Yeluna also led tens of thousands of remnants of the army and 65,000 war horses back to Jingcheng Pass, on the way, people continued to fall ill, the Liao soldiers did not pity, once the disease was on, immediately executed, the body was buried on the spot.

On the morning of the third day, when they arrived at Jingcheng Pass, there were more and more sick soldiers, more than 3,000 soldiers, many of whom were infected during the melee, and many of whom had successfully blended into the ranks and infected other normal soldiers.

This time, the Liao army learned the painful lesson of the previous and was no longer isolated, and the bodies of the sick soldiers were immediately burned or buried deep after they were executed.

However, the soldiers sent by Jelu Na to ask for surrender did not reply, this is the sequelae of his previous use of the patient to deceive the surrender, the soldiers who delivered the letter could not get close to the pass at all, and were shot by the Song army on the spot, and no Song army soldiers would search for the letters on their bodies, so they sprayed fire oil and burned the corpses from afar.

After a few days, the epidemic has been completely out of control, the number of sick soldiers has been increasing, many soldiers who were still talking and laughing just now suddenly vomited and diarrhea, a strong sense of distrust spread rapidly among the soldiers, everyone suspected that their companions were covering up their illness, in the past four days, the sick soldiers exceeded 10,000 people, and the execution and the resistance that was unwilling to be executed plunged the Liao army into extreme chaos.

That night, Jeruna also quietly left the army and walked alone to the well pass on the mountainside.

A few hundred steps away from Jingcheng Pass, he shouted: "I am Yelu Naye, the commander of the Liao army, I am not sick, I beg the brothers above to let me surrender!" ”

"I am Yelu Naye, the commander of the Liao army, I am not sick, and I am here to surrender!"

He shouted all the way, all the way to the pass, he thought that his commander, the Song army would capture him alive, but he still miscalculated, when there were still seventy or eighty steps from the pass, hundreds of crossbow arrows came strongly, Yeluna also couldn't dodge, hit more than 20 arrows, and immediately fell to the ground and died.

More than a dozen Song soldiers rushed down in the dark, and seven or eight steps away, they used their skin oil injectors to shoot out streams of black fire oil, smearing Yelu Naye's body with fire oil, and then fired a rocket, and the body burst into flames, and in a short time, the body was burned to charcoal, and finally only some bones remained, and the soldiers swept down the cliff.

The Song army, fearing that the epidemic would spread, strictly implemented Di Qing's five iron laws, did not accept any Liao army to surrender, and the corpses must be completely burned with fire oil.

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That night, there was a serious civil strife in the Liao army in the valley, and the disappearance of the commander Yelu Naye became the fuse for the Liao army's internal strife to break out again, and the extreme distrust of each other caused the Liao soldiers to start killing each other, and the Song army on the city was alarmed, and Di Qing also rushed to hear the news, standing on the head of the city and staring down the mountain.

It was pitch black down the hill, but the clash of weapons and the screams of soldiers before they died could be faintly heard.

Commander Yang Du was very surprised, and said in a low voice: "Di Shuai, I can't see anything clearly in this dark night, how can I tell the enemy from me?" ”

Di Qing shook his head, his face was solemn, and he said slowly: "I'm afraid that the infighting in the Liao army is not something you and I can imagine. ”

"Is it a slashing and killing without a goal?" Another general said.

Di Qing said coldly: "They all want to live, and they both suspect that the other party is sick, so only by killing each other can they have a chance to live." ”

All the generals listened to it incredulously, but only this seemed reasonable, Di Qing immediately ordered: "Strictly guard the pass, do not accept surrender, no one is allowed to approach the pass, and those who approach will be shot!" ”

The cannibalism of the Liao army did not gradually stop until the early morning of the next day, and the thousands of surviving soldiers could not stand this bloody oppression, and went over the mountains and mountains to find a way out, and the Jingcheng Road became as silent as death.

Ten days later, a torrential rain struck suddenly, and this rainstorm lasted for a day and a night, and a search team of 1,000 people went down the pass to investigate the situation in the well.

The members of the investigation wore leather boots and rubber gloves, three-layer oilcloth robes, and hats, covering themselves tightly, each wearing a thick cotton mask, and toner in the middle, and each wearing a glass eye patch, which was the most primitive biochemical protective clothing,

The situation in the valley was shocking, there was no longer a living person in sight, there were corpses of Liao soldiers everywhere, walking from Jingcheng Pass to Niangzi Pass, it was determined that there were no surviving soldiers, the Song army began to withdraw, and a large number of soldiers withdrew from Jingcheng Pass and Niangzi Pass.

Di Qing then dispatched 3,000 soldiers to put on epidemic prevention clothing and enter Jingcheng to clean up the corpses, and the soldiers began to pile up the corpses for incineration, and it took half a month to process them before all the corpses of more than 100,000 Liao soldiers were burned and buried, and the Song army collected a large number of weapons and armor, boiled water and disinfected them and brought them out of the pass.

On the side of the Pingman River in the middle of Jingcheng, the soldiers of the Song army accidentally found 60,000 war horses, the war horses were not affected by the epidemic, and the only threat to them was to be slaughtered by the Liao soldiers to eat meat.

These tens of thousands of war horses were the biggest harvest of the Song army, and the Song army cleaned and disinfected them, and then took them out of Jingcheng Pass to build a special horse city for feeding and restoration.

It was not until three years later that the road was closed and the passage of merchants and travelers was restored, and the traces of the Liao army in the Jingcheng were smoothed out by time, and the epidemic disappeared without a trace.

Two months after the clean-up of Jingcheng, the Song army patrol captured dozens of Liao soldiers in a valley near Pingding County.

From the mouths of these surviving soldiers, the Song army learned about the horrors that occurred in the last night of the Liao army, and all the Liao soldiers became crazy people, killing each other's companions, and in the end less than 5,000 people remained, and they all struggled to climb the mountains and fled to the north, and most of them died in the reckless mountains.

Only about 30 soldiers survived in the 120,000-strong army, which was the bloodiest and most brutal battle in the history of the Liao Kingdom.

However, the Liao State resolutely refused to admit that the internecine had occurred in Jingcheng, and was unwilling to accept the return of the 30-odd survivors, and it was not until many years later that the 30-odd survivors were able to return home and reunite with their families.

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In mid-August, Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, arrived in Youzhou under the escort of 100,000 troops, and Fan Ning led dozens of civil and military officials to welcome the arrival of the Son of Heaven several miles away.

Fan Ning bowed and saluted, "Weichen Fan Ning led the civil and military officials of the Northern Army to welcome His Majesty to Youzhou!" ”

The generals knelt down on one knee together, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Ji sat on the high dragon ride, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Fan Xianggong is exempt from courtesy, and the generals are flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The generals got up, and Fan Ning stepped forward and said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, this place is too close to Youzhou City, it is better to go to Lu County to rest first." ”

Zhao Ji shook his head and smiled: "Isn't the 300,000 army still able to protect my safety?" ”

"This ......" Fan Ning was a little embarrassed, the Liao army in Youzhou would come out at any time and have a decisive battle with the Song army, he felt that Youzhou was still a little unsafe.

Zhao Ji said lightly: "Emperor Taizong and Emperor Zhenzong are both on the imperial expedition, this time it is my turn, I have been waiting for a long time for this day, Xianggong should not persuade me anymore." ”

Fan Ning was helpless, so he had to nod, "Your Majesty, please go to the camp!" ”

Zhao Ji was accompanied by more than 300 people, including Xiangguo of the Governor's Hall, senior officials of the Privy Council, and various ministries, scholars, and waiters.

Fan Ning met with Fu Bi and other Xiangguo again, and then led the army to Youzhou City.

The army of 100,000 marching with the royal driver began to set up a large camp in the west of Youzhou City.

The Son of Heaven Zhao Ji and a group of ministers accompanied by Fan Ning went to Youzhou City.

After a month and a half of continuous explosions and fires by the Song army, Youzhou has become full of holes. More than 30 of the four walls of the city collapsed, and the gates were shattered and hung on the city with cracks.

Sixty percent of the buildings in the city were burned down, the Liao army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and tens of thousands of ordinary civilians died in the war.

The morale of the army and the people of the entire Youzhou City was lost, if it weren't for Yelu Hujian still firmly controlling the army, many soldiers would go out of the city and surrender, and the militia also fled in large numbers, the Liao army successively recruited militia to 50,000 people, but no one was willing to die anymore, fear shrouded in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, and the escape alone reached 30,000 people, and Yelu Hujian was helpless.

Outside the city, Zhao Ji stared at Youzhou City for a long time and asked, "Fan Xianggong mentioned in his report that after destroying the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city, he can attack Youzhou, I want to know, when is the time ripe?" ”

"Your Majesty, five days ago, the minister was ready to attack Youzhou, but I heard that Your Majesty was going to take the royal conquest in person, so Weichen postponed it for another five days, in fact, the time is ripe to attack Youzhou City at any time."

Zhao Ji was very satisfied, he didn't tell Fan Ning that he wanted to personally command the army to capture Youzhou City, it seems that Fan Ning understands his mind quite well and left this opportunity to himself.

Zhao Ji nodded and said with a smile: "Since the opportunity is coincidental, then I will temporarily serve as the coach and recover Youzhou City!" ”