The wind and rain are swaying, the wind is roaring, the grass and trees are full of soldiers, the dangers are everywhere, and the fear is endless. This has become the norm for the Liao royal family for some time. Under anxiety and fear, Yelu Chun fell ill and was unable to take charge of the affairs. At that time, Li Chuwen, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Kingdom, was very active when he first supported Yelv Chun as emperor. Therefore, he was appointed by Yelv Chun as the prime minister and the commander-in-chief in front of the palace. However, as the war progressed, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Chun fell ill because of this and gradually became seriously ill. Seeing this situation, Li Chuwen knew that Daliao was about to collapse, so he began to leave a way out for himself. So he sent his son Li Shi to secretly infiltrate the Song army and plot to rebel against Liao and surrender to Song.
At that time, Tong Guan received the edict from Emperor Huizong and returned to the capital together with the supervisor Cai You. The person who stayed on the Xiongzhou front line and was temporarily in charge was General Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen, Zhong Shidao and a few other generals secretly met with Li Shi and asked him to secretly grasp the situation of the Liao court and army and provide it to the Song army at any time. He also arranged for his father and son to be internal responders when the Song army attacked Youzhou. Working as a receptionist in Youzhou City.
After Li Xi, Wang Zhen and others took over, they quietly returned to Youzhou City and reported the above situation to their father Li Chuwen. From then on, Li Chuwen and his son had been in contact with the Song army and were ready to assist the Song army in attacking Youzhou. state.
At that time, Emperor Tianxi of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Chun, died after falling ill for more than ten days. Li Chuwen thought it was an opportunity, and without contacting Wang Zhen and others stationed in Xiongzhou, he led the soldiers of the Taiwei Mansion to kidnap the queen Xiao Puxian and defect to the Song Dynasty to achieve extraordinary achievements.
Due to carelessness, this news was revealed to the Queen Xiao Puxiannu and Beiyuan Privy Envoy Xiao Qian. Xiao Puxiannu and Xiao Qian were shocked when they heard about this situation. They hurriedly sent more than a thousand imperial troops from the palace to surround Li Chuwen's Taiwei Mansion. They arrested Li Chuwen and his son and beheaded them in public.
After handling this matter, because Xiao Puxian was from the Xi tribe and the queen of Yelu Chun, Xiao Qian supported Xiao Puxian as the empress dowager. He appointed himself prime minister, privy envoy of the North Courtyard, and commander of the Liao army's military and horse forces, thus taking control of the Liao army. Military and political power in the Yanjing area.
After Xiao Qian took control of the military and political power in the Yanjing area, he became increasingly suspicious and often worried about rebellion among his subordinates. Among all the Liao generals, Empress Dowager Xiao and Xiao Qian were most taboo about staying in the two states of Zhuo and Yi and controlling Guo Yaoshi under the control of the Changsheng Army. Xiao Qian went to the Empress Dowager Xiao several times and said: "Nowadays, the situation is becoming more and more urgent, and it is becoming more and more unfavorable to the court. Naturally, the Khitan and Xi tribe did not say anything. After all, they are their own tribe. Only the Han people cannot be trusted. We should deprive them of their military rights as a precaution."
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "What the prime minister said was that he was talking about the ever-victorious army being in charge of Guo Yaoshi?"
"Exactly!" Xiao Qian said: "As the Queen Mother is told, Gao Yaoshi is in charge of Zhuozhou and Yizhou. If the Song army attacks Youzhou, Gao Yaoshi will see that the situation is not conducive to the court, and then, greedy for wealth, he will take Zhuo and Yizhou to defect to the Song Dynasty. Big things are bad.”
"Pharmacist Guo Tong has recently been commended by the late emperor for his meritorious service in the fight against the Song Dynasty. He shouldn't surrender to the Song Dynasty, right?"
"It's hard to say! The Queen Mother is here, and those who are not from our clan must have different ideas! If it were before, there would be no such danger. However, things are not what they used to be. If the imperial court cannot allow Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals to get the maximum benefit, they will rebel against the imperial court. It is possible; therefore, I have reported to the Queen Mother that I would rather believe that she has something than believe that she does not have it. It is better to strike first and relieve Guo Yaoshi from his military power as soon as possible."
Queen Mother Xiao was silent.
Xiao Qian further admonished: "Queen Mother, you can't hesitate any longer. If you continue to break up, you will suffer chaos."
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Prime Minister, let me think about it. In addition, Prime Minister can talk to Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy to see what Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy means?"
Xiao Qiandao: "Let's report to the Queen Mother. There should be no problem with the Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy. A few years ago, the Resentful Army rebelled, and I and the Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy led the army to quell the rebellion. At that time, Yelu Dashi suggested that I should take advantage of the situation to rebel against the Resentful Army. On this occasion, all the generals of the Ever-Victorious Army were killed. At that time, the imperial court was expecting the resentful army to complain to the Jurchens. Therefore, the minister did not adopt it on the grounds that there were loyal Han people who served the country and it was not easy to kill them in vain. The Queen Mother is here, now. The situation is very different from that of that time. The Jin and Song Dynasties allied themselves to attack the Liao Dynasty, and our dynasty's defeat was almost certain. Under such circumstances, there was no guarantee that Gao Yaoshi and other Han generals would be of one mind with the imperial court."
Seeing the memorial, Empress Dowager Xiao pondered for a while and said to Xiao Qian: "Even so, it would be better to communicate with the defense envoy of Yelv Dashi, so as to arrange the troops so that they can eradicate the roots quickly and without leaving any future troubles; otherwise, we will attack If the snake fails, he will be bitten by the snake, which will cause a lot of trouble."
Xiao Qian was overjoyed when he saw that Empress Dowager Xiao agreed to remove Gao Yaoshi and other Han generals, and hurriedly said to Empress Dowager Xiao: "Your Majesty, I will leave now and go to Yelu Dashi to discuss matters related to the disbandment of the Ever Victorious Army."
Empress Dowager Xiao nodded and told Xiao Qian again: "Things must be handled carefully and no information should be leaked."
Xiao Qian replied: "I must be careful, please rest assured, Queen Mother."
Immediately, Xiao Qian said goodbye and left the palace, went to the residence of Yelu Dashi, the defense envoy of Youzhou, and negotiated with Yelu Dashi about the removal of Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals.
Yelu Dashi was shocked when he heard what Xiao Qian meant.
Yelu Dashi was surprised because Guo Yaoshi showed no signs of betraying the imperial court. Moreover, in this battle with the Song army, thanks to the timely arrival of Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army, the victory of the battle was guaranteed. If not for Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army, it was Come here, I'm afraid the current Youzhou City has been occupied by the Song Army.
Therefore, Yelu Dashi replied: "Prime Minister Xiao, regarding Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army, the lower official had already made suggestions when quelling the rebellion of the rebel army. He suggested that all the Han generals be killed and the ever-victorious army be assigned to other places. At the general's office, the Prime Minister refused to agree on the grounds that 'there are some Han people who are loyal to the emperor and serve the country, so they should not be killed in vain.' Now, the war between Liao and Song Dynasties is about to break out. It is the time to employ people. Guo Pharmacist's ever-victorious army is a We have soldiers and horses capable of fighting. If we kill Medicine Master Guo now, I am afraid that we will destroy our own arm, which will only benefit the Song army but not our army."
When Xiao Qian heard this, he stumbled and said, "What a fool the defense commander is! In the early days, we in Liao Dynasty still controlled all directions and had strong soldiers and horses. We were not afraid of the rebellion of some Han generals. Moreover, at that time, the Han generals might not rebel easily." . Now, the situation is different. We, Daliao, have reached a critical moment of critical survival. We are already in the middle of the attack between the Jin and Song Dynasties. A crisis may occur at any time. In this case, who can guarantee that the Han people and we, the Khitan and the Liao, will survive? Are people of one heart and one mind? If the Han people are greedy for wealth and wealth, and turn against the enemy at a critical moment, the situation will become even more critical. We must consider these things now."
When Yelu Dashi saw this, he suddenly woke up and broke into a cold sweat. terrible! Yelu Dashi thought to himself, if the situation mentioned by Xiao Qian really happened, he would lose on the spot. Why fight? I'm afraid I can't even save my head! Yelu Dashi thought about it and hurriedly said: "If it weren't for the Prime Minister's words, the subordinates are still confused. What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. It is necessary to be on guard early. In the opinion of the capital, how should we remove Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals? military power?"
Xiao Qian had already thought about this, and when he saw that Yelu Dashi agreed and asked about the specific method, he said directly: "There is a way. You can send someone to notify Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals and ask them to rush to Youzhou Palace. To participate in the court meeting hosted by the Queen Mother in person to discuss the war against the Song Dynasty, we ambush the imperial guards in the palace in advance, and after Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals entered the palace, we captured them all."
Yelu Dashi said: "It's best to do as Prime Minister Xiao said; just keep it strictly confidential and don't let any news leak out."
"What the defense envoy said is absolutely true, and the Queen Mother means the same thing."
"So, the Prime Minister has already reported it to the Queen Mother?"
"Yes! Before I came to the defense envoy, I already reported it to the Queen Mother. The queen mother ordered me to come to the defense envoy in order to make things smoother and more complete."
"Great!" Yelu Dashi said: "Since the Queen Mother also has this intention, we should hurry up and take the initiative to do it early to avoid future troubles."
Xiao Qian nodded and said: "Exactly."
Immediately, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi began to negotiate on specific matters.
There is no airtight wall in the world. When Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi came up to discuss this matter, they were accidentally overheard by a Han servant in Yelu Dashi's mansion. The Han slave thought to himself, I am also a Han. Since my master can kill a Han with such a powerful position as Guo Tongzhi, and treats some of us as slaves, he will kill them as soon as he says it, without making any excuses. . No, in this case, I had to tell Guo Tongzhi, and I took the opportunity to defect to Guo Tongzhi and return to my hometown in the Central Plains.
After thinking about it, the Han servant sneaked out of Yelu Dashi's mansion overnight and went straight to Zhuozhou to inform Gao Yaoshi.
When Pharmacist Guo heard about this situation, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. How pitiful! Pharmacist Guo thought to himself, if it weren't for the Han slaves in Yelu Dashi Mansion who overheard this situation and came to report it, how much would I know? ! After receiving the order to go to Youzhou Palace for a court meeting, his life was lost. It was really an injustice. 1
Immediately, Yaoshi Guo became furious. Pharmacist Guo thought to himself, ever since he complained about the army, I have been serving the Liao Dynasty, going through life and death, fighting with the armies of the Jin and Song Dynasties. In the end, the Khitan still cannot trust me, and they want to deprive me of my military power and take my life. This time, I will rebel and join the Song Dynasty!
Pharmacist Guo immediately made up his mind and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to tell them about the situation that the Liao court wanted to eliminate Han generals. When Guo Yaoshi's subordinates heard this, they burst out in anger.
Pharmacist Guo said: "Brothers of the Ever Victorious Army! We go through life and death to serve the Khitan. Not only do we get no benefits, but we also lose our lives in vain. How can such a thing happen in the world?! We are rebelling and surrendering to the Song Dynasty!"
The generals and soldiers of Guo Yaoshi's victorious army were excited and shouted: "Rebel! Rebel! Go to the Song Dynasty! Go to the Song Dynasty!"
"Okay!" Gao Yaoshi shouted loudly: "Since all the brothers in the Ever Victorious Army are willing to rebel and join the Song Dynasty, I will lead the brothers to rebel and join the Song Dynasty. The brothers are ready immediately and are ready for orders at any time."
The generals and soldiers replied loudly: "Only Guo Tongzhi's orders are obeyed."
Immediately, Pharmacist Guo ordered the generals to restrain the soldiers and wait for his order.
