The next morning.
Liuli was startled awake by a loud noise. She opened her eyes groggily, stretched lazily, and said unhappily, "Ugh, what was that sound..."
"Meow." Ahua responded vaguely, rolled over, curled up, and went back to sleep.
Liuli closed her eyes, wanting to sleep some more, but the noise coming from outside the tent was too loud. After a while, she got up angrily, put on her shoes, straightened her clothes a little, and stormed out of the simple tent with only a small bed.
The tent where Liuli and Ahua were resting was located on the northernmost edge of the entire Northern Rong camp. Upon exiting, the first thing they saw was a large open space. At that moment, squads of soldiers were practicing in neat formations on this open space. Their movements were precise and solemn, and their shouts resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
"Awake?" A deep male voice came from the side. Liuli turned her gaze away from the rows of soldiers and saw Li Molin and Yu Ke walking slowly towards her.
Liuli nodded, then said unhappily, "With such loud noise, who can sleep?"
Li Molin shook his head and smiled, saying calmly, "This is a battlefield. Do you still want to sleep peacefully? Let's go find Yelü Yan."
"Oh." Liuli turned around and lifted the curtain to take a look. She saw that Ahua was still sleeping soundly in bed. She pouted with jealousy, put down the curtain, and followed behind Li Molin and Yu Ke.
Li Molin led Liuli and Yu Ke to the outside of the central military tent. After the guards announced their arrival, they entered the tent.
At that time, Yelü Yan was still sitting in the chair behind the low table. As soon as he saw Li Molin and the others come in, he quickly got up to greet them and said warmly, "Gentlemen, you have arrived. Please sit down, please sit down."
Liuli pouted and said unhappily, "I'm not some young master."
Upon hearing the voice, Yelü Yan looked at Liuli and was initially stunned by her beauty. He quickly recovered and smiled, "Yes..."
Besides Yelü Yan's low table, there were several other chairs in the tent, and Li Molin sat down in the first chair at the lower end.
Yu Ke and Liu Li took their seats one after another. Yelü Yan then walked back to the low table and sat down. He leaned forward and asked humbly, "I wonder if Young Master Yu has any good strategies for breaking through the barrier?"
Yu Ke glanced at Li Molin, then remained silent.
Seeing this, Yelü Yan also turned his gaze to Li Molin.
Li Molin smiled faintly and asked, "I wonder what King Yelü has thought of my conditions from yesterday?"
Yelü Yan had been thinking about what Li Molin said last night. His eyes were now dark and puffy, probably because he hadn't slept all night and was preoccupied with his thoughts.
Even after thinking about it all night, his face still darkened and looked extremely ugly when he heard Li Molin say it.
Everyone knows that "whoever possesses the Imperial Seal of the State possesses the world." Throughout the long history, although the Imperial Seal of the State has disappeared briefly, it has always reappeared, and those who possess it have ultimately ascended to the highest throne. If Yelü Yan were to truly have the opportunity to conquer Yingyang City and become emperor, without the Imperial Seal of the State, he still would not be able to win the hearts of the people, nor would he be able to secure his throne.
However, if he didn't agree to their conditions, he had no good way to get through the current predicament.
For now, we can only take it one step at a time...
After a long silence, Yelü Yan nodded with difficulty and said, "If you all can truly help me conquer Yingyang City, I will present the Imperial Seal of the State to you!"
"Good!" Li Molin nodded in satisfaction. He turned to Yu Ke and said, "Yu Ke, you speak."
“Yes.” Yu Ke nodded and looked at Yelü Yan. He said confidently, “To be honest, Your Majesty Yelü, I have been serving as a guard by Emperor Rui’s side for the past few months, so I have been able to get a general idea of Emperor Rui’s temperament.”
"Emperor Rui is inherently greedy and cruel, and is also suspicious and stubborn."
"The current situation is that the commander-in-chief of Huyue Pass refuses to fight, but the soldiers on the pass are actually not strong in combat and are few in number. They are only able to stop Yelü Wang's advance because of the easy defense and difficult attack of Huyue Pass."
"The only solution now is to transfer Commander Liang Yimo away and replace him with a reckless and warlike commander. Then we only need to find a way to lure them out of the pass, and King Yelü will be able to defeat them."
Yelü Yan agreed wholeheartedly and nodded, saying, "I know this, but I don't know how to get the general to be replaced at Huyue Pass?"
Yu Ke turned to look at Li Molin, and after seeing Li Molin nod, he lowered his voice and said, "First of all, I would like to ask Prince Yelü to send someone to secretly deliver gifts to several favored ministers in the court to bribe them. I can provide Prince Yelü with a list later."
Yelü Yan listened attentively and nodded, saying, "Okay."
Yu Ke paused for a moment, then continued, "Then King Yelü spread rumors throughout the Central Plains, especially in Yingyang City, claiming that Liang Yimo's refusal to fight was due to incompetence and cowardice."
Yelü Yan nodded and replied, "Alright."
Yu Ke pondered for a moment and said, "After hearing the rumors, Emperor Rui will surely become suspicious. Then, when the ministers who have been bribed by Yelü Wang attend court, they should say more bad things about Liang Yimo. They can even say that the reason why the rebels in the Central Plains can move freely is because Liang Yimo refuses to fight. It is because Liang Yimo is afraid to fight that the garrison troops in other places have no fighting spirit and low morale."
Yelü Yan pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, "Alright, what's next?"
Yu Ke smiled and said, "Once Emperor Rui becomes suspicious, he will definitely order Liang Yimo to come out of the pass to fight. However, after Liang Yimo comes out of the pass, Yelü Wang should not fight him for the time being. He should frame him with words. It is already agreed with Yelü Wang that as soon as the time comes, Liang Yimo will open the gates and surrender to the Northern Rong. Now it is just for show."
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