Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 208 Liao Emperor
The situation in the northwest can be said to have changed three times a day. Even before the Song army arrived, everything was in chaos.

Zhang Qiong, the others, and the Guiyi Army were overwhelmed by the seriousness of Yelu Wuzhi, and they had already retreated to Guazhou. The other side of the sandbank was preparing to fortify its walls and clear the country, waiting for Song Ting's reinforcements. As a result, Yelu Wuzhi turned around and moved to this side. He left Liangzhou to help Tubo during the war.

As soon as the pressure on the Liao army was relieved, the Liao army would naturally win successively, and there was no need to talk about a war at all. The Ganzhou Uighurs and the Guiyi Army simply began to join forces to persecute the Shazhou Uighurs, and even began to engage in genocide. The Shazhou Uighurs had to flee with their families and fled to the border of Liao Kingdom.

It went so smoothly that Zhang Qiong and the others were baffled.

"Why did the hostage Yelu leave? No matter how you look at it, he shouldn't be fighting with the officials in Liangzhou. Isn't this just giving up the strong points to the weak? Isn't this some kind of deception?"

There are currently two battlefields where the Liao Army and the Song Army are fighting, one is Liangzhou and the other is Shazhou. Anyone with a little bit of military acumen can easily see that the best response strategy for the Liao Army should be to abandon Liangzhou and take Shazhou.

In terms of terrain, the topography of the sandbank in Ganzhou is more complex, with deserts and wastelands. When fighting the Song army here, the cavalry has a great advantage, and it is closer to the core area of ​​​​Liao and Song. Further, it can greatly extend the Song Army's logistical supplies.

An army like the Song Army is extremely hungry for logistical supplies.

Moreover, once the Yelvwu hostages advance eastward, the Ganzhou Uighurs, who were still hesitating at first, will naturally no longer hesitate and will quickly join up with the Guiyi Army. You must know that although these two groups have been fighting each other for more than a hundred years, they still have no hesitation. Precisely because of this, they have actually been in love for more than a hundred years. The successive governors of the Guiyi Army married Uighur princesses. In fact, the two families have always been life-and-death relatives. Now they are joining hands for the sake of the Song Dynasty. , actually quite smooth.

The Ganzhou Uighurs attached themselves to the Guiyi Army. This was not once or twice. Whenever the Central Plains Dynasty declined, they would rebel again. As a serious business nation, the Uighurs have no moral integrity.

In other words, when he aided Tibet, he would inevitably have to give up the Shazhou Uighurs and untie the shackles of the Ganzhou Uighurs. In exchange, he would get a Liugu Tubo who was unreliable, had no past feelings, and might not even appreciate it. Be an ally.

This Liugu Tubo does not even have a formal leader, let alone a relatively functional administrative system. It is really sick to save the Tubo at the expense of the Uighur.

Besides, this would be very passive militarily. It seemed that he could block the Song army further west, but the Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs, as well as Zhang Qiong who had been helping to watch the situation here for so long, could not move forward. It is entirely possible to form a coalition directly after expelling the Shazhou Uighurs, and attack the Liao army from the east to the west with the main force of the Song army.

In other words, Yeluwuzhi's move was an out-and-out bad move no matter from the military, political, or diplomatic aspects.

Was he drinking fake wine?Or took the wrong medicine?This is not the level that his Yelv house should be.

"I heard that Emperor Yelujing of the Liao Dynasty also wanted to conquer personally and mobilized a large amount of troops. Could this be related to this?"

"Then he shouldn't run away."

"Never mind it, let's do our job, just drive away all the Uighurs in Shazhou first. Those who are willing to convert to Mingjiao or cross-dress in Hanfu will stay. The rest will get out of here like crazy. If they don't get out, we'll kill them." .”

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On the other side, in the direction of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Jing was actually confused at this moment. He felt particularly uncomfortable, but he never expected that Yelu Wuzhi would dare to attack him like this.

Is there not a single loyal minister left in the Liao Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, the mobilization order has been issued, but the Prime Minister has abandoned Shazhou and Ganzhou and gone to Liangzhou. This... the generals are asking, should we go to Shazhou, Liangzhou, or divide our troops? .”

Yelujing snorted when he heard this, but asked: "Can the generals make improvements? What is the opinion of the army?"

"This...the army...the army generally feels that this matter does not seem to require such a big fight. Even if it is to show off with the Emperor of Song Dynasty, it can be left to the Prime Minister to stop the enemy outside. Why use the power of the whole country? , Go to the land west of Hexi to help outsiders? This..."

"presumptuous!"

But Yelujing suddenly got angry and kicked his attendant hard, then punched and kicked him for a long time. It took a long time to get out of his anger, and he sat on the chair and sulked.

"They are all a bunch of traitors and traitors. They don't take me as the emperor seriously, but... alas~"

The matter of mobilization is actually divided into levels and batches after all. In fact, the effect of this mobilization of the Liao Kingdom was surprisingly poor. Officials at all levels could only write the word "perfunctory" directly on their faces, let alone millions. To control the strings, Yelujing estimated that it would be difficult to use 40 yuan in the end.

This is actually very embarrassing, because the 40 Liao army may not be able to defeat the 20 Song army led by Zhao Kuangyin himself. Even he himself knew that there was a high probability that he could not defeat it.

Needless to say about those in the east, Bohai Kingdom, Goryeo, Jurchen, and even Shiwei have joined forces with Xiao Siwen. That bastard is now completely acting out. Such a good opportunity to directly attack Huanglong is just playing with that Li Hanchao.

They didn't fight at all!
Even Yelu Xiezhen was actually acting against the will this time. This was the point that made him most angry. Wasn't this guy always the main war faction?Such a good opportunity, but half of the Liao Kingdom was ruined!
Of course, he also understood that in the final analysis, the reason for this all-out war was indeed too bad, and no one was willing to fight the Song Army.

To put it bluntly, when a conscription-based army fights, either the enemy is weak and we are strong, and we can win if we fight. Everyone is willing to go to the battlefield to grab the spoils of war or to win rewards for their military exploits, or to defend their homes and the country. This time, there are no two of these two things. Get it on.

The Song army was not weak at all. The Khitan people actually knew the combat effectiveness of the five generations of soldiers in the Central Plains. Moreover, part of the main force of the Liao army led by Yelu Wuzhi had been in confrontation with the Song army for so long.

Defending the family and the country is out of the question. They are defending Liangzhou. Does Liangzhou have anything to do with the Khitans?
Who among the upper-class nobles could not see that this was Yelujing's plan to use a borrowed knife to kill people, hoping to use the Song army to consolidate his military power?Damn it if the adults in various ministries agree.

In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the Liao Kingdom in Yelujing's era was really teetering on the edge of collapse. He should also be the emperor with the smallest actual royal power among the nine emperors of the Liao Kingdom.

But he was still an ambitious emperor. After he succeeded to the throne, he has been working hard to govern. He wanted to integrate the country's resources like the Han emperors in the south and establish an empire where father would die and his son would succeed. He would not have to kill each other every time he changed dynasties. I don't know what he meant. At that time, everyone broke up and the dynasty broke up.But he neither had the prestige of Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang, nor did he have the powerful royal private army of the later Liao emperors, the Pishi Army. A large number of Han people were employed, which is why Han people in the Liao Kingdom generally listened to the words of the descendants. After the death of Shu Luping, the conflict between the clan and the descendants was so sharp that they were temporarily disbanded. The person responsible for the reconstruction was Yelu Wuzhi. Once these two people united, they could ignore him. The emperor has no problem at all.

Although Xiao Siwen was given an official position, Yelu Xiezhen and Brother Yelu Xiu were both his people, and all the Han officials in Youyun listened to him. Yelu Wuzhi controlled most of the clan power, and even most of the clan's power. Some of the Pishi Army, as well as the rest of the small nobles, also have their own clansmen and their own armed forces. They don't have much respect for him as the emperor.

As a result, the internal conflicts within the Liao Kingdom naturally became more and more acute. Many times, there was no response even after his decrees were issued. The Khitan nobles in various tribes and the emperor were almost at odds with each other.

That's why I have to be dissolute and lethargic all day long. This is how I sleep with the emperor. And it's precisely because I'm so frustrated that no one outside the emperor can control me, so I can't help but spread the anger around me. On the body of the attendant.

Moreover, he always felt that some of the close servants around him were sent by Yelu Wuzhi and Xiao Siwen, and they might even harm him.

In fact, after his death, if Xiao Chuo, Yelu Xian, and Han Derang hadn't worked hard to revive the Liao Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom might have collapsed. The Liao Kingdom was really in disarray before Xiao Chuo came to power. .

Therefore, in Yelujing's view, if he wanted to truly take back power, he had only one chance, and that was the Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition.

Only a strong enough foreign enemy can reunite the scattered Liao Kingdom, and as long as it is united, he, the emperor, will naturally have the opportunity to gather military power. As long as this military power is in his hands, the natural monarchy will not be far away.

In fact, when Chai Rong went on the Northern Expedition, he had thought about taking the opportunity to regain military power. How could he have imagined that Xiao Siwen would give up three states in one breath!And none of the soldiers fought against Chai Rong!

He was so angry that he even said such angry words as "Yanyun was originally a Han native, so it would be a good idea to return it to the Han people."

The battle itself was a game between him and Xiao Siwen. In fact, he was not panicking, but he didn't believe it. If Xiao Siwen dared to give up the Guannan Three Continents, how could he dare to give up Youzhou?When Chai Rong's army arrives at Youzhou City, will he be able to resist surrendering military power?

Unexpectedly, Chai Rong was seriously ill and returned half way through the fight.

Zhou Dynasty destroyed Song Dynasty, thinking that such a fierce person as Zhao Kuangyin must be able to go to the Northern Expedition, right?

As a result, Zhao Kuangyin went south and then north, and he and Xiao Siwen developed strategic mutual trust. In the entire Youyun border, which was as long as the defense line, the Song and Liao armies together could not exceed 2 people.

He also set up some kind of packaging library, saying that Yan Yun stopped selling it and wanted to buy it from him.

Yelujing was left speechless.

Then he could only watch helplessly as Zhao Kuangyin expanded the original 13-strong Forbidden Army to 20, and first pacified Jinghu and then destroyed Houshu. In three or four years, he destroyed three kingdoms in a row, and his national power was growing day by day. With Xiao Siwen and Yan Yan The people of Yunhan look back and forth, mixing honey with oil.

Destroy it, tired.

As a result, his temper became more and more violent, and sometimes he would accidentally beat the attendant beside him to death.

So he waited, waited, and waited, and finally waited for the opportunity for Zhao Kuangyin to personally drive and conquer.

Although Xiao Siwen made it clear that he insisted on acting, after all, Yelu House had to bear the burden. Although the timing of mobilization was actually not good this time, the northwest region was not the core interest of the Liao Kingdom, let alone protecting the country. He really has no other options. If he doesn't seize this opportunity, he will have no chance at all. He will never be able to take back power in this life.

"What's the marching route of the Song Army? Where's the battle report from Yelu House? Huh?"

When the waiter heard this, he quickly went to get it. After looking at it, Yelujing couldn't help but think deeply.

"Dangxiang's army has clearly entered Liangzhou before. Why did Zhao Kuangyin withdraw after arriving? This is... this is to continue to fight and consume."

"Yes, Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's judgment is that the Song Army must rely on Yinzhou, Fengxiang and other places to compete with our Liao Kingdom to consume national power. After all, there are many Tubo tribes in Liangzhou. Now the Song Dynasty has taken the initiative to withdraw. The purpose is to attract Our Khitan soldiers and horses took the initiative to station, this... The Song people also know the military discipline of our Khitan, and the Tubo people have always been brave, so the two will inevitably conflict, so the Prime Minister means that we must not fall into the Song army's conspiracy. Hua, Your Majesty, you still...still..."

"After all, you still don't want me to issue a mobilization order and the imperial commander personally fights for military power with him? Haha, it's still a waste. The Song people are willing to waste it because their families are rich. If our Liao country can consume more energy than the Song Dynasty, There is no need to abandon the army and the sandbank, so why did it end up like this?"

"As for the Tibetans in Liangzhou, humph, we Daliao are not willing to pay such a price, so why should the ruined place belong to them? I want Liangzhou to become the territory of Daliao! If the Tubo people dare to resist, we will kill them That’s it, could it be that my Khitan man’s sword is bad?”

"Ah, Your Majesty, this... annexation of Liangzhou? Doesn't that mean we have to fight Tibet before the decisive battle with the Song army? This, this, now that the Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs have surrendered, then the melons, sand, and Ganzhou The military strength of the three continents must have been used by the Song Dynasty. Liangzhou is facing a two-sided attack from the Song Dynasty. Even if the Song army can be repelled this time, how can it be defended in the future? We, the Liao Kingdom, cannot keep mobilizing, right? Your Majesty, this plan..."

Before she could finish her words, Yelujing kicked him up, and then kicked the fallen waiter again.

While kicking, he muttered: "Do I need you to say it? Do I need to say it to you? I don't know if this is an ugly move? Isn't there really nothing I can do about it? Otherwise, how can I still control the army? How can I do it? Looking for an opportunity to replace all the top and bottom members of the Pishi Army with our own people? Is it important whether Liangzhou can hold it or not? You are so angry with me."

After a while, I felt good playing, and then I picked up the battle report of Yelu House again and started studying it.

"The Song army is now divided into three groups, surrounding the entire Liangzhou. This King of Qin, Zhao Guangmei... are his troops in Jialin? They are very prominent. Your mother, Zhao Guangmei, I will fight with you. Send the order, the three armies Head to Jiaqi one after another, I will personally besiege the King of Song and Qin!"

(End of this chapter)