Liu Ling asked as he pointed to the seat next to him, motioning for Zhao Da to sit down and eat together.
Zhao Da was not polite. After washing his hands, he first saluted Liu Ling and then sat down at the bottom: "I am coming down to report to the prince that there is news from Xiaochao."
Liu Ling took a mouthful of stewed mushrooms and put it into his mouth to chew: "Did Ye Luxiongji read the letter?"
Zhao Dadao: "I have read it. I have read every letter. Xiaochao said that Ye Luxiongji has not been in good health these days. But he has only recently been replaced as a full-time General of the Golden Account, and it is difficult to contact him except for daily rotation.
Yelu Xiongji. However, he had a pretty good relationship with Liao Army military advisor Xiao Suxun in private. He once heard Xiao Suxun faintly mentioning concerns about Yelu Xiongji's health. Xiao Chao took the opportunity to ask, but Xiao Suxun refused to say anything more."
Liu Ling smiled and said, "Just read it. Ye Luxiongji is not in good health, which is good news."
Hanwang's meal was not sumptuous, consisting of a large bowl of pork stewed with mushrooms, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, a plate of braised beef, and a plate of light side dishes. Zhao Da obviously liked the taste of pork stewed with mushrooms and only attacked the plate in front of him.
"Good news, very, very good news."
Mushroom burned his mouth, and Zhao Da spoke a little awkwardly.
Liu Ling smiled and ordered his servants to serve the dishes again.
"Yelu Xiongji could not have been unaware that he had captured these dozen or so small towns too easily. He would not be without caution, after all, Yelu Deguang's defeat was too miserable. However, the Khitan soldiers'
Arrogance has already emerged, and it is not easy for him to control it. He cannot suppress it, as that will only be counterproductive."
Zhao laughed and said: "The news sent by Xiaochao said that the Khitan people were already arrogant and arrogant. The defeat of Taiyuan only made them depressed for half a month. After the conquest of Daizhou and Xinzhou, the Khitan people's arrogance emerged again.
Many people firmly believe that Taiyuan can be conquered without the beginning of spring. Some even arrogantly say that by the time spring comes, they can drink from the Yangtze River."
Liu Lingxiao smiled and said: "It's okay for Ye Luxiong to have a dike. He read the letter. That's the key point. Although it's a small trick, it's often of great use."
Zhao Da nodded and said: "The Khitans are busy digging wells to get water. It is estimated that they will not invade Taiyuan within five days. Xiao Chao asked if he wanted to go out of the city to fight. He could expose a flaw and make the Khitans suffer.
"
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "Tell Xiao Chao that he cannot be exposed until the most critical moment. His role is not to win one or two small victories, not to kill 300,000 to 50,000 Khitan people, but to bring the Khitan people to their knees when necessary.
I don’t need to remind you or you to remind me what this timing is. He has gradually approached the top of the Khitan royal family. As for when to do what needs to be done, I believe Xiaochao knows it himself."
Zhao Dadao: "Actually, Xiaochao knows what his mission is, but he has really been depressed in the past few years. The most enjoyable battle was the battle with the Iron Wolf."
Liu Ling laughed: "The most exciting fight I had with Iron Wolf must have been against Xiao Chao."
He put down his chopsticks, took the handkerchief brought by the maid and wiped his mouth: "Fighting with Dangxiang and Khitan soldiers is also a very beneficial experience. But in the past few years, they have gradually sent troops to Xiaochao and Tie
There are not many people around the Wolf. Especially Xiao Chao. He has now replaced the Golden Horde General. In addition to the veterans who were with him at the beginning, they are also the most elite wolf riders in the Khitan. It will be difficult to send more people to sneak in.
."
Zhao Dadao: "Now there are 500 close followers under Tiellang. Xiaochao has more people, but they are only 800. But they are all good soldiers. Ji Chengyun's masters have basically been sent there. In addition, in recent years,
Selected veterans who have fought hundreds of battles should be able to play a big role at critical moments."
Speaking of Ji Chengyun, Zhao Da asked cautiously: "General Ji Chengyun, is he in the north now?"
Liu Ling had no intention of hiding it from Zhao Da, so he smiled and nodded: "To be precise, it's in the Northeast. After I returned from Youzhou south, Ji Chengyun took people there. Counting the days, it's been half a year."
"Liaodong?"
Zhao Da's eyes lit up.
Liu Ling snorted and said: "The Khitan people have been killing people very ruthlessly in Liaodong in recent years. Whether they are Mohe people, Shiwei people, or Bohai people, if they don't instigate them, their own consciousness will not last for a while.
After a while, they dared to raise an army to resist Yelu Xiongji. The Khitan wolf cavalry conquered Baishan and Heishui, slaughtering the Xi people, Lin people, and Tiele's entire race. Heishui Mohe was killed by the Khitans. No less than 50,000 people were killed. Bohai died in the Khitan wolf.
There are even hundreds of thousands of people riding scimitars! Although the Khitans have squeezed them hard these years, the tribes in Liaodong still dare not speak out, let alone pick up weapons to resist."
"Heishui Mohe's Dubojilie Wu Guzhe is a knowledgeable man, and he is also brave and good at fighting. The Khitan people, my Han Dynasty, and Xixia have been at war with each other for many years, and Liaodong has not paid much attention to Wu Guzhe.
Warriors with the Blackwater Mohe have conquered dozens of tribes, large and small. Secret spies from the Three Divisions went to Liaodong five years ago and learned about the Blackwater Mohe in detail. According to the academy report discovered by the spies,
Wu Gujiu is ambitious, and his ambition is not small. He wants to conquer the entire Liaodong and then split from the Liao Kingdom and establish himself as emperor."
"Heishui Mohe, if he exerts all his strength, can gather 100,000 warriors, and fights for many years, his combat power is stronger than the Khitan soldiers in the counties of Liaodong. The Khitan soldiers and horses in Liaodong have not fought for many years, and Yeluxiong is watching.
Liaoyang Prefecture is the base and is heavily guarded. Therefore, even though I led a large army to besiege Youzhou more than a year ago, Yelu Xiongji did not transfer troops from Liaodong for fear of changes in Liaodong. But he forgot that even if the most elite soldiers have many years
Those who have never been on the battlefield or fought will gradually become weak. If Ji Chengyun can encourage Wu Guqi to attack Liaoyang Mansion, it is still unclear whether the Khitans can defeat the Mohe barbarians in their eyes. Even if they can win, the Khitan troops in Liaodong will not be strong enough.
There will also be heavy losses.”
"In the future, we will always fight to Liaodong. Wouldn't it be great if we can let the Mohe and Khitans fight first?"
Zhao Da marveled: "Your Majesty started arranging the battle with Liao a few years ago. How can Yelu Xiongji be invincible?"
Liu Ling shook his head and said: "It has been arranged for many years, not just to conquer the Liao Kingdom. It is also for Xixia. Over the years, Xixia has speculated between our Han Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. They have gone back and forth like grass on the wall, but they have taken the opportunity to develop. Now their strength is faint.
It has surpassed the Liao Kingdom. In fact, Xixia is the Han's biggest worry."
"I arranged all these means to make Wei Mingxiao think that an opportunity has come. When the time comes that he will devote all his strength to conquer the Khitan, he will get a lot of benefits. Hundreds of thousands of elite troops will go north. If I block the Swan
The city... several fires on the grassland have burned out, and supplies have been cut off. How can he come back?"
"and……."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "From the beginning to the end, I have no intention of killing the Khitan people. In fact, I will need them to control the grassland in the future. I have to leave them a way to survive so that they have the strength to fight with Wei Mingxiao."
It's a matter of life and death."
Zhao Da asked: "What do you mean, the prince, to immortalize the Liao Kingdom?"
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Destroy the Liao? If they are all destroyed, what will future generations do? If we don't leave some pressure on future generations, they will only become more and more extravagant and degenerate. The Khitans will have no strength within a hundred years."
It is enough to have the ability to go south and let the Dangxiang people stay in the Western Regions for a hundred years. Speaking of which, the Shiwei people should be slaughtered."
He stood up and walked to the door, looking at the increasingly gloomy sky and said: "In thirty years, the Han Dynasty will have strong soldiers and horses that are unmatched. But what will happen in thirty years? Who knows whether future generations will just enjoy the glory and wealth without thinking about it.
Enterprising? I can help my descendants to destroy Liao, Xia, Korea, and even Kievan Rus in the north, Tibet and Uighurs in the southwest, and Persia in the west. It won’t take long, thirty years, fifty years, one year
Within a hundred years, new and powerful tribes will rise in these places."
"Can I still live for hundreds of years?"
Liu Ling smiled: "If you raise a few wolf cubs, your descendants will not degenerate too quickly."
Zhao Da thought for a moment and said, "But, Your Majesty, wouldn't it be a pity if we leave behind troubles?"
Liu Ling smiled: "What a pity? If I tried my best in this life, I might be able to conquer half of the earth. But that would be meaningless, and it might not be a good thing for future generations."
"Earth?"
Zhao Da rubbed his brows: "What is the earth?"
Liu Ling was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "It's the whole world. This world is not just the countries you know. The world is so big, beyond your imagination. There are countless miles to the southeast, northwest, and there are all kinds of countries.
Various tribes.”
Zhao Da opened his mouth wide, and after a while he recovered his surprise: "How did the prince know?"
Liu Ling put his hands behind his hands and said a little lonely: "I can't say that I am the person who knows the most about things in the world today. Zhao Da, remember, you should try to look as far away as possible in everything. The farther you can see, the better. Maybe.
One day, I will give you a very big thing to do. The thing is so big that you may not even be able to complete it in your lifetime."
"What's going on?"
Zhao Da rubbed his tight eyebrows and realized that today the prince said too many things that were confusing and surprising.
Liu Ling thought for a while and said: "It's okay, this is all for the future. What we have to do now is how to defeat the Khitan people to a great extent. This time we have solved Ye Luxiongji's army of 500,000, so we have to turn our heads.
Come and deal with Wei Mingxiao. I don’t think we will conquer the north in a few years and drive the grassland people back to the depths of the grassland."
Zhao Da nodded and said: "Hurry back to the north of the Great Wall. It will not be so easy for the grassland people to go south."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "The Great Wall made of stone cannot stop ambition after all, it still depends on the Great Wall in people's hearts."
"The Great Wall in the Heart?"
This was the second time today that Zhao Da did not understand what Liu Ling said.
Liu Ling said solemnly: "The Han people in the Central Plains have considered themselves a country of etiquette since countless years ago. In fact, they are just deceiving themselves. What do the grassland people call the Han people? Two-legged sheep. In their view, the Han people are sheep and they can be bullied at will.
. What I am pursuing now is not a boundless territory, not a position above tens of millions of people, nor is it a name that will be immortalized in history, but to make the bravery in the blood of the Han people thicker. Let everyone
You know, the reason why others regard you as a sheep is not because they are strong, but because you are too weak. If you regard yourself as a tiger, what if others regard you as a wolf?"
"There are far more Han people in the Central Plains than there are people in the grasslands. There are hundreds of millions of tigers. Are we still afraid of millions of wolves?"
"Let's talk about it..."
Liu Ling turned his head and looked at Zhao Da and said: "It's still two words, bloody." (To be continued)
