Chapter 296 Yelu Renxian at This Time Is Invincible

Zhang Guifen is more open-minded, firstly because she is influenced by traditional concepts;

The second reason is that the man she married is Wei Yuan.

"Besides, for a hero like your uncle, the woman he likes will probably not be a simple geisha. She must have something special about her."

Having said this, Zhang Guifen put the letter away and said, "Minglan, I want to eat the pork knuckle you made."

Minglan looked at Zhang Guifen in a daze, and couldn't help but think about something.

Before the other party married her uncle, she was a woman who dared to love and hate.

When I heard that my uncle went to a place like Guangyuntai, I wanted to go to Guangyuntai as a woman who had not yet left the court to find my uncle.

However, since getting married, my aunt seems to have lost her "self" less and less. No matter what she encounters or what she does, she always regards her uncle as the main one.

For example, my uncle found a geisha and got the geisha pregnant.

That's not to say that with Wei Yuan's status, he couldn't find a concubine.

But no matter what the reason is, Zhang Guifen should be informed in advance.

What about now?

I just wrote a letter to inform you

Thinking of this, Minglan felt a little aggrieved for Zhang Guifen.

But Wei Yuan was her biological uncle, and it was this uncle who gave her the 'father's love' she had lacked since she was a child.

Minglan was speaking for Zhang Guifen, but subconsciously, she always wanted to minimize the impact of this incident on her uncle.

After Minglan came to her senses, she immediately nodded and said: "Okay, my niece will cook in person today, and I will definitely give you a feast for your aunt."

When Minglan went to the kitchen, Baozhu brought a cup of hot tea, "Madam, warm yourself up."

Zhang Guifen sat on the stool again and nodded subconsciously in response.

Regarding Wei Yuan's matter, Baozhu didn't dare to say anything and just stood quietly behind Zhang Guifen.

After a long time, Zhang Guifen suddenly stood up and summoned a retainer named "Zhang Da" from the British government.

Then, she asked seriously: "Uncle Zhang, my parents have treated you very well over the years. There is something that I need you to go to."

Zhang Danian is nearly fifty years old and has gray hair on his temples, but his eyes are bright and bright. At first glance, he looks like a practicing practitioner.

"Please give me your instructions, girl."

Zhang Guifen had called him Uncle Zhang since he was a child. At first, he didn't dare to hear Zhang Guifen call him that.

To put it nicely, he is a disciple of the Zhang family, but after so many years, he has always regarded himself as a servant of the family.

Zhang Guifen said bluntly: "The Marquis has found a woman named Xie Yuying in Jiangnan. I know very little about these geishas. I would like you to go to Jiangnan in person and investigate the origin, background, family background, etc. of this woman."

Zhang Ziran could understand who the Marquis she was talking about was.

"Just an investigation?"

Zhang Da asked curiously.

Zhang Guifen said: "To be honest with Uncle Zhang, that woman is pregnant now, but I need to know what is going on."

"If she was not perfect before she followed the Marquis, I would have to think about it carefully. If so, I, as the mistress, should also understand her."

After a pause, she said in a deep voice: "If the Marquis knows about this matter, Uncle Zhang doesn't have to hide it, just tell the Marquis the truth."

He opened his fists and said, "Girl, please don't worry."

Nowadays, people in the British government call Zhang Guifen "Madam" and her mother "Old Madam".

Only Zhang Da still calls Zhang Guifen girl.

After Zhang Da left, Baozhu asked puzzledly: "If I don't inform the Marquis in advance, and if the Marquis finds out that you have made such an arrangement, what should I do if the Marquis is displeased?"

Zhang Guifen shook her head and said, "No."

Baozhu didn't dare to ask any more questions.

I just feel that there is no suspicion between them as husband and wife, and they trust each other very much.

This is also true.

Zhang Guifen inquired about Xie Yuying not only for herself, but mostly for Wei Yuan.

Although, in her heart, Wei Yuan was so perfect.

It can be said that Wei Yuan is a man.

As a man, there will always be times when women deceive you.

Zhang Guifen was worried that Wei Yuan had been deceived by Xie Yuying. If this was true, then there would be no need for Xie Yuying's existence.

Wei Yuan had no parents since he was a child, and his eldest sister Wei Shuyi entered the Sheng family early as a concubine.

In Zhang Guifen's view, the second sister Wei Ruyi has a carefree temperament and will definitely not teach Wei Yuan about the girl's thoughts.

Men who lack this important link are easily emotional and easily deceived by women.

But now, Wei Yuan has Zhang Guifen.

Things that the former cannot notice will be checked and filled by the latter.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the two of them trust each other enough.

Although Wei Yuan did not inform Zhang Guifen in advance about Xie Yuying.

But his deep trust in Zhang Guifen has never wavered in the slightest.

The same is true for the latter.

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After the new year.

This huge machine began to run crazily at the Great Six-Budji Temple.

Various places are short of troops to replenish troops, and are short of food to replenish food. There is already a trend of counterattack.

But only some generals who have experienced hundreds of battles can see that by now, the armies of the Zhou Dynasty have been dispersed.

Early January of the eighth year of Jiayou year.

Yelvren first led 300,000 lions to conquer the east from Mozhou and captured the Qingzhou area.

At this point, the northern defense system centered on the Baoding Army collapsed.

In the middle of the same month, Yelu Xinxian divided his troops to fight, one went straight to Damingfu, and the other continued to stalemate with Xu Changzhi's troops.

In the late January of the eighth year of Jiayou.

Yelu Renxian tossed and turned, bypassed Xiongzhou, passed through Baozhou, fought to support the war, and after replenishing supplies, he attacked Wangdu.

Damingfu is southeast of Wangdu.

As the Beijing city of Dazhou, it is only a few hundred miles away from Bianjing.

Beijing in modern society is still under the jurisdiction of the Liao people.

At this moment, in Bianjing City, when it was learned that Yelu Xinxian had actually mobilized a large number of troops to attack Damingfu.

Both Zhao Xi and the officials were a little panicked.

In the court hall, officials were discussing this.

"If Damingfu was taken by the Liao people, our Bianjing city would be defenseless!"

"Who would have thought that the Liao people would advance so fast?"

"What is Xu Changzhi doing? Didn't he say that he could hold back Yelu Xinxian?"

"How come the Liao people are at Damingfu in the blink of an eye?"

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Although the New Year has passed, there is still heavy snow everywhere.

This heavy snow not only hindered the Liao people's advance speed, but also put the Great Zhou army defending the city in trouble.

Xu Changzhi had his own difficulties. He knew that Yelu Xinxian chose to divide his troops to fight, but he could only defend Qizhou.

Because once Qizhou fell, the entire Jingdong East Road would fall into the hands of the Liao people.

At that time, the Liao people could easily "divide the river and rule" with the Great Zhou. That river was the Grand Canal.

Therefore, he just wrote a letter to the court, stating that Yelu Xinxian's attack on Daming Prefecture might be just a feint.

But the officials did not believe it, and Zhao Xi did not believe it either.

This battle was almost at home, could it still be a feint?

When he heard the officials constantly accusing Xu Changzhi of being too conservative in the battle, which led to Yelu Xinxian continuing to move westward.

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Xi became a little impatient and said in a deep voice:

"Qizhou was not lost, and General Xu is still a meritorious official!"

"Since the Liao Kingdom went south, it has only taken down some prefectures in my Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road. Are you so panicked?"

"There are 30,000 garrisons in Daming Prefecture. The Liao people cannot take it for a while. Let the garrisons of various prefectures go to support it. If it doesn't work, let General Qin send troops to defend Daming Prefecture!"

In the middle of February in the eighth year of Jiayou, Qin Lie ordered his son Qin Zhen to lead an army of 100,000 to support Daming Prefecture.

At the same time, the various important prefectures and cities jointly sent out troops, and about 400,000 troops gathered in Damingfu.

Qin Zhen was appointed as the commander of the marching army in the eastern route of Hebei, with full authority to command the Damingfu battle.

It is known in history as the Battle of Damingfu.

After Zhao Xi personally issued the appointment, he added one sentence to all officials,

"Tell Qin Zhen that in this battle, I only want one result, to make Yelu Xinxian's 200,000 enemy troops disappear into thin air!"

Yelu Xinxian originally had 300,000 troops. After conquering some prefectures and forming a stable strategic supply line, the Liao Kingdom successively increased its troops by 200,000 before the New Year.

In other words, during the Qizhou battle after the New Year, Yelu Xinxian had at least 400,000 troops.

Of course, 400,000 does not mean 400,000 armored soldiers.

To say that there are 400,000 armored soldiers is enough to sweep across the entire Central Plains.

The 400,000 troops, armored soldiers, elite soldiers, at most 100,000.

The rest are ordinary soldiers wearing simple armor or cloth armor.

These soldiers were basically temporarily recruited, and some were selected from civilians.

Of course, among the 800,000 imperial guards that Zhao Zhen was proud of, in addition to the redundant soldiers, the real elite troops were only 400,000 to 500,000.

The so-called elite refers to soldiers who are fully armored and basically invulnerable to swords and guns except for blunt weapons on the battlefield.

All of these soldiers are capable of fighting ten enemies at once.

Yelu Xinxian divided his troops into 200,000 to attack Daming Prefecture.

Logically, Xu Changzhi's situation would be easier.

But the situation was just the opposite.

Because his main responsibility was to delay the progress of Yelu Xinxian's attack, and at the same time to ensure that the prefectures in Qi and Lu would not fall into the hands of the enemy.

So, he was not just as simple as defending a Qizhou city.

Around the end of the year, Xu Changzhi used 200,000 troops to prevent Yelu Xinxian from making any progress, which was extremely rare.

Counting Yang Huairen's 200,000 troops, including the existence of the wing troops in various places.

In addition, the troops that the Great Zhou had invested in the Battle of Damingfu were as many as 800,000!

Among them, there were about 300,000 elite imperial guards.

The rest of the troops were recruited from the local garrison troops and civilians, and most of the soldiers had not even undergone formal training.

Even so, if the Battle of Damingfu failed slightly, the entire situation would be turned upside down, and the Great Zhou would really be in danger of extinction.

When Zhang Fu learned about this, he wrote to Damingfu that he should still focus on defense.

But Han Zhang believed that the 400,000 troops, in conjunction with the original garrison of Damingfu and the 80,000 troops brought by Pan Shu under the order of Yang Huairen.

With a full 500,000 troops, there was no reason why they could not bite off the main force of Yelu Xinxian.

As long as this battle was won, the Liao army would be defeated.

Then, the plan of Liaoxia to go south would end in failure.

But Zhang Fu insisted that Yelu Xinxian did that to attract all the combat-capable troops of the Great Zhou.

After all, it seems that the Great Zhou has been losing land and has repeatedly been defeated since the war began.

But in fact, the land that the Liao Kingdom actually took was not even one-fifteenth of the Great Zhou.

It is too early for the theory of national destruction that has been spread among the people.

Moreover, the Liao soldiers did not work hard every time they captured a place. They took a place, looted and left.

In this case, it would be very easy to recover the lost territory.

As long as we make sure there are no mistakes and drag it out, we can also drag it out until the Liao soldiers know the difficulty and retreat.

There is no need to start a large-scale decisive battle in advance at this time.

Even Wei Yuan, who was far away in Jiangnan, had the same idea.

At this time, in the Taihu Villa.

Wei Yuan was discussing the battle of Damingfu with Lin Zhaoyuan and others.

Chen Daniu said sincerely: "Brother is really a god. How did you know that the Liao people were going to attack Damingfu?"

"Now, our Great Zhou has a full 400,000 or 500,000 troops gathering in Damingfu, which is enough for Yelu Xinxian to drink a pot."

Even Lin Zhaoyuan thought so.

No matter how you look at it, Damingfu is foolproof.

Even if the battle of Damingfu was lost, the Great Zhou army could regroup at the first opportunity, and the internal defense of Damingfu would not be weakened.

Therefore, Yelu Xinxian had already lost before the battle began.

But as the war developed to this point, Wei Yuan felt that things were not that simple.

"Before this, I had been paying close attention to Yelu Xinxian's actions, and Changzhi's layout in the Qi and Lu areas was also perfect."

"But Yelu Xinxian suddenly showed a quick success and attacked Damingfu, which was not like his steady character."

Just as he said this, Ye Bushou received news.

It was said that Yelu Renxian appeared in the Wangdu area.

Wei Yuan immediately felt that something was wrong.

"Wangdu. Zhendingfu. Damingfu."

"No wonder. No wonder."

Lin Zhaoyuan frowned and said, "My Lord, what's wrong?"

Wei Yuan said, "The real killer of the Liao Kingdom is still Yelu Renxian, not Yelu Xinxian!"

At this point, Lin Zhaoyuan immediately understood everything.

"In the battle of Damingfu, Yelu Xinxian deliberately wanted to attract the main force of our Great Zhou. His purpose was to allow Yelu Renxian to smoothly go south from Wangdu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was sweating!

If this is really the case.

Then, the area around Zhendingfu is now undefended!

Didn't Yelu Renxian's troops advance like a broken bamboo?

In the past, Wei Yuan, who had always been as steady as a rock no matter what happened, was a little panicked at this moment.

"Ever since the court sent Yang Huairen to lead the army north, Yelu Renxian has already started to make plans."

"He and Yelu Xinxian deliberately pretended to take Hebei and Hedong into their pockets, just to make us believe that they really planned to join forces to attack Damingfu."

"But from the beginning to the end, the real plan of the Liao Kingdom was Bianjing!"

Lin Zhaoyuan's pupils widened instantly, "My Lord, are you saying that Yelu Renxian had already expected this step today? Everything was in his plan?"

Although Chen Daniu didn't understand it very well, he was at least a veteran general. After a little thought, he felt more and more incredible.

"This old guy is still a human being?!"

Wei Yuan was already panicked.

It was difficult to remain calm on the surface.

He has always been a person who looks at this world from the perspective of future generations.

So, he always felt that he had a kind of superiority.

However, when Wei Yuan learned that Yelu Renxian had played a whole game, he realized that the so-called famous general of the Liao Kingdom was so terrifying.

If this plan, in the end, Yelu Renxian really succeeded.

Then, the change of the master of the Central Plains and the sinking of the Shenzhou Land will no longer be an empty talk!

Wei Yuan squatted at the door of the room, his expression was dazed, like a fool.

I don’t know how long it took before Lin Zhaoyuan and Chen Daniu, who were standing behind him, heard his words into their ears, with a sigh in his tone,

"Yelü Renxian at this time is the strongest Yelu Renxian."

"Even if my teacher Zhang Fu personally took charge, I am afraid he would not be his opponent."

"To defeat him, unless Wu Xianggong and my teacher work together."

"Besides that, I can’t think of anyone who can beat Yelu Renxian today."

Chen Daniu blurted out: "Even my eldest brother can’t do it?"

"Me?" Wei Yuan laughed at himself, shook his head, and stopped talking.

The answer is already obvious.