Chapter 141: Soldiers, Sophistry

When Gao Yingshu took Meng Qi to the military camp in front of the South Gate to find comfort, it happened to be in the interval between the two waves of attacks by the Liao.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the corpses of the two Liaoxia armies were discarded outside the city gate, and there were even very few in the city gate hole, indicating that the offensive of the Liao army was already in full decline, and it was a little inadequate.

Gao Yingshu was wearing a dark blue brocade fur cloak, holding a short sword in her hand and looking heroic, when she walked into the big tent, An Yi, Jiang Shang, Lin Muzhi, and Jiang Yun were discussing something around the table.

An Yi heard the movement before he turned around and saw Gao Yingshu, and hurriedly turned around to meet him.

"How did you get here?"

Meng Qi behind her arched his hand towards An Yi, "My lord! ”

"How did you get here?"

Comfort is like being stuck, and repeated,

Meng Qi didn't answer, pulled an easy and brisk back to the map of the table, and said with an excited face: "Everyone, I was ordered by the Lord to stay on the official road, guess what, when the Liao army in front of the first line of heaven was about to pass through the official road, it was with a group of well-equipped cavalry, and later I found out that it was the heavy cavalry of the Wugu Sect!" ”

Lin Muzhi grinned and interjected: "I said that this Liao people are strong enough, and they can bump into the Wugu Sect wherever they go, is that a win or a loss?" ”

"It must have won, otherwise Yeluxiu outside the city would have been unable to sit still."

Meng Qi nodded, confirmed An Yi's statement, and said, "Yes, the Five Grains Sect has been defeated, if you want to say that this Liao people are really powerful!" Three strikes and five divisions by two drove back the cavalry, which was several times his own and was so well equipped. ”

He paused and then said, "I guess, I don't know about the heavy cavalry of the Wugu Sect, and the Liao soldiers are even more blind. I simply asked the people below to tear off a few big flags, use the paint painted in the camp before, wipe the Qinglong flag of the King of Shu out, and swagger towards Chengdu along the way, the Liao people's sentry rode all the way to the bottom of the city to stop, plus His Royal Highness set up a good stage under the highest, and lined up to welcome! In my opinion, the Liao people's sentry must have thought that I was the vanguard of the Shu King's army, so we might as well make the appearance of the army returning to the division and scare them! ”

After listening to what he said, An Yi raised his eyebrows at Gao Yingshu, and the two of them smiled knowingly, and then he patted Meng Qi on the shoulder heavily, and praised: "Okay, boy, I haven't seen it before, this time there was a flooded Seventh Army, and now there is a new one out of nothing, a wise general!" ”

Jiang Shang said with some concern: "My lord, the army of this imperial court is trapped in Lanzhou, and it is impossible for the army of the King of Shu to be transferred back from Lintao Mansion no matter what, this Yeluxiu knows better than us, I'm afraid we can't hide it from him." ”

An Yi said confidently: "What General Jiang said makes sense, but the three of them become tigers, this Wugu Sect helped us say it again, Meng Qi helped us say it again, and soon those Liao soldiers and sentinels who returned to the camp will also help us say it again, besides, Ying Shu has already finished singing the opening to us, what we have to do is to play this scene into Yelu Xiuke's heart, and then he will have to jump over the wall and escape even if he is Mencius's mother." ”

Then he looked back at Gao Yingshu and asked, "Yingshu, is there still the prince's Blue Dragon Battle Banner in the Shu King's Mansion?" ”

Gao Yingshu nodded,

"Yes, there are still a lot of old flags that my father brought back when he went out on the expedition before."

"Good!"

"Pass my order, all the four city gates are filled with Qinglong flags, and then transfer out of the army to be strong and strong, wearing the guard uniforms of the Shu Palace, patrolling back and forth on the city wall. The most important thing is that the regimental training battalion, the middle army battalion, and the guards battalion are all out of the city and lined up, and they can put up as many big battles as they can for me! ”

"Yes!"

The three of them surrendered their orders.

"My lord, I thought that only the first two would be enough, if Yeluxiu didn't believe it, we could still leave room to continue to defend the city, they have shown signs of decline, and they can't hold out for long, isn't the last one a little too risky?"

Jiang Yun asked with some hesitation,

The corners of An Yi's mouth gently curved into a crescent, Gao Yingshu hadn't seen An Yi's confident smile for a long time, but when he saw it again, this expression no longer had the kind of fluttering that belonged to Gongzi's brother before, but a kind of self-possessed and talented, calm and firmness that allowed him to run the world rampant.

"Even if we don't believe it, how can we expect Jeruhuus to believe it? Rest assured! Compared with the throne of this little prince, Chengdu is already a chicken rib. ”

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Outside the city

Liao army battalion

Tuoba Yin had just received the report from the sentinel, so he hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army to find Yelu Xiuke.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! ”

Yelu Xiuke was concentrating on the handsome case in the camp tent, and the vigorous hand that was originally able to carry the tripod was now controlling the slender wolf pen in his hand at will, and wrote a vigorous and powerful "Liao" character on the dark yellow rice paper.

He finished the last stroke in one go, and then gently put the wolf on the purple jade official inkstone, wiped his hands with the soft towel that had been prepared next to the desk, and then looked up at Tuoba Yin: "What made Brother Tuoba so alarmed?" ”

Tuoba Yin walked forward quickly and said in a cut voice: "Your Highness, the sentry ahead has reported that they have seen with their own eyes that the vanguard of the King of Shu of the Xia Army this morning has arrived in Chengdu with his edict, maybe the army of the King of Shu is already on the way back to the division!" ”

Yeluxiu smiled indifferently and said: "Brother Tuoba is confused, if the Xia army can return to the division, it means that our army has been defeated in the northwest, and we received this news first, how can we let the Xia army be killed in front of us, we still don't know?" ”

Tuoba Yin looked very anxious, and pointed in the direction of Chengdu outside the tent,

"Your Highness, go out and take a look, the city wall of Chengdu has been planted with the Qinglong battle flag exclusive to the King of Shu of the Xia Kingdom, and the defenders in the city have already left the city to line up, putting on an offensive posture, isn't this enough to explain the problem?"

These words entered Jeruxiuk's ears, causing his tiger body to stiffen slightly, but soon returned to normal.

"The Han people are good at tricks, they are all deliberately done to show us, although I don't deal with Xiao Yan'er, but how can this scheming woman be defeated by the Han people casually."

Tuoba Yin still didn't believe it when he saw Yelu Xiuke, so he had to bite the root of his back teeth and stubbornly said, "Your Highness! In your heart, isn't the royal family of Daliao as important as this small Chengdu? ”

"You bastard!"

Tuoba Yin obviously poked his pain, which made Yelu Xiuke immediately change his face and scolded angrily,

Tuoba Yin knelt down in response, but there was no intention to stop in his mouth,

"Your Highness, we are hundreds of miles away from the camp in the northwest, and the news from there came three or five days ago, let's go deep into the enemy's hinterland, what happened in three or five days is enough for us to recover, not to mention....... Are you so relieved about Empress Dowager Xiao? She will definitely send us a copy of the military information truthfully? If there is a change in the situation in the Northwest War, I'm afraid she is the one who wants us to be trapped here the most, if you make a mistake, how can you let me go back and explain to my uncles? ”

Yelu Xiu can understand that this is Tuoba Yin, who is loyal to the royal family of the Liao Dynasty, and no one else will say this in the face of his anger.

That's right, Tuoba Yin is right, he prides himself on achieving great things, how can he be stumped by the momentary spirit in front of him, and now continue to fight in Chengdu, no matter whether Xia Jun's return to the division is real or not, it will cause him a risk of no return.

And for Chengdu, the original purpose of his coming was to loot and satisfy the long-suppressed killing factor in his body, but now that he is in this stalemate, he has lost his original meaning, and there is a tendency to fall deeper and deeper, and it is not appropriate to use this useless ancient city to take such a big risk for himself and the royal family of the Liao Dynasty.

When Tuoba Yin, who was kneeling on the ground, was lifted up by his hand, he already knew that the Jelu Xiuke in front of him was no longer a willful man, but was replaced by the original little prince who was as calm and sharp as a steppe falcon.

"Give the order to go down, pull out the camp! Back to the teacher. ”

"Yes!"

Tuoba Yin responded excitedly, then turned around and walked out of the camp to give the order.

"Comfort, we'll have a date later!"

There was a chill in Jerushuk's ice-blue eyes, which made his handsome face look daunted.

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The retreat of the Liao soldiers also made the whole city of Chengdu breathe a sigh of relief as if they had been amnesty.

An Yi stood at the head of the city, looking at the Liao army, which was still dressed in silver light when he was on the bank of the Qingchuan River, was already demoralized a lot, and set up a long snake formation to pull out the camp and slowly go north.

Yelu Xiuke urged the horse to walk on the side of the procession, dressed in bright gold armor, carrying his jade dragon spear upside down, looking at the city wall with an expressionless face, and staring at the figure standing with his hands in his hands and plain brocade robes.

Ice blue crystals and black gems converge in nothingness, a fierce spear full of ambition and burning with the fire of desire against a high-spirited shield cast by faith with a firm light, in this battlefield that has burned embers and anti-inflammatory once again carries out a silent battle, although it is clear who wins and who loses, but the battle between spear and shield will never end easily,

Half a day

Only then did Yelu Xiuke retract his eyes, urged the white dragon horse under his crotch, and disappeared into the comfortable field of vision with the Liao army.

An Yi also breathed a heavy sigh of relief, after several days of twists and turns and wars, finally in Chengdu, the final bottom line, blocked the Liao people's footsteps, this hard-won victory, leaving behind the devastated ancient city walls and corpses of the battlefield,

He turned slowly,

Looking down on all the people in the city who were looking forward to him,

But

Instead of raising the sword of victory high and cheering for what they had won, as he did last time, An Yi shouted to everyone with all his might:

"Since the battle of the Qingchuan River, seven days of bloody fighting! More than 5,000 brave and fearless soldiers from the Chengdu Green Battalion, Long'an Green Battalion, and Regiment Training Battalion sacrificed their lives for this impregnable city! An Yi is here, and I thank every living warrior and dead hero. You have told the Great Xia Dynasty with your actions that the Liao people are by no means invincible! The White Tiger God is not in my comfortable body, but in the hearts of each and every one of you! ”

The original golden light on the horizon that tried its best to penetrate the clouds was gradually obscured by the dark fog, and the hazy sky seemed to be low and about to touch the ancient city wall of Chengdu, and the rain began to flutter in the sky, as if the amorous rain clouds were crying for the souls that passed away one by one.

The battle of Chengdu made this ancient city that had almost faded out of people's field of vision return to the conversation of the officials and people of the Great Xia Dynasty after the tea and dinner, and the little prince of the northwest was killed by a small garrison general, which greatly preserved the vitality of Sichuan, and also inspired the morale of the Xia army on the battlefield of Lanzhou in the northwest.

So far

This battle, which lasted only seven days but was of far-reaching significance, ended with the retreat of Yelu Xiuke, the main general of the Liao army, and also made the name An Yi begin to enter the field of vision of the Great Xia Dynasty.