Chapter 292: Khitan Warriors
Brother Yelu wiped a handful of mud and blood from his face, spat and leaned against the city wall, and then slowly sat on the ground.
These damn Jurchen servants ...... The Bohai people, Tiele people, and Han people who once crawled at the feet of the Khitans and waged their tails and begged for mercy! Now I see that the Jurchens are fierce, and they are so cruel to their former masters...... Why didn't you work so hard when you fought with the Song people?
Brother Yelu Shan came to save his eldest brother, and his father had already begun to prepare to defend the city in Nanjing City in Daliao, and this time he could only send himself with four generals and three thousand henchmen to come to help.
When I saw the eldest brother Yelu Shanqi, the eldest brother was already a waste man lying on the bed......
Only half of his left arm remained, and he was hit by an arrow in the face...... The wound festered, and the whole face was swollen like a pig's head!
Although he has been fighting openly and secretly for many years, in the face of life and death, Brother Yelushan still felt extremely sour when he saw his eldest brother so miserable.
"Second child, you...... There you are! β
Yelu Shanqi's eyes were red, and he stretched out his right arm and pinched his brother's arm tightly...... "How many soldiers and horses has my father mobilized to come over?" What about the reinforcements in Zhongjingcheng? β
"Big brother...... You ......"
Yelu Shanqi smiled bitterly: "At midnight three days ago, those dogs climbed up with poles, and the city gate was bloody...... Outside are the heavy armor soldiers of the Jurchen Tartars! If you don't kill these dogs, as soon as the city gate is opened, the heavily armored soldiers rush in, and everyone will die...... If it weren't for the guards you left behind last time, I would have died a long time ago! β
Brother Yelu said in a low voice: "The Southern Dynasty has been moving frequently recently, and there have been several conflicts at the border!" Father, father has been conscripted three times...... Only 30,000 people were recruited this time, and I ...... I brought only three thousand! β
Yelu Shanqi was stunned for a moment, then lay down on the couch and said in despair: "Three thousand! Three thousand...... There are less than 2,000 people left in the city, and there are 5,000 Jurchen pro-troops outside, and there are at least 30,000 servant troops...... And that's not even counting the miscellaneous Han people who keep taking refuge in them! How to fight? How can this city be defended?"
Brother Yelu hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "I bought a total of 5,000 gunpowder bullets from Song Wen of the Southern Dynasty!" This time, bring 500 of them......"
Yelu Shanqi's eyes widened instantly, and he asked, "Since the Southern Dynasty fought with my Great Liao, didn't you say that you can't buy gunpowder bullets?"
Brother Yelu nodded: "I planned to use these things for our Yelu family to save their lives, so I didn't even know about my father before......"
Yelu Shanqi said miserably: "Your Majesty values you so much, you ...... Even do you think that the Great Liao country is exhausted? Since you are here, why don't you bring more gunpowder bullets? As soon as the reinforcements from Zhongjing City arrive, we can still ......."
Brother Yelushan shook his head with an ugly face: "There are no reinforcements, big brother...... The reinforcements that Yelu Da Heishan put together were targeted by the Jurchen general Wanyan Zongwang as soon as they left Xianyu Mountain...... The Jurchen chieftain Wanyan Aguda besieged Shangjing, who knew that Wanyan Zongwang quietly went south with 20,000 Jurchen troops to intercept and kill the eastward reinforcements of the Great Black Mountain...... After the First World War, 70,000 reinforcements were wiped out! The imperial court's strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao has long been extinguished! β
Yelu Shanqi was stunned for a long time, and said in a low voice with a sloppy look: "It's over...... Finished...... Da Liao is finished...... If Shangjing is lost, Zhongjing City will not be guaranteed! Could it be that he just retreated to Xijing and gave up half of the country and Liaodong?"
Brother Yelu Mountain smiled bitterly: "The most hateful are the Song people of the Southern Dynasty!" Those Song people...... I'm afraid you're going to attack us behind the back! β
"They? Why do they do this? Isn't there a covenant? Aren't they the most clever? β
Brother Jerushan shook his head...... Although his eldest brother is stronger in martial arts than himself, he is indeed impulsive and naΓ―ve and arrogant sometimes, and it is no wonder that his father has always stood by and watched his challenges. Maybe my father is also hesitating about the next choice of the prince of the Southern Courtyard......
But none of that matters anymore...... Brother Yelu Shan opened his mouth and said: "Brother, I didn't come here for anything else, first, I wanted to see with my own eyes what kind of people the Jurchen pro-army was!" The second is to get you back...... You've only been married for less than three months, and your sister-in-law is still waiting for you at home! β
Yelu Shanqi's eyes were even darker when he heard this...... "If the Song people call, my father will ...... What should the father be? The elites of the Great King's Mansion in the Southern Courtyard are about to defeat me, and the imperial court cannot send reinforcements...... The Leather Chamber Army has been crippled again. Song people, that's right! Don't you know that Song man named Song Wen? Isn't he a businessman to buy him? Merchants are all seeking wealth...... Give him money, horses! Let him ...... the movements of the Southern Dynasties"
Brother Yelu Mountain sighed and said in a low voice, "Big brother! My Southern Courtyard Dawangfu has its own fine work network...... There's no need to entangle these things with Song Wen! He has no good impression of the Great Song court, but he will not betray his homeland! He was a businessman, but he was also a Song man...... I'm more and more careful with him now, after all, the big brother knows the power of the gunpowder bullet. β
Yelu Shanqi's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head again: "It's useless, if you set up an ambush and surprise attack, it will still have an effect, but now the Jurchens have been apprehensive after suffering a loss of gunpowder bullets...... It's like they're always on guard against gunpowder bullets. However, after all, it is only a firearm...... It can't change the real battlefield. β
Brother Jerushan whispered, "Unless there is an overwhelming amount of gunpowder bullets...... All sorts, big and small...... And the price cost can't be too high! Otherwise, this is really smashing people with silver......"
"Ten taels of silver a piece, hehe...... Five hundred pieces is five thousand taels! Second, how many are you going to save?"
Brother Yelushan's eyes flickered with a cold light: "Then it depends on whether it is the Jurchens or the Song people who are the first to attack the city of Nanjing in Daliao...... If it were a Song person, Song Wen would definitely not sell gunpowder shells to me to make money and let me use it to slaughter the Great Song Forbidden Army! If it's a Jurchen...... In fact, I have always wondered, why is Song Wen extremely repulsive and even hostile to the Jurchens when he has never met the Jurchens?"
In the early morning of the next day, a battalion of soldiers rushed out of the Jurchen camp, with cavalry guarding the two wings, Tiele and Han servant troops holding shields in front, and heavy armored soldiers of the Jurchen pro-army behind......
The heavily armored soldiers were all sitting on the carts, with tight armor up and down, iron helmets and shiny black and shiny, and almost all of their weapons were blunt heavy blades!
Iron bones, big axe mace......
Yelu Shanqi's lieutenant came to the gate of this small city in his place, looked at the Khitan army in the distance tremblingly, and then looked at Yelu Shange who was standing not far from his side.
The king of the Southern Courtyard is the confidant of the Great Liao Emperor, and he originally wanted to follow Yelu Shanqi to pick up some credit, who knew that he would meet the Jurchen army in this small broken city? Originally, Yelu Shanqi was seriously injured and disabled, and he had already planned to break through the siege of Ximen in the middle of the night last night...... As a result, there was another little marquis who was praised by Emperor Liao, Brother Yelu Shan! The point is that he also brought 3,000 elite cavalry......
But what if there were 30,000 cavalry? The Jurchen is less than 10,000, and if it is full of 10,000, it is invincible!