The Liao army's counterattack on the imperial city has begun. High-quality updates are here
According to the promise made in advance, Yelu Zhongyuan allocated 40,000 troops to Yelu Hongji to form the main attack force to attack from the east city gate. Tens of thousands of troops were arranged on the other three sides to conduct feint attacks. In the afternoon, stones were thrown by trebuchets.
Start, kick off the siege.
Yelu Hongji personally mounted his horse and stood on the battlefield at the front line of the East Gate. In order to regain the imperial city and atone for his sins, he had no way out. Fortunately, the emperor's uncle was not as sinister as he thought; at the critical moment, he did not add insult to injury and instead dragged himself.
Well, this made Yelu Hongji feel a little regretful for the slanderous words he had said to the emperor's uncle secretly in the past.
But Yelu Hongji would not be moved by this matter. It was well known to everyone that the emperor's uncle wanted to inherit the throne, and he was supposed to be the heir to the throne. This destined that he and the emperor's uncle would not be together. This time, he was allocated
Soldiers and horses to help him regain the imperial city may be the stupidest decision made by the emperor's uncle. His father must have chosen him to take over the throne. As long as he can make up for the guilt of losing the imperial city, his status will no longer be in his father's heart.
fall.
As for the murder of his mother, his father would never blame himself in his heart, because he was such a person. After he came to the throne, he deposed the empress dowager under house arrest, cut off her food supply, and made the old empress die of depression and depression.
, although he did not kill her with his own hands, it was equivalent to death in his hands; he was able to cruelly kill the queen, on the one hand because he did not want to let the queen and princess be humiliated by the Song Dynasty people who threatened him, and on the other hand, I am afraid it was because of his blood
Heredity is at play.[
The battle was going on in full swing. Of course, Yelu Hongji would not charge in person. He would only watch the progress of the battle from behind and listen to the battle reports from the front at any time. Not half an hour after the battle started, Yelu Kanrong came galloping over on horseback in anger, with a face on his face.
The "color" turned red.
"Your Highness, how did you discuss this with the Crown Prince? How come there is no movement in the other three places so far? There are so many Song troops on the city, and there are more defenders than those attacking the city, so what?
How to attack?"
"No way, the emperor said it well. As soon as we attacked, the other three sides started to feign attack. Didn't they take action?"
"Let's do it. High-quality updates are here." Yelu Kanrong ignored the prince and said, "I sent someone to ask. The soldiers and horses are in place, but everyone is hiding in the shelter to bask in the sun, saying that it is
No orders were received."
Yelu Hongji vaguely felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "I will immediately send someone to the imperial uncle's tent in Seoul to ask, suspend the attack, and wait for my news."
Yelu Kanrong said angrily: "More than three thousand lives have been lost, and now we are calling a halt. What kind of war is this?"
Yelu Hongji consoled him: "General, don't be impatient. Casualties are inevitable. Now is our chance to atone for our sins, so what if we be patient? If we attack the city again, we can send the 40,000 troops allocated to us to lead the charge. Our subordinates will
Place your troops and horses at the rear to avoid damaging your vitality."
Yelu Kanrong didn't listen to this. When he heard this, he became even more angry and said angrily: "Your Highness, I don't know how you and the Crown Prince negotiated and agreed to allocate 40,000 main troops to attack."
City, do you know what kind of soldiers and horses those 40,000 are? They are all old, weak, sick and disabled cooks and handymen. I am afraid that all the trash in the army have been picked up and given to us. Some of them have difficulty walking, and they even attack the city?
Attack your ass!"
Yelu Hongji was shocked and said: "How could this happen? Uncle Huang..."
Yelu Kanrong sneered and said: "The general knows that there is no such good thing, and the emperor's brother will kindly let you take the credit? Your Highness has been plotted and you don't know it."
Yelu Hongji's hands and feet were cold and he murmured: "I have been fooled by the emperor's uncle. This despicable villain is trying to kill me. High-quality update."
Yelu Kanrong said: "In my opinion, he arranged this matter. You can't find out anything if you ask. It's better to stop attacking the city directly, send back his 40,000 waste, and let's lead the troops back to Ningzhou.
Go, don't take the credit for this. In the future, the emperor and others will only excuse the prince, and the emperor will not blame the prince too much. After all, it is all 'forced' by the situation and has no choice."
Yelu Hongji reluctantly dismounted his horse, sat down on the stone, and murmured: "It's too late, I have issued... a military order; if I can't take the imperial city, the emperor will use military law to punish me..."
"Ah?" Yelu Kanrong couldn't believe his ears. The eldest prince was so stupid that he actually issued a military order. This was a very typical act of pretending to serve the public good for personal gain. It was ridiculous that he took advantage of his eagerness to perform meritorious deeds and tricked him into the situation.
It's really troublesome now.
"This is killing someone with a borrowed knife. The emperor wants to take this opportunity to get rid of me. What should I do? What should I do?" Yelu Hongji panicked. After all, the seventeen-year-old boy lacked experience. Although he was very shrewd, how could he know?
There are so many deceitful schemes in this world, how could he, a prince in the palace, be able to see through them.
Yelu Kanrong looked pale. Now that the matter has come to this, blaming the prince will not help. Yelu Kanrong thought for a long time and sighed: "There are only two ways to go. First, we can only use the few manpower at hand to fight to the death."
Capture the imperial city, although this is almost impossible."
Yelu Hongji shook his head and said: "It's not that you don't know the defense of the imperial city. It's still possible to break through from all sides. Now it seems that the emperor's uncle is just sending troops to other sides to show off. It's impossible to feign attack and containment. This is impossible.
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Yelu Kanrong said: "Then there is only the last way."
"Say it quickly, say it quickly."[
"Thirty-six Strategies, the best strategy is to take action! Let's mobilize the 40,000 old and weak soldiers to attack fiercely. The generals and I will take our 20,000 people to escort the prince away from the battlefield and immediately escape to Ningzhou to escape. Yelu Zhongyuan is now free.
If he can't escape, he will not lead his troops to Ningzhou to find trouble with us. The prince will report the matter to the emperor, so that the emperor can be mentally prepared and avoid the evil Yelu Chongyuan from filing a complaint first in the future."
Yelu Hongji's eyes widened and he said, "Is this... going to happen? Can we leave?"
Yelu Kanrong said: "Whether it works or not, that's all. If you stay, you will die. Military orders are child's play. If I kill you, the emperor will have no reason to blame him, because that is the punishment you are willing to accept. Speaking of which, the emperor's brother
It was really deliberate. If you were killed by him, the throne would only be inherited by him. In the final analysis, it was the real seizure of the throne that caused the trouble. If the prince had restrained himself a little and didn't make wild remarks everywhere, there wouldn't be today's disaster.
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Yelu Hongji gritted his teeth and said: "The general is right. The general will go and prepare immediately. Let's leave this place of trouble and trouble quickly. Fortunately, the thief may not know that we have discovered his intention, and we may be able to escape."
Yelu Kanrong turned around and mounted his horse, turned the horse's head and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince will leave quietly first with his personal guards, and the general will come with his troops later. Otherwise, it will waste too much time, and if the Emperor's brother discovers it, it will be in trouble."
The attack on the city head continued, and shouts resounded throughout the surrounding snowfields. Yelu Hongji rode on a horse, dressed as a scout, and led a dozen guards to run wildly eastward; running north was originally a shortcut.
But there was a Liao army pretending to attack outside the North City. God knows if it was an interception team prepared by Yelu Chongyuan to prevent him from seeing through the plan. Running eastward or going in a circle to the north was the safest way.
The wind whistled in his ears, making his face feel cold and biting. There were tears in the corners of Yelu Hongji's eyes. The tears were soon blown into thin ice crystals by the wind and hung on his eyelashes. As a distinguished person,
The prince was now running away like a bereaved dog. This was something he never expected.
Once upon a time, I thought that Daliao was the most powerful country in the world. The Song and Xia countries would all surrender under the iron heel of Daliao. Daliao would become the superpower with the largest territory and the strongest national and military power in the world, and it would also become this country.
What an honor and respect it is to be the emperor of the most powerful country.
His father had high hopes for him. He hinted to himself more than once that naming the emperor's uncle as the crown prince was just to stabilize the situation. In fact, it was impossible to pass on the throne to him. He was the real crown prince. But now, Song
He was extremely evil, and the emperor's uncle planned to frame him. He first killed his biological mother, and then lost the capital, and now he has to escape execution. What happened to all this?
The sound of shouting and charging was gradually left behind and became inaudible. The imperial city in the distance had become a shadow on the horizon. Yelu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced. No matter what, he was still lucky.
He had seen through the emperor's uncle's evil plan early. Once he escaped, he would still be the prince of the Liao Kingdom. His father still had 400,000 cavalry in his hands, and there were still a large number of people in the city on the Tokyo and Nanjing roads. The Song people could not destroy the Liao Dynasty, and the emperor's uncle could not.
He didn't dare to usurp the throne. He had plenty of opportunities to counter the emperor's uncle.
The hill ahead was covered with white snow, and there were a few sparse cedar trees under the hill. Yelu Hongji rarely rode a horse, and the bumps on horseback made his bones ache, so he decided to take a break under the tree to drink some water and catch his breath.
tone.
More than a dozen riders approached the tree slowly. Yelu Hongji was suddenly surprised to find that there was a straw mat spread under the tree, with a pot of wine and two wine glasses on it, and a roasted fat sheep.
Astonished, I heard the sound of horse hooves, and hundreds of cavalry appeared from behind the hill. The first person laughed loudly: "Nephew Hong Ji, you are indeed here."