The two envoys brought good news. As early as the beginning of the Western Expedition, Abaoji sent messengers to Japan and Silla to inquire about the truth and reality, in order to prepare for the eastern expedition of Bohai. This time, when Japan and Silla heard that Abaoji had a triumphant victory in the west, they were shocked and sent envoys to meet Abaoji, expressing their willingness to friendship with the Khitan for a long time. Not only that, Silla also clearly stated that it was willing to send troops to assist the Khitan in the attack on the Bohai Kingdom.

This made A Baoji very happy, but on the other hand, he was worried that Li Cunxu would intervene. At this moment, A Baoji received the news that Li Cunxu was angry because the Wu Kingdom and Western Shu were reluctant to surrender and sent a large army to attack Western Shu. In other words, Li Cunxu now has no time or ability to deal with the Khitan, let alone rescue the Bohai Kingdom.

A Baoji was ecstatic, and God helped me! He immediately convened leaders of various ministries and ministers of civil and military affairs to convene a military meeting to discuss the specific matters of the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Kingdom.

However, the military meeting was not as smooth as A Baoji imagined. Everyone was right and the mother said it was right. Every word of the mother said it was right and the mother said it was right. If you say it, the opinions would not be unified.

Some of them support Abaoji's decision very much, saying that Li Cunxu was busy dealing with Western Shu and could not take care of the north, so now is the best time to attack Bohai Kingdom. You should know that "the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will not come again", you should seize the opportunity and immediately conquer the Bohai Kingdom.

Some people objected unconditionally. They dug out the history of the past few hundred years, compared the Khitan with the Bohai Kingdom, and finally came to a conclusion: in terms of economic and military strength, the Khitan is far inferior to the Bohai Kingdom. With the current strength of the Khitan, what should I do to compete with the Bohai Kingdom? Let’s wait for another ten or twenty years.

Some of them remained neutral. They did not oppose the attack on the Bohai Kingdom, but they did not support the attack immediately. These people believed that the Khitan had just ended the Western Expedition and were exhausted. They should rest for a while first, and wait until the troops were strong and then attack the Bohai Kingdom.

These people insisted that they were the most correct, and no one was willing to give in and argue endlessly. A Baoji was depressed. He called everyone to a meeting, not to listen to their debate. At first, he imagined that after he finished his proposal to attack Bohai Kingdom, everyone would cheer for his great proposal, and then pass it unanimously, and celebrate him in advance, but he did not expect that no one understood his conscience. What should I do?

War emphasizes the right time, place, and people. Now the right time and place are ready. Unexpectedly, people not only fail to get along, but are in a mess. In desperation, A Baoji had to announce the meeting with a lot of depression, so that everyone can go back and calm down and discuss this issue carefully.

On this day, A Baoji took people to Ligu (that is today's Liao Zuozu Tomb in the north of Shifangzi Village, Balin Zuoqi, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia) to hunt, hoping to take the opportunity to relax and see if you could have a flash of inspiration and come up with a good idea to convince everyone. Unexpectedly, he was very lucky. After hunting a lot of prey, he happily carried the prey back to the tent with the guards.

Suddenly, A Baoji found a monster more than ten feet long lying on the tent, looming. The guards soon discovered that they had never seen such a monster before, and they were so scared that they were scattered. A Baoji whispered to the guards not to make a fuss, turned around and quickly took out the arrow, bent his bow and raised the arrow. With just a few "swoosh, swoosh", the monster twisted a few times and fell in front of the tent.

A Baoji pointed to the monster on the ground and said, "This is a dragon." For a moment, the incident of A Baoji shooting dragons in Ligu spread, and everyone said that this was a good omen.

A Baoji took the opportunity to hold a military conference again and said that he wanted to go east to expedition to Bohai Kingdom. Before he could make up his mind, he did not expect that Long appeared in front of him. He easily killed Long. What does this mean? It means that Yelu A Baoji's expedition to Bohai Kingdom this time will definitely be a great victory.

The Khitans have always believed in shamanism and the existence of gods. Now, when Abaoji says everything, everyone thinks that Li Gu shooting dragons is a good omen, so they all agree with the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Kingdom.

Abaoji was very happy and full of energy. He immediately mobilized elite troops from all over the country and recruited elite soldiers and generals from the tribes such as Uighurs, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Wugu, Dili, Zubu, Shiwei, Xi, etc. On the safe side, he organized another Han army and sent an envoy to give gifts to Li Cunxu, making him mistakenly think that he was enjoying a peaceful life, which was enough preparations.

Then, Abaoji led the army with his queen Shuluping, Prince Yelu Bei and second son Yelu Deguang to Bohai Kingdom day and night. Before Bohai Kingdom could detect the Khitan trends, he quickly surrounded the Bohai Kingdom Fuyu Prefecture with lightning speed.

It happened to be New Year's Eve. The city guards and soldiers in Fuyu Mansion were happily celebrating New Year's Eve at home. No one expected that the Khitan army would attack the city at this time. After receiving the news, they ran up the city tower to see if someone was joking. As a result, they didn't know if they didn't see it. When they saw it, they were shocked. The dark outside the city gate was full of Khitan soldiers, the cold wind was howling and the flags were flying, which scared the city guards and soldiers.

In fact, Fuyu Prefecture is the closest place in the Bohai Kingdom to the Khitan, and the city guarding troops here are also the first-class elite troops. However, the Bohai Kingdom has been doing well for too long. From the people to the king, from the small soldiers to the generals, I have long forgotten that there is still war in the world. Not to mention being prepared for danger in times of peace, I am ready to fight at any time, and even the fighting spirit is gone.

Now, A Baoji led the most elite army on the grassland, like a wolf or a tiger, attacking fiercely. The defenders of Fuyu City were panicked and had no power to resist. As a result, the Khitan army broke through the city gate without any suspense and occupied Fuyu City.

Afterwards, Abaoji followed the advice of Prince Yelu Bei, gave up the idea of ​​collecting grain taxes, and led the army to take Hukhan City, the capital of Bohai Kingdom.

When Fuyu City was surrounded, the king of Bohai Kingdom was in Huhan City with his ministers and concubines to celebrate the Spring Festival. When he learned that the Khitan had attacked Fuyu Mansion, the incompetent emperor changed his usual monarchy and immediately summoned the ministers to meet and discuss countermeasures. He organized 30,000 troops to lead the old prince to rescue Fuyu Mansion.

At that time, Abaoji also sent 10,000 troops as vanguard troops to attack Hukhan City. The two armies met on the narrow road halfway, so naturally no one liked each other. They wanted to tear each other out of their bodies, immediately set up a battle. As a result, the Bohai soldiers were defeated and fled in panic. Of course, the Khitan vanguard troops refused to give up, and immediately rested and advanced quickly, and soon arrived at Hukhan City.

The King of Bohai was anxiously waiting for good news from the front line, but before the good news was received, the Khitan army was at the city, and he was so scared that he was scattered and had no master.

Seeing that Huhan City was immediately in the pocket of the Khitan, the King of Bohai calmed down. He didn't want to die yet. He wanted to survive, but what should he do if he wanted to survive? Now there is only one way that can give him hope of survival - to surrender voluntarily. So, on the third day of the siege, the King of Bohai sent someone to tell Abaoji: He wants to surrender.

Abao Jien approved his request, and the King of Bohai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. On the fifth day, he wore white clothes, held white flags, led Aries, and led more than 300 officials to surrender.

This made Abaoji very satisfied. He really didn't expect that the Eastern Expedition would come to an end successfully. Now he just needs to fully demonstrate his demeanor of a great power and emperor. So he happily received the King of Bohai and his ministers, and said that the Bohai royal family could continue to live in the city in the future. He also ordered that Khitan troops were not allowed to enter the city to disturb the people, and he could not use the masses one by one. He only sent thirteen soldiers to the city to count the treasury and collect weapons.

As a result, the palace guards in the city stopped doing it. They did not agree to open the city and surrender, and they were even more unwilling to be prisoners of the Khitans. Now they saw the Khitans entering the city with great power, and their complacent expression was beyond words. The more they thought about it, the more they felt unhappy. So they plotted privately, and without knowing that they killed the thirteen Khitan soldiers who entered the city, closed the city gate, and formally declared war on the Khitan army outside the city.

The King of Bohai was depressed that he had become the king of the country to destroy. When he heard that the palace guards' personal soldiers had rebelled and were excited, he suddenly turned worries into joy. He thought that Abaoji had besieged Youzhou for two hundred days before, but finally returned without success. He immediately had hope and immediately became energetic and decided to be a wise lord, and took the palace guards' personal soldiers to the end, relying on the solid walls of Hukhan City to fight against the Khitan to the end.

Now A Baoji was really angry and wanted to siege Hukhan City directly, so he immediately ordered the army to attack the city at all costs.

The defenders of Hukhan City are very different from Youzhou. Not long after, Hukhan City was taken down by the Khitan army again. When the King of Bohai discovered the truth, the Khitan army had already attacked the city. Listening to the sound of fighting that was getting closer and closer outside, he was so scared that he was completely desperate. He raised the white flag again to express his surrender.

Seeing that he took down Huhan City so quickly, A Baoji was in a good mood and pardoned the King of Bohai and his ministers with kindness, but he could not forgive the King of Bohai for his fickleness. In order to breathe, he insulted the King of Bohai and the Princess and changed their names to the names of his two mounts.

(After conquering the Bohai Kingdom, the entire northeastern region was included in the Khitan territory. The territory of the Khitan Empire covered the entire territory north of the Great Wall, to the west of Jinshan (that is today's Altai Mountain), to the north of the Selenge River Basin, to the south of the Great Wall, to the southeast of the Korean Peninsula, to the East China Sea, to the northeast of the Outer Xing'an Mountains and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

This territory was the northern border of the Qing Dynasty later, and China's territory was determined based on the Qing Dynasty's territory. Therefore, it can be said that the outlines of the northern and northeastern territory of China's territory were developed by the Khitan Empire!)

After the victory of the Bohai Kingdom in the Eastern Expedition, Yelu Abaoji's lifelong wish came to an end. As soon as he relaxed, his health also relaxed. On the way back to the court, when he reached Fuyu, he suddenly fell ill and had no time to explain his funeral.

Now I'm in trouble. A Baoji didn't leave a will. Who should inherit the throne? Look at me, I look at you, no one dares to say anything.

Logically speaking, A Baoji once made his eldest son Yelu Bei the crown prince and appointed him as the emperor and king during his lifetime. This was a clear statement that Yelu Bei wanted to inherit the throne. However, for the Khitans who had not yet perfect feudal system ideas, their deep-rooted idea of ​​the "sage" of the world was still ready to move, so few people believed in the title of "Crown Prince", and the situation suddenly fell into a deadlock.

At this time, a woman stood up resolutely. She first praised Abaoji's noble qualities and great achievements with respect, and then expressed her deep remembrance of Abaoji. Finally, she said that the young prince would inevitably lead to doubts in the country, so she temporarily held the imperial power to the court. In the surprised and shocked eyes of everyone, she took over the power of the government without changing her face and became the "emperor's agent" with peace of mind.

This woman is nothing else, she is Abaoji's wife, Shuluping, the queen of the Khitan Empire.

Shuluping's father was a Uighur, and his mother was A Baoji's aunt. According to clan tradition, the Yelu family and the Shulu family were two tribes that intermarried, and both parties should find marriage partners in each other's tribes. Therefore, when Shuluping was fourteen years old, he married his cousin Yelu A Baoji, who was six years older than him, according to tradition.

Shuluping is not as gentle and weak as the daughter of the Han nationality. On the contrary, she is a ruthless character. She is not only sharp in vision, sharp in means, but also skilled in riding and shooting, rich in experience, and has outstanding political and military talents. She is an indispensable right-hand man in the founding of Yelu Abaoji. In addition, the Khitan did not restrict women from participating in politics like the Central Plains dynasty, so her abilities and strength were fully demonstrated, and she was a god-like existence in the eyes of the Khitans who were comparable to Yelu Abaoji.

She and Abaoji had three sons and one daughter. The eldest son was the crown prince Yelu Bei, the second son was Yelu Deguang, the Grand Marshal of the World Military and Horses, and the youngest son was Li Hu.

Among these three sons, her favorite is her second son Yelu Deguang. Although Yelu Deguang is a little inferior in literary talent, she is as skilled in riding and shooting, has outstanding martial arts, and has a strong military mind. This is the most perfect image of the grassland emperor in her mind. Of course, more importantly, Yelu Deguang's wife is the child born to her daughter Zhigu and her younger brother Shilu, which is her granddaughter and niece Xiao Wen. Therefore, Yelu Deguang's inheritance of the throne will be the greatest protection for the Xiao family.

The eldest son Yelu Bei is a thoroughly zealous Chinese culture. He admires Confucius and Confucianism and does not like fighting and killing. He keeps talking about Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Once, Abaoji and Yelu Bei discussed whether Chinese traditional culture was Buddhism or Confucianism. Yelu Bei answered "Confucianism" without thinking. Under his influence, after Abaoji ascended the throne, he also established a Confucius Temple in the Khitan and often asked Yelu Bei to preside over the Confucius worship ceremony. Compared with riding horses and archery, Yelu Bei loved to read a lot of books, study yin and yang, medicine, music, painting, etc., and was completely a Confucian scholar who was well-versed in classics and history.

This made Shuluping very disgusted. Therefore, although she knew that her husband wanted a generous and kind emperor with Confucian style to guide future generations, she still could not control her inner dissatisfaction and silently gave her eldest son a bad review in her heart.

As for the youngest son Yelu Lihu, he was only sixteen years old at that time, and he was really too young. In addition, he was mediocre and cruel, so he was not a good idea to be an emperor at all, so he was naturally excluded from the candidate for the throne.

Shuluping is a smart person. She knew that even if she supported her second son Yelu Deguang 100% of all, she could not stop those devout followers of Abaoji and Han culture from supporting Yelu Bei, the heir chosen by Abaoji. Moreover, even if it is ruled according to the "Sages" that these two sons have their own merits, it is probably difficult to distinguish between the two sons. So what should I do?

Shuluping decided to take the initiative first and began to spare no effort to eradicate the ministers she thought might affect her decision to succeed the throne.

On this day, Shuluping summoned the ministers who had silently questioned her in her heart, and then asked, "Do you miss the late emperor?"

These ministers are all loyal followers of Abaoji. The loyalty to Abaoji is visible to the sun and the moon. Moreover, Abaoji is as kind as a mountain to them, how could they not miss them? Now that Shu Luping's question is difficult to suppress, these people's excitement, so they involuntarily expressed their urgent longing for the late emperor to Shu Luping.

After hearing this, Shuluping didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he said, "Since you miss the late emperor so much, go and see him." Then he ordered all these ministers to be sent to the ancestral tomb and buried with him.

Killed a potential opponent, and there were thousands of potential opponents. Shuluping knew that those who were loyal to Abaoji were likely to be convinced by her on the surface, secretly conspired to seize power and support Yelube in succession to the throne. Therefore, once she felt that someone was suspicious, she would casually find something and let that person "pass the message to the late emperor for her" and kill him in front of Abaoji's tablet.

On this day, the Han official Zhao Siwen offended Shu Luping somewhere, and Shu Luping also asked him to serve the late emperor in the same way.
Chapter completed!