[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

On May [-]th of the ninth year of Yuanyou, the Liao Dynasty was in great dynasties.

Lord Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty looked at Mr. Yelu Ren who was kneeling under his jade steps with resentment, and said sharply: "I gave you a hundred thousand skins for a mere Wanyan tribe, but you failed again and again, even Huanglong Mansion They were all taken away by others! Since I became an army, how many times have I suffered such a shameful humiliation?!" Speaking of this, Yelu Hongji became more and more enraged, he jumped out from behind the case and flew up. He kicked Yeluren to the ground first.

Yeluren was one of the few generals in Daliao at first, and after quelling Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion, he was even named Shangfu and Song King, which can be described as a high position and authority.Seeing that he was humiliated at the Great Court Meeting, all the ministers of His Royal Highness looked horrible.Just peeking at Yelu Hongji, Lord of the Liao Dynasty, whose eyes were red and furious, none of the officials dared to come out to persuade him.

However, Mr. Yeluren himself was very loyal, and he hurriedly knelt down and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if you cannot crack the Jurchen's firearm, please...please..." Speaking of this, Mr. Yeluren Unable to sweat profusely, his Adam's apple rolled up and down twice and uttered two words with difficulty. "Move the capital!"

As soon as Yeluren said this, Yelu Hongji was stunned.Before he could wake up, Xiao Shisan, the inspector in front of the palace, came out and reprimanded angrily: "Bold! Your Majesty, Yeluren, king of Song Dynasty, was cowardly and blamed for shaking the morale of the army. He should be severely punished!"

However, Yeluren Xian has a lot of seniority, others are afraid of Xiao Shisan who is favored by others, but Yeluren Xian is not afraid, he just replied seriously: "The old minister was defeated and humiliated, your majesty wants to fight and kill, the old minister has nothing to say. But The firearms of the Wanyan Department are really good, and the old officials suffer first, if they don't return the truth, wouldn't they be deceiving the emperor?"

Although Yelu Hongji believed in flattering and flattering officials, he also knew that Yeluren was indeed capable of fighting.When Liao Xingzong, the father of Yelu Hongji, invaded Xixia, Yelu Renxian tried to persuade him.Liao Xingzong refused to accept advice, and in the end he was defeated.Based on this incident alone, we can know Yelu Renxian's talent and incapability of being a human being.The relocation of the capital shakes the national order, even if Yelu Hongji doesn't like Yeluren's upright character, he has to ask the situation first. "The firearm is really so powerful?"

"Exactly!" Yeluren nodded heavily, "The firearm can penetrate iron armor within a hundred steps, and ordinary shields can't prevent it at all."

"Could it be that their firearms are inexhaustible?" Yelu Hongji asked again.

"The Jurchens lined up the soldiers using firearms in three rows and fired in turn. The servant army really couldn't resist." Yeluren said first.There are even some clever servants who don't understand Jurchen, but after hearing several orders, they already know when to advance, when to fall, and when to run away.They trembled when they went into battle, and fled as soon as they heard the sound of flintlock guns.After several times of fighting, the morale of the Daliao soldiers had already dropped to freezing point.But Yeluren endured these words and didn't say anything.

The servant army has always played the role of cannon fodder in the Daliao military system, and Yelu Hongji expected the servant army to have no combat power.Hearing Mr. Yeluren's words, he gritted his teeth and said, "We still have leather cavalry! Could their guns be faster than our horses?"

I saw Yeluren was silent for a while, and suddenly wept: "That's true, Your Majesty! The speed of fire of the flintlock gun is beyond the reach of horsepower, and our leather army has also suffered heavy losses!" Yeluren was old in the army, Thinking of Pi Shijun's injury is already painful. "What's more, the Jurchens also have cavalry, and their equipment is as good as mine!"

"Even if they have excellent equipment, if we fight cavalry against cavalry, how can we lose?" Yelu Hongji asked in surprise.

Yeluren cried first: "Your Majesty, Pi Shi has already lost many brothers before joining the Jurchen cavalry, and his morale is low, so how can he fight? What's more, what's more...Jurchen is under ten thousand, full ten thousand invincible! "

Yelu Hongji saw that Yeluren blocked him with Emperor Taizu's words first, he was at a loss for words, he just stood there helplessly, with cold sweat faintly breaking out on his forehead.

Yeluren kowtowed at the bottom of the steps first, and said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty, the Jurchens have taken down the Huanglong Mansion now, and the momentum is like a rainbow. The Huanglong Mansion is not in danger from going to the capital. If it can't resist the Jurchen's firearms, it will be sooner or later. I can't keep it! The death of the old minister is not a pity, I implore Your Majesty to make a quick decision, if it is too late, I am afraid it will be too late!"

On this day, Yelu Hongji didn't know how he returned to the harem.All the ministers in the hall had their own opinions, but in the end they didn't agree on one or two.Yelu Hongji asked several times, "Who has a way to defeat the enemy?", but no one dared to speak.

Seeing that his throne is in jeopardy, Yelu Hongji has no intention of having fun with Concubine Mu Gui, and just hides in the queen's palace and curses the officials for their incompetence to deceive the country and the monarch.Xiao Guanyin refilled Yelu Hongji's tea three times in a row. Seeing that he finally lost his temper, she stepped forward and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, those Jurchens have always been barbaric. Why do they have so many powerful weapons? There must be someone behind them." What a ghost!" The Liao Kingdom is different from the Great Song Dynasty, the descendant Xiao family also has the right to ask about politics, thinking that it is Xiao Guanyin's duty as a queen to advise Yelu Hongji on governing the country and to recommend talents.

How could Yelu Hongji not understand such a simple truth, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's those shameless Song soldiers! It's the flintlock guns, knives and arrows that those Song soldiers provided to the Jurchens!" There is a covenant to live in harmony and non-aggression, but the Liao Kingdom has always played that double standard extremely well.The generals of the Liao Kingdom went to the Song Dynasty to hunt grain and grass. It was because I was poor and I was justified. It was because the Song Dynasty was unkind when the Song army defended their homes and defended the country. They must send envoys to Bianjing to ask the Song Dynasty emperor for an explanation.This time, the Song Dynasty provided the Jurchens with weapons to instigate the Jurchens to make things difficult for the Daliao. In the eyes of Yelu Hongji, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, it was naturally the Song people who were shameless!But this time, Yelu Hongji couldn't bear the idea of ​​going to the Song Dynasty to ask for an explanation.The only flintlock gun in Jurchen's hand is so amazing, what if the emperor of the Song Dynasty wants to use flintlock gun and artillery to explain to Daliao?

"We Daliao and the Song Dynasty have been in harmony for a long time, and it is common for the ministers to be unfamiliar with the military affairs of the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty should not blame too much, so as not to colden the loyalty of the ministers." Xiao Guanyin persuaded again softly, "I think that the most urgent thing is to Find someone capable of deciphering that flintlock."

"Is it up to you to say this?" Yelu Hongji was anxious and irritable, and his tone was not good. "I have asked several times in the court, and none of the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty can share my worries!"

Xiao Guanyin didn't take it seriously, she just gently pressed the back of Yelu Hongji's hand and said slowly: "Did Your Majesty forget someone?"

Yelu Hongji suddenly turned his head to look at his wife, pondered for a moment before whispering: "You mean..." Xiao Feng!This name immediately appeared in Yelu Hongji's mind.This person returned to Daliao from the Song Dynasty, and he knew the firearms of the Song Dynasty like the palm of his hand.He had also warned in advance about Wanyan Jurchen's intention to plot rebellion. "I'm afraid that he has his heart attached to Great Song and won't serve!" Yelu Hongji recalled Xiao Feng's remonstrance that day, and naturally he also remembered his disrespect at that time.

Xiao Guanyin just smiled when he heard the words, and said softly: "Disciple Feng has an unruly temperament, but if you say that he is not loyal to Daliao and His Majesty, the concubines will never believe it! He is now in the East Palace, Your Majesty may call him Come to ask questions. If he refuses to be loyal, please kill him!"

When Yelu Hongji saw that such a delicate girl like Xiao Guanyin uttered such cruel words, he immediately felt happy, and immediately asked: "He is your cousin, are you willing?"

I saw Xiao Guanyin looked at Yelu Hongji affectionately, and said word by word: "Husband and wife are one. No matter how much younger brother kisses, how can I kiss my husband better?"

"Good! Good!" Xiao Guanyin's words were really considerate, Yelu couldn't help but put his arms around Xiao Guanyin and laughed with satisfaction, and immediately ordered the servants to go to see Prince Xuan and Xiao Feng.

After a while, the crown prince and Xiao Feng met Yelu Hongji in the queen's palace.

Xiao Feng has been living in the East Palace for the past two months, the crown prince has discussed matters with him, but he is also well aware of Daliao's current predicament.In March of this year, Yelu Yixin won the seal of "Pingnan General" and led 30 troops to attack the Hejian Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty.At the beginning of April, Yelv Yixin swore to set off.But on the tenth day after Yelv Yixin went out for an expedition, the Shengpan Wanyan tribe under the rule of Daliao led the twelve Jurchen tribes to rebel, and claimed to have 10 armored troops.The Jurchens were savage and fierce, and within ten days of raising their troops, they conquered Changchun Prefecture, and the Huiba tribe bowed their knees and surrendered.Only then did Yelu Hongji arrange for Yelu Yixin to go to the Great Song Dynasty, and behind him was the void.Hearing this news, he hurriedly worshiped Song Wang Yeluren as his general, and assembled [-] troops to order him to destroy Jurchen.Yeluren first led the troops to fight against the Jurchens in Changchun Prefecture, but lost to the Fusiliers, a disastrous defeat.In the following month, Yeluren fought and retreated first, and finally even the Huanglong Mansion was taken away by the Jurchens.Huanglong Mansion is the economic and military center of Daliao. The capture of Huanglong Mansion shocked the whole country.Yeluren knew that the matter was of great importance, so he ordered the army to garrison Tongzhou. He himself hurried back to Shangjing, pleaded guilty and asked for help, and persuaded Yelu Hongji to make mental preparations for moving the capital.

Seeing Yelu Hongji asking him about Wanyan Nuzhen's military campaign, Xiao Feng was silent for a moment, a feeling of ridiculous absurdity rose in his heart for no reason.In the first 30 years of his life, if he heard that the backyard of Daliao was on fire, he would definitely drink and celebrate with the brothers of the beggar gang.Who would have expected that one day, he would be used by Yelu Hongji to advise Daliao?Prince Yelu Jun didn't know Xiao Feng's complicated and difficult thoughts, he was afraid that Xiao Feng would say "If I knew today, why did I do it before?" Such words offended Yelu Hongji, so he hastily winked at him.

Fortunately, although Xiao Feng does not know how to read words, he is also a generous person.He never held grudges against Yelu Hongji because he was punished by the stick, but quickly calmed down and comforted his sworn brother with kind words. "Your Majesty, the Wanyan tribe raised troops hastily, and the other tribes under Daliao did not respond. It can be seen that the general situation is still in your Majesty's hands, so don't worry too much. Although Jurchen claims to have 30 armors, it is probably an exaggeration in the eyes of my humble ministers. Jurchen Among the twelve tribes, the Wanyan tribe is already extremely powerful, with only 5 to 50 people, and the entire Jurchen tribe has a population of only [-] at most, and the number of [-] elite soldiers is the limit. Relying on the advantage of firearms, we have successively attacked several cities within two months, and it is the end of our battle to reach Huanglong Mansion. At this time, His Majesty must not move the capital easily, but should stabilize the situation and send a large army to wipe out this rebellion."

Of course Yelu Hongji didn't want to move the capital either.Moving the capital sounds nice, but it is actually running away.As the emperor of Daliao, how could he lose face like this?Seeing that Xiao Feng also opposed moving the capital, he immediately nodded and said: "The matter of moving the capital is of great importance, I think Yelu Ren was scared out of his wits by the Jurchens first!"

Xiao Feng is not familiar with Mr. Yeluren's ability, so it is not easy to make random comments.He only knew that all the elite soldiers of Daliao were actually taken by Yelu Yixin to attack Hejian Mansion, and most of the 10 horses led by Yelu Ren were originally servants.As for the combat power of the servant army, there is no need to mention it. "Now that the Jurchens are coming to attack, I think that the attack on the Song Dynasty can only be delayed. I wonder if your majesty ever recalled the King of the Northern Court?"

Speaking of this, Yelu Hongji's complexion became even worse, and he only said with hatred: "I ordered Yi Xin to lead the troops back, but he just made excuses, and said that it was difficult to mobilize the army. War. After all, you only ask me for food, hateful!"

Xiao Feng was silent for a while after hearing the words.In all fairness, Yelu Yixin's words were not completely wrong.Mobilizing [-] soldiers and horses is really not a small matter. The so-called three armies go first without using food and grass. Originally, Yelu Yixin rushed to Hejian Mansion with [-] troops.But now they have to rush back to fight the Jurchens according to the holy order. The whole way back is Daliao, and there is not enough food and grass. Could it be that Yelu Yixin led the army to plunder his own people?What's more, the army is running all the way, and naturally it needs silver rewards to boost morale.However, Yelv Yixin has always been cunning, does he still have the intention of fearing the Jurchen in his evasion?This point is not worth mentioning. "Except for the soldiers under the command of King Beiyuan and King Song, don't we have any elite soldiers in Daliao?"

"Daliao has millions of elite soldiers!" Seeing Xiao Feng questioning Daliao's military strength, Yelu Hongji immediately glared at him and refuted loudly.But after saying this, he couldn't help sighing again. "A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to come by! To break a Jurchen, you must first break a flintlock!"

This point, Xiao Feng was also deeply convinced, and immediately said: "The flintlock gun is very powerful, but there is only one weakness: it takes a very long time to reload the bullet. To break the flintlock gun, the only way to break the flintlock gun is to seize the opportunity of the enemy to change the bullet and attack aggressively." .”

Yelu Hongji shook his head in frustration. "The Jurchens line up the soldiers using firearms in three rows and shoot them in turn. This method will not work!"

"Where are the leather cavalry attacking from the flank?" Xiao Feng asked again.

"Jurchen also have cavalry!" Yelu Hongji still shook his head.

"What if we attack first without waiting for the Jurchen guns to line up?"

"The Jurchens are accustomed to climbing mountains and wading through rivers and rivers. They are all elite soldiers, and they are not slow to move."

"Is it feasible to defend the city?"

"The Jurchens can also take a detour to other places, and the entire grassland will be thrown into chaos, and all tribes will have different ideas!"

This doesn't work and that doesn't work, Xiao Feng couldn't help sighing heavily, he only sighed secretly in his heart that Murong Fu's helper is really good at choosing places.Gritting his teeth, he said in a deep voice, "Then we can only use chariot formations, heavy crossbows and trebuchets!"

"...Learning from the Song army?" Yelu Hongji wondered.

Xiao Feng nodded, and said with an unpredictable expression: "Use the other's way, and give it back to him."

"Using the way of the other, return it to the other body?" Yelu Hongji thought about it for a while, and suddenly stood up and clapped his hands and laughed. "Wonderful! Wonderful! The King of the Southern Academy, Xiao Feng, listened to the order! I named you the 'Grand General of Suppressing Chaos', and led [-] troops to Tongzhou to take over the military duties immediately, wiped out the Jurchen tribe, and brought the heads of Wanyan and Libu see me!"

As soon as Yelu Hongji's words fell, Xiao Guanyin and Yelu Jun stared nervously at Xiao Feng at the same time.

I saw Xiao Feng was stunned for a long time, finally he sighed lightly, landed on one knee and said loudly: "I lead the decree, long live, long live, long live!" Xiao Feng lived in the East Palace for more than two months, the status of the monarch and his ministers is finalized He knows the rights and obligations very well.What's more, if he is unwilling to accept the decree, Xiao Guanyin will definitely not give him the antidote.

"As for Mr. Yelu Ren, he has repeatedly fought and failed to scare people..." Speaking of the incompetent Mr. Yelu Ren, Yelu Hongji was filled with disgust immediately.

Xiao Guanyin and Yelu Jun saw that Yelu Hongji's expression was not right, and they seemed to want to punish Yelu Renxian, they hurriedly said in unison: "Your Majesty/Royal Father, the King of Song is familiar with Jurchen's combat power, why don't you let him serve as a second general for the King of the Southern Academy, Take the credit for the crime!"

Yelu Hongji was in a good mood when he found a solution to the flintlock gun, seeing the queen and the crown prince defending Xiao Feng together but he didn't care, he just smiled at Xiao Feng: "My dear brother, look, my beloved wife and son Faith is more important than you!"

Although Xiao Feng is no longer that ignorant rookie in the officialdom, he still can't figure out such profound ways as "revealing anger and forming grudges".Hearing what Yelu Hongji said, he could only respond with a blank expression, not to mention the loyalty expressed by sweet words.

Yelu Hongji got along with Xiao Feng for a year, and gradually got to know his temperament, but he didn't take it as disobedience, he just continued: "The King of the Southern Court has a heavy responsibility, so let's go out of the palace today to prepare!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Feng immediately knelt down to thank him when he heard the words, but this sentence is much more sincere than the one who shouted "Long Live" just now.

The author has something to say:

Xiao Feng: With the way of the other, return it to the other.

Murong: What a loyal King Xiao!