Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After betraying Yan Lou Shijun, Yelu Yujian was also worried that he would be spotted by Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zonghan and others.

Now holding soldiers and horses in Heishui City west of the desert, Yelu Dashi's forces in the north are of course the safest for Yelu Yujian.

Wanyan Zonghan had just experienced a failed expedition, losing [-] elites and countless money and food.Even if he noticed Yelu Yujian's strange intentions, Wanyan Zonghan should not be able to make an expedition to Heishui City!

However, Yelu Yujian is an ambitious person.This Heishui City is too remote, how can Yeluyu be satisfied?

If he was satisfied with a corner of peace, why did Yelu Yujian secretly collude with Yelu Dashi and betray Wanyan Loushi and others?

After all, Yelu Yujian, like Yelu Dashi, still wants to return to the homeland of the Liao Kingdom such as Datong Mansion, Dading Mansion, and Linhuang Mansion to create a foundation.

Of course, Yelu Yujian and Yelu Dashi are still different from the clan nobles of the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Dashi gradually took control of the Liao army's military power from the time of the Song Dynasty's attack on Yan.Although he was repeatedly defeated in battles with the Jin army, Yelu Dashi never gave up his ambition to revive Daliao.

Because of this, Yelu Dashi gradually grew into the backbone of the Khitan people in the Liao Dynasty, and started a new stove in Ketun City, which became a great success.

In contrast, Yelu Yujian had a higher starting point than Yelu Dashi, and had a greater influence on the Khitan nobles than Yelu Dashi. However, because he surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin earlier, Yelu Yujian lost a lot of political appeal.

Now, as a representative of the Khitan Surrender Faction, Yelu Yujian also gathered many Khitan nobles around him.But compared with Yelu Dashi's subordinates, these people are a little less bloody and courageous.

In other words, although Yelu Yujian also directly or indirectly influenced many Khitan troops in the Jin army, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is not as good as the Yelu Dashi, which has developed through a long journey.

Therefore, Yeluyu did not dare to turn against the Jin army easily and raised the banner of anti-Jin and Liao.

If it hadn't been for being politically suspected and excluded by the Jurchens this time, Yelu Yujian would not be so hard-hearted to ally with Yelu Dashi and betray the Jin Army.

Knowing that Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Kingdom of Jin begged for him to return to Datong Mansion to guard him, Yeluyu saw mixed joy and sorrow.

The good news is that I have the opportunity to return to the former Xijing of the Liao Kingdom, and I will no longer spend time wasting time in a place where birds don't shit.

The worry is, is this transfer a conspiracy by Wanyan Zonghan?

Wanyan Zonghan is beyond his reach now, but after returning to Datong Mansion, he will be placed under Wanyan Zonghan's nose.

If Wanyan Zonghan became suspicious of Yeluyu, then returning to Datong Mansion would be a very risky decision.

However, now that the imperial decree is received, Yeluyu can't resist the decree and refuse to obey it!If Lai didn't leave in Heishui City, wouldn't Yeluyu be rebellious when he told Wanyan Wu to beg for the monarch and ministers?

Yeluyu saw that he hesitated after receiving the order, but he didn't know whether his secret had been exposed, and whether there was any conspiracy behind this order.

Therefore, Yelu Yujian had to delay for a few days due to the harassment of party thieves and the difficulty of the desert road, waiting for his cronies to pass on the domestic intelligence.

A few days later, Khitan warriors came across the desert one after another, bringing the latest domestic news to Yelu Yujian.

Yeluyujian's nephew, Yunnei Jiedu Envoy Yelu Nuge, former Yeluyujian's confidants, Yanjing Commander Xiao Gaoliu, Weizhou Jiedu Envoy Xiao Temou and others all sent secret letters telling him At that time, there was another political struggle among the top leaders of the Kingdom of Jin. Wanyan Zonghan had been recalled to Huining City by Emperor Wanyan Wu.

The news from Huining City is that because of the failure of the Western Expedition, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Zongpan, suddenly stood up and recommended himself, and wanted to lead the Western Expedition to Yelu Dashi.

Wanyan Zongpan's request was supported by Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and court officials.

There are many local military generals who support the Crown Prince Wanyan Zongpan this time.

However, because of Wanyan Zonghan's failure in the Western Expedition, not only his prestige in the army was shaken, but many generals who supported him also died.

In particular, the death of veteran Wanyan Loushi directly caused Wanyan Zonghan to lose a very important supporter in the army.

Because Wanyan Loushi is not only one of the top generals in the Jin army, but also the minister of Jurchen Qishui, who is the representative of one side of the army.

In addition, the disappearance of Wanyan Zongbi also created a gap between Wanyan Zonghan and the brothers of the Aguda family.

As a result, a crack appeared in the political alliance between the two countries.

Because of the superposition of these factors, Wanyan Zonghan, who has always been tyrannical, failed to suppress Wanyan Zongpan's ambition to gain military power this time.

It was rare for the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Wu Qimai, to be tough on Wanyan Zonghan once, and asked him to return to the capital to discuss the second Western Expedition, but Wanyan Zongpan had already been booked as the coach of the Western Expedition in the court's mind.

Wanyan Zonghan regards the area west of Yanshan Mountain as his own territory, so how could he let others get involved.Faced with Wanyan Wu's begging and Wanyan Zongpan's father and son's pressing step by step, Wanyan Zonghan decided to return to Huining City, connect with the nobles of the Jurchen tribes, and fight back against Wanyan Zongpan at the tribal alliance meeting.

All in all, Wanyan Zonghan didn't want to hand over part of the Western Army's Datong Mansion and his own military power.

Yelu Yujian was able to be appointed as the capital of Datong Mansion, which was a trick played by Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and Crown Prince Wanyan Zongpan against the background of this political struggle.

Considering that when Wanyan Zonghan left Datong Mansion to go to Huining City to negotiate, he would definitely hand over the important land of Datong Mansion to his generals for management, Wanyan Wu Qimai and his son decided to act first and handed over Datong Mansion to Yelu Yujian .

It is not so much that the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and his son trusted Yelu Yujian more than that they did not trust the other Jurchen generals in Xijing Road.

Wanyan Wu Qimai father and son knew that Yeluyu was not from Wanyan Zonghan's faction, so he was sent back to the country to garrison important places this time in order to squeeze out Wanyan Zonghan's military henchmen.

Wanyan Zongpan wanted to go to Datong Mansion to take charge of the army, of course he didn't want to see that his deputy in the army and even the generals at all levels were Wanyan Zonghan's cronies.

In other words, Yeluyu saw that the imperial decree and transfer orders he had received before were not a trap prepared for him, but a real request for him to sit in Datong Mansion in Xijing.

After learning the truth about the country, Yelu Yujian couldn't sit still anymore.

As long as Wanyan Zonghan, who Yeluyujian was most afraid of, was transferred away from the mountain, Yeluyujian had a heartache.

Yeluyu saw that after all the hard work, he finally had the opportunity to further control Xijing Road.Ambitious, he wished he could fly across the desert and land directly at Datong Mansion in Xijing.

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 57 Wanyan Zongbi Appears

Ma Kuo, a delegation from the State of Qi, and his party crossed the Yellow River from Huazhou, went north through the Hebei Plain, and visited old and new places along the way, but found that there was an undercurrent in the Kingdom of Jin.

Because of the failure of the Western Expedition, especially the death of the famous general Wanyan Loushi and the disappearance of Wanyan Zongbi, the emperor of Jin Kingdom Wanyan Wu Qimai adjusted the deployment of the generals of the Jin army.

The Yelu Yujian Army who was originally stationed at the front line of Tiande Army to Heishui City was transferred to Datong Mansion and Fengsheng Prefecture, and the Wanyan Yinshu Ke Army stationed in Taiyuan Mansion was transferred to Hezhong Mansion.

The previous guard of the Hezhong Mansion was Wanyan Loushi. After he died in battle, another Wanyan Yinshu who was good at fighting was sent to guard the army, which made people speechless.

However, Hezhong Mansion used to face two neighboring countries, Qi State and Xixia State, so it is understandable for Jin State to station a large army here.

Now the Xixia Kingdom has perished, and there is only one Qi Kingdom left.

The emperor of Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wu begged to send Wanyan Yinshu to this place. Could it be that he wanted to guard against Ximen Qing's Qi Kingdom?

After Wanyan Yinshu went to Hezhong Mansion, Wanyan Zongfu from Daming Mansion was transferred to Taiyuan Mansion.

After the failure of the Western Expedition, not only Wanyan Zongpan was vying for the commander-in-chief, Wanyan Zongfu also wrote to the court, requesting to lead the Western Expedition to avenge Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Zongbi.

Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai did not give a clear answer to Wanyan Zongfu's challenge, but ordered him to lead his troops from Daming Mansion across Taihang Mountain to Taiyuan Mansion.

Among the generals in the Kingdom of Jin, there were many people who speculated that the center of gravity of Wanyan Zong's auxiliary army had shifted to the west, and it seemed that the imperial court had plans to use him as commander in the westward expedition.

After Wanyan Zongfu left Daming Mansion, Yanjing's Wanyan Xiyin was transferred to Daming Mansion.

Yanjing, which Wanyan Xiyin let out, was changed to Wanyanchang to guard.