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Chapter 36

The north wind was whistling, and white snow covered the earth, and bleak smoke rose from afar. The barracks were covered with dirty ice stains. Tachi Meerbo used the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile given to him by Yelu Dashi to observe carefully and found that it was Yelu Yanxi's army barbecuing horse meat. Tachi spitted contemptuously. Those who would rather eat war horses than fight were cowards. "After a while, these cowards may not even eat horse meat." He frowned and thought, "Are you willing to starve to death and freeze to death in the snow?"

In fact, he blamed the courage of the Liao army on the opposite side too much. Just over a month ago, more than 100,000 troops who fought south to Youzhou had cut off food and grass. Yelu Zhangnu, the deputy commander of the Imperial Camp, killed Xiao Fengxian, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court who was left behind in Shangjing, and occupied Shangjing to raise an army to respond to Yelu Dashi. The retreat of the Liao emperor Yelu Yanxi was cut off by Yelu Zhangnu, and the front was forced by the Youzhou army. He did not dare to withdraw his troops, but he was afraid that the withdrawal order would cause tens of thousands of troops to collapse and force them to do so.

Forced his subordinates to attack Yelu Dashi's defense line every day. He planned to defeat Yelu Dashi's hastily assembled army first, seize Youzhou and get supplies, and then return to quell the rebellion. However, Yelu Dashi only defended but not attacked. This narrow plain was not suitable for the Liao army's light cavalry. The Han army camp in Youzhou even used artillery to continuously bombard the Liao army's dense cavalry. The elite soldiers in the North Court were killed and injured, and the corpses were piled up in front of Yelu Dashi's camp, but they still could not seize any inch of land.

The battle situation was stalemate, and the food and grass in Yelu Yanxi's army had already been eaten up. The elite soldiers of the palace and the Pishi Army sent a large number of troops to attack the grass valley every day. However, in the cold winter, no grass grows within dozens of miles of this place. The sparse villages had been forcibly snatched away by Youzhou, and the houses were burned out. The villagers who remained were already scared away by the Liao army's repeated graves.

There was a desolate atmosphere across the street, and Yelu Dashi's call for war was in full swing. Yelu Tiege, Yelu Yanshan, Xiao Chalaa, Xiao Olila, Yelu Bijie, and Guo Baoyi all asked for battle. Even Urgon Melbo, who had originally had the intention of preserving his strength, took the initiative to attack the north. However, their calls were all suppressed by Yelu Dashi.

"Every warrior in the camp is the foundation for the prosperity of my Great Khitan," Yelu Dashi looked at the opposite side and said in a deep voice, "The warriors of my Great Khitan are also my Great Khitan. I can shed less blood from the warriors, so I would rather wait for a little longer."

"But," Yelu Tiege was still trying to fight for force, but was interrupted by Yelu Dashi, "The enemy can't last long. Tiege, Urgon, you are all elite light cavalry. From now on, you must let the warriors prepare their horses at any time and prepare to pursue and escape the enemy. Yanshan, Orila, Laa, Bijie, Baoyi, you must also cheer up and prevent the enemy from dyingly counterattacking."

The generals were excited and answered yes with a loud bang. The sound of the sound caused the snow on all sides of the central army's watchtower to fall.

Yelu Dashi nodded with satisfaction, took a deep breath of the air with ice and snow, looked up at the distance, and his eyes passed the enemy's camp. The vast mountains in the north in the distance were covered with snow, like a giant hibernating snake, just waiting for the thunder to flow into a dragon. The heavy snow rose and fell, falling on the cloak he was wearing, like a giant white tower.

The Khitan soldiers passed by the lookout tower and looked up for Yelu Dashi's figure, with respectful eyes in their eyes. Everyone believed that as long as they sent a attack, the opponent would never be able to resist. Dashi Linya could successfully ascend the throne to the emperor, but in order to cherish the lives of the Khitan warriors under him, he was willing to patiently spend a while of time so that the cold winter would consume the morale and energy of the enemy. The climate became colder and colder, and the branches near the camp opposite were cut down. In a few days, he might not even be able to find enough firewood.

The heavy snow fell for three consecutive days, and the smoke from Yelu Yanxi's tens of thousands of military camps became increasingly sparse and bleak. On the night of the third day, with several smoke cannons suddenly cut through the night sky, and Yelu Dashi beat the drum and gathered the generals. "Yelu Yanxi's foolish monarch retreated." Yelu Dashi said contemptuously, "There won't be too many troops he can take away. Tie Ge, Urgon!"

"Here!" Yelu Tiege shouted loudly, staring at Yelu Dashi without blinking.

"You each lead 5,000 elite cavalry, don't get entangled with the enemy camp, just pursue Yelu Yanxi." Yelu Dashi looked at Yelu Tiege and said in a more intense tone, "If you can't capture alive, bring me the head of the foolish monarch back!"

"The last general is responsible!" Yelu Tiege turned around and ran out of the tent, with iron armor jingling on his body, and Urgon Melbo quickly followed him. His Majesty Dashi handed over such an important task to the Melbo people, and he must not lose to the Khitans. In less than half a stick of incense, two elite cavalry rushed out of the gate, carrying dozens of hounds following the tracks, and barking while running.

"General, are we going to attack the enemy camp?" Yelu Yanshan said in a deep voice.

"Each unit is in line up the army. Yanshan, you lead the elite troops of our headquarters and the Han army camp to guard the camp to prevent Yelu Yanxi from committing fraud." Yelu Dashi said in a deep voice, and then turned to Xiao Olila and said, "Olila leads 10,000 cavalry in the central army, and follow me to the enemy's formation to explore the truth." Xiao Olila received the order loudly, and Yelu Dashi handed him over the important task of escorting the guard. He felt extremely proud and his expression also appeared on his face. All the generals were a little jealous, and he listened to Yelu Dashi said, "The other generals led their headquarters to form the camp. They did not allow the orders of our generals, and they were not allowed to attack without authorization!"

The news that Yelu Yanxi fled with thousands of personal troops on horses was spreading among the army in the North Courtyard. The Liao army, tortured by months of cold, death, fatigue and hunger, was in a mess at this moment. Some commanders took their personal troops to gallop in the camp, some of them were already riding horses to escape to the north, and more people shouted helplessly. Because there was no food in the camp, the ordinary Liao army even killed and even ate the horses. It was snowing just now.

If he escapes at this time, he will be frozen to death if he can't run a hundred miles away. The snow in the camp has been trampled into muddy ground, and soldiers are running around like headless flies. Some people are looting the central army's supplies, but they find that nothing valuable is left, and there is no grain of food. They can't help but ignite the tent in despair. Even if the officers in charge of the army are willing to surrender to Yelu Dashi, they cannot calm the chaotic military camp. Seeing that tens of thousands of troops are about to scatter.

At this time, a terrifying news came from the front, and the Youzhou army was out of the camp and lined up!

Xiao Yixue was appointed as the Privy Council envoy of the Northern Court a day ago by Emperor Yelu Yanxi. He was anxiously rectifying the troops in his hands. Now his gratitude to Yelu Yanxi has been wiped out. He does not expect to resist Yelu Dashi's attack, but just hopes to protect himself in the chaos. The war between the Khitans was extremely cruel, and the defeated ones had no way to die.

The Khitan army in the south camp slowly approached, with a wide army formation heading west to the mountains and east to the sea. The formation was continuous and strict, with moderate advance and retreat, with sounds of barbarians and golden drums, as if they were calm in the martial arts field, giving the enemy a sense of despair. "The Youzhou army is not without the power of fighting. The reason why they guard the camp is to defeat the North Court army by the weather and hunger." Xiao Yixue thought bitterly.

"Master Privy Councilor, they stopped." The personal soldiers in front shouted loudly. Xiao Yixue nodded slightly, and he also saw it. Yelu Dashi was cautious in using his troops. Even if such a great victory was ahead, he would carefully avoid falling into the trap. "In a short time, you will see the reality and the reality clearly and you should attack." Xiao Yixue touched the hilt of the knife, and felt a chill behind his neck.

The personal soldiers pointed to the south again and shouted loudly, "It's moving, the army is moving!" There was a hint of despair in their voices. Xiao Yixue's eyes lit up. About 10,000 cavalry in the Youzhou Army slowly moved and left the formation. The army in front of them was in a strict shape. The soldiers in front of them were holding high a black wolf flag, and a white horse stood in front of the flag, as if they were commanding the army. This posture was not like the battle between the two armies, but slowly approaching like a friendly army.

But when a cavalry held up the Khitan sun flag used for the ceremony and rushed towards the large army camp in the North Courtyard, Xiao Yixue's heart moved, and a burst of hope rose up, and shouted loudly: "No arrows must be fired!" With this order, the Khitan army in the camp ahead put down the bow and arrow. The cavalry came to the camp and shouted loudly: "Master Dashi has an order, and the crime is in the tyrant monarch. If the army joins Dashi, all the crimes will be forgiven and the Khitan will be jointly developed!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers around him turned their eyes to Xiao Yixue. Xiao Yixue looked back at the camp with the increasing fire. Only tens of thousands of defeated soldiers were at a loss in the camp. He couldn't help but smiled bitterly, took off his helmet, and handed it to his personal soldiers. He rode alone in front of Yelu Dashi Horse, got off his horse and knelt on the ground, lowered his head and whispered: "The criminal Xiao Yixue, would rather surrender to the Marshal of Dashi."

Yelu Dashi smiled slightly, leaned down, whipped his shoulder with a horse whip, then stood up, and said in a deep voice: "What are the crimes you have committed to being loyal to the Khitan Emperor? All the sins are on the foolish monarch and the villains around him." He paused, pointed at the noisy military camp in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "General Xiao, please accompany me to comfort my Khitan soldiers."

Xiao Yixue was originally panicked, but now he was very moved. He looked up and said, "I am willing to follow Marshal Dashi!" He immediately turned over his saddle and got on his horse. After Yelu Dashi, ten thousand cavalry slowly moved towards the camp. The Khitan army guarding the camp saw that the Privy Councilor of the North Court had surrendered, so he had already opened the gate. The Khitan army guarding the gate knelt on both sides of the road, not daring to look up, and looked at the horse's hooves trampling.

With the mud, ice and snow, slowly passed by. Soon, cheers rang out in the noisy camp. More than 100,000 Liao troops first shouted "Long live the Dashi!" and then shouted "Long live the Dashi!" and the sound shook the fields, and even more than ten miles away, it was very clear. After this night, the Liao soldiers from both sides of the north and south combined with one army. Although they had not officially ascended the throne, they only called Yelu Dashi in the army, and no longer called the Marshal.

On the afternoon of the next day, Yelu Yanxi's head was presented to the tent, and the person who killed him was Tachi Meerbo.

Yelu Dashi looked at the head in the tray with complex eyes, and waved his hand to take it down. He turned to Tachi Melbo and smiled, "It turns out that he is a heroic young man. Very good. He has made such a great contribution at such a young age. What reward do you want me? Just tell me!" He looked around and the Khitan generals smiled at Tachi. These generals had either followed Yelu Dashi for a long time or had just surrendered, and they would not be jealous of a boy.

Tachi Meerbo held it in a long time and couldn't speak out. The other generals couldn't help but laugh at him secretly for not seeing the world. Yelu Dashi also liked him both brave and honest. He bent down and smiled and said, "Have you thought about it? Tell me out, I will definitely agree to any reward you want."

Tachi suddenly knelt down on the ground, raised his head and said loudly: "I don't want anything else, I just want Your Majesty to send troops to Mobei to avenge my people!" Urgon also knelt on the ground and said in unison: "The people of Meerbo are willing to submit to Your Majesty, I just want Your Majesty to avenge my father's Khan!"

As soon as these words were said, the tent suddenly became quiet. Yelu Dashi unexpectedly, they asked this, and their eyes became solemn. He touched his beard with his right hand and pondered. At present, the major events must first be to settle the trip to Beijing, straighten the affairs of the country, and then send troops to Liaodong to destroy the Jurchen Jin Kingdom. These two are all major concerns, and the matter in Mobei is still in no place.
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