After sending away the governor of Cangzhou, Yang Peng came to the government office. Yang Peng also felt that this arrangement was a failure and almost caused Tianjing New City to be destroyed. He did not expect that Xiao Tianzuo would attack his hometown. Yang Peng faced his master Lin.
Qing'er and Mrs. She said, "Master, Mrs. She made a mistake in my arrangement this time. It almost put Tianjing New City in danger. I think we must have a response plan. When the danger comes,
At that time, all the young people in the city must come out to protect our city, and I decided to hold a meeting every month with employees from various factories to defend the new city."
Mrs. She said, "Yes, we were also shocked this time, thinking that Tianjing New City was not safe, and we did not do a good job this time. In addition, we notified Dagou to send reinforcements to Dagou and the port.
We have almost 20,000 troops in Yanshan County. We forgot about this in a panic this time. Next time you go on an expedition, one of you and Zhang Xiang must stay behind, so that everyone can have a backbone. This
Everyone is at fault every time.”
Yang Peng said, "We will go out this time to intercept all the people Xiao Tianzuo robbed near Cangzhou. We will also give a severe blow to the Khitan people so that Empress Dowager Xiao will remember this lesson and leave it to us."
There is room for development. Zhang Xiang will stay this time and transfer two thousand people from the direction of Dagou to defend the city. This time Seventh Sister-in-law will go out with us. Seventh Sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work this time, our General Huyan."
Thanks to Seventh Sister-in-law’s work, I thought of a poem for Seventh Sister-in-law. I didn’t know that Seventh Sister-in-law liked it.
Yang Peng picked up a pen and paper and wrote in thin gold handwriting, "Go to war." He was impressed by Huyan Chijin's battlefield style and said, "The mountains are high, the roads are far away and the pits are deep, and the armies are galloping in all directions. Who dares to draw a sword and stand on horseback? I am the only one."
Call me General!" Seventh Sister-in-law gives this to you to thank you for your help to my little brother. Thank you Seventh Sister-in-law.
Mrs. She said, "Seventh daughter-in-law, look at your brother-in-law who is partial to you. He wrote two poems for you in just a few days. Yang Peng, the writing of this word is so beautiful and beautiful. I love this poem."
Just keep it for Huyan Chijin, haha." Huyan Chijin didn't expect that Yang Peng had written a poem for him, and his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't balance himself at all.
Yang Peng arranged the expedition, Zhang Xiang stayed behind in Tianjing New City, and helped the people to resume production as soon as possible. The seven departments of Tianjing New City also went to the countryside to help the people resume production. Yang Peng led the troops northward to Qingshan Pass.
Qingshankou is located fifty miles north of Dingzhou County. It is an important official pass between Xiao Tianzuo, Yingzhou, Mozhou and Huiyouzhou. It was basically rebuilt in the 14th year of Taizong, and was rebuilt again later. Qingshankou Great Wall
Built in the mountains, the terrain is dangerous and there are many watchtowers. There is a garrison in the south of the pass. Of course, these watchtowers and garrison offices have now fallen into the hands of the Khitan.
Yang Peng led his troops to advance quickly and arrived at Qingshan Pass in ten days. After walking at a fast pace for ten days, the soldiers felt very hard, especially the temporary draft troops. Fortunately, they could rest for two days after arriving at Qingshan Pass.
.Yang Peng camped ten miles south of Qingshan Pass. After sending troops to scout the area for two days, he decided to build a fortress in a canyon called Maligou by the locals.
This canyon is the only way to enter Qingshankou Pass from the south. It is more than ten miles long from north to south and three miles wide from east to west. There are mountains on both sides that are impossible to walk on. There is a small river flowing through the middle of the valley. The river is not deep and you can wade through it on foot.
But if you build a camp in the middle of the canyon, the entire east and west of the canyon will be within the range of the crossbow.
Under the threat of powerful crossbows, the more than 100,000 Khitan troops could not pass smoothly. The two thousand Khitan troops at the Qingshan Pass saw Yang Peng setting up camp outside and sent dozens of scouts out to conduct reconnaissance.
At first, these scouts were very arrogant with their skillful bows and horses, but as soon as they approached the Huben Division, they were defeated by a volley of gunfire from the Dang bandit soldiers, and fled back in panic. From then on, the two thousand Khitan soldiers in the pass no longer dared to
Come out and do some detective work.
After finding the location, Yang Peng began to build the camp's fortifications. The first step was to dig trenches to block the enemy. The trench designed by Yang Peng was a large trench three meters wide and two meters deep. Such a large trench surrounded the outside of the camp.
Four circles, from 200 meters away from the edge of the camp to 80 meters away from the edge of the camp, dig trenches every 40 meters. Eighty meters is the range of the Khitan army's bows and arrows. If you don't cross these four ditches, the Khitan will
The soldiers' archers could not compete with Yang Peng's riflemen.
A low wall fifty centimeters high was piled on the inside of the trench to ensure that the Khitan soldiers and war horses could not jump over the trench. While digging the trench, the soldiers built earthen emplacements for the artillery.
Yang Peng's crossbow was mounted on a crossbow cart, and the muzzle was three feet above the ground. The soldiers built a wall with rammed earth below this height to protect the crossbow. With the protection of the earth fort,
If the Khitan army's machine crossbows and Yang Peng's powerful crossbows fired at each other, the chance of being hit by long arrows in the earthen forts would be reduced by half.
The crossbow turret was built in the middle of the riflemen's shooting position, scattered in the gaps between the infantry queues. Then defensive walls were built for the riflemen. The rifles were fired against the shoulders, and the shoulder height of soldiers was generally more than four feet, so
Yang Peng built four four-foot-high earth walls in front of the shooting positions on all sides of the camp. The earth walls were one foot thick. Shooting behind the earth walls could reduce the probability of soldiers being shot by the Khitan army's bows and arrows.
On top of the earthen wall, an awning was built for the riflemen. The awning was five feet four inches high and six feet wide. It had a pointed roof and was covered with thatch. This awning could serve as a awning for the riflemen.
Cover the rain. The flintlock gun can also be used for combat in drizzle, but when the rain is heavy, the probability of firing will plummet, and it may even become impossible to fight. When it rains in the wild, you can retreat when you encounter an enemy. After retreating for an hour or two, the rain will stop.
. But in the camp, we can't retreat, we can only repair the facilities to shelter the rainwater.
With this canopy, you can fight during heavy rains. Of course, the archers of the Khitan Army cannot fight on rainy days. The Khitan Army generally does not fight on rainy days. The canopy is not high, and the roof is just above the soldiers' heads, so it can still be used for fighting.
Soldiers shielded the thrown bows and arrows. If they were to shoot with the Qing army's bows and arrows behind such protective facilities, the casualty rate would be reduced by several percent.
Then there is the construction of wooden spurs. The wooden spurs are made by cutting off the wood and sharpening the heads. When using, the tails are buried in the ground. The wooden spurs are half a foot high, and the wooden heads on the top are chopped and pointed, and are inserted scatteredly in the
On the ground, wooden spikes were placed within 80 meters in front of the canopy. The Khitan army could not pass where the wooden spikes were placed. They had to bypass the wooden spikes to rush to the Huben division's formation.
It would take a lot of time to pull out the wooden thorns, which was basically impossible. If the Khitan army wanted to rush into the formation, they could only take a few winding passages without wooden thorns, which greatly slowed down the Khitan army's approach to the Huben division's formation. Finally,
Yang Peng brought a large amount of caltrops this time. Yang Peng also laid several layers of caltrops behind the wooden thorns and in front of the awning. If they wanted to pass through the area occupied by these caltrops, the Khitan army would have to pay a heavy price.
After finishing all these arrangements, half a month had passed. On February 13, 70,000 Khitan troops escorted more than 100,000 livestock, various property and supplies, and drove to Qingshan Pass in a mighty manner. The forward scouts of the Khitan troops arrived.
At Qingshan Pass, I was immediately shocked by the camp built by Yang Peng. Those trenches, earth walls, canopies and other defenses were like the spikes of hedgehogs, preventing the Khitan army from getting close. And those riflemen behind the defenses
, he put his rifle on the earth wall and stared at the Khitan army outside.
The key is that unless this hedgehog-like camp is removed, the Khitan army will not be able to enter Qingshan Pass. The canyon of Maligou is only three miles wide. If Yang Peng's cannon is moved to the middle, the Qing army will be bombarded by artillery when passing through the canyon, making it impossible to pass.
.A group of scouts tried to rush across from the edge of the canyon, but were fired upon by ten powerful crossbows. Half of them were killed, and they retreated in embarrassment.
And there seemed to be more than a hundred powerful crossbows in the camp. Perhaps 70,000 Khitan soldiers rushed over from the edge regardless of casualties, and they could all pass through by sacrificing a few thousand people. But the price would be too high, and the generals
We can't let the warriors of Daliao die in vain like this! And if they rush over like that, what will happen to the human and animal supplies escorted by the Khitan army? Especially those southerners. It is estimated that when the crossbows are fired, all these southerners will be thrown into chaos, and then they will all be in chaos.
Scattered, the Khitan army did not know how many people they would have to kill to bring them back.
Seeing the fortress built by Yang Peng, the Khitan army stopped in front of Mali ditch and did not advance. The Khitan army's central army and a group of Khitan army generals rode on horseback and looked at Yang Peng's camp with various expressions. Han Derang used a riding whip
He cracked his whip fiercely in the air and cursed loudly: "This Yang Peng! Does he want the lives of 70,000 of us? We have given up on Dingzhou and rushed to Qingshan Pass at full speed just to get out! He actually
They even came to Qingshan Pass to build a stronghold to deal with us!"
Zhang Hua bit his thumb and said: "This camp is stuck in the middle of the canyon. The Nannan people and livestock we robbed cannot rush through." Han Derang was defeated by Yang Peng in Tianjing New City. Knowing Yang Peng's combat power, his face was at this moment
The commander was already very panicked, and he said loudly: "Commander General, let's abandon the looted Nannan people and livestock and rush over. The further we delay, the worse the situation will be!"
Xiao Tianzuo shook his head and said: "We have lost 30,000 warriors in the past few months since we entered the pass, and we relied entirely on these southerners to supplement our manpower. If we abandon humans and animals this time, our Daliao warriors will no longer have the courage to enter."
The city has been plundered!" "In that case, the Liao Kingdom's offensive against the Song Kingdom will be over."
After hearing Xiao Tianzuo's words, all the generals calmed down. No matter how strong Yang Peng's camp was, he could not change the national destiny of the Great Khitan just for one camp. If he did not dare to enter the fortress to plunder in the future, then Daliao would weaken rapidly.
Go down. Handerang shouted loudly: "General, let's capture this camp! After all, he only has 10,000 people, and we have 70,000!"
Han Derang seemed to suddenly remember the crossbows in the army and said loudly: "Shoot him with a crossbow. We have more than fifty crossbows. Shoot against him and knock out his powerful crossbow." Zhang Hua gritted his teeth and said: "
Yang Peng has more than a hundred powerful crossbows, and our machine crossbows may not be able to defeat him."
Han Derang said: "How will you know if you don't try?" Looking at the trenches in front of him, Han Derang said: "There are also ways to use those trenches. We cut down huge trees to make wooden bridges and put them on the trenches to rush over." After everyone heard what Han Derang said,
His eyes lit up.
Han Derang added: "As long as we build a wooden bridge and rush through the four ditches, our warriors can shoot at the Song army in front of the formation! Then while shooting arrows and rushing up, our warriors can fight with the Song army in hand-to-hand combat! We have seven
Thousands of people!”
From a mile away, the Khitan army generals could not see the wooden thorns and iron caltrops in front of Yang Peng's formation, and thought that they could fight Yang Peng's soldiers and horses by rushing through those trenches. After hearing Han Derang's words, the Khitan army generals
The generals were a little excited, and they all sat silently on their horses, thinking about the feasibility of Yang Peng's tactics. Zhang Hua suddenly said: "We can drive the southerners to dig and fill the trenches. If the Song army doesn't shoot, we will fill them all the way."
Go over! If the Song army shoots, those who die will be only southerners."
Xiao Tianma was defeated by Yang Peng in Tianjing New City, and he was really scared of being beaten. After hearing the words of the generals, his face was still flustered, he opened his mouth, and said with fear: "The commander-in-chief, the Song Army Yang Peng
Very cunning, I think his methods are not limited to these trenches." Handerang looked at Xiao Tianma with disdain and said: "Xiao Tianma, you are afraid of being beaten by Yang Peng. Yang Peng is good at field battles, but he may not be good at defending the city."
Xiao Tianma said in a panic: "We can abandon Qingshan Pass and attack other passes! Exit from other passes!" Hearing Xiao Tianma's words, the generals were a little contemptuous, feeling that Xiao Tianma was really defeated by Yang Peng. He temporarily went to attack other passes.
Passes are easier said than done. The Song Dynasty has been operating them for decades. All major passes are equipped with high walls and deep trenches, and they are well prepared. Every time the Khitan army entered the pass, they had to coordinate carefully and conduct careful reconnaissance at each pass to know which pass was empty of defense before they could storm it.
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Even so, it may not be possible to capture. We have to cooperate carefully and wait for the right time and place to break through. For example, when we entered the border this time, we were carefully conducting detectives to obtain information and then launched a sudden attack to succeed. Sometimes the border wall near Cangzhou was defended.
It was tight and impeccable. In order to enter the pass, the Khitan army even had to detour thousands of miles to Datong in order to break through a fortress with empty defenses. This shows how difficult it was to break through the pass.
As long as the Great Wall pass is slightly well-defended, Xiao Tianzuo cannot break it. The Khitan army's ability to attack fortresses is not strong. As long as the Song army is not too weak, the Khitan army is generally helpless against the fortified city. There are only a thousand weak soldiers defending the city.
This time, Xiao Tianzuo's tens of thousands of troops surrounded him for two months but failed to capture it.
At this time, Xiao Tianzuo was in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom spread all over the Song Dynasty to report to the Empress Dowager Xiao. Xiao Tianzuo couldn't get the information for a while, and he didn't know the reality of the Song army's various passes, and he couldn't break through the passes.
To attack a tightly defended pass is to give the lives of Daliao warriors to the Song army in vain. If you abandon Qingshan Pass and attack other Great Wall passes with high walls and deep trenches because of the four trenches, it is undoubtedly an abandonment of Yi.
Seeking difficulty.
Handerang ignored Xiao Tianma's words at all, but said to Zhang Hua: "Using giant trees to make wooden bridges to cross the trenches is a good idea. As long as we rush through these four trenches, our 70,000 people can defeat Yang Peng's 10,000 people."
People!" Xiao Tianma nodded and said: "Commander General, we can give it a try. If 70,000 people give up Qingshan Pass because of four trenches, where will our warriors dare to meet Yang Peng in the future? Then what will our warriors do?
Entering the border and plundering?"
What Xiao Tianma said is right. The most important thing in fighting in the era of cold weapons is morale. If the 70,000-strong army fled because of a few trenches, and met Yang Peng in the future, the Qing Khitan army would have no choice but to flee as soon as they met. Xiao Tianzuo thought about it.
After a long time, I turned around and looked behind me. Behind Xiao Tianzuo, 70,000 Khitan soldiers lined up behind the central army, like a sea of iron armor in full swing. 70,000 people stood in the valley, covering every corner of the valley.
It's endless. The tassels on the helmets of tens of thousands of warriors flutter in the wind, looking like flowers blooming in the valley in spring, which is dazzling. The flags on the backs of the warriors are connected into one piece after another.
The clouds are so majestic with 70,000 people that they feel invincible.
How could such a large army stop because of Yang Peng's small stronghold? Xiao Tianzuo said loudly: "Just do what Xiao Tianma said, make a wooden bridge!" The generals sang loudly, and each led their men to set up camp and light a fire.
Make rice and prepare to go to the nearby mountains to cut down trees to build a wooden bridge.
Yang Peng personally climbed onto the lookout cart and used binoculars to observe the enemies in front. The Khitan army had too many people, 70,000 in total, and its mighty momentum was daunting. In addition, more than ten people had been robbed.
Tens of thousands of people from the Song Dynasty and the Khitan army spread all the way to the outside of the valley more than ten miles away. Looking from the observation pole car, the Khitan army felt like a swarm of ants occupying the entire land, boundless.
The world seemed to be filled with the Khitan army. Yang Peng took a breath and carefully observed the details of the mighty Khitan army with a telescope. Yang Peng looked over carefully and felt that the Khitan army had well-organized orders and reasonable arrangements. Each unit
The soldiers camped in the valley in batches, specifically choosing places with higher terrain and easy access to water, and arranged them in an orderly manner. In front of the baggage cart next to the Khitan army, auxiliary soldiers pushing small carts were waiting. Each one stood solemnly, and there was no Song Dynasty soldier.
The crowds and noises when the army was distributing food clearly showed that the Khitan army had strict military discipline. One hundred thousand Song people were divided into twenty large groups and arranged in the belly of the Khitan army. Although more than one hundred thousand Song people and hundreds of thousands of livestock were escorted,
But there was no chaos in the Khitan army's formation.
The Khitan army's rangers and sentries were densely deployed within two miles outside the camp, blocking and interrogating anyone who tried to enter the camp. Although Yang Peng had few soldiers, the Khitan army still dug two trenches outside the camp to resist the enemy. As a means of war
The Khitan of the national Daliao Kingdom fought without any loopholes. The Daliao soldiers at this time were also an elite force compared to the world. If Yang Peng had not mastered the military skills far beyond this era,
Weapons, how dare we go head-to-head with such an enemy?
Even though there were various fortifications in front of the stronghold and the defense was tight, Yang Peng was still overwhelmed by the momentum of the Khitan army when he saw it with his own eyes and became a little nervous. Yang Peng looked at his own stronghold again.
The various strict arrangements in front made me feel a little more at ease.
This time the Khitan army was led by Xiao Tianzuo, and all ethnic groups came out in full force to participate in the battle. After several months of fighting, the Song army had basically figured out the configuration of the Khitan army. Among the 70,000 people,
There were approximately 25,000 soldiers from the Liao Kingdom's Khitan, 20,000 soldiers from the Xi tribe's nobles and foreign vassal tribes, and more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers.
However, Yang Peng wanted to use a stronghold to stop them. Yang Peng carefully checked his front layout again, repeatedly thinking about where there were loopholes. Yang Peng did not expect Zhao Heng to help him now, and the people of Da Song Dynasty did not
It's good to add insult to injury. Fortunately, Kou Zhun returned to Bianjing unscathed. Otherwise, half of the people in the court were traitors. Those people failed to achieve more than they failed, so Yang Peng still dare not claim the king.
, even a city lord, with such a name, the Song Dynasty didn’t know what a city lord was, it was probably a county magistrate. The Liao Kingdom didn’t know anything either, and thought it was a title of the Song Kingdom, so everyone was in peace.
On the morning of February 16, Yang Peng was observing the Khitan army with a telescope on horseback. He saw the middle gate of the Khitan army camp wide open, and the Khitan army soldiers walked out of the camp holding huge wooden bridges. The wooden bridges were covered one by one.
They were lifted out and lined up in front of the formation. There were twenty or thirty Khitan troops standing under each wooden bridge.
Yang Peng observed with a telescope and found that the wooden bridges were all three meters wide and more than six meters long. Each wooden bridge was made of three giant trees more than six meters long as the keel, and then densely packed small wood was spread on the keel.
The bridge deck is fixed with ropes. Not only that, there is also a wooden barrier in front of the wooden bridge, which is like a wooden shield hanging down in front of the wooden bridge. It is probably used to prevent the Khitan army's rifle fire.
Yang Peng took a closer look at the wooden bridges and found that the Khitan army had built a thousand wooden bridges in three days. Xiao Tianzuo led a general and a dozen Xi tribe nobles to stand in front of the formation, with more than a dozen gorgeous wooden bridges.
Zhijin Longzhu stood behind them and pointed out to the entire army that in front of the central army was a thousand strong wooden bridges. More than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers stood beside the wooden bridges, ready to raise the wooden bridges and charge into the formation at any time.
However, the first wave of attacks by the brutal Khitan army was not carried out by wooden bridges. The first wave of attacks was by the people of the Song Dynasty who had been captured by the Khitan army. Yang Peng looked at the Khitan army with a telescope and saw that behind those wooden bridges
, the Khitan army used whips and swords to drive away tens of thousands of looting people to the front of the battle line. Those ragged Song people held iron shovels one by one. The Khitan army actually wanted to use these unarmed people to fill the trenches.
The common people were all wearing shabby cotton-padded clothes, and some even had no cotton-padded clothes, shivering in the cold wind. The common people were men, women, old and young, and they did not dare to resist under the swords of the Khitan soldiers. But they saw the cautious appearance of the Khitan soldiers.
, and also knew that the Song army in front was not a good enemy. This time the Khitan army drove the common people to fill the trenches, which was very dangerous. Going forward meant death, and retreating also meant death. Many people felt that a disaster was coming, so they grabbed their tools and stood in the formation.
The people in front of them burst into tears. But the Khitan soldiers were merciless and went to beat the crying people with whips.
What happened after all? Let’s hear the details next time.