The flickering candle flame illuminated the big tent dimly, and Yelu Dashi wore a Song man's robe, a high crown on his head, and held an anthology of Tang poetry in his hand, reading intently. As a pure Khitan, he looks dressed as a Great Song scribe at the moment, and he looks extremely unusual. However, in a way, he is indeed very different, because he is the only Khitan in high school in Liao since the imperial examination was introduced.

The Khitan people as the ruler of the Liao State but no one has ever been able to make the list in the imperial examination of the Liao State, which can be described as a pain in the hearts of the Khitan people, when Yelu Dashi was admitted, Yelu Yanxi, who was the Great Khan of the Liao State, was overjoyed, celebrated a lot, and impatiently ordered people to be recorded in the annals of history, and directly let him enter the high status of the Northern Privy Council, and then in two or three years, he was promoted and knighted one after another, which can be described as extremely important!

The person standing next to him at this moment is called Xiao Yu, he is very strong, and his martial arts are also very high, he is a famous Khitan warrior, and he is also the nephew of Xiao Duoli, the current queen of Liao, his father is Xiao Fengxian, the king of Lanling of Liao, who can be said to be born with a golden key, but his personality is completely different from his father Xiao Fengxian, there are not so many eyes, he is the purest Khitan warrior, and he is chattering non-stop at this time.

"Brother Dashi, I have transferred all the warriors who are responsible for guarding the ship in the afternoon, why don't you launch an attack overnight? Song Nu and the Jurchen traitors can't hold out for long, and if we work harder, we will definitely be able to destroy them all, if it drags on like this, what should we do if the main force of Song Nu's sailors comes? As long as we destroy these people now, our task will be completed, wouldn't it be good to go back to the tribe earlier to drink hot mare's milk? I'm about to suffocate to death in this place where birds don't lay eggs!"

asked so many questions in one breath, but Yelu Dashi, who was reading the anthology of Tang poetry, didn't react, Xiao Yu was so anxious that he tore away the book in his hand, and said hurriedly: "You have something to say!"

Yelu Dashi saw that the book was snatched away, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but reprimand: "Xiao Yu, what is Song Nu with an open mouth, Song Nu with a closed mouth, don't say anything like this, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority among all ethnic groups, only the difference between strength and weakness, you have to know how to respect your opponent!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yu suddenly puffed out his eyes angrily: "Brother Dashi, I see that you are the Song people, you have read too many books, and your head is wrong, you see that those Song people are all like turtles with shrunken heads, they can't beat us in a war, their mouths are so tight, if they really see the war knife, they will only cry and call their mother, their nature is weak and incompetent, how can they be like our Khitan people, everyone is a warrior when they get on the horse!"

Looking at Xiao Yu in front of him and feeling his pure Khitan thoughts, Yelu Dashi let out a long sigh.

"Xiao Yu, you are also famous, why haven't you learned a little bit of brains, you haven't met a powerful Song people, we are a nomadic race, all the people are soldiers, they are a farming group, the people and soldiers can't be confused, they can't be compared like this!"

Yelu Dashi said, helplessly looked at Xiao Yu, who was full of confusion, and sighed again: "You should go to the Han settlements in the south more often, and live a good life for a while, then you will naturally understand what I just said." Our Liao country has fallen into today's situation, completely because our Khitan people are arrogant, if we can respect the Song people, we would have let the Great Song Dynasty fall a long time ago!"

"I don't live with lowly Han people, I think you were stupid by the Song people's books!" Xiao Yu rolled his eyes and scolded.

Hearing this scolding, Yelu Dashi was not angry, but looked at him deeply, and said seriously: "You have not been able to understand the broad-mindedness and tolerance of the Han people, their 4,000-year-old brilliant culture can only be understood after in-depth understanding, they are really a great ethnic group. Now we really want to conquer them, but we should respect them and learn from them, a great country should have the tolerance of the Han people.

They were able to achieve their greatest glory in the past, precisely because they had the mind to embrace all ethnic groups and unite and prosper together, instead of relying on pure killing and enslavement, and we didn't do the same when the Great Liao was founded? Otherwise, how could we divide the north and the south, and how could we learn the system of the Song people? If the Great Khans of all dynasties could continue their original intentions, why would they force the Jurchens to rebel? Why would they make the Song people hate us to the bone? I am afraid that they would have prospered for generations to come!"

Xiao Yu's heart actually respects Yelu Dashi very much, but he was born in the tribe, grew up in the tribe, and led the troops to fight without ambiguity, but his thoughts are extremely simple and straightforward, these complex problems really gave him a headache, and he immediately waved his hand irritably: "Forget it, I am a warrior, I only know how to fight, you tell me these things are equivalent to nothing, you just tell me why you don't attack the two countries' missions overnight!"

Yelu Dashi felt powerlessness deeply, shook his head bitterly, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Heavens! What should I do to change the deep-rooted thoughts and habits of the people, what can I do to change the greed and decay of the people, now there is the rebellion of the people of all nationalities everywhere, and the rebellion of the people of all nationalities everywhere, why can't the Great Khan and the people still not wake up, what should I do to save this great Liao at sunset!"

With a sigh, Yelu Dashi walked out from the cry in his heart, and when he saw Xiao Yu, who was still only thinking about how to kill, he couldn't control his anger, who had always been gentle and elegant, and suddenly scolded: "What to fight? How to fight? How many people have died in our attacks in the past few days? Even if we can destroy them by constantly attacking day and night, how much will our warriors pay to attack such a dangerous place at night? These are the most elite warriors of our Khitan, if one dies, there will be one less, how many of our clansmen can take it out?"

Xiao Yu was scolded a little stunned, because this was the first time he saw Yelu Dashi getting angry, he immediately took a step back and muttered: "How can we fight without dying, aren't we also here to destroy Song Jin's alliance!"

"Sabotage?" Yelu Dashi became even more angry, took a deep breath and said, "What's the use of destroying the Song-Jin Alliance in this way? Even if you kill Li Qingshan and his party, and make the Jurchens feel that the Song people are incapable and unworthy of being allies with them, so what?

Xiao Yu looked at him suspiciously, frowned, and said: "Didn't the Jurchens just accept the canonization of the Great Khan? Since they have successfully established the country, it is naturally the time to recuperate, not to mention that the years of struggle have also caused them a lot of losses, as long as there is no Song Nu to help, naturally they will not send troops easily!"

Yelu Dashi knew Xiao Yu very well, and knew that he couldn't think of it on his own, so he glanced at him and said, "You listened to your father?"

"Hmm!" Xiao Yu nodded.

"Do you believe me?" asked Yelu Dashi suddenly.

Xiao Yu nodded again: "Of course I believe it, I have always respected you, you can always expect what others think!"

Yelu Dashi's eyes flickered, and he stared straight at Xiao Yu and said: "Then you just remember what I said today, in less than two years at most, the Jin State will definitely raise troops again, and the Jurchens accepting the canonization of the Great Khan is just a delaying tactic." Their losses in the past two years have indeed been great, but the price paid by our Da Liao is even greater, and it is impossible for the Jurchens to give us much respite, regardless of whether the Jurchens are allied with the Song State or not, they will march.

From what I know about the Jurchens, they already look down on the Song people, and the alliance may not be important to them at all, and the real purpose should be to make the Song State relax its vigilance, and at the same time get the necessary money, food, and materials from the Song State. If my Da Liao really can't stop the Jurchens, then the Jin State will definitely take advantage of the situation to invade the Song Dynasty in the south, and it is naturally impossible to destroy the Song State in one fell swoop with the strength of the Jurchens, but it is possible to defeat the Song State to submission, so even if the Jurchens win our Da Liao, then they are just the next Da Liao!"

Although Xiao Yu admired Yelu Dashi very much, he still obviously showed a questioning look when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "I see that you are really thinking too much this time, how can my Da Liao be destroyed by the Jurchens, there are a lot of soldiers and horses in the south, but as long as the elites of the major tribes in the north are gathered to fight with all their might, it is impossible for the Jin Kingdom to stop it!"

"The major tribes?" Yelu Dashi smiled disdainfully, and said lightly: "At the beginning, the Jurchens were still our tribes of Daliao, why did they rebel? What is the difference between other tribes? Even if your father can hide from you and the Great Khan, he can't hide from everyone, the major tribes have long since deviated from Germany, if it weren't for the fact that my Khitan people have been there for many years, I'm afraid they would have all followed the Jurchens to rebel together, if we can't suppress the Jurchens, then a tribe can't move!"

"How can this be?" Xiao Yu looked a little panicked, although he was rude and didn't want to think about complicated things, but people were not stupid, and they would understand it with a little mention.

"This is not the result of your oppression of the major tribes all day long, you let them not live, can they not rebel? How can the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty prosper, and why can the hundred ethnic groups willingly obey the governance, isn't it what I told you earlier, the integration of the nation and unity and common prosperity is the irreversible trend, if it weren't for the fact that our Daliao took the wrong path, and the court was corrupt and extravagant, why would there be today's situation?"

Yelu Dashi said the thoughts that were pressed in his heart in one breath, sighed and closed his eyes, his face full of helplessness.

Xiao Yu was anxious, and shouted in a thick voice: "Then why didn't Brother Da Shi tell the Great Khan? Since you know so much, why don't you try to change the situation?"

"Change? How to change? The Great Khan has lived a life of luxury, where can he still live a hard life? In today's situation in Daliao, your father also has an unshirkable responsibility, will he let me say it? Even if you go and say it, your father will still kill you, and you may know better than me about your father's temperament, not to mention that not only your father, but many people in the court are responsible, who can you deal with? If you give me another ten years, I still have some way, but I don't have time!"

"Then according to what you say, isn't our Da Liao doomed?" Xiao Yu said with a bitter face.

Yelu Dashi shook his head: "If you can persuade your father and the Great Khan to form a good alliance with the Song State, give up part of the southern land, and return it to the Song State, then you can make the Song State border the Jin State, and with the habits of the Jurchens, we will definitely force the Song State, and then we will take the initiative to cooperate with the Song State and join the Song State to resist the Jin, and we will naturally be able to change the declining situation." After that, he sent envoys to the Goryeo Kingdom and let the Goryeo people use the east of the Jurchens as a containment, so that the Jurchen forces were scattered.

Finally, if they promised heavy profits to the major tribes of the north, promised to reduce their taxes and military service burdens, and promised to share the Jurchen women, slaves, and wealth with them, then they would definitely send troops. At that time, not to mention the Jurchens, no ethnic group could withstand such a siege, the Jurchens were indeed good at war, and they rose very quickly, but now they lack cultural accumulation, do not know how to be flexible, and make enemies everywhere, it is the best opportunity, and when they learn from the Han people the way of combining vertical and horizontal and governing the country, then there is no need to fight!"

As soon as these remarks came out, Xiao Yu, a Khitan with a straight intestine, could accept it, and even shook his head and said: "Brother Da Shi is very reasonable, but our proud clansmen will not agree, my father will not agree, and the Great Khan will not agree, even if I believe you, but I can't lower my head, I'd rather die in battle!"

Yelu Dashi sighed softly, said no more, reached out and picked up the anthology of Tang poems on the table, and ordered softly: "If the Song people successfully break through that day, then the Pinghai division of the Northern Song Dynasty will be able to arrive as soon as the day after tomorrow, and launch the final orderly attack tomorrow, and give up if it can't be defeated." For the sake of the envoys of the Song and Jin countries, it is not worth such a mobilization, and it is not worth it to fight to the death of the warriors, which in itself is a meaningless battle!"

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

Zhao Bufan lay on the grass outside the tent, and heard the conversation inside the tent completely, and his heart was extremely shocked.

"Who is the person who leads the team in Liaoguo, listen to the person named Xiao Yu call him Brother Dashi......"

"Could it be that he is the famous Yelu Dashi?"

"This person can accurately deduce the goals and current situation of various countries, understand the way of vertical and horizontal shutting down, and anticipate things like a god, it is really terrifying, fortunately, he can't change the thinking of the vast majority of Khitan people, and he shouldn't have the ability to change the overall situation, but when you encounter this person on the battlefield in the future, you really have to be cautious!"

Zhao Bufan silently put Yelu Dashi among the dangerous people in his heart, and when he saw that there was no sound in the tent, he quietly got up again, hid and left the humble Liao camp, and when he returned to the dense forest, Dong Ping and Hua Rong had been waiting for a long time.

Qin Ming, who was anxious, couldn't help but ask, "General Zhao, how is the situation in Liaoying?"

Zhao Bufan smiled, his eyes flashed, and he was slightly excited.

"The envoys of the Song and Jin countries are very strong, with the help of the steep terrain to block the Liao people, they will not attack tonight, and they will wait until after dawn at the earliest, we will now hurry to the east of the island and sneak attack their warships!"

"Is it a bit risky for the six of us to go?" asked Su Ding hesitantly.

Zhao Bufan waved his hand excitedly: "Don't be afraid! The general of the Liao State is very confident, he believes that the Pinghai Division will not arrive here until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and he didn't expect that we would secretly take a fishing boat to land, so he transferred all the manpower here." At the moment, there are only a few people left on the opponent's warship, and we just went over to intercept and kill, forcing them to divide their troops to rescue us, but the six of us don't go together, Qin Ming has to go back to Shitan to report the news first, and when Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo return after dawn, they will come over to pick us up immediately!"

"Good!"

All the generals responded in unison, except for Qin Ming, the other five people all urged Qinggong to rush to the east coast of the island, Zhao Bufan was even more excited in his heart and couldn't control himself, of course, not only this move could force the Liao State to divide the troops and reduce the pressure on the mission, but also because of the treasures on the Liao State ship.

According to what Xue Ling said earlier, when the two national missions were forced to land, the situation was very critical, and saving one's life was the first priority.

So that means that a large number of treasures have been left on the ship and looted by the Liao State, which belongs to the unknown whereabouts......