Realm of Power

In the Dionacuo Grassland Camp, slowly falling snowflakes were floating in the sky, dyeing the entire land a snow-white color. Looking up, the distant view of heaven and earth seemed to have become one. The imperial guard who was leading the way stopped. Stepping aside, Yelu Qiyeguang looked hesitantly and pushed away the huge tree in front of him. Under the curtain of the big tent, inside the brightly lit tent, a dark young man was examining a hanging map of Yanzhou. There were not many decorations in the tent. The young man just stood there, but the pressure had already passed through the majestic tent. The appearance of the body made Yelu Qiyeguang feel suffocated.

"The Battle of Yanzhou, is it an empire...?"

Yelu Qiyeguang took a deep breath, and looked over with complicated eyes on his cold white face. He clenched his fists tightly. If what he encountered was really the empire's plan, then Yelu Qiyeguang really couldn't I know whether I will collapse. After all, for more than two years, I have persisted in the Yelu family office. Part of his pro-imperial policy was naturally for the benefit of the Yelu family, and part of it was because of the unforgettable shadow in his heart. The man who came laughing and chatting with him every night on the Onnacuo grassland. He is also the strongest person he has ever seen in his entire life!

"This matter has nothing to do with the empire."

As soon as Yelu Qiyeguang spoke, the black young man opposite already knew what she wanted to ask, and he denied it with a wry smile. He glanced at Yelu Qiyeguang, who looked haggard, and said categorically, "Since I agreed, I won't to violate if i If you want Yanzhou, you only need to send a document. I don’t believe that Wang Ting dares to say no. In the battle between the Yelu family and Yanzhou, the empire did not interfere in any of it. If it really wants to be settled, , then there is only one thing, and that is to let the Lily Department come forward to save you."

"It turns out it wasn't the empire."

When Yelu Qiyeguang heard the words of the black young man, his pretty face became much more relaxed. Even the daughter of the Yelu family still has the feelings of a girl, and she does not want the unparalleled hero in her heart to be a duplicitous villain. Although The black young man in front of me looks a bit honest There is really a big gap between his face and the term "unparalleled hero", but it is undeniable that if there is a man in this world who can be called an unparalleled hero, it would be the young man in front of him. However, thinking that the other party knew it but did not remind him, he couldn't help but said in a sharp tone

"Since it has nothing to do with the empire, how did you know that the rebellion would happen!"

"Rebellion? I don't know what rebellion is."

The black young man smiled half-heartedly and pointed to a report on the table in front of him. "The report I received did not say that. It said that Qi Yeguang, the second daughter of the Yelu family, colluded with the empire and insisted on giving Yanzhou to the empire. As a source of refuge, you even secretly plotted to kill another heir, Yelu Guda, before the various ministries decided to expel Yelu Qiyeguang. Even your ally Algernon Julia came out to accuse you of murdering Yelu Guda.

"You know, this is all nonsense!" Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty face was cold, but his angry voice still almost overturned the roof of the tent. Even if he wanted to get the position of the heir of the Yelu family, he couldn't kill him. My own brother! How could anyone believe such an obviously impossible lie?

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. The important thing is that everyone knows that Algernon Julia is your ally. She even came forward to accuse you of murdering Yeluguda. What else is there to say?" The black young man reported the report in his hand. Pressing on the table, the black young man's voice stopped, and he sighed, with so many people betraying their relatives, you said you are so hated. . . . . . "

"You!" Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty face flushed with frustration, "I believe that my father will never believe it. As long as you send someone to do a little investigation, you can know everything!"

"Are you still awake?" The black young man looked at the pale Yelu Qiyeguang, picked up another secret report from the table, threw it in front of the unwilling Yelu Qiyeguang, and said in a cold voice, "After all, he is also an intelligence officer. , why are you so stupid? Look at this, do you really think that Yanzhou Doesn’t Yelu Hongtai know what is going on? On the fifth day of your attack on Yanzhou, Yelu Hongtai had rushed back to the Baili Changting of the Imperial Capital from Linhang, and then 30,000 people were stationed at Baihe near the Imperial Capital. My dear, I secretly headed north to Yanzhou, and finally stopped at the Daizhou line, watching with cold eyes."

"This..." Yelu Qiyeguang picked up the information on the ground with trembling fingers, glanced over it, his face turned pale, his beautiful eyes were filled with deep trembling, 30,000 Baihe troops marched north to Daizhou, As the general person in charge of Daizhou, how come there is no news at all?

The only person who can mobilize the Baihe troops stationed in the imperial capital is his father Yelu Hongtai. If it is his father's order, it is not difficult to understand why Daizhou dares to conceal this from him. The Tiger Guards are the relatives he relies on most. The guards followed him to Daizhou

This time in the attack on Yanzhou, the Tiger Guards only had one thousand accompanying them, and the other five thousand were stationed in Daizhou to ensure the safety of the army’s logistics line. According to Yelu Qiyeguang’s plan, as long as there were no problems with his own logistics, the strategy Yanzhou just needs to fight steadily, while Wang Ting The most powerful Wang Tingwei was a veteran in cutting off routes behind the scenes, and handed over the logistics line that determined the life and death of the army to other tribal armies. Yelu Qiyeguang was really worried, so he put his most trusted Tiger Guards in charge, but there was no such thing. Thinking that he would be replaced by his father's Baihe army all at once,

It makes no sense that his father, Yelu Hongtai, not only chose to acquiesce in the outcome of the Yanzhou Incident, but even dispatched the Baihe pro-army to suppress his own Tiger Guards. Why? Why is this so? Isn't his father his biggest supporter? Didn't his father express his possibility many times to inherit the Yelu family? How could it be arranged like this in the blink of an eye!

The black young man smiled coldly and continued, "On the third day after Yelu Guda announced your betrayal of the Yelu family, these 30,000 Baihe troops rushed to Daizhou Feiji, where your Huwei troops are located, to adjust the Huwei family. In the name of rest, the guards suppressed the tigers. In the commotion of the Guards, all the Tiger Guards were replaced from the squadron commander on up. The entire Tiger Guard army was ordered to be transferred back to the Imperial Capital for adjustment. In the following two days, more than 360 people in the Tiger Guards were captured and killed. All of them were related to you, Yelu Qiyeguang. No one from the old department with connections was spared.”

"It's very simple. You are not wrong in conquering Yanzhou. Your timing and preparation are impeccable, but there is one thing. When it comes to employing people, you are blind." The black young man stood up, looked at the heavy snow outside the tent, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth. After a moment, he said with disdain, "Last time you came to tell me that you were planning to join forces with Algernon and Julia. I knew you would have problems when you attacked Yanzhou. I know better than you who Algernon Julia is. She is a typical opportunist. In order to get better opportunities, she will not hesitate to do anything. She attacked her own people. Back in Gaul, she was more cruel to her own people than to her enemies. How dare you make an alliance with her? "

The fat man said with a stern look, "It would be fine if it was just her, but you actually let her see Yelu Guda. Compared with you, Yelu Guda is obviously more valuable. As long as you can help Yelu Guda become the heir of the Yelu family, then What you will get is definitely much more than if you only gave her a small piece of land. You are not blind when you choose her as your ally. I am sure that 80% of the Yanzhou chaos was caused by this woman. The rest 20% of it is Yeluguda's pushing the boat along."

"Why do you say that? Isn't it because of Algernon Julia's testimony?" Yelu Qiyeguang's face was gloomy.

"Are you kidding? Although Yeluguda is a bit arrogant, he is not the kind of person without any opinion." The fat man said. "Back in the wilderness battle, when the situation was not going well, he dared to abandon a hundred thousand tribal troops and evacuate alone. , how could you believe yourself after listening to Algernon Julia’s words? His biological sister wants to murder him! He can easily take over your 100,000 troops in Yanzhou. As long as he wins a great victory in Yanzhou, he can gain the status of heir to the Yelu family. This huge pie-in-the-sky benefit is in front of him, even if it is true. It’s worth being called a fool!”

Yelu Qiyeguang took a deep breath. His whole body was like an eggplant beaten by frost. His allies had betrayed him, his tribe had rebelled, his brother had turned against him, and his father had abandoned him. What else could he not accept now?

"Well, you're still alive at least, aren't you? It's been quite cold all the way." The fat man clapped his palms, and a guard immediately brought hot wine and meat, all of which were the freshest beef and mutton, with thin slices on the plate. The meat cleaver, the bright blade looks extremely sharp, The familiar taste came to Yelu Qiyeguang's mind, and the exhaustion and frustration that had escaped continuously made Yelu Qiyeguang turn grief and anger into appetite. He ate a whole large plate of beef and mutton, leaving only the skeleton, and a big gourd of prairie spirits. After drinking it, I was lying there completely drunk.

The fat man looked at the drunk Yelu Qiyeguang with a complicated expression, and sighed with a wry smile. Yelu Hongtai has not denied the statement made by Yelu Guda until now, and even directly dispatched the Baihe pro-army to suppress Yelu Qiyeguang's power. , seems ruthless, but in fact it is not a kind of helplessness , as the founder of a dynasty, there are really too many alternatives. Just like myself, the rise of the Falcon Empire is not the alliance of multiple interests. The rise of a dynasty is not just a powerful tribe, but also requires cooperation with other All tribes must unite into a powerful enough interest group.

But looking at the Yanzhou rebellion, Yelu Qiyeguang's situation of betrayal and separation was the reason why Yelu Hongtai, who had been observing, finally decided to choose Yelu Guda. But Yelu Qiyeguang didn't see this. I don't know, since just now From the beginning, Yelu Hongtai knew very well that the leaders of the Yelu family Obviously, they prefer to have a leader who can obey them, rather than a woman who suffocated them with her excellence in the battle of Yanzhou. Yelu Hongtai is scary enough. If Yelu Qiyeguang is really allowed to do it in Yanzhou, After defeating the Royal Court and gaining great reputation, what do you want the tribal leaders to do?

Surrender or resist?

Or is a full-scale civil war brewing within the rising Yelu family?

Yelu Qiyeguang suddenly invaded Yanzhou. Yelu Hongtai even gave up the war in the south and hurried back to the Imperial Capital. He immediately mobilized the 30,000 Baihe pro-army troops stationed in the Imperial Capital to secretly press on the Daizhou front line, just in case Yelu Qiyeguang really let Yelu Qiyeguang invade. Considering that if Yanzhou is captured, the situation can be immediately suppressed.

There can only be one head of the Yelu family. Regardless of whether you like it or not, you can only do your best to clean up the loser. For Yelu Hongtai, this is already quite partial. After all, Yelu Hongtai still gave Yelu Qiye Guang. Opportunity, as long as Yelu Qiyeguang After conquering Yanzhou, Yelu Hongtai did not hesitate to risk a civil war to support Qi Yeguang's rise to power. Unfortunately, Yelu Qi Yeguang failed. For Yelu Hongtai, he was secretly relieved. The current situation... It’s already quite good for the Yelv family.

As long as Yelu Guda conquers Yanzhou, even if he pinches his nose, he can only admit the fact that Yelu Guda is the heir of the Yelu family. However, how can Yelu Guda conquer Yanzhou! , the temporary replacement of the commander-in-chief was delayed for more than ten days, not to mention the turmoil in the military morale.

If it was a surprise and a surprise move before, and achieved excellent results, and it took only half a month to reach Shangjing, which took hundreds of thousands of elite Yelu troops a full month to arrive, then now, this kind of surprise attack will bring The advantage we had here has been completely lost. I came from Angang a few days ago. The total number of grassland tribes that passed by was a total of 60,000 to 70,000 horses. There is no doubt that they were all forces mobilized by the Royal Court and poured into the Yanzhou battlefield. Now the Royal Court's military strength in Yanzhou is not much worse than that of the Yelu family. And there’s Algernon Julia, a being who always wants to fish in troubled waters.

The maelstrom of Yanzhou is full of too many variables. If Wang Ting still adopts the previous mistake of occupying the city and fighting, there is a possibility of being exterminated by the Yelu army one by one. However, Wang Ting clearly realizes that defending the city is too disadvantageous for it. , so the battlefield of the battle was set at the Beishan Racecourse, which was narrow on both sides of the terrain and spacious in the middle. If the Yelu family wanted to attack Shangjing, the only way was to fight in the field!

The Yanzhou Beishan Racecourse, which is covered with wind and snow, is already in trouble at this moment!

In Yanzhou Beishan, hundreds of thousands of grassland troops have been strangled together.

"Go forward and punch through them!"

The iron cavalry of the Yelu family's Baihe soldiers was like a nail embedded deeply into Wang Tingjun's front, ruthlessly tearing a hole in the front of Wang Tingjun's front. The long-handled mace in the hands of the Baihe soldiers kept hitting the heads of the frightened Wang Tingjun soldiers. , yellow and white things splashed on his face, which in turn aroused the fierceness of Baihe's pro-army, "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Angry Shouting angrily, the entire charging queue was like a hammer slamming into a pile of flour. Countless blood rains flew into the air along with the stumps. The bloody rain and the strong smell of blood hit their faces. These Wang Tingjun composed of vassals They have been squeezed away piece by piece, and the Baihe pro-army at the front is less than a hundred meters away from King Khan's main formation.

"That's almost it. Order, withdraw." In the distance, Khan King Zhaguo Temu raised his hand with a strange smile on his lips.

To be continued.