According to Yelu Yixin's judgment, this is the prelude to the shrinking of the Southern Liao rebels' strength to prepare for a large-scale attack, so Yelu Yixin sent a large number of sentinels to inspect the north bank of the Huang River to prevent the sudden attack of the Southern Liao rebels, but there was still no news that the Southern Liao rebels were going to attack after several days of inspection.
The situation on the battlefield became confusing, at this time the reinforcements from the north and west of the Northern Liao had arrived at Yong'an Mountain, which was located in the northwest of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, less than two days' journey from Linhuang Mansion and four to five days' journey from the Huanghe front; Yong'an Mountain has gathered 100,000 Northern Liao troops, and most of these 100,000 are tribal cavalry from the north of the Liao State.
Although they are all Liao army, but the composition of the Southern Liao Army and the Northern Liao Army is very different, first of all, the Southern Liao Army is mainly from the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and the eastern Liaodong region, here is the agricultural area of the Liao State, the main thing is that the peasant economy is relatively developed, and the ethnic composition is more complex, there are Khitans, Han people, Bohai people and other ethnic groups, so the main strength of the Southern Liao Army comes from the peasants, although there are 600,000 troops, but most of them are temporarily recruited Jingzhou soldiers.
On the other hand, the strength of the Northern Liao army mainly comes from the nomadic tribes in the north and the west, these nomadic tribes are mainly Khitans, and these people live in the cold north mainly nomadic herders, and they are born to fight the material, but there is also a problem here that the cavalry of each department is relatively scattered, not easy to assemble and needs to be coordinated and trained.
Therefore, after more than a month, the Northern Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was reluctant, and gathered 100,000 cavalry again, but the Northern Liao Army was still at a disadvantage from the comparison of troops, in such a context, the Southern Liao Emperor Yelu Chongyuan personally led the army to launch an attack, Yelu Chongyuan was a veteran of the battlefield, he was very aware of the strength of the palace tent army, although there were 600,000 troops, but from the front to break through the defense line of the palace tent army, Yelu Chongyuan did not have confidence.
So he did three things in this more than a month, the first thing was to set up six large battalions to train soldiers to do a good job of defense, the second thing was to gather all the cavalry together, each with two horses, and the third thing was to discharge a large number of spies to monitor every move of the Northern Liao army.
It took more than a month for Yelu Chongyuan to complete these three things, and the night before Yelu Xin led 10,000 Tielin troops to attack the Southern Liao Army at night, Yelu Chongyuan contracted his forces and gave up two large camps in the east and west, and gathered most of his troops in the two large camps in the middle, in addition to Yelu Chongyuan personally led 200,000 iron cavalry to secretly leave the camp at night and rush east.
This is the result of Yelu Chongyuan's consultation with his adviser Zheng Hun, the 200,000 iron cavalry led by Yelu Chongyuan bypassed the frontal defense of the palace tent army, and launched an attack from the east of the relatively weak defense of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, after the battle of attacking Linhuang Mansion began, Zheng Hun commanded the remaining 400,000 Southern Liao troops to cross the river immediately, dragging the Northern Liao army to death, and winning enough time for Yelu Chongyuan to break through Linhuang Mansion.
As long as Yelu Chongyuan can capture Linhuang Mansion and capture Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong, then the civil strife of Liao will be over; But the truth is that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny.
According to the plan, Yelu Chongyuan led 200,000 Southern Liao iron cavalry, crossed the Huang River from a few miles west of Konoha Mountain, and then reached the banks of the Wolf River.
The sun has not risen in the early morning, the morning star is still hanging in the sky, at this time it is the most tired time for the soldiers guarding the city, it can be said that the familiar can not be familiar with the Linhuang Mansion Yelu Chongyuan, the whole Linhuang Mansion is divided into two cities in the north and south, the south is Hancheng, the north is the imperial city, the momentum of the entire Linhuang Mansion is majestic, the perimeter of the imperial city is 10 miles, the circumference of the Seoul is 17 miles, the city wall is made of rammed earth, and the irregular hexagon of the imperial city has six corner towers at six corners.
Yelu Chongyuan led 200,000 iron cavalry, went around the northeast of the imperial city to Gongchen Gate and sent a small number of cavalry to the city gate, and the Tielin army guarding the city was still alert and immediately shouted to the incoming army: "Who dares to break into the imperial city." ” Yelu Chongyuan sent a Khitan captain, hearing the people on the city tower say this, the captain shouted very arrogantly: "Bastard, this general was ordered to come to see His Majesty the Emperor, you dare to stop it, quickly open the city gate If you delay the fighter plane, will you suffer from the crime?"
Not to mention the words of this captain of ten thousand years, the Tielin army guarding the city was really confused, and the willingness was very simple, first of all, the officer guarding the city did not expect the Southern Liao army to come here, and secondly, it was a Khitan who spoke, and he was also a commander, and then there were these Southern Liao troops under the city who wore the same military uniforms as the Northern Liao army, in this case, this commander of ten thousand soldiers successfully opened the gate of the imperial city of Linhuang Mansion.
As soon as the city gate was opened, it was terrible, the captain led hundreds of cavalry under his command to occupy the city gate quickly, and then sent a letter to Yelu Chongyuan, Yelu Chongyuan led the army to enter the city smoothly, the imperial city of Shangjing Linhuang Mansion of the Liao State is different from the imperial city of the Central Plains Dynasty, there are few buildings here, except for the main hall and the temple to worship the ancestors, the rest are tents, and the whole palace is as empty as the grassland.
After the Southern Liao army entered the city, it burned and looted everywhere, Yelu Chongyuan personally led his own guards to the main hall to kill, because Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong transferred most of the soldiers and horses to the front line, the defenders in the imperial city only had less than 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, and there was the opponent of Yelu Chongyuan's 200,000 tigers and wolves; In addition, most of the tents in the imperial city were touched by sparks, and the entire imperial city instantly turned into a sea of fire and chaos.
When the Southern Liao army entered the imperial city, Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong had not yet gotten up, and the people who could become emperors were not stupid, Yelu Hongji, who was woken up by the sound of killing outside, immediately realized that something was not good, Yelu Hongji hurriedly ran out of the imperial tent barefoot, and Yelu Hongji's eyes were met by a sea of fire, in this case, Yelu Hongji's first reaction was not to resist but to escape, as the saying goes, it is good to stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood, Yelu Hongji fled in a hurry under the protection of several guards.
After the war, Yelu Hongji's mother was captured, and most of the queen, concubines and children were captured, and only a few escaped from the imperial city.
Not to mention the civil and military officials, who were either killed or surrendered; Yelu Chongyuan won a major victory in this battle, the only regret is that Yelu Hongji ran away, in terms of the strength of the blow, the power of Yelu Hongji of Liaodao Sect was basically defeated, you must know that Yelu Hongji's biggest reliance before was that he mastered the righteousness.
But now you have even lost the jade seal, so how do the people of the world see it, in ancient times, the jade seal represents the destiny of heaven, and the loss of the jade seal of Liaodao Sect Yelu Hongji is equivalent to losing the legitimacy of the emperor, on the other hand, Yelu Chongyuan got the jade seal, in the eyes of the people, it is the destiny of heaven, God made him the emperor, so this battle Yelu Chongyuan won a big victory, but it was not a complete victory.
Liaodaozong Yelu Hongji was defeated, although the reputation was discredited, but the troops under his command did not suffer much loss, this battle was only the beginning of the contest between the two sides, after the defeat and escape from Linhuang Mansion, Liaodaozong Yelu Hongji immediately blocked a large-scale counterattack.
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