On a plain twenty miles northeast of the Yan Army Division of Heishui Town, there are dense camps stationed here. Speaking of which, it is clearly within the territory of Xixia, but this camp is under the banner of Liao. Moreover, the Yan Army Division of Heishui Town is not far away, but it is a bit strange if you don’t care about this Liao army.

In the commander's tent in the middle of the camp, Yelu Chongyuan, with white hair and beard, was sitting behind the desk, and was focusing on a letter in his hand. This Liao army was his subordinate. Although he betrayed Yelu Jun and his son, he did not betray the Liao Dynasty, so his army still under the banner of the Liao Kingdom. The reason why he came to Xixia this time was naturally because he had promised to aid Li Liangzuo before. It was only because his army had just arrived at the Yan Army Division of Heishui Town, but received the news that Xingqing Prefecture was captured, which made him unsure for a moment, so he stationed here.

Compared to two years ago, Yelu Chongyuan is much older now. He is only fifty years old, but his hair and beard are all white, and his face is full of wrinkles. His tall and burly body is slightly hunched over. He looks like an old man in his sixties. However, it is not surprising that he has become like this now. He first suffered the pain of losing his son, and then was defeated by his nephew. He almost died in the chaos several times. With the successive blows, Yelu Chongyuan was exhausted physically and mentally, causing his whole body to become much older.

Yelu Chongyuan stared at the letter in his hand with his old eyes, and a very complicated look appeared on his wrinkled face, excited and suspicious. He even suddenly stood up and walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. Anyone who is familiar with him knows that only when encountering something particularly important and difficult to choose can Yelu Chongyuan become like this. For example, when he decided whether to rebel, he walked in the study all night.

The difficulties that Yelu Chongyuan encountered this time were no more than the previous ones. If he made a mistake in his choice, he would not only not be able to return to Shangjing to avenge his previous shame, but he would even be buried with his own life, so this made it even more difficult for him to make a decision. In the end, he spent almost a whole day in the coach's tent, but he was unable to make a complete decision.

"Father, the Song envoy outside is urging you again. Have you still not made a decision?" At this moment, a young man of seventeen or eighteen suddenly broke into the handsome tent and whispered, and saw that the young man was tall and looked a little similar to Yelu Chongyuan.

In fact, this young man was Yelu Cailiang, the second son of Yelu Chongyuan, but Yelu Cailiang was not born by a concubine. He was not valued by Yelu Chongyuan before, and he did not even regard the other party as his son. However, since the death of the eldest son Yelu Nelugu, there was no one around Yelu Chongyuan. It happened that Yelu Cailiang showed good talents at this time, which made Yelu Chongyuan's eyes lit up, so he began to slowly cultivate the second son.

Seeing Yelu Cailiang coming in, Yelu Chongyuan sighed and said, "You know the situation we are facing now. As long as Yelu Jun recovers, we will be completely wiped out immediately. I originally regarded Xixia as our allies. After all, our sphere of influence was close to Xixia, but I didn't expect that Xixia would be destroyed by the Song Dynasty, and Li Liangzuo became a betrayal dog. If we help him at this time, we would have gained the favor of Li Liangzuo. However, Li Liangzuo's capital was occupied by the Song army. Even if he had firmly established himself in the Yan Army Division of Heishui Town, he would probably not have much strength. Such an allies really don't have much effect on us!"

When he said this, Yelu Chongyuan patted the letter in his hand, and then Yelu Cailiang, who smiled bitterly, said again: "Now the Song army sent envoys to send letters, willing to form an alliance with us, but the condition was to let us catch Li Liangzuo. However, I have never had any good feelings for the Song people and did not trust them very much. At this time, they sent people to say that they would form an alliance with us. This fact makes the father undecided!"

After hearing this long passage of Yelu Chongyuan, a trace of undetectable contempt flashed in Yelu Cailiang's eyes, but there was no expression on his face. Instead, he smiled and said, "Father, I know that you don't trust the Song people. However, this time the Song army's strength increased greatly and Xixia was destroyed in one battle. It is no exaggeration to say that the strength of the Song Dynasty has now surpassed Yelu Jun, so for us, the Song Dynasty is the most ideal ally, and only with their support can we return to Shangjing and regain the throne!"

"I know all of what you said. But in the past, my father targeted the Song Dynasty everywhere, and even ordered the Liao army to go south to loot many times. The Song people had long hated me. Now they want to use my hand to capture or kill Li Liangzuo, so they used alliances as a exchange. I was worried that when I took action against Li Liangzuo, the Song Dynasty would go back on its word. If I attacked us again, wouldn't that be extremely bad?" Yelu Chongyuan said a little irritated at this time. A Liao Kingdom had already given him a headache. If he added another Song Dynasty, he would have no way to survive.

"Hehe, father, why are you confused? I am more than 80% sure that Dasong really plans to form an alliance with us this time!" Yelu Cailiang retorted with a smile when he heard his father's words.

"Oh, why is this?" Yelu Chongyuan couldn't help but look at his son in surprise when he heard this. He knew that although Yelu Cailiang was young and did not receive his attention before, he was actually a person with great talent and vision, even better than his eldest son Yelu Nelugu, so Yelu Chongyuan also attached great importance to his opinions.

"Actually, this reason is not complicated. Father, you will understand it if you think about it seriously." Yelu Cailiang paused at this point, and then said with a faint smile, "No one could do anything to the three kingdoms of Song, Liao and Xia, but now Xixia was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, so the situation of the three kingdoms was broken. In addition, father, you should also know that the Song Dynasty used to be rich but not strong, and the army was the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. But now the benefits of firearms have greatly increased the combat power of the army. In this way, do you think the Song Dynasty would live in peace with the Liao Kingdom?"

Yelu Chongyuan immediately woke up when he heard the above analysis of his son. He took a long breath and said in shock: "Cailiang, what do you mean is that the Song Dynasty will attack the Liao Kingdom?"

"Yes, the Song Dynasty has always regarded itself as the orthodox Han people. It wants to recover the land of Yanyun. It was bullied by our Great Liao in the past. Now that the strength has increased greatly, I will definitely not be willing to do so. So I dare to conclude that there must be a battle between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. However, now the Great Song Dynasty has just destroyed the Western Xia, which consumes a lot and has to digest the territory of the Western Xia. Therefore, it is probably not going to use troops to the Liao Kingdom within a few years, and Yelu Jun has also recovered his strength. Therefore, in recent years, there will be no war between the two, but some small moves will definitely not stop. For example, if the Song Dynasty supports us, it will definitely make Yelu Jun unable to sleep or eat!" Yelu Cailiang said at the end, his face also showed an excited expression.

However, Yelu Chongyuan frowned again when he heard this. After a moment, he spoke: "Cailiang, you also said that there must be a battle between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. Even if the Song Dynasty will support us because of this, if the Liao Kingdom is defeated in the future, it will no longer be able to pose a threat to the Song Dynasty, and even be directly destroyed like Xixia, will we lose value at that time? Maybe the Song Dynasty will destroy us as well."

"Father, we will not be willing to be the lackeys of the Song Dynasty. We just use each other to use the support of the Song Dynasty to restore some strength and make other plans. If it is really impossible, we can go west again. As long as we have the strength in our hands, we can always find a place to stay, which is better than staying here and being destroyed by others." Yelu Cailiang finally told his plans at this time.

In fact, with Yelu Chongyuan's previous talent, he should have thought of this a long time ago. However, in recent years, he suffered severe injuries. Not only did he look very old, his mind also became a little confused. Not only did he react slowly, but he was also a little hesitant in doing things. This also made Yelu Cailiang look down on his father very much. Speaking of which, he was not valued since he was a child, and his status at home was only a little higher than that of a slave. This also made him not have any father-son affection for Yelu Chongyuan, but he was even a little resentful, but he didn't show it in normal times.

"So that's it, you have good plans!" Yelu Chongyuan couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. No matter when, the most useful thing was to have strength in his hands, and this was also his most profound understanding during this period.

"Father, the envoy Song is outside. Why don't you meet him now and then decide on this matter. Only when we can catch or kill Li Liangzuo, then this alliance will be decided!" Yelu Cailiang advised again at this time.

Hearing his son's persuasion, Yelu Chongyuan was also very moved for a moment, but at this time his old habit of hesitation broke again. He was still a little confused for a while and began to move in the commander's tent. However, this time he did not hesitate for too long, and soon he said: "Okay, go and summon the envoy Song, and for the father, you should discuss the conditions for the alliance with him in person!"

"Son obey the order!" Seeing that Yelu Chongyuan finally made a decision, Yelu Cailiang also agreed loudly with joy. Although he was a little resentful to Yelu Chongyuan, the interests of the father and son are now consistent. The benefits of forming an alliance with the Song Dynasty are far greater than that of assisting Li Liangzuo, so he also supported this matter very much.
Chapter completed!