After the greetings, the wine and food are served, there are many styles of dishes, they are also very exquisite, the taste is delicious, but the amount is not large, even a few girls are rare left, Yu Liyana is also a royal child, but many dishes have not been seen at all, let alone named. And the tea on the table is also extraordinary, she drank it was the imperial tea of the Song Kingdom, even if it was only a few catties per year when the Liao and Song Dynasty were friends, it was difficult to see in recent years, but it appeared in a small state and county like Texas.

Everything in the city lord's mansion seems abnormal, but the seemingly ordinary second son of Zhao is mysterious, he claims to be the Zhao family of Youzhou in Daliao, he speaks Khitan and listens to it confused, and he also knows nothing about what he says, which is unimaginable in Liao. In addition, although he was already down, those eunuchs were also afraid when they saw him, and they were all respectful, but he was only stunned for a moment and returned to normal, Yu Liyan believed that he was surprised by his appearance rather than the identity of a princess.

The whole dinner was said to be for them, but the city lord, Zhizhou, and Jiedu envoys all revolved around this Zhao Er, who was about the same age as him, although he was also joking, but he didn't dare to offend at all, but was respectful. With Yu Liyan's knowledge, even the big clans with the surname Han did not dare to be presumptuous in front of a Khitan minister, and Zhao Er mentioned that his brothers were only familiar with each other, and did not deliberately cling to each other, everything can only show that his status is no less than his own, or even higher.

"What the hell is this man?" Yu Liyan secretly pondered, guessing the identity of this mysterious young man, what was the purpose of his imprisoning his brother and sister in the City Lord's Mansion!

"Princess, how long will you stay here? The second son didn't embarrass you! Yelu Yu kept an eye on the princess, watching him look at Zhao Er from time to time. I was secretly happy in my heart, thinking that the little girl had moved her spring heart. Speaking tentatively.

"Uncle, it's still comfortable. There is no shortage of food and clothing, and someone will take care of it. But I didn't know that the second son of Lu Dao also lived here, and we had never met, and we couldn't talk about it. Yu Liyan said calmly.

"Oh!?" Yelu Yu admired this Zhao Er even more, and said that the hero was sad about the beauty, he and the beauty were neighbors, but he could bear it, the city was really unfathomable, and the young man had a great future, and he had to keep this thick leg. "How about you see this second son Zhao today?"

"I can't see through it!" Yu Liyan shook his head lightly and said, but he was wary of his uncle, did he want to give me to this Zhao Er, she knew that her uncle was angry and invested money for the sake of family feuds, and the Jurchens could quickly occupy Zhongjing, and he was 'indispensable' to break Xijing, and now he will definitely do it in order to cling to this mysterious young man.

"This man is a versatile man in humanities and martial arts, and his family is illustrious, but he is a rare talent!" Yelu Yu said. However, I deeply believe in the niece's words, not only you can't see through it, but you can't see through it yourself.

"Does my uncle dislike our brothers and sisters, if he refuses to take us in, he will send us to Xijing!" Yu Liyan said suddenly. She didn't want to be a gift, let alone someone else's plaything.

"Why, I came this time to welcome the princess and King Zhao to my mansion. Xijing has now been regarded as the emperor of Liang, but I am afraid that they will not accept it. Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan has approached Xijing City, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. The road is cut off, and if the princess wants to go, she must wait until the war is over! Yelu Yu touched a nail and was annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't just have a seizure, so he could only say good words to persuade him.

"It's getting late, and we have to hurry tomorrow, let's have a drink together and make a trip for King Zhao and the princesses!" Zhao Ta raised his glass and said, wanting to end this unpleasant banquet as soon as possible, Zhao Wang Xi Nilie was cautious, submissive, full of flattering words, those princesses were even more trembling and cheerful, and their voices were louder, which would cause them to tremble, and only the princess of Shu still maintained the royal prestige, all of which made him uncomfortable, and all this may be the end of his brothers and sisters.

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The winter and summer are long, the spring and autumn are short, and it is the weather of the early winter in the Central Plains just after entering September, as if it has not yet enjoyed the joy of golden autumn and entered the bleak winter. Zhao Ta was a little irritable, as if he was holding a fire in his chest, he went out of the house, took two deep breaths of cold air, seemed to be more comfortable, walked out of the yard and into the garden, Wangfu hurriedly followed with a few guards from afar.

The war in Xijing developed very rapidly, and the situation changed three times in a day. When the Agu army Baishuiluo struck Yelu Yanxi, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, Wanyan Zonghan finally launched an attack after completing the war preparations, and he personally led 30,000 elite cavalry from Fengsheng Prefecture to march 200 miles in one day and one night to capture Huai'an and Shunsheng Prefectures, and found that Hongzhou was tightly fortified and did not entangle, and went around the city and went south along the Sanggan River into Yingzhou. Within five days, they occupied the three counties of Hunyuan, Jincheng and Huairen, completed the encirclement of Datong, cut off their route to flee south, and marched to Datong to engage in fierce battles with Geng Shouzhong's troops outside the city.

While Ah Guta, who was sitting in Baishuiluo, sent Wan Yan Zongwang to continue to search for Yelu Yanxi, he ordered Wan Yan Lou to be the vanguard, leading 10,000 troops south to capture Xijing, and joining forces with Wan Yan Zonghan. Wonju became the first stumbling block that had to be removed, and Xiao Chongdeok, the deputy privy councillor of the Yelu Yari regime and the envoy to the northwest, and the lord of Wonju, led 30,000 troops to fight a fierce battle with the invading Jin army in Baekseoklo...

Xiao Chongde had completed the reorganization of the Yuanzhou army at this time, in order to eliminate the influence of his sister on the army, all the officers he promoted and reused were removed from the army, his old department was appointed, and he used his name of "Northwest Recruitment Envoy" to annex the armies of the surrounding tribes, and incorporated the scattered soldiers, expanding the Yuanzhou army to 60,000, becoming a separatist force on the hegemonic side, but the blind expansion of the army also brought sequelae and buried hidden dangers.

By the time Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne, the army construction had stagnated, military discipline became more and more slack, and the soldiers had been sparse for a long time, and there was almost no combat experience. However, there are major flaws in the army's employment system, and most of the generals of the Liao Dynasty army are hereditary successors. The aristocratic class is pampered, and the children rarely have the ambition to make meritorious contributions, and most of them have the style of dogs and horses. In the long run, it is natural that one generation is not as good as the next, and if one soldier instigates one, it will instigate a nest, and the incompetence of the commander will be fatal militarily.

By the time of the war with the Jurchens, there were no available talents in the Liao army, and the strategies and tactics were extremely inappropriate. And the absurd emperor Yelu Yanxi's rewards and punishments are unknown, and he treats military law as child's play. In the Battle of Chuhedian, Xiao Sixian, the younger brother of the commander Xiao Fengxian, escaped from the battle first, and the crime was unforgivable, but Yelu Yanxi tolerated and connived at him and dismissed him. As a result, the soldiers formed an understanding of the innocence of fleeing, and the compulsory military discipline was no longer binding, and the morale of the army was disintegrated, and every time the enemy army ran away. In the field, there is no belief in fighting to the death; Guarding the defense and lacking the intention of protracted combat, Xiao Chongde led such a seemingly powerful army to fight against the Jin army.

Xiao Chongde's opponent Wan Yan Lou joined the army at the age of fourteen, and at the age of twenty-one, his father was the minister of Qishui, and he was brave and resolute with soldiers, proficient in military strategy, good at fighting tough battles, outwitted Huanglong Mansion and obtained an iron coupon to avoid death, and was a fierce general in the Jin Army, and his subordinates were an iron army, known as undefeated. He is accustomed to fighting with opponents who are several times his own troops, and is accustomed to calmly and quickly analyzing the situation of the enemy and our army.

The two armies engaged, Wanyan Lou Room took advantage of the Yuanzhou army to serve the crowd to light the enemy, and when the formation was not stable, the 7,000 vanguard army was divided into two teams, and they entered and exited one after another, and fought for 30 miles, and fought fiercely for half a day. The Wonju army was defeated, thousands of people were beheaded, and the blood stained red and white. Xiao Chongde led the defeated army to retreat to Hufeng Town to defend the village, but it was broken again, and he had to retreat to Yuanzhou City with 10,000 remnants.

Faced with the city of Yuanzhou, which still had more troops than itself, Wanyan Lou Room did not adopt the Jin army's habit of attacking and taking it hard, but used the method of siege to cut off its reinforcements and take Yuanzhou. At this time, Xiao Chongde, who was trapped in the lonely city, began to taste the bitter fruits of his brewing, Yuanzhou was not abundant, and Zhao Xin relied on trade to supplement the shortage when he was in power. After Xiao Chongde seized power, he repeatedly forcibly took the goods of the caravan, and the caravan could only withdraw from the Wonju market, and even the closest business partners in the past also withdrew from Wonju.

The original population of Yuanzhou City was more than 20,000, and there were 60,000 troops, and the daily consumption of food was a huge number. Now that the city is surrounded by foreign aid, the grain and grass stored in the city are not enough for ten days, and there are only 100,000 arrows, which is not enough to support a long-term battle, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken...

When Zhao Yong asked again whether to save Yuanzhou, Zhao Ta was very entangled, saying that he only wanted to save Zhao Xin alone, and he was not interested in Xiao Chongde, a villain, he had sent people to Dezhou several times to order the Texas army to fight against Jin in the name of 'Southwest Recruitment', Zhao Ta ignored it, if it wasn't for Akuda to send troops to attack, I'm afraid he would have to send troops to 'crusade' against Dezhou.

And what disgusted Zhao Ta even more was that he actually disregarded the feelings of his brother and sister, and took Zhao Xin's military power, not counting, but also dedicated his 'wife' to Yelu Yali's 'His Majesty' as a concubine, which is also the reason why he refused on the spot when he saw Yelu Yu wanting to give his niece Princess Shu to himself, he didn't like this kind of thing of using women for benefits, and he hated this kind of behavior of betraying his relatives.

"Don't stuff the dark red dust, don't hurt how difficult it is; It is better to plug the path of treachery and evil today, and choose virtuous ministers. Straight must lie down to taste the courage, stimulate the donation of the strong man, you can face the desert north, and the sunset Yanyun. Just as Zhao Ta was thinking about how to deal with the affairs of Yuanzhou, a poignant singing voice came from his ears, who was still in the garden at such a late hour, he followed the prestige... (To be continued.) )