Wu Daler and others went down, but Yelu Deguang did not move for a long time in the imperial tent where he had just received the Hexi envoy.
Wu Dal'er's words just now, "Hexi serves the Emperor of the Central Plains." caused ripples in Yelu Deguang's heart.
The Emperor of Central Plains, the Emperor of China, and the Khan of Heaven.
What an alluring word!
People like Shi Jingtang can be the emperor, why can't I, Yelu Deguang, with such holy literature, divine weapons and martial arts, be able to do it?
The Shatuo Li family are just poor people who fled from Hexi. Their family can be the emperor of the Central Plains.
I, the Khitan, admire the culture of the Central Plains and have communicated with the Central Plains since the Northern Qi Dynasty. During the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty, I was directly subordinate to the Central Plains. I, the Khitan Zhongda He family, was also given the surname Li.
Why can't I be the emperor of the Central Plains?
Thinking of this, Yelu Deguang looked at the servants all around him, and his heart was filled with thoughts.
For hundreds of years, the Khitan people have practiced the hereditary system of election. It was passed down to his father Yelu Abaoji. The centuries-old system of hereditary election was replaced by the hereditary system. There are many people who secretly dissatisfied.
Thinking of this, Yelu Deguang only felt his scalp itching. It turned out that he had not given up the Khitan people's tradition of combing their hair. The bun and net scarf on his head were just wigs.
Yelu Deguang was just putting on a show because he wanted the Han people in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to serve him wholeheartedly.
But at this time, he felt something different in his heart.
The Khitan tribes actually did not accept the hereditary system established by their Yelu family.
No! Not only from other tribes, but also from the Yelu family, there are also people who do not accept this hereditary system.
If..., Yelu Deguang's eyes lit up, if he could enter the Central Plains and become the emperor.
After gaining a firm foothold, use the Zhongyuan right braid to replace the Khitan left braid.
Use the hereditary system of the Central Plains to completely eliminate the hereditary election system in the hearts of the Khitan people.
At that time, he Yelv Deguang will be the emperor of the Central Plains and the emperor of the Khitan people.
We have the Central Plains and control the grasslands, so what is that?
Isn’t that the Heavenly Khan like Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Yelu Deguang's heart surged, and his hands shrunk in the sleeves of his broad robe were trembling slightly. Oh, the Khan of Heaven! The Khan of Heaven who rules the world.
But Yelu Deguang is already thirty-eight years old, can he live another twenty years?
After a while, Yelu Deguang's trusted ministers, who were also members of the Yelu family, left Pi Shi, who was in charge of Yelu Pode, and right Pi Shi, who was in charge of Yelu House, Dian Su Wei Yelu Xila, and Emperor Yelu Deguang's uncle Nanjing.
Yelu Anduan, the commander-in-chief of troops and horses.
As well as Han Kuangtu, Situ, the cavalry commander of the Zhangwu Army of the Han Dynasty, and Han Kuangye, the military commander of the Tiancheng Army.
Xiao Shilu and other close friends of Yelu Deguang, who had been fired from their official positions and were still staying at Yelu Deguang's side, came over.
"Do you know that Zhang Zhao, the king of Han in Hexi, sent people to come here to accuse you? I summoned all the ministers here just to discuss a charter."
Seeing the crowd arriving, Yelv Deguang put aside his worries and began to solicit opinions.
At this point, almost everyone looked at Xiao Shilu first, because he was the only one who had fought against the Hexi Army.
Xiao Shilu has the most say about this King of Han in Hexi who seems to have appeared out of nowhere.
Xiao Shilu's face turned red, but fortunately he was a bit dark, so it was hard for everyone to see it.
Yelu Deguang still couldn't bear the embarrassment of his uncle, so he coughed and asked.
"The supervisor thinks that the thousands of Hexi elites by the Hun River may be from Fuzhou Zhejia? Or are they mainly soldiers and horses from Fuzhou Zhejia?"
But as soon as Yelu Deguang spoke out, Xiao Shilu was even more hurt.
In the past, Yelu Deguang would directly address him as uncle.
Although it was much better for the governor to call Xiao Shilu directly than to return from the disastrous defeat that day, it still made the younger brother of Queen Mother Shulu feel quite uncomfortable.
"They shouldn't be from Fuzhou. If a mere Fuzhou could have such elites, how many should there be in Yunzhou City? How many should there be in the Southern Dynasties?
If the King of Han really has Hexi Longyou, he may be able to raise such elite soldiers. Hexi soldiers should not be underestimated!"
After hearing what Xiao Shilu said, the emperor's uncle Yelu Anduan coughed somewhat unhappily.
"According to what the Supervisor said, the more than 2,000 bravest soldiers and horses we met by the Hun River were even more powerful than the Zuopi Shi Army.
At least we are no match for infantry combat, and we have thick armor and strong bows.
Our Great Khitan Kingdom has been accumulating and training such elites since the decline of the dynasty. So far, we only have 30,000 to 50,000 people.
Until a few years ago, Hexi was just a place where various tribes lived side by side and wars continued.
If my guess is correct, the thousands of people by the Hun River should be the most elite of the Hexi soldiers."
"Then according to the emperor's uncle, the King of Han must have deliberately gathered his elite troops to the Hun River.
But if there are only a few thousand elites, then why did he intercept and kill the Jin envoys and ambush the Holy Army by the Hun River? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will raise a large force to investigate?"
Han Kuangtu, the eldest son of Han Zhigu and the commander of Zhangwu Army, was a little puzzled.
He also asked everyone's confusion.
A 3,000-strong Zuo Pi Shi Feng Holy Army was almost completely wiped out. This was no ordinary hatred, it was a serious one.
But the Khitan Kingdom and Hexi had no enmity. Why did Zhang Hexi do this?
He couldn't possibly think that the Great Khitan Kingdom had reached the point where anyone could come up and touch it, right?
"Your Majesty, I remembered something. On the birthday of the Queen Mother in the eighth year of Tianxian (933), an envoy from Shazhou was ordered to come to celebrate her birthday. He claimed to be the master of the Cao family and also said that he was a member of the Guiyi Army?
Could this Cao family be of the same group as the current Zhang family of Han Dynasty in Hexi? Did the Zhang family replace the Cao family?"
Huh? Yelu Deguang touched his chin, and he remembered that there was indeed an envoy claiming to be the Cao family of the Guiyi Army who came to congratulate him on his birthday.
The reason why Yelu Deguang can still remember it after more than seven years is because he remembers that this group of people was a bit stupid, so he still has a vague impression.
The birthday gift given to the rebel envoys back then was a pair of jade stones and twenty horses.
At that time, Yelu Deguang was very angry, because he almost had people kick them out because they had traveled thousands of miles to come here.
Do you think our Great Khitan Kingdom is the Meng Shu and Ma Chu of the Southern Dynasties? Twenty horses are worth sending from Dunhuang?
It would be better if you give me some white cotton cloth than a horse.
Moreover, according to the rules, Khitan, as a superior state, had to give gifts in return.
Are you here to celebrate your birthday and pay tribute? Or are you here to beat the autumn wind?
After recalling this unhappy experience, Yelu Deguang accurately found the information point in Han Kuangye's words.
"Situ is saying that there may have been a change of power in the Guiyi Army in Shazhou? The Zhang family replaced the Cao family?"
"I looked at the list of envoys and found a man named Cao Yanjing. He should be from the Cao family in Shazhou. I would like to go and test it out, maybe I can find out the situation."
Han Kuangye nodded, and as long as Yelu Deguang approved, he was ready to test the deputy envoy named Cao Yanjing.
Don't think of this era as an era where information is very accessible. Not many people know about Zhang Yichao, let alone Zhang Zhao.
Before the return of the Eighteen States to China, many people had never heard of the term Guiyijun.
Even in the era of advanced information in later generations, countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia are close by and can be reached in a few hours by plane.
Most of the later generations cannot tell who their prime minister or president is? Even the name of the capital is where it is? Few people know.
In terms of distance at this moment, Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, the center of the Khitan, is a full four thousand miles away from Dunhuang, Shazhou.
At an average speed of sixty miles a day, it would take more than two months to travel without encountering natural disasters.
For the Khitan monarchs and ministers, Shazhou Dunhuang was almost the same as the horizon.
Therefore, it is good for Yelu Deguang and his ministers to barely know the name of the Shazhou Dunhuang Guiyi Army. It is really not something that can be done in a short time to find out everything about Zhang Zhao.
"I don't think things are that complicated!" Zuopi Shixiangwen Yelupode suddenly said.
"Who is King Zhang Han of Hexi? What is his intention? He attacked our Khitan soldiers and horses, causing your Majesty to lose thousands of warriors. You cannot let them go easily.
I beg your Majesty, no matter what the envoy from Hexi says or does, he will not reply.
When Yunzhou City is captured, I am willing to follow your Majesty and send the Khitan Kingdom's heavenly troops to Xiazhou, and order King Zhang Han to go to the army in person to explain that we cannot let the thousands of warriors of Zuopi Shi's army die in vain!"
Yelu Pode was the commander of the Zuopi Shi Army. Zuo Pi Shi was in the name of the Holy Army and was deployed by him. So as soon as the words came out, Xiao Shilu also rushed in front of Yelu Deguang.
"What Xiang Wen said is an honest statement. Please ask your Majesty to seek justice for the thousands of warriors of the Holy Army."
But after the two of them finished speaking, Youpi Shi, who had been with the old god all the time, carefully checked the quality of the Yelu house before he spoke slowly.
"Of course we have to ask questions, but I also want to inform your majesty that the distance from Yunzhou to Xiazhou is more than 700 miles, and to Liangzhou in Hexi Province, it is at least 1,800 miles away.
If this Han king is really like what King Yan and his son said, with all the troops in Longyou, Hexi Province, and now they have annexed the Dingnan Army, it will definitely not be defeated overnight.
If Your Majesty wants to raise troops to investigate the charges, it would be best to wait until the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are consolidated before making any plans.
Judging from the current situation, although our great Khitan Kingdom is invincible, its top priority is to seize the land of Yanyun and even continue to plunder the sacred land of Hebei, the Kingdom of Jin, instead of sending large troops to attack the poor Hexi."
Of course he would be happy to see that the Yelu house was in good condition and the right side of the house was secure, but the left side of the house was in ruins.
Moreover, what he said was completely reasonable. Even Yelu Pode and Xiao Shilu couldn't find fault with it.
Yelu Deguang pondered for a moment after hearing the words. From his heart, he was definitely more inclined to what Yelu Wuzhi said.
Because he digested the sixteen states of Yanyun and then gradually annexed the land of Jin and Hebei, he could realize his dream of being the emperor of the Central Plains step by step.
Moreover, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun alone are so prosperous. Whether it is small towns or acres, or farming, smelting and other technologies, the Khitan has been greatly improved.
If it can swallow the entire land of Hebei, the Khitan's national power will surely reach a new level. It will be much easier to deal with Hexi when the time comes.
However, the people from Hexi killed more than a thousand of his warriors from the holy army, and Yelu Deguang certainly could not say that he would not take revenge.
That would chill the hearts of the warriors below, so he could only start making peace with the mud first.
"What you all said makes sense. I would also like to ask Situ to meet the deputy envoy named Cao in private, so that we can get the truth.
Zuo Xiangwen was arranging his troops and horses, and was ready to go west to investigate the crime.
You Xiangwen and your uncle, please pay more attention to Yunzhou and capture it as soon as possible, so that we can completely annex this rich land."
