Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 107 Turn the tide
Chapter No.17: Turning the tide

Su Mi stood far away on the hillside, watching the scene of arrows raining down and swords and guns flying across the battlefield.

Countless soldiers climbed up the ladders erected, marching forward bravely, and the defenders on the top of the city were already waiting in battle. Although Xijing was a newly cast city and an earthen city, it was more solid and precipitous than many stone fortresses in the Central Plains. The built cities are even better.The towering city wall is made of clay mixed with animal blood and made of red bricks. There are turrets, watchtowers, city gates, and crenels on it in order. The defense is perfect and indestructible. The whole city has a bloody color.

The city wall is only five or six feet high, but it looks extraordinarily high on a plain.With an insurmountable austerity.

This was the first time that Su Mi saw a real war up close.On such a cruel battlefield, human life has become an abstract symbol like a number, and the troops on both sides are constantly falling down. The swords and arrows are harvesting human life like a sickle harvesting wheat seedlings. The screams of soldiers dying, the sad neighing of war horses, the clash of gold and iron...

Eyes were full of splashed blood and broken limbs, blood flowed everywhere, and the sound of killing was loud!
The person who was alive one second will become a corpse in the blink of an eye, and the person who ended his life may fall on his corpse in the next moment, becoming the same corpse.

The siege war lasted until April in the beginning of spring. This was the fourth time that the Ni family's army had attacked the city.Although most of the troops were transferred to the battlefield in the Central Plains, the troops remaining in Xijing should not be underestimated.After fierce attacks again and again, the city that blocked their way still stood firm, but the original red color on the city wall turned into a dazzling dark red.The earth wall is a particularly water-absorbing material, so deep dark red, I don't know how many times it will take rain to wash it away.

Su Mi understands that the purpose of this war is not to capture Xijing and destroy the Liao Kingdom, but to spread the news of Xijing's crisis and let the Liao army in the capital of Qi State know.

At present, the military strength in Ni Tingxuan's hands is simply not able to support a war of annihilation, especially the Liao Kingdom is such a big country.

If they really completely wiped out the regime of the Liao people.Instead, it fulfilled Yeluxin's desire to become emperor in the south.

Moreover, the major tribes of the Liao Kingdom are eyeing each other. Once Xijing is captured and the Ni family takes over, they, as the enemies who destroyed the Liao Kingdom, will instead become the targets of the various tribes.After all, as long as they are eaten, they will have the right to ascend to the next throne of the Liao Kingdom.Under the temptation of such high profits, no kind of deep kindness can be compared with it.

Keeping the current power of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, after such a failure, the power of the Khitan tribe of the Liao people will inevitably be greatly reduced. With one decline and another increase, the already unstable tribes must be even more ready to move.

The best way to solve the crisis in the north is to let them internally fight.

After the initial tense siege battle came to an end, the expeditionary army began to adopt intermittent siege tactics in conjunction with the siege, and at the same time sent people to contact and appease the surrounding tribes.

Although Xijing’s city walls are strong and its defenses are substantial, there is not enough food and grass in it, especially the northern grasslands have been plagued by natural disasters in the past few years. The blizzard in the beginning of this year lasted for nearly a month, which not only greatly delayed the marching speed of the expeditionary army , It also caused countless cattle, sheep and livestock to be frozen to death on the grassland. In addition to the natural disaster in the fourth year of Longhui, according to predictions, there will be famine this year. An important reason for going south.According to Ni Tingxuan's estimation, the grain, grass and livestock in Xijing City can only last for about half a year at most.

Although this method of besieging the city is not the fastest, it has the least loss.

The situation of besieging but not attacking continued until June, and there was still no movement of the Liao army in the rear.All the generals who besieged the city began to worry.

The news that Xijing was besieged should have been passed to the capital by now.However, the subordinates brought by Yelvxin did not respond at all. Even if Yelvxin blocked the news in order to stabilize the morale of the army, after Mu Qinghan withdrew, the Liao army transferred from Xijing to Juyuguan should have gotten the news Bar.

In order to deal with the returning Liao army, Ni Tingxuan and the others set up an ambush on the road, and they haven't even seen a Liao army yet.Don't they even care about their own capital?
But at the end of June,
The Liao army stationed in Juyuguan finally moved, but instead of going north to rescue their capital, they went south to join forces with Yeluxin's subordinates.

Hearing such news, Ni Tingxuan couldn't help but change his expression.

It seemed that Yelvxin was going to put all his eggs in one basket.He must understand that if he went north to rescue Xijing, the way home would definitely not be as convenient as when they went south. It takes a big loss of strength.And the other tribes behind are all watching.

Therefore, for the Liao army in the capital, the most sensible choice is actually to stop the troops, negotiate with the Ni family, and agree to withdraw from the capital, so as to preserve their own strength to the maximum extent and safely lift the siege of Xijing.

But Yelvxin gave up on the simplest and most direct method, and chose the craziest path!

They all underestimated Yelvxin's ambition and greed.

Perhaps he understands that the situation has already reversed when he renegotiates with Ni Yuan at this time, and he is bound to not get too good conditions, which are nothing more than some gold and pearls. They voluntarily gave up the big city in Xijing in exchange for some gold and silver treasures, which is not a good deal no matter how you look at it.There were many reasons why they hesitated and finally chose to go south for a decisive battle. In fact, the most essential thing was that he had enjoyed the rich and peaceful life in the capital for too long, which made his greed and ambition inflate, so he chose such a desperate decision.

The soldiers and horses led by Ni Yuan are not only the most powerful troops in Da Qi, but also Qi Long, the emperor of Da Qi, is among them. The power is divided, and when the time comes, all the heroes will rise together, and the countries will fight, who else can compete with their Liao army. If things go well, it is not a dream to rule the Central Plains again.In contrast, the gains and losses of Xijing are no longer that important, and the emperor and Khitan nobles in Xijing are not that important anymore.Compared with the bustling Daqi capital, Xijing is just an ordinary earth city.

Ni Yuan and the Liao army are about to face off in the south.

This news forced Ni Tingxuan to choose an urgent siege again.

In early August, news came from the front.Yeluxin personally led an army of 15, and went south hoping to eliminate Ni Yuan's serious trouble in one fell swoop.Instead, he fell into an ambush by Ni Yuan, and the 15 army was almost wiped out. All relying on Yeluxin's natural bravery, he forced a bloody way out of the many ambushes, and rushed out. With 15 troops, only [-] remained People retreat in defeat.The world was shocked.

But Ni Yuan's hard-won victory was just a tragic victory. The casualties of the accompanying army were almost as good as those of the Liao army.The soldier who came to pass the news couldn't tell exactly how the injury was. Although the letter sent said it was a minor injury, Ni Tingxuan still felt unprecedented pressure.Start to urge the soldiers to step up the offensive.

The catapults and other siege tools transported from Yongzhou also arrived one after another, and the soldiers were replenished. The battle continued until September. Under the day and night attacks of various siege tools, the Liao people's city walls finally began to show signs of loosening.According to secret reports, the food and grass in the city had been exhausted, and the soldiers were exhausted.

The dignitaries who had been besieged in the capital for a long time finally couldn't bear the pain of the endless siege, and began to choose to break out.

The tide of battle has finally changed.

Ni Tingxuan had originally gradually weakened the offensive and encirclement forces on one side, so he just took this opportunity to create a gap in the outer forces and let the Liao people break out of the encirclement.

On September 21st of the second year of Tiantong, the city that left countless blood for the soldiers of the Ni family was finally captured.

However, before they had time to taste the fruit of this hard-won victory, and even before the expeditionary force had time to step into Xijing, a piece of news came that shocked them and eclipsed the joyful victory.

The capital of Daqi has been recovered!
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