"I'm not going to die." Yelu Yan whispered from an inconspicuous hut in the city of Xijin Prefecture.

The few people in the same room didn't react much, and they couldn't even see regret and emotion, and their faces were only numb.

The winter bowl was arranged outside the city of Xijin Province, and Yelu Yixin and the young emperor he set up lived in tents outside the city. Although Xijin Mansion is Nanjing, it does not have the role of a core town like the Southern Dynasty, and the emperor and his ministers will not enter the city to live if they have nothing to do.

However, in this way, the guards in the city are naturally relaxed, which gives many people who have to work in the shadows more room to move.

"How many are these?" Xiao Xinyi flicked the charcoal fire in the brazier, and the suddenly beating flames made everyone's faces flicker.

"It's been too many to count." Yelu Yan sighed, "I have been a country for more than 100 years, and I can't imagine that now, loyal ministers and filial sons don't even have a place to stand!" ”

Xiao Wuna, who was exempt from the words, was very prestigious in the Liao Dynasty and had always been at odds with Yelu Yixin, but after Yelu Yixin killed the king, these ministers were either degraded or expelled, and then died one by one. Shaw is not the first, nor will he be the last.

"But now the people of the country are afraid of its power and have to bow their heads. But as long as there is a fiasco, the old thief of Hu Jingon will not want to sit still! Jeruna also said coldly.

"Can the six states of Xiping be counted?" Liu Shen, who was sitting in the corner, became excited, "The defeat of losing the land has never happened in a hundred years." ”

The only Hanchen in the house, when all the Han officials in the entire Nanjing Province were thrown into the arms of Yelu Yixin, it was extremely rare for a Hanchen to be loyal to the first emperor.

"That doesn't count." Yelu Yan shook his head and said, "None of the people who moved to the six states of Xiping were his henchmen, and the son of the poor assassin threw them there to guard the gate for his palace. Lost the six states of Xiping, but some disobedient dogs died, and the dog house outside the gate was occupied. Did the Song people dare to attack Montenegro along the Yellow River? Or did the Song army in Hedong dare to go north?! ”

"Didn't the Suicheng side also lose a game." Liu Shen has always been known for his loyalty, righteousness and integrity in the court, and it is difficult to contain the excitement in his heart when he mentions the fiasco of rebellion, "What a good fight!" ”

"It's really a small loss. But the recaptured population has long been able to reach it. Xiao Xinyi poured a basin of cold water.

"Can't be counted like that, can it?" Liu Shen argued, "I heard that they were still defeated in a field battle with the Song people outside the city, and the Bodhisattva Bao and the enemy Gulie had more troops in their hands than the soldiers and horses in Suicheng. ”

"I heard that it's useless, and what I got back was real money and a lively mouth." Yelu Yan sighed and said, "As long as the main force is not damaged, who can help him?" ”

“…… Do you want to contact the Song people? Liu Shen hesitated for a moment, and then whispered.

"The army is outside, and even the thief of Hu Jingon cannot know which way the army of Lu Dao took that night and where he lived. How do you tell the Song people? If it was just a large army dispatch or other news, the Song people themselves would have been able to find out. Yelu Na also snorted, his uncle was the former king of the Northern Courtyard, and among the people present, he had the highest status, "Who can guarantee that the Song people will not sell us to Hu Jingon in the blink of an eye?" Chinese...... I can't trust the Southern Barbarians! ”

"It's not easy to do, but it's a solution." Liu Shen insisted, "There are only tens of thousands of troops in Hu Jinggon's hands that can be relied on, and the rest have to obey orders. The palace tent under the Black Mountain, the Han army in Nanjing Road, the Shangjing Provincial Palace Division, and the leather room army in Xijing. If you can get rid of these henchmen and horses, as long as someone can stand up at that time, they will be able to respond to every call. ”

He looked left and right, "Do you have to wait until he usurps the throne?" Kneel down to him three times and knock nine times, long live the mountain? ”

By this time, most of the people in the kingdom were waiting for Jeruyisin to usurp the throne. Maybe it will have to go through a Zen ceremony, but there is basically the same with or without, the current young new emperor, although he claims to be the widow of Emperor Xuanzong, so he inherited the position of his nephew, but no one in the Liao Kingdom thinks that this will be Yelu Hongji's species. Taking over the throne from the hands of the puppet emperor is naturally a joke. It's just that once he really usurps the throne, his position will inevitably be more stable than it is now.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and everyone fell silent.

"Oh? …… It's grown a lot. ”

Half a day later, Jereyisin laughed loudly in the big tent outside the city. After a burst of hearty laughter, he turned cold again, "I didn't expect that the Song people's hands had reached out to the Nanjing Transit Division." ”

"Xia Guan didn't know about it beforehand, and thanks to Shang's father's Hongfu, this spy jumped out by himself." Yeluyan lowered his head, not daring to raise it slightly.

"I'll leave this matter to the prime minister." Jerry Yixin thought for a moment,

"Xia Guan understands." Zhang Xiaojie stepped forward and arched his hand, and replied with a smile, "Father Shang, please rest assured, he will definitely give the southerners a surprise." ”

Then he said to him, "Go on and probe inside, and if you can wipe out all these thieves, I will reward them all." ”

The fine man bowed down and withdrew.

"How did this happen?"

Yelu Yixin sighed softly, if he could know the Tao in advance, he would never break the peace treaty that was finally reached. It's a pity that it's too late to regret it now, and after losing the six states of Xiping under Helan Mountain, those 'lonely ministers and sons' of the former emperor were ready to move, and they couldn't say anything, so they had to pick up the butcher's knife.

"Although I didn't expect the Song people to be so tough, fortunately, I was prepared in advance, thanks to Father Shang's foresight." Zhang Xiaojie smiled flatteringly.

Yelu Yixin shook his head, but he didn't smile at all, "Let's talk about it when the results come out." ”

"That ......," Zhang Xiaojie asked hesitantly, "What should Xiao Enemy Gu Lie and Yelu Bodhisattva Bao do?" ”

Yelu Yixin thought for a while, and waved his hand at the end: "That's it." Let them be guilty and meritorious...... And the children of the silver silk they brought back were to be shared, so that no one would be verbose. ”

"Yes." Zhang Xiaojie took the order. After receiving the spoils of the reward, naturally no one will condemn the two of them severely. After all, it is a talent that Yelu Yixin values, and if he can protect it, he will naturally try his best to protect it.

"I'll write to them again, don't rush to the Song army's army if you don't have anything to do, no matter how many times you have been taught, it's all in vain." Yelu Yixin's anger surged, "A group of rammers who don't remember to eat but don't remember to eat!" ”

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Guo Kui was busy, and it had been two days since he received the good news from Suicheng, and the Liao army that had broken through into Hebei was strongly blocked, and the offensive did not make much progress. Although there were many villages and towns that were affected, they were not allowed to penetrate deep into the interior of Hebei after all.

In the past few days, the two armies of Song and Liao fought hundreds of battles in Baozhou and Dingzhou, with defeats and victories, but several cities were still safe and sound, and on the side of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, the Liao army was unable to break through the Sanguan defense line.

The offensive of the Liao army was far weaker than expected, and the prediction in advance that the Liao army was not ready for a large-scale war now seems to be the correct inference. If you rush to the army, you will naturally not have too good results. Without adequate preparation, I wanted to enter the interior of Hebei, which was a complete joke. And according to the detailed report, Yelu Yixin has been sitting in Xijin Mansion since the start of the war, and he does not dare to go south for half a step.

Guo Kui couldn't help but sneer, Yelu Yixin was too underestimated. When Zhenzong, the Liao people violated the border, but the queen mother and the emperor personally conquered it, so it reached Lanzhou. Yelu Yixin was worried about his back and didn't dare to move, how could the soldiers and horses in front of him have too much confidence?

No matter how erosive Hebei's army is, the soldiers and horses hoarded on the border cannot be humiliated. The weapons and armor in the arsenal of any military state can be equipped with tens of thousands of horses. The armor protection method even trained Ding Zhuang in the township. Once the imperial court summons loyal and righteous soldiers, there will be more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on the border in a blink of an eye, how can it be compared with the old years?

At the moment, of course, there is no need to gather the township soldiers, as long as the soldiers and horses in Hedong follow the plan and arrive at Zhending Mansion from the direction of Taihang Mountain, they can directly cooperate with the defenders of Baozhou and Dingzhou to annihilate the Liao army that invaded south.

The corners of Guo Kui's mouth twitched, but he didn't know when the Dao would arrive, it stands to reason that he should have come a long time ago......

The footsteps outside the door came from far and near, Guo Zhongyi hurriedly stepped into the room, and said excitedly: "My lord, the soldiers and horses from Hedong have arrived!" ”

Guo Kui's expression slowed, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face. Reinforcements from Hedong came later than expected, at least two days late. But it finally came: "It's finally here." ”

"Thank you Master Han for beheading tens of thousands of people in Hedong!" Guo Zhongyi pouted, "All the generals he appointed have been transferred, and the ones who have been replaced are all useless people, and they are only two days late, which is still good." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Guo Kui snorted coldly. The second son is smart and outward, and likes to swagger, which makes him very worried. It's far less worry-free than the eldest son.

Guo Kui's eldest son, Guo Zhongxiao, was a counselor in military affairs in the old years, but he was not in the Daimyo's Mansion at this time. Guo Kui left him in Tokyo and told him to study hard and prepare for the Jinshi examination. I've failed twice before, but this time I'm said to be very sure. No matter how much military merit there is, it can't compare to a Jinshi and the first, if Guo Zhongxiao can be named on the gold list, what is a little military merit?

And Guo Kui did not have a complete grasp of this battle of Liao. In case this battle is not fought well, the big and small officials in Shuai Si Xingyuan will be implicated, and the eggs cannot be put in one basket, and Guo Kui will not put a swan egg into the broken basket.

But now it seems that the second son can also earn a military merit.

Standing up, Guo Kui smiled and said, "Now let's take a look at how to make the guests stay." ”

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"That's Yanmen Pass?" In the dark night, a person looked into the mountains in the distance, a dark and gloomy shadow with hundreds of lights.

Another person whispered beside him, "It's Yanmen Pass." ”

"It seems that the road has not been in vain." The previous person laughed in a low voice, and then shouted softly, "Take down the Yanmen Pass and celebrate Father Shang's birthday!" ”

The two got up and walked.

Immediately behind the two of them, there were hundreds or thousands of figures that jumped out of the mountains and forests one after another. An army that suddenly appeared, just like that, in the night, headed straight north.