Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 493 When Heroes Rise from the Sea

The news of the Dingyuan Chen family being exterminated soon spread back to Chao County.

Yu Yunwen and Ye Yiwen were both furious.

Then they got angry again and went their separate ways.

Ye Yiwen's mind was now full of the matter of surrendering prisoners, and he didn't bother to care about the landlords and tyrants. He also knew that he could not control a lawless person like Liu Huai, especially when the war was not over and the soldiers were acting recklessly, so he just killed any tyrant.

To put it bluntly, it is normal for the Jingnan Army to cause some trouble now. If they really do something harmless, then Lord Ye will feel uneasy.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were accustomed to this.

Yu Yunwen, on the other hand, remained angry on the surface, but remained indifferent in his heart.

What Dingyuan Chen family is nothing in front of him.

As the Jianghuai Xuanfu Envoy, although Yu Yunwen did not have the whole country in mind, he could still fit in a few counties.

However, as an ambitious scholar-official, Yu Yunwen still felt that the Jingnan Army should not be allowed to lose control, so he immediately issued an order to let Lu You take control of the Jingnan Army. All the generals at the commander-level and the soldiers who had made great contributions all returned to Jiankang to present the prisoners and celebrate their victory.

Liu Huai knew that he couldn't escape this, so he agreed.

He also wanted to see for himself what the political environment of the central government of Song State was like. He could not experience it personally just by hearing about it.

In this way, the high-ranking officers of the Jingnan Army gathered in Chao County again.

At the same time, Wanyan Fushou also ran for his life and arrived at Linhuang Prefecture within two days. He didn't even have time to drink a sip of water and rushed to Wanyan Yong's tent in a hurry.

However, as soon as he entered the camp, the reins of the warhorse were snatched away by a young general, who then restrained Wanyan Fushou's warhorse.

Wanyan Fushou, noticing the young man, shouted, "Who are you?! I have urgent military information. How dare you stop me?"

As he spoke, Wanyan Fushou whipped his horse forward.

The young general dodged sideways, then took another step forward, grabbed the neck of Wanyan Fushou's horse, and exerted force with both arms to pull the horse to the ground.

Wanyan Fushou was caught off guard and fell along with his warhorse. Fortunately, he was a military aristocrat who had lived on horseback since childhood, so he was not injured.

The young general finally spoke at this time: "Bo Da Meng'an, Guan Yu Wan Hu, Jia Gu Qing Chen."

"Pah! Pah!" Wanyan Fushou spat out dust from his mouth, stood up and said, "You bastard...you bastard! I have extremely urgent military information! I need to see Duke Cao! Get out of the way immediately!"

Originally, Wanyan Fushou wanted to throw a tantrum and yell, but when he saw Jiagu Qingchen's nearly two-meter-tall figure, his aura naturally became three points lower. He could only pretend that he was not going to argue with him and continued walking towards Wanyan Yong's tent.

But Jiagu Qingchen tried to stop him again: "Duke Cao has important matters to attend to. Please don't disturb him."

Wanyan Fushou was furious, but he knew he was no match for Jiagu Qingchen, so he could only shout towards Wanyan Yong's tent from afar: "Duke Cao! Duke Cao! I'm back... Woo woo..."

After just two shouts, Jiagu Qingchen stepped forward, grabbed Wanyan Fushou under his arm like a chick, then covered his mouth and was about to take him aside.

General Wanyan, who had been so powerful in the Khitan commander's tent, was like a child and had no power to fight back.

At this moment, a man walked out of the general's tent and said to Jiagu Qingchen, "Abusa, bring General Fushou in!"

Jiagu Qingchen nodded, still silent. After putting Wanyan Fushou down, he pulled him forward.

Wanyan Fushou's mouth and nose had just been covered, making it very difficult for him to breathe. He took two quick breaths and looked at the person who came. It turned out to be an acquaintance: "Hai Luo, thank you very much."

Tushan Hailuo nodded with a smile, and then followed Wanyan Fushou into the big tent.

After entering the big tent, Wanyan Fushou wanted to complain first, but when he saw the person in the tent, he immediately stopped and was stunned on the spot.

In addition to Wanyan Yong's side, Hesheli Liangbi was also here with several civil and military officials.

It was as if a military meeting of the entire army was being held.

Oh my god, is something big going to happen?

Wanyan Fushou instantly lost his arrogance of having made a great contribution. He looked at his nose and his heart, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible, and wanted to find an inconspicuous corner in the tent to disappear.

However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.

"General Fushou, it's been a long time since we last met." Hesheli Liangbi spoke first and greeted Wanyan Fushou with a smile.

Wanyan Fushou smiled a smile uglier than tears: "It's been a long time since we last met. Zuo Cheng is still as charming as ever."

Hesheli Liangbi nodded, then turned to Wanyan Yong, who was sitting at the head of the table. "Duke Cao, if my guess is correct, have you sent General Fushou to find the Mongols as reinforcements?"

Wanyan Yong seemed to know that he could not hide the truth from Hesheli Liangbi, and since he was a bachelor, he nodded and said, "That's right. I will ask General Fushou to contact the Mengwu Tatar tribe and join our army in the expedition against the Khitans."

Hesheli Liangbi shook his head and sighed, "The Khitans were like dogs that bit their masters, but there was a reason for it: the masters didn't feed the hounds enough. The Mongols, on the other hand, are wolves that can never be tamed. What's the difference between Duke Cao's actions and inviting wolves into the house?"

It seemed the two had already discussed this issue many times. Wanyan Yong was now impatient: "As the Left Prime Minister said, we should not establish the Yi Army anymore. How about just handing the border defense over to someone else?"

Seeing Wanyan Yong start to argue with unreasonable arguments, Hesheli Liangbi also shook his head.

The Jin Dynasty's Yi army was somewhat similar to the foreign mercenaries in the middle and late Roman period. To be more precise, it was an army formed by breaking up a variety of ethnic groups such as the Xi, Khitan, Mongols, and Han people. By the middle and late Jin Dynasty, they had become the main force of the Jin Dynasty.

However, the Yi army was at least a formal organization, and was commanded by a Jin general. Could it be the same as the Tatar tribe, whose administrative and military powers belonged to the Mongols?
Even if the Tatars were submissive now, it would be useless. Were the Wanyans disobedient to the Liao back then? When the time comes, they will naturally show their fangs.

Due to the spread of technology, ethnic groups in border areas will automatically learn the advanced cultural technology of the Central Plains dynasty. However, due to the pressure of survival, these ethnic groups first absorb military technology, which leads to the border tribes being both powerful and barbaric.

Starting from the Xianbei in the Han Dynasty, successive generations of ethnic minorities rising in Liaodong are ironclad evidence.

Now, in Hesheli Liangbi's eyes, although the Mongols are still barbaric, they have escaped from the primary tribal state. All they need to rise completely is a powerful leader who can unite all the Mongol tribes.

It is especially important at times like this to maintain a balance among the various Mongol tribes, and we must never create a Mongol leader with great prestige.

Seeing that Hesheli Liangbi remained silent, Wanyan Yong thought he had refuted him, and his mood brightened. He then looked at Wanyan Fushou and said, "Fushou, it's a good thing you're here. How was the mission?"

At the end, Wanyan Yong's tone slowed down a bit.

From the beginning, Wanyan Fushou had been winking at Wanyan Yong, but Wanyan Yong had been fighting with Hesheli Liangbi and only saw it now.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot, so Wanyan Fushou could only bite the bullet and say, "Don't worry, Duke Cao, I've already made contact with Yelu Wo'na!"

Wanyan Yong clapped his hands and laughed, but he was shocked in his heart.

Didn't I tell you to go to the Tatar tribe? Who the hell is Yelu Wuwo?

Isn’t that the second-in-command of the Khitan bandit army?
Hesheli Liangbi also narrowed his eyes and slowly looked at Wanyan Fushou.

In order to make things as clear as possible in such a short time, Wanyan Fushou bowed to Hesheli Liangbi and said, "Left Prime Minister, I have seen the men you sent to persuade Yelu Wuwo to surrender. Forgive me for being frank, but you made a mistake. Zhaba, seeing the large numbers of Khitan rebels, actually encouraged Yelu Wuwo to declare himself emperor! This couldn't have been your plan, could it?"

Hesheli Liangbi was slightly stunned, then smiled bitterly.

It is easy to be a king or a duke, but it is another matter to be an emperor. As long as someone among the Khitans claims to be the emperor, don't even think about trying to appease him. Just fight to the death!
This is a serious political issue.

While such a war would be satisfying, how much damage would the country suffer? And to what extent would the border defenses be damaged?
As the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, how could Hesheli Liangbi ignore the national situation and act recklessly for his own achievements?

He really wanted to restore peace to the border and put an end to this chaos.

Wanyan Fushou continued to say to Hesheli Liangbi, "One of the four was named Xiao Baowo. I used this as a means of asserting my authority and killed him on the spot. The other three fled at night and will probably never return."

This is the case of death without evidence. Hesheli Liangbi is not a fool, so he naturally would not believe Wanyan Fushou's one-sided statement.

But no matter whether Wanyan Fushou was eloquent and instigated Yelu Wowo to kill Zhaba and four others; or this guy was possessed by Ban Chao and directly chopped Zhaba and others to death; or this guy was telling the truth, it didn't matter.

The key now is that Wanyan Fushou has returned and brought back Yelu Wowo's goodwill, but the people sent by Hesheli Liangbi cannot come back.

Wanyan Yong, who had always acted confident, finally figured things out.

No matter what kind of wonderful journey Wanyan Fushou had, the current situation is that this guy actually persuaded the second-in-command of the Khitan army to surrender, and also dealt with the people secretly sent by Hesheli Liangbi.

It is debatable whether Wanyan Fushou is a good general, but he is definitely a lucky general!

Hesheli Liangbi sighed and said to Wanyan Yong, the chief minister, "Duke Cao's plan was brilliant. He pretended to build a plank road but secretly attacked Chencang. He even managed to trick me. He's truly amazing."

Hesheli Liangbi's words were sincere, because he really knew that Wanyan Yong was in contact with the Tatar tribe, but he did not expect that this was a feint. He accomplished such a big thing as recruiting surrenders right under his nose, which was really amazing.

But no matter what, this is beneficial to the country. If Yelu Wowo really became emperor, it would be a big deal. Maybe it would take until next year to pacify the Khitan.

Wanyan Yong laughed and was about to say something perfunctory, but he heard Wanyan Fushou continue.

"Duke Cao, although Yelu Wuowan is somewhat tempted, I am indeed a lowly person with little influence, and my promise is not reliable. He is still hesitant, and I must send someone with high authority to speak to him."

After these words were spoken, Hesheli Liangbi and Wanyan Yong were silent, while Wanyan Mouyan, Hesheli Zhining and others who reacted started cursing.

Wanyan Fushou's status was already high. He was a hereditary Meng'an, a military commander, and a general commander of an army. He was already a prominent figure in the Jin Dynasty. Yelu Wuwo was still unsatisfied? Who else did he want to be a guarantor?

Wanyan Liang?

Besides, what if this guy turns against us and arrests or even kills those who go to the army?

Just after Wanyan Mouyan said "Don't worry about anything else, just kill them", someone finally spoke up.

"Enough!" Wan Yanyong, who was sitting at the head of the table, slammed his hammer hard on the desk, his eyes gleaming with ferocity. "I'll go myself!"

Li Shi was immediately horrified. Without caring about the hierarchy, he stepped forward and grabbed Wan Yanyong's sleeve, saying, "Duke! Don't take any risks!"

Wanyan Yong stood up and said to Li Shi in a serious tone, "At this time, besides me, who else can make some promises and convince Yelu Wuwo? Although the Khitans are rebelling, they are also the elite troops of our Great Jin. If we can keep them, we can stabilize our borders."

Not only Li Shi, but everyone present was smart and quickly understood Wanyan Yong's meaning.

At this time, he went to win over Yelu Wowo and made a promise that these Khitans would probably become his team in the end.

And some people with dark thoughts may also think of another situation.

As long as Wanyan Yong left the camp, he would be out of Hesheli Liangbi's control. At that time, he would not go to Yelu Wowo, but directly escape back to his old nest in Liaoyang Prefecture. Hesheli Liangbi would have no choice but to accept it.

But the risks involved are also enormous.

If I go to Yelu Wuwo's army, as mentioned before, I will be at the mercy of others.

Fleeing back to Liaoyang Prefecture would greatly damage Wanyan Yong's political credibility.

If Wanyan Yong really dared to ignore the political promises made in front of a powerful prime minister and so many generals and commanders, how could he have any followers in the future?
Li Shi was very anxious, but before he could continue to persuade him, Wanyan Yong turned around and stepped forward, pulling up Hesheli Liangbi's hands.

"Left Prime Minister, there are many misunderstandings between us, and we rarely communicate." Wanyan Yong sighed and said, "But I know that Left Prime Minister is devoted to the country, and I am the same. I want to make a career and achieve great things for the Great Jin. I hope that Left Prime Minister will help me."

Hesheli Liangbi nodded and looked at his hands, saying, "Don't worry, Duke Cao. For the sake of the country, I will never sacrifice my life."

As he spoke, Hesheli Liangbi actually began to outline his plan directly in Wanyan Yong's tent: "The army will set out with Duke Cao. When Duke Cao reaches Yelu Wowo's army, I will lead the main force of the Great Jin to attack Yelu Saba's main force and lend a helping hand to Duke Cao."

This is not to harm Wan Yanyong.

In fact, the only way for the Jin army to make Yelu Wowo feel afraid and give up wavering and surrender voluntarily was to appear extremely powerful and invincible at this time.

Wanyan Yong naturally understood this truth and nodded immediately. Still holding Hesheli Liangbi's hands, he turned around and said, "General Manager Mouyan, General Chala."

Wanyan Mouyan and Wuyan Chala immediately bowed in agreement.

"After I leave, you must obey the orders of Zuo Cheng and never slack off."

Wanyan Mouyan nodded heavily, while Wuyan Chala patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Duke Cao, I will be the vanguard when the time comes. The Khitan bandits are nothing but chickens and dogs!"

"In this case, my life, the safety of the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the stability of the border are all entrusted to you." Wanyan Yong bowed.

At this time, even a die-hard like Hesheli Zhining was somewhat convinced by Wanyan Yong. The generals in the tent stood up and dodged, then bowed in return.

Power always comes from the bottom up. When everyone is willing to obey you, you are the emperor either right or wrong.

There was a glint in Li Shi's eyes.

This is the future king of the Jin Dynasty. How can he be compared to that cruel villain Wanyan Liang?

With such a wise ruler, why worry about the prosperity of the Jin Dynasty?!

Wanyan Fushou, who was in the crowd, saw Wanyan Yong's gaze and could only sigh slightly, then nodded heavily.

Not to mention finding a Mongolian woman, you can't even have a proper meal?

(End of this chapter)