Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Brother Yeluxiu is a brave general of the Liao Kingdom. He seldom loses a battle. I heard that this time the strategy of besieging Suicheng and cutting off supplies was his advice to the Emperor of Liao. Brother Yeluxiu wanted to defeat General Li the most. The Liao army has been wandering around Baozhou in the north of Dingzhou, but has not launched an attack. General Li said in a letter that the Liao army had shot the letter of war on the gate of Dingzhou. The purpose is to shame Tanghe."

"Then he must have made sufficient preparations."

"It must be so, but..." Defang looked at Concubine Di, "There is one thing I can't figure out."

"Why can't the prince figure it out?"

"Ma'am, after defeating the Liao army in Tanghe last time, I rode my horse and pursued all the way north, but General Li and the others had already ordered the army to stop, but I didn't know it at all. Because Xiangrui ran too fast, General Jing and his family Jun and the others didn't catch up to me, so I was far away from the army at that time."

"What?" Concubine Di was surprised, "You left the army and went after the Liao people alone?"

"That's right. I didn't pay attention to whether there was anyone around after I broke out of the big formation. I only saw a man in front of a famous Liao general running away to the north, so I kept chasing after him."

"My lord, you are too risky. There is no one around, so why go after General Liao by yourself."

"This is not the most dangerous thing, and the more dangerous one is yet to come."

"Is there any Liao army to rescue that Liao general?"

"That's not true. The Liao general saw that I was chasing him, so he took out his bow and arrow to shoot me, but suddenly he put down his bow and stopped his horse, so I stopped too, madam, you know Who is this Liao general I am chasing?"

"Who?"

"He is Brother Yeluxiu"

"Ah!" Concubine Di sat up and looked at De Fang, "Are you chasing Brother Yeluxiu alone? Then... what happened next?"

"Madam" Defang sat up and put her arms around Concubine Di, "I'm already back, what are you worried about?"

"The concubine is afraid, my lord, what will happen after you catch him? Did he run away again?"

"No, at that time it was just the two of us, riding on horseback and looking at each other, but the strange thing is, I have never met Brother Yeluxiu, yet he actually knows who I am."

"Brother Yeluxiu knows you?"

"Impossible. Although he knows my name, he has never seen me, and I am still wearing a helmet. How could he recognize who I am all at once?"

Concubine Di thought for a while, "Maybe...the armor worn by the prince is different from other generals."

"Well, what Madam said makes sense." Defang nodded, "But there is still something weird, Brother Yeluxiu seems to be hesitant to hurt me."

"My lord, what do you mean by that?"

Defang told Concubine Di the situation at that time, and Concubine Di was also very puzzled, "Didn't Brother Yeluxiu just want to defeat me in Song Dynasty? If he really took the prince as a hostage at that time, then the court would be in big trouble gone."

"Yeah, at that time I was already determined to die. If I was really captured by him, I would kill myself on the spot!"

"My lord!" Concubine Di held Defang's hand, "You will leave Beijing in a few hours, so you can't say these words anymore."

"Yes, yes." Defang smiled, "I made a slip of the tongue, Madam, don't blame me."

"My lord, stop making trouble." Concubine Di was not very happy that Defang was still joking at this time

"Ma'am, stop talking, I'll be fine." Defang hugged Concubine Di

Concubine Di leaned on De Fang, "My lord, could it be that Brother Yeluxiu didn't arrest you because he was afraid that General Li would come after him soon?"