Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Zhao Liangsi on the side was overjoyed when he heard it, and he said to Tong Guan with great ambition that there was still work to be done.

Seeing this, Tong Guan asked Zhao Liangsi why he was happy, and how could such a big event happen?

Zhao Liangsi replied: "Taiwei, when I was an official in the Liao Kingdom, I was a close friend with Li Chuwen.

When Li Chuwen and his subordinates talked about state affairs, they all thought that Emperor Tianzuo's misbehavior would ruin the Liao Kingdom sooner or later.

Li Chuwen also made an agreement with Xiaguan to defect to Song Dynasty together.

Before Xiaguan defected to the Taiwei, he swore to him as a sworn oath to help the Song Dynasty destroy the Khitan and Liao Kingdoms, and let Yan Yun return to the embrace of the Song Dynasty.

Taiwei, my brother-in-law Li Chuwen must have a heart for the Great Song Dynasty. If I send him a copy of the official letter, he will definitely be able to serve as an internal response to our army. "

Hearing Zhao Liangsi's words, Tong Guan was overjoyed. He immediately ordered Zhao Liangsi to revise the book immediately, and sent people to secretly sneak into Yanjing to contact Li Chuwen.

Chapter 800 Li Chuwen's Anxiety

Taiwei Tongguan was unwilling to plan for many years to regain Yanyun's strategy, and thus ended.When he heard Zhao Liangsi boast that he and Li Chuwen, the current prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, had sworn brothers, he immediately seemed to grasp a life-saving straw.

Tong Guan ordered Zhao Liangsi to secretly contact Li Chuwen in Yanjing City, and asked him if he could join the Song Dynasty and cooperate with the Song Army in the future to help the Song Army capture Yanjing City in Liao Kingdom.

Taiwei Tongguan's move is also a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so let's try it.

Because when Zhao Liangsi and Li Chuwen became sworn brothers, they were just two cynical young people.

Now that many years have passed, Li Chuwen has been promoted all the way, and has become the minister of the Liao Kingdom, and he is the most important person around Emperor Tianxi.

Whether Li Chuwen can remember his old love and follow Zhao Liangsi's advice to abandon Liao and vote for Song is still unknown.

To the surprise of Tong Guan and his staff, Zhao Liangsi received a reply soon.

Li Chuwen asked his son Li Xi to write back, promising to respond to Song Guo, saying that as long as Song Jun was ready and told the time, he could cooperate with the action.

The letter also stated that Li Shi applied for the establishment of a new army of three thousand in the name of resisting the Jurchen Jin Army.The heaven-sent emperor Yeluchun had already given permission to play, and gave Li Xun [-] yuan of funds for recruiting troops.This army is already in preparation, and when the Song army arrives, it will rise at the same time.

Li Chuwen also told Tong Guan in the letter that Fu Shaoqing, the general of the Han army guarding Xijing Road, also expressed his desire to change many times and was willing to follow Li Chuwen to the Song Dynasty.In Yanjing City, there are many close officials who are Li Chuwen's best friends, and they can all be used by Li Chuwen.

After Taiwei Tongguan read Li Chuwen's reply, he felt like he had found a treasure, and he regained some confidence in regaining Yandi.

However, Tong Guan did not dare to act hastily with the new defeat of the Song army, so he had to order Zhao Liangsi to keep in touch with Li Chuwen in secret, waiting for a good opportunity.

What Tong Guan didn't know was that Li Chuwen, the prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, was speculating on both sides at this time.Not only did he agree to vote for Song, but he also secretly contacted the Kingdom of Jin to show his favor to the people of Jin, and at the same time he was preparing to defect to the Kingdom of Jin.

Li Chuwen would open the city and surrender to anyone who could reach the city of Yanjing first, Song or Jin.

Li Chuwen was the prime minister, and the emperor Yeluchun was also supported by him.Logically speaking, Emperor Yeluchun of Tianxi obeyed and trusted Li Chuwen, so Li Chuwen should not have betrayed the Liao Kingdom.

However, the changes in Yanjing City and the news from the West Army Road made Li Chuwen feel uncomfortable, and had to find a way out for his family.

First of all, it was the Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun, whom Li Chuwen supported and enthroned, who was seriously ill. The future ownership of the Liao Kingdom was full of variables, which made Li Chuwen feel that the future was uncertain.

Just when Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi repelled [-] Song troops and just resolved a crisis for the Liao Kingdom, Lord Yelu Chun in Yanjing City suddenly heard that Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi had gathered [-] elite tribes in Xijing Road Cavalry, ready to enter Nanjing Xijin Mansion from Jiashan in August.

Yeluchun was shocked, and hurriedly got sick and summoned a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures.

With tears in his eyes, Yeluchun said to the ministers: "Emperor Tianzuo lost his trace at the beginning, and his life and death are unknown. You can't wait for a day without a master to support me as emperor. Now that Emperor Zuo is still alive today, what should we do?" Is that right? If Emperor Tianzuo comes to Nanjing, I will die, and I will have no face to see Emperor Tianzuo again."

Because of the suspicion of plotting to usurp the throne, the country has not completely returned to the heart, and the military forces of the Jin and Song Dynasties, Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun has been in inner torment for a long time after taking the throne, and has not had a good night's sleep.

Knowing that Emperor Tianzuo was going to lead his troops back to Xijin Mansion in Nanjing to set up a teacher to question the crime, Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun was frightened, and his condition worsened a lot.

Li Chuwen saw all this in his eyes and was anxious.

Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun was supported and supported by Li Chuwen, and he was also the biggest backer of Li Chuwen's family.For this reason, Li Chuwen did not hesitate to offend Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

But now, Li Chuwen's biggest backer is about to collapse.

If Tianxi Emperor Yelu Chun died of illness or was forced to abdicate, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi would be restored.Then the first person to be stabbed must be Li Chuwen who supported Yeluchun's ascension to the throne.

In Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi's mind, Li Chuwen was a rebellious official and traitor who wanted to usurp the throne, and he must be killed soon.

Therefore, for the benefit of the family, Li Chuwen did not dare to let the Yanjing area fall into the hands of Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

Whether it is to vote for Song Dynasty or for gold, it is better than letting Emperor Tianzuo return to Nanjing.

In addition to the threat brought by Emperor Tianzuo to Li Chuwen, the latest news of the war from Xijing Dao also made Li Chuwen lose confidence in the Liao Kingdom.

On Wanyan Zonghan's suggestion, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, Wan Yangao, led the army to Baishuiluo on Xijing Road. After capturing the Datong Mansion in Xijing, he assigned generals to recruit and appease the counties and tribes that did not surrender.

At this time, although many cities in Xijing Road surrendered to the Jin army, the hearts of the people were not stable.Like Chukyo, there were frequent rebellions.

Wanyan Gao therefore sent Wanyan Zongwang back to the capital to report on the military situation, and asked the emperor Wanyan Aguda to come to the army in person to appease and surrender the various departments of the Western Army Road of the Liao Kingdom.

At this time, Li Qianshun, the king of the Xixia Kingdom who had a covenant relationship with the Liao Kingdom, heard that Xijing of the Liao Kingdom had fallen, and Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi fled to Yinshan, so he sent General Li Liangfu to lead [-] troops to rescue.

The [-] Xixia army crossed the Yellow River to the north aggressively and entered the territory of the Tiande Army at the westernmost end of the Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom.

General Wanyan Loushi of the Jin Army heard that the Xixia army was invading, so he dispatched two generals Tu Nian and Bu Yi to lead two hundred cavalry as scouts to Muna Mountain to investigate the enemy's situation.

The [-] Jin army was colliding with Li Liangfu's [-] army and was completely wiped out by the Xixia army.

From this, Li Liangfu knew that the Jin army was ahead and was about to come.So he set up an ambush on Mount Mouna on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Not long after, Atuhan, the general of the Jin army who was not aware of the strength of the Xixia army, did not get any return from the scouts ahead, so he led hundreds of cavalry to attack the Xixia army rashly.

As a result, Atuhan was ambushed by the Xixia army, and the entire army was wiped out. Only Atuhan abandoned his horse and climbed the mountain, and fled back to the camp of the Jin army across the mountains.

Li Liangfu won two consecutive battles against the Jin army, thinking that the Jin army was nothing more than that and nothing to fear, so he underestimated the enemy.

It was summer in June, and there was continuous heavy rain. Li Liangfu believed that the Jin soldiers had already been beaten by him, and the number of Jin soldiers in the Tiande Army was not large. He had [-] people, and the Jin soldiers would never dare to brave the rain. The Xixia army fought.

Wanyan Zonghan, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army in the Tiande Army, went to welcome the emperor Wanyan Aguda. At this time, the commander-in-chief was Wanyan Zonghan's uncle and Wanyan Sagai's younger brother Wanyan Wulu.

After the North Route Army and the East Route Army of the Jin Army joined forces in Dadingfu, Zhongjing, Wanyan Wulu also followed the army to Xijing Road in Liao Kingdom.

When Wanyan Zonghan left, he handed over the army to Wanyan Wulu to command.

When a military meeting was held to discuss how to respond to the Xixia army's invasion, all the generals in the army said that the army was exhausted after fighting for thousands of miles.And the Xixia army is powerful, so don't rush to it.It's better to rest for the time being, wait for the army from the rear to arrive, and then fight the Xixia army.

Wanyan Loushi, a fierce general in the Jin army, had a different opinion. He said to the crowd: "The Xixia army defeated our cavalry twice. If our army does not go to fight, the Xixia army must think that our army is timid. It won't take long. The Xixia army will attack our army aggressively. Our army must take the initiative to attack the Xixia army head-on, so as to break the heart of the Xixia Kingdom to rescue the Liao Kingdom!"

Chapter 8 and One: The Condolences of the Officials of Ximen

Wanyan Loushi is very ambitious, and wants to defeat the Xixia army with less.

However, some generals in the army did not agree with Wanyan Loushi's risky move, and even almost drew their swords against Wanyan Loushi because of disputes.

In the end, Wanyan Loushi led his thousand cavalry impassionedly, together with Wanyan Xibushu and Wanyan Balisu two generals, went to face the Xixia army alone.