Realm of Power

The bright sun in the imperial capital,

Yelu Hongtai looked at the report he had just received in his hand, walked into the fat man's room with a loud laugh, swept away the depression for many days, and said to the fat man, "Does your Majesty know that Long Po said at the Central and Asian Court Meeting held the day before yesterday? Because he suppressed the minister's call to take back the Emperor of Central Asia, he was attacked by a group of people and called a traitor to the country. He was so angry that he fell to the ground, his head bruised and bleeding. The god of war who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. The same person would be forced into this by a group of powerless civil servants. In fact, according to the current strength of the Yelu family, there is no way to conquer the south. Signing the armistice agreement is just a matter of convenience. If Knowing that it was just an armistice agreement almost made the head of the Long family, Long Po, so aggrieved. I don’t mind signing a few more points for such an agreement, it would be best if I could make Long Po angry to death! "

"Didn't Patriarch Yelu feel that he was at a loss a few days ago? How come he has changed so much now?" The fat man's face was stunned. A few days ago, Yelu Hongtai was forced to sign an armistice agreement and marriage with the Emperor of Zhongbia. Yelu Hongtai was so surprised. His face was ashen, but he looked like he wanted to eat someone alive.

"It's not a loss at all. I just feel that if I sign an agreement with such a thing, I'm afraid that people will laugh at it a thousand years later!" Yelu Hongtai is worthy of being a tycoon, and his tone is naturally domineering. Regarding the thing he called, the fat man also said Understand, indeed, how such a coward could become the emperor of Central Asia , I don’t know if it is God’s will, or God wants to destroy Zhongbia. Even Fatty feels unworthy in his heart for Long Yang who died in Yanzhou. That is not a thing. No wonder even his opponent Yelu Hongtai is I couldn't stand it anymore. When I heard that the Yelu family was willing to marry and promised not to go south, I wanted to throw out all the women in the royal family on the spot.

That face is no different from those Zhongbia people on the street who do not hesitate to sacrifice their wives and daughters for the sake of glory and wealth. Fortunately, the Zhongbia royal family sent girls over. If a girl from the Yelu family is to be married In the past, it is estimated that Yelu Hongtai would not agree even if he tried to fall out with the empire. It is pity that the Zhongbia Empire was so glorious. How did it end up cultivating such a timid emperor who was afraid of death? There is no justice in Zhongbia if it does not decline. Got it

"It's a pity. If we knew that the Emperor of Zhongbia was such a thing, our Yelu family should have pursued and fought fiercely. We might not have been able to bring down the entire south." Yelu Hongtai paused in his voice, with a look of regret and sorrow on his face. , walked to the table next to him, picked up a bottle of wine, and took a sip. This was Yelu Hongtai’s previous room. Yelu Hongtai was naturally quite familiar with the furnishings.

"Actually, the Yelu clan leader should know that it was the Yelu family who really took advantage of the armistice agreement signed at this time!"

The fat man calmly pressed a military newspaper in his hand on the table and raised his head to look at Yelu Hongtai. This unparalleled tycoon who had swept through central China and Biya in just two years with his tyrannical attitude was now cheering with his eyes. He looked at himself excitedly, and there was a little bit of pain in his eyes, but he was just pretending.

"It seems that Your Majesty still doesn't believe me!" Yelu Hongtai curled his lips slightly, put down the wine bottle, looked at the bright spring light outside the window with some red eyes, and said with emotion, "I am really prepared to be a royal court in name only." Damn it, the entire Yelu family affairs have been handed over to In the hands of Yelu Qiyeguang, I am not afraid to tell His Majesty directly that as long as the founding ceremony of the country is over, the head of the Yelu family will become Yelu Qiyeguang. However, the Fengtai tribe is really pushing too hard. Mongolia defeated six cities in a row in Lengshan, north of my Yelu family. , beheaded our Yelu family’s garrison, which numbered over ten thousand, and even captured six cities. The heads of the generals were sent to humiliate our Yelu family. If our Yelu family continues to endure this, I am afraid that this founding ceremony will become the laughing stock of the entire Central Asia." And I have received accurate information. The people who attacked the imperial envoys this time This is exactly what Mongolia's confidant Mongolia did. He came here to prepare for an attack on the envoys, killing them all and blaming them on my Yelu family. After the attack failed, he shot Miss Bonnie with an arrow." Yelu Hongtai knew that he could not rely on a few words of sympathy. If so, I want to impress the emperor and decisively reveal the real content.

Sure enough, the emperor's face changed slightly, and he suddenly stood up from his seat. His eyes were filled with coldness, and even made the air in the whole room feel colder. "How did you get this news?"

"They are all from the grassland lineage. What's more, the Fengtai tribe has been under the command of my Yelu family for several years, and no one knows anyone. The Fengtai tribe has secrets in my Yelu family, but my Yelu family doesn't have any in the Fengtai tribe?" This matter is not difficult to find out." Yelu Hongtai looked certain and categorically stated that the news was absolutely reliable. The Anzi's status in the Fengtai Department was quite special. If If your majesty still doesn’t believe it, you can directly ask Yelu Qiyeguang. Yelu Qiyeguang also knows about the dark man. Even the internal strife in the Fengtai department was caused by the dark man in the middle." Yelu Hongtai's eagle eyes flashed, Chen Shen He said in a loud voice, his thin lips showing a bit of coolness. Such an important secret was sold as soon as he said it was sold, which shows the true character of the hero.

Regarding the civil strife in the Fengtai tribe, the empire also received

The father and son, Mongolian Luo and Mongolian Tielie, were fighting among themselves because of tribal power. This was something that Fatty had expected. Fatty still knew a bit about the nature of the grassland people, so he was not concerned about the rise of Mongolian Luo. The slightest obstruction, but secretly fueling the flames. Mongolian Luo is young and promising, and his reputation is growing day by day, while Mongolian Tielie, as the leader of the Fengtai tribe, is in his prime. This is like two wolf kings emerging from a wolf pack, destined to Only one can survive

It's just that Mongolia's decisiveness and ruthlessness still surprised Fatty.

It is said that Mongolian Tielie was defeated in front of Mongolia's reinforcements that day. After being captured, he was dragged by a war horse to Mongolia. As a biological father and son, Mongolian Tielie, the former leader of the Fengtai tribe, looked at the man who was riding on his horse. The son begged Mongolia to let him go back to the northern grassland, hoping that out of the love between father and son, he would just spend the rest of his life herding sheep on the grassland.

Logically speaking, Mongolian Tielie is still very good to Mongolian Luo. In the end, it ended up in a situation where father and son were fighting. It was also due to circumstances.

Most of the Fengtai tribe has moved south, and those left on the northern grasslands are almost empty. Even if Mongolian Tielie is allowed to go back, there will no longer be any threat. However, Mongolia not only rejected Mongolian Tielie's request, Moreover, he personally shot Mongolian Tielie's limbs with arrows, causing Mongolian Tielie to die of excessive bleeding.

It is precisely because of Mongolia's iron-blooded methods in this matter that it greatly catered to the expectations of other ministries. The combat strength that was originally planned to be 50,000 cavalry suddenly became as many as 100,000. The second Mongolian Luo went all the way south, almost reaching the outskirts of the imperial capital like an overwhelming force. Along the way, the grassland forces were almost unstoppable. They gave way one after another. It can be seen that everyone's attitude towards the Mongolian Luo and their dislike of the Yelu family can be seen.

"Mongolia is Mongolia's confidant. This attack on the imperial mission should be Mongolia's plan," Yelu Hongtai said in a low voice.

After listening to Yelu Hongtai's words, the fat man thought for a moment and was almost certain that 80% of this incident was done by the Fengtai Department, because the biggest beneficiary of the attack on the imperial mission was the Fengtai Department in the north. I never thought before that I would always go to Long’s house He even went to see Long Xueshan, the special envoy of the Long family, in person. However, no matter how threatened, Long Xueshan just kept Yelu Guda's head and insisted that he knew nothing. In the end, the fat man had no choice but to let it go. Long Snow Mountain left,

No matter how courageous Yelu Hongtai is, there is no need to deceive the empire at this moment.

It’s no wonder that the Long family was so grand and even used Yelvuguda’s head as a gimmick to coordinate, attracting the attention of almost all the forces in the Imperial Capital. Even he was almost deceived. Who would have thought that the real launch of a fatal The first attack will be the Fengtai Department in the north. Thousands of elite cavalry sneaked into the Imperial Capital area. I don’t know how the Fengtai Department did it.

The secret of the secret alliance between the Long family and the Fengtai tribe was even half-guessed by myself, not to mention that other forces would not think so at all.

The Imperial Capital is the home base of the Yelu family. It is possible to mobilize thousands of grassland cavalry within fifty miles of the Imperial Capital to attack the imperial envoys. No one else except the Yelu family can do this. The Fengtai Department undoubtedly grasped this point and almost Just to convict the Yelu family of the attack

If I hadn't happened to be involved here, I knew that this matter was definitely not done by the Yelu family. I am afraid that the Yelu family would not be able to explain it with their mouths full. And if I was still far away on Dijing West Road, I might be really here It’s hard to say that he would fall out with the Yelu family in anger!

The fat man looked at Yelu Hongtai with a livid face. Under the gaze of the emperor, Yelu Hongtai shrank his head and said quickly, "The Yelu family is currently weak in combat power. It is already difficult to maintain a defensive position. Moreover, the founding ceremony of the country is around the corner. In order to keep the The Imperial Capital is not in chaos, and we don’t dare to make too many changes. The update is the fastest..."

The fat man snorted with a heavy nose, "You are more familiar with the Imperial Capital area than I am. I just want to know if Mongolia crosses the cold mountain and comes towards the Imperial Capital, which way would you take if it were you?"

"I will go south along the line of Han Tombs," Yelu Hongtai said without hesitation. "When my Yelu family went south, we walked along the line of Han Tombs towards the Imperial Capital. Although the Imperial Capital is a large plain, most of it is not lush with water and grass. In the prairie, there were more than 100,000 cavalrymen, probably driven by 200,000 horses, across the cold mountains to the imperial capital. , the distance is still five hundred miles. If you want to drive at full strength, the war horses must be able to eat well. The ordinary plain terrain is absolutely unable to satisfy so many war horses. Only the Han River area, which was once a battlefield, has such capital to support the war horses. And I Prairie people have always had the tradition of camping in pursuit of water and grass, just to solve the problem of drinking water for people and horses."

"So Mongolia either didn't come, or he must have come along the Han River."

"As the most important location on the Han River, the Han Tomb is located on the outskirts of the Imperial Plain, at the intersection between the Han River and the Sishui River, and tightly controls the passage to the south. It has always been the most important military fortress on the Imperial Plain, so it was Known as the Northern Gate of the Imperial Capital, Yelu Hongtai paused in his voice, his eyes full of memories, and sighed.

"After bypassing Yanzhou, the exhausted army was able to move southward with great momentum. It was because our army, with lightning speed, first penetrated the Central Asian defense line at Hanling, leaving the Central Asian army in no danger. Shou was finally forced into the hinterland of the Imperial Capital by my Yelu family, which led to the current situation of our Yelu family."

"Hanshui? Is it the time when the Central Asians gave you twenty thunder gods for free?"

The fat man seemed to have thought of something, and curled up his lips with disdain. That time the empire kindly sold twenty thunder gods to Zhongbia, but in the end, because the generals in Zhongbia didn't know how to use them, and because of their contempt, they didn't fire a single cannon. It fell into the hands of the Yelu family. If not for this, the Yelu family wanted to expand so quickly and broke the tradition that the grassland people were not good at attacking cities. It's impossible, let alone sweeping through central China and Libya in just two years, becoming the overlord of one side, the fat man said, looking at a map of the Imperial Capital hanging in the room, and sure enough, he saw a diagonal line running from west to east in the north of the Imperial Capital. The large river running down the line is like a natural chasm lying in the north of the Imperial Capital. From a strategic location, it can indeed be called the gateway to the Imperial Capital.

"The Han Tomb is the blessed place of my Yelu family!"

Yelu Hongtai nodded, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "If I could still mount the horse, I would go to Hanling to wait for Mongolia, but I am old and have no energy to avenge Yelu Guda. I have been running around in the army all my life. I have achieved something, and I finally understand that although the grassland is a land of heroes, since it is the result of the emergence of heroes in large numbers, they are always at odds with each other. I am tired and old. Even if I continue to support the Yelu family, how many more years can I support it? Why not save some energy and maybe work hard for a few years with a group of beauties from all walks of life, and I can give birth to a few more strong men for the Yelu family? Ding might as well, so this time, although our Yelu family cannot mobilize combat troops, we can serve as the backing of the empire and fully support the empire."

"Is the Yelu family really out of soldiers? There are still 30,000 Baihe soldiers who have not moved." The fat man's eyes were glaring, and Yelu Hongtai's tone showed reluctance. How could he not see it? But since Yelu Hongtai chose In order to rely on the empire to build a country, one must accept the result of relying on the empire to build a country, which is to completely let go of the military power of the Yelu family.

At this point, Yelu Hongtai, an old fox, is quite self-aware. The meaning of what he said just now is to tell himself that he, Yelu Hongtai, has completely delegated power and is ready to focus all his future energy on continuing the blood of the Yelu family. Fatty He was not afraid to tell Yelu Hongtai directly that as long as the Yelu family still had military power, the emperor would The country is worried, and the grassland people are genetically strong. Although Yelu Hongtai is already sixty, in addition to looking a little haggard, his appearance still gives people a feeling of being old and strong. Maybe after a few years of hard work, he can still give Yelu Hongtai some strength. The addition of several younger brothers to Qi Yeguang is also a hidden danger for the empire to control the Yelu family.

"Tomorrow, the command of the 30,000 Baihe troops will be handed over to Yelu Qiyeguang. I just hope that Your Majesty will not let down these brave men of the Yelu family. You can drive them and beat them, but don't let them die in vain!" Yelu Hongtai Gritting his teeth, he knew that as long as the Yelu family still had power, the empire would not I will be completely relieved. It has reached such a point now that if the empire withdraws its hands, the Yelu family will be destroyed. Moreover, this time the Fengtai Ministry is targeting the Yelu family. If the Yelu family wants to send troops, it is probably impossible. Since there is no way If you want to avoid it, then simply hand over the Baihe soldiers of the Yelu family to the hands of Yelu Qiyeguang.

In this case, even if the empire issues any unfavorable orders, at least it still depends on Yelu Qiyeguang's face.

In order to make his daughter's dowry richer, Yelu Hongtai also tried his best and sighed, "Your Majesty, the Baihe army has been handed over. Even if my son can grow up, Yelu Qiyeguang should have been firmly in control long ago. Everything belonging to the Yelu family, and these newly added bloodlines of the Yelu family, are at most just tools to inherit the Yelu family. There is absolutely no possibility of competing for the power of the Yelu family, so your majesty can rest assured."

The fat man was silent. If he could push an ambitious prairie hero to this point, what else could he do? Waving his hands, the fat man said in a serious voice, "Since the Yelu clan leader is like this, I have nothing to say. Five days later, at the founding ceremony of the Yelu family, I will send someone to deliver Mongolia's head as a token of appreciation to Yelu." Let’s give some compensation from the clan leader.”

"Is what your Majesty said true?" Yelu Hongtai was shocked, his face full of disbelief.