Seeing the joy on Liu Ling's face, Zhao Da asked with a smile.
Liu Ling handed the secret letter to Zhao Dadao: "Why don't he become a businessman? His bargaining skills are really good."
After reading the secret letter, General Zhao smiled and said: "It is true that some lions are talking a lot. They want to go to the four southwest states at once, and they also want silver letters, women, and brocade silk. It's really surprising that they have such good appetites.
ah."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "It's just a price that's all over the sky. Grind it for me. I want to reply to His Majesty Wei Mingxiao, who knows how to do business."
General Zhao said while grinding: "It turns out that the prince has no intention of taking Youzhou. Yelu Xiongji mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to rescue him. If he knew the prince's plan, he would still be so angry that he vomited blood? If you can guess, you can't say
He will never lead his troops south."
Liu Ling said with a smile: "If Yelu Xiongji goes south without troops, I will take Youzhou. If I don't feel sorry for this ancient city, I will still have use for it in the future. Even if Yeluji blocks all the city gates, even if there are still twenty people in the city,
With an army of ten thousand, can’t I capture a Youzhou city? It’s just that the time is not ripe yet. Even if Youzhou is taken, it will be difficult to hold on to it. Sooner or later, the army will return south. Tang, Shu, Wu, Yue, Chu, Pingnan, Nan
The Han Dynasty and the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River are the next main direction. The Khitan people are powerful and cannot be killed in one battle. This time the party members are tied together again. Even if the Khitan people want revenge after their vitality is seriously injured, it is not possible.
It can be done in three to five years. Besides, the Dangxiang people will not watch the Khitans recover."
Zhao Dadao: "When does the prince plan to return south?"
Liu Ling thought for a while and said: "When the Dangxiang people arrived at the agreed place to cause trouble with the Khitans, the army returned south. The south was empty, and there were not many soldiers under Du Yi's command. The words of Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty were not credible. Rather than believe his mouth,
I would rather believe that there are ghosts in this world. I'm just afraid that Li Yu is watching. If our Han army defeats the Khitans, he will really stand still for fear that I will take revenge on him with my victorious army. If my Han army is defeated, just
I'm afraid that the Southern Tang Army has already marched north in force."
"With General Du Yi here, it will not be easy for the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty to cross the line drawn by the prince. Furthermore, after the old general Cheng Yihou withdrew his troops, it was a shock to both Hou Shu and the Southern Tang Dynasty."
Liu Ling said with a smile: "Yes, we are already doing business in partnership with the Dangxiang people. We can't let the Marquis of Sanjiang stab them in the back. Now that the business has been negotiated, we are temporary allies. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
, I have said this many times. It is not difficult to impress Wei Mingxiao. The Khitan has plenty of places for him to draw circles and occupy space. If he really thinks that I will agree to his conditions, he is stupid, but he just wants to
It’s just disgusting and disgusting to me.”
Liu Ling took the brush handed over by Zhao Dashi, thought for a while, wrote two words on the paper, and then blew it.
"That's it, send the reply to Wei Mingxiao as quickly as possible."
Zhao Da couldn't help but laugh after reading it, and said to himself that the prince is indeed a wonderful man. Liu Ling's reply to Wei Mingxiao only had two words, which was very indecent... nonsense!
Zhao D really couldn't imagine what kind of expression he would have on the face of Wei Mingxiao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, when he saw this reply. Although he asked for a high price, he still wrote several pages of letter paper eloquently. With just two words, "Prince", he gave it.
Go back. If Zhao Da were to be the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, he would probably be so angry that he would curl up his mustache. This is the same as doing business. The other party puts forward conditions and you bargain. But Liu Ling didn't even think about bargaining.
No, Wei Mingxiao's request for land ceding and payment was directly answered with the word "nonsense".
"Give me the order and tell the people below to slow down the offensive starting tomorrow. Just bombard it for a while every day, and try not to damage the ancient city too much. As for attacking the city, we have to attack it, and we can't let the soldiers suffer too many casualties. If
If we don't attack, I'm afraid that old fox Yelu Xiongji will definitely guess something, so the momentum can be bigger and the casualties should be kept to a minimum."
Liu Ling ordered.
Zhao Da responded and said: "Those who can shoot are allowed, but those who are injured are not. Is that what you mean?"
Liu Ling glanced at Zhao Da appreciatively and said, "Listening to these words, I even doubt where you came from."
Zhao Da chuckled and walked out with Liu Ling's reply to Wei Mingxiao.
After he left, Minhui came out from behind, hugged Liu Ling's broad shoulders and said, "Your Majesty... although military and national affairs are important, the prince's body is much more important than military and national affairs. Wounds
Although scabs have begun to form, they still need to be treated properly.”
Liu Ling smiled, reached out and held Minhui's hand and said, "With you here, what do I have to worry about?"
Minhui's face turned red: "Your Majesty, are you really going home?"
Liu Ling nodded and said: "The Khitans are calling. Wouldn't it be shameful if we didn't fight back? I have always told the soldiers that no one is allowed to get involved in the Han Dynasty. Anyone who dares to come will be beaten. We can
We bully others, but others cannot bully us. Even if we bully others, others still cannot bully us. The Khitan people suppressed Cangzhou and Zhaozhou for several months, and if this tone does not come out, the soldiers will feel uncomfortable."
"My lord, this is the truth... rogues are very domineering."
Minhui said with a smile.
Liu Ling said with a smile: "You have to be vicious, so that others don't dare to offend you. It's just that the Khitan people are too strong. Even if they capture Youzhou, they will take it back sooner or later. The south will be the main target in the next few years, etc.
Unify the north and south of the Yangtze River, and then use your hands to beat those bastard Khitans."
"But... 600,000 troops gathered in Youzhou. With such great strength, doesn't the prince have the confidence to completely defeat the Khitan troops?"
Minhui suddenly asked with her big eyes flashing.
Liu Ling explained: "The grassland people are different from us Han people. All Khitan men, from four or five-year-old children to eighty-year-old men, can gallop on horseback. Even if I beat the main force of the Khitan people into a state of disarray this time, other
It is still not too shaken at all. As long as Yelu Xiongji survives, he can still pull out hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops when he returns to the grassland. Khitan men are herdsmen when they put down their weapons, and they are warriors when they pick up their weapons.
, it’s really admirable.”
Liu Ling said: "Besides, the Han Dynasty does not yet have a cavalry that threatens the Khitans. The Shura camp has been severely damaged this time, and Luo Xu's Tiger Armor only has seven or eight thousand men. In the future, the Khitans will be completely destroyed.
We will be defeated without a strong cavalry team. If we rely on infantry to fight deep into the grasslands, we will probably be worn down by the Khitan people bit by bit. Moreover, the logistics and supplies needed for an infantry expedition are huge, which is very difficult."
Minhui said: "Hui'er doesn't understand what the prince said, but Hui'er knows that the prince is invincible. No matter who the enemy is, he will eventually be defeated by the prince."
Liu Ling held Minhui in his arms and laughed loudly: "Many people in the army have said this, but no one sounds as good as you, Hui'er."
Minhui said: "Hui'er is not telling lies to make the prince happy."
Liu Ling smiled confidently and said: "I know Hui'er didn't tell lies and wasn't trying to flatter me. Because I also believe that there are only a few people who are qualified to be my enemies at this time. And I am better than
They all have to be awesome, right?"
"Well! Your Majesty is the most powerful!"
“What’s so great about Your Majesty?”
"Your Majesty...awesome!"
Liu Ling laughed loudly and said, "I'll let you know how awesome the prince is tonight!"
Minhui's face turned red with embarrassment, and she lifted up her skirt and ran to the back to make some medicine for Liu Ling. Liu Ling looked at Minhui's swaying back and smiled. Thinking of the situation he would have to deal with in the future, his face gradually calmed down. This Northern Expedition
, Liu Ling was really not sure that he could defeat the Khitans in one fell swoop. So from the very beginning, Liu Ling's goal was not to completely defeat the Khitans, but to seriously injure their vitality. With the current military power of the Han army, it is not difficult to severely damage the Khitans.
, but Liu Ling has never done such a thing as killing a thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred.
Therefore, he had to tie the party members onto the boat. He knew that Wei Mingxiao would not refuse his proposal, because Wei Mingxiao was also a madman.
The Khitans are still the strongest nation at that time, and Liao is the most powerful country at that time. Although it seems that neither the original Great Zhou nor the later Great Xia suffered much losses against the Khitans, but
It is undeniable that in the battle between Xixia and the Khitans, the Dangxiang people were on the defensive, and because of the geographical advantage, they still lost a large area of grassland north of the Qilian Mountains. In Chai Rong's era, although the Great Zhou Dynasty fought until Bazhou and captured several
Hundreds of miles of land, but at that time the main force of the Khitan army was conquering Dandong and Goguryeo, so Chai Rong would seize the opportunity.
Nowadays, the Liao Dynasty dominates the north and has sufficient troops. It can be said that even if Liu Ling gives up his plan to conquer the south and devotes all his strength to the northern expedition, with the help of the Dangxiang people, the two sides may not be able to completely defeat the Khitans if they join forces.
The next thing Liu Ling had to consider was how to maximize the benefits gained from this Northern Expedition. The leader of the Xixia Kingdom, Wei Mingxiao Shishi, opened his mouth. Even if it was to disgust Liu Ling, he was actually expressing an attitude, that is,
The initiative and decision-making power are in the hands of Xixia, not Liu Ling. Weiming Xiaoxiao can agree to Liu Ling's alliance with the Northern Expedition to Khitan, and of course he can also agree to Yelu Xiongji to deal with the Han Dynasty together. In this era, there are no permanent enemies and no
Forever friends. The Xixia people's 300,000 troops in Lanzhou have not yet withdrawn. Liu Ling could easily guess what Wei Mingxiao had planned.
It's nothing more than stepping on two boats.
If the Han people had the upper hand in the Northern Expedition, the Xixia soldiers would not mind helping the Han army to expand their results. But if the Han army failed, the Dangxiang people would once again join hands with the Khitans to seize the beautiful rivers and mountains of the Central Plains.
In the face of such interests, even those who have signed a contract can regret and trample on the law wantonly. What's more, in ancient times, there was no possibility for both parties to sign a contract before doing anything. The oral agreement between Liu Ling and Wei Mingxiao will eventually
How it will end depends on how the battle in Youzhou goes.
The first thing Liu Ling thought of was to encircle Youzhou and force the Khitan reinforcements to arrive, and then deliver a fatal blow to the Khitan people on the way. This simple and practical tactic has been used from ancient times to the present.
Failure, tried and true. But... Yelu Xiongji commanded hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to go south. How many troops are needed to fight for reinforcements?
When Liu Ling is thinking about a problem, no one will disturb him, and when he walks out of the room, it often means that he has thought of a way to solve the problem. (To be continued)
