Chapter 552: The End of the Khitan Great Liao
Yelu Dashi knew in his heart that there were more than 100,000 Song people and many knights. There should have been Song knights to come to support outside the West City, and Yelu Dashi was also ready to fight to the death.
But he didn't expect the Song people to suddenly get out of the way. Yelu Dashi had many doubts in his heart, and even suspected that the Song people deliberately let him go in order to follow him to find Yelu Yanxi's hiding place.
When Jerodashi kept sending scouts to wait back, he didn't find it. Yelu Dashi went straight west with full of questions, and when he left Zhangjiakou, he would enter the grassland.
Zheng Zhi had the intention to let Yelu Dashi go, but in fact, he didn't have so many plans, Yelu Yanxi's whereabouts, Zheng Zhi was clear, and Zheng Zhi remembered the word Jiashan.
The reason why Yelu Dashi was allowed to go away was that he was unwilling to be such a hero, so he died under Yanjing City, and a legend was strangled in the cradle before it began
How far away Central Asia is, Zheng Zhi knows very well. The five Central Asian territories include Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and, broadly, Afghanistan.
Even Pakistan can barely be counted in Central Asia. These places will be the territory of Jerod Stone in the future. Central Asia is not the Western Regions, let alone Xinjiang.
Such a long distance is beyond the reach of Zheng Zhi at this time. Even if Zheng Zhi is ambitious, the more he will face the current mess at this time. Even if Zheng Zhi can rise in this chaos in the future, the distance in Central Asia will be unattainable for the Han army.
The existence of Yelu Dashi will still have many benefits for Zheng Zhi in the future. Compared to Yelu Dashi, who can write Chinese characters and speak Chinese, can even be regarded as Han in a cultural sense.
If one day, Zheng Zhizhi organized a large army of nomads and Han Chinese, Yelu Dashi could also establish the cornerstone of Han rule in Central Asia.
The biggest problem of domination in this era is not how strong the enemy is, but the distance, the communication. As with the Han Dynasty's rule over the Western Regions, the army was attacked by the Xiongnu and it took eight months before news was received. That's the problem, and it's so hard to solve.
It is even more necessary for the Jerod stone to exist.
The city gate cave was finally opened with the efforts of countless people, and Mi Zhenwu and Xiang Lide rushed into Yanjing City with cavalry without hesitation.
There will be a steady stream of iron armor in the follow-up. Not long after, the soldiers of the Liao people on the chaotic city all went to the city. Guo Yaoshi also led troops to the city.
The outer city of Yanjing has been broken, and the inner city is naturally not a problem.
Zheng Zhi did not enter the city, but slowly walked around the city wall to the north city. Stand outside the northern city and wait for the gates to be opened.
A city with a population of hundreds of thousands, 20,000 defenders is really not much, and when you enter the city, the defenders appear to be even less.
The doors and windows of every house in the city were closed, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and a pair of helpless eyes in the corner of the window sill secretly looked into the street. There was not much fighting, but the sound of the neat footsteps of the soldiers.
Those who were still helping the defenders to defend against the enemy just now mostly returned to their homes and waited quietly.
There are Han people, Khitan people, Xi people, Bohai people, and even mature Jurchens in the city, as well as grassland divination people.
The nobles of the Khitan are all in the inner city, and on the inner city wall, countless soldiers are ready to defend the city. There were soldiers in iron armor, and there were also slaves from every household.
Xiao Gan was in the palace, standing beside Yeluchun's sickbed. With tears in his eyes, he looked at Ye Luchun, who had exhausted several oil lamps, and was silent for a long time.
Ye Luchun also seemed to feel something, slowly got up, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said, "Did the Song people enter the city?" ”
The sorrow in Xiao Gan's heart is indescribable, Nuoda, an invincible empire, suddenly fell apart, so fast that many people have not yet reacted.
Yeluchun saw that Xiao Gan was silent, tears rolled down, and his heart was even clearer, and after settling down with all his strength, he said: "It's better to die in Song than to die in Jurchen." You have also read the Song people's inscriptions, I think the Song people can tolerate the multiplication of my Khitan people, and take the jade seal, write a letter to Zheng Zhi, the Khitan country is gone, but the Khitan people still have to continue to survive. ”
Ye Luchun faced such a fact, extremely quiet, as if there were not many waves in his heart. Perhaps Yeluchun knew that he was about to die, and he could face many things calmly.
It is more likely that when Yelu Chun fled Yelu Yanxi, the hope in his heart disappeared together. In the past few years, Yeluchun has received too much bad news, and every move of the Jurchens, Yeluchun will receive unacceptable bad news, Huanglong Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, Shangjing, and Zhongjing.
It seems that this bad news can numb people and get used to it.
Xiao Gan was silent, but nodded, both of them are smart people, and they are people who can see through the overall situation.
Xiao Gan, who was about to leave the palace, suddenly turned around and said, "Your Majesty, Dashi is gone and goes to the grassland." ”
Ye Luchun nodded, and said weakly: "The grassland is not my Khitan homeland. The boulder will also be rootless duckweed. May he live in peace. ”
Maybe it is really a human being who is dying, and his words are good, Yeluchun seems to be extremely clear at this moment of terminal illness.
Xiao Gan didn't leave, but continued: "Your Majesty, Dashi is not an ordinary person, and if he escapes and ascends to heaven, he must have a different future." ”
Yeluchun nodded when he heard this, but he didn't say much, and lay down on the bed again.
Xiao Gan wiped a handful of tears and walked out of the dormitory. When he turned back, this Yeluchun, who was in danger, had already left the world with a frown.
Ye Luchun, who was supposed to die of illness three months later, died on the bed three months early.
Zheng Zhi, who arrived at the north city gate, looked at the empty city wall, and kept looking back to the north.
More than an hour later, the gates of the city were opened.
Countless knights rushed out, and Mi Zhenwu in front of him rushed to the head with an excited face, shouting: "Master, the Liao people have surrendered, the inner city has been opened, and Xiao Gan will kneel under the city." Jerechun was dead, and his body was under the walls. The surrender letter is here, and the jade seal is also here. ”
Mi Zhenwu dismounted and handed the letter of state and the seal to Zheng Zhi.
After Zheng Zhi took it, he didn't look at it much, and directly handed it to Wu Yong beside him, and said: "Order all the knights to gather, and quickly follow a certain north to Gubeikou!" Bring Xiao Gan with you. ”
When Mi Zhenwu heard this, he immediately turned around and got on his horse, and galloped towards the city.
"Pedant, quickly draft the holy decree and stamp the jade seal." Zheng Zhi couldn't wait for a moment, for fear that the Jurchens would enter the Yanyun Pass.
Wu Yong hurriedly dismounted, pulled out the scroll directly from the horse's back, and didn't care whether there was a golden cloth or not, and began to write directly on the paper.
"Ordered Guo Yaoshi to accompany him to the north, leaving 10,000 people in the city in Cangzhou Tiejia, and the rest gathered to go north, and all the state soldiers stayed in Yanjing City to appease the people." Zheng Zhi ordered the soldiers to the left and right again.
Wu used a moment to draft the holy decree and handed it to Zheng Zhi to see. Zheng Zhi glanced at it a few times and said, "Quickly copy a few more copies and stamp the big seal." ”
Wu Yong immediately picked up the pen again, and was already sweating profusely.
Not long after, Mi Zhenwu came out of Beicheng again, and Zheng Zhi took a few scrolls that Wu Yong had written, and turned around.
In fact, two thousand knights of the Western Army, as well as five thousand unskilled Cangzhou knights, had already galloped north with Zheng Zhi's horse.
There were also 30,000 Cangzhou iron armor and thousands of victorious troops following behind.
Wu Yong did not go along, but turned back to Yanjing to preside over the overall situation. Li Gang also entered Yanjing City. It is not a simple matter to take over the Yanjing City of Nuoda. It stands to reason that Zheng Zhi should be in Yanjing to deal with the aftermath, but there are some things that are more important.
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