In the camp of the Southern Liao Army in Fengyi, Yelu Mu and Zheng Hun gave Yelu Chongyuan two plans, one was to solve it by military means, and the other was to solve it by diplomatic means, and the ministers under him were also divided into two factions, one faction for the main battle, and the other for the main peace; But no matter how the two sides argue, the final decision-making power is still in the hands of Yelu Chongyuan.
We can analyze Yelu Chongyuan's psychology at that time, because of the psychological damage caused by Li Liangzuo to Yelu Chongyuan back then, Yelu Chongyuan was actually very resistant to Li Liangzuo in his heart, so Yelu Chongyuan was psychologically unwilling to fight with Li Liangzuo, but this does not mean that Yelu Chongyuan is a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually.
After weighing it for a while, Yelu Chongyuan said to the ministers: "I have decided to focus on diplomacy for the Xia army, and attack for support; I appointed Zheng Hun as an envoy to Jiaoshan to negotiate peace with Li Liangzuo, and appointed Yelu Mu, the king of Yan, as the general of the former army, to command an army of 50,000 troops, and stationed fifty miles northwest of Fengyi to deter the Xia army. ” "Yes, the son-in-law and the minister are in order."
The two of them took the holy decree.
After the ministers left, Zheng Hun asked Yelu Chongyuan: "Your Majesty, what is the bottom line of Wechen's envoy this time?"
Yelu Chongyuan sighed and said: "I don't have much luxury, just want Datong back, as for Shuozhou." ” "Yes, Wechen understands."
Zheng Hun said.
Yelu Chongyuan explained to Zheng Hun again before letting Zheng Hun leave; Not long after Zheng Hun left, Yelu Mu came to him, Yelu Mu didn't understand why, when his own side occupied the absolute strength, his father did not dare to fight with the Xia army, with such a question Ye Lu Mu found Ye Lu Chongyuan.
"The son visits his father."
Yelu Mu saluted Yelu Chongyuan.
"Get up," Yelu Chongyuan thought to Yelu Mu and said; "You don't tell me why you're here."
Yelu Mu pouted and said: "Erchen just doesn't understand, Li Liangzuo and Erchen are not a few years old, Erchen doesn't believe how powerful he is, Erchen asked for the order to lead the troops to capture Li Liangzuo alive." ” "Nope."
Yelu Chongyuan said with a gloomy and majestic face; "Now is not the time to fight with the Xia army, if I know that you dare to fight the Xia army privately, I will not spare you."
"Yes" Yelu Mu said dejectedly, looking at Ye Lu Mu's appearance, Ye Lu Chongyuan sighed helplessly, "Alas" In fact, there are almost no people in the entire Southern Liao who really understand Yelu Chongyuan's inner thoughts, maybe only Zheng Hun knows a little, as the emperor of Southern Liao, Yelu Chongyuan deeply feels the loneliness in his heart, in the divided Liao State, Yelu Chongyuan has always pursued a policy of fighting outside the country and first securing the interior, before completely annihilating the remnants of Yelu Hongji, Yelu Chongyuan wanted to avoid the conflict with the Xia army as much as possible, so as not to have an excuse for the Xia army to enter the Liao civil war.
Different from Yelu Chongyuan, Yelu Hongji was overjoyed after knowing that the Xia army was stationed in Datong and had a conflict with the Southern Liao Army, although now Yelu Hongji has gathered nearly 300,000 troops, but whether it is weapons and equipment, or the replenishment of grain and grass and other materials, it is not as convenient as Yelu Chongyuan, after all, Yelu Hongji occupies the barren land in the north and northwest of Liao.
Yong'an Mountain, Yelu Hongji has to travel inside, Yelu Yixin, who went out to fight, came back, with the return of Yelu Yixin, the Northern Liao regained the cities, grasslands and fields near the Linhuang Mansion, the control territory of the Northern Liao and the Southern Liao was once again pushed down along the Huang River, in fact, the Northern Liao did not leave many soldiers and horses in the north of the Huang River, and it was not people but the plague that really controlled the Linhuang Mansion, which was one of the sequelae left by the Battle of the Huang River.
But now it's okay, the plague is under control, the reason why the plague is controlled is not because the patient was cured, but because the people who got the plague are basically dead, the whole Linhuang Mansion as the center, south to the Huang River along the coast of the hundreds of miles is basically ten rooms and nine empty, one of the most prosperous places in the Liao country back then, now only white bones are left.
After returning to Yong'an Mountain, Yelu Yixin, who had been in the dust all the way, came to visit Yelu Hongji for the first time regardless of fatigue, and after entering Yelu Hongji's royal tent, Yelu Yixin immediately saluted and said: "Weichen Yelu Yixin greets Your Majesty." ” Yelu Hongji laughed heartily and said, "Aiqing is exempt. ” "Your Majesty" Yelu Hongji immediately said to Yelu Yixin: "Aiqing, I called you in such a hurry because a big incident happened in the south, and the Xia army and the rebels fought in Datong. ” Yelu Yixin asked in surprise, "Why is Datong there?"
” Yelu Hongji told Yelu Yixin about this matter as it was, and Yelu Yixin said to Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen's humble opinion, this matter has both advantages and disadvantages for my Daliao. ” "Aiqing has nothing to say, just say it."
Yelu Hongji said.
"Yes."
Jereyixin said; "Although Your Majesty wants to use the strategy of driving away the wolf and devouring the tiger, but Your Majesty is likely to turn into luring the wolf into the house, even if the tiger is killed, but this wolf may be more difficult to deal with than the tiger."
Yelu Hongji said helplessly: "I also know that it is really difficult to destroy the rebels by relying only on our own strength, and now we can only take one step at a time, and besides, the situation in Datong is beyond our control." ” "Your Majesty."
Jereyixin said; "However, Weichen thought that this was an opportunity, taking advantage of the main force of the rebels in Datong and the Xia army, our army could concentrate superior forces to cross the Huang River and recapture Zhongjing Dadingfu" Yelu Yixin said a lot to Yelu Hongji about the way of this, and finally Yelu Hongji agreed to Yelu Yixin's suggestion, but Yelu Hongji did not pour out of the nest, but handed over most of the soldiers and horses to Yelu Yixin, and he led an elite to stay in Yong'an Mountain, and Yelu Yixin could only shake his head helplessly for Yelu Hongji's decision.
Yelu Yixin found that since the Battle of Huanghe, Yelu Hongji has changed, he has become timid, he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands but has nothing to do, he can't destroy the rebels, he can't protect the territory and the people when he retreats, he only knows how to drink and have fun every day, and enjoy life with dancing girls, although so, Yelu Hongji is not incorrigible, and he still has some ambitions in his heart.
When Northern Liao was preparing to recover the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, Zheng Hun came to the camp of Li Liangzuo in Jiaoshan as a special envoy of Yelu Chongyuan, which was the first time Li Liangzuo met Zheng Hun, and before that, Li Liangzuo had heard of Zheng Hun's name through various channels; In his first impression of Zheng Hun, Li Liangzuo saw that this person was a proud person, although this person had great talents, he could also cause great trouble.
"Zheng Hun, the envoy of the foreign minister Da Liao, visited the Emperor of Western Xia."
Zheng Hun bowed his hand and said.
Xiao Zhuozi, who was standing on the side, saw that Zheng Hun did not kneel, and immediately said angrily: "Why don't you kneel when you see my lord." ” Zheng Hun laughed and said, "The envoys of the kingdom do not kneel to the lord of a small state. ” Xiao Zhuozi just wanted to refute, but was stopped by Li Liangzuo: "I don't know why the envoys of the Kingdom of God came here."
"For my Emperor Shengyu, please lead the Xia army to withdraw from my Great Liao land."
Zheng Hun said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo said slightly angrily in his heart: "What if I don't retreat?"
Zheng Hun smiled and said to Li Liangzuo: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to retreat, then we can only take it ourselves." ”: