Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 505 The Change of Black Mountain

Huaizhou in the Liao Kingdom is located in the north of Shangjing. Starting from Shangjing, raising a river valley to the north, it can be reached in a day or two. The road beside the valley is very wide, and five or six horses can pass side by side.

Huazhou City is fifty miles away from the imperial city, surrounded by towering mountains, without a moat, and the town is built in a valley. A small river opens up a valley and flows southward, passing through the east of Shangjing City in the south.

Huaizhou, located in the river valley, is not large in scale, and it would be at the level of a county seat in the state of Qin. However, the large area with lush water and grass along the river in the south is surrounded by a separate fence, and there is a huge camp at the foot of the mountain in the west, with many flags and tents. .

This place is not an important place, logically speaking, there is no need for so many steps, but the flag of the emperor Yelujing of the Liao Kingdom is flying at the foot of the mountain in the north, accompanied by thousands of imperial troops, their tents, horses, and equipment all need to be taken care of by Ren Dali, so it is not difficult Understand why such a small place has a state.

The mountains on the back are the royal hunting ground of the Liao Kingdom, and there is also a temporary palace by the northwest river.

Outside the palace, Yelvjing got up early in the morning. He felt a splitting headache, so he called his servants to fetch him water and wash his face. He drank alcohol last night and didn't go to sleep until midnight, and now his head is still groggy.

The attendant was submissive and didn't dare to look up at him, Yelujing snorted and strode out of the tent, the river below was trickling, and the birds were chirping non-stop.

Yelvjing's face was deep, and she asked the people around her, "Has everyone come?"

The attendant said tremblingly, "Half of it is here, and some are still on the way."

Yelujing's face suddenly turned ugly, "They did it on purpose!" He said angrily and walked into the tent, everyone around was trembling, afraid to answer or raise their heads, the monarch has killed dozens of people around him in the past two years His servant and cook, if there is any disagreement, he will go into a rage and kill someone.

Yelujing's complexion was dark, he knew why those nobles from the Khitan headquarters were late, and when he asked them there must be some insignificant reasons, such as high mountains and long roads, obstacles on the road, and so on.

But he knew in his heart that these people just refused to obey Wang Hua and his rule.

He knows these things, and has been since he came to the throne, and he has suppressed countless rebellions!

In June 20 years ago, less than a year after he ascended the throne, his uncle Xiao Meigude, who was in charge of political affairs, discussed with Li Huan, a scholar of Xuanzheng Palace, to defect to Houzhou.

Li Huan also wrote to his elder brother Li Tao who was an official in the Later Zhou Dynasty, saying that the Khitan monarch had no virtue, only knew drinking and hunting, and had no great ambitions. He suggested that the Later Zhou Dynasty use soldiers.

When the incident was leaked, he was very angry and executed Xiao Meigude and Li Huan with a stick.

As soon as the matter subsided, in July, his younger brother Yelulou wanted to establish himself as emperor again. This incident made him angry and heartbroken, and he personally ordered his younger brother to be strangled. In a fit of anger, he killed his accomplice Yelulou and urged his younger brother to rebel The leader of the thief, tied to a wooden stake, cut off all his flesh with a knife, and watched him die wailing.

One year later, in October, Li Hu's son Yelu Wan came out to fight for the throne, and his younger brother was also involved. It turned out that Emperor Sejong's important minister Yelu Anbo was also involved. He was angry and afraid, and imprisoned the highly respected Anbo He died in prison, and others were executed. As for his younger brother Yelu Wan, he hesitated again and again, thinking of his younger brother Yelu Louguo who was strangled by him last year.

Although many people opposed it at the time, he didn't want to kill his second brother anyway.

Unexpectedly, his kindness was regarded as weakness by his brother.

In November of the ninth year of Yingli, the fourth brother Yelu Dilie was the mastermind of a rebellion. After being appeased, his followers were killed. Apart from his anger and grief, he was also exhausted physically and mentally. He was originally angry and wanted to hang his fourth brother to death, but in prison Zhong saw him hugging his leg and crying, calling for his brother loudly, just like when he was a child and he and his brothers galloped on the grassland, chasing sheep and wild animals.

After a sleepless night, he released his fourth brother Yelv Dilie with tears in his eyes.

That's when he thought about whether his weakness would lead to bad consequences, but what he didn't expect was that the bad consequences came faster than he thought.

One year later, in July of the tenth year of Yingli, the political order Yelu Shouyuan and Taibao Chuabu and others jointly conspired against each other, and finally he defeated them one by one, and all of them were executed.

In October, Li Hu's son Yelu Xiyin rebelled again.He took both Li Hu and his son into prison, and Li Hu eventually died in prison.

Everything made him physically and mentally exhausted and disheartened.

And Shi Congyun in the south also gave him a huge blow. He defeated his own army twice, and failed in two consecutive battles.

Faced with such a situation, he felt more and more tired and helpless, and also frustrated with his royal brothers and sisters, became more addicted to drinking and hunting, and was too lazy to pay attention to many things.

Sometimes he didn't even know when the next time someone would defect, would they succeed?Cut yourself to pieces.
The more he thinks about this, the more he can't fall asleep. Only wine can make him sleep peacefully. Only by leaving Shangjing, which is like a horrible cage, and hunting in the grasslands and mountains can make him feel at ease. .

What happened over the years made him tremble, like walking on thin ice, and became more irritable and irritable. Whenever he was angry, he couldn't help wanting to kill.
"They're all traitors!" He gritted his teeth and asked who had come.

The officials waiting by the side immediately reported all the people, most of them were nobles from various tribes near Shangjing and Nanjing.

But to his relief, Xiao Siwen stayed behind in Nanjing, and the son-in-law of Daliao had already arrived.

The Xiao family has always held a very important position in the Liao Kingdom. To this day, Xiao Siwen still supports him, which comforts him a little. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let someone prepare the wine and meat, and take care of the deer I hunted in the back mountain yesterday. , I want to entertain all the honored guests who came first."

The attendants around him nodded repeatedly, and then went to order the cook to prepare, but the cook waiting outside the big tent turned pale when he heard that he was asked to handle the venison.

Since last year, more than a dozen cooks have been killed by the monarch because of unsuitable tastes and failure to produce food in time. When he heard that the monarch asked him to prepare a dinner, cook Xin Gu was struck by lightning.

The people around also cast all kinds of glances, sympathizing and gloating.

In the morning, Yelvjing greeted Xiao Siwen and others by the river. Xiao Siwen was well-mannered and treated him very respectfully, which comforted Yelvjing. Then he happily took Xiao Siwen and others, ready to ride up the mountain and go hunting in the hunting ground behind Huaizhou .

So under the protection of thousands of forbidden troops, a large circle of people began to rush towards the mountain, and the leader was the emperor of the Daliao Kingdom.

The area around Montenegro has been surrounded by the imperial guards of the Liao Kingdom for several miles. The prey in the mountains are cunning and agile. If they track them like hunters, approach them quietly and then attack them, the emperor might not be able to shoot in half a month. an arrow.

In order for the emperor and dignitaries to enjoy shooting and hunting, the imperial guards on the outskirts will surround the entire mountain and drive the prey to the center. This kind of cooperation can ensure that most of the prey will be gathered in the hunting area for the emperor and nobles to hunt and have fun.

On that day, Emperor Yelvjing of the Great Liao Kingdom personally drew his bow, winning a mountain deer and a hare, which won the applause of the crowd, because Xiao Siwen and others came early to express their support, which greatly improved Yelvjing's mood.

In the afternoon, when the sun was slanting to the west, a bonfire was lit on an open space in the hunting ground, and the prey was grilled. Yelvjing happily drank wine and ate meat with Xiao Siwen and others. Jing was very happy and kept drinking until it was dark before going down the mountain with the help of everyone, ready to go to the palace at the foot of Montenegro to rest.

(End of this chapter)