"I am the Grand Master of the Fourth Army, and I am responsible for tens of thousands of Xiren soldiers." Xiao Qian replied sarcastically.
"King Xiao Ximai has agreed." Yelu Dashi replied coldly.
The Xi people are divided into six tribes in Prince Xi's palace. Xiao Ximai is the leader of the largest tribe, the Timoxia tribe, and Xiao Qian is the leader of the fifth-ranked Damusao tribe. Among the Xi people, Xiao Ximai is higher than Xiao Qian.
Xiao Qian lowered his head, with a complicated expression and flashing eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Yelu Dashi looked at him silently, feeling extremely complicated.
Xiao Qianneng rose from the fifth-ranked tribal leader to become the Grand Master of the Fourth Army and the actual commander of Xi Bing. Because he was indeed brave and good at fighting, he played a great role in pacifying the chaos in Mobei and Northeast China. Xiao Wuna had every previous His advice will be consulted on every expedition and his strategies will be used more often.
After the Yahe Rebellion, I secretly cherished each other and formed an alliance with him. I originally thought that we would work together to protect Liao's country and die together.
But he never expected that after witnessing the tragic situation of Yelumago and Yeludeli from a distance in the battle of Jiatugou, he seemed to be a completely different person, as if all the energy in his body had been drained out in an instant.
In the Battle of Gaoliang River, he changed from a brave man who always strives for the first place in every battle to a good running general who is greedy for life and afraid of death. It is really embarrassing.
But when I turn around and think about it, I am not the same.
In the battles of Jiatugou and Gaolianghe, the Song army's sharp weapons were just a fuse. The Song army had previously swept through the Northeast, Xijing, and Zhongjing with brilliant achievements. Every victory was like a pile of dry firewood piled into the heart. , pile after pile, stuffed to the brim. Then the firearms in the ditch rang out in unison, finally igniting it.
Then all the confidence, courage and hope were completely burned away. I was like this, Yelu Diligu was like this, Xiao Chengqian was like this, so how could Xiao Qian not be like this?!
Then what qualifications do you have to blame him?
"Since you have already made up your mind, why are you asking me?"
"You have soldiers in your hands, and if you don't nod, the soldiers below will cause trouble. If they make trouble, the Song army will be rude, and all the jade will be burned. The Song army's flaming bombs and firearms will not recognize people."
Yelu Dashi replied.
Xiao Qian raised his head and looked at Yelv Dashi. Suddenly, he covered his face with his hands, his back was shaking, and his sobbing sound was like the sound of a river flowing in a quiet night.
Yelu Dashi, Yelu Di Ligu and Xiao Chengqian looked at Xiao Qian in surprise. The one-time great general that the people were so proud of was now crying like a child. This change made them at a loss.
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade each other like this.
Xiao Qian cried for a while and finally raised his head. His face, which was polished by wind, frost, snow and rain, looked like an axe, and was full of tears.
"Why is this happening? Why did Daliao become like this? Why did we become like this?" Xiao Qian asked sobbing.
Every question was like a hammer, hitting the hearts of Yelu Dashi and the others, making them feel tight and depressed, and filled with sadness.
"It's God's will. We can only comply with God's destiny." Yelu Tiligu replied in a hoarse voice.
"God's will?" Xiao Qian said with a sneer, "If God does evil, you can still violate it. If you do evil yourself, you will not live. I, the king and ministers of the Liao Dynasty, have been trying to die for decades, and finally led to today's situation. We will conquer the east and west, We fought bloody battles, trying to turn the tide, but it was just fishing for the moon in the water, which was of no avail. How many people with lofty ideals shed their blood and threw their heads, but in the end they ended up like this. We living people have also become trapped beasts, still fighting, and we are exhausted again and again. The last bit of courage turned into a walking zombie!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Qian felt endless sadness, as if rolling out from the bottom of the North Sea, wrapping his whole body tightly, and tears could not help but flow out.
"After many bloody defeats, all the courageous people have died. Those of us who survived, only a body is left... Surrender... or die in battle, what difference does it make? All I can think about now is
A thought, if I could die on the grassland at the foot of Dushan Mountain, I would have no regrets."
Xiao Qian took out a tiger talisman from his arms and threw it at the foot of Yelu Dashi with a mocking look on his face.
"This is my military talisman. Nine times out of ten, the Xi soldiers under my command have no fighting spirit. If they hear that they can surrender to the Song Dynasty together, they will immediately cheer for joy, sing and dance."
After saying that, Xiao Qian turned around and left.
"What exactly does Hui Libao (Xiao Qian's Xi clan name) want to do?" Xiao Chengqian asked doubtfully.
"Dushan." Yelu Dashi and Yelu Diligu replied in unison.
"What? The city of Nanjing is now besieged, and people in the city can hardly fly. How could he escape to Dushan?" Xiao Chengqian asked in confusion.
"He guessed what we wanted to do, and then took advantage of the chaos to sneak out of the city with a few of his henchmen and sneak to Dushan. He definitely couldn't take away the 30,000 Xi soldiers, so he simply gave us the soldier talismans. But dozens of people
, it can still be done if you are more cautious.”
"Is he crazy? What is he doing in Dushan?"
"Maybe... Hui Libao wants to maintain the last dignity of Xi people in their hometown." Yelu Dashi replied. "It's okay if he leaves. He is the brother of Xiao Pu Xiannu. If he is here, he will really
It’s not easy to do anything.”
There was silence in the room. After a long time, Xiao Chengqian spoke with difficulty.
"Then...what should we do?"
"Of course we will continue. The survival of hundreds of thousands of Khitan people, as well as the fate of the Yelv clan, are all in our hands. We have to shoot when the arrow is on the string!" Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and replied.
"Then tonight is the right time. Zhang Lin and other Han ministers gathered at Li Yan's house, just in time to catch them all." Xiao Chengqian said eagerly.
"What do you think this is?" Yelu Di Ligu said unbearably, "We have to kill each other before surrender. The thoughts of the officials of the Song Dynasty are really..."
"What's so strange about this? There were only ten seats at the banquet held by the Song Dynasty to entertain the surrendered ministers. We, together with the Han ministers, were twenty people. Either we used the Han ministers as surrender certificates, or the Han ministers asked us to surrender.
But fortunately, the officials of the Song Dynasty favored us."
Yelu Dashi stared at the two of them and said word by word, "Because among the people under our rule in Liao, the Han people will remain calm without these Han ministers; the Khitan and Xi people may cause trouble without us. So in the
In the hearts of the officials of the Song Dynasty, we were more valuable, so they chose to support us in purging Han officials."
Yelu Tiligu was speechless. Finally she raised her head and said in a hoarse voice: "That's it, let's get ready and start taking action."
"Let's prepare each other." Xiao Chengqian sighed.
"Everyone follows the plan. I have sent Xiao Orali to inform the other side. I have also sent Yelv Musician, Yelu Asibao and Yelv Shushi to divide the Liao Xing Army and other Khitan armies. Xiao Prince Consort, your mission
It is to protect Concubine Wen and His Highness the King of Jin. The officials of the Song Dynasty have already sent word that they and I will be entertained at the Zichen Palace in Kaifeng City."
"I know that if they are there, we will be there. Without them, there will be no us." Xiao Chengqian said secretly.
"Brother Dili, you are in charge of the imperial city. Xiao Puxian defiled the palace and insulted us Yelv clan."
Yelu Diligu replied: "I know. I will join forces with them. First, kill all the three squadrons of Suwei commanded by Li Shi, and then strangle Xian Xiaopu to death and hang them on the roof beams. Her faces,
Take them all to a remote place, kill them and bury them."
"Okay, let's start the first watch."
After sending Yelu Diligu and Xiao Chengqian away, Yelu Dashi sat alone in the room, with dim shadows dancing around him like ghosts.
Suddenly, Yelu Dashi covered his face with his hands and began to cry, which was even sadder than Xiao Qian's cry. This chapter has been completed!