Chapter Eleven Waiting for your good news
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Yelu Mage saw the fires soaring into the sky in Xuande City. The sound of killing was shocking. He thought that the Jin army had attacked the city overnight. He hurriedly ordered the troops to assemble immediately.
His order had just been issued. Wanyan Loushi commanded the Jin army to come over.
Yelu Mage calmly fought and commanded the collapsed ridge and the palace tent army to fight hard. At the same time, he sent someone to sue Li Hu. The Jin army suddenly launched a night battle. The main goal was Xuande City. Li Hu asked Li Hu to assemble the army immediately and launch an attack on Liubugou. He thought it was aid.
At this moment, the Southwest Army came from Yelu Mage's side and gave Yelu Mage a fatal blow.
Yelu Dezhong was the first to be hit. The army was cut off by the Southwest Army in half. In the chaos, he was shot by a scattered arrow and fell to the ground. Although his entourage tried hard to rescue him, he was still dead. The palace tent troops who had lost their command trampled on each other and fled to the mountains and fields.
Yelu Mage's flank suddenly collapsed. He had no idea what was going on. He only saw the Jin army killing overwhelmed. Seeing his soldiers running wildly in the dark. He had no power to turn around and escape with a group of sergeants. However, he was still awake and knew to run towards Daihai.
Although the night is conducive to the attack of the Jin army, it is also conducive to the escape of the Liao army. When it dawn, these fugitives will come to the Daihai one after another. Because along the Daihai, they can cross mountains and ridges to return to the clouds and return to the place where the emperor and the palace tent are located.
Wanyan Olu and Yelu Yukyu launched an attack on the rebel army at the same time. But they mainly restrained the attacks to prevent the rebel army from supporting the Liao army.
During the fierce battle, Li Hu received a letter from Yelu Mage. He immediately had a premonition that something had happened. Only a moment later, the rebel scout rushed over. "The Liao army was defeated. The Liao army fled."
Li Hu was shocked and couldn't help but fight two cold wars in a row.
"Take. Queue quickly. Retreat to Sandao River overnight."
The Liao army was defeated. Xuande City could not be saved. The Jin army could kill Sandaohe directly from the direction of Tuopan. If the retreat was too late, the rebel army would be surrounded.
Gao Baolong led the Bohai Army to withdraw from the battlefield first and speeded up Sandaohe at the fastest speed. Immediately afterwards, the First Hulie Army also began to withdraw.
The horn of the rebels' retreat resounded through the night sky.
Yelu Yuji ordered the attack to stop and allow the rebels to retreat. At this time, he continued to fight. Although he could kill the enemy, he still fought. The hunters could not be sought. Since this is the case, it would be better not to fight.
The rebel army evacuated Xingchengyuan as a tide and rushed towards Sandao River.
Wanyan Olu ordered a pursuit. Yelu Yuji refused. Li Hu was tricky. It was dark again. If he was in a hurry, the losses would be heavy. I had already suffered heavy losses. Do you still want me to pay for my old capital? If you want to chase, you go after me. I don’t go. Of course Wanyan Olu would not chase me. How could he take risks with the life of the Jurchens? Early in the morning of the 14th.
All the rebels retreated to Sandaohe.
Yelu Ma Ge had arrived long ago. He raised a big banner and gathered the deserters. He sent people to search around the mountains and fields, and found all the escaped soldiers as much as possible.
Why was this battle defeated? Yelu Ma Ge didn't know. However, he suspected that someone surrendered to the Jurchens and turned against each other in front of the battle. As a result, he suffered a great defeat.
Yelu Deguang and the foreign army arrived later. His army was also dispersed. However, he was closer to the rebel army. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he immediately led his army to Xingchengyuan. The third army of Hulien finally evacuated. Under their protection, the foreign army was able to be preserved and gathered many deserters along the way.
Xiao Daoning also came back. However, the Kaiyuan army was wiped out. There were very few people who fled back. From his mouth, Li Hu and Yelu Mage finally knew the reason for the defeat. The Southwest Army turned against each other. But he didn't know whether Yelu Foding surrendered to the Jurchens.
Li Hu lost his strength to get angry. Although he didn't expect the Khitans to win any battles, you can't turn against each other, right? Dezhou is lost. I can still retreat to Datong. But what should you Khitans do? The army was broken up and the escaped soldiers were frightened and anxious. Where did you get the morale? Such an army retreated to Yunnei. How to resist the Jin army? Now the Barbarians in the desert are rebelling. The enemy of Wugu may also take advantage of the situation. Even if you Khitans escape to the desert, they have no place to live. The general situation is hopeless. The Khitans are really finished. There is no hope.
Yelu Dezhong also came back. His entourages were very loyal to him. They fled to Sandaohe with his body on his back. Yelu Deguang and Yelu Dezhong were brothers. Seeing his brother's body, Yelu Deguang rushed forward and hugged his blood-stained brother and burst into tears. He was heartbreaking.
Yelu Mage knelt down with tears in his face. Why? Why did the Khitans kill the Khitans? Why?
In the morning, the rebel scouts finally found Yelu Debu. After he and his entourages escaped from Xuande City, they wanted to report to Yelu Mage. But the Jin army was too fast and wiped out the Kaiyuan army, which was so fast that they wiped out the Tuopan Kaiyuan army and dispersed Yelu Mage's army. The night was full of murderous Jin troops and desperate Liao soldiers. Yelu Debu and his entourages met a Jin army. Because it was too dark at night, everyone was only concerned about escaping. No one cared about anyone. He was cut by the Jin army. Fortunately, he was not cut off by the Jin army and saved his life.
Yelu Debu told the story of the loss of Xuande City. He was sure that Yelu Buddha Ding must have surrendered. From the process of this battle, it can be seen that if Yelu Buddha Ding did not cooperate with it, the Jin army would not have fought so easily. Everything had been planned and came from the river.
Li Hu was about to withdraw his troops. At night, he sent people to urgently sue Luo Qinghan in Datong and Mao's army on the front line of Yinmahe, Tieying. Dezhou has been lost. The flanks of the Yinmahe battlefield have lost protection. This line of defense cannot be defended. The rebel army must retreat to Zhenchuan Fort and Shahukou as soon as possible. If nothing unexpected happens, the battlefield of Yinmahe is fighting fiercely. The Jin army is going to attack fiercely. Wanyan Gao is going to take advantage of the defeat of the Liao and Han coalition forces in Dezhou and are in a low morale.
"What should you do? Should you follow me to return to Xijing or return to Yunnei from the small road?"
Li Hu hopes that Yelu Ma Ge will go to Xijing. After all, he still has more than 20,000 people. These more than 20,000 people will be in Yunnei. It is not enough to squeeze the gap between the Jurchens. But it will be different when he arrives in Xijing. It can give Li Hu a lot of help.
Yelu Mage said without hesitation: "I want to go back to the palace tent. I want to protect the emperor."
"Didn't you say that you should respect King Yan as the emperor?" Li Hu wanted to keep him.
"But tell me. Can you defend Xijing? Even if you keep it, how can you ensure the safety of Youyan?" Yelu Ma Ge looked sad and miserable. Although he did not know the news that Yelu Chun was seriously ill, he was in danger and could not support Yanjing. Yelu Chun wanted to defend Youyan under the attack of the Song and Jin armies, which was like a fool.
Li Hu couldn't answer. He had already defected to the Song Dynasty. He had also given up Yelu Chun. In his position, defending Datong was for the future career of kings and dominance. He could not defend Datong. When he was desperate, he could return to the Song Dynasty and had a chance to make a comeback. So he tried to keep Yelu Mage. The purpose was not to survive. Yelu Mage needed to survive and struggled for the survival of the Khitans.
Since Yelu Ma Ge must leave, Li Hu wanted to ask clearly. After you go back, how can you use to resist the Jin army? Is there any possibility of three families forming an alliance to fight against the Jurchens?
"We also have the Northwest Army. The emperor has the palace tent army. I have the 20,000 foreign troops in my hands." Yelu Mage said. "The rebellion of the Bubu people is not large this time. The Northwest Army will definitely be able to pacify. After the desert stabilizes, we can also recruit the Bubu people, the Wugu people and the enemy steeders head south to fight."
"If I don't go back, the emperor will be very dangerous. Without this emperor, there will be no Daliao. How can we stabilize the desert? Without this emperor, without the desert to support it, why should we ask the people of Daxia for help? Without this emperor, how can we form an alliance with the people of Daxia, and you?"
When Li Hu heard this, a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his heart. It was too difficult to expect the Song people to send troops. He didn't know that it would take until the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Under the current circumstances, the only way to save Xijing was to form an alliance to fight against the Jurchens. He originally hoped to severely damage the Jin army and drive the Jin army out of Dezhou, thus forcing the Jin army to change the direction of attack, advance westward to attack Yunnei, threaten Daxia, and then forced the Khitan emperor to come forward and the three families formed an alliance. But because of this battle, Dezhou was lost. The main force of the Liao army was wiped out. The Khitans had no strength. The alliance immediately became without any hope. Now, after hearing what Yelu Ma Ge said, the Khitans still breathed a sigh of relief. The centipede insect died without being stiff. They could survive. Then there was still a line of possibility of forming an alliance.
Li Hu thought for a while and asked, "Have you considered that the Jin army would not attack Yunnei in the short term. They would attack Xijing with all their might. Your emperor might sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. Take a breath first. In addition, our defeat in this battle was too miserable. Your 100,000 army was only 20,000 left. Can you survive after you go back?"
"There is no one around the emperor who can fight, except me." Yelu Ma Ge lamented. "Although I have been defeated repeatedly, who else can lead troops to fight except me? So I won't have any trouble. Don't worry. As for what the emperor thinks, it doesn't matter anymore. Because there is an emperor in Yanjing. If he doesn't listen to me, he knows what his destiny is."
Li Hu pondered for a long time and said solemnly: "I will defend Xijing at all costs."
Yelu Ma Ge stood up and stretched out his hand to Li Hu. "I'm leaving. Please keep Xijing."
As his hands were clenched, Li Hu smiled slightly. "I'll wait for your good news."
"You must keep it." Yelu Ma Ge instructed. "You just need to give me time. I can bring the army back. Let's join forces to fight again."
Chapter completed!