Under the escort of the Texas army, Aguta's pro-conquest army 'transferred' to Yangchengluo, four hundred miles away, to stabilize its position, and the Texas army, which had been following closely, suddenly disappeared, they sent several teams of scouts to search around, but they disappeared without a trace as when they came. This made the Jurchens breathe a sigh of relief, and they were secretly glad that if they continued to chase after him, they would have to retreat to Zhongjing, and what was even more gratifying was that the emperor's body recovered little by little, and there was no major problem.

However, Wanyan Zonghan, who was still fighting under Datong City, did not know that Emperor Lu Dao had been defeated, and he was still implementing the established strategy of recovering Xijing. After nearly a month of hard fighting, the tribes of Xijing Luzhou County have collapsed and have asked for surrender. Later, he defeated Geng Shouzhong's troops outside Xijingcheng, surrendered them, and approached Xijing, where he fought a bloody battle with the Liao army defending the city for several days.

Xijing Datong Mansion is built on the original site of Pingcheng in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the circumference of the city is 20 miles, there are guard facilities such as enemy towers, shed turrets, etc., and set up four gates of Yingchun, Chaoyang, Dingxi, Gongji. There are palaces such as Tongwen, and Liao set up Xijing to stay in Xijing here. The north gate is Datong Mansion in the east, and Datong Post in the west. Among the five capitals, Shangjing is the imperial capital and is home to court officials and Beijing officials. Most of the border officials lived in Xijing, so many of the border officers' residences were built in Xijing.

The Khitan people believe in Buddhism, and the Datong area was originally the holy land of Shamen, and at this time it was like a fish in water, so it once again set off a large-scale climax of building a huge pavilion of Buddhist temples, and all of them were built, expanded, and renovated for a while. Many giant temples and temples have been built in Datong City. The architecture of these monasteries added an incomparably gorgeous color to Xijing Datong, but at this time, it became the most rearly defensive line against the Jurchens.

There is a pagoda in the majestic Huayan Temple, which is thirteen zhang high. It was the commanding heights in the city, and the Liao army occupied the pagoda. Condescendingly, he shot at the city with a bow and crossbow, causing heavy casualties to the besieging Jin army. It's hard to get an inch for a while. In desperation, Wanyan Zonghan ordered people to find a large number of door panels, attack forward on the top of their heads, and forcibly enter the bottom of the tower into the dead corner of the Liao army's shooting, the power of the bow and crossbow suddenly decreased, the Jin army swarmed into the city, and Xijing City was about to fall...

"Dutong, don't attack again, evacuate quickly!" Victory is at hand. Suddenly, someone suggested to Zong Han.

"Mou Lianghu, why is this, since the city is in my hands, why do you want to withdraw?" After hearing this, Yan Zonghan asked angrily, this is why this person is saying this kind of thing at this moment, otherwise he will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die, because he can't afford to provoke this person, and he has to be convinced.

Mou Lianghu. Also known as Wanyan Zongxiong, the eldest son of Wu Yashu and the nephew of Ah Guta, he is a legend among the Jurchens.

On martial arts. He is extremely good at shooting, and can shoot a rabbit at the age of nine, and a running deer at the age of eleven. Shoot three hundred paces with a strong bow. During Aguta's expedition to conquer Liao, Wanyan Zongxiong participated in all important battles. and made great contributions. From the emperor to break the Liao army in the river shop, many merits; The Battle of the Ancient City of Daru. The right army repelled the Liao soldiers, and helped the left army to defeat the Liao soldiers; In the first year of the receiving, the emperor defeated 700,000 soldiers of the Liao Emperor in Hubu Dagang; In the fourth year of Tianfu, he captured the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing from Aguta, but Aguda could not show his merits, so he married his daughter to him and made him his son-in-law.

Thesis Tao, he loves to learn to read, once followed the emperor to hunt when he accidentally stray arrows, but his expression remained unchanged, I am afraid that the emperor knows that he wants to cure the sin of archers. After that, he pulled out the arrow, excused himself from illness and returned home, stayed in bed for two months, took the opportunity to learn Khitan characters, and after he recovered from his illness, he became fully literate. The legal rules and regulations established by the DPRK and China were all written down by Zongxiong and Zonggan. When it came time to negotiate peace with the Liao State, the edict should be written in Khitan and Chinese characters, and Zong Xiong, Zong Han, and Xi Yin should be jointly in charge of this matter.

The most admirable thing is that he is full of literature and martial arts, can speak well, is resourceful, but is filial piety and apologetic, low-key, not only won the trust and favor of Aguta, but also other people are very respectful and like. Aguta once said to his ministers: "This man is very strategic, brave and decisive in front of the battle, and there are few people who can compare with him." ”…

Some time ago, the war in Xijing dragged on for a long time, and the other Jin army was delayed, and their grain and grass would also run out, so Zong Han wanted to apply to the emperor to withdraw the army, and then talk about it when the time was ripe, but at this time he was dissuaded by Zong Xiong, he thought that Xijing was an important town, with huge influence, and if he abandoned it, then the people who surrendered would turn away, and the remaining henchmen of the Liao State and the Xia people would be able to spy on the opportunity to make trouble, so that there would be endless troubles.

So Zong Han dispelled the idea of retreating, set up a heavy reward to motivate the soldiers, and prepared to take Datong in one go, but he didn't expect that Zong Xiong would let him withdraw at a good moment now! Of course Zong Han is not happy, if he doesn't retreat sooner or later, I'm about to fight, if you let me go, I'll leave, isn't this a joke?

"Dutong, we must immediately stop the siege and withdraw the army, otherwise it will be too late!" Wanyan Zongxiong said eagerly.

"What the hell is going on?" Something that could make the always calm Zong Xiong so anxious must have happened, but Zong Han didn't want to withdraw his troops in such a daze.

"Dutong, the Texas army has arrived, less than fifty miles away from the city!" Wanyan Zongxiong said.

"It is reported that one part of the Texas Army is not in Yuanzhou, and the other part attacked the Baishuiluo camp, how many people are there, you can divide the troops into several ways, be careful of their bluff and deception!" The messengers between the two places came and went frequently, and Zong Han was not ignorant of the affairs of the southern front, so he was a little hard to believe.

"Dutong, the news brought back by our messenger is a few days ago, but none of the newly sent messengers have returned, the situation is like fire, and anything can happen in a few days!" Zong Xiong said, "The situation reported by several scouts is the same, and there are not only the banners of the Texas Army near Xijing City, but also party members, with no less than 30,000 troops!" ”

"You mean that the emperor has not captured Yuanzhou and has withdrawn his troops?" Zong Han can have such an achievement, of course, he is not incompetent, although Zong Xiong did not say it explicitly, but the Texas army came in a big way, only this is possible, he couldn't believe for a while, the emperor would be defeated in the small city of Yuanzhou.

"Well, something must have happened, otherwise His Majesty would not have suddenly withdrawn his troops, and the Texas Army would not have freed up its forces to aid Xijing City!" Wanyan Zongxiong nodded and said, although he didn't want to believe it, but all kinds of signs showed that this was true, and it was even more serious than he expected, otherwise the emperor had withdrawn his troops for many days, how could no one send them news.

"If we divide the troops, I will intercept the Texas army and the party members, and you will lead your troops to continue to attack the city, as long as we take Xijing City, they will be unable to help me!" Zong Han, who didn't want to reach his beak, flew and suggested.

"No, have you forgotten that you are handsome?" Zongxiong reminded the old story, Xijing rebelled and their two armies returned to the army to quell the rebellion, and the commander Wan Yan Xian also encountered the repeated defeats of the Texas army, and there is no news so far, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead; Now that the emperor has withdrawn his troops, he must also be inseparable from them, and his own troops and resources cannot be compared with the emperor.

"Alas, it fell short!" Zong Han looked at the open gate of Xijing City and sighed, and it took a lot of effort, countless money and food, and how many soldiers' lives were sacrificed to open the door to victory, and it was too unwilling to withdraw like this.

"Dutong, don't hesitate any longer, without further ado, the Texas Army will be here soon!" Zong Xiong looked at Zong Han, whose eyes were breathing fire, and urged again.

"Mingjin withdraws his troops and destroys everything that can be destroyed in the city!" Wanyan Zonghan hatefully issued an order to withdraw the troops!

………

After Zhao Ta withdrew from Xijing on the southern front, he immediately turned his horse head and led the army to attack Xijing, and he had to arrive before the fall of Xijing, otherwise he would have to fight a difficult battle. In addition to feeding and drinking water to the horses along the way, people do not dismount, the horses do not stop, the main and auxiliary horses take turns to change, and eating, sleeping and even urinating and urinating must be solved on the horse.

In the Western Xia of this era, the Liao and Jurchen armies were also often configured with more than one person, but their purpose was to 'restore the speed of the march', not to 'increase the speed', which is completely different from how the Mongol cavalry rose later. Zhao Ta, as a soldier of later generations, of course, knew the importance of speed, one step could lead to the defeat of the entire war, and in the recent rush operation, it was precisely because he mastered the advantage of speed and calmly deployed troops that he achieved victory.

But this time Zhao Ta seemed to be late, when he rushed to Xijing City to prepare for a big fight with Zong Han, he was surprised to find that the fire in the city was still burning, and the ground was still full of corpses of the war dead, and the camp of the Jin army was even there, but the Jin army had no shadow, and they suddenly withdrew half an hour before the arrival of the Texas army.

"Boss, what's the matter, could it be that Zong Han also fled from the wind?" Zhao Yong looked at the messy battlefield and said puzzledly.

"What do you think, Mr. Yeru?" The irresponsible Zhao Ta changed hands and sent the question to Yelu Yuxuan, he actually thought that this result might occur, but it was still different from the actual situation, he did not expect that there were masters among the Jurchens, and he accurately guessed the truth with a few clues, and decisively gave up the fat to his mouth, leaving him no chance to continue to perform.

"The old man doesn't know, but our goal has been achieved, second son, look!" Yelu Yu pointed to the Chaoyang Gate Road in Xijing City.

"Who are they, they can't be here to give us an order!" Zhao Ta fixed his eyes and saw that a group of people wearing Liao State official uniforms were walking towards them with something in their hands.

"Xiao Cha is still smart, he knows that he is gone, please let us enter the city!" Yelu Yu said with a smile.

"We didn't spend a knife or a shot, and we gave up Xijing City to us, isn't it a bit of a wasteland!" Zhao Ta was overjoyed when he heard this, but he said itchy words in his mouth.

"Speaking of which, the old man is useless, the lord of Xijing will ask the second son to laugh!" Yelu Yu said to Zhao Ta arched his hand. (To be continued.) )