On the vast grassland, the thin snow had not melted a few days ago, but some tenacious grass buds had already drilled out of the snow piles, making the originally yellow and white land more green.

However, countless horse hooves soon stepped across the land, causing the loess and snow to mix together, turning into a pool of mud. The newly sprouted grass buds were also trampled into the mud, but a touch of green grass tip still stretched out its head tenaciously.

"Brother Renxian, it's all my fault. If I had known, I wouldn't have reported Dangxiang's affairs to Your Majesty!" Yelu Zhirang said to Yelu Renxian next to him with a guilty look on his face. Behind them was a cavalry of tens of thousands of people. They had just set out from Zhongjing, with their targets aiming directly at the distant Northwest Road Zhaotaisi.

"Zhi makes me not have to blame myself. Even if you hide the matter, there will definitely be other people reporting it to Your Majesty. Then you will still not be able to change the current result." Yelu Renxian said helplessly at this time.

Some time ago, Yelu Renxian successfully suppressed the rebellion of the Jurchens, which restored Yelu Zongzhen's prestige to a little. After Yelu Renxian stabilized the situation in the north, he immediately returned to Zhongjing and suggested to Yelu Zongzhen that he would take advantage of this great victory to completely stabilize the domestic situation and confiscate the military power of the nobles from all over the country. As long as the military power is taken back, he would not be afraid that those nobles would dare to disobey them again.

Yelu Zongzhen agreed with Yelu Renxian's suggestion, but as time went by, he felt that it was too slow to regain military power bit by bit. It happened that after Li Yuanhao from Dangxiang had taken over the Northwest Guidance and Discipline Inspection some time ago, he also began to fight westward, bringing a considerable part of the western part of the Liao Kingdom to his own.

When Yelu Zongzhen learned that even the little Dangxiang was so arrogant and did not take their Liao Kingdom seriously, he finally couldn't help but want to send troops again, and his plans were also very good. If Li Yuanhao could be defeated successfully this time, not only would he be able to recover the lost land, but his prestige would definitely increase again. By then, with two big victories, the recovery of military power in various places would be even smoother.

It was precisely under this idea that Yelu Zongzhen decided to send troops to fight the west. Although Yelu Renxian tried hard to persuade Yelu Zongzhen to warn him that the country was short of national strength and it was really not suitable to send troops, Yelu Zongzhen couldn't listen at all. The final result was that Yelu Renxian led his troops to fight again, and Yelu Zhirang became his deputy.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is really too impatient. Now our Liao Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and finally there is a little improvement. You only need to defeat the nobles from all over the country and take back the military power in their hands. But now you are taking the risk to attack, if that is the case..."

Yelu Zhirang couldn't continue to talk at the end, and his face was full of regret, because Li Yuanhao's affairs were the first to report to Yelu Zongzhen. His original intention was to put some pressure on Yelu Zongzhen, but he didn't expect that Yelu Zongzhen would react so much and would send troops to the battle no matter what.

"It is our minister's duty to share the worries of our ministers. Since Your Majesty is determined to take risks, we can only find a way to fight this battle." Yelu Renxian sighed at this time.

In fact, Yelu Renxian was also very troubled with Yelu Zongzhen's personality. When he was in Gubeikou, Yelu Zongzhen refused to withdraw his troops because he died. Even though the soldiers were hungry, they still urged the soldiers to attack the city. In the end, this led to a great defeat. It was only two years after this lesson, but he had an old problem. Yelu Renxian really had no way to do this.

"Brother Renxian, can we take so many savages to fight this time? Many of them are related to the previous rebellion. If they cause trouble on the battlefield, that would be bad?" At this time, Yelu Zhirang suddenly looked at the tens of thousands of cavalry around him, and then said very worriedly.

This time Yelu Ren went to the expedition first. Originally, Yelu Zongzhen only gave him 10,000 people. It was not that Yelu Zongzhen looked down on Dangxiang, but that he did not have much force to use, and Zhongjing and other places also needed troops to defend, so he could only draw 10,000 cavalry at most.

However, Yelu Renxian did not dare to underestimate Dangxiang, especially Li Yuanhao's army was powerful in the northwest recruitment of the army, and it was impossible for a mere 10,000 people to defeat Dangxiang people. Therefore, Yelu Renxian proposed to draw Jurchens as a large army. Many of the Jurchens were related to the previous rebellion, and Yelu Renxian also promised that as long as the Dangxiang people were defeated, the Jurchens would no longer be held accountable for the previous rebellion.

"My brother, please rest assured. Although these Jurchens are a little savage, they are desperate for battles. As long as they are in good command, they can exert considerable power. Moreover, after these Jurchens were drawn out of young and strong, only some old and weak women were left in the tribe. If they dare not obey the orders, their entire tribe will be in trouble by then!" Yelu Ren said first and showed a little sneer.

Whether it was the Jurchens or Dangxiang, it was a big threat to their Liao Kingdom. In contrast, the Jurchens could still be driven by them, while Dangxiang was completely an invader. Therefore, Yelu Renxian thought of this strategy of driving away wolves and swallowing tigers. No matter whether this battle was win or defeat, it could eventually weaken the strength of Dangxiang and the Jurchens, thereby strengthening the Liao Kingdom's rule over the north and the west.

Yelu Zhirang also knew Yelu Renxian's plan, but he had always despised the Jurchens and believed that these people were a group of uncivilized savages, so he did not give any hope for their performance on the battlefield.

"By the way, before I went to suppress the Jurchens last time, Goryeo sent an envoy to Beijing. I originally wanted to pay attention to this matter, but I didn't have time later. Do you know why those Goryeo came?" At this moment, Yelu Ren suddenly thought of something again, so he asked again.

"Goryeo is a group of villains who are trying to make trouble. They sent envoys to Beijing, and they actually wanted to ask us for several cities on the east bank of the Yalu River. They also said with shamelessness that it was their hometown!" When it comes to Goryeo people, Yelu Zhirang immediately said very annoyed.

"It's true!" Yelu Renxian nodded silently when he heard this. In fact, he had guessed that although Goryeo had previously praised the Liao Kingdom, he was only respecting the Liao Kingdom's strength. If the Liao Kingdom suffered a defeat this time, they would naturally take the blame. Goryeo also wanted to dominate the east bank of the Yalu River, so he had always coveted several cities on the east bank of the Liao Kingdom.
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