Chapter 826, a plan to delay the army
Yelu Hongjun snorted and said: "The Ming Dynasty extorted us, it is not enough to remove the emperor's title and minister, but also to divide one-third of our taxes!" It's really a lion's mouth! ”
Yeluzhong nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't!" What's more, the Ming Dynasty invaded our Yinshan region, killing and wounding hundreds of thousands of our troops, even Your Majesty can be said to have died because of the Ming Dynasty! If we have a choice, we should not make peace with our enemies! Yelu Hongjun nodded. Yelu remembered something and said, "By the way, the Liao State also has requirements. They also demanded that we remove the title of emperor and pay homage to them! ”
Yelu Hongjun waved his hand and said, "This is just a false name, nothing." Then he frowned and said, "I'm just a little worried, after we unite with the Liao State, will we be able to deal with the Ming Dynasty?" ”
Yeluzhong said: "There should be no problem with this. Although the Ming Dynasty is stronger than the Great Liao in all aspects, in terms of military strength, the two sides should be evenly matched! Coupled with us, I'm afraid Daming is going to worry! Yelu Hongjun couldn't help laughing. Yeluzhong said again: "Fortunately, Brother Yehu got rid of Yehu City with lightning speed, pacified the civil strife, and almost bloodlessly collected the army of Yehu Hucheng, otherwise we will have no choice in the face of the only powerful Ming!" ”
Yelu Hongjun nodded with a smile and said, "It can also be regarded as Brother Yelu Xiu's general knowledge, and he knows the importance of our Da Liao!" Jeruzhong smiled and nodded.
Yelu Hongjun pondered for a moment and asked, "Are we allied with the Liao State on this?" ”
Yelu said: "Since the Liao State is sincere, this alliance will benefit us a lot in Da Liao, so why hesitate?" It is necessary to know that there are many dreams at night, and if this matter is known in advance by the Ming side, I am afraid that there will be some bad situations. ”
Yelu Hongjun nodded thoughtfully, then remembered Yelu Hanyu as the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, frowned and asked, "Since we are going to form an alliance with the Liao State, how should we deal with Yelu Hanyu?" A fierce look flashed in Yeluzhong's eyes, and he said: "To form an alliance with Da Liao is to be an enemy of Da Ming!" There is no room for turning around in this matter, so we simply don't do anything and hijack the cold rain of Nayelu! Yelu Hanyu, as a concubine of Yanyun, is said to be very favored by Yang Peng! Hmph, they also brought it upon themselves to send such an important person as a messenger! With this concubine in hand, Yang Peng is going to do it, and he must also be able to cast a mouse bogey! Yelu Hongjun laughed and said: "Well said, well said!" ”
Then he thought, "But you can't do this for the time being." We must wait for our covenant with Da Liao to be formalized before we can do anything to Yelu Hanyu! ”
Yeluzhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise! Then he frowned and said: "It's just that it's not easy to drag the Ming side and keep them from being suspicious during this time!" ”
Yelu Hongjun said: "Let's go to see that Ming concubine Niangniang immediately to express our gratitude to His Majesty the Ming Emperor for his grace." Then he smiled and said, "We have to be respectful!" Jeruzhong smiled and nodded.
Soon after, Yelu Hongjun and Yeluzhong came to the state guesthouse, paid a respectful visit to Yelu Hanyu, and expressed deep apologies for failing to respond to Yelu Hanyu's call in time in the morning.
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "This is a trivial matter, Your Majesty and King Dingbei don't have to take it to heart." The two of them thanked each other, then straightened up and stood respectfully.
Yelu Hanyu glanced at the two of them and said, "In the morning, Your Majesty and King Dingbei were not there, so I ordered someone to call Aliqi and tell him the decision of His Majesty the Emperor of our country. I wonder if Aliqi has already told you about this? ”
Yelu Hongjun bowed down and said, "General Aliqi has transferred to His Majesty the Ming Emperor and Niangniang's Lunyin. I, as well as all the subjects of the Liao State, sincerely thank His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and Niangniang for their grace! ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "This is Your Majesty's grace, not mine. Yelu Hongjun hurriedly said: "Niangniang and Your Majesty are one, and Your Majesty's grace is naturally also Niangniang's grace." ”
Although Yelu Hanyu knew that the other party was complimenting him, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he heard such words. Said: "My Majesty's decision has come down, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”
Yelu Hongjun bowed down and said: "I am grateful for the grace of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" After I plan to solve the internal problems, I will immediately send a delegation to Bianliang to meet His Majesty the Ming Emperor with Niangniang, and at the same time conclude an alliance! Then, I removed the emperor's title and went to Bianliang in person to accept the canonization of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! ”
Yelu Hanyu asked, "What internal problems do you have that need to be solved?" ”
"Back to Niangniang, first of all, the problem of Yelu Yilie's group of rebellions needs to be solved." Speaking of this, Yelu Hongjun's face showed a very angry look, and said: "Yelu Yilie dares to openly attack the Ming Mission, and he must be severely punished!" In addition, if you don't eliminate them first, I'm afraid that the mother will not be safe on the way back! If something happens to my mother in my country, then I will die! In the future, His Majesty Daming will be very interested in asking the guilty teacher, and I will not be able to argue! So this matter must be dealt with first! ”
Yang Qi, who was standing beside Yelu Hanyu, said angrily: "Yelu Yilie has left here to lead the army west, and there are not a few troops under his command, and the Khorezm region is vast, how much time will it take you to exterminate them?" Could it be that if we don't exterminate it for a day, our mother won't be able to leave for a day? This is ridiculous! ”
Yelu Hongjun and Yelu Center couldn't help but feel that this excuse seemed a little unreasonable. Yeluzhong hurriedly said: "Naturally, we hope to be able to exterminate those rebellious ones in one fell swoop. However, if it cannot be exterminated in one fell swoop, it is necessary to compress the forces of Yelu Yilie to the Khorezm Sea area, so that the safety of the eastern road must also be guaranteed, and then our envoys and Niangniang can set off. It won't take much time, at least two or three months, and at most only half a year, please rest assured! Yelu Hongjun nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, that's it!" As long as the forces of Yelu Yilie are compressed to the Khorezm Sea, the eastern road can be safe, and then there will be no problem in starting the journey. ”
Yang Qi snorted and said angrily: "Is half a year still short?" ”
Yelu Hongjun and Yelu Zhong glanced at each other, and Yelu Hongjun said helplessly: "Niangniang, really, it really takes such a long time, and I can't help it!" ”
Yang Qi was about to speak, but Yelu Hanyu raised his hand to stop it, and said to Yelu Hongjun: "What you said also makes sense, so be it for the time being!" ”
Yelu Hongjun was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you for your understanding!" Yelu Hanyu advised: "Don't drag this matter on for too long!" Yelu Hongjun hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, I will definitely urge the army under my command to expel Yelu Yilie's forces as soon as possible!" Yelu Hanyu nodded and said to the two, "If you don't have anything else, just step down." The two glanced at each other, and Yelu Hongjun bowed to Yelu Hanyu: "Then I won't disturb my mother's rest, and retire!" And Jerod also bowed down. Yelu Hanyu nodded, and the two went down.
As soon as the two of them left, Yang Qi shouted angrily: "Really, you still have to stay here for half a year!" ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "Half a year is not a long time. Yang Qi sighed depressedly.
Yelu Hanyu commanded: "You, immediately report the situation of our situation here to the eldest brother." Yang Qi answered and ran down.
Yang Peng received the flying pigeon from Yelu Hanyu, and after reading it, he paced in the study. Han Bing, Ye Yu Guanyin and Yan Ji were present, and when they saw Yang Peng pacing back and forth after reading the biography, they couldn't help but be curious. Ya Yu Guanyin asked, "Big brother, what did your Mei'er say?" ”
Yang Peng took small steps, looked at the handbook in his hand, and said, "Yelu Hongjun was very happy to learn that I had agreed to his request, and immediately said that he would send a mission to follow Mei'er back to sign a formal covenant with us. At the same time, he said that after the signing of the covenant, he removed the emperor title and personally came to Bianliang to accept my canonization. ”
Ya Kannon said puzzledly: "Isn't this exactly what we want?" But why do you look a little worried, big brother? ”
Yang Peng looked at the book and smiled, raised his head to look at the third girl, and asked, "If Yelu Hongjun said that all this will not be carried out until half a year at the latest, how would you feel?" ”
The three girls were all stunned, and Han Bing asked puzzledly, "Why do you want half a year later?" ”
Yang Peng said: "In view of Yelu Yilie's attack on the mission, Yelu Hongjun is worried that he will ambush Mei'er again on the way back, and he can't afford it, so he wants to wait until Yelu Yilie's group of rebels is wiped out before letting their mission and Mei'er set off." ”
Yan Ji pondered: "This should be very reasonable. If Jereil really did cause any damage by raiding the mission again, how could he afford it! Looking up at Yang Peng, Yang Peng smiled: "This does sound very reasonable!" ”
Yan Ji heard what he said, and asked puzzledly, "Husband, is there anything wrong with this?" ”
Ya Yu Guanyin said: "This excuse really just sounds reasonable. How many troops can Jereileh mobilize? But an army of more than 100,000 people. He wasn't stupid, so after learning that the plan had failed, he immediately fled from Hu Si's ears overnight! In that case, will he still stay near Hu Sihu's ears? If I were him, I would definitely go to the Khorezm region immediately and fight against the central government! ”
Han Bing and Yan Ji were both very smart women, and when they heard Ye Yu Guanyin's words, they both understood. Han Bing suddenly said, "I understand." Since Yelu Yilie led his army back to the Khorezm region, how could he threaten the security of the eastern route? ”
Yan Ji nodded and said, "That's indeed the case. But since the East Road is safe, why did Yelu Hongjun find such an excuse? ”
Yang Peng smiled: "Let's assume that this is just a false excuse made up by Yelu Hongjun, so what is his purpose?" The three girls glanced at each other, and Ye Yu Guanyin said: "He said that it will take two or three months to half a year to solve the threat of Yelu Yilie, obviously to delay time!" Han Bing and Yan Ji couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard Ye Yu Guanyin's words.
Yang Peng said: "Okay, let's assume that Yelu Hongjun just wants to delay time, so what is his purpose in delaying time?" ”
Han Bing frowned and said, "If he really wants to belong to us, there is no reason to delay time?" Then his heart moved, and he said movingly: "Is it false that he prayed to us for peace?" ”
Ya Yin Guanyin said: "If I were them, there would be only one possibility for this, and that would be to talk to the other party at the same time. Before this period, deliberately delay time to stabilize us so that there are no surprises. ”
Han Bing and Yan Ji were both taken aback, and exclaimed together: "Khitans? ”
Yang Peng nodded and said, "I'm afraid this is the only possibility." Han Bing couldn't help but shout angrily: "Yelu Hongjun is so daring, he dares to tease us!" ”
Yang Peng walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the dripping rain outside the window and the lake that was constantly rippling with raindrops, and said: "Between countries, interests come first, and there is nothing wrong with Yelu Hongjun doing this." Then he frowned and said worriedly: "I'm just worried about Mei'er's safety!" Or am I being too careless! Thinking that the general trend is the trend, Yelu Hongjun has always been closer to our Daming, so he thought that Mei'er's trip would not be in any danger! ”
The three girls frowned, and they were all very worried. Ya Yu Guanyin frowned and said, "Now there is still a question, I don't know what Ye Yu Huge's plan is?" ”
Yang Peng turned around and asked, "What do you say?" ”
Ye Yu Guanyin pondered: "If it is me, if I really pull Xiliao over, I will jointly send troops with Xiliao." Sent a partial division to cooperate with the Liao army to attack the Tianshan region, and at the same time led the main force from the Mongolian region south to the Hetao, and along the Yellow River south to capture Xingqing Mansion in one fell swoop! When Han Bing and Yan Ji heard this, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Yang Peng nodded with a smile and exclaimed: "She is worthy of being the eldest princess with a great reputation!" In this way, I am afraid that the entire northwest will be in danger! ”
Han Bing frowned and said, "Although Guanyin can come up with such a strategy, Brother Ye Hugh is not Guanyin, he may not have thought of it, right?" ”
Yang Peng smiled, glanced at Ye Yu Guanyin fondly, and said: "Of course, although Ye Hu Brother is also a famous general, compared with the eldest princess of my family, it is much inferior!" Fortunately, the eldest princess is now our Ming concubine, otherwise, we may be in big trouble this time! ”
Han Bing and Yan Ji couldn't help but smile, while Ye Yu Guanyin glared at Yang Peng and said angrily: "You don't have to say nice things to make me happy." No matter how powerful I am, I can't compare to your cunning! What I can think of, wouldn't you think? ”
Yang Peng laughed; "Not necessarily! In fact, I fought with you back then, but the pressure was huge! Ya Yu Guanyin smiled proudly, then sighed, and said, "But I still lost to you!" Yang Peng held the slender hand of Ye Yu Guanyin and said with a smile: "It's not a shame to lose to your own man!" Ya Yin smiled and nodded; Is that! ”
Yang Peng pondered: "With Brother Hugh's person, I think what he is doing now is probably just to destroy the Western Liao and belong to us. If this trick succeeds, there is a chance that he will raid Western Liao. Ye Yu Guanyin looked at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "Big brother really knows Ye Yu Xiu!" Then he nodded and said, "It is indeed very likely that he would do this." Yaren Hugo is a person with a strong desire to control, and although he is very good at playing with intrigues, he does not know how to give up. Therefore, soon after he ascended the throne, he tore up the alliance with Western Liao and raided Western Liao. If it were me, it would only further solidify the alliance with the Western Liao, not the other way around. Unless Daming is held back by some war and cannot get out in a short period of time, I will never use troops against Western Liao. ”
Yang Peng said with a smile: "So Brother Ye Hugh is Brother Ye Hugh, and the eldest princess is the eldest princess!" Yari Kannon smiled.
Han Bing said: "Although what the eldest brother and Guanyin said makes sense, we can't help but guard against the worst!" Yan Ji nodded and agreed: "Not bad." Although it is difficult to think of Guanyin's plan with the person of Ya Hugh, who can guarantee this kind of thing! If there's a case and we're unprepared, it's not good! ”
Yang Peng smiled: "I naturally thought of this. After a pause, "This matter is also easy to handle, and the army of Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Datong, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and Hebei Zhulu Army will be fully mobilized." Advance preparations have been made, and it will not take much time for the military government troops in these places to be fully mobilized. ”
Ye Yu Guanyin said with a smile: "And the mobilization of the entire northern front gives people the feeling that it is also to guard against the Liao State, and it will not cause the result that if we guess wrongly and affect the annexation of Western Liao." ”
Yang Peng nodded with a smile, and then frowned: "I'm not worried about Brother Ye Hu and Ye Lu Hongjun gathering troops to attack now, but worried about Mei'er's safety!" If we hadn't guessed wrong, Mei'er's current situation would be very bad! ”
His gaze turned to Hu Si's ears.
In the evening, Ya Yan Hanyu paced in the courtyard, thinking about things. Yang Qi hurriedly ran over, hugged his fists and said, "Sister Mei'er, the people sent out are all back." The cold rain stopped and commanded, "Call them up." Yang Qi immediately beckoned into the distance, and several sergeants in civilian clothes immediately came over and bowed; Empress! ”
Yar Hanyu asked, "Have you found anything?" ”
The sergeant on the left said, "Nothing unusual was found outside the palace. The sergeant in the middle clasped his fists and said, "The state guesthouse on the other side didn't find any eye-catching figures." The sergeant on the right followed and reported: "My subordinates have found something outside the mansion of the king of Dingbei. Several unidentified people came in and out several times. ”
Ye Yu Hanyu immediately asked, "Who is it?" ”
The sergeant said: "The subordinates followed them to the street, and occasionally heard them talking, but the subordinates did not understand, and it seemed that they did not speak the local language, nor the Western Liao dialect, but it seemed to be the language of the Khitans." ”
Ye Hanyu frowned. Yang Qi had already shouted: "Khitans? How did the Khitans run away to Yeluzhong's mansion? ”
Ye Yu Hanyu frowned and said: "Sure enough, it's a Khitan, the worst has happened!" Then he said to the three sergeants: "You all go to monitor outside the mansion of the king of Dingbei, and report any situation immediately." The three of them said yes and went down.
Yang Qi couldn't help but ask, "Sister Mei'er, what's going on?" How could there be Khitans in Yeluzhong's mansion? ”
Ye Yu Hanyu sneered: "Ming Xiu plank road secretly crosses Chen Cang, really wants to cover it!" Yang Qi asked anxiously; What happened to Sister Mei'er? Ye Yu Hanyu said: "Let's not talk about this yet. You come with me and help me change my clothes. Then he led Yang Qi into the bedroom. Soon after, several young women dressed in local women's costumes left the State Guest House through the back door of the State Guest House and headed for the Grand General's Mansion of Arich.
Aliqi was cursing in the hall when suddenly the guards came to report that several women had come from the back door and wanted to hand over something to the general. With that, the guard presented Aric with a dagger encrusted with emerald gems.
As soon as Aliqi saw the dagger, his expression moved, he snatched it away, looked at it over and over again, and hurriedly asked the guard, "Is the person still there?" The guard said: "Still waiting outside the back alley door." Aliqi didn't wait for the guards to finish speaking before he ran out of the hall. Hurriedly came to the back door and ran out, only to see several women in local clothes standing under a tree not far in front, and the woman at the head had her back to this side, and her posture was very familiar. Aliqi stepped forward and asked, "...... are you?"
The woman turned. When Aliqi saw his appearance, he was shocked, and hurriedly bowed: "The last general will meet Niangniang!" "The woman who came was none other than Yaren Hanyu, who disguised herself as a local woman.
Ya Han Yu stepped forward, helped Aliqi up, and said, "Don't let people notice that I'm here with you, you can go in." Aliqi hurriedly agreed, and led Ye Hanyu and a few people into the mansion. He immediately instructed his cronies to guard the front and rear entrances and not to receive any visitors.
Aliqi led the group to the back hall. Aric invited Yari Hanyu to take a seat, and then bowed vigorously.
Ye Yu Hanyu said: "The general doesn't have to be polite, get up and speak." Aliqi replied and stood up, but his head was still hanging down, and his attitude was very respectful.
Yelutri asked, "Not long ago, you sent someone to say that Yelu Hongjun sent you to guard the West Sea?" Aliqi nodded, and said depressedly and annoyedly: "I don't know what Your Majesty means by this?" I knew that my mother was here, but she sent me away! ”
Ye Yu Hanyu sneered: "What else can it mean, it's not that I'm worried that you will help me, his plot will be difficult to carry out." ”
Aliqi was surprised and asked, "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that Your Majesty, he, he dared to murder his mother? He dares! ”
Ye Yu Hanyu said: "He is now the emperor of Western Liao, and I am already the concubine of the Ming Dynasty, why doesn't he dare to harm me?" Aliqi was speechless, and then said angrily: "If he wants to murder Niangniang, I will not recognize him as the emperor!" Xiliao should have been the throne by Niangniang's lineage, but it couldn't be his turn to be in the Yelu Hongjun lineage! ”
Ye Yu Hanyu couldn't help but be moved, stood up, walked up to Aliqi, and said very comfortingly: "I am very relieved that you can still be so loyal to me!" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.