Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 476 Father, Son, Brother
"What?" Li Wenxuan and Mingzhu both had incredulous expressions, and they sent inquiries almost at the same time. What Yetai said was too strange. The battle between their brothers is a battle between winners and losers. If he has a chance to win, Is there any reason to deliberately lose?Now the Kelei tribe is under the control of Zali, and there are Xixia people behind Zali to support him. Although Xixia is not as strong as Jin Guo, but when it comes to the distance between the two sides, Xixia is closer to the Kelei tribe. If there is anything in the tribe, it is not difficult to ask the Xixia people for help. For Zali, who has just inherited the position of chief patriarch, it can be said that it is enough to temporarily stabilize the Kelei tribe.

But compared to Zali, Yetai's situation is very bad. The whole tribe, including Zali, don't know whether he is alive or dead. Zali is like a translucent person. , even though you are the eldest son of the former patriarch and the original heir of the great patriarch, now you have to be careful when you go in and out of the tribe, always surrounded by expert guards, and you have to find ways to avoid the many eyes and ears set up by Zali against him Now, although he is very chic in front of Li Wenxuan, everyone knows that once he is recognized by other people in the tribe, the situation is not good for him. As for his chic at this time, among them It is conceivable how much embarrassment there is.

Yetai smiled and said: "Why? Don't you believe it? Hehe, it's true, you and I have known each other for less than an hour. If you believe it, it would be strange. Well, since I treat you two with sincerity, Then I shouldn't hide it from you. In fact, half of the people around Zali are loyal to me. They are the dead soldiers I have carefully cultivated over the years. I have spent a lot of effort and arranged them next to Zali. Yes, some people were bought by Zali himself, but he was able to accept people, but he didn’t know how to manage and employ people, so some people took the initiative to surrender to me, but among them, the people I arranged were the main ones. As for Among the remaining half of the people, less than half can die for Zali. In such a comparison, you can tell who is better and who is worse. The people I arranged around Zali are all I have carefully cultivated dead soldiers for many years. As long as I give an order, they can take Zali's head and hand it over to me at any time, and they can also give me their own head willingly at any time. These people are not only Loyalty, what's more important is that everyone has their own special skills. In addition to boxing skills, reading, accounting, training and fighting, all have their own talents. They also occupy different positions under Zali, and some of them, they Mu Chuan's kung fu is also on par with Mu Chuan, of course, compared to Li Shaoxia, it's still a bit worse, but Li Shaoxia, think about it, Zali is surrounded by such people, tell me, this time, Did I win or lose?"

At this time, Li Wenxuan was also aroused by this enigmatic character, and asked: "It's not that I don't believe you, but as you said, you deliberately lost to Zali, but it doesn't make sense, could it be?" Zali first killed his father to seize the throne, and then he wanted to kill your elder brother, such a rebellious behavior, if you don’t get rid of it early and then quickly, how can you still breed tigers, what reason do you have to be patient with him all the time?”

Yetai shook his head and said: "It's not forbearance, but a trade-off. It's very easy to kill him. As I said just now, I only need a password. With the manpower I can use, within an hour, I can kill him." I will definitely take Zhali's life, and at the same time flatten all the forces in the tribe that do not follow me. When the sun rises tomorrow morning, I will be the chief patriarch who has proved his promise. However, I can't kill him yet, or in other words, I can't Let me kill him, I have to weigh an opportunity, wait for a suitable time, and wait for a suitable person to send him on the road."

Li Wenxuan frowned and said, "What exactly do you mean?"

Yetai said: "Actually, since Zali started planning this matter a few years ago, from the beginning to the end, every step he took, he thought he was hiding everything from the sky, everything was done seamlessly, and he was always complacent. I can see all of them. Sometimes, Zali’s arrangements go wrong in some places, and I secretly hinted at those who obeyed me, and I helped him a lot by pointing out the flaws to him by taking the opportunity to speak out. Busy, otherwise, when he was plotting to become the patriarch, he would have been killed by his father before he could attack his father's tent."

"What! You helped him kill your father!" Li Wenxuan only said that Zali was the mastermind of everything, but he never imagined that behind Zali, there was a black hand that even Zali himself didn't know was pushing him forward. And Zali, the original mastermind, seemed to have become a sharp knife in Yetai's hand, and unknowingly became Yetai's tool, and Yetai used this sharp knife to kill not others, but their father.These two are brothers, and a pair of brothers fought openly and secretly, but the result was that the father of the two was killed first, and then continued to fight to the death overtly and secretly. This kind of thing is very important to Li Wenxuan, who has heard that filial piety is the first priority since childhood. It is simply unimaginable, even a little appalling.

Yetai sighed, with a rare look of loneliness on his face, and said: "You may think that our father and son brothers are killing each other, which is inhumane, you may think that I am a lunatic, and that my younger brother is also a lunatic. In fact, if you know our Difficulties, it’s no wonder that Zhali and I, now my father has long lost the ambitions of his youth, he always thinks about doing things right and wrong, bowing his knees to others, and trying to get in the south before Xixia and Dajin, so that he can live in peace. For more than a year, I never thought that what he did was actually harming the Kret department."

Yetai looked at the surprised expressions of the two, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued: "The Kingdom of Jin is far stronger than Xixia, that's why father has the heart to marry Princess Yilan. With the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin, and Princess Yilan, as the royal sister, can be said to be the most honorable princess in the Kingdom of Jin. In this way, the Kelie tribe will definitely be protected by the Kingdom of Jin, and the Kelie tribe and himself can be as stable as Mount Tai. Alas, it's a pity, but he didn't know that it was a big mistake for him to do so. I once begged my father hard not to allow this marriage, but my father didn't listen to it at all, so I have a future Things happen."

Mingzhu was very unhappy when she heard that there was something about the Kingdom of Jin in his words, and she immediately asked: "What is wrong with it? Marrying the Kret is a gift from my emperor to the Kret. If this matter is successfully completed, if anything happens to the Kret in the future, I, Da Jin, will naturally not stand idly by! It is a great honor and a great backing!"

Yetai smiled wryly and said: "Yes, with the great backing of the Dajin Kingdom, I know that if my Kelie Department has any difficulties, Dajin will naturally not stand by my Kelie department, but what is this for? ? If it wasn’t for Xixia, would the benefactor be willing to marry the princess to my Kelei tribe? Although my Kelei tribe has some influence on the grassland, it is a remote place. How many famous families are there in Shangjing? Who would want to marry those people? Princess Yilan? If the princess can marry them, no matter whether the princess herself or the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, they should be happy. In comparison, the princess will undoubtedly suffer when she comes to my Klei tribe. Poor, pitiful, the world The marriage of Princess Dou Dao was a favor from the Kingdom of Jin to the Ministry of Kelei, but I didn’t know that after the favor, it was an invisible lock of death. Kret, my Kret is fortunate to have the protection of Dajin Kingdom. Rather, the Kingdom of Jin bought our entire Kret with a princess, and asked our Kret warriors to use their blood and swords to fight for Dajin. The Kingdom of Jin defended against the possible surprise attack that Xixia might launch on the Kingdom of Jin when Xixia went south from the Kingdom of Jin, and exchanged a princess for more than ten thousand soldiers on the grassland, which is not a loss compared to business." Yetai paused, looking Looking at Mingzhu, he said with a smile: "Ms. Mingzhu, you have been working in the Marshal's Mansion for a long time. Tell me, what I said was wrong? But which sentence was I deliberately edited? If I am wrong, I am willing to report to Princess Mingzhu immediately. Kowtow three times to make amends."

Mingzhu bit her lips lightly and said nothing, she naturally knew about these things, Jin Guoyou planned to go south in the near future, based on Jin Wushuzhi's calculations, even though there were Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie and other powerful generals in the Song court, these people were not easy Compared with his generation, the government of the Song Dynasty was controlled by civil officials. Most of those civil officials hoped that the north and the south would discuss together and crowd out these generals everywhere. Therefore, if Jin Guo went all out, there was a great chance that the Song Dynasty's power in the south of the Yangtze River could be swallowed up in one go. Half of the country, this battle may have some twists and turns, but as long as the first battle is successful, it will be done once and for all. It can keep the Jin Kingdom safe for a hundred years. However, if half of the south of the Yangtze River is uneven, even though the current Song Dynasty seems to be tired, people from the south and the north will return to the Central Plains Compared with the situation in the Kingdom of Jin, more and more people have given up bows and horses and engaged in farming and merchants since the Jin people crossed Yanshan Mountain to live in peace. The combat power has been declining sharply. In the long run, the current state of Jin seems to be powerful, but it is standing on a dangerous wall. The Southern Song Dynasty is not destroyed, and the state of Jin is rarely peaceful after all. Therefore, Jin Wushu has the plan to go south again with all the strength of the whole country.

However, the risk of this battle for the Kingdom of Jin is also extremely high. If the best of the whole country is sent out, they will be happy if they win this battle. However, if they lose the battle, or if the battle goes wrong, many twists and turns may occur along the way.

Xixia and Song Jin are neighbors, and they fought against the Song court in the past, but the Xixia and Song Dynasty kept fighting, just for the money and food in the Song Dynasty, and did not have the ambition of Jin to annex the Song land, so the two sides fell. There is nothing that cannot be resolved. As for the 10,000+ old coins per year, it is actually not too much of a burden for the wealthy Jiangnan. Presumably, these old coins are just a drop in the bucket for Hua Shigang, who has been transported to Bianjing for years. It can't hurt the root of the country. On the contrary, giving some old coins can exchange for a quiet border, avoiding the disaster of many civilians, and saving a large amount of military expenditure. In fact, it is not a loss, and trade is opened on the border. However, most of the old coins given to Xixia had to be earned back by merchants in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, all the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty, including the emperor himself, were also willing to treat Xixia in this way.

Later, the Kingdom of Jin became stronger and stronger, occupied Bianjing, kidnapped the two emperors, and drove the Song court to the south of the Yangtze River. Facing Jin Bing, he was defeated every time and never took advantage of it.

When did Jin Wushu go to the south of the Yangtze River to "search the mountains and search the sea to catch Zhao Gou". In those years, the Song court was almost paralyzed, and naturally there was no way to get the old coins for Xixia, but Xixia didn't have the desire to ask for old coins. Instead, he was worried that after Jin Wushu destroyed the Song Dynasty, he would come to destroy his own Xixia.

Ever since, although there was no covenant between Song Dynasty and Xixia, they became a pair of troubled brothers tacitly. They were worried that Jin Guolai would destroy them. Whoever makes a move is afraid that if they work together, they will not get any benefits.

However, in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, there were many lords and ministers. It was always hoped that the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty would negotiate together.On Xixia's side, Jin Guo hasn't called yet, and they definitely have no reason to take the initiative to provoke Jin Guo. If Jin Guo fights with Da Song, Xixia will probably be watching from the sidelines, if they don't put it on their lips Although he knew that he would be his next target after Jin Miesong, Xixia would never send troops.

This time Jin Wushu prepared to go south to destroy the Song Dynasty, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources. In this way, the defense must be very empty. If it was normal, Xixia would never dare to take the idea of ​​​​the Jin Kingdom, but the power in the hands of the Xixia Prince is increasing. Quite belligerent.When Jin Bing went south, it would be fine if it was smooth sailing, but if he fell into a stalemate for a while, maybe the Xixia prince would stab his back fiercely, and Jin Bing would be caught in a dilemma. Let alone whether the Central Plains already occupied by time can be kept, if the Great Song Dynasty and Xixia work together, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Jin will retreat to the north of Yanshan Mountain. Once the Kingdom of Jin attacked the Song Dynasty, the people of the Kingdom of Jin have gradually become accustomed to the life of the Han people. At this time, if the army is defeated and returns to Yanshan, it will be a catastrophe for Jin Guo. If they want to work hard and regain the Central Plains, they can only talk in their dreams.

Under such circumstances, the Kingdom of Jin paid more attention to the Kelie tribe on the northwest grassland. The Kelie tribe was closer to Xixia, but because they were often bullied by Xixia in the early years, they made good friends with the Kingdom of Jin. It is impossible to use this power to directly threaten Xixia, but if Xixia divides its troops elsewhere, such as sending troops to participate in the Song and Jin disputes, then these more than ten thousand strong will become Xixia's pillow sword. If you make any move, you have to take into account the potential danger of the Ministry of Kret.

Therefore, Princess Yilan was married to the Kret tribe, and she was married to a patriarch who was over half a hundred years old, not the son of a patriarch with a younger age difference. They are tightly tied together, posing an absolute threat to Xixia.

There is nothing wrong with what Yetai said. Li Wenxuan vaguely knew about these things before, but these things related to the state affairs of the Jin Kingdom, and Mingzhu is from the Jin Kingdom. What Yetai said, he naturally felt that his inference was very reasonable, and Mingzhu kept silent, so he naturally acquiesced.

Yetai continued: "If the Kingdom of Jin destroys the Song Dynasty first and then Xixia, and our Kelie tribe will also fight Xixia, whether it wins or loses, our Kelie tribe will be seriously injured. At that time, don't say anything. It’s a corner, but there are many tribes that can pose a threat to us on the grassland. At that time, the Jin Kingdom was the only one in the world. Maybe we, the Kret tribe, could get a piece of imperial decree, but we lived in the grassland for generations, and those official lands, To us, it’s nothing more than empty words, and the Golden State will value a strong and strong Kret, but when there are only a few thousand weak and wounded soldiers left in the Kret? Jin Guo can still think of this reason Is he the Kret department who is bleeding desperately? Alas, whether he can or cannot be at the time is in the mind of the benefactor, and what about my Kret department? I am afraid that I will have to be more obedient than before to get a little comfort. Of course Yes, there is another possibility, that is, if the battle of the Kingdom of Jin is defeated, then waiting for the end of our Kelei tribe will be Xixia's full revenge. At that time, there may never be such a thing as the Kelede tribe on the grassland. name."

Mingzhu only knew about these things, and what she thought about was only the war, and she naturally didn't think so much about the Kledge's side. Now, after hearing what Yetai said, it seems that this move is indeed harmful to the Kledge, but has no benefit. One is dumb, consciously wronged, and it is difficult to say anything.

Li Wenxuan thought for a while, and said, "Even if what you said is correct, are these the reasons for you to scheme against your father and brother?"

Yetai said: "Almost, but not all. I am free and weak. In order to save my life, I have been in the Central Plains all year round to find good people. I have lived for these years. I have spent more time in the Central Plains than on the grasslands. , so I have read a lot of books on your side, and I know some truths that my people don’t know. My younger brother, he has been staying on the grassland. Originally, what he thought was to help me take care of the tribe in the future so that everyone has something to eat and something to drink. But one year I returned from the Central Plains. During that conversation, I told him about the coexistence of the Song, Jin, and Xixia kingdoms, and told him that even though there were gold The country is used as a support, but in fact it is in dire straits. My younger brother is very smart and soon understood, so he asked me the method of liberation... Hehe, Li Shaoxia, Miss Mingzhu, do you know the method?"

(End of this chapter)