Rushing back to Taiyuan from Yuzhou as quickly as possible, Liu Ling went straight to the palace without going home. He was still panting while sitting on a chair. Along the way, he threw away the Black Kirin Army and only took four soldiers with him.
I ran all the way back. I went straight into the palace and took a sip of water after sitting down.
"Your Majesty, I'd like to thank you for your stutter first. I haven't eaten for four hours since morning."
Liu Ling looked at Emperor Xiao pitifully and said.
Emperor Xiao laughed and said, "It's strange that I'm impatient. Li Yao's Nayan is so anxious to ask for help. In the past few days, he has sent three groups to Taiyuan Mansion. Xiao Liuzi, go to the imperial dining room and bring some snacks.
, Oh, by the way, are you keeping the porridge warm for me outside? Bring it over first and let King Zhong make up for it."
The first half of the sentence was explained by Liu Ling, and the second half was an instruction given to Xiao Liuzi. Xiao Liuzi responded, quickly stepped out, and soon brought in two bowls of hot porridge.
"Your Majesty, please use some. Your Majesty didn't eat much for lunch. For the sake of the people of the country, Your Majesty cannot starve himself."
Xiao Liuzi put a bowl of rice porridge in front of Emperor Xiao and Liu Ling. Emperor Xiao pushed it and said, "I'm not hungry, so I'll give it to Prince Zhong first."
Xiao Liuzi said: "Also, I knew that King Zhong was coming, so I ordered the kitchen to make an extra serving."
Liu Ling said while drinking porridge: "You are quite clever, but I have nothing to reward you."
Xiao Liuzi said quickly: "How dare you ask for the prince's reward? This is what a servant should do. Your Majesty, the prince, eat slowly. I will go to the royal kitchen to urge you."
Emperor Xiao waved his hand to signal him to go out. He picked up the bowl and slowly stirred the crystal white rice porridge with a small spoon and asked Liu Ling: "The Great Zhou Dynasty sent more than 100,000 troops with great momentum in order to recapture Xiongzhou that was snatched away by the Liao Dynasty."
, Mozhou, Dingzhou and Yizhou. Now the Great Zhou Dynasty has won consecutive battles, and the army is unstoppable. Not only is Dingzhou besieged, but even Bazhou may not be able to defend it. After all, the Liao army is now the most proficient in fighting.
They are all on the northwest front, and the state soldiers in Dingzhou and Bazhou may not be able to withstand the elite soldiers leading the army guards around the Zhou Dynasty."
Liu Ling drank the porridge in the bowl in one go and licked her lips.
"Your Majesty, in the past few days since my brother came back, Dingzhou has sent people to rush him three times?"
Liu Ling asked.
Emperor Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, three times. Each time was more urgent. The first time the envoy stayed in Taiyuan for a day, the second time he stayed and rested for half a day, and the third time the envoy only saw me and hurried away.
I hurried back in a hurry."
Liu Ling smiled and said, "Then there's no rush. It won't be too late to send out troops in two days."
Emperor Xiao said: "Oh? Laojiu, why do you think so? Pei Hao just told me that Daliao's envoys are getting more anxious every time. It seems that Dingzhou is really in crisis."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Your Majesty has actually thought of it, and I want to confirm it, right? Pei Hao is proficient in law but not good at military affairs. Although he followed my brother to Yuzhou, he only watched a few battles.
It’s not even considered entry-level.”
Emperor Xiao rolled his eyes at him and said, "Can't you be stupid just once?"
Liu Ling said: "For your Majesty's plan, I dare not be stupid."
Emperor Xiao laughed and said: "Well, you old nine! I did think of something, and I just want to confirm it by asking you. Since you said that, is it possible that my guess is correct?"
Liu Ling said: "Your Majesty is wise, if Dingzhou is really besieged like an iron barrel and the Zhou army is eager to attack, Li Yao Nayan's envoy can still come almost once a day to urge us to send reinforcements? First time resting in Taiyuan City I rested for one day, the second time I only rested for half a day, and the third time I came and went in a hurry, does Li Yao and Nayan really think that my grown-up people are all three-year-olds that are so easy to deceive?"
"His Majesty just said that it was Zhou's Qianning army that was besieging Dingzhou, not the men leading the army and guards on the left and right. If Zhou was really determined to win Dingzhou, how could he have used the Qianning army's recruits for five or six days in a row? Attacking the city? The leading guards on the left and right are the Twelve Guards initially established after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. They are the two most elite troops of the Zhou Dynasty. The five thousand palace troops in Dingzhou City have all fallen to the northwest line, and there are only insufficient troops in the city. With tens of thousands of state soldiers, the Zhou army aims for a quick victory. If they attack the city with elite divisions leading the army and guards on the left and right, they should have defeated Dingzhou on the 5th or 6th day. Why should the Qianning army be in front?"
Emperor Xiao frowned and said: "I have been thinking, isn't it possible that the generals leading the army guard on the left and right have selfish motives and let the Qianning army rush forward to consume the Liao soldiers guarding the city?"
Liu Ling said: "Probably not. There are 80,000 Daliao Palace troops in Youzhou. Yeluji, the king of the Southern Palace, has been leading troops since he was a child. He will definitely not watch Dingzhou being besieged without saving him. After so long delay, the Youzhou soldiers have not arrived yet. Come on, doesn’t your Majesty find it strange?”
Emperor Xiao thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and his face changed greatly: "Old Jiu, do you mean that Da Liao and Da Zhou are joining forces to make a plan?"
Liu Ling sighed and said: "I'm afraid that's the case. The Zhou army besieging Dingzhou is probably not to capture the city, but to deal with the reinforcements we sent. It's a good strategy to besiege the city for reinforcements."
Emperor Xiao said angrily: "Da Liao and I, the Han Dynasty, have always been close to each other, but they actually helped Da Zhou scheme against me, the Han Dynasty! What are their intentions?!"
Liu Ling said: "My brother speculates that this must be the intention of the Nanmian Palace King in Youzhou. Yeluxiong asked our Han Dynasty to send troops to help attack Xia, but we only sent ten consecutive rockets. I'm afraid that the Liao Dynasty king will cause trouble. His Majesty the Emperor was also furious in his heart, but it was just due to his bad appearance. This time, the generals were trapped in Dingzhou, and the generals Yue Le and Mi Huang, who were leading the army and guards, had long thought that Li Yao Yan would ask for help from His Majesty. So. They will only use the Qianning army to besiege the city, while the elite soldiers leading the army and guards on the left and right will wait for the reinforcements of our big men to arrive, and they will set up an ambush halfway to catch us by surprise."
"Yeluji probably saw the Zhou army's deployment, so he didn't rush to send troops to rescue Dingzhou. Maybe the Youzhou soldiers are waiting not far from Dingzhou now, waiting for the Zhou army to ambush my Han army halfway, so he can sit back Harvesting the fishermen's profits. Presumably Yue Le and Mi Huang also saw Yeluji's intention, so the messengers moving rescue troops in Dingzhou City were able to move freely among the siege of tens of thousands of troops."
"Both the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Liao Dynasty regarded our Han army as a victim. If the Zhou army successfully set up an ambush to eat our Han reinforcements, then quickly returned to retreat, and did not fight with the Youzhou soldiers, it would be fine. Or take advantage of our army's defeat to directly attack the territory of our Han Dynasty without contact with the Youzhou soldiers. In this case, Yeluji's wishful thinking of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind will also come to nothing. And Yeluji, he did not take it seriously. The Han's reinforcements are taken seriously, and whether the Zhou army wins or we win, he can firmly take the initiative."
After hearing Liu Ling's words, Emperor Xiao couldn't help but said angrily: "Yeluji is really good at calculating! Yue Le and Mihuang are really good at planning! After calculating and calculating, the two groups of people who are fighting have their eyes on me.
The reinforcements of the Han Dynasty, whether they are allies or enemies, are all ambitious!"
Liu Ling advised: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. No matter Yeluji or Yue Lemihuang, they all regard themselves as the oriole, and they have recognized that my big man's reinforcements are the cicada. All deployments are based on this."
After the plan was completed, it looked like they had the upper hand, but in fact, both Yeluji and Yue Lemihuang were just mediocre generals."
Emperor Xiao's eyes lit up and he said: "Lao Jiu already has a countermeasure? Should I send troops?"
Liu Ling nodded and said: "Reinforcements must still be sent. The alliance between Yelu Xiongji and His Majesty cannot be changed within three years. The national strength of our Han Dynasty is far inferior to that of the Liao Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty is like a tiger, even if it is only used
It's okay to have a paper tiger standing by your side to scare people. Besides, Daliao also expects us big men to be their southern gate, and they won't blatantly destroy the alliance in a short time. Yeluji did this just because he wanted me, a big man, to eat him.
It’s just boring.”
Emperor Xiao said: "Reinforcements were sent, but in the end, the Zhou army made dumplings?"
Liu Ling smiled softly and said: "Reinforcements will definitely be sent, but we can go slower. The Zhou army is not in a hurry, and the Liao soldiers are not in a hurry. What are we in a hurry for? Luo Fu, the commander of the Jianxiong Army, is two hundred west of Dingzhou.
In Qiu'an County, which is many miles away, Your Majesty can issue a decree to ask Luo Fu to take his 10,000 men and horses to rescue Dingzhou, and tell him not to be anxious and not to march more than ten miles in a day."
"As for Yeluji and Yue Lemihuang's good plan, I naturally have a way to make it difficult for them to succeed. If you want to take advantage of my big man, haha, I will let them lose their wives and soldiers!
"
Emperor Xiao laughed and said, "If you have any clever ideas, tell me quickly!"
Liu Ling leaned forward and told Emperor Xiao's ear what he wanted to say. Emperor Xiao nodded while listening, and by the end his eyes had turned into arcs of laughter.
"Lao Jiu, how sure are you?"
Liu Ling said seriously: "70%, as long as the two armies coordinate well, we can add another 10%. However, even if my brother's plan cannot be implemented, our reinforcements can still be brought back intact, and Yeluji's side is also
I can't fault His Majesty."
Emperor Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "That's it, I'm not as good as you in military matters, but I can give you the greatest guarantee! Since both Liao and Zhou want to see our jokes, then I will let them see how ridiculous they are.
