Yelu Yixin really never thought about provoking the Song Dynasty. This was the last escape route he had planned for himself.
Some time ago, he sent an envoy to make peace, but he failed to get it. Yelu Yixin thought that his sincerity was enough... In fact, it was because he had not yet transformed from his status as the king of Northern Liao and Wei, and could not fully recognize the reality.
At that time, Shi Jingtang dedicated Yan Yun's hands to Northern Liao, which meant he asked for a troop dispatch from Northern Liao. Now, he, Yelu Yixin, was also asking for a troop dispatch, but he didn't expect that the Song Dynasty actually refused.
Therefore, Yelu Yixin was a little angry. He never thought that Shi Jingtang once had the power to rule the sixteen states of Yanyun, but he had nothing. He also never thought that Shi Jingtang's behavior of sending Yanyun off to Yanyun would be a continuation of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Hundreds of years of pain.
As a result, it attracted one hundred thousand elite cavalry from the Song Dynasty to go northward...
The Song Dynasty is really no longer the Song Dynasty in the early years.
"Are you saying that the cavalry of the Song Dynasty can completely annihilate the cavalry of the Liao Dynasty with the same number of soldiers?"
Yelu Yixin asked the cavalrymen who had fled back in disbelief again.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed true. Although the cavalry of the Song Dynasty are dressed in Song army uniforms, you can tell that they are all the original Xixia cavalry, even Tibetan and Uighur cavalry. The fighting method is similar to that of the Xixia Iron Kites.
He is the best of the best."
"The reason why the small ones can be said to be able to completely annihilate equal forces is that the equipment of the Song cavalry is not comparable to that of the Daliao cavalry. They first use gunpowder bombs, and after a round of gunpowder bombs covering the attack, they fire a barrage of powerful crossbows.
, followed by short muskets, and finally we needed to fight closely. By this time, our side had been damaged by 60%, and it was impossible to fight at all."
"Hmph! A hundred thousand elite cavalry marched northward, but you are less than a thousand in total, and you are still fighting in small pieces. Since the Song State has such ferocious combat capabilities, how can you come back alive?"
Yelu Yixin was still considering the authenticity of this, and the people around him began to reprimand him.
"Your Majesty, I and others are not lying. The reason why we were able to escape is that the Song Dynasty did not intend to kill us."
"After the initial encounter, the Song State just asked us to return to the territory of Daliao and not pursue the matter of robbing food. Under such circumstances, a small team thought that the Song State was cowardly and attacked."
"Your Majesty, in less than half a stick of incense, even a single charge, the hundred-man squad will be gone..."
The captain probably felt scared when he thought about it, and was still trembling when he spoke.
"You fled the battlefield without permission and tried to cover up your cowardice..."
"okay!"
Yelu Yixin stopped the reprimanding of the captain who escaped and returned. He felt that this matter had a certain degree of credibility.
Earlier, the Song State had tens of thousands of cavalry arriving at the border of Hebei Province, and they also had battles with the Daliao cavalry. Although there was no large-scale war in the end, there were small-unit battles. This was more than a year ago.
, the scouts of the Song State also had many confrontations with the scouts of the Liao Dynasty.
Although Yelu Yixin was a rebel, his information about the Northern Liao court was not without origin. Judging from the feedback from various sources, this may be true.
Since the Song Dynasty already had the strength to defeat the Liao Dynasty, why has it not gone north to recapture Yanyun? And why should it let go of its troublesome cavalry?
Originally, Yelu Yixin thought that if the rebellion failed, he would break up tens of thousands of cavalry into the Song Dynasty to force the Song Dynasty to accept him, or persuade the Song Dynasty to join him in sending troops to attack the Liao Dynasty.
In other words, he could use these tens of thousands of cavalry as a basis to blackmail the Song Dynasty into giving him a place to survive.
Using Yan Yun as bait, between two hostile dynasties, Yelu Yixin believed that he could finally get a chance to survive.
Now it seems that I take it for granted. The emperor of Daliao has not lost support in the Daliao court, and he is still his majesty among the Khitan nobles. And the Song Dynasty is no longer the Song Dynasty of the past... This point
He has an estimate.
Yelu Yixin believed that the reason why the Song State was tough was simply because of its chariots and firearms. As long as he broke the cavalry into pieces, the Song State's chariots and firearms would lose their advantage to a certain extent.
It's a pity that ideals are full and reality is skinny. Only now did Yelu Yixin realize that he was wrong.
For the commander-in-chief, a wrong judgment on the general situation is the beginning of failure.
Although the attitude of the Song Dynasty needs Yelu Yixin to consider and then make a response. But the pressing force of the Northern Liao court's counter-rebellion team is his most important thing at the moment.
Yelu Yixin felt that the matter of negotiating with the Song Dynasty could be put aside for the time being, but the battle with the Liao court was already imminent.
Starting from his own rebellion more than a year ago, after the Song Dynasty sent troops to the north, the four Jurchen tribes responded, and the chaos in Suzhou and other places, his rebel team once reached Fengsheng Prefecture on the western front, and he, Yelu Yixin, led
The main force almost reached the gates of Dadingfu City.
Unfortunately, by now, most of the rebel team has been destroyed, and the court's counter-rebellion team has also compressed the rebel team into the small space of Nanjing Daoxijin Mansion...
If I had known this, it would be better to open the border between Song and Liao from the beginning and let Song and Liao go to full-scale war... If at that time, I cooperated with Song in fighting, I might not get the result of being crowned king in the end
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pity······
If you regret this, do you regret that you should not have designed the queen or the prince in the first place, or even want to further frame the emperor's grandson and then commit rebellion?
When people are triumphant, they can never imagine what they will be like when they are down and out. The reason for being arrogant is because there is a basis for being arrogant. If you are really down, you will think about everything you have experienced and say good things. This is introspection and you will know the gains and losses. Say the bad things.
, this means not daring to face reality, or unwilling to face reality.
Yelu Yixin is like this now.
"Your Majesty, the enemy has approached Tanzhou (east of Miyun County)..."
This is the situation, and the real situation is unforgiving. Yelu Yixin, the southern king of the Northern Liao Dynasty, has really lived up to his name by now. The only territory left in the Nanjing Xijin Prefecture of the Northern Liao Dynasty is.
"How about the Western Front?"
"Back to your Majesty, we have set up a defense line around Jundu Pass. But... but... I think that Jundu Pass will not be able to stop the enemy for long. Your Majesty, we need to consider the next step..."
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They are all cavalry, and the so-called passes are the same for one's own side and the other side. The soldiers of Daliao are not good at defending cities, and the cavalry's combat effectiveness in the mountains is limited. The key to determining victory or defeat is the number of soldiers.
Now, the only people left around Yelu Yixin are die-hard loyalists. The full force is only 50,000 troops.
It's certain that I can't withstand it, but where is the way out... where is the way out?
Two to three hundred miles south of Xijin Prefecture is the border of the Song Dynasty. There are 200,000 chariot guards and 100,000 elite cavalry armed to the teeth...