Monument Yangmen

Chapter 723 A Strange Woman Who Can Be Called a Hero

Can't finish killing!

Even though Brother Yeluxiu didn't want to admit it, he was very clear in his heart.

"Humph!"

He could only snort coldly and express his dissatisfaction to Zhao Pu.

The more Zhao Pu spoke, the more powerful he became, and he said loudly: "If Da Yue dared to invade the south, I believe that not only our 4000 million people in the Song Dynasty would resist. I am afraid that the Zheyang family in the northwest would not stand idly by.

Although hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from the Great Song Dynasty died in Shuncheng, Zheyang and Zheyang had a total of 50 million elite soldiers, capable of fighting in the Liao Kingdom. "

When Zhao Pu spoke, he was full of momentum, and he didn't feel the humiliation of the defeated country at all. Instead, he threatened the Liao country.

"Hehehe..."

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled loudly and said, "You really know how to tell jokes. Could it be that you got to be Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty because you amused Zhao Guangyi by telling jokes?"

Empress Dowager Xiao's gags easily dispelled Zhao Pugang's arrogance.

Zhao Pu said with a dark face, "What does Empress Dowager Xiao mean?"

Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile: "I said you were telling a joke. I have heard a little about the prestige of the Zhe family's army. If the Zhe family is willing to help the Song Dynasty, as early as when you invaded my Daliao, the soldiers and horses of the Zhe family It should appear on the land of my Daliao.

However, where are the soldiers and horses of the Zhe family now?

As for the Yang family..."

Empress Dowager Xiao reached out and hugged the little grandson who was crawling on the couch, and said with a light smile: "This little grandson of this palace has never seen his uncle who is famous all over the world since he was born.

Bengong brought him here specially this time, just to let Yang Yansi meet his lovely nephew.

After all, half of the Yang family's blood flows through this little guy. "

After a pause, Empress Dowager Xiao's voice became a little more serious, "I heard that Yang Yansi is a very affectionate person, and I think he will not ignore his nephew."

Zhao Pu frowned upon hearing this.

Empress Dowager Xiao talked about love inside and out, but what Zhao Pu heard was a thick threat.

Empress Dowager Xiao was telling him that with Yang Qi's nephew as a hostage, Yang Qi might not be able to fight the Liao Kingdom to death.

Neither the Zheyang family will help Da Song.

"Empress Xiao's words are bad..."

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her hand to stop Zhao Pu from continuing, only to hear Empress Dowager Xiao said indifferently: "I hope you will remember clearly that now it is my Daliao who defeated your Song State, not your Song State who defeated my Daliao .

Now hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Daliao are approaching Tongtai Pass. As long as I am willing, I can easily capture you, Emperor Song, with a wave of my hand.

In your opinion, under such circumstances, what qualifications do you Song have to negotiate terms with our Daliao? "

Empress Dowager Xiao's words were full of threats, and Zhao Pu's heart beat wildly. He pretended to be calm and said, "According to what Empress Dowager Xiao means, there is nothing to talk about?"

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "It's not that there is nothing to talk about. The two countries of Song and Liao are brothers. Although I, Daliao, have the advantage now, I am not a bloodthirsty person, and I don't want to look at the people of the world. The living beings are in charcoal.

It's still possible to talk, but I, Daliao, should have the final say on all the conditions. "

Zhao Pu was taken aback, and said in a deep voice, "This is impossible!"

Empress Dowager Xiao twitched a hint of sarcasm, and said with a sneer, "Do you have any choices in Song Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Zhao Pu lowered his head in humiliation, gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, "Then what conditions does your country have?"

"Conditions..."

Empress Dowager Xiao pretended to think about it, and said with a smile, "I can't think of this condition for a while, but I have a suggestion."

"What proposal?"

"Song and Liao are countries of brothers. Now that we want to enter into an alliance under the city, in order to show our sincerity, I would like to meet Song Emperor Zhao Guangyi in person and discuss conditions with him face to face."

"no!"

Zhao Pu resolutely refused.

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her phoenix eyebrows horizontally, and said coldly: "Brother Xiu, pass on the order and send troops!"

Brother Yeluxiu stood up abruptly, walked out with a cold face.

In desperation, Zhao Pu hurriedly said: "I can't decide this matter, I need to go back and inform His Majesty, and His Majesty will decide. Can Empress Dowager Xiao allow us to go back and discuss for a day?"

"Brother Hugh, wait a minute."

Empress Dowager Xiao stopped Brother Yeluxiu, who was about to send troops, and looked at Zhao Pu coldly, "I don't want to eat a toast, I think you Song people are the most interesting, but I didn't expect you to be so stubborn, you have to force me Only when I sent troops did I agree.

Now, I have to add one more condition.

When signing the alliance under the city, I not only wanted to meet Zhao Guangyi, but also Yang Yansi.

I will give you half a day to go back and have a good discussion.

Half a day later, if Bengong didn't get an answer, he would send troops to the Tongtai Pass to meet Zhao Guangyi in person. "

Zhao Pu opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to say a word of rebuttal. In the end, he could only bow and say: "If that's the case, then the old man will leave first."

The three of Zhao Pu left the Liao army camp under the supervision of the Liao army.

As soon as the three of them left, Brother Yeluxiu frowned and returned to his seat, and questioned Empress Dowager Xiao in a deep voice, "Empress Dowager, now our Liao soldiers and horses are approaching the city, we can break through the Tongtai Pass in an instant and capture Zhao Guangyi alive.

The victory is imminent, why did the Queen Mother want to negotiate peace with Song? "

Empress Dowager Xiao let out a long sigh, and did not answer Brother Yeluxiu's question, but instead asked: "If you break through the Tongtai Pass, capture Zhao Guangyi alive, and then drive straight down to invade the Song Kingdom, you are almost certain that you will be able to capture it." Song country?"

Brother Yeluxiu frowned slowly, and said nothing in a low voice.

The reason why he was silent was because he knew clearly in his heart.

With the current strength of Liao State, it is easy to invade Song State, but it is very difficult to defeat Song State and then conquer Song State.

Although in the battle of Shuncheng, he counted to kill hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Song Kingdom, but as Zhao Pu said, the Song Kingdom has a large land and resources, a large population, and more than 200 million soldiers and horses.

In addition to the most elite 20 imperial guards guarding Bianjing, the large and small state capitals in the Song Dynasty are also full of soldiers and horses being prepared by Xiangjun, Xiangyong, etc.

The equipment of these soldiers and horses may not be as elite as the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty, but their strength is not weak.

Most of them are soldiers and horses recruited by other small countries before the Song State conquered, and some are veterans left over from the wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

These people can fight.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the Liao Kingdom to conquer the Song Kingdom. At most, it will rush into the Song Kingdom, plunder it, and then return to Daliao just like before.

Brother Yeluxiu said unwillingly: "Since I can't conquer the Song Kingdom, I can also bite off the three prefectures and two prefectures from the Song Kingdom, and add new land for my Daliao."

"Hey……"

Empress Dowager Xiao let out a long sigh, looked at Brother Yeluxiu meaningfully and said, "Brother, Song people are a very peculiar nation. It is very difficult to conquer them by force.

More than 70 years have passed since Shi Jingtang dedicated the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to Daliao.

Over 70 years of rule, we have yet to conquer their hearts.

They still have their hearts towards the Han Dynasty and their homeland.

It can be seen that force cannot conquer them.

Once we forcefully invade the Song State and occupy their land, even if we obtain the Song State's land for a short time, we will not rule for a long time.

They will resist endlessly, dragging our Daliao into a muddy quagmire, until they drag down our Daliao and make me Daliao disappear from this world. "

Brother Yeluxiu stared and said anxiously: "How is it possible? Once my Daliao conquers the Song Kingdom, this king will definitely kill those who dare to challenge my Daliao rule in the first place."

Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head and said, "As Zhao Pu, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty said, you can't kill all the people of the Song Dynasty. Think about the Beiyan in ancient times, and then think about the Northern Wei and Fu Qin in ancient times.

Hundreds of years have passed, and the land of the Central Plains is still in the hands of the Han people.And the Northern Yan, Northern Wei, Fu Qin, etc., have disappeared.Either they merged into them, became Han Chinese, or were killed cleanly.

And that piece of land is still in the hands of the Han people.

Of course, now they call them Song people. "

After a pause, Empress Dowager Xiao said quietly: "When the late emperor was in power, he often mentioned them to this palace. After the late emperor passed away, this palace has been paying attention to them and observing them.

Gradually, Bengong found a way to really conquer them, a way to really let the Khitans rule them. "

Brother Yeluxiu was startled, and asked, "What way?"

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled faintly, "Learn from them, learn their culture, learn their basic necessities of life. When everything about us Khitan people is the same as that of the Han people, in their eyes, we are no longer aliens. We are just like them. people.

At that time, if we conquer them again, they will obediently obey us without any resistance. "

Brother Yeluxiu said in a deep voice: "In the past few years, you have worked hard to promote Sinicization in our Daliao territory, and vigorously promoted Han people as officials. Is this for this?"

Empress Dowager Xiao nodded slowly, "That's right, the Central Plains is a piece of rich land, it shouldn't belong directly to the Han people, it should also belong to my Khitan people. All the emperors of the Daliao Dynasty have coveted that piece of land.

It's just that they haven't been able to find a way to rule in the Central Plains for a long time.

Otherwise, why did the ancestors lay down such a large piece of land, and then returned it, supporting Shi Jingtang and others as puppet emperors?

Do you really think that the ancestors just wanted to listen to those Han puppet emperors and call them Father Emperor?
Who doesn't want rich land?
It's just that they can't stand on it, so they are forced to support the puppets.

Now, this palace has found this way.

As long as we carry out Sinicization, when we Khitan people all become Han people, that is when we will really conquer that land.

Before that, we just need to treat it as a pasture, keep harvesting it and weakening it.

When the time is right, we can easily conquer it. "

Brother Yeluxiu, the noblest Da Yue in the Liao Kingdom, was a little confused at the moment.

She looked at Empress Dowager Xiao in astonishment.

He didn't expect that the woman in front of him who grew up with him would unconsciously do so much, think so much, and even find a way to solve things that his ancestors couldn't solve.

Are you still the innocent Xiao Yanyan I knew back then?

He never doubted what Empress Dowager Xiao said.

Whether it was the naive Xiao Yanyan in the past, or the domineering and scheming Queen Mother Xiao, they were all his brother Yeluxiu's deep love.

Otherwise, he would not support her loyally.

If Liao Jingzong Ye Luxian hadn't taken the first step to marry Empress Dowager Xiao as queen, brother Yeluxiu might not have been able to snatch his beloved Empress Dowager Xiao to be his concubine.

After all, the Empress Dowager Xiao was the most shining pearl in Shangjing.

People who like her can line up from the palace to Youzhou City.

And Brother Yeluxiu is the most shy one.

No one knew that this man who fought on the battlefield like a god of war, was decisive and made great achievements, was actually a coward who couldn't even say that he loved someone.

Since it was he who desperately supported Empress Dowager Xiao after Liao Jingzong's death, he had let everyone know that he loved Empress Dowager Xiao deeply, but he still couldn't say a word about loving her.

At this moment, facing the person he loves the most, he feels a little dazed.

I don't know if he is thinking about the good time he spent with the Empress Dowager Xiao when he was young, or whether he is thinking about state affairs.

"Brother..."

Empress Dowager Xiao's soft call woke up Yeluxiu from his trance.

Brother Yeluxiu coughed dryly twice, and said seriously: "I'm afraid it will take a long time..."

Empress Dowager Xiao was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty used it for five years, and almost succeeded. If he hadn't died young, he might have become a famous and famous emperor.

It took him five years, but Ben Gong prepared for five years, and it took 20 years to implement Sinicization.

Ben Gong spent five times as long as him, so naturally he could achieve more brilliant results. "

"But... 20 years later, we are all old..."

Brother Yeluxiu hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice.

The Empress Dowager Xiao was very happy, she laughed heartily, and said with a loud smile: "20 years later, we will be old. But my son is just in the prime of life. Back then, the first emperor of Qin, the survivors of the sixth generation, unified the six kingdoms.

This palace spent 20 years paving the way for my son, in exchange for a rich land in the Central Plains, and in exchange for a more powerful Liao Kingdom.

I am not losing money on this deal!Hahaha……"

Brother Yeluxiu stood up and solemnly beat his chest with one hand, "Daliao for me!"

Empress Dowager Xiao also said solemnly: "Daliao for me!"

The little emperor also clenched his fists and shouted, "For me, Daliao!"

Brother Yeluxiu and Empress Dowager Xiao looked at the little emperor at the same time, then looked at each other again, and laughed loudly.

After laughing, Brother Yeluxiu looked at Empress Dowager Xiao and asked, "Then how should we talk about this peace talk?"

Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile: "I believe that elder brother can defeat Zhao Guangyi in one fell swoop, so I have been thinking about this matter on the way here. Since there is a peace talk, it is natural to get more benefits from Song Guo.

In previous years, we had to frequently invade Song to obtain property.

In the future, let Song Guo pay tribute to us every year without spending a single soldier.

This is far more cost-effective than us personally robbing Song Guo.

Not only that, but for Zhao Guangyi who dared to invade our Daliao this time, we have to teach him a painful lesson.Let him never dare to invade my Daliao for the rest of his life. "

"You put forward the condition of meeting and talking with Zhao Guangyi, just to teach him a lesson?"

"Not bad! Come here with your ears."

　cough cough!To explain a few sentences, please don't question the correctness of this chapter. Frankly speaking, Empress Dowager Xiao is indeed a strange woman. Judging from her various actions during the period when she was listening to the government behind the curtain in the Liao Kingdom, her governance methods are very consistent with this statement.The blame is to blame her descendants for not living up to expectations. Although they are ambitious, they are not brave enough. In addition, when they invaded the south, they ran into Kou Zhun, a freak who was not afraid of death, and forcibly stopped their southward invasion!Of course, the love between Empress Dowager Xiao and Brother Yeluxiu is purely a wild guess made by the author after combining unofficial history and evidence.Don't you think what Brother Yeluxiu did was like Gun Gun in the late Ming Dynasty?

　　
　
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