Chapter 582 Even if I can be crowned king, I don't care
(Thanks to Gale Wind Xiaochuang for the reward last week...)
Of course, Xiao Tang knew very well who Wu Yanguang and He Chongbao were. Among the two generals in the original work, Wu Yanguang was known as the first general in the Liao Kingdom, although he may not have the title in the official history.
This ability, but according to the original trajectory, Wu Yanguang was able to defeat Guan Sheng, the first of the Five Tigers, as well as Hua Rong and Zhang Qing, two top generals who used bows, arrows and concealed weapons to help out. It took a lot of twists and turns to make Wu Yanguang.
Yan Guang hated the battlefield. If we only talk about personal bravery, Wu Yan Guang might really be regarded as one of the best figures in the Liao army.
Although He Chongbao's martial arts skills were not as good as Wu Yanguang's, in terms of commanding troops to resist the enemy, he was able to disperse the Liangshan army with a three-pronged ambush, and trapped half of the troops led by Lu Junyi in Qingshi Valley, and then waited for Liangshan Po's two groups
They were still able to calmly analyze and occupy the position when they were united. In the end, Hua Rong, Qin Ming, Dong Ping, and Zhu Dian led their troops to intercept them, and then ran into Huang Xin, Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong, and Song Wan, who were attacked and shot randomly.
To kill him, so many Liangshan generals were dispatched, but it can be said that He Chongbao's martial arts skills are not ordinary.
But Xiao Tang really didn't expect that He Chongbao would be so enthusiastic about him, and judging from his tone, it seemed that their family background had some connection with Father Xiao.
After He Chongbao introduced his two brothers to Xiao Tang, and after congratulating Yun, Xiao Tang bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "It turns out that He is He Tongjun of Oruduo Army of Liao Dynasty. He has been famous among us for a long time. I just heard He Tongjun said
I know my father, but I don’t know about this.”
"Although it is an old thing, wasn't it true that during the late emperor's time, the traitors and traitors brought trouble to the court, causing a large number of capable ministers and generals in the court to suffer national calamity? It also did not cause people like Xiao Renxia to lose all their money and go directly to the Southern Dynasty, and instead became people of the Song Dynasty!"
He Chongbao sighed, and then told Xiao Tang again. It turned out that Xiao Talin, the king of Lanling County of the Liao Dynasty, who had served in the Grand Palace of the Southern Court of the Liao Dynasty for generations, and He Chongbao's fathers who had served in the Nanjing Dao Military Department, etc.
People have been suppressed and persecuted successively by the arrogant and treacherous minister Yelu Yixin when Yelu Hongji, the Taoist Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, was in power. Later, although Yelu Hongji killed the disobedient Yelu Yixin, but with the Liao Dynasty
The turmoil in the imperial court still could not avoid large-scale purges within the imperial court.
During this period, some courtiers died for their crimes, and there were also generals like He Chongbao who finally regained some strength after ten years, and there were also people like Father Xiao and the slave from the second room who defected to the Xiao Mansion (the Xiao Family Collection at that time).
The general manager Lei Ben and others had no choice but to move south to avoid trouble. At that time, they were also officials working in the Grand Prince's Mansion in the Southern Court of Liao Kingdom. At that time, when he still had connections available, Mr. Xiao established connections to help He Chongbao's family.
Therefore, to this day, He Chongbao is still grateful to the Xiao family.
It is not suitable for long talks on official roads. Yelu Dashi immediately invited Xiao Tang, Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong and others to continue their journey into Xijin Mansion. While sending envoys to the Song Dynasty to report the news that Xiao Tang, the Song envoy, was still alive, he also
A court banquet was held to entertain him again.
Naturally, He Chongbao also came to the banquet with He Cai, He Yun and others, and the deputy commander of the Oruduo Army of the Liao Kingdom was around. After drinking for a while, Xiao Tang gradually became aware of what was going on at that time.
When he first arrived in Liao as a visiting envoy, why did Yelu Dashi say that there were many people in the Liao Dynasty who had received favors from the ancestors of the Xiaotang family, and he wanted to use this to give him Xiaotang's subtle hints
What...
Although it involves the diplomatic relations between Song and Liao, Yelu Dashi spoke like he was holding a pipa half-hiding his face, and he was also hinting that Xiao Tang also had many people in Liao who were willing to help him, and when it came to clan blood, Xiao Tang
He was by no means an ordinary commoner, but also from a noble family that had been handed down since the founding of the Liao Kingdom.
Xiao Tang knew that the Xiao family of Nanyuan, a descendant of Mr. Xiao, had ancestors from his uncle's tribe in the Khitan Kingdom, and had made great military exploits. However, when the Song and Liao countries were still fighting each other, they were killed three times in the Battle of Chanzhou.
Xiao Taolin, who was killed by a bow and crossbow. The Xiao family of the uncle's family has been an important official of the emperor since the founding of the Liao Dynasty. They are the ethnic group that most often intermarry with the Yelu family of the Liao Dynasty. If Xiao Tang wanted to
To restore the glory of Xiao Talin's ancestors, with his current position in the Song Dynasty, and with the assistance of Yelu Dashi and others in the Liao Dynasty, it is not impossible for him to be like the famous Liao general Xiao Talin. Compared with the Song Dynasty,
If the imperial court works hard, it will have more space to display its grand plans.
When Xiao Tang noticed this, he just shook his head and chuckled, and changed his words to talk about Yelu Dashi. Not to mention that Xiao Tang was a Han before crossing over, and he had experienced many storms in the Song Dynasty over the years. Now,
Apart from the so-called blood inheritance of this body, he has no sense of belonging to the Liao Kingdom. Although the so-called title of a county king in the Liao Kingdom sounds very bluffing, it is still much different from the strict and rigorous title of king in the Song Dynasty.
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Just like the Lanling County Prince who was granted the title of Xiao Taolin, the ancestor of Xiao Lao. In the Liao Kingdom, most of the people in the Liao Kingdom were canonized by the Xiao family. This title of County Prince has been awarded to as many as 25 people.
, and the princes and princes of the Liao Dynasty also changed very frequently (for example, the current commander-in-chief of the army, Emperor Tianzuo's uncle Yelu Chun, was successively named King Zheng, King Yue, King Wei,
The kings of Qin and Jin) all say that rare things are valuable. In fact, the so-called princes of the Liao Dynasty are just like Jiedushi with high-level false titles. They sound awesome, but they may not have any real power.
Moreover, in view of the frequent turmoil in the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Hengde, the son of Xiao Taolin, the ancestor of the Xiao family, and Xiao Pidi, the grandson of the Xiao family, all died in the internal strife in the harem of the Liao Dynasty. Therefore, to put it bluntly, most of the princes and princes of the Liao Kingdom were not good enough.
Although he had a certain amount of military power, he still faced the danger of falling into the internal strife of the Khitan royal family. Yelu Dashi's hints to Xiao Tang were nothing more than a blank check to give him more room for advancement. How could this possibly make Xiao Tang tempted?
Whether Yelu Dashi is trying to get me to be an internal agent, or whether he is surrendering directly to the Liao Kingdom, no matter which court in the Song or Liao Dynasty, if the court only covets titles and ranks, to put it bluntly, it is just switching jobs from a foolish emperor.
Another foolish man goes to work for his life...
Xiao Tang secretly said in his heart: The current situation in the Liao Kingdom is more turbulent and chaotic than that of the Song Dynasty. If the army of the Jin Kingdom cannot be stopped, let alone the princes and nobles, even the three emperors of the Song and Liao Dynasties, including Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, and Emperor Tianzuo.
They have also become prisoners of the Jurchens. So for others, giving you a chance to pay homage to the king is quite tempting. But now I know that there is a fire pit in front of me, so of course I cannot go into it.
Jump.
But what is worthy of Xiao Tang's attention is that he has learned that he can use his background to be useful in the Liao Kingdom, and there is a high probability that the Liao Kingdom will be destroyed by the Jin Kingdom according to the official history.
In the future, the changes in the current situation may not be able to make a big fuss about the changes in the Song and Liao empires, where both the officialdom and the people attach great importance to legitimacy. This is a story for later, so I won’t mention it for now...
Originally, this was just Yelu Dashi's contact with Xiao Tang's background, so he tried to make Xiao Tang, who was favored by officials in the Song Dynasty officialdom, help the Liao Kingdom one day. But now that he saw Xiao Tang's reaction, Yelu Dashi also understood
He understood the other party's thoughts, so he just said it was a pity in his heart, and then he and Xiao Tang pretended to be confused and held cups until the banquet.
A few days later, the Song army stationed at Waqiao Pass in Xiongzhou, the border between Song and Liao, received a report from the Liao envoy. They learned that Xiao Tang had not been killed in the Liao Kingdom, so they quickly sent their horses to Bianjing to report.
At the same time, he reported it to Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province and asked the Left Behind Department to send officers and generals who were familiar with Xiao Tang from the military department to come and meet him. Xiao Tang, Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong and others were also with Yelu Dashi, He Chongbao and others.
After seeing him off, he set off from Xijin Mansion again and headed straight for Waqiao Pass in Xiongzhou.
