Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 473: Death of Yelu Chongyuan
"咻~咻~"

The sky was filled with arrows, making it dark, and then heavy rain fell.

"what…"

"Sigh..."

The screams and the neighing of war horses echoed throughout the valley.

Yelu Chongyuan's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the heavy casualties among his soldiers.

"Father, there are too many stones blocking the road. We can't clear it in a short time. Let's run away. Otherwise, once the enemy surrounds us, then..."

"Snapped!"

Upon hearing this, Yelu Chongyuan angrily slapped Nerugu and shouted, "If you dare to disrupt the morale of our army again, I will kill you! You go there yourself and command the people to clear the stones!"

Nerugu covered his face with his hands, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes. Hearing the murderous intent in Yelu Chongyuan's tone, he did not dare to refute. He responded and hurried away.

"Pile up the corpses and the carcasses of war horses to block the arrows!" Yelu Chongyuan shouted.

He was leading cavalrymen, and in order to hurry, they did not carry shields at all.

At this time, they could only shoot at the enemy, but the soldiers on the other side of the valley were carrying shields, and the people on the hillsides on both sides also had the hillsides as cover, so their side became sitting ducks.

In desperation, Yelu Chongyuan thought of using corpses as cover.

The battlefield was in chaos and Yelu Chongyuan's voice could not be heard far away, so the soldiers around him hurriedly repeated it loudly.

The confused soldiers felt reassured and quickly did as they were told.

As the bodies of the fallen soldiers and horses were piled up, the situation was finally stabilized and the casualties were greatly reduced.

Yelu Yixin stood on the hillside and saw this scene. He sneered and said, "He is quite clever."

His target has never been Empress Dowager Xiao. If Empress Dowager Xiao did not have some troops and did not want to give Yelu Chongyuan a chance, he would have dealt with her long ago.

Ever since he learned that Empress Dowager Xiao had taken action against his cronies who remained in Shangjing, he had been planning to lure Yelu Chongyuan into a trap.

He launched an aggressive attack on the city from the very beginning in order to force Empress Dowager Xiao to kill his family.

Only in this way could he act as if he had lost his mind.

As for his family, he certainly couldn't completely ignore them, but compared to the throne, it was nothing.

Compared with the opportunity to get rid of Yelu Chongyuan and Empress Dowager Xiao in one fell swoop, wives, concubines and children are nothing.

When he becomes emperor, he can choose any woman in the world and have another son. Not to mention that he already has a son in the army who is by his side.

Along the way Yelu Chongyuan came here, there were places that were more suitable for ambush than here, but he did not choose any of them.

He did not even use the troops surrounding the city of Shangjing, but instead ordered the troops drawn from other places to travel overnight in order to make Yelu Chongyuan relax his vigilance.

"They have run out of arrows. Sound the horn and order the army to advance!" Yelu Yixin said coldly.

As long as Yelu Chongyuan dies, he can surrender the remaining troops. By then, his strength will be greatly increased, and no one will be able to stop him.

"Yes!"

The messenger responded and hurried down to deliver the message.

"Woo~"

After a while, horns sounded on both sides of the hillside, and the soldiers on both sides of the hillside and those blocking the exit of the valley pressed forward.

After a while, the two sides came into close combat.

Yelu Chongyuan's face was as gloomy as ink. The number of soldiers in ambush was not large, probably only about 50,000.

But his troops were cut off by huge rocks rolled down by the enemy, and he only had more than 10,000 soldiers.

The losses were considerable before, and now there are only about 10,000 people able to fight.

However, there was no news that the road had been cleared, which made Yelu Chongyuan hesitate.

Nerugu had suggested that he flee before, but he was unwilling because he still had hope at that time. Now he was in the heartland of Liao. If he fled, all the troops behind him would be incorporated by Yelu Yixin, and it was hard to say whether he could escape back to the grassland.

But if you don't escape now, there will probably be no hope.

"Go and find Nerugu!" Yelu Chongyuan ordered.

"Yes!"

The personal soldier behind him responded and hurried away.

After a while, Nerugu came over in a panic, and in order to clear the road as quickly as possible, he did it himself.

"How long will it take to open the road?" asked Yelu Chongyuan.

"It will probably take about one stick of incense." Nerugu replied.

"Do you think we can hold out for an incense stick of time?" Yelu Chongyuan looked at the soldiers who were constantly dying in the front and said with a deathly face.

Nerugu looked forward and fell silent. At this time, the soldiers suffered heavy losses and there were signs of collapse.

"Father, let's run away." Nerugu gritted his teeth and said, "The Han people have a saying that goes, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.' As long as we can escape back to the grassland, we still have a chance. If that doesn't work, we can take our people and flee to the northern desert."

Yelu Chongyuan was silent for a while, then handed the scimitar in his hand to Nerugu and said, "Put on my armor, and we'll run away separately. If I don't escape, you take this and inherit the throne!"

Nerugu looked at Yelu Chongyuan in disbelief, even though Yelu Chongyuan said that if he had not escaped, he would have inherited the throne.

But he couldn't be happy because Yelu Chongyuan asked him to change into Yelu Chongyuan's armor.

Even a fool knows that the opponent's target must be Yelu Chongyuan. If he puts on Yelu Chongyuan's armor, he will definitely be the opponent's main target. How can he possibly escape?

"Father, let someone else wear your armor, I will protect you and escape." Nerugu said.

"If you do this, the soldiers won't fight to the death and may even surrender directly."

"Then let someone else wear my father's armor and stay here on horseback, so that..."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

Yelu Chongyuan interrupted his son, threw the scimitar with a sheath to him, dismounted and asked the soldiers to take off his armor.

Yelu Yixin is not a fool. If someone escapes, he will definitely guess that it is him.

If you can't see 'him', it will be difficult to escape no matter how many branches you have.

On the contrary, as long as 'he' shows up, Yelu Yixin will naturally regard 'him' as the main target.

Only in this way could he escape.

"you…"

Yelu Chongyuan was taking off his armor with the help of his personal soldiers. However, before he could completely remove the armor, he saw Nerugu with a fierce look on his face. He drew out his scimitar and stabbed at him.

Yelu Chongyuan wanted to dodge, but because his arm was still in the armor, his hand was controlled by two soldiers, and the distance was too close, it was too late.

"puff…"

The scimitar pierced into his abdomen and went out of his body. Yelu Chongyuan wanted to say something when he felt a sharp pain.

"Father, if you want me to be the scapegoat, then you should die first."

With a cruel smile on his face, Nerugu pulled out his scimitar and stabbed several times.

Yelu Chongyuan's eyes were filled with pain, unwillingness and resentment, and slowly lost their luster.

"Just listen to me, I can help you survive!"

The nearby guards were confused by the sudden change, and only came to their senses when they heard Nerugu's voice.

The scene where personal soldiers fought to their death to avenge Yelu Chongyuan did not appear.

Firstly, Yelu Chongyuan was unpopular to begin with, and secondly, Yelu Chongyuan was already dead and there was no one to lead, so those personal soldiers had no idea what to do.

(End of this chapter)