Meimei slept well, and early the next morning, Fennig warmly welcomed Ma Kuo and the Xuanjia Army to breakfast.

Afterwards, they were sent away respectfully.

Galloping all the way back to the Liao army's garrison, Yelu Dashi saw that they had returned safely, and said with a smile: "It's done?" ”

Ma Kuo smiled slightly: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I promised to borrow it." ”

Although Ma Kuo didn't elaborate, Yelu Dashi also understood the hardships involved, and if he was not careful, his head would fall to the ground.

"It's good to be back."

Yelu Dashi said in high spirits: "Ma Shangshu and wait for three or five days, this king has sent someone to inform the other tribes of the grassland, and reinforcements will arrive soon." ”

Yesterday, he was not idle, and sent his guards to the steppe tribes.

He has a very high prestige on the grassland, and those tribes have been oppressed by the Jin people, and he has long been resentful in his heart, and now that he has come back and raised the banner of anti-Jin, he will definitely gather followers.

This is only on the grassland, and when the news spreads to other provinces, there will only be more and more Liao people responding.

So don't look at him that there are only more than 8,000 people at the moment, but he can form an army of tens of thousands of people at any time.

……

Xijing.

Datong Province.

These days, Wanyan Zonghan has become a lot haggard, and a lot of gray hair has appeared on his sideburns.

On the one hand, the war was unfavorable, which made it difficult for him to sleep.

With the fall of Ulzhou, Wanyan Loumur had to retreat to Baishan Mountain, intending to fight against the water.

Wanyan Yinshu can lead the army alone to hold Huairen and block the Qi army from Shuozhou.

The situation is getting worse and worse, and what is even more hateful is that Wanyan Zongwang did not work on his side, and the 100,000 East Route Army besieged Miyun Gubei Town and fought for more than ten days, but there were less than 100 casualties on both sides.

On the other hand, when I learned the news of the death of my eldest son, I was saddened.

However, after more than 20 years of fighting, he tempered his will and tenacity, and he quickly adjusted his emotions and turned his grief into motivation.

Sitting in the study, Wanyan Zonghan was deducing the situation.

The biggest weakness of the Qi army is that the number of troops is too small.

At full capacity, there were only 90,000 troops.

Although Wanyan Zongwang did not do anything, he also played some roles, and finally dragged down the 40,000 Qi troops stationed in Nanjing Road, so that these 40,000 Qi troops could not rush to Yunzhou.

And Huairen, who can be guarded by Wanyan Yinshu, will also block the 40,000 troops from Shuozhou.

In other words, even if Han Zhen gathered all the troops of Yingzhou and Ulzhou, he would have 50,000 people to die.

At first, the Qi army relied on the surprise attack, which really caught them off guard, but now that the army is facing each other, the opportunity to break the situation has come.

As long as Yan Lou dragged Han Zhen and his 50,000 troops on Baishan Mountain, he could take advantage of the cavalry to constantly harass and plunder the Qi army's grain, grass and baggage troops.

The advantage of the Qi army was artillery firearms, and his advantage was cavalry.

Through the battle reports of this period of time, he can basically determine that the cavalry of the Qi army in Yunzhou is only 5,000 at most.

He, on the other hand, had more than 14,000 cavalry.

Moreover, he has instructed his younger brother to go to the Moge Lost Department to mobilize the Menggu army, the more than 10,000 soldiers, but all of them are cavalry.

Almost five times the cavalry of the Qi army, what is this concept?

As soon as the army arrived, it was the day of his counterattack.

At this moment, a personal guard hurriedly walked into the study and reported: "Marshal, the Zuo Jian Army and Xiao Senjun are back!" ”

Xiao Qing and Wanyan Xiyin fled for five days and finally returned to Datong.

The two did not have time to rest, and immediately came to the marshal's mansion.

Wanyan Zonghan immediately ordered: "Please! ”

After a short time, Wanyan Xiyin and Xiao Qing entered the study together.

The two of them bowed together, and said with a guilty face: "The subordinates are not in a good position, and I ask the marshal to punish him." ”

Wanyan Zonghan waved his hand generously and comforted: "This defeat is not a crime of war, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Wanyan Xiyin and Xiao Qing breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and their expressions were moved.

Wanyan Zonghan said softly: "You two go back and have a good rest, the next tug-of-war still needs your advice." ”

However, Xiao Qing and Wanyan Xiyin did not leave.

After the two glanced at each other, Xiao Qing took the initiative to close the door of the study and said solemnly: "Marshal, my subordinates have something important to report." ”

Seeing this, Wanyan Zonghan realized that the matter reported was definitely not small, and said with a solemn face: "What's the matter?" ”

"The subordinates suspect that Yelu Yujian may have already secretly colluded with the Qi State."

Xiao Qing told what happened to him after he was captured, as well as his guesses, without hiding it at all.

After listening, Wanyan Zonghan fell silent.

The stakes are too high for him to be careless.

After a while, he said slowly: "Yelu Yu has made great contributions to the Jin State, there is no evidence, only guesses and inferences, Ben Shuai can't punish Yelu Yujian." Moreover, the big war is imminent, once Yelu Yu is punished, the impact will be too great, and what the other former ministers of the Liao State think at that time will cause everyone to be in danger and the morale of the army will plummet. ”

Yelu Yujian's identity is too sensitive, and he himself is a Liao clan.

And unlike Yelu Dashi, his father and Liaoshunzong Yelu Jun are cousins of Zheng'er Bajing, and he himself and Emperor Tianzuo are even more shouldered, and at the same time married a pair of sisters of the Xiao family.

In addition, Yelu Yujian also held military power and commanded 100,000 soldiers.

The refuge of such a person is of great significance to Jin Guo.

It is precisely because of this that the Jin State has the confidence to sweep the Liao State and replace it.

Now, it has only been two years since the Jin State took the Liao Dynasty, and it is impatient to deal with Yelu Yujian, so what do the former ministers and soldiers of the Liao State think?

Still shameless?

In the past, the Jurchens were in the mountains of the northeast, and the actual benefits were more important than their face.

But now it's different from the past, when you become an emperor and establish a court, that face is the top priority.

Wanyan Xiyin persuaded: "Marshal, although there is no certificate, you have to guard against it. Especially with the big war imminent, if Yelu Yujian leads the Khitan soldiers to turn against him, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

"This ......"

Wanyan Zonghan hesitated: "But once he is moved, the Khitans under his rule will inevitably make frequent disturbances." ”

At this time, Xiao Qing smiled slightly: "Don't disturb the marshal, your subordinates have a plan." ”

Wanyan Zonghan's eyes lit up: "Come quickly." ”

Xiao Qing said: "There is no evidence at the moment, and it is really difficult to move Yelu Yujian, but the marshal can make a move to promote Yelu Yu to an official position, reward him with an idle position, and transfer him back to Datong Mansion to be strictly guarded." is not in the army, Yelu Yu can't make any waves, and when the war is over, he will slowly investigate. At that time, if he really finds evidence of collusion with Qi Guo, and kills him again, others will not be able to find out why. ”

When it comes to leading troops to fight, the Jurchens do have a hand.

But when it comes to the court's schemes, it's too immature.

Hearing this, Wanyan Zonghan's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "This plan is very good, I will write a letter." ”

As he spoke, Yan Zonghan wrote down an order, then called his personal guards, and quickly sent him to Baishan Mountain.

……

Da-da-da-da!

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and after revealing his identity, he went straight to the camp of the Jin Army.

In the handsome tent, Wanyan Lou's room is being arranged.

He was waiting, waiting for the Qi army to assemble and cross the Sanggan River.

Once he crossed the Sanggan River and entered the hinterland of the Datong Plain, his abducted horses could play a role, frequently harassing the Qi army's grain and grass baggage troops until the grain route was completely cut off.

The guards stepped into the account and said loudly: "Ten thousand households, the marshal's mansion has sent an order." ”

In the past, there was only Meng'an Mouke in the Jin Kingdom, and later on top of Meng'an Mouke, the position of Wanhu was added.

And Wanyan Lou Room is the first 10,000 households canonized by Aguta, and the title is Huanglongfu 10,000 households.

Huanglong Mansion!

Just listening to the prefix of this title, you can understand how high the gold content of Wanyan Lou's room is for ten thousand households.

"Appointment?"

Wanyan Lou was a little surprised, stretched out his hand and said, "Take it and let me see." ”

"Yes!"

The guards will submit the order.

After disassembling the order and examining it carefully, Wan Yan Lou couldn't help frowning.

In order to deceive him back to Datong, Wanyan Zonghan also calculated his blood capital and promoted him to the left deputy marshal.

Unlike the Song Kingdom, the Jin State also set up the Marshal's Mansion in addition to the Privy Council.

The Marshal's Mansion has jurisdiction over the left and right deputy marshals, the marshals and the left and right supervising the army, and the left and right metropolitan supervisors.

Originally, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were both deputy marshals of the left and right, and because of his meritorious service in attacking the Song Dynasty in the south, Wanyan Zonghan was promoted to marshal of the Western Route Army.

The appointment of officials under the Marshal's Office can be appointed and dismissed by the Marshal himself, and after the appointment and dismissal, he only needs to report to the imperial court.

Such a great power is equivalent to splitting the earth and sealing the king, in fact, Wanyan Zonghan is indeed the soil emperor of Xijing Dao.

Soon, Wan Yan Lou didn't think much about it.

It was the marshal's decision to give Yelu Yu a promotion, and he never got involved in politics.

Besides, it is good to transfer Yelu Yujian back to Datong, and the provincial ones will remain in the army.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Lou instructed: "Give this appointment to Yelu Yujian, and let him return to Datong as soon as possible." ”

"Order!"

The guards took the order, turned around and walked out of the tent, and went straight to the tent where Yelu was watching.

At this time, Yelu Yu was lying in the camp tent and boredly flipping through the books.

Now, he, the prison army, has completely become an ornament.

Wanyan Lou didn't wait to see him, and the other Jurchen generals didn't give him any face, and they could only inspect the grain and grass all day long.

When Yelu Yu saw it, he simply called himself sick, hiding in the tent, out of sight and out of mind.

"Is the Right Overseer available?"

Hearing the voice coming from outside the tent, Yelu Yu put down the book in his hand and said, "Come in." ”

The personal guard strode into the battalion commander, put the transfer order on the low table, and there was a trace of disdain hidden in his tone: "The marshal has an order, let the right prison army rush back to Datong Mansion as soon as possible." ”

Back to Datong Mansion?

Resignation?

Yelu Yu raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't care about the other party's arrogant attitude, so he hurriedly picked up the order and looked at it.

After reading it, a wave of turmoil set off in his heart.

If this order had been sent a few days earlier, he would have returned to Datong Mansion happily and happily.

Promoted, Left Deputy Marshal!

But now it's different, since I had that meal with Yelu Chongguang a few days ago, and then look at this order, every word is a knife and arrow.

Could it be that Wanyan Zonghan finally couldn't help it and planned to trick himself back to Datong to destroy his mouth?

Otherwise, if you don't get promoted sooner or later, you choose to be promoted at this time.

Coincidental?

He didn't believe it was a coincidence.

The war is imminent, and it is too strange to transfer his own prison army, and besides, the position of deputy marshal, Wanyan Zonghan has long planned to reward Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Lou, which many people know.

Thinking of this, Yelu Yu was frightened in his heart, but said on his face: "This official has been infected with a cold in the past few days, and his body is inconvenient, so when he is better, he will immediately return to Datong to report his duties." ”

"Okay."

The guard didn't bother to care, and after answering, he turned and left.

After the other party left, Yelu Yu couldn't hold back anymore and looked frightened.

Naturally, he didn't dare to go back to Datong, once he went back, life and death were unpredictable.

But if you don't go back, you can't do it, saying that the illness can only be delayed for three or five days at most, and if it drags on for a long time, Wanyan Zonghan will inevitably be suspicious, and he can't let Wanyan Lou, the puppet, directly kill himself in the barracks.

So where else can I go?

Qi country!

If you want to survive now, you can only defect to the Qi country.

Seeing that he was about to drown, Yelu grabbed the last straw and hurriedly called, "Come on! ”

"What's the matter with the head of the house?"

Two guards walked into the battalion commander.

These two men were his retainers, and they could be entrusted with their lives.

Yelu Yu saw the right color and said: "The two of you went to find Yelu Chongguang, don't make a noise, do it secretly." ”

"The head of the house will wait a while, and I will go."

The two guards arched their hands and turned to leave.

Yelu Yu muttered to himself: "You Jin Guo is not benevolent, then don't blame me for being unjust!" ”

He already had resentment against Jin Guo and Wanyan Zonghan and others, but now that there is such a thing, the resentment and resentment that had accumulated in his heart earlier have completely exploded.

……

Relying on Yelu Yu's relationship, after Yelu Chongguang returned to the army, he was assigned to the logistics department to manage part of the baggage.

It's a quiet errand, and there's nothing to do on weekdays.

Since the night of the fight, Yelu Chongguang has been worried all day long, for fear that Yelu Yujian will inform Yan Lou of this matter, and his life will not be guaranteed.

After spending three days under this torment, Yelu Chongguang even thought about sneaking away.

At this moment, Yelu's guards came to him.

Seeing the two of them walking straight up, Yelu Chongguang swallowed his saliva and asked tremblingly, "What's the matter with the two of you?" ”

One of them whispered: "The head of the family has an order, please come with us." ”

Yelu Chongguang had no choice but to get up and follow.

After a short time, the three of them returned to the battalion commander.

Yelu Yu commanded: "You two go and guard outside the tent, and whoever comes, stop it for the time being." ”

"Order!"

After the two left, Yelu Yu stared directly at the cousin in front of him.

Yelu Chongguang was a little hairy by him, and laughed: "Tang...... What is the matter with my brother? ”

Yelu Yu lowered his voice and said, "Can you contact the Emperor of the Qi Kingdom?" ”

"This ...... I didn't understand what my cousin was saying. ”

Yelu Chongguang was overjoyed, it seemed that his cousin had agreed, but he also kept an eye on it, afraid that his cousin was deliberately tricking his own words.

Seeing his appearance, Yelu grabbed the book on the couch and smashed it over: "You rammer, it's time for you, don't be clever in front of Lao Tzu." ”

Yelu Chongguang avoided the oncoming books and said aggrievedly: "I really don't understand." ”

It seems that this guy doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle, Yelu Yu had no choice but to hand over the order, and said in a deep voice: "After Yan Zonghan finished beating me, he wanted to trick me back to Datong to destroy it." ”

Hiss!

Yelu Chongguang gasped, this news was too shocking.

After taking the order and looking at it, he already believed it.

If you talk about yourself, there is no need to be so troublesome.

After figuring out the key, Yelu Chongguang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Cousin plans to defect to Your Majesty?" ”

"Not bad!"

Yelu Yu nodded and said softly, "If you can contact the Emperor of Qi State, help me bring a word." ”

Jerod asked, "What are you?" ”

"I need a guarantee!"

Yelu Yu said in a firm tone.

He was scared by Jin Guokeng, even if he was desperate at this time, he wanted to get a guarantee.

Otherwise, even if you vote for Qi Guo, I am afraid that the end will be very likely to be the same as now.

Yelu Chongguang said excitedly: "I'll do it." ”

Before coming, the commander of the scout battalion had taught him how to connect.

(End of chapter)