Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 491 How to prove that you know how to flatter (please subscribe!)
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Wu Yanguang knelt in front of Li Yan who was lying on Brother Xiao Gui's lap while receiving massages and fruit feeding from the royal women of the Liao Kingdom, while reading the memorial, and said: "The ministers are incompetent, we can't persuade Yelu to abandon the dark and turn to the bright."

It is undeniable that Yelu Dezhong is a talent, a rare talent, and his character is also appreciated by Li Yan, but because of this, if Yelu Dezhong can't be used by Li Yan, Li Yan will have to kill him, otherwise the Liao people will kill him. Everyone imitates Yelu Dezhong, so how can he rule the territory he got from the Liao Kingdom?

Therefore, without even hesitating, Li Yan said to the servant in the decree: "Go and tell Lin Ren (the little section class back then is now the servant of Xingcao) that it is important to complete Yelu, and his four sons are also together. If executed, all the men in his family will be sent to labor camps, and all the women in his family will be sent to the Jiaofang Division.”

Li Yan turned his head to look at Wu Yanguang, and said: "His concubine will reward you."

Wu Yanguang hesitated for a moment, and said: "Thank you Lord Long En!"

Seeing Wu Yanguang hesitated for a moment, Li Yan put down the memorial in his hand, then sat up, then looked at Wu Yanguang, and said: "You will not touch the princess who is very serious, and confess her?"

Wu Yanguang hurriedly said: "I dare not!"

Li Yan looked at Wu Yanguang for a while, and said: "I have formed a new volunteer army. I originally wanted Yelu to come back as the acting commander, but he doesn't know how to praise...do you know how to praise?"

The original three battalions, namely Khitan Army, Xi Army and Bohai Navy, performed well in this battle.

There was a Khitan man named Yelucha, who was just an ordinary cavalry soldier, but he personally killed more than [-] Liao soldiers in this battle, and he was extremely brave.

Later, Shi Xiu learned from various sources of information that there was a reason why this Yelucha killed the Liao soldiers so hard.

It turned out that although this Yelucha was a Khitan, he was not a Khitan nobleman, but a Khitan commoner, and his family had been severely persecuted by the Khitan nobles (his father, for some reason, did not know what to do when he was herding sheep for a Khitan noble family). , lost more than a dozen sheep, and was beaten to death by the owner, and then the owner arrested his mother and two older sisters to repay the debt. Over the years, he tried his best, but he couldn't get them back. His mother and two older sisters, let alone avenge his father, so he hated the Liao Kingdom, which was protected by officials and officials), so he had no feelings for the Liao Kingdom, only hatred.

And there are actually many people like Yelucha. After all, there is oppression everywhere—if the Liao Kingdom was really monolithic, it would not be destroyed by the Jurchens.

Yelucha was one of the twenty adopted sons that Zhao Ding and others selected for Li Yan. Although he was 26 years old, not a few years younger than Li Yan, Yelucha was willing to be Li Yan's adopted son, and he was very grateful. Li Yan's two eldest adopted sons, Li Chou and Li Qi, are both 27 this year. Compared with them, Li Zhi (also known as Yelucha, Li Yan changed his name for him) is not so conspicuous at the age of 26. up.

In addition to taking in twenty adoptive sons, Li Yan selected fifty personal guards from the well-behaved Khitan, Xi, and Bohai people, and took them wherever he went.

As for those Khitan people, Xi people, and Bohai people who did not perform outstandingly but also made military exploits, Li Yan also pulled them out, awarded each of them a medal of "Dare to Fight", and then awarded them They dispersed into various armies—from now on, they were part of the Liangshan Army, and they would be treated equally by Shuibo Liangshan.

This also includes Li Fo (Yelüfoding), Li Ye (Gao Yongliang), and Li Zan (Xiao Zan), the three commanders of the Khitan Army, Xi Army, and Bohai Navy. They also received awards for their good performance in this battle. He was awarded a medal of "Dare to Fight", and was assigned by Li Yan to Fang Jie, Wang Sheng, and Xu Qing as his assistants. All are treated equally.

As for those soldiers of the Khitan Army, Xi Army, and Bohai Navy who did not perform any meritorious service, they were incorporated into the newly established Volunteer Army.

In addition to these Khitan Army, Xi Army, and Bohai Navy officers and soldiers who did not perform any meritorious service, the Political Department and Recruitment Department sent thousands of Khitan, Xi, and Bohai Army soldiers with good obedience.

Adding the two together, there are about 6000 people, which happens to be two battalions.

Li Yan was going to treat the Volunteer Army as a death squad, and then continuously transfer the neutral and accomplished soldiers of this army into other armies.

In other words, soldiers of the surrendered army must first enter this death squad to prove their loyalty and bravery before they can become real soldiers of the Liangshan Army.

Li Yan originally planned to ask Yelude to lead the volunteer army again, but Yelude didn't know how to flatter him, so Li Yan changed his mind and wanted Wu Yanguang to lead the volunteer army.

Wu Yanguang is the first general of the Liao Kingdom, and he was appointed as the capital commander of the Liao Kingdom. Even if his ability and prestige are not as high as Yelude's, they will not be much worse.

The point is, judging from Wu Yanguang's performance after he surrendered, he still knows current affairs and should be able to be used by Li Yan.

Of course, before using Wu Yanguang, Li Yan had to force him, which completely cut off his retreat.

Wu Yanguang quickly said: "A humble minister knows how to be flattered."

Li Yan asked: "How do you prove that you know how to flatter?"

Wu Yanguang knew that Li Yan was testing him. If he couldn't complete Li Yan's test, let alone be in command of the Volunteer Army, even his life might be lost. Therefore, Wu Yanguang secretly gritted his teeth and said: : "Tonight, I will take Xiao Linlin, the concubine who is highly respected by the law, as my concubine. In addition, I have two requests."

Li Yan said calmly, "What request?"

Wu Yanguang said: "My first request is to give the wives of Yelu Zongyun, Yelu Zongdian, Yelu Zonglei, and Yelu Zonglin to Zhao Qi (Alich), Qian Bao (He Chongbao), Sun Yan (Qiong Yao Nayan) and Zhou Qing (Quli Chuqing), they are both warriors, and they are willing to die for you, the governor. The governor can give them some rewards to win them back. The second request of the minister is... ...I want to supervise and kill Yelu Dezhong personally!"

Li Yan listened, laughed, and said: "Okay! Li Yanguang, you are really loyal to me, um... I will ask Li Cao to handle the matter of your taking concubines for you, and I promise to make it a lively one for you."

Li Yan did what he said, and ordered Li Cao to hold a concubine ceremony that caused a sensation in the entire Yunzhong Mansion for Li Yanguang and others, and personally presided over it for them.

The next day, Li Yanguang, Zhao Qi, Qian Bao, Sun Yan and Zhou Qing brought their newly hired concubines to supervise and execute Yelu Dezhong's father and son.

Seeing Li Yanguang hugging Xiao Linlin, although Yelu Dezhong was very heartbroken, he didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and waited for death.

On the contrary, Yelu Zongyun, Yelu Zongdian, and Yelu Zonglei kept cursing at Li Yanguang and others, but Yelu Zonglin went against his former toughness and prayed for surrender in public.

Regarding Yelu Zonglin's prayer to surrender, Li Yanguang did not dare to make his own claim, so he immediately sent Qian Bao to ask Li Yan for instructions.

Li Yan only replied with one word: "Kill."

Li Yan thought: "What the hell did you do? Surrender only when you are about to die. Why, do you want to test my bottom line? If everyone waits until the end like you to surrender, then the difficulty of recruiting will increase a lot invisibly." So, go to hell, since you want to be a hero, you have to learn from your father and persevere to the end."

Not only did Yelu respect father and son, but Li Yan fulfilled all those who wanted to be loyal ministers of the Liao Kingdom.

The rest are basically time-conscious.

Soon, Li Yan asked Li Yanguang to take Zhao Qi, Qian Bao, Sun Yan, Zhou Qing and others to join the Volunteer Army, and asked Li Yanguang to take the Volunteer Army to Xinzhou to station.

Han Shizhong's army and Yue Fei's army were also stationed in Xinzhou with the Volunteer Army.

From the mobilization of these three armies, it is not difficult to guess that Li Yan has already begun to prepare for the capture of Yanjing.

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(End of this chapter)