Monument Yangmen

Chapter 622
The Liao people have been Sinicized for many years, but to a certain extent, they still retain the habits of wild animals.

They are used to that every winter, cattle and sheep are put into pens, horses are released in Nanshan, and people are nestled in tents without moving.

It's like hibernating.

Since Shi Jingtang dedicated the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to the Liao State, the Central Plains lost the biggest barrier against the invasion of the Liao people.

Great Wall!

Without the barrier of the Great Wall, the Liao people could easily invade the territory of Song Dynasty and plunder wantonly.

The Liao people called this method of plundering grass valley.

After the cavalry of the Liao people returned with full load again and again, they regarded this kind of tolerance of the Song Dynasty court as a kind of weakness.

Bullying the weak and fearing the hard is almost everyone's instinct.

Therefore, under the pampering of the Song Dynasty, the people of Liao got used to every autumn harvest, so they rushed into the Song Dynasty and plundered it fiercely.

As long as they grab a handful, the Liao people can get enough food for them for a year, and even have a surplus to exchange for money.

This has almost become an entertainment festival for Liao people every autumn.

However, the Liao people usually plunder in autumn, and their animal nature drives them to hibernate in winter.

This year, it is indeed a bit abnormal to go out to hunt Caogu in winter.

Li Zifeng was a little confused by Yang Qi's question.

Li Zifeng didn't know why the Liao people went out of their way and chose to hunt grass valleys in winter.

Not to mention that Li Zifeng didn't know, the guards stationed everywhere on the border between Song and Liao were also a little confused.

The only thing they knew was that the Liao people this year were very cruel when they raided grass valleys. In the past, they only robbed money and food, but now they plundered whatever they saw.

"do not know……"

Li Zifeng was very honest in front of Yang Qi, he shook his head sadly.

Seeing Li Zifeng's reaction, Yang Qi roughly guessed why some Liao people came out to hunt grass valleys in winter, uncharacteristically.

The culprit seems to be... himself.

It has been more than half a year since he ordered the southern merchants to withdraw from the Liao Kingdom.

The price of goods in the Liao Kingdom also rose several times under his several hints.

The wealth of the Liao Kingdom is constantly flowing out, and the purses of the Liao people are getting flatter and smaller.

The middle and high-level nobles of the Liao Kingdom can still withstand the rise in prices.

But a large number of people at the bottom of the Liao Kingdom couldn't bear the rising prices.

So, after being poor and crazy, they subconsciously put their hands into the rich neighbor's house.

This neighbor is Da Song.

The sins I made brought bad luck to the common people.

Yang Qi felt a little sorry.

"Sit down and talk."

He invited Li Zifeng to sit down and said, "Tell me about your plans."

Sitting opposite Yang Qi, Li Zifeng said solemnly: "Now the Liao people have battered the Song Dynasty's frontier defenses with holes. The most severely damaged area is from Yanmen Pass to Waqiao Pass.

The Liao people are fierce, and the soldiers and horses under the command of the Waqiao Pass guard can't defend the border at all, and we at Yanmen Pass can't take care of ourselves.

Our general thought about it, and in the northwest, the only one who has enough troops to deal with the Liao people and can deter the Liao people is the Marquis of Hu.

So our general wants to invite Huhou to come out and rush to help Waqiaoguan. "

"Guardian of Yanmen Pass, please let me go out to help Waqiao Pass?"

Yang Qi laughed and said: "Are you kidding me? Since it is rushing to help Waqiaoguan, why didn't the guard of Waqiaoguan send someone to beg me, but you came to beg me instead?"

"and also……"

Yang Qi asked with a half-smile: "Let my soldiers and horses enter the border of the Song Dynasty for garrison, have you obtained His Majesty's approval? Without His Majesty's approval, what is the crime of letting foreign troops enter your garrison rashly?" , you should be very clear."

Li Zifeng glanced at Yang Qi secretly, and said in a low voice: "Three days ago, the general of Waqiao Gate sent someone to send a letter to our general, asking our general to send troops to help. Huhou, you also know that our Yanmen Gate has limited troops. It can only take care of the Yanmen Pass area. Therefore, there is no way to rush to help Waqiao Pass.

No, our general is concerned about the safety of the people, so he wrote back to the guard at Waqiao Gate, suggesting to ask for help from you, Huhou.

Yesterday, the gatekeeper of Waqiao wrote back, agreed to this proposal, and entrusted our general to invite Huhou to come out of the mountain.

The general of our family knows that the humble position and the Huhou are old, so we specially sent the humble position to speak. "

"Has His Majesty ever agreed?"

"His Majesty……"

Li Zifeng hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "As for the imperial court, Marquis Hu doesn't have to worry. Our general has already signed a letter with the guard of Waqiao Gate, explaining the matter to the imperial court.

The military situation is urgent, I believe the imperial court will not object to this..."

Li Zifeng stood up suddenly, bowed and said, "I implore Lord Hu to send troops to save the common people!"

Yang Qi shook his head and smiled, "I didn't say I couldn't help... I can send troops, but I, Yang Yansi, have a duty to help the people. But have you thought about it, once my soldiers enter your line of defense, once your Majesty blames me , can you bear this responsibility?"

Li Zifeng said seriously: "For the common people, we will die without regret."

Yang Qi stared straight at Li Zifeng, smiled and said: "I'll give you a day, you should think it through."

"Need not……"

Li Zifeng wanted to speak, but was interrupted roughly by Yang Qi.

"Just say one day, give me an answer tomorrow. Peng Pai, see off!"

"Tiger Hou..."

Li Zifeng wanted to continue talking, but was led away from the study by Peng Pai.

After a long time, Peng Pai sent Li Zifeng away, returned to the study, stood in front of Yang Qi, and said hesitantly: "Master, some of my subordinates don't understand..."

"Don't understand what?"

Yang Qi glanced at Peng Pai with a smile, and picked up a memorial to read.

Peng Pai pondered for a moment, frowned, shook his head and said, "I don't even understand."

"I don't understand why they asked us for help? I also don't understand why they became so righteous? I also don't understand who gave them the courage to ignore the ban of 'no foreign troops entering the customs'?"

Yang Qi asked three times, Peng Pai nodded solemnly.

"Ah!"

Yang Qi smiled mockingly, "There's nothing I don't understand, because it wasn't their idea at all."

"what?"

Peng Pai was stunned.

Yang Qi said with a smile: "The status of the common people in their hearts is not enough to allow them to block the lives of the whole family. So, if they dare to be disrespectful and ask me to help in the defense, there must be someone behind the scenes. They back up.

And it is very possible that this person is at Yanmen Pass right now. "

"So... what Li Zifeng said just now were all lies?"

"Half-truth, half-false..."

Peng Pai looked at Yang Qi, "Then what should we do?"

Yang Qi raised his eyebrows, and said angrily: "Of course I'm helping, do you want to watch the people die tragically under the knife of the Liao people?"

Peng Pai scratched his head, smiled awkwardly, and asked, "Who are you going to send?"

Yang Qi struggled and said, "It stands to reason that Shang Qingzi's cavalry army should be sent to fight against the Liao people's attack on the grassland. It is the most appropriate. They have been fighting guerrillas with the Liao people on the grassland for the longest time and have rich combat experience.

It's just that the Xixia Mansion has initially decided that the rangers will be stationed in the Xixia Mansion, while guarding against Li Jiqian's counterattack, while helping Chen Jiangling to appease the newly moved people.

The revival army was stationed at Fuxing Pass, but they could not move.

The Datong army was severely beaten in the battle of Xixia Mansion, and they have not recovered and cannot move.

The Iron Cavalry Army can move, but it is a bit overkill to send the Iron Cavalry Army to deal with the scattered horsemen of the Liao people.

Moreover, the Cavalry Army has to take care of the defense lines of Dongsheng Mansion and Yunnei Prefecture..."

In this kind of military operations, Peng Pai generally seldom interjects.

He can only give some suggestions at most, and he can't ask Yang Qi to call the shots.

As far as the current situation is concerned, he has no better suggestion.

Yang Qi thought for a long time, looked at Peng Pai, and asked, "How is the preparation of the Jin army?"

Peng Pai replied: "Only recruited [-] government soldiers..."

Yang Qi nodded and said, "I'll think about it again... I'll make a decision after seeing how Li Zifeng responds tomorrow."

……

Yang Qi put the decision-making power on Li Zifeng's answer, but Li Zifeng was not qualified to answer Yang Qi.

After Li Zifeng returned to Yanmen Pass.

Immediately entered the big account of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, besides Li Jilong, the guard of Yanmen Gate, there is another person.

This person was sitting on the first seat of the Chinese army's large tent, and his status was obviously higher than that of Li Jilong.

Seeing Li Zifeng enter the big tent, Lu Duan, who was sitting in the first seat, asked, "Can Yang Yansi agree to send troops?"

Li Zifeng cupped his hands and said hesitantly: "The humble officer followed Special Envoy Lu's order to ask Yang Yansi for help, and he agreed to send troops. But..."

Lu Duan frowned, his face was cold, "Yang Yansi made a condition?"

Li Zifeng shook his head.

Lu Duan's face softened a bit, "Then what did he say?"

Li Zifeng hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "He said he would give us a day to think about it."

Lu Duan was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "You tell me every word of the conversation you had with Yang Yansi after you met him."

Li Zifeng nodded, and told Lu Duan the conversation between him and Yang Qi verbatim.

After listening to Li Zifeng's description, Lu Duan looked up to the sky and sighed, "What a Yang Yansi, it seems that he has already guessed what happened to me at Yanmen Pass.

Forget it, you guessed it.Tomorrow you will go to him with my handwritten letter and ask him to dispatch troops to help Waqiao Pass. "

"promise!"

Li Jilong, who had never spoken, waved his hand at Li Zifeng.

"You go down first."

Li Zifeng cupped his hands and withdrew from the tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as Li Zifeng left, Li Jilong frowned and asked Lu Duan, "Special Envoy Lu, let Yang Yansi's soldiers and horses enter Waqiao Pass. Your Majesty knows, and you really won't blame him?"

Lu Duan glanced at Li Jilong, and said calmly: "No! What are you afraid of, with my official as the guarantor?"

Li Jilong hesitated and said, "I heard... Your Majesty hates Yang Yansi so much..."

"This time and the other."

Lu Duan glanced at Li Jilong again, his eyes full of warning, "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask. This time, it was my idea to ask Yang Yansi to help Waqiao Pass. Any guilt will be borne by me. It won't hurt you, General Li."

Li Jilong gritted his teeth unwillingly, cupped his fists and said, "It was Li who made a slip of the tongue..."

"The Liao thieves are cunning. There are many defenses around Yanmen Pass, and General Li has to personally intervene. I will not send General Li away."

Is this chasing customers?
In his handsome tent, he was kicked out by others.

Li Jilong felt aggrieved.

He stood up, cupped his hands, and strode out of the Chinese army tent.

Standing outside the big tent, looking at the battalion full of soldiers, Li Jilong gritted his teeth unwillingly again.

Once upon a time, what an honor the Li family was.

Scholars, kneeling at the door of Li's house, begging for support.

Now, he was being bullied by a literati, how could he be reconciled.

The house must be revitalized!

The literati must be made to fall at the door of their Li family again!

At this moment, Li Jilong's determination to rejuvenate his family was extremely firm.

within the tent.

Lu Duan didn't have this kind of thought of turning grief and anger into strength.

With a bitter face, he let out a long sigh.

Li Jilong's unwillingness, how could he not see it.

However, he couldn't tell Li Jilong the truth.

Do you want to tell Li Jilong that the emperor has been in a coma and is in danger of dying at any time?
He dare not say this.

Now, the second prince supervises the country, and the three prime ministers assist the government. They have issued a gag order regarding the emperor's unconsciousness.

And the reason why he appeared at Yanmen Pass was also the intention of the three prime ministers.

Inviting Yang Qi to come out of the mountain to deal with the Liao people is also the intention of the three prime ministers.

The emperor's life is in danger, and the capital needs a large number of soldiers and horses to guard it in case of accidents.

So there was no way to draw out soldiers and horses, so they came to deal with the Liao people.

Asking Yang Qi to go out to deal with the Liao people has two meanings.

First, Yang Qi defeated the Liao people's army going south twice, and his deterrent power in the Liao people's hearts far surpassed other generals of the Song Dynasty.It couldn't be more appropriate for Yang Qi to go out to deal with the Liao people.

Second, contain Yang Qi.When the emperor's life was dying, Yang Qi's threat to Song Dynasty also increased linearly.Once the emperor dies, if Yang Qi takes advantage of the new emperor's ascension to the throne and moves south, it will definitely deal a serious blow to the Song Dynasty.

It may even overturn the Great Song Dynasty.

This was not what the three prime ministers wanted to see.

Therefore, they came up with such a way to get the best of both worlds.

Use Yang Qi to deal with the Liao people, and use the Liao people to contain Yang Qi.

……

The ministers had good intentions, but they underestimated Yang Qi.

If Yang Qi wanted to send troops south, would he care whether Zhao Guangyi was dead or alive?

Yang Qi holds the four northwestern prefectures in his hands, and controls the entire southern country.

A situation of north-south pincer attack can be formed at any time.

Moreover, Yang Qi can also unite with the Zhe family, force the Cao family, and give Da Song a blooming all around.

So, whether Yang Qi will send his troops south, the right to choose is not at all on Da Song's side.

And on Yang Qi's own wishes.

……

The next day.

When it was daylight.

Li Zifeng took Lu Duan's handwriting and entered Datong Fucheng to meet Yang Qi.

After Yang Qi got Lu Duan's handwriting, he handed it to Peng Pai with a smile.

After Peng Pai read Lu Duan's handwriting carefully, he admired Yang Qi very much.

"The young master guessed correctly, there is really someone behind Li Zifeng."

Yang Qi waved his hands indifferently, and said sarcastically: "These high-ranking civil servants are just such a small trick. They just like to hide behind others and put on airs. It makes people feel disgusting if they have too much contact."

"Pass down our military order, Yang Yande, the chief general of the Iron Cavalry Army, immediately led the 1 Ranger Army Reserves to Waqiao Pass to help. The Iron Cavalry Army was temporarily under the control of Du Qing and stationed in Shuichuan. At the same time, Du Jin'e and Meng Jinbang were ordered to lead the [-] Jin Army Fubing, go north and garrison Sanchuankou!"

　Thanks to 'Shang Qingzi' for the reward of one hundred book coins!Thanks to 'Wang Xu' for rewarding four hundred book coins!
　　
　
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