Chapter 504: The Emperor's Mind Technique, It's Almost Over.
At this point, Yelu Yixin, the commander of the defeated army, could only walk to the front line in person with a frown, surrounded by his old Southern Privy Council, more than 10,000 people.
I still have to pin my head to the waistband of my trousers once, and after coming this time, Yelu Yixin can really reveal the sin of the previous defeat.
The towering ladder cart is parked on the side, the front horse pulls, the back person pushes, and there are ropes attached to the top of the ladder cart on the left and right, and many soldiers pull the ropes on the left and right, just to keep the ladder cart from shaking and falling in the process of traveling. It's all technology, it's all about the details.
The large-bed crossbows were lined up one by one, and the huge feathered arrows were like spears.
The trebuchet has to push forward, the range of the trebuchet is not far, but the force is large, and the stones of 100 catties can be thrown dozens of steps away.
Gan Qi and Di Qing stood above the city, frowning, and Di Yong's face became solemn.
Gan Qi has fought many battles, but if you really want to talk about it, today is the real direct confrontation between the king and the king in Gan Qi's life.
The Liao people went crazy.
Together with the sound of drums, the sound of the Liao people shouting and killing has already broken the sky.
The feather arrows in the line of sight are like dense black spots in the distance, buzzing like swarms of mosquitoes in the air, and then the black spots are getting bigger and bigger, hiding the sky.
The soldiers at the head of the city had already taken refuge under the city, but only a few of them hid behind the battlements.
The ladder cart squeaked, and the trebuchet made the same sound.
Lao Di Qing asked Gan Qi to go down to the city as well, but Gan Qi still accompanied Lao Di Qing to hide behind the battlement, but Di Yong was scolded by Gan Qi several times and went down to the city.
Gan Qi was still dressed in gold armor, sat down with his back against the battlements, and watched the feather arrows nailed to the masonry of the city road, the rubble splashed, hitting people's faces painfully, if it was the feather arrow of the bed crossbow, but it could be directly nailed into the masonry, and the tail of the arrow shook endlessly.
Just looking at the scene, it was a little scary, which made Gan Qi unconsciously think, if this huge arrow was stuck in his body, what kind of miserable situation would he be?
People like to think wildly, and this is not something that people can control by themselves.
The sound of shouting and charging came behind him, and the creaking of ladder carts and trebuchets.
After several rounds of arrows, it slowly stopped.
The trebuchet began to attack, dozens of pounds of stones, it sounded very heavy, but in fact, the volume was not large, the size of a face plate.
But it was this basin-sized stone, smashed on the battlements, brought great destructiveness, every time the battlements were hit, a piece would be smashed like cutting tofu.
Gan Qi wore an iron helmet, lowered his head, and chanted silently: "If you come to the Buddha, Guanyin, Brother Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, bless and bless!" ”
Gan Qi probably wanted to dispel the fear in his heart, so he amused himself and muttered to himself: "Lao Tzu is the son of the plane, and he can't hit it!" ”
The trebuchet was not very accurate, and most of the stones smashed on the city wall, causing bricks and dirt to fly and clang. Some of them were smashed and thrown directly into the city.
But Gan Qi was unlucky, but the battlement he was hiding in was hit, and with an explosion, a large piece of the battlement flew out, smashed on the city road, and shattered, so frightened that Gan Qi hurriedly lay on the ground obliquely.
It's so good that he can't die, but there is still a broken brick that smashes on Ganqi's head, and the iron helmet "poofs", Ganqi seems to have entered another world.
Buzz Buzz ......
Confused, the world has slowed down, reaching out to wipe his face, there is blood, and I can't hear anything in my ears except buzzing.
Di Qing was on the side, and shouted, "Dao Jian, are you okay?" ”
Gan Qi couldn't hear what Di Qing said, just shook his head in a daze, and said, "I should be fine." ”
Di Qingmao came over and took off Ganqi's iron helmet, touched Ganqi's head a few times, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, it's broken, and the bones are good." ”
Gan Qi was still stunned and said, "I'm fine." ”
The drums under the city also sounded, and the enemy's ladder carts and long ladders began to be set up at the head of the city, and the Song troops defending the city all stood up.
Countless soldiers who went to the city shot with their bows open, and they didn't even need to aim, and the city was full of people, so they just kept shooting.
Gan Qi was still sitting on the ground stupidly, touching his head from time to time, but he didn't feel any pain, looking left and right from time to time, and he couldn't hear anyone talking, and his ears were still buzzing.
This golden armor is really not so easy to wear, every time I want everyone to see Gan Xianggong's golden armor, it is good, and the effect is great, this golden armor has already left indelible traces in the hearts of the soldiers, everyone knows that they are working hard for Gan Xianggong, everyone feels that Gan Xianggong is there, everything is fine.
Everyone knows that as long as you listen to Gan Xianggong, the quasi-guarantee is right.
But I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet.
This time, Gan Qi was really confused, and he was smashed into a concussion, if he didn't have a good iron helmet, I'm afraid his life would be gone.
This time, Gan Qi was stupid, everyone was struggling to kill the enemy, only he looked at it in a daze.
Several soldiers listened to Di Qing's instructions and came up to help Ganqi, wanting to help Ganqi down the city.
But Gan Qi was stunned, and broke free a few times from side to side, refusing to go down.
No one could do it, Di Qing was shouting something next to him, and Gan Qi couldn't hear it.
Ganqi's mind was probably blank, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and the action of breaking free was also subconscious.
The ladder cart was pushed up, and countless Liao troops swarmed up from the ladder cart.
The guards of the city hurriedly poured the boiling grease on it, lit the fire and burned it, and the fire was blazing. Why boil the fat first? Because the fire oil used in this era is generally animal and vegetable oil, and it is not really a point. This effect can only be achieved by boiling and then ordering.
After a long time, Gan Qi slowly came to his senses, put on his iron helmet, and turned to stand up.
One by one, the Liao people fell from the sky, falling on their backs and shattering their bones.
Twenty or thirty ladder cars, many of which were on fire, but some were not ignited, and countless Liao people easily reached the city wall as if they were going up the stairs, and fought with the soldiers on the city wall.
The Liao people are really crazy.
The field of vision is not far from the supervising team, the supervising team is patrolling left and right, holding a big knife in their hands, and constantly shouting in their mouths, but anyone who dares to retreat will be slashed under the horse.
Even those who supervised the war would keep driving the soldiers forward, and if they were slow, they would be smashed on the back of the knife.
Di Yong came up again, where there was a gap, he went there, and he was extremely brave.
Fierce battle, hard fighting......
There were no more orders, only the drums beating constantly.
Everyone has a hideous face, everyone has red eyes, and killing people is the most cruel thing after all.
That's the way it is, since man has become the spirit of all things, he can only let people kill themselves.
On the high general platform in the distance, Emperor Yelu Hongji personally sat down to watch the battle, without saying a word, more than ten days have passed, and it is still this scene.
Some went up and were beaten down again, and some went up again and were driven down again.
The ladder truck was burned again, and the progress of the craftsmen was urged again and again.
One is going to run out again......
So much for.
Some numbness.
Yelu Hongji also let go, turned his head to look, and raised his hand slightly.
In the second echelon, all the soldiers, one by one, clenched their teeth, their bodies trembled unconsciously, and they all saw the tragedy ahead, and they also understood that they should go up by themselves next.
When I saw His Majesty the Emperor on the platform raise his hand, everyone was shocked, panting wildly, and constantly swallowing saliva.
The herald came, riding left and right and shouting.
The Warlords also came, standing behind the second echelon.
The generals in front of them shouted loudly, as if they were cheering for themselves and their subordinates behind them.
Then the generals began to march forward, and all the soldiers followed suit.
After a long time, Yelu Yixin returned, with a few feathered arrows stuck in his body, an iron helmet tucked under his armpits, and half-white hair scattered on his head.
Yelu Yixin knelt in front of Yelu Hongji, which was considered to be his life. More than 10,000 people went up, but only four or five thousand retreated, and two-thirds of them were killed or wounded.
Of course, there were also heavy casualties above the city, dead and alive, and under the inner walls of the city walls, there were a lot of them. The medical officers stepped forward and flipped over one by one, carrying the living to save them, and leaving the dead alone.
The feather arrows inserted in Yelu Yixin's body are actually as piercing as armor, although they are also covered in blood, they are not fatal, and they are mostly flesh wounds. He probably deliberately didn't pull the feather arrow off, so as to make himself appear more loyal and brave.
Yelu Hongji looked at him and did not say anything.
Yelu Yixin could only kneel in front of him, as if waiting for the hair to fall.
The war is still going on.
After a long time, seeing that Yelu Yixin's blood had flowed to the ground, Yelu Hongji spoke: "I have a letter here, I received it early in the morning, do you want to read it?" ”
And Jereethin put the letter in his hand.
When I opened the letter, I saw that Gan Qi had written it, and someone had sent someone to deliver it early in the morning, and many people had already read the letter, but Yelu Yixin had just seen it.
The letter is long, but the content is simple.
The Great Song Dynasty wanted to repair the good of the Great Liao for a hundred generations, and was even willing to give the New Year's coins again, which was called to make up for the loss of the Great Liao, and was also willing to sell weapons to the Great Liao to help the Great Liao quell the rebellion in the grassland, and also help the Da Liao to quell the attacks of the northern savages.
In the content, reminiscing about the past, talking about the future, talking about the world, talking about the people......
After reading it, Yelu Yixin said: "Your Majesty, the Song people are sold when they get cheap. If Yan Yun doesn't collect it, how can he collect the troops? ”
Yelu Hongji smiled: "Hmph...... The Song people are full of sincerity, they arrested you and put you back......"
Yelu Yixin was embarrassed by this, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has already been embarrassed, and he has no shame to see others again. ”
This loyalty, Yelu Hongji really sees it in his eyes, and the people on the left and right see it in his eyes.
Yelu Hongji waved his hand: "Let's go and unload the armor and bandage the wound first, don't die before rushing to the city." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Jeruethin got up and went down to bandage his wounds.
The crown prince Yelu Jun on the side immediately spoke: "Father, it's not a pity to die here!" ”
Yelu Hongji raised his eyebrows, and immediately turned his head and scolded: "Presumptuous, as the crown prince, how can you talk like this?" ”
"Father...... "Yelu Jun naturally wished that Yelu Yixin would die quickly.
"The emperor's mental technique, the way of the emperor, how can he talk so nonsense? Yelu Yixin, why is it not a pity to die? Yelu Hongji was a little angry, probably a little dissatisfied with this son.
Yelu Jun can't control this mouth is not once or twice, the last time he was in Yanjing City, he directly said who wanted to oppose, and this time he said that it was not a pity to die when the privy envoy of the dynasty died, which is not what a future emperor should look like at all.
"Father, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated in Datong, and he himself was captured by the enemy, is it ...... such a person?"
"Shut up, Yelu Yixin is a loyal person, with my rise and humbleness, even in the Luanhe Palace, he has never had a little half-heartedness, and today he is so willing to fight. Why is it not a pity for such a person to die? "Yelu Hongji seems to be educating his son, as an emperor, the most important thing for a courtier is nothing else, only one word, loyalty!
People's hearts are the most unpredictable, especially in countries like the Khitan Liao State, where there are too many palace rebellions and too many rebellions, and loyalty is even more important.
"Then he, after all, he buried hundreds of thousands of troops in Datong, the Song people can let him back, and it is not so simple to think about it......" Yelujun still had to refute, he was too young to talk about any city, Yelujun probably couldn't fight Yelu Yixin in his life.
"Naiban and Damiri and other troops are in rebellion, it is understandable, as a royal person, you must be broad-minded." Yelu Hongji said this, paused, and said: "Even if you have any thoughts in your heart, you should hide them in your heart, and you must not show them easily, and you should have a city government as a person, do you understand?" ”
"Erchen understands......" Yelu Jun saw that his father was so angry, so he could only say this, but he also had other thoughts in his heart, he always felt that the reason why Yelu Yixin was able to be released back by the Song people must be that he had reached some deal with the Song people, and Yelu Yixin must have committed treason, otherwise why would the Song people let him back?
The more Yelujun thought about it, the more he felt that he was right, but in front of his father, he suffered from no evidence.
The battle was still fighting, Yelu Jun was not in his mind, he thought hard, thinking about how to get evidence of Yelu Yixin's treason.
After thinking about it, he thought of a way, first said goodbye to the emperor, turned around and stepped down, called a group of cronies left and right, and went to find Yelu Yixin.
Yelu Jun thought in his heart, such a greedy person as Yelu Yixin, who was afraid of death and betrayed the country for glory, would definitely not be able to stand the torture, not only to take Yelu Yixin to torture him, but also to torture the team of guards who came back with Yelu Yixin.
Yelu Jun thought of it, and immediately went to do it, but he didn't think about it for long, so he submitted the incriminating evidence, in Ye Lu Jun's opinion, Ye Lu Yixin is too good at acting, such a good opportunity, if he can't put Ye Lu Yixin to death, it will be a big trouble in the future.
For Yelujun, in this Great Liao Imperial Court, whoever is in power is trouble, and whoever holds the authority is trouble.
This point is an iron law in Da Liao. Once Yelu Hongji dies one day, whether Yelu Jun can sit on the dragon chair depends on whether these powers can be in the hands of Yelu Jun, especially the soldiers and horses. Otherwise, once the person in charge of the army rebelled, Yelujun would immediately die without a place to be buried.
These were probably taught by Empress Xiao, the mother of the crown prince Yelujun, and Yelujun himself saw it.
Preferably, Yelujun is in charge of his own troops. But this little prince didn't think deeply, once he was in charge of the army, would his father still be able to sleep?
The royal family is so sad, the father also has to guard against his son, maybe Yelu Hongji is also suppressing his son, if Yelu Jun really has a certain appeal in the army, Yelu Hongji will really not be able to sleep.
Isn't this how Li Yuanhao died in Western Xia? Isn't this how Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty came to power?
Yelujun tried his best, but it was just to win a place in the army and gain a certain appeal.
The sun finally slowly set, and the sound of Mingjin sounded, and the fierce battle of the day ended again.
Both sides suffered heavy losses.
Ganchi had already come to his senses, but his ears were still not so good, and it would take some time for them to recover.
This boring and brutal fierce battle must continue.
It's just that Gan Qi feels that it's almost over, it's almost over.
Gan Qi, who was full of gauze, couldn't wait to go back to Bianliang to live that comfortable life of dogs and horses, singing and dancing.