Chapter 503 Never Lose
"The commander of Huidu, commander Sheng is resisting the pursuers, and asks Xiao to escort the Empress Xixia and the Crown Prince to leave first." The leading commander replied.
Gu Tingye glanced at Queen Liang who was riding on the horse and holding a child, and said, "Zichun, take someone to watch them, I'll pick up Changwu! When I come back, we'll leave immediately! "
It is enough to capture Queen Liang and Prince Xixia. He does not plan to stay in the capital of Xixia. "Okay!" Wang Shao replied.
"You..." Empress Liang was about to speak, but Gu Tingye had already taken away with his troops.
"Run over quickly and rescue the queen and prince!" Liang Guangchuan shouted with an ugly face.
He never expected that the Song Dynasty would dare to go deep alone and attack the capital of Xixia.
In addition, Empress Liang and the Crown Prince were also captured by Song Jun.
If Empress Liang and the Crown Prince are abducted, it will be useless even if he dealt with Li Mingxiao.
Li Liangzuo is already dead. The nobles of the Xixia Dangxiang were afraid that no one would be willing to negotiate with the Song Dynasty to exchange for Empress Liang and the Crown Prince, but would choose a royal family to succeed the throne.
In this way, his plan was not only failed, but his ending was also extremely miserable.
When Gu Tingye led his troops to come, Sheng Changwu could no longer hold on.
He led two thousand people to ambush the east of the palace. At this time, except for the hundreds of soldiers who sent Queen Liang and Prince Xixia away, only less than five hundred people were remaining struggling to persevere.
Gu Tingye brought people to the battlefield and repelled the besieged people. He did not love the battle and directly withdrew.
"Chasing!" Liang Guangchuan said angrily.
However, although the people he summoned were all guards of princes and nobles, their combat power was not as good as ordinary soldiers.
But these people come from many families, and they are uneven. They have been killed by Gu Tingye's just rushing round. Faced with Liang Guangchuan's urging, they just chased them slowly. "The commander of the capital, the last commander will take down the Empress Xixia and the Crown Prince. The Empress Xixia said..." Sheng Changwu followed Gu Tingye, urging the horse and telling Gu Tingye about Empress Liang's words.
Gu Tingye frowned slightly after hearing this, and he also felt that this matter was a bit too fantasy.
But think of him before sending troops, he learned that Xixia had suddenly stopped attacking Hehuang, and neither attacked nor retreated, so he believed it a little.
Gu Tingye cursed in his heart, if he had known this, he would not have taken such a risk.
The death of the Xixia Emperor will lead to chaos in the future, and it seems that he will be a little extravagant in sending troops.
He is in a dilemma now. He has no time to prove that things are true or not. Should people let go?
If it is released, what if what Queen Liang said is fake?
But if Empress Liang was not allowed, what Empress Liang said was true. His abducting Empress Liang and the Prince of Xixia would be like helping Xixia a lot.
If Li Liangzuo really died and a little emperor succeeded to the throne, Xixia would have to fall into chaos for at least several years.
But when he kidnapped people, Xixia would inevitably choose an adult from the royal family to inherit the throne.
In this way, the time for civil strife in Xixia will be reduced.
Until he met Wang Shao, Gu Tingye did not make a decision.
"Zhonghuai, Queen Xixia said..."
"I have heard it!"
Gu Tingye interrupted Wang Shao and asked, "Zichun, now There is no time left, what do you think you should do? "
"In case, just in case, leave the Prince of Xixia and take Queen Liang away!" Wang Shao said.
Just now Gu Tingye left, Empress Liang said the words he said to Wang Shao again.
Wang Shao, in conjunction with the sudden stop of attack on Hehuang in Xixia, and the abnormality of the capital of Xixia, felt that this incident had a high possibility.
I also thought about the solutions in a hurry.
If it is fake, taking Queen Liang away is also a shame for Xixia.
If it were true, without Queen Liang, the prince of Xixia would be young and would not be able to stabilize the internal situation in Xixia at all.
Next, the Xixia internal situation will inevitably fall into civil strife in the struggle for power.
So no matter whether it is true or false, Queen Liang will definitely not be allowed to let go. "That's it!" Gu Tingye was also a decisive person and made a decision immediately.
Empress Liang was naturally unwilling to take her son away when she heard that she wanted to keep her son and took her away.
But Gu Tingye ignored these things and forcibly seized the prince of Xixia, threw them on the street, and took people to the west gate.
At the city gate, Yuan Wenshao was struggling to resist the troops who wanted to retake the city gate. He was overjoyed when he saw Gu Tingye come back.
Gu Tingye killed the besieged men, joined Yuan Wenshao, left the city directly, and left the dust.
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Zhao Xing didn't know that Gu Tingye had done such a big thing, and was waiting for news of a sneak attack on Youzhou City in Bazhou City.
The British Duke retreated to the city for repair on the grounds of repairing, and secretly drew 50,000 troops and handed them over to Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun quietly went to Youzhou City with his troops and thousands of surrendered soldiers from the Liao Kingdom led by Xiao Asu.
According to the plan, last night was the time to cheat the city.
Zhao Xing didn't know if Xiao Asu could trick the city gate, although according to the plan of Zeng Gongliang and the British Duke, the chance of success was very high.
But there was a miscellaneous secret in the hundreds of secrets, and the news of success did not come, and Zhao Xing was always a little worried.
I didn't have much rest last night.
Waited until the afternoon, and finally got the news and the sneak attack was successful.
Zhao Xing received the good news and immediately ordered people to send a message to the Duke of England, asking him to send troops to attack the counties in Youzhou City as planned, and as soon as possible connect Youzhou City and the cities that had already captured by the Song Dynasty.
The border of the Song Dynasty was north, while the Liao Kingdom was opposite the south.
This time, I tried to open the city gate to the north of Youzhou City Gate, and then Xiao Asu pretended to be a grain-carrying army to open the city gate.
Although Youzhou City has strengthened its defense, the Song Dynasty has never intended to fight Youzhou City, and the defenders are inevitably neglected.
In addition, Yelu Yixin was also worried that the Song Dynasty would not stop attacking Xijing for a long time, so he turned to attack Youzhou City and was transporting food and grass to Youzhou City.
There are 30,000 defenders in Youzhou City, and there are many counties outside the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Yixin did not rush to increase his troops.
After all, his troops were not enough. Thirty thousand soldiers guarded a strong city. Even if the Song Dynasty attacked hundreds of thousands of troops, it would not be able to fight in a short time. There was plenty of time for him to mobilize troops. .
In addition, he also underestimated Empress Dowager Xiao and Xiao Asu.
Or, in his opinion, Empress Dowager Xiao just wanted to take back the Liao Kingdom with the hands of the Song Dynasty, not to let the Song Dynasty destroy the Liao Kingdom.
I would not help the Song Dynasty do this at all. He was defeated too quickly and the Song Dynasty suffered little losses, which would not be of any benefit to Empress Dowager Xiao.
It is precisely because of this carelessness that the Song Dynasty was given an opportunity.
Zhao Xing wrote a good news in person and sent it back to Bianjing.
You must know that Taizong failed in the Northern Expedition under Youzhou City.
Since then, the Song Dynasty has lost many territory, not to mention the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Youzhou City and Xijing City were both front-line heavy cities for the former Han Dynasty to resist nomadic peoples.
As long as these two cities are regained, the defense is strengthened, and the people are returned to their hearts, even if they cannot completely drive the Liao Kingdom back to the grassland this time, they can still defend themselves and not easily seized by the Liao Kingdom. "Your Majesty, you didn't have much rest last night. Now that the good news is coming, you should take a rest first." Sanshui advised.
"Now I am excited about how to sleep. Take the zizi sent from Bianjing, and I will look at it and go to bed after I spend my meal at night. Otherwise, I will sleep now and it should be time to sleep at night. No more." Zhao Xing said with a smile. He is indeed a little tired now, but he is very excited and has no sleepiness at all.
Although he is now the supreme emperor, Zhao Xing is the official family of the Song Dynasty after all.
A few important things in Bianjing will be copied and sent to him for his examination.
Because Zhao Xing was thinking about sneak attacks in his mind these days, he didn't have the time to see those thrusts.
Now that the dust has settled, it is time to take a look and understand the situation in the country.
"Yes!" Sanshui responded when he heard this and went to carry Zhazi over.
Zhao Xing picked up the prick and looked at it. No major incident happened in the Song Dynasty recently.
Such as Sheng Wei went to a thrust, telling the situation of establishing a money house.
From the beginning of planning to implement the new currency, Zhao Xing summoned Sheng Wei back and asked him to choose ten important cities in various parts of the Song Dynasty to open a money house.
These ten cities were not chosen according to prosperity, but based on comprehensive considerations of the region.
The money houses of these ten cities must radiate to the entire Song Dynasty.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
Zhao Xing did not plan to set up too many money shops at the beginning. The ten are just right. First, look at some of the disadvantages, correct them, and then open them in various places.
Sheng Wei's Zhazizhong said that money shops in various places have been built and asked when Zhao Xing will open.
Zhao Xing pondered for a while, and approved the opening of the trial operation one month later.
Then he wrote several imperial edicts and ordered people to return to Bianjing.
When I finished reading the accumulated zizi, it was already evening.
Zhao Xing took a supper and took a shower and rested.
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Zhao Xing can sleep here, but Yelu Yixin can’t sleep there.
If Youzhou City is lost, the Song Dynasty will be able to send troops to cut off the connection between Xijing and Zhongjing.
In this way, although Xijing and Liao Kingdom cannot be completely isolated, they can only take a detour from the grassland to transport food and grass.
In this way, it is very troublesome to transfer troops and transport grain. Once the Song Dynasty sends troops to interfere, the food and grass cannot be transported in time, and it will be difficult to defend the Xijing city.
Yelu Yixing was naturally unwilling to give up. After learning the news, he prepared to send troops to retake Youzhou City.
However, the British Duke did not give him a chance at all and sent troops to siege the city again.
"Damn it!"
Yelu Yixin gritted his teeth and said, "Since the Song Dynasty wants to force me to fight to the decisive battle, then let the decisive battle be fought! The command to send the troops in Shuozhou to Xijing immediately, you can prepare and wait for the troops in Shuozhou. Arrived and fought to the death with the Song Dynasty! "
"Your Majesty should have been like this long ago! So what if there is something in the Song Dynasty that can explode the city wall? The two armies are fighting and the soldiers are fighting together, will the Song Dynasty still dare to use it?" "Not bad! With the courage of our Liao soldiers, we will definitely defeat the Song Dynasty!"
The morale of the Liao generals was high and they did not take the Song Dynasty seriously at all.
Because since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the Liao and Song dynasties have never won the battle.
In the early stage of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty won the Northern Expedition and captured many cities. He was eventually defeated outside Youzhou City, and was even lost in the chaos and was almost captured by the Liao Kingdom. .
During the Zhenzong period, the Liao Kingdom went south and suffered a great defeat.
But the Song Dynasty took the initiative to seek peace and pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom. In the eyes of the Liao people, it was the Liao Kingdom that won.
Although I lost the battle with the Song Dynasty, a war cannot only be found in the beginning, but the final outcome.
With the propaganda of the emperors of the Liao Dynasty, in the eyes of the Liao people, they never lost in the battle with the Song Dynasty.
This time the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom lost dozens of cities, and even heavy cities like Youzhou City were lost.
But in the eyes of the Liao generals, the Song Dynasty used something unknown to blow up the city, and the Youzhou City was attacked by sneak attack. This is not a crime of war.
War head-on, the Song Dynasty was no match for the Liao Kingdom at all.
There are several Han civil officials and military generals in the tent. Many people frowned slightly when they saw the Khitan military generals' fighting spirit.
The attack of the Song Dynasty this time was very different from usual.
Half of the troops were dispatched, and there were still ways to blow up the city wall.
There was no news about this thing before, which shows that the Song Dynasty was prepared for it.
Who knows if there are any other means of the Song Dynasty that have not been revealed?
Now these generals of the Liao Kingdom seem to be in high spirits and their morale is available.
But isn’t this a manifestation of arrogance?
But all the Han officials didn't say anything because they were very satisfied when they saw Yelu Yixin in the superior.
After Yelu Yixin ascended the throne, although he did not suppress Han officials, he did not care about Han officials.
Some of them had mentioned before that if the Song Dynasty had been unable to conquer Xijing for a long time, they might find a way from other places.
As a result, he was ridiculed by the Khitan generals. Although Yelu Yixin didn't say anything, he did not stop him.
These Han officials could feel that Yelu Yixin didn't care about them. The reason why he did not suppress Han officials after he ascended the throne was because the time was too short.
At this time, seeing the Liao army's Khitan generals indulge in spite of their spoiledness, they did not take the Song Dynasty seriously at all, and they wanted the Liao Kingdom to be defeated.
Of course, they did not think that the Song Dynasty could destroy the Liao Kingdom and become the Han people again.
In their opinion, the Song Dynasty did not have the ability to destroy Liao, but this time it was only severely damaged by the chaos in Liao.
In addition, the Song Dynasty had the means to explode the city wall, which caught Song Dynasty off guard.
They wanted to wait until the Liao Kingdom was defeated before giving advice for Yelu Yixin, so that their role would be demonstrated at that time.
Let Yelu Yixin see their importance.
Yelu Yixin didn't know this, and he was very satisfied when he saw that the generals were all fighting.
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The movements of the Liao Kingdom cannot be hidden from the British Duke.
In fact, there is no need for intelligence, and the British Duke can guess that the Liao Kingdom will have a head-on battle with the Song Dynasty next.
After all, Youzhou City is one of the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom. Shortly after Yelu Yixin ascended the throne, he lost Youzhou City, which was a huge blow to his prestige.
Whether it is to restore prestige or the importance of Youzhou City, Yelu Yixin cannot recognize it like this, and he will inevitably fight with the Song Dynasty.
Reasonably speaking, avoiding battle at this time and turning from attack to defense is the best choice.
But many times, wars need to be viewed based on various factors.
Since ancient times, military tactics have been circulated more and more, but only a few people can be called famous generals in each era.
Whether a famous general is not determined by how much military tactics are read.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty have always been afraid of Liao like tigers. This time, they have been in dozens of cities in a row, and it is the time when morale is rising.
Soldiers do not understand any military tactics. Once they take the initiative to avoid war, they will damage the morale of the soldiers.
This is also the British Duke who had noticed that the soldiers in the army were arrogant, but did not ask Zhao Xing to retreat to defend, but instead besieged Xijing.
Don’t the British Duke know the reason why arrogant soldiers will be defeated?
He understood, but he knew better that once he retreated, the morale of the soldiers would fall back, and it would be difficult to recover.
(This chapter ends)