Chapter 589 The spring breeze blows, and the war drums beat
After Peng Qi's explanation, Zhao Zhen knew that the black Khitan people he saw were not the 200,000 army of the Liao Dynasty, these people were just the front army of the Liao people, probably only about 50,000 people.
The front army, the middle army and the rear army are not far away, Zhao Zhen really wants to see what the Liao people look like after knowing that they are not dead, even if he is the emperor, the world that can be accommodated by his mind is also worried about the fact that he hid in the palace of Xijin Mansion and pretended to be dead.
"Put up my knots and banners, and give them to me high! Let the Liao people on the opposite side see clearly! ”
Zhao Zhen's sudden yelling frightened Peng Qi, and he ran to the side to prepare, because the official family was here, Peng Qi originally didn't plan to beat the honor guard, after all, this was equivalent to telling the enemy the location of the emperor, and it also exposed the identity of the official family that had been hidden for a long time.
The banner representing the emperor was erected, and things like the festival were held by the forbidden army to stand all over a city wall, although this formation was very large, but Zhao Zhen believed that it was still difficult to see unless the Liao people expected glasses.
The 50,000 people led by Yelu Zongxin have arrived outside Xijin Mansion, but he still feels that he has come to the wrong place, this will definitely not be Xijin Mansion, just kidding!
Even if Yelu Zongxin died, he would not forget it, he spent more time here every year for recreation than in the military camp in Feihuling, how could he forget the appearance of the city?
This magnificent city wall in front of you is simply the masterpiece of the gods, outside the city gate is a huge urn city protruding outward, and there is a slightly low wall outside the arc-shaped urn city, a little thought about Yelu Zongxin to understand that this person-high wall is not to stop the enemy at all, but to slow down, once you rush under the wall, you are bound to climb over the wall, which will reduce the speed of people and become a live target for the defenders on the wall......
In addition to the urn city, and the tall arrow tower corner tower, there are two towers on both sides of the city gate like incisors, and the black eaves roof is like a majestic heavenly palace that people dare not look at directly, he Ye Lu Zongxin swears that the current Xijin Mansion and the original Xijin Mansion are simply incomparable, if you want to take such a city, it is absolutely impossible to rely on brute force alone, and it just so happens that the Khitan warriors are best at using brute force......
After looking at the pergola for a long time, Yelu Zongxin still felt that he wanted to inform the emperor of the changes in Xijin Mansion at this time, and it seemed that the Song people did not plan to give up Xijin Mansion, and they were going to have a protracted offensive and defensive battle with Da Liao.
The horses that were scattered out galloped back like a group of lost dogs, and Yelu Zongxin looked at the knight whose legs trembled and his cheeks trembled, and went up with a slap, and the crisp slap swelled the actual mouth, but finally summoned the soul back.
"Rubbish, it's just that the city has become a little taller, and some things like arrow towers have been added, and it scared you like this?! What were the Khitan warriors of Daliao afraid of? ”
After being encouraged by Yelu Zongxin, the knight had the courage to say what he could see: "The Song people deployed eight oxen crossbows on the city wall......"
"What is an eight-ox crossbow?"
"And rolling stones, sasswood, lead water, hot oil, ......"
"Are my Da Liao warriors afraid of this?"
"There is also a road for Tibetan soldiers...... And the Great Song Emperor! ”
"Isn't that ............ What the?! ”
Yelu Zongxin picked up the sentry scout, put his face in front of him, gritted his teeth and asked, "What did you just say, say it again!" ”
"The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty came to the city wall in person, climbed high and looked far away, surrounded by flags and banners, axes and axes intersected, and the guard of honor and sanitation ......"
Yelu Zongxin said word by word with the last expectation: "What is he wearing?!" ”
"The armor is similar to the armor of the Great Song Dynasty's Beiwei Army, except that the shoulder armor is hideous like a dragon's head, and the body is coiled with dragon patterns, and the sword of the Son of Heaven hangs on the left waist...... Ahem...... The general spared his life......"
Yelu Zongxin unconsciously made a point every time he heard the horse say a word about the strength of his right hand, and in the end, the sentry detective was already full of bruises and couldn't say a word, from his words, Yelu Zongxin knew that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the son of heaven of the Han people, Zhao Zhen was not dead!
If the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty died and still appeared on the city wall, it must be a trick made by the courtiers of the Song people who wanted to stabilize the morale of the army and the people, and they should also be wearing identity clothes such as the emperor's most common clothes, jade belts, etc., once the people saw it, they would take it seriously.
And from the mouth of the sentry, I learned that the emperor on the city wall was still wearing dragon pattern armor, which was unusual, which was very in line with the character of the Great Song Emperor who was greedy for life and afraid of death...... At the same time, it also shows that the city wall is likely to be the Great Song Emperor himself!
This is completely different from the news given by Zhang Jian, and the consequences are unimaginable.
Soon Yelu Zongxin felt the sequelae brought by this news, the 50,000 former army had already spread the rumor that the Great Song Emperor was not dead, and even added fuel and vinegar to the nonsense, if the Great Song Emperor really had God's blessing, he would not have been hit by the arrow!
Thinking of this, Yelu Zongxin's body trembled involuntarily, and he didn't ...... Maybe the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty didn't have an arrow at all, everything was a good show he played, a good show to trick Da Liao into taking the initiative to attack Xijin Mansion!
Thinking of this, even under the illumination of the spring sun, the back of Yelu Zongxin was still soaked in an instant, if it was really as he guessed, then the city and methods of the Great Song Emperor were really terrible, the most important thing was to play with people's hearts, and he could use a few simple things to play with the secret agents of Da Liao and the clever Zuo Prime Minister in applause, which ...... It's really wise and almost demonic!
Yelu Zongxin was depressed and frenzied, and he didn't say anything in his heart, even his generals began to whisper, and many people looked at themselves with puzzled eyes or turned their heads to look north, needless to say that they had begun to wonder if the news spread by Zhang Jian was deceiving them.
The most unfathomable thing in the world is the human heart, once you start to ponder, you feel that everything is fake, all false, all deception, but just when Yelu Zongxin and his soldiers pondered, the news of the Chinese army soon came, ordering 50,000 troops to attack Xijin Mansion, and began to test the city defense of the Song people with thousands of people in echelons, which is the simplest and most effective means of temptation, using human lives to pile up......
The horn of the Great Liao charge sounded, Yelu Zongxin did not hesitate to kill the slowest Han soldiers, the main force of his front army is 30,000 Han troops, and half of the remaining 20,000 people are mature women, generally Bohai people, for the largest Han people, Yelu Zongxin has never cherished, 30,000 Han people let his army's combat strength drop very much, and the remaining 20,000 people are the treasure and trump card in his hands.
The spring breeze was blowing, the sound of war drums sounded in Xijin Mansion, Zhao Zhen looked at the Liao army who rushed to Xijin Mansion like refugees and pointed his finger: "These people are the foot soldiers of the Liao Dynasty?" It's a little shabby, at least give a quick knife or something, what's the matter with a rotten wood? ”
Peng Qi stared at Zhao Zhen's right hand pressed on the hilt of the sword so tightly that he was about to faint, and when he saw that Zhao Zhen didn't move, he couldn't help but kneel down suddenly: "I beg Your Majesty to draw the sword!" ”
Zhao Zhen suddenly, pulled out the Son of Heaven Sword on his waist and said: "If the besieger commits Song Tu, there is no forgiveness for killing!" ”
Peng Qi breathed a long sigh of relief, the Son of Heaven personally marched, the sword is not out of the sheath, the army is as stable as a mountain, although the enemy is close at hand and does not send a crossbow, this is to listen to the order, when Zhao Zhen pulled out the sword out of the sheath and pointed obliquely at the Liao army, all the defenders shouted: "Offend my Song Tu, kill without forgiveness!" ”