"Okay, okay!" Yelu Ruan said, "Let's not mention this matter for the time being, there will always be a chance to confirm it in the future, and you will know the dragon and the phoenix when you try it." Or let's get down to business, Brother An, you have already talked about the situation of the front army and the rear army, what about the Chinese army, is the Chinese army really under the control of Yelu Tiande?"

"It is true that Yelu Tiande controls many of the generals of the Chinese army," replied Yeluan, "but if he can control all the 80,000 men of the Chinese army, this is not the case. As far as I know, the 80,000 men and horses of the Chinese army can be divided into three factions. ”

"Which three factions?" asked Yelu Ruan.

"One faction is naturally the group of people who support Yelu Tiande, the number of which accounts for about half of the 80,000 horses, and about 40,000 horses, among which the personal guards of the first emperor and the soldiers and horses of the Xiao Han tribe are the core, and this group of people and horses are determined to support Yelu Tiande. Yelu'an talked eloquently, "One faction is the most elite 10,000 Imperial Forest Army around the first emperor, and the leader of this 10,000 Royal Forest Army is Xiao Huaiyu, His Royal Highness should know that Xiao Huaiyu is the eldest disciple of the national teacher Xiao Qirui, and this faction is likely to have fallen to Yelu Honggu."

As for the third faction, it is a general led by Yelu Mada, with more than 30,000 horses in his hands, and although he is currently acting in accordance with Yelu Tiande's orders, in fact, he does not necessarily support Yelu Tiande as emperor. If Yelu Tiande has a conflict with Yelu Honggu or His Highness, I estimate that if there is no major change, this group of people will be like Yelu House, standing still and watching it happen.

This is also the reason why Yelu Tiande has not blatantly opposed the Empress Dowager so far. ”

When Li Fengyun heard this, he frowned secretly, Yelu Tiande is really not as much as Yelu Ruan, and after so long, he can't say that he has mastered the 300,000 troops in the Central Plains, even the 80,000 horses of the Chinese army. How can he be like Yelu Ruan, as soon as he came to Zhenyang, he immediately received the support of the 120,000 soldiers and horses of the king of the southern courtyard and the king of the northern courtyard.

Yelu An then said: "Although Yelu Tiande currently only has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, his strength cannot be underestimated. Most of the elite divisions of our Great Liao are concentrated in the middle army and the front army. The combat power of these two divisions is far beyond that of other divisions. ”

Li Fengyun's heart was shocked, when he broke through the Central Plains, he had fought with the subordinates of the king of the North Courtyard of the right wing of the Liao State, and his combat strength was indeed much worse than the Liao soldiers he met in the Hutuo River, which should have been transferred from the Khitan to the Central Plains after the Battle of the Hutuo River.

At this time, Li Fengyun had some understanding of the combat power of the Khitan 300,000 soldiers and horses in the Central Plains.

Among the 300,000 troops, the strongest combat power is naturally Xiao Huaiyu's 10,000 Royal Forest Army. Li Fengyun deeply understands this, when he was outside Baituan Village, he fought with this 10,000 Royal Forest Army. On that occasion, although the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army fought against the 6,000 elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom that the Emperor Fu met at that time under extremely unfavorable circumstances, the elite cavalry of the Jin State was obviously invincible, and they could not break through the resistance of the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army, and they also suffered some losses. If it weren't for Bai Futong and Dian Kui's unauthorized mobilization of the Fengyun battalion stationed in Yangcheng, as well as more than 10,000 surrendered troops, bluffing to help, and scaring Yelu Deguang, that battle, Li Fengyun and Huangfu would probably have hated on the spot.

Secondly, the other 70,000 men and horses led by the Chinese army and the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under Xiao Yu of the former army are probably similar to Xiao Han's combat power, and they are also relatively difficult to deal with.

Thirdly, it belongs to the left and right wings of the soldiers and horses led by the king of the south and north of the Liao Kingdom, and the 50,000 rear army led by Yelu Wuzhen, although there are many of the soldiers and horses in this part of the army, but the average strength is inferior to the first two. Because most of the soldiers and horses were temporarily recruited herdsmen, their combat strength was naturally inferior to that of the soldiers.

Yelu Ruan pondered for a moment and asked, "Brother An, you mean to let the Lone King not easily become an enemy of Yelu Tiande, right?"

Although we now have 120,000 horses, Yelu Tiande has Zhenyang City as the backing, and we can attack and retreat and defend, even if our army defeats Yelu Tiande, the loss will be very large. Or to compete with the soldiers and horses of Yelu Honggu who came one after another?

Although the country of Liao is empty now, if the Empress Dowager makes a desperate gamble and loots all the troops to attack us, she can also pull out more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the front army, the strength is still very strong. And that's in addition to the other soldiers and horses who might have taken refuge in Jeruhungu.

Therefore, I think that it is not appropriate to deal with Yelu Tiande in conflict with him. It is best to form an alliance with him and unite against the Empress Dowager and Yelu Honggu. ”

Yelu Ruan sighed and said, "Yelu Tiande is arrogant, how can he surrender to the Lone King? Sooner or later, there will inevitably be a battle between the Lone King and him. Brother An, do you have a good way to convince Yelu Tiande to form an alliance with the Lone King?"

Yeluan shook his head and said, "I've been thinking about this matter for the past few days, but I can't find a good solution. Yelu Tiande has the support of Xiao Hanbu, and is supported by young generals such as Yelu Liu Ge and Yelu Pendu, so he is very proud and arrogant, and may not be willing to cooperate with His Royal Highness. ”

"He will!" Li Fengyun said suddenly.

Everyone's eyes turned to Li Fengyun, and Yeluwa said angrily: "We Khitans are discussing matters here, how can we allow you, a Han dog, to intervene." ”

"Whether it's a Han dog or a Liao dog, the king of the North Courtyard, are you planning to embarrass Li? Since that's the case, you might as well let the horse come over and see if Li has the ability to intervene! Is there less time I, Li Fengyun, have defeated you Khitans?" Li Fengyun raised his eyebrows and said, "If it weren't for the mutual cooperation that would be beneficial to both you and me, do you think I, Li Fengyun, would be willing to get involved in this matter?"

Yeluwa was about to fight back against Li Fengyun, but Yeluruan stopped him and said, "Why should the king of the Northern Courtyard be angry, what's the harm in listening to Li Fengyun?"

Hearing Yeluruan say this, Yeluwa glared at Li Fengyun fiercely, snorted, and did not speak.

Li Fengyun sighed lightly, arched his hand towards Yelu Ruan, and said, "Brother Ruan, your strength seems to be very strong now, but compared to the empress dowager of your country, you are still vulnerable. At this time, if we are not able to unite with each other and unite as one, I am afraid that you will be defeated before the arrival of the army of Yeluhongu against you. Do not forget that the families and tribes of your soldiers are still in the hands of Jeruhungu. ”

When everyone heard Li Fengyun's words, their hearts sank. Everyone knew about this concern, but no one was willing to raise it, because this problem could not be solved, and if Shu Luping threatened the families and clans of their soldiers, then the morale of their soldiers would inevitably plummet, and it was not impossible for Li Fengyun to say that they would be defeated before fighting.

Yelu Ruan looked at Li Fengyun and asked, "I wonder if General Li has any good countermeasures?"

Li Fengyun replied: "Let's talk about one thing and one thing, let's talk about Yelu Tiande first, I have fought with Yelu Tiande several times, and I also know a little about this person, which is different from Brother Ruan's grandeur, and I use one sentence to describe him, that is, I forget my life when I see the small profits, and I regret my life when I do big things." It is difficult for this kind of person to achieve great things, in that case, why should Brother Ruan care too much about the battle for the throne between him and you?"

Yelu Ruan's eyes lit up and said, "Please General Li continue!"

Li Fengyun continued: "I once heard my teacher Feng Dao tell a story, about some things between the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu at the end of the Han Dynasty, it seems to be very similar to the current situation, why don't Brother Ruan learn from it? Yelu Tiande is also a smart person, and he also knows that with his own strength, he can't compete with the Empress Dowager of your country, if I think correctly, maybe he is waiting for Brother Ruan to form an alliance with him at the moment, as long as Brother Ruan is willing to lend Jingzhou to him temporarily." ”