Chapter 266: In a World of Great Controversy, All the Heroes (2)
"Yelü Dashi is finally gone? It's a good thing. Although he has experienced a lot and grown up very quickly, he is still too young after all. He is a little impatient. If it were Xiao Wuna and other experienced generals, I wouldn't dare
It’s so risky.”
Yu Wenxuzhong and others couldn't help but feel guilty after listening to Zhao Si's words.
Your Majesty, you are only two or three years older than Yelu Dashi. Is it appropriate to say that he is still too young so maturely?
"Now Xiao Helu uses Liaoyang and Tongzhou as the key points in the north and south, and disperses 120,000 troops and horses in Tong, Xian, Yin, Han, An, Liao, Guide, Shen, Liaoyang and other cities, as well as Guanzhai in various key passes.
I feel like I have formed an iron chain, but in fact it is like sprinkling pepper noodles. Keeping it means not keeping it."
Zhao Si said with a smile, then his face straightened and he began to give orders.
"We are ordered to Wei Baoqing, Zheke Sui, and cultivate the teachings of teachers. He Qifan, Dong Xiulie, Qu Kechang, Zhe Yanzhi, and Yang Zongmin will act in accordance with the arrangements."
"Here!"
On the third day after Yelu Dashi led the Liao Xing army to leave, a Song army suddenly appeared at the foot of Tongzhou City, numbering about five thousand, roaring directly southward from five miles east of the city.
Xiao Helu was shocked when he received the notice, and quickly sent people out of the city to follow him. At the same time, he sent orders to all states and villages. The wolf is coming. All ministries should be vigilant and not give the Song army an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The spies sent to trace their whereabouts were ambushed by the Song army, and they were all killed and wounded. They no longer dared to follow. Finally, the Xianzhou defenders reported the news, and the Song army passed by Xianzhou City and continued southward.
Should we go straight to Liaoyang City? There are 30,000 soldiers and horses gathered there, and there are also reinforcements coming from other prefectures and counties in Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road in the past few days, totaling 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Five thousand people just want to break the city?
Even a madman would not dare to think about it. But are people from Song Dynasty mad?
Xiao Helu was puzzled.
However, more than an hour later, more reports came from An, Han and other surrounding cities. Several groups of Song troops passed by the city and quickly moved south. Each group ranged from 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Xiao Helu calculated in his mind and was shocked. This added up to 40,000 to 50,000 people. Didn't the main force of the Song Army go to Shangjing? Why are there still 40,000 to 50,000 people here? Where were they hiding before? Why have they never been there?
aware?
Xiao Helu is a veteran on the battlefield and can be regarded as a good general. However, he has been fighting under Xiao Wuna before. He is very brave in combat, but lacks resourcefulness. When the Song army has more tricks, his brain is somewhat insufficient.
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What exactly does Song Jun want to do?
Xiao Helu's many years of battlefield experience told him that the Song army's move must be bad, and there must be a huge conspiracy hidden in it. But his mind would not be able to figure out what the conspiracy was for a while.
"Lieutenant, it's time for lunch." The attendant called at the door.
The word "eat" was like a bonfire in the dark, and Xiao Helu suddenly thought of the key point.
forage!
From Tongzhou to Liaoyang City, 200,000 troops have been gathered. In the future, more than 300,000 troops will be gathered. It cannot be supported by the grain reserves in the Liaoyang area of Tokyo Road alone. They must be mobilized from the rich Nanjing Road.
Grain and grass are transferred from the warehouses on Nanjing Road to the coastal states along Zhongjing Road, from Jinzhou to Tokyo Road, until they are transferred to Liaozhou (Xinmin City), where they are transported to Tongzhou in the north and Liaoyang in the east through the Liaohe River waterway.
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Liaozhou! It is now the most important grain and grass transshipment place, and a large amount of grain and grass is now stored there. Once it is lost, the consequences will be disastrous.
Xiao Helu hurriedly wrote to Xiao Tao, Suo, who was guarding Liaoyang, and Xiao Deli, who was guarding Liaozhou, informing them of his thoughts and asking them to be more vigilant.
Read the book
Just outside Liaozhou City, a convoy transporting grain and grass arrived.
Thousands of carriages, pulled by pack oxen and horses, were loaded with heavy grains and creaked toward the west gate. They signed in here first, made records, and then did not go around the city and went directly to the east gate.
Gate near Liaohe Pier.
Due to the important responsibility of transporting grain and grass, Yelv Dashi stationed 20,000 Khitan and Xi soldiers here, guarded by his close confidant Xiao Deridi, as well as tens of thousands of Bohai and Han civilians.
When the carriage team was only half a mile away from the East Gate Pier, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out from a distance. They rushed forward like a whirlwind, took out clay pots one by one, poured them on the grain and grass on the carriage, and then threw the pots away.
On the carriage.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry holding torches rushed over and threw the torches on the carriage.
In an instant, thousands of piles of flames rose into the sky and gathered into a fire dragon several miles long, roaring outside the city of Liaozhou. The fire dragon spit out scorching flames, making it difficult for people to get close, and they could only watch the thousands of carriages.
The food was reduced to ashes in the raging fire.
While everyone was attracted by the fire, a cavalry roared into the East Gate Pier from the other direction, quickly killed the defenders who were caught off guard, poured all the kerosene from thousands of clay pots onto the mountains of grain and grass, and then set it on fire.
It caught a fire and quickly disappeared in the blaze.
The fire on the East Gate Pier was so huge that half of Liaozhou City felt the scorching heat, and Xiao Deli felt as if he was in a fire, burning both inside and outside.
This much food and grass was enough to feed 300,000 soldiers for more than ten days, and now it was completely burned by a fire... Xiao Deli couldn't wait to plunge into the raging fire, burn himself to ashes, and be done with it.
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Where did the Song army that killed thousands of swords come from? Didn't our army conduct reconnaissance for hundreds of miles around? No trace of the Song army was found. We thought they had moved to Beijing, so we took it so lightly.
Due to decades of civil and military arrogance by Daozong of the Liao Dynasty and the treacherous ministers of Emperor Tianzuo, the Liao army had long lost the vigor it had during the period of Taizu Taizong and Shengzong. The upper-level generals and officers were extremely extravagant, while the lower-level officers and lower-level soldiers were miserable.
Yan——The problems are similar to those of the Song Army before.
Then came the Yahe Incident, the confrontation between the north and the south, Yelu Yu's death, and many other changes. The Liao army had lost all morale for a long time and was in panic. All the armies were just taking things one day at a time. How could they be willing to work hard?
That's why the Song Army's Xuanwu Cavalry was able to come and go freely, setting fire and burning food, as if they were in a deserted land.
Xiao Helu from Tongzhou, Xiao Taosuou from Liaoyang, and Xiao Yixue from Shenzhou all received the news soon. Thoughts of something serious and bad arose in their hearts.
Food shortage does not necessarily mean that the entire army is short of food. As long as some of the troops do not have enough to eat, under the current situation of military morale, there is a high probability that they will jump out and cause trouble. Once trouble occurs, the armies with grievances in their hearts will take the opportunity.
If it breaks out, the whole situation will collapse.
But when they heard that Yelu Dabeinu of Yinzhou led 20,000 elite troops to reinforce Liaozhou City, they felt even worse.
Xiao Helu judged from his many years of battlefield experience that the Song army had been passing south from the cities of Tong, Xian, Han and other prefectures before, but it was actually a deception. The main force of the Song army must have sneaked to the east of Liaozhou and Zhongjing Road.
Weizhou and Haozhou (Zhangwu) areas. They used the vast grasslands there as cover to prepare for the attack.
Liaozhou's burning of grain was just an introduction. They should be gathering reinforcements at the encirclement point.
In Liaozhou City, in addition to the grain and grass stored at the East Gate Wharf, there is also a large amount of grain and grass stored in the city's warehouses, enough to feed the 300,000 troops for half a month. If there is any loss, it means that the 300,000 soldiers and horses will be defeated.
No food for a long time.
Yelu Dabei Nu knew this and hurriedly led his troops to reinforce Liaozhou.
Isn't this what Song Jun has been waiting for?
Xiao Helu from Tongzhou, Xiao Taosuou from Liaoyang and Xiao Yixue from Shenzhou all remained silent, waiting for new news about Yelu Dabeinu. This chapter has been completed!
