Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 243 Attack or not!

Shunzhou.

The Khitan Sleeping Emperor Yelujing arrived outside the city.

Xiao Siwen led Yelu Xiezhen, Shunzhou governor, Changshi, and soldiers and horse envoys to greet him outside the city.

After waiting for a long time but not being seen, I couldn't help but feel uneasy.

The sleeping emperor Yelujing was bloodthirsty and violent, and everyone knew that Xiao Siwen was defeated this time, and he knew that he could not escape his responsibility, and he was in trouble all day long.

Riding from far to near, Xiao Siwen watched from a distance, but saw his old friend Han Kuangsi coming on a fast horse.

The Han family was the first Han people to be Khitanized. Han Kuangsi's father, Han Zhigu, was the founding father of Khitan, a hereditary nobleman of Khitan, and a top family in Khitan.

The relationship between the Han family and the Xiao family is also extremely close.

Han Kuangsi has a son, Han Derang, who is talented and intelligent, and Xiao Siwen likes it so much that he even wants to marry his daughter and adopt a son-in-law.

It's just that the Xiao family is often married to the Khitan royal family, and Xiao Siwen has no control over some things, so he can only let it go.

"Brother Shichang!"

Xiao Siwen yelled.

Han Kuangsi rode his horse to come nearby, ignored Xiao Siwen's call, but said loudly: "Emperor Daliao: All the officials in Shunzhou should return to the city immediately, set aside their duties, and maintain the livelihood and order of the people in the prefecture and county. mistaken."

The governor of Shunzhou, the chief historian, and the soldiers and horse envoys thanked each other and went back to the city.

After the decree was promulgated, Han Kuangsi just got off his horse and greeted Xiao Siwen.

Xiao Siwen said with a sad face: "Brother Shichang, what's going on with His Majesty, can you tell us a little bit?"

Han Kuangsi said: "The war in Youzhou is urgent, and His Majesty should be angry. But brother De Jiang, don't worry too much. Your Majesty knows right from wrong, and will not criticize Brother De Jiang. Brother De Jiang, come with me to see Your Majesty. Explain in detail to see if there is any chance of salvation."

Xiao Siwen only said that it was Han Kuangsi who comforted him, and said: "It has to be like this."

Xiao Siwen followed Han Kuangsi all the way to the Khitan army tent ten miles away.

As soon as he walked outside the camp, he saw a group of soldiers hurriedly carrying a corpse out of the imperial tent.

The head of the corpse appeared behind the neck, and the back was lifted up, but the head was looking at the sky, which was particularly penetrating.

Xiao Siwen's face turned pale.

Han Kuangsi took it for granted at that time and didn't pay much attention to it. Seeing Xiao Siwen's appearance, he wanted to remind him, but after thinking about it, his eyes lit up, he swallowed the words, and said in a low voice: "Brother Dejiang, don't panic. This is the norm."

Don't panic!

Hearing this, Xiao Siwen couldn't help but tremble three times.

Han Kuangsi smiled slightly when he saw this, and didn't explain much.

After the routine announcement, Han Kuangsi and Xiao Siwen first stepped into the imperial tent.

Several servants in the imperial tent were trembling and carefully serving Yelujing, as if they were serving an evil spirit.

Yelujing, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sat on a tiger leather stool, glanced at the surrounding attendants, waved them to leave, and motioned for Han Kuangsi and Xiao Siwen to sit down and talk.

Han Kuangsi walked to the left and sat down.

Xiao Siwen didn't dare to sit down, and said: "The guilty minister dare not sit down."

Yelvjing also followed him and asked about the war in Youzhou.

Xiao Siwen hesitated and hawed and could only give a general idea, but he was unclear about the details.

He doesn't understand military affairs, and when he talks about the key, he thinks it's not important and jumps over.

Yelujing frowned when she heard this, and wanted to get angry several times, but seeing how useless her brother-in-law looked, she didn't bother to bother with him.

Human nature is extremely complicated. Yelujing's bloodthirsty violence is well known to everyone, but his violence is aimed at the servants around him. He has never harmed the ministers and the people. People, people enjoy their lives.

Yelvjing was not a good emperor, he was neglected all year round when dealing with government affairs, he was addicted to alcohol and stayed up late to hunt, but he was still very tolerant towards the ministers and the common people.

Yelujing held back for a while, and said, "Does anyone know the details? I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Xiao Siwen was terrified. He had been an official outside for many years, and he only heard that Yelvjing killed people at every turn and slaughtered wantonly, but he didn't know that Yelvjing killed people who were close servants, and those who slaughtered were guilty and rebellious people. He only regarded his emperor as a devil , tremblingly said: "There is Yelu Xiezhen outside the tent, he knows the situation best."

Yelujing asked Yelv Xiezhen to come in.

Although he didn't mean to blame Xiao Siwen, the situation in Youdu Mansion was so bad, he didn't give him a good face and let him stay.

Compared with Xiao Siwen who couldn't grasp the key points, Yelu Xiezhen's dictation was much more detailed.

He not only learned about the movements near Youzhou, but also learned about Da Zhou's grain camp in Jingu.

Yelu Xiezhen is extremely talented in military strategy.

This one of the Daliao Shuangbi who was as famous as Brother Yeluxiu in history has already begun to emerge.

Following Xiao Siwen's order, he detoured to Waqiao Pass and harassed the attacking Zhou army.

After Yelu Xiezhen crossed the river, things didn't go well, and Shi Shouxin's cavalry team followed him.

Yelu Xiezhen knew the strengths and weaknesses of his Khitan horse, so he didn't get close to Shi Shouxin and slipped away from him for two hours.

Yelu Xiezhen's idea was to consume one stone and keep faith with the stamina of Northwest Dama, and then counterattack.

However, Shi Shouxin is also a good rider, and he sensed the opponent's intentions, so he stopped chasing him and sent a few You Yi to follow him from a distance.

During the period when the two were struggling, Luo Youdu had already taken down Waqiao Pass with the assistance of Yao Neibin and Shu Yuan.

After Yelu Xiezhen noticed it, he secretly cried out that something was wrong, and retreated decisively to the north.

On the way, he encountered many snipers, especially Shi Shouxin who kept biting him. He set up an ambush twice and repelled Shi Shouxin twice, but he couldn't get rid of him.

Yelu Xiezhen could only fight and retreat. Although he didn't suffer any big losses, he was powerless to recover, so he could only retreat to Shunzhou to join Xiao Siwen.

Yelu Xiezhen learned everything from Xiao Siwen, and faintly noticed something strange.

He didn't believe that Shu Yuan had grown his wings and flew past the scouts they scattered in Hebei.

He also didn't believe that Lin Renzhao could sneak into Xiao Siwen's rout under such circumstances. He must have made all preparations in advance and waited for Xiao Siwen's rout on the way.

This is a big move.

Yelu Xiezhen had learned about the situation in the Central Plains, and remembered that Lin Renzhao was the commander of the navy in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After joining the Central Plains, he was responsible for training the Central Plains navy.

After contacting each other, Yelu Xiezhen also cleared the fog and discovered the water army camp in Jingu.

At some point, the naval forces in the Central Plains took control of their salt field in Wuqing and blocked their coastline.

Yelujing looked at Yelu Xiezhen with a serious face, and said, "You mean, the Central Plains built big villages in Jingu and the four gates of Youzhou City? Do you suspect that they rely on the Bohai Sea to transport grain?"

Yelu Xiezhen said: "Nine times out of ten, otherwise they can retreat after transporting Shu Yuan and Lin Renzhao to Jingu, instead of building a defensive stronghold with all their efforts. That will definitely be their defensive center of gravity, except for food and grass. , the Central Plains has no reason to attach importance to Jingu..."

Yelvjing looked at the confident Yelv Xiezhen and was dumbfounded.

After thinking about it for a while, Yelvjing ordered a military meeting to be held.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Khitan imperial tent gathered the generals who followed Yelujing all the way: Yelu Xiyin, Yelu Wansi, Yelusha, Xiao Qian, Gao Xun, Xiao Abudi and other generals.

Yelujing originally planned to save face for her brother-in-law, but now that the situation is too bad, she called all the generals who came with her to her side.

Yelu Xiezhen explained the situation in detail again.

The crowd looked at each other in dismay, unable to say a word for a while.

Khitan's military system is very complicated, divided into several types: there are tribal armies of the major tribes, Wujing Prefecture Army, and subordinate national armies that surrender to Khitan such as the Xi clan and Bohai Kingdom, but the strongest among them belongs to the Pishi military.

The so-called Pishi Army is a guard army similar to the Central Plains Forbidden Army formed by the Khitan Taizu Yelu Abaoji to strengthen the existing guards.With the camp as the palace, the elites of the world are gathered together in the heart.

At the beginning, there were only 30, but by the time of Yelu Deguang, it had grown to [-].

This 30 is not an imaginary number, but it is not a real number either.

All Khitan people are soldiers, and those who are over fifteen years old and under fifty are registered as soldiers.

There are 160 million Khitan men of the right age to join the army, and most of the 30 Pishi Army are selected from these 160 million men.Only a small number come from Wujing Prefecture Army, Xi Clan and other places, and they must be proficient in riding and archery and loyal enough.

Although Khitan had five capitals, the nomadic life of chariots and horses determined that they adopted the emperor's hunting system. Their political center was not in the capital, but in Nabo.

Wherever the emperor Yelvjing is, there is the administrative center.

The ministers and generals followed Yelujing and ran all over the grassland.

The Pishi Army is the army that guards Yelvjing, the emperor, and his ministers wandering all over the grassland.

The 30 Pishi army, numbered in the number of [-], took turns to guard.

Therefore, Yelujing received Xiao Siwen's call for help, and without any preparation, he led an army of [-] furs, and brought the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and rushed to attack.

The speed with which the [-] Khitan soldiers assembled and the speed of their attack was far beyond what the farming peoples could compare.

but……

How to fight this battle?
The Pishi Army is all cavalry!
Attack?

Let a group of cavalry take the lead to attack the military stronghold?

Yelujing, one head and two big, said, "You don't have a good solution?"

When he said this, he looked at Gao Xun.

There are many Khitan generals who can fight and fight, but the real work of brains has to be done by the Han people.

Especially in the face of the current predicament.

Gao Xun was the son of Gao Xintao, King of Beiping in the later Jin Dynasty. He was quick-tempered and quick-tempered.

He made friends with dignitaries in Khitan, worked diligently, was highly regarded, and made great contributions to Khitan.

After Liao Shizong Yeluruan ascended the throne, Gao Xun was promoted to the Privy Envoy, Prime Minister of Han Army Affairs.

Yelujing made him the king of Zhao and stayed behind in Shangjing, which shows that he is very important.

At this moment, Yelujing brought Gao Xun by his side just to replace Xiao Siwen.

Gao Xun looked at Yelujing's expectant eyes, and said bravely: "The only way now is to storm the army stronghold!"

That's it?

Yelvjing was a little dissatisfied.

Gao Xun wanted to cry but had no tears, he was so wronged that he wanted to cry.

What can I do?

The Central Plains people are too shady.

If you don't attack the army stronghold, you will sit back and watch Youzhou fall.

Attack or not?

If you don't attack the army stronghold now, you will have to attack Youzhou City in the future.

They didn't even dare to attack the army stronghold. After the Central Plains took down Youzhou City, how dare they attack Youzhou City?
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