Xiao Dilie asked Yelu Yanxi to agree to hand over the defenders in the city to him for command, so that whether it was defense or breakthrough, he was sure to protect Yelu Yanxi's safety, but unfortunately Yelu Yanxi was concerned about Yelu Yixin's power, so he finally rejected Xiao Dilie's proposal, which made him very helpless.

At night, Xiao Dilie came to the city as usual to inspect, the guard in the city is named Yelu Chulu, is Yelu Yixin's distant cousin, Yelu Chulu knew Xiao Dilie's identity, he also rejected him in every way, he didn't have the ability to protect Yelu Yanxi to fight out of the siege, but insisted on refusing to hand over the military power, and also squeezed out Xiao Dilie everywhere, for example, a thousand soldiers under Xiao Dilie were arranged by him to defend on the east city wall, but the east of Kaizhou City is the Yalu River, and after the Yalu River is Goryeo, It was impossible for the Jurchens to attack the city from the east, and even the Jurchens did not send people here at all, because there was the Yalu River blocking it, and it was impossible for the Liao army in the city to escape from here, so these people under Xiao Dilie were of no use at all.

But even so, Xiao Dilie did not relax his vigilance because of this, he arranged the soldiers on duty every night, and he also personally inspected the city wall, which was a good habit that his father Xiao Yanshou helped him develop by taking responsibility, he remembered that his father often said a sentence, that is, even if you are careful on the battlefield, it is not too much, maybe just a small negligence may lose your life.

After Xiao Dilie inspected the city, he didn't find anything abnormal, and then went back to sleep for a few hours, and when it was almost dawn, he came to the city again to inspect, which was the time when the soldiers on duty at night were most likely to relax, and it was also the time when the enemy was most likely to sneak attack, so he would inspect again at this hour every day.

At this time, the eastern sky was still dark, and there was still some time before the sun rose, and Xiao Dilie was observing the outside of the city while walking on the top of the city. Although it was still pitch black outside the city, the sound of the Yalu River could be heard, as well as the roars of wild beasts one after another, and the sound of insects in the grass was also very clear, which made Xiao Dilie finally relieved, because these sounds indicated that there should be no enemy approaching outside the city.

Just when Xiao Dilie was about to go down to the city to go back to rest. But he didn't expect to suddenly hear a commotion on the city, and when he turned his head to look, he found that a patrol team at the head of the city was pointing to the outside of the city and saying something, which made him stunned, and immediately strode over and asked, "What's the matter, what did you find?" ”

When the patrol soldiers saw Xiao Dilie, they immediately bowed down and reported: "General Qiyu, these subordinates found that there were a few lights approaching on the Yalu River outside the city, and it seemed that there was a boat moving on the river. ”

"Boat?" Xiao Dilie couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. Then hurriedly picked up the head of the city and looked out, and sure enough, he saw a few lights on the surface of the Yalu River in the distance slowly moving, it seemed that it was indeed a boat, but looking at the spacing of these lights, it seemed that the scale of the boat was not large, and in addition, there were no other ships, which made him a little disappointed. If there were more ships, he would have been able to protect Yelu Yanxi from escaping by water.

"Huh? Wrong. The ships in the port were all burned down by the Jurchens, ordinary merchant ships should not have the courage to approach here, and the Goryeo people on the opposite side never dared to sail to the borders of our Liao Kingdom, not to mention that it was still the time when we were at war with the Jurchens, who would sail to the Yalu River at this time? Xiao Dilie suddenly said to himself at this time, with a puzzled expression on his face. The sudden appearance of this ship was indeed a little too strange.

But then Xiao Dilie discovered something even stranger, only to see that after the small boat went up the Yalu River, it soon came to the vicinity of Kaizhou City, and then actually stopped, although it was not clear in the night. But with the help of the swaying lights on the boat, Xiao Dilie felt as if the other party had brought the boat to the shore.

Thinking of the above, this made Xiao Dilie also stunned, at this time, a boat of unknown origin suddenly appeared, and it just stopped at the Yalu River outside Kaizhou City, which is a little intriguing.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Dilie also dispelled the idea of going back to rest, but held on to the city wall and kept staring at the lights of the boat in the distance, but after waiting for a while, he saw that there were suddenly a few sneaky black shadows under the city close to the city, speaking of which, the Yalu River was not far from their city, so as soon as these people landed, they almost arrived under the city wall of Kaizhou.

"The defenders at the head of the city listen, this official is Xiao Wenyuan, the governor of Chenzhou, you quickly open the city gate, I have something important to ask to see the prince!" I saw that after the people below came to the city gate, a person immediately stood up and shouted to the city, with the help of the torches on the city gate, it was vaguely seen that the other party was wearing the official uniform of the Liao State.

"Xiao Zhizhou? You...... How did you get here? Hearing the voice of the official below, Xiao Yanshou at the head of the city couldn't help but be stunned again, because he knew Xiao Wenyuan, most of the food needed in their army had to be transferred from Chenzhou, so he had also had several contacts with Xiao Wenyuan before, and now when he heard his voice, he naturally recognized the other party immediately.

"You...... Are you Xiao Dilie, General Xiao? Xiao Wenyuan also heard Xiao Dilie's voice at the head of the city at this time, and couldn't help but be very surprised at the moment, he was still worried that the defenders at the head of the city didn't know him, and he had to go through a lot of words to prove his identity, but he didn't think that the head of the city was his acquaintance.

"Yes, it's General Ben, I don't know why Xiao Zhizhou came here in Kaizhou, and why did you come by boat late at night?" Although they are acquaintances, Xiao Dilie did not easily believe the other party, but was still a little suspicious, after all, Chenzhou is not close to Kaizhou, and Xiao Wenyuan is the chief official of Chenzhou, how can he easily leave his own place?

"General Xiao doesn't have to doubt that the official was very anxious when he learned that the prince was trapped in Kaizhou, and this time he specially brought reinforcements to the rescue, and asked the general to open the city gate quickly." Xiao Zhizhou spoke again, but then he thought that Xiao Dilie might doubt himself, and immediately shouted again, "General Xiao, I only brought a few guards with me this time, and there are no other people around, so why don't you choose to put me in the city, and I will discuss it in detail when I meet the prince?" ”

Xiao Wenyuan did not reveal that he came with reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty, because he already knew in advance that Yelu Yanxi was likely to have Jurchen spies around him, so he also hoped to keep some information as secret as possible.

Xiao Dilie also felt justified when he heard Xiao Wenyuan's words, and immediately asked people to open a gap in the city gate, and then let Xiao Wenyuan and them come in one by one, but when he saw the guards behind Xiao Wenyuan, he couldn't help but be stunned, because he felt that these guards looked weird, but he couldn't say what was to blame.

"Thank you General Xiao for letting me go, and please take my official to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince quickly, I have something important to report!" After Xiao Wenyuan entered the city gate, he immediately saluted Xiao Dilie, he was not Yelu Yixin's henchman, and he was not very hostile to Xiao Dilie's father and son, and even admired their father and son's fight against the Jurchens.

"Xiao Zhizhou, it's no problem to take you to see the prince, but I remember that you don't have many troops stationed in Chenzhou, and the defense is more than enough and the offense is insufficient, where did you find reinforcements?" Xiao Dilie looked at Xiao Wenyuan with some suspicion at this time, especially when his eyes saw the unspeakable strange guards behind Xiao Wenyuan, which made him doubt whether Xiao Wenyuan's words were true or false?

Xiao Wenyuan didn't expect Xiao Dilie to be so serious, and he looked at a middle-aged guard behind him helplessly, and then gritted his teeth and pulled Xiao Dilie to a hidden soldier cave in the city gate cave, and then said in a low voice: "General Xiao doesn't know, this time the prince is besieged in Kaizhou, and it will be difficult for reinforcements to arrive for a while and a half, I am worried about the safety of the prince, it just so happened that the grain fleet of the Great Song Dynasty arrived in Chenzhou, so I asked the Song army for help, and the other party promised to send troops, and now the warships of the Great Song Dynasty are in the open sea south of Kaizhou, and only need an order." , you can drive away the Jurchens outside the city! ”

"Hey~, Xiao Zhizhou, you were able to persuade the Great Song Dynasty to send troops, it's really ...... It's really ......" Xiao Dilie finally swallowed for a long time, and he couldn't think of any appropriate words to describe Xiao Wenyuan, because this matter can be good or bad, on the one hand, if the Great Song Dynasty sends troops, then there is no need for the Liao State to send troops to rescue, so that the consumption is only the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, but the bad side is also obvious, the prince of the dignified Liao State actually needs the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to rescue, which makes the face of the Liao State probably not very good-looking, although the Liao State has already fallen behind when facing the Great Song Dynasty, but in the Liao State does not think that the Great Song Dynasty is stronger than himself.

Xiao Wenyuan also knew what Xiao Dilie wanted to say, but although he was born in the Xiao family, he belonged to a relatively remote branch, and it was already the limit to be able to sit in the position of the current Zhizhou, and it was impossible to go one step further, this time he learned that Yelu Yanxi was trapped, and immediately made him realize that this was an excellent opportunity to please the prince, so he tried his best to persuade the navy of the Great Song Dynasty to send troops, as long as he could rescue Yelu Yanxi, even if it damaged the face of the Liao State, but it would definitely make Yelu Yanxi remember this kindness, In the future, when Yelu Yanxi ascends the throne as emperor, he will have a future with this credit.

Although Xiao Dilie is very talented in marching and fighting, he is still relatively immature for the power schemes in the court, and now he naturally can't guess what Xiao Zhizhou thinks, but at this time, he finally understood why the guards just now gave him a strange feeling, it is estimated that the other party is a Song army, although they are almost the same as the Liao people, but there are still differences in temperament.

"Huh? No, since Xiao Zhizhou has already brought the Song army, why don't you just let them drive the Jurchens away, but instead risk entering the city? At this time, Xiao Dilie suddenly spoke in confusion again, and his eyes looking at Xiao Zhizhou were also a little suspicious. (To be continued.) )