Qiming 1158

Chapter 342 The situation in Liaodong has undergone subtle changes

Wanyan Liang usurped the throne and ascended the throne, and his own foundation was unstable. After becoming emperor, he started killing Wanyan's relatives who might threaten him.

Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai's descendants were all killed by him. Wanyan Yong was not killed because he was the descendant of Taizu Aguda, but he was also in danger for a time.

Later, he saved his life and became a stay-at-home officer in Tokyo, but the real power was in the hands of Wanyan Liang's cronies, Gao Cunfu, and Wanyan Yong was just a noble prisoner.

Uyanpuluhun is not ignorant of his situation.

But now, because of the war, Wanyan Yong stepped into the foreground and temporarily got rid of his status as a prisoner.

But how long can this freedom last?
Will Wanyan Liang be suspected?

Wuyanpuluhun didn't care, anyway, he always stayed away from disputes over imperial power, which was an important political wisdom for him to live to the present.

For now, he just needs to fight the battle well.

"Right now, there are a lot of Khitan thieves, and the morale is strong. Our army can't fight against it for the time being. Let's defend the city for the time being and hold on to it."

Wuyanpulu sighed: "I'm old, and I don't have the spirit of the year. If I was back then, even if I was injured, I would have to fight this group of thieves."

Wanyanyong smiled and said, "I remember that the old general followed the army all the way southward, breaking the Song Dynasty all the way to Hangzhou, but unfortunately I was born late and didn't catch up with that good time."

When Wuyan Puluhun talked about the past, he suddenly became energetic.

"That's right? Back then we started in the bitter cold of Liaodong, with a total of less than 1 soldiers and horses. Who would believe that we really spent more than ten years to destroy Ruoda's Liao Kingdom? Let alone after that the state of Song.

At that time, Emperor Taizu said that Song was a big country, and it must have been very strong against Liao for so many years, so he advocated repairing Song and forming an alliance with Song to fight against Liao. The army was defeated several times.

Back then, I followed King Liang Nan to attack Song, and the way was unimpeded. When I encountered Song soldiers, almost all of them were not enemies of unity. Occasionally, there were some who dared to fight and were able to fight, but they were quickly defeated. We quickly crossed the Yangtze River, entered Jiangnan, and reached Hangzhou. , chased Zhao Gou and fled to the sea, at that time... tsk tsk tsk..."

Speaking of these past events, Wuyan Puluhun couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

Wanyan Yong also yearned for this.

The brilliant achievements of our ancestors in those days were so dazzling, but now, when some old people tell their children and grandchildren about their glory in the past, the children and grandchildren laughed and disagreed, thinking that the old man was too rude, and also said what to do in the war, can't you live a good life?

Eating food, living in a comfortable big house, and having Han and Khitan serfs helping them produce food for their enjoyment, what a wonderful life, why do you keep thinking about fighting?

Reading, writing, composing poems, going out to play with the children of Han people and doctors wearing Confucian robes, going out to enjoy the spring, romantic flowers and snowy moon, beautiful women in arms, how romantic and happy?
fight?

Fuck it!
The descendants of these Jurchens apparently took such a life for granted.

However, Wanyan Yong knew that such a situation was created by the ancestors.

Just a few decades ago, the Jurchen was still a servant of the Khitans, and suffered from the oppression of the Khitans. If there was no war, how would the Jurchen be the master?

Delicious food and a big comfortable house, is it a gift from God to Jurchen with a wave of his hand?

Not so.

Wanyanyong felt that the current situation of uninterrupted rebellions between the north and the south was also related to the fact that the contemporary Jurchen people forgot the hardships and hardships before Jin Guoguo and the perilous crisis at the beginning of the establishment of the country.

If one day he can hold the power, he must educate these unworthy descendants who have forgotten the war.

but……

When will you be in power?
Wanyan Yong fell into a period of distress.

On the other side, after reminiscing for a while, Wuyanpuluhun returned to reality.

"But who ever thought, how many years has it been? 20 years? In less than 20 years, the army of the Dajin Kingdom has fallen to this point! If King Liang was alive and saw such a scene, he wouldn't know that he would be pissed off. What does it look like!"

Wanyan Yong thought for a while and asked, "Was our army really that strong back then?"

Uyanpuluhun nodded immediately.

"Strong, why not? One Liao Kingdom, half the Song Kingdom, but we have all taken down!"

Wanyanyong asked again: "Then why has my army never destroyed the Song Dynasty? I have heard that some people advocated destroying the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, but why didn't it come true?"

"This...that's a long story."

Wuyanpu Luhun said with emotion: "Speaking of which, we are strong, but it seems that we are not that strong. At that time, we all felt that the Liao army and the Song army were vulnerable, but occasionally, there were still some troops that could fight.

We have also suffered defeats, many times, especially after that, the army led by Yue Fei was really invincible. Even King Liang had no way to take him. We tried many times to completely destroy Song Dynasty, but they were all beaten. came back. "

"That's because we're not strong enough, or Song people aren't that weak?"

Wanyan Yong asked this question very well.

Wuyan Puluhun thought for a long time before slowly saying: "In my opinion, maybe both, we are not that strong, and the Song people are not that weak, and the two sides have been fighting for a long time. Once you're familiar with it, it's hard to say who has the advantage."

"Then if our army is going south again to attack the Song Dynasty, can we win?"

Wanyan Yong asked the most crucial question.

Wuyanpulu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at Wanyanyong with strange eyes.

"What do you want to say?"

"I'm just curious. I heard that Your Majesty is going to attack Song in the south. I don't know if our army can win. I heard that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are very resistant to attacking Song in the south, and His Majesty must attack Song, so that you can do this."

Wanyan Yong's face did not change.

Wuyanpulu stared at him for a while, before sighing and shaking his head.

"It's hard to say, this kind of thing doesn't really happen, who can say for sure? Most of the ministers in the DPRK think it's not that they can't win, but it's hard to swallow the country of Song in one bite, so they don't support war, but Your Majesty has his own way, and those of us who are courtiers can only obey."

"Then do you think our army can defeat the Song army and destroy the Song country?"

"Defeat the Song army and destroy the Song country are two different things."

Wuyanpulu shook his head: "Even if the Song army is defeated for a while, the national strength of the Song country is over there, and the population is over there. As long as they think about it, they can still cause us huge trouble."

Wanyan Yong nodded, thoughtfully, and after a while, he asked again, "Now that the rebels from the north and south are attacking, is it really possible to force the Song Dynasty under such circumstances? In short, I don't think it is possible. , it’s good to suppress the rebellion, and we can talk about destroying Song only after we stabilize the interior, right?”

Uyanpulu laughed awkwardly.

"Aren't you afraid that I will tell your majesty what you said, and your majesty will punish you?"

"The old general has been bright and upright all his life, and would not do such a thing. Besides, I am only discussing the gains and losses of the court as a courtier. If this is also wrong, isn't it that the mouth of the people is more than that of the Sichuan?

This kind of thing has happened countless times in the past, and every time it has a bad ending. With your majesty's wise, decisive and knowledgeable, he would definitely not do such a thing. "

Wanyan Yong also smiled.

Wuyanpulu was stunned for a while, looked Wanyanyong up and down, and then burst out laughing again.

Of course he wouldn't tell Wanyan Liang about these things, and he was not named Wanyan.

He's just here to fight, he won't get involved in anything else, any words go in his left ear and go out right, he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't remember anything.

Not being overly involved in court politics was his philosophy of survival to live in peace.

Wuyan Puluhun, who has come from the era of the blood-filled throne change between the late emperor and Jinshang, knows what things can be involved in and what things should be avoided.

He has seen too many people with more power, higher status and wiser than him die in front of him. Their silent wailing always alerts Uyan Puluhun about what to do and what not to do. should do.

His military exploits and his status as a 70-year-old veteran predestined that as long as he does not excessively participate in the political struggle, he will surely have a good death. This is a political privilege in exchange for his military exploits and vitality.

He will not voluntarily give up the political privileges he has earned in a bloody battle for a lifetime.

Politics is not something that everyone can play, it requires strength and intelligence.

But sadly, not many people even realize that they can't play politics, so they always die very fast.

The time entered the middle and late June, and the climate began to become hot. Under the scorching sun, the enthusiasm of the Khitan Restoration Army to attack Liaoyang City was gradually evaporated by the higher temperature.

And as the weather gets hotter and hotter, many soldiers have suffered from rapid inflammation of their wounds due to lack of proper and timely treatment, and their injuries have deteriorated rapidly, resulting in a large number of deaths.

He didn't die on the battlefield, but he died because of inflammation of the wound that didn't seem serious.

Entering June, the number of soldiers of the Khitan Liberation Army who died of injuries and illnesses exceeded the number of dead in battle, and with the long-term failure to break through Liaoyang City, the army's morale gradually became unstable and morale gradually declined.

Seeing this, Saba was quite worried.

He asked the people around him for advice, but the people around him couldn't give a good strategy.

Su Yin was recalled to the Central Plains by Su Yonglin half a month ago. It is said that he has very important things to do. He temporarily left the Khitan Restoration Army, so Saba did not have a reliable advisor to help him.

At the same time, he learned that the momentum of the attack on Linhuang Mansion on the side of Xiawoyuan had also suffered a setback.

The situation in Liaodong has undergone subtle changes.

And Saha noticed.

Seeing that the military dividend brought by the victory over Xiao Huaizhong was wiped out, Saba was really worried.

(End of this chapter)