1291 Changes in the situation
Looking at Li Shi'er turning around and leaving, Ye Qing sighed slightly, then looked at Zhao Pan'er who did not follow Li Shi'er, and thought for a while and said, "Tell Dong Chao, you can let go of Gaoli's affairs. Now it's time to focus on the territory of Jin."
Zhao Paner nodded subconsciously when facing Ye Qing's unspoken power, and then stopped talking.
"Just say whatever you want to say, when did you become so cautious again?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.
Ye Qing smiled, and Zhao Paner's originally nervous mind instantly relaxed. After all, when Ye Qing was talking to Li Shier just now, the majesty hidden in his every move was like reminding her that the introverted and elegant middle-aged man in front of her was a famous generation of heroes.
"I...I...I'm asking the King of Yan to atone for his sins. I want to ask, is the King of Yan really not interested in Goryeo?" Zhao Pan'er once went to Goryeo in person to inquire about the news for Ye Qing, and Dong Chao seems to be still in Goryeo now, so based on the above news, Zhao Pan'er has always believed that Ye Qing's purpose is to share the many benefits Cui Zhongxian brought to them in Goryeo with the Jin Kingdom.
Ye Qing smiled without saying anything to blame Zhao Paner, and said gently: "Galleon has never been in our plan. Now that it has been seen through by Li Shi'er and the others, there is no need to hide it."
Zhao Paner blinked his bright eyes and nodded, waiting without saying a word for Ye Qing to continue to solve her doubts.
"The 80,000 elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom have been dragged into the quagmire by Goryeo, and the grain and grass of Jin Kingdom are already in a state of difficulty. If you want to continue to use troops to Goryeo after the beginning of spring, and the large number of troops in their country, you will have to impose the food and grass taxes on the common people. Therefore, the job of Dong Chao and other spies in the Jin Kingdom is to encourage the people of the Jin Kingdom to be dissatisfied with the court's tax increase, including instigating some generals in the army to be dissatisfied with the insufficient supply of food and grass." After Ye Qing finished speaking, he waved his hand and signaled that Zhao Paner could leave.
Zhao Paner nodded silently and turned around and left, he saw that at some point the Jin general who had arrived in Liaoyang secretly yesterday stood at the door. Then he suddenly realized his heart, as if he understood something, and hurried out.
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave watched Zhao Pan'er pass by him, then turned around and looked into the study. Ye Qing got up and left the chair behind the desk. When he waved to him with a surprise expression, Qi Shilie's Gods Slave walked into the study with a complicated expression and saluted to Ye Qing, "I'll see the King of Yan."
"No need to be polite. When did you arrive yesterday?" Ye Qing helped the slave of the gods with both hands and looked up and down.
"It was here at noon yesterday. King Yan is relieved. No one noticed that I had arrived in Liaoyang." Qi Shilie's Gods slave replied.
Then he thought for a while and said, "In fact, before the Imperial Future, the Queen had already guessed that King Yan's intention was not in Goryeo. This should be related to the secret analysis of the three men of Wanyan Chen and Qi Shilie Baishan. Of course, after the Imperial Future arrived in Liaoyang yesterday, it confirmed the speculation of the three men of the Queen and Wanyan Xielie."
Ye Qing and Qi Shilie's Gods Slave sat down on two chairs in a corner of the study. After the maid brought hot tea, Ye Qing signaled them to go out. After only the two of them were left in the study, he sighed and said, "So, have you felt the changes in the Jin Kingdom in Changling?"
Qi Shilie's Gods slave nodded silently, his expression was a little bitter and unspeakable. After a while, he smiled bitterly: "I haven't figured out what to do before this heavy snow swept across my Great Jin Kingdom. Even though the King of Yan had sent someone to Changling to find Mo Jiang and talk to Xiang, Mo Jiang's heart... has always felt ashamed of the late emperor..."
Although Qi Shilie's Gods Slave and Ye Qing haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have formed a lot of grudges on the battlefield, they have fought side by side, so this time they met, there was no sense of strangeness or hostility between them. On the contrary, after meeting, they seemed to feel that everything was so natural, without any embarrassment or embarrassment.
Knowing that he moved him with emotion and reason was Ye Qing's method of treating the gods of Qi Shilie. After all, he knew better than anyone else how good Wanyan Jing was to the gods of Qi Shilie when he was alive.
The Qishilie Gods Slaves were also deeply trusted by Wanyan Jing. Even in the failures of several wars, although the Qishilie Gods Slaves were all responsible, Wanyan Jing chose to believe in the Qishilie Gods Slaves at the last moment.
Of course, the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie really did everything a loyal minister should do, including the former abandoned Yanjing and rushed to Xijing to rescue Wanyan Jing and Li Shier who were captured from the Mongolians.
Therefore, for the Qishilie Gods Slave, his inner loyalty may be difficult to understand for others, but Ye Qing is a loyal minister who understands the Qishilie Gods Slave very much. He is not aimed at the Jin Kingdom, but only at Wanyan Jing and Queen Li Shier.
Including Wanyan Chen, Wanyan Xielie and Qishilie Baishan, the same is true. Now, with Wanyan Jing's death, their loyalty and sustenance have been transferred to Li Shi'er. As for the loyal ministers to the Jin Dynasty, it is probably no longer possible.
Ye Qing was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "In this way, have you already felt the dilemma of the Jin Kingdom?"
The slaves of Qishilie nodded with difficulty and took a deep breath and said, "The last general mentioned it to the queen yesterday. After the New Year, it would be difficult for nearly 50,000 troops in Changling to get even a grain of food from Huining Prefecture. The Ministry of War needs to collect food and grass from the prefectures they guard. This means... the food and grass in our Great Jin Kingdom have indeed reached a shortage. I am afraid that it will become extremely difficult to maintain the food and grass for military use against Goryeo."
"No wonder Li Shi'er questioned me so aggressively today. It can be seen that she is increasingly dissatisfied with me now." Ye Qing said with a wry smile.
"The King of Yan doesn't have to blame the queen. After all,... the King of Yan deceived almost everyone through this trick, and at the same time, we, the Great Jin Kingdom, fell into internal friction with Goryeo in less than a year. As the saying goes,... the fisherman won the profits of the snipe and clam. The King of Yan made Wanyan Xun mistakenly think that he would be interested in Goryeo, but he didn't expect that the ultimate goal of King of Yan was to make Goryeo and Wanyan Xun stalemate. In addition, your positive attitude of always wanting to send troops to Goryeo, Wanyan Xun dared not let you send troops to Goryeo, so he had to continue to increase troops to Goryeo to help Cui Zhongxian." Qi Shilie's god slave analyzed it very well, and with the opinions of monk Wanyan Chen and several Jin generals, in fact, now, they have fully understood Ye Qing's strategy in the Jin Kingdom for more than a year.
So it is not difficult to guess Ye Qing's actions, Li Shier, Qi Shilie's Gods Slave, Wanyan Chen and others, it is nothing more than just taking your life while you are sick.
The Jin Dynasty and Goryeo were in a stalemate, and the food and grass were a little unsustainable. So for the various troops of the Song court who had been recuperating for nearly a year, it was naturally an excellent opportunity to attack.
Of course, the Song court has absolutely the ability to wipe out the current Jin Kingdom in terms of military strength, but just like the dilemma of the Jin Kingdom now, did the Song court have enough food and supplies?
Don’t forget that last year and after the New Year of this year, the Song court sent hundreds of thousands of stones of food and supplies to the Mongolians.
"So this time you came to Liaoyang secretly. Have you made the final decision?" Ye Qing put down the teacup and looked at Qi Shilie's Gods Slave with a serious expression and asked.
The five people of Qi Shilie's gods, Wanyan Chen Monk, Wanyan Xielie, Qi Shilie Baishan, and Yelu Chucai are all Jin people, but now they are gradually recruited by themselves for various reasons. Therefore, once Ye Qing decides to prepare to attack Jin again, these five people will definitely be the first to be the brunt of them. They are not only to avenge Wanyan Jing, but naturally they also have to express their loyalty to Ye Qing.
"There will be a condition at the end." Qi Shilie's Gods Slave frowned, and was fighting against heaven and man in his heart. Although his actions had already shown his choice, when it was time to defect to Ye Qing, he couldn't help but feel hesitant and said,
contradiction.
"You might as well talk." Ye Qing responded lightly, not saying anything to death.
The slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie were obviously also clear. This answer was very consistent with Ye Qing's treacherous heroic character. He took a deep breath and said, "If Wanyan Xun can be captured alive at that time, I will hope to hand over Wanyan Xun to the queen for personal disposal. Also... the late emperor only left one descendant, and now he is with the queen in this Song Town. I wonder what King Yan plans to arrange it in the future?"
"Li Shi'er and Wanyan Ankang must return to Yanjing. Even after they were finally crowned king, their mother and son must return to Yanjing to live. As for Wanyan Xun... If they can be captured alive, they will naturally be handed over to Li Shi'er for disposal. However..." Ye Qing hesitated for a moment, looked at the expressionless Qi Shilie's Gods slave, and thought for a while: "I'm afraid it's difficult for you to hand over Wanyan Xun to Li Shi'er for disposal."
The slaves of Qi Shilie did not ask why immediately, but frowned slightly, and kept thinking about the meaning behind Ye Qing's words in his mind.
After thinking for a while, the Gods of Qi Shilie shook his head and smiled, saying, "It seems that the King of Yan has already made a proper plan. This time, the attack on the Wanyan rebels is to use the Song court's army to stand in front?" Ye Qing shook his head, looked at the silent snowflakes that were still flying outside the window, and murmured, "I might as well tell you the truth, your Gods of Qi Shilie can only guard Changling, rather than breaking Huining."
"I know, the King of Yan is actually worried about Yelu Liuge and the Mongolians behind him, right?" Qi Shilie's god slave said confidently.
Ye Qing nodded and said, "Yes, if my Song court army began to attack the Jin Kingdom, it would be difficult to guarantee that Yelu Liuge and Temujin would not try to get a piece of the Jin Kingdom. So no matter what happened in the Jin Kingdom, you beg the Slaves of Shilie as long as you can guard Changling and prevent the Mongols and Yelu Liuge and his family from moving forward."
"Since that's the case, I will say goodbye. I will wait for the order of King Yan in Changling." The god slaves of Qi Shilie clenched their fists several times, and finally stood up and saluted Ye Qing and said.
Ye Qing stood up, nodded thoughtfully at the Qi Shilie Gods Slave, and then looked up and down again at the Jin general who was about his height but had never won once before him, patted his shoulder and said, "After the New Year, I will send someone to tell you what to do next. Also, don't worry, whether it is Li Shier or Wanyan Ankang, I will treat you well and will not disappoint you."
The slaves of Qi Shilie's gods still frowned slightly, and finally let Ye Qing pat his shoulder, thinking for a while, "Dare you ever wondering what if Wanyan Xun had already noticed your plan in Huining Mansion?"
"It's too late. Even if it's snowing heavily, do you think it can be delayed?" Ye Qing smiled confidently: "I have seen this time in Goryeo that Wang Yan is a lean camel bigger than a horse. Although Cui Zhongxian has covered the sky with his hands for many years in the Goryeo court, it is not that easy for him to eat Wang Yan after Baekje dispersed a lot of his strength. And even if he can defeat Wang Yan, the power under Baekje's banner is still a difficult bone to crack. Even though Wanyan Xun realized the danger and wanted to draw back all his troops from Goryeo, the current situation in Cifengling did not stop because of a heavy snow, and it was still a stalemate, as if he was deeply trapped in a quagmire and it was difficult to extricate himself."
Qi Shilie's Gods slave nodded silently. In fact, the current situation is already very clear. Especially after the 80,000 Jin army entered Goryeo, although the entire Jin Kingdom could not be said to be empty, it would be extremely difficult to defend the Song court's army by relying solely on the current forces.
Chapter completed!