate us! Mills nodded, "Indeed!" Ali Dali said puzzledly: "Why doesn't Yang Peng want to destroy us?" Mills didn't speak, but looked at Jerulong. Yelu Longqing said: "I'm afraid the specific reason for this is only known to Yang Peng himself. But I think the cold rain is a very important reason. When they heard this, their hearts were moved.

Yelu Longqing pondered: "Yang Pengqi is definitely a hero who has not been born in the world for thousands of years!" However, he also has a big weakness, and that is to women. Therefore, the Liao people held Yang Peng hostage with Wang Jun. The reason why Yang Peng didn't kill us all this time is probably because he didn't want to make Yelu Hanyu sad to a large extent. The generals couldn't help but nod. Ali Dali said with a depressed face: "I didn't expect that we would have to rely on women to survive!" As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but feel embarrassed, for this question, everyone was naturally clear, but they deliberately avoided it in their hearts, but they didn't expect Ali Dali, a rude guy, to say it directly.

Yelu Yilie snorted and said, "These are just speculations. Maybe Yang Peng didn't hunt down his father because of another conspiracy. ”

Everyone couldn't help frowning, and what Yelu Yilie said was naturally very reasonable.

Yelu Longqing said: "No matter what conspiracy Yang Peng has, we should send someone to sue for peace." He looked at Mills and said, "Mills, you go to Hezhou in person, Yang Peng should still stay in Hezhou and not leave." Mills bowed and agreed, and then said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not good for my subordinates to go to Hezhou like this!" ”

Yelu Longqing nodded and said with a wry smile: "Since you are going to seek peace, naturally you can't leave empty-handed." When you go to see Yang Peng, it means that I am willing to cede the Yinshan region to Daming. At the same time, our Da Liao will also cede the Sticky Baen and other departments to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Everyone was taken aback, everyone had expected to cede the Yinshan area to the Ming Dynasty, approaching Yinshan had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and now it seems that it is difficult to recapture it, so it is better to make a gesture. What everyone didn't expect was that Yelu Longqing would cede the tribes such as Mubaen to the Ming Dynasty, that piece of land was rich in water and grass, and the vast area exceeded the Yinshan region, and now it is still under the control of its own side, why should it be ceded to the Ming people? At first, Jereil could not bear it and stopped him; "Father, we can't cede the tribes such as Mubaen to the Ming Dynasty! Our losses are already very huge, and if we cede the Sticky Grace and other departments to the Ming Dynasty, our losses will be unbearable! Ali Dali chimed in: "Not bad! What a loss! It's so embarrassing! ”

Yelu Longqing said lightly: "The other departments of Sticky Baen and the others were not so obedient to greetings, although that area is not small, and although the water and grass are abundant, have you created any benefits for the empire over the years?" "Yelu Yilie was speechless, although he was unwilling to cede the Sticky Bath and other departments, but the situation of the Sticky Bath En and other departments is indeed as Yelu Longqing said, these years have really not contributed to the entire empire, but every time the Sticky Baba and other departments go out with the imperial army, they have to divide a large amount of spoils, and they also have to plunder the occupied areas, to a certain extent, the Sticky Bath En and other departments are simply more disadvantageous than good for Da Liao!

Yelu Longqing continued: "In addition, it may be difficult to keep the tribal areas such as Muba'en now. Our army has suffered heavy losses now, and the tribes of Sticky Baen will definitely have different ambitions, so it is better to throw this piece of chicken ribs as a gift to the Ming people. First, to show our sincerity in seeking peace, and secondly, to use the tribes such as Sticky Baen to contain the Ming Dynasty. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and even the most unhappy Yelu Yilie couldn't help but feel that his father's plan was counted in one fell swoop, which was a clever plan.

Yelu said: "Your Majesty is wise! When his subordinates led his troops to break through, the Sticky Baen and other troops did not listen to the order and broke through to the north without authorization, although most of them were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty, but the chieftain and others almost all escaped. Now they see that our Daliao is not as good as before, and they will definitely rebel, and His Majesty will throw them to the Ming people, which can be said to be a disaster! ”

Yelu Longqing said to Mills: "This is our gift to Daming. You immediately go to Hezhou. Mills said yes and ran down.

Yelu Longqing glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Ali Daiyi's face, and said, "Ali Daii stays, and everyone else goes down." They bowed down and retreated.

Jerodei motioned for Alidaei to come forward, and Alidaei bowed down to Jerudeng's bedside. Yelu Longqing lowered his voice and said, "You, immediately send your cronies to the capital and bring Yelu Hongjun!" Alidai looked unclear. Yelu Longqing sighed, stroked his chest, and said, "My own body, I know very well, I'm afraid I won't be able to last long!" Alidai was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, don't say such unlucky things!" ”

Yelu Longqing smiled and said, "Who has no death, what is there to say!" Then he frowned and said, "I'm just a little unwilling!" Retracting his thoughts, he took out a letter from his pillow and handed it to Alidaiyi, saying, "This is my own letter, there is no need to hand it over to Hongjun." Alidaii bowed to his promise, took the letter with both hands, and withdrew from the tent.

Yelu Longqing looked at the top of the tent and couldn't help muttering, "Since there is me Yelu Longqing, why do you want to come to Yang Peng?" A wave of annoyance suddenly surged up, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from the boss. Yelu Longqing was startled, but did not say anything. ……

Yang Peng hurried to the hall and couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Yang Yanzhao and other generals who were in the dust. When Yang Yanzhao and the others saw Yang Peng, they were all overjoyed, and they bowed one after another: "Your Majesty! ”

Yang Peng stepped forward to help Yang Yanzhao up, laughed, and said, "Sixth brother did a good job!" In just a few days, more than 200,000 troops in Yeluzhong were completely annihilated! ”

Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "The last general will not dare to take credit!" If it weren't for His Majesty's stay in Hezhou and disturbing Yelu Longqing's judgment, how could the last general and others achieve such a feat! Moreover, in the end, there will be 200,000 against more than 200,000, what is the way to win; But His Majesty defeated Yelu Longqing's 200,000 army with less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, such a record is really breathtaking! Yang Peng laughed and said, "This credit or something, we don't have to divide it!" Best of all, now you can finally relax and have a good drink! The generals burst out laughing.

At this moment, Yang Erya led a team of female guards to enter with wine, meat and delicacies. Yang Yanzhao and others saw Yang Erya, and hurriedly bowed: "Niangniang! Yang Erya smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite!" It's an informal occasion for everyone to feel free! The crowd bowed and agreed. Yang Erya led the female guards to set up the wine and food, waved off the guards, and walked to Yang Peng's side. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Let's not talk nonsense." Come on, let's sit down and drink! With that, Yang Peng sat down first. Everyone also sat at the table, and Yang Erya sat next to Yang Peng.

The wine was dry, the light was staggered, and the atmosphere was very warm. After a few rounds of drinking, Yang Peng and Yang Erya and others chatted about resisting the Khitan army together. Yang Yanzhao recalled the situation back then, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "On that day, I never imagined that our Huaxia clan would rise from the ruins so quickly!" Then he hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said: "Your Majesty's achievements can be matched with the Tang Sect and Song Ancestors!" The generals felt the same way. Yang Qi said with a smile; "How can Tang Sect and Song Ancestor compare to the eldest brother!" The crowd couldn't help but feel this way.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "Tang Sect and Song Ancestor or something, those are all ancients, so I won't talk about them!" It's not interesting to compare with the ancients, we just need to do the things in front of us! Time is running out, seize the day! ”

Everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in their hearts.

The crowd chatted and drank at the same time. Yang Peng smiled and said to Yang Qi: "Last night, your sister Yang Erya said to me: 'Eighth sister is not young, it's time to find her a good husband!'" ......" Yang Qideng, who was drinking, blushed and protested: "I don't want to find a husband!" Everyone laughed, Yang Yanzhao looked at the eighth sister with a pampered face, and said half-doting and half-reproaching: "How can you be so rude when talking to Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand and said with a smile: "My own family, you don't have to be formal, the more casual the better!" Then he asked Yang Qi with a smile: "Eighth sister, do you have a crush, so don't you want the younger brother to find you a husband?" Yang Jing followed and coaxed: "Yes! If the girl has an intention, just say it. If he refuses, I Yang Jing will tie him up! If he refuses to worship the church, I Yang Jing will go down with an axe and chop off his dog's head! The audience burst into laughter.

Yang Qijiao's face was flushed, as if she was about to drip blood, and said angrily: "I didn't like someone!" ”

Yang Peng pointed to a group of young warriors here, and said with a smile: "Our Ming warriors are all men among men!" There are a lot of good ones here, let's not look elsewhere, just look for them here. Which one did the eighth sister fall in love with, and pointed it out, the eldest brother will give you the main marriage! ”

The eyes of all the fierce generals involuntarily converged on Yang Qi's body. Seeing this, Yang Qi felt uncomfortable, raised his eyebrows, stared at his eyes, and shouted: "What to see!" There was a burst of laughter. Yang Peng teased: "Eighth sister, you are so fierce, but you will scare away good men!" Yang Qitong blushed and said angrily: "Big brother, if you tease me again, I will really be angry with you!" ”

Yang Peng laughed, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, don't say it!" Let's put this matter aside for the time being. The eighth sister is shy, let's not talk about it here. Immediately, everyone chatted about other things, from some interesting stories in China to some things since entering Xiliao.

Later that day, Yang Qi accompanied Yang Erya to talk, while Yang Peng and Yang Yanzhao walked on the city wall. Yang Peng asked, "What are your losses in this battle?" Yang Yanzhao said: "The loss is not big. More than 9,100 were killed and more than 20,000 were wounded. "The result?" "More than 65,000 enemies were killed, more than 133,000 were captured, and tens of thousands of enemies escaped." Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "There are more than 100,000 free laborers, which is very good." ”

Yang Yanzhao clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the last general suggested that these hundreds of thousands of captives be used to build the entire Ningxia region and the official road from Yumen Pass to Hezhou. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "The road is very important. It is not only the bloodline of economic development and trade, but also a strategic facility for the movement of the army. Okay, let these hundreds of thousands of captives go to build roads. ”

The two continued to stroll, and Yang Peng asked; "Sixth brother, what do you think Yelu Longqing will do after this defeat?" Yang Yanzhao pondered: "Yelu Longqing can be called a hero, he must be able to see the current situation clearly. After this defeat, the Western Liao not only suffered a great loss of vitality, but also suffered a great loss of morale, and the Western Liao side probably could not and did not dare to be our enemy. I expect they will send someone to sue for peace soon. Yang Peng nodded.

Yang Yanzhao remembered something, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, there are some things that the last general can't help but say!" But if you offend Your Majesty, please forgive Your Majesty! ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "How can there be any crime that is not guilty, the sixth brother has something to say, but it doesn't matter!" ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "Your Majesty shouldn't be abolishing the public for private reasons for the sake of your mother!" ”

Yang Peng stopped and said, "What did the sixth brother say about me letting Yelu Longqing go?" ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "At that time, the Western Liao army fled, and it was a chaos, if Your Majesty took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, there was a great chance to capture and kill Yelu Longqing!" If Yelu Longqing dies, the Western Liao will definitely be in chaos, at that time, our army can gather an elite army to smash the ears of the tiger, even if it can't conquer the Western Regions in one fell swoop, it will definitely be able to pocket a large piece of land south of the West Sea! ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Sixth Brother is right. Then he smiled bitterly: "I understand all this, but I really don't want them to be sad." Although they all know the general situation, but after all, they are connected by blood, if Yelu Longqing really dies at my hands, although they will not blame me, it will definitely make them very sad. As a man, I don't want my woman to be sad. Alas, after all, I am only a person, not a god, and it is impossible to be completely selfless! ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded, and couldn't help but feel that the emperor was really not good!

Yang Peng said: "I will consider this matter, but my final decision may disappoint the sixth brother." Yang Yanzhao smiled and said, "What's wrong with Your Majesty doing this!" It's just that the last general, as a minister, has some things that he can't help but say! Yang Peng smiled and said half-jokingly: "It's always difficult for a man to do!" Yang Yanzhao laughed.

The two continued to stroll forward. Yang Peng said: "The Tianshan region is very important, it is a bridgehead for us to pass through the West, and it is also a fortress against threats from the West. For example, since the mountain area has fallen into our hands today, we must manage it well. "Tianshan is Yin Mountain, Yin Mountain is Tianshan, in fact, in ancient times, there are many mountains called Yin Mountain, Yang Peng in order to distinguish is also because of his own habits, so Yin Mountain has been renamed Tianshan.

Yang Yanzhao said: "The focus of defense in Ningxia is still the Khitans. The last general suggested that he act separately from General Duan, with the last general sitting in Tianshan and General Duan sitting in Xingqing Mansion. The two are horns and support each other. Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully and said, "The Khitans really can't ignore it. ”

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