Yi Song

Chapter 278 Isn’t it too much to ask for a prince?
In early November of the first year of Xuanhe, we were on the banks of the Heishui River (Aibugai River) north of Yinshan Mountain.

This is the pasture of the Bai Dadan tribe in the area under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi of the Collapse Ridge of the Northern Liao Dynasty.

Now Bai Dadan and the nearby Mosuge tribe have been merged into the Liqiwei of Zhenwu Kingdom and become the subjects of Akdalai Khan.
Liu Guozhang was sitting in a felt bag, reading documents under an oil lamp.

"Jie Shuai, Mr. Shutong is here." Zhang Meng announced at the door. As he spoke, he lifted the door curtain a crack, and a cold wind blew in.

Yu Wenxuanzhong stomped in, patted the snowflakes on his shoulders, took off his fox fur coat, and hung it aside.

"Is it snowing?" Liu Guozhang looked at him and asked.

"Xiaoxue. This snow really followed us all the way south. It started snowing as soon as we set off from Yanran City."

"It's still snowing. If it snows heavily, you won't be able to bear it and it will be inconvenient to walk. We got there early." Liu Guozhang pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down, there is hot milk tea, you can drink it by yourself."

"Okay," Yu Wenxuanzhong rubbed his hands, sat down on the empty seat next to the fire, picked up a copper pot leaning against the fire, and poured an empty copper bowl full of gray-brown milk tea.

"I started drinking this milk and tea, but I wasn't used to it. Now I drink it. The more I drink it, the better it tastes."

"Yes, almost two hundred and sixty cars. We have invested so much in them, and it should pay off."

"They built the courtyard and used Han people from the Northeast and Bohai people. Although they knew Chinese characters, they didn't understand the rules of the Song Dynasty, so they left it to us to write. Besides, what is the relationship between me and Zhen Wuhuan? We are close friends in life and death, so to speak. I am him and he is me.”

Yu Wenxuanzhong squinted his eyes and asked: "Commander Jie, I heard that the Zhenwu Department gave us a lot of good things, but the Wanyan Department snatched them from the Liao people and then took them away again?"

"What do you mean by real or fake?"

"They should write this document themselves, why do they call it Jieshuai's writing?"

"Okay, it's a good thing that the people on the grassland love to drink this milk tea. Tea, cane sugar, and salt, everything has to be transported from the south.

"Zhen Wuhuan wants to ask for a reward?"

But he is really a smart man, knowing that there are things he sees through but does not tell.

"He has hundreds of thousands of troops, divided into eight banner guards, and one hundred thousand people who can control the strings. There are many soldiers and generals. Do you need me, Song Dynasty, to confer a title?"

"The milk tea on the grassland used to be horse milk plus tea, and there were messy spice ingredients. I changed it, milk plus black tea, plus sucrose and salt. The ingredients are simple, and the taste comes out."

He is a smart man, why can't he see something fishy?

"Yes."

"It should be necessary. He defeated the Wanyan tribe and the Jurchens, and is about to fall out with the Liao people. He probably wants to attack the Liao with the Song Dynasty."

"One more thing. Zhen Wuhuan wants to ask the officials for a canonization. You can write a memorial for him." Liu Guozhang said.

Yu Wenxuanzhong smiled.

"What kind of canonization does Akdalai Khan of the Zhenwu tribe hope to seek? In the two hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has never expanded its territory like this. The leaders of the Tibetan tribe who used to rely on it are like fluorescent lights and the sun when compared with Akdalai Khan.

There is no precedent, so the wording and scale must be carefully grasped. First, let’s take a look at Akdalaihan’s asking price. I’ll have a good idea before I start writing. "

"Yes, between life and death, you are him and he is you." Yu Wenxuanzhong said meaningfully.

As you said, the more they rely on us, the closer the contacts will be, and everyone will be bound together. "

"real or fake?"

"Zhen Wuhuan has the Eight Banners Guards under his command, and the only threatening enemy in the Mobei grassland is the Nianba Ge tribe in Jinshan. He has such a big name, and Jiedushi cannot take action."

"It's really hard to take action." Yu Wenxuanzhong shook his head and agreed.

"Why don't you ask for a royal title? Our official family has always been very generous. We don't take the title and rank seriously. We dare to grant the title of Jiedushi to the eunuchs after they have made huge achievements. Zhen Wuhuan wants to ask for a title from Yan, Qin, Jin and Xia. "It's not an exaggeration to say that you are a great king." Yu Wenxuanzhong said. He was brewing a few words in his mind, and suddenly thought of something.

"Jie Shuai, you went out to Mobei to pursue the remnants of Xixia, Brother Richard, the King of Jin, and then to form an alliance with the Zhenwu Department. There must be an explanation for this reason now. Brother Richard, where did you go now?"

Yes, where did Brother Richard go?

It's just that I was busy ruling the grassland, and then I was busy cleaning up Wanyan's department, so I didn't care where Brother Richard went.

Liu Guozhang thought for a while and replied: "After we defeated the nine Tatar tribes, Brother Richard fled in panic. At that time, there was news that he went north to the Meiliji tribe. But after we defeated the Meiliji, Menggu and other coalition forces, we discovered that He did not flee north to the Meili headquarters.

After several investigations, we can only get three vague clues so far. One is that he fled north to the Jugas tribe. But this is unlikely. The place where Jugas is located is extremely bitter and cold. Brother Richard and his family may not be able to bear the hardship.

Moreover, the Gasi tribe under its jurisdiction is not strong, which will not help its great cause of restoring the country.

The second is to flee west to the Nianbage tribe, seek refuge with the chiefs there, and incite them to use troops against Mobei to help restore the country. Third, they fled into the Western Regions through the Nianbage tribe and disappeared without a trace.

Both of the above are very likely. No matter which one, when we use troops against the Nianbage tribe in two or three years, the truth will come to light. "

"Jie Shuai, brother Richard won't run eastward or defect to the Liao Kingdom?"

"The Northeast is now reduced to a pot of porridge. Why is he going there? To defect to the Liao Kingdom? If he had the intention to defect to the Liao people, he would have gone when he fled to the Xixia Kingdom. If he didn't go then, he won't go now."

Yu Wenxuanzhong thought for a while, nodded and said: "Jie Shuai is right. His brother Li Qianshun is more important in the hearts of the Liao people. If Brother Richard defectes to the Liao people, he will most likely be sold to his brother by the Liao people. "

Zhang Meng reported outside the door: "Jie Shuai, there is an urgent report."

He opened the door curtain and sent in an urgent report. He was about to turn around and leave when Liu Guozhang called him.

"Have a bowl of hot milk tea before you go out, just drink this bowl from me."

Zhang Meng chuckled, picked up Liu Guozhang's copper bowl politely, drank the still warm milk tea, took a long breath of heat, wiped his mouth, put down the copper bowl, and walked out.

"Ma De, Wan Yan Wu is such a ruthless person when it comes to begging for money!"

After Liu Guozhang read the urgent report, he slapped it on the table and said harshly.

Yu Wenxuanzhong turned his head and looked at him.

"An urgent report from Chi Rui from Tu'er Mountain. It said that Wanyan Aguda committed suicide to apologize for the surrender of Wanyan's tribe in order to get the Liao people to surrender, and then sent his only son Wanyan Wushu to the court as a hostage.

The Lord of Liao believed it and issued an edict to accept the surrender of Wanyan tribe. He also appointed the current leader of Wanyan tribe, Wanyan Wu Qimai, as the military envoy, and arranged for him to lead his troops to the north of Zhongjing, Songshan Prefecture and Enzhou to recuperate. "

Yu Wenxuanzhong was also surprised, "Wanyan Aguda is really a man, risking his own life for the survival of the tribe!"

"What a bastard. There's something evil here! It was Wu Qingmai who killed Aguda."

"What!" Yu Wenxuanzhong couldn't believe it.

"It is true that the two brothers Aguda and Wu Qimai fought bravely and were not afraid of death. But asking them to sacrifice their lives for justice and give their lives to others is absolutely impossible.

Even if he wanted to apologize to the Liao people, Aguda would use the life of his younger brother Wu Qiu, or even his own son, and ask him to use his own life. Haha, I absolutely don't believe it. "

Liu Guozhang waved his hand and said, "Ignore him! Since the Liao people have taken over Wanyan's department, their attitude is very clear. I will immediately write a document to set up the hospital, inform my life-and-death friend Zhen Wuhuan, explain the interests to him, and advise him to immediately Issue a document to formally break with the Northern Liao Dynasty, and then send troops to capture Datong."

Yu Wenxuanzhong smiled and replied: "We want to inform the Zhenwu Department Akdarai Khan as soon as possible. But we can't just sit idly by."

"Immediately write a report to the king and ask him to send Guo Zude to lead Wang Xun, Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Zhen to reorganize the troops. The Zhenwu Department captures Datong, and they immediately capture Shuozhou and Yingzhou."

Yu Wenxuanzhong banged his folding fan, "Very good. Since we have formed an alliance with the Zhenwu Department, the Datong Front must be captured. Otherwise, the passage between Hedong and Mobei may be attacked by the Liao people at any time, which is unsafe."

(End of this chapter)