Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 658 Feng Shui takes turns

As night fell, the efficiency of chasing the Khitan soldiers inevitably slowed down.

Luo Youdu hadn't heard from the Khitan remnants for a long time.

Luo Youdu, Fu Yanqing, Lu Duoxun, and Han Wei surrounded the temporary sand table, which was filled with small red and green flags.

The red color naturally represents the Dayu Army.

This is also related to the virtue of the dynasty.

Since the publication of "The End of the Five Virtues" written by the yin and yang master Zou Yan during the Warring States period, all dynasties with a certain status will set a virtue for themselves.

For example, the virtue of water in the Qin Dynasty, the virtue of fire in the Han Dynasty, the virtue of soil in the Tang Dynasty, and the virtue of wood in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

In the Dayu Dynasty, because the Later Zhou Dynasty belonged to the virtue of wood, and wood made fire, it took it for granted that it was the virtue of fire.In addition, a group of literati who gave gold to the royal family abruptly linked Luo Youdu with the Luo State of Chu in the past, and belonged to Zhu Rong's descendants.

This fire virtue is also something that everyone expects.

Luo Youdu readily accepts this, because each of the five virtues has a representative color, water is preferred to black, fire is preferred to red, soil is preferred to yellow, wood is preferred to green, and gold is preferred to white.

Luo Youdu's personal favorite color is black, but in terms of national color, he prefers that touch of red.

Under the light of the fire, countless red flags divided the green flag into pieces.

The actual situation of the battle was also as shown on the sand table. The Khitan's chasing army split the Central Plains ambush soldiers into dozens of parts like cutting tofu.

"It can't go on like this!"

Luo Youdu folded his arms around his chest, his eyes fell on the sand table, he somewhat underestimated Khitan's combat power.

Khitan's resistance after being in trouble was more tenacious than he imagined, and even in a disadvantaged situation, it still caused them a lot of damage.

Among them, many generals and schools were killed when facing the counterattack of trapped beasts.

Li Jixuan is just one of them.

I thought the battle could be ended within four hours, but it was dragged into the night abruptly.

As the Khitan troops gradually dispersed them, except for the Khitan soldiers who were captured alive.The remaining Khitan remnant soldiers no longer had a large-scale organizational system, and it was dark, and they were small groups of troops, so it was extremely difficult to search for them.

Fu Yanqing said: "Obviously, the Khitan has changed its style of play." He knew very well about the Khitan, and based on the overall situation, he gave his own judgment: "Your Majesty, the Khitan was divided into three at the beginning, and broke through separately. But no matter which direction you go, Their purpose is the same, they all want to break out of the siege. They fought fiercely with us in Majiaping, Longshanjian, and Xiaoshan Forest. But later, they significantly reduced the number of breakouts, and instead fought our siege in the encirclement. Chasing soldiers and then playing fox and rabbit chasing games, the image of breaking the siege is not strong."

Luo Youdu nodded and said: "I have also noticed that they know that there is no hope of breaking through, so they deliberately delay the time and wait for the dark."

"His Majesty!"

Luo Youdu turned his head, saw that it was Han Qingchao, and said with a smile: "Nephew, don't be too polite, come forward and talk."

Han Qingchao was the eldest son of Han Lingkun. Historically, Han Qingchao died young, just after turning [-].But after Luo Youdu ascended the throne, he paid special attention to miscellaneous studies, including medicine.After ascending the throne, he appointed medical officials to sort out medical books, and reorganized the herbal medicines and bureaus of the previous dynasty.

When Han Qingchao was seriously ill at the age of 20, the imperial doctor in the palace found a cure from an ancient prescription and pulled him back from the gate of hell.

However, his body is not as strong as before, so he can only serve as a clerical job, and cannot go into battle to kill the enemy.

Luo Youdu kept it by his side to do some trivial things, just to make a name for himself.

Han Qingchao came close and said: "Just now, a group of Khitan soldiers were trapped in the Guannan Army and Horse Metropolitan Police Department. After interrogation, we got a piece of news. They are all detailed and stable. Let them not break out of the encirclement, just break up into pieces and hide." Keep your strength and use the night to escape north."

Luo Youdu frowned and asked, "Everyone is careful? Who is it?"

Du Xiangwen is an official position of the Khitan, and there are more than one commander of the four camps in the north.

Just like soldiers and horses, if Han Qingchao didn't add "Guannan", Luo Youdu himself wouldn't know that he was talking about Li Hanchao.

Han Qingchao said, "It's called Yelu Xiezhen."

"It turned out to be him!" Luo Youdu couldn't help nodding his head, it's not surprising that it was him, he paused and said, "Where was the last place Yelu Xiezhen showed up?"

Lu Duoxun immediately said: "Half an hour ago, the news from Commander Guo Tun was here..."

Lu Duoxun has a photographic memory, and he can write down the news he hears.

Luo Youdu immediately moved the surrounding red flags towards the direction of Yelu Xiezhen, sealed off that area completely, and said: "Yelü Xiezhen alone wins thousands of soldiers, and the other remnants who are defeated can be ignored, but he must be left for me. Live or die."

He didn't want to make the mistake of Cao Cao not being allowed to shoot Zhao Zilong with an arrow. Although that part is a story in Romance, it is still worthy of vigilance.

The Khitan's [-] pursuers had already been captured or killed, more than [-]% of them were wiped out.The rest were also broken up by them, forming scattered teams, which were hard to find even during the day, let alone at night.

Instead of searching for their three melons and two dates in the dark, it is better to stare at Yelu Xiezhen and take him down, which is no less than cutting off an arm of Khitan Yelu Bishe.

Small cedar forest.

Yelu Xiezhen leaned against the tree and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He was not in a hurry to break out of the encirclement. It was not until the second watch that he opened his eyes, waved to the guards beside him, and said, "Notify the brothers that we are ready to leave." .

After Yelv Talie's death, Yelu Xiezhen had realized that the Central Plains had set up an ambush formation for them, and they would definitely not be able to break through the siege based on their current situation.

So he took advantage of the complex terrain near Along Mountain and played a game of hide and seek with the Central Plains Army.

He sent people to disperse to inform the rest of the Khitan troops who were trapped in the tight siege, telling them not to come hard, break them up into pieces, delay time, wait for night to fall, and use the darkness to break out.

He did this with a certain degree of caution, and he saw the weakness of such a large formation in the Central Plains.Too many troops were mobilized, so that the soldiers responsible for strict defense could not get a good rest. At night, they had to cheer up and catch the sneaking enemies.

He let other Khitan remnant soldiers break through first to consume the energy of the Central Plains soldiers, while he hid in a safe place to recuperate.They waited until the second or third watch, when they were most sleepy, and then they went out again.

"Now is the best time to break through!"

Yelu Xiezhen looked at the bright moon in the sky, Yelu Talie's last entrustment appeared in his mind, and he punched the fir tree beside him with a little determination in his eyes.

There were not many soldiers around him, only more than [-] soldiers.

Compared to others who were scattered and divided little by little by the Central Plains chasing soldiers, he took the initiative to disperse his remaining troops, and then each settled down to his destiny.

Everything is in his calculations...

It's just that Yelu Xiezhen overlooked one point, Luo Youdu's emphasis on him, the future double wall of Daliao.

It would be better to let all the remaining Khitan remnants go than to leave him alone.

No matter which direction Yelu Xiezhen went, he would encounter Central Plains soldiers who were encircling him.

Yelu Xiezhen was terrified in his heart, feeling like he was shooting himself in the foot with a stone.

When Yelu Xiezhen was hiding in Tibet, Yang Ye came to Xiaoshan Forest.

Surrounding the small cedar forest was an astonishing smell of blood. Five hours ago, this place had just experienced a big battle.

Another Khitan soldier who broke through the siege was entangled here by Ma Renyu, and the two sides chased each other for three consecutive battles.

Ma Renyu won three battles and three victories, killing three thousand floating corpses of Khitan.

Because the battle was not over yet, the battlefield was not cleaned, but the corpses of one's own soldiers were restrained to avoid being eaten by wild beasts and birds.

Therefore, corpses can still be seen here and there, as well as the unpleasant smell of blood.

"Observer! Sure enough, there are traces of the army resting in the woods."

Lieutenant General Liang Chongzan excitedly came to Yang Ye's side and reported the news of his investigation.

Yang Ye couldn't help admiring: "What a Yelu Xiezhen, what a black under the lamp. No wonder His Majesty is willing to work so hard for him alone."

They narrowed the encirclement and set their main target on Yelu Xiezhen.

But the middle of the night passed, and Yelu Xiezhen was not caught. Other remnants of the Khitan who were about to break out in the encirclement were caught or killed one by one, and Yelu Xiezhen's lieutenant Xie Zhende was also arrested.

Xie Zhende was stubborn and didn't say a word, but the soldiers under his command explained everything.

Yelu Xiezhen took the initiative to disperse the troops, intending to rest and break out of the news.

After Yang Ye heard the news, he kept thinking about where Yelu Xiezhen would be hiding, and finally locked in Xiaoshan Forest not long after the war.

Sure enough, a clue was found.

"Li Dutou, maybe you can find the other party's trace?"

Yang Ye asked the capital in the army, and the telescope lost its effect at night.

But Yang Ye has been in the frontier fortress for a long time, and he has many capable people under his command.Li Dutou called Mohe Lihu a Khitan, good at tracking.After joining the Jingsai Army, he gave himself a Han name named Li Angu.

Li Ang said: "After a great battle here, the traces are chaotic. It's not easy to identify, but from the traces in the woods, we can tell that they went west."

Yang Ye casually smiled and said, "Then go west, whether you can meet him or not depends on whether God gives you a chance."

With a wave of his hand, the Jingsai Army headed west.

After only two miles, Yang Ye vaguely heard the sound of killing, and a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes: "Let's go!"

When he came close, he saw two troops fighting fiercely.

Yang Ye shouted: "Yang Ye is here, the thieves must not be rampant!"

He shouted, leading the Jingsai army, holding up the golden knife in his hand, and went straight to the rear of Khitan.

Hearing Yang Ye's self-reported name, Yelu Xiezhen complained incessantly.

After he left the small cedar forest, he noticed the existence of the encirclement circle, knowing that it would be difficult to break through the encirclement easily, after thinking about it, he found a way, he intentionally exposed his flaws, lured a Central Plains Youyi into the encirclement circle, killed them, in order to get them The Yijia, thus stealing the sky for another day, a gamble.

As a result, before the Central Plains You Yi could be wiped out in the future, they encountered the evil star Yang Ye.

Who in Khitan now doesn't know the name of Yang Wudi and his Jingsai Army?
Yelu Xiezhen shook his heart and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to meet Yang Ye for a while!"

After a long period of cat-and-mouse hunting, they were tired and hungry. Although they had rested in the small cedar forest for a long time, because they did not dare to start a fire, they could only satisfy their hunger by drinking goat milk and chewing raw barley, which was useless at all. After a while, due to hunger, the physical strength was exhausted.

Yang Ye and his Jingsai army are best at guerrilla warfare, if they entangle them, there is absolutely no possibility of escape.

Instead of being exhausted, it is better to fight to the death while still having a little bit of strength. If you can catch it, maybe you can get a glimmer of life from Luo Youdu.

Yelu Xiezhen threw his heart out and rushed towards Yang Ye, shouting: "Little Yang Ye, how dare you fight me!"

Although Yang Ye is a wise and brave general, he is famous for being brave and good at fighting, so he will not be afraid of battle, he will take the lead and shout: "Why don't you dare!"

The two are instantly separated.

Yelu Xiezhen fell headlong under the horse and passed out.

Yelu Xiezhen's ability to command the army may be superior to Yang Ye's, but he is not as good as Yang Ye in terms of bravery, not to mention he is tired and hungry, let alone an opponent.

If Yang Ye hadn't turned the hilt of the knife horizontally at a critical moment and slashed Yelu Xiezhen's chest with the blade and replaced it with the blade, he would have died without a doubt.

The ambush set up this time was also brought down by Yang Ye's knife.

When Luo Youdu learned that Yang Ye had captured Yelu Xiezhen, besides being overjoyed, he also felt that Feng Shui was turning.

He vaguely remembered that Yang Ye fell into the hands of Yelu Xiezhen in history and died of a hunger strike for three days.

In the end, Yelu Xiezhen also cut off Yang Ye's head and dedicated it to the Liao court.

Now Yelu Xiezhen has exhausted all the tricks and hid in Tibet, and was finally captured by Yang Ye.

At dawn the next day, Yang Ye tied Yelu Xiezhen to Luo Youdu.

Yelu Xiezhen's face was ashen and disheveled, his hair was disheveled, he was not arrogant, he was just downcast and didn't say a word.

Luo Youdu looked at Shi Shouxin who was wearing a bandage, and said, "I'll leave it to you."

He promised Shi Shouxin and handed over Yelu Xiezhen to him.

Shi Shouxin was open-minded, knowing that Luo Youdu valued Yelu Xiezhen very much, he drew out his sword, stepped forward to untie Yelu Xiezhen, and said: "You gave me a shot, this is nothing. Old Shi fought It took a long time for you to take advantage of your poor physical strength, and we will compare later."

He put his sword back into its sheath, bowed to Luo Youdu and said, "Your Majesty, this Yelu Xiezhen is a man, and I beg for mercy on his behalf."

Luo Youdu said: "General Yelu is both wise and brave. I am like thunder in Bianjing. If I wish to surrender, I will treat him as a national soldier."

Yelu Xiezhen remained silent, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Seeing this, Luo Youdu smiled and said, "Take it down!"

Shi Shouxin said with some dissatisfaction: "This guy doesn't agree, and he doesn't refuse, what is it?"

Luo Youdu said meaningfully: "If you don't agree, doesn't that mean you agree?"

Luo Youdu is still certain about subduing Yelu Xiezhen.

Yelu Xiezhen had a bohemian personality in his early years. As the leader of Khitan's founding heroes and the first grandson of Yue Yelu Helu, he was despised by the Khitan nobles, but Xiao Siwen was the only one who looked favorably on him and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

Xiao Hunian has always regarded Yelu Xiezhen as his elder brother.

However, Xiao Siwen was killed by Han Dezhang, and the cause of death was related to the Khitan Emperor Yelubi.

Faced with the death of his benefactor, Yelu Xiezhen didn't show any abnormality, and there was no rumor that he had any friction with the Han family.

Xiao Hunian was quite critical of this.

It can also be seen that Yelu Xiezhen pays more attention to official career than friendship.

Not saying a word today is even more a manifestation of unwillingness.

(End of this chapter)