Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 621 Forced to make peace
The East Route Army of the Liao Kingdom has been huddled on the south bank of the Juma River, more than 5000 miles east of Ba County. The camp is composed of more than [-] large tents. Rely on thousands of patrols to patrol outside and monitor the surrounding situation.

The East Route Army can still support food for two months, but the fodder has to bottom out, and it can only last for 20 days at most.

The Liao army waited eagerly every day for the rescue and support from the other side. These days, they learned from the soldiers who swam across the river that the dam was being built on the other side, which gave them a glimmer of hope.

At night, a thousand patrols patrolled three miles outside the camp as usual. The patrol soldiers were very vigilant. No one dared to go to sleep in the middle of the night. There was one person every fifty steps.

Because the rangers of the Song army came to harass almost every night, the patrols and the Liao army were exhausted and troubled, Xiao Han's slaves had to make a rule, if only a small number of cavalry harassed, the patrols would fire and whistle, and only a large group of cavalry would come. They just launched the rocket.

At two o'clock, suddenly more than a hundred black shadows rushed towards the southwest corner, and shot dense arrows at several Liao army sentries.

At the same time, more than a hundred cavalrymen also killed more than a hundred cavalry from the northwest corner, and charged from the other side. Two Song army cavalry shot and killed more than [-] patrols in a row.

They are all used to it. Every night, the cavalry of the Song Army will leave after harassing for a while, and all patrols are not allowed to leave their posts at will.

But there is a loophole hidden in it. Once too many Liao army patrols are killed by the Song army, there will be a big gap, which will be replenished when the guard changes at the third watch.

Xiao Han's family slave also thought of this, so when there was sound of gongs all around, the thousands of guards on duty stationed in the camp immediately became vigilant.

The western patrols were cleared by the Song army, and a big gap appeared. At this time, three large catapults came from the west without a sound, and [-] cavalry guarded them on both sides. The four large wheels of the catapult were covered by thick Wrapped in cloth, the sound is extremely low when walking. Under the cover of night, you can only find its existence when you get close to a hundred steps.

The large trebuchets drove until they were [-] paces away from the Liao army's camp before slowly stopping. Although thousands of Liao troops were waiting in formation, the Liao soldiers could not see the trebuchets [-] paces away. Can be seen ten paces away.

The trebuchet creaked open, and the soldiers of the Song Army put a huge fireball on the throwing pocket. The fireball was woven with strips of cloth and soaked in kerosene. A soldier lit the fireball with a fire bag. Full, shot out with a bang, and three blazing fireballs shot towards the Liao army camp.

Thousands of Liao army soldiers saw the light of the fire, and then three groups of fire rushed towards the camp. The three fireballs landed a few dozen steps away from the camp, bounced high again, and rushed into the camp.

Immediately afterwards, three fireballs were shot out in the second round, and they also rushed into the camp.

The camp of the Liao army suddenly became chaotic, and the fireball thrown by the Song army was the signal. The [-] cavalry of the Song army ambushing in the east quickly rushed into the Liao army camp, and threw torches into the camp one after another. The stables were also opened, and tens of thousands of horses rushed out and fled to the south.

The Liao army camp was full of flames and smoke billowing, and [-] Liao army soldiers fled in all directions crying and shouting. cut.

At this time, Fan Ning led [-] cavalry to surround the Liao army's camp on the periphery. On the one hand, he collected the Liao army's horses, and on the other hand, wiped out the remaining soldiers who escaped from the camp.

The fire in the camp burned bigger and bigger, and the Song cavalry also withdrew one after another. The [-] Liao troops were either killed by the Song army, or were ambushed by the peripheral Song cavalry when they broke through, or could not escape at all. body in flames.

Yelu Hongji on the opposite bank heard the news and rushed to the Juma River, staring dumbfounded at the fire on the opposite bank. His dam was destroyed by the attack of Song Army warships last night, but today, the Liao army camp on the opposite bank was caught in raging fire.

Thinking of the destruction of the [-] East Army, and the destruction of the West Army, I racked my brains to bring the troops back. Seeing that there was a little hope, it was finally shattered, but the majestic Liao Army was defeated by the Song Dynasty Navy Play like a dog, die in humiliation.

The more Yelu Hongji thought about it, the more he couldn't bear it. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell on his back. The guards around him came forward to rescue him.

In the early morning of the next day, dozens of soldiers who dived and swam across the Juma River reported to Yelu Hongji what had happened.

With a long sigh, Yelu Hongji ordered to stop the construction of the dam, all the civilians were sent home, and the [-] troops also returned to Youzhou.

Yelu Hongji felt exhausted, and even Yi Zhou didn't want to ask about it for the time being.

In fact, he already had the idea of ​​negotiating peace with the Song Dynasty.

If the peace negotiation is successful, the Song army will withdraw from Yizhou and Juehua Island, and return the nobles who were taken away when the city of Tokyo was broken and the soldiers of the Liao army who surrendered.

Three days later, Yelu Hongji ordered Zhang Xiaojie, Prime Minister of Beifu, as a special envoy to go to Song to seek peace and renew the alliance between the two countries.

Liu Kui arrived in Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo, disguised as a merchant from Korea.

After the Song army attacked the Liaoyang Mansion last time, dozens of undercover scouts were left behind. At the same time, a group of Han Chinese who had been captive by the Liao Kingdom for a short time and longed to return to the Song Dynasty were developed as internal spies.

These Han people have one characteristic. Their children have followed the Song army back to the Song Dynasty. On the one hand, they have satisfied their desire for their children to return to their homeland. On the other hand, these children are also hostages. They guarantee the loyalty of their parents to the Song Dynasty.

Liu Kui brought several entourages into the city of Tokyo. The city of Tokyo has returned to its pre-conquer prosperity, but the palace has not yet been rebuilt, and many Khitan aristocratic mansions are closed, and the government offices are still in ruins. It implies that the city suffered a military disaster not long ago.

Liu Kui came to East Street and found a North-South Inn, in Chinese and Khitan, and this is it.

When Liu Kui walked into the inn, a clerk saw that he was dressed as a Korean, so he asked in broken Korean: "Is the guest from Korea?"

Liu Kui chuckled, "Use Chinese! Is your shopkeeper's surname Mo?"

"Exactly! The guest officer knows my shopkeeper?"

"I've heard about you for a long time, tell him that the guests from Qingzhou are here."

The guest from Qingzhou was a code word, indicating that he was from the Song Dynasty. The clerk's eyes lit up, and he cupped his fists and said in a low voice, "My servant, Wang Wensheng, was born in the Laizhou Navy."

Liu Kui suddenly understood that this guy was also an undercover scout left behind by Song Jun.

He nodded, "Go ahead and talk!"

The two entered the inn, and Mo Ting, the treasurer, greeted him. He was not Song Jun, but a Song Dynasty businessman from Ba County. He lived in Liaoyang Mansion and opened an inn to make a living. His eldest son, Mo Zhan, had returned to the Song Dynasty with Song Jun. , There were only him, his wife, and the youngest son in the inn, so Song Jun placed three spies in his inn as buddies.

Hearing that it was someone from Qingzhou, Mo Ting enthusiastically brought Liu Kui into the shopkeeper's room, Liu Kui said indifferently: "I am the Sima of the staff office under Mr. Fan's account, and my name is Liu Kui. I should also be in charge of Mo's shopkeeper. "

Mo Ting heard that the person who came was Liu Sima, the intelligence leader of the Song Army, and he hurriedly said: "It turns out that Liu Sima is here, the villain is rude!"

Liu Kui smiled slightly, "I have seen the information written by shopkeeper Mo, it is very detailed, Mr. Fan also praised it very much, you have worked hard here."

"We haven't got really important information yet, ashamed!"

Liu Kui pondered for a moment and asked: "I want to go to Shangjing, maybe you can show me the way?"

Mo Ting hesitated and said, "Is Liu Sima going to find Yelv Yixin?"

They were given a mission to collect information on Yelv Yixin, so Mo Ting guessed that Liu Kui wanted to find Yelv Yixin.

Liu Kui nodded, "Exactly, is there any news about him?"

Mo Ting hurriedly said: "Coincidentally, Yelu Yixin arrived in Tokyo the day before yesterday to inspect the progress of the palace's repairs. I'm afraid he will go to Youzhou to meet the emperor of Liao Kingdom tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

It was a coincidence that Yelu Yixin was in Tokyo, Liu Kui frowned, "How do you know Yelu Yixin's itinerary?"

"Report to Liu Sima, when we collected information on Yelu Yixin, we met his driver. His driver is also Han, and his name is Han Ping. After he came to Tokyo with Yelu Yixin this time, he came to drink with me, so he is humble. Then I know Yelu Yixin's itinerary."

Liu Kui walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "I want to see Yelu Yixin, do you think it's possible?"

Mo Ting thought for a while and said, "I suggest Liu Sima not to meet Yelu Yixin, but to meet his fake son, Yelushan, whose Chinese name is Wang Shan. In fact, he is a Han, proficient in rhythm and Cuju. He is deeply loved by Yelu Yixin, and we Han people want to ask Yelu Yixin for any troubles, and we always pay money to this Wang Shan, and he is a way for Yelu Yixin to make money."

"Is this Wang Shan reliable?"

"He only has money in his eyes, let's put it this way! As long as you are willing to give money, he will find a way to steal it for you even if it is the vermilion pen in Yelu Hongji's imperial study."

"That's good! You can contact him first. If he is willing to introduce Yelv Yixin for me, I will give him 300 taels of gold, and you can tell him that I am the Emperor of the Song Dynasty."

"No problem, I will contact him today."

(End of this chapter)