Chapter 327 Yelu Renxian's Final Conspiracy

Commanding an army of 600,000 at the snap of a finger, Wei Yuan was the only one so bold in using troops in ancient times.

Whether it was the deployment for the Battle of Xiangzhou or the launch of the Central Plains War, Wei Yuan's layout seemed to lengthen the battle line, but in fact, each army was like a horn to each other.

If one party is attacked, another army will rush to support it.

After completing the deployment, Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi led the Danglu Army and the remaining 300,000 soldiers to continue to advance.

Today, the main force of the Liao army has gathered in the Gucheng area, only a hundred miles away from Mingzhou.

Wei Yuan wanted to march his army to Shulu Town this time.

On the way, he told Xu Changzhi some future plans.

"After this battle is over, I plan to expand the Danglu army."

Xu Changzhi nodded and said: "I have read the information about the troop losses in the Battle of Xiangzhou. Even though our army occupies the right time and place, the ratio of fighting with the Liao army is still frighteningly high."

"This situation was reversed when Daniel led the Danglu army and arrived. If the Danglu army can be expanded, it will be a good thing for the country and the people."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "What do you think of three hundred thousand?"

Three hundred thousand?

Xu Changzhi frowned and said: "Back then, we only built a new army of 80,000 robbers, but they faced a lot of pressure from both the government and the public. The war lasted for nearly a year, and the national treasury was running low. Can those scholar-bureaucrats agree?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "There's no reason why they don't agree."

After this battle is over, Wei Yuan will become a hero in the battle to defend his country.

At that time, one person will be inferior to ten thousand people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is half a powerful official.

To him, powerful ministers without soldiers are just fish on the emperor's chopping board.

Zhao Xi was kind to him, so he would not do anything disloyal.

But you must always consider your descendants.

Once upon a time, when he was Uncle Zhongyong, he had an army of 80,000 soldiers, which was enough to ensure that the power of the Wei family would not decline.

But now that he is the champion, 80,000 is too little, he needs 300,000.

The soldiers of Daizhou Group also need a cradle where they can rise and cultivate their talents.

"Brother Wei, what are you going to achieve in this battle? Do you really want to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?"

Xu Changzhi asked.

Wei Yuan thought about it seriously, then suddenly shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Xu Changzhi was stunned, "This is the first time Brother Wei is undecided."

Wei Yuan said: "We are really going to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, how should we deal with it?"

Xu Changzhi was shocked.

Yes, if the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are really recovered, what will happen to them, and even those from Dai Prefecture?

Wei Yuan added: "When I first took charge of a million-strong army, I was really high-spirited and wanted to take the opportunity to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun."

"But Your Majesty makes me a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. If I go one step further, what will happen to the Duke of the country? A king with a different surname?"

"If the sixteen states of Yanyun are lost, we will be safe for one day."

Xu Changzhi stopped talking.

If the two of them continued talking, it would be a bit treasonous.

At this moment, Pengcheng.

Yeluxin first fled all the way north, experienced hardships, and finally joined the army.

However, even if they join forces, the entire Liao army will only have more than 100,000 combatable troops.

In the Battle of Xiangzhou, they were completely defeated and there would be no chance of a comeback unless Wei Yuan made an extremely fatal mistake.

But both of them knew that for a commander of Wei Yuan's level, the possibility of making a mistake was basically zero.

"Xinxian, from now on, you will go north and leave the territory of Dazhou."

Yelu Renxian looked at Yelu Xinxian, who was crestfallen, kneeling and crying, and felt extremely helpless.

Ye Luxin raised his head suddenly and said, "Brother, what will you do if I leave?"

Renxian said: "Our army has been defeated in this battle, and there is no possibility of turning defeat into victory. Soon, His Majesty will issue a decree for us to withdraw our troops."

"I'm afraid I won't survive."

Ye Luxin frowned and said: "Although we suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle going south, my eldest brother has made great contributions to the country after all. Your Majesty. Even if your Majesty cares about the friendship between the emperor and his ministers, he will not..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ren Xian, "A defeat is a defeat. Daliao does not need a defeated general."

Xin first said: "If I die, I will die. I fell into the Zhou army's trap by mistake. What does it have to do with you? Brother, you go! I stay!"

Yelvren shook his head first and said: "After Zhou general Wei Yuan commanded the Battle of Xiangzhou, he has become famous all over the world. No one knows that he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in the Zhou Kingdom."

"This time when I went south, my brother took away all the elites of Daliao. Now they are all lost in the Zhou Dynasty. Wei Yuan will take advantage of the opportunity to regain the land of the sixteen states. If the horse breeding land is taken away by the Zhou army, we, Daliao , and no longer exists.”

"If Wei Yuan kills me, it will be a great feat. Given the suspicious mind of the Emperor Zhao, Wei Yuan will not dare to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun."

"Among the young generals of Daliao, you are the only one who has the potential to fight Wei Yuan!"

"Can you understand the painstaking efforts for my brother?"

To put it simply, he would use his own life to gain a way out for Daliao and Yelu Xinxian.

If he dies, Wei Yuan will be considered a success. Whether he can regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture or not, it doesn't matter much to Wei Yuan.

if!

Wei Yuan is still determined to regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, so one day, Wei Yuan will definitely die!

That night.

Yeluxin left Pengcheng first and moved northward strategically.

In the eighth year of Jiayou's reign, it was July 12th.

All the generals of the Zhou army have arrived at their scheduled combat positions.

On the 15th of the same month.

The Central Plains War broke out.

The land originally taken away by the Liao army, such as Baoding Erzhou and Zhending Prefecture, were all recovered by Wei Yuan.

In early August, the Zhou army attacked Pengcheng.

In mid-August, Yelvren fled north to Qizhou first.

At the end of August, all armies joined forces to attack Qizhou.

Yelv Renxian's troops were out of strength, and the battle to defend the city suffered setbacks one after another.

At the same time, the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to ask for peace from the Zhou Dynasty.

In mid-September, Zhao Xi sent a secret order asking Wei Yuan to intercept and kill the Liao envoys.

The intention of this move was obvious. Zhao Xi made it clear that he did not want a ceasefire and that he wanted to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

However, the moment Wei Yuan received the secret order, he became deeply worried.

Do you really want to intercept and kill the Liao envoy?

At this time, only Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi were left in the Zhou army's tent.

The latter said: "Intercepting the Liao envoy means that our army will fight to the end. When to withdraw our troops, it is not you or me who have the final say."

The former frowned and said: "If you don't intercept and kill, you are resisting the order. If you fail to intercept and kill, you are bullying the emperor."

No one would believe that Wei Yuan, who had hundreds of thousands of troops at his disposal, could not even intercept and kill a mere Liao envoy.

"Why did His Majesty ask you to do this? Logically speaking, wouldn't it be better to leave this kind of thing to the Imperial City Department?" Xu Changzhi asked doubtfully.

Wei Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Our Majesty is becoming more and more assertive."

"The Imperial City Division is the emperor's personal division. If they take action, the history books will naturally place the blame for the assassination on His Majesty's head. His Majesty not only wants martial arts, but also culture and governance. He wants to be the emperor for eternity. Killing the envoy like this He doesn't even bother to do anything ugly."

"Your Majesty doesn't want me to support you, and you don't want me to have a reputation. Therefore, I must be the one to kill the envoy."

Xu Changzhi said in surprise: "Your Majesty is so young, but you have such thoughts?"

In fact, the person who came up with this method was Wang Anshi.

Zhao Xi thought it made sense and accepted it.

Now, Wei Yuan is in a dilemma.

"Not as good as."

Wei Yuan murmured, suddenly sat down at the desk and wrote a text.

The general idea is that your Majesty must be a benevolent and righteous king and must not kill anyone.

To put it simply, this pair of monarchs and ministers are pulling each other off.

The more Xu Changzhi read Wei Yuan's words, the more surprised he became.

"Brother Wei, you are teaching His Majesty how to do things!"

Wei Yuan said: "Now, there is no other way. If Yan Yun is gone, Your Majesty will still use us."

None of them guessed that it was Wang Anshi's idea.

Because of this incident, there may be a gap between the monarch and his ministers.

Jiayou's eighth year, the end of September.

The Zhou army invaded Qizhou City.

Yelvren, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, first sat in the governor's mansion, waiting for Wei Yuan's arrival.

At this time, the entire governor's mansion was surrounded by Zhou army.

Since then, all the 400,000 Liao troops who invaded south have been buried on the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Liao Kingdom's vitality was severely damaged after this battle.

When Wei Yuan arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Chen Daniu came quickly, cupped his fists and said:

"Commander Wei, Yelvren said first that he wants to see you."

see me?

Wei Yuan thought for a moment and said, "We should definitely meet him."

He came to the main hall of the governor's mansion.

I saw Mr. Yelv Ren with disheveled hair and a scimitar in his hand.

This old man, who was over sixty years old, had conquered Bianjing several times, but in the end, he was going to die here.

The entire governor's mansion was brightly lit, and the smell of blood, accompanied by the smell of war, permeated the entire city.

Under the attention of everyone, Yelvren slowly sat on the Taishi chair.

Wei Yuan took two steps forward, "Why did you see me?"

Yelvren looked at everyone first.

Wei Yuan waved his hand.

The surrounding Zhou army officers and soldiers immediately left the place.

Wei Yuan also moved a chair and sat opposite him. He had no intention of mocking the defeated man, but a sigh of relief.

Yelu Renxian can also be regarded as a hero.

While many famous generals such as Di Qing, Zhang Fu, and Gu Yankai appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, under the leadership of Yelv Renxian, the Liao army grew stronger.

If he is not a hero, who can be?

"You specifically want to see me, do you have something to say?" Wei Yuan asked.

Yelvren raised his head first and looked at him quietly. After a while, he finally said this sentence:

"You are really young, boy."

Wei Yuan said: "The old general is a hero of the world. I will leave you with a complete body. Otherwise, you will only be humiliated if you live. How about that?"

Yeluren nodded first, "Thank you very much."

Wei Yuan was about to stand up when his voice came to his ears again,

"Wait a minute."

Wei Yuan looked at the weapon in his hand and asked curiously: "The old general can't do anything to him?"

Yelvren shook his head first and asked, "I was just wondering what would happen to a monster like you, and where would be his way out."

Hearing these words, Wei Yuan's heart moved, he sat on the chair again, and said seriously: "Old general, just say what you have to say."

Yelvren said first: "If you regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, you will really have no way to survive."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "I understand, old general, don't worry, no one will waver in the plan that I, Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, decided to encroach on the sixteen states of Yanyun."

Yelvren was stunned for a moment and then said, "You are really thoughtful."

Wei Yuan stood up and bowed solemnly: "Old general, have a safe journey."

Yelvren was speechless for now.

After Wei Yuan leaves here.

Suddenly, Ye Luren laughed twice, "Wei Yuan, don't forget the agreement you made with me!"

Agreement?

What agreement?

grass!

Wei Yuan couldn't help but curse.

When he came to the lobby again, he saw that Yelvren had committed suicide.

Wei Yuan was furious and said, "I had good intentions to leave your body intact, but you really took it as a vicious move!"

"Come here, cut Yelu Renxian into pieces, burn him with a thousand knives, take his ashes, and put them under the temple. I will make him never reincarnate!"

Wei Yuan was rarely furious.

Of course, that sentence reached Zhao Xi's ears.

Adding to that, he did not intend to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, teach Zhao Xi how to do things, etc., how could the monarch and his subjects not be alienated?

In the eighth year of Jiayou, in early October, Wei Yuan completely recovered the lost territory.

At the same time, Zhao Xi ordered the court officials to drag the Liao envoys, while urging Wei Yuan to continue the march and advance into the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

On October 5, Yelu Yixian withdrew his troops.

In mid-October, Wei Yuan received an imperial decree to postpone his departure in the name of preparing supplies.

Zhao Xi was dragging the Liao envoys, and Wei Yuan was also dragging the weather.

As long as it snowed, the army could not advance.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun could not be recovered.

October 20th.

Bianjing.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Zhao Xi saw Yan Da, the commander of the Imperial City Division, coming and asked urgently:

"Has the Marquis of Guanjun sent out troops?"

Hearing this, Yan Da knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "The Marquis of Guanjun said that there was a heavy snowfall in the north. Hundreds of thousands of troops came from the south and could not stand the cold in the north, so they could not march forward."

Unable to march forward?

After waiting for so long, this is the result?

"Didn't I send out several batches of cotton clothes? The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. With such a good opportunity, why didn't the guards march forward? Why?"

Zhao Xi showed signs of being angry.

Yan Da dared not speak.

At this time, Wang Anshi, who was standing aside, winked at Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi had no choice but to let Yan Da leave first.

When there were only two of them left in the hall, Zhao Xi said gloomily:

"Master Wang, I don't understand. All the elite soldiers of the Liao army have died, even Yelu Renxian is dead. Now is the best time to march into the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. When the Liao army recovers in the future, it will be even more difficult to recapture it!"

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this first."

As he said that, he handed Zhao Xi a note.

Zhao Xi opened it and frowned slightly.

"This is obviously Yelu Renxian's plan to sow discord. How could I fall for it?"

Wang Anshi said earnestly: "It is a plan to sow discord, but it is also a fact that Wei Hou and Yelu Renxian met alone."

Zhao Xi said: "What do you mean? Do you suspect that Wei Shi has the intention of treason?"

Wang Anshi bowed and said: "I have no such intention, but now it is winter and the army should not continue to advance. The treasury is empty. If the battle to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is a protracted battle, I am afraid that it will make our Great Zhou fall into a quagmire and unable to advance or retreat."

Zhao Xi wanted to refute it, but after thinking about it seriously, it was indeed the case.

"The guard could have ended the war in the Central Plains earlier and recovered the lost territory, why did he drag it out for so long?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand!"

At this point, Zhao Xi said angrily: "Even if we don't fight, we have to rip off the Liao Kingdom's skin again and tell them to cede land and pay compensation, otherwise, the soldiers of the Great Zhou will never withdraw their troops!"