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Su Jindao: "The two wild kings left the military camp with only a dozen followers. This situation is not difficult to guess; considering that your army suffered huge losses in the first battle when they came to Weizhou City, and here
The two kings left immediately after the battle, most likely because they lost the first battle."
Yeli Duanyun said: "It's impossible. The two uncles have experienced hundreds of battles, and it's not like they have never been defeated. Victory and defeat are commonplace for them. How could they leave in anger because of this?"
Su Jin said: "What if someone deliberately angers the two kings? What should I do?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "How do you say this?"
Su Jindao: "As far as you know, what is the reputation of the two kings in the military and among the nobles and people in the court?"
Yeli Duanyun said proudly: "My two uncles are admired by thousands of people in our country. No matter who hears their names, they will praise them. The two uncles are also very popular.
We can be called the mainstay of Daxia Middle School..." . .
Su Jin sighed and said: "This is the problem."
Yeli Duanyun said in surprise: "I don't understand what you said at all."
Su Jindao: "I just want to ask you, what is the status of the two kings in Li Yuanhao's eyes?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty naturally shows great respect to your two uncles. My two uncles have made great contributions to Your Majesty's ability to board the Dabao. Over the years, they have fought for Your Majesty in the East and West to quell the rebellion.
They are the warriors of my Yeli tribe, and the emperor should be extremely grateful."
Su Jin looked at Yeli Duanyun steadily and said: "Miss Yeli, if you don't want to hear it, I guess that the death of the two kings this time is probably related to Li Yuanhao. What you just said has strengthened my belief.
judge."
Yeli Duanyun was completely confused. He looked at Su Jin with his big eyes open and had no idea what the basis for Su Jin's statement was.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to take the opportunity to provoke others? I feel more and more that you are not a good person."
Su Jin smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you would think so. You are a boudoir girl, so naturally you don't understand the psychology of men, let alone the cruelty of strife in the court and the struggle for power. Your Yeli tribe has an extremely high status in Daxia.
Gao, the two kings have hundreds of thousands of brave and fearless warriors in their hands. When Li Yuanhao's climate is not yet established, he will naturally rely on the power of the Yeli tribe to ascend.
On the throne, but have you ever thought about it, who would be willing to have two tigers lying next to him after becoming the emperor? If my guess is correct, the two kings must have restrained Li Yuanhao's behavior on a daily basis. If you are the emperor,
There are two people around you who are more powerful than yourself, and everything you say and do depends on the eyes of these two people, will you be happy?"
Yeli Duanyun seemed to have been struck by lightning. It would be fine if what Su Jin said was all speculation. Unfortunately, Su Jin's words were on point. He had also heard his two uncles inadvertently talking about the emperor.
What he did and said seemed to be quite disrespectful to the emperor.
There was dissatisfaction with the emperor. The emperor was arrogant and extravagant. He had a bad temper and often did some outrageous things. The ministers in the court also killed and promoted them arbitrarily. He was not like a benevolent king at all. The two uncles also said privately that they recommended Li Yuanhao to the throne.
mistake.
And as far as he knew, the two uncles had stopped Li Yuanhao's outrageous behavior many times. Could it be that the emperor held a grudge because of this? Yeli Duanyun couldn't even think about it.
Su Jindao: "Miss Yeli, the cruelty of the power struggle in the court is unimaginable. I wonder if you have ever understood the history of the previous dynasty. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, that emperor would allow the ministers around him to be more prestigious and powerful than themselves, even if they follow them
The heroes who conquered the country in the southern and northern wars inevitably died in the end. In the spring and Autumn period, a famous official named Fan Li once said, "When a cunning rabbit dies, the running dogs will be cooked; when the high bird is gone, the good bow will be hidden." He saw through this point;
In the Han Dynasty, there was a king called Han Xin, who made great contributions to the founding of the Han Dynasty. In the end, he was sentenced to death by the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. Once the word "right" is involved in the affairs of this world, anything can happen."
Yeli Duanyun remained silent. Although she was a party girl, she was not an ignorant white lady. She was also reading and literate. Naturally, she knew something about these famous figures. Su Jin's words made her fall into deep confusion.
In panic.
"The process of the matter can be roughly judged as follows. The two kings lost the first battle, and they must have been strongly criticized by Li Yuanhao and his confidants. The two kings may have been angry or threatened, so they proposed to stop commanding the battle and return to the tribe to retire; Li Yuanhao
He made a plan and agreed to the request of the two kings, but he was worried that after the two kings left in anger, the warriors of the Yeli tribe would not be restrained by them, so he simply put an end to it and sent people to pretend to be our Song army and intercept them halfway. In this case, at night
The warriors of the tribe can only transfer their hatred to us, the Song people; for Li Yuanhao, he can not only eliminate the two obstructive kings, but also take the military power of the night tribe into his hands, which can be said to be a plan to kill two birds with one stone."
Yeli Duanyun murmured: "It's impossible... It's absolutely impossible. You're talking nonsense. You want to sow discord between the monarch and the ministers of Daxia. If I'm in civil strife in Daxia, you can take the opportunity to attack Daxia and achieve your filthy goals."
Purpose."
Su Jin sighed: "I also hope that I am talking nonsense. Do you believe that the two countries of Song and Xia are about to start peace talks soon? This time, the two countries have been exhausted after several years of fighting. No one can destroy the other. Even if
I am trying to instigate conflicts between your rulers and ministers in Great Xia and cause civil strife. I, the Great Song Dynasty, have no ability to attack your country. If you don’t believe me, you can go find someone who is reasonable and trustworthy to speak out my words and let them judge.
There have long been secret exchanges of envoys between Song and Xia. Li Yuanhao's attack on Weizhou this time is just to add weight to the peace negotiation. As for whether he planned to use this opportunity to eliminate the two kings from the beginning, this
I don’t dare to lie anymore.”
Yeli Duanyun cried silently. She didn't know what to do. She didn't want to believe Su Jin's words, but she couldn't deny them completely. Her own poor life experience made it impossible to judge the authenticity of the matter; but Yeli Duanyun couldn't judge the truth of the matter.
After all, Yun is a woman from the Yeli family. She soon thought of a way. She wanted to tell these words to someone, and that person would definitely judge the truth of the matter. That person was her aunt, Queen Yeli.
After watching Yeli Duanyun leave, Su Jin fell into deep thought. Logically speaking, Li Yuanhao was most likely the leader who killed King Yeli, but Su Jin didn't know what would happen after telling Yeli Duanyun about this.
As a result, Yeli Duanyun will definitely tell his father, brother and others that if the matter is confirmed, the Xixia Kingdom will be in chaos and may set off another bloody storm; of course, all this seems to be beneficial to the Song Dynasty, but
From Su Jin's point of view, he didn't want to see a scene of rivers of blood, but it seemed inevitable.
One day later, the imperial chariot of Emperor Li Yuanhao of the Xia Kingdom returned to Huizhou City ahead of schedule. The officials accompanying him were as downcast as if they were mourning their heirs. In the six days between Su Jin leaving Weizhou and the news of the burning of grain and grass reaching the front line, Li Yuanhao launched a total of five attacks.
city.
When the news came that the grain and grass had been burned, Li Yuanhao concealed the news and drove the hungry soldiers to attack the city for the last time. This time they broke through the west gate, but the Song soldiers were as fearless as if they had been given blood.
He died, and the people in the city joined the battle. They bit it with their teeth, dug it with their hands, and even jumped off the city wall to die together with the Xia army who was attacking the city. In the end, the Xia army soldiers were driven off the city wall.
Li Yuanhao was helpless. More than half of the 120,000 troops had been killed or wounded. Although there were not many defenders left in Weizhou City, the army had run out of food. The hungry soldiers could not break Weizhou's city defenses anyway. He could only
Choose to retreat.
Li Yuanhao was itching with hatred. This battle was the humiliation of his life. He had an army of hundreds of thousands in vain. With the Jianing Army in the east containing Yan Yan and Fan Zhongyan's army on the Yanqing Road, he blocked all Weizhou troops who might come for reinforcements.
Although reinforcements were on the way, someone secretly went to Huizhou to find a home. The food he had finally accumulated was destroyed, and the victory he had won was also in vain.
If this battle cannot be won, Li Yuanhao will not be able to take the initiative in the next peace negotiation between the two countries. Li Yuanhao has already prepared for the worst. Even if the conditions of the Song Dynasty are harsh, as long as it does not harm the national system, he is ready to agree and stay.
There is no need to worry about having no firewood in Qingshan. As long as he can stabilize the domestic situation, after several years of recuperation, he will find this place no matter what, but what he has to do now is to maintain his status and strength and ensure domestic stability.
.
Of course, this battle was not without merit. The Xixia army gradually understood how to carry out siege operations. Li Yuanhao also gradually realized that relying on bravery on horseback was not enough to dominate the world. He had already thought about how to conquer the Song Dynasty in the future.
We paid a lot of money to buy a group of craftsmen who made siege equipment and trained a large number of craftsmen for Daxia. Siege equipment was so important.
And the other most important gain is that he successfully eliminated the two obstructive old guys, Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi, and aroused the hatred of the Yeli tribe against the Song people. One day in the future,
If he raised an army to attack the Song Dynasty, all he had to do was raise his arms and the warriors from the Yeli tribe would die on his behalf without hesitation.
On the night when Li Yuanhao returned to Huizhou, several uninvited guests came to the small courtyard where Su Jin was recovering from his injuries in Chenxing Tower.