Chapter 9 Dedication of the City
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Zhang Jue put down the letter, gently stroked his long beard, and looked at the grimaceful person opposite with thoughtful eyes, always feeling familiar.
"I have sufficient food and weapons, I have brave and tenacious soldiers, I have people who work together, and I have strong and tall cities." Zhang Jue said in a calm expression and slowly, "Although the reinforcements have temporarily failed and retreated to Yanjing, God is fair. This heavy snow hindered the attack of the King of Yan and also hindered your attack on Luanzhou. If I stick to it until early spring next year, do you think you can continue to occupy Pingzhou Road?"
Chai Yun thought for a while and sighed, "Many people are like you now, thinking that they are very powerful and that they can compete with the rebels, but in the end..." He paused for a moment and asked, "Do you have strong troops compared to Yelu Gao? Do you have rich military experience compared to Yelu Ma Ge? Do you have a solid fortress compared to Xiao Gan? Do you have a profound and profound way of power and skills compared to Yelu Chun?"
Zhang Jue didn't say anything.
"Is your city taller and stronger than Chengzhou and Jinzhou?" Chai Yun stared at Zhang Jue's eyes and sighed again. "Many people lost their lives because of blind confidence, and also caused their subordinates and innocent people to suffer. What makes people feel even more sad is that even though they know that they are a Han man and a Han man with a blood flowing in their bodies, they always say that they want to be loyal to their enemies, guard their enemies' country and country, and are willing to be a despicable traitor."
This sentence was like a sharp arrow, piercing into Zhang Jue's heart, causing his soul to be covered with dust for a long time to suddenly feel stinging and blood suddenly flowing out. Zhang Jue's eyes suddenly darkened, and he felt heartache. He felt the blood was cooling down and his body was trembling.
"Tell me, are you a Han Chinese? Are your ancestors the Han Chinese? Are the blood of Han Chinese flowing in your body?" Chai Yun suddenly spoke coldly and asked sternly, "When the Han people in Liaodong want to regain their dignity and rebuild the glory of the Han people. In order to regain their homeland, what are you doing? You are massacring the Han people. You are massacring your own compatriots, you are loyal to being a Khitan land dog, you are forgetting your ancestors, you are shameless and cruel, you are a beast in human skin."
Zhang Jue hurriedly raised his hand to stop the guards from the impulse. This was an acquaintance, a very familiar person, his excited voice and his angry expression. They were all so familiar.
"Get back..." Zhang Jue waved to the guards, then pointed at the several officials sitting beside him, "Get back down."
Everyone was puzzled. But it was obvious that the deputy envoy had important words to negotiate with the thief, which might be the conditions for surrender. Now that there are no reinforcements outside Luanzhou, there is no fighting spirit inside. In this case, surrender is of course the best choice, otherwise he will have to wait to die. Li Hu is a butcher. Since he decided to massacre the city, no one can survive, so it is better to surrender.
Everyone retreated outside the door one after another.
"Who are you?" Zhang Jue asked, "There are no outsiders here. Please tell me who are you?"
Chai Yun slowly took off the mask.
"Zifeng..." Zhang Jue exclaimed in horror. It turned out to be the teacher's son, no wonder he felt so familiar.
"You are not dead?" Of course, you are not dead. Can you sit here and curse passionately? Since you are not dead, you appear as a special envoy of the rebels. Chai Yun has undoubtedly defected to the rebels. The teacher is a master of scholars in the Great Liao Dynasty and a teacher of the current emperor. And his son is actually a thief. This is incredible.
Zhang Jue jumped up from the table, grabbed Chai Yun's arms excitedly, looked left and right, shook his head repeatedly, and couldn't believe it, "You are still alive? The teacher thought you were dead and was very sad. The old lady was seriously ill because of this, and almost returned to Tianfu. Your wife and her children were crying all day long... The emperor issued an edict and granted it to you... We people made a tomb of clothes for you according to the teacher's wishes... You are still alive..."
Chai Yun's eyes showed pain, but his face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "My name is Qin Han and Tang, and Chai Yun is dead."
Zhang Jue's expression froze. He stayed for a long time. He slowly let go of Chai Yun's hand and sat dejectedly beside him. A few years ago, the two worked together in the Liaoxing Army and had the same brotherhood, but now they have become life-and-death enemies. After a long time, Zhang Jue asked: "After the mountain city fell, did you defect to Li Hu?"
"No." Chai Yun said, "I was captured in the battle of Guangpingdian. They wanted to kill me. Li Hu rescued me from the knife, and then I defected to him."
Zhang Jue understood. Li Hu was Li Hong's son. Li Hu's wishes were the same as his father, and he wanted to kill the enemy and restore the Han Dynasty. Back then, Li Hong lobbied all over the world with the protection of the Heavenly Master, gathered the 36 rebels to join Hu Liechuan. Today, Li Hu was even better than his father. With his mouth and the wishes of the ancestors of the Han people in Liaodong, he could of course convince Chai Yun to work hard for him.
At Chai Yundi's request, Zhang Jue read Li Hu's letter again. Read it carefully, understand it, and understand it naturally is different.
"Zifeng, can you tell me what Li Hu touched your heart?"
Chai Yun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "He said that Song and Jin have formed an alliance and will join forces to attack Liao."
Zhang Jue's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes suddenly widened, "What did you say? The Song and Jin alliance are formed? How is this possible? The Song Dynasty and us have a hundred-year alliance. How could they tear up the alliance and form an alliance with a barbarian tribe who had just founded the country? This is ridiculous." Zhang Jue didn't believe it at all, but he could not refuse to believe it when he said this from Chai Yun's mouth.\
"The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty knew about this, Yelu Chun knew about it, Yelu Yuji knew about it, and Yelu Dashi also knew about it." Chai Yun smiled bitterly, "It was because Yelu Dashi obtained the letter of state that the Emperor and the prime ministers of the palace tent learned about this secret, and then they had the third plan for the Eastern Expedition."
Zhang Jue felt dizzy. The news was so shocking. A series of changes in the situation in Liaodong brought about by the alliance between Song and Jin dynasties, whizzing across Zhang Jue's mind like lightning, making him overwhelmed, making him unable to think, and making him suffocated.
"The Jurchens are attacking Shangjing Road." Chai Yun said, "Because we went south and restrained the main force of the Liao army. If nothing unexpected happens, the Jurchens should be able to capture Shangjing in the spring and summer next year."
Zhang Jue leaned against the table, pressed his hand against his forehead, and closed his eyes.
"Once the Jurchens captured Shangjing, the Jin Kingdom would have the entire Northeast Road. At that time, the Jin Kingdom was not a small wild country. It could compete with the Liao Kingdom."
"How do you survive?" Zhang Jue suddenly asked, "When the Jurchens are strong, they will inevitably devour the Great Liao. How do you survive? You must know that although the rebels restrained the Great Liao, this is a battle between snipes and clams, and the Jurchens who will benefit in the end. When the Jurchens become stronger, they can destroy the Great Liao. What will your future be? After becoming the Khitan dog, should we continue to be the Jurchen dog?"
"We return to the Heavenly Kingdom."
Chai Yun did not hide it, and told the truth. Before he came to persuade the surrender, he discussed in detail with Li Hu and introduced Zhang Jue to Li Hu. Li Hu was eager to take over Pingzhou Road. Since Chai Yun thought Zhang Jue was a rare talent and was confident in persuading surrender, he would give Zhang Jue trust, tell him everything he should tell him, and let him choose for himself.
Zhang Jue was very surprised. He never expected that Li Hu had such ability, not only won the trust of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but also received assistance from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
"When will the Song Dynasty go to the north?" Zhang Jue suddenly asked, "Since the situation in Liaodong has developed to this point today, why does the Song Dynasty show no sign of the Northern Expedition? If the Song Dynasty does not go north, it will lose the opportunity to regain its homeland. The Jurchens rose very quickly. Once it truly rose, the Song Dynasty will face a terrible enemy. Therefore, the Song Dynasty must regain its homeland before the Jurchens rise and rebuild the barrier of the Central Plains. Otherwise, the scene of the Khitans going south to the Central Plains more than two hundred years ago will definitely repeat itself."
Chai Yun was hesitating that this matter was absolutely confidential and could not be exposed now.
"Don't think that you have an army of more than 100,000 and can recover Yan Yun with the assistance of the Song people. That's a joke." Zhang Jue continued, "Juchens are just like the Khitans back then. Wanyan Aguda is not inferior to Yelu Abaoji. Yelu Abaoji coveted the Central Plains and always spyed on Yan Yun in order to build a road for him to go south to the Central Plains. The same is true for Wanyan Aguda. After he occupied Shangjing and established the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, he must covet Yan Yun. From this, he speculated, how many opportunities did your Liaodong rebel army have to occupy Yan Yun?"
Chai Yun was secretly surprised. He had never thought about this question. If the Jurchens had great ambitions and their goal was the distant Central Plains, then he would have to annex Yan Yun. Based on this strategy, the Jurchens would never allow the Liaodong rebel army to capture Yan Yun. He would have to take action behind the scenes and try his best to disturb him.
Chapter completed!