A big battle in Chenqiao, without warning, the Tianxiong army led by Du Chongwei, and the Tianping army led by Li Shouzhen, suddenly turned their faces, the two armies fought for a day and a night, killing and wounding nearly 20,000 people, and finally no one could help anyone, both were defeated, and each of them withdrew their troops.

After the war, they counted their soldiers and horses, and Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen couldn't help but feel heartache.

Du Chongwei's Tianxiong army had less than 30,000 people left, and Li Shouzhen's Tianping army had only 20,000 left. Although Li Shouzhen took the lead and attacked Du Chongwei by surprise, the Tianxiong army was outnumbered after all, and after a fight, Li Shouzhen's losses were not much less than Du Chongwei's.

A large number of non-commissioned officers of the two armies fled, which was also the reason why the two had to withdraw their troops in advance.

If you continue to fight, even if you destroy your opponent, you won't have many people left.

After this battle, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen turned against each other.

Li Shouzhen withdrew to the south bank of the Yellow River with the remnants of the army overnight and recaptured Yunzhou, while Du Chongwei also withdrew to Weizhou. The two remnants licked their wounds on their own turf.

Hearing the news, Yelude's eyes darkened, and he let out a long breath, unable to hide the disappointment in his heart, and sighed: "I know, go, call Xiao Han!"

Xiao Han hurried to the imperial study, only to see Yelu Deguang walking around the imperial study with his hands behind his back, with a gloomy expression. Xiao Han was about to kneel down to say goodbye, but Yelu Deguang raised his hand and said, "Those false courtesies, there is no need to talk about them." Du Chongwei failed to get rid of Li Shouzhen, and your plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf did not work. ”

Xiao Han was stunned, thought for a moment, and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Although Liang Yuan is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time!" Yelu Deguang walked to the side of the map and looked up at the map of the Central Plains, "In the world of the Han people, I really can't sit in the Khitans?"

Yelu Deguang didn't plan to canonize any Central Plains emperor from the beginning, he urgently summoned Du Chongwei to Bianliang, but he wanted to use Du Chongwei's hand to destroy Li Shouzhen. After all, Li Shouzhen's 40,000 elite soldiers are the backbone of the Yonggu Palace after all, and they are a greater threat to Daliao than the hundreds of thousands of rebels who have swarmed up.

The reason why the Liao army was not allowed to do it in person was that the Liao army was mobilized to solve Li Shouzhen, which would definitely arouse Li Shouzhen's vigilance. Once Li Shouzhen also betrays Liao, it is likely that Du Chongwei will also rebel against Liao, and the chain reaction will be together, and the 300,000 Great Liao Iron Cavalry in Henan will not be able to withdraw if they want to.

Moreover, the Yonggu Palace Master also showed the strength she held in her hands, and the intelligence from all sides showed that not only many of those traitors were supported by the Yonggu Palace, but even Liu Zhiyuan, Hedong, also had an extremely close connection with the Yonggu Palace Master. The Tiance Mansion, which is also the alliance of the Yonggu Palace, has blatantly supported Liu Zhiyuan. Among those rebels, the support of Tiance Mansion is not small.

Also, it seems that the Yonggu Palace Lord has also reached some agreements with the Southern Tang Dynasty and Houshu.

The power of the Yonggu Palace is definitely not to be underestimated.

Not to mention, the master of the Yonggu Palace has the support of Lu Jinghong, and it is very likely to contact Yan Wushuang, or even the drunken Taoist and the wild fox Chan sneaked into the palace to kill the king and assassinate him.

By using Du Chongwei to get rid of Li Shouzhen, he can divert the attention of the Yonggu Palace Lord and transfer the hatred of the Yonggu Palace Master to Du Chongwei.

Of the three, Du Chongwei has 60,000 elite soldiers, and he is also a henchman of Da Liao. Using Du Chongwei to get rid of Li Shouzhen can not only break up the alliance between Du Chongwei and Yonggu Palace and Li Shouzhen's department, but also use the power of Yonggu Palace to weaken Du Chongwei's strength, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

When Du Chongwei and the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains were killed by people and horses, and both were defeated, Da Liao took advantage of the situation to cover up again, and he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But all this, with Du Chongwei failing to clean up Li Shouzhen, has become a dream bubble.

Xiao Han stood for a long time and said, "Even if Du Chongwei fails to clean up Li Shouzhen, my Da Liao may not be unprofitable. ”

"Speak!" Jerod turned sharply, his eyes aggressive.

Xiao Han straightened out his thoughts and said: "In today's situation, although Du Chongwei has fallen out with Li Shouzhen, my Daliao has not yet torn his face with Li Shouzhen. In other words, Yonggu Palace did not officially turn against my Da Liao. In this case, why didn't Your Majesty fulfill the wish of the master of the Yonggu Palace and set up a person from the Li family as the emperor of the Central Plains. Let the Yonggu Palace become the target of public criticism? In this way, won't it have the same effect?"

"You mean to make Li Shouzhen the emperor?" Yelu Deguang shook his head, "No, the strength of Yonggu Palace is too great, and most of the rebels in the Central Plains are now in the hands of Yonggu Palace and Tiance Mansion. Li Shouzhen has a very close relationship with the princes of the original Central Plains, and once he sits on the throne, I am afraid that the Southern Tang Dynasty and Houshu will also fall to him.

Liu Zhiyuan is scheming and will not attack Li Shouzhen easily. Most of them will reconcile with Li Shouzhen and divide the land.

And Du Chongwei, the old fox, was not lightly injured this time, and he would never touch Li Shouzhen's bad head again.

Through Li Shouzhen to consume the strength of the Central Plains, this road will not work. ”

Xiao Han said with a smile: "Your Majesty's analysis is extremely correct, since Li Shouzhen cannot be appointed as the emperor, why not consider others? Li Siyuan's descendants are not only Li Shouzhen. Moreover, Li Shouzhen was only the master of the Yonggu Palace who said that he was the descendant of Li Siyuan, and there was no evidence. Wouldn't it be better to establish a pure Later Tang bloodline than to establish Li Shouzhen, a person who doesn't know his origin?"

"You mean......" Yelude's eyes lit up, "Li Congyi, the Duke of Xunguo?"

Xiao Han nodded and said: "That's exactly what the minister meant! In this way, I also have an explanation to the master of the Yonggu Palace, and my Da Liao can be regarded as not talking." ”

Li Congyi, now less than seventeen years old, is the youngest son of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Siyuan, whose mother died early, and was raised by Emperor Mingzong's concubine Wang Shufei. After Li Siyuan's death, his sons killed each other in order to compete for the throne, and Li Congyi was able to save his life because he was young and did not participate in the battle for the throne.

After Shi Jingjiao destroyed the Tang Dynasty and established the Later Jin Dynasty, in order to appease the people's hearts, he did not kill them all, but gave Li Congyi 3,000 households to Li Congyi, named Li Congyi as the Duke of Xun Guo, and lived in Luoyang with Wang Shufei, the concubine of Mingzong, in order to worship the Later Tang Dynasty.

In the past ten years, as a descendant of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Congyi has lived carefully, and he does not even dare to step out of the mansion gate on weekdays, like an invisible person, for fear of provoking the taboo of the Later Jin Dynasty, and gradually disappeared in the eyes of everyone, and everyone almost forgot his existence.

If it weren't for Xiao Han's reminder, Yelu Deguang wouldn't have remembered this person.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yelu Deguang said: "This is also a choice, but what is the reaction of the Central Plains to this person? It is difficult to say for sure, after all, there is Yonggu Palace to support him. If he is really allowed to stabilize the throne, the Later Tang Dynasty has always been an enemy of my Great Liao, wouldn't he just set up a great enemy?"

Xiao Han laughed and said: "This is not difficult, why don't you first seal him as a military and state affairs of the Southern Dynasty, spread rumors that His Majesty is ready to make him emperor, and see how the reactions of all forces are." If there is no reaction from all forces, it means that Tang Yuwei still exists, so he might as well continue to do the military and state affairs of the Southern Dynasty.

Until my Da Liao completely mastered the Central Plains, I made him the emperor and slowly cleaned up the Yonggu Palace and the opposition forces of all parties.

If all the forces in the world are not convinced, then they will immediately make him the emperor, throw him in Bian Liang, and let the Central Plains people kill and live. Anyway, my Da Liao has fulfilled his promise and returned the country to the Later Tang Dynasty, as for whether the master of Yonggu Palace can keep it, that is her business, what does it have to do with my Da Liao?

Moreover, among them, my Da Liao can also secretly support those weaker forces, and will never give up without draining the blood of the Southern Dynasties!

This is a plan for two peaches to kill three soldiers. ”

Yelu Deguang nodded: "Yes, Xiao Qing is really resourceful, worthy of my Zhuge Kongming! In this way, no matter what I say, my Da Liao will still withdraw from the Central Plains!"

"I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf!" Xiao Han said, "The minister suggested that since they want to withdraw, they should simply withdraw farther away, not even Hebei, to give the people of the Southern Dynasties a false impression of safety, and let them kill a bloody wave! When they are exhausted, it is just a matter of a whip to take the Central Plains!"

Yelu Deguang pondered for a long time, slammed the table, and said loudly: "Okay, just follow what Qing plays!

Xiao Han replied: "In good order, just wait for Your Majesty's order, my 300,000 soldiers and horses of Daliao can smoothly withdraw to Hebei." Then you can go back to the grassland!"71