Thirty thousand Song troops crashed into the Liao army like a wave, and there was the sound of crackling flintlock guns everywhere. The Liao army could not withstand it and was defeated across the board. It was really a crushing defeat. The Liao army retreated into the camp without waiting for its own side.
The soldiers completely withdrew and fired with their bows and crossbows. Many Song and Liao soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
Seeing that it was difficult to break through the fortress, the Song army fled away. The battle came to an end. In the wasteland between the city and the Liao army's camp, countless corpses were seen scattered and densely packed. It suddenly became quiet, making people feel as if they were in a wilderness cemetery.
Generally speaking, I feel terrified. Dozens of vultures appear out of nowhere and are hovering in the sky. They are waiting to eat human flesh! For them, today may be a good day worth celebrating.
Night fell, and the atmosphere in the Liao army's tent was very depressing. Commander Xiao Duoli frowned and his eyes were full of anger. None of the generals spoke, and many of them had not recovered from the fiasco during the day.
"General, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture Yingzhou. Seeing that the food and grass will not last long, we should bypass Yingzhou and Mozhou and retreat to Zhuozhou. Rest and fight again." A general named Long Teduo
Suggested. This man is an out-and-out Khitan, with dark skin, thick build, and majestic temperament, but there is always a deep brilliance in his eyes, which makes people think that he is definitely not an ordinary reckless and reckless Khitan.
Xiao Duoli said angrily: "Is it possible that we Khitans did this to escape in such a dejected manner around the city?" When Long Teduo heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and continued to persuade: "General, this Song army's battle
The strength of the Song army is far beyond our imagination. In the daytime battle, our army was almost destroyed by it! If we stay here and refuse to leave, not only will we not gain anything, but we will also be unable to gain anything when we run out of food.
There is a danger of the entire army being annihilated! General, please do not act out of your own will!"
Xiao Duoli slapped the desk and shouted: "Are you the general or are you and I the general?" Long Teduo sighed. In the middle of the night, Xiao Duoli was awakened by a burst of shouting and fighting. He got up suddenly and hurriedly
He ran out of the big tent. He saw flames soaring into the sky. Countless fireballs streaked across the night sky and fell into the camp, exploding into clouds of flames. There were longing figures in the fire, and the generals were running around in panic. Xiao Du's expression changed.
Long Teduo ran over and said urgently: "General, the Song army suddenly arrived and launched a fierce attack!" "How many people?" Long Teduo shook his head, "I don't know! But it is estimated that there are only thirty thousand people at most.
There are only so many Song troops here!"
Xiao Duoli raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Thirty thousand people dare to attack my camp. This is really too much! Give me the order and send the whole army out to fight!" Long Teduo said hurriedly: "General, our army passed by Bai Tian
In the First World War, the morale of the army was turbulent and morale was low. It was not suitable to go to war, just to hold on to the base!" Xiao Duoli glared and shouted: "If you are afraid, just stay here!" Then he conveyed the order to the soldiers around him, and the soldiers agreed.
Ran down.
However, at this moment, a loud bang came from near the camp gate. Xiao Duoli and others hurriedly followed the sound, and saw a ball of fire rising up, lifting both tents into the sky, and the dazzling fire was faintly visible.
The remains of the human body were visible. Xiao Duoli and others changed color. Long Teduo exclaimed: "This seems to be gunpowder, but..." Before he could finish his words, he only heard a whistling sound in the air.
, Xiao Duoli and others, who have been in battle for a long time, immediately judged that this was the sound of huge arrows fired by the Song Army's three-bow crossbow.
Boom boom boom...! There was a violent explosion, dozens of fireballs rose up, and the Liao army soldiers were blown to pieces in the rolling flames. The screams made people's scalp numb! The Liao army had not recovered from this terrible bombing.
After realizing it, there were loud shouts of killing coming from outside the camp, and countless Song troops could be vaguely seen coming like a wave.
Xiao Duoli was startled and quickly ordered all armies to fight. The Song army swarmed in through several holes opened by the explosion. The Liao army hurriedly fired a wave of arrows, which fell into the surging wave and immediately disappeared without a trace.
No trace, it seems like it has no effect.
The Song army crashed into the middle of the Liao army, and the panic-stricken Liao army was defeated one after another. Xiao Duli killed more than a dozen fleeing officers and soldiers, but still could not stop the momentum of the defeat. Finally, the Liao army collapsed, and the army was defeated.
In the dark night, they panicked and fled in all directions. The Song army was chasing them from all sides, and the battle was a complete one-sided massacre!
The night finally passed, the rising sun showed its face in the east, and the earth gradually became brighter. The battle that lasted all night has ended, and the Liao army's camp has become a ruin covered with corpses. Nearly ten thousand Song troops are cleaning the battlefield.
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Xiao Duoli and others led the remaining defeated soldiers and ran all the way north. They crossed a small river on a wooden bridge in the early morning. Long Teduo, who was following the team at the end, ordered his soldiers to set fire to the bridge. After a while, the flames burned the bridge.
The wooden bridge was wrapped. Xiao Duoli, who was running in front, saw thick smoke billowing from behind. He thought that the pursuers were coming. He was so frightened that he was scared to death. Without thinking about it, he wanted to escape. However, he soon learned that it was Long Teduo.
After setting fire to the bridge, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly lamented that Lontedo was able to stay calm in the face of danger.
Xiao Duoli felt that the Song army could not catch up for the time being, so he asked the soldiers to rest. Xiao Duoli walked to a large bluestone and sat down, took the water bag from the general's hand, drank a few gulps, and wiped it.
There was water stain on the corner of my mouth, and I looked around. I found that the terrain here is very dangerous, with towering and steep mountains on both sides. On the cliffs are jagged rocks, pines are like dragons and snakes, and goshawks are circling on the top of the mountains.
, let out a long roar from time to time. "Is this the Yingchou Stream?" Xiao Duoli asked the general in front of him. The general nodded, "It is the Yingchou Stream. After passing here, you will enter the ground of Zhuozhou!"
Li sighed, "I didn't expect that Xiao Duli would run away in such a mess!"
He looked at the frightened soldiers around him and ordered: "Count the number of people." The general agreed and ran down. Long Teduo led a few soldiers over and pressed Xiao Duli's chest.
Li Xiao Duoli motioned for Long Teduo to sit next to him. Long Teduo walked to Xiao Duoli's left and sat on the ground. Xiao Duoli asked, "Do you think the Cangzhou army will take the opportunity to attack Zhuozhou?"
Frowning, he said: "This is almost certain! Our army has suffered heavy losses, and the Cangzhou Army will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Zhuozhou!" Xiao Duoli asked worriedly: "Can we defend the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?" Long Teduo was silent for a moment.
, said to Xiao Duoli: "General, no matter whether we can hold it or not, we must hold it to the end! If we lose the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, Your Majesty will not let you or me go!" Xiao Duoli nodded with a stern expression.
nod.
The general who had just gone down came back, saluted Xiao Duoli and reported: "General, there are still more than ten thousand cavalry left in our army." Xiao Duoli was shocked, "Only ten thousand are left.
Are there any remaining cavalry? Where are the infantry? Is there not a single infantry left!" The general shook his head sadly. Xiao Duoli was heartbroken and angry, and he also had some fears that he himself was probably unwilling to admit.
Smoke rose in the valley, and the originally silent valley became noisy. The hungry Liao cavalry had to kill their horses to feed themselves. Before the Liao soldiers had time to cook the horse meat, the steep mountainside on both sides
Suddenly there was a thrilling shout. The Liao Army soldiers were startled and looked at the mountainside on both sides, only to see many Song Army soldiers appearing on the mountainside. Long Teduo exclaimed: "No! Cangzhou Army
They actually set an ambush here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, arrows rained down from the mountainside on both sides, and rolling rocks and trees poured down like a mountain torrent. The unsuspecting Liao troops fell one after another and ran around like a pot exploding! "General, go north quickly.
Suddenly, there may be a glimmer of hope!" Long Teduo shouted loudly. Xiao Duoli quickly led a group of soldiers and horses to rush north despite the rolling stones, wood and arrows flying in the sky.
Calm finally returned to the valley. The entire valley was filled with corpses and blood flowed into canals. A group of Liao army prisoners were escorted by the Song army and headed south. Yang Peng inspected the battlefield surrounded by troops. Yang Xiong came from
He chased after him on horseback, cupped his fists and said: "Brother, according to preliminary statistics, more than 6,000 Liao soldiers were killed and more than 3,000 were captured, but Xiao Duuli escaped with more than a thousand remaining soldiers!" Yang Peng smiled slightly, "Immediately send an order to Duan Zhixian.
, asking him to leave a thousand men to guard Yingzhou, and the rest of the troops will immediately join me to attack Zhuozhou!" Yang Xiong clasped his fists in agreement and ran down.
Xiao Duoli and others fled into Zhuozhou in a panic. As soon as they entered the city, they sealed the four gates and ordered all the men in the city to be recruited to go to the city wall to defend the city. At the same time, they sent people to Nanjing (now Beijing) to mobilize troops for support. People in Zhuozhou city were panicked.
Chai Yonghui felt strange when he saw the servants in the mansion hurriedly looking worried, so he stopped a servant and asked: "What are you doing in such a panic?" The servant said: "The Song army defeated the general.
, after occupying Yingzhou and Mozhou, we will attack Zhuozhou! Everyone says that Zhuozhou cannot be saved, and the Song army will soon attack Nanjing!"
Chai Yonghui was overjoyed, "Is this true?" The servant nodded. "Where is the Song Army? Didn't the Song Army suffer successive defeats? Why did they suddenly attack?" The servant said, "I heard it was the Cangzhou Army. All of them
Just like jackals and tigers, the generals were defeated one after another and almost their entire army was wiped out!" Chai Yonghui's eyes were filled with brilliance. He quickly ran to the study and said to Chai Yongqi: "Brother, we are saved!" At this moment, Chai Yongqi was holding a volume of books.
While reading, I heard my sister's voice, so I put the book down and looked at my sister in confusion.
Chai Yonghui told Chai Yongqi the news he was about to learn from his servants. Chai Yongqi was very excited, "Great! Great! Brother Yang is really a hero. When the entire Song army was defeated, he was able to
Zhu Qingtian turned the tide! Great!" Chai Yonghui said excitedly: "I believe it won't be long before Brother Yang can capture Nanjing, and then we will be saved!" Chai Yonghui and Chai Yongqi are actually in Nanjing? What on earth is going on?
?It turns out that the Liao army marched southward in a large scale, and Dingzhou fell in an instant. Chai Jin and his family had no time to escape, so they were captured by Xiao Duoli.
Xiao Duoli saw Chai Yonghui's graceful appearance and noble temperament, and also knew that the Chai family was the descendant of the former royal family of the Central Plains, so he intended to marry the Chai family.
The brothers and sisters were taken to Nanjing and put under house arrest. Xiao Duoli planned to return to Nanjing to marry Chai Yonghui after the war against Song Dynasty was over. Xiao Duoli had a good idea, but it was not as good as God.
Chai Yongqi frowned, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Brother Yang to invade Nanjing! Nanjing is impregnable, and after the Liao royal family learned about Xiao Duoli's defeat, how could they not send reinforcements? Once the reinforcements arrived, let alone
Nanjing has been conquered. Whether Brother Yang can protect himself is a question!" Chai Yonghui's original excitement was poured cold water on him.
Yang Peng led nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command to the gates of Zhuozhou City and formed a battle formation. The fierce general Zhan Jin came out to challenge, but no matter how Zhan Jin greeted the women of Xiao Duoli's family and the women of his ancestors, Xiao Duuli refused to fight.
Jin Guo cursed his tongue dry and returned to Yang Peng, cursing and saying: "This Zouniao is just a gray grandson! Yesterday, we greeted his wife, daughter, mother, and grandma, but he didn't show up!" Everyone endured it!
I couldn't help but laugh.
That night, Yang Peng stood in front of the map in the big tent, frowned and thought about it. Duan Zhixian and Huyan Chijin walked in quickly. Duan Zhixian clasped his fists and said: "Brother, the scouts just came to report that Nanjing's 20,000 defenders came out in full force.
Come this way."
Yang Peng said: "Zhuozhou is the gateway to the south of Nanjing. If Zhuozhou is lost, Nanjing will be wide open." Xiang Danian said anxiously: "Brother, we should attack Zhuozhou as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to fight when their reinforcements arrive."
Got it!"
Early in the morning, Xiao Duoli climbed up the city wall and looked up. He saw that the Song army soldiers were cutting down trees in the nearby woods, and the military camp was also a busy scene. Xiao Duoli knew that the Song army was rushing to attack the city.
Equipment, in preparation for the storming of the city, I couldn't help but feel worried, and quickly ordered the herald to urge reinforcements.
On the other hand, after leaving Nanjing, the 20,000 Liao reinforcements came all the way to Zhuozhou. The leading general of this Liao army was named Xiao Ying, who was Xiao Duoli's younger brother. This was a man with a majestic appearance who obeyed his brother unconditionally.
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At the same time, the Liao court received a letter asking for help from Xiao Duoli. Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Dynasty and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were greatly alarmed. Some ministers accused Xiao Duoli of rashly attacking the Song Dynasty and proposed that Xiao Duoli be dismissed.
Replacement of capable people to guard Nanjing. The minister didn't know if there was something wrong with his brain. Now there is a war in Nanjing, how could he change the general rashly? Fortunately, Empress Dowager Xiao did not adopt the minister's suggestion in the end.
Instead, he sent his own daughter, the eldest princess of Daliao, Yelv Guanyin, with an army of fifty thousand to the south to aid Xiao Duoli.
The focus turned to Tokyo in the Song Dynasty. The irritable Emperor Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty left the palace incognito and came to Pan Niangniang's home with only a trusted old eunuch and two trusted guards. Pan Niangniang heard that the emperor was coming and came quickly.
Go to the hall and kneel down to pick her up. As soon as Zhao Heng saw the charming and moving Lady Pan, all his worries disappeared. With a smile on his face, he stepped forward to help Lady Pan up, held her delicate hands and said with emotion: "I can only stay with Lady Pan."
Only when we are together do we have no worries!" Pan Niangniang smiled brightly, and then asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Liao people are coming, and your Majesty is moving the capital?"
Zhao Heng sighed, "Yes, the Liao people are coming, so we have to move the capital!" Then he frowned and said angrily: "I have an army of millions, how can it be useless?! The Liao Kingdom was actually defeated by him!
Sixty thousand soldiers and horses were beaten to the point where they lost all their armor and had to move the capital!"
Pan Niangniang comforted her softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. I believe there will always be heroes who can help the country and turn the tide to solve your Majesty's problems!" Zhao Heng felt a little better and nodded, "I hope so." He glanced at Pan Niangniang.
, patted her slender hand, and said with tenderness in his eyes: "No matter where the capital is moved to, I will never leave Madam Pan behind." Madam Pan couldn't help but feel a little moved, and said softly: "Can I play the piano for Your Majesty?"
Zhao Heng nodded, "Okay, I just want to hear Madam Pan play the piano! Hey, let's not think about those troublesome things!"
Empress Pan left Zhao Ji, walked to the piano table on one side and sat down. Zhao Heng sat down on the main seat and stared at Pan Empress. Just as Pan empress was about to play the piano, a palace man
The chamberlain rushed in excitedly. He saluted and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation..."
Zhao Heng was in a bad mood and said angrily: "We'll talk about those things later!" Zhao Heng thought it was bad news again, and subconsciously felt a desire to escape. It was precisely because of this that he secretly ran to Pan
Madam, come here.
Pan Niangniang said softly: "Your Majesty, military and national affairs are important, let's deal with them first." Zhao Heng sighed, looked at the chamberlain, and asked angrily: "Did you lose another battle? Daming Mansion was not lost, right?" Said this
When he spoke, Zhao Heng's voice was trembling, which showed that he was very afraid of hearing such news.
The chamberlain shook his head vigorously, "No! Your Majesty, it's a good news! What a great victory!" Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, looking in disbelief. The chamberlain continued: "Just now, a good news was sent to the Privy Council, saying that Jingdong East Road was
General Chen, who was in charge of Yang Peng, led his 40,000 Cangzhou troops to defeat Xiao Duoli at the foot of Yingzhou City, then captured Yingzhou and Mozhou, and then defeated Xiao Duoli again at Yingchou Stream. Now the troops overwhelmed Zhuozhou and the front line was straight.
Where is Nanjing!"
Everyone present felt unbelievable when they heard the news. They really couldn't believe that the Liao army, which had killed the Song army and fled in embarrassment not long ago, was defeated by the Cangzhou army in the blink of an eye. Not only that, the Cangzhou army actually
They even went down to Yingzhou and Mozhou, and surrounded Zhuozhou, directly threatening the city of Nanjing in the Liao Kingdom!
Pan's eyes were filled with brilliant lights, and she was suppressing the excitement in her heart. Zhao Heng said excitedly: "That's great! That's great!" He turned to Pan's mother and said, "My beloved, do you really mean it?"
By the way, there really is a hero who appears from nowhere to solve the problems for everyone!"
Pan Niangniang was slightly blessed: "Congratulations to your Majesty!" She stood up and said: "Since your Majesty has this talent, he should reuse it! I believe he will live up to your Majesty's high expectations!" Zhao Heng nodded solemnly and hurried back to the palace.
When I came to the court room, I saw the excited Eighth Prince, Grand Master Pang, Kou Zhun and others who looked unnatural.
The emperor hurriedly asked: "Is the news of the great victory true?" The eighth prince immediately presented the news of the victory sent by Yang Peng, and said with a smile on his face, "Absolutely true! General Yang defeated the Liao army in succession, and all roads were defeated.
The crisis has been completely resolved! Now General Yang is besieging Zhuozhou, and I believe he will achieve greater feats in the near future!"
The emperor read the good news and nodded excitedly. The Eighth Prince took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth. General Yang should be named as the envoy of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and take charge of the Northern Expedition!" The Emperor felt that the Eighth Prince
His request was very reasonable, so he wanted to agree. But at this moment, Li Te objected: "No! Your Majesty, Yang Peng is too young to take on such an important task!" The Eighth Prince snorted coldly, "These words are now available.
Don’t you think it’s pale and feeble to say that? You, Privy Councilor Li Te, hold a high position and have deep qualifications, but you suffered two major defeats and lost 200,000 troops, causing the Liao captives to attack the city and seize territory rampantly; however, General Yang Peng, although not qualified enough, succeeded in one fell swoop
He turned the tide, cleaned up the mess caused by the Privy Council, defeated Xiao Duoli in one fell swoop, and captured Yingzhou and Mozhou. With such merit and talent, shouldn't he be entrusted with an important task?"
Li Te said with a livid face: "Anyway, if you don't have enough qualifications, you shouldn't be entrusted with important responsibilities!" The Eighth Prince sneered: "The decision of whether we should be entrusted with important responsibilities and should not be punished should be made by the Privy Council, but by your Majesty.
Decision!" The emperor showed displeasure and said resolutely: "Yang Peng lived up to my expectations, turned the tide in one fell swoop and shocked the Liao captives, and appointed Yang Peng as the envoy of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to shoulder the important task of the Northern Expedition!" He looked at the Eighth Prince!
, "Kou Zhun recommended him and was promoted to Privy Council Envoy with meritorious service, and the former Privy Council Envoy Li Te was demoted to Deputy Envoy."
Li Te's face was ashen, and Kou Zhenzhen thanked him excitedly. Li Te winked at Master Pang frequently. The latter stepped forward and bowed to the emperor, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty's decision just now was very wise!" Li Te heard this.
, couldn't help but be shocked. Taishi Pang continued: "Now the Liao Kingdom must be greatly shaken, and the leader of the Liao Kingdom must send elite troops south for reinforcements. Therefore, Yang Zhaofeng should be ordered to stop the attack and retreat to Mozhou for defense, so as not to be trapped in a tight siege and suffer defeat.
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The emperor frowned and nodded, "What the Grand Master said is absolutely true!" Then he said to the Eighth Prince: "Murong Aiqing immediately conveyed the general's order accordingly, instructing Yang Peng not to advance rashly and to retreat to Mozhou for defense." The Eighth Prince
The promise was made with clasped fists.
Master Pang and others left the court room. Li Te, who had long been unable to bear it, asked in confusion: "Master, why did you let that Kou Zhun succeed! That kid clearly wanted to challenge the position of Master!" Master Pang smiled coldly,
"He's still a bit young!" He glanced at Li Te and said in a lecturing tone: "Don't you see His Majesty's attitude? His Majesty is overjoyed by Yang Peng's victory. If he strongly opposes it at this time, it will only make His Majesty disgusted!
The reason why Kou Zhun promoted you to Privy Councilor and the reason why you were demoted by half a rank is because you said those things that you shouldn't have said!" Li Te ughed, with a depressed look on his face.
Taishi Pang sighed, "Hey! I didn't expect that Yang Peng was really an unparalleled general! Kou Zhun got the limelight thanks to him!" Then he smiled coldly, "But they were happy too early! This
The imperial court still has the surname Pang!"
Yang Peng looked at the order in his hand and frowned. The generals standing under the tent were all very curious. Duan Zhixian couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what did the Privy Council say?" Yang Peng raised his head and said, "It's coming from the Privy Council."
The emperor's order tells us to accept it as soon as it's good and withdraw the defense of Mozhou immediately." The generals were talking loudly, and Duan Zhixian cursed angrily: "What kind of order is this!" Huyan Chijin frowned and said: "Now is the time to take advantage of the situation and capture Nanjing.
, how can we retreat like this? If so, wouldn’t all our previous efforts be wasted!”
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.