Xiao Qi naturally trusts her husband 100%. After hearing what he said, she suddenly understood and looked at him with admiration.
"Brother Murong, you are amazing!"
Xiao Qi expressed sincere admiration.
Murong Fu accepted it calmly and took his two lovely wives into his arms. He thought that Dragon City had been captured and he could finally implement his plan.
Early the next morning, Murong Fu issued several military orders in succession, mobilizing frontline soldiers and horses to gather in Gaoyang Pass for a decisive battle with the Liao army! ?.?????.???
After several months of hard work, Huo Qianjun and Wei Liangcheng also made a name for themselves in the army. Based on their military exploits, Murong Fu equipped them with soldiers and horses respectively, and established a ruthless army. , only listen to his orders.
The Polu army was led by Huo Qianjun and Wei Liangcheng was the deputy commander. With 30,000 elite cavalry under his command, he was already a king's division among the Song army.
The Liao army was restrained by the rebels, and finally filled the horse trap and attacked outside Gaoyang Pass.
Compared with the rising morale of the Song army, they have been tortured by the bad news frequently coming from the Yao army and the rear, which has shaken their minds and greatly reduced their morale.
The nearly 400,000 fresh troops were finally defeated by the Song Army's less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and were defeated and defeated.
This battle lasted for nearly a year. Seeing that the time was ripe, Murong Fu released King Zheng Yelu Chun who had been imprisoned at the beginning, and then incited the leaders of the northern tribes to support King Zheng as the new emperor, with the title Emperor Tianxi established the Northern Liao regime and competed with Yelu Yanxi for territorial ownership.
Yelu Yanxi was furious when he learned about this. Now the Liao Kingdom was wasting its national power and suffered several defeats. Not only was the morale of the soldiers low, but many veterans in the court were dissatisfied with him as the emperor. If Yelu Chun was allowed to do so, If he ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor and takes over the political power in Bei Liao, he will not be able to protect his life, let alone the throne.
In order to prevent the rumors of "deposing the emperor and seeking to establish an emperor" from getting worse in the court, Yelv Yanxi no longer cared about the Southern Song Dynasty, and immediately wanted to return to the court with his troops to kill Yelv Chun, the traitor.
However, when the Liao army sent troops southward, they were strong and had no scruples and acted wantonly. But now they want to run away after losing the battle. Is there anything so cheap in the world?
Murong Fu and the rebels attacked the retreating Liao army from both sides. With less than 100,000 troops and horses, they blocked the Liao army's 200,000 troops in Yizhou, leaving no way out.
However, Murong Fu knew very well the principle of a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, so naturally he did not dare to push too hard.
Now that he has made an unparalleled contribution to the Song Dynasty, he only needs one last contribution before he can truly be famous throughout the ages and lay the foundation for a great cause!
After seven days of siege and failure to attack the Liao army, Murong Fu looked at Yelu Yanxi in the distance like a bereaved dog, and he sighed for a while.
I thought to myself, the words "successful king and defeated bandit" are really suitable when applied to the other party.
On this day, the two armies were facing each other in front of the formation. Murong Fu came to the front of the two armies alone. You Tanzhi moved a square table and placed two benches. There was wine and food on the table. Murong Fu was dressed in regular clothes and sat quietly. Drink freely in front of the Liao army formation without any scruples.
Among the Liao army, Yelu Yanxi's face was very ugly. He looked at a bench placed in his direction with deep unwillingness and hatred in his eyes. Then, regardless of the obstruction of the officials, he resolutely walked out of the military formation and came. He sat down in front of Murong Fu.
Yelu Yanxi, who had not eaten meat for a long time, smelled the aroma of meat on the table and started eating without any scruples. Murong Fu picked up the jug and was about to pour the wine, but he snatched the jug away. Pour it into your mouth.
Yelu Yanxi knew that Murong Fu was very skilled in martial arts, and since he was so close to him, there was no way he could survive. Instead of starving to death, he would rather eat before going on the road.
The reason why Yelu Yanxi sent the sheep into the tiger's mouth was because he wanted to leave a way for the Khitan soldiers behind him to survive. He didn't expect that in the end, they would be completely annihilated because of him.
Murong Fu was somewhat surprised that Yelu Yanxi dared to come alone.
Looking at Yelu Yanxi who was devouring his food, Murong Fu did not interrupt him. He seemed willing to wait until Yelu Yanxi had eaten and drank enough before discussing.
A quarter of an hour later, Yelu Yanxi's face turned red. She picked up a few pieces of minced meat from the table and put it into her mouth. After drinking the wine in one gulp, she threw the wine bottle to the ground and asked with bloodshot eyes: " Tell me! What conditions do you have to put before you are willing to let them go?"
Murong Fu smiled lightly and said: "Since Your Majesty is so impatient, I will keep the story short!"
"It is not difficult to spare the lives of the Liao army officers and soldiers, and even your Majesty. As long as your Majesty is willing to return the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures that plundered our Song Dynasty, you can all return to your hometown safely."
Hearing this, Yelu Yanxi's face instantly darkened, but she did not rush to get angry or refuse, but instead weighed the pros and cons.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are attached to the Great Wall, which is a natural barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist foreign nomads. It is said that "the sky and the earth are built to divide the vassal and the Han Dynasty. Sincerely, one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand people can't move forward." It can be said that The gateway of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.
However, after Shi Jingtang, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, ceded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Khitan people, the Central Plains Dynasty lost this barrier. As a result, the Khitan people repeatedly invaded the border, but the Song Dynasty was unable to resist it and could only dig out this Great Water Wall from guard.
However, Murong Fu knew very well that this water defense line could only be a temporary means for the Song Dynasty to defend against the Liao attack. If it could not regain Yanyun and other places, the Song Dynasty could only passively defend itself and never be able to protect itself.
Therefore, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are not unimportant to the Song Dynasty.
According to the course of history, although the Song Dynasty never gave up on regaining Yanyun and other places, it failed to complete this feat from the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty until the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Even Murong Fu himself did not have the confidence to retreat from the Great Water Wall at the same time. , he can regain Yan Yun with strength in the future. Now that he has an opportunity to regain Yan Yun without spending a single soldier, he will naturally not let it go.
The formation of the Great Water Wall not only blocked the cavalry of the Liao Army, but also limited the possibility of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty to recover the lost territory to a certain extent.
Murong Fu was not in a hurry, and when Yelu Yanxi refused, he slowly said: "I can lead the rebel army to help your majesty wipe out the rebels and regain control of Liao Dynasty, but your majesty has to take over the Jinyuan and Sichuan provinces in Liaodong." The areas south of Zhouzhou, Qianzhou, Yizhou and other places were divided to me as my vassal territory!"
These states surround Longcheng and are close to the Bohai Sea. They are not important military areas. They are Murong Fu's preparations for expanding the vassal territory.
Hearing this, Yelu Yanxi said without hesitation: "I can promise you this..."
However, before he could be happy, Murong Fu interrupted: "The premise is that Your Majesty must return the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty, otherwise there will be no need to discuss anything!"
Yelu Yanxi looked coldly and said, "Do you know how important Yanyun and other places are to us, Daliao?"
"How important is it to your Majesty? I only need to trap your Majesty's army here for one month, and the food and grass problem alone will kill you. By then, all the elders in your Majesty's court will surrender to Bei Liao, and this 200,000-strong army , how many people can survive?"
"The Sixteen States of Yanyun were originally owned by the Central Plains Dynasty, but now they are just returned to their original owners. How come your Majesty doesn't even understand this?"
Murong Fu did not argue with him at the top of his lungs, but spoke calmly.
