"The Great Liao sways the power of the country. I wonder how long will the Southern Dynasties fight against Ezhou this time?" A voice suddenly said behind him.

Wanyan Zongbi turned around, disappeared from his eyes, and smiled and said, "The King of Jin is here, Zongbi is not welcome." Yelu Kuang seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. Wanyan Zongbi avoided his gaze and said loudly: "Just look at the momentum of whip-throwing, who else can be there besides the Great Liao Majesty who is destined to be? The unknowing mobs in Ezhou who are ignorant of his pride, his army will naturally be destroyed." He looked at the shore, several thousand-person teams were drinking horses, and the shore was filled with horses. Before leaving, they rushed up from behind, with noisy people neighing, and the river was filled with water. On the shore further away, thousands of Liao cavalry were sweeping down like a strong wind. Although they did not deliberately shoot grass valleys, the villages were all destroyed, nine out of ten rooms were empty, and there were no one left.

"The King has read a lot of books recently. Although Your Majesty does not like the Khitans to read too much, he is always happy to see that the generals of other tribes are motivated and are determined to be ambitious. It is precisely because Your Majesty's mind is like the sea that the Liao Dynasty can be invincible." Yelu Kuang smiled, suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "The King thinks so too?"

Wanyan Zongbi's heart burst and said repeatedly: "Of course, my Jurchens' loyalty to Your Majesty can be seen at the light of day!"

"Is that?" Yelu Kuang smiled slightly, and his smile gradually disappeared from his eyes, turning to a hint of calmness, reminding him, "When meeting Your Majesty, it is best to be careful. Although Your Majesty does not care about the generals of other tribes, if he is too 'learning and polite' and his conversation is catching up with the Han people, it would be a bit too much."

Wanyan Zongbi was a little annoyed. In front of Yelu Kuang, he was always a little guilty, as if he was a little guilty. Since his father died suddenly and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, Wanyan Zongbi had much more conservativeness than before. However, whenever Yelu Kuang came to him, Wanyan Zongbi felt a little uneasy. He invaded the south, and fought and killed the war. Wanyan Zongbi had a lot of blood on his hands. Sometimes, he was even a little lost, but Yelu Kuang was like a shadow in his heart. His eyes always reminded Wanyan Zongbi, a prince who had lost his country and the surrendered general of the Jurchen, who would never be trusted.

Wanyan Zongbi smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you for your kind words to remind me." He paused and asked, "Didn't the King of Jin be in charge of the grain fleet? Why did you have time to come to the front?" What he was most concerned about was that he did not have a personal soldier. Why did Yelu Kuang get on his boat without knowing it? Thinking that this person could appear by his side anytime and anywhere, Wanyan Zongbi felt a little cold in his heart.

"There are too many injuries on the grain fleet. I was so frustrated that I thought that the king was full of warriors, so I came to take a breath." Yelu Kuang sighed, "What a great young man. In the battle of Xiangyang, more than two thousand fell in front of the water gate. Every battle was so important that he killed so many corpses and blood. I wonder how many people could return to the white mountain and black soil?" He smiled and said with a sigh, "I forgot that I had to guard the fertile land for thousands of miles. If the warriors could stay in this southern dynasty and enjoy all their wealth, it would be a good situation. The world was unified and the world was peaceful. It would be good to release the horses and return to the fields. It would be good to be a rich man from the south of the Yangtze River."

As he listened, Wanyan Zongbi's mood suddenly became very bad. He looked up at the distance. The blue sky seemed infinitely far away, but he was just an ant on the ground, crawling on the ground forever, never flying, and an ant that could be trampled to death by someone at any time.

On the road from Xiangyang to Ezhou, the Emperor of Liao was slowly heading south. When passing by the Emperor's chariot, groups of cavalry pulled out scimitars and loudly, with a strong and sturdy military appearance, as if it was a grand hunt.

The cavalry were clustered in front and behind the Xi chariots. The cavalry were covered with white war horses under their crotch, wearing iron armor, lotus leaf helmets, neatly combed braids and hair hanging behind them. Some braids were also decorated with white jade, green hair, gold beads, etc. The war horses were tied up with their tails, saddles, stirrups were decorated with mud gold, reins, etc., and silver silk satin was rumbling. From a distance, it seemed as if heavenly soldiers and generals were coming in fog.

Surrounded by the cavalry of the palace tents, the imperial carriage was as majestic as a hill. In front of the imperial carriage, twelve horses carriages carried twelve drums and twelve sun and moon flags leading the way. The one who pulled the carriage was also a white horse, and each horse was led by a slave, and each was rarely seen, leading by a tall white camel carriage, and a packer in brocade clothes and felt hat was led by each camel.

The wheels of the Xi car are tall and the shafts are extremely long. Twelve square wooden pillars support the royal blue winged carriage, like a moving palace, with white garlands hanging on the corners of the eaves hanging on the eaves and flying. On the carriage are erected with nine-ring sun and moon flags symbolizing the emperor, and the walls on both sides are exquisite paintings such as patterns, shooting dragons, capturing tigers, and going to war. The wooden strips at the front of the carriage are diagonally supported by white awnings like curtains, and a square wooden shed is also built with wooden strips at the back.

Under the awning, Yelu Tiege, the Privy Councilor of the North Court, was sitting and reporting to His Majesty. This was a rare favor, and the generals of the palace tents next to him could not hide their envious eyes. However, Yelu Tiege's face was very serious, and even felt like he was feeling uncomfortable. This southern expedition, a total of 100,000 Khitan cavalry, 50,000 Xi army infantry, 50,000 Jurchen soldiers were mobilized, and 100,000 Han'er's signature army was also recruited. Yelu Dashi only decided to make a general decision on the whole country, and the details of the 300,000 troops were all borne by the North Court.

Responsibility, behind Yelu Tiege, I don’t know how many envious or jealous eyes were staring at him. There are also rumors that Your Majesty intends to restore the custom of electing leaders of the eight tribes, and no longer passes on the throne, but will do the election after abdicating. Your Majesty’s intention is also the candidate for everyone’s wishes, only Yelu Tiege. These rumors make Yelu Tiege feel very complicated. Every time he meets Yelu Dashi, he is much more careful, and he does not speak and act as he used to be.

"Cao Di detained our envoy, but he still regarded it as a guest of honor." Yelu Tiege said, "Even the tribes captured by the Southern Dynasties did not harm them. It is said that they had better food than the imperial guards of the Southern Dynasties. The Southern Dynasties also tried to recruit these tribesmen as cavalry."

"They are always like this, always like this." Yelu Dashi sneered on the corner of his mouth, his eyes fell on the map, and suddenly became dark. "How are Brother Tiemu and Xiao Xiangsheng?" He originally planned to wait for Xiangyang and Ezhou to get a result. If the Eastern Army had not been defeated, he would not have rushed to the south. Yelu Dashi picked up a cup of oil tea and was about to drink it.

Brother Yelu Tie whispered: "They were caught up by Yue Fei."

"What?" Yelu Dashi poured the tea in his hand into the carriage, staring at Yelu Tiege, and asked sternly, "Where is it?"

"Shuzhou." Yelu Tiege replied, "They did not rush over. They fought fiercely with Henghai Army for two days and were caught up by Zhenzhao again. Now the news is that Xiao Xiangsheng and Tiemuge occupy a small city to guard and wait for assistance. Yelu Bijie is also mobilizing troops to rescue them." His tone is a bit uncertain. The cavalry is good at attacking but not defending. The news of the siege is a few days ago. The current situation is probably in danger.

Yelu Dashi's face darkened and asked, "What's the situation in Ezhou?"

"Cao Di is still attacking Ezhou with all his strength." A hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of Yelu Tiege's mouth, "However, Zhao Xingde led his troops into Ezhou a few days ago, and Xiangyang's troops have made no progress in siege in the past two days, so the defense is very vivid."

"We must advance quickly!" Yelu Dashi nodded.

"Abide by the order!" Yelu Tiege retreated from the imperial carriage and immediately ordered the vanguard cavalry to speed up the advancement.

At the city of Ezhou, Zhao Qi summoned the Privy Councilor Cao Di and told him about the peace talks.

"Oh? Let's fight against the Northern Territory with Ezhou?" Cao Di's face was as deep as water, staring at Deng Su, "What do you say?"

"The Northern Barbarians pressed step by step, and they also had the speed of cavalry. They could reach the city in more than ten days. Cao Gong thought they knew better than Deng. Yelu Dashi came in a fierce manner, and our army was eager to go to Ezhou. If Ezhou did not surrender, more than 100,000 troops would be forced to fight against the Liao army, and the result was unpredictable. Once defeated, Xijing and Hedong were lonely and difficult to support them. The generals in the border town would protect themselves. If they did not surrender to Liao, they would surrender to Xia. Yelu Dashi would take advantage of the opportunity of Xia's country's lack of time to look eastward to sweep the southeast, and divide our dynasty with Xia's country, breaking the situation of three-part world over a hundred years. The two strong forces would fight for power, and our dynasty would be doomed."

Deng Su's fingers depicted the route of Liaoxia soldiers and horses on the mountain topographic map, and drew down along the east and west lines of the river, as if the Liaoxia army was divided into the world. Zhao Qi looked pale and sweated down his back, murmured: "The Northern Captains invaded, and the Central Plains are weak. Cao Gong, what should I do?"

"For the sake of the current plan, no matter how harsh the conditions proposed by Chen Shaoyang are, as long as Ezhou surrenders, they can stabilize the situation and reverse the world. Not only that," Deng Su said firmly, "The southeast is unified, 40 million people, and 400,000 troops. Your Majesty only needs to work hard to govern. If you do your best, who can covet me? Recovering the Central Plains is expected!" Infected by him, Zhao Qi's eyes lit up, and he said sorry, "Take it seriously?" Then he frowned again, "But, Liu Xianggong has made contributions to the country and rashly seized his military power and handed over it to Ezhou. Isn't it that the people in the world laughing at me as a mean general?" He made a embarrassed look and asked again: "This matter? What is the opinion of Cao Xianggong?"

Cao Di looked at the king and his ministers and said coldly: "Master Deng can tell that you colluded with Chen Dong of Ezhou to seize the military power of Xianggong Liu. Once it is leaked and a mutiny will be triggered. Not only Cao, but even His Majesty cannot protect your head." As he spoke, the central army tent seemed to be a little colder than before.
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