Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 652

As soon as Yelu Wuzhi said this, Yelu Bishe became energetic in an instant, trembling with excitement, and said: "Success or failure depends on one action."

Yelu Wuzhi hunched over, like a ferocious old wolf, gathering all his strength, planning to launch the final blow of his life.

Yelu Bishe summoned a messenger and passed the message to Yelu Xianshi in Yingzhou.

After Yelu Xianshi received the news that he could retreat, he was repelling a wave of attacks.

Walking on the steaming tower, Yelu Xianshi could even feel the heat from the soles of his feet.

That is the temperature left after the fierce fire oil burns dry.

The entire city wall was blackened by smoke and fire, and many places were cracked.

Looking down the city, the Southern Dynasty army is reorganizing its offensive posture, preparing to launch a new round of attack.

Yeluxian breathed a sigh of relief, if he hadn't received the news that he could retreat, he was really worried that he would not be able to hold on.

Now you can rest easy.

"My Khitan warriors, the southern thieves have come again. Behind this camp state is our home, with our parents, wives and children at home. How can we just sit back and watch the thieves invade our home and persecute our family?"

Yelu Xianshi didn't know the overall plan of Yelu Bishe and Yelu Wuzhi, but as a part of it, the task he got was to make the defeat as real as possible, to make the defeat impeccable, so that people can't find faults, and don't arouse Nanchao's suspicion .

This condition Yelu Xianshi had some headaches at first, but now he finds that it is not difficult at all, just go all out.

He thought so, but he couldn't be happy at all. Looking at the figure in the distance, a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

He and Pan Mei are about the same age, but their achievements are very different.

Pan Mei, who was on the opposite side, looked at the unyielding figure on the tower, with some appreciation in her eyes. This time the siege, the main destination opened up the road to Dading Mansion, which is of great strategic significance.

From the very beginning, he went all out to attack, exhausted all means, and at every critical moment, he let the opponent use various methods to force him back.

Especially when he used fierce oil to assist the attack, the opponent could always seize the moment when the fierce oil was about to dissipate, and re-arrange defenses on the tower.

This superb emergency management ability made Pan Mei feel sympathetic to each other.

"Unexpectedly, besides Brother Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen, Khitan has such a character as Yelu Xianshi."

Pan Mei whispered, but he changed his voice immediately: "That's it!"

He looked at the battlefield, and said to a general next to him: "Nonghu, it's up to you! At dusk, I want to stand on this tower and watch the sunset in Liaodong."

Nonghu is a barbarian from Nongdong in Guangyuan Prefecture, also known as "chuang", "butu" and "turen", that is, compatriots of the Zhuang nationality in later generations.

In history, because the Song Dynasty did not dare to interfere too much in Jiaozhi affairs, it led to the Nong Zhigao Rebellion, but Luo Youdu destroyed Jiaozhi, and Pan Mei used both kindness and power to the Lingnan barbarians to make the Nong family surrender.

For these ethnic minorities, Luo Youdu imitated the way Zhuge Wuhou treated the Nanman in the past, luring the leaders to go to Beijing to serve as high-ranking officials, and then recruiting their strong soldiers into the army to help them settle down in the garrison.

Nonghu was the first batch of Nongdong barbarians to move north.

This group of people has lived in the mountains and forests all year round. They are brave and have extraordinary foot strength. They can climb mountains and ridges as if they are walking on flat ground. They are the first choice of elite infantry.

After Nonghu got the order, he whistled, uttered a strange cry, and rushed to the battlefield at an extremely fast speed.

Just when Nonghu was about to arrive at the Yingzhou city tower, there was a loud bang.

Half of the city tower collapsed...

The threat of black powder to the city wall is limited, but the city wall of Yingzhou has been cracked under the continuous burning and smashing of fierce fire oil and rocks.

They stuffed the black powder into the crack, and the small crack was like an ant's nest on the river bank, blowing down the tower of Yingzhou.

Yelu Xianshi felt the ground tremble and the mountain shook, and secretly cried out in his heart: "It's not good."

Influenced by Ye Luxian, he is also obsessed with the Central Plains culture, and has a certain understanding of some things in the Central Plains.

Yelu Xianshi had heard about Hong Tianlei's dredging of the Yellow River. At that time, he was wondering what effect it would have if it was used in sieges.

During this defense, he has been preventing the opponent from attacking the city with thunder.

It's just that in the first half of the month, Zhongyuan didn't use Hongtianlei, but kept using fierce kerosene, which made him slack off, thinking that Hongtianlei was ineffective in siege.

I don't want to give him a blow at this critical moment.

Yelu Xianshi's reaction could not be described as unpleasant, and immediately said: "Prepare to block the knife cart, Meng Yong, immediately lead someone to block the gap. Shi Wei, come with me!"

While arranging soldiers to block the gap, Yelu Xianshi led a group of archers, planning to shoot down at the broken wall of the tower.

He came to the broken wall with a bow and arrow in his hand, and was looking down when he saw a group of soldiers jumping and jumping on the gravel, and stepped into the gap after a while.

Yelu Xianshi was dumbfounded. The collapsed section of the city wall was piled up with rubble, making it difficult to pass through.But the group of soldiers in front of them turned a blind eye, and the pile of rocks seemed to be flat in front of them.

"careful!"

A strong force pulled him back.

The sound of "swish" arrows flew past his ears.

The three soldiers who followed him to the broken wall and were ready to shoot screamed and fell down the tower.

Yelu Xianshi broke into a cold sweat from fright, everyone on the other side was holding crossbows, and they died immediately.

If his subordinate Shi Wei didn't give him a hand, maybe he would have to explain here.

In just a short while, the opponent had already entered the city first.

At the same time, the attacking troops outside the city also began to ascend the city at this time.

Yeluxian smiled wryly in his heart, why should he give in?

"Retreat to the government office!"

Knowing that he could no longer defend, Yelu Xianshi ordered to retreat, and led his confidants to withdraw from Yingzhou and retreat to Liaodong.

Pan Mei got her wish and stood on the tower of Yingzhou. However, he didn't enjoy the sunset leisurely. Instead, he sent someone to convey the news of Yingzhou to Luo Youdu immediately.

Yingzhou, where Pan Mei lives, and Chengde, Rehe, where Luo Youdu lives, look very close to the naked eye, but in fact they have to pass through Heishan Mountain and Yanshan Mountain along the way, and the road is rough and difficult.

Two days later, Luo Youdu received a letter from Pan Mei.

"Great! It's the right time for Zhongxun to win Yingzhou!"

At this moment, Luo Youdu's eyes flashed inexplicably, and he stood up, and immediately issued an order: "Lead the commander of the Guards and Infantry Division, Kou Si, to lead the troops, and enter Yingzhou. Let Pan Mei stand by in Yingzhou, and wait for Kou Si to arrive in Yingzhou. After handing over the city defense, immediately go north, go to Liujiakou, and directly attack Dading Mansion."

Lu Duoxun wrote down Luo Youdu's military order to Pan Mei, and then handed it to Luo Youdu to stamp.

Luo Youdu stamped his big seal, and said leisurely: "You have always been right in what you say, so tell me, will Yelu Bishou retreat directly?"

Lu Duosun said without hesitation: "I will definitely retreat. It is not realistic for Pan Dushuai to take down Dading Mansion with his troops, but as long as he appears in Dading Mansion, he can cut off Yelu Bishe and Dading Mansion." The connection between the government, cut off their logistical support, one after the other, trapped Yelu Bishe's army here. Unless Yelu Bishe divides his troops to Liujiakou to block Pan Dushuai's troops, but then he has the strength in his hands now It will appear insufficient. In the first place, they are not His Majesty's opponents, and if they divide their forces, they will seek their own defeat."

"Alternatively, they can mobilize the troops of Dading Mansion to stop Pan Dushuai, but this will inevitably lead to the shortage of troops in Dading Mansion. The reason why our army does not go around Mayu Mountain through Monan is because it is impossible to capture Dading The government will also lengthen the front line and fall into a dangerous situation. Once the troops of Dading Mansion are empty, even if the front line will be lengthened and the logistics pressure will be increased, the deal will be cost-effective. Therefore, I am sure that Yelu must retreat. Consolidate troops in Dading Mansion , lengthen our army's front line, and fight our army according to the line of defense they have set up over the years."

Luo Youdu looked at Ludoxun who spoke with certainty, and said meaningfully: "If you think so, the other party will think so too. So he can guess our intentions, and we can see through their actions. They are all playing Mingqi."

Naturally, Lu Duoxun would not let go of this opportunity to flatter, and said: "This is the strength of Your Majesty. Under the leadership of Your Majesty, our Dayu court is unstoppable and unrivaled. The Khitan children are well aware of His Majesty's schemes. There is nothing they can do. They know the importance of Yingzhou, but they can't hold it. They know that Lin Dudu is attacking Pyongyang and threatening their granary. They want to attack first, repel us, and then return to Haidong. The result is that Nanfu is broken. Prime Minister Yelusha..."

"It's not that they don't have a way to deal with it, it's just that their strength is not good enough, and it's their flaw that they can't beat them."

Lu Duoxun bowed sincerely and said: "This is where His Majesty is most powerful. In front of His Majesty's brilliant Tianwei, all schemes and tricks will be vulnerable."

"well said!"

Luo Youdu boasted that his heart was full of joy, and Longyan was very happy.

At this moment, Zhang Chonggui, who was in charge of You Yi and observing the movement of the Khitan army, sent a message.

"Your Majesty! The Khitan army has withdrawn! Ma Shuai ordered his subordinates to come and ask if they want to fight and pursue them?"

Seeing that he had guessed the opponent's movements correctly, Lu Duoxun's brows were filled with joy.

Luo Youdu also showed a knowing smile, and said: "No need, they dare to withdraw their troops in such a grandiose way in front of us, they must have kept their ambush behind."

Not to mention the complex topography of Yanshan and Mayushan Mountains, Songting Pass, they would not be able to get through.

It's better to just let them go...

Luo Youdu said to Lu Duosun: "Recover the order that was issued. Then give Pan Mei a new order, let him wait and see the situation, and wait for the new order."

Now that the Khitan retreated, Pan Mei did not need to go north to attack Dading Mansion, but continued east to attack Liaodong.

Dading Mansion is their business.

But just in case, Luo Youdu didn't let Pan Mei leave directly.

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Yelu Bishe retreated back to Songting Pass, and Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen retreated with him.

"His Majesty!"

Both of them saluted Yelv Bishe together.

Yelv Bishe looked at his two confidants, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.

He has always regarded these two as his right and left arms, and even promoted them at the expense of offending veteran officials.

For a long time, Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen have lived up to his high regard. They conquered Jurchen in the east, defeated Korea in the south, and fought against Khitan and Shiwei in Yunzhong in the west.

But this time the two men did not have the beautiful record they had in the past against Cao Bin and Han Lingkun respectively.

Brother Yeluxiu and Cao Bin are testing each other near Niushan Mountain. Both of them are world-renowned generals, just like martial arts masters duel, they are both looking for each other's flaws.

This kept probing and probing, and Brother Yeluxiu got the order to withdraw the troops.

They confronted each other for more than half a month, and the number of casualties on both sides was less than a hundred.

Yelu Xiezhen experienced a great battle there.

Yelu Xiezhen didn't take advantage of Han Lingkun and Shi Shouxin.

The real battlefield is not the value in the game, the higher the value is, the stronger it is.

Yelu Xiezhen is indeed a famous Khitan general, and his achievements in history are also higher than Han Lingkun and Shi Shouxin, but both of them are veteran generals who have experienced many battles, and the soldiers and horses in their hands are second only to those of the Imperial Army. The soldiers under Yelu Xiezhen's command could not compare to the former imperial army, no matter the equipment or the morale and strength of the soldiers.

Han Lingkun and Shi Shouxin are both serious and staunch, and they complement each other perfectly.

As soon as Yelu Xiezhen arrived at Jiugong Mountain, he was immediately attacked by Shi Shouxin.

Yelu Xiezhen repelled Shi Shouxin's attack, but judging from the battle loss ratio, he undoubtedly suffered a small loss.

Yelu Xiezhen stabilized his position and was about to get back to the field when he received an order to retreat.

However, Yelv Bishe didn't show his disappointment on his face, but comforted the two of them well and let them go down to rest.

At this moment, Qingqi scouts came quickly:

"Your Majesty! The bandits from the Southern Dynasties are chasing after them, and their vanguard is just ten miles away from Songting Pass!"

Yelv Bishe's first reaction was "it came so fast", and the second reaction was "it's a good time".

The opponent chased him so quickly, presumably he thought he had the chance to win.

At the same time, in Liaodong Bay.

Han Derang boarded a five-tooth sea ship, looked at more than a hundred sea ships behind him, raised his hands high, and shouted: "Let's go!"

Hundreds of ships rushed into the Bohai Bay...

Han Derang stood on the bow of the Wuya warship, watching the big ship ride the wind and waves, his chest suddenly filled with pride, suddenly remembered the allusion in history, drew his sword and said loudly: "This trip will definitely wipe out the southern thieves, Become the prestige of my Han Derang."

It turned out that since Luo Youdu transported grain through the Bohai Sea and captured Youzhou, Yelu Wuzhi, who had an extraordinary strategic vision, had already seen the magic of the navy.

He knew that the navy in the future confrontation with the Central Plains would play a pivotal role.

Under his suggestion, Khitan secretly prepared a navy and built naval ships.At that time, the Khitan Emperor was still Yelujing, and they chose an uninhabited place near the Hun River to train sailors, and arranged for craftsmen to study and manufacture the blueprints of warships they had seized from the Central Plains.

For six full years, they secretly formed a 6000-man navy.

Everyone in the world knows that Khitan is not good at water, and Khitan has no sailors. Yelu Wuzhi wants to let his enemies know his weakness, and use his weakness to deal with the strongest enemy.

Handerang couldn't forget the expression on his face when he first knew that Khitan had a navy.

I can't even think of this.

Southern Central Plains, how could it be imagined?
(End of this chapter)