Ye Qi Hongguang was riding on the horse, his face was pale, but his eyes were blood red. He lost this battle miserably. The auxiliary soldiers were defeated, the horse soldiers were defeated by crossbows and fire guns, and even the most elite soldiers were defeated.
The elite of the Xi army were also severely wounded by powerful crossbows. The elite of the Xi army rushed to the Song army more than 30 steps away, and were shot to death by the Song army's gunfire. Until now, only more than 60 cavalrymen were left alive around Ye Qian Hongguang. Because
Riding behind and being blocked by hundreds of cavalry in front, these sixty elites were able to save their lives under the volley of Ming army artillery fire.
Ye Qi Hongguang sighed and led his troops to the expedition, but the entire Northern Recruitment Envoy was trapped under the Song Army city. The Northern Recruitment Envoy was disabled. After this battle, how many years will it take for the Northern Recruitment Envoy to recover? This is
Where did the Song Army come from? How could the Song Army have such combat effectiveness? Why did I encounter such a Song Army? If the Song Army had more such troops, wouldn't our Liao Kingdom no longer dare to take the next step south?
Ye Qi Hongguang couldn't figure it out. Ye Qi Hong Guang was in the back row of the west wing cavalry, and he was originally guarding the formation. But in front of him, all the elite soldiers of the Xi Army were shot and fell, and there was no longer a barrier in front of him. Suddenly, there was no obstacle in front of him.
A flintlock bullet whizzed over and suddenly penetrated into Ye Qi Hongguang's left arm. Ye Qi Hong Guang felt a cold on his arm, and an overwhelming pain came from him - Ye Qi Hong Guang knew
, the bones of his left hand were broken.
Ye Qi Hongguang gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and continued to ride his horse forward. Ye Qi Hong Guang wanted to make a last ditch effort. He raised his saber high with his right hand and led the last surviving elites of more than 40 Xi army and more than 20 soldiers.
Bashiku rushed to the ranks of the Song army in Tianjing New City together. The Song army had fired all the muskets, and now the warriors of the Liao Kingdom could finally rush into the enemy's formation.
After losing so many warriors, even if he could return to Youzhou alive, the emperor would never let him go. It would be better to die here, in front of this group of Song troops with incredible firepower. He rushed over like this and said
Maybe there is still a chance to overwhelm these Song troops who are not good at fighting? These Song troops have always used firearms to fight and do not have any long weapons around them. They must be vulnerable to cavalry at close range! These Song troops cannot use fire guns.
A close fight against the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom?
Ye Qi Hongguang was like a gambler who had lost all his family fortune and bet his fate on the last coin. He endured the severe pain in his left hand and led the last sixty cavalrymen to the front of the Song Army's formation.
, they were about to ride their horses into the four-layer queue of the Ming army. Under the leadership of Ye Li Hongguang, the last sixty or so Khitan elites also forgot about life and death, and rushed toward the queue of the selection group with their swords raised one by one. However,
What greeted them was a thousand shining bayonets.
That was a field of bayonets that made the Khitan army despair. Most of the soldiers in the Selective Regiment were veterans. At this time, they were holding more than a thousand bayonets in front of the formation, blocking all the charge routes of the elite Xi army and Fende Bashiku.
After scoring a point, Shiku was determined. With his horse in chain mail, he rushed into the bayonet group with a roar and knocked away a soldier of the Selective Regiment. After rushing into the formation, he waved the big ax in his hand.
, and chopped off the left hand of another soldier of the Selective Regiment. But he soon regretted his bravery. Seven or eight bayonets were stabbing him from all directions. He dodged and avoided two or three, but
Still, he was stabbed by five others. The excellent bayonet forged by Tianjing Xincheng Steel suddenly broke through Fende Bashiku's armor and tied him on the back of his horse.
More than twenty elites of the Xi Army and Fende Bashiku rushed directly into the formation and ran into a group of bayonets. They were knocked away and injured more than forty soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment, but they were immediately stabbed into a hornet's nest by the bayonets. The rest
More than 40 Khitan cavalrymen patrolled in front of the formation, trying to find a safer entrance to enter the formation, but the bayonet array waiting for them did not give them a chance.
Ye Qi, with red eyes, rode in front of the front selection formation, passing by the formation. From time to time, he leaned on the bayonet array to threaten the Song soldiers. But those Song soldiers had obviously undergone long-term training and had well-prepared reactions. As soon as Ye Qi approached them
They stabbed the bayonets together and used five or six sharp bayonets to force Ye Qian Hongguang to retreat. Blood continued to flow out from the gunshot wound on Ye Qian Hongguang's left hand. He had lost too much blood and was in a trance. Could it be that this is what happened today?
Is it over?
How could these fire gun soldiers put their swords on the fire gun soldiers? Who taught them? This dense bayonet array forced them to rush into the formation. More than sixty of the last elite cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Song army's formation, but there was nothing
Captured. The 12,000 Northern Recruiting Envoys army that he brought to break through the barriers were all defeated at the foot of Dagou City? The Song slaves captured a few days ago could only be returned to the Song army? My own
The total result of the battle was to kill and injure more than 40 Song troops?
My left hand is crippled. If I escape back to Youzhou, will the emperor spare my life? Impossible. The Northern Recruitment Envoy has suffered such heavy losses. The emperor will definitely kill him in anger. Ye Qi's eyes are red and bright.
He roared, full of unwillingness. He suddenly saw the Song Army in the back row raising the blunderbuss again, and the Song Army in the back row was about to shoot again. Ye Qi Hongguang knew that he was going to die.
He had to kill a few Song soldiers before he died, so that he would not be ridiculed by the warriors of the Liao Kingdom on the Huangquan Road. Ye Qian Hongguang rode his horse diagonally into the bayonet formation, knocking away a candidate holding a bayonet.
Ye Qi Hongguang, a soldier of the Front Regiment, roared and slashed at a Song Army soldier on the right with his right hand, killing the panicked soldier across the chest. The surrounding soldiers gathered around and stabbed Ye Qi Hong Guang.
bayonet.
Ye Qi Hongguang roared and rolled off his horse, dodging the bayonet stabbing him. When it came to close combat, these Song troops were too far behind him. He was about to swing his sword to fight again, but suddenly saw the Song soldiers around him.
The soldiers suddenly retreated together, leaving themselves in the middle. Ye Qi Hongguang looked up and found that there were more than a dozen muskets pointed at him from behind.
Ye Qi Hong Guang rolled to the ground, trying to avoid those muskets. But with more than a dozen guns pointed at him, it was not so easy to dodge. There was a crackle of gunfire, and several of Ye Qi Hong Guang's bodies were hit.
He slowly fell into a pool of blood. Ye Qi, a nobleman of Liao Dynasty and Khitan, Hongguang, died in front of the Huben regiment.
Seeing that the leader of the Khitan army was killed, the surrounding soldiers of the Selection Corps were excited. This battle was completely won! The gunshots of the Selection Corps rang out one after another, and the last forty or so Khitan troops in front of the formation were
All the elites were killed. At this point, all the Khitan army of the Northern Envoys were defeated and annihilated.
Four thousand Tatar corpses lay scattered on the battlefield, like a slaughterhouse. Next to the Khitan corpse, the blood from the gunshot wounds flowed downwards and gathered into a small pool. The smell of blood seemed to have turned into substance and lingered around.
, it makes people feel a little uncomfortable when they breathe. Only when the wind blows, the smell gets slightly better.
The losses suffered by the Khitan army in this battle were even more severe. Although more than fifty soldiers were shot and wounded by the Khitan army, the Khitan army finally charged into the formation and wounded and hacked to death more than fifty soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment. Yang Peng was very disappointed.
Heart-wrenching. But compared to the huge casualties of the Khitan Army, the losses of the Huben Regiment seemed negligible. This exchange ratio is still acceptable.
The soldiers of the Huben Regiment fought for the rest of their lives. Overjoyed by their victory, they raised their bayonets and shouted:
The injured soldiers of the Selection Regiment were lying on the ground, and the squad leaders were busy bandaging their wounds to stop the bleeding. Some soldiers cut off their heads on the battlefield. In this field battle, 4,000 Khitan soldiers were killed, and another 4,000 heads were added.
Four thousand. Especially the corpse of Ye Qi Hongguang must be carefully preserved - this is probably the most senior Khitan general killed by the Song army since the Youzhou War. I'm afraid the emperor will have to take a look at it.
Yang Peng sent a thousand soldiers on horseback to chase down the defeated troops. When the Khitan auxiliary soldiers escaped, they fled back to the camp to get their horses, and they escaped on horses. The Khitan army had many horses, and the Xi army was elite. There was often a gap between horse armor and infantry.
There are many pack horses for each war horse. Followers and auxiliaries often also have pack horses. However, pack horses are poor horses and cannot charge in a battle - the charging speed is not faster than a person running at full strength, and they are easily frightened by gunfire and lose control. But they have good endurance, and it is better to escape while riding.
You can run further with your feet.
When the Huben regiment fought out of the ditch, they asked the auxiliary soldiers to lead a thousand horses behind them. Although they were mostly pack horses, they could also be ridden to chase the defeated troops. After winning at this time, Yang Peng immediately asked a thousand soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment to ride on them.
The horses chased the defeated Khitan troops. The soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment chased for dozens of miles until dark, and chased and killed another 600 defeated Khitan troops. In this battle, the Huben Regiment captured the heads of 11,600 Khitan troops.
many.
After Yang Peng counted the heads, he asked his soldiers to ride to Cangzhou overnight and report the news of the great victory to the governor of the Song Dynasty. In the governor's yamen, Xu Nan was wearing a Chinese coat, lying on the bed and was about to let his servants blow out the candles, but suddenly
Seeing Deacon Sun at home, he staggered over.
"Sir, what a great victory!" The Khitan Army's rangers have been cruising around Cangzhou these days, making it impossible for the Song Army's "night guard" scouts to leave Cangzhou City, and Xu Nan became blind. He never stopped guarding at night.
According to the news, he did not know the defense situation of various states and counties in his jurisdiction. He was afraid that some state or county would be captured by the Khitan army again, and he could not sleep well. In addition, some time ago, Cangzhou County was almost captured. These two things were difficult for Xu Nan
He didn't want to take the blame. He didn't know if the officials would hold him accountable after the war. In short, Xu Nan was in a bad mood.
Seeing Deacon Sun in a panic at this time, Xu Nan couldn't help but feel a little irritated. He turned over on the bed and faced Deacon Sun and said unhappily: "What big victory? Tell me clearly!"
"A great victory in Tianjing New City!" Tianjing New City? A great victory? Tianjing New City repelled the Khitan army's cavalry? Yang Peng made another meritorious service? Xu Nan became more interested, got up from the bed, coughed and asked: "Tianjing New City
Did Xincheng repulse the Khitan army?" Deacon Sun nodded excitedly and said, "Yes! They repelled it!" Deacon Sun realized something was wrong mid-sentence, so he slapped himself and said, "No, sir, no.
It was Yang Peng who repelled the Rangers, who repulsed the Khitan Northern Recruiting Envoy Army!"
Defeat the Northern Recruitment Envoy? Xu Nan was stunned for a moment. The Khitan army has become stronger and stronger in recent years, and the Song army did not dare to fight with it. Even if they relied on high cities and deep pools to defend, many cities were captured by the Khitan.
The Northern Recruitment Envoy was the personal army of Empress Dowager Xiao, and they were very powerful in combat. Yang Peng resisted the attack of the Northern Recruitment Envoy and defended the city, which was considered a great achievement!
Shaking his head, he said, "Tianjing New City has been defended?" "Sir, Tianjing New City has been defended! I'll ask the messenger from Tianjing New City to tell you!" Xu Nan nodded, got up, put on his official robe, and sat on the bed to wait for Tianjing New City.
The messenger. Sure enough, after a while, a young man about eighteen years old came in and saluted Xu Nan.
Xu Nan quickly asked him to get up and asked anxiously: "Did Tianjing New City repel the Northern Envoy? How many people were repulsed?" Zhan Jinguo raised his hands and said: "Sir, the lord of my city, Yang Peng, the lord of Tianjing New City,
He led the troops of Tianjing New City to repel the 12,000-strong attack force from the Northern Rebellion!"
Xu Nan was overjoyed when he heard this. He had indeed defended the secret passage and repelled 12,000 people. This was a great achievement! Xu Nan touched his beard and said with some pride: "Yang Peng did not disappoint me! I will definitely pay tribute to Yang Peng."
You go back and tell Yang Peng that in the next three years, I will definitely get a reward from the official for him!" Seeing that Xu Nan had not figured out the situation, Deacon Sun opened his mouth and wanted to say something. But he
He looked at Zhan Jinguo and closed his mouth again.
Zhan Jinguo said slowly: "Sir, this time my city lord not only repulsed the Northern Recruitment Envoy, but also led his troops to attack and chased the Northern Recruitment Envoy in the wilderness, killing Khitan Ye Qi Hongguang, and saving Da Da.
People of the Song Dynasty!" Hearing the words of Zhan Jin Kingdom, Xu Nan opened his mouth in surprise. Chasing twelve thousand Khitan men and killing the Northern Recruitment Envoy in the wild. What is the concept? They are the elites of the Song Dynasty, even if they are
Even the Yang Jiajun's cavalry can't do this!
And Yang Peng, a small city lord of Tianjing New City, actually dared to chase the 12,000 Northern Recruitment Envoys and defeated them in the wilderness. Not only that, Yang Peng also killed the Khitan's Ye Qi Hongguang.
?Are Yang Peng's soldiers all divine generals? Indeed, Yang Peng's soldiers were given enough monthly money, and I heard they were equipped with powerful crossbows, but they were no match for the Northern Liao Dynasty's envoys!
Or Yang Peng wanted to defraud military glory, so he killed a good man and pretended to have merit, and created a fake Yeqi Hongguang to deceive himself. That was unnecessary. Tianjing New City was not under the control of the Song Dynasty. Besides, the Song Dynasty could not control Tianjing New City, most of the time.
It was the latter. Defeating the Bei Zhao Envoy in a field battle was really shocking. Xu Nan's voice became cold when he thought of this, and said: "Are you not mistaken? Did the formation really kill Ye Qi Hongguang? This feat will be reported to the officials.
Yes, if news comes out after a while that Ye Qi Hongguang is not dead, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!"
Zhan Jinguo raised his hands and said: "Your Excellency, you did not make a mistake in a single word! I saw Ye Qi Hongguang was killed in front of the battle with my own eyes! This time my city lord captured and beheaded 11,600 Khitan heads, and all of them were
It's a genuine Khitan dog. If the governor doesn't believe it, you can follow me to Dagou City to check it in person! Besides, can your officials in the Song Dynasty control us? We tell you just to reassure you that the Khitan dog was killed by us, Cangzhou
No problem. You are still bullying me. Seeing how coward you are, let’s go.”
Hearing the number 11,600, Xu Nan's eyes widened suddenly, and his pupils dilated a bit. 11,600 heads? Is this a joke? Ever since Empress Dowager Xiao came to the trouble, I, the Song Dynasty, have never been
There has never been such a huge military exploit. In the Battle of Jinyang, which was widely praised as a great victory, only 5,669 Khitan heads were obtained. If Yang Peng had really captured and killed 11,600 Khitan heads,
First level, that is definitely a great victory that this dynasty has never had before!
Even if Yang Peng kills good people and takes credit, only one-tenth of the real Khitan heads are found, that is still a great success! This time the Khitan army entered the pass with overwhelming force, and every town was in darkness. The Song Dynasty defenders could not hold the city, and the generals followed.
The Khitan army did not dare to engage in battle, and the situation could only be described as a mess. As long as the generals in Cangzhou City where he was located cut off two hundred heads, he would be able to govern Cangzhou properly! But Yang Peng reported eleven thousand
Six hundred heads of military exploits...
This Yang Peng has always been honest. He dared to report the figure of 11,600. Could it be that he really killed more than 100 Khitan people? If there were 150 true heads among them, it would be enough to escape the disadvantages of the Cangzhou War. Baodi City
It's a crime to destroy. Xu Nan pondered deeply and gradually became a little excited. Yang Peng, Yang Peng, don't end up killing good people and taking credit for their merits, which makes me lose face! Killing so many common people, the official in the court
Won't ignore it!
"Send the troops to check and sign up, and ask him to go to Dagou tomorrow to verify his head!" The sky was still slightly bright, and Cangzhou Bingbei Road Zha Dengbei rushed to Dagou with a hundred sergeants. Some time ago, the red light of Ye Qi's north
Recruitment envoys roamed around Cangzhou, forcing the officers and soldiers not to leave the city until night. The roads were very uneven. Although Yang Peng had defeated Ye Qi Hongguang at this time, Zha Dengbei and others were still
They did not dare to believe this news. In their eyes, the road out of Cangzhou City was very dangerous, so Zha Dengbei took a hundred Zhenhai Battalion soldiers to escort him.
Chadenbei came to Dagou to inspect the head. Last night, the governor sent someone to tell Dagou that the Khitan head had been seized, and asked Chadenbei to come quickly to verify the authenticity. Chadenbei didn't take it seriously at first, he thought it was
The sergeants from Dagou killed the Khitan scouts and probably captured a few heads. It wasn't until the people sent by the governor told the number of heads - eleven thousand six hundred! Chaden Bei became nervous.
.
Level 11,600? This is not a mountain bandit. This is the Khitan army that conquered cities and territories in Liao and Mobei and broke into the Song Dynasty several times to plunder as if they were in an uninhabited land! Cha Denbei doesn’t believe this is true.
A city lord can capture and behead more than 10,000 people? Are you kidding me? Most of them are killing good people and taking credit for their merits. If it is found out that these heads are fake and they are killing good people and taking credit for their merits, I am afraid that the people of the Song Dynasty will not spare Yang Peng lightly. A city lord
He killed so many people and pretended to be Khitan soldiers. He was as ferocious as an enemy. I am afraid that Yang Peng will be impeached by the angry officials. In that case, the governor Xu Nan, who is already at the forefront of the storm, will have an even harder time.
Even the Military Bei Dao Cha Deng Bei will be implicated. Could it be that the city lord Yang Peng is a crazy man? How could he do such an incredible thing? Kill so many people? This time he is going to kill Cangzhou's military officials. Cha Deng
Thinking of this, Yang Peng was very unhappy with the report of 11,600 military exploits. He entered the ditch with a dark face, left the Zhenhai Battalion soldiers at the gate of the east city, and hurried to the official hall. As soon as he entered the official hall,
Then he saw the heads piled up in the yard. The 11,600 heads salted with lime were piled up like a hill. The strong smell of blood made Chadenbei almost vomit.
The poor people of the Song Dynasty all turned into the heads of the rebel army at this time. Zha Denbei exited the official hall and took a breath before re-entering the official courtyard. Entering the official hall again, he picked up the piled heads.
He looked over and took a closer look, but was surprised. Vaguely, Cha Dengbei felt that the heads on the outer layer seemed to be real. The braids and teeth did not look like the people of the Song Dynasty.
Is it the real head? This judgment made Zha Dengbei stunned: Could it be that Yang Peng really captured and killed tens of thousands of Khitans? Did the Khitan soldiers fall into his trap and was tricked by him? Or can his soldiers compete with hundreds of Khitan soldiers?
Are they comparable to war veterans? Charden's dark face relaxed a little, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances at the heads. They did look real. At least the outer layer looked real.
Is this really strange? He was observing there when Yang Peng came out. Zha Denbei looked at Yang Peng and secretly said that this is today's highlight. If these heads are real, the court will definitely reward him heavily, because Yang Peng also
It was not something that the imperial court could control. At this time, Zha Denbei suspected that all the heads outside were real, and secretly thought that maybe a few hundred of the 1,600 heads were real. He glanced at Yang Penggao
, seeing Yang Peng about to salute, he immediately went up to support him, and said: "The city lord excuses himself from the ceremony. The city lord has done a great service. I am here to verify the head."
Yang Peng saw that Chadenbei was so kind, so he secretly thought that the treatment would be higher for those who had made meritorious services. He pointed at the heads in the yard and said, "Sir, the heads are piled up here. Please check them out!" Chadenbei squinted his eyes.
Secretly thinking that he was about to see Zhenzhang, he rolled up his sleeves and said loudly: "Come here, bring five big basins of water!" After the servants put the basins, Zha Dengbei took four officials from the Military Preparation Yamen, and a
He and the officials first put the head into the water to see if it was facing up or with the back of the head facing up. If it was indeed a man's head, would the head float face up in the water?
Secondly, look at the braids. If it is a Tatar who has been shaved for a long time, the braids must be soft and weak. Finally, look at the teeth. The Tatar soldiers eat a lot of meat, and their tooth decay is different from that of the people of the Song Dynasty. Finally, they must face the light.
Check it and make a comprehensive judgment whether it is the real Khitan head.
The results of the inspection were far beyond Cha Denbei's expectations.
"True Khitan heads!" "True Khitan heads!" "True Khitan heads! This..." The pile of salted heads were examined one by one, and in the end they were all true Khitan heads! Qian Zhen
Absolutely, it is indeed 11,600 Khitan heads! Shock, indescribable shock!
Chadenbei and four others sat in the yard, inspecting the heads one by one. They were indescribably shocked. They sat there from morning to afternoon. Every time they inspected a head, Chadenbei's face changed.
Just one more surprise. By the time he got to the last one, Cha Denbei was so excited that his hands were shaking slightly.
Although his hands were shaking, Zha Dengbei's face was full of joy and his eyes were wide open. There were 11,600 pieces, all of which were genuine Khitan heads. A great victory, an unprecedented victory! Never before has the country been so successful.
Big news? Who would have thought that Yang Peng, the city lord, could capture more than 10,000 Khitan heads? Especially when the city was attacked by the Khitans one after another and all the officials did not dare to fight! In this way, I don’t know how many people in Cangzhou wanted to
Benefit from this - with such a great victory, the officials will definitely not be stingy with rewards.
When the imperial court rewards him, it is inevitable that he will be promoted to an official position. Maybe he can become a minister of the Ministry of War and serve as a governor, which will bring him enough oil and water and make a lot of money. Thinking about it, Cha Dengbei becomes more and more excited.
He became excited. Seeing that Chaden was very excited after examining his head, Yang Peng brought Chaden to Yangguli's body again and said, "Sir, please look, this is the body of Khitan Yeqi Hongguang!"
Zha Dengbei looked at the fine white scale armor on Yeqi Hongguang's body, and his eyes lit up. Since these heads were real, and since 11,600 Zhengbei envoys had been killed, then Yeqi Hongguang's eyes lit up.
The corpse is probably also real.
Great work, great work! I can’t escape my reward! Chadenbei became even more excited, and his body started to tremble a little. Apart from being excited, Chadenbei couldn’t help but feel a little shocked: The Khitan was so brave, but he suffered this under Dagou City in Cangzhou
A huge defeat. With 11,600 heads, the Khitan's Northern Envoy was crippled.
How did Yang Peng do this? It is rumored outside that Yang Peng is a relative of Xu Nan, but he is not the opponent of the 11,600 Khitan soldiers in the Northern Rebellion. The Khitan soldiers are all battle-hardened and strong, and they are good at fighting.
How did Yang Peng capture so many heads? Are his soldiers all divine soldiers and generals?
Chadenbei suppressed his excitement and asked carefully: "How did the city lord capture so many Khitan soldiers?" Yang Peng looked at Chadenbei and secretly said not to let these Song officials use their flintlocks.
He stole the gun skills and covered it up by saying, "I'll tell you the truth, sir, I have four thousand soldiers." Hearing that Yang Peng had four thousand soldiers, Cha Denbei nodded, secretly thinking that Yang Peng had many industries, which meant he was wealthy, and said
"It turns out that the city lord raised so many soldiers with his private property, which is really an example of sharing the country's worries!" Yang Peng added: "I equipped these soldiers with blunderbuss and powerful crossbows. When fighting, thousands of blunderbuss are fired at once, which is the Khitan
Even bravery can't hold it back!"
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.