Chapter 2718: The Twenty-one Heroes of the Order, Yelu Deguang’s Grief
Why would a hero like Yelu Abaoji choose a miserable death such as suicide instead of dying heroically on the battlefield?
In addition to not seeing any hope, the biggest reason why Abaoji committed suicide was that he could not die at the hands of the Han people.
The Han people destroyed the Qiang people, and the Qiang people suffered over a million casualties. The hatred between the two ethnic groups was overwhelming.
Although Abaoji also hopes that the hatred between Han and Qiang will never be resolved, he also knows that too much is too little, and once he dies at the hands of the Han, this will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
After all, if he had killed his father, neither Li Shimin nor Yang Guang would be able to let Yelu Deguang live any longer. Among the Qiang people, apart from Abaoji, only his second son Yelu Deguang had another chance. The ability to unify the entire Qiang tribe.
Therefore, regardless of race or for the sake of his son, Abaoji could not die in the hands of the Han people. He had no choice but to commit suicide.
Yelu Deguang also knew that his father's suicide was actually to fight for a way out for him, so no matter how sad, angry and unwilling he was, he still chose to obey his father's orders, endure the humiliation and bear the burden.
Yelu Deguang had endured it for so many years, and now the opportunity finally appeared. As soon as the order to relieve the Qiang was issued, all the bans on the Qiang people were lifted. The Qiang people could easily regain control of Haizhou. Naturally, he could not let go of such a good opportunity to restore the country. Pass.
Not only Yelv Deguang, but most of the people present, including Yelv Xie Niechi, Yelv Renxian, Xiao Dilu and others, also felt that this was a good opportunity to restore the country, and expressed their willingness to support Yelv Deguang's restoration.
Seeing that everyone was supporting him, Yelu Deguang couldn't help but smile with relief. Although the Qiang tribe was divided after his father's death, the largest force was already on his side.
"In that case, then..."
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The sudden sound interrupted Yelu Deguang, but instead of being unhappy at all, Yelu Deguang showed a look of surprise and went to greet him personally, because the person who came was none other than his fifth uncle, Yelu Su.
Yelu Abaoji had five brothers in total, but all four of his biological brothers who were born from the same mother betrayed him. On the contrary, the youngest half-brother Yelvsu not only did not betray, but actually fought for Abaoji through life and death many times, which shows that The depth of affection between the two brothers.
The Yelu family is passed down by martial arts, and all the children in the family are brave men who have experienced hundreds of battles. Only Yelusu is the most unusual. It doesn't matter if he is not strong enough, and his personality is very gentle. This also makes him incompatible with the Yelu family. He often Being bullied and bullied by other brothers.
Among the entire Yelu family, Abaoji is the only one who does not dislike Yelvsu for being weak, and whenever Yelvsu is bullied, he will support his fifth brother. Therefore, Yelvsu has the deepest feelings for his eldest brother Abaoji.
Abaoji also liked this fifth brother who was weak on the surface but actually possessed great wisdom, so he was named Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom and one of the twenty-one heroes of Zuoming. His status was second only to the twenty-one heroes of Zuoming. The leader is Yelu Holu.
The twenty-one meritorious ministers who served the Ming Dynasty were awarded to the twenty-one men who had made the greatest contributions after Abaoji proclaimed himself emperor and established the country.
It is a pity that although there are 21 heroes who assisted the emperor, only eight of them were written in the "History of Liao", so there are only eight heroes whose identities can be clearly determined.
These eight people are: Yelu Huolu, Yelvsu, Han Yanhui, Kang Moji, Xiao Dilu, Xiao Aguzhi, Yelu Xieniech, and Yelu Laogu.
The number one founding general of the Liao Kingdom was his brother Yelu Holu, who helped Abaoji quell the chaos of his brothers, control the Khitan regime, and made great contributions in unifying the grasslands and ascending the throne as emperor. He was also a member of the Liao Kingdom. The top list of the twenty-one heroes.
As for the founding civil servants, the first one was Han Yanhui, the elder of the four dynasties of the Khitan Dynasty, the first person of Han Dynasty to be a duke, and the first person to serve as the prime minister of Nanfu, followed by Yelvsu.
Strictly speaking, Yelvsu was only the second civil servant of the Liao Kingdom. Because of his status as a clan member, his status was above Han Yanhui and second only to Yelu Huelu.
Yelvsu has the important responsibility of caring for his deceased brother. Now that the Qiang people are about to undergo great changes, his nephew has been suppressed for too long and is about to lose his patience. How can he not come in person?
"I'm late, please forgive me, my lord."
Yelvsu bowed, and this call "Lord" directly expressed his attitude.
When Yelu Deguang heard this, he was naturally pleasantly surprised. Both his fifth uncle and his uncle supported him, so what else could his silly elder brother have to argue with him?
"Fifth uncle, my nephew knows that no matter how far away you are, you will definitely come here."
After saying this, Yelv Deguang took Yelvsu's hand and strode into the conference room, and everyone present stood up to greet him, which shows Yelvsu's high status among the Qiang people.
Yelvsu greeted everyone and sat down. Then he looked at Yelu Deguang with a serious face and asked: "My lord, once the order to untie the Qiang was issued, the imprisonment of our Qiang people was completely lifted. My lord wants to rebel against the Sui Dynasty and regain the Qiang people." Haizhou?”
"Yes, this is a good opportunity given to us, the Qiang people, by God to restore our country. If God does not take it, we will be blamed for it."
Yelu Deguang took it for granted. Even if Yang Guang married his sister to him and made him the governor of Yushu, he still had no sense of belonging to the Sui Kingdom and was thinking about revenge and restoration of the country all the time.
"Uncle Fifth, my nephew has already made plans..."
With that said, Yelu Deguang told his plan in public without reservation.
To put it simply: unify the dormant faction, unite the Qiang traitor faction, alienate the Sinicization faction, and recall the fleeing faction.
Unifying the Hidden Sect is the easiest. After all, both Yelvsu and Xiao Dilu have made it clear that they will side with Yelu Deguang. Yelu Deguang’s eldest brother, Yelu Bei, has no other choice but to surrender. With the support of these three people, it is basically The whole hibernating sect was taken care of.
It is not too difficult to unite the Qiang traitors. After all, the Sui State did not keep its promise after completely occupying the Qiang land, and it was also merciless in suppressing the Qiang traitors. This also caused a large number of people within the Qiang traitors to hate Sui was dissatisfied, so it shouldn't be difficult to win over.
It is the most difficult to alienate the Sinicization faction. After all, the people of the Sinicization faction have been ruled by the Han people for so many years, and the benefits brought by the dissolution of the Qiang Order are also real.
But the Qiang people at the bottom support the Sui Kingdom, which does not mean that the Qiang officials also support it.
The interests and demands of the Qiang officials in power were completely different from those of the common people. In addition, the Sui Kingdom was in a precarious situation, so the Sinicization officials may not be willing to be buried with the Sui Kingdom.
As for recalling the fugitives, to be honest, Yelu Deguang didn't have much confidence.
Although it was under Abaoji's intentional arrangement that Yelu Chucai, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Holu and others were able to escape from the Qiang land with the two elite armies of the Qiang people, the Pishi Army and the Tielin Army, after all It has been so long, and the elites of the Escape Sect have also established a firm foothold in Yuan Meng.
At this time, let them give up everything and return to the Qiang people whose future is uncertain? Even Yelu Deguang himself felt it was a bit excessive.
Although Yelu Deguang was not very sure that he could bring back the Escape Faction, he still had to give it a try. After all, the Escape Faction was not weak, and it was also a major force for him.
After hearing his nephew's plan, Yelvsu was very pleased. His eldest brother had not chosen the wrong successor. The boy who used to be full of fights and fights has now grown into a qualified monarch with both wisdom and courage.
"Lord, the plan to restore the country is good, but there is one thing wrong, that is, we should not rebel against the Sui Dynasty."
As soon as Yelvsu said this, everyone present was stunned. Yelu Deguang looked even more unbelievable. He couldn't believe that his fifth uncle would not support him in rebelling against the Sui Dynasty, so he hurriedly said: "Fifth uncle, don't rebel." How can we restore our country in the Sui Dynasty?"
Yelvsu did not argue with him, but asked: "My Lord, does he know why Yang Guang issued the order to relieve the Qiang?"
"The Han and Qiang have been entangled for many years, and Yang Guang can no longer support it, so he issued the order to relieve the Qiang to appease the Qiang people."
Hearing what Yelu Deguang said, Yelvsu said in his heart that sure enough, he knew that his nephew did not know the inside story, so he shook his head and said: "No."
Yelu Deguang couldn't help but be stunned, a bad premonition appeared in his heart, and asked: "Why is that?"
"Because the four-pronged Qin army attacked the Sui Dynasty, in just half a month, the Sui country was about to be destroyed. Yang Guang had no choice but to issue the order to relieve the Qiang."
After saying that, Yelusu sent out the Qin army to attack the Sui Dynasty in four directions. Two of them used surprise attacks to open the door of the Sui Kingdom and went straight to Daxing, while the other two directions intercepted Haizhou and Xiliang. All the news was told to everyone present one by one.
Yelu Deguang and others were all shocked after hearing this. They couldn't believe that the Sui State, a mountain that was pressing down on the Qiang people, was almost destroyed by the Qin army in just half a month. This was too great. That's outrageous.
The Qin Army's attack on the Sui Dynasty was sudden, less than half a month from the beginning, and the Sui State had been blocking news. In addition, Shanghai was extremely closed, and the news spread very slowly. All Yelv De Just waiting for the Qiang senior officials to know what was going on in the outside world.
If Yang Xingmi hadn't summoned the Haizhou garrison to help Daxing, Yelv Deguang wouldn't even have known about the war between Qin and Sui, but he only thought it was just a small war. After all, Qin had already gone to war with Wei, Song and Ming. How many troops can be allocated to attack the Sui Dynasty?
But what Yelu Deguang never expected was that this was not a small-scale war at all, but a national war, and the Sui Kingdom was almost dying.
Thinking of this, Yelv Deguang finally understood why his evil uncle Yang Guang lifted the ban on the Qiang people at this time.
Yang Guang wanted to drag the Qiang people into the water so that the Qiang people could become cannon fodder and share the pressure for the Sui Kingdom.
"Yang Guang, you are so despicable."
Yelu De angrily yelled at Yang Guang. He thought that Yang Guang was really out of his mind, but he didn't expect that he was digging a hole for himself, and he would have to hold him back until he died.
At this moment, Yelu Deguang finally understood why his fifth uncle Yelvsu opposed his rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.
If the Sui State was a wolf, then the Qin Dynasty was a tiger.
The Qin Dynasty had much more experience in subjugating countries and annihilating tribes than the Sui Dynasty. The foreign tribes in He, Bing, and Youzhou, as well as the Japanese in Yingzhou, were all destroyed by the Qin Dynasty.
When dealing with foreigners, Da Qin always invaded their territory, destroyed their civilization, and assimilated their people.
Therefore, once the Sui Kingdom was defeated and allowed Great Qin to occupy Haizhou, Great Qin's suppression of the Qiang people would only be more ruthless than that of the Sui Kingdom.
Yang Guang also accurately calculated this point and determined that the Qiang people would not be willing to enter the Qin Dynasty's tiger's den after emerging from the wolf's den, so he dared to implement the order to relieve the Qiang boldly and did not worry at all about the Qiang people's backlash. Alliance with the Sui Dynasty to resist the Qin Dynasty is the only way out for the Qiang people.
After thinking about this, Yelu Deguang's breathing became rapid. The person he hated most in his life was Yang Guang, but now with Da Qin, a common enemy in front of him, not only could he not avenge his hatred, but he also had to take the initiative to help his enemy. Use it to help your biggest enemy.
At this thought, Yelv Deguang was so aggrieved that he even had the urge to draw his sword and kill someone to vent his anger.
Yelvsu looked at his nephew who was trembling with anger, and he knew the aggrievedness in his heart, but he still sighed: "My lord, if you can't bear it, you will mess up your big plan."
"Fifth uncle, my nephew understands that after the Qin army is defeated, it will not be too late to settle the accounts with Yang Guang, but before that, you can't fall out with Yang Guang." Yelu Deguang covered his face, but said with a painful look on his face. .
(End of chapter)
