After three days of cleaning the battlefield and half a month of cleaning up the corpses, the rebels gradually regained some of their strength.
The original 70,000-strong army was joined by 10,000 elite soldiers from the training island, leaving less than 30,000 people.
The reason why Murong Fu killed Halchara and controlled the leaders of the tribes was to prevent them from gathering troops to attack the rebels again after returning to their tribes.
The reason why Halchara was killed was because he was the leader of the Khitan tribe and a spiritual leader-like existence. If this person did not die and the Khitan tribe's faith was still there, it would be possible to lead a large army to counterattack at any time. ?.?????.ℂ??
Murong Fu, the leader who controlled the rest of the tribes, took the opportunity to cause civil strife in the Khitan tribe in order to instigate rebellion against his tribe, and had no intention of uniting with the Liao army to deal with the rebels.
With these trump cards in his hand and King Zheng's trump card, Murong Fu could even imitate history. After taking control of the Khitan tribes, he would directly support King Zheng as the new emperor of Liao and compete with Yelu Yanxi for power.
However, these things still need some time to plan, and there is no rush for the time being.
The most important thing for Murong Fu now is to ask for benefits from the Song Dynasty!
This time the rebels suffered heavy casualties, and they almost single-handedly solved the pressure of the 400,000-strong army for the Song Dynasty. It would be unjustifiable if they stopped asking for rewards.
News of the rebel army's victory soon reached the ears of the two armies confronting each other at Yanmen Pass.
After Yelu Yanxi learned that even the 200,000-strong army united by various tribes had been defeated by the rebels, his heart instantly sank to the bottom, and he was uneasy and didn't know how to deal with himself.
With such a life-threatening ghost hiding behind him, he finally realized the seriousness of the matter and urgently summoned the emperor's uncle Yelu and Lu Wei, the marshals of the world's soldiers and horses, to discuss with the kings of the north and south how to deal with the rebels entrenched in Liaodong.
Yelvout, the king of the Southern Academy, said: "The Song army can only compete with our army by occupying the advantage of the Hetao. Now that we have reached the critical moment of the war between the two countries, I think it is better not to lose the big because of small things, and to take advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty first!" "
The emperor's uncles Yelu and Lu We had long coveted the fertile territory of the Song Dynasty in the south. They immediately advocated taking the Song Dynasty first and ignoring the provocations and disturbances of these rebels.
It's just a piece of Liaodong. When they take over the Song Dynasty, won't they be able to deal with these miscellaneous soldiers?
Yelu Yanxi, who was still a little frightened at first, calmed down a little after hearing what the two said. He thought that the worst he could do was not go back to Beijing and let these rebels be arrogant for a while.
Just when the three of them reached an agreement and decided to ignore the rebels for the time being, Xiao Wuna, the king of the North Courtyard, said: "Your Majesty, I feel that these rebels are not just ordinary people, and they must not be tolerated and supported by traitors!"
"The rebels must have suffered heavy losses in this fierce battle with the tribal army. Now is the best time for our army to completely annihilate them. I have the courage to ask your Majesty for orders to go and annihilate this group of rebels!"
From the news coming from the front line, we learned that the rebels now have less than 30,000 troops. This is a great opportunity for them to annihilate the opponent in one go. How can we let them go and let them grow bigger?
When Yelu Yanxi heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.
The rebels have always been a thorn in his heart. It would be best if they could be removed. After all, no one knows how much he wants to destroy the rebels. If it were not for the overall situation, he would like to send millions of troops to directly destroy the rebels. .
Yeluot, the king of the South Court, said: "This is absolutely impossible. Your and my troops have been at odds with the Song army for a long time. If the King of the North Court rashly withdraws with his troops, wouldn't it put our soldiers and horses of the South Court in danger?" "
"Hey Xiao Wuna, how do you feel at ease?"
Yeluotala became more and more angry as he thought about it.
His ability to lead troops is not as good as that of his opponent. If Xiao Wuna really leads troops to destroy the rebels and allows himself to hold on to the defense line, wouldn't the blame fall on him if he loses on the battlefield?
Xiao Wuna frowned and was about to defend himself when Yelu Yanxi suddenly came to his senses and interrupted: "Wotela is right. You don't need to pay attention to the rebels in advance. You still have to defend the front line." , in at most three months, Yanmen Pass will be broken, and by then our three armies will join forces and we will definitely be able to capture the Song Dynasty!"
Seeing that Xiao Wuna seemed to want to say something else, Yelu Yanxi added: "King of the North does not need to worry about the rebels. This time the northern tribes only sent 200,000 troops. Maybe they will be defeated without my army. If it comes back again, then the troubles caused by the rebels will naturally be solved!"
Xiao Wuna wanted to say that the leader of the rebel alliance had captured the leader of the northern tribe, and his intention must be to blackmail the tribes. How could they send troops to attack again?
But seeing that Yelu Yanxi insisted on going his own way, he could only swallow the words that came to his lips.
Recently, he heard some news and learned that His Majesty was quite dissatisfied with him. If he contradicted him again, he would inevitably suffer misfortune.
Xiao Wuna was loyal to the Liao Dynasty and was naturally not afraid of honor or disgrace. However, he knew that the King of Nanyuan was a complete idiot. If he was dismissed, the Liao army's deployment in the past few years would inevitably fall short. Therefore, he could only try his best to comply with Tian Zuo. Do the will of God.
As for the rebels, they can only pray to God to let them capture the Song Dynasty as soon as possible without giving the other side a chance to grow.
At this time, in the imperial palace in Bianjing of the Song Dynasty.
Han Zhongyan and several close ministers hurriedly came to congratulate Huizong.
Huizong originally didn't have high hopes for the rebels, but when he learned that the rebels had really defended against the Khitan armies, he paced back and forth excitedly.
Han Zhongyan saw the opportunity and invited Murong Fu to reward him.
Huizong Longyan was so pleased that he promised to reward Han Zhongyan and let Han Zhongyan discuss it with his ministers, giving him great power.
After all, if it weren't for Han Zhongyan's recommendation, how could he have achieved such extraordinary achievements for the Song Dynasty this time?
In addition, Huizong also felt that Han Zhongyan was a capable minister with a keen eye and understanding of people. He thought that with such a minister in the court to take care of his worries, he could devote more of his time to studying famous calligraphy and paintings.
After Han Zhongyan accepted the order and resigned, he and a group of close ministers quickly discussed a reward list.
Among them, gold, jewelry, and military supplies were secondary. On the homepage, Han Zhongyan deliberately used various rhetoric to praise his merits and reputations to name Murong Fuqiao, and made a long speech.
When the memorial was submitted to Huizong for approval, as soon as he saw the awkward text, he flipped through a few pages and approved it!
Han Zhongyan knew very well that Emperor Huizong had spent all his patience on calligraphy and painting, but it was always difficult to have extraordinary patience for other things. Therefore, he took advantage of this shortcoming of the other party to gain great benefits for himself. convenience.
Nowadays, everyone around Huizong is all arranged by him so that he can control each other anytime and anywhere.
