Dozens of men, women, and children were pushed by the Song army against the edge of the city wall, and all of them were frightened, burst into tears, crying and begging for mercy. And these people are the nobles of the Liao Kingdom who are originally in Youzhou City, and some of them are familiar to Yelu Dashi, such as Yelu Xiongge's two sons, as well as some other officials.

The Liao soldiers under the city were stunned for a moment, and soon understood who appeared above, and immediately shouted and cursed, scolding the Song people for being despicable, and actually threatening them with captives and the old and weak, and many people shouted loudly to let the Song army go out of the city to fight and decide the victory or defeat in the open.

But for these scoldings, don't say that Sun Tu can't understand them, even if he can understand them, he won't take them seriously, he just looked down at Yelu Dashi condescendingly, and said slowly: "Dashi Linya, I don't know if you have the intention of changing your mind now?" I might as well tell you the truth, there are seven or eight hundred hostages related to the Liao officials alone, and in addition, I have also asked people to kidnap thousands of women, children, old and weak in the city, waiting under the other gates, once you really ignore the order to attack the city, they will bear the brunt of the attack! ”

Hearing this, Yelu Dashi's face turned even pale, he raised his eyes to look at each other with hatred, and said in a loud voice: "Sun Tu, I still regarded you as a rare hero today, but I didn't expect your methods to be so despicable and so disregarded for morality and ......."

"When two countries are at war, there is only a difference between victory and defeat, and as for morality or something, it can only be put aside." Sun Tu said calmly: "And their life and death are actually in your hands, and it is not me who ordered them to be killed!" ”

"You...... Don't you forget, most of the people in this city are the people of your Han family, so if you do this, you are not afraid of being spurned by the people of the world and being criticized by those literati in your Song Kingdom? ”

"Although they are Han Chinese, they have long regarded themselves only as subjects of the Liao State, so this is not a problem at all. As for those so-called articles of Confucianism, I don't care about them at all, I am a hero of the Han people for a hundred years since I have won Youzhou City, this is a fact that no one can change, and then those people will only hide everything that happened here. Sun Tu was not moved at all, and he did not dismiss the decision to take these people as hostages.

This time, Yelu Dashi is really helpless. Youzhou is already a city with high walls and deep pools, it is a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now the Song army has pulled out so many hostages to line up at the head of the city, even if he has more soldiers and horses under his hands, there is no place for it. Not to mention that the army behind him is immediate, even if it is a large Liao elite soldier, in the face of such a situation, it is not easy to attack, after all, the arrows fired in the first round are all killed by their own countrymen. I'm afraid that as soon as these people fall, the morale of the army will completely collapse.

After a period of entanglement, Yelu Dashi finally did not dare to order the siege of the city, so he could only lead his troops back and stationed several miles away. At present, this situation is really a dead end. He couldn't have imagined that just because he was one step late, he would be passive to such a situation, and there was no room for redemption.

And what's even more terrifying is that the more time drags on, the more bad it is for them. Because it won't be long before the main force of the Song army that took Zhuozhou will arrive, and they can even defeat the Great Liao elite soldiers led by Xiao Gan, how can their own motley Liao soldiers be their opponents?

For a time, Jerod

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Dashi had fallen into a dilemma, and for the rest of the night, he could not close his eyes, and his whole person was even more anxious.

But there is a way that blessing and misfortune do not go alone, just the day after he was blocked by Youzhou City, and the attack was not retreating, a greater bad news came again-

At noon, Yelu Dashi had just taken a closer look at the city, and found that there were still Liao officials forced to stand at the head of the city, so he sighed again, and then he saw several fast horses galloping from the north. He thought that the defenders of the northern cities planned to send troops to help after knowing about the changes in Youzhou, so he hurriedly asked people to open the gate of the village and let people come closer.

But when the cavalry horses came to him, they knelt on the ground with a puff, and said with a frightened face: "Dashi Linya, there has been a big change in the north, Shangjing, Shangjing has been broken by the Jurchen army, Your Majesty went out of the city under the escort of the pro-army, and now his whereabouts are unknown......

At this moment, Yelu Dashi was like being detained by a god and ghost, and the whole person was unresponsive, just standing there stupidly, not even moving his eyes. It wasn't until the guards around him called out and pushed him twice that he came back to his senses slightly, and an extremely weird smile appeared on his face: "You, what did you say?" But he didn't mean to take the bamboo tube at all.

The messenger was also startled by his reaction, and was stunned for a moment before he stuttered again.

"It can't be! We have 100,000 elite soldiers in the capital, and more than 10 good generals, how can we be so easily attacked by the Jurchens? Yelu Dashi shouted loudly at that time: "You, you must be a Jurchen or a spy of the Song people, do you want to use such despicable means to disturb the hearts of our army, yes or no?" Come on, take down all these spies for me, and torture them! ”

At that moment, the soldiers on the side quickly rushed forward after a slight hesitation, pressed a few people to the ground, dragged them out. This frightened several messengers, and they all shouted loudly that they were wronged, and the leader struggled even more, waving the bamboo tube in his hand and shouting: "Lin Ya is wronged, I am indeed a messenger of the imperial court, I have a token as proof, and this letter that has been printed by the Privy Council, it is impossible for people to imitate, Lin Ya Mingjian......"

Seeing this, the subordinates around "Lin Ya......" also hurriedly said, how can such a big thing be denied at will?

He shuddered violently, then regained some composure, waved his hand to stop the soldier's movement, and then took two steps forward, leaned over and took the small bamboo tube from the messenger's hand.

Although the bamboo tube was no more than the thickness of the arm and the length of the ruler, it seemed to be a thousand pounds to Yelu Dashi at this time, which made his hands tremble for a while, and it took a long time to lift it to his chest. And after seeing the fire paint seal on it, his face turned three points whiter.

After gritting his teeth and cheering up, Yelu Dashi divided the bamboo tube in half along the seal and took out the book inside. After opening the thin silk book full of words in a trembling manner, he only glanced at it and knew that it was an urgent document issued by the imperial court, and there was no problem with the wording and sealing.

It's just that when he read the above content, he still couldn't do it

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Believe it all is true! Shangjing, was really attacked by the Jurchen army, and even His Majesty abandoned the city and fled, and now he doesn't know his life and death, and his whereabouts are unknown!

Suddenly, Yelu Dashi's body trembled violently, his face became more and more pale, and there was almost no trace of blood, and then in the eyes of everyone's panic and concern, suddenly his mouth opened, and with a whoop, a mouthful of blood came out of his mouth......

The people on the side of "Lin Ya ......" were even more panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to help, patting their backs to smooth their breath, and shouting urgently, asking the military doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment. Now that Da Liao has been in calamity, if even he suddenly falls, it will really be completely over.

Before the military doctor arrived, Yelu Dashi, who was already sitting in the tent, took the first step to settle down and waved his hand: "It's not a big problem, it's just a moment of anger and hurting the viscera." Saying that, he smiled miserably: "How unfair is God, do you want to destroy my Da Liao with such a ruthless hand?" After saying this, his throat was sweet, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, which frightened his subordinates a lot.

However, as soon as these two mouthfuls of blood were spit out, Yelu Dashi's mind was much smoother, and he immediately said: "Everything in this tent today, you must keep it secret, and you must not be known by the sergeants below...... As he spoke, his eyes were like swords, and he swept over everyone present.

These generals around them all know how to take matters seriously, and although they are also flustered, they still nod their heads and promises. They also knew that once the news of the capture of Shangjing spread, the whole army would inevitably collapse. And in the city opposite them, there is still Song Jun staring at it.

"Then hurry up and stop the military doctor back, and say that the messenger is unharmed and does not need to be treated." And Jerodashi commanded.

"Klinya, your body ......"

"It's no big deal, and I must not leak my blood vomiting, otherwise I am afraid that it will still shake the hearts of our army." Yelu Dashi said very strongly: "Now our army must not be chaotic here, let alone retreat. ”

It wasn't until someone was ordered to hurry out of the tent to stop the military doctor that he breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt miserable in his heart. I thought that with the family background of more than 100 years in Daliao, it would still be able to support some time, at least Shangjing would be able to defend until he repelled the Song army, and then turn back to deal with the Jurchens. But now it seems that he still underestimated the combat strength of the Jin Army, and also overestimated the strength of his main force in the north.

The current Daliao is really full of disasters, and it has reached a critical juncture of life and death. Shangjing and Nanjing were lost one after another, and the defenders were also losing soldiers, but what should I do? All this, I must come up with a decision as soon as possible, at least to keep the last main elite that is still in the south......

Thinking of this, Yelu Dashi struggled to sit up straight, pulled a piece of cloth, and was about to write a letter to Yelu Xiongge, asking him to stabilize the situation and find another opportunity to withdraw from the army. Now it seems that it is impossible for Nanjing to be recaptured, and the key is to preserve its strength. As for how to deal with Song Jin's two-sided attack next, it is necessary to think about it in the long run.

Thinking in his heart, he wrote a secret letter quickly, and was about to hand it over to his cronies and send it to the south quickly, but when he saw the tent curtain lifted, a personal soldier came in with a strange face and reported: "Lin Ya, the Song people in Nanjing City suddenly sent a messenger, saying that they wanted to invite Lin Ya into the city to discuss important matters, and a letter was sent!" ”

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