Chapter 691: Conquering Xijin Mansion

"Phew! The Song State deceived people too much, and even openly tore up the Lanyuan Alliance, and simply didn't take my Da Liao in his eyes! Ye Lujun slapped the dragon case angrily, stood up and shouted, today he just received the news, the Song army suddenly attacked the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now several states close to the Great Song Dynasty have changed hands, and the Song army is like lightning, is frantically attacking other states, obviously trying to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent, this matter must not be delayed, and please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to mobilize troops and quickly support the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, otherwise the border in the south of my compound will be worried!" At this time, I saw an old man with snow-white hair and a rickety figure standing up and saying.

This person is Zhang Renxian's father Zhang Xiaojie, he had some friendship with Yelu Chongyuan at the beginning, and once teamed up to force Yelu Renxian away, although he did not participate in the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan, but later after Yelu Jun ascended the throne, he was not as favored as before, coupled with Yelu Renxian's rejection, and the blow of his son Zhang Renxian's death, Zhang Xiaojie's life was also very difficult, and he had aged a lot in just a few years, if Zhao Yan saw him again, I am afraid that he would not be able to recognize him for a while.

"Well, what Zhang Aiqing said is very true, but this time the Song army is menacing, and the three roads together exceed 100,000 people, which can almost be compared with the strength of the last time they destroyed the Western Xia, although my Da Liao is not comparable to the Western Xia, but if you are not careful, you may end up in a fiasco!" Hearing Zhang Renxian's words, Yelu Jun, who was very angry just now, calmed down, and after speaking, he glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall, and deliberately stopped on Yelu Renxian, who was standing at the front.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the old minister thought that he should send a steady and well-versed minister to preside over the war on Yanyun's side, and the old minister looked at all my courtiers in Daliao. found that only His Royal Highness King Song could take on such a heavy responsibility! Zhang Xiaojie said again at this time, and recommended Yeluren to serve as the candidate to lead the troops this time.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" As soon as Zhang Xiaojie's words came out, he immediately attracted the secondment of many ministers, but Yeluren, who was standing in front, first heard this, but glanced at Zhang Xiaojie and those ministers who seconded the proposal, some of these people really thought that only they could block the attack of the Song army, and some wanted to take this opportunity to transfer him out of the power core of the Liao State. For example, Zhang Xiaojie must have this kind of motive.

"Father Shang, all of you Aiqing have recommended you to take on the important task this time, I also feel that such a major event must be done by Father Shang, I wonder if Father Shang is willing to share my worries?" At this time, Yelu Jun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also asked Yelu Ren first.

"I want to go!" Yelu Renxian also stepped forward and bowed at this time, in this case, even if he didn't want to, he had to agree, not to mention that he also knew that only he was the most suitable to lead the troops in the Manchu Dynasty, mainly because since Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion. The generals of the Liao State suffered heavy losses, and the excellent generals died or rebelled, and the rest were difficult to reassure, but he was the only one who was loyal and capable, which no one could deny.

"Haha, with Shang's father leading the troops, I will be relieved, and I also ask Shang's father to do his best to annihilate the Song army that came to invade. In order to boost my great Liao military might! Ye Lu Jun saw that Ye Lu Ren was willing to lead the troops first, and he also laughed and encouraged at the moment.

Over the next few days. Yelu Jun mobilized one Liao army after another to support the sixteen states of Yanyun with the assistance of Yelu Renxian, and Yelu Renxian also rushed to the sixteen states of Yanyun later, preparing to receive these troops as soon as possible and reorganize, and then give the invading Song army a head-on blow.

However, it was not a matter of a day or two for Yeluren to mobilize the army to support first, and it would take at least half a month or even a month to prepare before the supporting army could reach the boundary of the sixteen states of Yanyun. For the army of the Great Army, they must conquer the entire territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun during this time, so that they can calmly meet the reinforcements of the Liao State according to the original plan.

Under the city of Xijin Mansion, Hu Yanqing looked at the tall fortified city in front of him, which was originally Youzhou City in the sixteen states of Yanyun. It is only that after being occupied by the Liao State, it was changed to Xijin Mansion, and it is also one of the four capitals of the Liao State, Nanjing, the city is built very strong, and a large amount of grain and grass is stored in the city, it can be said that it is the strongest city in the sixteen states of Yanyun, when Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, it was to Xijin Mansion as the capital, which shows the importance of this city.

"Brother Yelu, this Xijin Mansion in front of you is not very easy to attack, do you have any good suggestions?" Hu Yanqing put down the binoculars, and then asked Ye Luxiong, who was also looking at Xijin Mansion with a telescope. After Yeluxiong was captured before, although he was a little unwilling to return to the Great Song Dynasty, but when he thought that his future in the Liao State was ruined and there was no future for him, he was also very unwilling, and Hu Yanqing promised him generous conditions, which made him finally choose to return to Shun and assist Hu Yanqing in attacking the Liao State.

Hearing Hu Yanqing's inquiry, I saw Yeluxiong slowly put down the binoculars, and said with a faint smile on his face: "If the general asked me how to attack Xijin Mansion a few years ago, the last general really couldn't think of any good way, but when Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, there were several major battles with Yelu Jun with the help of Xijin Mansion, and the last time Yelu Jun destroyed a section of the city wall of Xijin Mansion at a great cost, and then Yelu Chongyuan escaped, and the Xijin Mansion fell into the hands of Yelu Jun, and that section of the city wall was also repaired. But at that time, the treasury of Liao was empty, and there was not much money at all, so the quality of the repaired section of the city wall was not very good, and with the force of gunpowder in our hands, it should be very easy to break through this section of the city wall! ”

"Oh? Where is that section of the wall? Hu Yanqing also showed a ecstatic expression when he heard the news, and at the same time felt that the decision to subdue Yeluxiong was very correct, and it was all kinds of information provided by Yeluxiong on the way that made their army progress very smoothly, not only swept away several states in the west, but also the first to come to the city of Xijin Mansion, while Yang Huaiyu's army was still behind them, and the right side was completely blocked by the Liao army, but this was also expected.

"General, please see, about two hundred paces south of the city gate, there is the city wall that has been breached, about fifty paces long, if you look closely, you can tell that this section of the city wall is newer than the walls in other places." At this time, Yeluxiong pointed to the road wall in the distance, and the position where they stood was a low hill on the west side of the city of Xijinfu, where they could see the situation on the city wall very clearly with the help of telescopes.

Following Ye Luxiong's guidance, Hu Yanqing finally discovered the section of the city wall, the bricks of this section of the city wall look very neat, and the color is relatively new, although it is not very obvious, but some differences can still be found in the comparison of the city wall next to it.

"Great, the information provided by General Yelu is enough to be worth tens of thousands of troops, if you break through Xijin Mansion in the future, General Yelu will be the first to work!" Hu Yanqing said excitedly again at the moment, a section of the city wall that was not very strong was enough for him to take Xijin Mansion at a very small price.

Hearing Hu Yanqing's praise, Ye Luxiong couldn't help but smile and be modest, and then set his eyes on Xijin Mansion, his face also showed a bit of complexity, thinking that he was also the guard of Xijin Mansion at the beginning, and it was also a moment of glory at that time, but unfortunately he followed the wrong person, and almost lost his life, and when he came to Xijin Mansion again this time, he was going to attack it.

Knowing the weakness of the city of Xijinfu, Hu Yanqing immediately went back and formulated the corresponding attack plan, and officially began to attack the city of Xijin the next day, but Hu Yanqing did not attack directly from the relatively fragile city wall, but chose to attack from the south side, the south side is the front of Xijin Mansion, and the city wall is the strongest, which also makes the defenders in the city of Xijin Fu breathe a sigh of relief.

On the surface, his army turned to the south side to attack Xijin Mansion, so that most of the defenders in the city were concentrated on the south wall, but on the night of the fifth day, Hu Yanqing quietly touched the relatively fragile city wall on the west side, and then chiseled the city wall to stuff several huge gunpowder blasters into it and ignited it, as a result, with a loud bang, this section of the city wall was suddenly collapsed.

The violent explosion sounded the champions on the west side of the city wall were stunned, and when they reacted, Hu Yanqing had already led a large army into the city, and quickly opened the city gate, as a result, the remaining Song army swarmed in, although the defenders in the city ordered the Liao army to resolutely resist, but unfortunately after the city was broken, it caused a huge psychological blow to the ordinary soldiers, and many people did not have the fighting spirit at all, so after a day and a night of fighting in the city, Xijin Mansion finally fell into the hands of Hu Yanqing.

Xijin Mansion is the Nanjing of the Liao State, and it is also a famous fortified city in the sixteen states of Yanyun, but it was broken by the Song army in just a few days, after the news came out, it immediately dealt a huge blow to the remaining Liao army, coupled with the delay in the arrival of the supporting army, which also made many unsettled city troops unstable, taking this opportunity, the middle route army led by Yang Huaiyu also broke through several cities in one fell swoop, and finally met with Huyanqing in Xijin Mansion. Even the right-wing army, which had been slow to move, overcame the obstacles in its way and conquered several cities before being blocked again.

However, although Hu Yanqing and Yang Huaiyu have achieved a lot of results, the time is still pressing, especially since they have received news that the reinforcements led by Yelu Renxian may be killed at any time, and after their two armies met in Xijin Mansion, they separated again and rushed to Ruzhou and Danzhou and other places on the side of the Great Wall, completely eliminating the remaining remnants of the sixteen states of Yanyun. (To be continued......)