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Chapter 487 0484 [Yelü Yujian: I need a guarantee! 】

After a good sleep, early the next morning, Jiannige warmly entertained Ma Kuo and Xuan Jiajun for breakfast.

Then send them off respectfully.

After galloping all the way back to the Liao Army's garrison, Yelu Dashi saw them returning safely and said with a smile: "Done?"

Ma Kuo smiled slightly: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order, and Jiannige agreed to use the passage."

Although Ma Kuo did not elaborate, Yelu Dashi also understood the difficulties and dangers involved, and if he was not careful, his head would fall to the ground.

"Just come back."

Yelu Dashi said energetically: "Ma Shangshu, please wait for three to five days. I have sent people to notify other tribes in the grassland that reinforcements will arrive soon."

Yesterday, he was not idle either and sent his personal guards to the grassland tribes.

He has a very high prestige on the grassland, and those tribes were oppressed by the Jin people, and they have long had resentments in their hearts. Now that he comes back and holds high the anti-Jin banner, his followers will surely gather.

This is only on the grassland. When the news spreads to other roads, more and more Liao people will respond.

So despite the fact that there are only more than 8,000 people at the moment, he can form an army of tens of thousands at any time.

……

Xijing.

Datong Mansion.

These days, Wanyan Zonghan has become much more haggard, and a lot of gray hair has appeared on his temples.

On the one hand, the war was unfavorable, making him unable to sleep or eat well.

With the fall of Weizhou, Wanyan Loushi had to retreat to Baishan Mountain, planning to fight with his last resort.

Wanyan Yinshu could lead his army alone to defend Huairen and block the Qi army from Shuozhou.

The situation is getting worse and worse. What’s even more detestable is that Wanyan Zongwang’s side did not work hard. One hundred thousand Eastern Route Army troops besieged Miyun Gubei Town and fought for more than ten days. As a result, less than a hundred people were killed or injured on both sides. Even if this is the case, Even a fool can see what Wanyan Zongwang has in mind.

On the other hand, he felt sad after learning the news that his eldest son had died in battle.

However, more than twenty years of fighting had tempered his willpower, and he quickly adjusted his emotions and turned his grief into motivation.

Sitting in the study, Wanyan Zonghan was deducing the situation.

The biggest weakness of the Qi army is that it has too few troops.

After all calculations, there were only 90,000 troops.

Although Wanyan Zongwang did not do any personnel work, he still played some role. At least he held back the 40,000 Qi troops stationed on Nanjing Road, making it impossible for these 40,000 Qi troops to rush to aid Yunzhou.

Huairen, who was guarded by Wanyan Yinshu, also blocked the 40,000 troops from Shuozhou.

In other words, even if Han Zhen gathered all the troops in Yingzhou and Yuzhou, he would only be able to support 50,000 people to death.

At first, the Qi army relied on a surprise attack to catch them off guard, but now that the army was facing each other head-on, the opportunity to break the situation came.

As long as Wanyan Loushi held back Han Zhen and his 50,000 troops at Baishan Mountain, he could take advantage of the cavalry to continuously harass and plunder the Qi army's grain, grass and baggage troops.

Qi's army's advantage was artillery and firearms, while his advantage was cavalry.

Through the battle reports during this period, he could basically determine that the Qi army's cavalry in Yunzhou only had 5,000 at most.

And he had more than 14,000 cavalry.

Moreover, he had already ordered his younger brother to go to Mogesi's headquarters and mobilize the Menggu Yi army. All of the more than 10,000 Yi troops were cavalry.

There are almost five times the cavalry of the Qi army. What is the concept?

As soon as the Yi army arrives, he will counterattack.

At this moment, a guard hurried into the study and reported: "Marshal, Zuo Jianjun and Xiao Canjun are back!"

Xiao Qing and Wanyan Xiyin fled for five days and finally returned to Datong.

The two of them had no time to rest and immediately came to the Marshal's Mansion.

Wanyan Zonghan immediately ordered: "Please come quickly!"

Not long after, Wanyan Xiyin and Xiao Qing entered the study together.

The two of them bowed together and said with guilty looks on their faces: "My subordinates are not doing well in battle, please ask the marshal to punish me."

Wanyan Zonghan waved his hands magnanimously and said comfortingly: "This defeat is not a crime of war, so you don't have to blame yourself."

"Thank you Marshal!"

Wanyan Xiyin and Xiao Qing breathed a sigh of relief and looked moved.

Wanyan Zonghan said warmly: "You two should go back and have a good rest. You will still need to make plans for the upcoming tug-of-war."

However, Xiao Qing and Wanyan Xiyin did not leave.

After the two looked at each other, Xiao Qing took the initiative to close the study door and said solemnly: "Marshal, I have something important to report."

Seeing this, Wanyan Zonghan realized that what he was reporting was definitely not a trivial matter, and said with a solemn expression, "What's the matter?"

"My subordinates suspect that Yelu Yujian may have secretly colluded with Qi State."

Xiao Qing told what happened to him after he was captured, as well as his speculations, without any concealment.

After listening, Wanyan Zonghan fell into silence.

The matter was too important for him to be careless.

After a moment, he slowly said: "Yelu Yujian has made great contributions to the Jin Kingdom. There is no evidence, and only guesses and inferences. I can't convict Yelu Yujian. Moreover, the war is imminent. Once Yelu Yujian is convicted, the impact will be If it is too big, what other old ministers of the Liao Kingdom will think will cause everyone to be in danger and the morale of the army will plummet."

Yelu Yujian's identity is too sensitive. He is a member of the Liao clan.

Moreover, unlike Yelu Dashi, his father and Liao Shunzong Yelu Jun were cousins. He and Emperor Tianzuo shared the same burden, and at the same time he married a couple from the Xiao family. Sister flowers.

In addition, Yelu Yujian also held military power, with 100,000 soldiers under his command.

The surrender of such a person is of great significance to the Kingdom of Jin.

It is precisely because of this that the Jin Kingdom had the confidence to sweep over the Liao Kingdom and replace it.

Nowadays, it has only been two short years since the Jin Kingdom took over the talents of the Liao Dynasty, but they are eager to deal with Yelu Yujian. What do the old ministers and military officers of the Liao Kingdom think?

Are you still shameless?

In the past, for the Jurchens in the mountains of Northeast China, actual benefits were more important than face.

But today is different from the past. When you become an emperor and establish a court, your face is the top priority.

Wanyan Xiyin advised: "Marshal, although I have no credentials, I have to be on guard. Especially since the war is imminent, if Yelu Yujian leads the Khitan soldiers to turn against him, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"This……"

Wanyan Zonghan hesitated and said: "But once he is touched, the Khitan people under his rule will inevitably cause chaos frequently."

At this time, Xiao Qing smiled slightly: "Marshal, don't disturb me, my subordinates have a plan."

Wanyan Zonghan's eyes lit up: "Come quickly."

Xiao Qing said: "There is no evidence at the moment, so it is indeed difficult to touch Yelu Yujian, but the marshal can use a move to promote Yelu Yujian secretly, give Yelu Yujian a promotion, reward him with an idle position, transfer him back to Datong Mansion, and keep him under strict supervision . Without being in the army, Yelu Yujian can't make any trouble. Wait until the war is over, and then slowly investigate. By then, if evidence of colluding with Qi is really found, no one else will be able to find reason to kill him. "

When it comes to leading troops in war, the Jurchens are indeed good at it.

But talking about the strategies in the court is too immature.

Hearing this, Wanyan Zonghan's eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "This plan is very clever, I will write a letter right away."

With that said, Wanyan Zonghan wrote down a transfer order, then summoned his personal guards and rushed to Baishan Mountain.

……

Da da da!
The sound of horse hooves came closer and closer. After revealing his identity, he ran straight into the Jin Army camp.

In the handsome tent, Wanyan Lou's room is being decorated.

He was waiting for the Qi army to gather and cross the Sanggan River.

Once he crossed the Sanggan River and entered the hinterland of the Datong Plain, the Guaizima under his command would be able to play a role in frequently harassing the Qi army's grain and grass troops until the grain road was completely cut off.

The guard stepped into the tent and said loudly: "Report to thousands of households, the Marshal's Mansion has sent an order."

In the past, the Jin Kingdom only had Meng'an Mouke, but later on, the position of Wanhu was added to Meng'an Mouke.

Wanyan Loushi was the first ten thousand households conferred by Aguda, and was titled Huanglong Mansion Ten Thousand Households.

Huanglong Mansion!
Just by listening to the prefix of this title, you can understand how valuable Wanyan Lou's house is.

"transfer order?"

Wanyan Loushi was a little surprised, stretched out her hand and said, "Bring it here and let me take a look."

"Yes!"

The personal guard will submit the transfer order. After opening the transfer order and examining it carefully, Wanyan Lou couldn't help but frown.

In order to trick him back to Datong, Wanyan Zonghan also spent a lot of money and promoted him to deputy marshal of the left.

The Jin Kingdom was different from the Song Kingdom in that in addition to the Privy Council, there was also a Marshal's Office.

The Du Marshal's Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the left and right deputy marshals, the left and right marshals, the left and right supervisors of the army, and the left and right captains.

Originally, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were both deputy marshals of the left and right sides. Last year, due to his meritorious service in the southward attack on the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zonghan was promoted to marshal of the Western Route Army.

The appointments of officials under the Du Marshal's Mansion can be made and dismissed by the Du Marshal himself. After appointment and dismissal, they only need to be reported to the court.

Such great power is equivalent to splitting the earth and conferring the title of king. In fact, Wanyan Zonghan is indeed the earth emperor of Xijing Road.

Soon, Wanyan Loushi stopped thinking about it.

It was the marshal's decision to promote Yelu Yujian, and he never interfered with politics.

Besides, it would be better to transfer Yelu Yujian back to Datong, so that he could stay in the army and become an eyesore.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Loushi ordered: "Give this transfer order to Yelu Yujian and ask him to return to Datong as soon as possible to resume his duties."

"Order!"

The personal guard received the transfer order, turned around and left the commander's tent, and went straight to Yelu Yujian's camp.

At this time, Yelu Yujian was lying in the tent, boredly flipping through a book.

Now, he, the supervisor, has completely become a decoration.

Wanyan Loushi didn't want to see him, and the other Jurchen generals didn't give him any face either. They could only inspect the food, grass and baggage all day long.

When Yelu Yu saw it, he simply claimed to be sick and hid in the tent, out of sight and out of mind.

"Is the Right Supervisor here?"

Hearing the voice coming from outside the tent, Yelu Yujian put down the book in his hand and said, "Come in."

The guard strode into the battalion commander and placed the transfer order on the low table. There was a hint of disdain in his tone: "The marshal has an order for the right supervisor to return to Datong Mansion as soon as possible to resume his duties."

Back to Datong Mansion?

Job description?

Yelu Yujian raised his eyebrows, and regardless of the other party's arrogant attitude, he quickly picked up the order and looked through it.

After reading it, a wave of panic arose in his heart.

If this transfer order had been sent a few days earlier, I would have returned to Datong Mansion happily.

Promoted, Deputy Marshal Zuo!

But things are different now. After having a drink with Yelu Chongguang a few days ago, when I look at this transfer order again, every word is filled with swords and arrows.

Could it be that Wanyan Zonghan finally couldn't bear it anymore and planned to trick him back to Datong to silence him?

Otherwise, he will not be promoted sooner or later, but he will be promoted at this time.

coincidence?

He didn't believe it was a coincidence.

The war was about to begin, so it was really weird to transfer the supervisor of the army. Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan had long planned to reward Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Loushi with the post of deputy marshal. Many people knew this. .

Thinking of this, Yelu Yujian felt a mixture of fear and fear in his heart, but he said on his face: "I have been suffering from wind and cold these days and am inconvenienced. I will return to Datong to resume my duties as soon as I feel better."

"it is good."

The personal guard didn't bother to care. After responding, he turned and left.

After the other party left, Yelu Yujian couldn't bear it anymore and looked panicked.

Naturally, he did not dare to return to Datong. Once he went back, his life or death would be uncertain.

But it's no good if he doesn't go back. Claiming illness can only be delayed for three to five days at most. If it is delayed for a long time, Wanyan Zonghan will definitely become suspicious and will not let Wanyan Loushi, a common man, kill him directly in the military camp.

Then where else can I go?
Qi State!

The only way to survive now is to defect to Qi.

Seeing that he was about to drown, Yelu Yu grabbed the last straw and called out quickly: "Come here!"

"What's the matter, Master?"

Two personal guards stepped towards the battalion commander.

These two people are his retainers and can be entrusted with his wealth and life.

Yelu Yu saw his serious expression and said, "You two go and find Yelu Chongguang. Don't make any noise and be more discreet."

"Master, wait a moment, I'll go right away."

The two guards cupped their hands and turned to leave.

Yelu Yujian murmured to himself: "You Jin Kingdom is unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust!"

He was already resentful towards Jin Guo, Wanyan Zonghan and others, but now that something like this happened again, the dissatisfaction and resentment that had been accumulated in his heart completely exploded.

……

Relying on Yelu Yujian's relationship, after Yelu Chongguang returned to the army, he was assigned to the logistics department and managed part of the baggage.

This is a leisurely job, there is nothing much to do on weekdays.

Ever since he tested Yelu Yujian that night, Yelu Chongguang had been in fear all day long, fearing that Yelu Yujian would tell Wanyan Lou's family about the matter and his life would be in danger.

After spending three days in this kind of torture, Yelv Chongguang even thought about sneaking away quietly.

At this moment, Yelu Yujian's personal guards came.

Seeing the two people walking straight towards him, Yelu Zhongguang swallowed his saliva and asked tremblingly: "What do you two want from me?"

One of them whispered: "The master of the house has an order, please come with us."

Yelu Zhongguang had no choice but to get up and follow him.

Not long after, the three returned to the battalion commander.

Yelu Yujian ordered: "You two go and guard outside the tent. No matter who comes, stop them first."

"Order!"

After the two left, Yelu Yujian stared directly at his cousin in front of him.

Yelu Zhongguang was a little embarrassed by what he saw, and sneered: "Cousin, why did you call me here?"

Yelu Yujian lowered his voice and said, "Can you contact the Emperor of Qi?"

"This...I don't understand what my cousin said."

Yelu Zhongguang was overjoyed. It seemed that his cousin had agreed, but he was also cautious, fearing that his cousin was deliberately trying to trick him.

Seeing his appearance, Yeluyu angrily grabbed the book on the couch and threw it at him: "It's time for you, you bastard, so don't be clever in front of me."

Yelv Chongguang avoided the books flying towards him and said aggrievedly, "I really don't understand."

It seemed that this guy had lost his temper. Yelu Yu had no choice but to hand over the transfer order and said in a deep voice: "Wanyan Zonghan attacked me after the beating and wanted to trick me back into Datong to kill me."

hiss!
Yelu Zhongguang took a breath, this news was too shocking.

After taking the order and reading it, he already believed it.

If you are trying to trick yourself, there is no need to go to such trouble.

After figuring out the key, Yelu Zhongguang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "My cousin plans to defect to your Majesty?"

"Not bad!"

Yelu Yujian nodded and said softly: "If you can contact the Emperor of Qi, please give me a message."

Yelu Zhongguang asked: "What are you talking about?"

"I need a guarantee!"

Yelu Yujian said firmly.

He was afraid of being cheated by the Kingdom of Jin. Even if he was desperate, he still wanted a guarantee.

Otherwise, even if you vote for Qi, your fate will most likely be the same as now.

Yelu Chongguang said excitedly: "I'll do it right away."

Before coming, the commander of the scout camp had taught him how to make contact.

(End of this chapter)