In the face of Yelu Chun's questioning, Yelu Dashi had no intention of backing down, and retorted urgently: "As long as you have the heart to do it, you will definitely be able to do it, Da Liao has not been able to eradicate the stubborn disease for so many years, after all, it is just vacillation, not really there is no way at all." ”

The more Ye Luchun listened, the more irritated he became, and he waved his hand heavily, so big that he even threw up the braids on his head.

"Okay, it's useless to say that now, how is your plan executed? Zhao Bufan has been proud for so long, he should have made him pay the price, and now he dares to forcibly occupy Yu Liyan, it is really a great shame for our Khitan warriors, it is time to let him taste the power of the Khitan iron horse, I would rather be the soul of the Jin State under the sword than see the cowardly Song people riding on our heads!"

This obviously tendentious voice made Yelu Dashi sigh, and replied lightly: "Everything is in the plan, although Zhao Bufan's speed of breaking through Yongqing is indeed very fast, but our warriors still hold him long enough after all, it will not affect the overall situation, he should be preparing to launch the Zhuozhou War now, just toss with him, don't fight for this time!"

Ye Luchun nodded, and his eyes gradually looked at the map of the territory of the Liao Kingdom hanging next to him, his face full of sorrow.

"I hope you can defeat the cowardly and incompetent Song people as soon as possible, our warriors have lost consecutive battles in the north, the Jin country is rapidly approaching Zhongjing, we need more strength to support the war in the north, and recently the Mengwu tribes have not listened to the call, I want to take Yu Liyan back, reward her to the Mughu, and then promise to reduce the worship of the Mugyu, allocate a few more fertile pastures for them, give them more slaves, and strive to let them recruit warriors again to help my Khitan fight against the Jurchens." The Mengwu people are brave and good at fighting, if they fully support it, it will be a great help after all, and it can also weaken them!"

When Yelu Dashi heard this, he really didn't know what to say.

Although Yeluchun is already a more virtuous and far-sighted person among the Khitans, he still has a strong idea of the supremacy of the Khitan people in his bones, and the Mengwu people have shed too much blood for the Khitans, but in Yeluchun's eyes, they are still a subsidiary group, just the property of the Khitans, just a force that can be used, how can such an attitude unite all tribes?

Thinking of this, Yelu Dashi was already very disappointed in Da Liao, but he had to do everything for his people.

"I will do my best, and when Zhao Bufan occupies Zhuozhou and continues to go north, it will be his end!"

"Okay, go and rest first!" Ye Luchun rubbed his temples and gave the order to evict the guest tiredly.

Yelu Dashi saluted on his left chest and silently withdrew.

............

On March 20, Zhao Bufan led the Liangshan Army and the Water Margin Army from Gu'an County to the west into Zhuozhou, and Zhai Xing of Anci County also followed the westward march and rushed to join him, leaving only 20,000 people to temporarily garrison Anci to protect the rear road of the army.

Wu Yanguang, who was stationed in Qigou Pass in the south of Zhuozhou, was afraid that after Zhuozhou was lost, he would fall into the Song army's north-south attack, so he became a lone army, and quickly withdrew from Qigou Pass to Zhuozhou, and the main force of Zhuozhou was set up outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the Great Song soldiers and horses.

Li Miao and Zhai Jin, who had been blocked in the south of Qigou Pass in the south, then occupied Qigou Pass, Li Miao personally led 20,000 troops to continue westward and attack Yizhou, while Zhai Jin led 80,000 people north to Zhuozhou and successfully joined Zhao Bufan.

Since then, the main force of the Eastern Route Army has met outside the city of Zhuozhou, and the army of more than 100,000 has been divided into three large villages, facing the 70,000 Liao army commanded by Wu Yanguang.

The two sides tentatively lined up in array and fought a few battles, but the losses were not large, until the first day of the fourth month, Wu Yanguang suddenly gave up all the grain and grass baggage, and launched an orderly retreat with 10,000 elite cavalry of the Khitan tribe.

This shocked Zhao Bufan, and he didn't understand how Wu Yanguang could give up Zhuozhou, so he really didn't dare to chase in a hurry, but just let Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Dong Ping and Hu Yanzhuo lead the Five Tiger Cavalry to clear the road ahead.

A large number of scouts even explored all the roads in the north, until it was confirmed that there was no ambush, he was slightly relieved, leaving only Zhai Xing personally led 20,000 people to defend Zhuozhou, while he continued to lead the main force of troops and horses to the north and directly took Liangxiang.

This good township is only more than 100 miles away from the Nanjing Xijin Mansion of the Liao State, which can be described as the last barrier, which makes Zhao Bufan a little incredulous, and it is difficult to understand why the Liao people will avoid the war in Zhuozhou and let him fight here.

According to his original assumption, the battle of Zhuozhou would be a main showdown, but he didn't expect it to be such an unexpected result in the end.

However, the Liao people did not seem to intend to continue to retreat northward, or they had no way to retreat, and the main forces of their eastern front were all gathered in Liangxiang, plus the 70,000 people who retreated from Zhuozhou by Wu Yanguang, there were 130,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and they completely put on a decisive posture.

This situation made Zhao Bufan hesitate and did not dare to fight in a hurry, and the two sides fell into a state of confrontation.

He also convened several large-scale military discussions among the generals in the army to discuss the possible strategies of the Liao State, but no one could see the reason, Wen Huanzhang and Zhu Wu, the two members of the army, were also very confused, so worried that the white hair grew out, and they went to the camps in Liao every day to observe, but there was nothing to gain, but they kept suggesting that the generals of the various departments must be cautious.

After the military discussion that day, Zhao Bufan returned to the military tent alone, walked to the marching map sullenly, and stared at it silently.

Yelu Yu Liyan was sitting on the edge of the bed arranging the quilt, seeing him staring at the map like this and being stunned, he couldn't help but put down what he was doing, and a sneer appeared on his beautiful face: "Yelu Dashi is not so easy to deal with, he must have planned a long time ago, you are likely to die here." ”

Zhao Bufan carried him on his back, his eyes still looking at the map.

"I'm dead, what's the good for you, you're already my woman, even if you're rescued by your people, according to your customs, nine times out of ten, they'll give you to the leader of a powerful tribe to win them over, and they just see you as a precious item!"

The sadness in Yelu Yu Liyan's eyes flashed, but he quickly replied stubbornly: "I am a loser, I have lost the face of my clan, this is the punishment I deserve, and I will make up for my sins!"

Zhao Bufan smiled and turned his head and stared at her deeply: "If that's the case, you wouldn't have said anything just now, and you wouldn't have mentioned Yelu Dashi, you want to remind me that I'm in danger now, aren't you?"

"I didn't!!"

Yelu Yu Liyan was suddenly furious and said excitedly: "I will never betray my people!!"

From her expression, Zhao Bufan knew that she must know something, and faintly felt the entanglement in her heart.

In fact, in the past two months, he has been very good to Yelu Yu Liyan, although he has been given the status of a slave and has no emotional component, but he still takes good care of her in private, no matter what the purpose, Yelu Yu Liyan has finally become his real woman.

"I'm not going to force you, but maybe we can talk!"

"As a slave, there is nothing to talk about with the master, if you have a need, I dare not resist!"

Yelu Yu Liyan said this indifferently, and turned his head to rearrange the quilt.

Zhao Bufan quietly walked to her side, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently grabbed her hand.

In an instant, Yelu Yu Liyan's body trembled obviously, he suddenly retracted his hand, crawled onto the bed, curled up and hid in the corner, buried his head deeply, bit his red lips, and said nothing.

Zhao Bufan looked at her calmly: "Do you know why I want you to be my slave?"

Yelu Yu Liyan gritted his teeth and said: "This is your right, I am defeated!"

Zhao Bufan smiled faintly: "In fact, I don't want to have a woman like you, if I want it, it's hard to say if I can't get it, it's like the leaders of those powerful tribes in your Liao country, they can always get the best, but I also have a lot of differences with them, that is, I think women are also independent people, she is not anyone's vassal, nor is she an object, they need more respect, whether it is a princess or an ordinary person, it is not all the same." ”

Over the past few days, Yelu Yu Liyan may have been too depressed, but after all, he couldn't help but speak: "On the grassland of our hometown, only the strong can be respected, and we Khitan people take the wolf as a totem, and the strongest wolf can have everything." ”

Zhao Bufan smiled disdainfully: "The wolf is just an animal, it only acts by instinct, and we are ......"

Before he finished speaking, Yelu Yu Liyan was already excited and angry: "If you insult my faith again, I would rather die than serve you again!"

Zhao Bufan sighed helplessly, knowing that he couldn't make sense of these things with her, and quickly changed the topic: "Why did you change your name to Yelu Talipo without permission?"

At the mention of this, Yelu Yuliyan was filled with pain: "I hate that name, I hate everything that the Great Khan has given me. ”

"He's your father, why do you hate him?" Zhao Bufan said curiously.

"He killed my mother!"

"Your mother?" Zhao Bufan thought about it for a while, and quickly understood: "Your mother is Xiao Sese, isn't she uniting with Yelu Yujian to rebel? Your father is the emperor of your Liao State after all, so it's not strange to kill them!"

"No!!!, my mother didn't rebel!!"

Yelu Yu Liyan was extremely excited, almost hoarsely shouted: "These are all the queen Xiao Duoli and his brother Xiao Fengxian conspired to frame them, they saw that my brother Yelu Ao Lu was deeply popular, and all tribes and civil and military vassals supported him to inherit the throne of the Great Khan in the future, so they saluted slander, fabricated facts, and slandered my mother for wanting to rebel and rebel, and Yelu Yu was the husband of my mother's sister, they were worried that Yelu Yu saw that he was in power, so they killed him together and forced him to join the Jin Kingdom!" This was all caused by Xiao Fengxian and them, if it weren't for them to bring disaster to the country, how could my Da Liao be defeated by the Jurchens so quickly?"

Zhao Bufan was extremely shocked when he heard these secrets, and he shook his head lightly after a long while: "This competition for rights and interests is really the same everywhere, and you are also a poor woman." ”

Yelu Yuliyan, who was sitting in the corner of the bed, curled up again and buried his head deep in his knees.

"I am the daughter of the divine wolf, and I need no mercy!"

Looking at the beautiful and pathetic princess of Liao in front of him, Zhao Bufan's heart was very complicated, and he reached out to support her well-proportioned chin with two fingers, making her raise her head slightly, revealing that sad face.

"You are not the daughter of a god wolf, you are an ordinary woman, you will still be my woman from now on, live well, live like a person!"