Dading Mansion in Zhongjing is one of the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom. At this moment, the new emperor Yelv Zongyuan of the Liao Kingdom is sitting in the Dading Mansion. After seizing power and stabilizing the domestic situation, Yelv Zongyuan is setting his sights on the southern Zhou Dynasty.
Big fat guy. At that time, Yelu Zongyuan was at odds with the Zhou Dynasty because he proposed to amend the agreement of the Yanyun Alliance and requested to increase the annual coins and other provisions. This gave Yelu Zongyuan an excuse to send troops. Yelu Zongyuan was gathering in Zhongjing.
The army is ready to attack Dazhou.
The third prince, Yelv Shi, met with Yelu Zongyuan and told him about being attacked at sea and about the pirates who followed him. Yelu Zongyuan immediately wanted to execute Hai Dongqing and his party after hearing this. How dare they
He kidnapped his own prince, why shouldn't he die?
Fortunately, Yelv Shi was a good man and he also had some integrity. Hai Dongqing did not make things difficult for him on the island, and he was very grateful. Yelv Shi intervened, and this allowed Yelu Zongyuan to calm down his anger. However, he was not Ru Hai.
Dongqing was willing to receive him, but instead locked Hai Dongqing and his party in a post house and sent troops to guard them and put them under house arrest.
The days passed day by day, and half a month passed in a flash. Hai Dongqing and others were almost moldy and rusty in the hotel. The pirates who were traveling with him were full of complaints and thought they were going to die here. Hai Dongqing was very calm.
, judging from his experience, this small setback is nothing. There is no danger of life under house arrest in Guanyi. If the Liao people wanted to kill people like themselves, they would have done it long ago. Why waste food to support people like themselves?
Man. So, he has been very calm in the past half month.
Finally, one day in mid-April, when Hai Dongqing was practicing in the yard with stone locks, Yelvshi came to invite him with carriages and horses, saying that his father wanted to see him. Hai Dongqing knew that the time had come to realize his plan. Risking
Huge risks came to the Liao Kingdom just for today.
Yelu Zongyuan met Hai Dongqing in the garden of the palace, accompanied by more than a dozen ministers. It was not that Yelu Zongyuan gave Hai Dongqing such great honor, but that today Yelu Zongyuan and the ministers were discussing how to go south.
They talked about the customs and customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Yelv Shi lost no time in interjecting and asked why not call the pirates who were under house arrest to ask. Although they were pirates, they were also people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Yelu Zongyuan happened to be in a good mood.
He agreed to his request and Xuanhai Dongqing came to speak.
Yelu Zongyuan has a majestic appearance, tall and strong body, which is comparable to Hai Dongqing. Especially his pair of falcon-like eyes, whoever falls on them will get goosebumps. But Hai Dongqing's performance is very calm.
, without any trace of panic.
After the kowtow ceremony was completed, Yelu Zongyuan asked with a hint of ridicule: "Have you people lived happily in Daliao for the past half month? I didn't kill you. I served you with good wine and food. You, Daliao,
I’m afraid people can’t do it.”
Haidong Qing said: "Thank you very much for the hospitality of Emperor Daliao, but your food in Daliao really doesn't taste very good, and the wine is not good. What my men and I miss every day in the hotel is my great Zhou."
Delicious food.”
Yelu Zongyuan frowned and shouted: "You are so bold. I entertained you with good wine and food, and you still say such things. You boldly kidnapped my Daliao prince. It is a blessing that I did not kill you."
Hai Dongqing said: "You are mistaken. We saved the third prince and escorted him back to the country. You should treat us with courtesy. Not only did you not treat us with courtesy, you also put us under house arrest. This is not a favor at all. This is
Repay kindness with hatred."
The palace guards and ministers on the side scolded Hai Dongqing repeatedly, blaming Hai Dongqing for being bold and rude, and some people threatened to kill Hai Dongqing. Hai Dongqing was not afraid, and his expression did not change.
Yelu Zongyuan didn't like weaklings, but when he saw that Hai Dongqing had some backbone, he took a different view. So he waved his hands to stop everyone, and asked in a deep voice: "I'm a little confused by what you said. It's obviously you who attacked the throne of the third prince of Daliao.
Ship, and almost killed them, how come you saved people? I know you Zhou people are good at sophistry, but the facts are all there, how can you sophistry?"
Hai Dongqing said: "Your Majesty, the third prince and the others came back unscathed. This is the fact. If it weren't for us, the third prince would have been buried in the Great Zhou Dynasty right now. Don't think that I don't know that the third prince and the others appeared in the Great Zhou Sea.
The purpose of the environment. The third prince said that he went out to sea to shoot fish, and only a fool would believe this. When I know the identity of the third prince, I will know your purpose."
Yelu Zongyuan frowned and said, "Tell me, what is the purpose?"
"Needless to say? The third prince and his people invaded the Great Zhou Sea Territory from the sea. They just want to do two things. One is to conduct reconnaissance, and the other is to find a place where they can land. I think you must want to go through the sea.
Send an army and horse to invade the Great Zhou and cooperate with your upcoming frontal attack on the Great Zhou. I don’t know if my guess is right." Hai Dongqing said loudly.
As soon as this statement came out, Yelu Zongyuan and all the ministers were stunned and speechless. Hai Dongqing actually revealed the secret in one breath. The third prince Yelv Shi took the initiative to ask Ying to secretly survey the landing site from the sea. Yelu Zongyuan was determined to use troops against the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in the surrounding towns, and the frontal defense system is also very strong. Especially the location and geographical environment of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are conducive to the defense. Although the Liao cavalry is powerful, the Yelv Sect
Yuan was not sure of victory. Because of this, Yelu Zongyuan thought of sending a troop of troops to land somewhere in the Bohai Bay and attack the opponent's troops in the interior and border towns from the flanks, thus creating more opportunities for a frontal attack.
A huge opportunity. This plan was ruined by the pirate leader in front of him.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to return to Dazhou." Yelu Zongyuan said coldly. The implication was obvious. If you actually saw through this plan, you would be dead.
Hai Dongqing did not take it seriously and continued: "I have been wandering on the sea all my life and fighting with the officers and soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty all my life. I know them well. Now all the cities along the coast are fortified by naval forces, from the Bohai Sea to the south. The key points are
The ports are heavily guarded. The third prince will be captured by them as soon as he approaches the coast. Fortunately, the third prince passed by our Snake Island and was robbed by us. Otherwise, the third prince should be being tortured at the hands of the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
.Great Emperor of Liao, tell me, does this count as us saving the third prince?"
Yelu Zongyuan frowned for a long time and had to nod: "It seems reasonable to say so. Who are you? I am somewhat interested in you. Logically speaking, you are a little pirate leader, how can you know
How can you know the intentions of our Liao people using military skills? And you have such courage, which is not what a pirate has."
From the beginning, Hai Dongqing did not tell his real name. It was not that he did not dare to tell his name, but to avoid unnecessary trouble. But at this moment, there was no need to hide it. So Hai Dongqing said it calmly
gave his own name.
"I don't change my name or surname when I go downstairs. My surname is Jiangcao and my courtesy name is Ruiyuan. People give me the nickname 'Haidongqing.'"
"What? Are you Haidongqing? Are you Haidongqing?" Yelv Zongyuan Junchen said in surprise. The name of Haidongqing is known all over the world. Although this is the Liao Kingdom, Daliao's eyes and ears are all over the Zhou Dynasty.
All the major events that happened inside and outside the Zhou Dynasty were covered in one fell swoop. Haidong Qing was a famous bandit in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He had been entrenched on the islands in eastern Zhejiang for more than ten years, causing unrest in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Some of the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom once proposed to fight with Haidong Qing.
Qing contacted and cooperated with him and used him to disrupt the situation in the Zhou Dynasty. However, because the attitudes towards Zhou Dynasty within the Liao Kingdom have always been different, they only stayed at superficial discussions. Yelv Zongyuan naturally also knew about Haidong Qing. The enemy of the enemy is a friend
, Yelu Zongyuan certainly hoped that the Great Zhou Dynasty would be in internal chaos, so that the Liao Dynasty could take advantage of it. Unfortunately, last year he heard the news that 30,000 Haidongqing pirates were wiped out at sea, and Yelu Zongyuan still regretted it for a long time.
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"You're not dead? Isn't there news that you have been wiped out by the troops of the Zhou Dynasty, and you also committed suicide by throwing yourself into the sea?" Yelv Zongyuan regained his composure and said in a deep voice.
"They still want me to die? There is no way." Hai Dongqing said.
"But, since you were wiped out, this news can't be false, right?" Yelu Zongyuan said.
"Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. I will experience many ups and downs in my next life. How can I, Jiang Ruiyuan, bow my head? Although my Taohua Island Dazhai was strangled by their tricks, given time, I can still make a comeback. Just like the imperial court of Great Zhou, and
The emperor is against me. I want to be a source of trouble in their hearts and a nightmare in their dreams. But if I, Hai Dongqing, live for a day, they will not be able to eat or sleep." Hai Dongqing said proudly.
"Okay, he's a man." Yelu Zongyuan couldn't help but raise his thumb. Yelu Zongyuan actually felt a sense of sympathy for Hai Dongqing. Yelu Zongyuan himself was a person who had been frustrated and suppressed. He
Although he belongs to the Daliao royal family, he was not qualified to inherit the throne when he was born. His elder brother inherited the throne, and his nephew naturally became the next generation of Daliao emperor. Not only did he have no chance, but he also had to endure suspicion.
And doubt. When his brother was the emperor, his fiefdom was on the edge of a barren land, and he would never be given a chance to stand up. Moreover, he experienced many dangers and was almost killed by his brother several times.
.For a period of time, he was demoted to a commoner, and life was difficult. He herded sheep and horses. When he was frustrated, he hid in the grass to avoid the wind and snow. But none of this broke his will.
He believed that one day he would be able to get what he wanted. When he successfully launched a coup to kill his nephew and seize power, everything in the past became a kind of glory.
Although all this cannot be compared with Hai Dongqing's experience, Hai Dongqing's strong will and never-lost spirit are similar. Therefore, this resonated with Yelv Zongyuan.
"A man, how can you judge a hero based on his temporary success or failure? I respect you as a man. Come, I will give you a seat and enjoy the wine." Yelv Zongyuan laughed loudly.
Hai Dongqing thanked him and sat down. Yelv Zongyuan said: "I heard from Yelv Shi that you escorted him back to Daliao just to see me. Do you want me to reward you in person? What do you want? Gold, silver, jewels,
Beautiful woman’s mansion? This is not a problem.”
Hai Dongqing shook his head and said, "I don't want these."
Yelu Zongyuan smiled and said: "You want to join Daliao, that's fine too. Daliao needs strong generals like you. You have a grudge against Great Zhou, so you can lead the army to fight for Daliao and avenge it."
