Yelujing, the sleeping emperor of Khitan, arrived outside the city.
Xiao Siwen led Yelv Xiezhen, the governor of Shunzhou, the chief historian, and the military envoys to greet him outside the city.
After waiting for a long time and no sign of him, I couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Everyone knew that the sleeping emperor Yelujing was fond of murder and violence. Xiao Siwen also knew that he could not escape his responsibility for this defeat and would be uneasy all day long.
As they rode from far to near, Xiao Siwen looked from afar and saw his old friend Han Kuangsi coming on horseback.
The Han family was the first Han Chinese to be converted to Khitan. Han Kuangsi's father, Han Zhigu, was the founding father of Khitan. He was a hereditary noble of Khitan and was also a top family in Khitan.
The relationship between the Han family and the Xiao family is also extremely close.
Han Kuangsi had a son, Han Derang, who was very talented and one of the best among men. Xiao Siwen was particularly fond of him and even thought of marrying him to his son-in-law.
It's just that many of the Xiao family are married to the Khitan royal family, so there are some things that Xiao Siwen can't decide on, so he can only give up.
"Brother Shichang!"
Xiao Siwen shouted.
Han Kuangsi rode his horse and came nearby. He ignored Xiao Siwen's call and said loudly: "The Emperor of the Liao Dynasty decreed that all officials in Shunzhou should return to the city immediately to perform their duties and maintain the people's livelihood and order in the county.
mistaken."
The governor of Shunzhou, the chief minister, and the military envoys all thanked him and returned to the city.
After the edict was issued, Han Kuangsi got off his horse and visited Xiao Siwen to exchange greetings.
Xiao Siwen said with a sad look on his face: "Brother Shichang, can you tell me something about your majesty's situation?"
Han Kuangsi said: "The war in Youzhou is urgent, and your Majesty should be angry. But brother Dejiang, don't worry too much. Your Majesty knows what is right and wrong, and will not criticize brother Dejiang harshly. Brother Dejiang, please follow me to see your majesty. General's love
Explain it in detail and see if there is any chance of salvation."
Xiao Siwen only said that Han Kuangsi comforted him and said, "That's all."
Xiao Siwen followed Han Kuangsi all the way to the Khitan military tent ten miles away.
As soon as they walked outside the camp, they saw a group of soldiers carrying a corpse out of the imperial tent.
The head of the corpse appeared behind the neck. The back was lifted, but the head was looking at the sky, which was particularly eye-catching.
Xiao Siwen's face turned a little pale.
Han Kuangsi took it for granted and didn't care much when he arrived. Seeing Xiao Siwen's appearance, he wanted to remind him, but then he thought about it and his eyes lit up. He swallowed the words and whispered: "Brother Dejiang, don't panic.
This is the norm.”
Don't panic!
After hearing this, Xiao Siwen couldn't help but tremble three times.
Han Kuangsi smiled slightly when he saw this and did not explain any more.
After a routine announcement, Han Kuangsi and Xiao Siwen entered the imperial tent first.
Several attendants in the royal tent were trembling and carefully serving Yelujing, as if they were serving evil spirits.
Yelujing, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sat on a tiger-skin stool. She glanced at the surrounding attendants and waved them away, then motioned to Han Kuangsi and Xiao Siwen to sit down and talk.
Han Kuangsi walked to the left and sat down.
Xiao Siwen didn't dare to sit down, and said: "The guilty minister dare not sit down."
Yelujing also followed him and asked about the war in Youzhou.
Xiao Siwen was hesitant and could only give a general outline, but could not explain the details clearly.
He doesn't understand military affairs, and when he talks about something crucial, he often skips over it thinking it's not important.
Yelujing frowned when he heard this and wanted to get angry several times, but seeing how useless his brother-in-law looked, he didn't bother to argue with him.
Human nature is extremely complicated. Everyone knows that Yelujing is murderous and violent. However, his violence was only directed at his surrounding servants and never harmed the ministers and people. Instead, he repeatedly issued edicts to reduce taxes, respect his ministers, and care for the people, which made the territory
People are happy with their lives.
It is also known in history as "the one who was killed without guilt in the reign of Mu Zong".
Yelujing was not a good emperor. He treated the government with neglect all year round. He was addicted to alcohol and stayed up late to hunt, but he was still very tolerant to his ministers and people.
Yelujing held it in for a long time and said, "Does anyone know the details? I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."
Xiao Siwen was heartbroken. He had been an official for many years, but he only heard that Yelvjing killed people at every turn and massacred. But he didn't know that Yelvjing killed only his servants and the guilty and rebellious people. He only regarded his emperor as a devil.
, said tremblingly: "There is Yelu Xiezhen outside the tent, he knows the situation best."
Yelujing asked someone to invite Yelu Xiezhen in.
Although he didn't mean to blame Xiao Siwen, the situation in Youdu Mansion was so bad that he didn't give him a good look and asked him to stay alone.
Compared with Xiao Siwen who couldn't grasp the key points, Yelv Xiezhen's oral description was much more detailed.
Not only did he understand the trends near Youzhou, but he also learned about Zhou's grain-tuning camp in Jingu.
Yelv Xiezhen is extremely talented in military strategy.
This man, who is as famous as Brother Yelvxiu in history, has already begun to stand out.
On Xiao Siwen's order, he detoured to Waqiao Pass and harassed the Zhou army attacking the city.
After Yelu Xiezhen crossed the river, the progress was not smooth, and Shi Shouxin's cavalry was targeted.
Yelv Xiezhen knew the advantages and disadvantages of his Khitan horse, so he avoided close contact with Shi Shouxin and ran away from him for two hours.
Yelu Xiezhen's idea was to use up the endurance of the northwest horse and then fight back.
However, Shi Shouxin, who was also a good rider, noticed the opponent's intention and stopped pursuing him. He just sent a few You Yi to follow him from a distance.
During the time when the two were fighting, Luo Youdu had already captured Waqiao Pass with the assistance of Yao Neibin and Shu Yuan.
After Yelu Xiezhen noticed it, he secretly shouted that something was wrong and decisively retreated northward.
He encountered many snipers on the way, especially Shi Shouxin who kept biting him. He set up ambushes twice and defeated Shi Shouxin twice, but he could never get rid of him.
Yelv Xiezhen could only fight and retreat. Although he did not suffer any serious losses, he was unable to recover and could only retreat to Shunzhou to join Xiao Siwen.
Yelu Xiezhen learned all the situation from Xiao Siwen's mouth and vaguely noticed something strange.
He didn't believe that Shu Yuan had grown wings and flown over the scouts they had sent down in Hebei.
I don't believe that Lin Renzhao could sneak into Xiao Siwen's rout under those circumstances. He must have made all preparations in advance and waited for Xiao Siwen's rout in the middle.
This is a big move.
Yelv Xiezhen knew about the situation in the Central Plains and remembered that Lin Renzhao was the commander of the navy in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After joining the Central Plains, he was responsible for training the Central Plains navy.
After contacting each other, Yelv Xiezhen also cleared the fog and discovered the navy camp in Jingu.
At some point, the navy from the Central Plains took control of their salt fields in Wuqing and blocked their coastline.
Yelu Jing looked at Yelu Xiezhen with a serious look on his face and said, "You mean, the Central Plains is in Jingu, and all four gates of Youzhou City have built strongholds? Do you suspect that they rely on the Bohai Sea to transport grain?"
Yelu Xiezhen said: "Nine times out of ten, otherwise they could retreat after transporting Shu Yuan and Lin Renzhao to Jingu, instead of mobilizing troops to build a defensive stronghold. That will definitely be the focus of their defense, except for food and grass.
, there is no reason for the Central Plains to value Jingu..."
Yelujing looked at the confident Yelu Xiezhen and was immediately dumbfounded.
After thinking about it, Yelujing asked someone to convene a military meeting.
Within a quarter of an hour, the Khitan imperial tent gathered the generals who had followed Yelujing all the way: Yelu Xiyin, Yeluwansi, Yelusha, Xiao Qian, Gao Xun, Xiao Abuti and other generals.
Yelujing originally planned to save face for his brother-in-law, but now he could no longer do so, so he called all the accompanying generals to his side.
Yelv Xiezhen explained the situation in detail again.
Everyone looked at each other in shock and couldn't say a word for a long time.
The Khitan military system was very complex and was divided into several types: the tribal armies of the major tribes, the Wujingzhou army, and the vassal armies of vassal vassals such as the Xi clan and the Bohai Kingdom that had surrendered to the Khitan, but the strongest among them belonged to the Pishi
military.
The so-called Pishi Army was a bodyguard army similar to the Forbidden Army of the Central Plains established by Khitan Taizu Yelu Abaoji in order to strengthen the strength of the Suwei. With the camp as the palace, the elites from all over the world were gathered in the heart.
There were only 30,000 people at the beginning, but by the time of Yelu Deguang, the number had grown to 300,000.
This three hundred thousand is not an imaginary number, but it is not a real number either.
All Khitan people are soldiers. All civilians above fifteen years of age and those below fifty are subject to military status.
The Khitan tribe has 1.6 million men of military age, and most of the 300,000 Pishi army were selected from these 1.6 million men. Only a small part came from the Wujingzhou army, the Xi tribe and other places.
Must be good at riding and shooting and be loyal enough.
Although the Khitan had five capitals, their nomadic life of carriages and horses determined that they adopted the emperor's hunting system. Their political center was not in the capital, but in Nabo, that is, in Xingzai.
Wherever the emperor Yelujing is, there is the administrative heart.
The ministers and generals followed Yelujing and ran across the grassland.
The Pishi Army was the army that protected the emperor Yelujing and his ministers as they roamed the grasslands.
Three hundred thousand Pishi troops, numbering one hundred thousand in number, took turns to protect them.
Therefore, Yelujing received the news of Xiao Siwen's request for help, and without any preparation, he directly led a hundred thousand Pishi troops and the ministers of civil and military affairs to attack.
The Khitan's 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered so quickly and attacked with such swiftness that it was far beyond what farming nations could compare with.
but……
How to fight this battle?
The Pishi Army is all cavalry!
Attack?
Let them take the lead with a group of cavalry to attack the military stronghold?
Yelujing, who was one head and two older, said, "Don't you have any good ideas?"
When he said this, he looked at Gao Xun.
The Khitans have many capable generals, but the real brain work has to be done by the Han people.
Especially in the face of the current predicament.
Gao Xun was the son of Gao Xintao, King of Beiping in the later Jin Dynasty. He had a wise and agile temperament. He and Du Chongwei surrendered to the Khitan.
He made friends with powerful people in Khitan, worked hard and won great respect, and made great contributions to Khitan.
After Yelu Ruan, Shizong of the Liao Dynasty, came to the throne, Gao Xun was promoted to Privy Councilor and became prime minister of Han military affairs.
Yelujing named him King of Zhao and stayed in Beijing to stay in Beijing, which shows how much he was valued.
At this moment, Yelujing brought Gao Xun with her just to replace Xiao Siwen.
Gao Xun looked at Yelujing's expectant eyes and said bravely: "The only way now is to attack the military stronghold!"
That's it?
Yelujing was a little dissatisfied.
Gao Xun wanted to cry but had no tears. He was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.
Is there any way to do this?
The people of the Central Plains are too shameless.
Not attacking the military stronghold would be equivalent to sitting back and watching Youzhou fall.
Attack or not?
If you don’t attack Junzhai now, you will have to attack Youzhou City in the future.
They didn’t even dare to attack the military stronghold. The Central Plains captured Youzhou City. How dare they attack Youzhou City?