A group of people in Liaoyang City helped the old and the young to come out of the city, and the soldiers who were forcibly arrested had already taken off their leather armor and resumed their civilian attire.

The Song army did not pursue them, treating them as civilians, the original more than 200,000 people in the city, now there are only more than 140,000 people left, and most of the dead people died in the fire or explosion.

Everyone was terrified, under the cold gaze of the Song soldiers on both sides, they trembled one by one, and the terrifying experience of ten days made them completely frightened, at this time they seemed to crawl out of hell, excited and afraid.

Most of the people in Liaoyang Mansion are Khitans, and there are also some Xi and Bohai people, but they are not Shengfan, but the people of the market, in fact, they are Sinicized.

There were very few Han people in the city, and most of the Han people were arrested for mining and rescued by the Song army, and there were less than 1,000 Han people left in the city.

According to the plan of the imperial court, the Khitans in Liaodong would be placed in Jingdong Road, and then recruit bankrupt farmers from Jingdong Road to settle in Liaodong, that is, the aborigines would be exchanged, completely destroying the foundation of the Khitans and Xi people.

All the people were sent to Yaozhou in the south to live temporarily, and then sent to Jingdong Road by boat, these are all later words, and the imperial court will arrange them.

100,000 Song soldiers began to enter the city, cleaning up the corpses and collecting supplies, and after all this was completed, the entire city of Liaoyang was completely razed to the ground by the Song army.

In addition to Youzhou in Nanjing and Yunzhou in Xijing, Shangjing, Zhongjing and Tokyo of the Liao State suffered the same fate, completely destroyed and then razed to the ground, completely eliminating several major capitals that symbolized the imperial power of the Liao State.

In Beijing, Yelu Hongji's worst fear still happened, the king of Wei, Yelu Shou, falsely spread the news that the Son of Heaven was surrounded by the Song army, and with the support of a group of royal families, he set up Yelu Yanxi, the one-year-old imperial grandson, as the emperor, and he set himself up as the regent. Take charge of the government.

Although he did not establish himself as the emperor, this act of establishing the Son of Heaven without permission and seizing power still made Yelu Hongji extremely angry.

Even if the emperor's grandson is appointed as the son of heaven, at least it is up to him to decide when it will be the turn of Yelushou, the king of Wei.

Yelu Hongji led an army of 60,000 troops and stopped thirty miles east of Shangjing, where there was a large military camp that could garrison 200,000 people, just for him to garrison troops.

At the same time, Yelu Hongji sent people to the imperial court to hold him accountable, demanding that the imperial court make it clear that he had appointed his grandson as emperor without authorization.

At the same time, he ordered his henchmen to bring his gold medal into Shangjing, found the four commanders who held military power, and asked them to immediately lead the army out of the city and come to the military camp to join him.

What really makes Yelu Hongji concerned is the 40,000 elite troops who stayed in Shangjing, if the 40,000 troops are loyal to Yelushou, it means that a civil war will break out, if the 40,000 troops are still loyal to themselves, then Yelushou is the meat on the board.

Yelu Hongji waited anxiously for the result, pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, and his heart was extremely anxious.

At this time, Yelu Hongtai walked in quickly and said in a deep voice: "Brother Huang, I'm afraid it's not good news. ”

Yelu Hongji's heart sank, "Don't the four commanders refuse to come?" ”

Yelu Hongtai sighed, "It's not the problem of the four of them, the four of them have been secretly executed by Yelu Shou, and now the general who is in charge of the army is Yelu Pingguang, the son of Yelu Shou, and I just got this news." ”

Yelu Hongji was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he said helplessly: "I should have thought of it, if he didn't control the army, how could he dare to make himself the regent." ”

"Brother, what are we going to do?" Yelu Hongtai asked.

"Pass my orders, assemble the army, and follow me to denounce the rebels!"

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Outside the capital of Shangjing, there was already a mess, and the land that had been ravaged by the Burning Mountains was full of bright red and piercing bloodstains, as if crying about the ruthless killing of them by the steppe wolves that night.

Yeluhongki walked through the blood-stained land with a grim face, and in the distance there were half-burned trees, only black tree trunks remained, and crows rattled in the sky, searching the land for stumps that had no time to bury.

When an army of 60,000 troops lined up outside the eastern gate, Yelu Hongji urged his horse forward and shouted, "Who will be the lord of the city?" Give me a talk! ”

In a moment, a trembling general appeared at the head of the city, clasped his fists and saluted: "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Do you still recognize me as the Son of Heaven?"

The general hesitated, and a cold voice came from behind him, "You just admit it." ”

The general hurriedly said: "How dare you deny your humble position?" ”

"Alright, you can open the gates for me now!"

The general hesitated again, and a miserable white face was revealed behind him, it was Yelushou, the king of Wei, who was like a puppet actor, directing the general to answer.

"You just say there are two conditions!"

After speaking, he turned back to his son Yelu Pingguang and said, "Have you taken aim?" ”

Yelu Pingguang was only twenty years old, strong in martial arts, especially good at riding and archery, he pulled out the divine arm bow and aimed at Yelu Hongji under the city.

"Your Majesty, Wechen..... Wechen has two small conditions. ”

Yelu Hongji's spirits perked up, and he couldn't help but rush forward, and asked in a loud voice: "You say, what are the two conditions?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful crossbow arrow 'Whoosh!' The earth shot out as fast as lightning, and Yeluhongki was taken aback, and dodged quickly, but it was too late, 'Poof! The arrow struck him right in the chest and pierced through the golden armor of his body.

Yelu Hongji screamed, turned over and fell off the horse, the guards behind him were so frightened that he rushed forward, picked up Yelu Hongji's body and ran away wildly.

The 60,000-strong army immediately retreated, and Yelu Shou asked urgently, "Did my son shoot?" ”

Yeluping nodded, "The child can see clearly, right in the left chest, this distance is at most a hundred paces, and the divine arm crossbow can shoot through his golden armor." ”

The general guarding the city next to him also said: "I can see it clearly and shoot the vital point!" ”

Yelushou was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Send a scout to find out the news!" ”

.........

Yelu Shou, the king of Wei, is about forty years old this year, medium in stature, very white skin, and a particularly pale face, in the Chongyuan Rebellion more than ten years ago, Yelu Shou was from the Dragon faction, following Yelu Hongji to quell the rebellion of the King of Chu.

But this does not mean that Jelushou is not ambitious, Jelushou's ambition is hidden in his heart, and when the opportunity arises, it suddenly appears.

When the news that Jinzhou was lost and the Son of Heaven Yelu Hongji was about to be surrounded by 500,000 Song troops in Liaoyang Mansion reached Shangjing, Yelu Shou immediately realized that the opportunity had come, and he persuaded the courtiers to set up Yelu Yanxi, the one-year-old imperial grandson, as the emperor on the grounds that the Son of Heaven was in danger, and he established himself as the regent, in fact, he seized the military power of the Liao State in his hands, and at the same time, he eliminated the generals loyal to Yelu Hongji and firmly grasped the military power.

Jerushou excitedly paced back in the lobby, waiting for news from the spies.

At this time, the second son, Yelu Pingguang, ran to the lobby and said excitedly: "Father, Yelu Hongji is dead!" ”

"Ahh How do you know? ”

"The spies said that the East Camp was hung with a white wolf flag, surrounded by spirit flags, and the soldiers were wrapped in plain heads, and the whole army was weeping."

Hanging the white wolf flag means that the Son of Heaven has died, and the spirit flag and the three armies are circumstantial evidence, and the weeping of the whole army is even more illustrative.

Yelu was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Command the army, attack the eastern camp tonight." ”

Yelu Pingguang was puzzled: "Father, since Yelu Hongji is dead, we can directly ask his army to be loyal to the Son of Heaven, why do we still attack at night?" ”

Yelu Shou explained: "You don't understand the Tao here, Yelu Hongji is dead, the army must be in the hands of Yelu Hongtai, he can be loyal to the Son of Heaven Yelu Yanxi, but he will definitely kill us, as the regent of the emperor's uncle, we don't expect the army to be loyal to us automatically, only by completely defeating and then collecting the defeated army, can it be used by us, not only Yelu Hongji will die, Yelu Hongtai will also die!" ”

"The child understood, and the child immediately went to order troops and prepared to attack at night!"

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At the time of the two watches, 40,000 Liao troops silently touched the east camp, only to see the lights in the camp bright, a figure shaking, faintly heard the sound of mourning, and the camp fence around the camp was full of spirit flags.

Yeluping pointed at his sword and shouted, "Kill and enter the barracks!" ”

Dozens of soldiers raised their horns and blew out, "Woo-"

The 40,000-strong army shouted and slaughtered the barracks like a tide, and the dozen or so soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks scattered in all directions.

In a moment, Yelu Pingguang took the lead and led the army to rush into the eastern camp.

The East Camp was full of standing soldiers, and when Yelu Pingguang stabbed a soldier with a fierce shot, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, it was actually a scarecrow in a military uniform.

"Fooled!"

A thought popped up in his heart, and he was suddenly shocked, and turned around and shouted, "Retreat!" ”

At this time, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and Yelu Hongtai led an army of 60,000 to kill from all directions, and the army led by Yelu Pingguang was defeated.

Yelu Pingguang fought desperately to get out of the encirclement, and a soldier rushed to report: "Qiyu little prince, the palace guards rebelled, the old prince was caught by the guards, and Yelu Hongji entered the city." ”

Knowing that he would die if he was caught, he fled to the east with hundreds of his own soldiers.