Chapter 955: Shangjing at Night
Since the Jurchens were killed, Shangjing City closed the city gate to prevent the Jurchen spies from mixing into the city, but the Jurchens' troops were insufficient, and it was a lone army, so Aguta did not dare to divide troops to surround Shangjing, but focused on the north gate, and the other three city gates only sent troops to harass from time to time.
At the beginning, the Liao army was still very firm, the city gates on all sides were tightly closed, and the door would never be opened without an order from above, but as time went by, the defense of the other three city gates became more and more lax, especially the south gate was often opened, after all, the city also needed to transport some materials from the outside world, and taking advantage of the opportunity to open the city gate, some refugees due to the war would also mix into the city, after all, the Jurchens outside the city killed people at every turn, and also robbed all the food, so staying outside the city must be a dead end, Although you may not be able to survive in the city, there is always a glimmer of life.
On this day, another batch of materials was transported from the south to Shangjing, speaking of which there were too many refugees pouring into Shangjing, making the grain and grass in the city consume very quickly, and the city was also soaring, especially the price of grain has risen nearly ten times, and sometimes even money can not buy food, which also leads to the frequent entry of materials from outside the city, otherwise there would have been a large number of starving people in the city.
With the entry of this batch of materials into the city, there are also a group of refugees who rushed into the city with the whips of the city gate officials, and then scattered and fled, the Liao army guarding the city gate could not chase if they wanted to, not to mention that they were too lazy to chase, anyway, they were just eating with their mouths, but now the city is not even able to pay the food of these officers and soldiers, where do they still have the strength to chase those refugees?
It's just that no one in the Liao army in front of the city gate noticed that among these refugees who poured into the city, there were a few sneaky people, their heads and faces were all covered with black mud, and they couldn't see their original faces clearly. And after these people entered the city, they immediately turned around in the alleys of the city, and seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of the city, and finally these people got into a small house, and never came out again.
It's almost November, and the days are getting shorter and shorter. Night also falls early, and because of the war, there is also a curfew in the upper capital, so every night, the pedestrians on the streets quickly disappear, and the entire upper capital becomes extremely silent, as if it has become a dead city.
At the third watch, in the house where the refugees were hiding before, they suddenly saw a gap in the door of the house. Then several black shadows in night clothes came out of the house, and then these people left the place along the corner of the wall, and specially picked some unmanned alleys to drill, and finally they were touched by them to the outside of a very large mansion in the south of the city.
"Is this it?" In the darkness, I only heard the black-clothed man led by one of them ask the people around him in a low voice.
"Taifu Qi, this is the other party's mansion, and we have already made an appointment with the other party, as long as the Taifu arrives. The people in the house will open the corner door at the back, and then we will enter the house. Naturally, someone answered! One of the men in black replied in a low voice.
"Very good, take me into the house!" The man in black spoke again, and then these people, led by one of the men in black, quickly touched the corner gate behind this mansion, and the door was indeed open, and waited until they entered through the corner gate. After walking a short distance, they saw a servant carrying a lantern in front of them, apparently waiting for them, and then these people, led by the servant, came to a study in the backyard of the mansion, and the man in black led by him pushed the door and walked in. The rest waited outside the door.
I saw that after the leader of the man in black entered the study, he immediately saw a middle-aged Khitan nobleman with a mighty appearance sitting behind the desk, and the head of the man in black took the mask on his face and smiled: "Brother Yu Jian, I haven't seen you for many years, I didn't expect you to be more beautiful than before!" ”
The leader of the man in black who took off the mask was also a middle-aged man, with a long horse face and slender eyes and a hooked nose, just from this appearance, it could be seen that this middle-aged man was not a simple character. When the mighty middle-aged man in the study saw this horse-faced middle-aged man, he couldn't help but stand up with some surprise and said: "Yelu Nuzhang, I didn't expect you to dare to enter the capital alone, aren't you afraid of being caught by Your Majesty and then cutting you with a thousand knives?" ”
The mighty middle-aged man in the study is named Yelu Yujian, who now serves as the general of Jin Wuwei, the commander of the South Road, responsible for the defense of the south of the city, and can be said to hold heavy power, but Yelu Yujian hates the Song people very much, so seeing that the Liao State is about to perish, most of the Liao ministers chose to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, but he chose to collude with the Jin State, or in other words, it is more appropriate, that is, Yelu Yujian wants to use the resources in his hands to make a deal with the Jin State, He had already been in contact with Jin Guo's spies in the city a few times before, but he never expected that Yelu Nuzhang would come to see him in person.
If you rank the most hated people in the Liao country, Yelu Nuzhang will definitely be at the top of the list, and even the Aguda brothers can only be ranked below him, and even now as long as this name is mentioned, the refugees on the streets of Shangjing from Yelujun to Shangjing are all gnashing their teeth, because the reason why Liao has fallen to this point is because of Yelunuzhang, if he hadn't launched a rebellion in Shangjing, Yelujun would not have lost the battle of Huanglongfu so easily, Previously, Yelu Nuzhang dedicated Longhua Prefecture to the Jurchens, making the Jurchens drive straight in, and hundreds of people were displaced and became refugees.
"Haha~, Shangjing is so chaotic, there are no less than seventy or eighty thousand refugees on the streets alone, plus the army of the Liao State is all attracted by the Jin army in the north of the city, the defense in the city can be said to be full of loopholes, I sneaked into the city quietly, no one else knows at all, unless someone goes to tell the truth, but I think Brother Yu Jian will definitely not do such a stupid thing!" When Yelunuzhang heard this, he laughed loudly, and his face was full of smugness and arrogance.
When Yelu Nuzhang was the deputy envoy of the Northeast Road Army, he secretly corresponded with the Jurchens, but at that time he was just smuggling some goods to the Jurchens, so as to earn personal profits from the Jurchens, but he later became more and more greedy, and began to smuggle some weapons, food and other contraband to the Jurchens, and finally was blackmailed by Akuta, so that he had to become the internal response of the Jurchens, and now as the Jurchens are getting stronger and stronger, Yelunuzhang has wholeheartedly made the Jurchens, and was also appointed as the Taifu of the Jin Kingdom by Akuta, Of course, the Jin State was created, and the name and authority of the official position were also very confusing, for example, Yelu Nuzhang, the Taifu, actually controlled the intelligence system of the Jin State, and the most important thing was the officials who plotted against the Liao State, and Yelu Yujian was the most important one among these rebel officials.
Looking at the smug expression on Yelu Nuzhang's face, Yelu Yujian had an urge to pull out a knife and cut the other party, although he was also ready to surrender to Jinguo, but he was forced to helpless, after all, now he only has two ways to go, either surrender or die, but he doesn't want to die, so he can only surrender, but Yelu Nuzhang is different from him, the other party is the main murderer who forced Liao into this situation, so as a Liao person, Yelu Yujian also hates him to the core.
However, impulsiveness is impulsive, and in the end, Yelu Yujian's reason still prevailed, after all, he couldn't block the road to Shun Liao because of impulse, so he finally said slowly: "Brother Nuzhang really knows the situation of my Da Liao, but I don't know what is the important thing for you to come here in person today?" ”
"Hehe, why should Brother Yu Jian pretend to be confused, before you proposed some conditions for returning to my Jin Kingdom, at that time, my Dajin Emperor was busy with government affairs, and he really couldn't spare time to reply, but now His Majesty the Emperor finally took some time to seriously consider the conditions proposed by Brother Yu Jian, and finally decided to agree to these conditions of Brother Yu Jian, as long as Brother Yu Jian can launch a rebellion in the city and help me Dajin occupy Shangjing, then the title of King of Western Liao will be yours in the future!" Yelu Nuzhang said with a smile at this time.
"Really?" Yelu Yu couldn't help but cry out in surprise when he heard the other party's words, before he contacted the people of the Jin State to discuss the matter of reducing the gold, and the other party proposed to let him do the internal response and help the Jin State take the capital, which is nothing. However, the conditions he made to the Jin State were a little lion-mouthed, not only asking to keep his army, but also asking the Jin State to make him the king of Western Liao, and to assign the area west of Shangjing to his autonomy, and there were some other conditions, in fact, Yelu Yujian did not expect the Jin State to agree to these conditions, but just asked for a price, waiting for the Jin State to bargain for himself, but he did not expect that the Jin State really agreed to those conditions, which shocked him and doubted the sincerity of the Jin State at the same time.
Yelu Nuzhang is a master of observing words and feelings, and immediately noticed the change in the expression on Yelu Yu Jian's face, and immediately explained with a smile: "Brother Yu Jian doesn't have to doubt it, you must also know that the Liao State has surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao army in Yikun Prefecture has laid down its arms, and the Song army is also rushing to Shangjing at the fastest speed, and the Jin State has been taken away from the capital by the Great Song Dynasty before, which makes my Dajin Emperor very annoyed, so this time I have to take the capital before the Song army anyway, and this requires the cooperation of Brother Yu Jian, If this matter is successful, Brother Yu will become the first person to make military merits to my Dajin! ”
Hearing that Jin Guo actually wanted to occupy Shangjing before the arrival of the Song army, Yelu Yu finally showed a sudden realization expression, so it was necessary to understand why Jin Guo suddenly agreed to his excessive requests, it turned out that the time was urgent, so they couldn't agree. Thinking of this, Yelu Yujian's face also showed a hint of eagerness. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, I'm back late today, only 3,000 words. Alas, the more things are going on during the New Year, there are still a bunch of things waiting for Lao Yu to deal with these days, so I can only work overtime at night, try to keep two shifts a day, and everyone understands.