Chapter 1180 The Rise of the Republic - Daliao still has salvation
"Defeated! Defeated! Defeated..."
Xiao Fengxian's ears were filled with crying in a panic. As the commander of the Liao army in the Battle of the Liao Sea Ice Field, he had really tried his best. In addition to not being decisive enough in the early stage of the roundabout raid, his performance in this battle was not bad. He commanded 56,700 people and more than 60,000 Republicans, and carried seven or eight hours!
The Republican Army had cannons! And it also shattered the ice surface despicable and shameless, causing more than 10,000 Khitan warriors to fall into the water and drown...
Even in such an unfavorable situation, Xiao Fengxian still organized a decisive charge. He was about to rush to the Huangjiagou Highlands.
But who would have thought that the Youzhou Army had a trick to fire shotguns at close range.
Everyone is full of flesh and blood, how can they withstand the shotgun? Once they die, they will be a large area, and they are all covered in blood, some of them are not dead, and they are still rolling and howling on the snow. No matter how miserable it is, they are gone.
Such a way of death is better than falling into the sea and freezing to death and drowning.
The Liao army, which fought hard under the hillside of Huangjiagou, finally collapsed in despair this time. They lost their weapons, ran all the way, and ran to the ice again. They did not line up and set up defenses, but just sat on the ice and cried loudly, shouting "Be defeated, defeated". It was so miserable.
However, they have not completely failed. Because the group of people ran to the ice surface far from the beach and waited for death, but the ice layer there was relatively thin. The Republican infantry and cavalry dared not go there to fight now that they are sure to win. If they drown thousands, it would be a joke.
At the same time, the Youzhou Army's cannons could not reach them. These days, the cannons only hit a few miles, and they would be powerless if they were far away.
So Ma Zheng and Chen Jian had to send someone to persuade him to surrender.
A Khitan officer named Yelu Qin, who had just been captured, was sent to Xiao Fengxian, and Xiao Wuna said.
"Two husbands, Ma Zheng, the general of Youzhou Army, said, "I don't want our lives. As long as we are willing to surrender..."
"What are you surrendering? How could the descendants of Emperor Taizu surrender?"
Xiao Wuna interrupted Yelu Qin with a stern voice.
"It's not really a surrender," Yelu Qin shook his head, "They promised to let us return home after the peace talks..."
"Peace talk?"
“Released?”
Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna were a little unbelievable.
"The war has come to this point, what else can I talk about?"
"Can they talk about the terms of peace talks?"
"I said," Yelu Qin said, "As long as we ced Fuzhou, Ningzhou, Chenzhou, Zhenhaifu, Muzhou, Kaizhou, Dingzhou, Baozhou, Xuanzhou, Hosuguan division, Yaozhou, Jinzhou, Yanzhou, Xizhou, Laizhou, Qianzhou, Runzhou and other places, we can negotiate peace, return the prisoners of war, and then form an alliance."
Such conditions are certainly a deceptive...
Before the working people of Youzhou stepped forward to defend the new republican regime, these territories were enough. Even if there were fewer states, Wu Haogu was satisfied.
But now... for the sake of more than 200,000 newly enlisted poor and lower-middle peasants in Youzhou, they can get 200 acres per person, and the Youzhou Republican government has to swallow as much territory as possible.
How could it be that little bit? So many poor and lower-middle peasants are waiting for the local master to make money!
However, under the education of the great scholar Wu Haogu, Ma Zheng and Chen Jian were both "kind" and unwilling to commit more murder, so they fabricated such an excuse for peace talks to deceive Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wu into surrendering.
Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna looked at each other.
If the generals of the Youzhou Army did not fool people, this condition would not be impossible to end... Everyone tried their best to fight this battle. If it could not be defeated, it would be that God would not bless Liao, and there was no way. Those Khitan nobles who mistakenly thought that Yelu Yanxi was a foolish monarch should have nothing to say.
So what we need to consider now is to preserve a little bit of the Khitan energy. If we can negotiate peace with Youzhou and concentrate our troops to deal with the north Wanyan Nuzhi and Menggu, we may be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna didn't want to die now. They looked at each other first, both sighed and didn't say anything.
It is not a battle to defeat this. It is really not worth it to save more than 20,000 Khitan's life!
And it is the weather in the first lunar month. The ice on the Liaohai Sea is so thick that the water should be so cool... It is not a good season to fall into the water and drown!
But if he surrendered and so many people became prisoners of Youzhou, even if it was temporary, he would be sorry for Yelu Yanxi's great kindness.
Just when the two were having difficulty making a choice, someone suddenly shouted: "There are ships on the sea! It's a fleet..."
Yelu Qin hurriedly added: "It is the Youzhou Army's gun fleet... The cannon is what we call a big tube. There are 18 cannons on a boat, a total of 12 cannons. They are all moored in the Lushunkou military port when the Jiehe River is frozen!
If the two husbands don’t let their children find a way out, the gunships will be bombarded and bombarded the ice!”
"It is always impossible to surrender me and Xiao Shumi!" Xiao Wuna gritted her teeth and put forward the conditions, "Yelu Qin, go and bring a message to the general of the Youzhou Army. I and Xiao Shumi can bring him the conditions and sincerity of the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty for him. But he has to let us and more than a thousand guards leave here and return to Lushun City to talk to the Emperor..."
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"Okay," Ma Zheng heard Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wu's conditions on Daniu Mountain. After discussing with Chen Jian, he nodded in agreement. "Let them take away a thousand people. I swear to the heavenly rule and never stop them. However, other Liao generals must hand over their weapons and ban them in the Lushun circle until the peace agreement is reached."
They were willing to let Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna go, but in the first place they attacked their hearts.
Of course, it's all over the enemy, but the problem is that it can't be killed! There are millions of Khitans, how could they all be killed? If Ma Zheng and Chen Jian slaughtered 20,000 to 30,000 people on the Liaohai Ice Field, other Khitans might think that the Republican Army was extremely cruel and fought to the end.
It is better to let some go and let them publicize the benevolence and righteousness of the Republican Army.
Moreover, Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna are two guys who are defeated in every battle, so being around Yelu Yanxi will definitely be more beneficial to the cause of republicanism.
Secondly, the more than 20,000 Khitan prisoners of war are of great use. Many projects in the Liaodong Peninsula require labor, and the Khitans are free labor. Moreover, the Khitan thugs also need Khitan thugs in Yelu Dashi in Suiye Town.
Wu Haogu and this disciple did not turn against each other, and there were envoys on both sides. Yelu Dashi also followed Wu Haogu's instructions and continued to follow the route of sinicization and heavenly principles.
Therefore, Wu Haogu also hoped that Yelu Dashi could become bigger and stronger... However, Yelu Dashi's headquarters had too few populations, and only the few people who could rely on him as their confidants were the few Hexi Han people, and even the Khitan tribes that settled in Qihe were unreliable. In the Hexi Han people in Saiye, there were only more than 8,000 households, and each household had only one strong man. For at least fifteen years, Yelu Dashi did not have enough thugs to use.
Therefore, Wu Haogu had an idea that after the collapse of the Liao Kingdom, some Khitans would be sent to Shaye to strengthen Yelu Dashi's power. Then support Yelu Dashi to go west and south. If possible, they would march into Persia and become friendly neighbors with the Caliph.
Isn’t the Khitans who are caught by the Lushun Legion just in time to send them?
Even if you can't go to Broken Leaf for the time being, there are still many places to go. For example, Hokkaido, Japan, and Sakhalin Island... It's very useful, and the most important thing is that it's free, and you don't even need much supplies. People can make grass valleys by themselves!
Third, Ma Zheng and Chen Jian were still holding on to a bad situation and wanted to negotiate as bait. They temporarily caught Yelu Yanxi. Fishing for one more day will give them a little more chances to wipe out Yelu Yanxi's main force.
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Just as Ma Zheng, Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna discussed the conditions for surrender, the more than 10,000 people who had escaped from the Ice Field battlefield had already returned to Lushun Prefecture City crying.
When they arrived at Lushun City, these defeated soldiers who escaped at the last minute brought super terrifying news to Yelu Yanxi and the main forces of the Liao army.
The Youzhou army used a large tube to blow open the ice field! Most of the 56,700 troops fell into the sea and drowned, so they ran back with their legs and feet.
"Drunk, more than 40,000 people were drowned... This is God's destruction of our Great Liao!"
Yelu Yanxi felt that his eyes turned dark, his throat became sweet, and his mouth was spurted out with blood! Then he fainted.
I don’t know how long it took, but Yelu Yanxi only heard someone shouting “Your Majesty”. The voice was quite familiar, as if it was Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wu.
Yelu Yanxi snorted, opened her eyes and saw that it was indeed the two of them!
They all cried like tears. It was so pitiful. They must have died too miserably! No, how could they cry after death? Could it be...
Yelu Yanxi thought of a very terrible question and immediately shuddered, "I, am I dead?"
Hearing this question, Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna were both stunned and even forgot to cry.
"Your Majesty, you are living well..."
"Yes, you just overworked for the country and fainted."
Work hard?
Yelu Yanxi remembered at this time, "Didn't it mean that the ice surface was smashed by the Youzhou thieves with a large tube, and my more than 40,000 troops were drowned?"
"No, not so many people drowned." Xiao Fengxian wiped his tears, "Only more than ten thousand people drowned, and my son Naye was also among them..."
"More than ten thousand, the rest are all back?" Yelu Yanxi didn't care about asking how his son-in-law died.
"Only Chen and Xiao Shumi came back with more than a thousand people..."
What is the difference between this and being dead?
"Then, that..." Yelu Yanxi's eyes turned dark and she was about to dizzy again.
Xiao Wuna hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is beyond your reach, and there are more than 20,000 people who are not dead."
"Not dead? Then they..." Yelu Yanxi looked at Xiao Wuna.
"They were all captured by the Youzhou Army..."
"Heaven, the heavens will destroy the Great Liao!" Yelu Yanxi's eyes rolled up, and she looked like she was about to die.
Chapter completed!