Immediately, the cannons fired in unison, and the roaring shells went straight to a gap in the city wall. At this time, the gap in the city wall had been blocked by Yanyun overnight with wooden sticks, stones and other debris. However, it was impossible to withstand such debris.
Despite the artillery bombardment, only a few rounds of volleys were fired, and the debris accumulated in the gap was blasted away! The Khitan assault troops, who had been waiting for this moment, immediately launched a charge. At the same time, the Liao cannons turned their muzzles,
Continue to bombard another gap. In this way, the Liao army used artillery to open three gaps in succession. Three Khitan army attack troops rushed into the three gaps. At the same time, two other Khitan troops used ladders to climb the city.
When the siege equipment hit the city wall, the tactics used by the Khitan army today were basically the same as before. The Yanyun army also resisted step by step. The two sides fought fiercely at the gap and on the city wall, and the sound of killing was loud.
At this moment, the Khitan army general Long Ba suddenly led 10,000 elite troops outside the north gate and launched a fierce attack. The militia soldiers on the city wall were caught off guard and were shot down by several waves of arrows from the opponent. The rest were in panic.
They all turned around and fled down the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Long Ba burst out laughing, and immediately ordered his soldiers to use a powerful attack to shoot a hook to hook the city head, then use a rope to fly across the moat and climb up the city. Hundreds of Liao army elites quickly flew across the moat and climbed onto the city wall.
After reaching the top of the city, the elite Khitan troops were immediately divided into four groups. Two of them held the gate towers in front and behind the Wengcheng gate, while the other two quickly rushed to the two city gates and opened the gate. Long Ba saw
The city gate opened wide, and he immediately led nearly 10,000 elite troops from outside the city and rushed into the city gate.
Phew! A sharp whistling sound suddenly came out. The Khitan Army officer who was guarding the second city gate was suddenly shot through the neck by a sharp arrow. He fell down with his eyes wide open. All the Khitan Army officers were shocked.
, before he could react, a dense rain of arrows roared in. The Khitan soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. In the blink of an eye, more than half of them fell. The remaining Khitan soldiers quickly raised their shields and gathered together. There was a rumble.
Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the Khitan Army officers suddenly saw a large group of sturdy warriors in black clothes, black armor, and black cloaks turning out of the alley not far away and rushing towards them. The Khitan Army officers were startled, and a
The officer shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's the Xuanjia Army, everyone, be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanjia Army suddenly threw a bunch of javelins. The javelins roared and fell into the middle of the Khitan army. There was a loud crackling sound. The javelin pierced the shield and penetrated the human body. Many Khitan soldiers were shot to the ground.
The evenly tight defensive line immediately became riddled with holes! In the blink of an eye, the Black Armor Cavalry crashed into the middle of the Khitan Army like a storm. There was a huge impact, and many Khitan Army soldiers were knocked away by the huge impact.
The Xuanjia army swung their swords and horses, but these elite Khitan soldiers had no ability to resist. They were killed until their corpses were covered in blood. In an instant, all casualties were lost.
At the same time, there were Xuanjia troops, light cavalry, hidden killing guards, and flying phoenix female guards. They rushed up the city wall from various city wall ladders, fired with bows and crossbows, and charged and killed. Hundreds of elite Khitan troops could not resist it.
, all of them were killed in an instant, and the two city gate towers and all parts of the city were returned to the hands of the Yan Yun Army. Then the Yan Yun Army, who had captured the city gate towers, lowered the iron gates of the two city gates again.
At this time, seven or eight thousand Khitan troops had just entered Wengcheng, but two or three thousand others were still outside the city. The two city gates suddenly fell down, locking up all seven or eight thousand Khitan troops in Wengcheng.
The officers and soldiers of the Khitan Army suddenly saw such a situation and panicked. Long Ba looked at the Yan Yun Army on the surrounding walls and couldn't figure out what was going on for a while. In fact, it was very simple.
I have already thought of Yeqian Hucheng's strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, so I have already prepared a countermeasure.
Not long ago, sentries discovered that a Khitan army of ten thousand people had left the army and circled the city, so they reported it to Yang Peng. When Yang Peng judged that the opponent was going to raid the North City Gate, he mobilized all Xuanmen troops according to the pre-planned plan.
Army A, a part of the light cavalry, the Hidden Killing Guards and the Feifeng Female Guards, plus more than 10,000 militiamen, set up a trap near the North City Gate to lure the emperor into an urn.
Long Ba led his army to rush outside the North City Gate, and shot away the civilian army on the city wall with a few waves of arrows. Long Ba thought that the civilian army was vulnerable, and without doubting that he was there, he carried out the surprise attack plan step by step.
It went smoothly, but the situation took a turn for the worse in an instant, which he didn't expect.
Yang Peng stood on the city wall, looking at the soldiers of the Jin Army who were like turtles in an urn. He raised his right hand and put it down suddenly. In an instant, arrows rained down from all around, and rolling stones and wood fell like hail towards the urn city. The urn city
There were no buildings or any debris in the area. The Khitan soldiers had no way to escape. They were shot down one after another, and were knocked down one after another. Their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and screams were heard one after another. The Khitan soldiers were running around, but they were like turtles in a jar.
But they couldn't escape, and the result of running around was just being shot and smashed to death! The soldiers who crowded at the city gate and tried to lift the iron gate were suddenly doused by the kerosene pouring from the holes above.
It was transparent, and then several torches fell down. When the kerosene ignited the fire, it burst into flames in an instant. The entire city gate turned into a fire cave. Dozens and hundreds of Khitan soldiers were burned and screamed. Others saw
They were so frightened that they ran backward one after another...
Half an hour later, the entire Wengcheng became quiet. The flames were burning in the city gate, and the flames spurted out, and the air was filled with a disgusting burnt smell. The ground of the Wengcheng was dripping with blood, and there were seven or eight thousand bodies.
Corpses were piled up in layers. Some were shot to death, while others were crushed to death by rolling rocks and trees. Many people's heads were shattered, and their appearance was horrific. A dozen who were lucky enough to survive were crawling hard in the blood of the corpses.
With.
The second city gate opened, and dozens of light cavalry rushed into the urn city, shooting at the people who were not dead. Then more than a thousand civilian troops and five to six thousand people rushed into the urn city, preparing to clean up the battlefield. They saw corpses lying in front of them.
The sight everywhere scared many people to the point of peeing on the spot. The two or three thousand Khitan troops outside the city who luckily did not enter the city were so horrified when they saw that all their own troops and horses were wiped out that they did not dare to stay here any longer and hurriedly fled back.
Yeqihu City was surprised when they saw two or three thousand of their own troops fleeing back from the southeast corner of the city, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in their hearts. Soon after, the defeated soldiers came to Yeqihu City and knelt down in front of the horses to report: "Qiu Qiu
Your Majesty, our army was ambushed and most of them were killed!"
Although Ye Qi Hucheng and others had expected it, they were still shocked when they heard this. Ye Qi Hucheng said angrily: "Where is Long Ba? Ask him to come to see me!" The defeated soldier said: "Long Ba."
General Eighth, together with seven or eight thousand brothers, entered the Wengcheng, but fell into the trap of the enemy. They were unable to move forward or escape. In the end, the entire army was wiped out! General Longba, he, he, I'm afraid he has also been killed!"
Ye Qian Hucheng felt a pain in his heart, his face changed several times, he took a deep breath and murmured: "Long Ba, you are worthy of being a warrior of the Liao Kingdom, well done!" When the generals heard this, their panic disappeared.
, feeling of grief and indignation suddenly arose, and Han Chang shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, we must attack Yanjing and avenge General Long Ba and the others!" All the generals agreed one after another, and the crowd looked very angry.
Ye Qianhucheng looked up at the majestic Yanjing City, his resolute face showed a look of incomparable resentment. At this moment, he had made up his mind to kill all the living creatures in Yanjing City as soon as he conquered Yanjing.
Stay, this is the only way to dispel the hatred in your heart! The reason why Yeqi Hucheng is so angry is actually not entirely because of Long Ba. The main reason is that its 300,000-strong army besieged the city guarded by only about 60,000 soldiers and horses. After half a month,
, suffered heavy losses but failed to break through the city. Yeqi Hucheng felt that his dignity as the protector of the country had been greatly hurt. The anger was getting heavier and heavier in his heart these days. Long Ba's death was like a primer.
All the boundless anger in Ye Qian Hucheng's heart was triggered. He just wanted to break through Yanjing and kill a lot!
At this moment, a herald horse galloped from the northwest. Ye Qian Hucheng's thoughts were interrupted. He followed the sound and saw a herald officer riding his horse. Nervousness surged in everyone's hearts for no reason.
mood.
After a while, the herald rushed to the front of Yeqihu City, reined in his horse, did not bother to dismount, and reported urgently: "Report to your Majesty, the Yanyun Army suddenly appeared and captured Tanzhou!" Everyone suddenly heard the news.
, everyone was shocked. Tanzhou has appeared more than once in the previous article. It is the northernmost state capital of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Previously, Yang Xiong fled without a fight and Ma Jin fought alone in Tanzhou.
Tanzhou is an important node for the Khitan army's logistics supplies and the transportation of wounded and trophies. There are 10,000 defenders left in Yeqihu City. He never dreamed that Tanzhou would be breached?!
Yeqi Hucheng could no longer control his emotions and angrily shouted: "That's nonsense! The Yanyun army is trapped here, how could the Yanyun army attack Tanzhou! How dare you lie about the military situation?"
The herald said anxiously: "You will never lie about the military situation! It is indeed the Yanyun Army, the Yanyun Third Army, and the leader is Liu Zhiliang!..."
Everyone was shocked, and then they remembered that the Yanyun Army had two legions stationed in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. One was Li Xu's second legion that was currently guarding Yanjing, and the other was Liu Zhiliang's third legion. During this period
Since then, everyone has almost forgotten Liu Zhiliang and his Second Legion. It’s not that they were too careless, but they really didn’t expect that they were still in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Yeqi Hucheng and others thought that,
Under the attack of 300,000 warriors from all sides like a dragnet, the Third Army had long since fled the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Unexpectedly, they were not only still in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but also raided Tanzhou in one fell swoop.
?!This is so unexpected!
Han Chang said worriedly: "Tanzhou is our retreat and also our transit node. If Tanzhou is captured, our army's retreat will be cut off! This is not a big deal. What the general is most worried about is the supply of food and grass!"
After hearing Han Chang's words, Yeqi Hucheng was shocked and immediately ordered: "Han Chang, you immediately lead 50,000 troops to help Shunzhou. Under no circumstances should the Yanyun army capture Shunzhou again!" Han Chang bowed.
He agreed and rode off. A moment later, an army of 50,000 people was seen separating from the main army and heading north.
Ye Qianhucheng's eyes returned to Yanjing City. Seeing that his offensive was repeatedly frustrated, an evil fire arose in his heart, and he sternly ordered: "Send more troops and strengthen the offensive. You must capture Yanjing for me today!"
The Khitan army's war drums and horns sounded more urgent, and the Khitan army rushed towards the Yanyun army's defense line one after another like a tide. The Yanyun army resisted desperately, but there were too many enemy troops. There were gaps in the city, and crises continued to arise.
The entire defense line was crumbling and in danger! The Yanyun soldiers all risked their lives and died together with the enemy. The explosions of the same death continued to sound. From time to time, desperate Yanyun soldiers jumped off the city with the enemy in their arms; however, the enemy soldiers also tried their best and killed each other.
The red-eyed Khitan army sacrificed their lives and attacked fiercely. One wave was killed, and another wave came up. They were fighting one after another, risking their lives! The corpses of soldiers on both sides continued to fall from the top of the city. At the gap, the corpses of both sides on both sides of the gap were thicker and thicker. The blood had already
They gathered into a stream and flowed under the wall.
Gradually, Yan Yun's army was at an absolute disadvantage due to its strength and was about to be unable to support itself. At the critical moment, Yang Peng and other powerful generals rushed into various critical areas and took the lead in bloody battles, killing one step at a time until the enemy's corpses were covered in blood.
Yun Fang's morale was greatly boosted and they counterattacked fiercely. The Khitan army gradually became exhausted, and all the attacking troops retreated one after another. The noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet, and there were mountains of corpses on top of the city and blood flowing into channels, creating a tragic atmosphere.
The Khitan army's attacking troops retreated, and everyone was exhausted from the battle with low morale. Today's Khitan army's offensive was definitely a thunderous, landslide and tsunami. However, all the Khitan army officers and soldiers could not believe that such an extremely powerful attack could actually
Still can't tear through the Yanyun Army's defense line! The Yanyun Army is as strong as iron, their fighting will is as strong as steel, and they are all like bloodthirsty beasts!
An injured Khitan army general said to Ye Qianhu City with a look of fear: "Your Majesty, the rest of the Yanyun army can just pay it back. That Yang Peng is really terrifying! Our army almost broke through that gap just now.
, but Yang Peng came, a man with a spear, so powerful and unstoppable that no one in our army could stop him. In the blink of an eye, he suffered heavy casualties and the army's morale was shaken. Then, under the fierce counterattack of the other party,
We are defeated!"
Yeqi Hucheng was very angry and shouted sternly: "If you don't kill Yang Peng, I will not be a human being!" He turned around and shouted: "Continue to attack! Continue to attack me!" The generals looked at each other, Zheng Shilong said: "Your Majesty, our army
The spirit has faded, and attacking again will only increase casualties. It is better to retreat for the night and fight again tomorrow!"
Yeqi Hucheng's eyes widened and he said: "Our army is tired, and the enemy's army is even more tired! We can take this opportunity to break the city in one fell swoop! Execute the order!" When the generals saw that Yeqi Hucheng's voice was fierce, they dared not say anything, and they all shouted in unison.
They agreed, and immediately went down to urge their soldiers to prepare for another battle. Seeing that the Khitan army was still going to attack, the Khitan army officers couldn't help but feel resistance in their hearts, but after all, these Khitan soldiers were elite troops who were well-trained and experienced hundreds of battles. Although they were resistant in their hearts
, but the order was still executed.
The Khitan people's horns and war drums sounded loudly, and the Khitan army rushed toward Yanjing like a tide. Then the two sides fought again at the top of the city and at the gap. At this time, the morale of the Khitan army had been exhausted and their fighting spirit had fallen. Although the attack was powerful, it was not possible.
The sharp and fierce momentum from before was completely gone. After several rounds of attacks, no progress was made. Looking at the situation, if we continue to fight, there will definitely be no progress.
After all, Ye Qian Hu Cheng was a famous general. After a moment of anger, he had calmed down. Seeing that his army was in poor condition and it was difficult to break the city, he ordered his army to retreat. The Khitan army officers who were attacking suddenly heard an order from behind to stop the attack.
The sound of the horn sounded, and they couldn't help but feel as if they were being granted amnesty. They all stopped attacking and retreated.
Yeqianhu City took a look at the still majestic Yanjing City and ordered the army to retreat to the camp. The Liao army slowly retreated, but the Yanyun army held on for another day!
Yanyun soldiers took the time to rest, while the civilian army and civilians quickly repaired the city walls, cleaned the battlefield, and rescued the wounded.
The Khitan army returned to the camp. Soon after, news about the fall of Tanzhou spread in the military camp. The Khitan army officers and soldiers could not help but feel panic, and many people had the intention to retreat. When Yeqi Hucheng was shocked by the news of the fall of Tanzhou,
By the time it spread in the military camp, it was already too late. The news of Tanzhou's fall had already spread throughout the military camp.
Yeqianhu City convened the generals to discuss matters. The Han general Tong Dawei said: "Your Majesty, our army's retreat has been cut off, and the morale of the army is turbulent. It is no longer possible to continue to attack Yanjing. For the current plan, we can only give up the capture of Yanjing temporarily and first
Retake Tanzhou and then attack Yanjing." All the generals agreed.
Ye Qianhu City was a little unwilling, but at this moment, he had no other choice. He took a deep breath to calm down, turned to Tong Dawei and said: "You, lead your 30,000 troops to stay at the camp to prevent the city from
The Yanyun army came out to attack our army!" Tong Dawei bowed and promised. Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the other generals and said: "The rest of the generals, follow me back to the army, destroy the Yanyun third army and take back Tanzhou!"
They will all agree in unison.
When the officers and soldiers of the Khitan army in each battalion heard that Yeli Hucheng had decided to return to the army to destroy Yanyun's third army and retake Tanzhou, they couldn't help but burst into cheers.
Yeqianhu City stood in front of the map, looking at it. There were footsteps behind him, and then the footsteps stopped, and a rough voice came: "Barun pays homage to the king!"
Yeqian Hucheng looked at the map and asked: "Sa Lihe's 100,000 cavalry troops should have broken into Hebei, right?"
Barron took a look at the map and said: "The plan is for Sa Lihe to lead the cavalry to go straight to Hejian Mansion. It should have been captured by now! There are no defenders in Hejian Mansion!" Yeqi Hucheng nodded.
However, what the two of them did not expect was that at this moment, one hundred thousand war cavalry led by Sa Lihe were still attacking Hejian Mansion. After a few days, Hejian Mansion was impregnable under the auspices of Hebei Xuanwei envoy Kou Yan, and the Jin army was still unable to
Break the city. In fact, Hejian Prefecture does not have any regular troops. Only the militia, government officials and local security forces organized by Kou Yan after receiving the warning that the Khitan army broke into Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, numbering more than 10,000 people, but
Under the command of Kou Yan, he withstood the fierce attack of 100,000 Khitan army cavalry. The reason for such a victory was not entirely due to the fact that Kou Yan had always had an excellent official reputation and was supported by the people, and he also had good command.
The more important reason is actually that the Khitan army was all cavalry and moved south at full speed, so they did not carry any siege equipment at all. Under such circumstances, it was naturally difficult for the Khitan army to break through Hejian Mansion with a high city and a wide river. These days
At the end of the day, the Khitan army launched dozens of attacks, but they were all repulsed, losing two to three thousand people!
On this day, Xiao Salihe urged his war cavalry to attack Hejian Mansion once again. The battle lasted from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon. The Khitan soldiers crossed the moat with difficulty and attacked the city head; the defenders on the city head only shot arrows.
They also threw stones and wood at the city. The Khitan army attacked for almost a day and suffered a lot of casualties. However, the result was the same as before and no progress was made. When Sa Lihe saw this scene, he was very anxious and just wanted to kill!
Suddenly, Xiao Salihe seemed to hear a hint of thunder. Salihe was stunned, and looked up at the sky. He saw a clear sky with a few white bird-like clouds floating in the sky, but how could there be thunder? Salihe
I thought I heard it wrong, but at this moment, there was another thunder, which was a little louder than the thunder just now. Then the thunder continued continuously, and it felt like a thunderstorm was moving this way.
Lihe Xunsheng looked towards the western sky, still only seeing clear sky and white clouds, no rain clouds at all. Salihe's heart suddenly moved, and he thought of a possibility, but then he laughed to himself. He
I just thought that this kind of thunderous sound may be caused by the cavalry group galloping at full speed in addition to thunderstorms. However, there is no main force of Yanyun around here, and Yanyun is currently short of food, and it is impossible to mobilize it from other places.
Soldiers come over.
At this moment, someone suddenly pointed to the west and shouted: "What is that?" When everyone heard the shout, they subconsciously looked in the direction of his finger. They saw an impressive figure appearing on the grassy slope far to the west.
There were many cavalry. The Khitan army officers and soldiers were stunned, and someone said: "They must be our cavalry!" Everyone thought the same way.
The cavalry on the grassy slope suddenly started and galloped towards this side. A loud rumble was heard, which was clearer than before. It turned out that the thunderous sound just now was made by the cavalry when they were galloping. At that time, the cavalry were still far away.
They were far away, so it didn't sound clear, just like a faint hint of thunder. Now that they were much closer, the rumbling sound was naturally much clearer.
Sa Lihe stared at the cavalry running towards him with his eyes wide open. He saw that those cavalry were extremely majestic, much bigger than the cavalry he was used to seeing. Sa Lihe couldn't help but murmured in his heart. Suddenly, the opponent
The battle flag was stirred by the strong wind and flung from the other side. The sun just shone on it. Salihe suddenly saw the two murderous characters "Yanyun"! When Salihe saw these two characters, he couldn't help but
He was horrified and shouted: "No, it's Yan Yun's army!" Others were also horrified. Sa Lihe shouted hurriedly: "The right-wing cavalry immediately faced the battle, and the other cavalry immediately retreated and prepared to charge.
!”
The 100,000 Khitan Army cavalry immediately moved. The 20,000 Khitan Army cavalry immediately left the group and charged towards the 10,000 Yanyun cavalry. The remaining Khitan Army cavalry quickly retreated and turned to face west, ready to charge.
The two sides' war cavalry galloped against each other on the field. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides' war cavalry was less than a hundred steps. The Khitan army's war cavalry fired arrows first, and Yanyun's war cavalry raised their shields one after another. Arrows rained down, dozens of
A Yanyun warrior fell down.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.