Luo Youdu closed Yang Ye's memorial with satisfaction, picked up the last memorial from the Privy Council, opened it and took a closer look, but it was the news from the Southern Han Dynasty Supervisory Army. Read it carefully.
Since the last time Pan Mei took advantage of Wu Yanrou's eagerness to win and defeated 30,000 soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty, there has been no news.
He knew that the biggest problem in Lingnan was the dangerous mountains and rivers. Expeditions by large armies and marches over mountains and ridges would take a lot of time. He did not urge him, but waited for the military situation.
Finally let him wait.
Looking at the contents of the memorial, a flash of surprise flashed in Luo Youdu's eyes. Pan Mei's attack was actually resisted.
After Pan Mei defeated Wu Yanrou, she made an emergency landing in Hezhou and held a celebration banquet in Hezhou. She threatened to go straight to Prince Xing's palace and capture Liu Yuan in one fell swoop.
He did the same.
On the second day after the banquet, Pan Mei led his army to Lianzhou, Guiyang, and Chenzhou's defenders. Seeing that Pan Mei was behind them, they were so frightened that they abandoned the city and surrendered.
The army's momentum was so strong that it had the potential to defeat the Southern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Pan Mei's battle demonstrated the power of the Central Plains and also defeated Liu Yu's persistence.
At this moment of life and death, Liu Yuan didn't care whether Pan Chongche had eggs in his crotch or not. The Southern Han Dynasty's Guo Zuo was the most important, so he humbly asked him to come out.
In order to appease the first Lingnan general, Liu Yu promoted him to a higher rank and ordered him to lead 20,000 troops to garrison Shaozhou to resist Pan Mei's invasion.
Pan Chongche seemed to be worthy of the title of the best general in Lingnan. After he took office, he immediately appeased the people and sent troops to fortify along the Qinshui River. He closely connected the characteristics of Shaozhou City's interdependence with mountains and rivers and built a fortification around Shaozhou.
Pan Mei's overwhelming attack was blocked under Shaozhou, and for five consecutive days there was no progress.
"How capable Pan Chongche is!"
Luo Youdu muttered to himself, it was truly amazing to be able to block Pan Mei's attack.
But Luo Youdu didn't pay too much attention. As the attacking party, he was already at a disadvantage. Facing a good general in a strong city, it was not surprising that the attack was blocked.
What's more, the memorial to the Privy Council did not come from Pan Mei, but the military information passed to the Privy Council by the military supervisor.
A must-have thing is to monitor the army, so that you can control the situation of the army at any time and at any time, and it can also restrain the frontline commander from being indulgent.
However, Luo Youdu did not give excessive power to the supervisory army. The supervisory army only had the power of supervision and did not interfere with the general's command power.
It is impossible for the supervisor to know what Pan Mei's innermost thoughts are.
Luo Youdu was not in a hurry to ask. He believed that if Pan Mei really encountered difficulties, she would definitely write a book and ask for help, and would not force herself for the so-called face.
There is no news, which shows that it is still under his control.
Luo Youdu made no special arrangements and just wrote "I understand" on the memorial.
Picking up a memorial from the council hall, Luo Youdu discovered that it was actually a letter of thanks written by Yelu Dilie himself. The first sentence at the beginning was: "Your Majesty, the great Emperor of the Central Plains, the food has been received. Your kindness is like the sun on the grassland.
It is dazzling and warms tens of thousands of people in the cloud. Everyone in our clan is grateful for your kindness..."
Luo Youdu read the thank you letter with great interest.
This is not the resolute and brave fourth prince Taizong of Khitan, he is a big licking dog.
Luo Youdu was so licked that his eyes narrowed.
At this moment, news came from outside the house that Mrs. Huarui was asking for a meeting.
"Let her in!"
Mrs. Huarui entered the hall with a plate of pastries in her hand.
Since Mrs. Huarui entered the palace, the food in the palace has been significantly improved.
Compared with the stability of the chef of Shangshi Bureau, Mrs. Hua Rui, who is clever and ingenious, has changed a lot.
Any ingredient can work wonders in her hands.
In previous years, most of the jasmine flowers, peach blossoms, and pear blossoms in the palace, as well as the lotus flowers, lotus roots, and lotus seeds in the lotus pond were just for viewing.
After Mrs. Huarui came, Jasmine asked her to make sachets, peach blossoms made peach blossom wine, pear blossoms made pear blossom cakes, and lotus flowers, lotus seed porridge, lotus leaf preserved, lotus seed powder, lotus leaf porridge, etc.
Not only Luo Youdu enjoyed it, but Fu Qing'er, Zhou Ehuang, and Zhe Saihua all got the same and equal portions of the delicious food.
Except for the always cold Emperor Zhou E, everyone's impression of Mrs. Huarui changed greatly.
Zhe Saihua now likes to stick to Mrs. Hua Rui, mainly because she is greedy, and Fu Qing'er is because she is ugly and greedy...
In terms of human relations and sophistication, Mrs. Huarui is considered unique in the palace.
Luo Youdu was in a good mood. When he saw Mrs. Huarui arriving, he hurriedly waved to her to sit next to him and said, "I happen to be hungry. Madam came at just the right time."
He took the lotus root cake made by Mrs. Huarui and took a bite. The combination of the crispiness of the lotus root and the glutinousness of the powder gave it an excellent taste: "Madam's craftsmanship is truly outstanding."
Mrs. Huarui smiled lightly and said: "Winter is about to come. I saw a plum garden in the backyard, but I don't know if it can grow green plums. What I am best at is making plum wine..."
Most of the plum gardens in the palace are ornamental plums, not fruit-bearing plums.
Most flowering plums do not have strong fruiting ability, but some heterogeneous flowering plums also have strong fruiting ability, but they are not as stable as plums.
It’s hard to say how many green plums a garden can harvest.
Luo Youdu said: "It doesn't matter. Let's see if God will reward you first. If not, go and buy some near Longjin Bridge. I will pay for it, but I have to try my wife's craftsmanship no matter what."
As he spoke, he gently hugged Mrs. Huarui's slender waist, looked at the memorial on the desk, and said with a smile: "Time flies so fast, and winter will come soon. Winter in the north comes earlier. It's all my son."
The people are suffering from the disaster of war and are afraid that it will be difficult to survive, so we cannot starve them."
With that said, Yubi Zhubu sent another wave of grain into the clouds.
Putting down the pen in his hand, Luo Youdu muttered: "Ma Dechen's effect should be evident."
At this moment, Ma Dechen, whom Luo Youdu mentioned, was in Huai'an County, reporting military supplies to Yelu Dilie.
Leather clothing, armor and equipment, food and military pay, all in good order.
Yelu Dilie looked at Ma Dechen in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became, and thought to himself: He is indeed the best of the Khitan, he is indeed capable.
Ma Dechen, also known as Ma Decheng, was from Youzhou. He studied under the great scholar Liu Tinggao and had been living in Khitan territory. There was no difference between Han and Khitan. In order to avoid the disaster of war, he went to his uncle in Yunzhong.
But with the split of Khitan, Yelv Dilie soon encountered serious problems.
He used to control the military power in Yunzhong, and he was never happy with administrative affairs, leaving them to local officials.
However, as he became enemies with the Khitan and called himself Khan, many civil servants secretly fled back to the Khitan court.
This resulted in a serious shortage of talent reserves in Yelu Dilie's hands, especially political talents in the civil service.
Yelu Dilie initially tried to let military generals do civilian work, but the result was a mess.
In particular, there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland around Datong Prefecture. Without officials who are skilled in agriculture to take charge, Yelv Dilie will not be able to function at all.
At the same time, the lack of an effective talent selection system has led to a serious loss of literati within the country.
Yelu Dilie wanted to imitate the Khitan in the Central Plains and hold the imperial examination, but the result was ridiculous.
Faced with various difficulties, Yelv Dilie even regretted taking the path of rebellion.
It's just that he and Yelu Bishe have completely turned against each other. At this point, they have to go on without hesitation despite the mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead.
Yelu Dilie faced many problems and was so anxious that he could not sleep or eat well. He finally thought of a plan and asked his father for help when he was unable to make a decision.
Seeing that there was such a good thing, Luo Youdu did not hesitate to arrange for officials to go north to teach the officials in Yunzhong how to manage the people's farming, teach them farming experience, and also helped them build water trucks to divert water to irrigate the fields.
At the same time, the imperial examinations in the Central Plains also allowed Khitans to participate in the imperial examinations, and they were treated fairly and never forced to retain talents.
This stabilized the scholars in Yunzhong, and Ma Dechen was the first batch of Khitan representatives in high school, a Jinshi, and the last Tanhualang in the first class.
Ma Dechen was knowledgeable about the past and present, and he was upright. He quickly established a firm foothold in the clouds and became Yelu Dilie's most respected civil servant.
After Ma Dechen reported the report, he said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Central Plains has presented a batch of warm clothing to the frontline soldiers."
Yelv Dilie listened to a large piece of data and was not interested at all, but now he was overjoyed and said: "This ancient Han saying is really good. Everyone likes to hear good things. Although His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains is wise and benevolent, he is
There is no escaping this truth. I immediately wrote him a reply to thank him..."
He had a proud smile on his face, always feeling that he had taken advantage of him.
As a member of the Khitan royal family, Yelu Dilie had deep hostility towards China.
But as the situation developed, Yelu Dilie discovered that it was his brother who wanted to kill him. In his most difficult time, it was the Central Plains that had always given him firm and powerful support.
Although he knew in his heart that Zhongyuan might not have good intentions, it was undeniable that they did receive benefits.
Yelu Dilie had benefited so much that the hostility in his heart had long since dissipated.
In order to thank the Central Plains for their help, Yelv Dilie began to try to write a letter to Luo Youdu to express his gratitude.
It started with a respectful official document, and Luo Youdu would give some appropriate gifts in return.
Gradually, Yelu Dilie found that the more disgusting he wrote and the more vigorously he flattered, the more he gained, and the more generous the reward Luo Youdu gave him.
Yelu Dilie, who noticed this, began to degenerate. Wasn't it just a matter of writing a few good words?
Isn't it just flattering?
If you can get additional material support by using your pen, why should you hesitate?
It's just pretending to lick the dog, and it's not a piece of meat.
Sacrificing one's own dignity in exchange for sufficient benefits is not shabby.
Yelu Dilie didn't know that if he pretended to be a dog licker for a long time, he would actually become a dog licker.
Once this person kneels too much, he cannot straighten his waist.
Yelu Dilie did not notice at all that his attitude towards the Central Plains became more and more flattering, and the entire Yunzhong Datong Mansion became increasingly dependent on the Central Plains.
It’s not that no one has discovered this situation, it’s just that it hasn’t been mentioned.
"Oh...oh...oh..."
At this time, there was a sudden burst of cheers from outside the big tent, and the faint call of "Yang Wudi" could be heard.
Yelu Dilie walked out of the commander's tent curiously, and Yelu Haisi walked up to him, with excitement on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Wudi is a true god. He penetrated directly from Feihuxing to Youdu, and entered the south of Sainan from Gubeikou.
We attacked the thieves' grain transport team and wiped out a tribe. Winter is about to enter, and Brother Yelvxiu has another logistical problem, so it's time to take advantage of the victory and attack."
Seeing Yang Ye again, Yelu dilie sighed: "If I have an invincible general like Yang Ye in my hand, why should I be afraid of brother Yelu Xiu?"
Yelu Haisi also said: "Yes, all the soldiers in the army call Yang Wudi a hero. Fortunately, this man is a friend and not an enemy."
Yelu Dilie had a bad taste in his mouth. The first idol in his heart was not his general, but Yang Ye.
But he quickly dispelled this negative emotion and said: "Immediately gather all the troops and horses, march in formation, and march towards Feng Shengzhou..."
Yelu Haisi said in surprise: "Your Majesty, don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Yelu Dilie shook his head and said: "Brother Yelu Xiu, this kid is a bit evil. We fought with him several times and all fell into his scheme. If Emperor Luo hadn't sent troops to help, and Yang Ye was powerful enough, we would have fallen into his hands.
What a big loss. Now that Yang Ye is stirring up trouble in their rear, we are in an invincible position and there is no need to take risks."
Yelu Dilie has a resolute and irritable temperament, and he forgets the righteousness at the sight of small profits. He would not be so cautious at first. However, after becoming the master of the country and facing the overwhelming things, he inevitably changes his temper a little. Moreover, Yelu Xiu is good at military strategy and has real ability.
Remarkable.
Yelv Dilie suffered a lot of hidden losses at his hands, and seemed extremely cautious at the moment.
Yongxing City, Fengsheng Prefecture.
Brother Yelvxiu looked at the map in front of him, his handsome face showing maturity that had gone through many trials and hardships.
This most outstanding general of the Liao Kingdom was not very young, only twenty-two or thirty years old, but he had experienced a lot of battles. At the age of sixteen, he followed the Beifu Prime Minister Xiao Qian to send troops to attack Wugu and Shiwei's Second Division.
, emerge.
His father Yelvwansi died in battle on the banks of the Sanggan River. Yelujing took pity on him and awarded him three thousand Pishi troops.
Brother Yelvxiu made a lot of achievements with these three thousand Pishi troops.
After Yelvbi seized the throne, he paid even more attention to Brother Yelvxiu. Whenever there was a war, Brother Yelvxiu would be allowed to fight with the army.
In the expedition against Jurchen, against Yelu and Lie, and in the battle against Mobei by Yelu Sage, Brother Yelu Xiu was present in all of them.
Yelvxiu was already a famous general and had absorbed enough experience to become a unique Khitan character.
"Be careful and hide. The rebels marched extremely cautiously. They advanced slowly and did not enter the ambush circle of our army."
Xi Mo reported the news to Brother Yelvxiu.
Brother Yelvxiu said with a smile: "It seems that the rebels have learned their lesson. Forget it, our army's goal has been achieved, and there is no need to force ourselves to win. Send the order and the whole army will withdraw from the camp."
Brother Yelvxiu's main purpose for this attack was to practice the art of attacking fortresses and the use of siege equipment.
In the battle of Youzhou, Luo Youdu taught them a good lesson.
Although the Khitan plundered the talents and blueprints from the Ministry of Industry of the Central Plains to the north and had the same technology tree. But in terms of use, the difference is not the slightest.
When attacking Goryeo, it is inevitable to attack their mountain cities. It is natural to have an attacking force.
There is no better whetstone than Yelu Dilie.
Brother Yelvxiu knew how to advance and retreat, so he chose to withdraw immediately without any unnecessary delay.
Yelu Dilie's caution meant that he lost the opportunity to entangle his retreat and could retreat calmly.
"Calm down?"
Brother Yelvxiu suddenly thought of someone.
"He should be coming!"
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Today is two in one, it’s hard to separate the chapters!