The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Su Jindao: "The two Yeli kings left the barracks with only a dozen entourages. This situation is actually not difficult to guess; in view of the fact that your country's army suffered huge losses in the first battle under the city of Weizhou, and here After the battle, the two great kings left immediately, most likely because of their defeat in the first battle."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Impossible, the two uncles have experienced hundreds of battles, and it is not without defeat. Victory and defeat are commonplace for them, so how could they leave angrily?"

Su Jin said: "What if someone deliberately provokes the two kings? So what?"

Ye Liduanyun said: "How do you say that?"

Su Jindao: "As far as you know, what is the prestige of the two great kings in the army and in the imperial court of your country?"

Ye Li Duanyun proudly said: "My two uncles are people who are admired by thousands of people in my Da Xia country. No matter who hears their names, they will praise them. The popularity of the two uncles is also very good. My Great Xia High School can be called the mainstay..." . .

Su Jin sighed and said, "This is where the problem lies."

Yeli Duanyun was surprised and said, "I don't understand what you said at all."

Su Jindao: "I just want to ask you, in Li Yuanhao's eyes, what is the status of the two great kings?"

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Your Majesty? In the eyes of the Emperor, it is natural that he respects the two uncles very much. My two uncles have made great contributions to being able to ascend the Great Treasure. For so many years, they have fought for the Emperor and quelled the rebellion. They are the warriors of my Yeli tribe, the emperor should be very grateful."

Su Jin looked at Yeli Duanyun firmly and said: "Miss Yeli, tell me something you don't want to hear. I guess that the death of the two kings this time is mostly related to Li Yuanhao. What you said just now strengthened my confidence." judge."

Ye Li Duanyun was completely confused, and looked at Su Jin with two big eyes, completely unable to understand the basis of what Su Jin said.

"What are you trying to do? Can't you take the opportunity to provoke? I feel more and more that you are not a good person."

Su Jin smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you would think so. You are a boudoir girl, so you naturally don't understand men's psychology, let alone the strife in the court and the cruel struggle for power. Your Yeli tribe has a very high status in Daxia. Gao, the two great kings have hundreds of thousands of brave and fearless warriors in their hands. When Li Yuanhao's climate is not successful, he will naturally rely on the power of the Yeli tribe to ascend to the throne, but have you ever thought about who is willing to lie by his side after becoming the emperor? Two tigers? If my guess is correct, the two great kings must have restrained Li Yuanhao's behavior on weekdays. If you are the emperor, there are two people around you who are more powerful than yourself, and your words and deeds are different. Will you be happy if you look at the eyes of these two people?"

Ye Li Duanyun seemed to be struck by lightning. It would be fine if what Su Jin said were all speculations, but unfortunately Su Jin's words hit the point. On weekdays, he himself had heard two uncles talking about the emperor's words inadvertently. What he did, he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with the emperor in his words, the emperor is arrogant and yin. He also said privately that it was a mistake to recommend Li Yuanhao to the position.

And as far as I know, the two uncles have stopped Li Yuanhao's extravagant trips many times. Could it be that the emperor has a grudge because of this?Ye Li Duanyun didn't even dare to think about it.

Su Jindao: "Miss Yeli, the power struggle in the court is cruel and unimaginable. I wonder if you have known the history of the previous dynasty. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the emperor would allow the prestige and strength of the courtiers around him to be greater than himself, even if he followed them. The heroes who conquered the country in the Southern and Northern Wars inevitably died in the end. In the Spring and Autumn Period, a famous official named Fan Li once said, "When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks; when the high birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden." This is what he saw through; In the Han Dynasty, there was a one-word side-by-side king Han Xin, who made great contributions to the founding of the Han Dynasty, and was eventually bestowed by Han Gaozu to die. Once the word rights are involved in the affairs of this world, anything can happen."

Ye Li Duanyun remained silent. Although she is a party girl, she is not an ignorant Baiding. She can read and write on weekdays, and naturally knows something about these famous people. Su Jin's words made her fall into a deep depression. In panic.

"The process of the matter can be roughly judged as follows. The two kings lost the first battle, and they must have been vigorously criticized by Li Yuanhao and his confidantes. The two kings may be angry or threatened, so they proposed not to command the battle and return to the tribe for retirement; Li Yuanhao So he agreed to the request of the two kings, but he was worried that after the two kings left in a fit of anger, the warriors of the Yeli tribe would not be restrained by them, so he simply settled the matter and sent someone to pretend to be my Song army to intercept and kill them halfway. The warriors of the tribe can only transfer their hatred to us Song people; for Li Yuanhao, getting rid of the two great kings who get in the way, and taking the military power of the tribe in the night, can be described as killing two birds with one stone."

Yeli Duanyun murmured: "Impossible... definitely impossible. You are talking nonsense, you want to provoke the relationship between my Great Xia monarch and his ministers, and my Great Xia is in civil strife, so you can take the opportunity to attack Daxia and reach your dirty land. Purpose."

Su Jin sighed: "I also hope that I am talking nonsense. Do you believe that Song and Xia will start peace negotiations soon? The two countries have been exhausted after years of fighting, and no one can destroy each other. It was I who provoked the conflict between your monarchs and ministers in Great Xia, and caused civil strife. I, like the Song Dynasty, have no ability to attack your country; if you don't believe me, you can go to someone who is reasonable and trustworthy to speak out what I say, and let them judge and judge There have been secret exchanges of envoys between Song and Xia for a long time. Li Yuanhao's attack on Weizhou this time is just to add weight to the peace negotiation. As for whether he planned to use this opportunity to get rid of the two kings at the beginning I dare not lie anymore."

Ye Li Duanyun wept silently, she didn't know what to do, she didn't want to believe what Su Jin said, but she couldn't deny it completely, and her own poor life experience could not judge the authenticity of the matter; but Ye Liduan After all, Yun is a woman of the Yeli family, and soon she thought of a way. She wanted to tell someone what she said, and that person would definitely determine the truth of the matter, and that person was her aunt, Queen Yeli.

After watching Yeli Duanyun leave, Su Jin fell into deep thought. Logically speaking, Li Yuanhao is very likely to be the leader who killed King Yeli, but Su Jin didn't know what would happen after telling Yeli Duanyun about it. Yeli Duanyun will definitely tell his father, brother and others that if the matter is confirmed, the Xixia Kingdom will be in chaos, and there may be another bloody storm; of course, all this seems to be beneficial to Song Dynasty, but Standing on Su Jin's standpoint, he didn't want to see the scene of blood flowing into rivers, but all this seemed inevitable.

One day later, Li Yuanhao, the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, returned to Huizhou City early, and the accompanying officials were dejected. In the six days since Su Jin left Weizhou and the news of the grain and grass being burned reached the front line, Li Yuanhao launched a total of five attacks. city.

When the news of the burning of food and grass came, Li Yuanhao concealed the news and drove the hungry soldiers to attack the city for the last time. This time they broke through the west gate, but the soldiers of Song Dynasty were as fearless as if they had been beaten. To die, the people in the city participated in the battle. They bit their teeth, scratched with their hands, and even jumped down from the top of the city to die with the Xia army who had attacked the top of the city. In the end, the soldiers of the Xia army were driven off the city wall.

Li Yuanhao was helpless. More than half of the 12 troops had been killed or injured. Although there were not many defenders left in Weizhou City, the army had run out of food, and the hungry soldiers could not break through Weizhou's city defense anyway. retreat.

Li Yuanhao hates his teeth itching. This battle is the shame of his life. He has an army of 10,000+. With the Jianing army in the east holding back the army of Yanyan and Fan Zhongyan on Yanqing Road, all possible reinforcements from Weizhou have been blocked. Under the circumstances of the road, they were sneaked to Huizhou to settle in their old nest. The food they had finally accumulated was destroyed, and the victories they obtained were also wiped out.

This battle is invincible, and the next peace talks between the two countries will not be able to take the initiative. Li Yuanhao has already prepared for the worst. Even if the Song people's conditions are harsh, as long as they don't hurt the national system, he is ready to agree. There is no need to worry about no firewood in Qingshan, as long as I can stabilize the domestic situation, after several years of recuperation, I will find this place anyway, but what I have to do now is to maintain my status and strength and ensure the stability of the country .

Of course, this battle was not useless. The Xixia army gradually understood how to carry out siege operations. Li Yuanhao also gradually realized that relying on horseback bravery is not enough to rule the world. He has already thought about it. The craftsmen who made the siege equipment paid a lot of money to train a large number of craftsmen for Daxia. The siege equipment is too important.

Another most important achievement is that Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi, the two old guys who got in the way, were successfully eliminated by him, and it aroused the hatred of the Yeli tribe towards the Song people. If he raises his troops to attack the Song Dynasty, all he needs to do is raise his arms, and the warriors of the Yeli tribe will die for him without hesitation.

On the night when Li Yuanhao returned to Huizhou, several uninvited guests came to Su Jin's wounded courtyard in Chenxing Building.