Having said this, Huang Qiong pondered for a long time. He added with a look of pain: "Of course, it is not impossible if my precious little princesses can meet someone who is destined for them among the Khitan people. Some of your sisters are now at the age where they should choose a prince-in-law. I won't force them to marry those Khitan princes. But if they have someone they like, I don't mind. Now that they are big girls, since it's time to get married, I can't control them or protect them. Their whole lives.”
Huang Ruifeng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that his father not only asked him to choose a concubine from the Khitans and Xi people, but also chose two concubines at once. After a long time, he stuttered and said: "Father, I really don't have such ambitions, and I can't stand these Khitan beauties. It's enough to have you and Bodhisattva by my side. I only ask that my father, I will It is enough for the Bodhisattva brother to give it to my sons. As for the princesses of Northern Liao, I think it would be more suitable for my father to bring them into the palace, or to be betrothed to my younger brothers as concubines."
Huang Ruifeng couldn't forget that woman and directly angered Huang Qiong: "Are you negotiating terms with me? You bastard, do you know what your brother Xiao Bodhisattva's position is among the remnants of Beiliao? She is the main palace of Beiliao. Queen, do you know what kind of trouble it will cause among the Khitan people by accepting her as your concubine? I tell you, you are humiliating the entire Khitan nation. And you are doing it publicly in the face of the entire Khitan nation. Give them a hard slap. The Khitans are defeated, but they are not completely gone."
"If I really reward you publicly, let alone a few of them as princesses and concubines, even if I betroth all the Khitan princesses to my sons as princesses, I still won't be able to make up for this loss. You give your Pig's brain, please let me sober up. If you are mentioning this matter, you still want to be upright and bring that Bodhisattva brother into your mansion. Don't say that I will completely eliminate that Bodhisattva brother. Let you I won't see you forever. I think you are completely carried away by beauty."
"Now even the southeast, northwest, and northwest can't be found. How many times have I told you that as a superior, you must put the overall situation of the world first, and the love between men and women can only be put aside temporarily. I think you are completely, as if The wind is ringing in your ears. I tell you clearly that this matter has been settled, and there is no need to discuss it at all. I don’t care which princess you choose among the Khitan princesses, but you must marry this princess. Bastard, you can do it now Go back to your tent, think this matter over carefully, and then come back to me."
Seeing his father's anger, Huang Ruifeng did not dare to speak and hurriedly turned around and left. Based on his understanding of his father, if he continues to write about this matter and really makes his father anxious, it is not that he cannot do what he said. He just returned to his tent and sat in front of the brazier. Thinking of Brother Bodhisattva's anger and shyness when they were lingering together, I couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Hearing the meaning of his father's words, it was now impossible for him to let Bodhisattva openly enter his mansion.
And if he wanted to intercede with his mother and concubine, it would be basically impossible. The mother-in-law has always adhered to the principle of never interfering with her father's wishes in matters like this. No matter how much she likes someone, if it involves government affairs, her mother will not interfere at all. The mother-in-law is extremely smart, but she is too lazy. If this matter really hit her somewhere. She didn't even need to ask her father deliberately, she would immediately understand his intentions. Therefore, 90% of the time he will not agree to help him in this matter.
Moreover, even though his mind was filled with the presence of women at this time, Huang Ruifeng, who had calmed down, also knew that his father was right. Even if Bei Liao is truly and completely destroyed, if he really openly accepts Brother Bodhisattva into the government, the impact it will have on the remaining forces of Bei Liao will cost the court no matter how much money it will consume to suppress it. No matter how much effort the court puts into wooing the remaining nobles, it will probably all be in vain. But if it is really because of this, I will completely give up on Brother Bodhisattva, which is something I cannot accept under any circumstances.
But just when Huang Ruifeng was at a loss, Li Hai, who had delivered dinner to him in person, noticed the young master with a sad face. Li Hai, who roughly knew the reason for his appearance, looked at the surrounding people and pondered for a moment: "I said, young master, why are you worried? You are His Majesty's son, don't you still understand His Majesty's thoughts? ? If His Majesty really wants to separate you from that woman, just say one word and place that woman in the palace, where will you have the chance to get close to her again? "
"Your Majesty, this is following the example of the Supreme Emperor. When Your Majesty was the Crown Prince and King of England, the Supreme Emperor arranged the concubines of King Duan and King of Shu. Think about it, if you marry a princess from Liao. She is the queen of Northern Liao, She is also a beautiful woman, so it is naturally inappropriate to take her into the palace. Moreover, the emperor will definitely not take that risk. But if you marry the princess of Bei Liao, whether you are the main concubine or the side concubine, you will He is her nominal son-in-law. No one will say anything about her being raised in that son-in-law's house."
"When things calm down in a few years, if the young master still wants to do it, no one can say anything when he receives it publicly. At the beginning, Concubine Lin and the former princesses of Tang Concubine, isn't that what your Majesty did? ? The Emperor's favor was in the British palace and the palace. No one could say anything about the brother-in-law supporting his sister-in-law. When His Majesty was in control and the throne was stable, he directly gave the title, even if the people in the world continue to talk about it. But so many years have passed. , who would touch His Majesty’s bad luck at this time?”
I have to say that Li Hai is indeed an all-rounder. After guessing what was going on, he came specifically to enlighten the Yongjun Prince in the name of personally delivering dinner to Huang Ruifeng. And his persuasion had an immediate effect. Regardless of whether Huang Qiong had this idea or not, when he said this, Huang Ruifeng's depressed mood felt much better. Although I don't dare to say for sure whether the emperor of mine also has the idea of building a plank road openly and secretly visiting Chen Cang. But it was like an enlightenment.
He was very grateful and patted Li Hai on the shoulder. Then he quietly stuffed a roll of banknotes into the slave's sleeve. He took the dinner from Li Hai and started to devour it. Rather than the ordinary sophisticated Li Hai, how could he dare to accept his banknotes? Before leaving, he stuffed the roll of banknotes between the two books. After Huang Ruifeng had his dinner and added charcoal to the two braziers, he turned around and left quietly. After letting go of his thoughts, Huang Ruifeng pondered for a moment, rubbed his portable pen and started writing a statement.
Just as Huang Qiong was rushing to Liaoyang Mansion. After receiving Huang Qiong's only words that it is better to leave the brave soldiers to chase the poor bandits, and not to be a famous scholar, Yang Jiyuan, who understood the holy meaning, launched a siege on Liaoyang Mansion. At this time, in Liaoyang Mansion, although there were still 30,000 defenders, there was sufficient food and grass. But not only the defenders in the city were mostly Bohai people and Han people who were forcibly recruited. The Khitan people numbered less than 3,000, and there were no reinforcements from outside. Before the Daliang River froze, Yang Jiyuan transported a large number of artillery and baggage to Liaoyang Prefecture by waterway.
Thanks to Huang Ruifeng, the original survey data was extremely detailed. Yang Jiyuan easily found the main river channel among the many estuaries where the Daliao River flows into the Beihai. At the intersection of three rivers, we found the channel of Daliang River. Going up the river, we used boats to transport a large number of heavy artillery, as well as baggage and food all the way to Liaoyang City. You know, the 28-pound heavy artillery carried by Cao Rui exhausted countless horses and camels along the way, and made countless twists and turns before they could barely keep up with the brigade.
However, Yang Jiyuan's use of river channels cannot be said to be easy. But it didn't take much trouble. Not only did it carry a twenty-eight-pound heavy artillery commander, but it also carried six thirty-six-pound heavy artillery. After receiving the imperial edict, they immediately concentrated their troops under the cover of artillery and launched a fierce attack on Liaoyang City. In particular, more than ten heavy cannons were concentrated, and they fired a round of fierce bombardment at the east wall of Liaoyang Mansion. Precisely because he had enough heavy artillery and ammunition in hand, Yang Jiyuan, who knew that the emperor's chariot would be arriving at any time, did not consider the cost at all.
Moreover, using tactics that had been practiced countless times, they first used heavy artillery to cover the five-pound and twelve-pound cannons to reach the city wall. Then concentrate all the artillery fire and use solid bullets to break through a certain point of the city wall. After the city wall was blown down, the twelve-pound cannon was used to fire shrapnel to prevent the opponent from refilling the gap with stones and sandbags. Concentrating heavy artillery and five-pound cannons, firing thunderbolt shells and shotguns at the top of the city, and attacking the city with the archers and cavalry, they used a rain of arrows fired from above to suppress the resistance of the defenders on the top of the city, and then covered the infantry troops to climb the city.
Facing the Qi army's intensive artillery fire, although the defenders had made certain preparations, they were still helpless. Although on the top of the city, countless large shields were prepared to resist the Qi army's scattered bullets and arrow rain. Massive amounts of bricks, stones and sandbags were used to fill the collapsed areas when the Qi army blew up the city wall. But this thing has no effect on thunderbolt bombs and solid bullets. Even if a solid bullet hits it firmly, it is enough to kill several people. The morale of the defenders dropped rapidly as soon as the battle began.
Even though the new Liao Emperor personally came to the city to supervise the battle, he still could not stop the decline. The morale of the defenders, who were already poorly trained, was completely shattered by the thunderbolt bombs. When the first gap in the city wall that was forcibly destroyed appeared, the defenders could barely maintain resistance. When the second gap was opened, the morale of the defenders completely collapsed. Yang Jiyuan took advantage of the situation to launch a full-line attack, and the third round of offensive broke through the Liao army's city wall defenses. Yelu Zongyuan, who had just been on the throne for less than ten days, saw that it was impossible to hold on to Liaoyang Mansion.
The Khitans, who gathered their remaining troops and horses, suddenly opened the north gate and forced a breakout toward Huanzhou in the northeast. While Yelu Zong was willing to break through, a group of troops also broke out toward Kaizhou and Laiyuan City in the east. As for Emperor Liao's move, Yang Jiyuan had already made complete preparations. Although his main attack directions were to the south and west, he also deployed cavalry to the north and east. The two Liao troops who broke through the encirclement crashed into Yang Jiyuan's ambush circle as soon as they left the city. The fight lasted from day to night.
Yelu Zongyuan, who had only a hundred troops and horses left by his side, remained unmoved in the face of the Qi army encircling him and trying to persuade him to surrender. Even Yang Jiyuan personally came forward to persuade him to surrender. He shouted, "The Khitans are eagles soaring in the sky, how can they bow down to their enemies?" As the emperor of Daliao, he would rather commit suicide than live an ignoble existence, so he would pull out his sword and commit suicide. The hundreds of remaining Khitan troops and horses around him saw that Yelu Zong was willing to kill himself, so they also drew their swords and committed suicide. Looking at the corpses on the ground, Yang Jiyuan remained silent for a long time.
Yelu Zong wanted to break through the encirclement team, which could be said to have destroyed the entire army. More than a thousand Liao troops who broke out from the east gate were also strangled. As the Liao Emperor broke through, the defenders in the city completely gave up resistance and surrendered one after another. The last of the three capitals set up by Beiliao changed its owner before it could hold on for a day.
