Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

After dawn, the city of Yingzhou basically returned to calm.At this moment, the pursuers and fleeers also appeared outside the city of Yingzhou one after another.

The first ones to come back were the cavalry from the Wukai tribe. They abandoned everything they could throw away and ran for their lives in a hurry.When they saw the towering Yingzhou city wall, they were overjoyed and gathered at the gate, shouting loudly.

They were answered with a volley of arrows.

Gao Silun stood at the top of the wall, sneering again and again.Originally, I didn't want to launch it so soon, but the situation is stronger than others. The second brother rebelled before the battle to protect himself. After the news was sent back to Khitan, their Gao family would not have any good fruit, so they had to act first.

Now, Xiao Shilu, Abaoji's cousin and brother-in-law, has been beheaded, his sister and niece have also been arrested, and they are about to be given to the saint for his enjoyment.

In fact, some ruthless people in the army offered a plan to ambush thousands of elite soldiers on the city gates and the roofs on both sides of the street, armed with strong bows and crossbows, pretending to let the Khitans in and ambush them.

Gao Silun was worried about the rebellion of those Bohai people and Shiwei people in the army, so he pondered for a long time, but gave up.

Gao Shi has already made great achievements, wealth and honor are close at hand, if it is self-defeating, it is not beautiful.So he decided to keep quiet, but shut the door and refused to accept it, firmly guarding this credit, and waiting for the brother's main force to come back.

After Bing Ruo scolded for a while, he found out that the Gao family had really turned against him, and he was in an uproar.

Some people cried directly, fell to their knees, and begged for some water, but arrows still responded to them.Seeing this, the others could only get on their horses and leave again, disappearing into the vast grass.

Of course, some people surrendered directly.After much consideration, Gao Silun decided to send troops out of the city to accept the surrender, lead them into the city, and imprison them, a total of five or six hundred people.

The first wave of people dispersed, and only half an hour later, the second group of people arrived in a hurry.

The process was similar to the previous one. Most of the people dispersed, and about 300 people were tired and hungry, and their horses couldn't run anymore, so they had to surrender.

Seeing this, Gao Silun simply dispatched more than a thousand soldiers and escorted them to Helong Daying Camp to guard them.At the same time, he was silently thinking, can these surrendered soldiers be swallowed?Strengthening one's own strength has always been the instinct of warlords, and Gao Silun is no exception.

In this way until Sishi, Gao Silun had received more than a thousand soldiers, and he was very happy.On the far horizon, Xia Jun's pursuers also appeared.

Li Cunxiao panted heavily, holding a newly acquired horse spear, and looked at the city with cold eyes.

For Li Cunxiao, Gao Silun seemed to have no plans to open the city, and only sent some steamed cakes, dried meat and hay. "Gao Silun, your brother is begging for peace like a dog, do you dare not open the city?" Li Cunxiao pointed at the top of the city and cursed.Although he was reckless, he was not a fool. He knew that the brothers of the Gao family were afraid that he would compete for merit, so they closed the city and refused to accept him.

In fact, he was also thinking about how to blackmail the brothers of Gao's contribution to the city, but now he saw that this group of people and monkey spirits did not give them a chance.

"General Li, it's important to chase the enemy." Gao Silun said, "The Pinglu army will also send [-] soldiers to join the expedition. There are still many thieves in the east, so don't let them escape. When the general returns from victory, I will stay in the city again." Inside wine, apologize to the general.”

As soon as these words came out, Li Cunxiao didn't say anything, but the soldiers under him were so angry.Some people even clamored to attack the city and killed the Gao brothers.

And this proposal, unsurprisingly, won the support of most people, because everyone wanted to go to the city.

The reason for entering the city is also very simple, to plunder and even play with women.After all, is this an enemy city? What's the point of grabbing something and playing with a few women?Afterwards, they directly killed the sufferer. They reasoned that they resisted when they entered the city, and they were thieves. The higher-ups couldn't tell the difference--in fact, when the city was broken, as long as they didn't make too much noise, no one cared about the death of some people at all.

"Forget it!" Li Cunxiao stopped his angry subordinates, snorted coldly, and said, "Rest for an hour, and then continue chasing the enemy." Everyone was dissatisfied, but they still agreed.

In this way, they sat outside the city and fed some hay, salt water and bean cakes to the horses.There was not enough bean cakes, so the city brought some grains and bran to feed the horses.Everything in the city was followed, but they were not allowed to enter.

At noon, An Jingjing also brought a large group of people

When the horse came, there was another burst of cursing.

Gao Silun still provided all kinds of supplies and responded to every request, but the city gates were opened and closed, and the defenders were also standing by to prevent them from entering the city.

"How many people have been captured in total?" Li Cunxiao asked while biting the jerky.

"It should be no less than five thousand." An Jingjing said, "The captives have already been escorted back to the White Wolf Garrison, and the news of the great victory has been reported to the sage, and it won't be long before we know."

"Okay!" A smile appeared on Li Cunxiao's face.

In this battle, taking advantage of the Khitan people's own mistakes, they were terrified and defeated for hundreds of miles.Now that we have won Yingzhou, it seems that we can take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the bandits are leaderless and the people are panicking, and make another charge to see if we can get anything.

As for the Khitan's mobilization of the main force to attack such things, even if they can't fight, the worst is to move the people away, abandon Yingzhou and retreat.And if the saint is willing to increase his troops, he can even keep Yingzhou and let the Khitan return without success and swallow the bitter fruit.

None of this is a problem, the key depends on whether you are courageous and determined.

After the rest, the army continued to set off, all the way east, towards the direction of Zhuocheng, the guard of Yan County.

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On June [-]th of the fourth year of Jianji, the news of the Yingzhou front was reported to Youzhou.

When entering the city, a Lubu Feijie ceremony was specially held, that is, the victory report was copied on the board, and it drove all the way to all sides to declare the whole city.

There is a mixture of Hu and Han in Youzhou, and the customs are quite different from those in the Central Plains.You have defeated the powerful tribes on the grassland, which has a great deterrent effect on the foreigners inside and outside the city.

And the city itself has a very strong military color, the folk customs are martial arts, and they love to talk about military affairs.When grown-up men drink and brag, they don’t talk about how much money I make and how good my children are at reading, but how many crossbows they can drive, how well they play with various instruments, and there are many “keyboard strategists”—from Lifang, Youzhou The city’s background can be seen from its names: Lulong, Yandu, Jibei, Sushen, Pingshuo, Liaoxi, Jundu, Tongma, Jining, Zunhua and so on.

After the mighty knight circled around the city, everyone who heard it had mixed expressions, especially those locals from Youzhou.

It has been 20 years, if Youzhou Town is under the rule of the locals, it may be difficult to use troops in western Liaoning like this.It's not that they can't beat the Khitans, but that there are too many broken things and too many constraints.As long as the Khitans hadn't attacked the door, it would be difficult for the Jiedu envoy to mobilize an army to go out.

The above are internal reasons, and more serious external threats.Youzhou's elite soldiers and strong generals must be used in the pass. For this reason, they did not hesitate to abandon the military town behind the mountain and let the Khitan cavalry enter Bo to show off their might outside the Linyu Pass.What's more, most of the time, there were not many soldiers guarding Linyu Pass. If the Khitan really came, the hundreds of old, weak and disabled soldiers would probably not be able to stop them.

Is it true that Youzhou can be so proud only under the rule of outsiders?Some children from generals and bureaucratic families have seriously thought about this issue.

Lubu Flying Knight quickly left Youzhou City and headed for Zhuxian Township.There is no doubt that they are going to make a lot of publicity.The news of victory has a great effect on stabilizing the local situation.

Shao Shude, who was hunting in the mountains, received the news earlier than the people in Youzhou, but he was in trouble at this time.

"The first battle broke the bandits, chasing the dead and chasing the north, anyway in Yingzhou, one after another, people are dazzled." After unstringing his step bow, he threw it to Xia Luqi casually, Shao Shude sat on a bluestone, said : "Yizhou is still besieging the city, and you can't get away for a while. Is there any need for a big fight on the Khitan side? Let's all discuss it."

At this time, most of the military officials around him were military officials, and Chen Cheng was the only civil official.But as the mastermind for many years, Shao Shude still set his sights on him.

Chen Chengchu was also surprised when he heard the news.

The secret transmission of news by the Gao family is only known to the top management and close servants, and it is absolutely impossible to spread it to the lower levels. Gein, the more people know about it, the greater the possibility of leaking the secret.

According to the plan of the two monarchs and ministers, the Gao family shouldn't just do whatever they want at this time, because they haven't brought out the maximum value.But that's it, there's not much more to say.

The situation on the battlefield is complicated, how can everything go as you wish?You can't expect to take all the benefits, Shao Shude can still accept this.

"Hasn't Your Majesty already

Have a plan? "Chen Cheng said: "Maybe you can send Brother Yelu Hua to help identify the prisoners, show righteousness, and then release some of them."

"This strategy is very good." Shao Shude said, "This matter is important, any news should be reported as soon as possible."

At present, the war in the Central Plains is nothing to watch, it is just a boring siege.For the soldiers of the Yiwu Army, it is impossible to surrender. Only when you really can't hold on, and the mountains and mountains can't maintain your life, will you consider surrendering.

Ge Congzhou had just defeated a Jin army that came out of Feihukou, and captured and beheaded more than [-] people.The army surrounded Yizhou and launched a fierce offensive.

Dingzhou Wang Gao personally led an army to rescue, but was also defeated.

Chengde Wang Rong sent troops to attack Yu County, but failed.Within half a month, they fought more than ten matches with the Tiande army, with more losses than victories—in fact, Shao Shude was very curious about what they were thinking, surrendering and unwilling to surrender, but the rescue friendly army looked so weak that he didn't know what to think. What kind of trouble.

You can see the end of the war in the Central Plains, but you still have to fight, you deserve to die, you have to spend it, you can't save it at all, they are all a bunch of beasts!
Shao Shude has entrusted Ge Congzhou with full authority, and there is no need for any command.

In comparison, Khitan has more maneuverability, and he will focus on it for a while.

"Your Majesty, there are many private households in the Anton Mansion this year, so it's best not to make a big move. However, the Bohai Kingdom can contact you. The Khitan are in such distress, they should make a move." Chen Cheng said again: "Another The one, Liu Rengong from Fuyu Prefecture, may be suspected by the Khitan, and if he is not good, he will be thrown into the Bohai Sea."

Shao Shude thought for a while, the struggle within Khitan has never stopped, every ten years, there will always be a group of Khitan nobles fleeing in embarrassment to seek refuge in Bohai Kingdom, Liu Rengong is indeed likely to vote there.

"Can you surrender Liu Rengong?" Shao Shude asked.

Anyway, the impact of Gao Siji cannot be underestimated.A Baoji trusted the Han officials and generals so much, but they put him together.As one of the two models he personally selected, Liu Rengong was under tremendous pressure, and there may be opportunities.

"You can send someone to try." Chen Cheng gave an affirmative answer.Shao Shude nodded, knowing it well.

The strategy for Khitan is first to promote the outbreak of its internal conflicts, weaken its strength, and finally attack and destroy it in one fell swoop. "Let Honglu Temple and the Department of Hearing and Watching choose people together, and secretly go to Fuyu Mansion." Shao Shude ordered.