The rise of the prince

Chapter 590 Turning + God General Yelu Dashi

The turning point of victory and defeat is often only in an instant, which is difficult to predict and control.

It didn't take long for Yang Hu to take the people there, there were scattered shouts of killing from the other side of the city, and then the flames rose to the sky, Guo Yaoshi knew that something was wrong, and the people rioted
He quickly assembled more than 100 people, ready to rush over, but his brothers were all scared.

"General, we only have more than 100 people"

"That's right, it's all caused by Jing Jun's burning, killing and looting, so what's none of our business?"

"Be careful what you say, we are also Jing Jun now!"

"Yes, yes, we are Jing Jun, but do others regard us as Jing Jun, especially that Tong, he doesn't even divide our military rations."

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Guo Yaoshi also hesitated, looking at the movement in the distance, it is likely that most of the people in the city rioted, unable to bear the atrocities of the Jing army and fought back. There are not many defenders in Nanjing, but there are at least [-] people.

Tong Guan and Yang Hu are just two idiots who angered the people, and before the army arrived, they were tantamount to playing with fire and setting themselves on fire!
They were exhausted with the defenders of the Liao Kingdom a few days ago, and many were killed and injured. The combined army of the four city gates could fight no more than 800 people.

These people have to scatter to guard the various gates and important yamen mansions. There are no more than a hundred people in each place, and the largest north gate is only guarded by three hundred people. If the people in the city riot, it will be a drop in the bucket. They rush into the city. Nine out of ten chances are more bad than good
At this moment, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and when I turned around, I found that it was Yang Jianye who led the troops passing by, followed by 300 or [-] armored cavalry, and a large group of infantry, a total of about [-] people.

"General Guo!" The young Yang Jianye was overjoyed to see him.

"General Yang, where are you going?" He asked, the other three pioneers, Tong Guan, Yang Hu, and Yang Jianye, only Yang Jianye in front of him made him not disgusted, and he admired and liked him a little.

Although he was impulsive at a young age, he knew the overall situation was the most important thing, and he also understood the importance of appeasing the people. He also took the lead in battle and was extremely brave. All his soldiers were willing to die for this young general.

"The army and civilians rioted in the city. I will go to the rescue and ask the general to help guard the south gate." The young man shouted loudly on horseback.

Guo Yaoshi felt ashamed in his heart: "I will go with you."

"No. General Guo, the south gate is as important as the city. If you can't defend the south gate, the follow-up army will not be able to enter the city. So many brothers will die for nothing." Just leave it to the General!"

Guo Yaoshi cupped his hands from a distance: "General Yang, don't worry."

Watching Yang Jianye and his party go away, Guo Yaoshi turned his head and began to direct the defense of the people without saying a word.

They presumed to reject horses and shields in front of the city cave, and then arranged spearmen and sword and shield players around the city cave. The crossbowmen at the head of the city were ready, and everyone sharpened their knives, axes, and spears. As Yang Jianye said, As long as you guard the south gate, the army can enter the city directly after arriving.

Half an hour later, the shouts of killing from the distant city became louder, and lasted until the afternoon. Everyone looked in the direction of the city nervously, and Guo Yaoshi also sent scouts to check.

When the sun set to the west mountain, the shouting and killing in the city gradually subsided.

The scouts were happy to report that the riot had been suppressed.

Guo Yaoshi stood at the top of the city, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. He had been standing at the top of the city for a whole day, and his wounds all over his body were painful, and he did not dare to relax.

Many soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

After a long time, the sky gradually darkened, and Yang Jianye sent someone to light a torch to tell him that the situation had been brought under control for the time being, but Yang Hu was injured in the riot of the people, and he was so angry that he threatened to kill all the unruly people in the city, but was stopped Later, dissatisfied, he took people to the west of the city.

And Yang Jianye will lead the army to garrison in the north of the city, and at the same time send people to appease the people.

The tense atmosphere of the day finally began to ease, and only then did Pharmacist Guo feel unbearable pain from more than a dozen wounds all over his body, and exhaustion welled up in his heart.

Only then did he recruit his own soldiers to help him to rest.

But even if he rests, he sleeps in the tower at the top of the city, not daring to go down the city wall.

As soon as he lay down, he fell into a deep sleep, and even the pain couldn't stop the tiredness.

He stood in the dark city cave without any light, and he was so oppressed that he couldn't breathe. He saw all the brothers who died there. They were more miserable than each other. In human form, the brothers all stood up and looked at him.

He was frightened and said, "Brother's death is worth it."

No one spoke, he suddenly realized, how can the dead speak?
The brothers walked towards him silently, dragging their crippled bodies and blood all over the floor.

He felt guilty and backed away slowly. He was not afraid at first, but now he suddenly started to be afraid and felt guilty.
Unable to speak, he only knew he was staggering back, and there was a harsh and unpleasant sound in the city cave, which made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"General! General!"

Guo Yaoshi woke up amidst the loud shouts of the guards, and the first thing he saw was the panicked faces of the guards illuminated by the firelight.

He narrowed his eyes, following the light source he saw the torch in the hand of the guard.

"what happened?"

"The west of the city and the north of the city are fighting!" the soldiers panicked.

Yaoshi Guo got up quickly, gasped for a moment, and found that his whole body was in pain, and his back was wet. Looking back, under the light of the fire, the bed behind him was also stained red.

He didn't have time to care about that, and hurriedly climbed up to the watchtower at the highest point of the city tower, and from a distance, he could see the flames of the north and west gates soaring into the sky, accompanied by the faintly audible cry of killing.

In the darkness, a large area of ​​the sky in the distance was illuminated into a terrifying orange color.

Pharmacist Guo is experienced, his heart trembles, this is definitely not ordinary people!
It is impossible for the rioting people to gather in one place in such an orderly manner and light so many dense torches.

"What's going on?" He turned around and asked loudly. The soldiers shook their heads, and the soldiers behind them also shook their heads. They didn't know what happened.

Guo Yaoshi was very anxious, but he didn't know what to do, so he waited and watched for a while, and in the darkness below the city, someone came riding a horse with a torch, shouting loudly. up.

"General Guo, it's bad, the big thing is bad!" The visitor had snot and tears streaming down his face, with blood on his face, "The Liao people, the Liao people's army has attacked the city! I can't keep it any longer!"

Guo Yaoshi was shocked. Hundreds of the defenders in the city were killed by them, and the rest were disarmed and scattered. The Liao army in the two battalions outside the city were afraid of being attacked by two sides after Nanjing was captured by a surprise attack, and they were disheartened. The subordinates fled to the north one after another, "Where did the army come from!"

he questioned loudly.

The visitor shook his head, "I don't know, General, I don't know! There are torches all over the city, and the Liao army is everywhere!"

Guo Yaoshi was shocked.

If it's just the riots of the people in the city, they can still suppress it, and wait for the army to come, and everything will be settled.But outside the city there are Liao army attacking the city, so it is completely different, the inside should cooperate with the outside, how can they not defend each city gate with hundreds of people
"Where's General Yang? Where's General Yang Jianye!" He reacted and asked anxiously, the west of the city was guarded by Yang Hu, and the north of the city was guarded by Yang Jianye, he just thought of it!

"I don't know! Huh, I don't know. After the general asked me to report the news, he brought people back to kill him!" The soldier burst into tears as he spoke, tears mixed with the blood on his face.

Yaoshi Guo's heart trembled, thinking of that young man with general knowledge and blood, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Quick, come on, prepare your horse! I'm going to the north of the city!"

The soldiers did not move, nor did the surrounding soldiers. From a distance, the flames in the west of the city had spread to the top of the city, illuminating a large area of ​​the night sky, like a terrifying purgatory beast, slowly moving towards the north of the city in the darkness.

The west gate guarded by Yang Hu has fallen, and the Liao army is taking the rear route of the north gate from the west gate, so it is impossible to rescue.
"Didn't you hear me! Prepare the horse!" He roared, but was grabbed by his old friend Zhang Linghui: "Going is just to die, look over there."

Following the direction he pointed, a large area of ​​flames outside the city was sticking to the city wall and moving towards the south gate. Guo Yaoshi could tell that there were at least a thousand people at a glance.
The Liao people were going to trap them inside and out.

"General!" The soldiers looked at him anxiously, and many soldiers looked over.

Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone, Guo Yaoshi hesitated for a long time, and finally ordered to open the city gate to break through
night, cold wind, fire
Guo Yaoshi's mind, ears, and sights are all these things
He led more than a hundred people to open the south gate, and rushed out desperately. There were only a few forwards who came to encircle Liao, and they encountered them near the fruit forest outside the city in the dark.

They just ran, and the Liao people cursed and shot arrows behind them. The fruit forest that helped them surprise Nanjing saved their lives again, blocking most of the arrows in the dark.

Running wildly, the sound of Liao people's hooves and shouts of killing was behind them.
In the dark, some people fell down the mountain stream, some were shot, some fell into the river, and some were unable to run and gave up waiting for death
Either way, they threw away their armor and armor, everything they could throw away, just to make themselves run faster.

Fortunately, after swimming across Lugou in the dark, the Liao people gave up their pursuit and turned to occupy the south gate.

When Guo Yaoshi came back to his senses, his whole body was drenched, shivering in the night wind, and there were only a dozen people around him.
They didn't dare to stay, didn't dare to light the fire, and continued to flee south in the night, groping forward.

When the day was about to dawn, they were hungry and tired, their bodies were covered with injuries, their feet were bloody, and some even had their bones worn out, but they still dared not stop
After dawn, some scattered people gathered one after another, and gradually the team grew to more than [-] people, and the city of Nanjing behind them was no longer visible.

When they climbed up a mound, they actually saw a large group of people on the roadside half a mile away also fleeing southward, let alone hundreds of people, and the leader was riding a few horses.

Guo Yaoshi narrowed his eyes and quickly recognized the rider, Yang Hu!
He, Guo Yaoshi, hurriedly called the crowd to chase and meet them. After meeting them, he found that Yang Hu was not only riding a horse, but also that he and his soldiers were fully dressed, not even throwing away their heavy armor, and looked majestic.

Guo Yaoshi understood that they were not defeated, they had a plan to escape, or they were deserters, and they withdrew from Nanjing long before the Liao people attacked the city, so they were so calm.

No wonder the Liao people captured the west gate easily, and then surrounded the defenders of the north gate. It turned out that the defenders of the west gate had fled early.
After meeting, Yang Hu fixedly looked at him, his eyes were full of warning.

Guo Yaoshi felt a deep sense of disgust in his heart, he opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.What right does he have to say, he is a surrendered general, and he also escaped from an outsider. Compared with Yang Hu's majesty, these people who have thrown away their armor and armor are more like remnants of defeated generals.

After saying hello, Guo Yaoshi didn't say anything, and followed Yang Hu's hundreds of people to retreat to the south. He could only pray for God's blessing in his heart, and bless the youngest Yang Jianye to successfully break through.

A few hours later, the sky was completely bright, and Wuqi chased after him, but it was not Yang Jianye who came, but the embarrassed Tong Guan.

Afterwards, remnant soldiers gathered one after another. At noon, they rested near the village south of Nanjing. The place was already deserted and there was no one. At this time, a team of more than 500 people had gathered. Yang Hu also gave Guo Yaoshi a horse so that he could use it instead of walking.

After discussing with Tong Guan, Yang Hu and Tong Guan decided to report to the Marshal Nan first, and then make plans.

At this moment, a large number of birds flew up from behind the mountain in the north, and flew darkly towards the sky in the west. Everyone's expressions changed, and the pursuers of the Liao Kingdom came!

Yelu Dashi stood on the south bank of Lugou on horseback, and the city of Nanjing, which had just experienced an all-night battle behind him, was completely under his control.

He went all the way south and gathered more than 2 troops.

He asked 5000 of them to stay and guard Nanjing, while the rest crossed Lugou and prepared to continue their pursuit southward.

"We just defeated Jing Jun. After we can rest, we will definitely be able to deal with Jing Guo according to the defense of Nanjing City!" Xiao Qian beside him said excitedly.

Xiao Qian is the prime minister of Beifu. He is over fifty years old, but he is an experienced and capable man. Before that, he had been leading troops to resist the Jin people everywhere. After the fall of Datong Mansion, he fled back to Nanjing by crossing Juyongguan. Breaking out with the emperor, and getting separated after leaving the city, I didn't expect to meet Yelu Dashi.

Many generals around him agreed with Xiao Qian's opinion.

Yelu Dashi looked back at them, shook his head and said, "No, we can't keep guard anymore."

Everyone was shocked, "Kingguo people have an army of 10,000+, and there are tens of thousands of Jin people in Juyongguan in the northwest." Some people questioned: "We are waiting to die when we go out."

"That's right, Great King (South Court King), they have dozens of times as many people as us."

"My lord, I know that you are eager to fight and want to wash away the shame of our Daliao, but we are too few. As long as we defend Nanjing, Daliao will not be cut off," Xiao Qian also persuaded in a deep voice.

Yelu Dashi looked around at the crowd, and then slowly said: "I know you are afraid, and this king is also afraid, because the Jinren can always defeat us, and the Jingren have an army of one hundred thousand!
But now, we have no way out, and we can no longer let fear control us!You can no longer passively defend, a defensive, unexpected attack is the key to victory, now is the opportunity!
After the fierce battle last night, a large number of Jingguo's rout troops are fleeing south. Keep driving these rout troops, let them gather together, but don't kill people, and then select the most elite cavalry to follow them, move with them, and wait until the Jingguo Central Army receives their troops. Time is a great time to attack!Once the Jing army is defeated in one fell swoop, we can concentrate on dealing with the Jin people. "

Everyone listened to him quietly, and then a look of determination slowly appeared on their faces.

"If your majesty is going to fight like this, we will obey your majesty's order!"

"Me too!"

"Listen to the king's orders!"

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All the people expressed their willingness to obey Yelu Dashi's command.

Yelu Dashi looked around at them, his heart was surging: "Good brothers! You believe in me, and I will never let you down!
This king only needs the elite, you pick out your elite cavalry, only three thousand!The rest of the troops will follow up the former army at a distance of more than ten miles, and I will personally lead the former army! "

(End of this chapter)