Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 564
Hearing Yelu Dilie's half-joking joke, Ma Dechen knew that something big was about to happen, and said, "It depends on your majesty's ambition!"

Yelu Dilie was surprised and said, "Ambition? What's the explanation?"

He was originally a rude man, but since he split with the Eastern Khitan, he has always been friendly with the Central Plains, and he has been deeply influenced by his ears and eyes.

In front of his confidant generals, he might be a bit vulgar, but in front of celebrities like Ma Dechen, he becomes polite.

Ma Dechen said: "Your Majesty, do you know about Ashinasheer, Zhishili, Qibi Heli, and King Qian Hongchu of Jiaodong?"

Yelv Dilie said: "Of course I know. Ashinasheer, Zhishisili, and Qibi Heli are all famous generals of Li Tang. He is the king of Wuyue, who is currently living in Bianjing, receiving courtesy from Emperor Luo..."

Although Qian Hongchu is not in power and has no hard power in his hands, his soft power is unique in Bianjing and even the entire Luoyu court.

Whenever the imperial court holds banquets, Qian Hongchu will always be the one at the top and the one closest to Luo Youdu.

Qian Hongchu will always receive the most rewards during festivals.

As long as the Qian family doesn't rebel, it won't be a problem for them to be free for several generations.

Even in Datong Yunzhou, Yelv Dilie had heard about this matter.

When he said this, he also came to his senses, looked at Ma Dechen with a bit of surprise and said, "Sir, what do you mean, do you want to be a general such as Ashinasheer, or the King of Jiaodong?"

Ma Dechen bowed and said: "That's right. The Cloud Kyushu occupied by Your Majesty is extremely important to the Central Plains. If Your Majesty brings Cloud Kyushu to submit to the Central Plains, he will be treated with courtesy by the Emperor of the Central Plains. The treatment will be second only to that of Jiaodong King Qian Hongchu. If Your Majesty can't let go of his status After Khitan Emperor Taizong, you were also crowned King of Ji for Khitan, and your submission to the Central Plains is of extraordinary significance. Even if you can’t compare with King Jiaodong, you are still better than Jiangnan Li Jing, Quanzhangliu Congxiao and others. But Inferred from the facts, at that point, it is impossible for the king to take charge of the army."

Yelu Dilie didn't care about this at all, but asked eagerly: "I have no thoughts of being attached to the throne, but after returning to the Central Plains, will Emperor Luo really tolerate me, a Khitan prince?"

Ma Dechen hesitated for a while, and said: "This subordinate does not dare to make decisions for Luo Tianzi. However, this subordinate met Luo Tianzi during the palace examination. Luo Tianzi gave his subordinates the impression that he is open-minded and magnanimous, and his vision is particularly far-sighted. The subordinate personally I feel that Luo Tianzi has the same tolerance as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

Yelv Dilie took a deep look at Ma Dechen, and said: "Go to the Central Plains court and tell me that I, Yelv Dilie, would like to bring Yunjiuzhou to you. But the Central Plains needs to agree to two conditions: first, treat the people of Yunjiuzhou well, Especially those Khitan people, they have to be treated equally. Second, the civil and military officials of Yunjiuzhou need to be properly arranged. As for the subordinates, let the emperor of the Central Plains handle it!"

Hearing the conditions, Ma Dechen was also surprised, and immediately bowed and said, "This subordinate takes orders."

Yelu Dilie watched Ma Dechen leave, and sat down in his seat with some disappointment.

Yelu Dilie was very ambitious at the beginning, thinking that being an emperor is all about you: my stupid brother, who drinks and hangovers every day and stays up all night, can be the Khitan emperor well, how can I not be better than him?

However, when he really took the high position, Yelu Dilie soon realized that his initial thoughts were too naive.

He is not at all material for being a superior.

Before Yunjiuzhou, there was Yelu Wuzhi who was in charge of all government affairs. Yelu Dilie was just like Adou, he was a hands-off shopkeeper, trained soldiers and hunted with his cronies, bullied and bullied the restless small tribe, and went to Fugu to find trouble for Zhejia.

However, when Yelu Jing was assassinated, Yelu Wuzhi was going to Beijing to report on his duties, and Yelu Dilie had no chance to keep this Khitan Yuyue.

Facing the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people in Yunjiuzhou, and facing the appeasement and deployment of officials from Kyushu, Yelu Dilie was one head and two big.

In addition, he has to face the threat of the Eastern Khitan, and the Mobei Khitan also intends to annex him. He can only move closer to the Central Plains and get the support of the Central Plains, so that he can barely sustain himself.

Of course Yelv Dilie knew that the Central Plains also had bad intentions, but in that situation, he had no choice.

Of course, if there was regret medicine, Yelu Dilie might not choose this way.

The power of Huairou in the Central Plains is far more powerful than he imagined, even he himself can't help but sink, let alone others?

After Yelv Dilie attacked Lingnan in the Central Plains and pacified Jiaozhi, he had already noticed that the Central Plains would shift its center of gravity to the north.

Yun Jiuzhou gradually lost control in his hands. He thought about surrendering, but he was a little unwilling and a little bit embarrassed.

Especially after the eldest brother who rebelled with him supported the Zub Kelie tribe, he became more and more demeanor of the overlord of Mobei.

Obviously, when we split together, I was stronger. In the end, they became the overlord of Mobei, but I surrendered to the Central Plains.To put it bluntly, he became the dog of the Central Plains.

It's too humiliating.

Faced with various reasons, Yelu Dilie has been holding on.

Until this accident...

Yelv Dilie has already noticed that Luo Youdu has the idea of ​​regaining Yunjiuzhou, and regards fleeing to Mobei as his last retreat.

As a result, the battle between Xiao Shu, Lulie and Xiao Talin cut off the way to escape to the north. Instead of wasting away, waiting for the Central Plains to find an excuse to destroy themselves, it is better to surrender with understanding.

Yelu Dilie was at a loss for a while, and suddenly found that deep in his heart, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

"Perhaps, I'm really not suitable to be this king! How long has it been since you went into battle?"

This idea came to Yelu Dilie's mind, he laughed out loud, strode out of the hall, just glanced at the hall behind him, and shouted: "Come here, fetch my armor, call Yelu Haisi too The thieves have invaded our borders, what is the matter for me to watch a show in the back, gather the soldiers and horses, and follow me to the front line to meet the enemy."

He let go of the burden on his body and regained the feeling of being a Khitan vanguard general.

Yelu Dilie no longer blindly guarded, and took the initiative to gather his troops in Fengzhen, which was only thirty miles away from the Mobei coalition army.

Yang Ye was naturally among them.

Faced with Yelu Dilie's change, Yang Ye was overjoyed, he found Yelu Dilie and said: "Your Majesty, Yang has received your majesty's newsletter. We are gathering in the clouds. In addition, Taiyuan will also send horse-riding infantry northward to support us at any time."

Luo Youdu has been trading with Ganzhou Uighurs, Qinghai Tubo, Guiyi Army, Hengshan Qiang and various northern ministries over the years, buying a lot of war horses.

Horse administration is also in full swing...

In Fugu and Linzhou, there are Lingu horse farms established by the imperial court, which raise more than 5 war horses.

This moment comes in handy.

Yelv Dilie was overjoyed when he heard the words, he had seen the cavalry of the Luoyu court before.

When it comes to the excellent equipment, it is second to none in the world.

The Zhe family in Fugu and the Yang family in Linzhou are also well-known, and they are all well-known existences.

With these [-] elite cavalry, it shouldn't be a problem to fight against the coalition forces with uneven equipment, not to mention one as ten, one as five.

And Yang Ye's Jingsai Army...

Coupled with the strong army in his hands, Yelu Dilie's confidence doubled. How could he lose this wave.

Yelu Dilie was complacent and said: "The bandits have just suffered a big defeat, and their morale must be greatly affected. Their equipment is not as good as ours. When the reinforcements arrive, they can go north directly, so that they dare not go south from now on."

Yang Ye also agrees with Yelv Dilie's proposal. When he has an advantage, it is the most brilliant tactic to take the initiative to attack and rely on strength to crush.

He was calm and wise, and specially reminded: "Until reinforcements arrive, Your Majesty must not relax his guard."

Yelu Dilie was stunned, but he felt that it was reasonable, so he called his confidants and arranged for defense.

After waiting for three days, there was no reinforcements, but the news that Yelufu Sage and Wu's beggars had retreated.

Yelu Dilie was stunned, and hurriedly summoned all the generals under his command to discuss.

The content of the meeting is only one, to pursue or not to pursue.

Yelu Haisi immediately said: "They retreated calmly, the general thought it was better not to chase, and beware of fraud."

Xiao Shululie also said: "In the previous battle, the last general did not cause much casualties to the opponent. Especially the Mobei Khitan and Kelie tribe, their loss can be ignored. They are the main force of this southward movement, and their strength is still there. , you will have the power to fight. If you retreat at this time, there must be a reason, and it is not suitable to pursue."

Yelv Dilie was a little moved, but the two generals under his command poured cold water on him and looked at Yang Ye.

Yang Ye also said: "It's better not to chase, let them harass Eastern Khitan."

Yelu Dilie looked at Yang Ye in surprise, and said, "Brother Yang, you mean they turned east?"

Yang Ye smiled confidently: "If we go back like this, the two of us will lose all face. Going south won't work, and it's probably going east."

Yelv Dilie was a little unbelievable, so he sent someone to investigate.

Sure enough, everything was as Yang Ye expected, Yelufeng Sage and Wu's beggars rectified in Huang Qihai for a while, then turned to the east.

Yelu Dilie looked at Yang Ye who was calm and calm, and said with emotion: "Brother Yang is also a god."

Suddenly, I was a little fortunate to be an enemy of an enemy like the Central Plains.

Why bother?
The grand southward plunder of Yelufeng Sage and Wu's beggars ended in this way, which was unexpected to Luo Youdu who was far away in Bianjing.

But soon he was excited by Yelv Dilie's change of attitude.

He waved his fist, as long as the final negotiation and merger are completed, the Sixteen States of Yanyun will come back completely.

Looking at the two conditions Yelu Dilie talked about, Luo Youdu smiled and said to the officials: "Yelu Dilie is underestimating me, as long as I sincerely submit, no matter whether it is Khitan, Dangxiang, Mongolia or Tubo, I am a son of China." People, I treat everyone equally."

As he said that, he personally edited a book and ordered someone to give it to Yelu Dilie, allowing him to keep his troops and horses to guard Zhangjiakou, Weizhou.

As for the civil and military officials under his command, the imperial court will accept them one by one according to their ability.

Yelv Dilie, who received Luo Youdu's letter, did not hesitate at all, and only brought a few people with him, and went down to the south in person.

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Khitan went to Beijing.

Yelubi was so angry that he broke his favorite celadon cup that he had snatched from the Central Plains.

"Bastard! How unreasonable!"

Yelv Bishe was in a good mood.

The west side is not bright, and the east side is bright.

Because of Yelufu Sage and Yelu Dilie, Khitan shifted its focus to the east and lost control of Mobei.

But their operations in the east were extremely smooth. Through military means, they incorporated many Jurchen tribes.

The Wanyan family, who was originally disobedient to the control, also chose to surrender to them under the efforts of Han Derang, and by the way, persuaded the Changbai Mountain Jurchen and Pulu Maoduo Jurchen who had been entrenched on Changbai Mountain.

Now the Jurchen army occupies a certain proportion of the Khitan's establishment, and it can already be compared with the Xi army.

What even Khitan Patriarch Yelu Abaoji failed to do, he succeeded in his hands.

The war against Koryo was also surprisingly smooth. Their army had broken through all the defense lines that Koryo had placed on their borders, and now the army was besieging the city of Pyongyang.

Their specially trained siege army shined in this battle.

It can be said that everything went well.

For the future decisive battle with the Central Plains, Yelu Bishe is getting more and more confident.

Especially when he heard the news from the west, after his traitor brother Yelufeng Sage led the beggars of the Wu family to the south with a hundred thousand people, he even put on an expression of looking forward to the show, and once said to the people around him: " This is the spirit of a man in the prairie. Although King Taiping misunderstood me deeply, he is different from the traitor Yelu Dilie. He betrayed the country and sought glory, and the blood of our Khitan royal family flows in his bones. If he can change his ways, we will I am willing to make him the king of Mobei and lead all the tribes in Mobei."

He wanted to release the news, as long as Yelufu Sage bowed his head and admitted his cowardice.

His position can be recognized on his own side, and there will be a certain degree of support in military pay and materials.

At that time, the two roads will deal with Zhongyuan together, which can share a lot of pressure for him.

As for the future, after solving the troubles of the Central Plains, Mobei's strength is not arbitrarily manipulated.

As a result, before the news could spread, the news came that Yelufeng Sage and Wu's Beggar had diverted to attack Zhongjing.

They were watching the show, but suddenly fell into the flames of war.

The key Khitan is no better than the Central Plains.

The main people of Yunjiuzhou are still Han Chinese, and it is easy for them to fortify the wall and clear the country.

As long as other herdsmen drive their cattle, sheep and horses towards Yanmen Pass, Yelufu Sage and Wushi Beggar will be blinded.

Khitan Zhongjing is dominated by Khitan people. It is winter and there is not enough water and grass.

Many Khitan people who rely on animal husbandry have to graze their cattle, sheep and horses far away.

There was no time to notify all the tribes of this emergency, and they didn't even know where the herdsmen were chasing the water plants.

Yelufu Sage's and Wu's Beggar's blows hit the Khitan's key points in the Middle East.

Cattle, sheep and horses suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, Yelusha, who was in charge of the military in Beijing, was a veteran, and he reacted quickly. He repelled Yelufeng Sage and Wushi Qier head-on, and then stopped the loss in time.

The economy of the Eastern Khitan was already riddled with persecution from the Central Plains. Looking at the reported loss of cattle and sheep, Yelu must feel like a knife was twisting his heart.

At this moment, Yelu Wuzhi walked in quickly with an expression of indignation, and said through gnashing teeth, "Yelu Dilie has left for Bianjing, and he has decided to lead his troops to surrender to the Central Plains!"

Yelubi patted his head and shouted, "How dare he? How dare he?"

"Yun Jiuzhou was taken from the Central Plains by Emperor Taizong's painstaking efforts. How dare he, how dare he? A traitor, a sinner of the Yelu family..."

Yelu will be incompetent and furious!
How could he not know what it meant for Yun Jiuzhou to return to the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)