Chapter 1065: Mother and son fight, even the closest relatives can be killed
Fifty thousand cavalrymen, all of them are Yi Nu troops.

The energy and blood power of every Yi Nu army soldier is equivalent to that of a general from an ordinary aristocratic family!

With such strength, let alone the Khitan Iron Cavalry, even the most famous Black Armor Army and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in history would be defeated!
What's more, Su Mingzhe also taught the military formation.

Relying on the military formation, on the grassland, ten thousand righteous slave soldiers could confront fifty thousand grassland warriors.

In a blink of an eye, three months passed.

It is now the end of June.

Su Mingzhe looked at another destroyed grassland tribe in front of him, and gazed into the distance with a calm look.

In March, we set out for the northern desert and headed eastward.

By now, the army has wiped out more than a dozen large tribes of tens of thousands of people on the grassland, as well as countless small tribes.

If we continue to move forward, we will almost reach Shangjing, the core area of ​​Khitan.

Duan Cunyi, the general of the rear army who was in charge of cleaning up the battlefield, came on horseback to report:
"Your Majesty! The battlefield has been cleared. We have captured more than 5,000 women and children and more than 80,000 livestock..."

"Send it back to the interior as usual!"

Su Mingzhe doesn’t care about the life or death of these grassland tribes at all, unless... there are stunning beauties in the tribe who can attract his attention.

Soon, Li Yuanjie from the Sentinel Battalion came to report:

"Your Majesty, the Khitan tribe 200 miles to the north has learned of our arrival and is fleeing eastward in panic!"

"The army will rest for the night and pursue again tomorrow morning!"

When Su Mingzhe went on the expedition, he was accompanied by a total of 50,000 troops. He had to constantly divide his forces to attack, and he had to send people to deliver the spoils back to the interior, as well as casualties, resulting in only more than 13,000 people left by his side.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the Khitan capital Shangjing, Su Mingzhe no longer wanted to divide his troops.

……

As more and more Khitan tribes were eliminated.

The Khitan Nabo has returned to Shangjing Linhuang Prefecture.

Nabo was where the Khitan Khan's camp was located.

The current Khitan Khan, Yelu Deguang, was sitting in the Golden Palace of the Linhuangfu Imperial Palace, looking at the ministers with lifeless eyes.

As usual, Empress Dowager Shulü Ping presided over state affairs.

I saw her face was full of anger, her eyes were majestic without anger, she was domineering, and she said in a calm tone:

"Everyone, the latest news is that the Baidadan and Chazhashi tribes were also defeated by the Han army."

"Now, the Han people are coming aggressively. Have you assembled your armies?"

General Yelu Pode immediately stood up and reported:

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the Pishi Army has assembled!"

Shulü Ping nodded with satisfaction.

The Pi Shi Army was the guard of the Khitan Khan. They were always loyal and never compromised on the orders of the Queen Mother and the Khan.

However, the Pi Shi army was a little small in number, with only more than 30,000 men, and was definitely no match for the powerful Han army.

At this time, another general stood up and reported:

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the Shushan Army has been assembled!"

The Shushan Army, with a total of more than 20,000 people, was the guards recruited by Shulü Ping after the death of Yelü Abaoji.

These Shushan troops were Shulü Ping's private soldiers. Now that the situation was dangerous, they were also "contributed" by Shulü Ping.

Shulü Ping looked at the other tribal chiefs and asked in a calm tone:
"Everyone, it has been a month since the Khan issued the order. Haven't you brought the Khitan warriors from your tribe here yet?"

More than a dozen tribal chiefs looked around and then reported their assembly situation.

Although Yelu Abaoji unified the Khitan on the surface, the military power was still in the hands of the tribal chiefs. These tribal chiefs were unwilling to use all their troops to protect a queen mother who bullied and oppressed them.

Therefore, these dozen tribal chiefs each scrimped and saved, and finally they gathered a total of 120,000 Khitan warriors.

On average, each tribe couldn’t even muster 10,000 warriors.

One of the tribal chiefs also gave his reasons:
"Queen Mother, at the beginning of the year, you ordered all tribes to send troops to aid Liang State. At that time, our tribe had already sent out 5,000 soldiers and horses. Now sending out another 8,000 is already the limit. Otherwise, we will not be able to suppress the Jurchens below."

Shulü Ping was naturally very unhappy with the tribal chiefs' self-protective actions.

When Yelu Abaoji was still alive, the Khitan Kingdom had a million brave warriors.

After deducting the 100,000 troops sent to reinforce the State of Liang, deducting one-third of the tribes defeated by the Han army, and deducting the tens of thousands of Bohai navy troops under the command of the former crown prince Yelu Bei, there should be at least 400,000 to 500,000 troops.

As a result, we can only gather 170,000 people now, and it is obvious that these tribes are hiding their resources.

"Mother, that should be enough!"

Yelu Deguang, who had been acting as a background wall, saw that his mother was still forcing the tribal chiefs to send out people, and felt that the time had come for him to win over the people, so he spoke:

"I heard that the total number of Han troops is only 50,000. We have already assembled 170,000 Khitan warriors, which should be enough to deal with them!"

After hearing what her son said, Shulü Ping immediately refuted:
"Each of the Han warriors is capable of fighting five to one. We only have 170,000 men. How can we be a match for the Han army? In my opinion, if we want to win against the Han army, we need at least 350,000 to 400,000 Khitan warriors!"

"Mother, you are only helping others to become more ambitious and destroying your own prestige!"

Yelu Deguang is now twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, but the power in the court has always been firmly controlled by his mother.

As time passed, most of his original gratitude towards his mother had dissipated, and all that remained was his desire for power.

Therefore, when Shulü Ping was trying hard to pressure the tribal chiefs, Yelu Deguang tried hard to safeguard the interests of these tribal chiefs in order to win over the hearts of the people.

In front of everyone, the mother and son quarreled.

Seeing the mother and son turning against each other, the tribal chiefs quickly expressed their agreement with Yelu Deguang's words for their own interests.

Although Shulü Ping controlled the Khitan government, she did not have the power to refute everyone.

In desperation, they finally decided on the strategy of 170,000 Khitan warriors against 50,000 Han troops.

The discussion is over.

When Shulü Ping returned to the harem, her face immediately became gloomy.

At this moment, murderous intent had already risen in her heart.

Shulü Ping and Yelü Abaoji had three sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Yelu Bei, is now the King of Dongdan and occupies the territory of the former Bohai Kingdom.

The second son, Yelu Deguang, is now the Khitan Khan.

The third son, Yelu Lihu, was not yet an adult.

The oldest daughter, Yelu Zhigu, married her uncle Xiao Shilu and gave birth to a daughter, Xiao Wen.

(Yelü Zhigu is also known as Princess Aogu in the movie "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Seeking the Dragon".)
After Yelu Abaoji died, Yelu Deguang married Xiao Wen, who was only twelve years old and was both his niece and cousin, in order to win his mother's consent to become Khan.

Now, for the sake of power, Yelu Deguang began to turn against his mother, Shulü Ping.

Shulü Ping was able to tamper with her husband Yelü Abaoji's will and bring her eldest son Yelü Bei to ruin. Now she can continue to deal with her second son Yelü Deguang for the sake of power.

After all, the Empress Wu, whom Shulü Ping admired the most, once said:
"If you want to achieve great things, you can even kill your closest relatives!"

It is easy to kill Yelu Deguang, but the problem is how to push the third son Yelu Lihu to the position of Khan.

After all, the original crown prince, Yelu Bei, is still alive!
"After we defeat the Han army, we will find an opportunity to kill these two unfilial sons!"

Shulü Ping's desire for power turned into a raging flame, constantly burning her already limited family affection.

(End of this chapter)