Chapter 250 Capture
On the battlefield.

The Liao soldiers seemed to have come to their senses.

This is not a war!

This is clearly a way to get yourself killed!
The second round of attack was once again repelled.

And this time there were more casualties.

Especially when looking at those who escaped back and the remaining soldiers, they couldn’t help but feel like retreating at this moment.

of course!

After all, the enemy has not yet threatened them, and His Majesty has not given any orders yet.

Even if you tell them to run, they won’t dare to run away right away.

Until Zhao Xin ordered people to pick up the caltrops in an orderly manner and clear away the corpses blocking the road.

Yelu Hongji also saw it and listened to the opinions of his ministers, who all advised him to withdraw as soon as possible.

Following the order, Yelu Hongji reluctantly ordered everyone to retreat first.

When Zhao Xin saw the other side retreating at this time, he thought that Yelu Hongji didn’t seem to be completely confused yet.

Because retreating at this time would be the best way to preserve their manpower.

but!

It is also obvious what retreat means.

This means that their action this time not only failed to recapture Youzhou City, but also greatly damaged the national strength.

You should know that among the millions of households in the Liao Kingdom, Youzhou Nanjing Xijin Prefecture alone accounted for one-fifth, or even almost a quarter.

What if we withdraw!
That would be equivalent to giving all these people to Zhao Xin.

But you said fight!

You can’t beat him again!
Yelu Hongji suddenly understood why the Queen Mother of Western Xia had her makeup ruined.

That’s the way to play!

If he were a woman, his makeup would also be ruined.

One of the ministers also said to Yelu Hongji: “Your Majesty, please go first! I will cover your retreat!”

Yelu Hongji was actually still a little reluctant.

But you can see it by looking at the people who are leaving the city step by step.

If you don’t go now, when will you wait?
If you walk too slowly, you might not be able to walk in the next moment.

Yes!

More and more Song troops began to come out of the city.

They are not afraid of you surrounding Youzhou City at all.

If you don’t leave now, maybe that’s exactly what they want.

At last……

He took a deep look at the person who was left behind.

Yelu Hongji then said: “My dear, you must come back alive.”

This was what was explained.

So he took the others and retreated first.

Of course, Yelu Hongji’s sneaking behavior was caught by Zhao Xin at the first moment.

Zhao Xin was not in a hurry either.

Just continue with the plan.

The troop line was moved forward, and behind it, Zhao Xun’s 5,000 cavalry also slowly appeared.

of course!

I won’t rush in at the first opportunity.

Instead, we should first use artillery to destroy the enemy’s rear guard and then charge forward.

First go out of the city and form a battle formation.

The artillery positions are also ready.

The remaining generals were very brave.

But courage cannot be eaten.

After several rounds of artillery attacks, hundreds of people were killed or injured, and morale collapsed immediately.

Even if Yelu Abaoji were alive at this time, he would not be able to stop these people from escaping.

then……

When I saw that the other side had completely lost their formation and organization.

Zhao Xin then ordered Zhao Xun to lead people to pursue.

But it still feels a bit slow.

Next…

It depends on how many heads we can behead.

In addition…

While pursuing, don’t forget to do a good job of reconnaissance. Zhao Xin was afraid that someone who didn’t care about his life, or someone like Yelu Tiebu, who had not joined the battlefield before, would suddenly attack from behind.

Although in Zhao Xin’s opinion, the situation has basically been decided.

After a day of fighting, no one knew how many miles Zhao Xun had chased.

Anyway…

However, Zhao Xin took away all the food, cattle and sheep that Yelu Hongji had not had time to take away.

According to preliminary calculations, approximately three thousand people were killed in Youzhou city alone.

Add to that the pursuit, the enemies trampled on each other, and it is estimated that no matter what, the losses of the Liao Kingdom could not be less than 30,000.

of course!

No matter how many were killed, the armor, weapons and other things were innumerable.

At least hundreds of thousands of pieces were seized.

Anyway…

They are everywhere from Youzhou City all the way north.

the next day.

Zhao Xun came back with his men.

Day three.

After a rough statistical analysis.

The loss of the Liao Kingdom this time was exactly about 30,000 people.

Three thousand of them died under the city of Youzhou, ten thousand were chased and hacked to death by Zhao Xun, and more than ten thousand were trampled to death by their own people in the chaos when they were fighting for horses.

This is because Yelu Hongji also divided his troops at other city gates.

If all the people were gathered at one city gate, including Yelu Tiebu’s men, the estimated loss this time would be at least 40,000 to 50,000.

Immediately afterwards…

After resting for half a day, Zhao Xin sent someone to find Yelu Tiebu. At the same time, he also sent people to other states to persuade them to surrender.

At this time, Yelu Tiebu was still in Zhuozhou and had not gone very far.

He only besieged Zhuozhou but did not attack it.

of course!

He was also very concerned about the war in the north.

It just so happened that when he was about to send someone to find out what progress the news from the north was making.

Listen to the report from the people below.

Yelu Tiebu was stunned.

“What did you say?”

The scout said, “It seems that your majesty and the others have retreated!”

Yelu Tiebu looked incredulous and asked, “What do you mean?”

The scout said, “Even the camp is gone.”

Yelu Tiebu was confused, “How could this happen?”

It didn’t take long.

Immediately afterwards…

Then someone else came to report, “Letter from the Southern Dynasty!”

Yelu Tie hurriedly picked up the letter and opened it.

It said, “I told Yelu Hongji about your rebellion to relieve the siege of Youzhou City. Yelu Hongji has sold you out. They have all withdrawn. Now you have three choices: either surrender, or go back and be beheaded by Yelu Hongji, or be attacked by my army from the north and south and die on the battlefield.”

Even if Yelu Tiebu died, he only had 10,000 people on hand.

Adding some auxiliary troops, there are no more than 20,000 or 30,000 troops at most.

If Zhao Xin really told Yelu Hongji about his rebellion, then even if he defeated Zhao Xin and escaped from Zhao Xin’s encirclement, he would have no way to fight back to Zhongjing Dading Prefecture.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty really has no moral principles!

Didn’t you agree not to tell anyone about my betrayal?

Just as he was about to complain.

Outside……

Someone also came to report that a large number of cavalry had appeared five miles away. Yelu Tiebu immediately became even more panicked.

Because doesn’t this just prove that what Zhao Xin said is right!

Someone asked hurriedly: “Is it the cavalry over there?”

The scout said: “Look, it should be the Southern Dynasty!”

Those former followers of Yelu Chongyuan who had followed Yelu Tiebu were also stunned.

“So what should we do next?”

If you don’t surrender, you will die.

Although surrendering can allow you to survive, you will probably live a very miserable life.

After half a day of discussion and consideration.

At this time, Zhao Xin’s artillery also arrived.

Originally, Yelu Tiebu wanted to send someone to condemn Zhao Xin for breaking his promise.

But think about it, forget it!
After all, even if he scolded Zhao Xin today, it wouldn’t solve anything. It would be better for him to be sincere and pretend to surrender, and then see if there would be another chance in the future.

In this way, it only took half a day for Zhao Xin to accept Yelu Tiebu’s 30,000 troops.

Zhao Xin also knew that Yelu Tie would not be dissatisfied.

But there’s no use not accepting it.

Another 30,000 surrendered.

to be frank!
This really gave Zhao Xin a headache.

You said to use it, but no, I don’t need to. It doesn’t feel good to kill him.

But now Yelu Hongji has already retreated with his men.

Zhao Xin thought that he could also send people to escort all these people back slowly and safely.

As Youzhou City was captured, Shunzhou, less than a hundred miles northeast of Youzhou City, also quickly surrendered.

Next is Jizhou and Juyongguan.

In fact, Xijing Datong Prefecture also sent people, but not many of them, only about one or two thousand people.

nowadays……

It can help defend Juyongguan.

only……

Zhao Xin took over Youzhou City in one day, not to mention Juyongguan.

Now, Zhao Xin may not have enough troops to garrison.

After hearing about the Liao Kingdom’s disastrous defeat at the city of Youzhou, countless counties in Xijin Prefecture surrendered one after another.

I can only say that there is no need to fight to the death.

The Liao people have been defeated. Do you really want to rebel against the Song Dynasty and restore the Liao Dynasty?
At least……

Most of the people in the city would never have such an idea.

As for those wealthy businessmen and Han officials, they heard that the policies of the Liao Dynasty were still being continued and they would continue to serve as officials. What else was there to say?

Of course the whole city surrendered!

The news reached Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi.

The two of them also stood up and slammed the table.

But in fact, they had already filmed it once more than a month ago.

At that time, the newspaper reported that Zhao Xin had captured Youzhou City.

Let him send people to bring back those who can farm.

This time…

Another thirty thousand prisoners.

of course!

Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, who received the letter at this time, did not know that Zhao Xin had already recovered various places one after another.

Until another letter came, asking them to recommend a prudent general who could defend the city.

The two then learned…

Zhao Xin has already flourished in the Xijin Prefecture area of ​​Nanjing.

Many state and county towns surrendered directly.

So much so that when the two of them looked at these letters, they once wondered whether they had previously overestimated the Liao Kingdom to be too powerful.
Why is it so easy for the Crown Prince to fight?
But anyway!
This is definitely an exciting thing!
Fan Zhongyan was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves and almost started writing poetry.

Zhao Xin also wrote letters to his father and Yuanyuan.

The content of the letter is:

“In Youzhou City, 50,000 fought against 200,000. We killed 30,000 enemies and persuaded 30,000 to surrender. The enemy has been repelled. All that remains is to persuade them to surrender and appease them. But I think we can’t go back this winter. The people are not in a stable mood and we can’t leave.”

“I would like to use this letter to express my regards to Dad.”

“Greetings to the Queen.”

“Greetings to Madam Miao.”

“Greetings to the Crown Princess. Did the Crown Princess miss me? I missed you so much!”

“Have Zhe’er and others studied hard and learned to read and write?”

Zhao Zhen’s illness has improved a lot now. Although there is still a risk of sudden stroke, at least his daily activities will not be affected too much.

Zhao Zhen didn’t even find such battle reports surprising.

But he couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Said to Empress Cao: “Take a look.”

Queen Cao also took it and looked at it. In fact, if you say that no one is worried about Zhao Xin, that’s not quite right.

After all, war is so dangerous!

Even if ordinary people see each other on the street, if one person says, “My husband has gone to the front line,” the other person will definitely come forward to comfort the other person, and nothing will happen.

This is the easiest thing to empathize with.

So after reading Zhao Xin’s letter, Empress Cao felt inexplicably relieved.

But fortunately, I was so happy that I even thought of greeting her.

Immediately, he praised: “Zui Xinglai is too amazing! This is a great cause that none of the ancestors of the Zhao family have accomplished before.”

Zhao Zhen also felt a little emotional. Why wasn’t he the one who accomplished this?
But he is no match for a monster like Zui Xinglai.

At this moment, even he would be shocked.

Why is it so easy for others to fight a war?

As the prisoners were escorted back, more information also reached Tokyo City.

The people and officials of Tokyo City were speechless.

You said before that you had won the battle against Western Xia, so forget it!
Why are you still fighting against the Liao Kingdom now?
The key is……

The Liao Kingdom was really defeated!
Who can I talk to to explain this?

Moreover, when did their Song Dynasty suddenly become so powerful?

This really leaves them with no psychological defense at all.

By the time they learned the news, others had already told them that Youzhou City, and even the entire area under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Xijin Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom, had almost been conquered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
what! ?

They could only show expressions of shock and a little confusion.

What are you talking about?
The Liao Kingdom, is that the Liao Kingdom in the north?

A tea doctor said, “Yes! It is the Liao Kingdom in the north that asked us to pay annual tribute.”

Zhongshu.

Everyone was very passionate and indignant.

Ouyang Xiu also said to Fu Bi: “Yan Guo, the shame of your Qingli currency increase has finally been washed away this time!”

Fu Bi was so excited that he could hardly speak.

can only say……

Their Crown Prince really does what he says.

Ouyang Xiu also said optimistically: “Next, I’m afraid we have to consider the Liao Kingdom increasing the currency for our Song Dynasty.”

October of this year.

Zhao Xin once again sent people to capture Danzhou, which was further north of Shunzhou.

He also ordered people to guard the western passes such as Juyongguan.

Nanjing of the Liao Dynasty has basically been taken by Zhao Xin.

only……

The people here have lost contact with the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

It is not easy to win these people back.

Zhao Xin originally had few men, and if he sent all his men out to guard the place, there would simply not be enough people.

So next…

It is necessary to operate it well for a period of time and win the hearts of the people before we can proceed to the next step with peace of mind.

Yelu Hongji was also hesitating whether to seek peace with Zhao Xin like Western Xia did.

But when I think about it, it’s a bit embarrassing.

The only option was to flee back to Shangjing first, train troops and prepare for war to prevent Zhao Xin from taking further action.

(End of this chapter)