Chapter Ninety-seventy-fourth battle Lin Huang eight
All within a hundred steps of the northern wall of Seoul had been occupied by the Liao people. The retreat of the Song army gave Yelu Hongji and others great confidence. The Song people were Song people after all, and they always held an unrealistic compassion in their hearts.
Not being ruthless enough is their biggest weakness, and this will cost them dearly today.
Yelu Hongji stood on the high wall of the imperial city. Several generals around him were waiting for his orders. Yelu Hongji carefully looked at the situation below, pointed to a main road to the east and said: "Let the people go from there first."
Breakthrough, the terrain there is open and can accommodate more manpower. Once the several tall buildings behind are occupied, bed crossbows can also be set up on them to become enemy towers in the city, effectively killing the Song army."
Yelu Kanrong said: "His Royal Highness, we can pretend to attack from the west first, attract their attention, and then drive the people to attack the defense line on the east. At the same time, we can also use rockets to shoot at the wooden buildings on both sides of the street in the middle to knock out the Song army."
Force them back from the center, but this may accidentally injure the people."
"We can't control that much anymore. We can't go back. Remember, we would rather have all the people die than preserve the strength of the soldiers. We need to supervise the army and drive them from the rear. As long as there are people who mutiny or flee, we must kill them mercilessly."
, otherwise everything will be in chaos.”
Yelu Kanrong glanced at Yelu Hongji with complicated eyes and found that the prince's eyes were extremely fanatical and his breathing was a little uneven. Although the prince was only seventeen years old, Yelu Kanrong no longer dared to judge him by his age.
"I will obey your orders, I will make arrangements for you." Yelu Kanrong gritted his teeth and said, like the prince, he can only go to the dark side in one way. Today's act of driving people to death can only use one result to obtain final forgiveness.
That is to protect the capital.
Yelu Hongji didn't notice Yelu Kanrong's complicated expression. His attention was attracted by a huge commotion in front of the two armies. A low horn sound suddenly sounded. It was the horn blown by the Song Army. Yelu Hongji felt a chill in his heart.
:Is the Song army going to launch a desperate attack?
A dozen horses galloped out of the Song army's column on South Street, followed by three carriages. On the front horse of the column, an officer sat upright. His bright silver armor and purple cloak looked particularly eye-catching. The distance was too far.
The face can't be seen clearly.
The man waved his hand, and a follower beside him took out a barrel-shaped object from behind and covered his mouth and started shouting: "The people from Liao across the way have listened. I, General Su Jin of the Northern Song Dynasty, have something to say to you."
The coach said, please report it as soon as possible."
The cylindrical thing seemed to have special power, and could actually send the sound hundreds of steps away to the city wall. Yelu Hongji frowned, wondering what the Song people were going to do. Soon after, someone came
It was reported that the people of Song Dynasty invited the prince to come for a dialogue. Yelu Hongji thought for a while and said, "Let's go and have a look."
The people around him said: "Your Highness, be careful of Song people's tricks and beware of Song people's hidden arrows."
Yelu Hongji waved his hand and said: "I definitely won't. The generals of the Song Army are not afraid of hidden arrows. What do you fear? If you don't go, you will lose your morale and lead the way."
After saying that, he got off the city wall, mounted his horse and galloped away. The guards quickly followed and gathered around, ready to block arrows with their bodies.
Su Jin saw dozens of war horses galloping in front of the Liao army from a distance. He knew that the Liao army's general was coming, so he rode up to meet the enemy. He came to the enemy's formation and reined in his horse a hundred steps away. After a while, the Liao cavalry came closer.
, maybe he saw that he was standing alone, and a red horse from the enemy army was slowly approaching. The two sides came together and stood twenty paces, and bowed to each other.
"Su Jin, the great general of the Great Song Dynasty Zhenbei, is polite." Su Jin said.
Yelu Hongji returned the gift and said coldly: "The king of Liao Yan, the chief minister of Zhongcheng, and the eldest son of the emperor, Yelu Hongji, are polite."
Su Jin was stunned. The young man in front of him was Yelu Hongji, who was the future emperor of the Liao Kingdom in history. However, that was history before his arrival. Now it is difficult to say whether this young man can become the emperor.
"It turns out he's the eldest prince. I've admired his name for a long time, and he's indeed a great one among people." Su Jin had been in the officialdom for a long time, so he couldn't help but like to be polite.
Yelu Hongji slapped him across the face mercilessly: "I'm not here to be polite to you. The Song people's betrayal will kill you and me. If you have something to say, there is no need to use false words to be polite."
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Well said, very happy! There is no room for politeness between the Song and Liao countries. The prince is right."
"Have said that, what do you want to say to me? Did you come to ask for mercy first when you saw that you were going to be defeated today? I, the prince, can tell you that anyone in the Song Dynasty can be spared, except you, Su Jin."
"Haha, it turns out that you Liao people have such special regard for me, Su Jin, so thank you very much; but the prince said the opposite. I am not here to beg for mercy, but to persuade you to surrender. Your Liao country is over, so you should obey God's will and surrender to me.
If you govern well, you will avoid the loss of life, and I, the Song Dynasty, will not be as petty as you Liao people. I promise that I will not make things difficult for you, and I will even grant you the title of king and a land to ensure that you have no worries in your life."
"Shut up, you don't know that you are about to die. Can't you see the situation today? The people in our imperial city are excited and everyone shares the same hatred. Don't think that you have an army of 80,000 in your hands. It will only take a moment for you to be destroyed in front of hundreds of thousands of my soldiers and civilians.
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Su Jin shook his head and sighed: "The prince likes to put gold on his face. What about hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians? What about sharing the same hatred with the enemy? You treat the people as trivial, but you talk so high-sounding. This is the biggest mistake of you Liao people. Don't take advantage of it.
If the common people treat you as human beings, will the common people treat you as human beings? Even if we drive these unarmed people to stop us, even if we drive all the people from Liao Kingdom, we will only die on the way. I advise you to wake up."
Yelu Hongji spat several times and shouted: "In that case, why bother talking? Let's start a war immediately."
Su Jindao: "Of course we want to fight. I'm just looking for you to tell you something. There are a few people who want to meet you. After you meet them, we can start the war."
Yelu Hongji frowned and said, "Who wants to see me? What are you doing?"
Su Jin raised his right hand and waved it. The guards fifty steps behind him caught up the three black carriages that were following them, lifted the curtains, and invited a few people from inside.
Yelu Hongji didn't look at it. When he saw it, he felt dizzy and almost fell off his horse. The first carriage came out of three women. Yelu Hongji was very familiar with it. They were his mother, Queen Renyi and Queen Renyi.
The two beloved concubines of the emperor, the second car came out with a few children, those were his younger brothers and two sisters, the third car came out with a few old people, those were Shang's father Zhang Jian and several
Veteran minister Yelu Hongji understood everything. The Queen's car that was sent out of the city overnight to avoid trouble was hijacked by the Song army.
"You... are despicable!" Yelu Hongji's little face turned purple.
"I admit it, but so what?" Su Jin smiled.
From a distance, the queen, princes and princesses could be heard crying: "Your Majesty, save me."
"Brother, save me."
Yelu Hongji rolled his saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Queen Renyi, crying: "Mother, mother, the child is unfilial."
Zhang Jian gasped and shouted: "Your Highness, don't let the Song people threaten you. The country, the country, and the country are more important than anything else." Before he finished speaking, Ma Han, who was standing aside, slapped Zhang Jian with a big mouth, and beat Zhang Jian's remaining three.
An old tooth flew far away.
"You old man, you are not honest, you are asking grandpa to treat you to horse dung." Ma Han scolded.
"I only want to die, I only want to die." Zhang Jian covered his face and shouted.
Ma Han waved his hands and said: "Brothers, give him something delicious." Several guards grabbed Zhang Jian's hair and stuffed it into his mouth. Zhang Jian swallowed several mouthfuls and was furious.
Gong Xin fainted and fell to the ground.
"You thief, how can you insult me like this, an important minister of the Liao Dynasty?" Yelu Hongji's eyes burned with anger.
Su Jin spread his hands and said: "There is no way, my men are all rough people, and the army is fighting outside, so I can't reprimand you too much. Prince, have you thought about it? If you don't surrender, I don't know what my men will do to your mother."
If you do anything else, several generals are begging me for rewards."
"If you dare to insult my mother, I will never share the same fate with you."
"Don't grit your teeth like this. It all depends on you. As long as you surrender immediately, I will let you go immediately and give you the best care. No one dares to touch a hair on you."
"Don't even think about it." Yelu Hongji was in chaos, his mother, siblings were captured, and they were thrown into a trap. How could they fight today? Is it really possible to surrender? No, once surrendered, everything would be over. The Song people might not kill themselves, but
How is that different from death?
Yelu Hongji's thoughts were racing, and he slowly got scared from the snow. He patted the muddy water on his body and said hoarsely: "General Su, this matter is too important. How about you allow me to discuss it with my subordinates? In addition, I have
This is a cruel request. I hope you can agree to it. You can bring my mother, queen, and younger siblings here. I will say a few words to them. I will order the guards to stay a hundred steps away. You can also send people to monitor them nearby. I will never
Will try to save people."
Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Well, I promise you, it's just a meeting, so what's the harm?"
Su Jin ordered people to escort Queen Renyi and a young prince and two young princesses to Yelu Hongji. The guards stepped back twenty steps with their bows and arrows ready to prepare.
Yelu Hongji walked forward slowly, hugged Queen Renyi and cried. Queen Renyi cried: "Your Majesty, what should we do? You have to save your mother and your younger brothers and sisters."
Yelu Hongji cried several times and said softly: "Mother, my child will naturally save you. Not only will I save you, but I will also save our country of Liao. We can't lose it when we go to Beijing, and we can't surrender our child. I have no choice about what happened today. Mother
I will forgive the child."
Queen Renyi didn't understand Yelu Hongji's words, and said in shock with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty...you..."
Yelu Hongji reached out and pulled out a scimitar studded with gold and jewels from his waist. The cold light on the tip of the knife stung Queen Renyi's eyes. Suddenly, she understood what Yelu Hongji was going to do.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Queen Renyi shouted hurriedly and stepped back.
"Mother... your son is unfilial, and your son cannot let you be humiliated. Mother, please go in peace..." Yelu Hongji grabbed Queen Renyi's arm, gritted her teeth and stabbed her with the knife. A stream of blood spurted out, splashing on Yelu Hongji's head.
Face.
The three underage princes and the little princess were so frightened that they screamed and ran away. Su Jin woke up and exclaimed loudly: "No, I have been tricked by Yelu Hongji."
Before he could react, he saw Yelu Hongji quickly catching up with him, his sword flying like the wind, and he chopped down all his brothers and two sisters neatly in the snow.