Yelu Deguang said: "Lu Aiqing, what you said is very good. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info But the people you listed are all important ministers of my Khitan, and they are bent on conquering the Jin Kingdom and becoming meritorious people. You were originally from the martial arts, and you didn't value fame and fortune, so I would like to hear your opinions. ”

Helian Tiandao: "Your Majesty, the minister is a rough man, and what he says may not be right." During this trip to the south, the minister found that there were not many generals available to the Jin court. And we are strong and strong, and we are good at cavalry tactics, and the destruction of the Jin State is just around the corner. ”

Yelu Deguang smiled and said, "What He Aiqing said is true. We do have the advantage of cavalry. However, there are many cities in the Jin Kingdom, and the streets are dense, so it is difficult for the cavalry to penetrate deeply. Last year, I led the cavalry south to fight against the Jin army, and when I arrived at the Jin army's village, tens of thousands of cavalry were blocked outside the village. Every time I think about it, I still have palpitations. ”

Lu Wanli, He Liantian, Hu Pingqiu and Xi Shuishen looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. Yelu Deguang said again: "I originally wanted to attack Kaifeng in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect that Shi Chonggui to have the courage to send heavy troops to fight against us. Knowing that there was today, he should not have sent troops to help the Shi family win the country. ”

Hu Pingqiu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom is ungrateful, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, we must not let him go." Now the front battalion of our army is already in Hengzhou City, and it only takes an order to level Hengzhou. Rhino Shuishen also echoed: "Your Majesty, what the Tiger Commander said makes sense. Chen once read the "Left Turn" written by the Han people, which said that one blow, then decline, and three exhaustion. We have been on this southern expedition for several months, and now we are only a few hundred miles away from the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and we could destroy the Tang Kingdom ten years ago, and now we can also destroy the Jin Kingdom. ”

Yelu Deguang hesitated and said, "A few Aiqing, you are all close to me, and I will not hide it from you. Before this expedition, the queen mother had told me that the Jin country was vast, and the customs and climate were very different from my Khitan, and I was worried that I would have itchy bodies if I lived in the Jin country for a long time, and I promised her that as long as I conquered the Jin country, I would retreat and go north. It's a pity that my Khitan army was blocked in Hengzhou and couldn't attack it for a long time, which really worries me!"

Lu Wanli listened to Yelu Deguang's words, and thought: "The emperor is now in a dilemma, at this time the Jin reinforcements have arrived, if the army is sent south again, the victory or defeat is not known; if the army is brought back to China, it is equivalent to admitting that his southern expedition failed, and it may cause the shame of the princes who stayed in Beijing." ”

Lu Wanli is the only Han among the four rulers, and his ancestral home is Luoyang, Henan. When the Liang Kingdom fell more than 20 years ago, Lu Wanli's family all died in the war, and he escaped from Luoyang by luck and lived incognito in the rivers and lakes for three years. When Lu Wanli reappeared and found that he was still wanted by the Later Tang Emperor, he had no choice but to flee to the Khitan in the north.

Half a year later, in the martial arts competition held in Beijing, the capital of the Khitan Kingdom, Lu Wanli won the top spot with his profound martial arts, and was valued by the emperor Yelu Abaoji, and was immediately elected to the Khitan East Palace and became the personal guard of the prince Yelu Deguang. Lu Wanli has always been loyal to Yelu Deguang and is highly trusted by him. Less than a month after his accession to the throne, Yelu Deguang appointed Lu Wanli as the head of the four commanders of the imperial palace, in charge of the 800 royal forest guards in the eastern court.

Jerod will ask him about anything important. This time, Yelu Deguang decided to fight with the Jin Kingdom, and Lu Wanli did not show his support. There are two reasons for this. First, Lu Wanli is a Han after all, although he has lived in the Khitan for more than 20 years, he still has pity for the people of the Central Plains, and he can't bear to let them become the soul of the Khitan cavalry. Second, the Khitan royal family seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact there is constant infighting, Yelu Jing, Yelu Lihu, Yelu Ruan are all qualified to inherit the throne, if Yelu Deguang encounters an accident, these people will definitely make a big move, and then the Khitan royal family will experience a bloody storm.

Since the founding of the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, there have been six emperors before and after, and the national strength of the Central Plains Dynasty is not as good as before. The emperors of the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty were all from the Shatuo tribe and did not understand the principles of Confucianism in governing the country, so the governance of Zhongyuan Prefecture and County could not be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the eyes of the Han people in the Central Plains, no matter which one of the Shatuo or Khitan ruled the Central Plains, the Han people were always the target of bullying. Therefore, where the Jin and Khitan were at war, a large number of Han people from the Central Plains rushed to the south, trying to enter the territory of Shu, Nanping, Southern Tang and Wuyue under the rule of the Han emperor.

Hu Pingqiu and Lu Wanli have always been incompatible, he was defeated by Lu Wanli, although he also did the Khitan Palace guard commander, but in terms of seniority, it was actually behind the crane Liantian, which came later, and was located in the third of the four commanders, only before the rhino water depth. The jealousy and dissatisfaction that Hupingqiu has accumulated in his heart for many years can be seen. Now Lu Wanli is noncommittal to the emperor's southern expedition, he feels that it is a good time for him to turn over, so he strongly encourages Yelu Deguang to continue to send troops to the Jin State.

Hu Pingqiu continued: "Your Majesty, although the minister is a martial artist, he must do his best for the Khitan Southern Expedition, and he will not return to Beijing if he does not break the seal. ”

Seeing that Hu Pingqiu supported him, Yelude was a little moved in his heart, and said loudly: "Tiger Commander, with your words, I will be relieved." He glanced at the other three again and said, "Do you think the same way?" He Liantian and Xi Shuishen hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, as long as you give an order, the ministers will definitely live and die!"

Yelu Deguang laughed and said, "You are serious! It's just a matter of Jinguo, so why do you need to risk your lives!" He glanced back at Lu Wanli and saw that he looked calm, and he already had an idea in his heart.

After Hupingqiu, Heliantian and Rhino Shuishen withdrew, Lu Wanli still stood in the house and refused to leave. Knowing that he had something to tell, Jerod glanced around and motioned for the people on the left and right to immediately avoid. He stepped forward and held his hand and said, "Aiqing, I understand your thoughts, why don't you say it directly?" Lu Wanli said indifferently: "Since the emperor insists on the southern expedition, how dare Weichen sweep away your interest." ”

Yelu Deguang said: "Aiqing's compassion for the Han people in the Central Plains, I am indeed deeply moved. Since the fall of your country, the Central Plains has been ruled by the Shatuo people, and in the past twenty-three years, the situation of the Han people here is not much better than that of the people of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Khitan. Aiqing, I sent troops south this time, and I am determined to exterminate the Shatuo clan of the Jin Kingdom and avenge the royal family of your Houliang!"

Lu Wanli was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor's great kindness and great virtue will never be repaid by Weichen! However, the emperor defeated the Later Tang Dynasty ten years ago, and he has already avenged my Zhu family. This southern expedition, if you can destroy the Jin Kingdom, it will naturally be the best. But the hundreds of thousands of Shatuo people in the Jin Kingdom were not guilty, but asked the emperor to be extra merciful and forgive their lives. ”