King of Song

Chapter 693
In June of the seventh year of Song Xining, in the tenth year of Liao Xianyong (Yelu Jun succeeded to the throne in the middle of the year, and the Yuan has not yet been changed).The newly succeeded Liao Emperor Yelujun suddenly ordered troops to attack the Song Dynasty in the south.

As for the reason, it was that the Song Dynasty colluded with Yelu Yixin to murder the first emperor with the intention of overthrowing the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Yixin fled southward at that time, although his real destination was Youzhou, but it seems okay to say that he fled to the Song Dynasty.In addition to the two spies caught, the evidence is conclusive and justified.

As for sending troops, as long as there is an excuse, it is enough to have an internal and external statement, and logical rigor is not important.

Yelujun even had a perfect rhetoric in his heart. If there was no collusion between Yelu Yixin and Zhao Zhao, how could he not have predicted the prophet's "Shixiang Ci"?Perhaps what Zhao Zhao did in this matter was not to save his mother, but to have other intentions, uneasy and kind.

This move was beyond everyone's expectations.

First of all, there was an uproar in the Liao Kingdom. The emperor who had just ascended the throne had to think about going south before the throne was firmly established.In particular, the Liao Kingdom had just experienced the Yelu Yixin Rebellion and was not completely stable. It seemed a little inappropriate to send troops rashly at this time.

Although the Song Dynasty is also in civil strife now, it may not be an excellent opportunity for Liao to send troops.

There is an agreement in the "Chanyuan Alliance" between Song and Liao. There have been no large-scale wars for decades. Usually, there are some small conflicts and frictions on the border.

But this time, if troops are sent, it will be tantamount to tearing up the Chanyuan alliance completely, and there will be no peace between the two countries. Will this be good for Liao?
Destroy Song Dynasty?

The Khitan nobles shook their heads one after another, how wise and wise was Emperor Shengzong (Yelu Longxu) back then?There is also a female hero like the Empress Dowager Chengtian (Xiao Chuo) in power, and a famous general like Yeluxiu.

Such a strong lineup was still defeated at the city of Chanzhou, and the Southern Expedition ended in failure.Since then, the Khitan people have clearly realized the fact that it is not easy to destroy the Song Dynasty, and it is completely an extravagant hope.

Since the Song Dynasty cannot be destroyed, why bother to march south?The Khitan nobles have reached a consensus that they can't take the south of the Yellow River, and they don't want to take control of the Central Plains at all.

In fact, even if it breaks Bianliang City, so what?Can the Khitans completely occupy it?Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, tried it. After the crusade, Jin Shi Chonggui occupied Bianliang City.In the end, instead of withdrawing the troops and returning to the north, Liu Zhiyuan, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, was cheapened and allowed him to establish the Later Han Dynasty.

If you want to rule the Central Plains, you have to face a strong counterattack from the Han people.If you want to withstand it, you must need a strong force.For the Khitan people, they couldn't do it, and there was no need for it.For a nation or a country, before expanding, the first thing to consider is the necessity of expansion.

After two consecutive failures, Khitan realized the fact that they only needed to occupy the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.As for Nanzheng, it was just a cover, used when necessary, to frighten the people of the Song Dynasty, and then blackmail some benefits.For example, during Song Renzong's reign, he used this as an excuse to ask for an increase in old coins.

That's it, everyone is happy, Song and Liao maintain the so-called peace, and everyone lives a good life.But this time, the emperor suddenly proposed a southern expedition.

At the beginning, the Khitan nobles thought it was the same as usual, but gradually they realized that the emperor's intention was to go to the south in a very serious way.

isn't it...

The Khitan nobles were a little shocked, what is wrong with the little emperor?Is it possible to joke about the Southern Expedition to the Song Dynasty?Later, some people speculated that Yelujun was excellent in all aspects, and he was a good prince of the country.But now a problem has been exposed, that is, he is so overjoyed, arrogant and frivolous.

Ping Jurchen, killing Yelu Yixin has already made him a little complacent, and Yelu Jun is now in a state of excitement and complacency.Therefore, he was a little carried away, and wanted to use the southern expedition to destroy the Song Dynasty as a greater achievement.

In all dynasties and dynasties, what will happen to those who are overjoyed?Don't you see that Emperor Yang of Sui died in the second generation?Yelujun's performance is even more worrying. He has been on the throne for less than a month.Even if you have any ideas, at least you have to wait until the foundation is solid before acting!
Now that the throne has not yet been firmly established, and the situation in Liao is not yet stable, he is thinking of rushing to the south in a hurry.Such an emperor is really not reassuring. I used to look at Yelujun very well, but I ignored his shortcomings, and now they are all exposed. It is hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse!

The nobles of Khitan and the ministers of the Liao Kingdom offered advice one after another, hoping that the emperor would think twice and not make mistakes in a hurry.And cited many examples, as well as the analysis of the current situation in Song and Liao, they all feel that it is not appropriate to go south immediately.

Yelujun himself knew very well that he thought the same way before, but ever since he met his mother that day, he had made up his mind that the matter of the Southern Expedition must not be delayed and must not be changed.

Yelujun clearly remembered that when he made indirect inquiries, and finally questioned forcefully, the empress mother was stunned and speechless, instead of refuting or confessing, she acquiesced.

At that moment, Yelujun felt that five thunders struck the top, and the color of the world suddenly changed.

There is actually an affair between the queen mother and Zhao Zhao, she has nothing to do with Zhao Weiyi, but the sentence in the palace "only counts Zhao's makeup... only know for a month",
Zhao originally referred to Zhao Zhao, and a piece of moon should be the moon in the Liaohe River!
I really can't imagine that the queen mother actually gave the father a cuckold, and made him feel embarrassed as a son.

It would be fine if it was someone else, maybe Yelujun would understand and tolerate, or at least pretend to be nonchalant, as if he didn't know.

But this person happened to be Zhao Zhao, his deadly enemy, and there was not much difference in age between the two.His younger sister has a deep affection for him, what is this called?
Yelujun was devastated. This behavior of his mother was really hard for him to accept.Could it be that the opponent Zhao Zhao has become his own cheap father, what a shame and humiliation, how can he bear it?
Retaliation, the only way is revenge, and Zhao Zhao must pay a painful price!
Only when Zhao Zhao dies can this matter be considered over, otherwise he will always be very upset!
Sending troops to the south, originally at least one or two years later, is now urgent.As long as he thought of the personal relationship between his mother and Zhao Zhao, strong hatred and anger would surge in his heart, completely defeating his reason.

Yelujun wouldn't think about it, Zhao Zhao saved the lives of his family in Yelu Yixin's rebellion.He didn't have the slightest gratitude to repay, but only shame and hatred.He also didn't think about the result of sending troops at this time, and what impact it would have on the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty?
Risks and consequences are out of Yelujun's consideration. At this moment, only hatred and shame are in his mind!

Everything is not important anymore, revenge is the first priority!

To send out troops, no matter what the cost, they must step on the Yellow River and behead Zhao Zhao, otherwise this shame and humiliation will be difficult to wash away!
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Xiao Guanyin sat in the palace silently, feeling extremely heavy.

She finally knew that it was his reminder that saved the lives of her family.Xiao Guanyin doesn't care about the so-called prophets, what she values ​​more is the affection of this concern, at least he will remember himself and care about his safety.

move?Maybe there is such a feeling in my heart, but soon, my heart is filled with self-blame.She clearly remembered the appearance of her husband when he died in her arms, and the genuine apology, which aroused the long-suspended relationship between husband and wife.

As a wife, how can you think about other men?Especially when her husband passed away, as a widow, she became the queen mother of the Liao Kingdom.Since she is the empress dowager, she should be an example to the world, how can she have personal affairs?How can the state of Liao be defiled because of the delusions in the heart?

Xiao Guanyin decided to completely forget about Zhao Zhao. This life will never meet again. It was just an accident back then, which cannot be changed, and self-blame is useless. Now it has completely passed and will be forgotten forever.

But just when Xiao Guanyin was about to watch the door of memory thoroughly, his son Yelujun would cruelly dig it out and put it in front of her!

When faced with her son's questioning, Xiao Guanyin did not deny it, she did not have the confidence to deny it at all, and she is not a person who is good at fakes.

Seeing his son's instantly gloomy face and murderous eyes, Xiao Guanyin couldn't help but feel bad.

She wanted to explain, but her son didn't give her a chance at all. In fact, she didn't know how to explain.After all, I did something wrong, so how could I have more face to say?
She believes in Buddhism and believes in cause and effect.Since there was a bad relationship back then, there will naturally be a bad retribution now.

What Xiao Guanyin was worried about was her son. She didn't want her son to suffer a psychological blow because of this incident, and she didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary.

But no matter what he said, his son couldn't hear it at all.In the current situation, what weight does the queen mother have?In other words, what qualifications do you have to be the empress dowager of the Liao Kingdom?

Among countless explanations and pleadings, Yelujun only agreed to one point, and his daughter must not let Terry know about this matter.Perhaps this is the greatest luck!
Xiao Guanyin didn't dare to think, if her daughter Yelu Tri found out about this, how would she react?

Such a fact was a bit too cruel to her, maybe she couldn't bear it and collapsed on the spot.Therefore, never let her know that all the guilt should be borne by herself. After all, she is the one who is sorry for her daughter, husband and son.

bear?How to bear it?
Yelujun asked repeatedly, he was really furious about this matter.But Xiao Guanyin is his mother after all, even if he blames her and resents her, what can he do?

All the hatred and anger were concentrated on Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Zhao could only be blamed for this matter.As a result, the army of the Liao Kingdom was dispatched and marched towards the North Road of the Song Dynasty.

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At this time, Zhao Zhao just led the army to the outside of Luoyang City!

He naturally got timely news about every move of the Liao Kingdom.

He ordered people to send a message, and even exposed his super foresight ability, just to save Xiao Guanyin's life.

After all, there was a physical relationship in the past, a husband and wife for a day, and a hundred days of affection. After all, there is so much love, how can we just watch Xiao Guanyin disappear?
But the result of the matter was a bit unexpected. Originally, Yelu Yixin's calculation was unsuccessful, but it turned out that Yelu Yixin was plotted against, and then the dog jumped the wall and rebelled directly.

Such a result was unexpected, especially the death of Yelu Hongji was completely beyond imagination, and there was a huge deviation from the original history.

However, the rebellion in the Liao Kingdom seems to be a good thing. Letting them fight internally is actually to buy time for the Song Dynasty.In any case, there will be a battle between Song and Liao in the future, which is absolutely inevitable.

Even though Yelujun quickly quelled the rebellion, Zhao Zhao still felt that the Liao Congress suffered serious internal injuries due to this judgment, and it would take a long time to recuperate and recover.He will not attack Da Song in a short period of time. If someone takes advantage of someone's danger at such a time, it will be really uncomfortable.

However, the result was really unexpected, and Yelujun led a large army to attack the Song Dynasty.

This is an unreasonable situation, is Yelu Jun crazy?Or overconfident?Zhao Zhao didn't know what happened in the Liao Kingdom, but felt that things were abnormal and there might be some troubles!
However, the actual result is not necessarily a bad thing!

When the Western Army attacked Luoyang and Bianjing, and was evenly matched against the Forbidden Army of the Beijing Camp, another elite Hebei Army of the Song Dynasty seemed to play a decisive role.Although Wen Yanbo made some deployments on Hebei Road, in fact, only some people were instigated, and the attitude of Hebei Road Xuanfu Wu Chong was very important.

Wu Chong himself has a close relationship with Zhao Xu, and his attitude is somewhat warm and uncertain.If he led the Hebei army to turn around and go south, the situation would be very bad, which would be unfavorable to Zhao Zhao.

But at this moment, the Liao army suddenly went south.

No matter who Wu Chong favored in his heart, he was a great official in the Song Dynasty. He was a prime minister and knew what it means to put the overall situation first.He didn't want to be infamous for a long time, and he didn't express his attitude clearly. While waiting and watching, he did his own thing well and firmly blocked the Khitan's attack. That was enough!

Wu Chong did it, and the Hebei army fought fiercely with the Khitans near the border, and they never relaxed at all.The army on the Hebei Road was also restrained. No matter how Zhao Xu and Zhao Hao urged them, no reinforcements came.

A huge problem is solved, this is a duel between brothers Zhao Zhao and Zhao Xu, and also a duel between the Western Army and the Jingying.

Very simple!
The Western Army is already elite, and it has gone through hundreds of battles in the past few years, and its advantages are immediately apparent!
In this duel, in addition to the competition of military strength, the support of the people is also crucial.

The sudden dispatch of troops from the Liao Kingdom to the south made the subjects of the Song Dynasty feel a sense of crisis.They hope that the internal fighting will stop as soon as possible and they will face Khitan.

The common people also know that at this moment, it is impossible for the two sides to stop and make peace.Then we can only choose a strong person from among them to fight against Khitan!

Compared with Zhao Xu, who is exhausted, and Zhao Hao, who is frivolous and flamboyant, Qin Wang Zhao Zhao is undoubtedly more suitable.

The voices of the people were very high, which put heavy pressure on Zhao Xu and Gao Taotao in Bianjing.What's more terrible is that the morale of the army has also begun to loosen.

Especially after King Qin broke Luoyang overnight, the morale of the army and the people were completely shaken!

(End of this chapter)