Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Yang Dagon didn't dare to agree to Xiao Siwen's request to warn him. He recently asked Xiao Siwen for something important, how could he dare to disobey him?

Coming out of Yelu Xiezhen's mansion, Yang Gun returned to a simple tent. His wife Xiaoshi and his son came out of the tent with a bent look, and said in Khitan language, "My husband, you are finally back."

Yang Gun also bent down and got into the tent. His son came over with cheese tea. His wife Xiao said impatiently, "Yelu Dilie came here. He said something to me before he saw my husband. Dilie said that several leaders agreed to reinstate my husband as an official and restore his fiefdom..."

"I know, I know." Seeing his wife's expression, Yang Gun became anxious, "Tell me something I don't know."

The wife said: "Everyone wrote a memorial and asked Da Khan to agree, but Da Khan sent it back! Di Lie said that the person who refused everyone's request is Xiao Siwen, and he can't help..."

"What?!" Yang Gun was stunned for a moment.

His wife thought he didn't understand, so she repeated: "My husband can't be reinstated because Mr. Xiao doesn't agree!"

Yang Gun suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I was wrong! Big mistake!"

At this time, the past events of the past twenty years flooded Yang Gun's mind one by one, and now he has to sort out it again.

Yang Gun was a Khitan born in the land of Yanyun. Since the Tang Dynasty, many Khitan people admired the high-ranking families in the Central Plains, so they had Chinese surnames (such as English names in modern countries), especially the Khitan people living in Hebei. Yang Gun is one of them. At first, he followed the second emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Deguang (Liao Taizong) in the southern and northern wars, and was quite appreciated, so he got the Khitan name Yelu Dilu; he was also able to marry a woman from the Xiao family.

Herein lies the problem!

The civil strife in Daliao for decades was rooted in the struggle between Liao Taizong and Liao Yizong, both of whom were sons of the founder of the country. Emperor Taizong of Liao, who Yang Gun followed, and Yelujing, the "tyrant" who was assassinated to death, belong to the lineage of Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty; and the current Great Khan, Yeluxian, is from the lineage of Yizong, and Xiao Siwen and others also have deeper roots with Yizong's lineage.

Yang Gun was a general under Taizong's command. After the "tyrant" Yelujing succeeded to the throne, Yang Gun was also one of Yelvjing's confidantes, and was once a hot celebrity in the imperial court.

However, the power struggle in the royal family is impermanent. Yelvjing was assassinated|death a few years ago, and Yelvjing was blamed for the loss of Youzhou and the decline of the country... Yang Gun is doomed now, but he is a hero who understands current affairs.

Yeluxian ascended the throne, Xiao Siwen and Yelu Xiezhen formed a center of power, and cleaned up a group of people from the "tyrant" faction to imitate others; but it is obviously impossible to wipe out all dissidents, because Taizong's lineage has been in power for many years, and the cliques are spread all over the Daliao.

So Xiao Siwen needs to win over most people from Taizong's lineage, and Yang Dagon is one of them.

Yang Dagon was cautious at the beginning, and when he was defeated in the Battle of Pingxia, Xiao Siwen tried his best to save his life. Yang Dagon completely believed in Xiao Siwen's sincerity...

But now it seems that it is obviously not what Yang Gun thought.

Yang Gun sat in front of the dilapidated wooden table, and the milk tea in the ceramic bowl in front of him was almost cold. He stared at the milk tea in a daze, shaking his head constantly.

Xiao Siwen never trusted him! Saving Yang Gun's life was for other people to see, and it was just a show of gesture; perhaps, there was some reason for appreciating his talent? But... Xiao Siwen doesn't want people like Yang Dang to re-enter the court and take real power!

At this moment, his eyes lit up, and his wife came in from outside the tent again. She cleaned up the ceramic bowls on the table and asked, "Is Xiao Gong going to have trouble with our family?"

Yang Dagon came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "Xiao Gong also took over a mess, and it was not easy for him. I can understand his intentions. No matter what, Xiao Gong also saved my life."

Having said that, Yang Gun's face was still full of loss and helplessness, he sighed, "It's better to die than to live!"

A few days later, Fan Zhongyi returned to Beijing.

Several people discussed matters at Xiao Siwen's residence first, and Yang Dagon was also invited. There is no hope of reinstating the official, Yang Gun remembered Yelu Xiezhen's words, it is better to sell favors to Yelu Xiezhen, and he persuaded Xiao Siwen when he was there.

Of course, it is not very useful, Yang Gun has no real power, he can make suggestions, but he cannot decide anything.

...The next day, on the hills in the upper capital of Daliao, a group of important court officials discussed major issues in front of the Great Khan.

This hall looks very old, several emperors have been here to court, the dirt that cannot be cleaned in those corners may have solidified blood stains!

Emperor Yeluxian was already eighteen years old, but his body was still thin, and his health seemed to be in poor condition. However, Yeluxian sat on the big tiger-skin chair, his posture was much more casual than when he first came to the throne. He held the scepter in his right hand, put his left elbow on the armrest of the chair, supported his head with his palm, and looked at the ministers below with gentle and forgiving eyes, with an attitude of accepting advice humbly.

Xiao Siwen, who was standing closest to the throne, said: "Let Fan Zhongyi, the official of the North Courtyard, report the affairs of Xu Guo first."

Fan Zhongyi stood up with an excited expression, but he deliberately suppressed it. After all, he was facing the supreme ruler of the Daliao Dynasty! He gave up clasping fists, put his hands on his chest, and respectfully bowed to the person on the chair.

"Let's talk about the matter of Fan's residence." Ye Luxian said in his voice.

Khan actually spoke to him! Fan Zhongyi's voice trembled a little: "Yes, sweating profusely."

Fan Zhongyi straightened his waist slightly, and said in Khitan words with a bad accent: "Puppet Xu | Emperor Guo Shao has a strange poison in his body, and there is no cure for it.

Guo Shao has two princes, both children of a few years old; Empress Fu's family supervises the country. The queen is the daughter of Fu Yanqing, a wealthy family in Hebei. Although the Fu family is powerful, it is limited to Hebei and cannot restrain Tokyo. Xu Guozhu's weak ministers are strong.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains changed dynasties five times, and they all took advantage of the decline of the royal family to usurp the throne, and the puppet Emperor Guo Shao of Xu Guo also did the same. Therefore, Guo Shao was afraid of it, so as to eliminate the generals who supported the soldiers.

Founder Li Chuyun was poisoned to death, Protector Luo Yanhuan was forced to commit suicide, Shouzhou defender Guo Jin was killed by his subordinates to claim credit. Nearly 10,000 people under Prime Minister Fan Zhi were implicated, and countless people died! "

After talking about the general situation, Fan Zhongyi breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The bloodbath is far from over. Hedong Yangye, Wuzhou Gao Yanchou, and Pingzhou Liu Renzhan are all descended generals from the Southern Kingdoms, with heavy troops in their hands.

Yang Ye and Zhe Dejian are in-laws, and these two are the main opponents after Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan.

Zhe Dejian's family is in Tokyo, and most of the old troops have been disbanded and scattered. The Pingxia army under him are all "guards", and the families of the soldiers are in the country, so it is difficult to start an incident and the threat is relatively small. Therefore, Guo Shao wanted to plant the spoils first and coerce him into defiance, and then implicate Yang Ye to get rid of him!

In late July, Guo Shao summoned Yang Ye and Zhe Dejian to Beijing at the same time. Yang Ye's road is near, and he went to Tokyo first; Zhe Dejian has not arrived yet, but because of the lack of force, Xu Guo's court is not afraid of it.

At that time, Zhe De saw the clue and informed Yang Ye that Tokyo had conspired a big trap! Governor Xu Zhouduan will be convicted of a felony, and then: put to death Luo Yanhuan, the protector of the country who has admitted to colluding with Zhou Duan;

Yang Ye was skeptical, and found that Zhou Duan was suddenly convicted of treason. Yang Ye made a decisive decision, suddenly abandoned his entourage of honor, abandoned the spy who was monitoring him, and rented a horse from the carriage and horse shop to escape.

Because Xu Guo's court did not dare to arrest Yang Ye for no apparent reason, and because Xu Guowen and Wu of the Qianying Military Mansion in Hedong hadn't prepared yet, it was unexpected that Yang Ye would discover the conspiracy so early. The sudden incident caught Xu Guo's court by surprise, and Yang Ye was able to escape back to Hedong. "

Fan Zhongyi paused and continued, "At this point in the plot, an accident happened. After Yang Ye returned to Hedong, he immediately used the Liao army's raid on Hedong as an excuse to summon the officials of the former battalion to supervise the army's affairs; then he blocked the former battalion.

The vast majority of the officers and men of the Hedong Army are descendants of the Eastern Han (Northern Han). Yang Ye is a veteran of the Eastern Han Dynasty with a high reputation and prestige.

The situation has become serious at this point. Of course, Xu Guo's imperial court was unwilling to have Yang Ye rebel against him, otherwise internal friction would hurt the national power and it would take more time. However, the puppet Emperor Guo Shao is in poor health and is in danger. If the time is delayed, he will not be able to continue to deal with other threats;

The imperial court of the state of Xu immediately sent Lu Duoxun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the assistant minister of the cabinet, to the Hedong Daizhou to negotiate a peace with Yang Ye.

Yang Ye's attitude at this time should be very hesitant. On the one hand, escaping and blocking the Qianying Army Mansion have violated the law, and they have broken face with the court. If they compromise, they are likely to be liquidated by Qiuhou. I am very worried and afraid!

On the other hand, if he raises troops, his chances of winning are not great. Although the Hedong Army was slightly inferior to the Imperial Army of the Xu Kingdom, it was still the most powerful force among the previous kingdoms; but since the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed, the morale of the soldiers of the Hedong Army would definitely be low in the civil war... Once the war against rebellion broke out, Yang Ye worried that the internal soldiers would be bribed, persuaded to surrender, and unwilling to fight. At that time, Li Yun and Guo Jin rebelled recently, and they were all killed by the subordinates who asked for credit. Yang Ye had to defend himself. "

Fan Zhongyi let out a breath: "What we are most worried about now is that Yang Ye will reach a compromise with the imperial court. Yang Ye will choose to sacrifice his life to protect his family. Before the generals Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan died, Guo Shao did the same to save room."

At this moment, a Khitan nobleman said loudly: "The Fan residence knows so clearly without going to Hedong? It sounds like you saw those things with your own eyes, do you have evidence?"

Fan Zhongyi turned around and said: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so the whole thing is a reasonable guess. But we also have a lot of evidence! Only by guessing like this, so many things can make sense; if you don't agree with this theory, you can make a new guess to explain the major events that happened in Xu country."