Ganchi sat under the walls for another afternoon, and the fighting still hadn't begun, and today there was a truce, which was unexpected, but not so unexpected.

In the camp of the Liao army, the situation is obviously not very stable.

There was a lot of talk everywhere, and the story was spread by the people, and even began to have a version that added fuel and vinegar.

The camp of more than 100,000 people is like a city, and countless tents are arranged all over the mountains, and people gather together, and there is no sound of drums, only the sound of talking to each other.

The privy envoy of the Southern Court was almost killed by the crown prince, the nephew of the privy envoy of the Southern Court almost drew his sword and killed the prince, and the four thousand soldiers and horses of the Southern Court almost mutinied.

Why? That's the point.

As for why, maybe it doesn't matter so much, people at the bottom have their own version of the story they like to listen to, and no matter how big or small the difference between this version and the truth is, people prefer this version. That is, the people of the lower classes have been oppressed, wronged, and treated unjustly.

Only this kind of story is the story that people like to hear and love.

So although there are many versions of the story, they are all inseparable from a theme, that is, good people are not rewarded, everyone has seen with their own eyes the appearance of Yelu Yixin bravely attacking the city, and also saw the appearance of those soldiers and horses of the Southern Privy Council bravely attacking the city.

Emperor Yelu Hongji also has a countermeasure, that is, to gather all the generals of the army and say some serious words, which also hints that everyone should control the people under his command, and not use false rumors and the like, it is difficult to be the emperor.

On this day, the emperor was doing firefighting, and the army's heart was unstable, so what else was there to talk about?

To fight, you have to unite as one, have no distractions, and rush forward one after another. The spirit is the most important, the thought is the spirit and spirit, once the soldiers have superfluous thoughts in their heads, the problem is big.

The emperor put out fires everywhere and calmed people's hearts, but in the evening, he suddenly heard someone come to report: "Your Majesty, the privy envoy of the Northern Court has returned!" ”

"Huh?" Yelu Hongji was a little surprised, he wasn't even sure if Yelu Renxian was still alive before, because there was no definite information to confirm that Yelu Renxian was still alive, and when he suddenly heard the news, he couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty, the privy envoy of the Northern Court has arrived at the camp, do you want to summon him?"

Yelu Hongjihuan looked at the big tent of the Chinese army and nodded: "Quickly summon it." ”

Not long after, Yeluren walked into the big tent first, white and fat, and his clothes were clean, and he didn't seem to have been mistreated.

It's just that Yeluren lowered his head first, and didn't dare to look up to see people.

Yelu Hongji laughed: "Renxian is back, good, excellent, as soon as Renxian comes back, I will be like a tiger with wings, Renxian quickly sit aside." ”

Yelu Renxian was originally truly guilty, he was the general of the defeated army who really buried the army of 100,000. Yelu Yixin also had an excuse, the excuse was that the Nabarians and Damiri had fled with many tribes, but Yelu Renxian had no excuse to explain his defeat.

But I don't know why, but at this time, the emperor can't be angry, and he can't open his mouth to punish the crime. This situation made Yelu Hongji feel a little aggrieved, not a taste.

If it weren't for Yelu Yixin's incident yesterday, Yelu Hongji would definitely be furious at this time and buried 100,000 troops, how could he not be punished?

Yeluren first realized that he slammed his head to the ground: "The minister is guilty, and the minister is guilty of death!" ”

The emperor looked left and right again, and smiled embarrassedly: "Now that the war is current, don't talk about any crimes, since you are back, then you should be dedicated to the country, you and I will definitely drive the Song people out of Yanyun." ”

Yeluren came with tears first, he was really moved, he thought that he would definitely be punished when he came back, but he didn't expect the emperor to be so lenient.

The privy envoy of the North Court is a senior official of the prime minister, and there are many of his cronies and generals in the tent, especially the military generals, and now there are many people in the North Court in the army, and the generals are all the people brought by Yeluren first, and many people are happy to see Yeluren come back first, and when they see the emperor say so, someone immediately stepped forward to greet Yelurenxian.

"Privy Counsellor get up quickly, take a seat here."

"The privy envoy doesn't have to blame himself too much, it's strange that the Song people are treacherous, and they suddenly betray the alliance and raise troops, which is really unprepared, this time we will unite as one, as long as we take Yanyun back."

"Privy Counsellor, it's okay if you're all right, it's okay."

Yeluren didn't get up first, and then kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and the minister deserves to die!" ”

It's this set again, Emperor Yelu Hongji looked at the crowd, but he still smiled: "Don't say so much, how can I not know the loyalty in your heart?" Sit down. ”

Yeluren was flattered first, and with the support of several people, he slowly stood up, but he still gave up his hand again and again.

Someone moved a seat, someone brought tea, this treatment was completely different from when Yelu Yixin came back, when Yelu Yixin came back, there were only more than 10,000 remnants of the Southern Courtyard defeated here, and when Yelu Yixin came back, most of the audience was his old department.

Yelu Renxian was also an unlucky one, a good privy envoy of the Northern Court, he had to go to Yanyun to lead the soldiers of the Southern Court to fight, and he also fought a big defeat.

The emperor just looked at Yeluren first and received preferential treatment from everyone, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, so he just waited for everyone to arrange Yeluren before and after, and then let go and said with a smile: "Renxian, did the Song people let you bring back any words?" ”

Yeluren hurriedly got up, took out a letter from his arms, and said briefly: "Your Majesty, the Song people want to sue for peace. ”

With the letter in hand, the emperor read it for a moment, frowned slightly, and asked, "Renxian, do you think that the Song people's words for peace are deceitful?" ”

Yeluren immediately replied: "There must be fraud, when the minister passed through the pass, he saw with his own eyes that the Song people had countless iron armor, very elite, and a lot of ordnance, grain and grass were also prepared, and there were countless horses, obviously ready for a big war. ”

This is what Yelu Renxian really thought, and he didn't even know about the things on Datong's side.

It's just that as soon as Yelurenxian's words came out, the faces of everyone in the audience changed, because the more Yeluren said that the Song army was prepared, it also represented how difficult this battle was to fight, it had been fought for so long, and tens of thousands of people had been killed and wounded under the city, and now the Song people still have such strength, and if this battle continues like this, how many people will have to go up and be killed and injured?

Under the command of everyone, this two or three thousand, that one more than 10,000, one by one to consume, how long can it last? How to give?

Yelu Hongji also frowned, and asked: "According to your observation, how many elites are there in the Song army?" ”

Yeluren first seriously recalled, when he crossed the pass, he really paid attention, observed all the situation of the Song people along the road, and replied seriously at this time: "The Song people should also have 100,000 people, there is no big city in Gubei, only a small urn city, the minister came all the way, and the scale of the camp he saw was not smaller than ours." Grain and other things are piled up everywhere, and some of them are not even piled up in shelter from the rain, so they are piled up on the side of the road, and at first glance it is not a state of peace, but a protracted war is prepared. ”

The Song army really has about 100,000, which is true, but there are not so many soldiers who are really worthy of battle, at best within 50,000.

Yelu Hongji frowned and nodded, and asked again: "Do you think that the Song people are seeking peace, where is the deception?" ”

Yeluren probably knew that it was time for him to behave, and immediately said: "When I want to use the name of the covenant to wait for our army to retreat, then send troops to pursue and cover the kill, and so on. In addition, the Song army had no chance to take advantage of it. ”

Yelu Hongji thought for a while and said: "The Song people put Yixin back before the head, and this time they put Renxian back, the Song people really made a bloody investment......

"Huh? Ethyl sin? What happened to ethyl sin? Naturally, Yeluren didn't know about these things.

Someone next to him immediately briefly talked to him about the before and after.

Yeluren's face was shocked, and he scolded angrily: "The thief of the grassland, you should be cut with a thousand knives!" Slaughtering and killing will never relieve the hatred in my heart. ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and this time they all attributed the reason for the defeat to those steppe people who fled from the battle, if it weren't for those people who escaped from the battle, this pass would not be so difficult to attack at this time. In the final analysis, it is the fault of the barbarians and the people of Damiri.

Yeluren first asked, "What about Yixin?" Why don't you see him come to the meeting? ”

Yeluren asked this question first, which made everyone a little embarrassed, and the emperor was naturally not good to come forward and talk to him again, but they were all silent.

"What's wrong? What happened to ethyl sin? Jeruren spoke before asking.

Embarrassment is embarrassment, but His Majesty the Emperor still has to say it, so he waved his hand and said: "It's all a good thing that my unfilial son did, he was angry and beat Yi Xin, Yi Xin ...... Recuperating from injuries. ”

But he said, "Then the ministers should go and see him later." ”

The emperor didn't say much, just take a look, maybe it's the last one.

The matter had to be discussed, and the emperor said: "The Song people are asking for peace, but it is fake. This battle must be fought, so you will go back and appease your men, and continue the siege early tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes!"

Many military generals, with different complexions, slowly turned their heads and came out of the big tent.

This kind of military tent discussion is held every day, but even the emperor himself can feel that today's atmosphere is different from the past.

The army in front of the head gathered at this time, full of generals, one by one, full of righteous indignation, one by one shouting and shouting to kill, the sound of asking for war was endless, at that time, the morale was like a rainbow, everyone held back a force, vowing to retake Yanyun.

Today, there is no longer the sound of shouting and killing, and there is no longer the momentum of the past, only one by one frowning, although not depressed, but all of them are full of thoughts, and the momentum they are holding seems to have gone a lot.

The emperor saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, but helpless.

Say that people's hearts are scattered? Not really, but there must be something wrong with people's hearts.

Early the next morning, the trumpets and drums were remembered on time.

The Liao army began to line up again, and siege ordnance began to be delivered and distributed.

Many things don't seem to have changed, but inside, they are different.

In the first few days of the generals, they were all beaten like chicken blood, constantly encouraging the morale of their subordinates, vowing to win the battle and make great achievements.

Today, I don't see the generals who fought like chicken blood in the past, and I only see that all the generals are frowning.

The soldiers lined up, their faces were still nervous, but they were nervous, and they still had the heart to look left and right, and some even exchanged heads.

The drums beat tightly, and the generals marched forward with their soldiers.

There were more than a dozen ladder cars, more trebuchets, and bed crossbows buzzing.

The program is still the same procedure, the bow and crossbow start first, the trebuchet fires again, and then the first two stop, the ladder cart leans up, and begins to climb the city bravely.

It's just that after the ladder truck approached today, the soldiers who climbed the city seemed a little slack, cowered, raised their heads step by step, and looked back to see if their companions had come up after going up.

There is still a team of warlords in the back, and they are also holding big knives in their hands, but the team of warlords doesn't seem to be very active, and they drive them away a few times, but no one beats people with knives.

This is discouraged, these small changes, if you don't take a careful look, you can't actually see any difference, the army is also swarming forward, and it seems that it is also one after the other.

The emperor and Yelu Renxian sat on the platform, and the emperor watched for many days in a row, and naturally saw the difference between today and the past, but Yelu Renxian did not find anything, just clenched his fists, looking forward to the scene when the army attacked.

The battle was fought like this, and so did the people who watched the battle.

Suddenly, the emperor turned his head and asked, "Did you go to see Yixin last night?" ”

Yeluren first accompanied a smiling face, and then nodded: "Look." ”

"How's he doing?"

"The medical officer said that he was too seriously injured, and life and death were unpredictable, but Yi Xin was able to say a few words to me, thinking that Yi Xin was quite strong in the past, maybe he could survive this experience, I hope he can really get better, if the battle is strategic, Yi Xin is stronger than the minister, if he can survive, it must be the help of His Majesty." Jereren replied first.

Between monarchs and ministers, there always seems to be something wrong. The emperor could feel that Yelu Renxian was a little different from before, if he had to say that there was any difference, it was not as close as before, just like the smile on Yelu Renxian's face, he couldn't help laughing.

Yelu Hongji nodded slightly, and said: "I hope he can survive, it's all to blame on that unfilial son, and when the war is over, we must punish him well." ”

Yeluren didn't speak first, he couldn't take this sentence, after all, it was the prince, he didn't nod his head, he didn't shake his head, he only didn't speak.

The emperor said, "Renxian, do you still have an opinion on this war?" ”

Yeluren first looked at the siege in the distance, listened to the rumbling drums, and thought.

The emperor is not in a hurry and is waiting.

After a long time, Yeluren replied first: "Your Majesty, do you want to ...... Withdrawn, right? ”

"Huh?" The emperor made a nasal voice.

This is a strategy to retreat, the Song people are mostly foot soldiers, even if there are many horses now, but few Song people can really ride horses to fight. It is unrealistic for the Song people to chase them out of the pass, if they really chase them out, it will become an opportunity for our army to win the battle, and as long as our army turns its head to fight with the elite leather room cavalry, it will be able to beat the Song army to the point of losing its armor and fleeing. Song Renhe talks, if he really has this deception, if he leads the snake out of the hole, he will plan it, and it is also the best policy. "It is not for nothing that Yelu Renxian's attitude changed so quickly, and the focus is on the matter of Yelu Yixin. I also saw him last night and said a lot.

"Go on." The emperor was really listening.

"If the Song people are sincere in peace talks, there is nothing to do. Now in the current situation, the Song people heavily defended the pass, looking at the scene of the siege, and heard everyone talk about the recent siege situation, thinking that it is difficult to capture here. If you pretend to talk about peace and withdraw the troops, let the Song people also relax their vigilance, and wait until the Song people's army disperses and returns to their stations, and then it will be much easier to strike a thunderous blow again. Yeluren stayed awake all night last night, thinking about this, and waiting for the emperor to ask questions today, and there were words in his mouth: "The key is that there is one thing that needs to be done first." ”

"What?" The Emperor asked.

"The matter of the grassland, and now the grain and grass of the army, most of them rely on the grassland to supply cattle, sheep and other things. Moreover, there is a lot of attrition of soldiers, and they also have to rely on the soldiers of the steppe to make up for it. Withdraw the army, attack the grassland first, slaughter the grassland completely, and once the trouble is eliminated, the materials and soldiers in the army can be replenished. Just wait for the army to crisscross the grassland, make up an army of two or three hundred thousand, and then attack the Song Dynasty, and it will be broken. "Yeluren was a ruthless man first, and he was ready to completely kill the grassland, forcibly conscript all the men in the grassland, and turn the cattle and sheep of the grassland into grain and grass.

This strategy is ruthless and vicious, but for the Liao State at this time, it has the fastest effect.

"Hmm." The emperor did not say much.

Yeluren said one more word first: "At this time, instead of wasting strength here, it is better to sweep the grassland first and strengthen the strength, so ......"

The emperor raised his hand, noncommittal, but got up and said, "Mingjin!" ”