Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Thorn in the Eye of the Roadblock
"Urgent! Urgent! ”
Although he was intoxicated by the big victory in front of him, Ah Guda was a hero after all, and he was not greedy for lewd pleasures, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the living room, he jumped up from the two soft **, did not wear pants, and dragged a knife out to ask what the military situation was.
"East Road...... Our grain and grass were burned by the Khitans! ”
"What!" Ah Gu was taken aback, but the person calmed down and shouted, "What are you panicking about! Can't collapse! Command the generals, rectify the military affairs, and the commander or above will come to see me in the palace after a pillar of incense! ”
In the Kaihuang Palace, the generals were gathered, and Lou Mur, who was responsible for escorting grain and grass, knelt straight on the ground, and Ah Gu broke his mouth and scolded: "What's the matter with you? Can't you make this difference? ”
Lou Mu had just crawled back from the battlefield, dressed in tattered clothes, his face was covered with bruises, and he gritted his teeth and didn't dare to reply.
Akuda asked, "Who is the one who burns grain and grass?" ”
Lou Mu said: "It should be Yelu Yujian." ”
Ah Gu said angrily: "It should be! What should be! Speak loud to me, who is it? ”
Lou Room said loudly: "Yelu Yu see! Khitan East Road is all over Yelu! ”
Ah Gu knocked his head and said: "I seem to have heard ...... of this person's name" Looking back at Zong Han and asked: "This Yelu Yujian, I remember that you seem to have fought with him!" ”
Zong Han said: "The emperor has a good memory! Back then, I just mentioned it in passing, and the emperor actually remembered it. Yes, but he wasn't all in power at the time. Well, I remember, he was probably just a vice-governor at the time. ”
Akuda asked, "How is he fighting?" ”
Zong Han said: "At that time, he looked at me from a distance and fled, so we didn't fight each other. ”
Yan Mu snorted and said, "Coward." ”
Ah Gu said angrily: "What a coward! What a coward would dare to risk going around behind us in such a situation and cutting off our retreat? ”
Yan Mu bowed her head and was silent, and Ah Guda asked Zong Han again: "Yelu Yu saw that day and retreated when he saw you, will his soldiers flee in chaos, or will the queue withdraw in an orderly manner?" ”
Zong Han said: "Thinking about it today, although he fled, but the soldiers and horses are not chaotic, I can't catch up with him." ”
Ah Gu said: "That's it! It's hard for this person to know how to advance and retreat! Sticky Han is one of the best figures in my younger generation of Dajin, and this Yelu Yu can escape under his hands, which shows that he is a character! Since we started the army, the Liao people have retreated a lot, and I don't know how many people have been awarded heads and demoted officials because of us! But this person is not only alive, but also promoted all the way to the East Road, and he must have extraordinary ability! I will be careful when I meet him in the future. Hum! This time it's a lesson for you! The victorious general is not terrible, what is terrible is the heroic hero who is always defeated and does not die! ”
The generals said yes, and Zong Xiong came out and said: "Uncle, the current plan is to first find out how many soldiers and horses are coming to the Khitan South Road, and see if Yelu Yu is fighting alone, or whether the Khitan will be surrounded in a big way." ”
Xiao Tienu said: "Zhongjing is forced by my eldest brother, forgive them for not daring to come to help." Nanjing Xijing is too far away, and what needs to be worried most at the moment is the military division of the Mobei and Northern Domains. ”
Zong Han said: "I counted the grain stored in Shangjing yesterday, which is enough for us to eat for a period of time. Unless it is the Liao people who come to attack, we don't need to worry too much. ”
Ah Guda asked: "Is the grain and grass in Shangjing enough for us to go to Zhongjing?" ”
The generals were taken aback, and Zonggan, the eldest son of Ah Guta, knelt down and said, "Father! Although our army is invincible, the situation is now obscure, and it will be bad if we rush into the enemy's trap. And the weather has been hot every day recently, and this is not yet the height of summer, it is hotter than the dog days of previous years, and it is not a good weather for war. In addition, the grain route was cut off again, although we can go all the way to the grass valley, but in case the Khitans are strong and clear, our army's grain and grass are exhausted and Zhongjing is not defeated, the tens of thousands of troops will fall into a dilemma! ”
Zong Han also said: "Your Majesty! It is good to be able to destroy Daliao in one go, but the grain route has been cut off, and the morale of our army has been hit. At this time, there is no certainty of victory. ”
Ah Gu said: "What do you say? ”
Zong Han said: "Let's withdraw first, and then plan to march when we are ready." We don't have to mess around for a Jeruyu. ”
"Retirement?" Ah Gu said: "Then you don't want to go to Beijing?" ”
Zong Han said: "You can choose to go to Beijing and surrender to the officials." ”
Ah Gu snorted and said, "Isn't that still giving up Shangjing again?" ”
Zong Han said: "Shangjing has been ruined, when we leave, we will set a fire and burn it to an abandoned city that is difficult to hold, even if it is recaptured by the Khitans for a while, it will be easy for us to take it again!" If the emperor is reluctant to go to Beijing, he will leave me behind. Let me fight this Jeru! ”
Ah Guda pondered for a long time, looked at Xiao Tienu and said, "Tienu, do you know the method of guerrilla warfare?" ”
Xiao Tienu straightened his chest and said, "Naturally, I understand!" "He's a horse thief, and harassment and hiding are his strengths.
"Good! Listen! We have enough rations back to Huanglong Mansion, and we will leave the rest to you! I promise you to act cheaply in the north and south of the desert and in the east and west of the Great Xianbei Mountain (Great Xing'an Mountains)! ”
Xiao Tienu said with a smile: "If the Liao people are powerful, I will give up Shangjing; When their defense is a little weaker, I'll take it back! Is that so? ”
Ah Guda smiled: "Not bad! You didn't disappoint me! This time you were the first to enter the city, and the credit is not small! I will promote you to Meng'an, and then give you one gold medal and two silver medals, and allow you to recruit troops and food on the spot! and all the officials who surrender shall be under your authority. ”
Xiao Tienu was overjoyed and knelt down to be sealed. When all the generals saw that Xiao Tienu was envied, they all came to congratulate him.
Ah Guta ordered to send a letter to Yelu Yujian, and the Han official Zhang Yinggu finished drafting it in the tone of Aguta to Yelu Yujian, and read: "Your generals are on the east road, and they have not been defeated in several battles before and after. Now I heard that you were collected and scattered, in order to reject my division. I have conquered Shangjing in the middle of this month, and I will go to take the lord of Liao today. If you rule the army to win or lose, it can refer to the time of the land and the day of retribution. If you know that you are invincible, you should lead the crowd to surrender, and you will have no regrets. ”
Ah Gu said: "It's too literary, but the meaning is almost the same." Let a few captives out of the city and let them take the letter! ”
Soon after the captives escaped from the city, they were secretly stopped by the rest of Jerod's men. They presented the letters, and after reading the rumors, Yelu Yu saw that after reading the rumors, he smiled and said, "Descend? Hey! "He brought the letter close to the torch and burned it. asked the spy what the movement of the Jin army was, and the spy replied: The Jin army has been divided, but some men and horses are left to guard the capital.
Yelu Yu sighed: "The Jurchens are thick and fine, not only are they brave in battle, but the boss is also stable enough. At the moment, they are not tired of their troops, and we will not be able to win this battle. ”
Han Funu said: "Then after they leave, we will go around behind their backs and take Shangjing back!" ”
Yelu Yu said, "No! I'm going to fight a bone fight first! ”
Xiao Qing was shocked: "Could it be that they all want to have a hard time with the main force of the Jin Army?" How does this work? ”
Yelu Yu said, "Why can't you do it? After our successful attack on Lou Mur, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and we could fight! ”
On the same day, the Jin army was in the class, Zong Han was exploring the road in front, the Chinese army followed, followed by Zong Xiong, and the queen of Yan Mu Palace. The army crossed the Liao River, and after Ah Gu crossed the river, he sighed: "I wanted to defeat Zhongjing in one go and arrest Ah Shi (Yelu Yanxi's nickname), but I gave up halfway!" ”
Zong Han said: "The military is dangerous, and everything should be the best policy." Pointing to the soldiers and horses on the other side of the Liaoshui River who had not yet crossed the river, he said: "After the army crosses the Liaohe, we will be safe." ”
Before he could finish speaking, a military horse rushed out from behind a hill, and the sound of killing shook the sky, rushing towards the Jin army who had not had time to get on the ship.
Ah Gu was surprised, but laughed instead of anger: "Okay! This Yelu Yu is a man who can fight, but unfortunately there are too few soldiers and horses! It can't hurt our roots! ”
The mother of the queen of the palace is the half-brother of Aguta, who can fight well, and is not alarmed in case of chaos, leading the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to recoil over, and the two men and horses are taking over, and the mother of Yan is trapped and fighting hard.
Ah Guda said: "When did the Khitans become brave? ”
Zong Han said: "Most of it is due to the success of the war of grain robbery. ”
Ah Gu nodded and said, "Yes, this is the morale of the victorious army!" ”
Zong Han said: "Do you want to go back to the past for reinforcements?" ”
Ah Gu shook his head and said, "No! If he has an ambush on this side, then our army will be in chaos. ”
Zong Han immediately ordered the men and horses who had already gone to the east bank to prepare for battle in case the enemy attacked.
Zongxiong, who was crossing the river, ordered to return to the boat and go ashore, and organized the team and rushed into the formation to reinforce Yanmu. Both sides fought very hard in this battle, and the Liao army took advantage of the power of the surprise attack and shouted "Catch Aguta" to advance step by step, but the Jin army fought desperately and refused to retreat. After Zongxiong's troops joined the battle, Yanmu, who had already stabilized her position, took the opportunity to counterattack.
Zong Xiong rushed too fast, and suddenly a group of elites in the Liao army rushed in front of him, and the rain of arrows flew, and Zong Xiong was hit by arrows in the chest and shoulder at the same time, and fell off the saddle. The Jin army was in a little disorder, but the Liao army took it when it saw that it was good, and retreated westward without hurry.
Yan Mu and the others were in a hurry to save Zongxiong, but they had no intention of chasing after them, so they had to let them leave.
In this battle, the Jin army lost more than 500 people, more than 1,000 wounded, almost all the generals on the west bank were wounded, and seven people died in the battle! Casualties have never been more severe since the start of the army.
Ah Gu saw Zongxiong fall off the horse, and jumped on the other side in a hurry, but across the Liaoshui, he could only watch Yelu Yu leave calmly, helpless.
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