In April of the sixth year of Xianping, the Liao army, led by generals Xiao Taolin and Yerunugua, invaded south again and arrived at Wangdu County, north of Dingzhou.
The Zhenzhou camp deployed Wang Chao and the Zhenzhou road deployed the Sangzan combined army to defend against the enemy. They launched a fierce battle with the Liao army in Wangdu, but in the end they were outnumbered and had to retreat.
The Liao army took advantage of the situation to pursue, but suddenly retreated halfway, and then even the army turned back directly. It was not until half a month later that the Song army received the news. It turned out that when the Liao army went south, the northwest Tibetan soldiers launched a surprise attack on Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom.
Taking advantage of the Liao army's massive march southward and the capital being empty, the Tibetan soldiers marched straight into the city and finally retreated when the Jurchens came for reinforcements.
But just when they were relaxing in the capital, they did not expect that the Jurchen envoys in the city suddenly rebelled and opened the city gate. The Tibetan soldiers attacked Linhuang Mansion in one fell swoop, and finally took away the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, his mother the Queen Mother Xiao Chuo, the Queen of the Harem and other people. Concubine, burned the Liao palace to the ground, and then left.
Speaking of which, in the past two years or so, with the funding of the maritime caravan arranged by Li Yong, the Jurchens began their rise.
As a people of fishing and hunting, the Jurchens are actually very suitable for the environment of the Yalu River and Songhua River. Moreover, Liaodong has experienced development very early. It is not a barren land, but more difficult to survive the bitter cold in winter.
In addition to various tools, Li Yong asked people to bring them clothing and food. Of course, they also needed to exchange for these.
What could there be? It's very simple, all kinds of furs, medicinal materials, etc.
"Native specialties" can become popular in the Jiangnan area after some packaging. After all, there are a lot of rich people there, and rich people have to be particular about how they spend their money. It must be rare, rare, and look high-end and classy.
Li Yong is very experienced in this area. He even sent some design sketches and asked Li Yuan to find the best tailor in Qiantang to follow them.
As a result, the selling price increased several times when it was resold. Part of the profits was enough to meet the needs of the Jurchens, and the rest was naturally used in other places.
For example, make friends with the upper and lower officials, including the officials and gentry in Ninghai Jiedu Prefecture and Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then merge Yuan Hao's militia with the Zhennan Escort Bureau to gradually grow in size. Another example is to continue to follow the formula left by Li Yong. Studying gunpowder and other items, as well as matters related to long sea voyages.
Li Yuan was also worried that Li Yong needed money here, so he arranged for someone to send it here. In fact, there were not many places in the northwest where the money was really needed, so Li Yong changed hands and used it in Sichuan.
Of course, the most important thing for Li Yong is to find someone to instigate the ambitions of these Jurchens. In fact, of course they had hatred towards the Liao Kingdom, but most of them were mature Jurchens from Liaodong, because they were originally the majority of the Jurchens and lived a good life. However, after being overthrown by the Liao Kingdom, they were moved to a place where they were in a state of poverty for half a year. In the bitter cold season, Liaodong's life was worse than that of the previous Xiaozong branch.
In addition to hatred, they also have fear, because the Liao army is too powerful. Even the Song Dynasty, which has a large population in the Central Plains, is no match. The Jurchen tribes are not of the same mind. Can they compete with each other?
However, this time they were arranged to enter the Liao Kingdom and go to Beijing to serve as internal agents. Seeing that there was a chance to make it happen and it would be profitable, they took it seriously.
In fact, how many people can really have a forward-looking vision? They basically look at who wins at the moment and who they help.
As a result, this time they joined forces with the Tibetan soldiers led by Li Yong to turn Linhuang Mansion upside down, and then left separately, leaving behind a mess and a mess.
The Jurchens were also worried about Liao's revenge, so they withdrew quickly, even leaving a lot of things on the way to speed up their march.
Being forced to go to Beijing this time was actually a great shame and humiliation that had not been seen for more than a hundred years since the founding of the Liao Kingdom. However, because most of the royal family members were kidnapped, they were leaderless for a while. Even if the main army returned to the rescue in time, there was nothing they could do for a period of time. To organize an effective counterattack, you need to solve internal problems first.
Especially after the emperor's family was kidnapped, it was not so easy to establish a new emperor who could make all the ministries obey.
After all, the Yelu family originally kneaded the tribes together to form a seemingly unified country, but in reality it was still a relatively loose alliance, and even had to be assigned to some brothers and relatives to rule it.
But as time went by, these brothers naturally had different ideas, each with their own ideas and interests.
Just like now, since the people of the emperor's lineage are basically gone, everyone else feels
"Only I am qualified to sit on the throne." First of all, there has to be a struggle for power. Without a lot of people dying and chaos for several years, it may be difficult to completely stabilize.
Moreover, at this time, the Liao Kingdom was not only internally unstable, the Jurchens in eastern Liaodong began to rebel, the Tibetan soldiers in the southwest were still eyeing it, and the Song Dynasty was always watching in the south. Instead, the Liao Kingdom fell into the same situation as the Song Dynasty, and became surrounded by enemies from both sides.
They even have to worry now, will Song Jun take the opportunity to come over and take action? This even led to the ambitious people not daring to take action in a hurry. Instead, they began to blame each other.
...The Song Army did not act rashly, and even the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, which was close to Chichi, did not rush to touch it. Instead, it took the lead in seeking contact with Fuzhou and Li Yong.
After all, it would certainly not be unreasonable for the Tibetan soldiers to suddenly send troops at this time. What they needed to figure out was whether this was entirely up to the little Tibetan prince himself, or whether it was an agreement with the Western Army.
And Zhao Heng also needs to figure out what role Li Yong played in it.
"Li Shenfu, Li Junming, haven't you sent someone to send back the report?" Seeing that the emperor's face was calm and his eyes were even gloomy, Li Shenfu looked stern and responded hurriedly: "Guan Rong Bing, Deputy Commander Li sent back the report. The news came that something happened in the northwest. As for whether it is related to this matter, I don’t know yet..." Zhao Heng slowly closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, his tone was faint. He said: "Li Shenfu, do you think that Li Junming has a different intention?" Li Shenfu's heart skipped a beat. Thinking of the batch of gold and silver sent to his house, he couldn't figure out what was going on with Li Yong. After all, he I have never thought of being disobedient, and I am not broad-minded enough to think of the reason why Li Yong did this.
More importantly, what reason do Fuzhou Zhejia and even Tubo have to cooperate with him? Or is he actually being coerced by these two families?
At the same time, he couldn't figure out what answer Zhao Heng wanted at this time, because he knew that for the emperor, the real answer was often not important, and they might not want to hear it.
"Guan family, Liu Guiren is here..." Zhao Heng perked up after hearing this, and the gloom on his face was instantly wiped away.
This Mr. Liu,
"Noble" is actually just the honorific title given to her by the palace servants. In fact, she has no status at this time. She is just because she is favored by Zhao Heng and is very close to Concubine Yang, another concubine in the palace who is favored by Zhao Heng. Not only did they not dare to offend her, they also had to welcome her.
"Hurry up!" But when he saw a tall, slender woman walking into the inner hall with dancing lotus steps, Li Shenfu and others had already retreated consciously, and Zhao Heng's eyes lit up. , and immediately smiled without hesitation: "Wanwan, you look better in this outfit..."
"I heard that the official family has been busy with the war recently..." As she spoke, Liu Wan walked up to the emperor and let him lean on her chest. She gently squeezed his shoulders and said, "The official family must take good care of him. Your own body is..."
"Hey," Zhao Heng shook his head and sighed: "As the emperor, I have to shoulder the important responsibility. The late emperor left the country in my hands, not just for my enjoyment."
"Even so, you should take care of yourself first..." Zhao Heng smiled, looking at the gentle and lovely woman in front of him, his heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but ask: "Wanwan, I have a doubt in my heart now, why not Are you here to check the details for me?" Liu Wan knew as soon as she heard that it was related to political affairs. Normally, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Even though the emperor took the initiative at this time, she should also observe the etiquette and not violate the rules.
However, as if by mistake, Liu Wan nodded and agreed first. Anyway, when the time comes, just listen and don’t know.
