Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen
The army gathered in front of Suirong Fort, including cavalry, infantry, and artillery, lined up neatly, with bright banners, drums and horns beeping, and horses neighing constantly.Yang Hao was dressed in a military uniform and was sitting on a horse. Li Huating, Yang Yanlang, Tuoba Haofeng, Ai Yihai, Zhang Chongwei, Ke Zhen'e, and tiger generals gathered around him and Yang Jiye in the center.
"Going south from here, Shengqiang Fort, Tongyuan Fort, Dangqiang Fort, Tongxia Fort, Linqiang Fort, Meining Fort, Tonghui Fort, and Dingrong Fort are all to be taken within one day."
Yang Hao's words shocked everyone who listened. Xixia Iron Cavalry gathered, besides the regular army, Dangxiang Bashi's tribal army had also assembled, and they were passing through Xiao Pass one after another. The generals still have the confidence to win, but Shang Boqian is not a soft persimmon. He has worked hard to manage Longyou for many years, and he is deeply rooted here. He has no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses. It is easy to defeat him. If he wants to win completely, I am afraid the fastest It will take half a year, but the king actually boasted that he wanted to win the four villages and four forts in one day, which is simply impossible.
On the opposite side is Shang Boqian's men and horses. Shang Boqian's men and horses have already assembled, and the army is waiting in formation. From a distance, people are shouting and neighing, and they are as strong as a mountain. persimmon?
"Marshal Yang, I have given all of the army to you. In this battle, I will just watch from the sidelines, watch the soldiers, and capture thieves for me!"
"The minister obeys the order!"
Yang Jiye embraced his fists to accept orders. He was fully armored, his shoulders and shoulder pads were like a tiger swallowing the sun, his chest armor and leg pads were integrated, he was wearing a horned beast helmet, his pocket and neck pads covered his face and neck, and only a pair of The majestic eyes.Behind him, sitting on a tall horse, are three thousand cavalry with neat saddles, swords and shields, and red tasseled spears in their hands.
Under the scorching sun, the three thousand armored cavalry remained motionless, blending into the strict atmosphere of the entire army formation, only the countless fluttering flags in the army formation fluttered and made a little sound of "poof".Compared with Shang Boqian's army on the opposite side, Yang Hao's main formation was a little less noisy, but a little more dignified by Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi.
Under Shuai's banner, Yang Jiye began to dispatch troops with a sonorous and forceful voice. The generals who called out their names all said yes, and pulled their horses back to the formation. The army began to mobilize slowly.
On the opposite side, Shang Boqian was sitting on a horse, with a big banner behind his back, looking solemnly at the slowly unfolding formation on the opposite side.
"Yang Hao is not a good person. It coincides with the Northern Song Dynasty's expedition to the Liao Kingdom and has no time to take care of us. We must be careful in this battle. As long as we resist the first wave of the Xixia Army's powerful offensive, it will surely dampen its spirit. This is our territory. As long as we When the two sides enter into a stalemate, we can gradually reverse the situation. Even if we can't drive them back to Hexi by our own strength, Song will respond after a long time. As long as Hengshan puts a little pressure on it, Xixia's hearts will inevitably fluctuate. .At that time, we will not only be able to defeat the Xixia army and drive them back to Hexi, maybe we can even recover Xiaoguan in one fell swoop.”
"Brother, why do you need to grow up your ambition and destroy your own prestige. My younger brother has fought against the Xixia army, and the Xixia army is nothing to me. It is nothing to mention. The Xixia army should be comparable to us in terms of strength, but we have the right time, the right place, Renhe, in this battle, what we should care about is whether we can kill Yang Jiye's dog's head in the first battle, and send our troops northward to drive directly to Hexi."
The bald man was triumphant, looking at the Xixia army on the opposite side, and said with disdain.
Another Tufan leader, Wang Nizhu, reprimanded: "My third brother, don't underestimate the enemy. Listen to your elder brother. If you want to win, you must first seek stability."
The bald man snorted, quite disapprovingly.
Shang Boqian said: "Of course we won't be afraid of Xixia, but Luohe and Luo Dan agreed to reconcile with me, but it's hard to predict how sincere these two old foxes are. If we fight hard here and can't get away, Whether those two old thieves will become greedy or not is hard to predict, once they get behind our backs, it will be a great disadvantage to us."
The bald man said: "Wang Rufeng and Zhang Jun are still guarding Lanzhou, Yeluohe and monk Boqian, those remnant soldiers and defeated generals, why should we be afraid?"
Shang Boqian frowned, turned around and asked, "When will Tong Yu, Di Haijing, and Barcelona arrive?"
An aide next to him hurriedly said: "My lord, after receiving my lord's general, the three lords traveled day and night to meet up. The news I received last night said that Sizicha Fortress and Tong lord had already passed Tiandu village. Maybe a It will arrive within hours."
"Very good!" Shang Boqian's face turned pale: "The two armies are fighting in a while, and if this army suddenly breaks out, it will have a miraculous effect, hehe..."
"Boom boom boom..."
"Tom tom tom..."
The drums roared, the horns sounded, and the Xixia army screamed in front of the formation. The cavalry in black armor raised their spears in unison, holding a shield in their left hand and a long spear in their right.
The shields are all cowhide riding shields with beasts painted on them. The red-tasseled spear has a bamboo handle and is painted black. The grip is wrapped with fine hemp silk. It is light and tough. A foot and a half long, the blood groove looks like a murderous look.
"drink!"
Yang Yanlang shouted loudly, jumped on his horse and raised his spear, and led his troops to rush over. The cavalry seemed to rush forward in a chaotic manner, but every three knights kept a certain distance from each other, taking care of each other. A horse is a wedge shape, and all the wedge shapes merge into a huge wedge shape.
Wedge formation!As soon as Yang Yanlang confronted, he didn't test, didn't disrupt the opponent's formation through flank charge, harassment, containment and other measures, and he wanted to punch through directly?
How many troops are on the opposite side?Although not all of Champochian's 200,000 troops were deployed on the frontal battlefield, the number of troops ahead would not be less than 100,000, with over 10,000 soldiers and horses, boundless, let alone a 100,000 army.
Yang Yanlang's contempt angered Bald Bu, and Bald Bu shouted: "Crazy junior, come to fight." After saying that, he slapped the horse's stock with a steel knife, and led his troops to charge forward. Shang Boqian couldn't stop him, so he had to order Wang Nizhu He led his troops to support him, and took the lead in the middle army.
The ground trembled, and hooves sounded like thunder.Adding endless murderous aura to the wilderness in front of you, the sound of armor colliding with gold and iron, the sound of riding horses and raising whips, shouting and killing, the smoke and dust filled the air, the sky and the earth changed color, and under the fierce collision, people turned their backs and screamed.Yang Yanlang took the lead, like the blade of a spear, slashing through the charging enemy soldiers and rushing into their formation.Countless warriors followed closely behind, attacking ferociously.
On the opposite side, the ferocious bald man did not show any weakness. The bald man held a big knife in his hand, howled and chopped, and his huge hooked nose was splattered with blood, like a vulture pecking at flesh and blood. Where the waves split and the waves split, his men and horses followed closely behind, and also treated him in his own way, severely impacting the Xixia Army's team.
Yang Yanlang and Bald Man are six horses apart, and they can already see each other's appearance, but there are countless fighters fighting back and forth between them, they can't circle the horse to fight, and they can't slow down the horse's speed, and look at each other fiercely. With a glance, the two of them staggered past and rushed towards the enemy's rear.
At this time, Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian unanimously dispatched troops to attack the opponent's flank army. A full-scale melee started under the Suirong Fort...
"The Holy One governs the world, isn't it the country's prosperity and the people's peace? Although my Song Dynasty dare not say that it does not close its doors at night and does not pick up things on the road, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is becoming more and more prosperous. Compared with the past, when the princes fought in chaos and thousands of people were displaced, isn't it a hundred times stronger? You... You rebellious officials and thieves, for your own selfish gain, if you really assassinated the Holy One and injured the current Crown Prince, once the world falls into turmoil and countless people suffer, will you bear such a crime?" As expected, Concubine Li Xian was worthy of a virtuous character, she fell into the hands of Bi Su, the criminal who assassinated the king, she was not afraid that he would hurt her, and she even condemned his crime with heartache. Bi Su sneered and said: "The world is the world, you keep saying that it is the world, who is the world in this world? How big is this world? What you call the world is just the world of your Zhao family. What you call the world , It’s just the world of your Song Kingdom, no matter what method Zhao Guangyi uses, what he wants is his family’s world forever, don’t put on a face of being righteous for the world to me.” He turned his head and looked back, and sneered again: "Only your world is the world, and only your people are the people, should everyone else die? Everything is born in nature, and it is only natural for you to annex other countries. You slaughter others Is following the way of heaven, this is your reason? Madam, you have your reason, I have my reason, your royal family, for the sake of the family, the world, and the foundation of the world, do what you should do, but I... a mediocre person, just want to Defend my relatives, protect my relatives, whoever hurts her, I will avenge her. What kind of world, what people, when you raised your butcher knife, when did you think of them? They are all stinky shit!" The two quarreled all the way out of Bianliang City, and there was no one behind them.No one dared to show up, and Bi Su had already declared: "But if there is someone chasing after me, if I see him, I will kill Concubine Li Xian." Concubine Li Xian is the biological mother of the current crown prince, who would dare to take such a risk? It turned out that Chu Yunxiu, the prison officer in the prison, sent people to report to Gu Ruoli and Zhen Chuge urgently. It was true that the two adults were wise and refused to show up, but they didn't ignore it. When the two met in private, After discussing it, I felt that the sage was not in the capital, and the only ones who could stop the prince were those few figures in the palace, so Gu Ruoli rushed to see the queen. Empress Li and Concubine Li Xian are playing chess in the palace at this time, Empress Li has nothing to do, but she is the queen of the palace.Concubine Li Xian has many sons and daughters, the present crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo is her biological son, mother is more expensive by sons, concubine Xian's status in the palace is second only to empress. Hearing about the prince's absurd behavior, Empress Li was very displeased, and Concubine Li Xian was very frightened, so she wanted to dissuade the prince. The empress had nothing to do, so she came hand in hand with her. Holding the prince's throat, he walked out of the prison step by step, looking around at the forest of spears and halberds gathered by the guards in the palace. Bisu threatened the prince's life to leave the prison, but the imperial guards did not dare to let him go, but they were even more afraid that he would jump over the wall and hurt the prince, so he insisted on leaving the prison step by step.Faced with this situation, Chu Yunxiu was so anxious that he almost fainted. If you don't let Bi Su go, he is a grassroots person, what scruples do he have?If he really killed the crown prince, even if he was turned into a meat paste, his nine clans would all be punished.But if you want to let him go, how can you make it?This imperial convict had seriously injured the Holy Majesty and the Crown Prince, if he were to take the Crown Prince as a hostage, once he escaped from Bianliang City, and then easily killed the Crown Prince, wouldn't it be an all-out fight? Chu Yunxiu was caught in a dilemma, he couldn’t let him go, he couldn’t let him go, seeing Bisu’s eyes shooting fiercely, he was afraid that he would risk his life and kill the prince, but he let him go and didn’t know if he would keep his promise and let the prince back, so he was anxious While sweating profusely, the Empress Empress and Concubine Xian arrived. Seeing such a scene, the empress and concubine were all shocked. One of them is the empress, and the other is the biological mother of the prince. Born as a assassin, he clearly has a great enmity with the royal family of Zhao and Song. How could he know that once he escaped from Bianliang, he would not easily end the prince's life?Once the prince dies... Not to mention that Empress Li was frightened and trembling, and Concubine Li Xian's mother and son were so connected that they cried like tears.In desperation, Concubine Li Xian proposed to replace the prince as a hostage to ensure that he leaves Bianliang safely. Bi Su really wanted to use the prince as a hostage to escape from Bianliang. Once he got out, he would not let the prince go, so he would definitely end up with him, but Li Hou, Li Concubine and Song Ting's people obviously thought of this, so that Don't bother me.Bi Su had no choice but to kill the crown prince, which was considered to have earned back some of his capital, but Concubine Li Xian proposed this compromise method. The person Bi Su wanted to kill the most was Zhao Guangyi. Seeing that Concubine Li Xian proposed this method, she was the birth mother of the crown prince, and her status was enough to protect her own safety, so she agreed, and she resolutely refused to let the mother take over. Zhao Yuanzuo, the son-in-law, swaggered away from Bianliang City with Concubine Li Xian as his hostage. Seeing that it was seven or eight miles away from the city, and the official road behind was deserted, and no one was there, Bi Su suddenly shouted: "Get off the horse!" Concubine Li Xian was stunned, but she knew that she was in the hands of the thieves, she did not dare to disobey, obediently dismounted from the imperial horse, Bi Su took the reins of the horse, tied it to her saddle beam, stared at Concubine Li Xian coldly, and said: "You... ...is a good mother, I won't kill you, but...you Emperor Song has a blood feud with me, but if you have a breath, I will kill Zhao Jiong!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and whipped, one person and two horses, and left in the dust, leaving Concubine Li Xian alone on the road. "Mother, mother..." I don't know when, the people from the Imperial City Department bravely sneaked up, saw Concubine Li Xian walking alone on the road, and hurriedly asked people to report to the queen and prince who were walking behind the road, while rushing up to protect her. When Zhao Yuanzuo saw the prisoner, he kept his promise, and it was not difficult for his mother, a woman, to put down her heart immediately, and greeted him like a tearful man. Concubine Li Xian waited quietly for him to come in front of her, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped Zhao Yuanzuo in a daze, and everyone on the left and right were also stunned. Concubine Li Xian was aware of all the disputes between Zhao Yuanzuo and his father. As soon as she heard that the prince had gone to the prison, she knew what he was going to do. He wanted to find out whether the assassin was sent by the emperor or had other orders.He wanted to know how much his father had done to his uncle. Originally, Concubine Li Xian felt a little guilty towards her son, because this son was taught the three principles and five constant principles, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom since elementary school. Suddenly, he overturned the beliefs and characters he had cultivated since childhood, and the edifice of ideas collapsed. No wonder he was in such pain.But what Bi Su said today taught her a lesson.When she was walking alone on the road and slowly walking back, she kept thinking about what Bisu said in her mind. Yes, you have your reasons, I have mine, everyone has something he wants to defend, what is the world, what is moral justice, how many worlds are there in the world?Song had the world of Song, Liao had the world of Liao, and Xixia had the world of Xixia... The so-called world is just the piece of land you own.There is no absolute truth in the world. If you maintain what you want to maintain, you will inevitably damage what others want to maintain. To put it bluntly, benevolence, righteousness and morality are just to maintain a kind of order in your own group. Why is it that a common man and a low-level assassin can see it so clearly and understand the truth, but this stupid son of himself regards some self-deceiving things as righteous principles that are universally applicable, and puts his own good life aside. However, getting entangled in those nonsensical things, causing father and son to turn against each other, and even sending a lingering assassin back to the mountain?If you speak morally to others, who will speak morally to you? Seeing Zhao Yuanzuo approaching, Concubine Li Xian suddenly became angry and slapped her across the face without even thinking about it.This slap made Zhao Yuanzuo dumbfounded.Empress Li said in shock: "Sister Xianfei, you... what are you doing?" Concubine Li Xian intends to teach her son a few words, but the ministers and servants, the palace guards and the imperial army, surrounded by many people, although some truths are true, but it is inconvenient to tell others, especially as a member of the royal family, she Zhang She opened her mouth, and finally it turned into a long sigh: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace. This unworthy son, leave him alone!" Seeing Luan driving away, Zhao Yuanzuo covered his cheeks and still stood there blankly. He didn't understand why his mother, who had always loved him and never touched his finger since childhood, beat him? "What did I do wrong?" Zhao Yuanzuo shouted angrily in his heart.
Under the city of Youzhou, the war is raging. Just collecting materials, it only took half a month for the military craftsmen to make 800 stone cannons, rain of arrows and rain of stones, pouring them into Youzhou City every day without spending money, climbing ladders, beating City gates, building earth hills, digging tunnels, all kinds of tactics are used to the extreme.The defenders in the city came to block them, and when the water came to the earth, they also tried their best to resist. The reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom had nothing to do against the behemoth of the Song Army. Once the huge formation of the Song Army was in operation, it was simply a huge and terrifying meat grinder. The wartime was more perfect and meticulous, especially after more than a month of continuous improvement and supplementation, and it was perfectly combined with the terrain. Its heavy armored infantry was equipped with the most sophisticated weapons in the world at that time, received the most scientific training, and was composed of the most exquisite The formation is invincible in frontal battles. No matter how many soldiers are filled in, this bottomless pit cannot be filled. The reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom watched the Song army besiege and attack the city in a big way, but they were helpless. The Song army only fought with you, and did not come to actively disrupt the war. What can you do?These hundreds of thousands of troops are piled up under the city of Youzhou, people eat and feed, and spend money like running water every day, it almost makes people collapse. At this time, the Song army had already freed up its hands and began to cut off the cities around Youzhou.Yelu Xiezhen originally came to reinforce Youzhou, but he suffered setbacks after several battles, lost troops and lost generals, but Zhao Guangyi's most proud "Ping Rong Wanquan Great Array" was extremely low in morale. After several consecutive defeats, Yelu Xiezhen Da Luanhe, the commander of the Bohai Navy under his command, led his Bohai Navy to surrender to Song Dynasty. The Bohai State was annexed by the Liao State. It has only been a few years now. The Bohai Navy is not loyal enough to be willing, but shortly thereafter, another person surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Although he failed to pull all his troops over, he only brought two More than a hundred cronies caused an uproar in the Liao army camp.Because this is Li Zha Lucun, the commander of the Liao State Tielin Army. The Iron Forest Army is one of the most elite troops in the Liao Kingdom, and has a high reputation in history. The three major heavy armored cavalry in the Song Dynasty are the Iron Forest Army of the Liao Kingdom. , and Li Zhalucun was also a senior general of the Khitan faction of the Liao Kingdom. When this person surrendered to the Song Dynasty, the morale of the Liao army plummeted when the news came. His surrender to the Song Dynasty immediately had a domino effect. Liu Tingsu, the general of Liao Shunzhou, and Liu Shouen, the general of Jizhou, surrendered the city one after another. Youzhou City officially became an isolated city, and the situation was in jeopardy. The news spread back to Beijing, and the court was in an uproar. The series of victories of the Song army and the rule of orphans and widows completely shattered the ambition of the Liao people. , began to consider abandoning Youyun Sixteen States, shrinking troops and horses, and protecting their old places.One person made a proposal, and ten or a hundred people responded. For a while, all the clamor in the court hall of the Liao Kingdom was the same voice: "Abandon the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, and shrink the army to preserve the Liao Kingdom!" "Nonsense! Anyone who dares to abandon our country and retreat to protect himself will be killed without mercy!" Xiao Chuo raised his sword, and the natural and charming brows were full of evil spirits. No one dared to speak out, only this woman's bold words were left: "In the past, I, Daliao, ruled the world, and there was no one who dared to stop me!" Even with the talents of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, what can I do? Now the city of Youzhou is in danger, and the defenders are facing 300,000 enemy troops. They will hold on for more than a month without losing an inch of ground. Only waiting for our Daliao tiger and wolf division to come to help Clearing the siege, you are so timid and afraid of fighting?" Looking around the room, Xiao Chuo said firmly and resolutely: "You retreat, I will not retreat! I will bring the emperor with me, and I will march in person. If I want to die, the warriors of the Daliao Dynasty will die violently. I and the emperor will die in battle. Under the city of Youzhou!" Seeing a young woman with such courage, the civil and military officials of the court were ashamed and dared not face each other. Xiao Chuo's resolute words also aroused their fierceness. , Continue to organize reinforcements, ready to rush to help Youzhou.At the same time, Xiao Chuo urgently ordered Yeluxiu to end the battle with Shiwei and Jurchen as soon as possible, no matter whether it was a war or peace, and return to the division immediately to defend Nanjing! Corpses were strewn all over the field, and the place was in a mess. Monk Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian were in the central army, constantly investing in troops, and the battle group became bigger and bigger. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire plain was full of rampaging soldiers and horses, and the killing was earth-shattering, and the sun and the moon were dark. At this moment, smoke and dust rose from the horizon in the southwest direction, first a wisp of black line, and then moved forward rapidly, the smoke and dust billowed like a yellow dragon that opened its teeth and claws to choose someone to bite, flying like a lightning bolt.The battle between the two armies was in full swing, and a strange soldier suddenly came out, which surprised everyone. The two warring parties near the southwest were the first to quiet down, and then spread like a plague throughout the entire battlefield. The banners were unfurled, fluttering in the wind, and Dou Da's child character came into view. Suddenly, there was an overwhelming cheer from Shangbo's thousand battalion. Their "reinforcement"...has arrived!
"The Holy One governs the world, isn't it the country's prosperity and the people's peace? Although my Song Dynasty dare not say that it does not close its doors at night and does not pick up things on the road, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is becoming more and more prosperous. Compared with the past, when the princes fought in chaos and thousands of people were displaced, isn't it a hundred times stronger? You... You rebellious officials and thieves, for your own selfish gain, if you really assassinated the Holy One and injured the current Crown Prince, once the world falls into turmoil and countless people suffer, will you bear such a crime?" As expected, Concubine Li Xian was worthy of a virtuous character, she fell into the hands of Bi Su, the criminal who assassinated the king, she was not afraid that he would hurt her, and she even condemned his crime with heartache. Bi Su sneered and said: "The world is the world, you keep saying that it is the world, who is the world in this world? How big is this world? What you call the world is just the world of your Zhao family. What you call the world , It’s just the world of your Song Kingdom, no matter what method Zhao Guangyi uses, what he wants is his family’s world forever, don’t put on a face of being righteous for the world to me.” He turned his head and looked back, and sneered again: "Only your world is the world, and only your people are the people, should everyone else die? Everything is born in nature, and it is only natural for you to annex other countries. You slaughter others Is following the way of heaven, this is your reason? Madam, you have your reason, I have my reason, your royal family, for the sake of the family, the world, and the foundation of the world, do what you should do, but I... a mediocre person, just want to Defend my relatives, protect my relatives, whoever hurts her, I will avenge her. What kind of world, what people, when you raised your butcher knife, when did you think of them? They are all stinky shit!" The two quarreled all the way out of Bianliang City, and there was no one behind them.No one dared to show up, and Bi Su had already declared: "But if there is someone chasing after me, if I see him, I will kill Concubine Li Xian." Concubine Li Xian is the biological mother of the current crown prince, who would dare to take such a risk? It turned out that Chu Yunxiu, the prison officer in the prison, sent people to report to Gu Ruoli and Zhen Chuge urgently. It was true that the two adults were wise and refused to show up, but they didn't ignore it. When the two met in private, After discussing it, I felt that the sage was not in the capital, and the only ones who could stop the prince were those few figures in the palace, so Gu Ruoli rushed to see the queen. Empress Li and Concubine Li Xian are playing chess in the palace at this time, Empress Li has nothing to do, but she is the queen of the palace.Concubine Li Xian has many sons and daughters, the present crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo is her biological son, mother is more expensive by sons, concubine Xian's status in the palace is second only to empress. Hearing about the prince's absurd behavior, Empress Li was very displeased, and Concubine Li Xian was very frightened, so she wanted to dissuade the prince. The empress had nothing to do, so she came hand in hand with her. Holding the prince's throat, he walked out of the prison step by step, looking around at the forest of spears and halberds gathered by the guards in the palace. Bisu threatened the prince's life to leave the prison, but the imperial guards did not dare to let him go, but they were even more afraid that he would jump over the wall and hurt the prince, so he insisted on leaving the prison step by step.Faced with this situation, Chu Yunxiu was so anxious that he almost fainted. If you don't let Bi Su go, he is a grassroots person, what scruples do he have?If he really killed the crown prince, even if he was turned into a meat paste, his nine clans would all be punished.But if you want to let him go, how can you make it?This imperial convict had seriously injured the Holy Majesty and the Crown Prince, if he were to take the Crown Prince as a hostage, once he escaped from Bianliang City, and then easily killed the Crown Prince, wouldn't it be an all-out fight? Chu Yunxiu was caught in a dilemma, he couldn’t let him go, he couldn’t let him go, seeing Bisu’s eyes shooting fiercely, he was afraid that he would risk his life and kill the prince, but he let him go and didn’t know if he would keep his promise and let the prince back, so he was anxious While sweating profusely, the Empress Empress and Concubine Xian arrived. Seeing such a scene, the empress and concubine were all shocked. One of them is the empress, and the other is the biological mother of the prince. Born as a assassin, he clearly has a great enmity with the royal family of Zhao and Song. How could he know that once he escaped from Bianliang, he would not easily end the prince's life?Once the prince dies... Not to mention that Empress Li was frightened and trembling, and Concubine Li Xian's mother and son were so connected that they cried like tears.In desperation, Concubine Li Xian proposed to replace the prince as a hostage to ensure that he leaves Bianliang safely. Bi Su really wanted to use the prince as a hostage to escape from Bianliang. Once he got out, he would not let the prince go, so he would definitely end up with him, but Li Hou, Li Concubine and Song Ting's people obviously thought of this, so that Don't bother me.Bi Su had no choice but to kill the crown prince, which was considered to have earned back some of his capital, but Concubine Li Xian proposed this compromise method. The person Bi Su wanted to kill the most was Zhao Guangyi. Seeing that Concubine Li Xian proposed this method, she was the birth mother of the crown prince, and her status was enough to protect her own safety, so she agreed, and she resolutely refused to let the mother take over. Zhao Yuanzuo, the son-in-law, swaggered away from Bianliang City with Concubine Li Xian as his hostage. Seeing that it was seven or eight miles away from the city, and the official road behind was deserted, and no one was there, Bi Su suddenly shouted: "Get off the horse!" Concubine Li Xian was stunned, but she knew that she was in the hands of the thieves, she did not dare to disobey, obediently dismounted from the imperial horse, Bi Su took the reins of the horse, tied it to her saddle beam, stared at Concubine Li Xian coldly, and said: "You... ...is a good mother, I won't kill you, but...you Emperor Song has a blood feud with me, but if you have a breath, I will kill Zhao Jiong!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and whipped, one person and two horses, and left in the dust, leaving Concubine Li Xian alone on the road. "Mother, mother..." I don't know when, the people from the Imperial City Department bravely sneaked up, saw Concubine Li Xian walking alone on the road, and hurriedly asked people to report to the queen and prince who were walking behind the road, while rushing up to protect her. When Zhao Yuanzuo saw the prisoner, he kept his promise, and it was not difficult for his mother, a woman, to put down her heart immediately, and greeted him like a tearful man. Concubine Li Xian waited quietly for him to come in front of her, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped Zhao Yuanzuo in a daze, and everyone on the left and right were also stunned. Concubine Li Xian was aware of all the disputes between Zhao Yuanzuo and his father. As soon as she heard that the prince had gone to the prison, she knew what he was going to do. He wanted to find out whether the assassin was sent by the emperor or had other orders.He wanted to know how much his father had done to his uncle. Originally, Concubine Li Xian felt a little guilty towards her son, because this son was taught the three principles and five constant principles, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom since elementary school. Suddenly, he overturned the beliefs and characters he had cultivated since childhood, and the edifice of ideas collapsed. No wonder he was in such pain.But what Bi Su said today taught her a lesson.When she was walking alone on the road and slowly walking back, she kept thinking about what Bisu said in her mind. Yes, you have your reasons, I have mine, everyone has something he wants to defend, what is the world, what is moral justice, how many worlds are there in the world?Song had the world of Song, Liao had the world of Liao, and Xixia had the world of Xixia... The so-called world is just the piece of land you own.There is no absolute truth in the world. If you maintain what you want to maintain, you will inevitably damage what others want to maintain. To put it bluntly, benevolence, righteousness and morality are just to maintain a kind of order in your own group. Why is it that a common man and a low-level assassin can see it so clearly and understand the truth, but this stupid son of himself regards some self-deceiving things as righteous principles that are universally applicable, and puts his own good life aside. However, getting entangled in those nonsensical things, causing father and son to turn against each other, and even sending a lingering assassin back to the mountain?If you speak morally to others, who will speak morally to you? Seeing Zhao Yuanzuo approaching, Concubine Li Xian suddenly became angry and slapped her across the face without even thinking about it.This slap made Zhao Yuanzuo dumbfounded.Empress Li said in shock: "Sister Xianfei, you... what are you doing?" Concubine Li Xian intends to teach her son a few words, but the ministers and servants, the palace guards and the imperial army, surrounded by many people, although some truths are true, but it is inconvenient to tell others, especially as a member of the royal family, she Zhang She opened her mouth, and finally it turned into a long sigh: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace. This unworthy son, leave him alone!" Seeing Luan driving away, Zhao Yuanzuo covered his cheeks and still stood there blankly. He didn't understand why his mother, who had always loved him and never touched his finger since childhood, beat him? "What did I do wrong?" Zhao Yuanzuo shouted angrily in his heart.
Under the city of Youzhou, the war is raging. Just collecting materials, it only took half a month for the military craftsmen to make 800 stone cannons, rain of arrows and rain of stones, pouring them into Youzhou City every day without spending money, climbing ladders, beating City gates, building earth hills, digging tunnels, all kinds of tactics are used to the extreme.The defenders in the city came to block them, and when the water came to the earth, they also tried their best to resist. The reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom had nothing to do against the behemoth of the Song Army. Once the huge formation of the Song Army was in operation, it was simply a huge and terrifying meat grinder. The wartime was more perfect and meticulous, especially after more than a month of continuous improvement and supplementation, and it was perfectly combined with the terrain. Its heavy armored infantry was equipped with the most sophisticated weapons in the world at that time, received the most scientific training, and was composed of the most exquisite The formation is invincible in frontal battles. No matter how many soldiers are filled in, this bottomless pit cannot be filled. The reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom watched the Song army besiege and attack the city in a big way, but they were helpless. The Song army only fought with you, and did not come to actively disrupt the war. What can you do?These hundreds of thousands of troops are piled up under the city of Youzhou, people eat and feed, and spend money like running water every day, it almost makes people collapse. At this time, the Song army had already freed up its hands and began to cut off the cities around Youzhou.Yelu Xiezhen originally came to reinforce Youzhou, but he suffered setbacks after several battles, lost troops and lost generals, but Zhao Guangyi's most proud "Ping Rong Wanquan Great Array" was extremely low in morale. After several consecutive defeats, Yelu Xiezhen Da Luanhe, the commander of the Bohai Navy under his command, led his Bohai Navy to surrender to Song Dynasty. The Bohai State was annexed by the Liao State. It has only been a few years now. The Bohai Navy is not loyal enough to be willing, but shortly thereafter, another person surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Although he failed to pull all his troops over, he only brought two More than a hundred cronies caused an uproar in the Liao army camp.Because this is Li Zha Lucun, the commander of the Liao State Tielin Army. The Iron Forest Army is one of the most elite troops in the Liao Kingdom, and has a high reputation in history. The three major heavy armored cavalry in the Song Dynasty are the Iron Forest Army of the Liao Kingdom. , and Li Zhalucun was also a senior general of the Khitan faction of the Liao Kingdom. When this person surrendered to the Song Dynasty, the morale of the Liao army plummeted when the news came. His surrender to the Song Dynasty immediately had a domino effect. Liu Tingsu, the general of Liao Shunzhou, and Liu Shouen, the general of Jizhou, surrendered the city one after another. Youzhou City officially became an isolated city, and the situation was in jeopardy. The news spread back to Beijing, and the court was in an uproar. The series of victories of the Song army and the rule of orphans and widows completely shattered the ambition of the Liao people. , began to consider abandoning Youyun Sixteen States, shrinking troops and horses, and protecting their old places.One person made a proposal, and ten or a hundred people responded. For a while, all the clamor in the court hall of the Liao Kingdom was the same voice: "Abandon the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, and shrink the army to preserve the Liao Kingdom!" "Nonsense! Anyone who dares to abandon our country and retreat to protect himself will be killed without mercy!" Xiao Chuo raised his sword, and the natural and charming brows were full of evil spirits. No one dared to speak out, only this woman's bold words were left: "In the past, I, Daliao, ruled the world, and there was no one who dared to stop me!" Even with the talents of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, what can I do? Now the city of Youzhou is in danger, and the defenders are facing 300,000 enemy troops. They will hold on for more than a month without losing an inch of ground. Only waiting for our Daliao tiger and wolf division to come to help Clearing the siege, you are so timid and afraid of fighting?" Looking around the room, Xiao Chuo said firmly and resolutely: "You retreat, I will not retreat! I will bring the emperor with me, and I will march in person. If I want to die, the warriors of the Daliao Dynasty will die violently. I and the emperor will die in battle. Under the city of Youzhou!" Seeing a young woman with such courage, the civil and military officials of the court were ashamed and dared not face each other. Xiao Chuo's resolute words also aroused their fierceness. , Continue to organize reinforcements, ready to rush to help Youzhou.At the same time, Xiao Chuo urgently ordered Yeluxiu to end the battle with Shiwei and Jurchen as soon as possible, no matter whether it was a war or peace, and return to the division immediately to defend Nanjing! Corpses were strewn all over the field, and the place was in a mess. Monk Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian were in the central army, constantly investing in troops, and the battle group became bigger and bigger. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire plain was full of rampaging soldiers and horses, and the killing was earth-shattering, and the sun and the moon were dark. At this moment, smoke and dust rose from the horizon in the southwest direction, first a wisp of black line, and then moved forward rapidly, the smoke and dust billowed like a yellow dragon that opened its teeth and claws to choose someone to bite, flying like a lightning bolt.The battle between the two armies was in full swing, and a strange soldier suddenly came out, which surprised everyone. The two warring parties near the southwest were the first to quiet down, and then spread like a plague throughout the entire battlefield. The banners were unfurled, fluttering in the wind, and Dou Da's child character came into view. Suddenly, there was an overwhelming cheer from Shangbo's thousand battalion. Their "reinforcement"...has arrived!