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Volume 9: Jin Ou is missing and must be replenished Chapter 24: Yeluheli

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    Liaoyang Prefecture on the Tokyo Road of the Liao Kingdom, the city name is Tianfu. It is one hundred and sixty miles away from the Liao River in the west, and there is Zhuzhi Mountain fifteen miles to the southwest. It was the place where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty stopped after crossing the Liao River in his car when he personally conquered Goguryeo.  Dongliang River, a tributary of the city, passes through the northeast of the city. The city covers an area of ??30 miles. There are thousands of households and tens of thousands of troops stationed in the city. All kinds of living facilities are available. The city wall is three feet high and the defense facilities are quite complete. Although it is close to the Jurchen  In the deep mountains and dense forests where Huosu Guanbu lives, there has never been any concern of being attacked or harassed.

    However, today is different from the past. In May of the eighth year of Baoning in the Liao Dynasty, what came out of the southeastern mountains and forests were not the plundering Jurchens, nor the survivors of the Bohai Sea who had been thinking about revenge for decades, but tens of thousands of Zhou troops.  Zhou Jun came from Goryeo all the way through the forest sea.  .

    The Liao Kingdom's Tokyo Left-behind Division and Tokyo Tongjun Division had many troops and horses under their jurisdiction. However, due to the special nature of the Tokyo Road, the territory of the Tokyo Road was vast and basically consisted of scattered farming strongholds and villages in the foothills of western Liaoning, along the Liao River, and in forest valleys.  The Jurchen and Bohai tribes were mixed together, and the Northeastern tribes under the control of the Liao Kingdom would invade and plunder from time to time. Therefore, most of the time these troops were divided into various states and counties, and there were never too many troops actually guarding Liaoyang Prefecture.

    After all, there is Nanjing Road and the sea between Tokyo Road and the Zhou Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom really does not think that the Zhou army can attack Liaoyang City at any time. As long as there are more than ten thousand troops stationed in Tianfu City, it is more than enough to deal with any rebellion by the barbarians.

    But now more than 10,000 Zhou troops emerged from the southeastern mountains without warning, causing the Yeluheli who were left behind in Tokyo to panic.  He had already heard a lot about Zhou Jun's power from various channels.  His ears were numb when he heard it. Even if he didn't believe it in his heart, he would not regard these more than 10,000 Zhou troops as the barbarians and other local chickens and dogs.

    The forces of both the attacking and defending sides were equal, and the attacking party just camped outside.  However, they did not launch an attack. Naturally, Yeluheli would not ask Dadi to send troops out of the city to invite a fight - if there were fewer people sent out, it would be difficult to be evenly matched with the enemy troops outside the city;  The enemy army can probably compete, but what will happen to the Bohai people and Han'er in the city makes people uneasy.

    So when he saw the Zhou army's flag appearing in the southeast, Yeluheli immediately sent an envoy to Beijing to ask for help, and at the same time summoned troops to Shenzhou and other places.  He restrained the garrison in the city to guard the city, and urged the residents to step up the deployment of city defense equipment.

    This Zhou army was obviously the part that was originally stationed in Goryeo. Yeluheli still had some judgment, but he still expressed his amazement at the Zhou army's boldness - it was not that easy to cross the deep mountains and dense forests where Sheng Jvzhen was entrenched.  of.  Can this Zhou army really rely on five or six hundred miles of mountain and forest roads to ensure its own supplies?  Although the area around Liaoyang Mansion is the richest area in Tokyo Road, there is not much for the Zhou army to grab. Local food collection will definitely not solve the Zhou army's long-term siege needs.

    It is precisely based on this that Yelu Heli finally stabilized his mind after getting through the initial panic.  The more than 10,000 Zhou troops coming from Goryeo will not pose a fundamental threat to Tokyo Road. As long as the forces of the Left-behind Department and the General Army Department gather here, most of the enemy troops will retreat in the face of difficulties, and if they go to Beijing,  Reinforcements were sent and arrived promptly.  Then it is not impossible to annihilate this enemy force.

    Therefore, in the past few days when more than 10,000 Zhou troops were approaching the city, even though those who occasionally left the city kept reporting back.  It is said that the enemy troops cut down huge trees from Baishi Mountain in the east and transported them down the Dongliang River to the outside of the city.  Then they fished them ashore and built various siege equipment on the spot. Yelu and Li didn't respond.

    They could build as many siege equipment as the Zhou army wished to do. He was not the one who was tired anyway. How could the more than 10,000 Zhou soldiers rely on these improvised ladders, rams and trebuchets to capture Tianfu City, which was guarded by tens of thousands of troops?  Yeluheli is not the kind of pampered nobleman who doesn't know how to fight!  Even if the Khitan soldiers in the garrison are not good at attacking and defending the city, most of the garrison is the Bohai Navy and Han'er Army who are good at defending. Moreover, there are thousands of households in the city. If there is a critical moment, they can all be driven in to fight with them.  The enemy troops who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties, but Yelu and Li did not believe that more than ten thousand Zhou troops would be able to break the city.

    These Zhou troops built siege equipment with such great fanfare, and moved the logging points so far away from the camp, making so much noise, as if they were afraid that the defenders would not know about it. Yeluheli was not worried about the Zhou army's siege.  However, he was afraid that the other party would arrange some trap to induce him to send troops out of the city to attack the Zhou people at the logging point.

    Anyway, Yeluheli has made up his mind. All he needs to do is wait for the forces of the Left Behind Division and the Tongjun Division to gather together. He only needs to wait for a response from the Shangjing side. He will wait until he has a considerable strength advantage before fighting the Zhou army. And in  Before that, I had allowed the enemy to make all kinds of illusions, but I had to remain unmoved.

    "Stay behindstay behind, it's not good! It's not good!"

    However, God did not fulfill people¡¯s wishes, and YeluHeli wanted to show that he was calm and leisurely with his own armored soldiers, but people under his command kept coming to disrupt this leisurely stroll. On May 17th, Yelu Heli, who was staying in the Sifu Yamen, was in the big hall.  I went to read a book, but was disturbed by a burst of exclamations.

    Yelu Heli frowned and looked at Captain Yuanlanzi who rushed down from the outside and said coldly: "Why are you panicking! Is there anything wrong?"

    Previously, the Zhou army was logging in Baishi Mountain and building siege equipment on the banks of the Dongliang River. This person also reported it. At that time, this person was also so surprised. People who didn't know it would think that the Zhou army had already entered the city.  Woolen cloth!  Fortunately, his uncle and father had been guarding Tokyo for a long time, and he had seen many battles along with him. Moreover, it had been decades since he had taken over the post of guard in Tokyo. During his tenure, he had fought hundreds of large and small battles with the Jurchen tribes.  As for being frightened by this man's behavior.

    "Stay behind, there are tens of thousands of enemy troops stationed on the other side of Zhishan Mountain! That camp that flag covering the sky and the sun, it looks like there will be no less than 20,000 to 30,000 troops."

    Although Captain Yuanlanzi was still breathing heavily, he put his hands on the ground and gasped, and gave a clear report on the military situation.

    Yelu and Li stood up suddenly: "Is this true?!"

    Captain Yuanlanzi knelt on the ground and gasped twice, took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "After hearing the report, my subordinates went to see it in person. There is no lie! The newly arrived enemy troops are setting up camp. The camp  Stretching for several miles, there are probably not more than a dozen military strongholds, large and small, and dozens of flags of various generals. In total, there are always 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, or even more!"

    Of course, those stationed in Yelvheli in the mountains also know that although this place is far away from the river, there is a spring flowing out of the flat rocks on the top of the mountain, and it is inexhaustible all year round. If new enemy troops arrive, they will camp by the spring at the foot of the mountain, cutting wood, drinking water and firewood.  The salary can be obtained nearby, not to mention the daily supply of 20,000 to 30,000 horses, even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will be enough in the short term. Otherwise, when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty personally conquered Goguryeo, he would not have stayed here after crossing the Liao River.  .

    But where did such a large number of enemy troops come from?

    "Have you really investigated it in detail?" Yelu Heli calmed down for a moment, sat back again, and then asked slowly, "Could it be that the Zhou army on the Dongliang River divided its troops and arrived at Zhuzhe Mountain, and then many  Flag-raising bluff?¡±

    "My subordinate has been working as a far-off camper for many years, so naturally I have thought of these tricks. I have carefully investigated the enemy camp at Zhishan Mountain, which is the enemy camp by the Dongliang River. I also went there later.  After double-checking, we confirmed that this was not a division of enemy troops. Indeed, a large group of enemy troops came to join up with the enemy troops that came from the southeast a few days ago. My subordinates estimated that they came up from the sea to the Liao River, probably via Daohe.  The arrival from Ye County and Pinzhou may have come so unexpectedly that the local guards had no time to summon the police."

    The captain of Yuanbaizi was quite dissatisfied with Yelu Heli's question. However, the identities of the two were very different, and Yelu Heli had been the guard in Tokyo for decades, and his prestige was enough to prevent him from making any complaints.  , I can only answer the questions honestly.

    At this time, he also admired himself a little. He had really been doing this for a long time, and he had been in conflict with the Jurchen tribes for many years. He had rich battlefield experience. Only then did he hear the news and rush to Zhuzhu Mountain to verify it before running away.  I went to the Dongliang River and took a closer look at the original Zhou army camp.

    Just as I reported, there are quite a few Zhou army camps along the Dongliang River. Judging from the flags and heads, there are slightly fewer people than when I first arrived. If you include the manpower who went to Baishi Mountain to cut wood, there should be nothing.  Changes, it is obviously impossible for the enemy troops stationed in Zhishan to go to Dongliang Mountain.

    As for whether the camp and flags stationed at Zhejiang Mountain were just decorations, he believed that his eyes were not mistaken. The heads of those who were enthusiastically building the camp fence were real. According to common sense and experience, it can be inferred that there are 20,000 to 30,000 people.  , maybe around 40,000 is possible, or he didn't say that because he was afraid of being too alarmist.

    Of course, there is not much basis for what Captain Yuanlanzi said about the origin of this Zhou army. The report he heard was that the enemy troops came from the west and camped at the foot of the mountain. What he saw with his own eyes would not provide any other information.  , the only basis is that Yaozhou, the outlet of Liao River, fell a few days ago.

    However, the Zhou army wanted to rush from Jinzhou to Liaoyang. There were mountains, rivers and swamps blocking the road, and important towns such as Liaoxi Prefecture and Xianzhou lay across the road.  The news that Zhou Jun stationed at the foot of the mountain would not have come from that way.

    Yelu Heli paused for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "That's it you are indeed reliable in your work and you did a good job! Now go down and record your merits."

    ¡°It wasn¡¯t until he saw Captain Yuanlanzi walking out of the government office that Yelu Heli¡¯s originally calm face suddenly darkened. It turned out that the Zhou army would attack Tokyo Road across the sea.And at once, nearly 40,000 people gathered from two directions. It was inevitable to break through Tianfu City quickly!

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