Chapter 17: Turning the Tide

Su Mi stood far away on the hillside, watching the scene of arrows raining down and swords and spears flying on the battlefield.

Countless soldiers climbed up along the erected ladders, bravely marched forward, and the defenders on the head of the city had already been in battle, although Xijing was a newly cast city, and it was an earthen city, but it was strong and steep compared to many stone cities in the Central Plains. The towering city wall is made of clay mixed with animal blood burned into red bricks, and its upper corner towers, watchtowers, city gates, and battlements are lined up in order, and the garrison is perfect and impregnable, and the whole city has a bloody color.

The walls were only five or six feet high, but they looked unusually tall on a plain. With an insurmountable severity.

This was the first time Su Mi had seen war in the true sense of the word up close. In such a cruel battlefield, human life has become an abstract number-like symbol, men and horses on both sides are constantly falling, swords and arrows are harvesting human lives like sickles harvesting wheat seedlings, the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the screams of soldiers dying of death, the mournful neighing of war horses, and the sound of gold and iron clashing......

The eyes were full of splattered blood and broken limbs, blood flowed all over the ground, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

The person who was alive one second would be a corpse in the blink of an eye, and the person who ended his life might fall on top of his corpse in the next moment, becoming the same corpse.

The siege war lasted until the beginning of spring in April, which was the fourth siege of the Ni family's army. Although most of the troops were transferred to the battlefield in the Central Plains, the number of troops remaining in Xijing was still not to be underestimated. Attack again and again. The city that blocked their path still stands, except that the original red of the walls has turned a blinding dark red. The earthen wall is a material that can absorb water extraordinarily, and the deep dark red color does not know how many times it will take rain to wash it off.

Su Mi understood that the purpose of this war was not to capture Xijing and destroy the Liao State, but to spread the news of the Xijing crisis. It's good to let the Liao army in the capital of Qi know about it.

At present, the troops in Ni Tingxuan's hands are not able to support a war of annihilation, especially since Liao is such a big country.

If they really wiped out the regime of the Liao people completely. On the contrary, it fulfilled the desire of Jerodin to be the emperor in the south.

Moreover, at present, several major tribes of the Liao State are eyeing each other. Once Xijing is captured and the people of the Ni family are in charge of it, they will become the targets of various tribes as enemies who have destroyed the Liao State. After all, as long as they are eaten, they will have the qualifications to ascend to the next throne of the Liao State in a dignified manner. Under such a heavy profit, no kind of deep kindness can be compared with it.

Retain the power of the current Liao royal family. After such a defeat, the power of the Khitan tribe of the Liao people will inevitably be greatly reduced, and under the rise and fall of one another, the already unstable tribes will inevitably be more ready to move.

Only by letting them suffer from internal friction is the best way to solve the crisis in the north.

After the initial intense siege was over, the expeditionary force began to adopt intermittent siege tactics and siege tactics, while sending people to contact and pacify the surrounding tribes.

Although the city walls of Xijing are strong, the defense is substantial. But the grain and grass are not sufficient, especially in the northern grasslands in recent years, the natural disasters have been connected, the snowstorm at the beginning of spring this year lasted for nearly a month, not only greatly delayed the march speed of the expeditionary force, but also made countless cattle, sheep and livestock were frozen to death on the grassland, plus the natural disaster in the fourth year of Longhui. According to the prediction, there will definitely be a famine this year, which is also an important reason why the Liao people will so eagerly agree to the conditions of Ni Yuandi to go south. According to Ni Tingxuan's estimates, the grain, grass and livestock in Xijing City can only last for about half a year at most.

Although the results of this siege were not the fastest, they were the least costly.

The siege but not attack lasted until June, and there was still no movement of the Liao army in the rear. The besieging generals began to be anxious.

The news of the siege of Xijing should have been transmitted to the capital a long time ago. However, the subordinates brought by Yeluxin did not react in the slightest, even if Yeluxin blocked the news in order to stabilize the morale of the army, then after Mu Qinghan withdrew. The Liao army drawn from Xijing and entered Juyu Pass should have gotten the news.

In order to deal with the Liao army that came back to help. Ni Tingxuan and the others specially set up an ambush on the road, and so far they have not even seen a single Liao army. Don't they even care about their own capital?

But by the end of June.

The Liao army stationed in Juyu Pass finally moved, but instead of going north to rescue their capital, they went south to join Yeluxin's subordinates.

Hearing such news, Ni Tingxuan couldn't help but change his face.

It seems that Jericin was ready to take a desperate gamble. He must have understood that if he went north to rescue Xijing, the way home would definitely not be as convenient as when they went south, and when the time came, there would be an ambush in front and a chasing soldier in the back, even if he could return to Xijing safely, his strength would be greatly damaged. And the other tribes behind him are eyeing each other.

Therefore, for the Liao army in the capital, the wisest choice is actually to stop the soldiers and horses, negotiate with the Ni family, and promise to withdraw from the capital, so as to preserve their own strength to the greatest extent and safely lift the siege of Xijing.

But Jeremiah gave up this simplest and most direct method, and chose the craziest path!

They all underestimated Jerodsin's ambition and greed.

Maybe he understood that if he renegotiated with Ni Yuan at this time, the situation had already been reversed, and he would inevitably not get too good conditions, just some gold beads and goods, maybe because he thought that it would not be a good business to give up a big city like Qijing, which was far more prosperous and rich than them, in exchange for some gold and silver treasures. There are many reasons why they hesitated and finally chose to go south for a decisive battle, in fact, the most essential thing is that the rich and peaceful days in the capital have been enjoyed for too long, so his greed and ambition have also swelled, so they will choose such a desperate bet.

The soldiers and horses led by Ni Yuan are not only the strongest troops of Daqi, but also the emperor of Daqi, Qi Long, is also among them, once the army to which Ni Yuan belongs can be solved, Daqi has no dragon head, it is almost the end of the country, and the forces of various places are divided. In contrast, the gains and losses of Xijing are no longer so important, and the emperors and Khitan nobles in Xijing are not so important. Compared with the bustling capital of Daqi, Xijing is just an ordinary earthen city.

Ni Yuan and the Liao army are about to fight a decisive battle in the south.

This news forced Ni Tingxuan to re-choose the urgent siege of the city.

At the beginning of August, news came from the front. Ye Luxin personally led an army of 150,000 and went south in the hope of eliminating Ni Yuan's henchmen in one fell swoop. But instead fell into Ni Yuan's ambush, the 150,000 army was almost wiped out, all relying on Yeluxin's natural bravery, in the midst of the ambush, he fought a bloody way out, rushed out, 150,000 troops, only more than 50,000 people were defeated and returned. The world was shocked.

But Ni Yuan's hard-won victory was only a disastrous victory, and the casualties of the accompanying army were almost not inferior to those of the Liao army, not only the loss of troops and the loss of strength, but even Ni Yuan himself was injured. The soldiers who came to deliver the news of the injuries were not clear, although the letterhead sent said that they were slightly injured, but Ni Tingxuan still felt unprecedented pressure. Began to urge the soldiers to intensify the offensive.

Trebuchets and other siege tools transported from Yongzhou also arrived one after another, the soldiers were replenished, and the battle continued until September, under the blows of various siege tools day and night, the Liao people's city walls finally began to show signs of loosening. According to the secret report, the grain and grass in the city have been exhausted, and the soldiers are exhausted.

The dignitaries who had been besieged in the capital for a long time finally couldn't bear the pain of this endless siege and began to choose to break through.

The tide of battle has finally changed,

Ni Tingxuan had gradually weakened the offensive and siege on one side, and just took this opportunity to divide the peripheral forces into a gap and let the Liao people break through.

On September 21 of the second year of Tiantong, this city, which left countless blood for the soldiers of the Ni family, was finally captured.

However, before they had time to taste tea on the fruits of this hard-won victory, and even before the expeditionary force had time to set foot in Xijing, a news came that shocked them, and overshadowed the victory that everyone was happy about.

The capital of Daqi was recovered。.。

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