Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Xiao Chuo thought, she had already entered the palace and passed through the palace gates of the imperial city, and she became more and more nervous and frightened.

She didn't know what kind of things would be waiting for her in front of her. She was silent all the way. Fortunately, the soldiers were polite to her. After passing through a few doors, she could no longer tell the difference between east, west, north and south, but she probably was in the north main hall .

She and her parents came to Ouchi Imperial City when she was a child, but now she can't remember clearly.

Afterwards, the soldier respectfully invited her, but she had no choice but to dismount and follow along, but she deliberately slowed down her movements, trying to appear decent but delayed the time.

Although the journey was slow, the soldiers were anxious but did not dare to rush, but it was not a long-term solution, and in the end she still stood outside the Zhengbei Hall.

She knew this place, the last time her parents brought her, her eldest sister, and her elder brothers came to meet the late Emperor during the New Year's Eve.

The white jade railing outside is not as white and clean as it was a few years ago, and there are some dark yellow and light stains. The dust of fallen leaves on the ground gathers in the corners, as if it has not been cleaned for many days, and it looks a little dilapidated.

Several soldiers led her to the front of the main hall, and then went in to report, and soon a slightly hoarse voice came from inside: "Let her in."

The soldier nodded and didn't follow her in, but just asked her to go in.

Xiao Chuo took a deep breath, and then walked in. The hall was very empty, and the candles were still lit on all sides. His Majesty sat neatly on top, his beard was a little disheveled, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was not in a good spirit.

Seeing her come in, she forced a smile: "Sit, Yanyan, do you still remember me, when we played together in Yongxing Palace, you were only seven or eight years old then?"

Xiao Chuo nodded, and sat down on the cushion next to him, far away, "Your Majesty has a really good memory. I was still very young at that time."

"Yeah, time flies so fast, like an arrow shot from a bow, it's fleeting..." Ye Luxian sighed. He was five years older than Xiao Chuo, but the relationship between the two seemed to be very close at this moment. But it was not like someone of the same age, after he fled back to the capital from the south, he was terrified and worried day and night since the army of more than [-] was wiped out. It has only been two months, but he seems to have aged more than ten years.

"I invite you to the palace just to be my companion. Recently, I've always been restless and can't sleep in the middle of the night..."

Xiao Chuo listened to his tender words, but she knew that she must not be so innocent, she was just a hostage, and her heart rose to her throat, and she instinctively felt a kind of fear, which was similar to that of Yelu Xiezhen back then. The same as when I took her out of Nanjing!

She thought of Shi Congyun in an instant, and trembled involuntarily. She wished she could immediately persuade His Majesty in front of her to send her back. Shi Congyun is the most unreasonable and terrifying person, father. I have already told her that Shangjing can no longer hold on, and what His Majesty does will only harm him and himself.

But she didn't dare to speak directly, for fear of offending His Majesty in front of her, she could only try to appease him, and reminded him of her own value: "Your Majesty is at ease, my father and brother are leading the soldiers to fight in the city, and the Qin army cannot enter."

Ye Luxian nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Chuo seized the opportunity, "Your Majesty, my father led the army to defend against the enemy, and my mother and I need to take care of many things at home. Please allow me to go back home first."

Ye Luxian frowned slightly: "The palace is deserted now, you stay with me."

"Soldiers approaching the city, life and death, defending the city is the most important thing. Your Majesty is not a faint king, and knows the priorities."

Ye Luxian frowned deeper: "I know, but you must stay." His tone became more serious.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Chuo still wanted to defend himself, but the other party didn't give him a chance. Ye Luxian's face was gloomy and ugly, and he said angrily: "Why does Xiao Siwen think that I don't know! Anyway, you don't want to go back today!"

The atmosphere froze in an instant and fell into silence. Xiao Chuo gritted his teeth. Since the other party had already torn his face, she also knew that there was no room for maneuver.

Just when the atmosphere was tense, there was a vague commotion outside. Ye Luxian stood up suspiciously to see what happened, and Xiao Chuo was also a little curious. At this moment, someone outside shouted in Khitan dialect: "Qin Jun is here! Qin Jun is fighting!" Come in......."

But soon there was no sound, short screams kept coming, and a short arrow was nailed to the threshold of the main hall, which startled people.

Xiao Chuo got up and looked out, she heard the sound of neat footsteps and the black torrent pouring into the garden outside the hall from the south, her heart sank to the bottom, Qin Jun!

Those people were covered in iron armor, only two black holes were exposed, and their eyes were also invisible. They rushed towards the temple, and several Khitan warriors guarding outside fought back, but they were not opponents at all, and they were stabbed to death after a few hits. on the ground.

Qin Jun kicked open the door of the main hall, poured in like a tide, and soon surrounded the main hall. Xiao Chuo was so frightened that he almost fell down, but he tried his best to maintain it, but Ye Luxian on the other side was already frightened by such a change and sat on the ground dumbfounded.

He supported his body with trembling hands, but he couldn't say a word.

How did Qin Jun come in, how did Qin Jun come!

There was silence in the hall, and the black iron armor would make the siege impenetrable, like a black wall sticking to the wall, except for heavy breathing, no other sound could be heard.

Xiao Chuo had never seen such a scene before. Those armored soldiers of the Qin Army just stood there and made her feel breathless. Her father told her that the Qin Army would come in sooner or later, but she didn't expect Qin Jun to come in so soon. , so fierce!

After a while, Qin Jun's iron armor torrent parted, and a tall and mighty figure strode in. He was wearing a thick iron armor, but compared with the soldiers, he did not wear a visor, and his face was distinct.

He was tall, with a sharp face, and he looked like a man who had been toiled for a long time.

Holding the sword at his waist, he felt as contented as if he had entered his own home. He paced in the hall, his iron boots made the sound of footsteps, every step felt like he was stepping on someone's heart, and soon he walked in front of His Majesty who was completely panicked. , said with a half-smile, "You are Ye Luxian, and you look like that."

Chapter 551, Ouchi Imperial City

In Xiao Chuo's eyes, he was tall and big, walking around the hall, talking to the terrified His Majesty, but his eyes were looking around, as if he was curious about the clothes in the palace, as calm as if this was his home, but the more comfortable he was, the more disturbing it was , The smell of blood has already permeated from outside the hall, stimulating people's sense of smell.

This is obviously the inner imperial city of the Daliao Kingdom!

Xiao Chuo finally saw his face, young and relaxed, but at this moment there was an indescribable majesty that frightened her.

His Majesty, who had been absent-minded for a long time, finally came back to his senses, and with a trembling voice, tried to calm down and asked in Han Chinese language: "It's me, who are you?"

The other party looked at him and spit out three words, "Shi Congyun, you have missed me for a long time."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent instantly, Xiao Chuo felt as if he had been punched in the heart, his whole body trembled and he was speechless, Shi Congyun!

These three words made her heart suffocate, almost out of breath.

Shi Congyun, the emperor of Qin, the most powerful person in the world, the sworn enemy of the Liao Kingdom, a nightmare!Now that he is alive in front of him, although rumors about him have been flying all over the sky, few people in the entire Daliao Kingdom have seen his true face.

Some people say that he is vicious, with blue face and long fangs, some people say that he is vicious and innocent, and he usually drinks wine with the heart and liver of children, and some people say that he is so ugly that he can scare people to death just by looking at him.

Seeing it now, it was completely different. She never imagined that the legendary Shi Congyun was such a person.

"Your palace looks good." He paced and said, "Compared to Youzhou Palace, it is on par with Youzhou Palace, but compared to Jinling Daliang, it is much inferior."

He seemed to be saying some ordinary words, if it wasn't for the murderous soldiers of the Qin army standing beside him, it would have been like a friend talking about family matters.

"Yeluxian, you seek power to usurp the throne, even a small Tang Dynasty Jijizhou dared to usurp the divine weapon, greedy and cruel, and poisoned the people, so that I acted on behalf of the heavens, mobilized the people, labored the people and wasted money, and personally led the army across thousands of miles and across thousands of mountains and rivers Come to crusade, do you know your crimes?"

Holding his sword, he said these words in a calm tone, like an elder teaching a disobedient junior, his words were all lenient, but even so, it still made Ye Luxian tremble all over, and he didn't know how to deal with it. He should be I understand these Chinese words.

For Xiao Chuo, after more than ten years of hard study and the influence of her father, she already understood the truth.

She just felt that no matter how the person in front of her spoke, she always had a suffocating sense of oppression when she spoke calmly.

Ye Luxian came back to his senses and looked at the fierce Qin army in the hall. No matter how hard he was to control his emotions, big tears fell down, and he said again and again: "Turning is the late emperor's business, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me! They persecuted me!"

Regarding his rhetoric, Shi Congyun was not angry, but said directly: "It's good to know that you are wrong.

The Great Qin was acting on behalf of the heavens, seeking rebellion and rectification. The lords of Jiangnan, Shu, Nanping and Wuping, all treacherous ministers, treacherous ministers and rebels were imprisoned by the Bianshui River. They sincerely repented. They were all very happy and willing to go. I girder.

Although these are the faults of your ancestors, you, as a descendant, must be punished instead of your ancestors.

If you know the general situation, you can take care of the overall situation and catch it without a fight, and there is still a way to survive to the south.If you insist on staying in Shangjing, you can only bring your head back to Daliang, tell your ancestors, give you half a day to think about it, and reply when it gets dark. "

Xiao Chuo saw that His Majesty was silent, Shi Congyun didn't pay attention to His Majesty's reaction at all, as if he was saying a kind of overbearing order, an order that cannot be refused.

Then he turned his head and looked at her with fiery eyes, with a smile on his face, he said, "You are Xiao Chuo."

Xiao Chuo was stunned for a moment, feeling his heartbeat stopped suddenly, he almost forgot to breathe, so he could only nod dully.

He came over slowly in a few big steps, looked down and looked down: "In comparison, you are much more interesting."

Seeing his half-smile expression, Xiao Chuo's face turned red. She wanted to stand up and resist, but she didn't dare to open her mouth. She already knew her end in her heart. If Shi Congyun led troops into Da Nei, the whole of Shangjing would have fallen.

"Get up and let me have a look." He spoke, speaking normally, not fast, with an unquestionable sense of command, she could only slowly get up.

Feel the fiery eyes wandering up and down her body, as if wanting to see her naked, the more you pay attention, the more you can feel the random inspection.

Xiao Chuo could only try his best to raise his delicate chin to maintain the only self-esteem left in the fear.

"It really doesn't look like your sister." Shi Congyun said.

Xiao Chuo was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect the other party to say such a sentence, she didn't know how to respond for a while, but most of the tension in her heart was instantly relieved, yes, no matter how scary the person in front of her looked, he was her brother-in-law.

"Call brother-in-law to listen."

Only then did Xiao Chuo come back to his senses, suppressed the fear and fear in his heart, and timidly called out: "Brother-in-law."

Shi Congyun laughed loudly: "Your father is waiting outside, go and meet him, tell him to go back and tidy up the mansion, I want to stay in your mansion."

After a few words, it seemed that Emperor Shi, who had terrified her, pulled her back.

"I" Xiao Chuo wanted to say something, but couldn't open his mouth for a moment.

"Wait for me at home." Shi Congyun said without doubt, and soon a group of soldiers from the Qin Army came in and respectfully went back to her.

Xiao Chuo replied subconsciously, "Then I'll wait for you." After he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, and he dared not speak any more, and quickly went out under the escort of the soldiers of the imperial army.

After leaving the main hall, the corpses outside had been pushed to both sides of the stairs, some prisoners were detained in the corners, the flags in the turrets at the top of the city had been replaced with Qin army flags, and Qin army soldiers were everywhere, guarding the main roads.

Seeing such a scene, Xiao Chuo lost his mind for a moment. This is Shangjing, the capital of the Daliao Kingdom, but now it is full of Qin's army. If they have already controlled the inner city, it means that the outer city has been controlled. The country is dying

A sense of desolation rose in her heart, and soon she saw her father standing in the open space outside the hall under the protection of many Qin soldiers.

So far, the clever Xiao Chuo also understood why the Qin army was able to attack the city so quickly.

"Why don't you accompany the emperor!" His father asked anxiously when he saw her coming up. How could Xiao Chuo not understand his father's thoughts, and said angrily and a little embarrassed, "He asked me to wait at the house and said he would stay with us. Home."

Xiao Siwen looked at her daughter, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and laughed loudly: "Then go home, go home!

If I want to call you His Majesty in the future, I can’t make a mistake.”

Xiao Chuo had mixed feelings, and he didn't know how to answer his father's words. Many soldiers from the Qin army were entering the palace one after another in the distance. Pairs of captured Liao soldiers were touched with weapons and armor, and they lined up in a team of more than a dozen people. When Fang escorted them over, the soldiers were downcast and had no fighting spirit.

The flag of the Daliao royal family was broken from the turret at the top of the city and thrown in the corner, replaced by the red and black flag of the Qin army, which was extremely conspicuous.

Xiao Chuo watched a Liao imperial flag being trampled on by soldiers of the Qin army coming and going. She couldn't help but want to pick it up, but was forbidden by her father's eyes. She thought that an era had ended, and an era belonging to Shi Congyun had begun.

Why did he ask for himself repeatedly, and now he seems indifferent.

Chapter 552 , Take Control of Shangjing

In July, the weather began to turn cooler and more pleasant, and the city of Shangjing was a bit bleak.

On the streets of Hancheng in the south of the city, there are Qin troops everywhere. Many people are hiding and dare not come out. ""The dead grandfather has long been looking forward to Wang Shi going north to recover his homeland", "Saving me is like being in the water and fire", "I have long been hearted to the Southern Dynasty" and other words.

There will always be people who are dissatisfied in any place, and most of the Han people in the south of the city are Han people, Xi people and other people of various ethnic groups. What resistance is encountered.

Even though many people were afraid, they just hid. After entering the city, there was basically no resistance in the south. The defenders at the top of the city almost surrendered under the guidance of Xiao Siwen's son.

The Qin army entered early in the morning, and various battle reports quickly spread to Emperor Shi's ears.

In the morning, Emperor Shi hurried to capture Yeluxian, and when he entered the imperial city of Da Nei, Jing Si led the troops to occupy the bridge over the Baiyingolo River between Seoul and Da Nei, and took down the Dashun Gate in the south of the imperial city.

Then Haijin led a battalion to Xiangdong, took down the Andong Gate on the east side of Da Nei, fought for two quarters of an hour, killed more than [-] people and captured the city wall, because the Qin army suddenly launched a surprise attack from the back of the city, and at that time the Liao Kingdom The defenders never expected that the Qin army would attack from behind them. It was not bright at that time, and many defenders were still asleep, and they didn't resist for long.

In the hand-to-hand combat between the narrow city cave and the narrow wall, the Qin army's elite full-body thick iron armor has the advantage, and there are often teams of five or six people with Liao army scimitars and arrows chasing dozens of people to kill. scene.

After that, the Anton Gate was opened, and the army from the east poured into the city.

As for the Gande Gate in the west of the city, there are more defenders, because there is a tributary of the Shali River in the east of the city, so the army cannot be deployed too much, and the terrain in the west of the city is open, and it is the main road for the tribal troops in the northwest to go south. The army, about [-], is deployed in the west of the city.

In contrast, [-]% of the defenders temporarily organized by the Liao Kingdom were deployed in the west of the city.

Therefore, the competition for Qiande Gate in the west of the city was too fierce. At the beginning, because there were not many people entering the city, the elite was taken by Emperor Shi to raid the palace, so Li Chuyun sent Yang Ye to lead a battalion to attack the palace, but unfortunately they failed. After reacting, he immediately retreated to the Anguo Temple south of Gandemen to gather resistance.

Anguo Temple is a highland in the city. Its terrain is higher than that of the city. It is a raised hill in the city.

Yang Ye saw that the Liao army gathered thousands of people, abandoned Qiandemen, and turned to Anguo Temple to resist. He knew that it would be difficult to fight. The Liao army took the lead. The gate is out of place, but to seize the high ground in the city.

Yang Ye led people to compete with the Liao army at the Confucian Temple at the foot of the mountain. After killing more than a hundred people, they captured the Confucian Temple.

So he gave up the occupied Confucian Temple, turned his head to control Gande Gate, and sent someone to explain the situation to the coach Li Chuyun, and asked for reinforcements.

As the Dashun Gate in the south of the city, the Gande Gate in the west of the city, and the Andong Gate in the east of the city were captured by the Qin Army, a large number of Qin Army troops were transferred into the city.

Li Chuyun did not immediately send troops to support Yang Ye. He knew the priorities until the imperial city of Dao was occupied by the officials and the false emperor of Liao was captured. After the death, he ordered Li Jilong to lead the troops to gather the follow-up troops to enter the city. Once there were five battalions, he immediately went to reinforce Yang Ye.

With the arrival of Li Jilong's reinforcements, the Qin army quickly surrounded the hillside where the Anguo Temple is located, and then reinforcements joined in one after another. By the afternoon, the Qin army had gathered 8000 battalions at the foot of the mountain, with [-] troops, while the Liao army on the mountain was estimated to have only three. It reached about [-], but the Qin army still did not launch an attack immediately. They were waiting for the artillery camp to be in place.

Due to heavy equipment, inconvenient transportation and other reasons, the artillery did not arrive in time.

Half an hour later, the artillery of the two battalions was transferred to the foot of the mountain. After preparing for the artillery fire, the Qin army began to attack the mountain. They first took down the Confucian Temple and its nearby buildings as a support, and then attacked upwards.

Originally, the sheep attack was the most difficult to fight, and it was laborious and difficult, especially for the vanguard of the Qin army wrapped in iron armor. Fortunately, the shells that were originally planned to fight for a month were saved after Xiao Siwen took the initiative to open the city and surrender. The ammunition was sufficient. The artillery of the Qin Army with abundant firepower found the pleasure of fighting with hands and feet on this hill.

After nearly half an hour of firepower preparations, the Qin army began to attack the mountain. After sufficient firepower preparations, the Liao army on the mountain actually had no combat effectiveness. The battle lasted until the afternoon, and most of the Liao army surrendered.

The Qin army captured and beheaded more than 4000 people, of which more than 70% were prisoners. Most of the killings were during the artillery preparation period. The Qin army had very few casualties, only six to seventy people were injured, and five died in battle. They completely controlled the Anguo Temple. Before dark , The battle report has been sent to Emperor Shi.

At this point, Shangjing was completely under the control of the Qin army. Emperor Shi was very happy and sent someone to inform Yeluxian to pack up his things, and he could either go to Daliang by himself or take his head away.

Ye Luxian was very knowledgeable and had already started to pack his things, but tears streaming down his face, he didn't dare to mention Xiao Chuo's matter again.

There are still many people at the North Gongchen Gate of the Great Inner City who are desperately resisting, but they are completely different from the previous defenders. According to the reports, those are the Khitan nobles in the Great Inner City, their family papers, and private soldiers. The core power layer gathered thousands of people to resist stubbornly.

After hearing the news, Emperor Shi asked Xiao Siwen and Han Derang, and after checking, the report was indeed correct, and then ordered to send [-] battalions of horses and two artillery battalions to surround them and kill them all.

Emperor Shi's orders were ruthless and cruel, and there was no room for negotiation. The Qin army faithfully carried out the orders without the slightest hesitation, and no one in his subordinates objected.

Emperor Shi rode out of the inner imperial city on horseback and led his soldiers towards the residence of Princess Xiao’s patriarch. Agreed to protect his nephews and let him take someone to identify them and take them away.

Emperor Shi understood the power structure here, because Han Derang had told him in detail before that if he wanted to maintain a stable control of Shangjing and support the Han family as puppets, the best way for these noble Khitan royal families was to kill them all. core of political power.