Time let us go back, when Li Liangzuo set out to conquer the grassland, in the northeast of the Western Xia Kingdom, led by Ji La Siyi, the Hetao Army composed of a small number of central troops, a large number of border troops and government soldiers also sharpened their knives and prepared to march to Datong.
When Ji Lai Siyi was preparing to send troops to Datong to take Youyun, Yelu Nerugu, the crown prince of Southern Liao, and Yelu Mu, the king of Yan, were fighting for the throne.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Yelu Mu, the king of Yan, so Yelu Mu issued a summons claiming that when Yelu Chongyuan was dying, he would be listed as the heir to the throne, and the crown prince Yelu Nelugu was demoted to the king of Liao.
Yelu Nerugu, who was far away in Tokyo, immediately stopped when he heard the news, obviously he was the crown prince, and of course it should be his turn to succeed to the throne when his father died, but now he was inserted by his younger brother, and seeing that the throne in his hand had nothing to do with him, Yelu Nerugu naturally jumped like thunder, and led the Eastern Liao army under his command to kill the Xijin Mansion.
To tell the truth, Yelu Nerugu, the crown prince, is not in vain, even when Yelu Chongyuan was the emperor, Yelu Nerugu participated in the planning, and in addition to these years, Yelu Nerugu has been fighting in the south and the north, and his prestige in the Liao army in the south and east is very high, which is not comparable to Yelu Mu at all, so Yelu Nerugu fought together in Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and when he came to Xijin Mansion, all the states and counties along the way surrendered without a fight, and a large number of Yan troops defected to the side of the Eastern Liao Army, and the situation was increasingly unfavorable for Yelu Mu.
Xijin Mansion Palace, although Yelu Mu has not yet held the enthronement ceremony, but has already put on a dragon robe to live in the palace, the defeat of the day made Ye Lu Mu restless, short-tempered, and even more fierce against the ministers under him, at this time Ye Lu Mu has changed, lost his eyes by the throne, and knows how to drink and have fun all day long.
Zheng Hun, the prime minister of the Liao Kingdom in the south of the palace gate, was about to leave the palace, Zheng Hun's face was tired and he was supported by his subordinates, Yan Shu, who was in charge of guarding the palace gate, immediately walked quickly to Zheng Hun and asked, "Prime Minister, what's wrong with you?"
Zheng Hun saw that it was Yan Shu, so he shook his head and said, "Alas, it's nothing, it's just that he was reprimanded by King Yan and hit a few boards." ” Yan Shu said angrily on the spot: "How can this be reasonable, King Yan is too much, the prime minister is the first emperor's important minister, he dares to treat him like this, if he really makes him the emperor, then there is also the good of our Youyan people."
"General Yan said cautiously, you have said such a big rebellion, do you still want to live."
Zheng Hun scolded Yan Shu and said.
Yan Shu was covered in cold sweat, and then saluted Zheng Hun and said: "The last general does not choose his words, and please forgive the prime minister." ” "That's it, that's it," Zheng Hun said to Yan Shu; "General Yan, don't you remember that you have been promoted to the commander of the first battalion, and you are not in the barracks at this time, what are you doing here?"
Yan Shu said with some resentment: "The last general has been demoted by King Yan, and now he is the captain of the palace gate." ” Zheng Hun patted Yan Shu on the shoulder and said, "General Yan, do it yourself, after that, the Great Liao Kingdom is no longer the Great Liao it used to be." ” "The last general, Prime Minister Xie, taught."
Yan Shu respectfully saluted Zheng Hun.
Late at night, Yan Shu quietly sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion and came to Zheng Hun's study, not to mention that Zheng Hun's vigilance was still very high, and as soon as he heard the movement, he immediately asked: "Who dares to break into the Prime Minister's Mansion at night?"
Yan Shu saw that he had been discovered, so he said to Zheng Hui through the window: "The last general Yan Shu asks to see the prime minister." ” When Zheng Hun heard this, he said, "It turned out to be General Yan, come in."
After Yan Shu entered Zheng Hun's study, he pleaded guilty: "The last general will be sent to the prime minister's mansion late at night, and the prime minister will be asked to give him sin." ” Zheng Hun smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay; I don't know what General Yan came to call late at night."
Yan Shu said to Zheng Hui: "There will be a sentence in the end that I don't understand, why is the prime minister at the gate of the palace today saying that today's Great Liao Kingdom is no longer the Great Liao of the past."
Zheng Hun sighed and said: "The general doesn't look at it, what has become of the Great Liao today, the Liao State today can be said to be divided into four parts, there are remnants of the Northern Liao in the north, and now the Southern Liao is divided into the prince and the Yan Wang line, and the Jurchen tribes in the northeast are also ready to move, and the grassland departments are probably not divided; Today's Liao State has become an era of competition for hegemony, not to mention that the Western Xia in the west and the Great Song Dynasty in the south are eyeing each other, so I am afraid that the Liao State is in danger of extinction."
Yan Shu said to Zheng Hun when he heard this: "Prime Minister, you and I are both Han Chinese, I want you and I to wait for the ancestors to come here to avoid the civil strife in the Central Plains, and now that the Great Song Dynasty is prosperous, why don't we return to our homeland?"
Zheng Hun smiled and said, "If General Yan really wants to leave the Liao Kingdom, the prime minister suggests that you go to Western Xia instead of going back to the Great Song Dynasty." ” "Why?"
Yan Shu asked, puzzled; "Please also make it clear to the Prime Minister."
Zheng Hun said to Yan Shu: "Although the Great Song Dynasty seems prosperous on the surface, in fact, there are many internal contradictions.
At home, the Great Song Dynasty set a national policy of emphasizing literature and light on military force at the beginning of its establishment, and the general thought that he would show his martial arts when he went to the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that he would be a rich man at most.
On the other hand, this is not the case in Western Xia, although the current Xia Emperor is young but ambitious, although Western Xia is located in the northwest corner, the national strength is weak, and the people are poor; However, since Emperor Xia came to power, he has eliminated maladministration, developed the economy, organized and trained new troops, and expanded his territory; In just a few years, it has annexed Hehuang, Xizhou and Youyan's western states; took advantage of the Liao Civil War to sell weapons and horses to get involved in the Liao Civil War, and even stretched out his hand to the grassland; It can be seen that Emperor Xia does not intend to look at his own one-third of an acre, but wants to be a king who expands his territory; If the general is a martial artist, if he joins the command of Emperor Xia, he will definitely be able to use what he has learned in his life, and it is not impossible to be a marquis and a general in the future. ” Yan Shu still had doubts in his heart and said: "But Prime Minister, Western Xia is a foreign race, how can our Han descendants join a foreign race." ” Zheng Hun laughed when he heard this: "Thanks to General Yan, the person who fought with the Xia army is so lonely and unheard; Since the assimilation and reform of the Xia Emperor, the nobles and common people of the Western Xia Party have been moving closer to the Central Plains culture.
Nowadays, the cultural relics of the Western Xia are dressed together with China, and decades later, their descendants will naturally become Han Chinese. ” "The last general is stupid, and he still doesn't quite understand what the prime minister means."
Yan Shu said puzzled.
"Alas," Zheng Hun said with a sigh; "You'll get it later."
At this moment, a herald hurriedly broke in from outside the Prime Minister's Mansion and handed over an urgent battle report to the subordinates of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who did not dare to slack off and immediately walked to the study with the letter, and the subordinates said outside the door: "The master has an urgent war report. ” After Yan Shu hid in the yarn tent at Zheng Hun's signal, Zheng Hun said after Yan Shu hid: "Then come in."
When Zheng Hun read the contents of the letter, he said silently: "I'm afraid King Yan is going to be finished." ” This is the last chapter of 2017.,Originally, Tianyu planned to have a few more tickets, but the unit didn't have a holiday on New Year's Day.,And I ran outside all day.,There is a regular meeting at night.,Tianyu can only code a chapter in the car.,I hope you forgive me.。
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