Sanchuankou is where the Hunzhou River, Qingshui River and Yanshui River converge. It is also the key point of Yanzhou. It is only five miles away from Fushi, the city of Yanzhou.
When Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun arrived with their troops, the Xixia army happened to be gathering on the other side.
The Xixia army started to attack first. After crossing Yanshui, they changed their formation and turned into a horizontal formation to attack. Liu Ping immediately ordered generals Guo Zun and Wang Xin to lead their cavalry to attack halfway across the river. This was almost a strategy used by military strategists, and the effect was amazing.
General Guo Zun had an iron whip and an iron spear in his hand, which together weighed more than ninety kilograms. Wang Xin once captured more than seventy bandits alive, and was extremely brave. Both of them were famous brave generals. They killed them immediately after hearing the order.
past.
At this time, Liu Ping and others did not know that the dignified Western Xia Emperor Li Yuanhao was not in the formation, but on the other side. He was supposed to be in charge of the central army. However, compared to Yanzhou City and the East Road, he valued the three routes on the West Road more.
Kawaguchi.
Compared to Fan Yong, Li Yuanhao knew better how important the border state elites led by Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun were. Even if they captured the city of Yanzhou, they would probably change hands to someone else in the blink of an eye.
But killing the Song army was the most cunning method. Once this powerful army was wiped out, it would be a devastating blow to both the city of Yanzhou and the supporting army.
Seeing that Guo Zun was leading the way, Li Yuanhao, who was in the army, immediately ordered his brave generals to stop him. Unexpectedly, Guo Zun smashed the enemy general's head to pieces with a whip. The Song army shouted, Guo Zun led the troops to attack hard and was invincible!
The strategy of half-crossing and attacking was successful. The Xixia army suffered heavy casualties. Hundreds of people were killed immediately, and nearly a thousand people drowned.
However, Li Yuanhao didn't care. Xixia had a large number of people and was well-trained. Even so, the formation was still stable. Guo Zun's cavalry failed to attack the Xixia army's main formation. Now that the war has started, casualties cannot be taken into account.
What's more important is that he must ignore sacrifices to lure the Song army into a long war with Daxia, otherwise it will be difficult to annihilate them.
Under the command of Li Yuanhao, the Xia army rushed towards the Song army one after another, and the Song army fired arrows in random directions. For a moment, the Xia army's forwards could not get closer, but as the drums sounded, the Xixia army's forwards put up huge shields to cover their advance.
Seeing the situation, Liu Ping took the lead and immediately led the Song army to swarm forward. The melee had already begun, and they could only use troops to block the water and come to Tutun. Shi Yuansun even led the flanking cavalry to charge and kill. The Xixia army suffered heavy casualties. Thousands of people were killed, and their shields were all destroyed.
The Song army captured it, but Liu Ping was also wounded. His head was injured when his helmet was shattered by a stray arrow, and he was also hit by several arrows in his leg.
"There are so many bandits in the West, Lao Shi and we must fight to the death! Otherwise it will be difficult for other border states to seize the Dangxiang land!"
Shi Yuansun laughed while riding on the horse: "I know it, but I didn't intend to go back alive, but you are brave enough to risk your life!"
The two were old acquaintances, having known each other since they were in Tokyo. They were both generals, and they had to compete with each other for superiority. However, Shi Yuansun was always inferior to Liu Ping. He was good at becoming a Jinshi in literature, and he was proficient in bow and horse in martial arts.
The transfer of the two people this time can be regarded as a sympathy for each other. They have been competing for half a lifetime. How can there be any reason to relax at this time?
The brutal battle continued, and the Xixia people continued to attack tirelessly regardless of casualties. At dusk, they attacked the Song army from the southwest, and the Song army's columns were scattered.
At the critical moment, the rearguard general Lu Zheng arrived with a strong crossbow team of two hundred soldiers, firing arrows at random. The Xixia army dragged the corpses of its companions back, but at this moment the Song army fought fiercely and consumed a lot of money. Lu was in the middle of the army.
The political advisor said: "General, there are mountains on all sides here, and it is getting late. If the bandits from the west take advantage of the darkness to attack from high altitude, it may be difficult to resist them!"
"If it were normal, I would have led you and the others to break out of the encirclement. After we got out, we would have attacked the Western bandits. Why are we still suffering from such cowardice here? But now we can't retreat!"
Before Liu Ping could finish what he said, Shi Yuansun also nodded slightly: "We really can't retreat! Fushi City in Yanzhou is under siege, and Duke Fan and all the officials and people are here. If we retreat, there will be no strong support."
, we can only break through from Sanchuankou to enter the city and garrison it!"
Lu Zheng wanted to say something more, but Liu Ping still rejected the proposal. At this time, the Xixia army temporarily retreated. The Song army thought they could breathe a sigh of relief. Many soldiers came to Liu Ping with their trophies to claim credit. Liu Ping saw the soldiers
He relaxed a little and said quickly: "The situation is critical. You should take credit for your efforts first. When the fight is over, I will definitely reward you generously."
Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, the Xixia people sent out light troops to fly to the front of the Song army's formation. The Song army was panicked and tired from the battle. They were rushed by the Xixia people and couldn't hold on. The array retreated three steps.
After more than ten steps, 2,000 cavalrymen commanded by four front troops were surrounded. In addition, the Song army's flags were confused and Liu Ping lost contact.
At such a critical moment, Huang Dehe, the commander of the rear army of the Song Army, was greedy for life and afraid of death. Seeing the front army retreating, he led his troops to flee to Ganquan in the name of the front army being wiped out. Liu Ping's son grabbed Huang Dehe's horse and struggled hard.
He begged him to return to the army, but Huang Dehe refused to listen and disappeared in a flash.
This was a matter of rebelling against the army! When the Song army saw the rear troops fleeing, their morale was depressed and they fled one after another. Liu Ping was shocked and immediately sent his own soldiers to stop them. Shi Yuansun even rode on horseback and led his soldiers to kill the fleeing soldiers.
The military formation was stabilized, but only a thousand men were left to continue to resist.
When Li Yuanhao saw that the Song army was in chaos, he naturally would not let go of such an opportunity and immediately sent troops to attack. Seeing that the situation was over, Song general Guo Zun's troops dispersed. He glanced at the central army where Liu Ping and others were, and rushed towards the Xia army's forward with a roar.
Calling to kill the thief, who would have thought that he would actually charge into the Xixia battle formation alone, killing the Xixia soldiers and turning them upside down. The Xixia army could not resist and retreated continuously.
Guo Zun's move gave the Song army a boost. Many soldiers fought with him towards the Xixia army and retreated for the rear guard of the Chinese army. Guo Zun used his big spear to kill people who rushed left and right. No one could resist him. The Xixia people
He tried to stop him with iron ropes, but Guo Zun was already going crazy. All these iron ropes were interrupted by him. Li Yuanhao secretly sighed, so he had to call in archers. Guo Zun's horse was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground. The Xixia army did not wait for Li Yuanhao's order to capture him alive.
When he heard it, he was hacked to death.
The Song army was completely defeated at this moment, but the defeated troops also showed extraordinary courage under the reorganization of Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun. They fought and retreated. They fought fiercely with the Xixia people for three days and retreated to the southwest mountains. There were few Xixia people.
After retreating, Liu Ping built seven strongholds with his remaining soldiers to continue blocking the attack. At the same time, he also hoped that these seven strongholds could gather the remaining soldiers and persist until reinforcements arrived.
Li Yuanhao was very proud at this time. The Song army of more than 10,000 people was defeated by him in just a few days. There were many casualties. How could he fight again if the morale of the army was defeated?
This is the method he, Ye An, often uses to kill his life and destroy his fighting spirit!
So that night Li Yuanhao sent someone to see Liu Ping, intending to persuade him to surrender, but Liu Ping beheaded him. Then he sent someone to pretend to be a Song army delivering documents and was beheaded by Shi Yuansun. He also sent someone to shout, "Are you surrendering? Otherwise, everything must be done."
Die!" Liu Ping responded.
Li Yuanhao became angry and led the cavalry to attack. The Song army was already exhausted and could withstand the attack of tigers and wolves. There was chaos and was divided into two. Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun who were patrolling the east side of the military formation were captured, and the remaining Song army was all captured.
Annihilate.
After Liu Ping was captured, he was unyielding and yelled at Li Yuanhao: "My head and neck are three feet long, waiting for you to chop me off."
His subordinates wanted to kill Liu Ping to vent their anger, but Li Yuanhao waved his hand: "Killing these people will hinder our national destiny in Great Xia, so it is better to imprison them. The other one will be released to the Song Dynasty, and one of the two generals will be kept."
The Battle of Yanzhou should have come to an end at this time. Li Yuanhao eagerly wanted to occupy the state capital of the Song Dynasty to show his power. He had never conquered Huizhou City back then, but now that Fushi City is right in front of him, he