Chapter 469: Bamboo Basket Fetching Water
After all, Sa Liyu is a Jurchen, and he has also fought in the south and north for the establishment of the Dajin Kingdom for decades, and from the bottom of his heart, he will not betray unless he has to, and being sent to the front line as cannon fodder before is just a flash of thought. But after being impeached by Wan Yanliang and experiencing assassination, he had to think about his own future, but he still had a trace of attachment to Jin Guo, thinking that things might take a turn for the better.
Therefore, after Sa Liyu had a secret meeting with Wan Yan Nie'er, he just wrote to the Taishi again and moved the prison account into Wan Yan Nie'er's army, and there was no big move. The turning point he thought about was to hope that the Song army would turn to attack Jinzhou after discovering that Xizhou had strengthened its coastal defense, so that he could retreat in the name of returning the aid, that is, he would retain his strength and avoid becoming cannon fodder. And when the war was urgent, no matter how confused the emperor was, he would not be killed in front of the battle at this time, so he had a chance to distinguish, but what happened next made Sali's heart become cold.
First, there was news that the Song army did not attack Jinzhou as he hoped, but turned to attack Liaoyang Mansion. Sa Liyu immediately realized that the Song army was not in a hurry to attack Xizhou, just to make them think that they would attack Jinzhou first, so as to cover the naval army to capture Liaoyang Mansion and completely cut off the return route of Zuo Shuaifu. Now that their goal of concealing the truth and revealing the false has been achieved, the Song army will soon launch an attack on Xizhou and gather them south of Liaoyang Mansion.
When he came to the state, he had an agreement with Wan Yanliang that the food and salary of the reinforcements would be supplied by the Jinzhou Marshal's Mansion, and the day for the delivery of the food and salary as agreed would have already arrived, but it was not delivered as scheduled. Sali not only returned empty-handed, but was also ridiculed by Wan Yanliang, saying that the defeated army did not deserve to be paid. Let them raise it themselves. This one choked on the breath, and he was in front of the Song army to prepare for a fierce battle. On the contrary, they cut off their own food, which is really too deceitful. However, he realized that Wan Yanliang was going to put himself to death.
More than 10,000 people can't go hungry, so they borrowed food from the prefect of Xizhou, but they didn't expect to eat the closed-door soup again, saying that their grain and grass were also limited, and they didn't dare to borrow grain at will without the order of the commander. Thinking that the handsome mansion supervisor actually let a prefect refute his face, he ordered Wan Yan Nie Er to lead the troops to rob the treasury in a fit of anger. This is good, the prefect of Xizhou sued it to the Jinzhou Marshal's Mansion.
Wan Yanliang waited until this was the case, and wrote to the emperor again, saying that Sali had shown his rebellious intentions. The two sides did not fight with the Song army for many days, so that the Song army was able to safely send troops to attack Liaoyang Mansion. Everyone has a good family, and there are naturally people in the Shuai Mansion who are scattered and drunk, and after learning the news, they revealed it to him, saying that the streets and alleys of Jinzhou City are full of rumors that the prison army is going to surrender to the Southern Dynasty and lead troops to attack Jinzhou. Let him explain and distinguish to the master as soon as possible, and solve the disaster.
"The Imperial Supervision Army, the troops of Xizhou are suddenly going to enter the city to take over the city defense, let me withdraw from the city. Is there something wrong? Just as the gods were fighting, Wan Yan Nie Er hurriedly entered the tent and asked.
"Oh, no orders from me. How dare they leave the ground without permission! Sa Liyu was surprised, he was the highest military and political governor in the Xizhou region. Only he has the right to mobilize troops.
"Didn't the prison army give the order?" Wanyan Nie Er was also stunned, it was a capital crime to mobilize the army without an order.
"Don't let them into town just yet. Ask them whose orders they received. Sali said to his own soldiers, he realized that something was wrong and that something might happen.
"Overseer, is that kid going to do it?" Wanyan Nie'er whispered in Sali's ear.
"You can't be unguarded, you immediately call the department to respond!" Sali nodded and said.
After a short time, the pro-soldier who inquired about the news came back, saying that it was Xiao Yu, the left capital supervisor of the Marshal's Mansion, who came to take over the defense of Xizhou with a marshal token, and asked the supervisor to return to the Marshal's Mansion to discuss matters. The capital eunuch was the official in charge of the garrison, training and border defense of the garrison on the road, and was generally held by the Jurchen nobles, and there were very few Bohai, Khitan, and Han people. Since Xiao Yu arrived in Jinzhou after Yan Liang, the two have had close contacts, and he is known to be regarded as a confidant.
The problem is that Xiao Yu is a Xi person, he was promoted to the governor of Zuo Shuai's Mansion, and he is obviously dividing the power of the army, and now he is coming to snatch the military power, which is not just to empty him, but to get rid of him. Sa Li's face was pale, his fists were clenched, he turned around the tent twice, whispered a few words to his soldiers, and waved his hand to let him go out to prepare.
"The prison guard, it's already arranged!" Wan Yan Nie Er also finished the deployment at this time and rushed to report.
"The person who came is Xiao Yu, the capital supervisor of the Shuaifu, he is holding a token to take over Xizhou, and he ordered me to wait for the return to Jinzhou to discuss matters!" Sa Liyu nodded and said to Wan Yan Nie'er.
"The prison army must not go back, otherwise it will ......" Yan Nie stopped talking again, but everyone understood that in this situation, returning to Jinzhou without military power would be tantamount to a tiger in a cage.
"What then? It's a big sin to disobey orders and not return, and I'm afraid that if I go back, my head will fall to the ground! After Sa Li glanced at Yan Nie'er, he sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip of water.
"Prison army, what are you hesitating about at this time, the left and right are one death, it's better to fight, let's ...... We voted for Da Song! Wanyan Nie Er hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said his plan.
"Nie Er, do you know what you're talking about? Surrendering to the enemy before the battle is a big sin to exterminate the nine clans, Dajin Guo treats you well, and dares to do such a rebellious thing! Sa Li slapped the table and shouted.
"Supervisor ......" Wan Yan Nie Er didn't expect him to turn his face when he said it, and he knelt down in the tunnel, "Prison Army, since Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong made a big trip, the civil strife in the DPRK and China has not stopped, and brothers such as Sticky Han, Zongxuan, and Gushen have all died in it, and how many veterans have fallen to the ground, often just buttoning up a hat of rebellion." Now that the emperor is in a coma, and the Taishi is old and sick, it is difficult to preside over the government, even if he can save us today, what about the future? Sooner or later, one day he will die at the hands of the faint king and those ambitious people, why not die sooner rather than later, lest there be no place to be buried, and the family will be affected! ”
"Even if you are the opposite, do you know if the Southern Dynasty will take us in, and whether those soldiers outside the city will agree, and whether we can cross the river alone?" Sali asked again and again.
"Prison army, I have already arranged, as long as you agree with me, I will lead the troops out of the city, as long as we cross the river, what can they do to me!" Wan Yan Nie Er said.
"Stupid, the Great Song soldiers are strong and strong, are we missing two remnants of the defeated generals? We didn't want to live a miserable life when we went to the Southern Dynasty, so why did they give them glory and wealth? If they want to take them in, we have to show some sincerity! Sa Liyu stretched out his hand to help Yan Nie'er up, helped him straighten his robe and said.
"Overseer, what are we going to do?" Wanyan Nie'er was a little uncomfortable with the big change in his attitude towards Sa Li, and stammered and asked.
"Dedicate the city, dedicate the city of Xizhou, and welcome the Song army across the river!" Sali said solemnly.
"Prison army, but those soldiers and horses outside the city still listen to our transfers? Once we start, we only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve a big thing. Wan Yan Nie Er thought for a moment and said, he also knew that this was the case, but it was difficult to do.
"Hmph, do you think that Wanyan Liang'er can really use some means to elevate me and pull those fierce ans over? He is too naïve, it's just a pity that I have followed Taishi for many years, but today I want to betray him. Sali snorted coldly, but his expression darkened.
"Hehe, it turns out that the prison army has been prepared for a long time, but I think too much!" Wanyan Nie Er was happy, the situation was reversed in a blink of an eye, and he said with a smile.
"The heart of defense is indispensable, the Taishi can even kill the brothers in the clan, let alone us people!" Sa Li put the teacup on the table and raised his hand and said, "You guys withdraw, please come in!" Wan Yan Nie Er looked back, only to see the figure flickering behind the curtain in the tent, and there was a sonorous sound of the blade entering the sheath and the collision of the armor, which made him wet with cold sweat......
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"Say, what's going on? Didn't you say that you were sure to capture Sali and drink and pocket tens of thousands of elite soldiers? Marshal Zuo of Jinzhou reverberated in the mansion with the roar of Wan Yan Liang's exhaustion. Xizhou mutinied, Xiao Yu, the capital eunuch who went to take over, fled back on horseback, and the supervisor of Zuo Shuaifu's army and Wanfu Wanyan Nie'er led an army of 30,000 to surrender, and the Song army was able to enter Xizhou without blood.
"The marshal is angry, the last general went to Xizhou to contact the allegiance to our Meng'an, who knows that most of them have long been secretly bought by Sali Drink, when he pretended to obey the order to open the city, he suddenly attacked, and killed the two Meng'an who really followed us, and all the armies and dragons were all surrendered by Sali and Drink, if it wasn't for the early opportunity of the last general, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back!" Xiao Yu explained with a sad face.
"You...... You've mistaken Ben Shuai's big thing! Wan Yanliang looked at the embarrassed Xiao Yu and didn't know how to scold him, and pointed at his nose and said helplessly and annoyedly.
After Wan Yanliang learned that the Song army appeared in the sea area of Liaoyang Mansion, he had already realized that once the Song army occupied Liaoyang, he would be cut off from his return and rescue, and he could only sit in the lonely city. But he also realized that this was an opportunity, and Liaoyang's 30,000 troops were a huge obstacle to his return to Beijing after Yan Yong had left. Now that he is facing the situation of being besieged by the Song army, he can just lead the troops north in the name of lending reinforcements to attack the Song army, that is, borrowing the hand of the Song army to destroy Yan Yong, and avoiding the attack to preserve his strength and return to Beijing to force the palace.
But in Xizhou, he was worried that he would go against him at the critical moment and disobey the order, so he asked Xiao Yu to take him down with the Shuai Mansion token. I didn't expect that Sa Li had already taken precautions, not only secretly contacted the generals in the army, but also hooked up with the Song army, turned defeat into victory at the last moment, and led the Song army into the city, making himself a bamboo basket and falling into an embattled situation...... (To be continued......)