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Chapter 639 Leather Army Rebellion

In the big tent, Yelu Zongzhen sat on the felt with a gloomy face, and the howling cold wind outside kept roaring, which made people even more upset. Under the candlelight that was unstable, it was Yelu Zongzhen's supper today. However, compared to the delicate lamb he liked to eat before, the supper now is rough beef, which really makes it difficult for him to swallow.

In fact, Yelu Zong really told him that it was indeed time to withdraw his troops now. After all, there was no food in the army, and the livestock he brought was almost eaten up, and even the food he recruited was almost gone. Now the army can only kill horses for food. Those are precious war horses. Even if the Liao Kingdom is good at raising horses, eating these war horses is enough to make them feel distressed.

But reason is rational, Yelu Zong is really arrogant and proud, but he does not allow him to retreat, and he is even more unwilling to bow to the Song people, especially he is unwilling to admit his failure to Yelu Renxian. For this reason, he even gave his imperial food to Yelu Renxian in order to make the other party think that there is enough food and supplies in the army.

However, the reality will not change because Yelu Zong really deceived himself. Just today, two rebellions occurred in the Liao army camp. Although the scale was not large and it was suppressed soon, the morale of the army had been dispersed. Even Yelu Zong really could not be completed and implemented. After all, he couldn't even eat enough to eat, so how could the soldiers have the heart to do other things?

"It is impossible to retreat. I am the emperor of Liao and the common ruler of the world. How could I fail!" Yelu Zongzhen in the shadow gritted his teeth and whispered, not knowing whether to cheer himself up or tell others, but there was no one else except him.

It was already late at night and the wind outside was getting stronger and stronger. Although the tent was on fire, there was still a cold wind coming in through the gaps in the tent, causing the heat in the brazier to quickly blow away. Yelu Zongzhen felt sleepy and tired at this time, so he lay down to rest. However, he was lying in the quilt for a long time, but he still didn't fall asleep. One trouble after another was circling around in his mind like a lantern, making him unable to close his eyes at all.

I don’t know how long it took, but in the end it seemed that the sky in the east was slightly white. Yelu Zongzhen fell asleep in a daze, but before he could sleep for too long, he was suddenly awakened by a noise outside. At first, he had not reacted, and suddenly an eunuch ran in in panic and shouted: “Your Majesty is a big deal, the Piss Army… The Piss Army rebelled!”

"What!" Yelu Zongzhen jumped up when he heard the eunuch's report, his face full of incredible expressions.

The Piss Army was once the most elite army of the Khitans. At the beginning of the founding of the Liao Kingdom, the Piss Army was equivalent to the current Suwei Army. However, after the establishment of the Liao Kingdom, the Piss Army became larger and larger, and finally gradually became a garrison in various parts of the Liao Kingdom. It was mainly composed of the Khitans. Although it was not as good as the Suwei Army in terms of status, it was still one of the main elites of the Liao army.

"Which skin soldiers have rebelled?" Yelu Zongzhen asked immediately anxiously. This time he went to war, mobilized nearly 30,000 soldiers from all over the country. If all of these people rebelled, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It was because the Piss army in Sanbian Fangcheng who was dissatisfied with the distribution of military rations, and they killed the grain transport officer in the early morning. Now they have fought with the Suwei Army who went to suppress it, and there is also chaos outside!" The eunuch immediately reported the report again.

The so-called three-border defense city refers to the line of defense between Zhenzhou, Fangzhou and Victoria, which is mainly responsible for guarding the northwest border of the Liao Kingdom. When Yelu Zongzhen fought south, he drew most of the troops from these three cities. As a result, Li Yuanhao found an opportunity to capture these three cities in one fell swoop, resulting in the loss of the garrisons of these three cities. This also led to their great resentment. In addition, it is normal to raise troops to rebel now.

"Who gives them the courage to mobilize troops to suppress them with all their strength!" Yelu Zongzhen immediately roared in anger when he heard this. Although the Pishi Army was no longer the same as before, it was still the main force of the Liao army's garrison. But now even they have rebelled, which made him extremely angry.

As Yelu Zongzhen ordered, someone immediately conveyed his order. However, the three border defense city mobilized nearly tens of thousands of troops this time. This was not the small-scale fight before. After all, after the Liao army eliminated casualties, the remaining ones were only 60,000 to 70,000 people, and now tens of thousands of people rebel. One might cause the collapse of the Liao army.

Although Yelu Zongzhen was proud and conceited, he was not stupid. Naturally, he knew the serious consequences of the rebellion of the Pishi Army, so he immediately put on his armor and then went out of the camp to command the army to suppress it.

Fortunately, because the Sanbian Fangcheng is far away from Zhongjing, it is not really trusted by Yelu Zong in comparison. Their base was also placed in the northwest corner of the Daying, which also made their rebellion limited to the northwest direction of the Daying and did not affect the safety of the Zhongxing camp.

When Yelu Zongzhen arrived here in person, he saw that the entire northwest camp was in chaos. Although the Pishi Army was no longer the same as before, their armor and weapons were still issued according to the standards of the Suwei Army. So now they can't tell which Pishi Army and which are Suwei Army. As for the tribal troops recruited, they had long been away from each other. After all, both the Pishi Army and the Suwei Army were Khitans, so they didn't want to get into this muddy water.

Seeing the chaotic situation in front of him, Yelu Zongzhen became even more annoyed and immediately ordered the guards to withdraw, then tie a cloth strip on his arms to distinguish between the enemy and us. This method was very effective, and the situation on the entire battlefield gradually became clear.

In fact, the Pishi Army did not really want to rebel, but because of uneven food distribution, they felt resentful. In addition, someone took the lead in making trouble today, and this resentment was also aroused, which caused the two sides to have a conflict and eventually turned into a chaotic war.

However, after many people died, the generals of both sides slowly calmed down. In addition, the arrival of Yelu Zong really made some of the Piss Army even more afraid. After all, the royal family's deterrence was still very strong, which also led to them being held back on the battlefield and finally being surrounded by the guards. In this case, the rebel Piss Army also quickly surrendered.

"Your Majesty, there are too many people involved in the rebellion. Look at this..." At this moment, a Han official with white hair came forward to report to Yelu Zongzhen that the Han official was named Zhang Jian. He was from a family of officials and was once the top scholar of the Liao Kingdom. He is currently the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court, the Left Prime Minister, and also the Political Affairs Order. He is very trusted by Yelu Zongzhen.
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