Chapter Seventeen: Yelumo
"Mountains and rivers in ancient and modern times have no fixed basis. In the sound of horns, herd horses come and go frequently. Who can say anything about the desolation. The west wind blows the old red maple trees. In the past, there should be countless grievances. The iron horse fights, the road to the green tomb at dusk. How deep is the love.
The sunset in the deep mountains and the deep autumn rain.”
This poem is of course one of the many Nalan poems plagiarized by Zhao Weiji. At the beginning of the founding of "Shilin Daily", in order to attract Chai Yu, this poem was included in the first issue and published together.
At this time, this poem was placed on Yelumo's desk together with many pieces of information related to Zhao Weiji.
"What kind of person are you?" Yelumo, who was analyzing the intelligence in his hand, had great doubts about the Zhao Weiji reflected in the intelligence.
It has to be said that the Liao State's meticulous work in the Song Dynasty was indeed very impressive. In just one month, it collected all the information about Zhao Weiji. But when Yelumo expected to piece together a complete picture of Zhao Weiji from this information,
But then something went wrong. If we really pieced together Zhao Weiji's words through this information, we could only use a modern word to explain it, that is: split personality.
Of course, the people of the Liao people would not have thought that a guy from a thousand years ago traveled to the Song Dynasty and possessed the Anding Duke. Although the intelligence of the Liao people also stated that Zhao Weiji fell into a coma after falling off a horse and suffered from amnesia after waking up, forgetting that
The past. But this could not explain where his fantastic ideas came from.
Moreover, the style of Zhao Weiji before and after was really very different. Although Zhao Weiji was three years old before, he made weak bows and light arrows, planted money for shooting, and hit eight out of ten shots. At the age of five, he read and recited poems.
At the age of six, Taizu passed away, wailing day and night, and Queen Xiaozhang repeatedly comforted her, before she began to eat rice porridge. This series of performances was pretty good, but when she grew up, she was just a clan member, a flying eagle lackey, and a sensual and sensual person.
Just dogs and horses.
But after he fell into a coma and woke up suffering from aphansia, his whole person changed qualitatively. First, he restrained his personal actions. He no longer went out to play with the young men in Bianliang City, but often stayed at home.
(Of course, Yelu Mo would never have thought that this was the result of Zhao Weiji's inability to adapt to the Song Dynasty when he first arrived, coupled with the explosion of attributes of his round-the-clock security guard).
The second is that countless strange new ideas came out of his head, such as fried tea, cotton fabrics, daily newspapers, crossbows, colored glaze, football, etc.
The third is that this person suddenly became extremely smart, and he was calm and decisive in situations. He was also quite resourceful in the military. The most typical example was the defensive battle he participated in when he first arrived in Daizhou. If it hadn't been for him
appears, Daizhou will definitely suffer serious losses.
And now there is a fourth one, which is that he suddenly wrote such good lyrics. Information shows that although Zhao Weiji has occasionally written one or two lyrics before, he has never reached the level, or even comes close to the one he has on his desk now.
Although Yelu Mo is a Khitan, the Liao Kingdom has already begun to have a certain degree of Chineseization. They can still distinguish the quality of poetry from bad.
"I don't understand. I really don't understand why there is such a big difference between one person before and after." Yelu Mo was already about to have his head exploded by the information in front of him.
Even though Yelumo is currently overwhelmed by this pile of information, he is a real talent.
Yelu Mo is twenty-five years old and is currently an aide to Han Derang, the most powerful official in the Liao Kingdom. Although his surname is Yelu, his background is not very good. The Khitan people have two surnames, either Yelu or Xiao. People with the surname Yelu are not
They are all nobles, for example Yelumo.
Although this man came from a bad background, he was a genius and an all-rounder. Whether it was Khitan traditional archery, horse riding, or military marching, or making plans, he was very good. It is precisely because of his all-round ability.
His talent came to the fore during Song Taizong's first Northern Expedition and was discovered by Handerang, who became an aide in the government.
Due to his humble background, Yelu Mo has an extraordinary understanding of civil affairs. He gave Han Derang a great help in the process of governing Yanyun. He also won the respect of Han Derang, but this person is usually not showy.
, so his reputation is not very great. Even the senior officials of the Liao Kingdom know very little about him, let alone the Song Dynasty.
…
"It is really impossible to analyze the weaknesses of this person's personal abilities or character from the intelligence." Yelumo explained after summarizing the information to Handerang. "However, this person's status may become his weakness."
"Oh, tell me about it?" Handerang immediately became interested when Yelumo said this.
"The first is his identity. He is the grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. There is a problem with the succession of the Song Emperor Zhao Guangyi. Originally, the successor should be Zhao Weiji's father, the Wei King of the Song Dynasty Zhao Dezhao. But now the Song Emperor has
It's Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi. Therefore, Zhao Weiji's identity as the grandson of Song Taizu naturally became the reason why he might be guarded against by the current Song Emperor."
"Well, that makes sense, let's continue."
"Then there is his current status in the Daizhou Army. Although he is now recognized by the Yang family generals, because of his own military position: General Zuo Xiaowei is only a false title. So Daizhou can really
The only one who makes decisions is Yang Ye. Although he performed well in the two battles he fought after arriving in Daizhou, it was not a big war. When the real war comes, Yang Ye will definitely still be the one who single-handedly dominates the battlefield. His
Once his opinions conflict with Yang Ye's, Yang Ye will not listen to him unless he can prove that his opinions are correct."
"Well, is there anything else?"
"Also, even if Yang Ye is not in Daizhou, once a war breaks out, the Yang family will definitely center around the Yang family's eldest son, and his result will still be the same as the above situation. It will even be worse than the previous situation.
Oops.”
"It seems you have an idea."
"Well, according to intelligence, Yang Ye will return to Beijing to report on his duties in two months, and the Daizhou army will also be stationed. This will be a good time to attack Daizhou."
"Okay, then come up with a plan as soon as possible."
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As the intelligence from the Liao Kingdom showed, the garrison has begun in Daizhou. The original army was transferred to Daming Mansion, and the newly transferred army came from Sichuan.
The army they had just built was basically in vain. They had to start over again. Now Zhao Weiji realized the sorrow of the generals in the original history books. It wasn't that our army was incompetent, it was Taizu who was too cunning.
Let's start from the beginning. Fortunately, Zhao Xin and Li Jiguang were basically Zhao Weiji's personal soldiers and did not follow the large army to garrison at Daming Mansion.
But the bad things were not over yet. Yang Ye returned to Beijing to report on his work. What was worse was that Yang Ye also brought back Silang, Wulang, Liulang and Qilang of the Yang family, who had a good relationship with Zhao Weiji, back to Bianliang. The remaining boss and boss
The second and third sons usually have a normal relationship with Zhao Weiji because they spend more time on duty at Yanmen Pass.
When they were leaving, Zhao Weiji went to the south gate of Daizhou City to see them off. When they were leaving, Zhao Weiji's face was almost as elongated as a horse's face.
"Don't worry, we will bring your letter to your brothers and sisters. Don't be so cool. People who don't know may think that I have some unclear relationship with you." Yang Yanzhao patted Zhao Weiji on the shoulder and turned around.
Mounted his horse and ran towards Bianliang.
Did he know that the reason why Zhao Weiji had such a long face was because he really couldn't get along with the eldest, second, and third eldest son of the Yang family. As soon as these four, five, six, seven left, he would be bored in Daizhou.
On the seventh day after they left, Daizhou received a report from the scouts, saying that a Khitan army with about 10,000 people was advancing towards Yanmen Pass.
After receiving the information, Zhao Weiji immediately rushed to Yanmen Pass. When Zhao Weiji entered the large tent at Yanmen Pass, he heard that there was still a commotion inside.
Many old generals believe that the garrison at Yanmen Pass has just been completed and the soldiers have not adapted yet, so they should rely on their crossbows to defend the city. It is enough to defeat these Khitans. However, Yang Yanping, the boss of the Yang family, believes that because the enemy is not
Much. You can completely form a formation outside the gate to block and counterattack like last time. Anyway, the operation of the serial crossbow is simple, and today's soldiers can already use it.
Gradually, the voice of the eldest son of the Yang family began to gain the upper hand. Since the second and third eldest sons all supported the eldest son's proposal, it was basically determined that they would fight outside the border.
Zhao Weiji remained silent on the sidelines. Just as Yelumo analyzed, although Zhao Weiji felt that something was fishy, he could not raise objections due to his status. Moreover, his relationship with the sophomores and juniors of the Yang family was average.
These three people may not listen to what he said, so Zhao Weiji could only remain silent.
After deciding to go out to fight, the generals at Yanmen Pass began to get busy with dispatching troops. At this time, Zhao Weiji basically had nothing to do. While he was idle, he decided to take the information and study it.
After repeatedly studying the information, Zhao Weiji still felt that there was fraud in it. In May, when the water and grass were plentiful, they sent out troops to fight? And there were only 10,000 people? Which tribe had eaten too much and didn't let their herds go out to fight when the water and grass were plentiful?
Besides, the Khitans also experienced the power of the new type of repeating crossbow last time, so why don’t 10,000 people deliver food?
Seeing that Yang Yanping was about to lead the army, Zhao Weiji, who had these questions in his mind, finally couldn't help but suggested to Yang Yanping: "I still think there is fraud in this, but it is not good to stop the soldiers from achieving meritorious deeds. Here is still
Remind Dalang that if the situation changes, immediately retreat to the pass. If we refuse to defend the city, the Khitans will not be able to do anything to us."
I don’t know if the Yang family leader listened to Zhao Weiji’s suggestion, but in short, he led the troops and set off. Looking at the troops, Zhao Weiji always felt that they were heading not for a future but for hell. But this was no longer something he could control.
That's it. The only thing he can do now is to ask Xin Zhao to find someone to follow the team and come back to notify him immediately if the situation changes. Then he waits.
Chapter completed!