Seeing that a group of men and horses of the Zhou army was getting closer and closer to the city, the Huaiyuan Gate guard, who was responsible for defending the city, immediately subconsciously ordered the defenders at the head of the city to be on guard. The soldiers, who had been confused by the performance of Yelu Sage under the city, also came to their senses, and raised their weapons one after another, or drew their bows and arrows, or held swords and spears, and prepared to "fight to the death" with the invading enemy—even though most of them had trembling legs, and kept looking at the road leading to the city out of the corner of their eyes, calculating how quickly they needed to get on this escape route before the rest of the robes.

The reaction of the defenders in the city obviously angered Yelu Gangsage, and he turned to his side again and again, his face became more and more cold, and his hand had reached into his arms to hold the second signal gun, Li Chi, deputy commander of the first battalion of the Third Independent Cavalry Regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army", apologized, and shouted at the city: "Bold, these Zhou soldiers were invited by this king to build bridges, and you can't wait to make a mistake." Prime Minister Han didn't quickly order them to drop their weapons and immediately open the city gate. ”

Although Yelu Gangsage's performance was so angry that Han Deshu almost vomited blood, he knew very well that the Zhou army could have such fearless confidence and reliance, and knew that as long as a feather arrow was shot out on the city, hundreds of soldiers on the city, including himself, would be crushed to pieces under the Zhou army's artillery fire in an instant. Second, the performance of the soldiers at the head of Fangcai City after hearing the order of the guards to "be on guard" is vivid, and he also knows very well that even if the guards of Huaiyuan Gate and even himself order a counterattack, they will really follow the order, and the soldiers who shoot arrows at the Zhou army will only be few. In addition, the top priority now is to understand the situation of the Son of Heaven and all the important ministers of the court, not to deal with the shameless soft bone of Yelu Gang Sage. Therefore, while trying his best to suppress his anger, Han Deshu gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to lay down their weapons and open the city gate.

Hearing that the prime minister ordered everyone to lay down their weapons and open the city gate, all the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly executed the order, throwing bows, crossbows, knives and spears into the ground, and opened the Huaiyuan Gate as quickly as possible.

Seeing that the defenders at the head of the city abandoned their weapons and opened the door, Li Chi's increasingly cold face gradually softened, took out the hand holding the second signal gun from his arms, and waved it a few times at the engineer battalion and cavalry battalion that had stopped and were on alert, signaling them to remove the danger and continue to advance. At the same time, the heralds located on the watchtower of the Zhou army's camp also followed the instructions of Huang Hai, the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, who was observing the movement at the head of the city, and waved several command flags to the artillery positions not far away, telling them not to shoot and to stand by in place.

A crisis was resolved, under the watchful eyes of the defenders at the head of the city, the soldiers of the engineer battalion of the Fifth Synthetic Infantry Division of the "Flying Dragon Army" drove the horse-drawn horse to drag the steel bridge that had been assembled over the trench and slowly approached the moat, until the front horse was less than five feet away from the edge of the trench before stopping. With the order of the engineer battalion commander who led the team, more than ten horses were untied and taken to the side to rest. More than 100 sappers swarmed up, some of whom removed the harness from the bridging device and set it aside for later use. Others worked together to push the bridge to the edge of the moat. Immediately after that, the more than 100 sappers redivided into arrays and began to follow the steps in turn. First, lower the support feet to stabilize the bracket, then shake the handle, and use the complex pulley, gear and chain device to translate the three-zhang (10-meter) long, four-foot-five-inch (1.5-meter) frame-structure steel bridge on the bracket little by little. When the head of the steel bridge exceeds the other side of the moat nearly three feet (1 meter), the sappers stop shaking the handle, turn to pull the lever, pull the mechanism located on the side of the bridge head through the long steel cable, loosen the tenon, and make the two support feet contracted under the bridge head open and lock under the drive of the spring, and firmly support the bridge head on this side. At the same time, three other groups of sappers carried the standard ramp tread forward and erected it on both sides of the head of the bracket and directly in front of the far bridgehead, so that it was convenient for personnel to cross the trench steel bridge up and down. After everything was properly installed, the last group of sappers laid the wooden planks on the bridge deck, and a steel bridge with a length of three zhang (10 meters), a width of four feet and five inches (1.5 meters), with a slope tread, and very convenient and fast up and down, was presented in front of everyone's eyes.

If the previous series of performances of Yelu Sage made everyone confused and ashamed, then the performance of the Zhou army in erecting a large iron bridge over the moat with less than two or two hundred men in just half an hour made all the people in the city, including Han Deshu, stunned and surprised. Not to mention anything else, it took only four people to push a bridge that was obviously made of steel and weighed no less than 3,000 catties across a moat three zhang wide, which was beyond the knowledge of all the defenders at the head of the city by shaking the two handles on the left and right, which were not particularly large. However, the Zhou army under the city was obviously not interested in giving the Khitan defenders in the city more time to sigh. As soon as the steel bridge was erected, Li Chi, the deputy battalion commander, and Sun Dahu, the deputy supervisor of the first battalion of the Third Independent Cavalry Regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army" who pretended to be an entourage, exchanged glances with each other, then turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to "invite" Yelu Gangsage to dismount and cross the bridge and enter the city together.

Yelu Sage could dictate the defenders in the city, but he did not dare to disobey the two retinues around him. Yes, without waiting for Li Chi and Sun Dahu to really walk in front of his horse to "please", he had already taken the initiative to roll off the saddle, first handed over the holy decree and scepter in his hand to Li and Sun with an apologetic face, and then regained his previous arrogant demeanor under the acquiescence of the other party, and walked along the slope tread across the moat steel bridge, and led Li and Sun to the city gate. Behind the three, three soldiers from the engineer battalion led their horses across the bridge in turn, and after handing over the horses to the three, they immediately turned back to the outside of the moat, waiting for the outcome with the rest of their comrades.

Although the sound of the closing of the gate of Huaiyuan Gate made Yelu Sage's heart tremble for no reason, on the surface, he still maintained a disapproving and unobtrusive demeanor, holding the holy decree in one hand and the scepter in the other, waiting for Han Deshu, who had come down from the city, to salute him in a condescending manner. Although at this time, Han Deshu couldn't wait to press Yelu Sage to the ground and beat him hard, and then grabbed the other party's collar and asked him if he dared to pose in front of him. But now the situation is stronger than people, facing the huge pressure of 50,000 Zhou troops outside the city, and at the same time, in order to be able to get the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven and a number of civil and military generals in the court from the mouth of the other party, Han Deshu had to suppress his anger, greet the "angel" of Yelu Gangsage according to the number of etiquette, and lead the way for him at the moment.

In the main hall of the Tokyo Left-behind Mansion, Yelu Heli, Han Deshu and others led all the civil and military officials of sufficient grade in Liaoyang City, except for a few generals who were still "sticking" to the city, lined up and respectfully listened to the "angel" Yelu Sage read the holy decree.

In fact, compared with the holy decree whose contents can almost be guessed, the civil and military officials present were more concerned about the fate and life and death of the Son of Heaven and a number of civil and military generals in the court and the central government -- although they did not know what kind of agreement Yelu Sage had reached with the Zhou army, they were able to walk through the encirclement of 50,000 Zhou troops unharmed and come to the city of Liaoyang to "proclaim the decree" by being alone and accompanied by two "retinues" who did not look like retinues at all. In this way, there will be no other content in the "holy decree" that does not know whether it is true or false, except that everyone is ordered to surrender. Although there were not a few civil and military officials present who agreed to give up resistance and surrender in Kaesong, everyone still despised Yelu Gangsage, a traitor who was justified in seeking glory and selling as a rebel and thief. If it weren't for the fact that the 50,000 Zhou troops outside the city could turn Liaoyang City into ruins at any time, if it weren't for the fact that they could get the situation of the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the court from the other party, I am afraid that without the order of Yelu Heli or Han Deshu, those generals who were not used to Yelu Gang's faction would have gone up to give him an old fist.

Although he was arrogant, he was not without self-knowledge. His previous actions were all shown to the two "entourage" behind him, in order to show his loyalty to the Great Zhou by showing off his might and commanding in front of his own people, in order to get the benefits promised by the commander of the Zhou army before entering the city after the end of the war-after the war, he was exempted from all crimes, crowned viscount, allowed one of his sons to serve in the "security army", and rewarded a large amount of gold, silver, and silk, and the whole family moved to live in Beiping Mansion. Therefore, after reading out the holy decree requiring the officials and guards in the city to immediately lay down their arms and open the city to surrender, Yelu Gangsage did not dwell on the great disrespect of no one in the hall who took the initiative to receive the decree, but closed the holy decree while began to tell the other party's most concerned things - of course, the "small matter" about him still not forgetting to fight with Yeluxian for power and profit at the most critical moment, forcing the other party to have to give him a strange "imperial uncle" status, because it was not worth mentioning, he "inadvertently" omitted.

Although the civil and military officials present were somewhat mentally prepared, after listening to Yelu Gangsage's account of the series of ups and downs of the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the court and the central government from the 25th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar to the fifth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the series of ups and downs in just 10 days or so still made the civil and military officers present stunned and unable to believe it. A fire that didn't know how to burn not only exposed the location of the imperial army, but also burned nearly half of the soldiers and horses, the first emperor escaped the Zhou army's encirclement and interception, but was assassinated by the most humble slave, the new monarch succeeded to the throne not only did not even have the simplest ceremony, but had to avoid the pursuit of the Zhou army and went south non-stop, but in the end still could not escape the opponent's hands. Today, the new monarch, the coffin of the first emperor, and more than a dozen important ministers of the imperial court, including Yelü Wuzhi, the most important arm of the first emperor, have become prisoners of the Zhou army, and the Chinese martial arts of other dynasties, especially the royal family of the clan, have either died in battle or have disappeared.

Seeing that everyone was in shock and confusion, he decided to strike while the iron was hot, took a small step, handed the holy decree in his hand forward, and said to Yelu and Li: "Yelu stay and take the order!" ”

At this time, Yelu Heli had not yet recovered from the initial shock, and when he heard Yelu Sage tell him to accept the order, he hurriedly subconsciously stretched out his hands. Just when he was about to pick it up, Han Deshu next to him suddenly stood up straight and stopped loudly: "This is an edict, and the left-behind adults must not accept it." ”