Yelu Dashi and Xiao Weili rushed to Guiyi City quickly.
The Song army had built dozens of pontoon bridges on the boundary river. The soldiers and horses of the brigade gathered on the south bank, preparing to get on the bridge and cross the river.
The Song Army's ability to open roads and build bridges was already known to the Liao Army. But in one night and half a day, the Song Army built dozens of pontoon bridges like toys, and they were all wide pontoon bridges that could carry two carriages in parallel. This kind of
His ability still surprised the Liao army.
They were a little uneasy about the coming war.
"The southern barbarians on the other side have never defeated us a hundred years ago. It's the same now."
"Don't be afraid. You are good at building bridges. At most, you are a craftsman with excellent craftsmanship. You may not necessarily be good at fighting!"
The officers of the Liao Army encouraged their subordinates one after another.
Yelu Dashi and Xiao Weili looked at each other as they listened to the sounds coming from far and near.
These are the Liao armies stationed on the border of Liao and Song Dynasty all year round, mostly Han armies and Bohai navy, but the main force and officers are basically Khitan and Xi people.
They are now on the front line, and they have not yet reached the point of using the Liao Xing Army.
"Your Highness, I feel that the morale of these sergeants is low and their military morale is unstable."
Yelu Dashi let out a long sigh, "In recent years, the Liao and Song Dynasties have had constant business exchanges, especially all kinds of smuggling. And smuggling must bribe the officers guarding the border. In these years, they have eaten a lot of fat.
The position has also become a hot job, and everyone is competing for it. A seventh-grade border officer can be sold for five thousand guan in the hands of Yeluasi and other traitors..."
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"Do you think such an officer and such a soldier can be relied on?"
Xiao Weili was silent. Such officers and soldiers were of course unreliable.
"Your Highness, why don't you replace it with other elite soldiers and generals? The Song army has the best chance to cross the river. Our army can attack halfway across the river!"
"Attack halfway across the river? We can think of it, but the Song Army can't think of it. In order to cross this boundary river in these years, they have thought of many tricks and practiced it many times. The Song Army has always been full of tricks. I guess that it will be official later.
When crossing the river, there will definitely be a powerful weapon as cover. Those in front at that time are all scapegoats..."
Xiao Weili understood Yelu Dashi's plan. When he saw the giant counterweight trebuchet on the south bank that looked like a forest, he couldn't help but feel horrified.
To the south, the Song army was fully prepared.
"Yang Keshi!" General Liu Fa named him.
"My subordinate is here!"
"Lead the vanguard division across the river!"
"yes!"
"Stone gunner is ready, ready to provide fire cover at any time!"
"yes!"
Yang Keshi, wearing a red tiger and mountain lizard scale armor, got on his horse, brandished a special long-handled iron mace, and shouted loudly: "Young men! Let's take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" The whole army shouted three times in unison, the sound was overwhelming.
Hundreds of horns sounded, hundreds of flags began to move forward, and tens of thousands of soldiers divided into dozens of groups and stepped onto the pontoon without haste.
Movement also began in the north. The generals quickly ordered the archers of each unit to prepare to shoot arrows, and the spearmen and shield bearers formed a formation in front.
The officers beat and scolded each other, and assembled all the troops according to the order only a hundred steps away from the river, waiting for the Song army to enter the firing range.
But it was the Song Army's trebuchets that fired first. Three hundred trebuchets were distributed on a five-mile-long front, concentrating their firepower and throwing flaming bombs at the three-mile-wide river crossing area.
Three hundred meteors, dragging long black smoke and rolling raging flames, streaked through the air, roared towards the Liao army, and then fell mercilessly into the dense crowd, rising into a huge flame.
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Hundreds of people turned into torches, twisting and struggling desperately. Heart-rending screams and flames spurted out of their mouths.
Round after round of flaming bombs hit the Liao army, raising flames one after another. In just a quarter of an hour, thousands of Liao troops were reduced to charcoal in the flames. The remaining officers and soldiers
Everyone was frightened.
Finally, an unknown officer screamed, turned his horse and fled. One, ten, a hundred. These officers who spent a lot of money to buy a good job, but had no time to move due to the turmoil of the current situation, were either rich or
Gui, why are you willing to throw away your good life here?
The officers ran away, and the soldiers were not polite. They retreated backwards like a tide, becoming even more unstoppable. A few generals and officers yelled and blocked them in front, trying to drive these soldiers back to their positions, but they were like a mantis trying to use a chariot, and were soon overwhelmed by the rolling tide.
Submerged, not even a splash was visible.
Yelv Dashi, who was standing on the top of a distant mountain watching all this, let out a long sigh.
"I just found out today that my Daliao is really rotten to the core."
After sighing, he and Xiao Orila turned around and left.
Yang Keshi led the vanguard division to set foot on the land north of the boundary river. What lay in front of them was a three to four mile long flame belt. The first task of the officers and soldiers of the vanguard division was not to kill the enemy, but to extinguish the fire with sand and soil.
The fire was quickly extinguished, leaving only scattered fires and thousands of charred corpses. Yang Keshi rode a horse and led the Xianden camp in a large circle to the north of the boundary river.
It was impossible to find a single living Liao soldier.
"You're a thief! Where the hell are the Liao troops dead!" Yang Keshi yelled at the north, extremely angry.
After occupying Rongcheng and Guiyi City, 150,000 Song troops were divided into two groups, with the left group heading west and approaching Yizhou City, and the right group approaching Zhuozhou City. Liu Fa's strategic deployment was very simple: attack in the west and defend in the east.
In the west, they conquered Yizhou and Zhuozhou, and connected with Wang Zhen's Western Route Army. They then moved from west to east, squeezing the space of the Liao Army, and gradually approached Beiping Prefecture. Shangshu Province had already ordered the world to conquer Youzhou in accordance with Zhao Si's edict.
Jixian County, Nanjing's Jin Prefecture in the Liao Kingdom, was renamed Beiping Prefecture and was regarded as the northern capital.
Yelu Dashi and Xiao Weilila also quickly noticed the Song army's strategic deployment.
"Your Highness, one of the purposes of the Song Army's strategic layout is to quickly occupy Nanjing City." Xiao Weili analyzed.
"That's right. This marching route is the shortest route to Nanjing City. Yizhou and Zhuozhou are the two most important cities south of Nanjing City. With these two cities, for the Song Army, there is no other city south of Nanjing City.
Obstruction. As for our army, we can only retreat to Nanjing City."
"Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible to retreat to Nanjing City. We are watching the movement of the boundary river. With three hundred trebuchets, it only takes half a day to make the princes and ministers of Nanjing City surrender." Xiao Weili urged.
road.
"Yes, if they surrender, they can still save their wealth and lives. If they surrender quickly and early, they might be able to be set as a model and save their family's wealth." Yelu Dashi's eyes flashed coldly, "We, maybe
The last barrier of Daliao."
"Send an order to mobilize elite troops from all over Nanjing. I want to fight the Song army near Zhuozhou. Qigou Pass. I hope that the blessings of Taizu Taizong and the late Emperor Shengzong will enable us to regain Qigou Pass and Gaoliang in Daliao."
The Battle of Hehe severely damaged the Song Army!" This chapter has been completed!