Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 4 - 58

Yelu Yilie drooped his head, his face was black and blue, and he had been listless all day.Empress Xiao wiped her tears and complained: "Your Majesty has painstakingly taught him that it is good, but Yi Lie is still a child, how can he bear this?" She came here on purpose, begging His Majesty to comfort the emperor, stuffed sweet dates' Rubbing 'slap can be.To untie the bell, the person who tied it must be known. Yelu Yilie has always regarded his father as the greatest hero in the world.

"It would be fine if he was self-reflective. Otherwise, this 'medicine' would be in vain." Yelu Dashi replied, still flipping through the military report.

Xiao Tai was unconvinced and said: "Your Majesty has done so many unprecedented and unprecedented things, why did you teach Yi Lie like this, the Khitan people respect heroes who are indomitable, can your Majesty have the heart to let Yi Lie be a mediocre person?" At this moment, he was terrified in his heart, secretly thinking, could it be that His Majesty really did not want to pass on the throne to Yilie, but to pass it on to the son-in-law of that foxy son-in-law, so he deliberately taught Yilie to be a mediocre person, so that he could not be a man? Daoer.Thinking of this, Empress Xiao's face also turned pale, thinking of the love between husband and wife when Yelu Dashi was not enthroned, tears rolled down like broken pearls, she was sobbing that she couldn't speak, and secretly blew the imperial concubine Another level of hatred.

Yelu Dashi said a few words of comfort, but Empress Xiao just refused.The guards reported to the Privy Envoy of the North Court to ask for an audience, but Xiao Tai went away weeping without smoking.

Brother Yelu Tie met the queen when he came, and she gave her a hard look.He married Concubine Xiao's daughter, and the relationship between husband and wife is very good now.It is rumored that Yelu Dashi intends to continue the Khitan eight tribes to elect the emperor in the future. Yelu Tiege, as the Privy Councilor of the Khitan people and affairs, is the most popular person.But Brother Yelu Tie is the confidant general who has followed Yelu Dashi the longest, and he has no extravagant hopes for the throne. Instead, he acts more cautiously to prevent others from being caught.

He looked at the Queen's back with embarrassment, and sighed: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, the Empress will understand in the future." He said worriedly: "It is indeed a clever plan for Your Majesty to be captured. However, after the army went out, the remnants of the previous dynasty The rebels and the "chaotic" party took the opportunity to attack the imperial city with all their strength, and hijacked the queen and the crown prince. Do you want to send more elite soldiers and generals to guard the imperial city? Otherwise, if the army fails to return in time, the humble minister will die Don't redeem it." Over the years, the 'rebellious' party and the half-hearted Khitan nobles of the previous dynasty have been almost wiped out, but there are still some leftovers, so taking advantage of this opportunity to go to Liaodong, Yelu Dashi designed They set up a trap of returning the carbine, and the army pretended to be on an expedition. In fact, they stopped and set up camp not far from Shangjing, and sent horses to block traffic information.For the 'rebellious' party lurking in the capital, this is the best and last chance. Once Yelu Dashi wipes out Liaodong, his position as emperor will no longer be shaken.Therefore, they will definitely launch a rebellion. At this time, Yelu Dashi justifiably raised his troops to quell the "rebellion".

"I'm afraid I'm going to scare the snake away," Yelu Dashi shook his head and said, "The palace guards guarding the imperial city were originally elite warriors, and the queen was born as a general and is familiar with the army. Even if the rebels attack with all their strength, it shouldn't be a problem to defend for a few days. He hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "We can think of a way to transfer the boy camp from Shangjing to the imperial city in advance."

A ray of golden light shot in from the dome of the imperial tent, and when it was sunset and sunset, Yelu Dashi stood up and looked out. The setting sun was set off by the clouds in the distance, and it would sink into the distant mountain top in a short while.The double eaves and bucket arches inside the imperial city wall were dyed a golden rust-red color by the rays of the sun, and the purposely flattened grassland inside the palace wall was also dyed golden yellow, and a dozen sheep scatter on the grass. Go back to the sheepfold.

"Tongziying is entrusted with the future destiny of my Daliao country," Yelu Dashi sighed, "They are all Khitan's blood, it is best not to let them get involved in this rebellion." His fists were tight Even so, the Khitan people have always been related to their descendants.As the emperor, Yelu Dashi did not dare to raise the tiger.

"I understand." Brother Yelu Tie bowed.His Majesty's strategies and arrangements all have profound intentions.On the grounds that the queen is eager to miss her child, transferring the boy camp to the imperial city will not arouse the suspicion of the rebels, but will also make the rebels wary in the future.It's really wonderful.And His Majesty's intention to snub the Queen and publicly punish the prince Yelu Yilie is probably also an idea to make the rebel army less expensive to live in.

"How about the battle in Shenzhou?"

Brother Yelu Tie's expression became more and more respectful, and he said: "The enemy army got the help of the Song State's iron barrel cannon, and made car cannons, cannons, and whirlwind cannons. They threw stones to attack the city day and night. The enemy sent stones, In Shenzhou City, stones fell like rain. Within three days, the moat outside Shenzhou City was filled and the enemy was able to attack the city wall. With one order, the arrows under the city were like locusts, and the arrows were all coated with poisonous juice. Death is wounding. There are also Jurchen elite soldiers wearing double armor, who are not afraid of my arrows and knives, and are desperately attacking the city. General Yelu Dilie spends day and night at the top of the city. Every time an enemy enters the city, he personally leads me The Khitan warriors fought with it and drove it down the city. Therefore, although there were repeated emergency calls from all sides, they never lost an inch of the city wall."

Brother Yelu Tie hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Among the generals, Di Lie seems to have no intention of returning from Shenzhou alive because of his previous mistakes, and he intends to die for his country."

When Brother Yelu Tie narrated, Yelu Dashi's face was very calm, but now his eyes moved slightly, and he sighed: "Di Lie is a hero of Khitan, he didn't delay the important matter, and I didn't blame him, so why bother him." Didn't say anything again.The two monarchs and ministers also negotiated to lure the Jin army away from Ningjiang and Huanglong Mansion, and after going south into the territory of Liao State, they used a large group of elite cavalry to cut off the back road and encircled and wiped out the Jurchen's new force between Liaoyang and Shenzhou.The North Academy has been preparing for this plan for a long time, and it affects several aspects. It can be said that it is quite difficult to implement it.

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Under the city of Liaoyang, the sun was obscured by smoke and dust, and teams of Jin people galloped back and forth, driving the Liao people who had not had time to enter the city into the wooden fence.Wan Yanci did not lose the command of the Jin soldiers who went south. There were originally only 3 people, and they raided all the counties and counties near Liaoyang.When the common people resisted a little, they caused the disaster of exterminating their families and villages.In just over a month, more than [-] signings were collected.The hundreds of miles around Liaoyang used to be the most prosperous place in Liaodong, but now there are no people everywhere, only the smell of corpses, stretching for hundreds of miles, the towns and villages are completely empty.

It turns out that the Bohai people had almost the same status as the Jurchen people in the Liao Dynasty, and there is even a saying that the Jurchen people and the Bohai people belong to the same family.Therefore, many Bohai clans were willing to serve the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom also took advantage of this, using money and military power as bait, and reused the Bohai people to lead troops to attack the city.The Han people did not want to fight for these alien races and be slaughtered in vain, but they could not escape. Instead, they were put under the Bohai people and rushed forward as the vanguard infantry, with casualties.

When Han Ningshuang arrived at the city of Liaoyang and witnessed this scene, all the soldiers were indignant.Zhao Xingde even commanded all the Han troops to rush to build the camp overnight. In addition to the walls and ditches, six forts were erected to prepare for a confrontation with the Jin soldiers.In addition to more than a hundred soldiers under Zhao Xingde's command, the artillery battalion of the Han army was at his disposal, and Jian Cheng brought the fifth garrison battalion from Kaizhou to join him.

Jin Bing's siege equipment was insufficient, while the Han army set up ten three-inch artillery and ten iron barrel guns to the south of Liaoyang.When Wan Yanci still asked the artillery battalion of the Han army to help the Liao army in other areas, Han Ningshuang asked him to transfer thousands of Han'er signing troops to his tent in the name of labor required to move the artillery.Wan Yanci had no choice but to agree to Han Ningshuang's request.

"The Jin soldiers have always driven the signing army to attack the city, and they deliberately drained the elite and morale of the Liao army first," Zhao Xingde said to his subordinates in a low voice, "Let's also be careful not to aim the artillery too accurately, so as not to cause unnecessary disasters If the artillery suppresses too much, the Liao cavalry may have to go out of the city to counterattack. At that time, the Jin soldiers can consume the strength of the Han army as long as they stand on the sidelines.Therefore, Zhao Xingde planned that as long as the Jin soldiers did not attack the city with all their strength, his artillery would continue to slow down until Wan Yanci could not lose their composure.

Tong Yunjie was taken aback, looked at Zhao Xingde, and then at those emaciated soldiers who were sent to death, pondered for a moment, his eyes froze, he nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhao has considered it properly." He immediately ordered everyone gunner.These cannon commanders were all top men in the Han army camp. How could they not understand what they heard, and they all raised the muzzles or deflected a little bit. Many shells flew over the city, with amazing power, but they didn't hurt many people.

The various cannons of the Jurchen tribe have always won by throwing stones at the city. Now there are thousands of earthen stone cannons under the city of Shenzhou, so the accuracy requirements are naturally extremely low.The artillery originally owned by Jin State was an old-fashioned iron barrel cannon purchased from Song State, which was not as accurate as the field artillery made by Xia State. It was far inferior, and the training of gunners was not as strict and meticulous as Zhao Xingde's.Therefore, Wanyan's resignation was not lost, and Wanyan Zongbi and others never found out that the artillery battalion of the Han army was sabotaging.

Xiao Suxian, who stayed behind in Tokyo, urged the soldiers to fight to the death and not to surrender. He even openly dug out the hearts of the captured golden soldiers on the top of the city and distributed them to the guarding soldiers to eat, cutting off everyone's way of life.No matter how unbearable the Liao army guarding the city is, there are always tens of thousands of horses, and there are many reserves in Liaoyang city.Although the Jin soldiers were brave and assisted by artillery, the siege battle continued until March, when news came that Shenzhou fell and the guard Yelu Dilie died in the city.Emperor Yelu Dashi of the Liao Kingdom seemed quite touched, and finally ordered Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the Northern Academy, as the capital commander, Yelu Yanshan left deputy capital commander, Guo Baoyi as the right deputy capital commander, and commanded [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to rescue Liaoyang.