534 Changchun Prefecture 1
Late at night, in the government office of Huanglong Mansion, Heshi Liezhining was reporting what happened in the afternoon.
"Master, tomorrow morning, Yelu Dashi, Yelu Yanxi and others will go to Changchun Prefecture to convince Yelu Hong to take over the Khitan army!" Heshi Liezhining said.
"You said, how likely is it that they will take over the Khitan Rebel Army?" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"There should be 70% or 80% possibility! After all, Yelu Dashi is a Khitan hero and has a very high prestige among the Khitans. As for Yelu Yanxi, he was the former Emperor of the Great Liao, and the Khitans would not ignore him." Heshi Liezhining said.
Wanyan Zonghan shook his head slowly.
"Does the general think there is something wrong?" Heshi Liezhining said.
"This Yelu Hong is the King of Liao enthroned by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. I heard that there were Han generals beside Yelu Hong's side to help! In other words, Yelu Hong is a puppet in the hands of the Han people, and the Han people would never watch such a thing happen!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Even if the Han people don't agree and Yelu Hong doesn't agree, we can convince the other Khitan leaders." Heshi Liezhining said.
"I still feel that it may not be effective! After you arrive in Changchun Prefecture, observe the troops there to see if there are any other ways to deal with the Khitans." Wanyan Zonghan said.
Heshi Liezhining nodded and agreed.
The two of them seriously discussed this matter in the room. At this moment, there was a quarrel outside. Then the door was pushed open and a young Jurchen appeared in front of them.
"Little Prince!" Heshi Liezhining was shocked and hurriedly bowed.
"Wanyan Tan, what are you doing here?" Wanyan Zonghan frowned and said.
It turns out that the Jurchen youth in front of him was Wanyan Dan, the eldest grandson of Wanyan Aguda in history. Although he was young, according to the Jurchen tradition, Wanyan Wuqimai would pass the throne to Wanyan Aguda's descendants after his death. Wanyan Dan had the first inheritance rights as the eldest grandson! After Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongbi and others died, almost no one could compete with him for the throne. He is now almost equivalent to the crown prince and has a noble status! However, Wanyan Zonghan is the pillar of the Jin Kingdom, so naturally he doesn't have to see Wanyan Dan's expression. At this moment, Wanyan Zonghan was very dissatisfied with him breaking in rashly.
"Master Du, I heard that you sent someone to release Yelu Yanxi, is there any such thing?" Wanyan Tan looked at Wanyan Zonghan and said angrily.
"Not bad." Wanyan Zonghan nodded.
"How could you let Yelu Yanxi go? Don't you know that the Khitans are our feud! Yelu Yanxi even humiliated Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu raised an army! We took ten years to destroy the Liao Kingdom and imprisoned Yelu Yanxi in the Huanglong Mansion. Now you want to let him go! Do you do this to be worthy of Emperor Taizu? Are you worthy of the dead soldiers?" Wanyan Dan pointed at Wanyan Zonghan and cursed.
At the heyday of the Great Liao Kingdom, the Khitans oppressed the Jurchens very much! After Yelu Yanxi inherited the throne, in order to obtain the Dongzhu, countless Jurchens died in the ice water every year! Yelu Yanxi asked the leader of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe, Wanyan Aguda, to meet him, but actually forced Wanyan Aguda to take off his clothes and dance for him. Wanyan Aguda was furious and began to fight against Liao after returning! Now that he heard about the release of Yelu Yanxi, Wanyan Dan was naturally dissatisfied.
"I have to do this! For the sake of my great gold throne, I can only let him go now!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"How do you say this?" Wanyan Tan said in confusion.
"The little prince may not know about going to Beijing and Zhongjing, right? It has been occupied by the Song army!" Heshi Liezhining spoke suddenly.
"What? Shangjing, how could Zhongjing be occupied by the Song army? The Han people have always been cowardly. They hide in Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan, and they dare not come out at all? What are you talking nonsense!" Wanyan Tan said.
"Little Prince, since early July, the Khitans in Liaodong began to rebel. Later, the scale of this rebellion became larger and larger, and we gradually lost the news about Shangjing and Zhongjing areas! In September, the Han people went north with their troops. Until now, they have conquered Shangjing and Zhongjing! Now the situation in our Great Jin Kingdom is in extremely dangerous. Now we are only Huanglong Mansion and Huining Mansion. Do you understand?" Wanyan Zonghan said coldly.
"What did you say? This is impossible! The Han people cannot take the initiative to go north! Moreover, in Shangjing, there are four uncles in Zhongjing, and our Jurchens have 100,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 elite soldiers in the resentful army. It is impossible for the Han people to conquer Shangjing, Zhongjing!" Wanyan Tan shook his head and said.
"All the troops and 100,000 resentful soldiers in Zhongjing City have been completely wiped out by the Han people! Not only that, nearly 200,000 Mongolian troops were also completely wiped out by the Song army. Yelu Dashi led more than 100,000 Khitan troops south and were completely wiped out by the Han people! Now we can only maintain the Great Jin Kingdom by temporarily uniting with the Khitans and turning the more than one million Khitan rebels into our friendly forces and let them fight for us!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Even so, we cannot cooperate with the Khitans! I have often read books by the Han people over the years. The Han people once had emperors who slept on firewood and tasted gall, but eventually turned defeat into victory. We can also slept on firewood and taste gall, and then defeat the Han people! In short, we cannot let Yelu Yanxi go, he is our enemy." Wanyan Tan said in a daze.
"Sleeping on firewood and tasting gall? We have no time to sleeping on firewood and tasting gall now! Do you want all your tribe members to enter the deep mountains and forests, and then sleeping on firewood and taste gall? Then the Han people will rush into the deep mountains and forests and exterminate us! Now we can only cooperate with the Khitans!" Wanyan Zonghan said coldly.
Wanyan Dan stumbled out of the room, whistled to the sky, and Wanyan Zonghan sighed softly.
*******
On the morning of November 29, Yelu Dashi, Yelu Yanxi, Heshi Liezhining and others left Huanglong Mansion and headed west.
There was light snow floating in the sky, the air was fresh, and they rode their horses.
Yelu Dashi was in a bad mood. He had originally led more than 100,000 troops to the south, but he thought he could revive the Liao Dynasty. Who knew that the current situation was much worse than he thought! Now more than 100,000 troops were wiped out, and he had no capital to revive the Liao Dynasty, so he could only rely on those rebels!
"No matter what, I must convince Yelu Hong. This is the only remaining road now!" Yelu Dashi said inwardly.
Yelu Yanxi was very excited at this moment!
After being imprisoned in Huanglong Mansion for ten years, I thought I would stay in that small yard for the rest of my life and die of suffering. I didn’t expect that I would be free again and could gallop!
His favorite thing back then was hunting, and he was on a voyage in the wild. Now he has come to the wild again! But his body is far less than before, and he looks much older than before.
"I finally came out! There are still millions of Khitan troops in Changchun Prefecture. They are all my people. As soon as I arrive, they will follow me! At that time, we will defeat the Han people first, and then defeat the Jurchens. I will still be the Emperor of the Great Liao and will still be incredible!" Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but want to laugh to the sky.
The expression on Heshi Liezhining's face was neither sad nor happy. He was calculating how to bring Yelu Dashi, Yelu Yanxi and others out of the rebel army if Yelu Hong was unwilling to surrender!
"Brother Yelu, are you still subordinates lurking among the rebel army?" Heshi Liezhining said.
"At the earliest times, there were many leaders of the rebel army who obeyed my orders, and the Khitans in the rebel army often spread news to us! However, since Yelu Hong arrived, there has been no news there for a long time!" Yelu Dashi shook his head and said.
"It's a bit dangerous! Brother Yelu, why don't we go to find a few rebel leaders first and talk about it, don't go to see Yelu Hong." Heshi Liezhining said.
"No, we must meet Yelu Hong! As long as we convince this person, the other leaders of the rebel army will definitely obey us! The Han people are powerful and we cannot delay now! Yelu Hong is the son of Yelu Chun, and he is also a Khitan. He should also consider my Khitan tribe. I can convince him!" Yelu Dashi said.
"Yelu Hong may not be able to make the decision among the rebel army!" Heshi Liezhining said.
"As long as he still has the Khitan tribe in his heart, everything is easy to do! If there are Han people intercepting me, I will try my best to kill those intercepted Han people!" Yelu Dashi said.
"Hmph, Yelu Chun was both a traitor back then, so his son was naturally a traitor! If I promised to forgive the sins of their father and son after arriving in Changchun Prefecture, they would definitely be grateful! I am the Emperor of the Great Liao, and his son, the son of a traitor, would not ignore me!" Yelu Yanxi sneered from the side.
"Your Majesty, maybe you are the only one who treats Yelu Chun as a traitor. In the hearts of many clansmen, he is also the Emperor of the Great Liao like Your Majesty! When Your Majesty abandoned the country and ignored it, Yelu Chun could only ascend the throne to shoulder heavy responsibilities! In the hearts of many clansmen, Yelu Hong is even the crown prince! Your Majesty, I think this is better. Your descendants are dead. After you arrive in Changchun Prefecture, you will accept Yelu Hong as your adopted son and formally appoint Yelu Hong as your crown prince in the name of the emperor. This will make him feel grateful!" Yelu Dashi said.
"He is a son of a traitor. How can he become the prince? This matter is not possible!" Yelu Yanxi said disdainfully.
"Brother Yelu has a good idea, Emperor, this matter is settled." Heshi Liezhining said lightly.
Hearing Heshi Liezhining's words, Yelu Yanxi did not dare to refuse at all, and showed a flattering smile on his face and said, "What does the general say, that's what!"
Seeing this scene, Yelu Dashi couldn't help but shake his head. Such an emperor was not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility.
*******
The snow was getting heavier along the way. By the third day of December, they were only more than fifty miles away from Changchun Prefecture.
You can see the Khitan rebels one after another on the road!
It is said that it is a rebel army, but in fact it is just some ordinary Khitan people who cannot survive. Among them, men, women, young and old, most of them are thin and lonely. Some have weapons such as wooden sticks, while others have nothing!
Yelu Dashi, Yelu Yanxi and others were all dressed as Khitans. The ones who followed them were the remaining 200 Khitan soldiers in the Battle of the Grassland. Only Heshi Liezhining and dozens of his personal soldiers were Jurchens, but these Jurchens all wore felt hats and did not let people see their identities.
However, their group was very different from the surrounding rebels. Their team was neat and they were all strong soldiers, which naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding rebels!
When it was almost dark, they were only more than twenty miles away from Changchun Prefecture. At this time, a huge rebel army appeared in the distance. This rebel army rushed towards them shouting!
"What should I do?" Yelu Yanxi was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"Let's stay here and wait for them to arrive! They probably won't do anything to us! Besides, these rebels are vulnerable, and more than 200 of us are enough to protect Your Majesty!" Yelu Dashi said.
After a while, they were surrounded by these rebel groups.
Chapter completed!