Although the morale of the Song army has been greatly improved over the past few days, the Liao army has not suffered much loss. Liao soldiers can be seen everywhere between Bianliang and Xiangyang. At the foot of Lumen Mountain not far southeast of Xiangyang, there are Liao army tents everywhere. Khitan cavalry traveled between the camp tents. On the periphery of the camp tents, military and civilians like ants dug trenches and built forts under the surveillance of the Liao army. It seems that the Liao army has given up its plan to quickly conquer Xiangyang and changed its strategy of long-term encirclement and long-term trapping. In the center of the Liao camp, there is a white sun and moon flag several meters long, and the underline is the Khitan emperor's imperial account.

"In just half a month, two major defeats, the Luoyang Song army and the Xiangyang Song army became even more connected." Yelu Dashi's eyes became a little colder and said coldly: "Did the water and soil of the Southern Dynasty corrode the blood of the Khitans, and my warriors became cowards?" The generals under the tent did not dare to look up, and they didn't even dare to show off their anger. His Majesty's reprimand made many people feel guilty.

After a moment of silence in the tent, Yelu Tiege bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the successive defeats are not because the soldiers are not brave. It is because our army is not familiar with water wars that makes the Song army get a advantage." As the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court and the commander of the Southern Expedition, he naturally had to distinguish them for his subordinates. Sure enough, the generals of the Southern Expedition were relieved when they heard that he stood up and took responsibility.

Yelu Dashi snorted and said sternly: "Before the Southern Expedition, weren't you allowed to recruit the Southern Dynasties to establish a naval army? The North Court reported that there were 70,000 naval officers. Is it so vulnerable?" Looking around the generals in the camp, his eyes fell on Yelu Baoyi, and then turned back to Yelu Tiege.

Yelu Tiege said without hesitation: "The people of the Southern Dynasty are weak, and have a different intention, and are unwilling to use their lives, so they are defeated repeatedly." Other Khitan generals nodded to show their approval of the Privy Council of the Northern Court. Someone shouted: "The army cannot fight at all. Before the Song army came, they wished they would throw their armor off." "There are also many spies who have ulterior motives and secretly communicated with the Song army!" "Shortly after the battle on the water, the Song Zhu's army helped the enemy to attack us." "The people of the Southern Dynasty were not reliable at all!" Yelu Baoyi's expression remained unchanged, as if Yelu Tiege had no relationship with him belittling the Southern people.

The etiquette of the Khitan court was not strict. After Yelu Dashi ascended the throne, he removed many rituals from the monarchs and ministers who were passed down from the Southern Dynasty on the grounds of restoring the old customs. For a moment, the generals in the imperial account complained and clamored, and they all pushed the responsibility for defeat on the Southern Dynasty's signing army. Yelu Dashi looked at the generals coldly, his face gradually turned pale, and he said intimately: "The arrogant army will be defeated, and the signing army under Xiangyang City can still be said to be ineffective. What about the battle in Fangzhou?"

"Your Majesty!" Amid the slander, someone suddenly said in a deep voice, "I have a plan to control the Southern Dynasty naval army."

Yelu Dashi was slightly surprised and turned around and said that the person who spoke was Yelu Kuang, King of Jin, who was Mr. Han Da from Liaodong. After defeating the Jin Kingdom, in order to eliminate the remnants of the Jurchen Kingdom, Han Kuang offered another strategy to ravage the farmer, which was to send cavalry in the summer to destroy the crops of the Yejurchen tribe. If he only made a living by fishing and hunting, there would be very few people who could support the mountains, forests, and waters. In the long run, the population of the Yejurchen tribe would definitely be greatly reduced and would no longer be a threat to the Khitan. Although Yelu Dashi believed it deeply, he ordered Xiao Orila, the general who stayed in Huanglong Mansion, to act according to the plan, but he secretly guarded against Yelu Kuang, who was resourceful and knowledgeable in the customs of the Hu and Han Dynasty. This southern expedition also brought him by his side. Yelu Kuang seemed to have noticed it. He usually discussed matters in the Liao camp, but he only listened and did not say it. Today's proposal seemed quite abrupt.

"What is the plan of King Jin?" Yelu Dashi smiled and said, "Tell me, everyone?"

"The Southern Dynasty signs the army is not worthy of life, Your Majesty can use the Jurchens to train the navy." Yelu Kuang said with a smile, "The Jurchens are fishing and hunting clans, known as going up the mountain like monkeys and going down the river like otters. Moreover, this place is thousands of miles away from Liaodong. The Jurchens and the Southern Dynasty people have no words and different customs. The Jurchens can only serve Your Majesty by giving up their minds."

Yelu Dashi looked at the Khitan generals standing in the tent with a strange expression. The Jurchens and the Khitans had a very shallow grudge. Therefore, since the Jin Dynasty was pacified, the Liao army recruited Jurchen soldiers to form a camp, but there were no more than a thousand people, and all of them were separated and used under various Khitan generals. However, it was also true that the Jurchens were more capable of water than the Khitans. Yelu Dashi also saw the Japanese envoys who sent envoys to complain about the Jurchen pirates floating in the sea to plunder the fishing village.

After pondering for a moment, Yelu Dashi nodded and said, "In this way, he chose Jurchen soldiers to fill the Baihe Water Division camp, and the King of Jin would do the matter of practicing the Jurchen Water Division camp." He looked at Yelu Kuangyi deeply and smiled slightly. This person was still unwilling to be lonely.

Yelu Kuang suppressed his joy and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured Your Majesty. I will definitely not humiliate the sage order." Although he was named King of Jin, he has never held military power since he returned to Liao. Yelu Dashi's order was a little vague, and he only asked him to select troops and train troops, without saying who will command the order in the future. Yelu Kuang thought about it in his heart, and observed the meaning of his subsequent effect.

"Zhao Qi issued a false order to establish Xiangyang as his position." Yelu Tiege said again, "Xiangyang itself is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In my opinion, it is better to send another army around Xiangyang and rush to Ezhou south of Xiangyang to cut off the food and salary in Xiangyang. In this way, Xiangyang will be defeated without attacking." "Outsider" Yelu Kuang suddenly got an important task, such as Yelu Tiege and other close confidant leaders. Yelu Dashi glanced at the tent for a week and saw it. What he wanted was this effect, and used Yelu Kuang, an outsider to stimulate the arrogant soldiers who were gradually complacent.

Yelu Dashi thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Ezhou is also a strong city. The guards are well-equipped, and the military strength is not weak. If you bypass Xiangyang and attack Ezhou, you will easily be attacked from both sides." His face was a little complicated. Fangzhou's small land was originally insignificant. Yelu Tiege sent troops to attack Fangzhou, and he was mainly punished by the Song people, but he suffered a great loss. A total of 5,000 iron cavalry, plus 10,000 signing troops, was eaten by thousands of signing troops in the Southern Dynasty without any residue.

"Five thousand real Khitans, when they think of this festival, Yelu Dashi felt his heart twitching. If the army goes deeper and falls into a trick, the losses will be even more serious. Yelu Dashi's current plan is to attract the main force of the Song army to the Jingxiang area with heavy troops, so that the Song army in the southeast will be empty, and Yelu Bijie and Tiemuge can calmly annex the wealth and wealth land in the southeast. In this way, the Song army in Jingxiang will be cut off from food and salary, and will be defeated without fighting.

Seeing this, Yelu Kuang moved slightly and offered a suggestion again: "If Your Majesty cares about Yue Fei and the two generals Zhao Xingde, I have a plan that will make the Song people cut off their arms."

"Oh?" Yelu Dashi raised his head and smiled, "The King of Jin is resourceful. He is really a wise man among the Khitans. If he wants the Song people to cut off their arms, is it a counter-espionage plan?"

"That's true," Yelu Kuang saw that His Majesty looked like a smile, and even broke his plan. He felt a little shocked and dared not keep it in secret. He bowed to his head, "As the saying goes, the sky must be sunny. Ezhou is known as the emperor, but Zhao Ke is in the hands of our dynasty. In fact, the major events are decided by Chen Dong and Yue Fei. I think that people in the Southern Dynasty love to intrigue and fight, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Yue Chen and the other two will sooner or later be in conflict. But Yue Fei is so arrogant. It is said that this time, he opened up Xiangyang and the waterway was what he insisted on doing. Although he did not receive Zhao Qi's official position and reward, he was a secret communication song. I don't believe that Chen Dong had no guesses about him. If we send a memorial to sneak into Ezhou, take some rumors and add fuel to the fire..."

Yelu Dashi frowned slightly and asked, "What about Zhao Xingde?" Zhao Xingde of the Southern Dynasty repeatedly made amazing moves, and there was a vague balance and buffering effect between Yue and Chen. Therefore, if Zhao Xingde could be removed, he would be more confident to get rid of Chen and Yue.

Yelu Kuang smiled slightly and glanced around him. The Khitan generals whispered, saying that most of them did not study, not only could not think of such a plan, but even it sounded incredible.

"As far as I know, Zhao Xingde can support the crowd, his martial arts can threaten the enemy, and he is very humble. If it weren't for some indulgence in the harassed areas, according to the scholars of the Southern Dynasty, he was indeed an impeccable and perfect person." Yelu Kuang smiled slightly, "But, his surname should not be Zhao."

"Oh?" Yelu Dashi's eyes appeared in a divine light and his body leaned forward slightly. "How can I explain this?"

"When the case was revealed ten years ago, the Southern Dynasty court once had a crime of "abusing the royal family". We can start from this." Yelu Kuang made up his mind today. If he didn't make a sound, he would make a big splash. Even if Yelu Dashi was worried, he would have to use him.

"Accusing the royal family?" Yelu Dashi was slightly stunned and pondered, "But this man is born innocent and everyone in the world knows that he is just a treacherous party," he glanced at Tong Guan who was standing next to him, "Jin Dong and others will never believe the crime he was killed."

"I think that we just need to follow the trend. We are not going to promote Zhao Xingde to pretend to be a royal family, but let the news be spread in detail. Zhao Xingde is a royal family." Yelu Kuang smiled, "This person is both literary and military, and he is also a royal family. Now there is only Zhao Qi, the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Chen Dong and the others pretend to say that "respecting the emperor and not obeying orders." In the opinion of the minister, if Zhao Xingde suddenly becomes a royal family, I am afraid that Chen Dong will not be wary of him."

This plan was particularly sinister. Yelu Dashi thought about it for a moment and nodded and asked the Privy Councillor Yelu Tiege and Yelu Kuang to handle it together. Anyway, it was just spreading some rumors. Even if it was not successful, it would not suffer any losses to the Liao Dynasty.

After the generals left, Yelu Dashi called Tong Guan and asked, "King Zheng, how feasible do you think the King of Jin's plan is?"

Since the fall of Bianliang and Zhao Ke was captured, Yelu Dashi appointed Tong Guan as King of Zheng as promised. However, this king specially awarded foreign races. If it was not included in the genealogy, it was similar to the title of "Xiao-Secret King" among the Bohai people and Jurchens, which was completely different from the title of Khitan King. The Khitan generals naturally would not be jealous of him. At most, they felt that there was a jester from the Southern Dynasties around His Majesty.
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