Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu led the army out of Youzhou City.
Cao Wei in Tongtaiguan got the news.
Inside Tongtaiguan City Gate Tower.
After listening to the scout's report, Cao Wei frowned and said: "Liao Emperor Yelulongxu recruited the men of the various tribes and formed a vanguard horse. He wants to consume it with us."
Lu Yijian nodded and said, "If you want to use the benefit of the city to consume the troops and horses of the Liao State, I'm afraid it will be seen through."
Cao Wei said solemnly: "I am not surprised that Yelulongxu, Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, can see through my mind. What I am more surprised is, why did Liao Emperor Yelulongxu dare to consume it with us?"
The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu oppressed the small tribes, but it would cause a backlash.
From the time Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu ascended the throne to the present, the rebellion of the small tribes within the territory of the Liao Kingdom has never ceased.
The reason they rebelled was because of the excessive oppression of Liao.
Now the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, regardless of the danger of the rebellion of the small tribes, forcefully drew out the soldiers and horses from the small tribes to form a vanguard soldier and horse, making it clear that he intended to fight Cao Wei dead and fight Cao Wei attrition.
It should be noted that the land of Liao is not fake, but it cannot be said to be rich in resources.
Otherwise, the Liao people will not always covet the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Whether it is manpower or material resources, the Liao Kingdom is more than a star and a half worse than the Song Dynasty.
With this obvious gap, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu also planned to fight Cao Wei in a war of attrition and squat to the end with Cao Wei. Cao Wei naturally felt confused.
Lu Yijian heard what Cao Wei said and thought about it a little bit, and said, "Could it be that Yelu Longxu, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, has another plan?"
Cao Wei inferred carefully, and slowly shook his head, "Liao Emperor Yelulongxu's plan in the northwest is empty, destroying 150,000 elite soldiers, and it is impossible to plan anything.
Kou Ji still sits in the northwest, and it is impossible for Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to plan from the northwest.
Excluding the northwest, there was no place for the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to see the needles.
So now, he can only rely on his hard power to fight us dignifiedly. "
Cao Wei pondered for a moment, and said quietly: "Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is afraid that he is going to bet on the national fortune with us."
Lu Yijian raised her brows, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Cao Wei stared at Lu Yijian and said: "If you spend it abruptly, if you spend it at all costs, whoever retreats will lose, whoever can't support it first, and whoever loses."
Lu Yijian's brows wrinkled into a word "Chuan" in an instant, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Is he still the emperor of the Liao Kingdom? Isn't he afraid of consuming it abruptly and draining the capital of the Liao Kingdom?"
Cao Wei glanced at Lu Yijian and said faintly, "I will do what I will do instead."
Lu Yijian looked at Cao Wei puzzled.
Cao Wei said frankly: "Because if the Liao Kingdom is not victorious in this battle, whether it is a waste of the country's capital, or a defeat after a great battle, the price paid is the same."
Lu Yijian frowned and analyzed Cao Wei's words carefully.
After analyzing for a long time, he understood the meaning of Cao Wei's words.
If the Liao Kingdom loses in this battle, it will definitely lose its supremacy.
Da Song will become the new overlord.
There must be a lot of power among those who are attached to the Liao Kingdom, and they will turn their heads and attach themselves to the Dasong sect.
More importantly, once the Liao State loses its dominance, some forces that disagree with the Liao State will certainly take the opportunity to rejuvenate the Liao State.
Some tribes that were unbearably oppressed by the Liao Kingdom will surely take the opportunity to cause chaos.
There will even be some small tribes who take the opportunity to find Da Song and ask Da Song to send troops to help deal with the Liao Kingdom.
More importantly, once Da Song gained the hegemony, he rose strongly.
It is bound to take the Liao country again.
Counting down the past dynasties of the Central Plains, after that dynasty did not rise strongly, the Siyi was conquered and all those threatening among the surrounding neighbors were wiped out.
This is true in Qin, Han is true, and so is Tang.
As Song Taizu Emperor Zhao Kuangyin said, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly.
Once the Great Song Dynasty rises strongly, how can it allow the threat of Liao to exist
The Song Dynasty did not take advantage of the Liao State before, and he even conquered the Liao State again and again.
Da Song must have taken advantage of it. Then Da Song didn't cling to the Liao Kingdom until the demise of the Liao Kingdom
If this battle is defeated, the Liao Kingdom will definitely fall into a situation where it is exhausted to respond to the enemy.
The neighbors who have been bullied by the Liao State for a long time, and the small tribes in the territory that have been oppressed by the Liao State for more than a hundred years, will take the opportunity to stabbing the Liao State.
How domineering the Liao Kingdom was to everyone before, how fierce the resistance would be.
At that time, Liaoning and abroad are bound to move and become uneasy.
The country will inevitably be shaken.
So what Cao Wei said is correct.
The Liao Kingdom was invincible in this battle, and the result was the same regardless of whether it was a deadly knock with Da Song.
Many years ago, in the battle of Chanyuan, Da Song won the battle, but claimed to be a defeated country.
It gave Liao a chance to dominate and dominate the world.
If the Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng did not love peace so much, he chose to fight with the Liao Kingdom.
So who dominates the world is not always certain.
Many years ago, if Da Song and the Liao Kingdom died, he already had enough strength and ambitious Xixia would definitely not stand by.
They will definitely take the opportunity to bite the flesh and blood crazily on Liao.
It can be said that the Liao Kingdom's ability to dominate the world is an opportunity given by the Song Dynasty.
Now Da Song no longer gives the Liao country a chance.
The Liao Kingdom was defeated successively in Xixia, in the northwest, and in the land of Yanyun today.
The myth of invincibility, invincible prestige, has long since vanished.
Xixia dared to calculate the Liao Kingdom is a clear proof.
In the former Xixia, facing the Liao State, it was so humble and humble.
How dare to calculate the Liao State.
It's too late to greet the Liao country.
For fear that the Liao Kingdom will be unhappy and will reinforce Xixia.
But now
Xixia's strength is not as good as before, and he dared to calculate the Liao State.
The myth that proves the invincibility and invincibility of the Liao Kingdom has been shattered.
As long as Song Dynasty defeated Liao in the Land of Yanyun.
Then the prestige accumulated over the years of Liao Kingdom will completely dissipate.
Goryeo, who has become a loyal dog of the Liao State, and the small tribes who have been oppressed by the Liao State for many years, will definitely be the first to show their teeth to the Liao State.
When a person is invincible and no one can defeat him, then everyone will fear him.
But when an invincible and invincible person loses one after another in the hands of others, then everyone will feel that he is nothing but that, but anyone with a bit of strength will dare to lash out at him.
After analyzing the deep meaning of Cao Wei's words, Lu Yijian said to Cao Wei: "Why does Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu believe that he will consume us? In terms of human, material, and financial resources, we are not weaker than Liao."
Cao Wei solemnly said: "Our manpower, material resources, and financial resources are all our own. But the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu's is not. Those small tribes attached to the Liao Kingdom, even if they run out of everything, are all dead. Now, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not feel distressed either.
But once we have emptied half of the money in the treasury, the voice of the court asking us to stop will surely sound again.
If we emptied 70% of the money in the national treasury, and the memorials of impeaching us, we would surely be full of Chui Gong Temple.
If we emptied all the money in the treasury, then the two of us would become treacherous nephews in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty.
We are in the front and cannot control the rumors behind.
What they describe us as we are in the eyes of the people. "
Lu Yijian's face changed slightly when he heard Cao Wei's words.
As a civil servant, he is accustomed to playing tricks and seeing them, knowing that Cao Wei's words are not alarmist.
He deeply understands that in many cases, it is not the enemy that is terrible, but his own person.
If someone stabbed you in the back, it will hurt you ten times more deeply than someone else.
He can't be as clean as Zhang Zhibai.
The Lu family is full of wealth and wealth, which is a well-known thing.
It is also a well-known thing that Lu's family has passed away all over the world.
His uncle Lu Meng is the prime minister, and he is also the prime minister.
Two generations of people look at each other, enough to make many people jealous of red eyes.
Others portrayed their Lu family as the kind of family tycoons who controlled the government, and it was easy.
No one has impeached him now, that is because he is in power, and that is because Zhao Zhen strongly supports him behind his back.
But once the rumors spread, the officials impeached him together.
His fate is probably no different from Li Di.
He once played with Li Di in the Manchu civil and military affairs.
Offended many ministers of civil and military affairs.
Those people don't impeach him too much now, that is, they are not sent, they are waiting for the opportunity.
Many of them were shocked by Kou Ji's help Li Di called Qu Ge in the Hanging Arch Hall.
Many people were also shocked by the attitude of the official Zhao Zhen.
They are now waiting for Lu Yijian to reveal his handle, waiting for the flood to gather slowly, and waiting for Zhao Zhen to show dissatisfaction with Lu Yijian.
When Zhao Zhen expressed dissatisfaction with Lu Yijian, the moment Lu Yijian revealed his handle was when they let go of the flood and drowned Lu Yijian.
As for Cao Wei, even if he doesn't do anything, his background is enough to be used as a handle.
Cao Wei's self-denial and return to courtesy did not help much.
The wealth of the Cao family is seen by everyone.
The name of the Cao family on Zhending Road is many times larger than the names of other big families in the world.
The wealth of the Cao family not only made the Manchu civil and military officials jealous, but also the people under the sky.
Even the Cao family didn't do anything bad.
The common people would also feel that the Cao family got rich by searching for the people and anointing the people.
As long as there are enough excuses, it is easy to move to Cao Wei.
Once Cao Wei runs out of national wealth in the land of Yanyun, then a hat of disaster to the country can be firmly buckled on his head.
Lu Yijian thought for a long time, staring at Cao Wei and said solemnly: "Can we keep up with the Liao people, can we win, the key lies in the attitude of the officials?"
Cao Wei nodded slowly.
Whether the Manchu civil and military forces will follow the trend to Cao Wei and Lu Yijian depends on Zhao Zhen's attitude towards them.
If Zhao Zhen expressed dissatisfaction with either of them, then both of them would be in danger of being overthrown.
The key to the destruction of the Manchu civil and military forces depends on Zhao Zhen's answer or not.
After all, with the status of the two of them today, only Zhao Zhen can be the master of their stay in the court.
Lu Yijian said solemnly: "So far, officials still trust us more."
Cao Wei nodded again, "As long as the officials always trust us, we can treat Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu as an eagle."
Lu Yijian said quietly: "If the officials don't trust us, we are the two eagles that were boiled by the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu?"
Cao Wei nodded with an unclear expression.
Seeing this, Lu Yijian groaned, and said to Cao Wei: "I believe that the official... Although the official is young, he has ambitions. He will never see an opportunity to regain Yanyun and miss it in vain."
Cao Wei nodded slowly, but did not speak.
There were some things he couldn't say in front of Lu Yijian.
His dad once believed in the former official, and he almost was not cheated to death by the former official.
In the third year of Yongxi Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition, he would be imperial from the middle, and Cao Bin served as the commander of the East Road Army. According to Emperor Taizong's orders, he led the army to advance rashly and was exhausted, which led to the defeat of the Qigou Pass.
If it hadn't escaped in time, the end would be similar to Yang Ye.
He himself believed in the former official, and he was almost killed by the former official.
In the 9th year of Dazhong Xiangfu, during the Battle of Three Capitals Valley, Li Lizun led more than 30,000 troops from Ma Yushan, Lanzhou, Shangu, Zhumaoshan, Yanhe, and Hezhou to invade the Song Dynasty. He actively prepared for the war, and at the same time wrote a letter to the court for reinforcements.
Emperor Zhenzong felt that he was afraid of Li Lizun and planned to change his generals on the spot.
After Li Di's admonition, he finally gave up his plan to change generals, but he did not increase troops.
He led thousands of people and fought hard with 30,000 Li Lizun.
Fortunately, there was a fierce general named Li Chao under him, leading Baiqi and rushing into the enemy's formation. With superb archery skills, he shot and killed the enemy's leading general, causing the enemy to be in a hurry.
He took the opportunity to lead the army to attack, only to reverse the situation.
Had it not been for the fierce general named Li Chao to shoot and kill the enemy general, disrupt the enemy army, and buy time for him, he would have died in Sandu Valley with thousands of soldiers under his command.
The father and son were cheated by two officials. He didn't know if the current official sitting on the throne would cheat him again.
Lu Yijian seemed to see that Cao Wei was on his mind, and sighed slightly, "If Kou Ji is here, then there is no need to worry about this trouble."
Cao Wei was taken aback and nodded very seriously.
The official Zhao Zhen's kindness to Kou Ji made people desperate.
As long as Kou Ji leaves Beijing, the Emperor Sword is standard.
For fear that Kou Ji was wronged outside, he quickly gave Kou Ji the Emperor Sword.
The sword of the emperor is in hand, like my personal visit.
As for the territories of the Song Dynasty and the officials of the Song Dynasty, you are the only one to bully others, and others must not bully you.
The four battlefields in the northwest have a large number of soldiers and horses, and military and political powers are given as they say they are, and there is no hesitation.
Obviously it was the northwest region where the Quzhe family was located, but the official Zhao Zhen handed over all the military and political power in the northwest to Kou Ji in one breath.
The same palace serves as ministers.
Both Cao Wei and Lu Yijian's envied eyes were red.
Lu Yijian, as the chief executive, didn't have this kind of treatment, let alone Cao Wei.
If Kou Ji was at Tongtai Pass, he chose to smash with the Liao people.
Even if the memorials of impeaching Kou Ji are full of the Chuigong Temple, Zhao Zhen will not move Kou Ji at all, let alone show any dissatisfaction with Kou Ji.
Lu Yijian and Cao Wei didn't think about this.
It is empirical.
From the time Zhao Zhen ascended the throne to the present, the memorials of impeaching Kou Ji have been like a feather, and Zhao Zhen has never taken it seriously.
Not only that, Zhao Zhen also privately told the inner court Sanzai that the memorial to the impeachment of Kou Ji is not allowed to be passed on to his desk.
Whether it was thrown away or burned on the spot, it was a trouble for him.