Chivalrous Song Dynasty

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So the lively bonfire party turned out to be cold.

Emperor Tianzuo suddenly woke up from the astonishment, and found that the scene was a bit deserted, and when he was about to say something to relieve it, he heard a guard at the gate of the imperial garden shouting loudly: "My Majesty, Mr. Zhuge, please see me. "

Zhuge Wuzhi came.

Zhuge Wuzhi has always been the top think tank of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. He once assisted Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji, and made many unknown contributions to the Liao Kingdom on the invisible front. However, he has retired at home in recent years and basically does not care about state affairs. Normally, even Emperor Tian Zuo would not be able to ask him for help, but at this time he came to see him suddenly for some reason.

"Please!" Emperor Tianzuo was about to break the ice, Zhuge Wuzhi's arrival was too timely, as if he was just about to sleep, and he brought him a pillow.

Everyone stared at the entrance of the imperial garden, and saw two people walking in hastily from the outside. The one in front was wearing a square scarf and holding a feather fan. He looked like a middle-aged man in his forties. It was Zhuge Wuzhi who knew him well. Everyone knows that he is already over 60, it just doesn't look like it.

Behind Zhuge Wuzhi followed a young man in his twenties, with a thin body and a sturdy look, but he was dressed as a Song warrior.

Everyone in the venue didn't know this person, so they were all a little surprised. Zhuge Wuzhi came to the palace without any problems, but it was strange that he brought a Song person in. Besides Bai Sheng, who else was from Song Dynasty? Qualified to enter the palace of the emperor of Liao?Could it be that Emperor Tianzuo had another daughter who quietly married a Song person?

When the two walked to the side of the campfire, Zhuge Wuzhi suddenly stopped and told the people behind him, "You wait here first."

The young man at the back stood still, not looking at the people around him, but only looked down at the raging bonfire beside him.

Zhuge Wuzhi was even more ignorant, even turning a blind eye to his disciple Wu Yanguang and Yelu Dashi, who was half-teacher and half-disciple, his eyes only lingered on Bai Sheng's face for a short moment, then moved away to Tianzuo He didn't even salute in front of the emperor, but went straight forward and whispered something in Emperor Tianzuo's ear.

No one else knew what he was talking about, but Bai Sheng had excellent hearing, and what he said was: "Urgent military situation, please move forward, Your Majesty."

Yelu Yanxi did not neglect at all, and immediately stood up to look at the officials and Bai Sheng and said, "Everyone, continue to drink and eat, and I will come as soon as I go." Immediately afterwards, he took the lead and walked to a pavilion in the garden, with four imperial guards behind him The leader leads the people to follow.

The pavilion in the garden was originally a facility for enjoying the shade in summer, but it is useless at the turn of autumn and winter, and it can just be used to listen to Zhuge Wuzhi's report.

Seeing this scene, Yelu Dashi and Wu Yanguang exchanged glances, what's going on?Is there any major military incident that needs to be reported to the emperor without the two of us?Although they were full of suspicion, they were not dissatisfied with Zhuge Wuzhi, because Zhuge Wuzhi had a very high status in their minds. It is not clear what this urgent matter is.

Seeing the emperor and Zhuge Wuzhi entering the gazebo, Zhuge Wuzhi still whispered in his ear for a while, and at the same time pointed to the young man of the Song Dynasty standing by the bonfire. Emperor Tianzuo looked at the young man for a while, and listened He gave Yelu Dehua a word, and Yelu Dehua immediately went to the young man and brought the young man to the gazebo.

After arriving at the gazebo, after kneeling down to salute Emperor Tianzuo, the young man stood up and whispered a few words, and Emperor Tianzuo looked at Bai Sheng intentionally or unconsciously.Seeing this, all the ministers of the Liao Kingdom cast their eyes on Bai Sheng, but Emperor Tianzuo's gaze had already turned away, and he lowered his head, seemingly in deep thought.

Today's Bai Sheng's hearing and eyesight are better than in the past. Of course, he could hear the conversations of several people in the pavilion. The military situation brought by Zhuge Wuzhi was that Song Emperor Zhao Ji sent Tong Guan as his commander, leading an army of 40 to recover Yanyun sixteen prefectures.

Tong Guan's army had already arrived in Jizhou at this time, and fought with the defenders deployed by the Liao army in Jizhou city. It will not be Tong Guan's opponent, Guo Yaoshi also sent a fast horse from the north of Jizhou City to rescue Yan Jue, and the messenger for help is outside the palace at this moment.

What happened roughly went like this. Emperor Tianzuo gathered the whole city for a banquet with the generals of the Liao army. Of course Zhuge Wuzhi was also invited, but he did not attend such occasions as usual, but he was worried about the defense of Yanjing City, so he replaced his disciples Wu Yanguang went to various city gates to inspect, and he went to the south of the city at the first stop, wanting to see if there were any flaws in the deployment of the Taiyi Formation he taught Wu Yanguang, but happened to meet the distress messenger from Jizhou .

But the young man in the costume of a warrior from the Song Dynasty was not a messenger from Jizhou. He was Zhu Biao, the third son of Zhu Chaofeng, the owner of Zhujiazhuang in Shandong.

Zhu Biao also came to report to the Godly Crossbow Camp of the Liao Kingdom. Just like Zengtou City was the advance army of the Jin Kingdom, Zhujiazhuang had long been bought by the Liao Kingdom, spying on information and drawing maps for the people of the Liao Kingdom. The person contacted by Zhujiazhuang was originally Xiao Feng, and when Xiao Feng hadn't returned for a long time, although Zhuge Wuzhi let Yelv Dalibo take over as the military leader of the Divine Crossbow Camp, he didn't give her this dark line. Instead, he took care of Xiao Feng himself.

Coincidentally, Zhu Biao and Jizhou's rescue messenger rushed to the south of Yanjing at the same time, but were also blocked by the Taiyi formation, so they also saw Zhuge Wuzhi.

The news brought by Zhu Biao is more detailed and accurate than the messenger from Jizhou, because he got the information from the officials of Song State, and confirmed that the emperor of Song State has ordered to join forces with Jin State and sent heavy troops to recover Yanyun sixteen states.

Combining all the information, Zhuge Wuzhi came to a conclusion, that is, Bai Sheng came to rescue the Liao Kingdom uninvited, and there must be fraud in this matter.

Chapter 982 Self-destruction of the Great Wall

Zhuge Wuzhi knew that Emperor Tianzuo hosted a banquet, and also knew that Emperor Tianzuo welcomed a good son-in-law Bai Sheng.

Wanyan Zongxian, the most hated pervert by the Khitan people, was captured, and the [-] cavalrymen of the Jin Kingdom who besieged the south of the city were slaughtered one after another. The city of Yanjing was boiling, Zhuge Wuzhi was not deaf and blind, how could he not know?

As the saying goes, the mother-in-law looks more and more interesting when she looks at her son-in-law. Zhuge Wuzhi has nothing to say about this.Emperor Tianzuo holds Bai Sheng in his palm, I, Zhuge, are not wise and not stupid, can I make it difficult for you Weng son-in-law?

And if we start from his female apprentice Xiao Feng, Bai Sheng is still his apprentice-in-law, so he is not an outsider anyway.

Although he complained very much about Yelu Dashi, Xiao Feng chose Bai Sheng as his husband after all because of Xiao Feng's own will, and he also gave birth to a daughter for Bai Sheng. How about couples.

But when he received the information from Zhu Biao and the messenger from Jizhou, his attitude towards Bai Sheng changed immediately. He suspected that Bai Sheng's coming to aid might be a plan made by the emperor and officials of the Great Song Dynasty!Bai Sheng's real goal is to capture the Sixteen States of Yanyun!

The people of the Kingdom of Jin besieged Yanjing, and you, Bai Sheng, rushed to support you, but how can there be pie in the sky?You came here to massacre tens of thousands of people in the Kingdom of Jin, what are you planning?

If it is said that Bai Sheng has no hesitation just because of the kindness between husband and wife, Zhuge Wuzhi would not believe it if he was killed.

Even if Bai Sheng has the heart, can the tens of thousands of people in Song Dynasty come with you?Together with you, they violated the orders of the Song Emperor and assisted the Liao Kingdom to attack the Jin Kingdom. Don’t they want their parents, wives and children, a family of three generations and nine clans?is it possible?

So things have reached a critical juncture!Because Bai Sheng's soldiers and horses have already entered the city, and they live outside the palace!

Zhuge Wuzhi hurried to the palace, but when he heard that Bai Sheng brought sixty or seventy generals to the banquet, he complained even more. There is no doubt that Bai Sheng wanted to do something at the banquet to capture the sky. Emperor Zuo and a group of civil and military officials, and then coerced the emperor to order the princes, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun immediately changed hands!

It doesn't matter if Yanyun's sixteen prefectures change hands, the problem is that the Daliao Kingdom will perish tonight!From then on, the Khitan clan became the slaves of the subjugated country.

Although Zhuge Wuzhi was not from Khitan, he was saved by Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji and has been loyal to Daliao since then. How could Bai Sheng overthrow the Liao regime?

After listening to Zhuge Wuzhi's analysis, Emperor Tianzuo felt that his face was hot, yes, how could there be pie in the sky?How could there be such a good person in the world?Just because of a word from his wife, he abandoned his family and business and defected to his country to help a foreign country?Even if Bai Sheng is such a person, what about the tens of thousands of soldiers under him?Unless the parents, wives and children of these soldiers are not in the Song Dynasty!

Realizing Zhuge Wuzhi's correctness, Emperor Tianzuo was ashamed. He was so careless to trust a strong man of a foreign race so easily. If Zhuge Wuzhi hadn't arrived in time, he might not even know how he died!

what to do?It's impossible to turn against Bai Sheng immediately, not only because Bai Sheng didn't make any dangerous moves, but also because Yelu Yanxi didn't want to slap himself in the face in front of the civil and military courts.

It is the son-in-law whom you praise so much, the son-in-law whom you greeted personally, and you are the one who is going to invite him into the palace to clean up the dust. At this moment, you suddenly said that he came with a conspiracy, and asked the left and right to take him down for questioning. Wouldn't he be swollen by himself?

I am the king of a country!Who else in the world has a face that is more important than the face of the emperor?If I slapped myself in the face in public, would these courtiers still bow their heads in front of me in the future?I'm afraid there will be a heart to usurp the throne!

Furthermore, the sixty or seventy generals brought in by Bai Sheng are all masters of martial arts. Although there are more than two hundred generals in the Liao Kingdom, if they turn their faces on the spot, victory or defeat will be extremely difficult. It is expected that if Bai Sheng captures himself as a hostage with his amazing martial arts, wouldn't he still succeed?

He had already believed in Zhuge Wuzhi completely in his heart, but on the surface he still wanted to cover up his original "foolishness" and said in a low voice: "Then Bai Sheng killed fifty thousand golden soldiers, right? How could they really kill the Jurchens when they united the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty?"

Zhuge Wuzhi sneered and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the story of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai in the past? This is clearly a bitter plan! Besides, maybe Song State had plans to destroy the Liao first, and then the Jin? How could we get it?" You know? In short, Bai Sheng entered Yanjing without any kind intentions!"

Emperor Tianzuo nodded again and again, and fell silent after a long sigh.After that, he lowered his voice and said, "I'd better avoid it for a while. I'll leave the matter here to Mr. Zhuge to deal with it properly. Don't make it too chaotic. The enemy is still outside the city, so we must maintain stability in the city!"

In this way, Yelu Yanxi didn't even give Bai Sheng a chance to clarify himself. As for how Zhuge Wuzhi dealt with Bai Sheng and Bai Sheng's subordinates, of course it was life or death.

It is said that animals like emperors are different from human beings.Turning his hands into clouds, turning his hands into rain, it's all between his joy and anger.In the morning, if you praise someone from the bottom of your heart, you might behead that person in the evening.From ancient times to the present, this is not the case for emperors.Otherwise, how come the saying "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger"?

Even if such wise and decisive people as Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu are all such people, what's more, the current Emperor Tianzuo is far inferior to those outstanding emperors in his ability to govern the country and employ people?In a mistake, he destroyed the Great Wall himself.

At the same time Zhuge Wuzhi nodded in agreement, Emperor Tianzuo raised his hand to stroke his forehead, and his body was about to collapse.

The guards next to him immediately supported Emperor Tianzuo, several people including Zhuge Wuzhi exclaimed at the same time: "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

The officials who were watching in the imperial garden were shocked at once, and they all got up and rushed to the pavilion, but they heard Zhuge Wuzhi's cold voice resounding through the garden: "Everyone, please be safe, your majesty is just overworked, and you can't drink too much. I want to go back to the bedroom to rest for a while, and I am entrusted by Your Majesty to preside over this reception banquet in place of Your Majesty and entertain our distinguished guests."

As mentioned earlier, Zhuge Wuzhi is the leader of the spy organization of the Liao Kingdom. In addition to wooing and assassinating foreign dignitaries, his functions also have the power to supervise his own officials. There are not a few ministers of the Liao Kingdom who have been punished.

Although after Emperor Tianzuo ascended the throne, Zhuge Wuzhi's family was idle, and Xiao Feng, the successor to power, had been traveling abroad, so that the pressure of the court officials was greatly reduced, but Zhuge Wuzhi's residual prestige still exists and should not be underestimated.Since he said so, the officials naturally dared not make any changes.

As for the three leaders of the military, Wu Yanguang, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Long, of course they would not give Zhuge Wuzhi face.Wu Yanguang is Zhuge Wuzhi's direct disciple, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Long start from Xiao Feng's side, they must respect Zhuge Wuzhi as their elders.

As if nothing had happened, Zhuge Wuzhi first arranged for someone to take Zhu Biao out for a meal and rest, then walked into the arena with a smile, and clasped his fists at the officials of the Liao Kingdom and the generals of Liangshan who were sitting around, and made a gesture. Luo Quan bowed, and said: "Although you can drink and eat as much as you want, I will entertain the white son-in-law for Your Majesty. Please forgive me for not taking good care of you."

Everyone got up to answer the salute, Zhuge Wuzhi walked to Bai Sheng's side, sat in Yelu Yanxi's seat before, and said: "The white son-in-law is wise and powerful, a hero of the world, and he had no time to spend time with the white son-in-law on Xingkong Island a few days ago. Wuzhi still regrets making friends with him. Today, the white son-in-law showed his supernatural power and defeated the fierce flames of the golden man. Wuzhi is even more admirable. At this time, thanks to His Majesty's grace, he ordered Wuzhi to entertain the white son-in-law. Wuzhi's three lives are lucky, Let's get drunk with the white son-in-law tonight! It's a respect if you don't have the wisdom to do it first!"

After finishing speaking, he raised the glass of wine in front of him with both hands, and after signaling to Bai Sheng, he drank it down in one gulp.