Chapter 187, the cruel Khitan.
The battle ended when a huge crater was opened in front of the Fuxing Pass. Yelu Hugo ordered the herald to blow the horn of retreat, and the 80,000 Liao troops responsible for the siege and the 50,000 Liao troops responsible for the sneak attack were less than 40,000 in the end. The soldiers at the Fuxing Pass won the battle, but there was no smile on their faces. They looked at the huge crater under the city that had devoured more than 60,000 enemy troops, and they did not want to return to their senses for a long time.
The soldiers were quietly cleaning the battlefield, as if they had been silenced. Yang Gui and Yang Xin, after the Liao army retreated, left a part of the soldiers and horses to garrison, and they took the remaining soldiers and horses to the top of the city. When they reached the top of the city, they gasped when they saw the huge potholes outside the city.
The explosion outside the city was so loud last night, the two of them heard it and felt it, but they didn't expect the result to be so shocking. When Yang Gui and Yang Xin entered the city gate building, they saw Yang Qi closing his eyes inside, and Yang Dezheng looked at Yang Qi and sighed.
"Did the earth dragon turn over last night?" Yang Gui hurriedly asked. Yang Dezheng pointed at Yang Qi and shook his head silently. Yang Gui looked at Yang Qi, but Yang Qi didn't explain anything. Yang Gui is also a smart person, and through the expressions of Yang Dezheng and Yang Qi, he has already judged that what happened last night is only related to Yang Qi. Yang Qi can make such a big movement as the earth dragon turning over, which is indeed a bit terrifying.
Yang Gui wanted to ask, but was stopped by Yang Xin, "Since the eighth aunt doesn't want to say, you and I don't want to ask." Yang Xin pursed his mouth, but he didn't speak. Yang Gui said calmly: "There was such a big movement last night, we set fire to the mountains on both sides, and the Liao army suffered heavy losses, so it must be time to retreat." ”
The Liao army suffered heavy losses, and there was no need to count them at all, just look at the charred corpses around such a huge pit outside the city.
"Hey......" Yang Dezheng, who was in a bad mood, sighed, threw off his sleeves, and said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid it's not that simple, since Brother Yelu Xiu was appointed as the generalissimo of the Liao State, he has never suffered such a big blow." He will definitely choose to fight us by any means. Besides, most of the people he brought this time were the men and horses of the headquarters, and he lost nearly half of them at once, and when he returned to Liao, he couldn't explain it to other tribes. ”
Yang Gui frowned and said, "Yang Dezheng, what means do you think the Liao army will take to continue the crusade against Fuxing Pass?" Yang Dezheng shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's hard to say, and it's hard to guess." Up to now, it is impossible to judge with common sense what means Jeruxiu used. Yang Qi sat up straight from the soft chair and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth." From the moment I arrived at Fuxing Pass, I never thought of letting the Liao people cross this place. ”
Yang Dezheng glanced at Yang Qi with a complicated expression, and sighed sadly: "I'm afraid that Brother Yelu Xiu will use some means that we can't guess." Yang Qi said solemnly: "Then wait and see what means he has." "No one can guess what means Jeruxiu will use.
Yang Dezheng does not intend to continue guessing. After repelling the Liao army, Yang Dezheng ordered Yang Gui and Yang Xin to reorganize Fuxing Pass. No matter what Jeruhhuge means, he will be ready for it. After waiting for three days, the Liao army outside the city was quiet, and there was no movement at all.
The soldiers on the Fuxing Pass could only look at the Liao army camp outside the city from afar, and did not move a step back. It can be seen that the Liao people will not give up.
On the fourth day. didn't wait for the Liao, but waited for Peng Pai. The sound of the explosion shook the tunnel leading to the outside of the city. Peng Pai, along with his six secret guards, was shocked to death on the spot, and three were stoned to death.
In the end, Peng Pai was the only one who crawled out of the tunnel. Peng Pai's injuries were very serious, with multiple bruises all over his body, the nails on both hands had been broken, and the whole person looked like he had crawled out of hell.
At the first glance of Yang Qi, Peng Pai only said one sentence, "Eighth sister, that tunnel can't be used in the future, there are more caveats in it, and the inside of the passage is also filled with broken stones." Yang Dezheng looked at Peng Pai's miserable condition, his hands trembled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I won't use it again in the future, just block it." Go down and heal first. ”
After Peng Pai left, Yang Dezheng's mood was very complicated. He found that he couldn't become a hard-hearted man after all. Peng Pai can also be regarded as a loyal person. As soon as he was injured, Yang Qidezheng actually felt a sense of guilt. What Peng Pai experienced in the tunnel, he didn't say.
But Yang Dezheng can feel that Peng Pai can come out of a collapsed tunnel alive, and he must have experienced many things that ordinary people can't imagine. "You're not the same as you used to be. Now you are cold-blooded and ruthless to your enemies, but you are full of pity for your own people. Yang Dezheng didn't know when he arrived at Yang Qi's side, and said softly.
Yang Qi grinned and asked, "Then tell me, what kind of person was I before?" Yang Dezheng hesitated for a moment and said calmly: "In the past, you were just a girl, and you didn't have such a heavy murderous intent. I can feel that no matter how many Liao people you kill, your heart will not soften. ”
Yang Qi smiled and said, "I will never be soft-hearted when dealing with enemies. Yang Dezheng persuaded: "Listen to my nephew's words, last night's things will be used less in the future, and don't spread them." Otherwise, many people will suffer. Once controlled by the enemy, the Xiongguan and cities of our Great Song Dynasty will no longer be able to resist the iron hooves of the Liao.
When the time comes, it will be the people of the world who will suffer. Yang Qi looked at the Liao camp outside the pass and sneered: "The majestic pass will never become the most solid barrier to protect the people." The only one who can protect the people is the people themselves.
What I did was to lead the people out of the city walls, let them know the real world, and teach them what is truly indestructible. After leaving these words, Yang Qi returned to the city gate building without looking back. Leaving a stunned Yang Dezheng blowing a cool breeze on the city wall.
After two more days, an arrow came from outside the city and nailed it to the pillar of the gate. The soldiers guarding the door saw that the arrow was tied to a letter, they didn't dare to open it, and quickly delivered it to Yang Dezheng. Yang Dezheng opened the letter, but it was the handwriting of Yelu Hugo.
Only one sentence was written on it. "This king has prepared a million people for you to kill, I hope you don't spare your hands." Yang Dezheng took the letter, a little confused, "What does Yelu Xiuge mean by this?" When the letter was handed to Yang Qi, Yang Qi was also a little stunned.
He also didn't understand it. Yang Qi groaned: "I can't guess what Brother Yelu Xiu means, but I have a bad premonition. Yang Qi and Yang Dezheng speculated all night, and they did not guess the meaning of Yelu Huge's letter, and waited until the sun rose in the east the next day.
Then they understood what Jeruhuko meant. Looking down from the top of the city, a black and crushed ragged man was driven by the Liao army towards Fuxing Pass. Yang Qi trembled and said, "I understand what Brother Yelu Xiu meant." Yang Dezheng said with a solemn face: "I also understand." ”
Yang Dezheng was shocked and said: "Brother Yelu Xiu is preparing a million Liaodi Han people to kill you, it depends on whether you dare to kill it." "It's the same root, Yang Qi really got it? Among these Han people in Liao, there must have been a lot of Liao army spies. In addition, a large number of people and horses of the Liao army followed behind this Liao Han people.
As long as Yang Dezheng can't resist the pressure and let these people into the city, these Han people in Liao will rush up and rush open the door of Fuxingguan. And the Liao army that followed them would take the opportunity to enter the city and break through the Fuxing Pass. If they were all killed, then Yang Dezheng would dare to say anything about recovering Yanyun Liuzhou in the future?
As long as Yang Dezheng dares to be a killer, then he will be recited as the most evil executioner, butcher, in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and even in the Song and Liao states. Yang Dezheng was in a dilemma all of a sudden, and could only let the Liao army drive the Liao Han people to the city.
When the Han people of Liaodi arrived at the city, they began to wail, roar, curse, and beg for help. In an instant, the entire revival pass was filled with endless wails. Most of the soldiers on Fuxing Pass were young men recruited from Shengzhou, and they also experienced the fear of being ruled by the Liao, and they couldn't help but feel sympathy for the people under the city. Some people couldn't stand the miserable situation of the people in the city, and immediately ignored the advice of others and wanted to throw down the rope to save people. However, when he threw down the rope, he was caught by the Liao army spies hiding among the Han people in Liao.
More than a dozen Liao army spies, holding on to the ropes, directly dragged down the soldiers who were preparing to save people at the head of the city. This soldier not only killed himself, but also killed his brother who accompanied him to save people. In just a quarter of an hour, dozens of soldiers who wanted to save people were killed by the spies in the city who were mixed with the Han people in Liao.
Yang Qi immediately ordered the soldiers at the head of the city not to pay attention to the Han people of Liaodi under the city. In order to prevent any more fools, Yang Dezheng, Yang Gui, Yang Xin, and others patrolled the city day and night.
Three days. Three days.
The soldiers and horses on the head of the city seem to have experienced a reincarnation. The Han people of Liaodi outside the city knew that there was no hope of survival, and all kinds of tragedies began to happen one after another. Some people can't stand the fear of imminent death, and they burst out and hurt people. Someone directly crashed into the city and died.
There are many more tragic things to come. All kinds of appalling tragedies are happening all the time. The Liao army, which was five miles behind them, was as if they hadn't seen it. They are just defending the law and not letting these people leave the revival barrier. The revival foot soldiers and Jin army soldiers at the head of the city, these three days are like walking in the Infernal Hell.
On the morning of the fourth day. As soon as Yang Dezheng stepped out of the city gate building, he saw a group of soldiers led by Wang Xing kneeling in front of the city gate building. Wang Xing cried silently: "General, you can find a way to save them!" It's miserable! It's so miserable! The revival pawns kneeling behind Wang Xing were also trembling and crying.
Yang Dezheng had a cold face, glared at Wang Xing, and roared in a low voice: "Wang Xing, although I don't know your past, I can guess something from what you did. Do you know what you say? Wang Xing choked up, tears were in his eyes, and said: "The subordinates know that saving them may cause great harm to the Fuxing Pass, but if they don't save them, the conscience of the subordinates will not be able to get through." They are so pitiful, too miserable. ”
Yang Dezheng said coldly: "If they can be saved, why did General Ben let them die?" Since General Ben is unwilling to save it, it means that he can't save it. Once the revival pass is lost, it will not be their 100,000 people who will die. It's Toyosu and Katsushu, more than a million people. Which is more important, you should know. Yang Dezheng threw down this sentence and strode to inspect the city wall.
Wang Xing let out a loud wail. "General, they're starting to eat people! They're eating people! Yang Dezheng trembled, and subconsciously paused. However, after a short stay, Yang Dezheng continued to inspect the city wall as if he had not heard Wang Xing's words. While inspecting the city wall, Yang Dezheng just glanced at the city, and quickly withdrew his gaze.
Wang Xing was right. Let's start cannibalism. And it's still eaten openly. Some of them have been driven crazy and don't care that there are hundreds of thousands of people watching them eat people. The soldiers at the head of the city, some were choking, some were vomiting, and some were pale and trembling, Yang Dezheng inspected the city, and when he returned to the city gate, he saw Wang Xing and the group of people still kneeling there. Yang Dezheng came to Yang Qi's side with a heavy heart, and said in a low voice: "Eighth aunt, the situation is not good. The morale of the soldiers was very low, and some people were even secretly plotting to open the city gates at night to save people. ”
Yang Qi frowned and said, "Go back and ask me Yang Xin to take people to guard the city gate, and never let people open the city gate." ”
"Hey!" Yang Dezheng agreed and went down to inform Yang Xin to guard the door. Yang Dezheng stood in the most conspicuous place of the city gate tower and shouted loudly: "I know that you have a conscience, and I also know that you are kind-hearted. You want to save the people of the city.
I'm telling you now, and I want to. But in retrospect, we can't save it. Why? Because it was mixed with the spies of the Liao people, and behind them, a large number of Liao troops followed. Once they are saved, the Liao people will drive straight into the Fuxing Pass.
When the time comes, it will not be them who will eat people, but you. There are also so many relatives, clansmen, and children who are behind you and are protected by you. If you can bear to watch your relatives, clansmen, and children gnaw at each other. Then you go and save people.
If not, then abandon to me the foolish thoughts in your hearts. They all cheered up Lao Tzu and watched with wide eyes. This blood feud of the people outside the city is remembered by Lao Tzu. This account is counted on the heads of the Liao people. One day, Lao Tzu will take you to level the Liao Kingdom and recover this blood debt. ”
"Poof! Ah~" Many, many people in the city heard Yang Dezheng's words. They did not want their relatives to suffer, and they felt sorry for the people under the city, so they immediately roared loudly and wept loudly.
"Woo woo woo~" The soldiers at the head of the city suddenly cried together, and the wailing could be heard from miles away. They are using their cries to vent the depression, powerlessness, fear and sadness in their hearts.
Rejuvenation outside the gates. In the big tent of the Liao Army, Yelu Xiuge also heard the cry from Fuxing Pass. But his heart was as hard as stone. "Murder and heart...... Yang Dezheng, if you kill the person of this king, this king will punish your heart. ”
Brother Yelu Xiu sneered, and ordered Xiao She, who was already half-injured and was listening to orders in the tent, "Go and prepare another 100,000 people, and when the people in front of the Fuxing Pass are almost dead, put them in." ”
Jeruxiu is ruthless enough, he is a man of his word. He has successively transferred nearly one million Han people from Yanyun Bazhou to Liao. His crazy move can be said to be unprecedented. After Xiao She received Yelu Huge's order again, he immediately went to prepare for the Han people of Liaodi. To be honest, he actually disagreed with Jeruxiugo's doing. Nowadays, in the southwest coast of Liao, there are merchant ships from the south, which specialize in receiving this kind of Han people in Liao.
This kind of deal has been around for more than a year. And the price of Hanmin in Liaodi is also gradually rising. Xiao She felt that by selling these Han people from Liao to the merchants of Tianjing New City, he would definitely get a lot of wealth. However, he was only thinking about it. Yelu Hugh is the king of the southern court of the Liao State and the royal family of the Liao State. His orders, in the territory of Liao, were sometimes more effective than the orders of the emperor. ……
Revival is off. Ten days have passed. Of the 100,000 Han people in Liaodi, more than 10,000 are still alive. How these people survived, the soldiers at the head of the city are clear. Yang Dezheng stood at the head of the city, staring at the pair of green eyes under the city, and said in a deep voice: "Archers prepare, kill me." "Killing these people, the soldiers at the head of the city don't have any psychological burden.
Because in their eyes, these people under the city are no longer considered people. Under the cover of a majestic rain of arrows. The people under the city were killed one by one. It only took two pillars of incense for the people in the city to be killed. The Liao people didn't seem to see it. After seeing these people dead, they quietly left the battlefield.
Three hours later. Another 100,000 people were driven to the Restoration Pass. After seeing the tragic situation of Fuxing, this group of people wanted to flee in horror one by one. But he was driven back by the Liao army. The people looked panicked. They were afraid of the Liao army behind them, and they were also afraid of the soldiers at the head of the city.
However, they are clearly different from the people who came before them. The leader was an old man, who led the people behind him and walked to the people who had been slaughtered by the soldiers at the head of the city. The old man carefully examined the dead people, and then said loudly to the other clansmen: "Don't be afraid, there is our Han army at the head of the city, and they will never kill innocent people indiscriminately."
These dead people are all deserving people. Someone asked in horror, "Clan Elder, how can you be sure that they are damned people?" The old man's face sank, and he said in a low voice: "Because they eat people." The old man dropped these words, and didn't care about the reaction of the others, he took a step, walked under the city wall, and shouted: "Which general is guarding the city, dare to come out and see it?" ”
Yang Dezheng has been paying attention to this Liaodi Hanmin from beginning to end. He could feel the difference between this Liaodi Hanmin. When he heard the old man's chant, Yang Dezheng took a step forward and said loudly: "I am Yang Dezheng, the general of the revival gate." The old man was obviously stunned when he heard Yang Dezheng's name, and then arched his hand and said: "But the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom for five years, Yang Dezheng?" ”
Yang Dezheng nodded and said, "Exactly." The old man arched his hand again and said: "The little old man has seen Tanhualang, and the little old man has a doubt, can Tanhualang help the little old man solve his doubts?" ”
"Speak!" The old man asked in a deep voice, "How did these people outside the city die?" Yang Dezheng said in a slightly low voice: "The Liao thieves drove them and wanted to break through the Fuxing Pass, but General Ben refused to switch it. Eighty percent of the people in this city died of starvation, and one percent were eaten. The remaining 10 percent ...... It was General Ben who ordered him to kill. ”
The old man said solemnly: "The general killed, but those cannibalistic demons?" Yang Dezheng nodded and said, "Not bad." The old man arched his hand, laughed miserably, and said, "Little old man understands." The Liao thief wanted to break through the barrier and came up with such a heart-wrenching poisonous plan. Force the general to switch. The general was concerned about the people behind him and refused to switch it.
Come to think of it, the previous group of people is the first batch, our group is the second batch, and there may be a third or fourth batch in the future...... Where the general's responsibilities lie, the little old man does not dare to judge arbitrarily. Xiao Lao'er just wants to ask the general, in the eyes of the general, who are we? ”
Yang Dezheng said solemnly: "They are all men of my Han family. ”
"Good! What a sentence for the Han family. The old man laughed loudly, "In my lifetime, I can be called a man of the Han family, and the little old man is blind when he dies." The old man shook his eyes at Yang Dezheng and said, "After he recovered Yanyun Bazhou, he also asked the general to engrave the four words of the Han family on the tombstone of the little old man." ”
Yang Dezheng returned the salute and said, "I will not insult my father-in-law." The old man said loudly: "The little old man's name is Liu Hong, and he is after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. In the past, he was struggling under the knees of the Liao thief, but now that he is in death, he naturally cannot insult the name of the man of the Han family.
Xiao Lao'er has a son, named Liu Kaipin, who returned to the Central Plains with the Great Song Dynasty caravan in the past. The general had the opportunity to see him on the other day, and asked the general to inform him. I, the boy of the Liu family, am a Han soul in life and a Han ghost in death. The old man Liu Hong arched his hand again, turned around, and shouted to his people: "Do it!" ”
Almost at the same time. The old man Liu Hong's clansmen suddenly rose up and captured the Liao soldiers who were hiding among their clansmen.
Between life and death. The old man Liu Hong's clansmen were killed and wounded by more than a dozen people before they wiped out the six Liao soldiers who were hiding among them. In an instant, the old man Liu Hong's clansmen were huddled together.
The Liao soldiers who lurked among the other people were blocked from the encirclement by them. The old man Liu Hong was surrounded by people in the middle and shouted loudly: "Sons, now we are in the place of death, both horizontally and vertically. You can't be a coward, you can't be the man-eating beast.
Fight with the Liao thief, even if he dies, when he goes underground, he is worthy of his ancestors. "The Han people of Liaodi are obviously a little moved. Yang Dezheng immediately ordered someone to prepare a large bundle of swords and threw them down the city. The old man Liu Hong and his clansmen have the will to die, and he can naturally see it.
The only thing Yang Dezheng can do is give them swords and let them pull one or two cushions before they die, and they will not die unjustly. The soldiers at the head of the city had long since stopped crying. The old man Yang Hong picked a horizontal knife, waved it, grinned at the soldiers on the city and smiled: "Dolls, don't cry. The men of our Han family left some without tears. Guarding the city well, when he broke through the capital one day, he remembered to take the hat of Emperor Liao to serve wine to commemorate the little old man.
At that time, even if the little old man was lying on the ground, he would wake up laughing. After the old man Liu Hong finished saying this, he picked up the horizontal knife, and rushed to the Liao army with his clansmen and those Liao Han people who were willing to follow him. Combined, they are only a few thousand people.
More people are watching like the walking dead. Thousands of people, facing the powerful Liao army, are simply hitting stones with eggs. Hitting a stone with an egg always seems cruel and tragic. The old man Liu Hong led these thousands of people in the face of the Liao army's nearly 60,000 elite soldiers. There is no one who survived.
The 60,000 Liao army was only partially dispatched, and they worked together to strangle thousands of people led by the old man Yang Hong. The whole battle lasted for a stick of incense, and after a stick of incense, a corpse was left behind. It seems that the people led by the old man Liu Hong angered the Liao army.
The Liao army directly pressed forward one mile, and there was only four miles left before Fuxing Pass. The remaining more than 90,000 Han people in Liao were compressed to survive within four miles. The 90,000 Liaodi Hanmin outside the city are also the same as the previous batch of Liaodi Hanmin. Ten days later, nearly 20,000 people had survived.
For no other reason, there were enough corpses for them to eat. The soldiers of Fuxing Pass once again walked around the Infernal Hell. When Yang Dezheng gave the order to shoot, the soldiers carried out the order like walking corpses.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.