Yelu Hongji fled to Ningzhou in shock. Before he could catch his breath and calm down, Yelu Chongyuan's messenger had already arrived. In the letter, Yelu Chongyuan denounced Yelu Hongji for his improper handling of the matter and the loss of Linhuang Mansion, but he blamed him for killing his mother.
However, he did not mention a word about it and seemed not to care about it; at the end of the letter, he asked Yelu Hongji to immediately lead the remaining troops back to Linhuang Mansion to join his army and recapture Shangjing in one fell swoop.
Yelu Hongji didn't want to go at all, but he had no choice but to go. Linhuang Mansion was lost in his hands, and he killed the queen because of it. At this time, if he didn't act more actively and get Linhuang back
If the government has made meritorious service, how will it be explained in the future?
Although Yelu Kanrong and others tried their best to dissuade Yelu Hongji from staying and let his generals lead their troops to attack Linhuang Mansion, Yelu Hongji still led his troops on the road south after much deliberation.
Yelu Zhongyuan's army had occupied Seoul, but the Song people were really cunning. After moving the troops into the imperial city, Seoul was set on fire and burned. Not a single house was left, not a grain of food was left, and even the wells were covered with stones.
The land was filled with soil; and there were very few materials in the city. The Song people had already driven all the people in the city to evacuate the wood and other materials and took them to the imperial city to build shacks. Yelu Chongyuan had to set up military tents on the ruins as a camp.
Overall, it's much better than camping in the wilderness.
After Yelu Hongji arrived, Yelu Zhongyuan first comforted him warmly, and then began to scare Yelu Hongji: "Emperor Nephew, you have gone too far this time. How could you kill the queen and the prince with your own hands?"
Princess? This will be a lifelong stain on you that cannot be washed away. Do you know what will happen to you after the emperor returns?"
Yelu Hongji blushed and said: "Uncle the emperor didn't know something. The situation at that time really didn't allow for too much consideration. The people of Song Dynasty used their mother and younger brothers and sisters to threaten them. At that time, our army had driven the common people as vanguards into the North City of Seoul. I didn't want to
Maybe I surrendered in order to save them. Moreover, once I attack, the Song people will humiliate the queen and princess. My nephew has no choice but to do this in order to prevent his mother from being humiliated. Uncle Emperor, what would you do if you were here?"
Yelu Zhongyuan sighed: "What you said is the truth, but others don't think so, and your father may not think so either. I'm worried about you."
Yelu Hongji's face turned blue, he rubbed his hands and said, "Uncle, do you think my father will blame me?"
Yelu Zhongyuan let out a long sigh and remained silent. Yelu Hongji almost burst into tears. He pulled Yelu Zhongyuan's sleeve and shook it, saying, "Uncle, please save me and break down a few sentences for me."
Yelu Zhongyuan said: "That's natural, but Linhuang Mansion must be taken back. Otherwise, how can I plead with your father? Originally, I planned to capture Linhuang Mansion myself, but judging from the current situation, you are better than me.
It is even more necessary to regain the credit of Linhuang Mansion, so I decided to give this credit to you so that you can give an explanation."
Yelu Hongji was so excited that he almost shed tears. He knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, saying: "My uncle has treated me like this. From now on, my nephew will be a good filial piety to his uncle."
Yelu Zhongyuan waved his hand and said: "That's all, since I owe it to you, I can't interfere, otherwise others will say that I gave the credit to you. I decided to allocate you 40,000 troops and horses, and you already have 20,000 in hand.
In this way, there will be an army of 60,000. You have full authority to command the troops and horses in the siege of the city, and my uncle will plunder the formation for you."
Yelu Hongji said in astonishment: "How can we capture this... 60,000 soldiers and horses?"
Yelu Zhongyuan lowered his face and said: "Do you still want me to hand over all the troops and horses to you? I will send people to feign attack in the four cities, so the Song army will have to divide its troops into four cities for defense. The Song army only has more than 80,000 people.
The number of people in the four cities is three times less than yours, and you can’t even win it, so what else can you say?”
Yelu Hongji said happily: "It turns out that my uncle can feign attraction. If so, my nephew is confident."
Yelu Zhongyuan said: "That's good. We will start attacking tomorrow afternoon. Once we attack, we must not be discouraged. We have to win it in one go. We don't have much military rations anymore and we can't afford to waste time. If you don't have the confidence to win it, you'd better win it as soon as possible."
Speak so that I can substitute someone to attack the city."
"Don't worry, uncle, my nephew will definitely capture the imperial city."
"You have said ugly words in your head. If you retreat and harm the spirit of my army, I want to engage in military law. I came with a great victory in Xinzhou and my morale is extremely high. If you weaken my spirit, I will never agree."
Yelu Hongji patted his chest and said: "My nephew is willing to issue a military order. If he retreats, I will leave it to my uncle's disposal."
Yelu Chongyuan laughed and said: "If you are very ambitious, I will allow you to issue a military order. My uncle is not trying to force you, but to inspire you to fight bravely. I, the Prince of Daliao, will be the future lord of all peoples. Of course I must have a watchful eye."
The power of the world, in the future when your father and I are both old, we will have to rely on you to fulfill my great ambition of unifying the Liao Dynasty."
Yelu Hongji's face glowed with excitement. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote down the military order and returned to the camp happily.
Yelu Zhongyuan held the military order in his hand, read it carefully several times under the lamp, and sneered; Wang Han took it out from the corner of the tent, and the two people looked at each other and smiled strangely under the lamp.
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More than ten days ago, after the defeat of Xinzhou, Wang Chao led 20,000 Song troops to break through and go north. He originally wanted to rush to Linhuang Mansion to join Su Jin, but Yelu Zhongyuan's army had no choice but to withdraw from the camp and return to the east.
The route was completely blocked, and the dynasty could not wander around with its 20,000 troops within their sight. When they escaped, they took nothing with them, not even military rations, so they had to find a place to rest.
The dynasty turned its attention to Longzhou, which was occupied by the Jurchens. After marching for three days with 20,000 defeated troops, they finally arrived at Longzhou City. When Wanyanhu attacked Xinzhou, he did not take away all the Jurchen elites, but half of them.
Of the Jurchen soldiers, the other half were surrendered by the Liao army. Unexpectedly, this selfish move left ordinary elites for the Jurchen tribe.
The news brought by the dynasty made the whole Jurchen clan extremely sad. The leader Wanyan Hu died in Xinzhou, and all the 25,000 Jurchen clansmen who went with him also died. This was a great loss to the small Jurchen tribe. After all,
There are only about 200,000 people in their entire clan.
The Jurchens quickly elected a new leader, Wanyanfeng, Wanyanhu's sworn brother. Wanyanfeng offered to avenge Wanyanhu's death. This made the dynasty overjoyed, and Su Jin took away nine of them.
Tens of thousands of horses, including the 20,000 he brought out, were only 110,000, which was far less than the 160,000 of Yelu Zhongyuan. If the Jurchens were willing to send troops, there would be tens of thousands more troops, whether for city defense or field battles.
You will no longer be afraid of your opponents.
Some people in the Jurchen tribe opposed Wan Yanfeng's decision, believing that the Jurchen tribe's strength had been greatly damaged and that they should focus on self-preservation at the moment. At the tribal meeting, Dynasty tried to use the ability to analyze problems learned from Su Jin to convince the tribal elders that Dynasty
Tell the tribal elders that once the Song army is annihilated, the next goal of the Liao people is to retaliate against the Jurchens for taking advantage of the situation. Originally, the Jurchens still had 50,000 troops, but now their strength has been greatly reduced and they cannot even protect themselves. They can only fight with Song
Only by joining forces with the army to defeat Yelu Zhongyuan's army can the safety of the Jurchen tribe be guaranteed.
The Jurchens are not fools. They know the truth of losing their lips and teeth. But they know that once they send out troops, it will be a big gamble. If they lose the bet, they will lose everything. The reason for their opposition is that the chance of winning in the big gamble is not high, even if the two families merge.
The number of soldiers was tens of thousands less than that of the Liao army. In addition, the city of Shangjing was well defended. They simply did not believe that Su Jin's army would capture Linhuang Mansion before Yelu Chongyuan rushed back; if Yelu Chongyuan's army defeated Su
Jin's troops were blocked in the wilderness by tens of thousands of people, and the consequences were simply unimaginable. Even if the 50,000 reinforcements from the dynasty and their own Jurchens arrived, there was nothing they could do to save the situation, and instead angered the Liao people even more.
Dynasty was not as eloquent as Su Jin, nor was he as colorful as Su Jin. When faced with the elders' doubts, he had no good reasons to explain. After talking earnestly for a long time, when his mouth was dry, Dynasty
It broke out, and he ordered his men to arrest a few chattering guys and force them to agree.
This move was like poking a hornet's nest. The Jurchen soldiers and the Song army confronted each other in Longzhou City. Seeing that civil strife was about to break out, Wanyan Feng jumped anxiously. As soon as he became the leader, civil strife broke out between the tribe and the Song army.
It's quite tricky to deal with. If you accidentally do it, it will obviously lead to more injuries. The only wealth you have can't be internally destroyed. Otherwise, when the Liao people come in the future, what will you do to deal with them?
Wan Yanfeng dealt with it carefully, and everyone still had to give face to the new leader. Under Wan Yanfeng's persuasion, both parties calmed down, and finally made some changes, and decided to take a step back, with the Jurchens sending 10,000 troops to follow the Song army.
If they find that Su Jin has not captured Linhuang Mansion, the Jurchen soldiers have the right to return immediately.
The dynasty was helpless. This was the best result he could get. If the young master were here, how could there be so many twists and turns? The young master only needs a few words to make these Jurchens fall into pieces.
Follow me, Wan Yanhu, a shrewd guy, was thrown around by the young master, and even lost his life in the end. This is the gap.