Chapter 831, inexplicable
Seeing that he could not intercept the Liao army, he was greatly annoyed, and immediately ordered Liduo to lead a partial division to the west coast to contain the Xihai camp in Western Liao, and he himself led the main army towards Alashankou to kill.
At the same time, Yelu Hongjun and the others, who were in Hu Si's ears, didn't know what was happening in the north at all, and thought that the Liao Alliance had been completed and they could attack Yelu Hanyu. Immediately, Yelu Hongjun personally led the royal guards and the forbidden army with a total of 50,000 people, and suddenly surrounded the state guesthouse in the city. The state guesthouse is surrounded by three layers in the army and three layers outside, just like an iron bucket, with flags like clouds, swords and guns like forests, and a killing atmosphere!
Yelu Hongjun sent someone to shout: "Listen, the people inside, you have been surrounded by my Great Liao army, if you want to live, throw away your weapons and surrender immediately!" Our Majesty said that as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, you can save your life! Don't resist stubbornly, so as not to make mistakes! However, after his voice passed, there was no reaction in the State Guesthouse, only swords and guns.
Seeing this scene, Yelu Hongjun couldn't help frowning, and raised his right hand to prepare to attack. Seeing this, the stone gunners and crossbowmen immediately prepared to attack.
Seeing that Yelu Hongjun was about to give the order to attack, the wall of the state guesthouse was suddenly crowded, and several people came up, and the person at the head was Yelu Hanyu. Yelu Hongjun was very happy when the other party was scared and ready to surrender, and immediately shouted: "Niangniang, you have also seen the current situation, surrender quickly!" Niangniang is the concubine of Daming, and she was once the princess of my Daliao, I will never hurt Niangniang if I die! ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "Yelu Hongjun, you are very proud!" ”
Yelu Hongjun smiled and said, "I can't talk about being proud, I'm just for the future of Da Liao!" Yelu Hanyu said: "With your courage, you will never dare to use troops against me, it seems that you are the one who took refuge in Brother Yeluhu!" ”
"Niangniang really deserves to be Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Da Liao back then, her wit is extraordinary! I'll show you my hole cards at a glance! Yelu Hongjun laughed mockingly. Yelu Hanyu smiled: "You are really proud! It's also arrogant! Yelu Hongjun snorted slightly, and raised his voice: "Niangniang, the matter has come to this, it's useless to say anything!" Don't talk nonsense, are you going to come out on your own, or do you want me to send an army in and ask you to come out? ”
Yelu Hanyu laughed, Yelu Hongjun was ordered to hear the other party's laughter full of sarcasm, and couldn't help frowning, and said with annoyance: "You can still laugh even now!" ”
Yelu Hanyu stopped laughing, looked at Yelu Hongjun, and mocked: "The jumping clown is also delusional to fight with the sky, and he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!" Yelu Hongjun was greatly annoyed and scolded loudly: "You are really arrogant, and you are still talking about it now!" ”
Before the words fell, Yelu Hanyu threw out this letter and fell in front of the Liao army. Seeing this, Yelu Hongjun was puzzled, and only heard Yelu Hanyu say: "This is the flying pigeon biography that Aliqi sent me not long ago, you can take a look." After reading it, I hope you can still laugh. ”
When Yelu Hongjun heard this, he was greatly surprised, and said secretly: 'Hasn't Aliqi already been executed by the cave?' Why did you send her a flying pigeon biography? Where did Aric get the carrier pigeon to deliver the message? A large number of questions came to mind at the same time, and he put them aside for a moment, and asked one of the generals beside him to come and bring the letter. The general received the order, immediately rushed out of the military formation, picked up the letter, returned to Yelu Hongjun, and presented it with both hands.
Yelu Hongjun snatched the letter, opened the envelope, took out the stationery, and unfolded it. Yelu Hongjun's face changed suddenly, and he turned pale in an instant, and then the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but be surprised when they saw their Emperor Majesty swaying all over, and their eyes showed a look of bewilderment and panic.
Yelu Hongjun suddenly tore the letter in his hand to shreds, suddenly raised his head to look at Yelu Hanyu standing on the wall, and shouted hysterically: "This is impossible! It's your trick, you're trying to trick me! ”
Yelu Hanyu said lightly: "Believe it or not." You want to go down this dead end to the end, that's your own business. But I want to warn you, it's impossible to want us to surrender, and it's even more impossible to use me to blackmail big brother! Have you ever heard that there were soldiers who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty? If you attack, I will fight to the end!" The Ming soldiers in the State Guesthouse let out a shout together, like a tiger roaring and a dragon shaking the sky. Yelu Hongjun and the soldiers of the Liao army were all shocked, they didn't expect the other party to be fearless in this situation, and still be so high-spirited! Everyone subconsciously felt that it would not be easy to eliminate the Ming people in the state guesthouse, and they might have to pay an extremely heavy price in the end!
Yelu Hongjun was hesitating, but he saw that Yelu Hanyu had left the wall, and the other party didn't seem to take him seriously at all! Yelu Hongjun couldn't help but feel depressed!
Yelu Zhong rode his horse to Yelu Hongjun's side and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”
Yelu Hongjun hesitated for a moment, and said to Alidaiyi: "You lead the army to surround the state guesthouse for me." If the opponent tries to break through, give me a fight back for them! Alidaii bowed to his promise, feeling only inexplicable in his heart.
Yelu Hongjun said to Yeluzhong: "You come with me." Then he struck his horse and ran towards a secluded place in the distance. Jerod didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly followed.
When the two came to a secluded place, Yeluzhong couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what did Yelu Hanyu's letter say, and why did Your Majesty's expression change so much after reading it?" ”
Yelu Hongjun said anxiously: "That letter is not from Yelu Hanyu, but a flying pigeon from Aliqi to Yelu Hanyu. ……”
Jeluzhong was surprised, "Aliqi? Hasn't Aliqi already been executed by the Cave? ”
Yelu Hongjun frowned and shook his head, and said, "The handwriting is indeed Aliqi's, and I don't know if it was Yelutri who found someone to imitate it, or if it was indeed written by Aliqi?" In the letter, Aliqi told Yelu Hanyu that he had led the army of the Xihai camp to defeat the Xihai camp of the Liao people and the city of Yemili! ”
Yeluzhong was shocked, "This, this ......", came back to his senses, and said worriedly: "If this thing is true, then, then isn't our alliance with the Liao people over?" ”
Yelu Hongjun said anxiously: "I'm just worried about this matter!" He looked up at Yeluzhong and asked hopefully, "Do you think this letter from Yelu Hanyu is true or false?" ”
Yeluzhong frowned and said, "This is not easy to judge! It can be true or it may be false. If it is true, the Liao people must think that we have calculated them, so they will raise troops to ask for their guilt, and the war will begin! It is difficult to resist the invasion of the Liao people with our strength, and we must rely on the Ming Dynasty! Therefore, if this is true, we must not only withdraw the army immediately, but also go to Yelu Hanyu to ask for her forgiveness! But if this matter is false, we withdrew the army and indulged in Yelu Hanyu, I am afraid that we will be laughed at by the Ming people afterwards, and we will be looked down upon by the Liao people! ”
Yelu Hongjun frowned and asked, "What do you think I should do?" ”
How dare Yelu Zhong decide for Yelu Hongjun, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has to make a decision on this matter!" ”
Yelu Hongjun felt that the things he planned had progressed to this point, and he was really unwilling to fall short like this! I couldn't help but feel an impulse in my heart, and I wanted to attack the army regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one! But Yelu Hongjun is not a reckless man after all, and reason tells him that the situation is unclear now, and he must be cautious. Yelu Hongjun weighed the pros and cons, and only felt that this matter would rather be credible than credible. If you are deceived by Yelu Hanyu, you will only be laughed at afterwards, and it will not be a big harm, but if this matter is true, but you recklessly offend Da Ming, then Da Liao may usher in a catastrophe of the country!
When Yelu Hongjun thought of this, he made a decision in his heart, and immediately said to Yeluzhong: "You bring the army back immediately!" Yelu Zhong knew Yelu Hongjun's choice, and couldn't help sighing, only to feel that between countries, the weak side was really embarrassed! The soldiers were puzzled when they heard the order to withdraw the army, but since the military order had been issued, they all withdrew.
Yelu Hongjun came to the gate of the state guesthouse alone, unloaded his weapon, bent down, and said loudly: "I ask to see Yelu Niangniang!" ”
A moment later, the door opened, and Yang Qi, dressed in military uniform, walked out. Seeing Yelu Hongjun, who was in front of him, he said angrily: "Didn't you shout and kill just now?" Why are you coming to see our mother now? ”
Yelu Hongjun stubbornly said: "Just now, it was just a misunderstanding!" I'm going to see Niangniang and explain the misunderstanding just now! ”
Yang Qi sneered: "This is really a big misunderstanding! Yelu Hongjun smiled dryly. Yang Qi said: "Come with me!" Immediately led the way in front, and Yelu Hongjun immediately followed.
When I came to the hall, I saw Yelu Hanyu sitting on the top in military uniform, and quickly knelt down and pleaded: "Niangniang forgive your sins!" I, I listened to the slanderous rumors of the traitors to do such a ridiculous thing, and I ask my mother to forgive me! Yelu Hanyu asked lightly, "Which traitor can instigate you to do such a thing?" ”
Yelu Hongjun had an idea, and hurriedly said: "It's a few nobles, they secretly colluded with Yelu Yilie, trying to destroy our relationship with the Ming Dynasty, so they offered slander. Now I've put them all in place! The truth of the matter has been revealed, so I specially came to ask my mother for my guilt! ”
Yang Qi couldn't help but sneer: "I didn't expect your efficiency to be quite high!" From the time the mother speaks to the time you investigate clearly and deal with it, it's just a meal, and you're done! Yelu Hongjun couldn't help but be embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "This, this, the general has won the award!" ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled slightly and said to Yelu Hongjun: "I don't want to ask what happened before. You must be wondering what's going on right now, right? ”
Yelu Hongjun was suspicious, and when he heard Yelu Hanyu's words, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please tell Niangniang." ”
Yelu Hanyu said: "Not long ago, Aliqi launched a surprise attack on the Xihai camp of the Liao people according to my orders. The Liao were defenseless, and the 200,000-strong army was routed. Later, Aliqi attacked Yemili again, and obtained a large amount of money and food hoarded by Yehu Hugo in Yemi. Then Aliqi took it as I told him, and retreated to the camp of the West Sea and the Alashankou. What will happen to Hydon Hugh when he learns the news? Glancing at Yelu Hongjun, who was already overflowing with cold sweat on his forehead, he smiled and continued: "Brother Yelu Huge will definitely think that you have tricked him, and then raise an army to retaliate. At this time, the army of the Liao State may have been storming the Xihai camp and the Alashan Pass. ”
Yelu Hongjun's heart was a mess, and he didn't know how to return to the palace. When he returned to the palace, he was greeted by the ministers who were waiting anxiously. Everyone was full of questions and wanted to ask, but seeing that Yelu Hongjun's expression was wrong, they didn't dare to ask.
Seeing these many people around, Yelu Hongjun couldn't help but feel irritated, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing here, go down!" Everyone didn't dare to say more, so they saluted Yelu Hongjun and withdrew from the main hall.
The minister Ahed whispered to King Hassan, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Not long ago, how could His Majesty suddenly lead an army to surround the State Guesthouse inhabited by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty? Hassan frowned and said, "I don't understand why His Majesty didn't attack halfway?" ”
Ahed was amazed and asked, "What does the king seem to know?" ”
Hassan said: "How do I know! Your Majesty is afraid that this time you will hide all our ministers! However, what happened today could not be clearer, obviously His Majesty does not want to belong to Daming! And Your Majesty can have such confidence, obviously Your Majesty has secretly reached an agreement with the Jin people! When Ahed heard this, he couldn't help but pause, nodded thoughtfully, and then said with admiration: "The king is really resourceful, and he can see this!" He didn't know that Hassan had actually colluded with Tan Zhongren, the envoy of the Liao State, so he was naturally able to tell such an inside story.
Hassan smiled proudly, then frowned, "But how could Your Majesty suddenly give up halfway?" Ahed guessed: "Maybe Your Majesty has changed his mind temporarily, right?" Hassan said angrily: "They have already shown their swords!" It would be unwise to change your mind at this time! ”
On the other side, several members of the Yelu royal family were also discussing, and one of them said with some annoyance: "What is Your Majesty thinking?" Didn't you say that you would belong to the Ming Dynasty, why did you suddenly use troops against the Ming envoy again? The other two nodded sympathetically, and the fat member of the royal family said complainingly: "Your Majesty is not inviting trouble by doing this?" There was such a good opportunity before, and what a hero the first emperor was, but he was still defeated by the Ming army, and he also lost the Yinshan region and the sticky Baen and other departments, the strength of the Ming Dynasty can be seen! Now that we are about to belong to the Ming Dynasty, we can finally sit back and relax, but Your Majesty suddenly became nervous and sent troops to surround the State Guesthouse! Your Majesty, what the hell is he going to do! I think if Your Majesty continues to do this, we will all be killed by him! The other two couldn't help but nod, both looking worried and puzzled.
At the same time, rumors have been spreading among the people of Jingcheng City, and all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, and the people are talking about it and worrying at the same time.
There were only two people left in the main hall, Yelu Hongjun and Yeluzhong, and the atmosphere was a little surprised.
Yelu Hongjun sat down with a dejected face and said depressedly: "How did things become like this? Everything was under control, but in the blink of an eye, everything changed! Aliqi did not die, and even led troops to attack the Xihai camp of the Liao people, which was clearly the strategy of the Ming Dynasty! Our plan to form an alliance with the Liao people is over, and at this time, Yehu Hugo must have been angry and raised troops! ”
Yeluzhong frowned and nodded, and said, "It seems that all our actions before were detected by the Ming side, but they kept quiet and secretly planned. We thought our calculations had succeeded, only to find out that this was not the case at all! ”
Yelu Hongjun looked at Yeluzhong angrily, "This is all something you made!" I have obviously decided to belong to the Ming Dynasty, and you want to surrender to the Liao! Now that things have come to this point, I have lost all my people in front of my subjects, and Da Ming is still suspicious of us, this is really Zhu Bajie is not a person inside and outside the mirror! ”
Yeluzhong hurriedly said: "How can Your Majesty blame Weichen for this? Didn't His Majesty decide to give up his attachment to the Ming Dynasty and take refuge in the Liao people instead? ”
Yelu Hongjun said angrily: "Then you should discourage it at that time!" Otherwise, what is the use of you ministers? ”
Jerod was speechless, and his heart was very depressed. Then he said, "Your Majesty, what's the use of talking about this now?" Weichen was thinking, maybe what Yelu Hanyu said to His Majesty was not necessarily true. Perhaps she saw that the situation was unfavorable, so she deliberately used it to disrupt us. ”
Yelu Hongjun nodded thoughtfully, and said, "I also thought of this. Don't be careful! Then he said to Yeluzhong: "You immediately send someone to the north to inquire about the news!" ......""The minister has already sent someone to go. ”
Yelu Hongjun said again: "You personally lead 50,000 elites to ambush outside the city, and send someone to inform Mills to be careful, if you find that the Ming envoy is coming, intercept them immediately, and don't let them go!" Jerod bowed and answered, and ran down.
Yelu Hongjun couldn't help but sigh, and his heart was so irritable.
In the State Guesthouse, Yang Qi smiled and said to Yelu Tri: "Sister Mei'er, that Yelu Hongjun must be like an ant on a hot pot now!" Yelu Hanyu snorted coldly: "This is all his own doing!" ”
Yang Qi said puzzledly: "Sister Mei'er, I don't understand, isn't our Ming Dynasty stronger than Liao?" Why did Yelu Hongjun want to reneg on his covenant with us and choose to submit to the Liao? ”
Yelu Hanyu said lightly: "Presumably the Liao people promised them attractive benefits!" Then he smiled and said to Yang Qi: "This point is not important now. Yang Qi said with a smile: "That is, the Xihai camp of the Liao army was raided, and Brother Ye Hugh will definitely say that he will no longer believe Yelu Hongjun's words!" Then he said worriedly: "But I'm afraid that the Western Liao Army will not be able to resist the offensive of the Liao Army!" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "That's why I asked you to inform the eldest brother of the situation here." ”
Yang Peng received a flying pigeon biography from Yelu Hanyu's ears, and Yelu Hanyu's description of the situation surprised Yang Peng and was also pleasantly surprised. Yang Peng immediately summoned the remaining cabinet members and briefly told everyone what happened in Xiliao. Everyone was amazed. Tang Shidian sighed: "Niangniang is really worthy of being a heroine among women!" In such an unfavorable situation, the situation was reversed and the tide was turned around! Others also sighed and appreciated.
Ye Yu Guanyin said: "Ye Hu Brother will definitely be annoyed and angry when he is put on a position, but I am afraid that Xiliao will not be able to resist it!" Han Bing said with a smile: "We now have two choices, one is to continue the previous agreement, Xiliao will be attached to us, and we will send troops to rescue; The second is to simply carve up Western Liao with the Liao army, which is also clean and refreshing! Ya Yin immediately agreed. Tang Shidian said urgently: "No, no! Never! ”
Ye Yu Guanyin snorted, glanced at Tang Shidian, and said angrily: "Lord Tang is going to say that set of scholarly remarks again!" It is so stupid to say that benevolence and righteousness are prey on the law between countries! ”
Tang Shidian said to Yang Peng: "Your Majesty, it is precisely for the interests of our Ming Dynasty that the minister thinks that it is not possible to join forces with the Liao!" For example, today we all know that Western Liao is about to belong to our Ming Dynasty, but we don't know that so many things have happened behind the scenes, if we actually join forces with the Liao people to destroy Western Liao, even if the true situation is told all over the world, I am afraid that everyone still has doubts! In this way, I am afraid that in the future, no one will be able to believe our words, and it will be even more difficult to convince others to join us! Although our Ming strong soldiers are brave in the world, we are afraid that we will pay a lot of additional costs in the face of such a situation! Therefore, although the Liao people can get immediate benefits from joining forces to destroy Western Liao, it is greatly uncost-effective in the long run! ”
Everyone couldn't help but nod when they heard Tang Shidian's words.
Tang Shidian continued: "On the other hand, in terms of immediate interests, it is better to join forces with the Liao people to destroy Western Liao than to accept the annexation of Western Liao! Jointly with the Liao people to destroy the Western Liao, the Western Liao will naturally not be spared, but how much will our army pay if they are trapped in a fight to the death? And Western Liao can't all fall into the hands of our Ming Dynasty, it's just a situation where the Liao people carved up Western Liao. The Liao people benefit from us alike. And accept the annexation of Western Liao, although Western Liao is still independent, and we have not obtained an inch of land, but once Western Liao becomes our vassal, we can slowly infiltrate Western Liao in the name of justice. Sometimes, slower is much more effective than intense action. ”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "You old pedant, it seems that I am going to be impressed by you!" Tang Shidian bowed and said, "Your Majesty has praised it!" ”
Ya Kannon smiled: "What you say makes a lot of sense! I didn't think of anything about what you said before! Tang Shidian bowed to Ya Yu Guanyin again and said, "Niangniang is too humble! Ya Kannon smiled: "I am not modest! I would never have imagined this kind of twisting and turning scheme! The crowd laughed.
Yang Peng waited for the scene to be quiet, glanced at everyone, and asked, "Do you have any opinions on Lord Tang's words?" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.