Chapter five hundred and twentieth six eagles and chicks
Since ancient times, the Cunning Rabbit Three Cave has been one of the methods of the big families. They will not serve their ruler as a whole, but will have people from one clan serving two families. In this way, it is considered a bet on both sides, and this family will always
Be on the side of the winner.
There are many families of chicken thieves like this, but the most famous among them is the "Kong family". There are descendants of Confucius in the Song Dynasty, and there are also descendants in the Liao Dynasty. In this way, no matter which force wins, the Kong family will remain standing in the end.
But one thing is clear. The Confucian family does advocate "loyalty to the emperor". It may seem ironic but in fact it is a different kind of "loyalty to the emperor". You will be loyal to whomever you serve. The lofty point is "for the inheritance of Confucianism" and loyalty to the emperor.
"Confucianism's" defense of morality is, to put it bluntly, hedging his bets.
There is no doubt that the Kong family of the Song Dynasty was loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the Kong family of the Liao Dynasty was equally loyal to the Khitan dynasty. Otherwise, how could it have a foothold?
Weiming Shanyu also had the same idea. He didn't want to put all his wealth on the Tuoba family. If Weiming Boshan could join the Song Dynasty, then the Weiming family would one day be able to join the Song Dynasty when Dang Xiang could no longer stay.
Song Dynasty.
Therefore, he had full confidence in Weiming Boshan. After all, he was not a Western Qiang, but a member of the Dangxiang clan. If he was willing to join the Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty would definitely treat him well and set a precedent to attract more Dangxiang people to join him.
But for the huge Song Dynasty, Dangxiang is still very small. As long as there is peace between Song and Liao, Dangxiang's chances will become very slim. At most, Dangxiang's territory will be larger than the current Dangxiang, but its national power will be far from the Song Dynasty.
Compared with the Liao Dynasty, it is impossible to have the situation of the Three Kingdoms imagined by Li Deming.
From the moment Li Deming began to praise Wei Ming Bo Shan, Wei Ming Shan Yu knew that this tycoon was about to abandon his brother, the brother who sowed discord between the Song Dynasty and the Xiqiang people for Li Deming.
Because in Li Deming's view, Weiming Boshan could be sacrificed at any time. If he did not want to antagonize the Song people, he could have made Weiming Boshan the culprit, and even killed him himself "to set the record straight."
Having followed Li Deming for so many years, he really knew the opponent's methods very well. He was the most dangerous person among the Tuoba clan, and he was also the king of Daxia who relied on two-sided lobbying to gain support from the Liao Dynasty.
Patting Wei Ming Zhihai on the shoulder, Wei Ming Shan Yu shook his head slightly and said: "Put away your shocked expression. From now on, neither you nor I will know the whereabouts of Wei Ming Bo Shan, nor will we know what his future will be like. Li Deming
He is not a simple and kind-hearted person, you and I must never believe his words and promises!"
Weiming Zhihai nodded slightly. He had never seen his brother with such a solemn expression before, and whispered: "Don't worry, brother, Zhihai will definitely remember this in his heart and dare not forget it!"
Li Deming on the other side looked at the bones of his armor that had been cut to pieces and said with a smile: "How is the Song army's formation?"
"It's harder to conquer than I thought, and it's much stronger than the people from the Western Regions. But as long as you give me some more time, Gu Lepiao will definitely break through the Song army's formation!"
Li Deming laughed loudly: "Okay! As expected of my party man! He knows other people's weaknesses and does not shy away from their strengths! So what if the Song people are good at military formations? No matter how hard the bones are, they will be chewed off. It's just that the Song people are now
The national strength is acceptable, and our party does not need to fight against it, but the two states of Gansu and Liang must be captured. Now that the Song Dynasty is approaching Dinghuan Prefecture, the Xiqiang people are considered useless. Let’s lead the army to Qinggang Gorge!"
"Qinggang Gorge?! Aren't you going to the Western Regions?"
Gu Lepu was shocked. He did not expect that Li Deming would not only not withdraw his troops to attack the Western Regions, but would actually attack the remaining Xiqiang people.
Li Deming showed a confident smile and said: "What if you were replaced by a Song Dynasty person and the Xiqiang army was defeated miserably?"
Gu Lepu suddenly realized: "We must take the homeland of the Western Qiang people...and eliminate future troubles forever!"
Li Deming nodded with satisfaction, patted his shoulder but shook his head and said: "We are not going for the Xiqiang people, but for one person, the Yunzhong County Marquis of the Song Dynasty - Ye An!"
"Ye An? This boy is still young. Although he is very talented, he is not a threat to our party. I heard that he is the deputy envoy to appease the body. Why does the king pay so much attention to a civil servant who will leave immediately after the matter is over?"
"I didn't care about him at first, but I heard that the Weiming brothers spoke highly of him. At first, I thought it was a way to avoid guilt, but now it seems that it is definitely not the case. If the people of Song Dynasty have such young talents, I find it very interesting..."
Although Gu Lepu didn't know why a young man would receive such attention from Li Deming, he knew that his master must have his own ideas, so he immediately nodded and said: "Gu Lepu knows this, and he will definitely capture this son for the king!" "
"Go! Let's see if my party's young eagle is brave, or if the Song people's chickens are cunning!"
He rolled over and laughed loudly: "A chick will always be a chick. Even when it grows up, it is just a chicken. An eagle will never be defeated by a chicken!"
Seeing the high-spirited Gu Lepout galloping on horseback, Li Deming smiled knowingly: "He is a good man from my party!"
The horn sounded throughout the camp, and the party's troops evacuated the countryside outside Xingping City as quickly as possible, causing the Song army to cheer loudly. Only Cao Yi, who was in charge of the central army, frowned.
The sudden appearance of Dangxiang's army in Huanzhou confirmed Ye An's previous speculation. At this time, he was even more worried about Qingping Pass because he had not received any news from Qingping Pass in dozens of days.
He immediately ordered the army to set off and head towards Qingping Pass. However, he was worried about another confrontation with the Dangxiang people, so he could only order the army not to bite the Dangxiang people tightly to prevent them from retaliate.
So Dangxiang and the Song army headed towards Qingping Pass one after another in a strange way. Both sides knew about each other's existence and had a tacit understanding not to attack each other.
The tragic battlefield at Qingping Pass made Gu Laipu, who was good at fighting, take a breath of cold air. At the same time, it also shocked Li Deming, who had been on the battlefield for a long time. He did not expect that tens of thousands of Xiqiang people actually paid such a price at Qingping Pass. Taking Qingping Pass was even more miserable.
Such fierce confrontation is rare, and it is difficult to appear in a land that is not very important like Huanzhou.
It can be seen that Weiming Boshan's instigation against the Xiqiang people was quite successful, otherwise they would not have paid such a heavy price. Ye An did not have time, and Li Deming led the party members to clean the battlefield that Zhou Wenzhi did not dare to clean.
He did not want the wealth of the Xiqiang people, nor was he out of humanity, but simply wanted to know what a brutal battle the two sides had gone through.
Judging from many signs on the battlefield, the Song army's defense was impregnable, and it would not have withdrawn if it had not been for insufficient numbers. Li Deming could see from the corpses in Qingping Pass that this was a fake surrender strategy.
Except for the large number of corpses of Song soldiers on and near the city wall, there were very few corpses of Song soldiers in the city. On the contrary, many Xiqiang people were burned to death.
At this time, Li Deming believed that Ye An was really capable. Qingpingguan with thousands of people could actually defend against the attack of tens of thousands of Xiqiang people. Even if he retreated, he would still leave so many Xiqiang people behind. This shows that his