He turned around and saw that it was Princess Li Qinglu of Yinchuan. After she fell asleep, she was awakened by the sound of fighting in the palace at night. She was so scared that she finally found him at dawn.
Seeing Du Yu suddenly, Li Qinglu let out a sigh.
Although I had been with Du Yu for several months in the ice cellar and cave, the light was always dim and I could not clearly see my benefactor's face. I could only touch it with my hands. Today I saw my benefactor clearly for the first time. It turned out that he was the famous man all over the world. Mr. Murong.
She suddenly saw the truth about her benefactor and turned away in shame.
Du Yu took Li Qinglu's hand, and Li Qingluo said in a manly voice: "Son, your father has issued an edict to formally betroth you to Young Master Murong. This is the edict."
Li Qinglu was overjoyed to receive the edict, read it once, knelt down on the ground, and said happily: "Yinchuan accepts the edict!"
She usually receives thousands of orders, but this one is probably her happiest and most willing answer.
Li Qinglu glanced gratefully at Li Renxiao, who was ashen-faced, and threw herself into Du Yu's arms: "My dear father! My father agrees that you and I will marry Qin and Jin. What???"
She ran away shyly like a little rabbit.
Xiao Feng smiled: "Congratulations, Mr. Murong, I am going back to the Liao Kingdom. The Western Xia army's invasion of the Liao Kingdom has been settled. We, the Liao Kingdom, all owe a great debt of gratitude to Brother Murong!"
Du Yu smiled: "No! Xixia will still send troops!"
Xiao Feng was stunned.
Du Yu laughed and said, "Brother Xiao, are Yelu Hongji and Yelu Niangulu still in a tug of war?"
Xiao Feng sighed with emotion: "There are mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. The elites of the Liao Kingdom are dead and injured in a mess. I wonder how the fight is going now?"
Du Yu said with a smile: "Does Yelu, the thief who pinched Gulu, deserve to die?"
Xiao Feng nodded and said: "If I can catch him, I wish I could sleep on his skin and eat his flesh!"
A flash of light flashed in Du Yu's eyes: "Since Brother Xiao has such hatred, I am willing to lead the Lingjiu Palace's army and Xixia cavalry to attack Huanglong, attack Nanjing City, the base camp of Yelu Nian Gulu from behind, and support the Lord of Liao Kingdom. Yelu Hongji! How about revenge for you?¡±
Xiao Feng knew that he had absolute control over Empress Dowager Li of Xixia, and also controlled the Emperor of Xixia. He said exactly what he said and was overjoyed!
"Brother Murong, why are you helping me like this?" Xiao Feng choked with tears.
Du Yu held Xiao Feng's hand, patted his shoulder hard, and shouted: "How can a heroic man be willing to shed tears easily? Here's the wine!"
Deng Baichuan and other generals brought out dozens of jars of fine wine.
Du Yu took a shot to open the wine seal. He handed a jar of Western Xia wine to Xiao Feng, picked up another jar of wine, stared at the east, and laughed and said: "Brother Xiao, I have never known you, and I respect you as a human being. Yelu Nian Gulu of Liao Kingdom has the same relationship with me. Hatred! But I have conditions for conquering Nanjing this time. Listen carefully, six of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, including Jizhou, will be occupied by me for one year, and then I will give them back."
Xiao Feng knew that as the king of a country, how could he help other countries for free?
But today, the civil strife in Khitan is intensifying, and the scale of the war has expanded to the entire Liao Kingdom. Every time Yelu Hongji and Yelu Niangulu fought, tens of thousands of Liao warriors were killed or injured. If this continues, let alone Xixia, the Jurchens in the north and the Song Dynasty in the south will all be eyeing the Liao Kingdom and want to invade!
By that time, not to mention the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, important towns such as Shangjing, Beijing, Xijing, and Tokyo (the Liao Kingdom set up 5 capitals, which are different from modern place names) will all fall into the hands of foreigners!
Especially since Xiao Feng stayed outside the Pass for a year and lived with the Jurchens led by Wanyan Aguda for a long time, he knew them very well. Although the Jurchens are small in number, they are more fierce in combat than the warriors of the Liao Kingdom. With the Liao Kingdom in such civil strife, the Jurchens are afraid that they will take advantage of the situation and rise up!
He hesitated for a while, looked at Du Yu and said, "Brother Murong, are you serious about this? Xixia really only takes Youyun for one year and then returns it?"
Du Yu thought to himself, I will return to the city in one month. Even if the emperor of the Song Dynasty passed it on to me, it will be of no use. Why did I lie to you?
He looked calmly at Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng was also a bold man. He pulled out his long arrow, broke it and swore: "Okay, I will accept it on behalf of my sworn brother Yelu Hongji. Xixia sent troops to help suppress the rebellion, and I, six of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, will be on loan for one year." If you fail to pay back within the time limit, I, Xiao Feng, will fight to the death and serve the country with my life!"
Du Yu nodded, picked up the long arrow, broke it and said: "I will definitely return you the Sixteenth State of Youyun. It is against this oath, just like this arrow!"
Xiao Feng and Du Yu looked at each other, laughed, and drank the whole jar of wine.
"Lead the army out of the city!" Du Yu gave the order.
Under the command of Du Yu and Xiao Feng, the 20,000-strong Xixia Iron Kites army and the 10,000-strong Lingjiu Palace army set out from Lingzhou City and marched straight to the border of Liao Kingdom, heading towards the south.city.
The Liao Kingdom established two high-ranking officials, the King of the South Campus and the King of the North Campus, who were responsible for the military affairs on the northern and southern fronts respectively. The defense of Xixia and Song Dynasty was originally the responsibility of the King of Nanyuan. But at this time, the king of Nanjing, Yelu Niegulu, was leading his army, heading north to the grassland, to fight against the Lord of Liao, Yelu Hongji, in the Langya Mountain area. The city of Nanjing was very empty.
Xiao Feng and Du Yu encountered no decent resistance at all on the border, so they led their troops to break up the defense of the King of the Southern Court of Liao and invaded the territory of Liao.
After walking for half a day, we encountered an unexpected group of troops.
Shaolin Master Xuannan led hundreds of monks from the Shaolin Temple, Elder Xu led thousands of Beggars, Qingcheng Sect and other gangs that the Murong family had already contacted, as well as some gangs from the Central Plains Wulin, with a total of no less than 10,000 people, across the Song and Liao Dynasties. The border, entering the territory of Liao Kingdom, seemed to be waiting for him.
Xiao Feng was surprised: "Brothers from the Beggar Clan? Why are you here?"
When Elder Xu saw Xiao Feng, he was filled with shame and said, "Gang Leader Qiao, I'm an old fool. I'm trying every possible means to squeeze you out and destroy your position as gang leader. Alas???"
He turned to Du Yu and said with a chuckle: "Mr. Murong, Old Beggar really saw you right. You successfully married the Xixia Princess! You stopped that bastard Li Renxiao's marriage conspiracy with the Liao Kingdom and Tubo. We, the people of the Song Dynasty, Everyone is praising your achievements, everyone in the world is proud of you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Master Xuannan put his hands together and smiled and said: "What Elder Xu said is true. The young master of the Song Dynasty married the Princess of Xixia, which is a great blessing to the people of the world. Nothing will happen to the northwest of the Song Dynasty from now on, and there is no great good!"
Du Yu jumped off his horse and swore an oath to the sky: "To be honest with you, Li Renxiao of Xixia has decreed to abdicate and passed the throne to Princess Yinchuan. The Queen Mother will supervise and regent the country. As a consort, I can say a lot. In a word. I can¡¯t guarantee anything else, but from now on, as long as Yinchuan and I are in power, the Xixia army will never attack the Song Dynasty!¡±
Some martial arts figures in the Song Dynasty who had doubts about Murong Fu's rise to power were delighted after hearing Murong Fu's clear vow!
Xixia has always been a strong enemy of the Song Dynasty. If it joins forces with the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty will be in danger.
Murong Fu fulfilled his promise to invade Xixia and entered Xixia alone. He actually captured the Xixia princess from the hands of the Southern King of Liao, the young prince of Tubo, and the prince of Dali, and turned his hands to make clouds and rain. The coup was abolished. Li Renxiao, who wanted to unite with the Liao Kingdom, single-handedly instigated the regency of the Empress Dowager and controlled the political situation of Xixia! He is simply a legend!
The morale of the martial arts heroes of the Song Dynasty suddenly reached its peak!
Elder Xu sighed: "Mr. Murong, I admire you. You and I made a bet that if you could enter Xixia alone and avenge Ma Jishan for my beggar gang, we beggars would obey your orders. Now. , the civil strife in Daliao is a good time for us to counterattack Daliao. Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty was timid and refused to send troops. We, the martial arts people, had no choice but to follow your orders. "
Xuannan put his hands together and said: "Liao was in civil strife and the people were in dire straits. The great fortune of the Song Dynasty was the great misfortune of the people of Liao! We, the monks, are merciful, Amitabha."
Xiao Feng¡¯s eyes filled with tears: ¡°I grew up in the Song Dynasty, but I am a Khitan from the Liao Dynasty. The two countries and I are both mother countries???¡±
Elder Xu said displeasedly: "Gang Leader Qiao, Liao is finally in civil strife. We are expected to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun and make contributions to the country. How can we be so benevolent as a woman?"
Xiao Feng let out a long sigh.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel over this matter, Du Yu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Since Brother Xiao and Elder Xu are both going to attack Nanjing City. I don't think it's better than this. Brother Xiao and I made a poisonous oath to retrieve Youyun. By temporarily occupying Xixia for one year, Xixia and the Song Dynasty will always be at peace. The Central Plains will not have to worry about Xixia becoming bigger and weakening the Liao Kingdom. How about that?
Xiao Feng naturally had no objection. Elder Xu and Xuan Nan and others looked at each other. The heroes of the Central Plains calculated that if they attacked Nanjing City with their own strength, they would have no chance of winning. No matter how bad the Liao Kingdom is, it will be easy to deal with these thousands of Jianghu people. Since there is no hope of capturing the Sixteenth State of Youyun and returning it to the Song Dynasty, it is better to take it away from the mortal enemy Liao and give it to Xixia under the leadership of Murong Fu!
As long as it can weaken the strength of the Liao Kingdom, it can be regarded as a disguised victory for the Song Dynasty.
Even if Murong returns and rebels, he will attack the Song Dynasty. The dispute between the Liao Kingdom and the Xixia Kingdom in the Sixteen States of Youyun is bound to be like fire and water, and they will fight endlessly. This kind of land dispute cannot be resolved by any words. This is called two peaches and three scholars, who can drive away tigers and devour wolves, and the Song Dynasty will be at peace.
Everyone reached an agreement and swore to follow Du Yu and Xiao Feng to attack Nanjing City together.
The army marched again, approaching Nanjing.
Ten days later, the towering walls of Nanjing City are already vivid in our eyes.
These days, Tan Ma keeps coming to report.
Yelu Niangulu and Yelu Hongji are still fighting fiercely in Langya Mountain. The strength of the two sides was about the same, with Yelu Niangulu having the slight upper hand.
But after hearing that Xixia sent troops to join the Central Plains martial arts and attack Nanjing City, Yelu Nian Gulu was shocked and turned pale. He had already led the cavalry army to rescue Nanjing. Nanjing is his hometown. If this place is captured, Yelu will be in a dilemma and be completely dumbfounded.
Deng Baichuan predicted that it would only take three days for Yelu to return to Nanjing. Before that, Nanjing City must be captured.
Du Yu raised his head and looked at Nanjing. It has been an important town since ancient times and a famous historical city. The city is extremely well built and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
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