Chapter 496: Peak Loop Turn
Wan Yan Yong led everyone up to the inner city tower to look, the hot day couldn't help but shiver, just now heard the return of everyone although the heart was prepared, but seeing the tragic situation in the city with his own eyes was still greatly shocked. @@ After the bombardment, the famous city of Liaoyang has lost its former charm, everywhere is the ruins of broken walls, charred black, corpses that have not had time to be buried everywhere, and the embers in some places have not been extinguished, and they are still blazing. Only the white pagoda built by the Liao Dynasty stands in the ruins, as if to show people their misfortunes.
The city was crowded with thousands of homeless people wandering around in search of a place to live, and the whole city was drowned out by the sounds of cries, shouts, and cries calling for children. The sergeants defending the city also looked frightened and languished, and the three of them stayed together and whispered, telling the horror of yesterday's escape. Wan Yanyong realized that the large-scale artillery bombardment of the Song army had not only destroyed the city, but also dealt a great blow to the people's morale and morale, and had lost confidence in defeating the enemy.
"What are the Song soldiers outside the city shouting?" Because of the distance and the noise of people in the city, Wan Yanyong couldn't hear it clearly, so he turned his face and asked.
"Marshal, the Song army is shouting: There will be another artillery bombardment tomorrow, but their emperor is merciful, the people in the city can still leave on their own, the Song army will not send people to intercept it, nor will it loot the property they carry, they also said ....... "After the face is folded and the way back is returned, it can become fragmented again.
"What else do they say? After Yan Yong saw the way he wanted to speak and stopped, he understood that Zhao Er definitely didn't say anything good about himself.
"They...... They said that the commander was coercing the people to resist the heavens, and he was harboring evil intentions, exchanging the lives of the people for his own glory and wealth. The reason for refusing to open the city gate and letting the soldiers and civilians out of the city is to let everyone accompany them to bury them!" Wan Yanzhan said as he looked at his face.
"Zhao Er is demagoguery, don't take it to heart. And the last general will go out of the city with his army, and drive him out, so that the people will not be deceived by him. Jiagu Wuli said.
"This is Zhao Er's trick. He wanted to lure us out of the city, and the commander must not send troops out of the city. Li Qiong heard this and hurriedly stopped, he was not afraid of being annihilated by the Song army, but he was worried that in this form, the soldiers would run away without waiting for the battle.
"Left-behind adults, let us out of the city, Liaoyang is grateful for your great kindness, and build a temple for you to be grateful!"
"My lord, it's not that we don't do our best, it's that the enemy's artillery is powerful. Or Kaejo, please surrender to save the lives of the people!"
"My lord, tomorrow the Song army will bombard the city again, and then the city will be destroyed, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" At this time, the people under the city saw Wan Yanyong and others on the city, and knelt down and pleaded.
"If you dare to abandon the city and surrender again, kill, kill!" Hearing that the soldiers and civilians under the city demanded that Kaecheng surrender, Wanyan suddenly became furious and shouted three times to kill.
"Archers prepare!" Kong Yanzhou waved his hand, and the soldiers in the city leaned forward one after another, bending their bows and arrows, ready to prepare.
"Wait. Do not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Wan Yanyong hurriedly stopped, "Now that people's hearts are already unstable, and if we suppress it strongly, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny." It's better to be appeased. "After all, he is not ruthless, and he can't be ruthless to the people.
"My lord, at this moment, the one who speaks must not stay. Otherwise, the situation will be out of control. It must be severely suppressed. Li Qiong frowned and said.
"All the people in the city are my great gold, how can the people kill in vain. Wan Yanyong refused again.
"My lord, why don't we let the women, children, and children of the city out of the city. In this way, you can save some food and grass, and it can also show the mercy of the adults, and the soldiers who remain will swear to die. Wan Yan Tu Hesu ate a few more years of salty salt, and understood Wan Yan Yong's thoughts, but to calm down this incident is not something that can be solved in a few words, so he suggested again.
"Well, just listen to Lord Yin of the Mansion and inform the people of the city that those under the age of sixteen and over sixty can leave the city from the north gate before sunset. But among the generals in the army, Ding Zhuang, who was requisitioned, was not among them, and there was no forgiveness for trying to get out of the city in a muddle!" Wan Yan Yong thought for a while and said, "Wan Yan Zhehe, you and Kong Dutong are responsible for supervising the execution, and at the same time strictly prevent the Song army from attacking the city when it takes over the city, and close the door immediately if you find that the Song army is approaching." ”
"My lord, although this move is for all the people, but if the people who go out of the city are captured by the Song army, and they drive everyone to attack the city first, and the relatives of the soldiers who are left behind, how can they fight?" Li Qiong quickly dissuaded when she heard this.
"This ......" Yan Yong hesitated, attacking the city with the people of the other party as the front, this is a common means of war at this time, the Jurchens relied on this tactic to capture countless cities back then, Zhao Er is very resentful, he will not forget these past events, and it is not impossible to concoct it in the same way.
"My lord, please make a decision early, there is not much time left until the ultimatum of the Song army. Wan Yan said suddenly.
"Xiao Xiang's peace discussion has not yet returned, so he will use this as an excuse to stabilize the army and the people, and then make a decision after the commander thinks about it. Wan Yanyong pondered for a moment, and then went down to the city and returned home.
Xiao Zhonggong really couldn't help but chatter, and he came back that evening. After Yan Yong hurriedly visited to inquire about the peace discussion, Xiao Zhonggong was full of wry smiles, and told Zhao Er that he insisted on retiring the troops only on the condition of ceding Liaoyang Mansion, and said that he temporarily stabilized them on the grounds that the matter was important and needed to be reported to the imperial court, and Zhao Er promised to take it for ten days, and if he still did not agree to cede Liaoyang Mansion, he would send troops to attack it.
Wan Yanyong was sad and happy when he heard this, and he was happy that Liaoyang City had a chance to breathe, and he could rearrange the city defense and deploy troops. The sad thing is that if the imperial court agrees to cede Liaoyang Mansion, it will become a defeated general who has lost the city and land, and it will be difficult to feel at ease for the rest of his life. If he doesn't promise, he may not be able to hold it, so he hopes that when the imperial court rejects the conditions of the Southern Dynasty ceding Liaoyang, he also asks Xiao Zhonggong to ask the imperial court to send reinforcements on his behalf. The next day, Wan Yanyong sent Xiao Zhonggong back to Beijing with ambivalence, and the Song army did not shell Liaoyang Mansion again as agreed, but the soldiers and civilians of the city were still living in fear.
And the reason why Zhao Ta let out cruel words and took them back is actually for a reason. The first is that although the large-scale artillery bombardment of Liaoyang Mansion has achieved unprecedented results, the ammunition consumption is also very heavy, and he is no longer capable of launching a second shelling of the same intensity, so he needs to wait for the replenishment of ammunition; second, the weather is hot and it is in the rainy season, and the soldiers and horses are prone to illness, which is not conducive to large-scale battles, so he wants to wait for the weather to be cool and the precipitation to decrease before entering the army.
As for the matter of peace talks, Zhao Ta believed that the Jin State would never agree to cede Liaoyang Mansion, otherwise the country would fall into a serious economic crisis and would not be able to maintain the operation of the imperial court at all. And another reason is that he got the news that another big event happened in the Jin Kingdom, which made the people of the government and the opposition panicked now, and no one dared to take care of things at all, but Wushu was helpless about it......
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The matter originated from a rebellion case, which involved the two emperors of Wanyan Yan, who was not as generous as Zhao Ta, and ordered his two younger brothers, Wanyan Yuan and Wanyan Chara, to be beheaded. Although the Sinicization of the Jin Kingdom has been carried out for many years, especially the favorable promoter of Sinicization, Wanyan Kang, should know etiquette and reason, but he accepted the families of the two brothers in accordance with the customs of the Jurchens, including their concubines.
Unexpectedly, the nervous Wan Yan Yan fell in love with his younger brother Wan Yan Yuan's concubine at first sight, as if he had found the true love of his life for more than 30 years, and found the second spring, and it was the death and life of love, at any cost, that is to say, he was willing to do anything for the sake of Samao. So, Wan Yan Yan launched a bloody killing again, but this time the target of the killing was not a few palace maids and chamberlains, but the concubines of the harem, and the bloody case that shocked the Jin court finally happened.
The first unlucky thing is the wife who has been with Yan Yan for more than ten years. The emperor killed Pei Manshi, the queen of the Jin country, which was definitely a sensational political news in the Jin country at that time, and a special issue could be published. Regarding the death of Empress Pei Man, people analyzed that she always wanted to seize power and interfere in the government affairs, which made Wan Yan Liang dissatisfied, and after Wan Yan Liang's death, he was always sad, which may have reminded him of rumors about the relationship between the two **, causing Wan Yan Kang, who has always been delirious, to make a crazy move to kill his wife.
However, most people believe that the appearance of Sa Mao may also be an important reason for the emperor to kill his wife, because Wan Yan couldn't wait to bring Sa Mao into the palace less than a day after Empress Pei Man's death, although he was not canonized, but gave him the treatment of the queen. So after saying that, in order to let his beloved Samao ascend to the throne of the queen of the Jin Kingdom, he must abolish the current queen Pei Manshi, and it is an extremely cumbersome thing to abolish it, but it is the easiest and most convenient way to make it disappear.
Since Wan Yan Kang was so crazy that even the queen dared to kill him, was there anyone in the entire Jin court who he did not dare to kill? Just when everyone was panicking, Wan Yan Kang's killing of the harem did not end because of the disappearance of Empress Pei Man, and ten days later, Wan Yan Kang sent people to kill the three imperial concubines, including Concubine Degu Lun, Jiagu Clan, and Zhang Clan, and the tragedy once again shocked the Jin State government and the public.
At the time of the national crisis, the emperor did not think about how to resist the invasion of the Southern Dynasties, save the country and the people, and go into battle to kill the enemy. But for a woman to kill in the harem, endlessly killing his wife, who knows what crazy moves he will make in the future, maybe one day the knife will fall on his head. Some courtiers asked the Taishi Wushu for help, hoping that the Wushu could stop the emperor's absurd behavior and save the Dajin Kingdom.
At this time, Wushu's energy was used in the war against the Song Dynasty, and he was terminally ill and could no longer afford to worry about the emperor's housework. But some people in the court don't think so, thinking that the reason why Taishi can get today's power is because he controls the current emperor, how can it be possible to ask him to 'change horses'...... (To be continued.) )u