Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Thorn in the Eye of the Roadblock
"Report ...... General Xiao! When our army crossed the river, it was attacked by the Khitan and suffered heavy casualties. General Soo is seriously wounded! Life and death are uncertain! ”
Xiao Tienu asked, "What about the lord of the country?" ”
"After the raid was repelled by General Yanmu, the whole army had already crossed the river to the west."
Xiao Tienu's lieutenant said: "After the Khitans attacked the main force of our army, the next step is to attack Shangjing, and we should immediately increase the city defense." ”
"Fortify the city?" Xiao Tienu sneered and said, "Add a bird city defense!" Hum! Immediately ordered to drive the people of Shangjing to demolish all the city guarding equipment in the inner city! Set fire to the outer city overnight! ”
The generals were taken aback, thinking that they had heard it wrong, Xiao Tienu said angrily: "Don't do it yet!" Do you want me to say it a second time? ”
The generals did not dare to disobey and took the order and left. As a result, Shangjing was robbed for the second time, and the raging fire not only burned the outer city into ruins, but also the walls of the inner city were burned to pieces. Xiao Tienu just set the fire and didn't care about fire prevention, the fire spread to the private houses, and burned most of the palaces and private houses that were left after the last plunder.
Soon the eastern flag fluttered, and Yelu Yujian finally appeared!
Xiao Tienu did not resist, and after looting the money and grain in the city, he led the army to withdraw and disappeared between the mountains and rivers.
Yelu Yu saw the army entering the city, looked around, and couldn't help crying. The largest city in the north that has been operated by Daliao for 200 years is now full of devastation. The people in the city are less than forty percent of them were before the city was broken. Yelu Yu looked back at Han Funu and said: "You have been there secretly after the destruction of Tokyo City, is this the same scene in Liaoyang Mansion?" ”
Han Funu said: "No." After Gao Yongchang's defeat, Liaoyang Mansion was not seriously damaged, and when I arrived there, Tokyo had already fallen for more than three months, and Liaoyang Mansion had basically recovered its vitality under the auspices of Zhi Yanchong. ”
Yelu Yu was silent for a long time, and sighed: "This time Zhiyan Chong was not arranged on the northern front, and we don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse!" ”
On the one hand, he ordered to appease the people, and at the same time, Feishu sent a report to the privy council of the Northern Court to report the victory to the Liao court.
But that night, Yelu Yu saw that he hadn't slept peacefully, so he heard the sound of killing, and it turned out that Xiao Tienu led a light horse into the city and attacked at night. Yelu Yu saw that he was strict in governing the army, and he was not negligent at night. However, his troops were too small, and Shangjing was full of gaps under the deliberate destruction of the Jin army, so he could not be well prepared.
When Yelu Yu rushed out to fight Xiao Tienu, the other party had already escaped from the city at night. The losses of the Liao army that night were not serious, but the number of people affected was large, and the morale of the Liao army was greatly damaged.
On the second day, Yelu Yujian sent a scout to find Xiao Tienu, but Xiao Tienu was born as a horse thief, and what he was best at was hiding, where could Yelu Yujian find him?
The next two days were peaceful, and on the fourth day, the soldiers and civilians in Beijing relaxed a little, and Xiao Tienu came again, but this time he rushed into the city at dusk with the sunset on his back, and set fire everywhere, destroying all the city defenses that Yelu Yujian had just repaired half. Yelu Yu saw that he once again led the army to fight him, and Xiao Tienu fled again.
On the one hand, Yelu Yu saw that the troops were not enough to cast nets to fish, and on the other hand, in the aftermath of the war, there were not enough officials to effectively control the Linhuang Mansion, let alone mobilize the people to besiege the other party, so he could only let Xiao Tienu come and go freely and could not do anything.
After Xiao Tienu attacked three or four times, the Liao army hated Xiao Tienu, a Mongolian mongrel, so much!
Yelu Yu looked at his heart and said: "If we don't kill him like this, the morale of the soldiers will be exhausted by him first!" "I had no choice but to lead the army to withdraw from Shangjing and garrison the pearl village in the southeast of Shangjing. Xiao Tienu, on the other hand, used guerrilla tactics to attack Huaizhou and Gyeongju northwest of Tokyo, and occasionally broke into Shangjing to plunder grain and conquer Ding.
But Xiao Tienu couldn't gain a firm foothold in Shangjing, as long as he entered Tokyo, Yelu Yujian would definitely lead troops to come the next day. The two sides fought back and forth in this Linhuang Mansion, and the area controlled by Yelu Yu was relatively large, and the terrain was familiar, but the south side did not send a large army to help, so although Yelu Yu saw the upper hand, he could not pull out the nail of Xiao Tienu.
Besides, when the Jin army was attacked that day, Zong Xiong fell from his horse with an arrow, and if it weren't for his own soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect him, he almost died in the chaos. The arrows on his chest and shoulders waited until the army arrived at the Huanglong Mansion and the good doctors of the Han Department arrived before they dared to pull them out. Fortunately, the arrow was not poisonous, but Rao still left Zongxiong in a coma for two days and two nights.
The Wanyan clan has attached great importance to Zongxiong since Ah Guda, and they are all worried when they see that he is dying. After hearing the news, Yan Hu ran desperately to take care of her, and when she arrived at the Huanglong Mansion, Zongxiong was already out of danger, and in turn comforted her sister and said, "Don't worry, you can't die!" ”
Wanyan Hu asked Ah Guda to lead troops to avenge his brother, Zong Han and others hurriedly persuaded: "Now that I have just started the class, and if I want to go west, I am not fully prepared in all aspects." Caution is needed to send troops again. ”
Wan Yanhu said: "I don't want to be a soldier and a horse, so I will recruit troops from the Han Department in southern Liaoning." ”
Zong Wang persuaded: "This time, our grain road was robbed, and the loss of military rations is very serious. It's just that the troops are enough, and they can't get together so many rations for a while! Besides, it's June, and it's surprisingly hot this year! We Jurchens can't endure this scorching heat, and if we force a long-distance expedition and walk thousands of miles, we are afraid that we will fall half ill before we can catch up with Yelu Yu. ”
Wan Yanhu said: "We are afraid of heat, aren't the Khitan people afraid of heat?" As for the soldiers' rations, I asked Ying Qi to find a way! ”
Zong Han and the others smiled bitterly when they heard this, and Zong Wang smiled: "Okay, if he can conjure food out of thin air, I will be a pioneer for you, eldest sister!" ”
Wan Yanhu doesn't care what others think, just write a letter to urge Yang Yingqi to come back quickly!
Her letter, along with the war report, first reached Tokyo, then to Liaokou, Jinmen, and then to Liuqiu through Jinmen.
After receiving the battle report, Yang Yingqi said to Ouyang Shi: "A hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff!" Da Liao really has people who can fight! Now that the offensive and defensive situation of Liao and Jin has changed, it has become our attack, and the great Liao defends, and the advantage of local operations is already on their side. After this battle, the strength of his army has become a climate, and with this person guarding the northern front, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to advance eastward. ”
Ouyang Shi said: "This person even suffers from the lord of the country, and the six slaves are fighting alone, which is inevitably worrying." ”
Yang Yingqi smiled: "I'm not worried about this. Alone? It's just right to be alone! A team of thousands of people can hide anywhere, unless the other party has ten times the strength, I'm afraid it's not so easy to eat the sixth brother! After picking up Yan Hu's letter, he sighed: "This Yelu Yu Jian is to deal with, but my sister-in-law wants me to change the food out of the army, but it is difficult for the strongman!" ”
Ouyang Shi said: "Old man! In my opinion, you should go back too! ”
Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "Why, I finally came here in the wind and waves, and you drove me away in less than half a year here!" ”
"Half a year is not too long!" Ouyang Shi said: "If you really like it here, hey! It's better to simply move the headquarters of the Han Department here! ”
Yang Yingqi raised his eyebrows and said: "This is not necessarily impossible!" Then he smiled and shook his head.
After all, moving the headquarters to Liuqiu was just a joke from Yang Yingqi!
In this day and age, it is not the ship that rules the world, but the horse! Therefore, Yang Yingqi knew that unless the Han Department wanted to be safe, it must leave its headquarters on the mainland! Even if it is the most marginal gate of the mainland!
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