The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

"Straight mother thief! You are so vicious!" Ma Han yelled repeatedly, and led his guards to ride up. Yelu Hongji did not hesitate, turned around and fled after killing the man, Ma Han and others rushed out ten miles away. Yu Buyuan, he had already fled to the horse.

Seeing the change in the situation, Yelu Hongji's entourage rushed forward one after another, bowing their bows and shooting arrows to block the pursuit route of Ma Han and others. Ma Han waved a simple knife at his throat and wanted to chase, Su Jin hurriedly ordered them Stop the pursuit to avoid casualties.

"This guy is too vicious. He even killed his own mother and younger siblings. Damn it, it's unbelievable." Ma Han's lips turned blue from spitting.

"He doesn't want us to have the capital to blackmail him. This person has a firm heart, and he is a character who is desperate for his own interests. If time passes, he will become a big problem." Su Jin said coldly.

"Just let him go like this, I'm really not reconciled." Ma Han said. [

"Don't worry, it's a way for him to do this, but it may not be the best way. We lost the chess piece that was held hostage, but what would the army and people of the Liao Kingdom think when he killed his mother and siblings with his own hands? We might as well take advantage of this."

"How to use it?" Mahan didn't understand.

Su Jin snorted and said, "Try it, we'll talk about it when we get back to the formation."

Yelu Hongji fled back to the main formation, got off his horse and sat on a big bluestone panting, a dozen generals looked at him from a distance, but came to express their condolences.

Yelu Hongji killed the queen mother and the princes and princesses with his own hands, feeling a little guilty, seeing Yelu Kanrong and others showing respect and staying away, he felt a little angry, stood up and walked over and shouted: "If you don't go and urge the strong men to attack, one What is this pestle doing here? Do you think I did something wrong?"

Yelu Kanrong's expression was indifferent, and he said indifferently: "The last general dares to accuse His Highness of being wrong."

"How dare you?...Your expressions tell me clearly, are you blind? Didn't you see the people of Song Dynasty threaten us to surrender with the lives of our mother, queen, princess, and ministers? I did this out of necessity, for the sake of Daliao For Sheji's sake, even if the emperor is here, he would not blame me, don't you understand?"

The generals were still silent, with a clear look of disdain on their faces, Yelu Kanrong said: "We certainly cannot agree to the threat of the Song people, but if the queen, prince, princess and others die at the hands of the Song people, it is nothing to say. That's a sacrifice for the country; and I didn't make the slightest effort to save them and took decisive measures, which seems ill-considered; I know what the prince thinks, but the prince killed them in front of Wanming and the army after all, you Teach them what to think?"

Yelu Hongji also felt remorse, it seemed too arbitrary when he did it just now, indeed, since the Song people took them as hostages, they would never kill them until the last moment, and he raised his knife to kill them in order not to be threatened. Mother and younger siblings are indeed too hasty.

At this moment, the sense of guilt and fear after killing his mother came together. The generals, soldiers and civilians looked at him with horror and contempt, but no respect. All kinds of blows came to his heart, and Yelu Hongji's body became weak for a while. After all, he was a 17-year-old boy who suddenly had an emotional breakdown and covered his face in pain.

Yelu Kanrong sighed. Although what the prince did was shocking, it was for the sake of the current situation in Daliao. It is not easy for a young man to survive the current situation. Besides, let the enemy hold the queen and everyone hostage Prince and princess, how can we fight this battle?

"My condolences, Your Highness, let's deal with the current crisis as soon as possible. We have done everything, and it is useless to regret it now; the general will immediately go to the army to launch an attack."

Yelu Hongji stopped crying, and said with sobs: "My mother did not die at my hands, but at the hands of Song people. After I catch Su Jin, I will delay him for seven to seven days and make him pay for everything he has done." cost."

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The Liao army issued an order to attack. Driven by machetes and spears, the people slowly rushed towards the Song army's defense line like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Although more than [-] people did not have much combat power, they were trampled on by the impact. The strength is enough to make Song Jun walk away.

As the distance between the two sides gradually approached, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Thousands of bows and crossbows on the Song Army's defense line had already been set up, aiming at the Liao people rushing forward. These driven people had already entered the shooting range. , Song people only need to give an order, and tens of thousands of people will fall to the ground and die immediately.

At some point, dozens of trumpet-shaped objects were placed on the roof near the defense lines of the various streets of the Song Army. Those who didn’t know it thought it was some long-range attack weapon of the Song people, but it was actually just a simple loudspeaker. .

Su Jin stood on the roof of a building in the main attack direction of the Liao Army on East Street, holding a loudspeaker and began to shout loudly. Every time he shouted, a dozen soldiers with loud voices around him would speak in unison behind the larger loudspeaker To repeat, the purpose is to let everyone on the battlefield in front of you hear it.

"Fathers and folks of the Liao Kingdom, I am Su Jin from the Song Dynasty, and I am also the commander of the Song army in front of you. I have a few words from the bottom of my heart that I want to say to all the folks and fathers of the Liao Kingdom." [

The sudden sound of the loudspeaker caused the soldiers and civilians on the battlefield to listen involuntarily. Seeing that the two sides were about to go shopping, it was a bit unusual for this Su Jin to say something from his heart.

"The reason why my Great Song army appeared in Shangjing, the capital of your country, is not that we Song people are warlike, but that we were forced to fight; Song and Liao have been brothers for decades since the Chanyuan alliance. The two sides respect each other and trade with each other Mutual benefit, we Song people love peace, in order to maintain this peaceful coexistence relationship, we are even willing to give your country coins, silk, tea and other materials every year, and open the border forests for your country to log and graze, which can be said to be the most benevolent." Su Jin said loudly.

"What is this kid farting? Hurry up and drive the strong men to break through the enemy's defense line, don't listen to their nonsense." Yelu Hongji saw that not only the strong men's footsteps began to slow down, but even many soldiers hiding behind were listening attentively. Performance, hurriedly scolded.

The generals around him immediately conveyed the order to the generals on each battlefield, and the soldiers hurriedly yelled loudly, driving the strong men to speed up their pace.

The indomitable voice still echoed in the air, covering up the noise: "...your country brazenly mobilized 70 troops to attack our northern border. Naturally, our Great Song Dynasty can't sit idly by. Therefore, in addition to resisting directly, I also volunteered. Forming this expeditionary force to enter the aristocratic territory to cause disturbance is really a nasty act; because you are human beings, and we Song people are also human beings, and if you want to live, we also want to live; in other words, we are all victims of war "If we were killed in battle, it would be to protect Da Song and our wives and children, but what's the point of you being driven to death today?"

At the East Street where [-] to [-] soldiers and civilians gathered, there was the sound of crows and sparrows. The strong men of the Liao Kingdom seemed to have stopped moving. They lowered their heads, listening to the voice echoing in the air, hitting their numb souls.

"You are forced to die because you have been abandoned by your emperors and nobles; they want to use the lives of your parents, brothers, wives and children to pave the way for them to continue their life of drinking and drinking; I cannot bear to kill you, if you If you think that you can easily win by relying on the advantage of numbers, you are very wrong; think about it, the terrible bombing over your imperial city a few days ago, our Song Dynasty has already mastered the ability to give birth to two wings, if I Sending hundreds of airships to bomb above your heads, will you survive? I'm afraid you will all be burned to ashes, and you won't even have a chance to get close, but I didn't order that to be done, that's because, I'm from Song Dynasty Adhering to the teachings of the sages, never kill indiscriminately, and respect everyone's life; you can look at the people in Seoul. Although they are Han Chinese, they have long been your native Liao people. Have we ever killed them indiscriminately? any of the

"That's not all. I led an army into Guizhou. Although I destroyed many cities and looted a lot of supplies along the way, have you ever heard the rumors that my Song army slaughtered cities indiscriminately? No matter how far away, in the Zuzhou, which is closest to you, we once flooded the whole city, but in the end we rescued all the people trapped by the water with rafts, and I believe you must know about this.”

Buzzing whispers began to be heard among the people. Zuzhou and Shangjing were very close together. After Zuzhou was captured, many refugees fled to the capital to seek refuge with relatives and friends. Not lying.

"But how did your own emperors, nobles and ministers treat you? Not only did they drive you to death, they even slaughtered their own parents, brothers and sisters openly. Most of you have seen it just now. We captured your The Queen and several princes and princesses, but we treated each other with courtesy and no intention of harm. We even kindly asked your prince Yelu Hongji to meet and talk with them, but Yelu Hongji swung a knife and killed his biological mother and his wife. Brothers and sisters, what kind of animal behavior is this? Parents who suffer from body, hair and skin, the ancients would not hesitate to cut their flesh and prescribe medicines to save their parents from their illnesses. Now, the folks are doing filial piety like "parents are not traveling far away" and "sell their bodies to bury their fathers" I have heard a lot, but I haven’t heard of anyone killing their mothers and brothers and sisters for their own selfishness. Is such a beast worthy of your precious life to win them a chance to live? This kind of person should After being beaten into the underworld by thousands of knives and tortured, I advise everyone, don't be confused anymore."

Sounds of persuasion are like bolts of lightning tearing apart the thick clouds. Although the ignorant and wise cannot wake up immediately, they seem to get a moment of clarity when the lightning illuminates.