The soldiers and horses in Youzhou City are still enough to hold the city, and the food in Youzhou City is enough to support it for another three years, but the internal and external isolation, and the torment of not seeing the reinforcement banner as far as the eye can see is unbearable. (Baidu search 8 degrees, especially the emperor and the queen mother are in Youzhou, if the supreme ruler of an empire and his imperial ministers can't get in touch for three years, then can the world still be under his control?)

Xiao Xuan, who was trapped in Youzhou City, was not worried about the war under her nose, although the Song army was brave, but as the Youzhou City of Nanjing, Liao State, there were her and the emperor, and there was more than Yue Yelu Huge, it was by no means so easy to break, what she was really worried about was the outer line, the empire that lost its ruler, maybe it would collapse from the inside if it didn't need an external enemy.

There are Wenchen Guo Xi in the southern court, Yelu Xiante in the military general, and Mu Fang in the north court, these are all courtiers she can trust, but the obedience of the imperial ministers to them stems from their own trust in them, and when they lose contact with the entire empire, it is difficult for them to deter the ministers, especially ...... Especially the children of the clan, the Yelu family is mostly tiger and wolf boys, they are not very convinced by the little emperor, thanks to their own iron and blood, they firmly control the power and military power of the empire, once they cut off contact with the outside world, it will not take three years, only one year, the royal family will definitely have different intentions, support the new master, and abandon her and the emperor.

For this reason, Xiao Xuan is worried.

Looking up at the starry sky, Xiao Xuan sighed faintly.

The cold night, no wind, the sky is a sparse star, she doesn't hate Yang Hao, she is a ruler, sitting in her position, she knows Yang Hao's position, and she understands why he did it, if she were in Yang Hao's position, she would make the same choice. However, how big is Yang Hao's appetite, and will this war be out of control?

"Mother's ......"

Xiao Xuan hurriedly walked over, picked him up, wrapped his cloak around his body, and said angrily: "Don't sleep well, what are you doing when you run out, look at you, you are sweating from sleep, what should I do if I catch a cold?" ”

The prison coquettishly said: "Mother, the prison wants my mother to sleep with me." ”

Xiao Xuan nodded on his forehead and said angrily: "Prison, you are the emperor of a country, unlike the children of ordinary families, your mother has a lot of things to do, you have to be obedient." ”

"Oh......" Prison responded obediently, blinking a pair of black eyes and thinking, and asked, "Is my mother thinking about how to defeat Yang Hao?" ”

Xiao Xuan sighed faintly and didn't answer, and after thinking about it carefully, he said angrily: "Mother, why did that big villain come to beat us? Does he like to fight? ”

Xiao Xuan hugged him and walked slowly under the corridor, the lights and candles were shining, reflecting her face flickering brightly and darkly: "Prison, no one likes to fight, fighting a war, sometimes it is like a matter of course, and at that moment, it will naturally be fought." Today he will not come to beat us, but if he comes, we will go and beat them. There are many, many reasons, and this is not something that can be determined by the emperor's personal likes and dislikes. ”

"The emperor, rich in the world, powerful all over the world, controls the fate of everyone, and is the only one, but at the price, the emperor who is exalted to the pinnacle of everyone represents the wishes and interests of the foundation of his rule. Ordinary people can't think of things that can't be seen, you have to see and think, you have to stand taller than everyone else, see farther, walk in front of all the people, represent their ligai, you can become the one who everyone supports, otherwise, one day, you, or your successor, will have to be abandoned by them. The change of rivers and mountains, the rise and fall of empires, to put it bluntly, is actually only one reason. “

Behind the fate of those in power, and behind the different positions, there is a mountain of different interest groups. If you carry your own Ligai Group, then this backer will immediately become the power that crushes you, and you will go from the peak of this mountain to the cornerstone of the bottom. It is necessary to conform to the position of the class, so that the emperor can only do what he wants, and other people can be regarded as generals and ministers, and it is a big deal to do nothing and be a cloth cloth, and the emperor, the emperor stands too high, so there is no way out.

Of course, the young prison still didn't understand these truths, looking at his son's innocent eyes, Xiao Xuan sighed softly: Tonight is very quiet, the defenders are certainly tired, I believe that the Song army outside the city will be even more sad, maybe there will be no more war tonight, say...... Let's sleep well with my son.

Wu Yu thought, kissed his baby son lightly on the forehead, and was carrying him back to the room, when he suddenly heard a sound of fighting in the distance tearing up the silence of the night.

Xiao Xuan stopped and sighed secretly: "Are you attacking the city again?" ”

Just about to hand over her son to the palace maid and rush to the city to see, she suddenly found that there was something strange tonight, the sound of fighting only came from the north city, and the other three cities were silent, which was completely different from the scene of the Song army's launch of the four cities attacking together, and the sound of killing in the city shook the sky.

Xiao Xuan's heart moved: "This situation is a bit strange, could it be ...... Reinforcements arrived, and ...... Have you broken through the outer defense line of the Song army and attacked the city of Youzhou? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Sui hurriedly handed over his son to the personal maid who was waiting for him, and hurried to the front court.

"Mother?"

The prison child shouted reluctantly, Xiao Sui didn't care to answer at all, she pressed the hilt of the sword, and rushed to the vestibule with a gust of wind, the sound of fighting woke up the guards in the house, the war horse was already behind, Xiao Sui turned over and got on the horse, the door of the house was wide open, and a group of people and horses hurricane out, straight to the north city.

Under the sparse starry sky, the earth presents a light gray sè, looking down from the city, you can clearly see in the distance that there is a galaxy-like flowing fire team approaching the city of Youzhou, from the fierce shouting and the violent shaking of the torches can be seen the fierce battle half, Yelu Xiuge held the battlement, nervously looked at the team, secretly praying that they could break through the defense line of the Song army.

It's not that he doesn't want to open the city to answer, the stones that reach the gate under the city, the big wood that seals the door, and even the obstacles such as the knife cart of the door have already been removed, and the three thousand fully draped iron horsemen are ready to stop, but this is the night, he must confirm that it is indeed his own men and horses who are rushing into battle, Yang Hao is scheming, do you know if he wants to cheat the city? The Empress Dowager and the Emperor were in the city, and he had to be cautious.

The iron cavalry outside the city is approaching the city of Youzhou regardless of sacrifice, the knife is like a horse, blood is splashed, and people continue to fall off the horse, but at this time, human life is like a dog, who cares about who's life or death. A Liao army swung his knife and slashed obliquely, just split a Song army in half, and a spear had been killed from the side like lightning, and with a pop penetrated from the lower abdomen, straight into the intestines, and the gods couldn't save him.

Similar scenes are played out everywhere, with steel knives swinging wildly in the dark, mercilessly tearing flesh and bones like chopping melons and vegetables, and when one person falls, more people pounce on him, and then they are swallowed up by the raging waves, becoming a mutilated corpse.

The great sacrifice was exchanged for approaching the city of Youzhou step by step, and all the soldiers of this Liao army were as fearless as moths to a fire, and they had no turning back.

They are dead soldiers, and when they leave the capital, they go up

The people who stayed behind in Beijing only removed their names from the roster and gathered their family members.

Even if all of them die here, as long as the outside situation is sent to the city in the form of letters, so that the Empress Dowager knows the current critical situation of the empire, then all of them are martyrs, and they are martyrs who have made immortal contributions to the Great Liao State, as long as there is a rì in the Great Liao, their descendants can be supported by the imperial court, which is an oath to the heavens except for the lords of the room and the royal clansmen in Shangjing, the princes and chiefs of all walks of life, and if the promises they made fail, regardless of whether they fought to the death or not, all their families were enslaved, never lenient.

Yes, everyone is to die, the Liao army rushed forward with all its might, the offensive was fierce, and its situation was not inferior to Yang Jiye when he led 8,000 dead soldiers to attack the Song camp and kill Zhao Guangyi, where the Liao army passed, the corpses and horse corpses were all over the place, the severed heads and poked limbs were unbearable, the blood was mixed with mud, the ground was dark red, it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, the huge sacrifice, and the courage of the outlaw, let them approach the next step to Youzhou City.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Xuan rushed to the city, and Yelu Xiuge hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, ...... under the city"

Xiao Xuan only glanced at it, and said, "Why don't you go out of the city to answer?" “

Brother Yelu Xiu bowed down and said: "The Song army is cunning, and the ministers are afraid of ......"

As soon as he said this, a Liao army broke through the encirclement, ran frantically to the city, and shouted loudly in Khitan language, the Liao country has been in existence for a long time, and naturally there is a set of formed systems in its own army construction, such as the issue of contact in this special situation, if there is no set of pre-formulated code words, then there is no one who can pass on information except for the people who know the generals?

As soon as he heard what the man was shouting, Yelu Hugo jumped up suddenly, and even forgot to salute Xiao Xuan: "Kaicheng, answer!" So saying, he galloped down the city, jumped on a horse, and the spear was already in his hand.

The Liao army under the city was already ready to stop, the city gate immediately rumbled open, the drawbridge was lowered at the same time, and Yelu Hugo took the lead and rushed out with iron horses.

The Liao soldier under the city only shouted a few times, and then fell off the horse after being hit by the arrow of the Song army, and Yelu Xiu Ge rushed towards it with a gallop, and someone set up the man and hurried back to the city, while the other soldiers and horses followed Yelu Xiu Ge and killed the Song army camp.

In the camp of the Song Army, Yang Hao was dressed in military uniform, standing quietly on the hanging half-watchtower.

Reach out to pick up the stars, and the high places are not cold.

In the distance, the Liao army gradually converged with the soldiers and horses in the city, and Yang Hao secretly sighed.

The siege of the city, if it lasted long, would be an unbearable burden for him. He has just taken over the Song Dynasty, he needs a great victory to consolidate the throne, but it is not a long-term war that makes the heavens angry and resentful to shake his foundation, the great victory can make the people of the country raise their eyebrows, but the war also has a war cost, if like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the accumulation of the painstaking management of the ancestors and fathers of the two generations is all consumed, and four-fifths of the country's population is made so that the family can not survive by selling their children and daughters, it is a poor soldier. The cost of war for agrarian peoples is more than a multiple compared to that of nomadic peoples.

If you don't do it too much, you can do everything in moderation.

During the Han Dynasty, the country has been paid for several generations, although his war has made the people miserable, and there are many complaints, at least he has not been **** his rule, but the current Yang Hao is difficult to say.

It's time to end, hopefully...... At this time, don't be like an ordinary woman, emotions override reason, and stubbornly prefer to burn jade.

No, she won't!

Because...... She is Xiao Xuan.

The women in the middle of the women, only Wu Cong and Xiao Xuan, she will definitely make a wise choice.

"Boom!" The city gate was heavily slammed shut, and Yelu Hugo fought bloodily, snatched back a hundred and ten Liao soldiers who had broken the formation, and hurriedly retreated to the city.

The sāo movement subsided a little, and soon calm returned, and the city and the city returned to a gloomy silver gray sè.

The news of the arrival of the messenger from Shangjing spread with an incredible speed through the streets and alleys, and the soldiers and people in the city knew about it, and I don't know how many people stayed up all night that night, quietly waiting for further news, hoping that the messenger would bring them out of despair.

Yang Hao stood quietly on the watchtower for a long time before he walked down step by step.

As soon as he arrived, a person rushed to his side in front of the generals of the Song army, and supported him respectfully, as if he was afraid that he would fall, and he was attentive and numb.

This person is the cousin of the Jurchen Anche Bone Bead in the real head of the Wulin Valley, who rushed to Western Xia and asked Yu Ziyu for his plan. Yang Hao smiled slightly, neither satisfied with his hospitality, nor disgusted and disdainful.

They are like this, when they are afraid of you and ask for you, they can offer their beauties to you, and they can compliment you as the Khan of Heaven; When the strength is far inferior to you, they can be extremely tame, such as the Jurchen to the Khitan, such as the Mongols to the Jurchen, if they can bend and stretch, they are the real Goujian heirs, they only respect strength.

"If the official family wants to negotiate peace with the Liao people, it must be far-reaching, and the villain does not dare to discuss it, so he only goes to ...... Although the Liao people are vulnerable in front of the official heavenly soldiers, but for us, they are still invincible enemies. We Jurchens, but we really serve the official family. “

"You can rest assured ......"

Yang Hao smiled slightly: "You rebelled against the Khitan, of course, the Liao people were too oppressed and could not survive. But Lian went all the way to the Northern Expedition, and you contributed very much, how could Lian pat his ass and leave, so that you could face the revenge of the Liao? Hehe, the Union has already planned for you, and now the seven states in front of the mountain, in addition to Youzhou, have been in the hands of the Union, after the peace is successful, the Union will garrison in Ying, Mo, Zhuo, You, Shun, Tan, and Ji to garrison and guard ......"

Wu Lintao hesitated: "I'm afraid,...... Far water is difficult to quench thirst near and near. ”

Yang Hao said with a smile: "Lian hasn't finished talking yet, since you have abandoned Liao and returned to Song, if you are bullied by the Liao, wouldn't that cut Lian's face?" The troops who are now advancing into Liaoyang Mansion will not go back after the peace, and the Union will let them be stationed in the border area between you and the Liao, if the Liao people intend to oppress, the Lian will also increase the troops nearby, and you don't need to worry about your safety. ”

Yang Hao said as he walked: "The United Nations has ordered the DPRK and China to re-approve the annual tribute according to the situation there ...... be relieved of your survival."

Wu Lintao was overjoyed, grateful, and blurted out a sycophant like the water of the Yellow River.

Yang Hao patted him on the shoulder and smiled silently.

The distribution range of the Jurchen tribes is roughly the scope of the Bohai State established by the Han Ju tribe at the end of the Su, that is, the area of the three eastern provinces in later generations, and is connected to the Murwei, so many years, although the Jurchen has gradually risen, but under the oppression and intentional differentiation of the Liao State, they have never grown, they are still struggling with food and clothing, and they have no desire and consciousness for the regime at all, so yes

There is no deep understanding of what the garrison of the Song State means.

The Jurchen Wanyan clan has been wiped out by the Anche Guda clan, and Wanyan Aguta will never be born again, but the times create heroes, heroes come into being, without Wanyan Aguda, as long as the environment remains the same, the development of history remains the same, and when the times are lucky, there will naturally be people who repeat everything that Aguta should do, and the tiger and wolf of Jinguo, who are determined to be in the world in the future, are still the same beggar brothers who want to take advantage of the shade of a big tree, Yang Hao turned them over with a little favor.

The lights in the left-behind mansion in Youzhou City Nanjing are bright, but the faces of the handsome generals are even darker than the night sè outside the mansion.

They are like a group of travelers left on an isolated island, maybe one day there is a tsunami, it will sweep them into the sea.1 I also look forward to it, and I hope for it at night, and finally I hope for a ship, but I don't expect that the ship is more dangerous than the island where they are staying, because ...... It's sinking......

The Empress Dowager and Empress were trapped in Youzhou, completely cut off from the outside world, and had lost control of the empire; The lord and faction and the surrender faction in Shangjing have gained the upper hand, which is the most terrible, more terrible than the resurgence of the ambitions of some royal magnates and the rebellious flag, because the key to the siege of Youzhou lies in the reinforcements, and the reinforcements and the radiant weight are subject to Shangjing, once the wind direction in Shangjing changes......

After the dance, her jade face was blue, her heart was like ice, Rao was always calm, and she had no idea at the moment.

Jerushuge stood up suddenly, his big hand clenched his sword, the green tendons on the back of his palm were as tense as earthworms, he gasped heavily for a moment, and then sat down again. After a moment of uncertainty on his face, Huo Di stood up again, gritted his teeth for a long time, and sat down heavily, like this three or five times, the generals in the court all looked at him in amazement, and even Xiao Xuan's wonderful eyes were focused on him.

At first, Xiao Xuan's gaze was also a little surprised, but after looking at it for a while, a trace of realization flashed in her eyes, and her gaze dimmed again.

She guessed correctly, Yelu Huge really wanted to protect her and the emperor to give up Youzhou and fight their way out of the encirclement. But you can imagine how dangerous it is, and you can imagine how difficult it is for these dead soldiers to break through today.

Because of this, Jeruxiugo pondered and repeatedly rejected the decision he had made. He is not afraid of death, but he can't afford the risk of losing the queen mother and the emperor, if he is outside the city now, he can also use the power of more than Yue to control the whole ** team to think of a way, but he is also in the city now, it is the tiger falling in Pingyang, the dragon is trapped in the shallows, and the situation on the outside line is so sinister that it can no longer be delayed.

The queen mother and the emperor have been trapped here for several months, and there is no hope of getting out of trouble, what is the difference between the country and the country losing its king?

After a long time, Yelu Xiuge said in a heavy tone: "Yelu Xianqing and Guo Xi are exhausted to deal with the Song army in Fuzhou and Yanmen Pass, and they are unable to look north; The Jingshi Han army rebelled, and it was difficult to support the room; The traces of the Song army are now in Tokyo, and the chieftains of the eight clans of Khitan have begun to retreat to the desert. The Queen Mother, although I am in Youzhou, but the danger of going to Beijing is already above Youzhou, the Queen Mother will not return to Beijing in time, regain the center in the palm of her hand, and the Great Liao will fall apart, which may be difficult to avoid. “

He paused and said bitterly: "Queen Mother, still try to ...... with the Song people Let's make peace......"

Xiao Tzu stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Greater than Yue, this is the good way you came up with?" “

Yelu Hugo looked at him coldly and said, "What do you think?" ”

Dancing Tart Rin raised his arms and shouted: "The reinforcements can't be feared, we will kill them!" ”

"Kill out? Easier said than done! ”

Brother Yelu Xiu was also annoyed, Huo Ran got up and said: "The deployment under the city of Youzhou is mainly aimed at the city, and the difficulty of breaking through from the inside to the outside will inevitably be doubled, and it is especially difficult to break through with light cavalry and protect the queen mother and the emperor. The most important thing is that a large number of reinforcements are blocked from a few passes, although it is difficult to enter Youzhou, but once you enter the city, you can take advantage of the benefits of the fortified city to get safe, and break through to the outside and not to mention whether the breakthrough is successful or not, even if it is really successful, can it escape the encirclement and interception of the Song army all the way? You must know that now the seven states in front of the mountain, except for this Youzhou city, are in the hands of the Song army, and you must know that the Song army now also has a large number of cavalry, and we do not have the ability to quickly get rid of the enemy army. ”

Wu Tart Rin's face was blue for a while, red for a while, and suddenly his eyebrows were angry, and he stopped talking again, and finally sat down for a long time.

In terms of identity, Xiao Tzu Rin is the queen mother's brother and absolute confidant; In terms of martial arts, he is also among the three tiger generals of the Great Liao, and he can be on an equal footing with Brother Yelu Xiu and the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelu Xianqing, General Xiao has nothing to say, and the other civil and military forces are naturally speechless.

Xiao Xuan's face was as cold as water, and he was silent for a long time before he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The Song army is sharp, they ...... Will you agree to peace? ”

As soon as these words came out, the public civil and military knew that the queen mother was forced by the pressure of internal and external difficulties, and she had the intention of settling the battle through negotiations. Now that the Queen Mother has set the general direction, it will be easy to do. Among the courtiers, after all, most of them are riding on the wall, and war or peace is not something they can decide, and the words before the queen mother does not have a clear attitude of war or peace will inevitably become a handle, and once it is counterattacked in the future, it will be greatly disadvantageous to his career.

Now that the Queen Mother has made her attitude clear, all the ministers and bureaucrats have suddenly become active, and you and I have expressed their positions one after another, but it is a pity that most of them are figuring out the meaning of the Empress Dowager Xiao to incite the wind and ignite the fire, and there is nothing substantial.

Wu Tart Rin is a pure general, let him fight, he is not good at this kind of thing at all, he is just sitting there just staring at a pair of bull's eyes and listening to others, the more he listens, the more confused he becomes.

"Yang Hao will agree to make peace!"

A voice, like a final word, was quiet when the hall was noisy, and it was the one who spoke more than Brother Yue Yelu Hugh.

He said calmly: "We don't know much about the reality of Song Guo, but from Yang Hao's actions, we can see some clues. Judging from Yang Hao's various behaviors since his career, this person is accustomed to opportunism, and he will definitely not choose thunderous means if he can solve things with the smallest sacrifice. At best, this is what he has always been merciful to the people, and at worst, this is just determined by his background and experience, unless it is a matter of life and death, this businessman will never take all the capital! “

Who knows a person best? His enemies.

If this enemy is also his rival in love, then he can simply be a confidant.

Yelu Hugo said: "Song Guo has just obtained it through Zen concessions, how can he leave the center for a long time and wander in foreign countries?" If Yang Hao is not in a hurry to end the war, he will not continue to attack regardless of losses, maybe Youzhou will be defended for a while longer, and the whole battle situation will be reversed, but it will ......"

A bitter and helpless smile appeared on Yelu Huge's lips: "It's just that we can't be sure how long he can last, and we can't hold on anymore." ”

The hall fell silent again, and for a long time, Xiao Xuan said in a cold voice: "Ink marks, early in the morning, go to the Song camp to meet and discuss peace!" ”

(Octave.)