"Immediately report this victory to the whole army, the whole city, and Xian'an and Ronghan states! Attach another letter and send people to catch up with Xiao Siwen quickly and ask him to report the victory to the emperor on his behalf!"
"Can't catch up? If we catch up to the capital or the imperial palace tent, then report it directly to His Majesty!"
Yelu Xiezhen had a rare loss of composure, and finally calmed down the ups and downs in his heart, and said: "Did you see it? We are far from reaching the end of the road! Huanglong Mansion has been put down, and the rest of the rebellions can do the same!
With Huanglong Mansion, we still have room to retreat and the opportunity to continue to deal with the Han army. Tokyo Road is still a blessed land for us. Every step forward for the Han army will be an additional burden. Every step back, we will accumulate a chance of victory. If we drag it on until winter, the severe cold, wind, ice and snow are the biggest enemy of the Han army. Our biggest helper.
Even if they number in the millions, they are unable to defeat the mighty power of heaven and earth. As long as the Han army dares to continue marching north, they will be destroyed here just like the Sui army marched to the east more than 400 years ago. The bodies of the Han army will become our land of Daliao. The best nourishment..."
As Yelu Xiezhen spoke, he couldn't help waving his hands, and his expression became more energetic. Unfortunately, the only people who accepted his speech at this time were Xiao Talin, the subordinates who reported the news, and a few guards.
Yelv Xiezhen had said similar words countless times before, but the development of the current situation was completely different from what he described. They were retreating, giving up, and failing, but the Han army was still calm and calm, and the pressure it brought was still suffocating.
The thoughts of others are unknown, but as for Yelv Xiezhen himself, ask yourself, how credible are these words?
However, no matter what, Brother Yeluxiu's victory in Huanglong Mansion is good news. The past experience has been the worst, and perhaps we will still face a worse situation in the future. At least for now, it is small news. , worth publicizing, boosting the confidence of the Liao army officers and alleviating some tense conflicts...
"Another order to reward him! Send an envoy to tell Sun Ning that I will support him no matter what request or plan he has! Tell him that I will set up defenses in Tongzhou to resist the Han army and buy time for him. I will put down the rebellion in the rear. Entrust him with full authority and make decisions on the fly, leaving him to his own devices!" Yelv Xiezhen continued to give instructions.
Although they were a little surprised by Yelv Xiezhen's almost unreserved trust in Brother Yelvxiu, his staff quickly recorded it and said yes.
Even though Brother Yelvxiu is young and has received a lot of criticism for his previous failures, those who really know him well know that this is a military hero in the royal family. Even regardless of past performance, among the several armies sent by Yelv Xiezhen to counter the rebellion, only Brother Yelvxiu achieved results.
Brother Yelvxiu's battle report also mentioned that after recapturing the cities under Huanglong Mansion, he would continue to pursue the Jurchen tribes who participated in the rebellion. The primary goal is to eliminate the Jurchens in the territory, especially the Jurchens in Huanglong Mansion. The main goal is to force them to surrender. If they don't surrender, they will die.
After clearing the south of the Second Huntong River, they then marched north to annihilate the Wanyan tribe and cut off the Songmo Governor's flag they had erected to attack the ambitions of the surrounding tribes.
For the Dalugu Tribe, we should still focus on appeasement. If everything goes well, we can completely eliminate the threat from the two major tribes and lure the remaining small tribes to surrender. In this way, the Jurchen and Shiwei Tribes who are in trouble on the Songliao Plain will be eliminated. Can be completely calmed down.
On this basis, we marched north to attack the Shiwei rebels dominated by Tulu Bushiwei, and at the same time organized the rest of the counter-rebellion troops in the old Bohai Sea area with the defending officers and soldiers to completely put down the Northeast Rebellion...
Brother Yelvxiu's plan has become possible after the victory in the Battle of Huanglong Mansion. But there is only one problem, and that is the lack of time to achieve it. It can be as short as three or two months, as long as one and a half years, and time is also what they lack...
Of course Yelv Xiezhen could see this, so he said that he would defend the enemy in Tongzhou and let Brother Yelvxiu put down the rebellion behind him.
Although the likelihood of realization of Brother Yelu Xiu's plan to counter the rebellion or Yelu Xiezhen's plan to defend against the enemy seems to be low, it is like a person who is about to drown. As long as he can take another breath, he must struggle more. few times.
As the highest military and political officer of the Liao Kingdom in the Northeast, Yelu Xiezhen's understanding and judgment of the situation was of course very profound. Therefore, after the little excitement passed, pressure and powerlessness came again from all directions.
In the final analysis, without external support, the Liao army's final outcome in the Northeast is still hopeless. The remaining military strength of Tokyo Road alone cannot maintain the current deteriorating situation. However, what needs to be done must still be done, and support must not be vague.
And where does the external force that can break the situation come from?
As night fell, the autumn cold became cooler, and the lights in the room became a bit colder. Yelu Xiezhen stood in front of a slightly rough map, looking at the map of the situation between Han and Liao. Under his silent and serious face, his brain went crazy. Turn around and think of ways to save yourself from danger.
So far, he has barely built a Tongzhou defense line with Tongyuan City as the core and Liuhe City as the supplement. The two cities are both within the Jiahe River and serve as horns to each other.
As for the two cities of Guihua and Xianping in the south, they are too prominent and difficult to defend, and there are not enough troops to spread out. As long as the Han army moves north in a large scale, they will simply give up and burn the cities.
However, the previous arrangement was to prepare for survival and death with the city, leaving no escape route at all. Although the two cities of Tongyuan and Liuhe are surrounded by rivers, the two water veins in the north and south limit the space for the Han army to deploy their troops, and at the same time cut off the possibility of retreat. Once besieged, if there is no accident, then the only choice is to share the city with each other. The outcome of life and death.
However, now the situation has changed again, and the rebellion in Huanglong Mansion has been put down, which also means that there is still the possibility of continuing to retreat for defense. Looking at the retreat to the north, it is another three hundred miles. Three hundred miles of primitive transportation, supplemented by certain bad weather, can imagine the pressure it puts on the Han army.
Thinking of this, it seems that the defense strategy in Tongzhou can be adjusted appropriately, leaving enough room for retreat, and it must not be besieged.
However, Huanglong Mansion has not yet been completely calmed down, and it is not yet determined how long it will take to calm down. And he needed to hold off the Han army and buy enough time for Brother Yelvxiu. The dilemma came, how to grasp the balance between the two?
Perhaps, we can only hope that the Han army can rest for a longer time. I heard that they were carrying out Zheng's army to pacify the people in Liaodong, in order to appease Liaodong. The riots and bandits he sent to instigate, bewitch, and organize were almost quelled, and it is difficult to start any more. What a big wave.
However, more than a month has passed. No matter how you calculate it, the Han army is almost rested and it is impossible to delay it any longer. There is still late autumn that can be used.
At the same time, even if the Han army came to attack from the north, he would see the opportunity to escape smoothly and retreat to Huanglong Mansion. There was still a problem. What if the Han army, after capturing Tongzhou, seeks stability and no longer goes north, but simply continues to rest and consolidate on the spot to survive the winter?
If that were the case, the so-called luring the enemy deep would become a joke again. The Han army could definitely do it and could sustain it with its strong national strength. But for me, it is very difficult to survive this winter.
If you want to win against the Han army, you need to make use of the ice and snow, you need the Han army to go deep, the battle line is lengthened, you need to have enough strength, you need to be able to calm down the rear, you also need...
There are too many conditions required, including the help of objective factors and the cooperation of the Han army to make mistakes. How can it be so easy? The more he thought about it, the more Yelu Xiezhen felt a headache and irritability, like walking in a maze that extended in all directions, but every path was a dead end.
"Your Majesty, there is news from our work in the south!" the guard officer quickly stepped inside and reported.
"What's new?"
"The Southern Dynasty seems to be in conflict with the Goryeo Kingdom. The Han army is dispatching troops to the southeast of Liaoning. Goryeo's tens of thousands of troops have crossed the Yalu River and are approaching the distant city!" the officer reported.
"Oh!" After hearing the report, Yelu Xiezhen's eyes suddenly flashed with a strange light: "Is the news true?"
"It should be true!" said the guard officer: "It is reported that the Goryeo Army and Chen Bing have been stationed at the Yalu River for a long time and have the intention to advance into Liaodong!"
"Goryeo! Haha!" Yelu Xiezhen chuckled twice: "You are a snake and a rat! If you don't act early, at this time, you actually dare to offend the Han Dynasty and start a war with it?"
"If this is the case, Han and Li are fighting, and the Han army is fighting from the north to the south, it will help me a little!" After thinking for a while, Yelu Xiezhen murmured: "However, it is still not enough..."
"Your Majesty, Xianping is reporting that Ma Renyu's army from Yinzhou is heading north..." Not long after, another military report came.
