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Chapter 475 0472 [Tongue Man]

Defeat without collapse, retreat without chaos.

These eight words sound easy, but there are not many armies that can do it.

Fear is human and contagious.

Once there is the first soldier who escapes, there will soon be a second, a third...

The golden army in front of them has achieved these eight words.

The main guard of the Chinese army, Wanyan Yinshu, retreated steadily, his left and right wings slowly contracted, and he was responsible for the rear, fighting and retreating at the same time.

After the initial chaos, the three thousand cavalrymen also began to regroup into small teams. While avoiding the pursuit of the Qingzhou cavalry, they tried their best to regroup together.

This is the difference between an elite division and a ragtag army.

When he was in Hebei last year, Wanyan Zongwang had an army of 100,000, but they were all miscellaneous.

The Northern Han, Liao and Song armies were mixed together, but there were not many real Jurchen and Bohai elites.

If Wanyan Zongwang is willing to put in the effort, time, and integrated training, he can become a strong army.

But time was too tight and he couldn't do this.

More importantly, he gave half of his few elite Jurchens to his fourth brother Wanyan Zongbi.

And Wanyan Zongbi was thrown into a pot by Han Zhen again.

Therefore, the result was that once the army was defeated, the soldiers fled on a large scale.

So much so that even the Jurchen Warlord couldn't stop him if he wanted to.

As for Wanyan Yinshuke's more than 10,000 people, Jurchens, Bohai people, and Xi people accounted for half, and the remaining half were elites selected from the Khitan troops.

Judging from the structure of the soldiers alone, they are a strong army.

"Kill!!!"

At this moment, the morale of the Qingzhou Army was high and they chased the Jin Army all the way.

However, the entrance to the valley was too narrow. After Wanyan Yinshuke led the central and right-wing troops to withdraw from the valley, Wanyan Yuying led the left-wing army to block the entrance and fight to the death. The Qi army's pursuit came to an abrupt end.

Seeing this scene, Lao Jiu petitioned: "Your Majesty, General Mo is willing to lead the trapped camp over the mountains to pursue us."

"No need."

Han Zhen waved his hand: "Although the Jin army was defeated, it still has fighting strength. If we pursue it rashly, the odds of winning or losing are still 50-50."

Although Lao Jiu was a little unconvinced, he had to admit that it was indeed the case.

Judging from the combat prowess shown by the Jin Army just now, if it weren't for the unrivaled bravery of the Guan family, Wanyan Yinshuke would really have been defeated by another general.

He has never fought against Wanyan Yin Shuke, and there are really only a few generals who have escaped unharmed under the hands of officials.

Those who can escape unscathed can be called a fierce general in the world!

Seeing that the entrance could not be attacked for a long time, Han Zhen ordered: "Bring in the field artillery and blast away the Jin army behind the palace."

"Order!"

Lao Jiu went happily.

Not long after, five field guns were pulled to the front of the military formation.

Chi Chi Chi!
Sparks flew everywhere.

At this time, the Jin army did not understand what happened, and was confused as to why the Qi army that besieged them suddenly dispersed.

The next moment, a deafening loud noise echoed in the valley.

In just a moment, the golden shield soldiers blocking the front row fell to the ground one after another.

Without waiting for the Jin army to react, the second shot came again.

Wanyan Yuying looked horrified as she watched Dajin's warriors fall in groups with loud noises.

This scene also completely defeated Jin Jun's psychological defense, and he turned around and ran away.

Wanyan Yuying was also trapped by the defeated army and fled frantically.

"Boom!"

Two thousand Qingzhou cavalry gave chase under Han Zhen's order.

The purpose of this pursuit is not to kill the enemy, but to tire them out and monitor them.

This Jin army is an elite division with extraordinary combat power. Han Zhen needs to know their every move.

Half an hour later, the soldiers who joined the army counted the battle losses and came to report.

"Your Majesty, in this battle, our army lost 620 people, wounded more than a thousand, killed 1,700 enemies, and captured more than 2,000 prisoners, including a Jin Army general."

"general?"

Han Zhen said with great interest: "Bring him here."

Soon, Wanyan Balisu and several low-level officers were brought to Han Zhen.

Wanyan Bali had his hands tied behind his back, his expression was arrogant, and he was speaking Jurchen language.

Han Zhen didn't understand. Seeing the other party's appearance, it was obvious that he couldn't speak Chinese, so he ordered: "Bring the tongue man here."

The tongue man is the translator. When Shanyang was captured a few days ago, he was specially found from the city. He was proficient in the three languages ​​​​of Han, Liao and Jin.

Hearing this, Lao Jiu looked embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, the tongue man died in the chaos."

"..."

Han Zhen was silent for a while.

The swords in the battle formation had no eyes, and the battle was so fierce that even Han Zhen went into battle to kill the enemy in person. It was normal for a tongue-taker to die in the melee.

After a moment of silence, he asked the prisoners: "Who can speak Chinese?"

"I will, I will!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a prisoner hurriedly replied.

Seeing that Heluo Yayin spoke with a clear accent, Han Zhen asked, "Han'er?"

The other party replied: "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. I am from Liao, and my name is Yelu Chongguang."

The Khitan people originally had no surnames, and were named after each tribe. Later, after Abaoji became emperor, the surname Yelu came into being.

From then on, Yelu was the royal surname of the Liao Kingdom, and anyone with the surname Yelu must be a son of the clan.

The surname Xiao is the descendant clan, and the queen must be chosen from the surname Xiao.

There is a clear record in "History of the Liao Dynasty: Biography of the Concubines": "Taizu admired Emperor Gao of Han Dynasty, so Yelu was also called the Liu family. The Yishi and Baoli families were compared to Xiao Xiangguo, so they became the Xiao family."

Hearing the other party call him Your Majesty, Han Zhen asked: "Do you recognize me?" "Your Majesty is so majestic and heroic, with the posture of a dragon and a phoenix, and the appearance of the sun, how can you not recognize me?"

Yelu Zhongguang slapped him in the face.

In fact, he had just heard Han Zhen's bodyguard calling him "Your Majesty" and saw the golden dragon pattern on the chest of Han Zhen's black light armor.

In the Central Plains Dynasty, except for the emperor, how could anyone else wear the dragon pattern?

Han Zhen chuckled and said: "No wonder the Chinese language in the Central Plains is so good. I'll be a gossip for a while, and I'll spare your life when I'm done."

The common people of the Liao Kingdom were fine, and most of them maintained the Khitan customs, but the nobility was different. After one or two hundred years of sinicization, they were almost the same as the Han people.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji tore up the Chanyuan alliance and united with Jin to attack Liao.

Someone who was a traitor to the Song Dynasty secretly told Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi about this matter.

Do you know what Yelu Yanxi said?

Chanyuan's alliance, every word is there. You can deceive the country, but you cannot deceive heaven!

He didn't think Zhao Song would backstab him at all.

Because the two countries had signed an alliance, burned oaths, killed three animals, and warned heaven and earth, Zhao Song would definitely not break the alliance.

These damn people are still barbarians, they are simply more Han than Han.

Emperor Tianzuo is like this, not to mention other nobles.

As long as Zhao and Song came out with some popular poetry, it would be sung in the capital of Liao Kingdom within two days.

Yelv Chongguang was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely ride on the front and back of the horse."

Well, even the villain is so proficient in using it.

Originally, I just wanted to find a temporary gossip, but I didn't expect that this guy was a noble from the Liao clan, and he was so knowledgeable, he might be of great use.

After all, Yunzhou has been ruled by the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years. After taking over, there may be frequent troubles.

Using the nobles of the Liao Kingdom can calm and appease the people of Yunzhou.

Han Zhen pointed at Wanyan Balisu and asked, "Who is he?"

Yelu Chongguang replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, this person's name is Wanyan Balisu. He is a younger brother of Wanyan Yinshuke clan. He has been granted the title of Muke and has always been prestigious in the army."

Oh, he's still Wanyan's younger brother with great silver skills.

Seeing Han Zhen's gaze, Wanyan Balisu's face was full of disdain, and he rubbed his neck and said: "Qi Gou, if you want to kill, kill him."

Goulon!

Yelu Zhongguang swallowed and translated: "Your Majesty, he asked if he could spare his life."

Swish!
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed through.

Wanyan pulled away and his huge head flew high into the sky, and a column of blood spurted out from the break in his neck.

After wiping the steel knife on Yelu Zhongguang's body and putting it back into its sheath, Han Zhen ordered: "Old rule, no prisoners of the Jin Army will be kept."

For a moment, the guards drew out their steel knives and began to slaughter the Jurchen prisoners of war.

The strong smell of blood filled the air.

Yelv Chongguang was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he was frightened and frightened in his heart.

Han Zhen wrote lightly: "You have just missed an opportunity."

Although he could not understand Jurchen's words, he was not a fool. Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu's expression and tone were definitely cursing himself.

Yelu Chongguang hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "I was confused for a moment, but I hope your majesty will forgive me. I will never dare to do it again in the future."

Han Zhen said: "In that case, I will give you another chance. Whether you can survive or not depends entirely on you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yelu Zhongguang breathed a long sigh of relief, finally saving his life.

He is the cousin of Yelu Yujian. After joining the Jin people, he was not given any important position and only served as a general in the army.

Yelv Chongguang prided himself on being a romantic man and loved poetry and painting. In fact, he despised the Jin people from the bottom of his heart and felt that they were just a group of northern barbarians.

He had no choice before, but now the Qi army is coming to kill him. Compared to the Jin people, he is more willing to seek refuge with Qi in the Central Plains.

Han Zhen ordered: "Get up and tell us the situation of the Jin army in detail."

Standing up again, Yelu Chongguang did not dare to play tricks anymore and said in a clear tone: "There are a total of 120,000 troops under Wanyan Zonghan's command. Among them, there are only more than 30,000 Jurchen, Bohai and Xi people. The rest are surrendered by the Liao and Song Dynasties. military."

"Wanyan Yinshuke and Wanyan Xiyin each led more than 10,000 people to Shuozhou and Weizhou to investigate. Wanyan Loushi led an army of 60,000 people and rushed to Yingzhou."

Seeing that what the other party said was almost the same as the battle report from the scout camp, Han Zhen continued to ask: "Do you know the route of the army's food, grass and baggage?"

"This... villain doesn't know."

Yelv Chongguang smiled bitterly.

With his position in the military, he was not involved in such important information.

Suddenly, he thought of something and said: "Commander, Yelu Yujian is the villain's cousin and serves as the right governor in the army. He should know."

Yelu Yu Jian?

Han Zhen's eyes lit up, and he had a vague impression of this person.

After leading his army to defect to Yan Zonghan, he was never reused, and he felt resentful.

Finally, he planned to launch an army in Yanjing to attack Liao Dynasty, but the news was leaked and he was beheaded.

Han Zhen couldn't remember exactly which year the rebellion started, but it can be seen that this person was restless and had long been dissatisfied with the Kingdom of Jin.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen looked him up and down and muttered: "I have given you a task. If you complete it well, I will credit you with a great contribution!"

After hearing the great achievement, Yelv Chongguang was not excited. Instead, he asked tremblingly: "May I ask your Majesty, what is the mission?"

He is not stupid. Any great achievement must be accompanied by great danger.

"Go back to the Jin Army and find an opportunity to contact Yelu Yujian to test whether he is willing to rebel against the Jin Army."

Yelu Chongguang was just a small person. Even if he never came back, there would be no loss to Han Zhen.

But if it happens, it will be an unexpected surprise.

"Don't worry, I will never treat heroes badly."

After hesitating for a moment, Yelu Zhongguang gritted his teeth and said: "I obey, villain!"

"it is good!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly and ordered: "Come here, take him to the scout camp and let Qiu Niu teach him how to contact him."

(End of this chapter)