Realm of Power

"Song Que didn't hesitate to stab himself this time. He tried his best to hurt himself but refused to look back. He was afraid that he would completely withdraw into the southern mountains and never come out again." After hearing the guard's report, the fat man pointed at the secret report sent to him. Crushed into a ball, curled the corner of his mouth with disdain, and threw it into the river full of peach blossom news in front of him.

"How did your Majesty know that Song Que was really assassinated?"

Yelu Hongtai's wrinkled eyes raised upwards, and there was a bit of interest in his eyes. "I heard that in the southern mountains, there are already many mountain people who are unwilling to be ruled by the Song people. This time the Song people have experienced this again. Anyone with a clear eye will know that as long as Song Que is killed, the Song Clan will be in chaos without a fight. As long as it drags on for a few years, it is not impossible to escape from the control of the Song Clan! "

"Song Que was assassinated. How is it possible? Those mountain leaders who have objections to the Song people are probably still fleeing under the pursuit of the angry Long family army. Who can accurately grasp the time and route of Song Que's return to the south!" Fatty He laughed and said nonchalantly, "According to the second copy sent The secret report said that there were quite a lot of enemies who assassinated Song Que, more than three hundred people, including old, weak, women and children. What kind of assassination was this? I'm afraid it was a scapegoat that Song Que found casually. The so-called serious injury was nothing more than an attempt on his life. It is necessary to keep away from the relationship with the empire. After all, the Song family can miraculously obtain it from the southwest Long family. They escaped in the two-line decisive battle with the help of the empire's power. However, when the Song tribe fled, they left many southern mountain chiefs in the southwest. I am afraid that they had long planned to clean up these southern tribes. Now, they are just looking for a Justifiable reason! ""I have also heard that many southern mountain people were indeed left behind by the Song people. In the southwest, the Long family captured these southern mountain people and tied them to trees in the mountains. They used knives to cut off the hands and feet of these captives. The smell of blood would attract wild beasts all over the mountain. It usually didn't take a night to see Nanfeng tied to the trees. All that was left of the mountain people was a piece of messy human skin, which had been eaten alive by wild beasts."

Yelu Hongtai smacked his lips, and glanced at the fat man a few times. With his rich experience, how could he not see that Song Que's assassination was definitely a fake, but to say that he was looking for an excuse to clean up the southern mountains was just a possibility

It is more likely that the empire intervened in the war between the Song clan and the Long family this time and forcibly rescued the Song clan from destruction. I am afraid that it defrauded Song Que of huge benefits, as big as even Song Que. All the characters feel unable to bear it

Otherwise, why would Song Que be so frightened that he turned around and ran towards the southern mountains? He was obviously worried that if he ran too slowly, he would be beaten to death by countless people. However, he couldn't talk about this kind of thing in person. In fact, Yelu Hongtai was also very curious. , what conditions made the empire not hesitate to face the 300,000 Long family army that had just won a great victory?

The empire had just defeated the Long family's army of hundreds of thousands in Kaishan. If the Long family hated the Song family for taking the opportunity to sneak attack the southwest, causing the southwest to suffer heavy losses, then in the two Kaishan battles, the Long family killed 100,000 people. The warrior's empire may have regarded it as a great shame and humiliation, and hated it to the core. However, the dragon broke through the 300,000-strong army and was already within a short distance of Guangmu, a large city in the southwest. For ten miles, just push forward and you can capture Guangmu. But such hatred was evaporated by a letter sent by the emperor. Long Po, the man who fought in all directions and defeated the prairie people, threw away his armor. The number one general in Central Asia, after reading the letter, felt as if he had been hit by frost. He turned a blind eye to Hiroki who was so close and returned directly with his army.

There is no doubt about the authenticity of this incident, because there were tens of thousands of people who saw it at that time. One person may lie, but what about ten thousand people? Moreover, what the Wanlong family soldiers said was basically the same. It was just a letter that turned the Long family's 300,000-strong army from attack to retreat.

"When will Patriarch Yelu plan to return to the Imperial Capital?"

The fat man had a calm face and bright eyes. No one knew better than him why Long Po returned to the army in a hurry and why Song Que stabbed himself. Of course, he couldn't tell Yelu Hongtai. The fat man just didn't expect that the Long family was in the southwest. The biggest consequence caused by the news of the victory was that it scared the old fox Yelu Hongtai out of his lair in the Imperial Capital.

"Is it that serious?"

The fat man looked at the silent Yelu Hongtai, couldn't help but twitch his face, and asked again

"It is indeed very serious!" Yelu Hongtai nodded and let out a long sigh. At this time, he was still pretending to be a tough guy. Fortunately, the emperor was already his son-in-law, so Yelu Hongtai no longer felt that he had anything to be ashamed of. , when he gets old, the Yelu family's property is destined to be given to his daughter. In fact, it is no different from leaving it to his son-in-law.

"The hearts of the imperial capital are in serious trouble. It would be okay if the Song family wins. Now it is the Long family that wins. No one is optimistic about the Yelu family. I am afraid even your majesty should have noticed that one-fifth of the people under the rule of my Yelu family have left. Imperial Capital!" Yelu Hongtai smiled bitterly. Imperial Capital West Road is the throat of Imperial Capital. Prairie people leaving from Imperial Capital must pass through Imperial Capital West Road. Yelu Hongtai didn't believe that the Empire would not notice this.

"I also feel that there are more grassland people leaving recently. I thought it was your arrangement!" Fatty rubbed his nose awkwardly. Of course he knew that the grassland people in the Imperial Capital were fleeing. Since the empire has decided to support the Yelu family To become a royal court, one naturally hopes that the power of the Yelu Royal Court, which is a vassal empire, will not be too powerful. Strong, after all, the Yelu family is the overlord of Central Asia. Although their strength has been greatly damaged, their basic strength is still very strong. Therefore, they are naturally happy to see the division of the grassland people in the Imperial Capital area. The forces under the Yelu family have gone further and further. The more people there are, the more dependent they are on the empire, and the easier it is for the empire to control the Yelu family.

Now that even the old fox has run out of his lair, it can be seen that the victory of the Long family has a huge impact on the hearts of the Yelu family's imperial capital. After all, the Fengtai tribe is still too far away to attack the eight border cities in the north and cannot alert Yelu Hongtai. What's more, those eight border towns have long been abandoned in the eyes of the old fox. They are nothing more than Borrowing the sword from the Fengtai tribe, but the Long family was different. The two sides fought for more than two years. When the whole of Zhongbia was trembling under the iron hoofs of the Yelu family, only the Long family in the southwest was fighting. A fire broke out in the backyard of the Yelu family. The name of the family army is quite intimidating when placed in front of any prairie people.

In the Battle of the Southwest, the Long family won a great victory. The next step was to take over the court of Zhongbia.

It is said that Song Feng, the core figure of the Song family in charge of the court, took a boat and leisurely went south in the name of raising money to resettle the refugees when the people sent by Long Po arrived. The Long family also had a tacit understanding and had begun to take over the court. The Song family did not have any trouble with the affairs of the church. Difficult, no matter how the two families fight in the southwest, now in the court, they all hope to show sympathy for each other. Only in this way can the Long family reduce the help of the court, and the Song family can take away A considerable amount of property, everyone gets what he needs,

Twenty-three of the thirty-one provinces south of the great river in Central Asia have written to express their support for the Long family to take over the court. This is in stark contrast to the previous period when only twelve provinces responded to the Song family. This comparison was completely within Fatty's expectation. Although the Song family was one of the four great clans, it had been outside the core for a long time and had never been recognized by aristocratic families from all over Central and Eastern Asia.

Most of the people who entered the court took advantage of the opportunity to steal. In the name of resisting the Yelu family's southward march with the anti-United Forces, they managed to get the support of twelve already panicked provinces. But even so, a large number of soldiers Armored material resources are constantly being transported, and the material wealth obtained by the Song family is already unimaginably rich. Otherwise, Song Que would not dare to take action against the Long family in the southwest.

And now that the Long family has just entered the court, even if twenty-three provinces respond, I believe that other provinces will soon come to support the Long family.

To what extent the power of the Southwest Long Family will expand is probably impossible to predict.

The current Long family is not the Long family that was isolated and made things difficult two years ago. The 300,000 Long family army has been baptized by the iron-blooded war in the north. They are already ready to go northward. Coupled with the own strength of the Central and Asian courts, they are supporting It is not difficult to raise an army of 500,000 people to march northward. The Central Asians dream of regaining the Imperial Plains currently occupied by the Yelu family and restoring their lost land. According to It is the consistent nature of the Long family that as long as they have a firm foothold in the court, they will go all-out to the north and attack the Imperial Capital Plain. If it were in the past, the Yelu family would naturally not be afraid, but now the Yelu family has a full attack of 70,000 or 80,000 people. The number of troops arrived, the Baihe pro-army that they relied on has been reduced by half, and the remaining miscellaneous soldiers are also unsettled. How to face the half-million Central and Bian army that has vowed to march north?

Unlike other grassland forces that cannot stand, they can still withdraw to the grassland north.

If the Yelu family cannot defend the imperial capital, it will be a dead end, because neither the Fengtai tribe in the north nor the Beiwangting on the grassland will allow the Yelu family to retreat to the grassland. The Yelu family has no way out, and they still have the ability to pull them back. The only thing the Yelu family has is wealth and affluence The rough empire, this time leaving the imperial capital, Yelu Hongtai kept his attitude very low, and did not even ask about the Yelu family's establishment of a royal court. It was obviously acquiescing to the current weakness of the Yelu family. Whether he can survive now is completely up to him. With the attitude of the empire, why do you expect a royal court? So when the emperor withdrew his gaze from the dock in the distance and waved his hand to the guards behind him,

"This is the court inscription I gave to the Yelu family in the name of the emperor. As long as it is stamped with the seal of the Yelu family, the Yelu court will be officially recognized by the empire as an official royal court, and the empire will spread this news throughout China and Belgium. "Ya" The fat man's nose flapped, and he looked sharply at Yelu Hongtai, who was standing still. A document with the emperor's golden seal appeared in front of Yelu Hongtai.

"Isn't it too hasty to establish the royal court like this?"

Yelu Hongtai's face turned green and white, and his eyes were full of struggle, and he was a little bit dumbfounded. Although he dreamed of becoming a Khan, it was too childish for the emperor to establish a royal court just by holding a document like this. Even if the Yelu Royal Court is recognized by the empire, other forces will not recognize it. By then, he will be the laughing stock of the entire Central Bia.

"It seems that Patriarch Yelu is still not ready! If this is the case, then the empire can take back this document, but it is hard to say when it will be given to him next time."

The fat man shook his head with regret. If you want to trick the old fox, you can't do it without forcing him to burn his hair. In fact, this document was drafted temporarily and has no real effect at all. It can establish such a major event as the Royal Court. , naturally it requires a rather grand ceremony to announce it to the whole of Central Asia. Taking it out now is to force the old fox to accept it. In front of it is the dock. Even the old fox is afraid that he will be very upset. As long as he has to worry about gains and losses. With his heart, the fat man is 70-80% sure that Yelu Hongtai will seriously regard this temporarily drafted document as the basis for his court. "Your Majesty is not me. Yelu Hongtai does not know good and evil. In fact, according to the rules of our northern grassland, Wang The establishment of the court requires at least a hundred tribal confirmations, thirty-eight rituals, and..." Yelu Hongtai was also anxious, his eyes turned fiery red, looking at the document that was too childish, he was completely I'm at a loss,

"Clan Chief Yelu, have you forgotten your determination when you went south in the past few years in the Imperial Capital?"

The fat man's gaze fell sharply on Yelu Hongtai's pale face like a knife. He raised his head and looked at the dock in the distance where a large number of troops had poured in. He said in a cold voice, "The Yelu family were so decisive when they went south. The difficulties they faced are much worse than now." More serious, but Patriarch Yelu still went south without hesitation and fought all the way to build the foundation of the Imperial Capital. Why did he become stupid now? The establishment of the royal court requires confirmation by a hundred tribes, right? There are There are thirty-eight grassland tribes, and there are hundreds of tribes in the east and west tribes. There are also nineteen grassland tribes in the Angnatso Lake area. Will they still object to the document signed by the emperor of our empire? It is just a formality. It will take some time to deliver it. As for the total number of tribes, I am afraid that there are more than the ones in the North Grassland now. As for the so-called ceremony, it is not up to the Yelu chief to decide what he wants to do after he returns to the imperial capital. Now both are complete. , What else is Patriarch Yelu confused about? "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yelu Hongtai picked up the golden document with his hands like chaff, and the look on his face was as if he was holding his own eyes in his hands, showing a look of ecstasy. Yes, the most difficult thing for the Yelu family to establish their own royal court is It requires a hundred tribes to recognize this hurdle. After all, each tribe in the grassland has its own interests. If you want to be recognized by hundreds of tribes, it is impossible to have enough prestige. For the impossible, the Yelu family attacked Yanzhou several times. What they wanted was the prestige recognized by all the tribes. But now I heard from the emperor that indeed, there were too many grassland tribes controlled by the empire. There is simply no difficulty for hundreds of tribes to cross this hurdle. The Yelu family has been preparing for the ceremony for two or three years and has already prepared it in the Imperial Capital.

Two Dragon Tooth warships parked at the dock of Fengtian City on Dijing West Road. Looking at Yelu Hongtai's back hurriedly returning to Dijing, the fat man smiled. It was just a document that could tie tens of thousands of the old fox's elites to the empire. The chariot on the Northern Expedition Grassland is really a bargain. Some things like the Royal Court were not killed with swords. If the documents were useful, I am afraid that the whole world would be filled with Royal Courts!