When Xiao Xuan saw Yelu Huge, his arms were wrapped in a thick layer of gauze, shirtless, purple from the cold, and his arms were still swollen, like leaven, glowing with blue.

Xiao Sui asked, "How is it?" Is the injury better? ”

Jeruhugo looked at his face and said, "It's better, it's better." ”

Xiao Sui said: "That's good, I can rest assured when I see that Aiqing's injury is fine." ”

Yelu Hugo said: "The general of the defeated army, I am really ashamed to have the Empress Dowager Lao to worry about it. ”

Xiao Sui said: "Aiqing don't say that, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, there is no general in the world who does not defeat the battle, but if you can find a lesson in defeat, then win." ”

Yelu Xiuge said: "The queen mother is right, the ministers underestimate the Song army, and the ministers are willing to be punished. ”

Xiao Sui said: "This is not entirely Yu Yue's fault, since our army defeated the Song army the year before last, we have all developed a feeling of underestimating the enemy, thinking that the Song army is weak and does not suffer a blow, in fact, they are much stronger than we imagined, we must not take it lightly, otherwise, we will suffer a big loss." ”

Brother Yelu Xiu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the Queen Mother is wise, the minister didn't expect the Song army to recover so quickly, and he underestimated them." ”

Xiao Xuan said: "In this regard, we are not as good as Yelu. ”

Jeruhhuge said, "Yes, Hanning's knowledge is far above the minister, and the minister is not as good as him. ”

Xiao Xuan sighed: "It's a pity, he is not very enthusiastic about political affairs now, and he is also very cold to the military, what should I do?" ”

Yelu Hugo said: "Han Ning has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, and he takes fame very lightly, but he values love and righteousness, and the minister remembers that he once made an appointment with the emperor as brothers, and the queen mother can rest assured that as long as the emperor needs him, he will definitely sacrifice his life to serve the emperor, please trust the queen mother." ”

Xiao Sui said: "Aiqing is right, now that Aiqing is injured, Yelu seems to be tired of fighting, what should I do?" ”

Yelu Hugo said: "Does the Queen Mother want to return to China? ”

Xiao Sui said: "Yu Yue thinks it's okay to retire now?" ”

Yelu Hugo said: "If the Empress Dowager really wants to withdraw the army, the minister suggests that before withdrawing the army, she must capture the mouth of the Great Wall, pull out this nail, and remove the threat of Nanjing's flank." ”

Xiao Sui said: "Yu Yue is right, I think so too. ”

Xiao Sui then told Yelu Xiuge to recuperate from his injuries and not to take a small failure to heart, in the future, there will be more important things for him to do. Jeruxiugo listened and was grateful.

Xiao Hui returned to the camp and convened the generals to discuss the matter of the class teacher.

Yelu obliquely said: "If you really want to be a teacher, you must first lay the mouth of the Great Wall." ”

Xiao Xuan said: "I also have this plan, but the mouth of this Great Wall is strong and steep, and I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer." ”

Yelu obliquely said: "If the mouth of the Great Wall is in the hands of the Song army, Nanjing will always be threatened by it, and there is one more stumbling block for us to enter and exit the customs." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The Shou Tai Bao is right, the mouth of the Great Wall must be taken. ”

Xiao Sui said: "Since they all advocate attacking the mouth of the Great Wall, then pull out this nail, how do you want to fight the Taibao?" ”

Yelu said: "In fact, it is not very difficult to take the mouth of the Great Wall, the key is to block the Yijin Pass, the reinforcements of Dingzhou, as long as the foreign aid is cut off, the defenders of the mouth of the Great Wall will lose their fighting spirit, and they can send people to surrender without a fight." ”

Xiao Sui said: "Then please ask Aiqing to personally block the reinforcements from Dingzhou, the government order to block the reinforcements from Yijin Pass, and King Xi will attack the mouth of the Great Wall with the emperor." ”

The people were commanded to act. Yelu Longxu led the troops to surround the mouth of the Great Wall, and Xi Wang Caining led the troops to attack, but the terrain at the mouth of the Great Wall was steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and several attacks were repulsed.

Yelu Longxu had no choice but to order the troops to rest for the time being, waiting for news from Yelu Xian and Han Derang.

The next day, Yelu Xian came and returned a group of Song prisoners, and Yelu Longxu was very happy to see it.

Yelu asked about the siege and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, you will definitely take the mouth of the Great Wall tomorrow." ”

He asked a prisoner of war to be brought in, and said to him with a pleasant face: "General Li Xing, this is our emperor, and he values you very much." ”

Li Xing saw Yelu Longxu and immediately knelt down.

Yelu Xian hurriedly said to Yelu Longxu: "Your Majesty, this is General Li, the overseer of Dingzhou, who has always admired the emperor and has come to defect. ”

Yelu Longxu stretched out his hand to help Li Xing up, and said, "Hurry up, General Li is really a hero, I can get General Li's help, why worry about the mouth of the Great Wall?" ”

Li Xing's face was flushed, and he said: "The general of the defeated army, fortunately, will not be killed, and he is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Yelu Longxu smiled and looked at Yelu obliquely.

Yelu slanted and said, "Whatever General Li said, I just won a fluke." ”

Li Xing said: "General Yelu's soldiers really made Li have to serve, and Li is also a battle-hardened general, but like General Yelu, Li is the first to encounter a soldier, and he is defeated in your hands, and Li is not wronged." ”

Yelu slanted and said, "What did General Li say, didn't you also beat me to lose my armor?" ”

Li Xing said: "That can only be said that General Yelu's play is good, otherwise, Li will not be able to fall for you." ”

Yelu slanted, and Yelu Longxu laughed on the spot.

Yelu slanted and said: "General Li is here, I will inevitably ask you to run, please go to the mouth of the Great Wall tomorrow, the defenders in Xiaoyu will surrender after passing the pass, and we will let them go back." ”

The next day, Li Xing came to the mouth of the Great Wall, the defenders recognized Li Xing, put down a hanging basket from the gate, and hung Li Xing to the pass, Yelu Longxu and Yelu Xian waited for the defenders to open the gate, but after waiting for a long time, I saw a bag of things thrown on the gate, and when I opened it, it turned out to be Li Xing's head.

I only heard the people in the gate say: "The people in the gate listen, they want to trick us into surrendering, daydreaming, and those who have the courage to attack the fortifications, we will all die in battle, and we will not surrender." ”

When Jerodun heard this, he was furious, and immediately ordered a strong attack.

Yelu didn't expect the defenders to be so stubborn, there was no way, so he had to personally lead the dead soldiers to climb the rock, but the mouth of the Great Wall was really steep, one man was not open, and the defenders resisted desperately, everyone was red-eyed, completely ignoring the locust-like arrows, one fell and the other stepped on the corpse to resist.

These Song troops are crazy and fearless, there were still officers pressing the formation, but now they are all brave, as if everyone is a general, taking the lead in counterattacking. The Khitan army suffered numerous casualties, but still could not reach the juncture, and Yelu had to retreat.

At this time, Han Derang repelled the reinforcements from Yijin Pass and joined forces with the emperor, and Yelu Longxu hurriedly invited him to discuss how to take the mouth of the Great Wall.

Han Derang said: "The siege of the city must be que, get out of the way." ”

Yelu said, "Yes, concentrate your forces on three sides, force the Song army to flee, and then pick them up on the road." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Okay, get out of the way to the south, you and I will attack together, and you must take the mouth of the Great Wall." ”

The Khitan army launched a new round of strong attack, and the Song army finally couldn't support it, opened the south gate and fled in a hurry, but what was waiting for them was another big net.

At night, all the Song soldiers who fled into the net were captured, and these captured Song soldiers were all hard bones, although their faces showed a look of fear, but all of them held their heads high, glared angrily, and looked unyielding.

Jerodonsu asked, "Why don't you surrender?" ”

The captives said, "Isn't it all the same death if you surrender or not?" Lao Tzu is not afraid of death, come, hack Lao Tzu to death. ”

Jerodonxu said, "Surrender will save you from death." ”

The captive said, "Who are you lying to, is there a living one in the sandpile?" ”

Yelu Longxu stopped talking, and ordered the prisoners of war to be imprisoned, and when he couldn't think of what to do with these prisoners of war, he came to ask Xiao Xuan for instructions.

Yelu Longxu first reported to Xiao Xuan about the battle at the mouth of the Great Wall, and finally said: "I almost couldn't fight it." ”

Xiao Sui said: "The emperor knows why he almost couldn't beat it? ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The main thing is that the defenders are too desperate. ”

Xiao Sui said: "Why are they desperate? ”

Yelu Longxu bowed his head and said, "It's all the fault of the sons, and they shouldn't have slaughtered the sand pile." ”

Xiao Sui said: "You can't do everything, you have forced others to a dead end, and people are still fighting with you?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Erchen is too reckless, but what to do with these prisoners of war? ”

Xiao Sui said: "The Han captives plundered before were all arranged to go to Shangjing Road and Bohai to set up Han'er City, because the road was far away, and there was no need to worry about the prisoners escaping. ”

Han Derang said: "In fact, the Zhongjing Road is extremely dangerous, and there is a Great Wall of China, so prisoners can be placed. ”

Xiao Sui said: "If it is just to prevent the captives from escaping, these places are very good, but it is easy to guard against people and difficult to defend against hearts." ”

Ma Dechen, the staff officer of the march, thought that Xiao Yu had the intention of releasing the prisoners, so he said: "The Queen Mother is wise, these prisoners of war are in the south, their relatives are also in the south, and their hearts are naturally in the south. ”

Xiao Xuan listened and said: "Merit, if I don't kill them, it is merit, is it evil to leave them in the Khitan?" Is it so dim under my rule? Is it so inhumane? Oh, by the way, Qing is also a southerner, and his heart is also towards the south? ”

Ma Dechen felt that he had said the wrong thing, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he seemed to have fallen headlong into an ice cellar, trembling all over.

Wang Jizhong saw that he was busy and said: "The queen mother treats the captives with good intentions, the minister wants to go to Beijing, the Bohai Sea is too far, there are many mountains in Zhongjing, the land is barren, not suitable for farming, the Han people are based on farming and weaving, and they are placed there, I am afraid that something is wrong." ”

Xiao Sui said: "How to place it in your opinion?" ”

Wang Jizhong said: "In my humble opinion, in recent years, the Yan army has been fighting for many years and has suffered serious injuries, so it is better to supplement these prisoners of war to the Yan army. ”

Xiao Xuan bowed his head slightly and said, "This is a good way." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "No, these Song army prisoners are unruly, and they are added to the army, what should I do if something happens?" What if I run away? ”

Wang Jizhong said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Khitan, 'Captive sheep are much easier to manage than free-range sheep.'" As far as the minister knows, there are many precedents for the inclusion of prisoners of war in the ranks, most of them are very good, and those who serve as soldiers eat a mouthful of food, whether they are in the Song army or the Khitan army, as long as they are treated well, they will naturally be obedient. Besides, these prisoners of war can be assigned to various battalions, how can they make trouble? ”

Xiao Sui said: "Wang Jizhong is right, so he placed the prisoners of war in the battalions of the Yan army. ”

However, there was still a mess, and it turned out that among these captives was a fellow villager of Yang Chongjin. After Yang Chongjin was captured, Yelu Hugo took his tent and became an infantry commander. On that day, this prisoner of war was assigned to Yang Chongjin's camp, and when the two saw it, they immediately exclaimed, they were really happy to meet their old acquaintances in a foreign country.

Yang Chongjin then invited his fellow villagers to dinner, chatted about family life, chatted and chatted, and the two couldn't help but burst into tears, hugging their heads and crying.

Yang Chongjin asked about the situation in his home.

The townsman told him that his family thought he had died in battle, and they were all sad, because there was no corpse, so they buried him with clothes, made a clothed mound, and invited monks and Taoists to do the rituals, and the family was not miserable.

Yang Chongjin cried with tears when he heard a handful of snot, and he was in pain.

After being comforted by his fellow villagers for a long time, Yang Chongjin calmed down and said, "Let you laugh, I wanted to comfort you when you first came here, but now I want you to comfort me, I'm really sorry." ”

The fellow villager said: "Brother Yang, don't say these words, I was taken captive here, I didn't plan to live, but I didn't expect to meet Brother Yang, it really made me overjoyed, it was a great luck in misfortune." ”

Yang Chongjin said: "What I said is that I have no relatives here, and I have a very bad time, and now that you are here, I am very happy, and I will have a care in the future." ”

The fellow villager said: "I hope Brother Yang will take care of him." ”

Yang Chongjin said: "Take care of each other. ”

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and Yang Chongjin finally couldn't let go of his family, and asked, "Before my brother went on the expedition, did you see the clumsy jing?" ”

The fellow villager glanced at Yang Chongjin and didn't say anything.

Yang Chongjin said: "Brother, why do you look at me like this? ”

The fellow villager stared at Yang Chongjin for a while, but still did not speak.

Yang Chongjin was anxious and said, "Brother, why don't you speak, what's wrong with Humble Jing?" ”

The fellow villager said: "Is Brother Yang really ignorant or pretending not to know?" ”

Yang Chongjin said: "Brother, what are these words? What the hell happened to Clumsy Jing? ”

The fellow villager said: "It seems that Brother Yang really doesn't know, you rarely go home in the army, and you don't know that she has someone secretly for a long time." ”

Yang Chongjin said: "What? She's secretly having someone? How did I not know? ”

The fellow said, "This is going to ask you?" It's been there for a long time, didn't Brother Yang see it? ”

Yang Chongjin shook his head and said, "I don't know, who is that person?" ”

A fellow villager said: "The big family in the village, Zhang Million, everyone in the village knows it." ”

Yang Chongjin gritted his teeth and said, "So they are together now? ”

The fellow villager said: "Brother Yang is so confused, when you were there before, they hooked up together, and now, you are gone, how can they not be together?" Let me tell you, on the second day of Uncle Yang's funeral for you, she clamored for the Yang family's resignation and left your house to live in Zhang Million's house. Uncle Yang was old, he couldn't quarrel, he was angry, and finally fell ill, and he had no money for medical treatment, so he lay on the bed and wept sadly, but he was helpless. Zhang Million invited someone to speak again, saying that you have died in battle, and it is useless to keep your daughter-in-law, so it is better to be a favor and divorce your daughter-in-law, which can be regarded as accumulating a yin virtue. If allowed, Zhang Million would ask someone to treat Uncle Yang's illness. Uncle Yang had no choice but to divorce your daughter-in-law and sell her to Zhang Million. ”

Yang Chongjin jumped up, the green tendons on his head jumped violently, gritted his teeth, grabbed a waist knife hanging on the wall in his hand, and only shouted "Slut, slut." "Rushed out of the house with a knife.

When the fellow villagers saw it, they were shocked and hugged Yang Chongjin. said, "What is Brother Yang going to do?" ”

Yang Chongjin said, "I'm going to kill that pair of dogs and men." ”

The fellow villager said: "Brother Yang, this is the Khitan camp, and you can't go back." ”

Yang Chongjin shouted: "I don't care, I want to go back, let me go, let me go back." ”

The fellow villagers held on, Yang Chongjin waved his waist knife, and roared incessantly.

The noise alarmed Han Derang, who came to visit Yelu Xiuge's condition, he came over to take a look, and hurriedly asked someone to tie Yang Chongjin up. Yang Chongjin slashed indiscriminately with a waist knife, shouting and shouting, like a mad bull, and a group of sergeants finally subdued him. But he still scolded "slut slut" in his mouth.

Han Derang summoned Yang Chongjin's fellow villagers and asked why Yang Chongjin suddenly went crazy?

The townsfolk then explained the reason.

Han Derang sighed: "It's indeed a little pitiful. It made people loosen Yang Chongjin's bonds.

Yang Chongjin also came to his senses at this time, knelt down to Han Derang, and said, "The villain is reckless, please forgive the political order." ”

Han Derang said: "I heard him say that your wife is really hateful for doing such a dirty thing." You want to go back and settle accounts with that slut, don't you? ”

Yang Chongjin said: "The slut bullied me and insulted my father, how can I swallow this breath?" Ask for a political order to let me go back, Yang Chongjin is grateful for your great kindness in this life and this life, and he is willing to make you a cow and a horse. ”

Han Derang said: "It's not necessary to be a cow or a horse, if I don't let you go back, you are unwilling, if you are let go back, you will have to make a few lives, how should this be good?" ”

Yang Chongjin said: "The villain only thinks about the old father in his heart now, and he doesn't care about anything else, the slut's heart is not here for a long time, why should the villain force it, the villain just wants to go back and see the old father, and ask for the fulfillment of political affairs." ”

Han Derang sighed: "Okay, I'll let you go, I have a token here, you take it, no one will stop you on the way." ”

Yang Chongjin took the token, knocked three times to Han Derang, got up and left, and was about to step out of the camp gate, but was stopped by Han Derang. Yang Chongjin looked at Han Derang in confusion, holding the token tightly with both hands, as if he was afraid that others would snatch it.

Han Derang pointed to the prisoner of war who was kneeling on the ground and said, "He is your acquaintance?" ”

Yang Chongjin said: "It's a fellow villager of the villain. ”

Han Derang said: "It's your fellow countryman, why don't you take him away?" ”

Yang Chongjin was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to his fellow villagers: "Quick, quickly kowtow to the political affairs order." ”

Before the prisoners of war could understand, they said: "It's all to blame the villain for talking too much, and beg the adults to spare the villain." ”

Han Derang burst out laughing.

Yang Chongjin whispered a few words to his fellow villagers, and the prisoners of war understood, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Yang Chongjin picked up his fellow villagers and left, and the townsmen walked a few steps, and came back, and Han Derang kowtowed a few times, and then left with Yang Chongjin.