After Zhao Liangsi paid a visit to Wanyan Aguda and asked Wanyan Aguda to send troops to assist the Song army, Wanyan Aguda immediately ordered Wanyan Nianhan to command 20,000 troops, cross Beigukou, and advance to the northern suburbs of Youzhou.
Before Wanyan Nianhan led his troops to set off, Wanyan Aguda specifically told Wanyan Nianhan: "Nianhan, according to the Jin-Song covenant, Youzhou City will be attacked by the Song Kingdom. After you arrive at the northern suburbs of Youzhou with your troops this time, , you can make a show of force, but you cannot attack Yanjing City, otherwise our country will violate the alliance between the two countries."
Wanyan Nianhan heard the words and replied: "Yes! I listen to my uncle. This time I led the troops to Yanjing. I only made a show of force and pretended to attack Youzhou, but I did not attack Youzhou. The city of Yanjing is left to the Song people to attack."
Wanyan Nianhan said this with a bit of ridicule.
Wanyan Agu smiled and said nothing.
Wanyan Nianhan said goodbye and left the palace. He immediately mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses, and marched at starry night to the northern suburbs of Youzhou and set up camp.
After setting up camp, Wanyan Nianhan ordered his soldiers to plant flags around the camp to create momentum and appear to be preparing to attack Youzhou.
The news that Wanyan Nianhan, commanding 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom, arrived at the gate of Youzhou City on a starry night, was reported to the palace with great haste. When Xiao Puxian heard the news, she was shocked and immediately became frightened.
The Liao court had a natural fear of the Jurchen soldiers and horses. In the past few years, from the time when the Jurchens raised their troops and founded their country, to when they crossed the border to conquer the Liao Kingdom, in the war with the Jurchens, the Liao Kingdom won less and lost more. Most of the places were occupied by the Jurchens. Emperor Zuo went into hiding in Jianshan to avoid being hunted by the Jurchens. The Liao court still knew about the combat effectiveness of Jin's soldiers and horses; therefore, Xiao Puxian's daughter was not afraid of Song's soldiers and horses, but she was afraid of Jin's soldiers and horses.
The frightened Xiao Puxian Nu hurriedly issued an order to the Youzhou defense envoy Yelu Dashi to come to the palace to discuss how to deal with the arrival of Jurchen soldiers and horses at the gate of Youzhou City.
Yelu Dashi received Xiao Puxian's daughter Yi's decree and hurriedly came to the palace without delay.
Yelu Dashi entered the palace, knelt down on the ground, and bowed his head in salute to Xiao Puxian.
Xiao Puxian hurriedly got down from the dragon chair, stretched out her hand to support Yelu's big stone, and said: "Prince Yelu, please don't do this great gift. Please get up quickly. I have urgent matters to discuss with the prince."
When Yelu Dashi saw Xiao Pu Xiannu coming down from the dragon chair to help him, he was frightened and said hurriedly: "The Queen Mother, you can't do this! You can't do it!" As he said this, he quickly got up.
When Xiannu Xiao Pu saw Yelu Dashi getting up, she didn't care too much about it. She hurriedly said to Yelu Dashi: "Defense envoy! The situation is not good. The Jurchen soldiers and horses have attacked Youzhou City. The Jurchens have always been fierce and barbaric. , the defense forces must think of a way quickly; otherwise, once Youzhou City is destroyed, we will all die without a burial place."
Yelu Dashi has not yet received any report on this situation. The Jurchen soldiers and horses approached the city and approached the trench. As a guard of Youzhoufeng, Yelu Dashi actually learned about it from the mouth of the Empress. This made Yelu Dashi feel ashamed and ashamed.
When Yelu Dashi heard that Jin soldiers were approaching the city, he was already very clear about the seriousness of the situation. In normal times, the court's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses could not defeat tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers and horses. Now there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left in the city. How can they withstand the Jurchen soldiers and horses as ferocious as hungry wolves? !
Yelu Dashi also had no idea and looked at Xiao Pu Xian Nu in a daze, waiting for Xiao Pu Xian Nu to give instructions.
Xiao Pu Xiannu saw that Yelu Dashi had no definite idea, so she said to Yelu Dashi: "Yelu Defense Envoy, now is the most critical time, and there can be no hesitation. In my opinion, we have no choice but to leave the city. My original intention is to go to Jiashan and defect to Emperor Tianzuo. Prince Yelu, may this be our only way to survive?"
When Yelu Dashi heard this, he was shocked and asked, "How did the Queen Mother know that Emperor Tianzuo was in Jiashan?"
Before this, because they didn’t know where Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was, they established Tianxi Emperor Yelu Chun. Xiao Puxian Nu suddenly said that she was going to Jiashan to join Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, which meant that Xiao Pu Xiangnu knew about Tianzuo Emperor Yelv Yanxi. Yelu Dashi was very surprised by his whereabouts.
Xiao Puxiannu glanced at the surprised Yelu Dashi and replied: "I heard about it occasionally. According to the spies, there is another place called Jiashan in the Yin Mountain. It is a place that is more than a hundred miles long and dozens of wide. The swampy mountains here can be attacked by advancing and defended by retreating. Emperor Tianzuo is currently hunting there. Let’s highlight Youzhou and go to Jiashan to meet Emperor Tianzuo and then make our decision.”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please speak frankly."
"Defense Commander Dan says it's okay!"
"Queen Mother, since we know that Emperor Tianzuo is still hunting in Jiashan, we have appointed Emperor Tianxi to the throne. This is a taboo matter. Now, if we go to seek refuge with Emperor Tianzuo, we will not be accepted by Emperor Tianzuo. Maybe It will also lead to death."
"The situation at that time was known to the ministers such as the Defense Envoy, the Prime Minister, and the Deputy Defense Envoy. Emperor Tianzuo was indeed unable to be contacted, so he appointed Emperor Tianxi as a last resort. Moreover, Emperor Tianxi had spoken in advance. Once he knew Where is Emperor Tianzuo, that is, Emperor Tianzuo is still there. If Emperor Tianzuo is gone, the throne of Emperor Tianxi will also be handed over to the fifth prince Yelvding. After the death of Emperor Tianxi, the throne has been vacant. As a lesson from the past, there is nothing wrong with what we did.”
"The situation is indeed as the Queen Mother said. However, given the temperament of Emperor Tian Zuo, the Queen Mother should also know that if Emperor Tian Zuo is found, how can Emperor Tian Zuo accept you, the Queen Mother?"
"Prince Yelu, you don't care about that much now. Prince Yelu, just imagine, once the Jurchens break into the city, how can we survive? Now we can only take one step at a time; as for how Emperor Tianzuo will treat us, then That’s something to talk about later, I can only rely on fate.”
"That being the case; Queen Mother, we might as well bring more troops so that we can deal with some emergencies."
Hearing this, Xiao Pu Xiannu thought that it was right. After all, she had soldiers and horses in her hands, and her waist was much stronger. Even if Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi wanted to accuse me of usurping the throne, he still had to worry about the soldiers and horses in my hands. Thinking of this, Xiao Puxian Nu nodded and said: "What Prince Yelu said is true. However, there are only more than 10,000 defensive troops and horses in Yanjing City now. How many troops and horses should we bring?"
Yelu Dashi thought for a while and then said: "Bring more than a thousand troops and horses. If you bring fewer troops and horses, you will not be able to deal with Emperor Tian Zuo; if you bring more troops and horses, it will attract the attention of the Jurchens and pursue them. It’s also troublesome.”
After Xiannu Xiao Pu thought for a while, she said to Yelu Dashi: "Just do as the defense envoy said! However, how will Prime Minister Xiao and Deputy Han's defense envoy inform Liangxiang? They don't know yet about the Jurchen troops approaching the city. "
Yelu Dashi said, after thinking for a while, he said: "If Prime Minister Xiao and Deputy Han know that the Jurchen troops are approaching the city, they will definitely return to the defense. By then, we will not be able to escape; besides, if Prime Minister Xiao and Deputy Han defend, If the envoy leads his troops back to defend Youzhou, the area around Liangxiang will inevitably be empty. The Song army will take advantage of the situation to attack, which will inevitably lead to a pincer attack between the Jin and Song Dynasties. The city of Youzhou will still be unprotected."
After Xiao Puxian heard the memorial, she thought about it carefully and realized that she was right. Then she nodded to Yelu Dashi to express her approval.
Yelu Dashi continued: "Empress Dowager, in view of this defense envoy, we will not inform Prime Minister Xiao and Deputy Defense Envoy Han of the news of the Jurchen troops approaching the city. In this case, in the event of an emergency, Prime Minister Xiao and Deputy Defense Envoy Han will be able to lead their troops eastward." Go in, go to the Xi people's territory, and try to rise again; in addition, we led more than a thousand troops and horses out of the west gate, claiming to fight the Jurchens, and took the opportunity to leave Youzhou and go to Jiashan to find Emperor Tianzuo."
Xiao Puxian said hurriedly: "What the defense envoy said is true! Make arrangements quickly."
Yelu Dashi then bid farewell to Xiao Puxiannu, and arranged for another general to defend the city. He immediately ordered more than a thousand elite soldiers, came to the palace again, invited the empress dowager Xiao Puxiannu, and together they led the troops out of the west gate and headed towards Yinshan Mountain.
Two days passed quickly.
Wanyan Nianhan led 20,000 troops and camped in the northern suburbs of Youzhou, beating drums and shouting at any time, pretending to attack Youzhou.
The walls of Youzhou City are covered with flags, and soldiers and horses are rarely patrolling. This situation puzzled Wanyan Nianhan. Wanyan Nianhan couldn't understand why there were no troops in Youzhou City coming out to fight when the army was approaching the city. Why are there no signs of the Song army attacking the city in the south?
Before Wanyan Nianhan led his troops to set off, Wanyan Aguda specifically told him that he should only show off and not attack Youzhou City, leaving Youzhou City to the Song army to attack.
Because of Wanyan Aguda's explanation, Wanyan Nianhan tolerated it for a few days, only making a show of force and not attacking Youzhou City.
After a few days, Wanyan Nianhan couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent more than a thousand soldiers and horses to try to attack the north gate of Youzhou to test the reality.
More than a thousand Jurchen soldiers and horses came to the north gate of Youzhou. A few soldiers and horses on the top of the city fled in the face of the wind. The Jurchen soldiers rushed in, and there were no defensive troops inside the city gate.
The Jurchen soldiers were worried about being deceived, so they immediately occupied the north gate and waited for the Liao army to counterattack. Until dark, there was still no Liao army coming to capture the north gate. The general leading the team quickly sent someone to report to Wanyan Nianhan. Wanyan Nian rarely heard the report and was very surprised, so he led five thousand troops and entered the north gate.
It was extremely quiet in the city, every household closed their street doors, and the entire street was empty.
Wanyan Nianhan ordered all the troops to enter the city and attack the Liao palace.
Jurchen soldiers continued to enter Youzhou City and marched towards the Liao Palace. During the march, not a single soldier of the Liao army was seen resisting. Soon, Wanyan Nianhan arrived at the Yanjing Palace of Liao Kingdom with 20,000 troops and horses, and saw that the palace was also empty.
Wanyan Nianhan sent people to search and brought some Khitans who were hiding in the courtyard. Wanyan Nianhan asked why there were no soldiers and horses to defend Youzhou City. The Khitan people told Wanyan Nianhan that in the past few days, the army had been reduced to pieces, disguised, and all those who could escape had fled. Those who could not escape had lost their swords and guns, and had gone to work for the people. There was no soldier left in the city. One pawn.
Wanyan Nianhan himself couldn't believe it. Youzhou City was captured without spending a single soldier? This is Yanjing City, which was not captured by the Song Army's more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. With more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, he easily captured it? !
Wanyan Nianhan was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to report the urgent situation to Wanyan Aguda.
