Chapter 82: Seeking Skin with the Tiger
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The two sides discussed the attack strategy.
There is an undecided factor in this battle, that is, whether the Jurchens' army will enter Daibei. On this issue, the Khitans' judgment is not for the time being. Unless the Jurchens capture Yanjing, or the Yanjing is captured by the Song people, the Jurchens will lose hope, and then the Jurchens will consider entering Daibei. In addition, so far, the Jurchens have not yet completely captured all the prefectures and counties of Zhongjing Road. The Jin army still needs time to attack Xingzhong Prefecture and Jinzhou, attack western Liaoning, and then it will take time to stabilize Zhongjing Road. So after all, the Khitans believe that the Jurchens do not have the ability to attack Daibei for the time being.
The Dangxiang people did not know that Zhongjing had fallen. In their opinion, since the Khitans still owned Zhongjing and Yanjing, the Jurchens certainly would not enter Daibei to fight. Therefore, there was only one opponent in this battle, that was the Han people.
At this moment, the Khitan reinforcements were gathering, the Dangxiang people's army was ready, and both sides were full of confidence in this battle.
After intense consultations, the two sides agreed that the Xia army would leave the Yellow River, threaten Shuozhou, and restrain a part of the Han army. The Liao army divided its troops to Yuanyanglu, threatened Fengshengzhou, and then restrain a part of the Han army. The Emperor of the Great Liao personally led his army south to Xijing, first used a force to lure the Han army to attack, and fled with defeat, attracting the Han army to the grassland, and then the three armies launched a surround and encircled the Han army to the clouds. Damn*
For the Han army, if they could capture the Emperor of the Great Liao, it would be to some extent equivalent to destroying the great Liao Dynasty. So if nothing unexpected happens, Li Hu would definitely follow and chase after him with his main force.
The envoys of Daxia Li Renli and Li Liangfu immediately said goodbye and left.
The Emperor of the Great Liao summoned the King of the North Court, Yelu Mage, the governor of the Southwest Road, Yelu Foding, and Yelu Deguangde, the governor of the collapsed ridge, and others to deploy attack strategies.
As soon as the Prime Minister of the Northern Palace, Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Seng Xiaonu, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Palace, made a plan, they were immediately unanimously opposed by Yelu Mage and others.
"The Jurchens will attack Daibei soon." Yelu Mage said excitedly, "The Jurchens have occupied Zhongjing and their troops are forcing Yanjing, but because Gubeikou and Songting Pass are very dangerous and difficult to conquer. At this time, if the Jin army wants to capture Yanjing before the Song army, the only way is to quickly kill Daibei, attack Xijing, and occupy Juyong Pass and Shimen Pass, so that Yanjing can be brought down."
"The Jurchens have great ambitions. Wanyan Aguda will never be satisfied with capturing the three capitals. He wants to devour all the territory of the Great Liao Dynasty, so Li Hu's capture of Xijing has seriously infringed on the interests of the Jurchens. The Jurchens must take advantage of the fact that their foothold is not stable, and take advantage of the Song army's northern expedition to take care of the mountain behind the mountain to kill them with all their might.\\\\\\\ Fuck* If you miss this opportunity, Li Hu will gain a foothold in Yunshuo, and the Song Dynasty will also occupy Yanjing. You can free up your troops. The Jurchens attacked Xijing again, which is equivalent to forcing Li Hu to join the Song Dynasty. In this way, the Jurchens will gain nothing."
"Therefore, the Jurchens and the Han people must fight. When they fight, our opportunity comes. Therefore, our opportunity to counterattack Xijing is not now, but when the Jurchens and the Han people are both defeated. What we have to do now is to gather troops, hoard food and grass, and wait until the time is ripe, and you will be able to hit it with one blow."
Then he talked about asking for help from Daxia.
Yelu Mage opposed asking for help from Daxia. He believed that the people of Daxia would take advantage of the situation to rob. However, the emperor not only did not listen to his land, but instead cedeed the land in exchange for assistance. This is equivalent to telling the people of Daxia. I can't do it anymore, I can't hold on anymore, please help me. Is there such a good person in this world? If it were you, you saw that the allies in the past were no longer able to do it and were dying, but the family was rich enough to rival the country, and robbers were robbing, then should you help a deadly man defend his wealth or join the robbery ranks? Look at Li Ganshun, how many wars have he fought with the Song Dynasty since he ascended the throne? Why did he fight? Isn't it just to capture cities and plunder? Now that he has the opportunity to capture cities and plunder, will he give up in vain?
Asking for help from the people of Daxia is equivalent to causing self-destruction. Fuck*
The emperor was angry. It would be fine if you guys were not good at fighting, but they were becoming more and more afraid of death. It was simply outrageous that they would not let me fight. You can't beat Li Hu, and you don't let me ask for help from Daxia. What do you mean? Let me escape to the desert to herd sheep? It would be fine if I didn't dare to fight, but I also had to find a reasonable reason, saying that the Jurchens were about to fight Daibei, jokes, how could this be possible? If I were Wanyan Aguda, of course I would have to fight Yanjing. Why would I have to travel thousands of miles to Daibei and go to war with two enemies at the same time? Are the Jurchens all idiots? They didn't know that when they attacked Xijing, there were still Khitans staring at them?
"You must fight." The emperor was determined and never gave in.
"The Jurchens will never enter Daibei." The emperor had his reasons and then talked about asking for help from the people of Daxia. "If the Liao army won and regained Xijing, the situation would have changed completely. At that time, we still needed the Dangxiang people to charge forward, so what's wrong with giving them a few prefectures and counties? If we want to use the people of Daxia, we must meet their requirements, otherwise how could they help?"
It has come to this point, and it is useless to say more. The alliance has been signed, and it is impossible to regret it. Therefore, Yelu Ma Ge retreated to the second best and suggested that Li Hu be peace with Li Hu, gather the forces of the three families to fight against the Jurchens together.
"This is our last chance to turn the situation around." Yelu Mage said, "If we were defeated by the Jurchens and Li Hu also lost Xijing, then we really have to go to the desert to herd sheep."
Discussing peace with Li Hu?
This sentence made the emperor, Xiao Fengxian and others stunned for a long time. If Li Hu was willing to discuss peace, why would the Liao Dynasty have reached this point today? Of course, if he was willing to discuss peace, the Liao Dynasty would also have a chance to turn things around.
"Will Li Hu discuss peace?"
"Of course." Yelu Mage heard a glimmer of hope from the emperor's words and hurriedly explained.
"The King of Zhao said that after Li Hu captured Xijing, he not only did not massacre the city, but did not kill the Khitans and other foreigners, but also sent a large number of officials such as Xiao Delide and Yelu Saba to Yanjing. From this, we can see that after Li Hu captured Xijing, he immediately realized the dilemma he was facing, so he planned to join forces with the Daliao and the Daliao to fight the attacks of the Jurchens and the Song people."
What is the reason? Why did Li Hu discuss peace with the Liao Dynasty?
Li Hu had not yet established a firm foothold in Xijing. He knew that we were going to counterattack. He might also guess that the Dangxiang people would take advantage of the situation. He also knew that the Jurchens were ambitious and would not let them develop. In this case, if he wanted to survive, the best way was to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty would not trust him and would only use him. He would kill him in the future to regain the Jiuzhou behind the mountain, so Li Hu turned to consider forming an alliance with the King of Yan.
Regardless of whether the King of Yan usurpation or not, in terms of the current situation, if the King of Yan wants to defend Yanjing, the only object he can form an alliance is Li Hu. As long as he forms an alliance with Li Hu, he can wholeheartedly deal with the north-south attacks between the Jurchens and the Song people, and what about Li Hu? After the alliance, he can also wholeheartedly deal with all opponents.
What is Li Hu most urgently needed at present? Survival. Secondly? Development, based on replacing the north, establishing a country and becoming king.
"Since Your Majesty is willing to ced the land to the people of Daxia for assistance, why don't he give this land to Li Hu and recognize Li Hu's identity as king?" Yelu Ma Ge said, "Li Hu established the country and became king, formed an alliance with the Daliao, and joined forces to fight against the Jin Dynasty. In this way, Liaodong is three points, what reason does he have to be unwilling to do?"
The Emperor of the Great Liao was unwilling to cedify several border counties to Daxia, and admitting that Li Hu had founded the country and became king.
"This is just a temporary solution." Yelu Mage said, "Your Majesty admits that Li Hu has established the country and has the purpose of defeating the Jurchens. Li Hu cannot be unaware of it. Li Hu's purpose is to survive and gain a foothold in Xijing. Both sides join forces to each other for their own profits. When the Jurchens are defeated and leave Daibei, even if His Majesty wants to maintain the covenant, Li Hu is unwilling. He will definitely beat us and replace North. At this time, if Your Majesty takes out the Great Xia army, he will definitely give Li Hu a fatal blow."
The Emperor of the Great Liao understood it. After all, it was a temporary solution to discuss peace with Li Hu, which was to defeat the Jurchens, and the premise was that the Jurchens would definitely enter Daibei.
"Let me think about it."
The Emperor of the Great Liao did not accept this suggestion immediately. According to the established arrangement, he ordered Yelu Mage to take 30,000 troops to attack Fengshengzhou.
March is coming in a blink of an eye. On the first day of the first day, Yelu Ma Ge urgently reported that he encountered some soldiers from the Liao army fleeing from Zhongjing on the way. He learned that Yelu Yuji was leading a large army to attack Daibei. Yelu Yuji was a surrendered general, and the Jurchens could not have him lead the army alone to attack Daibei. From this, it can be inferred that the main army of the Jurchens had already begun to attack Daibei, and the situation was extremely critical.
Yelu Mage once again asked the emperor to immediately discuss with Li Hu and fight against the Jin Dynasty.
When the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty heard the news, he was shocked and hurriedly sent Xiao Seng Xiaonu, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court, to travel day and night, and rushed to Xijing to negotiate peace.
At this time, Xiao Fengxian spoke. The reason why Zhongjing was lost was because Yelu Yuji, a rebel thief, charged for the Jurchens. "Do your Majesty know what Yelu Yuji's purpose is? Yelu Yuji is a descendant of the prince's ban. This time he led his army to attack Daibei was just to rescue King Jin. Why did Yelu Yuji save King Jin? It was just to support King Jin as the emperor and split the Great Liao. If King Jin was gone, would Yelu Yuji continue to attack?"
The Emperor of the Great Liao was panicked and had no master. His mind was in chaos. When he heard Xiao Fengxian's words, he was furious and scolded Yelu Yu for selling his master for honor, and blamed all the mistakes on the King of Jin.
Xiao Fengxian added fuel to the fire and brought out the matter of Yelu Chun usurping, and took the opportunity to ask the emperor to determine the heir to the emperor.
The imperial unity was the most hated thing in the emperor's heart. The palace tent rebellion originated from the imperial unity, and the disaster of the fall of the Liao Dynasty largely originated from the imperial unity. Xiao Fengxian's words touched the emperor's pain. The emperor became more and more angry and in anger, he issued an order to kill the King of Jin.
The imperial edict came, and the tent was in chaos, and the ministers advised each other, which even more angered the emperor and refused to accept the advice.
Chapter completed!