Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 474 The way out
"I wish to respect the order of the prince!"

A bodyguard dropped his weapon and knelt down.

Seeing this, the others also knelt down.

Nerugu smiled and said, "Very good."

On the hillside, Yelu Yixin did not see this scene because of the distance, but he saw that Yelu Chongyuan's troops suffered heavy losses on the battlefield and would be completely wiped out soon, so a smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, a horn sounded suddenly from the back of the battlefield.

Flags, drums, and horns are commonly used to convey messages on the battlefield.

These are also trained in military training, but different generals will use different flag signals and sounds.

The methods used by Yelu Chongyuan's side were naturally different from those of the other side.

The remaining troops of Yelu Chongyuan's side were on the verge of collapse. When they heard the horn of their own side, they didn't think much and simply dropped their weapons and surrendered.

"What's going on? Send someone to check it out."

Yelu Yixin was a little puzzled. Yelu Chongyuan should know that surrendering would not end well, so why did he suddenly order a surrender?

"Yes!"

Several bodyguards hurried away.

After a long while, the guards came back trotting and reported: "Reporting to the king, Yelu Chongyuan's son Nerugu killed Yelu Chongyuan and ordered him to surrender. Nerugu said he wanted to see the king and has been brought here."

"Nerugu killed Yelu Chongyuan?"

Upon hearing this, Yelu Yixin was stunned for a long time before he smiled.

"Interesting, Yelu Chongyuan actually died at the hands of his son."

Waving his hand and asking his personal guards to retreat, Yelu Yixin looked into the distance and saw Nerugu being brought over tied up by several soldiers.

"Your Majesty!"

The Khitan general who brought soldiers to escort Nerugu here bowed and said, "Nerugu killed Yelu Chongyuan and said he wanted to surrender."

"Are you sure Yelu Chongyuan is dead?" Yelu Yixin asked.

"I checked it and found that he was stabbed several times in the abdomen. I have met Yelu Chongyuan several times. There is no way it is fake!"

Upon hearing this, Yelu Yixin waved his hand and the general stepped aside.

"Yelü Chongyuan really raised a good son. He probably never thought that he would die at the hands of his own son."

Yelu Yixin looked at Nerugu with some fear and amusement.

"He asked me to put on his armor to help him attract attention, completely disregarding my life or death. So I have no choice but to strike first." Nerugu said calmly.

"Then why don't you run away?" Yelu Yixin asked.

"Where can I escape to? I think I can be of some use to King Zhao. I can help King Zhao to subdue my father's troops. I only ask King Zhao to let me become a rich man." Nerugu said.

"Your conditions are simple."

Yelu Yixin smiled slightly, but felt a little hesitant.

Although he could wait for Nerugu to help him subdue the remaining troops of Yelu Chongyuan before taking action against Nerugu.

But once this is done, the surrendered generals will inevitably be in danger.

Therefore, once he agreed, it would be difficult to move against Nerugu in a short period of time.

However, since Nerugu even killed his own father, Yelu Yixin was still a little worried if he really wanted to stay.

"Okay, I promise you!" Yelu Yixin said after a long silence.

Compared to keeping Nerugu for the time being, killing him now would do more good than harm.

"I will go and persuade the leaders of the tribes and the generals under my father to surrender. Then the King of Zhao will have to promise them that he will not attack us afterwards."

Nerugu was not stupid, and knew that Yelu Yixin might burn his bridges after crossing the river. Yelu Yixin laughed inwardly when he heard this, what was the point of making a promise in public?

No matter who you want to deal with, there will always be someone to help you afterwards.

He was a little too cautious just now. If Nerugu was so stupid, what kind of threat could he pose?
"Okay, I can agree to whatever you say. Not only that, when I enter Shangjing and ascend the throne as emperor, I can also enthrone you as the King of Liang!" Yelu Yixin said with a smile.

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"Brother, what's wrong?"

When Empress Dowager Xiao saw Xiao Asu walking in with a serious face, she felt nervous: "Could it be that we can't hold on? If it doesn't work, we can mobilize those soldiers. Yelu Chongyuan should be here in the next few days. As long as we can hold on, we will be fine."

"no!"

Xiao Asu shook his head and said, "Yelü Yixin did not show up today. I asked someone to contact our people outside the city and the news we got was that Yelü Yixin was ill last night."

Yelu Yixin has people in the city, so they naturally have people on Yelu Yixin's side as well.

Although he is not a confidant, his position is not low.

Out of caution, I haven't dared to contact you these days.

Since Yelu Yixin did not show up today, he took the risk to contact him.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Empress Dowager Xiao was delighted when she heard this, and gritted her teeth and said, "It would be best if he died of illness. As long as he dies, other things will be easy to handle."

"It's not that simple."

Xiao Asu shook his head and said, "Yelü Yixin is ill, so naturally the generals want to visit him. But our people said that Yelü Qi stopped them from visiting."

"Doesn't this further prove the severity of Yelu Yixin's illness?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked in confusion.

Xiao Asu frowned and said, "If Yelu Yixin's illness was not serious, they would not have stopped us from visiting him in order to stabilize the morale of the army. From this point of view, he does look seriously ill. But if he is really seriously ill, it would be best to stop the troops temporarily. Why are they still attacking the city without slowing down the offensive at all?"

"They do this simply because they are afraid that we will notice." said Empress Dowager Xiao.

"They are afraid that we will notice, so they can just use the excuse that the siege equipment is not ready yet. We are outnumbered and worried that they will set a trap. Even if we have a guess, we dare not leave the city."

Xiao Asu said seriously: "I suspect Yelu Yixin is not in the army outside the city at all."

"This is impossible!"

Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head and said, "If we need to mobilize troops, we can arrange for someone else to go. How could Yelu Yixin go in person? I think Yelu Yixin is seriously ill, and Yelu Qi did not stop the siege in order to cover up the news. In addition, his mother, brothers and sisters all died in our hands."

"It is impossible to mobilize troops, but what if he wants to deal with Yelu Chongyuan?" Xiao Asu asked back.

"Brother is saying..."

Empress Dowager Xiao turned pale and shook her head repeatedly: "Impossible, how could he..."

Empress Dowager Xiao could not continue speaking here. It was not difficult to guess that Yelu Chongyuan would send troops.

It's just that she had lost her mind because she thought that all of Yelu Yixin's family members were dead.

This can be seen from the fact that Yelu Yixin did not even have his siege equipment ready, but he continued to attack the city regardless of casualties.

But what if this was all pretended by Yelu Yixin?
"Logically, the troops that Yelu Yixin mobilized from other places should have arrived. But our people said that no troops have arrived recently." Xiao Asu said.

These words seemed to completely dispel the last bit of hope that Empress Dowager Xiao had left, and she collapsed and sat down.

"Sister, we should think of a solution." Xiao Asu said.

"Yeah!"

Empress Dowager Xiao came to her senses and said, "Brother, quickly send someone to tell Yelu Chongyuan to be careful of Yelu Yixin's ambush. As long as Yelu Yixin's ambush fails, he will not be able to do anything to Yelu Chongyuan without using troops outside the city."

"I'm not talking about this, but our retreat," Xiao Asu emphasized.

(End of this chapter)