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Volume 7: Joking and Talking about Drinking the Blood of Huns Chapter 39: False and Real

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    Update time: 2010-06-10

    On the evening of July 5, the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign, the Liao and Song Dynasties, which had been fighting hard all day in the hot weather, temporarily called off the war and called a truce. Han Derang and Yelu Xuegu inspected the city head together.  Behind the city wall, which was badly damaged by the Song army's siege crossbows and stone bullets, the Han camp soldiers were busy carrying arrows, rolling wood, and stones. A few injured and weak ones were soaked in blood and water back and forth.  The city walls inside were sprinkled with plant ash, and fires ignited by Song Army rockets in several places in the city had not yet been extinguished.

    "Master Han, when will the reinforcements from Beijing arrive?" Looking to the northwest, a thin first-quarter moon accompanied by a lone star, just like the current situation in Youzhou, makes people feel hesitant.  Handerang took a deep breath of night air and smiled at Yelu Xuegu: "The cavalry is coming from Shangjing. If you hurry, it will arrive in five or six days. Maybe the reinforcements have been hidden in the mountains, waiting for the opportunity to kill the Song people."  A blow. Lord Yelu, as a royal relative, entered Youzhou first and made great contributions to the defense of Nanjing. When your Lord is prosperous, don't forget your virtue." Although his face was light, his mouth was open.  He was joking, but in his heart he was even more anxious than Yelu Xuegu, just because he had participated in more power struggles among the top officials of the Liao Kingdom, and he knew that the Khitan nobles around the emperor had the mentality of abandoning Youzhou like a pair of shoes. To these nobles, Youyan's  The land is just Han land that can be plundered southward at any time.

    Yelu Xuegu followed Handerang's gaze and looked at the mountains to the north. He was suddenly surprised to see some shaking light spots. According to his eyesight and experience, they were the shaking torches held high by the moving cavalry. To the north were Yelu Xidi and Yelu  Sha's subordinates had been suppressed by the Song army in recent days and did not dare to take a step closer to Youzhou. They were unable to protect themselves and would never do such a thing as provoking fire at night.  "Reinforcements, the reinforcements coming to Beijing have arrived!" Even a noble person like Yelu Xuegu couldn't help but shout loudly. At this time, the Han camp soldiers on the lookout in Youzhou City also discovered the flickering torches in the mountains to the north, like a line of fire.  Long dragons slowly jumped out from the dark mountains at night, more and more, and finally spread overwhelmingly. If it weren't for the suspicious soldiers, there would be at least 100,000 cavalry who could create such a big momentum.

    "Reinforcements are coming!" "Youzhou is saved!" the Han soldiers at the top of the city told each other loudly in surprise, pointing towards the massive march to the north, even those who were temporarily lying on the inside of the city wall.  The wounded soldiers also managed to stand up and looked towards the north with joyful faces. For a moment, the top of Youzhou City was filled with thunderous cheers. Many soldiers even pulled out the lanterns and torches fixed on the battlements and waved them towards the north accordingly. The people on that side  The Liao army seemed to have noticed the strange movement at the top of the city. Many torches were waving towards the top of the city. The unique shouts and cheers of the Hujia and Khitan people came from afar, which greatly boosted the morale of the Youzhou soldiers who had been trapped in the isolated city for days.  Big shake.

    Looking at the people on the left and right who were dancing with joy, Han Derang forcibly endured the ecstasy in his heart, his face was as dark as water, and he said in a deep voice: "Whether it is reinforcements coming to Beijing or not, all ministries are strictly ordered to guard the city gates. The more cautious you are at this time, You You  The state cannot tolerate any loss." "Accept the order!" Xiao Zhen was so happy that he didn't notice the steps under his feet and almost fell down. Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quick hands to hold on to the wall next to him, then stood up and faced the few people who were surrounding him.  The flag officer handed down the order to General Han Derang.

    At this moment, behind those torches, the new North Court King Yelusiu Ge was covered in armor and said goodbye to the South Court Prime Minister Yelusha with a serious face: "The Song army is powerful, and the elites of the 25,000 palaces are entrusted to the prime minister. Sir,  We will march tomorrow and force the main force of the Song Army to fight decisively at the Gaoliang River. Lord Yelu Xiezhen will lead an army to attack the flanks of the Song Army. I will lead five thousand elite troops to attack the Song Army's rear route, bluffing and demoralizing its troops." He had already prepared the strategy for this battle.  I had a clear discussion with Yel¨¹sha and Yel¨¹ Xiezhen, the king of Nanyuan, and I couldn¡¯t help but say it again when I said goodbye.

    The palace's 30,000 cavalry troops had arrived in the north of Youzhou during the day, and met up with the original King Yelu Xidi of the North Court, the Prime Minister Yelusa of the South Court, and the commander-in-chief of the North Court Xiao Taogu. At dusk on July 5, Linya Yelu Mo  Only the Xi army came to join the battle. In addition, Yelu Xiezhen, the king of the South Courtyard, still led his troops to guard the victory point on the flank of the Song army.  At this point, all the main forces of the Liao army preparing to participate in the battle were in place.

    So, Brother Yelvxiu, who held the imperial edict of the Liao Emperor, summoned the generals to discuss the battle strategy.  The Liao army led by Yelusa and Yelv Xidi was defeated in successive battles with the Song army and lost its vigor. Brother Yelusiu handed over most of the palace elites to the command of Yelusa as regular soldiers to attract the Song army to a decisive battle. At the same time, tonight  The cavalry paraded with torches to intimidate the Song army. Yelu Xiezhen's troops did not suffer heavy losses in the battle with the Song army, but their troops were weak, so they used them as flank raids. Yelv Xiu himself led five thousand elite troops to attack from the west mountain path.  The Song army flanked the rear, and when the battle reached nightfall, they held high torches and raided the rear of the Song army from south to north. On the one hand, they disrupted the Song army with suspicious soldiers, and on the other hand, they also dealt a real blow to the Song army.

    With the honor of being the commander-in-chief of all armies, Brother Yelvxiu directly took charge of the task of leading a small force to copy the Song army's rear route, and assigned the elite of the palace to the commander of Yelusha. This magnanimity is also called his "The Khitan generals were convinced.  The strategy of this battle was unrealistic, and the generals had nothing to say, so except for Yelu Xidi, the former king of Beiyuan, who had been deprived of military power and was awaiting punishment, all the generals went back to assemble their armies and prepare for war.

    "Don't worry, King of the North Campus, Zhao Jiong will be in a state of panic tomorrow." Yelusa laughed loudly, but Brother Yelusiu could see some guilt in his smile. The soldiers and horses of the North and South Campus who arrived in Youzhou in advance were indeed beaten.  The morale of the Song Dynasty's imperial army was robbed. Fortunately, with the vigorous and victorious Gongfen elite as the backbone, they could hold on until nightfall. Brother Yelvxiu thought to himself. He couldn't say more. The Gongfen cavalry was only loyal to the royal family and was also under surveillance.  The responsibility of the generals was given to the commander Yelusha, which also indirectly restricted the Khitan generals who were frightened by the imperial army of the Southern Dynasty from escaping without authorization.  He said goodbye to Yelusha and took the horse's head. The hoofs of the war horses were wrapped in thick linen. The five thousand troops followed the mountain path and soon disappeared among the peaks and peaks of the Xishan Mountains.  Yelusha looked at the disappearing figure of Brother Yelusiu's army, and suddenly felt that he was getting old.

    At Baoguang Temple in the northwest of Youzhou City, Zhao Jiong went up to the platform and looked north. He saw swaying torches under the mountains in the north, filling the sky with arrogance. According to the estimate of Cui Han, the Marquis of Yu in front of the temple, there were at least 100,000 Liao troops coming to help.  Pan Mei, Cao Han and other generals gathered around Zhao Jiong and listened to his words.  Since the Northern Expedition, an atmosphere has gradually formed in which all major military and state affairs are decided by Zhao Jiong with a single word, and the generals will not seek trouble against him.

    Zhao Jiong's face was solemn, and after a long time he slowly said in a deep voice: "The art of war says, use what is empty to be real, and what is real is weak. The Liao people raised fire late at night and made a big show of it. It was most likely a bluff. The generals continued to besiege Youzhou.  Don't let the Liao reinforcements enter the city. If the Liao people dare to provoke tomorrow, I will personally command the elite of the imperial camp to attack them!" When the generals heard this, their faces were solemn, but inside they felt relieved.

    After Chen De returned to the camp, he immediately ordered Zhang Zhongyao to let Yajun camp secretly prepare to withdraw. According to his memory, the Song army was defeated in the Battle of Gaoliang River, and the Liao army did not have the strength to pursue and annihilate the main force of the Song army. The Anxi army only had to take advantage of the chaos.  Retreating westward along the Sanggan River, you can meet up with Bai Yu's army.  The most pitiful thing at this time is the more than 100,000 civilians who followed the Song army on the expedition and transported food and crops along the front line. The hundreds of thousands of troops from both Song and Liao sides were circling between the two sides to invite attack. Since the strength of the Song army was not damaged, then the Liao people had captured more than 100,000 soldiers.  Most of the heads came from the civilian men who accompanied the army.

    After the generals dispersed, Zhao Jiong rubbed his temples quite tiredly. He had worked hard for days, and even in his prime, he couldn't bear it.  It was the scorching heat at this time, Youzhou was humid, the night was hot and muggy, and I had no appetite.  Not long after, the eunuch came to report that Sun Chengyou, the commander of the Taining Army, presented an ice plate of fish and crab to his majesty to cool off the heat. Zhao Jiong frowned and told Sun Chengyou to come to see him.  This Sun Chengyou was the son-in-law of the late King Qian. After the battle in Jiangnan, Zhao Kuangyin recruited all the nobles of the Qian family of Wuyue Kingdom to Bianliang as officials. On the one hand, he was to reward Qian Jiao, the king of Wuyue who died for his country, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to annex Wuyue.  The Qian family members are also very sensible. Apart from having luxurious food and clothing, they have no intention of recovering. Therefore, the Zhao family treats all the princes living in Beijing, and the Qian family is the most honorable. Sun Chengyou, the son-in-law of King Qian, served in the Northern Expedition.  Zhao Jiong was actually able to make an ice plate of fish and shrimps. Such extravagance would have caused Zhao Jiong to reprimand him immediately if he had placed it on other generals. However, since it was the Qian family of Wuyue who surrendered, he could be treated favorably with him. If it were Sun Chengyou  Like Chen De, he shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and wins people's hearts. He is afraid that Zhao Jiong will kill him.

    I don¡¯t know what method Sun Chengyou used, but the fish meat he presented turned out to be a rare seabass in Youzhou, obviously brought from Bianliang. The crystal-clear fish fillets were sprinkled with green onions and ginger slices, lining the bottom.  Looking at the ice tray covered with white mist, the summer heat disappeared completely. Zhao Jiong picked up a piece with his teeth and chopsticks. The sweetness in his mouth made him salivate. He couldn't help but smile and praise: "There are such delicacies in the army. Sun Qing really means it."  .¡±

    Sun Chengyou panicked and replied: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. When King Qian was here, he was most pleased that we presented you with this ice plate of fish and clams to cool down the heat. Since your Majesty's expedition, you have personally witnessed the arrows and stones, and it is particularly hard to be the vanguard of the army. I know that this fish and dumplings are good for cooling off the summer heat."  Qi, which has the effect of increasing energy, so I prepared it early to do the hard work of dogs and horses for Your Majesty. Please forgive me for being extravagant." Zhao Jiong took another piece of fish meat and ate it, and sighed: "Prince Qian is loyal.  The country, you are also interested." Seeing that he did not blame him, Sun Chengyou felt relieved and said: "I heard that the Khitan reinforcements are coming, and your Majesty will personally lead the imperial camp to attack them tomorrow. Chengyou is brave and is willing to lead the Wuyue children to follow.  Your Majesty, I will fight to the death to repel the Khitan." Zhao Jiong nodded and agreed to him, and Zhuangzhi said: "If all the generals are as dedicated as Sun Qing to the king's affairs, why worry about Youyan's death."

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