Chapter 264: Desire to Mend the Sky and Tilt to the Northwest (4)
"In just ten days, the Xuanwu Cavalry of the Song Army attacked Tai, Changchun, Ningjiang, Yi, Bin, Xiang, Wei Qizhou and Huanglong Prefecture. It was really 'its speed is like the wind, and its invasion is like fire'."
Yelu Dashi sighed while holding the emergency report.
Xiao Tao and Su Wo were so angry that their faces turned red.
"Officials of the Song Dynasty circulated documents everywhere, denounced the Liao Dynasty for their rebellious act of regicide, and kept claiming that they would avenge the late emperor. What qualifications does he have..."
"Because he is the late emperor's uncle." Xiao Weili replied in a deep voice from the side.
Xiao Tao and Su Wo were stunned for a moment, then turned around and stared at Xiao Wo Li La fiercely.
Xiao Weili didn't care, he sat there with a calm and calm expression.
Yelu Dashi fell into deep thought, raised his somewhat confused eyes, looked out the window, and murmured: "Could it be that the official family of the Song Dynasty had already made arrangements back then, waiting for today's move?"
Everyone present here is Yelu Dashi's close friends and they know that he is crazy again.
It seems that ever since he met the official family of the Song Dynasty, who was still King Jian, in the second year of Yuan Fu, he seemed to have fallen into a pit and could not get up. He always imagined the official family of the Song Dynasty as too mythical, and sometimes fell into a tangle of dead ends.
Perhaps from the time they met that year, the Song Guoguan family was a mountain in his heart, and he could only live in the shadow of the mountain.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Weili reminded softly, "How could the officials of the Song Dynasty have predicted everything today and buried the chess pieces so early. From my point of view, it is purely a coincidence."
"No, the official family of the Song Dynasty should not act with common sense. Otherwise, how could things be so coincidental? Our country in Liao is currently in civil strife. The official family of the Song Dynasty happened to marry the late emperor's aunt, not a niece or other noble daughter of the clan. Now that we have an uncle,
With this title, the officials of the Song Dynasty can legitimately intervene in the internal affairs of Daliao."
Everyone looked at each other and found that the wise and powerful Yelu Dashi had fallen into the same old habit again. When he met the official family of the Song Dynasty, he would go into a dead end.
"Your Majesty, at that time, only the eldest princess of the Yan Kingdom was of the right age, so she was qualified to be a member of the official family of the Song State. In addition, the official family of the Song State was able to interfere in the internal affairs of our Daliao, not because of his uncle's status, but because he was strong and could influence the political situation of our Daliao."
Xiao Weili continued to persuade.
Yelu Dashi also knew that he had made a mistake, so he shook his head and let himself get out of the dead end.
After shaking for a few times, Yelu Dashi felt that he was indeed much more awake. He signaled to everyone that the meeting should continue.
"What is the meaning of this biography from the official family of the Song Dynasty? It accuses us of being incompetent ministers and sitting back and watching the emperor be killed..." Xiao Tao Su We became more and more angry as he read it, and he wanted to tear the paper in his hand into pieces.
"Because he is also a king, he has the right to accuse us, who are ministers. The king is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the king will humiliate his ministers and die. Now that our king is dead, where will we, the ministers, be?"
Yelu Dashi's words are even more pungent and sharp than the words in the biography.
Everyone was silent.
This is not wrong. No matter how dissolute and unruly Emperor Tianzuo is, no matter how much he favors traitors and sycophants, no matter how many people below him may have different opinions, he is still the king of the people of the Liao Dynasty, the undisputed and one-line emperor.
He died at the hands of the rebels. Don't Yelv Dashi, Xiao Tao, Su Wo and other officials have no responsibility? Zhao Si, as an official of the Song Dynasty and the uncle of Emperor Tianzuo, denounced the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty of Liao Dynasty, which was justified!
"It's impossible to argue. Those Han ministers who love to talk and fight have all turned into cowards. If that's the case, then we won't argue! Speak according to your strength!"
Yelu Dashi said resolutely.
"Gather all the soldiers and horses in Tongzhou and fight to the death with the Song army. If we win, this piece of paper will be like waste paper. If we lose... let's wait until we lose."
As soon as Yelu Dashi finished speaking, Yelu Dabeinu waved his fist excitedly.
"Your Majesty is right. No need to waste words, fight first and then talk about it! I want to see who is more powerful, our Khitan and Xi Ren cavalry, or his cobbled together Mobei beggar cavalry!"
Xiao Weili analyzed calmly on the side: "Xiao Liushou (Xiao Helu) sent an urgent message, saying that the Xuanwu Cavalry of the Song Dynasty has about 100,000. We must have an army of 300,000 to have a good chance of winning."
"Three hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand, that's too much for the Zhao family's children." Yelu Dabei Nu said dissatisfied.
"Since the beginning of the war in the second year of Yuanfu, the official family of the Song Dynasty has never had a defeat. They conquered Hehuang, captured Hexi, occupied Tubo, destroyed Xixia, and Pinglingbei, and their great military achievements were all fake?" Yelu Dashi asked rhetorically.
Everyone was silent.
After a while, Xiao Weili asked: "Your Majesty, do you still want to continue recruiting troops?"
"Yes! We have to mobilize all the troops and horses from the Western Army Road, Nanjing Road, Tokyo Road, Shangjing Road, Zhongjing Road, Khitan, Xi, Han, Bohai, Jurchen, Tieli, Shiwei...Ten Ding Lot Four.
..No, ten people will sign six. All of them will be mobilized on the Tongzhou front line."
Everyone was shocked. If this was done, the number of troops mobilized would probably be more than 300,000.
Xiao Tao and Su Wen asked from the side: "We have a large number of troops hoarded in Tokyo Road. What if the Song army divides its forces?"
Yelu Dashi stood up suddenly, walked quickly to the map, and looked at it for a long time.
"The road from Xijing to Tokyo along the Luanhe River has overlapping mountains and dangerous terrain, which is not conducive to the Song Dynasty's 100,000 cavalry fighting. So he made a long circle and went straight down from the Duck River to Liaoyang because the terrain here was flat and open, which was conducive to him.
cavalry combat."
Yelu Dashi thought and read in his mouth.
"Or maybe he wants to attract our main troops away from Tongzhou in Tokyo to cover the Song army in Hedong, Hebei Province as they move north."
Hearing this, Xiao Tao, Su We and others' eyes lit up. It was possible. However, no one was sure what the official family of the Song Dynasty had planned.
"Instructions are given, Xiao Silang (Xiao Tao Suo) of the Five Capitals of the Liao Kingdom, you will be stationed in Nanjing. I will leave the Khitan with 40,000 Xi soldiers and 100,000 Han troops. The main task is to guard Xishan in the north.
At the passes of Yanshan Mountain, the Song army from the south took the opportunity to move north. I personally led the remaining troops and horses to the north to join Xiao Gong (Xiao Helu)'s troops, and confronted the Song officials on Tokyo Road, waiting for an opportunity to defeat him."
"Xiao Deli, you will lead 30,000 Bohai and Jurchen troops to Luanzhou. Once the Hebei Song army attacks Nanjing, you can join forces with Xiao Silang to attack the Song army from the flanks. If the Song Xuanwu cavalry detours to Beijing, intending to enter from Yanshan
From Nanjing, go north along the Luanhe River, station yourself in Xinghua City, and guard the main roads."
"As you command!"
Soon, Yelu Dashi led the Liao Xing Army, as well as the Khitan, Xi, Bohai and Han troops, 150,000, and rushed to Tongzhou to join Xiao Helu who was stationed here.
"Xiao Gong, how is the situation?" Yelu Dashi asked after meeting him.
Xiao Helu shook his head solemnly, "I have followed Prince Lanling (Xiao Wuna) for decades and fought hundreds of vicious battles, but I have never fought such a frustrating battle."
Yelu Dashi's expression became extremely solemn, "Please also ask Mr. Xiao to teach me."
"The Song army entered Huanglong Mansion, and my subordinates led 50,000 troops into Zhixinzhou (Gongzhuling) to confront them. Nine days ago, my subordinates organized an army to fight against them. The Song army was divided into three groups: left, right, middle, and marched in parallel. I saw
Exceeding the actual situation, I decided to lead the main force to attack only one road, and go straight to the heart..."
"I led the main force to fight against the middle route army, and it was very fierce. I didn't want to fight, and the Song army's left route army attacked from the flank at some point. My subordinates have been in the army for many years, and they have never seen tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the battlefield.
The water flows together so smoothly. One water recedes and the other enters. The lines are clear and the waves are overlapping."
"Seeing this situation, my subordinates knew that something bad was going on, so they quickly called for gold and retreated their troops. However, when the two armies of the Song Army were transferring troops, they unknowingly dispersed our troops and spread them across the battlefield. They wanted to withdraw.
They couldn't withdraw either. Alas, only then did I realize how powerful the Song army was. I put away my contempt and sent orders to all the troops to disperse and flee the battlefield and meet up with Xinzhou."
Speaking of this, Xiao Helu's face turned gloomy, "I didn't want to fall into the Song Army's trap. His right-leg army actually detoured for more than two hundred miles and outflanked Xinzhou City... They were completely defeated. After all their efforts, his subordinates could only
Bring half of your subordinates back to Tongzhou City."
Seeing Xiao Helu's depressed look, Yelu Dashi quickly comforted him: "Mr. Xiao, victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. Although Xinzhou was slightly defeated, the crucial city of Tongzhou is still in our hands, and I also
Arrive with reinforcements. There will be another 230,000 troops arriving in a steady stream."
Yelu Dashi's consolation seemed to have little effect, and Xiao Helu still looked absent-minded.
"Xiao Gong, where is the Song army's formation now?" Yelu Dashi asked.
Xiao Helu looked horrified that he had seen a ghost.
"I don't know, Your Majesty, I really don't know. The night before yesterday, the Song Army disappeared without a trace. I asked people to search for a day and a night, covering a radius of 300 miles, but there was no trace of the Song Army. Ten
Thousands of soldiers and horses, just disappeared under the eyes of my subordinates!"
"What!" Yelu Dashi was also stunned. The officials of the Song Dynasty did not act according to common sense. This chapter has been completed!