Chapter 473 The Death of Yelu Zhongyuan
"咻~咻~"
The sky was filled with arrows, darkening the sky and causing heavy rain to fall.
"Ah..."
"叏伦lv..."
Screams and the neighing of war horses echoed throughout the valley.
Yelu Zhongyuan looked at the soldiers who suffered heavy casualties and his eyes were about to burst.
"Father, there are too many stones blocking the road, and we won't be able to clear the road for a while. We'd better escape, otherwise once the enemy forces surround us, we will..."
"Crack!"
Hearing this, Yelu Zhongyuan angrily slapped Nerugu and shouted angrily: "If you dare to disturb the morale of our army again, I will kill you! Go over in person and command people to clean up the stones!"
Nerugu covered his face, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes. Hearing the killing intent in Yelu Zhongyuan's tone, he did not dare to refute, so he responded and left in a hurry.
"Pile the corpses and the corpses of the war horses to block the arrows!" Yelu Zhongyuan shouted.
He led all cavalry, and in order to rush on the road, he did not bring a shield at all.
At this time, they could only shoot at each other, but the soldiers and horses on the other side of the valley carried shields, and the people on the hillsides on both sides also had the hillsides as shelters. On the contrary, their own side became a living target.
In desperation, Yelu Zhongyuan thought of using corpses as a cover.
The battlefield was chaotic, and Yelu Zhongyuan's voice could not be heard far. The soldiers around him quickly repeated it loudly.
The confused soldiers had a backbone and quickly followed suit.
As the bodies of the fallen soldiers and horses were piled up, the position was finally stabilized, and the casualties were much smaller.
Yelu Yixin was standing on the hillside. When he saw this scene, he sneered: "It's a little clever."
His target has never been Empress Dowager Xiao. If Empress Dowager Xiao didn't have some troops and didn't want to give Yelu Zhongyuan a chance, he would have eliminated Empress Dowager Xiao long ago.
Ever since he learned that Empress Dowager Xiao had taken action against his cronies who stayed in Shangjing, he had been planning to lure Yelu Zhongyuan into a trap.
He forcefully attacked the city from the beginning just to force Queen Mother Xiao to kill his family.
Only in this way can he look like he has lost his mind.
As for his family, he certainly couldn't care less about it, but this was nothing compared to the throne.
Wives, concubines and children are nothing compared to the chance of getting rid of Yelu Zhongyuan and Queen Mother Xiao in one fell swoop.
When he becomes emperor, he can choose the women of the world, and his son will be born again, not to mention that he still has a son in the army, following him.
On the way Yelu Zhongyuan came, there were places more suitable for ambush than here, but he didn't choose any of them.
He did not even use the soldiers and horses surrounding Shangjing City. Instead, he ordered soldiers and horses drawn from other places to travel overnight in order to make Yelu Chongyuan relax his vigilance.
"They have run out of arrows. Ring the gold and have the army press forward!" Yelu Yixin said coldly.
As long as Yelu Zhongyuan dies, he can recruit the remaining soldiers and horses to surrender. By then, his strength will be greatly increased, and no one can stop him anymore.
"Yes!"
The ordering soldier responded and quickly went down to convey the order.
"Woo~"
After a while, the sound of horns sounded on both sides of the hillside, and the voices of the soldiers on both sides of the hillside and blocking the exit of the valley were suppressed.
After a while, the two sides were in close combat.
Yelu Zhongyuan's face was as gloomy as ink, and there were not many soldiers and horses in the ambush, probably only about 50,000.
But his troops and horses were cut off by the rolling boulders of the opponent, leaving him with only more than 10,000 troops.
The losses ahead were considerable, and now there were only about 10,000 left to fight.
However, there was no news that the road had been cleared, which made Yelu Zhongyuan hesitate.
Nerugu suggested that he escape before, but he was unwilling because at that time he still had hope. At this time, in the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom, once he escaped, all the soldiers and horses behind him would be captured by Yelu Yixin, and it was hard to say whether he could escape back to the grassland.
But if he didn't escape at this time, there would probably be no hope.
"Go and find Nerugu!" Yelu Zhongyuan ordered.
"Yes!"
The soldiers behind him responded and hurried away.
After a while, Nerugu rushed over with a look of embarrassment. In order to clear the road as soon as possible, he took action himself.
"How long will it take for the road to be opened?" Yelu Zhongyuan asked.
"It probably only takes about one stick of incense." Nerugu replied.
"Do you think we can withstand a stick of incense?" Yelu Zhongyuan looked at the soldiers who were dying in front of him, his face ashen as he asked.
Nerugu looked forward and fell silent. At this time, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses and there were already signs of collapse.
"Father, run away." Nerugu gritted his teeth and said: "The Han people have a saying that if you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as we can escape back to the grassland, we still have a chance. If it doesn't work, we will take people to escape. Go to Mobei.”
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Yelu Zhongyuan was silent for a while, handed the scimitar in his hand to Nerugu, and said: "You put on my armor, and we escape separately. If I don't escape, you take this and inherit the throne!"< br>
Nerugu looked at Yelu Chongyuan in disbelief, even though Yelu Chongyuan said that if he had not escaped, he would have allowed him to inherit the throne.
But he was not happy because Yelu Zhongyuan asked him to put on Yelu Zhongyuan's armor.
Every fool knows that the opponent's target must be Yelu Zhongyuan. If he puts on Yelu Zhongyuan's armor, he must be the opponent's main target. How can he escape?
"Father, let others wear father's armor, and I will protect father and escape." Nerugu said.
"If you do this, the soldiers will not fight to the death and may even surrender directly."
"Then let others wear father's armor and stay here on horses, so..."
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"
Yelu Zhongyuan interrupted his son's words, threw the sheathed scimitar to him, dismounted and asked the soldiers to remove his armor.
Yelu Yixin is not a fool. If someone escapes, they 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 branch.
On the contrary, as long as 'he' shows up, Yelu Yixin will naturally regard 'him' as his main target.
Only in this way could he possibly escape.
"You..."
Yelu Zhongyuan was taking off his armor with the help of his own soldiers. However, before the armor was completely taken off, he saw Nerugu showing a ruthless look on his face, pulling out his scimitar and stabbing him.
Yelu Zhongyuan wanted to dodge, but because his arms were still in the armor, they were controlled by the two soldiers, and the distance was too close, so it was too late.
"Poof..."
The scimitar pierced the abdomen and came out of the body. Yelu Zhongyuan wanted to say something, but severe pain came.
"Father, if you want me to be the scapegoat, then you should die first."
With a cruel smile on his face, Nerugu drew out his scimitar and stabbed him several times.
Yelu Zhongyuan's eyes were full of pain, unwillingness and resentment, and he slowly lost his look.
"Listen to me, I can help you survive!"
The nearby soldiers were confused by the sudden change, and it was not until Nerugu's voice came that they came back to their senses.
There was no drama about soldiers fighting to the death to avenge Yelu Zhongyuan.
Firstly, Yelu Zhongyuan was unpopular, and secondly, Yelu Zhongyuan was dead and there was no one to lead them, so the soldiers didn't know what to do.
(End of chapter)