Chapter 939 The Liao Army was defeated
Yelu Chun was anxious, but someone was even more anxious than him. This person was naturally the Emperor Yelu Jun of the Liao Kingdom. He was originally fighting against the Jurchens in Huanglong Mansion. After a period of tentative attack, both sides had their own wins and losses. Even the Liao army was in high morale and large numbers still had a certain advantage. This made Yelu Jun ambitious to defeat the newly established Jin army in one fell swoop, just like the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan, completely eliminate the Jurchens.∥?∧≥≧net≧∥.╊╃.┮┭o╬m
But what Yelu Jun never expected was that just when he was about to fight the Jin army, he suddenly received news from the rear that Yelu Nuzhang had rebelled and had occupied Shangjing City, and he also supported his cousin Yelu Chun as the emperor. What's worse was that many people in the Great Liao Dynasty supported this matter. Now the domestic chaos has been shattered, and even the logistics of his army has been greatly affected.
When Yelu Jun received the news of someone rebelling in the rear, he was shocked and angry on the spot. He no longer had the intention to fight the Jin Kingdom. Instead, he immediately decided to withdraw his troops and suppress the rebellion. After all, in his opinion, his throne was almost taken away by others. This matter was obviously a greater threat than the Jin people. As long as the rebellion could be quelled, it would be fine even if it was occupied by the Jin Kingdom.
Even if Yelu Jun wanted to hide such a big rebellion in China, he couldn't hide it. It soon made the entire military camp known. For a moment, the entire Liao army camp was panicked. In addition, Yelu Jun suddenly ordered the withdrawal of troops, which made the soldiers unable to fight. After everyone was hurriedly preparing, they immediately retreated quickly.⊥≮.╈
Perhaps in Yelu Jun's view, his troops had an advantage, and in the previous tentative attack, the Jin army suffered a small loss, so he thought the Jin army would definitely not pursue, but he forgot that the reason why Aguda was able to lead the small Wanyan army to this point today was because of his courage. Every time they fought against the Liao army, they also won the more with less, so they had enough confidence to take risks.
It is precisely because of this that Yelu Jun's army had just retreated and was blocked by the Jin cavalry. First, two cavalrymen restrained the tail of the Liao army, and then Aguda personally led more than 10,000 main forces to attack the central army of the Liao army like crazy. It was also where Yelu Jun was, and generally speaking, the defense was the strongest. However, Aguda chose this strongest place to charge, because as long as the defense here was broken, Yelu Jun's safety would be threatened. The Liao army would definitely be in chaos at that time, and he could also take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.
I have to say that Aguda's move is very risky, because if he fails to break through the defense of the Liao army, he may have knocked himself out of his head. Even if the Liao army encircled the tail, he would probably surround all his cavalry, and even he would not be able to escape by himself. ≥∥≠≮vv≥.┯ But even so, he still chose to take this risk, and he succeeded.
The combat effectiveness of the Liao army was not as good as that of the Jin army. In addition, the domestic rebellion was incurred, Yelu Jun retreated too hastily, which made the army panic. Therefore, when facing the impact of the Jin army, tens of thousands of central troops could not stop the Jin cavalry of more than 10,000 people. Especially when Yelu Jun saw the Jin cavalry rushing over, he was so scared that he rode a horse and fled. His years of drinking and lust had long wiped out his courage. He cherished his life very much and refused to take any risks, which led to this current situation.
Yelu Jun was the lord of the Liao Kingdom. Everyone in the Liao army was paying attention to him. As a result, when Yelu Jun fled, Huagai, which marked his identity, also retreated, which made the morale of the Liao army even more devastated. What's more, the cavalry led by Aguda had cut the central army into two parts, making it difficult for them to take care of their tails, and even more chaotic the command of the Liao army. It was impossible to form an effective counterattack.
Seeing this situation, Aguda was also very excited. He rushed over again and every time he recognized the direction of Yelu Jun's escape, and he chased him. As a result, Yelu Jun was so scared that he only ran away and had no way to command the army. This made the Liao army even more chaotic. The entire army was intercepted by the Jurchens into seven or eight sections, and finally completely collapsed and was wantonly massacred by the Jin cavalry on the battlefield. ∧?⊥≠≈≦net
The war, born south of the Bubudagang, lasted for a whole day and a night, and finally ended with the complete defeat of the Liao army. After counting the battlefield, more than 30,000 people died in the Liao army, and most of the remaining troops were also killed by the Jin army. Yelu Jun finally escaped from the battlefield under the protection of a loyal guard. Almost all the cattle, horses, weapons, food, etc. with the army were abandoned. This also made Aguda not only win a big victory, but also obtained a huge amount of supplies. For the Jin Kingdom, which had just established its country, it was like a timely help.
The battle of Bubudagang made the Jin Kingdom, which had just established its country, completely gained a foothold, and occupied the vast area of the Huanglong Prefecture and Liaoyang Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom. With these two places as the foundation, it began to expand its power outward. On the other hand, after the defeat of the Liao Kingdom, it also lost the last army that could truly go to the battlefield. Even after Yelu Jun fled to the rear, he was unable to quell the Yelu Nuzhang Rebellion in the capital for a while. This shows the weakness of the Liao Kingdom.
It was not until half a month later that Yelu Jun summoned tens of thousands of soldiers and flew back to Shangjing to quell the rebellion. Yelu Nuzhang announced that he would support Yelu Chun as the emperor at the beginning of occupying Shangjing. However, Yelu Chun did not agree, but instead imprisoned Xiao Dili, the father and son who were sent to persuade him. This made many people who originally supported him feel a big blow. In addition, after occupying Shangjing, Yelu Nuzhang actually indulged his soldiers to loot in the city, and ended up losing people's hearts for a while.≠v≈.┮╊.╃╈
It was also under this situation that when Yelu Jun led tens of thousands of soldiers back to Shangjing City, he easily started Yelu Nuzhang. However, at this time, Shangjing City was also full of disasters by Yelu Nuzhang and no longer had the prosperity before. This also made Yelu Jun very angry and immediately arrested Yelu Nuzhang, who had fled across the country.
Just as Yelu Jun returned to Shangjing City, Yelu Chun from Longhua Prefecture immediately killed Xiao Dili and his son, and then sent them to Yelu Jun, and went to the capital to apologize. Originally, Yelu Jun was also a little suspicious of Yelu Chun, but seeing that he did not participate in Yelu Nuzhang's rebellion, he also took the initiative to kill Xiao Dili and his son, the father and son, forgive him, which made him feel that Yelu Chun was very loyal to him, so he not only did not blame him, but instead valued Yelu Chun and appointed him as King of Qin and Jin.
"Huh~, it's so dangerous. This time I was almost killed by those two idiots in Xiao Di!" In the camp outside Longhua Prefecture, after Yelu Chun received the reward from Yelu Jun, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then sat there motionlessly, his face full of fatigue. During this period, he was also worried, afraid that his cousin would be afraid of him, so he blamed him. Fortunately, he was lucky and finally escaped.
Just when Yelu Chun was secretly glading, he suddenly saw the curtain of the big tent being lifted open. Then a young general of seventeen or eighteen years old came in, and then bowed to him with a smile: "Congratulations to Uncle Wang for escaping!"
Seeing this young man coming in, Yelu Chun couldn't help but smile enthusiastically and stood up and said, "You don't have to be too polite to me. This time, thanks to your advice for me, I can escape this disaster, so please accept my worship!"
Yelu Chun said, bowing to the young man in front of him, and the young man opposite him did not dodge, and received a tribute to Yelu Chun openly, then he said: "Uncle Wang, although he has escaped this disaster, the Liao Dynasty is now in danger, the Jin Kingdom is full of wings, and the Song Dynasty in the south is also eyeing us. As royal families, if you and I don't find a way to save ourselves, I'm afraid they will die in the end!"
Hearing the words of this young man, Yelu Chun also showed a contemplative expression on his face. The young man was named Yelu Dashi, who was both a royal family and was also his nephew. In addition, Yelu Dashi was very talented and passed the Jinshi exam at a young age. He was also the first Khitan Jinshi since the founding of the Liao Kingdom. He was assigned to his subordinates to do things and was deeply trusted by him. It was Yelu Dashi who suggested that he kill Xiao Dili and express his loyalty to Yelu Jun, which allowed him to escape.
"The Jin Dynasty is indeed unable to control the kingdom of Dashi, but can the Song Dynasty really send troops?" Yelu Chun thought for a moment and suddenly asked. He was still suspicious of the Song Dynasty's dispatch of troops. After all, the Song Dynasty had recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If it sent troops to Liao Kingdom again, it would probably be a battle to destroy the country. Even if their Liao Kingdom is weak now, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. If the Song Dynasty wants to destroy them, it will probably have to pay a huge price.
"It's not that it's possible to send troops, but that it will definitely send troops!" Yelu Dashi said very seriously here, and his young face also showed a calmness and wisdom that was inconsistent with his age. "According to my observation over the past few years, the Song Dynasty actually did not pay much attention to our Liao Kingdom, but they were very afraid of the just rising Jin Kingdom. In the past, they tried every means to curb their rise. Now the Jin Kingdom defeated His Majesty's army and began to expand urgently. The Song Dynasty would definitely not be able to sit still, so they would definitely send troops and compete with the Jin Kingdom for the territory of our Liao Kingdom, thereby indirectly curbing the expansion of the Jin Kingdom!"
Yelu Chun's face changed drastically when he heard this. He has always been very convinced of Yelu Dashi's wisdom. Since he said that the Song Dynasty would definitely send troops, there should be no mistake. However, given the current situation of the Liao Kingdom, if the Song Dynasty attacked from the south again, the entire Liao Kingdom would probably fall apart by then, and how should these royal families protect themselves?
A few days later, Yelu Dashi's words came true. Three armies of the Song Dynasty invaded the Liao Kingdom and mobilized more than one million troops. As soon as this news came out, the entire Liao Kingdom fell into despair! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!