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On the eve of the emperor's personal conquest, he sent envoys to Beiliao again. Since he took power, Yeluming, the emperor of Beilao, drank and ignored the government all day long, and at the same time imprisoned his mother in the tent.

The confidant approached the tent hall, "Your Majesty, there is news from the south that the envoys of the Wei and Song Dynasties have entered the customs."

Yeluming almost fell off the bed, "Are you still here?"

The next day, the servant entered the Northern Liao capital again as the envoy of the Song court, and the emperor of the Northern Liao hosted a banquet in the tent hall.

Seeing the familiar face, Yeluming shuddered, and waved away the idlers in the tent, "I know that the Son of Heaven will personally conquer, and I will not break my promise to the Son of Heaven, and I have no interest in fighting."

"My lord naturally knows that your majesty is a man of credibility. As your majesty's elder brother, my lord must always take care of my younger brother."

Yeluming kneaded his hands, "Then...what's your instruction?"

Seeing Yeluming's completely different attitude from the past, the servant immediately burst out laughing, "My lord said that when Song and Xia were at war, Xixia would definitely send envoys to Northern Liao to try to persuade His Majesty to conspire to attack Song..."

"Please don't worry, the Son of Heaven, how could my younger brother beat my elder brother?"

The servant smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't be sure so early. My lord said that if there are envoys from Xixia, please intercept them and send them back to the country. When my lord destroys Xixia and regains Hexi, I don't want your majesty to reach out, otherwise ..." The servant narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty knows the consequences."

"Hey, brother, don't worry, don't look at the many people in my tent, they all have different opinions. I'm too busy to take care of myself, so I don't have time to take care of those little thieves from the Southwest. Those thieves are cunning, so please be careful."

The servant looked at Yeluming's simple and honest appearance, narrowed his eyes and said, "My lord has one more reminder."

"What?"

"Don't be clever, because the sky can be seen."

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In April of the 11th year of Qianyuan, Xixia transferred troops to the capital and stationed troops on the border for defense. In mid-April, Li Yuanhao led the army to march and ordered scouts to investigate.

In Muliang, the confidant general pointed to several places in the southeast of Xixia on the map, "Yan'an Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture and Xizhou seem to have the shadow of the army. According to the spies, the Eastern Dynasty may be mobilized this time."

"The current situation of the Eastern Dynasty is probably determined to annex our Great Western Xia."

"Xixia has the Great Wall as a barrier. Over the years, they have dug mountains and built cities to increase their defenses. Do you want to rush in just because of the large number of people?"

"How many times can those literati in the Eastern Dynasty who can't lift their hands or carry them get punched by us?"

"Your Majesty, please send troops to the Xifeng tribe. This time we have to seize dozens of states from him. I heard that they built a grand canal. Your subordinates are used to riding horses and want to take a boat."

Li Yuanhao looked at the capital of Song Ting on the map, "All out... If the little emperor of the Eastern Dynasty really sent all his troops to attack me, then the capital of the Eastern Dynasty must be empty."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"Bring a pen and paper."

"Yes."

When Li Yuanhao wrote the letter, the leaders of several big tribes approached him, and he immediately scolded him out.

The soldiers packed the letter and rode northward quickly, but were intercepted when they reached the border of Liao State. The news spread from Shangjing to Dadingfu, the capital.

"Your Majesty, Xixia Li Yuanhao sent an envoy to deliver a message, but he has been detained in Shangjing."

Ye Luming, the emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty who woke up drunk, rubbed his eyes, "People from Li Yuanhao's party?"

"Yes, do you need to bring someone back to Zhongjing to meet you?"

【"If there are envoys from Xixia entering the country, please intercept them and send them back to the country. My lord does not want to see your majesty reaching out when he destroys Xixia and recovers Hexi."】

Yeluming raised his eyebrows, "Send him back."

The confidant didn't know, so, "Song Xia is at war, should I send it back like this?"

"Do you want me to say it a second time?" Yeluming turned cold.

"Yes."

"Wait." Yeluming sat on the chair, folded his hands and propped his chin and squinted his eyes: "Man, send it back, letter, take it back secretly."

"Yes."

A fast horse traveled day and night from Shangjing to Zhongjing and immediately entered the emperor's tent.

The emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty was in the tent of the queen mother at this time.

"Mother."

Empress Dowager Xiao watched her son turn around, "What are you doing here to see that my old woman is still alive?"

"What did mother say? My son just wanted to visit you after leaving government affairs."

"You can't wait for me to die."

Yeluming put away his respectful attitude, "Uncle's dead son is also very sad..."

"Do you really think he's dead? If you're really sad, why would you assume he's dead without even seeing the body?"

"So what they said is true." Yeluming said coldly, "You and uncle..."

"I am your son, but you allow him to manipulate me and make me live like a puppet every day. Why did I become what I am today? You are your father's wife, but after your father passed away, you were entangled with his younger brother. Qing, where are you taking me, my son?"

"What did he do not for Beiliao and for your country, he never thought of replacing you..."

"But I am the king. Which adult king would be like me? He just has no heirs. If I had heirs, would I still be alive now?"

Because of her son's words, the Empress Dowager Xiao thought carefully and was terrified, "His death has something to do with you?"

Yeluming was stunned, and immediately denied it, "No..."

"Whether it's you or not, now that the Peking University Courtyard is in chaos, are you worthy of the late Emperor?"

Yeluming raised his head, "I don't need to worry about the affairs of the government."

"Your Majesty," his confidant entered the tent, and immediately moved to Yelvming's ear and lowered his voice, "The letter has been brought back."

Yeluming waved his hand, and immediately walked up to his mother, "My son has something else to do, please take care of yourself, mother."

"Your Majesty," Empress Dowager Xiao shouted, "I hope that the emperor's death really has nothing to do with you."

Yeluming didn't look back, just stopped for a moment and then left.

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"His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Liao Kingdom, and Li Yuanhao, the king of the Western Xia Dynasty, bowed their heads. The Song court's ambitions are increasing day by day. This time, they openly declared war on the ministers. His heart can be punished. The land in the Central Plains is fertile, and the Han people have occupied it for thousands of years. The purpose is to drag down our two countries. Today, the Song court is fully mobilized to destroy the country of the ministers. If the ministers lose the enemy, the point of the sword in the future will be His Majesty, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty. Now the capital of the Song court is empty, and the troops in Hebei are not enough to defend , I would like to ask Your Majesty to send troops to join forces with Xixia to attack the Song Dynasty, and I would like to share the land in the Central Plains with Your Majesty." Yeluming threw the letter paper into the charcoal fire of the barbecue.

"Li Yuanhao's attitude is sincere, but he has proclaimed himself emperor, but he still proclaims his minister to His Majesty in today's letter."

"According to the dialect of the Central Plains," Ye Luming picked up the jug and sat down, "Li Yuanhao is just a clown, and the land he took is divided equally with me. He is very arrogant."

"Song Ting only dispatched less than half of his troops in the previous battle, but this time he transferred all the elite to the northwest. I am afraid that he really wants to destroy Li Yuanhao, besides..."

"And what?"

"I heard that the Song court built a special bureau for the manufacture of gunpowder in the south at the beginning of the emperor's succession. The firearms they made were more powerful than the god arm bow, and the range was several times farther. The power can be pierced Armor is unstoppable, and Beiliao has been unable to support large-scale deployment of troops, the Grand Marshal's old department and some clans have political disagreements, and the Beidawangyuan is now torn apart."

"If the emperor's uncle is not dead..." Yelufang tentatively asked.

"With the prestige of the Generalissimo, those clans will inevitably settle down again, but..."

Yeluming squinted his eyes and said: "As long as the emperor uncle is here, I will not be able to subdue his old clan. Now I can only rely on those clans to be evenly matched."

"Your Majesty is the orthodox heir, and the Grand Marshal is dead."

"I hope that there are no coveted people in those old ministries of the emperor's uncle." Yeluming drank the remaining half of the pot of wine in one gulp.

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The military situation on the front line is reported every three days. On the front line, Li Shiji, the Duke of Dai, is the deputy commander and joins the army. In the rear, the imperial court sends additional supplies and military medicines to the northwest. The sand table in the Chuigong Hall changes every day.

——Yongheung Army Road · Gyeongju——The army is stationed by the river.

"Emperor Wu Zong once recaptured the four frontier states during his reign, and Wei Mu Shanxi took the opportunity to seize Youyun because the first emperor took the opportunity. Since then, there has been no change for nearly 20 years, and the exchange market has been intermittent and unstable, and Wei Mushan likes this person Not only is he good at commanding troops, but he is also very good at city defense construction, so changes in the city and deployment of city defense are unknown, and the situation is difficult to say."

Hearing what the old general said, the emperor took out a folded piece of paper from inside the armor, "Please look at it, General Li."

"This is..."

"I have been to Xixia more than ten years ago, and by chance, I was able to enter their Privy Council. This is Wei Mu Shanxi's city defense deployment. I drew it from memory after I returned to the Kingdom. I gave it to the previous conquest. Marshal Xiao has seen it, and then conquered Xiazhou, and now more than ten years have passed, I don't know if there are any changes in other places."

"Wei Mushan likes the old minister who has fought against him. Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of strong generals. He knows that a general is hard to find, but he doesn't know that the most difficult to find is actually a commander."

"I know that it is a pity that Wei Mu Shanxi was killed by the monarch of his own country. It is because of this that I dare to send troops. Now that Li Yuanhao has killed several leaders of the Yeli tribe, it is undoubtedly his own arm. The good bow is hidden first, and the king's suspicion is the root of the disaster." The emperor then bowed his hands to Li Shiji, "Hexi was originally the land of my Song Dynasty, and it was the last wish of the previous emperors to recover the mountains and rivers. General Li."

"Your Majesty inherits the last wish of the late emperor, and his ambition is even greater than that of the late emperor. Thanks to your majesty's trust, this dispatch of troops will surely recover Hexi in one fell swoop."

In May of the 11th year of Qianyuan, war drums sounded at the junction of the two countries from Qingzhou to Xipingfu. With Xiao Yunze as the vanguard, the military report was rushed to Kaifengfu.

The post envoy in Tokyo rang the bell to clear the way, "the first battle in Hexi has been won." The news spread to the capital, which made people excited.

"News from the Northwest, the first battle has been won. His Majesty ordered General Xiao to be the vanguard to break through the first line of defense on the Xixia border, and later ordered General Huo Qing to lead a small team to lure the enemy, killing more than [-] enemies, and beheading the general and the deputy commander of the infantry."

"Huo Qing?" All the ministers wondered, "Isn't he His Majesty's personal guard? Why did he go to the front line?"

"General Huo has been following His Majesty. The war didn't go well at the beginning. The enemy guard was also a strong general. General Huo asked for orders to fight. In the competition, he was favored by General Li Shiji, the Duke of Dai, so he asked His Majesty to submit an order. General Huo was appointed to command the Xiangdu."

"Such a man of unknown origin put him in command..."

"What do you mean by unknown origin?" Xiao Youqing clapped his hands on the edge of the sand table, and said coldly, "Does it have to be of noble origin like yours to use it?"

"Your Highness," the mother of the Han Dynasty clasped her hands and said to the ministers, "General Huo has been with His Majesty for nearly ten years. If anything happened, it would have happened sooner. As courtiers, the country is going through war. The first thing is to unite as one." Instead of poking someone's back after winning a battle, this is really not what a gentleman would do."

"The minister is ashamed."

"Your Majesty's personal conquest, you should make a comprehensive plan in the rear, at least to ensure the operation of the court and the defense of the border to avoid your majesty's worries."

"Your Majesty's words are very true, and the ministers will obey the order."