Chapter 689 What's the situation?!
In ancient times, nights were very quiet. Sunrise and sunrise were the basic rules of life. Even if the two armies fought, there would not be much change. At most, the city defense at night was slightly tighter.
The same is true for Fengyi City at night. There were not many lights in the city, only torches on the city walls flashed with figures, and there were no abnormal movements in the city. The Song army who monitored Fengyi City stopped for a moment and then turned to the camp. The general ordered that he was not allowed to attack Fengyi City without authorization, otherwise he would not be able to throw a few gunpowder bullets every now and then make the Liao people feel at ease!
But the seemingly quiet city of Fengyi was a different scene. The Liao people began to prepare nervously. Although the soldiers did not make much noise, they moved quickly. These soldiers guarding the city were all elites of the Great Liao and were also valuable treasures left by the Emperor Shengzong of Liao.
Yelu Da and Han Yande stood on the city wall and watched the countless black iron streams moving in the city, feeling excited, but the excitement of these two people was completely different. In Yelu Da’s eyes, these were his capital for his comeback, and in Han Yande’s eyes, every soldier, every war horse, and every weapon, were gifts he offered to Yelu Chongyuan.
As long as these Khitan warriors successfully reach the path of Shangjing, their status in front of Yelu Chongyuan will be stabilized. With Yelu Da, a reckless man who obeys his own words, once Yelu Chongyuan successfully ascends the throne, he will be the left prime minister who takes Zhang Jian and replaces him!
In the night city, even the thick smoke rising from the cooking smoke could not be seen clearly. The night has become the best cover. At the fifth day of the day, it is the time when people are most relaxed and tired. At this time, the defenders of Fengyi City, who have eaten and drunk enough to rest, gathered at the north gate under the leadership of Yeluda.
Han Yande's subordinates spread various rumors in the army. The soldiers in the army had already learned that they were abandoned sons abandoned by Xiao Hui. At this time, instead of waiting for the city to be destroyed by the Song people's sharp weapon, it would be better to turn to the imperial brother's tent to serve, and they could still make a fortune and wealth, so they all let it go.
Yelu Da announced to the soldiers of the army that he would lead his army back to Shangjing City and support the prince of the emperor Yelu Chongyuan to succeed the throne. Any general in the army who did not respond had long been secretly executed by Han Yande. The remaining generals supported Yelu Chongyuan, and the army naturally followed them to support the prince.
With Yelu Da's order, the city gate on the north side opened wide, and the 30,000 Liao troops guarding the city rushed out of the city gate like a flood, and rushed towards Jiaoshan in the north. Only the few people in Fengyi City and the bodies of those soldiers loyal to Yelu Zongzhen were left in the city.
Even after Yeluda left, no one dared to go out to the street to clean up their bodies. The people were the most sturdy and cowardly. The departure of the defenders meant that they had been abandoned by the Liao Dynasty. Now all they could do was to tremble at home and pray to the Song people not to kill them. The Liao people in Fengyi City, who were willing to join and surrender, had followed Yeluda northward. The rest were either Han people or Khitan old, weak, sick and disabled...
The sky was bright, and the horses of the Song Dynasty came here to wander around Fengyi City, but the empty city walls and countless torches and grass men surprised them. The little experience of Yu Hou immediately ordered the scout to continue monitoring, and he turned his horse's head and quickly headed towards the Baidengshan military camp.
This is very likely a plan to be played by the Liao people. Last night they saw countless open fire soldiers holding armor on the city wall, which were concealed by these torches and straw men!
At this time, the Liao army scouts also discovered this problem. Although they were a little surprised, they felt that this was probably just a plan by Yelu Da who was lazy and let the soldiers rest and deliberately deceived the Song people. They should not be true. After all, if the 30,000 defenders in Fengyi City retreated, they would definitely go to the westward Datong Mansion and not go anywhere else.
The slightly savvy Liao Dynasty scout rode his horse to Fengyi City. He asked the capital to see if there were any letters from Liu Liufu or verbal letters to General Xiao Hui. After all, before Liu Liufu entered the city, he had told them that they should only use them as messengers to keep the news open with the army.
When the Liao Dynasty scout arrived at the west gate of Fengyi City, no matter how he called the door, no one paid attention to it. So he turned to the north gate. The scene of the north gate was wide open that the scout was shocked and rushed into Fengyi City. He saw corpses and blood all over the ground, and he didn't even see a figure.
The people in the city were also empty in ten rooms. An ominous premonition enveloped his heart. After kicking open the doors of more than a dozen houses, he finally saw an old Khitan sticking out his head tremblingly from the crack of the door. The scout stepped forward and grabbed the old man's clothes and asked loudly: "Where are the defenders in the city? Where are the people in the city? Why are there so many corpses? Ninety-one rooms are empty!"
The old man said tremblingly: "When Jun Ye said, the general guarding the city last night took more than 30,000 soldiers out of the north gate. Those who did not follow were all killed on the way. I heard that he had defected to the crown prince..."
The scout's face suddenly turned pale. He stomped his feet hard and left when he looked at the empty Fengyi City. At this time, he wanted to pass the news to the army. Unexpectedly, Yelu Da, a coward, escaped at the last moment, but why did he defect to the crown prince Yelu Chongyuan?
In Datong Prefecture, the news that Yelu Chongyuan wanted to rebel was not known to Xiao Hui, Zhang Jian and Liu Liufu. The scout left a few steps and then transferred to the old Khitan man, "Do you know where the envoy who came yesterday?"
The old man shook his head, but pointed to the direction in the city and said, "The old man doesn't know, but if he is the general who is in the city, he should be in the big tent of the general."
The scout was trembling. If this was the case, the master was afraid that there would be a lot of danger, but he would see the person dead and the corpse. The scout still gritted his teeth and entered it. When he saw a ball of minced meat in brocade robe, he felt completely cold. A huge fear enveloped his heart. Without thinking, he turned over and galloped towards the army.
Di Qing was also surprised after learning the news. It was unreasonable! How could the Liao people suddenly give up Fengyi City and sing an empty city plan? The Song Dynasty did not intend to attack Fengyi City, even the empty city plan would have no effect!
"Let's explore again, if you approach Fengyi City and the Liao people are inactive, you will find a way to enter the city! You must find out what's going on in Fengyi City!"
When Yu Hou left, Di Qing and Peng Qi looked at each other and said in unison: "What's the situation?!" Then the two of them smiled bitterly, and now even they were at a loss by the sudden movements of the Liao people.
Peng Qi thought for a while and said, "Can it be that the Liao people withdrew their troops? Then should we send people to occupy Fengyi City as the best? After all, a city is empty there, and it is a bit sorry for the meeting gift given by the Liao people if they don't occupy it..."
Di Qing shook his head and said, "No, this matter is strange. The Liao people have been stationed in Fengyi City for more than a day or two. Even under the pressure of our army, they did not take a step back. A few days ago, they even provoked our army and should not withdraw like this. Could it be that there was any sudden change?"
Chapter completed!