♂?，，

  Yelü Lüjie felt a little sad and nodded: "Uh-huh."

  Chen Yuan thought for a moment and asked again: "If the Great Liao and the Tanguts go to war, will the princess still have to marry him?"

  Yelü Lüjing took a deep breath: "Even if it's really going to fight with the Party, Father will marry me off to confuse the Party."

  Chen Yuan shook his head, seemingly unimpressed: "Maybe Li Yuanhao is also using marriage to deceive Your Majesty? Doesn't the princess think this is unfair?"

  Yelü Lü suddenly became angry and shouted: "Enough! What's going on here!"

  Chen Yuan did not show any intention of stopping: "It's none of my business, but Princess, this concerns a lifetime of happiness, please think thrice before acting."

  Yelü Lü's eyes turned red and he muttered: "What can I do!"

  Chen Yuan suddenly felt that she was also very pitiful. On the surface, she was a high and mighty princess, but in reality, she didn't even have the right to resist her own fate.

  She can't dance with the man she likes by the bonfire like other Khitan women, nor can she open the door of her yurt and let in the man she has a crush on. Everything about her belongs to this country.

  What about Yelü Hongji? It seems to be the same case.

  Chen Yuan couldn't help but find it amusing that life in the imperial palace was so dull and uninteresting, yet many people were eager to squeeze their way in to secure a position.

  "The princess doesn't want to go and fight the Jurchen people either, just like she didn't want to marry Li Yuanhao." Chen Yuan said with a smile on his face.

  Yelü Lü turned his head away, blinked his eyes, and held back his tears again: "I know, but after returning, Father will immediately let him enter the imperial court. Ninth brother will treat him as his left and right arms in the future. He also said that we must go to some places where we don't want to do things."

  She took another step forward, and the distance between them was less than a foot. This distance made Yelü Lüzhen's heart suddenly panic, wanting to dodge back, but thinking again, he straightened his back, staring at Chen Yuan with a look of "see how bold you are".

  Chen Yuan said in a low voice, "Princess, I've thought of an idea. If I let the prince lead his troops to station at the relatively safe area on the edge of the rebellion and then send a letter back to the emperor saying we're surrounded and request support, what would be the outcome?"

  Yelü Lüjing's face changed greatly: "Chen Shimei! This will cause Hongji to be punished by the Emperor, and it will be the most severe punishment!"

  Chen Yuan did not panic at all and asked instead: "What is the heaviest punishment?"

  Yelü Lüjing was about to speak out, but found that the words were stuck in his mouth and couldn't be said. The heaviest punishment is to deprive Yelü Hongji of his qualification as the crown prince, isn't this just right? Good for me, good for everyone, a harmonious atmosphere. Hongji is also not in danger, Yelü Ne'er is satisfied, and Yelü Renxian and those people will also have nothing to say.

  After understanding, Yelü Lüjing suddenly smiled: "This method can also be thought of? It seems that Ninth Brother and Father Emperor's appreciation is not unreasonable."

  Chen Yuan chuckled and said: "I think that if His Majesty knew about it, he wouldn't blame me for this crime of deceiving the emperor, would he?"

  Yelü Lüji nodded: "Everything will be borne by Hong Ji, of course, it has nothing to do with us. Father Emperor will also trust him more because he didn't let Hong Ji take risks. However, Liu Fang is in trouble, according to the military discipline of our Great Liao, he will be dismissed or even imprisoned."

  Chen Yuan said, "One person's bad luck is better than having over 10,000 people take risks, and I also know what those soldiers are like. Besides, I'm currently looking for a helper to help me open up all the passes on the Great Liao border. If General Liu Fang is willing at that time, I will hire him."

  Then Chen Yuan's tone changed: "Princess, I have a way to deal with this kind of thing. I think that as long as you are willing, there will always be a way to not marry Li Yuanhao."

  Yelü Lüjing's body shook slightly, and Chen Yuan clasped his fists in a salute: "I bid you farewell."

  It's actually quite simple, everyone knows that deceiving the emperor is a capital offense, so no one dares to think about it. But now for Chen Yuan, this path is the most spacious. The crime of deceiving the emperor will be borne by Yelü Hongji, which has nothing to do with him.

  The next day, Yelü Hongji set out with 10,000 old and weak soldiers who were not elite troops, embarking on a journey to Changbai Mountain.

  Of course, Changbai Mountain is a general term, which is roughly the location of their military operation this time. To be more specific, they are going to the Jurchen tribe in Liao State.

  News from the front line is that the scale of this rebellion by the Jurchen people is extremely large, those Jurchen people emerged from deep mountains and old forests, killing all the way from the oasis to Tongzhou, in just one month the rebel army advanced nearly a thousand miles, the entire Huihe tribe was captured, and many familiar Jurchens were also caught up in it, making the rebellion more and more intense, Huanglong Prefecture and Liaoyang Prefecture are both in urgent need of rescue.

  It sounds scary, but the scale of the rebels was just over a thousand people at first, and even after they took Famu Town, it was only around two or three thousand. As for the places that were said to have been attacked by them, most of them are uninhabited, and on a journey of a thousand miles, having two or three thousand people is already quite impressive. The migration of the Huibu Department was even simpler, as they generally had just over 200 people in a slightly larger tribe, and when they left, they took their livestock with them, totaling less than a thousand people.

  "General Liu Fang, how many more days will it take to reach Huanglong Prefecture?" After half a day of traveling, Chen Yuan's buttocks were really unbearable. His wound had not healed yet, and the bumpy ride for half a day made him feel piercing pain.

  Xiao Huwei looked at Chen Yuan's sweat-drenched face and chuckled, "I told you I'd get a horse carriage, but you insisted on being stubborn. Now do you know what's good for you?"

  Chen Yuande really knew it was bad, looked around and asked: "Can we still get a horse carriage?"

  Yelü Hongji was indeed not bad to Chen Yuan, looked back at the luggage team: "No way, I'll unload a horse and cart, let's make do with it for now, wait until we reach the front town, and then have someone fix the horse cart."

  Chen Yuan's butt really couldn't take it anymore, nodded: "Alright, thank you all for taking care of me."

  After unloading a cart of horse feed, they spread thick layers of straw at the bottom of the cart and lay down on top. The pain in his buttocks was greatly alleviated.

  The team continued to move forward, and Chen Yuan began to think about how to implement his plan. If he were to speak out, Yelü Hongji would be easily persuaded, as he didn't have much of his own opinion. The four of them, including Xiao Huwei, would likely agree, the only trouble being Liu Fang.

  The princess is right. After this incident, Liu Fang may be the only one who has to pay a price, which concerns his future. It's likely that he won't agree easily.

  After a moment of contemplation, Chen Yuan decided to first discuss it with the four guards. If they agreed, they would go together to persuade Yelü Hongji.

  In the end, only Liu Fang was left. First go and negotiate with him, speak softly and persuade him. If he agrees, that's best. If not, let Yelü Hongji go and pressure him! If that doesn't work, find an excuse to kick him out. If all else fails, have Xiao Huwei and the other four come and take care of him by force. Just get rid of this little brat and consider it a heroic sacrifice in the fight against bandits.

  Made up his mind, tonight he would first go and probe the guards' attitude towards Xiao Hu.

  Yang Wenguang carried a knife and followed Chen Yuan's carriage, while Amu Da followed on the other side, the two of them having some bodyguard-like demeanor.

  Chen Yuan turned back to Yang Wenguang with a faint smile: "Xiao Wen, have you ever thought that one day we would be going on an expedition together with these brave warriors of Liao?"

  Yang Wenguang shook his head: "Indeed, I never thought about it. I heard that those women are really exceptionally brave and fierce, I don't know if it's true."

  A cavalryman beside him immediately said: "Brother, you used to be in the south, right?"

  Xiao Wen smiled: "Yes, I am in Nanjing Zou Si."

  The knight grunted: "No wonder, I said, I went to Changbai Mountain once before. At that time, we had over a thousand brothers, and we trapped more than 200 Sheng Nü at the edge of a cliff. We all thought they were done for."

  The knight's eyes suddenly showed a fearful expression, and his voice changed: "In the end, they rushed down. There were over 1,000 of us, but only 200 of them. We fought for two hours. My brothers around me died one by one, beaten to death with wooden sticks or stones by those people. At first, we killed a few of them, but later..."

  It was too cruel afterwards, the knight hesitated for a long time without saying what happened specifically, he was in a daze, submerged in a fearful memory.

  It wasn't until he noticed everyone's eyes on him that he cracked a smile and casually said, "Later, I hid among the dead bodies to survive and make it back alive."

  Yang Wenguang's eyes became extremely hot! The nomadic combat capabilities of the Liao people were very familiar to him, and those Jurchen women could defeat a thousand Liao soldiers with only two hundred men in a field battle where the terrain was extremely unfavorable, showing their strength!

  Other Liao soldiers were not as good at fighting as Yang Wenguang, most of them had already settled down and started their own families, with things to worry about behind them. Hearing the knight's words, they couldn't help but worry about their own fate. In their hearts, they calculated that if 200 Jurchen people could defeat 1,000 Liao soldiers, then what if the other side had 2,000 people? Could this army of 10,000 hold its ground?

  There was a knight who also said: "It is said that the Jurchen are invincible when their numbers are less than ten thousand, and unbeatable when they number more than ten thousand. It turns out this wasn't just boasting."

  Chen Yuan looked at them with a somewhat fearful emotion and thought to himself, if the four guards were also like this, it would be easy to persuade them.

  The team marched for over 150 miles and set up camp on the outskirts of a small town, sending a few people to buy some supplies while others lit bonfires to rest.

  They claimed to be purchasing supplies, but in fact every branch of the Liao army adhered to their excellent traditions. So when the people in the small town saw that there were troops coming here, they were more afraid than if they had seen bandits, and hid far away early on.

  Bandits usually rob but don't kill, but these troops are different. If there's even a little resistance, it leads to slaughter. Afterwards, you can't even find a place to appeal for justice.

  So the procurement did not go smoothly, but instead a four-wheeled horse cart was found, which seemed to be specially prepared for Chen Yuan.

  （）

  Complete works txt download, full text free, e-book, remember 77 reading books