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Everyone took a closer look, wasn't that human head Li Xi, the son of Prime Minister Li Chuwen?
When Li Chuwen saw the head of his son Li Xi, all thoughts were lost, he looked up to the sky and cried out in pain, spewing a mouthful of blood, he was so angry that he passed out.
Xiao Qian stood up, glanced coldly at Li Chuwen, and said to Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Yu Zhongwen, Zhang Lin, Xiao Dan and other important ministers and nobles: "God bless the Liao Dynasty! The rebellious ministers Li Chuwen and others are plotting to hold His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress hostage and surrender to that Song Guo.
After the king learned of the plot of the rebels, he rushed back from the Baigou camp without stopping. By luck, he captured the rebels and quelled the rebellion.
This is not the work of the king, but that His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress have the same blessings, which exposed the plot of the villain.
Colleagues, let us enter the palace together to announce the good news to His Majesty! "
Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Yu Zhongwen, Zhang Lin, Xiao Dan and others were all important ministers of the Liao Kingdom, but at this time they all consciously followed Xiao Qian, surrounded Xiao Qian like stars and the moon, and walked into the Nanyao Pool Palace. Go and greet Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun.
Xiao Qian suddenly returned to Beijing today to thwart Prime Minister Li Chuwen's plan. Obviously, the power of the Liao Kingdom will fall into the hands of the Fourth Army King Xiao Qian.
Although Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Yu Zhongwen, and Zhang Lin are senior officials with high positions, who would dare to compete with Xiao Qian for power and profit?
Li Chuwen's rebellion failed, and Hanchen's loyalty would be greatly compromised by the emperor.Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Yu Zhongwen, Zhang Lin and others only wanted to avoid being implicated by Li Chuwen at this moment, how dare they provoke Xiao Qian who controls the military power.
It's a pity that although Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, defeated the rebellious Li Chuwen's party with thunder, he failed to save Emperor Tianxi's life.
On the next day, Yeluchun, who was 60 years old at the time, finally ran out of fuel and died in Yaochi Palace.
Yeluchun, the god-given emperor, was cautious all his life, and when he was old, he was pushed to the emperor's throne by his ministers.As a result, he became a short-lived emperor in less than a hundred days from his enthronement to his death.
After the bewildered Emperor Tianzuo gave up Yanjing and fled, the Khitan nobles, ministers, soldiers and civilians in Yanjing City pinned their hopes of revitalizing Daliao on Yeluchun.
It's a pity that the old Yeluchun couldn't bear this heavy burden, so he left the mess of Liao Kingdom early and went to accompany his ancestors.
After Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun passed away, because he had no heirs, Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, made Qin Wang Yelvding, the fifth son of Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, as emperor in the name of the emperor's will.
But Qin Wang Yelvding was fleeing with Emperor Tianzuo at this time, and was not in Yanjing City. Xiao Qian and other ministers could only make him emperor from afar.
The country cannot be without a master for a day. Xiao Qian, who holds the military power, joined forces with Yelu Dashi and others to respect Tianxi Emperor Yeluchun's concubine Xiao, who was named Empress Dowager, and changed the year name from the first year of Jianfu to the first year of Dexing.
As soon as Empress Dowager Xiao came to power, she interrogated Li Chuwen's party and learned that Li Chuwen had sent Zhao Luren and Liu Yao, a wealthy household in Yizhou, to secretly communicate with Song Guodong and Hebei Xuanfu envoy Tong Guanyong in letters. After the death of the emperor, he took Empress Dowager Xiao hostage and dedicated the Yanjing area to the Song army.
After the Empress Dowager Xiao interrogated Li Chuwen and Li Chuneng and obtained the confessions, she immediately sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to inform the Song Dynasty of the death of Emperor Tianxi according to the tradition of the two countries, and at the same time questioned Taiwei Tongguan and others for colluding with the ministers of the Liao Kingdom to rebel. rude behavior.
Taiwei Tong Guan was waiting for good news from Li Chuwen in Hejian Mansion, but what he did not expect was the bad news that Li Chuwen failed in his rebellion and his whole family was executed.
Seeing the deeds revealed, Taiwei Tongguan denied any collusion with Li Chuwen's party in front of the Liao envoys, reiterated the alliance between the two countries, and expressed condolences for the death of Emperor Tianxi.
Tong Guan flattered the envoys of the Liao Kingdom so much because he was afraid that the Liao Kingdom would be offended by Li Chuwen's incident, and Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, and Dashi Linya led troops into the territory of the Song Dynasty again.
Tong Guan, who had just experienced a big defeat in Xiongzhou City, no longer had illusions about regaining Yan after the defeat of Li Chuwen in Liao, so his attitude towards Liao changed a lot.
However, when Tong Guan reported the situation of the Liao Kingdom to the imperial court, the Taoist emperors and ministers in Bianliang City, Tokyo, had a glimmer of hope.
The emperor's favored minister Wang Fu, who had recovered his position in the court, was overjoyed when he heard the latest news about the Liao Kingdom, and hurriedly reported to the Daojun Emperor, saying that the heaven-sent emperor of the Liao Kingdom died within a hundred days after he ascended the throne. The concubine is in charge.
Wang Fu offered advice and said that the rule of a woman is a sign of the country's subjugation. The situation in the Liao Kingdom is definitely more chaotic than before. At this time, the Song Dynasty will send troops to attack the Liao Kingdom. mistakes.
What Wang Fu meant was that orphans and widows are the easiest to bully, not to mention that Yanjing City now doesn't even have orphans, only a widow whose man died.
If you don't take the opportunity to bully the widow Empress Dowager Xiao, when will you wait?
Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji, as an artist emperor, is frivolous and has no certainty in doing things.
Originally, after the defeat in Xiongzhou, the Taoist Emperor Zhao Ji already regretted his decision to attack Liao and did not want to be an enemy of Liao again.
However, in order to consolidate his position as prime minister, Wang Fu made his name through the ages and made immortal achievements. He repeatedly persuaded the Taoist emperor Zhao Ji to seize the opportunity to regain the land of Yan.
Zhao Ji finally couldn't resist the temptation to take back the false name of Yandi, and agreed to send troops to attack Liao again.
This kicked off the second Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter 8 Envoys of the Kingdom of Jin Enter Tokyo
Thinking of a beautiful widow in Yanjing City of Liao Kingdom who was lonely and alone with no one to take care of her, how could Song Huizong, the iron-blooded man of the Song Dynasty, bear it?
Soon, Song Huizong ordered to mobilize a total of 20 soldiers and horses from all walks of life to launch the second Northern Expedition.
Since 20 soldiers can't beat the Liao army, let's increase the number to [-].The Great Song Dynasty did not dare to brag, that is, it has a vast territory, a large population, and a large number of soldiers.
These 20 troops go north, and if one person spits out a star, they can also overwhelm the stubborn Liao army!
With the hope of establishing an immortal achievement, Song Huizong ordered Hebei and Hedong Xuanfu envoy Tong Guan not to return to Beijing to return to his command, but to stay in Hejianfu to reorganize the army and wait for an opportunity to go north again.
Because it was an unjust act to betray the alliance and attack Liao, coupled with the disastrous defeat of the Song army in Xiongzhou City, there was also a lot of opposition from the DPRK and China to the Second Northern Expedition.
Facing the objections from the court, Song Huizong made another decree, asking the officials not to disturb the morale of the army, and anyone who disagreed would be executed.
Seeing that the Emperor Daojun had made up his mind, those who opposed the Liao Dynasty had no choice but to swallow their anger and choose to stand on the sidelines.
Because of the defeat in the first northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom, the original commanders of the East and West Routes, Zhong Shidao and Xin Xingzong, were abolished.
Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty appointed Liu Yanqing, the young inspector who never retreated in the battle of Xiongzhou, and the governor of the three cities of Heyang, as the capital to rule, replacing the original Xiaozhong manager, Gongzhong Shidao, and gave Liu Yanqing the seven treasures of Jingzhu The golden spear and the belt of the royal robe are his majesty, as a sign of encouragement.
At the same time, Song Huizong ordered Liu Yanqing's second son, Liu Guangshi, the Yaozhou observer, to replace Xin Xingzong's position in the Western Army and let him cooperate with his father in fighting.
Song Huizong's move also learned the lesson of the first Northern Expedition, the East and the West, and the two armies fought independently and could not cooperate well.
Now that Liu Yanqing is fighting as a father and son, there is no such thing as fighting independently, right?
The system of the Great Song Dynasty was to rule the military with literature, so although the main general in the army was appointed, Taiwei Tongguan and Cai You, the son of the Taishi Cai Jing, were still the master and deputy Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hedong Xuanfu Divisions, responsible for commanding the entire army .
Taiwei Tongguan's Xuanfu Department yamen stayed in Hejian Mansion, Hebei to prepare to command the second Northern Expedition, but Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, two staff members, were recalled by the imperial court to Bianliang City, Tokyo.
Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo hurried back to Bianliang City in Tokyo, only then did they know that the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin had arrived.
When the Song army went out to attack Liao for the first time, they did not notify Jin Guo and agree on the date of joint dispatch of troops according to the agreement of the Sea Alliance.
King Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom learned that the Song Dynasty was attacking Yan, and worried that after the Song Dynasty occupied the Yanjing area alone, he promised not to pay the old coins that were transferred to the Jin Kingdom every year, which would be very detrimental to the Jin Kingdom, so he sent envoys Wu Xie, Gao Qingyi crossed the sea as an envoy to the Song Dynasty.
Because Wanyan Aguda was an envoy sent on his way to the Xijing Road of the Liao State, the envoys of the Jin State had just made a detour to cross the sea and landed in Dengzhou after several months of trekking.
When the first Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty ended in disastrous failure, and when the second Northern Expedition was being organized, Wu Xie and others went to Bianliang City, Tokyo of the Great Song Dynasty.
After the imperial court learned that the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin had landed in Dengzhou, they recalled Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo.
Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo have been to the Kingdom of Jin many times, and they are most familiar with the Kingdom of Jin. The "Alliance on the Sea" was also negotiated by the two of them when they went north to the Kingdom of Jin.
Therefore, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo are the best choices to receive the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin and fight with them.
After Wuxie, Gao Qingyi and others stayed in the posthouse, Song Huizong immediately sent Zhao Liangsi to the posthouse to meet the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, and asked Wuxie and others on his behalf: "Your Majesty heard that although your country's army and horses have already hit Baishui However, they still failed to capture or kill Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom, according to the original agreement between the two countries.
We also heard that Emperor Tianzuo had already entered Xia Kingdom and borrowed troops from Xia Kingdom to take revenge. Now he has crossed the Yellow River, recaptured Xijing from your army, and occupied a large area of land around Xijing. Is this true? "