In addition, the Pi Shi Army, which had long been defeated by the Song Dynasty, had low combat effectiveness and was far from being a match for the ferocious Jin people. It soon lost a large number of cities and was chased by the Jurchens and fled everywhere.
Yelu Chongyuan's troops became smaller and smaller, with only about 30,000 people left guarding Zhongjing Dading Prefecture.
The Song Dynasty did not agree to their request for help.
The Liao emperor had no choice but to concentrate his troops and fight a desperate battle in Dading Prefecture.
On December 29th of the 13th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, after three days of siege of Dading Prefecture, the Jin people finally blasted open the city gate with artillery.
Groups of Jin troops rushed into the city. The Liao army engaged in street fighting with the Jin army. After half a day of fierce fighting, they were finally defeated. Yelu Chongyuan escaped from the south gate with his family under the protection of the guards.
At the same time, a large number of remaining Liao troops also followed him out. About 20,000 people fled separately, and several thousand people followed Yelu Chongyuan all the way south.
On the 30th, the New Year arrived. The atmosphere inside and outside Yuzhou City on the border of the Song Dynasty was festive, and every household was hung with lanterns.
Although it was the dead of winter and there was light snow in the north, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the people at all. They wore cotton clothes and set off firecrackers, and many of them ran from the surrounding villages to the city to attend the market.
Cart after cart of New Year's goods were pulled home, and people were filled with laughter and joy.
But at noon, many troops appeared on the bank of the Yu River in the distance. The soldiers of the border defense camp originally deployed in Yuzhou shouted and ran to the river.
They dug trenches, piled up sandbags, and didn't know what they were doing.
Many curious people heard the news and walked out of the city and ran to the nearby river bank to watch from afar, about a mile away from the river bank.
Just when they were confused, there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance and dust rose up.
A large number of troops came towards the Elm River.
"Listen up, people out front! Foreign troops are prohibited from entering the borders of the Great Song Dynasty. Violators will be killed without mercy!"
The Song army brought out a set of loudspeakers and the leading commander shouted.
The army in the distance gradually slowed down, but before they could come over to negotiate, the sound of killing began to rise from the rear.
Immediately afterwards, another army rushed out and the two sides were forced to fight fiercely.
The people of Yuzhou on the south bank were dumbfounded.
It turned out that there was a war in the north.
What moved all the people of the Song Dynasty even more was that
When the North was fighting a desperate battle.
In the southern territory of the Song Dynasty, however, there was peace and prosperity, and people were enjoying the joy of the New Year.
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