Chapter 750: Civil turmoil in Shangjing
Teams of people in Liaoyang City helped the elderly and the young out of the city. The soldiers who were forcibly arrested had already taken off their leather armor and returned to their costumes.
The Song army did not pursue them, and regarded them as civilians. The city originally had more than 200,000 people, but now there are only more than 140,000 people left. Most of the dead people were killed in the sea of fire or explosions.
Everyone was extremely frightened. As the Song soldiers on both sides watched coldly, they were trembling one by one. The ten-day terrifying experience scared them completely. At this time, they seemed to crawl out of hell, excited and scared.
Most of the people in Liaoyang Prefecture are Khitans, and some of them are Xi and Bohai people. However, they are not born in the world, but are the people who are urbanized, which is actually the Chinese.
There were very few Han people in the city, and most of the Han people were arrested for mining and rescued by the Song army. There were less than a thousand Han people left in the city.
Fan Ning did not give a lecture. According to the court's plan, the Khitans in Liaodong would be placed on Jingdong Road, and then recruit bankrupt farmers from Jingdong Road to resettle them in Liaodong, that is, the indigenous people exchanged, completely destroying the foundations of the Khitans and Xi people.
All the people were sent to Yaozhou in the south for temporary residence and then sent to Jingdong Road by boat. These are all later stories and the court will arrange them.
Hundreds of thousands of Song soldiers began to enter the city, clear the bodies and collect supplies. After all this was completed, the entire Liaoyang City was completely razed to the ground by the Song army.
In addition to Nanjing Youzhou and Xijing Yunzhou, the Shangjing, Zhongjing and Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom will all suffer the same fate, completely destroyed, and then razed to the ground, completely eliminating the major capitals that symbolize the imperial power of the Liao Kingdom.
When he went to Beijing, what Yelu Hongji was most worried about happened. King Yelu Shouyou of Wei reported that the emperor was surrounded by the Song army. With the support of a number of royal families, he appointed the one-year-old crown prince Yelu Yanxi as emperor, and he proclaimed himself the regent and governed the government.
Although he did not proclaim himself emperor, Yelu Hongji was extremely angry when he established the emperor without permission to seize power.
Even if the emperor is appointed as the emperor, at least it is up to you to decide when it will be the turn of King Yelu Shou of Wei to decide.
Yelu Hongji led an army of 60,000 to station thirty miles east of Shangjing City. There was a large military camp here, which could station 200,000 people, just for him to station troops.
Yelu Hongji also sent someone to the court to hold people accountable and asked the court to explain clearly the matter of arbitrarily making grandson the emperor.
At the same time, he ordered his confidant guards to bring him a gold medal into Shangjing, found four commanders who held military power, and asked them to lead their troops out of the city immediately to join him in the military camp.
What really made Yelu Hongji concerned about was the 40,000 elite troops left behind in Shangjing. If the 40,000 troops were loyal to Yelu Shou, it would mean that a civil war would break out. If the 40,000 troops were still loyal to him, then Yelu Shou would be the meat on the chopping board.
Yelu Hongji was waiting for the result uneasyly, and paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, feeling extremely anxious.
At this time, Yelu Hongtai walked in quickly and said in a deep voice: "Brother, I'm afraid it's not good news."
Yelu Hongji's heart sank, "Does the four commanders refuse to come?"
Yelu Hongtai sighed, "It's not the problem of the four of them. The four of them have been secretly executed by Yelu Shou. The general who controls the army now is Yelu Pingguang, the son of Yelu Shou. I just got this news."
Yelu Hongji was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he couldn't help but say: "What I should have thought of is, if he doesn't control the army, how dare he make himself the Regent."
"Brother, what should we do?" Yelu Hongtai asked.
"Tell me my order, the army gathers, and follow me to denounce the rebels!"
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Outside the capital, there was a mess, and the land ravaged by the Lieshan tribe was full of bright red and blood stains, as if crying about the merciless killing of the wolves on them that night.
Yelu Hongji walked through the blood-stained land with a blue face. There were half of the burnt trees in the distance, leaving only the dark trunks. The crows hovered in the sky, looking for the remains of the land that they could not be buried.
Sixty thousand troops lined up outside the East City Gate. Yelu Hongji urged him to step forward and shouted loudly: "Who is the Lord of the City? Come out and talk to me!"
After a moment, a general who was in a panic in war appeared on the top of the city wall and bowed his fists and said, "I am not good at your job!"
"Do you still recognize me as the emperor?"
The general hesitated for a moment, and a cold voice came from behind him, "Just say admit it."
The general hurriedly said, "How dare you refuse to admit your humble prose?"
"Okay, open the city gate for me now!"
The general hesitated again, and a pale face appeared behind him. It was King Yelu Shou of Wei. He was like a puppet actor, commanding the general to answer.
"You just said there are two conditions!"
After saying that, he turned around and said to his son Yelu Pingguang: "Have you aimed?"
Yelu Pingguang was only twenty years old and had great martial arts skills, especially good at riding and shooting. He pulled the bow of the divine arm and aimed at Yelu Hongji under the city.
"Your Majesty, I am... I am having two small conditions."
Yelu Hongji was excited and couldn't help but urge him to step forward and asked loudly: "What are the conditions you said?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful crossbow arrow shot out "swoosh!" as fast as lightning. Yelu Hongji was shocked and hurriedly dodged, but it was too late. "Puff!" The arrow hit his chest and shot through the golden armor on his body.
Yelu Hongji screamed and turned over and fell off the horse. The guards behind him were shocked and ran away. He rushed forward, picked up Yelu Hongji's body and ran wildly behind him.
The 60,000 army retreated immediately, and Yelu Shou asked anxiously: "Have my son shot?"
Yelu Pingguang light was dotted, "The child can see clearly, and he is in the left chest. This distance is at most a hundred steps. The divine arm crossbow can shoot through his golden armor."
The general guarding the city next to him also said, "I can see clearly, and I hit the vital point!"
Yelu Shou was immediately overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Send the scout to inquire about the news!"
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King Yelu Shou of Wei was about 40 years old this year, with a medium figure, very white skin, and a particularly pale face. During the Chongqing Yuan Rebellion more than ten years ago, Yelu Shou followed Yelu Hongji to quell the rebellion of the King of Chu.
But this does not mean that Yelu Shou has no ambitions. Yelu Shou’s ambitions are hidden in his heart. When an opportunity arises, it suddenly appears.
When Jinzhou was lost, the news that the emperor Yelu Hongji was about to be surrounded by 500,000 Song troops in Liaoyang Prefecture reached Shangjing. Yelu Shou immediately realized that the opportunity had come. He convinced the court officials and, on the grounds that the emperor was in danger, appointed the one-year-old crown prince Yelu Yanxi as emperor. He proclaimed himself as the regent, and actually captured the military power of the Liao Kingdom. At the same time, he eliminated the generals loyal to Yelu Hongji and firmly grasped the military power.
Yelu Shou was excited and walked back in the lobby with his hands behind his back, waiting for news from the spy.
At this time, the second son Yelu Pingguang rushed to the lobby and said excitedly: "Father, Yelu Hongji is dead!"
"Ah! How do you know?"
"The spy said that the White Wolf Banner was hung on the Dongdaying, and the soul-summoning banners were inserted around it. The soldiers' heads were covered with silence, and the entire army cried."
Hanging the White Wolf Flag means the Emperor's death, and the Soul-Summoning Banner and the Three Arms are evidence of the circumstance, which further illustrates the problem.
Yelu was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Send the army to attack Dongdaying tonight."
Yelu Pingguang said in confusion: "Father, since Yelu Hongji is dead, we can directly ask his army to be loyal to the emperor. Why do we still have to attack at night?"
Yelu Shou explained: "You don't understand the truth here. If Yelu Hongji dies, the army will definitely be in the hands of Yelu Hongtai. He can be loyal to the emperor Yelu Yanxi, but he will definitely kill us. He is the regent as the emperor's uncle. We should not expect the army to automatically be loyal to us. Only by completely defeating and then gathering the defeated troops can we use it. Not only Yelu Hongji is going to die, but Yelu Hongtai is going to die too!"
"The boy understands it, he will go and order the troops immediately and prepare to attack at night!"
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At the second update, forty thousand Liao troops silently touched the Dongdaying. They saw the lights in the camp, and there were shadows shaking. They heard the crying sounds. The camp fences around the camp were filled with soul-summoning banners.
Yelu Pingguang pointed his sword and ordered: "Go into the military camp!"
Dozens of soldiers raised their horns and blew them, "Woo--"
The forty thousand troops shouted and rushed towards the barracks like a tide. More than a dozen soldiers guarding the barracks' gates were frightened and fled in scattered.
After a moment, Yelu Pingguang took the lead and led the army into the Dongda Camp.
There were soldiers standing everywhere in the Dongda Camp. When Yelu Pingguang shot a soldier with a fierce shot, he suddenly realized something was wrong. This turned out to be a scarecrow in a military uniform.
"I've been fooled!"
A thought popped up in his mind, and he was shocked and turned around and shouted, "Retreat quickly!"
At this time, the shouts of killing around him shook the sky. Yelu Hongtai led an army of 60,000 from all directions, and the army led by Yelu Pingguang was defeated.
Yelu Pingguang fought to the death and broke out of the siege, and a soldier rushed to report: "Your report to the little prince, the palace guards rebelled, the old prince was caught by the guards, and Yelu Hongji entered the city."
Chapter completed!