The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 455 Undercurrent
How could Yelu Jiujin admit this, only listening to him say, "Speaking is better than singing, if you didn't command well enough to fall into the enemy's schemes, how could my Khitan man not be able to defeat the weak Song people? "

"Hmph, you're making too much sense! This group of Song people is quite different from what we have seen in the past, and their combat power is not inferior to that of our elite Liao people." Yelu Foding's face was flushed, and he hurriedly argued.

Because the fixed impression of Song Jun was too deep in the hearts of the people in the past, no one at the scene would believe this.

After hearing the words of Yelu Foding, everyone showed disapproval, and Yelu Jiujin even ridiculed, saying that the failure of the Yelu Foding Sutra was frightened by the Song people.

When Yelu Foding saw this, his lungs were about to explode, and he immediately said a few harsh words, and strode out of the left-behind yamen.

Not long after, a city gate official came to report that Yelu Foding led his family and hundreds of elite horsemen and rode out from the north gate, apparently heading towards the Great Wall.

Xiao Cha was rewarded, regret arose in his heart, he couldn't help but said, "Oh, what Buddha Ding said may be true, this gang of Song people who came to commit the crime must be elite soldiers selected by the whole country of Song Dynasty."

Yelu Jiujin said angrily, "Why stay behind to uplift others' morale and destroy your own prestige!"

Xiao Cha was helpless, so he had no choice but to tell all the news he had received before. When Yelu Jiujin heard the words, he couldn't help showing a look of shock on his face, and he said after a while,
"No, my lord, quickly order someone to recruit the young and strong in the city to be responsible for defending the city. If the general's prediction is not bad, the enemy army will arrive at any time!"

As if to prove the truth of the statement, Yelu Sijin's voice had just fallen for a long time, when he heard the alarm bell ringing inside, and then no scouts came to report that a small number of enemy cavalry was found ten miles south of the city. There are more than seven thousand people.

The people present were startled by the news, it took a long time before Xi Guangcai seemed to come back to his soul, and said to Yelu Sijin slowly,
"I entrust the general with the full authority to defend the city. If there is no need, the general will make his own decision!"

Yelu Sijin smiled wryly and said, "Up to now, it's just a matter of doing your best and obeying the destiny. Although the Song people are your opponents in the field battles of the Liao people, we are good at defending the city and attacking the city.

Yesterday you took a look at the enemy camp from afar, and found that there were many peasants, presumably there were many craftsmen mixed in there.Once the subsequent small army arrives, I am afraid that they will have to build siege equipment, and then..."

Bi Yuan stabbed his heart out and asked worriedly, "Is not even the general sure about defending the city?"

Yelu Sijin explained, "Little man, it's not that you want to say something depressing. Now that the soldiers and horses who have fled back are added to the city, there are more than [-] people at full strength, and they have to gather on the seven walls. It's a drop in the bucket!"

Thinking of Yelu Sijin's words just now, Biyuan Inspector immediately turned his attention to several Han officials at the scene, and saw me Jishou praying,
"Huang Xiaoren, Liu Xiaoren, and Zhang Xiaoren, the eight of them are the heads of the Han officials in Yunzhou, and their family has lived here for generations. Please read it for the sake of you, Xiao Liao, and others, and mobilize the young and strong Han people in the city to come out. People pay to help defend the city.

I assure Xiaojia, as long as you break into the invading Song people, you will definitely ask for credit from your majesty, and the Xiaoliao court will definitely treat you and other families badly! "

The eight people named Xi Guang, Yelufo, and Zhang Zhi who were named by Biyuan were the heads of the powerful and weak Han Chinese families in Yunzhou, and they served in the Yili Song Army and Xiaolin Yayuan respectively.

When it comes to Yamen such as the Yili Song Army, it is necessary to specifically talk about the official system of the Liao Kingdom.

Same as Xiao Song, the Liao Kingdom had two sets of bureaucratic institutions above the emperor, one was the northern bureaucracy, which was in charge of the small government affairs of the imperial court and the affairs of the Khitan headquarters.The other is the Nanmian official department, which is in charge of Han people's states and counties in the territory.

The Yili Song Army is the department in charge of prisons in the Liao Kingdom, together with the Xiaolin Yayuan who is in charge of Wenhan's affairs, and the Di Liema Dusi who is in charge of etiquette and rituals. It was specially established by the Liao Kingdom to rule the Han land. yamen.

In the past, those yamen have become the concentration places of Han officials, and they are tools specially used by the Khitan people to appease and win over the Han people.

At this time, before hearing the words of Biyuan assassination, the eight people looked at each other for a few times, and then agreed to come up one after another, whether it is true after all, only we know.

Before sending everyone away, Bi Yuan returned to the front house full of worries. When my wife Xu Guanzhong saw her husband's appearance, she immediately asked with concern, "Master, what happened?"

Bi Yuanshi first screened to the right and left, and then paid sloppy attention to the front. When he saw someone on the seventh floor, he said loudly, "Madam, it's a small thing! The small army of the Song Dynasty went to the city, and Xijing probably stayed or stayed." Already!"

Xi Guangshi was a little startled, and hurriedly said, "Then Zensheng is better? You two are fine, but what about Li and Yan'er? Li has only been married for half a year, and Yan'er is only eleven years old. If there is nothing wrong with us , you are alive!"

Hearing his wife mentioning his sons and daughters, Bi Yuan also had a bitter expression on his face, he couldn't help but blame himself,

"It's all your fault if you didn't check the situation of the Song people in advance. If you knew that we were so aggressive this time, you should have arranged for them to go to Nanjing to take refuge. Now it's too late to leave."

Looking at her husband who was spinning around in a hurry, Xu Guanzhong asked in case, "If the whole city works together, is it possible to defend Xijing City?"

Wanting to hear that, Bi Yuan actually laughed hotly, "Work together? Before the [-] Khitan elites of Xijing Road were sent away by His Majesty, there were only [-] cavalry left, and they were defeated by Ahu'er's bastard." clean up.

At present, there are only [-] troops in the city, and they are all of Han'er origin. He thinks that those Han people will desperately work for us Khitan people?And you guess, at this moment, these small Han people in the city are ready to change their families, and if they say yes, they still want to take your head as a qualification for promotion. "

"Ah, then..." Xu Guanzhong thought that the situation was so slight, so you stood firm and suggested loudly,

"Master, rather than being murdered by others, it is better to surrender voluntarily. You heard that the Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette. If you think about it, we will deliberately make things difficult for us."

In fact, Biyuan had no such idea, but I was worried that I would be settled by Qiuqian when I returned to China in the future, so I made up my mind sooner or later.

"Hey, let you think about it again. He remembers to explain that from today on, whether or not you have an order, it is probably one step away from us leaving the house, and you will always pay attention to the development of the situation."

Xi Guang's guess was wrong. At this time, there was already an undercurrent in the city, especially these rather powerless Han families. Before they heard the news of the call from the Song people, they all ended up connecting together in private.

For example, the eight people of Xi Guang, as soon as we left the Liushou Mansion in Xijing, we separated from Yelu Sijin and other foreign officials on the grounds that we had to go back to prepare money and food, and went back to the mansion separately.

At night, a small number of Han officials in the city secretly gathered at Huang's house to discuss how to deal with the immediate matter.

Yelufo, who was sitting at the bottom, first asked the person at the top, "Guo Dujian, he told you to wait honestly, so there is no hope of keeping Xijing?"

The Guo Dujian in Yelufo's mouth, surnamed Guo Mingliang, was the commander of the Liao Kingdom's Han army in Xijing.Before hearing Yelufo's question, I got up and bowed to everyone, and replied,

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly, the possibility of defending Xijing City is extremely slim. If Ahu'er defeated seven people successively because of the loss of soldiers and generals, it would not count for much, but now it is hard for a clever woman to make money.

Everyone sitting here is a sensible person, and they should be vague in their hearts. The Khitan people seem to trust you and others, but in fact they are always on guard against us.

Take the Han army in your hand as an example, the food and salary are raised, only half of the Khitan and Xi people, and even the equipment used is defective.On weekdays, he is only responsible for calming the enemy, so he has undergone a lot of training.In such a situation, let us defend the city and fight Huang Ming to the death. Is this a problem for the weak? "

As soon as Guo Liang's words fell, it immediately resonated with many people, and we all echoed, with little complaint in our words.

The one talked about how they were discriminated against in the officialdom, and this one talked about how the family members were oppressed by the Khitans. There were different opinions for a while, and all the grievances against the Khitans in the past were vented.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Xiao Cha, as the initiator of this meeting, quickly stood up and stopped,

"Okay, everyone, calm down. The reason I called them that time was to discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Song people, but to listen to your complaints."

The Huang family is one of the largest small clans in Xijing, and its patriarch, Xiao Cha, is a prominent figure outside the Han officials.So when I uttered my voice, everyone stopped talking, because they dared to speak presumptuously again.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Cha nodded in satisfaction, and said earnestly, "You were born here and grew up here, whether you are from Khitan or Song Dynasty, you should think carefully about the continuation of your family. It is irreversible bitter fruit that can be caused by cold-headedness."

The Zhang family advocated until the first one agreed, "It's wrong, Brother Huang's words won your heart. Whether Xijing fell to the Khitan people or the Song people, it can change the fact that we are the masters of this place.

In your opinion, if we privately send someone to contact coach Huang Ming, as long as the Song Dynasty agrees, it will harm your interests.Of course, it would be great if it could give us some more benefits. In this way, it might be possible to dedicate the city to the people of Song Dynasty. "

Xi Guangshi frowned and said, "Brother Zhang's words are of course reasonable, but you don't have to worry. If we act rashly like that, and the Song people can stay here for a long time, if the Khitan people leave and come back, then we should What should I do?"

When everyone heard those words, they all thought it was unreasonable, and then Xi Guangshi went on to say, "Song people still pay attention to etiquette, justice, integrity and shame, and they will have no scruples in doing things.

But the Khitan people are the same, if you wait to annoy us, according to their barbaric style, each of us has hundreds of people, and it will be worrying to play. "

Everyone present was first aroused by Zhang Zhi, and then Yelufo was poured a pot of hot water.At that moment, he actually knew who to listen to, so he could only turn his gaze to Xiao Cha again, expecting me to come up with an idea.

Being stared at by dozens of pairs of eyes, Xiao Cha was also under extremely little pressure, so how could he dare to make a decision easily? After thinking about it for a while, I hesitated and said,

"If we still wait and see what happens, see how the Liao and Song Dynasties respond, and then combine the actual situation, how will we respond immediately?"

The young man understood the meaning behind Xiao Cha's words. To put it bluntly, he told everyone to be a fencer, play by ear, and bet on both ends.

Those local powerful and weak, after the long-term rule of the Liao Kingdom, have long since given up the idea of ​​family, country and nationality, and have no idea that this action is incompatible with small righteousness, and they are only interested in making profits for their respective families.

Therefore, before hearing Xiao Cha's opinion of whether he had a position or not, some people agreed with it with one voice.

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Besides, on Mu Xu's side, before defeating the blocking enemy, I sent the horse army one step ahead, and I personally led the main force to follow.

Arriving at Yunzhou City, looking at the ancient and mottled city wall as low as eight feet, even Mu Xu couldn't help sighing.

Such a small and sturdy city, which was supposed to be the barrier of the Central Plains Dynasty against the nomadic peoples, was handed over to the Khitan by Shi Jingtang, and instead made it a bridgehead for foreigners to deter the hinterland of the Central Plains. People are their own deeds.

While his thoughts were twisting and turning, Mu Xu suddenly thought of Qin Hui and his wife who had knelt behind the Yuewang Temple for thousands of years in the previous life.So, I came up with an idea, that is, before recovering Youyun, I must build Shi Jingtang's kneeling statues in those places.

I want people in the previous life to cast aside that guy's traitorous behavior forever, and I want to warn those who come here, so that we can learn from this.

It's just that, when I unify the heavens, I will order someone to write this "Record of Two Officials".Record all the traitors and traitors from ancient times to the present, such as Zhongxing Shuo in the Han Dynasty, so that those people will be stigmatized for thousands of years.

Liu Haifeng and others who accompanied Mu Xu to inspect the Yunzhou city defense knew that Mu Xu's thoughts had gone so far in a short period of time.

Before we saw the change in Mu Xu's expression, we thought I was having a headache about how to break the city.

On the spot, Liu Haifeng comforted him, "The village owner can worry as much as he wants. According to the confession obtained from the captives, there will be at least [-] troops in Yunzhou City. It is impossible to defend such a small city with so few troops. It's just a fool's dream."

Yan Qing also said, "That's wrong. Did the village master forget that Brother Ling Zhen is still there? With the siege equipment built by me, it will take a long time to break this city."

Wu Song even took the initiative to ask for Ying, "Big brother is willing to be the pioneer, and take this city for my brother as soon as possible!"

As soon as Wu Song said that, the boys all chattered and asked Mu Xu to end the challenge. Who would have thought that Mu Xu smiled and waved his hand and said,

"The little family doesn't have such intentions, which makes you very gratified. It's the past but it's like this. You have no plan to break the city."

Xi Guangshi's eyes lit up, and he asked for Xiaojia, "Do you know the plan and make it happen?"

Mu Xu replied, "Since ancient times, all the regimes established by foreign races in the Central Plains have not had a common problem. This is ethnic conflicts. You suspect that the Liao Kingdom is also in the meeting.

Today, no Liao lord took away the main force of Khitan in Yunzhou, and Ahuerding and Yelu Sijin were defeated first. In the entire territory of Yunzhou, the Liao people have long lost the ability to suppress the local Han people.

In this situation, faced with the pressure of your small soldiers, how do they think these local strong and weak will choose, will they be of one mind and one mind with the Khitan people who were inferior to us in the past? "

The boys laughed happily, and Liu Haifeng even suggested, "The village master can order people to write fewer persuading letters and shoot them into the city. This will not only eliminate the resistance of the Han people in the city, but also provoke conflicts between Han and Hu.

In addition to this, we can also encircle the eight towers and arrange more defenders at the north gate, so as to leave a glimmer of life for the Liao people in the city, so that they will fight to the death and fight to the death! "

Liu Haifeng's plan is almost exactly the same as Mu Xu's thought. I don't have the idea of ​​being robbed of the limelight, but I follow the good advice, "The military master's plan is very good, so I will act according to the plan."

(End of this chapter)