Realm of Power

When the fat man raised his head, he saw Yelu Qiye Guang hurriedly walked into his office, holding a battle report that he had just sent over. His pretty face was green and he asked in a trembling voice, "Please tell me, what's going on here?" The content cannot be true. Yelu Guda died in the battle, and more than 100,000 Yelu family troops were wiped out in one battle. Even if it was attacked from two sides, it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen! "

"Yeluguda wants to kill you, do you still think he is your brother?" The fat man looked at Yelu Qiyeguang with his eyes like knives. The last faint afterglow of the sunset after the snow stopped was falling on the wide plain outside the window. The Empire Konoe was gently filling the oil lamp with oil. When the news came that the main force of the Long family left Xijinggu, but did not evacuate towards the south, but towards Yanzhou in the north, Fatty had a premonition that the battle situation in Yanzhou was out of control. As the final result of the battle in Yanzhou came , the fat man’s face became very solemn.

"The heir of the family is important, but I have never thought of being detrimental to Yelu Guda. Otherwise, I would not invite Yelu Guda to attack Yanzhou together." Yelu Qiyeguang's expression was dim. This news was a huge blow to her. The head of the Long family, Long Po, secretly joined forces with the Prairie Royal Court!

You know, Long Yang, the former head of the Long family, died at the hands of the Prairie Royal Court. Originally, according to Yelu Qiyeguang's idea, he naturally hoped that the Long family could have another deadly battle with the Prairie Royal Court. It would be best if the Wang Ting army defeated the Long family. It will throw away all the benefits brought by the rapid rise in the past two years and let the rise of China and Biya It was interrupted at first, but unexpectedly, Long Po unexpectedly secretly entered Yanzhou from the northwest with 50,000 elite troops, and then was caught off guard at Yanzhou Beishan Racecourse. He and Wang Ting's army attacked Yelvuguda from front to back. It is conceivable that when the Long family army suddenly appeared in the fierce battle What a huge impact it had on the entire Yelu Army on the Beishan battlefield.

In the end, Yelu Guda failed to break through the encirclement several times and died in a trapped battle. More than 80,000 of the troops of the Yelu family died in the battle, and their corpses were lying all over the Beishan. The rest surrendered to the Prairie Royal Court, and then the Prairie Royal Court Announced the evacuation of Yanzhou and returned to the grassland with the main force of the royal court. The Southwest Long family easily obtained the northwest of the Yelu family and the Yanzhou of the grassland royal court.

The Long family had just regained the northwest from the grassland people, and their reputation was as strong as the scorching sun in the sky. They wanted to take advantage of the famine in the northwest to severely dampen the spirit of the Long family in the southwest. They accused the Long family of only caring about They attract young people from the northwest, but do nothing to save the millions of old and weak people in the northwest. In fact, everyone knows that how can we save millions of people? Just take out the entire Long family's food reserves in the southwest, and it would be great to save one tenth. But now the Long family has taken back the Yanzhou barrier in one fell swoop.

The main force of the Prairie Royal Court also took advantage of this battle to regain some of their reputation in the weak situation of the Royal Court. Both the Long Family and the Royal Court got what they thought of.

The Yelu family suffered the most misfortune. Yelu Guda died in battle, his own disappearance, and the destruction of more than 100,000 northern troops. The Yelu family's vigor since its rise was lost in this battle. Also because of the issue of successors, The Yelu family has laid huge hidden dangers within the group. Yelu Qiyeguang knew very well that for a grassland dynasty that relied on interests to gather again, what it meant to have no heirs. This was a sign of the fall of the dynasty, or at least the fall of the Yelu family. The Yelu family without heirs, the generals under its command It is understandable that people’s hearts are in turmoil

"At this moment, the Yelu family seems to be still strong, but in fact it is already raging, and ambition is surging under the ice like an undercurrent." The fat man took a deep breath, looked out the window deeply, and said in a concentrated voice, "Yelu Hongtai is here now. Daizhou, I have sent someone to inform him. Get ready. You can go back to Daizhou."

"Are you really willing to let me go?"

Hearing the fat man's words, Yelu Qiyeguang's phoenix eyes narrowed into a thin line. His delicate body trembled slightly and his breathing became rapid. He seemed to not understand at all. Yelu Guda died in the battle, and he was the only heir of the Yelu family. For the empire, in terms of political interests, it is definitely The empire can put forward enough conditions to his father on his own terms, and even ask the Yelu family to give up half of their sphere of influence. It is precisely because he knows how valuable he is that he is willing to let him go at this moment. feel a sense of gratitude,

"If I don't let you go, are you going to stay here and scold me every day? Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Do you really think that I need to hold a hostage of the Yelu family to contain the Yelu family?'

The fat man waved his hands and smiled calmly. Logically speaking, he saved Yelu Qiyeguang, and Yelu Qiyeguang should be grateful to him. However, ever since Yelu Qiyeguang saw him, his face has never looked good-looking, not cold or cold. He spoke with a look of disdain, as if he owed a lot of money. It was obvious that Yelu Qiyeguang regarded his rescue act as taking hostages.

In fact, it is not realistic to force Yelu Qiyeguang to stay in the empire. If the empire really threatens the Yelu family with Yelu Qiyeguang, the Yelu Group will inevitably be divided, and the constraints that suppress the hostility of the grassland aristocracy towards the empire will be lost. The empire will be in Central Asia. The large amount of manpower and material resources invested will be wasted overnight.

On the contrary, Yeluguda's death provided the empire with a golden opportunity.

If there was a need to consider the opposition forces in the Yelu Group to the Empire before, it is no longer necessary to consider it now. Now we only need to fully support Yelu Qiyeguang to become the heir of the Yelu family, and win Yelu Hongtai to the side of the Empire. According to Yelu Qiyeguang's pro-Empire After returning, they will inevitably suppress the aristocratic forces that oppose the empire. The empire will be able to obtain greater benefits that it did not have before in the areas controlled by the Yelu family, such as opening more markets to the empire and lower taxes. quota,

As long as the time is right, the empire will throw out a huge bait and promise that those grassland nobles who own the region and are heavily in debt can use regional tax rights and Central and Asian slaves to mortgage their debts. The fat man believes that those who dominate the region will Prairie nobles will fall in love with this model without hesitation

The grassland people have never been good at production. The tens of millions of Central Asians they control are just signs of property to them, and they are treated as slaves for arbitrary exploitation. They have no idea that such a large labor force, once it is properly operated, can How much wealth it can bring, as long as it can give them much more money than before, they really have no reason to refuse

The grassland nobles are not good at production, but the empire is definitely an expert in this era. I believe that as long as the empire can enter the areas of these grassland nobles, it will be able to restore the original Central Asian economy and become a direct producer of East-West trade from the source. ,

In this way, the empire can truly grasp the economic lifeline of the areas controlled by the Yelv family and achieve full economic control over the Yelv family. This form of soft war has been well verified in the southern region of Opalo. In Feize, in In the eight central countries of southern Europe, the commercial workshops of the empire have occupied a considerable proportion.

Fatty believes that the prairie aristocratic group has no concept of economic warfare. They prefer to go straight. The economy has never been isolated from them. Instead of using force to cause a strong rebound from the other side, it is better to adopt this method of economic penetration. The only concern is one Man, that is Yelu Hongtai, if the return of Yelu Qiyeguang can get Yelu Hongtai's full support, then in just a few years, the empire will not only be able to fully control the manpower in the hands of these prairie people, but also completely pull these prairie nobles into the empire's camp and become The empire’s agent in the Eastern Continent

Of course, Yelu Qiyeguang didn't know how insidious the fat man in front of him was. She just felt that she had misunderstood him. Her pretty face turned red and her rosy mouth opened, but she didn't know what to say. Yes, she just felt that the Imperial Faction People secretly save themselves with the intention of using themselves as hostages. As long as they have themselves in their hands, the Yelu family will always have some scruples about the empire.

Unexpectedly, I was completely careless. The other party not only saved me without any conditions, but also happily agreed to let me go back to Yelu's house. This magnanimity really made Yelu Qiyeguang feel ashamed for the first time, with a pair of red eyes. Beautiful eyes stared at the fat man for more than ten seconds, wearing a deerskin horse She paced her long and beautiful legs fiercely before turning around. After all, she was a famous beauty on the grassland. Could it be that there really wasn't anything that made the other party attracted? She wasn't angry just now that the other party would detain her, but in the blink of an eye she was angry again. I felt a little unwilling for the other party to let me go so happily!

In Daizhou, the sky is still full of wind and snow, and the Yelu cavalry of the brigade is parading outside the city of Daizhou.

The news coming from the front put the entire northern front of the Yelu family in a state of high tension. More than 100,000 northern frontier troops collapsed and Yanzhou Beishan Racecourse. Yelu Guda, the Yelu young patriarch who had high hopes within the Yelu Group, unexpectedly also He died in the battle. As the news of the secret alliance between the Long family and the Prairie Royal Court came, the front line of Daizhou was already filled with clouds of war.

No one knows whether the Long family's army that occupied Yanzhou will take this opportunity to move south. Once the Long family goes south at this moment, Daizhou will be the front line of the war. In an anxious and noisy atmosphere, they will gather towards Daizhou. The military forces of various departments within the Yelu Group are gathering, and there are even more rumors in the camp where they are stationed.

In addition to talking about the fiasco at Beishan, there was more talk about the change of succession of the Yelu family. Even though the Yelu family officers in the training camp severely punished some people, they still could not suppress the raging discussion in the camp, because there was no one in the Yelu family anymore. Yeluguda died in battle , the other Yelu Qiyeguang also does not know whether he is alive or dead. No matter how prosperous the Yelu family is, there is no future. In this case, what is there to be afraid of, not to mention how many pairs of invisible black hands are under this turbulent tide? is pushing,

The Yelu family has no successors, but the Yelu Group has been formed

It is not uncommon for people to have no successors on the grassland. For the benefit and future of the entire group, the Yelu family always needs to establish a successor, even if that person is not from the Yelu family. Some people even suggested that according to the rules on the grassland, the Avengers As the heir, if any one of them can help the Yelu family get revenge, they should become the future head of the Yelu family.

During this period, Yelu Hongtai's face was gloomy and frightening, and his head had turned completely white. His son and daughter died together in Yanzhou. It can be imagined that this was a blow to him. There was also a debate within the group about the issue of the successor, and things continued. They were all suppressed. Although he could not get the answer, Yelu Hongtai knew that everyone was waiting for his answer.

The chaos within the group has exhausted the ambition of the prairie lord who was still suffering from the pain of losing his son. The Yanzhou defeat was a bit unprepared. Although there was no situation where everyone swarmed up and the wall fell down, but the Yelu family should give way The voice of the leader has appeared. Although it only said that he should cultivate himself temporarily, and the words were somewhat comforting, in fact everyone knew that this was because the group already believed that the Yelu family was unable to guide everyone to continue.

And once he retreats, it will inevitably be an overwhelming attack. The opponent will not stop until the Yelu family is uprooted. This is an iron law on the grassland. He has just established the pace of establishing a country in the battle south. In the blink of an eye, Yelu Hongtai himself felt ridiculed by such a situation even when his own troops were approaching the city.

The previous ambitions have turned into the falling snow outside at this moment. It is bitingly cold. What should the Yelu family do if they have no future? In the final analysis, the grassland people are still a profit-oriented ethnic group. The fittest survive and the strong are respected. It has always been the law for the survival and continuation of all grassland departments. Once a leader is found to be powerless, a new leader will inevitably step forward to challenge.

What Yelu Hongtai feels now is this kind of threat. Although he can still control the situation, he knows very well that once a strong enough person stands up against him, most people in the entire group may stand up. If you go to the other party's side, you will be deprived of the group leadership. Apart from the position of leader, there is no other possibility unless he can find an heir. The problem is that this is simply impossible. He is already old and has no other heirs except a son and a daughter. How can he The Yelu family's hard-earned foundation is really just a dowry for others!

"Patriarch, the four tribes of Fengtai invited the Kajitai clan chief to a banquet last night. The banquet didn't end until early in the morning. During the banquet, the Kajitai clan chief made many unfavorable remarks about the family," a centurion of the Yelu family said carefully. Report from Yelu Hongtai who closed his eyes and rested his mind

"The four Fengtai tribes are really getting bolder and bolder. They are clearly trying to win over the tribe chiefs to oppose me."

Yelu Hongtai opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and grunted. The Fengtai Four Tribes are a union of four tribes within the Fengtai Shuizhuang area on the grassland. The strength of a tribe in a single wheel is above average. The problem is The four Fengtai tribes are a union and are already as large as the larger tribe. They were formerly four brothers from a branch of the Golden Family. They are also related to the Golden Family in terms of blood. Because of the relationship, rather than claiming to be a direct descendant of the Jin family like Wang Ting, the four Fengtai tribes can be considered quite prominent based on blood alone, and the four tribes have always advanced and retreated together, and they are also considered to be the most prominent among the Yelu Group. Among the military groups ranked in the top three, since the Yelu family has no successors, the four Fengtai tribes with the true golden family bloodline are naturally the most vocal!

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