Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 549

When the emperor arrived in Shangjing, it was destined to be recorded in the annals of history. All the civil and military personnel in the camp went out of the camp for a mile to welcome the arrival of Emperor Shi.

Emperor Shi was dressed in military attire, tall and burly, with a sword in his belt, and riding a tall horse, like a god of war descending from the mortal world, looking down upon all sentient beings. Thinking of the emperor's pioneering soldiers on the battlefield, he was defeated by a million people. Everyone bowed their heads and knelt on one knee. Dare to look up.

Emperor Shi got off his horse and said directly: "All without ceremony."

His attention was not on the people in front of him, but on the high city wall in the distance. Looking from a distance, he could clearly see the south wall of Shangjing. The high wall was about four miles long, stretching across the river. It was really unexpected to see such a city wall.

This city is not much better than Youzhou, but of course it is still smaller than Daliang and Jinling.

"Tell me about the situation." Emperor Shi asked Li Chuyun, who was accompanying him, as he walked towards the large tent of the Chinese army surrounded by everyone.

"Officials, Shangjing has been besieged. We have deployed about 1 more people to the north, because Liao officials told us that there are tribal troops on the grassland in that direction, and all other military camps outside the city have been controlled and captured. A lot of food supplies.

The Liao army retreated to the city to stand firm. There seemed to be a large number of people, but most of them were not armored. They should be young and strong recruited temporarily. We saw many children at the top of the city. " Li Chuyun said: "As long as the officials order a strong attack, the soldiers will be able to conquer the city within half a month. "

Soon, everyone arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, and Li Chuyun used the sand table to explain the current deployment of the army to the emperor.

Emperor Shi did not express his opinion after watching it, but only said that Li Chuyun made the decision. He just rode a horse to the river and looked at the city wall of Shangjing on the other side.

"Shoot some letters of persuasion first." Emperor Shi said, "If there is no result after three days, then we will start a full-scale attack."

"Promise!" Li Chuyun cupped his hands.

Emperor Shi looked at Jiancheng in front of him. Although this place was strong, it was far from Shouzhou and Taiyuan. The most important thing was that there were rivers in the south and east of the city. The rest of the city was flat and suitable for siege. The army is stationed for a long time, the water is convenient, and the place is open.

Such a city is much easier to fight than Shouzhou, Taiyuan and the like.

The excitement in my heart was hard to suppress for a moment, as if the blood in my whole body was speeding up and converging towards my heart, I couldn't help getting off the horse, so that I could stand more firmly and not make a fool of myself in front of my subordinates.

This is Shangjing.
Emperor Shi had a lot of emotions in his heart. For more than ten years, he had thought about this moment countless times. Sometimes he would dream that he would come to the capital and cut off the Liao Kingdom. From then on, he would eliminate the biggest enemy and remove the threat from the north.

It's just that when this moment came suddenly, when his army arrived at the capital, he was in an inexplicable trance again. The hard work and accumulation of more than ten years finally came to fruition. The result was unexpectedly good. He caught a The fleeting opportunity to attack decisively at the most vulnerable node of the Liao Kingdom turned out to be better than expected.

When Shangjing is taken down, it is impossible for the Li Clan King Xiping and Liaodong to remain isolated, and many things will happen naturally.

Afterwards, Emperor Shi withdrew to the back of the big tent and deployed the reserve force to Li Chuyun to command. At this time, the Qin army had about [-] main forces, gathered under the capital, and surrounded it. The Qin army was in all directions. It has become an isolated and dead city, the main force of the Liao Kingdom has been dispersed, the Liaodong reinforcements have been cut off by Lin Renzhao in the east, and all Nanjing and the rear of the mountain have been occupied by the Qin army. Except for the tribes on the northwest grassland, it is impossible to go to Beijing And then any reinforcements.

Two days later, there was no news from the city, but news came from the northwest. The soldiers who besieged the city from the west found that there were people on the Northwest Avenue. They came from the valley west of Shangjing. They should be scouts sent by the tribal army on the Mobei grassland.

After they found someone near Shangjing, they didn't dare to approach rashly, but wandered around the river valley.

The scouts of the Qin Army reported that they should have 6000 to [-] people, and there may be more troops behind them, but the exact number is hard to say, because they are close to the river valley behind, and the valley is narrow, so the scouts dare not go in. I don't know if there are any follow-up troops inside.

The purpose of the other party's visit was unknown, and the guards in the west and north camps reported the matter to the coach Li Chuyun at the same time, and Li Chuyun reported it to Emperor Shi.

Emperor Shi only found out after asking Han Derang that those were the northwestern clan troops.

They were the ancestors of the Mongolian tribes of later generations. They were active in the Mobei grasslands and submitted to the rule of the Liao state. However, apart from the hint of paying tribute every year, the Liao state had neither garrisons nor officials in those places.

After the start of the war this year, the lord of the Liao Kingdom conscripted their soldiers, but they postponed it for various reasons. Now the war has been going on for several months before they came to Beijing to assemble.

Having said this, Emperor Shi understood the situation better, so he was going to send an envoy to contact the tribal troops on the grassland, inform them of the fact that the Liao army was defeated and the country was about to perish, and asked them to surrender.

Han Derang volunteered and expressed his willingness to be an envoy for the emperor.

Emperor Shi agreed, and allowed him to take a group of people to explain the situation to those tribal armies as envoys, telling them that the emperor who ruled all the land south of Shangjing until the end of the sea arrived in Shangjing, and was about to attack the Liao Kingdom, and asked them to surrender.

On the same day, Han Derang brought people over to negotiate, and the planned siege plan was temporarily postponed. When the army outside the city was not clear whether it was an enemy or a friend, he did not dare to attack rashly when the Qin army was strong.

Qin Jun watched Han Derang's men and horses approaching from a distance and raised his hands to indicate that he was not armed. Then he communicated with the people over there in a language they could not understand, and soon someone rode over and took him into the valley.

Then there was waiting. While waiting, Li Chuyun also gradually increased his troops to the northwest, especially the artillery. Almost [-]% of the artillery was mobilized there to ensure that even if the situation changed, the cavalry from the grassland could be quickly defeated.

However, Han Derang came back the next day, bringing more than a dozen envoys from various tribes, most of whom were relatives, brothers, elders and other nobles of the tribe leaders to visit the Southern Emperor.

The leaders of their tribe dare not come over for the time being.

Han Derang also quietly told Emperor Shi that there were only more than 7000 of them here this time, headed by the Zoubu Department, they were willing to surrender and return to the grassland, but hoped that the emperor would give them some rewards.

It is said to be a reward, but it actually means to leave after the benefit, without making trouble.

Emperor Shi convened everyone to discuss it, and everyone felt that it would be fine to send them away with just a few things, and now that the capital city will be broken soon, there is no need to make extra troubles.

Emperor Shi thought about it for a long time, and now it is difficult for him to touch the things on the grassland. There are still many things to deal with in Liaodong, Hetao, Hexi Corridor, and the Western Regions, but they can't give them the image of Qin as a threat.

So they asked their envoys to go back and tell their tribal leaders that if they want a reward, they can come and get it by themselves.

After the news of Emperor Shi was brought back by the emissary, Li Chuyun also went to the west to direct the battle in person, and dispatched artillery to occupy the high ground outside the city, making preparations for a battle.

Two days later in the afternoon, probably because they were dissatisfied with Emperor Shi's rhetoric, or because they wanted to show off their power to blackmail something, all the people in the grassland gathered to go out of the valley and cross the west road outside the city, but their speed was not very fast. Unlike an all-out attack, they simply want to cross the avenue that the Southern Emperor stipulates that they cannot cross to exert pressure and gain bargaining chips.

But they obviously stayed on the grassland for a long time, and they didn't know what the Qin army was, let alone why the Qin army was able to fight to Shangjing.

Not long after they left the valley, hundreds of field artillery deployed on the western highlands began to roar and howl. The crossfire formed by the shells in the western valley wove into a dense network, whistling and hissing endlessly.

The screams and neighing of war horses everywhere caught the visitors on the prairie off guard, and the dense formation greatly increased the hit rate of the shells. In just a quarter of an hour, the west side was completely defeated, leaving behind a large number of corpses. Running in the valley, the Qin army's artillery fire also began to extend to the valley to the west, continuing to hit their backs until they retreated into the valley.

Then the Qin army who had been preparing for a long time rushed up and captured the fallen and injured large numbers of people on the spot.

In the brief exchange of fire, 500 people were killed in an instant, and more than 800 people were injured and captured when they fell off their horses, which frightened all the visitors from the west. what.

The Qin army did not launch a pursuit either, and their focus has been on besieging the city in Shangjing.

A few days later, the leader of the Zoubu Department took a few people and asked to see the emperor of Qin without weapons. After entering the big tent, he knelt down and cried loudly, saying some words he could not understand.

Han Derang translated for him: "They knew they were wrong and should not have made a provocative move, so they begged the forgiveness of the mighty and invincible Southern Emperor, and returned the captured brothers to them, and they will be enshrined for generations, just like the Liao Kingdom. "

Emperor Shi agreed to their request after understanding it. He knew that these were definitely not all the forces on the grassland. They were obedient to the Liao Kingdom, and they would not bring many people. A small lesson, temporary deterrence is the purpose of Emperor Shi. As for He didn't care whether they would honestly pay tribute in the future, but asked them to retreat immediately and go back to the grassland, so as not to affect the situation in Shangjing.

The other party repeatedly nodded in agreement, and then Emperor Shi also ordered the captives to be released.

The leaders of the tribe dared to take risks for these captives with deep affection. At first, Emperor Shi was a little moved. The brothers in the grassland were very affectionate, but after the captives were released and handed over, they killed more than 300 of them on the side of the road. , taking only their horses.

Emperor Shi didn't know what to say for a while, so I was so moved by the damn thing!
However, they did keep their promise, and began to retreat to the northwest valley that day. Li Chuyun was worried and sent scouts to investigate. By the next day, fifty miles north of the valley, they had disappeared, and they had gone far.

With the retreat of the tribal army in the northwest, Shangjing completely lost its last hope. The defenders in the battle city in the west of the city could also see clearly from the top of the city. At first, when the tribal army headed east, they were all excited, thinking that reinforcements were coming to rescue them. Unexpectedly, after a few days, all the reinforcements from the west also retreated.
By this time, Shangjing has become a completely isolated city, and there will be no more reinforcements!

(End of this chapter)