Nine hundred and ninetieth IX indecision
Yelu Yue always felt guilty about Yelu Yue. Even though this guilt was a secret that only Ye Qing knew, when the news of the breaking of the Liao King City and the news of Yelu Yue's disappearance reached his ears, the guilt in Ye Qing's heart began to grow happily in the cold winter, and it would always suddenly pierce into his heart inadvertently, and it hurt like a needle.
Although the demise of the Liao Kingdom was a general trend, if it were not for his intention to bring Temujin and the gods who beg for the Liao Dynasty to fight against Huarazimo, Temujin would probably not have decided to conquer Liao and expand its borders within such a quick time.
The Liao Kingdom will eventually perish, but if it weren't for Ye Qing's pace of time, perhaps Yelu Yue could have lived her life carefree, and the Liao Kingdom might have survived for many years, so Yelu Yue would not have to suffer the pain of the destruction of the country.
But everything was destroyed in advance because he wanted to protect the so-called Chinese orthodox, and would not be destroyed by the Mongols in the future.
When he helped Liao attack Khwarezm, he felt guilty about Yelu Yue. When the Mongols began to conquer Liao, he actually had a chance to help Liao get rid of the danger of destruction. However, because he wanted to protect the orthodox Chinese from the destruction of future Mongols, Ye Qing had to give up helping Yelu Yue and let him die in Liao.
There are many things in this world that are far greater than personal emotions. Most people understand this principle, but when their personal emotions become victims of the torrent of the great times, they will always feel a bit mixed with silence and helplessness.
Yelu Yue was able to survive and be able to fight eastward from the vast territory blocked by the Mongols, fighting with blood and fighting hard all the way to the east. Ye Qing was glad and relieved, but this gratitude made him involuntarily blame himself as the culprit of the fall of Liao when he lowered his head and stared at his hands.
He didn't know whether Yelu Yue hated or loved him more after the country was destroyed. But no matter what, as Yelu Yue was getting closer and closer to Jingzhao Mansion under the escort of Liu Keshi, Ye Qing felt more and more guilt towards Yelu Yue was getting heavier and heavier, even to the point of being heavy... He didn't know how to face Yelu Yue.
The righteousness of Yelu Yue's sacrifice of his ego and the intrigues to protect the ego of the Song court were also used all despicable means. The ultimate goal was to preserve and expand the power of the northern land. Yelu Yue, Song court... in fact, they have become tools for him to compete with Temujin.
In fact, Ye Qing was not as concerned about Yelu Yue's rescue as Bai Chun. Even Ye Qing once thought that he would probably never have the chance to meet Yelu Yue again in his life.
God blessed me. No matter what, Princess Chengli of Liao Kingdom is now safely on the way to Jingzhao Mansion, and Ye Qing can continue to move towards his goal with that unknown guilt.
Waiting was a very difficult process. In the early morning, Ye Qing sent an envoy to cross the river to submit a letter of peace to the other side. But now that the sun was about to set, there was still no news on the Jin people. Whether it was a war or a harmony was hanging on Ye Qing's head, it was also like a sharp sword, hanging in the hearts of all the soldiers on the front line.
Xu Han, Wu Jue, Sima Jian and the other two were like Ye Heng just now, and they hurried into the not-so-warm tent with a gust of cold wind.
"Sir, just... I saw Ye Heng and Ye leaving with great worries. Is it okay?" Sima Jian, an official who has been hiding in the south for a long time, came to Yanzhou for a short time. At this time, his hands and feet had gained weight, and he was full of frostbite that was itchy in the warm weather.
"It's okay." Ye Qing smiled and shook his head, then looked at Xu Han and asked, "How is the matter going?"
"Sir, I've buried it quietly for half a night last night. At the end of the morning today, I will lead the people from the 3,000 battalions to another trip. The amount is enough to scare the golden men on the other side to death." Xu Han said with a ruthlessness on the corner of his mouth.
Ye Qing nodded, then looked at Wu Jue Wu. Before he could ask questions, Wu Jue quickly said, "Sir, there is no movement on the Jin people. After Mo Jiang submitted the letter of state to negotiate peace, they asked Mo Jiang to come back. Wanyan Jing did not summon Mo Jiang, nor did he see the slaves of Qi Shilie."
"How is the morale of the army in the camp now?" Ye Qing scratched his forehead. The matter of peace talks is only limited to the few of them. Even Wang Chong and Xie Lun have never known it.
But these are just signs on the surface. No one knows whether the soldiers from various camps all over the mountains and fields have begun to discuss this in private because of the incident of crossing the river in the morning of the morning.
"After the generals returned, they had a round of upstream and downstream and central troops. The morale of the army was generally in control, but... there were still many people secretly discussing the purpose of crossing the river in private. Because the adults and the Jin emperor were old acquaintances, many people tended to cross the river today for a truce." Wu Jue looked at Ye Qing with a slightly frown, paused and continued: "The generals could have come back early to report to the generals, but along the way... the generals went to the other side of the river, as if they had wings. Almost everyone in the army knew about it. Along the way, there were always curious soldiers who secretly pulled Generals to ask questions."
"Although the army still has the power to fight, the feeling of war has begun to spread. If we continue to fight, it will only become more and more unfavorable for us. The morale of the Jin people is rising due to Wanyan Jing's arrival. Coupled with the huge gap in military strength, and the battles that have been fighting for so long, it is understandable that some people are tired of war. Regardless of whether the Jin people finally agree to the peace agreement, we must not take it lightly these days. Perhaps at this time, Wanyan Jing is observing the situation of the military on our side on the other side." Ye Qing said with a serious expression.
"That's natural. We suddenly have to take the initiative to make peace. Wanyan Jing and other Jin people will inevitably think that there has been some major change here at the first time, so we want to suddenly make peace. Lord, I think it's better to give the Jin people a warning directly, no matter whether the Yellow River breaks the dam or not, it's their people's fault, and it's not us..." Sima Jian looked at Ye Qing's expression and said carefully, but in the end, he couldn't even hear the voice clearly.
Ye Qing glanced at Sima Jian lightly, and Sima Jian was so scared that he quickly shrank his neck and hid behind Wu Jue. Ye Qing's words rang out in his ears: "Wanyan Jing naturally had to investigate the situation on our side first, and then make a decision on whether to fight or fight. What's more, the Jin people mobilized so many troops, and just war would go on.
After more than half a year of travel, if we were to prepare for the early stage, so many people died in this battle. If we agree to the peace talks, Wanyan Jing would naturally be unwilling to accept it. Moreover, the ministers of the Jin people would not agree, and they would discuss peace with us under such a good situation."
"From the perspective of the Jin people, I was indeed a little unwilling to accept it. They were almost equivalent to staking the country to fight us. It took more than half a year to have a rare inch of land here, and in Jinan Prefecture, they were beaten by Xin Qiji, Zhao, and Liu, several old men from Beiwei Army, and had to retreat to specialize in our side. Now that most of the troops are gathered here, we suddenly have to take the initiative to make peace, and Wanyan Jing naturally would not agree easily." Wu Zong recalled what he saw and heard from the Jin people agreed today.
Nowadays, before Wanyan Jing and others arrived, their morale was extremely low due to their consecutive defeats. However, after Wanyan Jing led the ministers to come and showed the momentum of swearing to cross the river even if they died, the Jin people became as powerful as a blink of an eye. However, because of the huge gap in force, their morale was faintly suppressed by the Jin people. In addition, the war-weariness has begun to grow and spread. If they continue to fight, it is indeed of no benefit to them.
"So we have to see if Wanyan Jing has really grown up and whether he has the foresight that a wise emperor should have." Ye Qing could not guess Wanyan Jing's intentions now. Moreover, as Wu Jue said, the Jin people now have an absolute advantage, so there is no need to talk to him. If that happens, then for the Jin people, the wars over the past six months have been in vain.
"Sir, can't you even hit him with the letter you gave him?" Xu Han asked in a tentative tone.
As an old man from the Huajia Army, he even knew better than the martial arts verdict. How close the relationship between Ye Qing and Wanyan Jing is, so in Xu Han's subconscious, Ye Qing and Wanyan Jing are almost omnipotent and will never be at a disadvantage.
"The Xia Kingdom was divided by us and the Mongols, and the Liao Kingdom was harvested like a gust of wind by the Mongols. Wanyan Jing originally wanted to take the opportunity to regain the three routes of Hetao and even more lost territory at this time, which can not only improve his prestige in the court, but also effectively shock Temujin, and at the same time restore the former strength of the Jin Kingdom, so he would be unwilling to accept it. But he should also know that now, the Song Dynasty and the Mongols are left, as well as their Jin Kingdom, and the Xia Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom have been destroyed. Every battle in the next battle will be a key battle that will determine the fate of the country. Let's hope, hoping that Wanyan Jing is now far-sighted and will not care about the gains and losses in front of him." Ye Qing said at the end, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. After all, after he had the intention to negotiate peace, the initiative was actually handed over to Wanyan Jing.
Even though he did not promote his intention to negotiate peace in the army, as the commander of the first army, his words and deeds always make people notice some abnormal meanings, just like Cao Cao said in the past, and then Yang Xiu cracked Cao Cao's intentions.
It’s a pity to give up when you eat without any taste, but I can’t follow Cao Cao and kill Yang Xiu, killing many soldiers in the army who have already noticed the intention to negotiate peace to stabilize the morale of the army.
For three consecutive days, Wanyan Jing on the other side did not move at all, while Ye Qing was like he was trapped in a situation where he lived like years. From top to bottom, although the entire camp was still under the eyes of the Jin people and was completely different from the usual situation, even in this short three days, the army was filled with all kinds of rumors that could disrupt the morale of the army.
Wang Chong and Xie Lun are now running to Ye Qing's camp every day for three days. The soldiers below are particularly sensitive to the movements of the upper class. In this way, the real soldiers, who are truly leading soldiers, gradually began to feel a trace of unusual smell.
After Ye Qing revealed the truth to the two, Wang Chong, Xie Lun and Wu Jue also plunged into the mission of the pacifying army.
Whether it is Sima Jian, Wang Chong, Xie Lun, even Ye Heng, they have been patrolling back and forth in the barracks these days, suppressing all rumors that disrupted the morale of the army.
Ye Qing lived a life like the years, trembling, while Wanyan Jing was not having a good time.
Whether to be a peace or a war, it has now been divided into two major camps. What Wanyan Jing did not expect was that most of the people who agreed to discuss peace with the Song people were military generals, but they were stubborn and blushed. They vowed to retake the three Hetao Routes and even Jingzhao Prefecture were civil officials.
The generals led by Qi Shilie's Gods Slave agreed to negotiate peace with the Song people at this time, which was somewhat beyond Wanyan Jing's expectations. Wanyan Jing was in a mess in his mind, leaving behind Qi Shilie's Gods Slave, led by the general, and Jia Guqing, the head of the civil officials, in the king's tent. He sighed and said, "Why do you agree to negotiate peace?"
"Report to the Master, the current situation seems to be that our army is in full swing, and there is also the Master Emperor personally. No matter how you look at this battle, it is my Jin Dynasty who won the Song people and recaptured the Three Routes of Hetao and Jingzhao Mansion. But in the past six months, due to my incompetence, I have been unable to break through to Ye Qing's guard..." Qi Shilie's Gods slave lowered his head and said in a deep voice. Since Wanyan Jing arrived, his life has become even more difficult.
Wanyan Jing gave him absolute full trust, but he really failed Wanyan Jing's high hopes. Not only did he fail to regain a city and a land in the past six months, he was even more miserable than the Song people on the opposite side in terms of casualties.
It is precisely because of his failure in the past six months that he has been under unprecedented criticism and pressure among his ministers, and Wanyan Jing is not able to openly favor him now.
"Tell me the reason directly." Wanyan Jing said with a hint of impatientness.
"Ye Qing has always been good at putting death and then resurrected. The battle in Guanshan is the best evidence. And the most important thing is..." Qi Shilie's Gods Slave frowned and looked at Jia Guqing, who had been snorting coldly when he spoke, and took a deep breath and said, "Master, how Ye Qing escaped the pursuit of our army in Wuzhou back then. I believe that the Master who was in Wuzhou at that time should be the clearest. I have fought countless times with Ye Qing in the past six months..."
"You mean Ye Qing has a killer weapon now. The reason why you have never been able to cross the river is because you are afraid of the firearm in Ye Qing's hand?" Wanyan Jing asked with a frown.
"Reporting to the Lord, I dare not hide it. I have always been extremely afraid of it." Qi Shilie's Gods' slave's face turned pale. Originally, he should have been the most capable general in front of Wanyan Jing, but over the years, he has led him
The war led by the leader, especially against Ye Qing, the Song Dynasty, actually had no victory.
This also made this a great shame in his life, and it also made it difficult for him to distinguish himself when facing attacks from other colleagues.
"Since he has a firearm that can kill us, why don't he use his life to fight us? Qi Shilie's Gods slaves, if you are beaten by Ye Qing, you are afraid of being beaten. Don't find these ridiculous excuses! You are afraid of Ye Qing, but the Lord is not afraid of Ye Qing. Now the Lord is holding the power of the emperor, and my army is strong and powerful, can't I still get a ferry with only tens of thousands of people!" Jia Guqing said coldly with disdain.
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave raised his eyelids and turned his eyes to Jia Guqing, then continued to lower his head and said lightly: "Master, I am sure that Ye Qing has the firearm like heavenly thunder in his hand. As for why he doesn't use it, I can't guess these two possibilities..."
"You said." Wanyan Jing glared at Jia Guqing, who was about to snatch the words again, and said calmly: "In this way, the reason why you have been unable to make an inch of land is because you are afraid of being attacked?"
The reason why Wanyan Jing has never made up his mind to fight or reconcile with Ye Qing in three days is also the reason why Ye Qing mentioned the firearm that he had used in Wuzhou in a letter three days ago, so he also understood the reason why Qi Shilie's Gods Slave had never made progress in the war.
Of course, he also wanted to hear the reasons why the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie were unable to make progress and why they were so afraid of Ye Qing.
"Reporting to the emperor, in my opinion, Ye Qing did not use the powerful firearm from beginning to end, one of the reasons why Ye Qing did not use the powerful firearm from beginning to end is that he was waiting for a chance to decide the outcome of the first battle, but now that Ye Qing has taken the initiative to seek peace, he can eliminate this possibility. And the only possibility left is... Such a powerful firearm is that even the rock-solid Wuzhou Great Wall can be blown up by the firearm in Ye Qing's hand, and even the frozen and hard loess under our feet may be afraid that
I am afraid that it is easier to be blown up one by one. At the least, our army will suffer heavy casualties, and at the worst... the Yellow River breaks the dam. At that time, not only our army is buried by the river, but even the towns behind us and the thousands of people will suffer. So I guess that the reason why Ye Qing has never used firearms until now, whether he seeks peace or fights with me is because he is concerned about the safety of the people of our Great Jin Kingdom." After Qi Shilie's Gods Slave said that, he still lowered his head slightly.
During these days, he was really afraid of the firearms that Ye Qing used in Wuzhou, so he also made him beg for Shi Lie and the Gods slaves who never dared to force Ye Qing into a desperate situation, fearing that Ye Qing would fight them to death.
Therefore, when using troops, he was afraid of throwing rats and not daring to invest all his troops on a larger scale to cross the river, because he was afraid that Ye Qing would either take advantage of the loopholes and blow up most of his troops in one fell swoop, or he would directly blow up the Yellow River embankment by Ye Qing, which caused the Yellow River to flood and make people live in poverty.
Looking at Wanyan Jing who was in deep thought and silent, Jiagu coldly glanced at the Qi Shilie Gods slave who lowered his head and said hurriedly to Wanyan Jing: "Master, I think the Qi Shilie Gods slave is completely polite and is making excuses for his failure in the past six months to escape the crime you have been asking for him. Now our army is very willing to fight because the Master is in charge of the Emperor's personal expedition. I believe that as long as our army chooses a good day to attack Song, we will definitely be able to win a great victory and regain Hetao 3rd Routes and Jingzhaofu Road. We can also take advantage of the victory of this battle and go south again after the beginning of spring next year to point directly to the Lin'an of the Song Dynasty."
"Master..." Jia Guqing looked at Wanyan Jing with a hesitant expression and continued while the iron was hot: "Master, now the Mongols have established a country and have just destroyed the Liao Kingdom and divided the territory of Xia Kingdom with the Song people. My Great Jin has now become a small country in a corner. If we give the Song people a chance to breathe, my Great Jin Kingdom will be surviving in the cracks? The Song people have always had deep hatred and great hatred with me. Once the Mongols come back to their senses, they will unite with the Song people.
If the court unanimously treats us, we have no choice but to retreat. Now, it is precisely our ability to seize the lost large territory. Taking advantage of the Mongols' pacification of Liao, we will judge the situation and move south again. As long as we take advantage of this battle, we can follow the example of Taizong's heroic spirit against Song Lianlian, and conquer Lin'an, and capture the Song emperor. Think about the feat of Taizong's capturing the two saints of Song, and now it is possible that you will realize it again in the hands of the priest."
"Break Lin'an and capture Zhao Dun?" Wanyan Jing's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen the cavalry of the Great Jin Kingdom galloping over the territory of the Song court again, crossing the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and capturing Zhao Dun in Lin'an.
"Sage..." Qi Shilie's Gods slaves were frightened by Jia Guqing's bold words, and they were so thrilling that they were so bold that they could imagine. And according to Jia Guqing's words, it would be very easy to capture the Emperor of Song Dynasty, not to mention defeating the Mongols and rule the grassland again.
"Master, this is the time and time. Now the Song Dynasty is different from the decay of Ye Qing guarding the northern part of the country. The reason why Emperor Taizong was able to go south was because the officials of the Song Dynasty were corrupt, fearing death, and had no leader in the army, so the army of our Great Jin Kingdom could be unstoppable. But now, under Ye Qing's administration, in just a few years, the entire northern part has been governed as solid as the golden land. The battle of Jinan Prefecture is enough to show that the northern part occupied by the Song Dynasty is not as loose as the cities under the Song Dynasty." Qi Shilie's Gods Slave raised his head with some concern, looking at Wanyan Jing who was persuaded by Jia Guqing, he could not imagine whether the consequences of continuing to use troops to Ye Qing would be destroyed from then on.
"Master..." Before Jiaguqing could react, the gods slaves of Qishilie continued to say hurriedly: "Master, Ye Qing's ability to defeat Xia is not due to luck. Moreover, in the past six months, Ye Qing has used troops at the same time in three places. Although he relied on conspiracy and tricks to drag the Mongols into the war to divide the territory of Xia Kingdom, he shared a lot of pressure from the resistance of Xia people. But Master, we must admit that the current Ye Qing and the Song court today have no less combat power than us. Dividing the Xia Kingdom and defending the Yellow River, Jinan Prefecture beats us, which is enough to show that Ye Qing now has many elite soldiers and generals, and they are definitely not as vulnerable as what Lord Jiagu said...."
"Then can't the territory I lost be taken away by Ye Qing just watch it?" Wanyan Jing suddenly snorted coldly, interrupting the words of the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie!
Chapter completed!