Yelu Hongji fled to Ningzhou in shock, and before he could breathe and settle down, Yelu Chongyuan's messenger had already rushed to the buttocks, in which Yelu Chongyuan scolded Yelu Hongji for mishandling and losing Linhuang Mansion, but he didn't say a word about his mother's murder, and didn't seem to care; At the end of the letter, Yelu Hongji asked Yelu Hongji to immediately lead the remaining men and horses back to Linhuang Mansion to join his army and recapture Shangjing in one fell swoop.

Yelu Hongji didn't want to go at all, but he couldn't go away, Linhuang Mansion was lost in his hands, and he killed the queen because of it.

Although Yelu Kanrong and others tried their best to dissuade Yelu Hongji from staying, and the generals led their troops to attack Linhuang Mansion, Yelu Hongji still led the army on the road to the south after thinking about it.

Yelu Chongyuan's army had already occupied Seoul, but the Song people were really tricky, and after moving the men and horses into the imperial city, Seoul was set on fire, and there was not a single house left, not a grain of grain left, and even the wells were filled with stones and soil; And the materials in the city are also pitiful, the wood has long been driven by the Song people to empty the people in the city, and they have been taken to the imperial city to build a shack, Yelu Chongyuan had to set up a military tent on the ruins as a camp, in general, it is much better than camping in the wilderness.

After Yelu Hongji arrived, Yelu Chongyuan first comforted him with a warm face, and then began to scare Yelu Hongji: "Imperial nephew, you have gone too far this time, how can you kill the queen and the princess with your own hands?" This will be a stain on your life, which cannot be washed away, after the emperor returns, do you know what will happen to you? ”

Yelu Hongji blushed and said: "Uncle Huang doesn't know, the situation at that time really can't be considered too much, the Song people coerced the queen mother and younger siblings, and at that time, my army had already driven the people into the northern city of Seoul as the vanguard, I couldn't surrender in order to save them, besides, once I attacked, the Song people would humiliate the queen and princess, and the nephew had to do so in order not to let the queen mother be humiliated; Uncle Huang, what should you do if you are present? ”

Yelu Chongyuan sighed: "What you say is the truth, but others don't think so, and your father doesn't necessarily think so, I'm worried about you." ”

Yelu Hongji's little face turned blue, and he rubbed his hands and said, "Uncle Huang, do you think my father will blame me?" ”

Yelu Chongyuan sighed and was silent, Yelu Hongji almost cried, pulled Yelu Chongyuan's sleeve and shook it: "Uncle Huang wants to save me, and he wants to break down a few words for me." ”

Yelu Chongyuan said: "That's natural, but Linhuang Mansion must be taken back, otherwise what will I use to plead with your father?" Originally, I planned to take Linhuang Mansion myself, but in the current situation, you need to take back the credit of Linhuang Mansion more than me, so I decided to give you this credit so that you can give it an account. ”

Yelu Hongji was so excited that he almost shed tears, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Uncle Huang treats me like this, and my nephew will be a good filial piety to Uncle Huang in the future." ”

Yelu Chongyuan waved his hand and said: "That's it, since it is thanks to you, I can't interfere, otherwise others will say that I will give you the credit, I decided to allocate you 40,000 soldiers and horses, you already have 20,000 in your hands, so that there will be 60,000 troops, you have full authority to command the soldiers and horses of the post in the siege battle, and your uncle will sweep the battle for you." ”

Yelu Hongji was stunned and said, "This ...... How can 60,000 soldiers and horses be captured? ”

Yelu Chongyuan lowered his face and said, "Do you want me to hand over all the soldiers and horses to you?" I will send people to feint in the four cities, so that the Song army has to divide the troops to defend the four cities, the Song army only has more than 80,000, and the number of people in the four cities is three times less than yours, you can't take this, what else is there to say? ”

Yelu Hongji said happily: "It turns out that my uncle will feint to attract, if so, my nephew will have confidence." ”

Yelu Chongyuan said: "That's good, start attacking tomorrow afternoon, once you attack, you are not allowed to be discouraged, you have to take it in one go, the army is running out, you can't afford to spend time, if you don't have the confidence to take it, it's better to speak as soon as possible, I'll change people to attack the city." ”

"Uncle, don't worry, my nephew will definitely take the imperial city."

"The ugly words are in the head, if you retreat, damage the spirit of my army, I want to engage in military law, I came with a big victory in Xinzhou, and the morale is extremely high, if you frustrate my spirit, I will never agree."

Yelu Hongji patted his chest and said: "My nephew is willing to make a military order, if he retreats, he will be at the disposal of his uncle." ”

Yelu Chongyuan laughed and said: "Good ambition, I will allow you to make a military order, uncle is not to force you, but to stimulate your courage to kill the enemy, my Da Liao prince is the future lord of the people, of course, to have the power to look down on the world, in the future I and your father are old, I can only rely on you to complete my Da Liao to dominate the world." ”

Yelu Hongji's face was full of red light with excitement, and he immediately picked up a brush to write down the military order, and returned to the camp in a hurry.

Yelu Chongyuan held the military order in his hand, looked at it carefully under the lamp several times, and sneered; Wang Han held back from the corner of the tent, and the two looked at each other and smiled under the lamp, strange and inexplicable.

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Ten days ago, after the defeat of Xinzhou, the dynasty led 20,000 Song troops to break through to the north, he wanted to rush to Linhuang Mansion to meet Su Jin, but Yelu Chongyuan's army pulled out the village and returned to the army, completely blocking the route to the east, and the dynasty could not take 20,000 horses to wander in their sight, and when they escaped, they didn't bring anything, not even military rations, and they had to find a place to rest.

The dynasty set its sights on Longzhou, which was occupied by the Jurchens, and marched for three days with 20,000 defeated troops, and finally arrived at the city of Longzhou.

The news brought by the dynasty made the Jurchen tribe grief, the leader Wanyanhu died in Xinzhou, and the 25,000 Jurchen people who went with him also died, which was a great loss for the small Jurchen tribe, after all, there were only about 200,000 people in their entire clan.

The Jurchens soon elected a new leader, that is Wan Yan Hu's sworn brother Wan Yan Feng, Wan Yan Feng offered to avenge the dead Wan Yan Hu, which made the dynasty overjoyed, Su Jin took 90,000 horses with his hands, plus the 20,000 he brought out was only 110,000, far less than the 160,000 of Yelu Chongyuan, if the Jurchens were willing to send troops, then there were tens of thousands of more fresh troops, whether it was defending the city or fighting in the field, they would not be afraid of the opponent.

At the tribal conference, the dynasty tried to persuade the tribal elders with the ability to analyze the problem learned from Su Jin, and the dynasty told the tribal elders that once the Song army was annihilated, the next goal of the Liao people was to take revenge on the Jurchen tribe for taking advantage of the fire and robbery, and the original Jurchen still had 50,000 horses, and now the strength has been greatly reduced and even self-protection can not be done, only to join forces with the Song army to defeat the army of Yelu Chongyuan, in order to ensure the safety of the Jurchen people.

The Jurchens are not fools, they know the truth of cold lips and teeth, but they know that once they send troops, it is a big gamble, and if they lose the bet, there is nothing; The reason for the opposition is because the odds of winning the big gamble are not great, even if the two families join forces, the number of troops is tens of thousands less than that of the Liao army, and the defense of Shangjing City is strong, they don't believe that Su Jin's army will take Linhuang Mansion before Yelu Chongyuan rushes back; If Yelu Chongyuan's army blocked Su Jin's 80,000 or 90,000 horses in the wilderness, the consequences would be unimaginable, even if the 50,000 reinforcements of the dynasty and his Jurchen arrived, they would not be able to return to the sky at all, but would anger the Liao people even more.

The dynasty did not have Su Jin's eloquence, nor did he have as many fancy intestines as Su Jin, and he had no good reason to explain in the face of the elders' doubts; After talking bitterly for a long time, when he was talking about dry mouth, the dynasty broke out, and he ordered his subordinates to directly arrest a few chattering guys and force them to agree.

This move is considered to have stabbed the hornet's nest, the Jurchen soldiers and the Song army confronted each other in the city of Longzhou, seeing that civil strife was about to break out, Wan Yan Feng jumped to his feet anxiously, he just became the leader, there was civil strife between the tribe and the Song army, and it was quite tricky to deal with.

Under the persuasion of Wan Yanfeng, the two sides calmed down, and finally changed their ways, and decided to take a step back, and the Jurchens sent 10,000 troops to follow the Song army to support, once it was found that Su Jin did not capture Linhuang Mansion, the Jurchen soldiers had the right to return immediately.

The dynasty is helpless, this is already the best result he can get, if the prince is here, how can there be so many twists and turns, the prince only needs a few words, these Jurchens will follow the fart, Wanyan Hu is such a shrewd guy, not to be made by the prince, and in the end even lost his life, this is the gap.