I became the son of Renzong

"Tie the lives of hundreds of thousands of Khitan people, and you can't escape the fate of destroying the Beiliao country. Why bother? It's just adding infamy."

"Infamy? Even if he, Yelu Hongji, didn't tie up the lives of these hundreds of thousands of Khitans, he would not lose his infamy to the Khitans or the Beiliao. If he is destined to be infamous, why not try to gain a chance? "

Zhang Dun was telling the truth, if one day he was in Yelu Hongji's situation, he might not be able to do such a behavior.

"A ray of hope? How can there be any hope at all? Even if our army surrounds and does not attack, Dading Mansion will not last long."

"Is he waiting for winter?"

"So what about winter? Yelu Hongji couldn't imagine keeping our soldiers warm."

Everyone is talking about it, but they don't talk about the way the army will attack the city.

In fact, for the ministers and workers of the Great Song Dynasty, they really don’t care about the lives of the Khitan people. Even if the soldiers in the front bombard Dading City, so that the entire Dading City will not be left behind, there will not be many Khitan people in the Song Dynasty Redress.

However, based on enlightenment, no one will turn a blind eye to it many times, and it is even more impossible to initiate the direct bombing of the hundreds of thousands of people in Dading Mansion...

At this time, apart from condemning Yelu Hongji, it seems that there is nothing to do.

Bearing the infamy of killing a god is enough to harm future generations for countless years, who wants to bear this reputation?

Alas... still thinking rigid.So you're helpless?Zhao Xi felt a little emotional.

Soldiers who, deception also.I believe that all the ministers and workers here are familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War, but they lack unconstrained ideas in practice.

"Yelu Hongji is using the body of the Khitan people, so let's try to use their minds. After all, the body is controlled by the mind. As long as these Khitan people can completely abandon Yelu Hongji mentally, and even treat Yelu Hongji With a counter-intention, the problem will be easily solved.”

Zhao Xi felt that Yelu Hongji was shooting himself in the foot.In this era, the so-called elites have not shifted their attention to the people at the bottom. It is even said that in the eyes of the elites, the people at the bottom can still let them do whatever they want.

They never know, once there is no centripetal support from the bottom, what are they elites?Even the emperor is like this.

Worth mentioning.This time, let Yelu Hongji see what the power of the people is, and let the officials of the Song Dynasty see it...

"Officials, Yelu Hongji is the emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty and the head of the Khitan clan. It is very difficult for our Great Song Dynasty to make the Khitan people lean towards us. It can even be said that Yelu Hongji may have led the Khitan people to hate our Great Song. "

Wang Anshi's considerations are reasonable, and even Yelu Hongji has reasons and foundations to push the current situation of Beiliao to Song Dynasty.

The key is to see how the two sides compete for public opinion.

As human beings, whether they are Han Chinese or Khitan people, or even Dangxiang people, Tibetans, etc., survival is the first need.

Especially in today's era when the concept of the country is not yet deep, Zhao Xi does not think there is no room for use.

"Sometimes people's thinking is not dominated by the so-called ethnic groups. Everyone has their own needs. Now what I, the Song Dynasty, is thinking about is how to identify the needs of the Khitan civilians in Dading City, and use their There is an urgent need to get started and influence their tendencies as much as possible.”

"For such a thing, first of all, we need role models. First, the imperial court has to give up certain treatment and benefits in the past few days to persuade those captive Khitan tribe leaders to surrender, and try to let them speak out in front of the battle."

"The second point is to brainstorm and consider the urgent needs of the Khitan civilians in Dading City. This demand is definitely not the only one. Consider it as comprehensively as possible, and consider the universality of different levels and personalities, so that when taking measures, we will be targeted. .”

"Thirdly, among all the captives, look for those who are related to Dading City, and promise various treatment and conditions, and let them persuade them before the battle."

"After determining the needs of the Khitan people in Dading City, discuss how to use these needs to take measures."

At this time, Zhao Xi didn't try to persuade the ministers and workers with any reason, but just told them how to do it.

Therefore, although the ministers and workers were a little puzzled, they still obeyed the order.

The matter of persuading surrender has happened in all dynasties, and everyone knows the role of surrendering generals, but it has never been recorded that a general who surrendered and rebelled had the function of persuading, and almost all of them were cursed and abused by the same clan.

I don't understand why the officials are doing this, and the ministers and workers are even worried that such an approach will only increase the cohesion of the Khitan people...

Despite his doubts, he strictly carried out the government's will.This was the environment formed by the Song court over the years, and any opinions that were contrary to the official intentions were eventually proved to be wrong.

The more people who enjoy wealth and honor, the more they cherish their lives.Therefore, it is not too difficult to persuade the Khitan nobles and generals to surrender completely, and they are all willing to contribute to the new lord Song.

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The State of Song was indeed pedantic, and always regarded itself as the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains, and always followed the way of the sage king.The city defense of this human shield really worked in the face of the army of the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji was a little relieved when he saw that the army of the Song Dynasty besieged the city but did not attack it.

Yelu Hongji understood that it wasn't that the Daliao had no soldiers, but that he left the battlefield ahead of time, and those Daliao cavalry who were finally routed on Nanjing Road scattered and fled.

It was also because of his early retreat that the various forces in Daliao complained about him in the short term, but he believed that Daliao belonged to Daliao after all, and they would still respect him.

As long as he can contain the Song State's siege in Dading City, those wait-and-see forces will surely gather again.

Xiao Yu was not the only army that had formed an organization. Many escaped from the Battle of Nanjing Road, and they were all in the process of reorganizing the army.

As long as he effectively resists the Great Song in Dading and keeps the Song Kingdom in here, Yelu Hongji believes that a situation in which the Great Liao encircles the Great Song will form in Dading.

At that time, who wins and who loses is still uncertain.

It is not to say that a leading armament can win a battle, and morale is the most important thing.When Daliao surrounded Song's army, Song would also be defeated.

It's nothing more than a question of how long you can carry it here.

Yelu Hongji had been preparing for this day from gathering supplies from the people on Nanjing Road and Zhongjing Road along the way.

All the supplies are managed, and the soldiers are given priority. Dading is not something that can be defeated by Song's siege.

As for the common people, if there is a stutter, the human shield will have to continue.Da Song would not be able to attack the city, he would be able to drag the war on, and he would be able to regain the support of all parties in Daliao...

Even for this reason, Yelu Hongji put down his posture and sent letters to all the forces.

Yelu Hongji's considerations cannot be said to be wrong. In fact, there were indeed 10,000+ soldiers of the Northern Liao Army who escaped during the Hebei Dao siege.

The terrain is one thing, and the number of Song cavalry is another. In addition, Beiliao is more familiar with the terrain of Hebei Road than the Song army. That kind of symbolic encirclement and suppression cannot be completely wiped out.

The demise of a dynasty is not the destruction of the entire dynasty, but the demise of the court representing the dynasty.

If it weren't for Zhao Xi's desire to eliminate the vital forces of the Northern Liao Dynasty, so as to stabilize the northern border to a certain extent, the Great Song Dynasty would have eliminated the Northern Liao Dynasty long ago.

Therefore, in the battle of Hebei Road, the imperial court did not formulate a combat mission to wipe out a large proportion of the Northern Liao cavalry.

In the territory of the current Northern Liao Dynasty, there are indeed scattered or large-scale forces.

They are all waiting and watching, and they are emotionally inclined to Beiliao, but in the end, if Song Dynasty destroys Beiliao, it is not impossible for them to accept being ruled by Song Dynasty.

Their respective forces cannot be kings or hegemons, and they are always ready to attach themselves to the powerful side.

Originally, the Northern Liao court was established in this way at the earliest...

After Xixia was wiped out, the nobles of the Northern Liao Dynasty also paid attention to what happened to those party aristocrats.

The fight at the beginning was just fighting, and it did not conflict with accepting the rule of the strong side later.

Of course, it must be better for Daliao to win, but in the face of survival, they don't mind clinging to the Song court.