"Roar, roar, roar!"

The Liao soldiers shouted the trumpet and stepped into the Tongtai Pass step by step.

The elite Liao soldiers attacking the city are not like the soldiers and horses of the small tribes attached to the Liao State.

They have formations that do not belong to the Great Song Forbidden Army, and they also have armaments that are not lost to the Great Song Forbidden Army.

Catapults, siege chisels, ladders, building carts and other things are not lacking.

The Liao soldiers advanced to the Tongtai Pass.

Xiao Punu, the king of Xi Liubu, decisively ordered the siege of the city.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The horn sounded.

The crossbowmen and slingers in the middle of the Liao soldiers used bows and arrows and trebuchets to storm the head of Tongtai Pass.

The shield soldiers of the Liao State, under the cover of arrows and trebuchets, began to quickly protect the ladders, siege chisels, building vehicles and other objects to advance to Tongtai Pass.

"Put!"

Cao Wei stared at the Liao soldiers tightly, waiting for the Liao soldiers to enter the battlefield with siege chisels, building carts and other objects.

Cao Wei gave an order.

Artillery fired in unison.

The deafening roar spread throughout the battlefield and beyond.

The Liao soldiers pushing siege chisels and building carts and other things were blown up on their backs.

Artillery, which is among the weapons of mass destruction on the battlefield.

Especially on the defending side, with the help of artillery, it is a slaughter to the enemy.

In the absence of the corresponding firearms to deal with.

When the Liao soldiers faced the artillery, they either found a place to hide, or they rushed forward and relied on luck to avoid the artillery bombardment.

As soon as the offensive of the Liao soldiers was formed, they were scattered by muskets, artillery, and bows and crossbows.

Xiao Punu, the king of Xi Liubu, did not retreat because of this, but chose to organize troops and continue to attack Tongtai Pass.

Within a day.

Xiao Punu, the king of Xi Liubu, stopped six attacks, and all six were repulsed.

The Liao soldiers suffered heavy losses.

The Song soldiers on the Tongtai Pass also had a lot of damage.

Although the Liao soldiers attacked six times, they did not rush to the city.

But the arrows and catapults of the Liao soldiers still caused a lot of damage to the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty on Tongtai Pass.

After dark.

Both sides withdraw.

After Cao Wei and Lu Yijian inspected the camp where the wounded were located, they returned to the city gate building that had been smashed by a trebuchet and had a corner missing.

After the two sat down, they were silent.

There was silence in the city gate building.

After a long time, Lu Yijian opened his mouth and asked, "What does Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu mean?" ”

Cao Wei shook his head, "I don't know." ”

When Cao Wei said in the morning that something was wrong with the Liao State's army this time, Lu Yijian was still a little unconvinced, but he watched the battle for a day today and finally believed Cao Wei's words.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu obviously had the opportunity to wait for the remaining 100,000 troops in Tongtai Pass to launch an attack on Tongtai Pass, but at the most critical time, he gave up his plan and chose to fight to the death with Tongtai Pass.

Today, the siege of the city is no longer the soldiers and horses of those small tribes, but the real elite of the Liao soldiers.

Today, the elite Liao soldiers attacked Tongtai Pass, and the damage was not small.

Under the killing of muskets and artillery, as well as heavy crossbows, bed crossbows and other objects, the Liao soldiers fell down in pieces.

The two armies were at war, leaving little room for each other's lives.

Therefore, the crossbowmen of the two armies, before the battle, will tacitly take their arrows to the dung tank and soak them.

But if you don't take the arrow and cut the flesh in time, you will die.

It can be said that in the hands of crossbowmen, feces is the most primitive poison.

Therefore, the Liao soldiers who fell under the crossbows such as bed crossbows and heavy crossbows could almost be said to be certain death.

Not to mention the power of artillery.

It's a musket, and after the shot, as long as it doesn't hit the fatal place, the Liao soldiers may be able to save their lives.

In short, the number of Liao soldiers who died in front of Tongtai Pass today is not small.

Liaohuang Yelu Longxu gave up some of the advantages he had planned before, and chose to fight to the death with the Song soldiers in Tongtaiguan, which was too unwise, and it was not at all like Liaohuang Yelu Longxu's style of doing things.

After Cao Wei and Lu Yijian said a word to each other, they fell into silence again.

Just when the two of them were trying to guess why the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu did this.

A pawn entered the city gate.

Cao Wei and Lu Yijian saw the pawn, and Qi Qi frowned.

"Who allowed you in without a summons? Don't you know that the place where Ben Shuai is located is like the White Tiger Festival, and the trespasser dies? ”

Cao Wei scolded coldly.

Not only was the pawn not afraid, but said with a smile: "The villain was ordered to pass on a piece of news to the two officials!" ”

Cao Wei and Lu Yijian glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The pawn dared to speak like this under Cao Wei's reprimand, and he must have something to rely on.

The two stared at the pawn and did not speak, waiting for him to reveal his identity.

Seeing that Cao Wei was no longer shouting at him, the pawn continued to laugh and said: "The villain is a person from the Imperial City Division, and he is responsible for helping the official family find out some news in the army. ”

As he spoke, the pawn took out a token and a seal letter from his arms and handed them to Cao Wei and Lu Yijian.

After Cao Wei and Lu Yijian checked the token and the seal, Qi Qi frowned.

As long as it's an individual, I don't like to be stared at.

The people of the Imperial City Division were lurking under their noses, and they were naturally even more unhappy.

But the two did not open their mouths to reprimand.

The two of them led 300,000 soldiers and horses, and they had the eyes and ears of the emperor by their side, which was as it should be.

Zhao Zhen was okay and didn't let his eyes and ears reveal his whereabouts.

During the Taizong and Zhenzong dynasties, the emperor's ears and eyes were divided into two types: bright and dark.

There are spies in the dark, and there are eyes and ears of eunuchs and others on the surface.

Some favored eunuchs, when they arrived in the army, would also blame military affairs.

Even sometimes, the important task of supervising the army in the army will be entrusted to the eunuchs.

It must be known that the Wenchen supervising army is enough to harm people, and the eunuchs supervising the army are even more harmful.

After Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne, he made a lot of changes to the military supervision system.

Now there are no eunuchs in the army to supervise the army, and the generals will not have more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they will not send important ministers to sit in the town, just keep an eye on the help of counselors, clerks, and pushers in the army.

The spies who are hidden in the army are no longer acting blatantly, but are hidden tightly one by one, and will not be exposed until they have to.

Cao Wei stared at the pawn and said in a deep voice: "What news do you have to tell Ben Shuai?" ”

Cao Wei understood the practice of the imperial court sending spies to hide in the army, but it did not mean that he had to give the spies a good face.

When the pawn heard Cao Wei's words, his expression was straight, and he said in a deep voice: "The spies hidden in the Liao Kingdom sent back a piece of news at noon today." ”

When Cao Wei heard this, he frowned and said, "There was a war at noon, where did he send the news back?" ”

The pawn said in a deep voice: "The news was sent to us behind our backs by the spies hidden in the Liao Kingdom, and then sent from behind our backs. In order to send this news, they all died in Liao. ”

When Cao Wei and Lu Yijian heard this, their expressions became solemn.

The pawn said solemnly: "There is only one sentence in the news, Xiao Bodhisattva, the queen of Liao, is suspected of being killed by Xiao Yunjin, the concubine of Shunsheng. ”

When Cao Wei and Lu Yijian heard the news, they were stunned.

In an instant, they understood why Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu's actions were so abnormal.

Eighty percent couldn't accept this matter, so in anger, he made an irrational decision.

No matter how powerful the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is, it is difficult to calm down in the face of this matter.

Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, that is one of the beloved of Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao.

Brother Xiao Bodhisattva is Xiao Xuan's niece, who has been intersecting with Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu since she was a child, and can be said to be a childhood sweetheart.

The relationship between the two is very deep.

Don't look at Xiao Bodhisattva's kindness like a bodhisattva, after Xiao Xuan's death, only she can tame the fierce horse of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu and let him show a short period of tenderness.

Now that she is dead, how can Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu be calm.

What's more important is that Brother Xiao Bodhisattva's death is actually related to Xiao Yunjin.

If ordinary people kill Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu can also kill her entire family, punish her nine clans, and avenge Brother Xiao Bodhisattva.

But it's Xiao Yunjin.

Xiao Yunjin is not only the daughter of the Xiao family of the descendant clan, but also the biological mother of Yelu Zongzhen, the crown prince of Liao.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wants to deal with Xiao Yunjin, even if he doesn't take care of the Xiao family, he also has to take care of Yelu Zongzhen.

Yelu Zongzhen is still young now, if he cuts Xiao Yunjin, Yelu Zongzhen is afraid that he will hate him, and maybe he will mess up his mind and affect the inheritance of the Great Liao.

He had other sons.

But the other sons were not eligible to inherit the throne.

Because their mother is not surnamed Xiao.

Brother Xiao Bodhisattva and Yelu Zongzhen, one carries the feelings of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and the other carries the future of the Liao State.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu may not be able to choose for a while.

"Today's Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is afraid that it will be tormented like a burning heart!"

Lu Yijian said quietly.

Cao Wei nodded approvingly, "No wonder he chose to fight with us, it turned out that he wanted to end this war as soon as possible, and then the class teacher returned to the court." ”

Lu Yijian stared at Cao Wei and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Cao Wei said without hesitation: "Continue to consume with him, until he loses his mind." Once he loses his mind, then we will decide whether to win or lose this long battle. ”

Although Cao Wei took advantage of the pain of losing his wife to deal with others, it was a bit immoral.

But on the battlefield, how can there be so much morality to speak of?

As long as you can defeat the opponent and achieve significant results, you should use everything you can to use it.

This time, it was the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu who first exposed his flaws and was caught and used by Cao Wei.

If Cao Wei showed his flaws first, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would not hesitate.

Cao Wei glanced at the pawn standing in the city gate building, and said, "Do you know how Xiao Yunjin, the Shunsheng concubine of the Liao Kingdom, murdered the queen of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Bodhisattva Brother?" ”

Cao Wei didn't ask Xiao Yunjin why he wanted to murder Brother Xiao Bodhisattva.

Xiao Yunjin and Xiao Bodhisattva are not compatible, and the world knows it.

Xiao Yunjin is worried about the location of Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, and the world knows it.

Xiao Yunjin killed Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, obviously wanting to replace him.

The pawn heard Cao Wei's words, hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "It is said to be related to Kou Jingluo......

Cao Wei was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Kou Ji? ”

The pawn nodded slowly.

Lu Yijian said with a look of disbelief: "When did Kou Ji have such a great ability to influence everything in the harem of the Liao Kingdom from a distance of thousands of miles?" ”

The pawn opened his mouth and said: "Kou Jingluo once sent an envoy to the Liao State, and during the mission to the Liao State, he once helped the royal family of the Liao State to create some gold and silver jewelry.

Concubine Shunsheng of Liao Kingdom once rewarded her with a thousand good horses, and asked Kou Jingluo to help her secretly create a thing.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu once reprimanded Xiao Yunjin for a while.

This matter is not a secret in the Liao State.

It's just that no one knows what Xiao Yunjin asked Kou Jingluo to create.

The death of the queen of Liao this time is rumored to have died on that thing. ”

When Cao Wei and Lu Yijian heard this, their hearts were shocked.

In order to kill Kou Ji, the Western Xia mobilized the army and sent nearly a thousand people, but it did not achieve its goal.

Not only did they not kill Kou Ji, but they also angered Zhao Zhen, causing Zhao Zhen to lead a large army to conquer Western Xia.

On the other hand, Kou Ji, unconsciously, killed a person who was several times more noble than him.

The means are far stronger than others.

Cao Wei and Lu Yijian were shocked in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces.

Cao Wei looked at Lu Yijian and asked, "It's been many years since Kou Ji sent an envoy to the Liao Kingdom, right?" ”

Lu Yi thought about it for a moment and said, "Three or four years......"

Without waiting for Cao Wei to speak again, Lu Yijian continued to sigh with emotion: "Xiao Yunjin, the concubine of the Shun Shengyuan of Liao, has been dissatisfied with Xiao Bodhisattva, the queen of Liao, for a long time, and Xiao Yunjin wants to seize the throne of Xiao Bodhisattva, and it is not a day or two.

She can endure for three or four years before she starts, and she should have endured to the limit.

This expedition of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is outside, which happens to be an excellent opportunity. ”

Cao Wei said with emotion: "The queen of Liao, Xiao Bodhisattva, is virtuous and virtuous, and she can be regarded as a virtuous queen. She should have died well, but she didn't expect to die at the hands of the villain. ”

Lu Yijian squinted and laughed in a low voice: "You mean Kou Ji is a villain?" ”

Cao Wei glanced at Lu Yijian and said lightly: "It is possible that the thing that killed Brother Xiao Bodhisattva was made by Kou Ji, but it was Xiao Yunjin who did it." It is like a knife fighter and a knife bearer.

When a knife wielder kills someone, is it the fault of the knife beater? ”

Lu Yijian smiled in a low voice and said, "I'll just say it casually, you actually take it seriously." ”

Cao Wei rolled his eyes and ignored Lu Yijian.

Kou Ji's boy will be revenged, that's famous.

If you can, try not to provoke.

If you are hated by that kid, who knows if that kid will cheat you at a critical time.

It's like the previous change in the word Jiaozipu.

So the people involved in it were more or less hit by Zhao Zhen's heavy blows.

The Cao family, who had been warned in advance, was safe and stable, and there was nothing to do.

Not only did he not lose his soldiers and money because of the change in the shop, but he also made a lot of money.

If Kou Ji hadn't reminded the Cao family at that time, the Cao family would have recklessly followed the Gao family to oppose the imperial court.

Maybe the fate of the Gao family now is the fate of the Cao family.

Cao Wei pursed his lips and said, "That kid Kou Ji can be regarded as indirectly doing us a great favor. ”

Lu Yijian let out a long sigh and said in an unkind tone: "It's Kou Ji again...... How do I think, this kid is about to catch up with the gods and Buddhas. ”