Chapter 942: Forced Conscription

Hu Yanqing's request to Yang Huaiyu was quickly responded, Yang Huaiyu, as the commander of the middle route army attacking Liao, has the right to self-determination on the battlefield, so he can make decisions on this matter, and he agreed without hesitation to Yeluchun's willingness to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, and also agreed to the conditions proposed by Yeluchun.

Yang Huaiyu's consent was also expected by Hu Yanqing, at the moment he summoned Yelu Dashi again, conveyed Yang Huaiyu's decision to him, and then asked Yelu Dashi to show his sincerity, in this case, Yelu Dashi first returned to the city to report the good news to Yelu Chun, and then went out of the city again, first with Hu Yanqing to order the Liao army around the capital to surrender, and then a few days later, Yelu Chun officially opened the city to the Great Song Dynasty to express his submission.

As soon as the news of Yeluchun's surrender came out, a huge storm was immediately formed in the Liao State, which had a huge impact on the Liao court in the storm, after all, Yeluchun's fame was too great, and Yeluchun almost let Yeluchun ascend the throne as the emperor when Yelunuzhang rebelled before, but he himself refused, and then ran to the Great Song Dynasty with his eyes in his eyes, doesn't this mean that being the emperor of Liao is not the general of the Great Song Dynasty?

Of course, for Ye Luchun's approach, many Liao nobles hated him very much and scolded him for being a traitor, but after scolding, many people thought deeply, even people like Ye Luchun chose to take refuge in the Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't that show that Liao has no hope? This made more people panic and uneasy, and at the same time, more people began to arrange a way back for themselves, a few people were optimistic about the newly rising Jin State, so some people began to contact these Jin States that they regarded as barbarians, but more people had a good impression of the Great Song Dynasty, so there were countless Liao officials who secretly contacted the Great Song Dynasty for a while.

"Bastard! A bunch of bastards! "In the palace of Shangjing, Yelu Jun angrily lifted the dragon case. Angry and scolded, Ye Luchun almost killed him when he suddenly descended to the Song Dynasty, but today he just got the news that a few letters were seized in Dongcheng, which turned out to be written by someone in the court to the Great Song Dynasty, which made him not angry.

"Your Majesty is angry. Although these people who are familiar with foreign enemies deserve to die, but in the final analysis, it is the bad impact of Yeluchun's surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, but it is a pity that this traitor fled too quickly and moved his family to Zhongjing early, so it can be seen that he had already planned to join the Song Kingdom before! At this time, I saw Yelu Yixin open his mouth to persuade, he blamed all this on Yelu Chun, but forgot that the reason why the Liao State came to this point today is also inextricably linked with his chaotic government.

"Don't talk about these useless things, all the ministers who defected to the enemy have been arrested and beheaded by me. In addition, now that the Jin Kingdom in the north is eyeing up, and the army of the Great Song Dynasty is advancing step by step in the south, do you have any good way? Ye Lujun flicked his sleeves at this time and said, no matter how dull he is on weekdays, he should wake up at this time, after all, if he ignores the government again, I am afraid that Da Liao will really perish, but when he sobers up, he will find out. His own country has turned into the current appearance of a thousand holes.

"This ......" Yelu Yixin hesitated for a while when he heard this, he knew the situation in Liao better than Yelu Jun. When attacking the Jin State before, the only remaining army in the country had been mobilized, and if they could win, then they still had a chance to live, but they were defeated by Yelu Jun, and now the dignified Daliao had to face the northern and southern attacks of the Song and Jin countries. But he couldn't even organize a resisting army, so what could he do?

"Say!" Seeing that Yelu Yixin was silent for a long time and did not speak, Yelu Jun roared again at the moment, "I completely handed over the government to you to take care of before, but you actually turned my country into what it is now. What a sin you should be! ”

"Minister~, damn it!" Yelu Yixin heard Yelu Jun's accusation, and he was a little frightened and took a few steps back to ask for sin, but Ye Lu Jun didn't see it, Ye Lu Yi Xin lowered his head and a few traces of anger flashed in his eyes, in his opinion, he worked hard to help Ye Lu Jun take care of the government, and there was no merit and hard work, but Ye Lu Jun put all the blame on him, why didn't he say that he only cared about pleasure, which led to the current predicament of Liao?

Yelu Jun lost his temper at Yelu Yixin, but he didn't dare to really do anything with Yelu Yixin, because he had already discovered at this time that the entire court was full of Yelu Yixin's people, if he moved Yelu Yixin now, I am afraid that the court would immediately turn the sky upside down, and the current situation of the Liao State is absolutely unable to withstand a civil strife, so he can only temporarily appease Yelu Yixin and find a way to solve the external crisis.

Thinking of this, Yelu Jun finally sat down angrily, and then discussed with Yelu Yixin about the transfer of troops, after the previous 100,000 troops were defeated by the Jin army, Yelu Jun finally only collected 30,000 or 40,000 defeated soldiers, during this period of time after drawing troops from all over the country, he finally gathered nearly 100,000 troops, but this point of strength is more than enough to defend, but the attack is insufficient, you must know that the Song army is divided into three routes, and the middle route army alone has reached an astonishing 150,000 people, and they also have to guard against the Jin people in the north to kill, so this point of strength is not enough to even plug the gaps.

"Your Majesty, extraordinary things are done at extraordinary times, and now the domestic army is almost exhausted, and the Song and Jin countries are advancing step by step, so there is only one way, and that is to recruit soldiers!" Jereyisin finally came up with a solution.

"Conscription? What do we take to conscript? Ye Lujun also frowned when he heard this method and asked, because conscription is not an easy task, if you want to make an ordinary person become a soldier, training, weapons, armor, etc. all need time and money, but they don't have time or money now, even if they want to recruit soldiers, they are powerless.

"Your Majesty, just now the minister has said, extraordinary times to do extraordinary things, to say something unpleasant, my Da Liao has now entered the time of life and death, as a subject of the Liao country, naturally need to be loyal to my Da Liao, now within the rule of my Da Liao, there should be millions of people, many of these people are young and strong, as long as these people are recruited, even if there is no time to train, but as long as the basic weapons are issued, and then with the help of the city wall defense, it should also be able to play a role together." Yelu Yixin spoke again with a cold expression at this time.

"Hiss~, you mean forced conscription?" Yelujun finally understood at this time, and was very shocked at the moment, forced conscription is actually very common, especially in troubled times, in order to expand their strength as soon as possible, many people have done forced conscription, but after all, the Liao State has been established for hundreds of years, and it has also established great prestige among the people.

Seeing that Yelu Jun was a little hesitant about the forced conscription, Yelu Yixin spoke again and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the minister also knows that the impact of this matter is very bad, but now that the court has reached the point of life and death, if you don't use this method, I'm afraid that our Da Liao will die at the hands of others. ”

Hearing Yelu Yixin's words, the expression on Yelu Jun's face also changed several times, and finally he let out a long sigh and said: "That's it, since that's the case, then according to your opinion, I will issue an order to recruit strong men from all over the country to join the army!" ”

"Obey the order!" Yelu Yixin heard this and immediately relieved his heart, and immediately let people draft the holy decree, and then covered the jade seal of Yelu Jun, then left the palace with the holy decree, and let people go to various places to recruit troops, for a time the territory of the Liao State was also wailing all over the country, after all, no one is a fool, under the attack of the Song and Jin countries, the Liao army has been defeated and retreated, at this time, let the men in the family join the army, it is simply to send them to death, but unfortunately the orders of the imperial court are not at all they can stop, especially in some places even directly send troops to the house to rob people, If anyone dares to escape, they will even directly arrest the children of the family and take them to the barracks to fill the number.

Relying on this method, the number of the Liao army expanded rapidly, and soon reached an astonishing 300,000, but the vast majority of them were civilians who had just taken up arms, and they had not undergone any training at all, but Yelujun didn't care about this, and directly ordered Xiao Derang to lead an army of 200,000 to rush to the south and lay a heavy defensive line in Yikun Prefecture, hoping to block the Song army there.

However, just when Xiao Derang had just led an army of 200,000 to leave Shangjing, the Jin State, which had not moved for a long time, suddenly sent troops from Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and this time the Jurchen army also reached an astonishing 50,000, it turned out that during this time, Aguta had been patiently absorbing various resources of Liaoyang Mansion and Huanglong Mansion, and at the same time expanded the army again, and finally made his army reach an unprecedented 50,000 people, although most of these 50,000 people were not Jurchens, but after replacing them with Jurchen generals, their combat effectiveness was not bad, In addition, he heard the news that the 200,000 troops of the Liao State had left Shangjing, so he decided to send troops, intending to seize Shangjing before the Great Song Dynasty.

Shangjing City, as the capital of the Liao State, belongs to the most elite area of the Liao State, even if it has gone through the rebellion of Yelu Nuzhang before, but Shangjing is still surrounded by nearly half of the population and resources of the Liao State, if the Jurchens occupy here, they will immediately increase their strength, if they wait until they completely digest the resources of Shangjing, then they will become a real power, and then the Great Song Dynasty wants to destroy the Jin State, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

The personnel of the Imperial City Division of the Great Song Dynasty also quickly sent back the news of the Jin State's attack on Shangjing, which also made Yang Huaiyu, who led the troops, very nervous, and immediately ordered the Middle Route Army to speed up the progress, and at the same time, the West Road and the East Route Army also began their respective actions. (To be continued.) )