Just as the prime ministers had expected, anyone who could say "the advantage is mine" would usually not end up well.
To put it bluntly, the tactic of adding troops and reducing stoves is worthless, but just like the scam of honey trap, as long as you find the right person, it will always succeed.
Throughout history, at the end of every dynasty, there would always be one or two great thinkers.
They believe that they are superior to others in terms of intelligence or military strength, and that as long as they take action, they will be able to save the collapsing building and turn the tide.
However, what these smart people are usually good at is to step on the accelerator for the last time on the last train of the dynasty that is out of control.
When the eldest prince led his army out of Bazhou City, he was full of vigor and felt that this moment was the highlight of his life.
He had even begun to imagine how the people of the capital would welcome him when he returned to the imperial capital with Yelu Song's head, and what a grand occasion that would be.
The loud gongs, drums and firecrackers are no match for his achievements. Maybe his father will come to greet him personally.
As for his youngest brother Li Xiang, whom he had always been afraid of, he could only hide in the corner and didn't even have the qualifications to say a word in front of him!
At that time, the people of the whole city will definitely shout his name!
By that time, all the civil and military officials in the court will surely worship him as a god!
At that time, his father would surely pat his shoulder with satisfaction and say that the Great Qi Dynasty would be handed over to him in the future!
Then, the eldest prince woke up from his dream!
When the cavalry led by the eldest prince was about to rush to Yelu Song's tent, countless cavalry rushed out from the enemy's position and launched a counterattack against them.
Since the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Central Plains dynasty no longer had high-quality horse-breeding land, and their cavalry was naturally no match for the Liao and Jin dynasties.
Otherwise, when the Liao and Jin invaded the valley every year, everyone wouldn't have to huddle inside the city walls.
The cavalry led by the eldest prince are considered the most elite in the entire Great Qi, but no matter in terms of quantity or quality, they cannot be compared with the Liao and Jin.
So as expected, the eldest prince's cavalry was directly defeated by the enemy in one wave!
The soldiers of the Great Qi standing on the city wall and seeing this scene were all terrified, especially some generals, who were so desperate that their eyes turned black!
Obviously, they also realized that they had fallen into the enemy's trap. The best way to deal with it now was to immediately close the city gates and prevent the enemy cavalry from rushing into the city. This could be regarded as stopping the loss in time.
However, no one present dared to order the city gates to be closed, because the eldest prince was still outside. The eldest son of the Da Qi royal family was trapped in the enemy camp. Who would dare to order the city gates to be closed at this time? Wouldn’t that mean the lives of his entire family would be in jeopardy?
The generals couldn't imagine what kind of consequences they would have to bear if the eldest prince died here.
However, those who truly realized that the situation was critical and that a decision had to be made were powerless, so the generals who stayed in Bazhou City finally made a heaven-defying decision: to send out the entire army to attack and save the eldest prince!
At this moment, the civil and military officials of the Great Qi who were far away in the capital could never have dreamed that in less than ten days, the final decisive battle would take place in Bazhou City!
What they could not have imagined was that the Bazhou City, which they thought was indestructible, fell in just ten days!
In this battle, hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers of the Great Qi were killed here, and the entire Bazhou City became a hell on earth. After capturing Bazhou City, Yelu Song ordered to put down his sword after three days.
During these three days, the entire Bazhou City was filled with the desperate screams of the people of Da Qi. Men were dragged out and brutally killed, and women were dragged to the Liao and Jin camps and even raped on the spot.
Children taller than the wheels were buried alive, and babies in swaddling clothes were thrown directly into the pot.
Three days later, nine out of ten houses in Bazhou City were empty, and only one in ten people was left. Even those who survived were driven towards the heartland of Da Qi like zombies.
These people will become tools for the Liao and Jin soldiers to vent their anger, will become the first batch of cannon fodder in the next siege, and will even become military rations for the Liao and Jin people.
When the bad news came, the entire capital was shocked, and there was an uproar throughout the court and the country!
Of the 150,000 elite soldiers, only the few hundred who were escorting the eldest prince were able to escape.
Yes, the eldest prince who was fond of showing off and was most responsible for this disastrous defeat was still alive. How ironic!
When the embarrassed eldest prince appeared in the court, and when Yangxuzi cried and explained the battle situation, the entire court was in an uproar.
Fifteen thousand elite soldiers! This was all the troops that the Great Qi had to fight against the Liao and Jin dynasties, and yet, they were all gone overnight!
Without Bazhou City as a barrier, the entire Liao and Jin army could march directly south and head straight for the capital!
Civil and military officials were in a panic. They couldn't understand why they had the advantage of time and place, but lost everything the next second.
When Li Zhuo learned of the disastrous defeat in Bazhou City, his eyes went dark and he fainted. When he woke up again, the entire palace was filled with crying.
He suppressed his urge to let his head split open and ordered, "Call the ministers to the court to discuss matters!"
The frightened courtiers and the weak emperor, this is the true portrayal of the court at this moment.
The ministers were like headless flies, buzzing about. Li Zhuo wanted them to come up with a plan, but no matter how much they talked, they couldn't come up with a clear idea.
In the end, Li Zhuo could only look at the eldest prince kneeling on the ground, angrily slamming the table and saying, "Tell me, what on earth is going on? One hundred and fifty thousand elite soldiers, gone in one night? Even if they were given one hundred and fifty thousand pigs to kill, it would take them ten days or half a month!"
The eldest prince, kneeling on the ground, trembled with fear. He banged his head on the ground and cried, "Father, I impeach Chu Huairen, the general of Bazhou City, for being too ambitious. At that time, I had already seen that the Liao and Jin were using the strategy of increasing troops and reducing the number of forts, but Chu Huairen ignored my advice and insisted on sending troops, which eventually led to a disaster. If you don't believe me, Father, you can ask those generals who escaped back to see if this is the case."
Yang Xuzi, standing by, nodded anxiously, "Yes, Your Majesty. We originally had the upper hand, but it was Chu Huairen's greed and recklessness that led to this catastrophe, plunging the nation into fear! I believe that such a scourge should be punished with the extermination of all nine generations of the clan, to comfort the souls of the many fallen soldiers in heaven!"
Li Zhuo also needed an outlet to vent his anger. When he heard this, he immediately slammed the table and said, "Where is Allen Chu? Come out!"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Chu Huairen has died in Bazhou City. He knew that his sins were grave, and finally chose to live and die with Bazhou City!"
"Then go to his house and arrest his entire family. I will kill his entire clan!"
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