The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 36

On the north bank of Zhang River, the Khitan camp.

In the king's tent of the Chinese Army, Yelu Wuyu, dressed in bright yellow and fine brocade robes, sat steadily on his commanding position. The square chair was covered with white tiger skin, which further highlighted his majestic figure and majestic aura.

Two beautiful men and women wearing only corsets knelt in front of him, their tender fingers kneading his strong calf muscles.

The curtain was opened, and Brother Yelvxiu, who was wearing armor, stepped into the tent and presented a bamboo tube sealed with fire paint with his hands:
"Your Majesty, a secret report from Zhenzhou!"

Yeluwuyu's eyes suddenly opened and he stared at the bamboo tube closely for a while before reaching out to take it.

He rubbed open the sealing paint with an expressionless face and took out a thin piece of paper from the bamboo tube.

There was only one sentence written on the paper, but he read it back and forth several times.

"Your Majesty?" Brother Yelvxiu called out softly when he saw that he was motionless.

"Hahaha~~~"

Yeluwu stood up eagerly, and laughed loudly like thunder, and the two men and women at his feet were so frightened that they prostrated themselves on the ground and shivered.

"Look!" Yeluwu wanted to push the secret report into Brother Yeluxiu's hands.

Brother Yelvxiu opened his eyes and looked at it several times, took a few deep breaths, and suppressed the turbulence in his heart.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is blessed by heaven and is destined to be the master of my Khitan!"

Brother Yelvxiu knelt on one knee, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Come here! Pass my order and the army will break camp immediately and return to Zhuoxian County!"

Yeluwu wanted to shout loudly, but there was a response from outside the tent: "I obey the king's order!"

Brother Yeluxiu got up and asked doubtfully, "Don't your majesty go to Zhenzhou?"

Yeluwu wanted to sneer and said, "The Empress Dowager ordered me to cross the river to attack Cangzhou, but she herself and Yelu Lihu hurried to Zhenzhou. Can't you guess what her plan is?"

Brother Yelu Xiu hesitated and said: "But the late emperor is still in Zhenzhou, and Yelu Lihu has the title of the emperor's younger brother. If the Queen Mother supports him to succeed in Zhenzhou, what should we do? Zhenzhou has a hundred thousand troops. !”

Yeluwuyu laughed and said: "It's not one hundred thousand, it's only sixty thousand, which is about the same as the troops and horses of my army in Zhuo County!"

"The King's intention." Brother Yelvxiu lowered his head to look at the secret report in his hand. He suddenly woke up and his face was full of horror:
"Dachanggun Yelu Anduan!"

Yelu Wu wanted to admire with eyes full of praise: "Yes! As long as I give an order, the more than [-] Khitan warriors under Yelu Anduan's command will raise my white tiger battle flag! This secret report is from An Duan's subordinate, the North Academy Commander Supervisor, Megu Siddhawan sent it!"

Brother Yeluxiu endured the shock in his heart, knelt down and bowed his head: "Your Majesty is unparalleled in resourcefulness! In this way, our soldiers and horses will go back to Zhuo County on the pretext of welcoming the late emperor's coffin, and wait for work at leisure until the Empress Dowager and Yelu Lihu lead the army to arrive. !”

Brother Yelvxiu asked himself that as a close confidant of the king, he had no idea that Dachang Gun Yelu Anduan had already taken refuge in the king's command.No wonder the king agreed so readily when the Queen Mother sent an order asking him to mobilize soldiers and horses from Zhuoxian County to attack Cangzhou.

Chen Bing's troops on the north bank of the Zhang River were just a pretense. In fact, the king had been waiting for news from Zhenzhou.

Yeluwu wanted to take the secret report, burn it to ashes with a candle, and sneer: "The Han people have a saying: 'Good talents should be put to good use, and the capable will live in them!' Yelu Lihu, who is so virtuous, is worthy of being the emperor of our Khitan people." ? Back then, my father was weak and could be bullied and was forced away by Yelu Deguang. I had nothing to say! Now, it’s time to take back what belongs to me!”

Brother Yelvxiu kowtowed: "I am willing to swear allegiance to the king to the death!"

Yeluwu wanted to sit back on the white tiger leather square chair, thought for a moment and said: "In three days, you will lead an army back to Shangjing in secret, and you must invite Da Sikong Yeluwu to Zhuo County! But remember, don't hurt him!"

"Follow the king's orders!"

Yeluwu wanted to look at a map of the Southern Kingdom hanging in the tent, and said with some reluctance: "We, the Khitans, have gone south several times, except for the Sixteen States of Youyun, but we have found nothing! The Han people are more tenacious than we thought. I’m afraid we will never have a chance to get involved in the Central Plains!”

Brother Yelvxiu said with a smile: "When the king takes the throne and unifies all the ministries, our territory in Daliao will be no less than that of the Southern Kingdom. If we send troops southward at that time, we will have the opportunity to drink from the Yangtze River!"

Yeluwu shook his head, then changed the topic and asked, "Is there any news about the matter that I asked you to inquire about?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, it has been proven that the Black Fire Thunder was made by a Han youth named Zhu Xiu in Cangzhou City. It is said that this man was once a Han slave captured by Mei Guxi's tribe. Because he is proficient in Chinese and Khitan, He once worked as a scribe in Linya, Beiyuan.

Later, this man was rescued by Cangzhou Hengjun, and now he became the marching staff officer of Tianxiong Army. "

"Oh?" Yelu Wuyu was greatly surprised. He did not expect that the person who made the Black Fire Thunder was a Han boy, and he did not expect that this man was once a Khitan subordinate.

"Did any of the Han craftsmen we captured imitate the Black Fire Thunder?" Yelu Wuyu asked with concern.

Brother Yelvxiu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Yeluwuyu's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said angrily: "What a bunch of trash! Megu Sidhawan is also a trash! He doesn't know that there are such talents among his Han slaves, so he lets them go in vain!"

Brother Yeluxiu didn't dare to say anything, and felt worried for Megu Siddharwan.

It seems that his credit for risking his life to send the secret report this time will be completely offset.

"That's all, let's leave it alone for the time being. Order the craftsmen to step up their efforts to imitate the Black Fire Thunder. If anyone succeeds, he will be awarded an official position in the South Academy and a title!"

"Follow the king's order!"

Brother Yelvxiu took the order and exited the tent.

That night, the camp on the north bank of Zhang River set up camp overnight and quietly headed north back to Zhuoxian County.

(End of this chapter)