No. 644 Breaking the Camp Second Shift
At this time, Yelu Zhongke had already burst into tears, and Yelu Yanxi, who had become more and more difficult to breathe, was full of confusion and resentment at this time, this was the personal guard he had always trusted!
I think that when his father and grandmother were unjustly killed, it was he who saved himself through those difficult and dangerous days. His throne was not easy to come by, and he could be killed by the moody Yelu Hongji at any time.
In the middle of this, Yelu Yixin once wanted to assassinate him, except for Xiao Wuna, the Xuanhui envoy of the Northern Courtyard who spoke for him in front of Yelu Hongji, the person who saved him from danger was Yelu Zhongke, who was about to kill him now.
It is said that if it was in normal times, Yelu Yanxi shouted just now, and the guards outside the big account should also hear the movement and come in to escort them. But this time, when Yelu Yanxi was strangled, no guard came in to investigate from beginning to end.
Yelu Yanxi was finally strangled by Yelu Zhongke, at this moment, the big tent of his concubine with the army suddenly caught fire, and then the sound of the fight suddenly remembered from the inside of the palace army, just when the big guys couldn't figure out the situation, the Song army, which had been camped in the north, also suddenly rushed out of the camp.
In fact, Pan Xiong also had cavalry in his hands, but it was a defensive operation before, so he divided the cavalry into three parts and put them in the rear of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Luanhe River defense line, in order to prevent the Liao cavalry from really breaking through the encirclement, and these cavalry were a firewall.
Who would have thought that the battle on the side of the Song army was completely developed according to Cai Dao's plan, so before crossing the river yesterday to attack, Pan Xiong regrouped the 30,000 cavalry.
Just today, Cai Lanling, an old acquaintance, suddenly visited and assigned him a task, that is, when he was in the camp of Liao, he immediately sent troops to attack the Liao army, and it was better to have these cavalry in hand, obviously, Cai Lanling knew the movements of those cavalry in Pan Xiong's army.
However, this time, the offensive task brought by Cai Lanling has a very special feature, the purpose of this attack on the Liao army is not to kill the enemy, but to drive the Liao army, the main thing is to drive these Liao troops out of their camp, and then use these 30,000 cavalry, all the way to follow the pursuit, drive them back to Yanjing.
In this regard, Pan Xiong naturally didn't ask anything, since it was Cai Lanling himself, it must have been ordered by his master Cai Dao himself.
Since he dared to drive these elite troops of the Liao army back to Yanjing, presumably Cai Taishi already had full certainty.
Yelu Dashi also took this opportunity to assassinate the new commander, and because Yelu Zhongke arrived in time, he was able to save his own life.
The Song army suddenly dispatched a cavalry force of about 30,000 people to attack the palace army camp, which was indeed beyond Yelu Zhongke's imagination, the other party was too tolerant, and actually had such a strong backhand, now that I think about it, at the beginning, even if they broke through the blockade of the Luanhe protective fortifications, how many soldiers could finally rush to the Yuguan that was still guarded by the Song army?
Regardless of his feelings, Yelu Zhongke immediately left the camp with his personal guards and the injured Yelu Dashi, and quickly fled in the direction of Yanjing. Along the way, he gathered a lot of deserters, and the Song army was obviously attracted by the wealth in the camp and did not chase them out in time, at this time, Yelu Zhongke stopped, distributed men, and went around recruiting those stragglers who had escaped from the camp.
And in this matter, someone brought bad news - His Majesty was killed at some point.
Yelu Zhongke pretended to inquire about the situation in the camp just now, and after summing it up, everyone learned that it was the Bohai people in the camp who suddenly launched a rebellion, not only killing all His Majesty's concubines and His Majesty's personal guards, but even His Majesty died in this rebellion.
This petty officer, who came to report the news, not only brought His Majesty's body, but also His Majesty's will.
According to his confession, at the time of the rebellion, this lucky little officer was going to the toilet at the time, and he escaped a catastrophe, and he also took advantage of the sudden attack of the Song army, and when the Bohai people were too busy to take care of themselves, he entertained two horses in the camp, which was able to bring His Majesty's body out of the chaos.
As for whether what this little lieutenant said was true or false, even Yelu Zhongke could not judge. Because, Han Shusheng told him that as long as he killed His Majesty, even if he left immediately, someone would naturally bring His Majesty's body to him again. However, at this time, Yelu Yanxi's body was already scarred, especially in the heart, and there was a sharp dagger inserted in it.
Yelu Zhongke stepped forward alone and silently sorted out Yelu Yanxi's remains, and then just stared at his majesty blankly, standing until dawn.
The whole temporary camp was filled with the lamentations of the Khitan men, the emperor was dead, but now was not the time for them to weep bitterly, the future was uncertain, and where was the hope?
It was completely dawn, and at this time, the guards who had gone to recruit the stragglers also rushed back.
In the end, after counting, there were only more than 60,000 Gong Fen troops who arrived at this temporary camp.
In fact, Yelu Dashi only learned after Song Liao signed the peace agreement that after the surprise attack of the Song army that night, why there were so many people lost all of a sudden, and there were not many palace troops who really died under the Song army.
The root cause also lies in Yelu Dashi himself, after he killed the new commander, he indeed paved the way for Yelu Zhongke to regain control of the palace division army.
But it was precisely because of the whole reason that the palace division army, which was like an iron plate, had a complete break.
The new commander was not low, and he had his own small forces in the palace army, and he was suddenly assassinated by Jelu Dashi and died, and his personal guards understood that this was a plot of Jelu Zhongke, because the assassin of their commander was recommended by Yelu Zhongke.
So, when the Song army attacked the camp of the Gongfen army, the personal guards of the new commander of the Gongfen army, who had died, took the initiative to surrender to the Song army with more than 10,000 people.
This was a surprise for Pan Xiong, Cai Dao asked him to kill less Khitan troops, but he didn't say that he would not accept the surrendered Khitan army. As a result, he brought the 10,000-strong palace army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang under his command.
There were only 1,000 soldiers of the Gong Division Army who really died in this chaotic battle, and there were about 3,000 soldiers of the Palace Division Army who fled westward, so Yelu Zhongke's personal guards naturally could not find these soldiers.
"Your Excellency, you can't go on like this. Tens of thousands of brothers are waiting for you to come up with an idea, what should we do next? At this time, someone suddenly stepped forward to persuade him.