Chapter 519: Like a landslide, unbearable to review
Yelu Deguang was actually a decent king, although Zhang Zhao thought he was a disgrace to Taizong.
But this reference point is based on the standards of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.
If the standard of reference is slightly lowered, Yelu Deguang is still capable, has good civility, and has very good political wisdom and ability.
The military is not bad either. For an emperor who dares to personally conquer and is willing to reward the warriors under his command, this is a qualified horse-riding king.
However, this person has a big weakness, that is, he is always unable to control his wild mind at critical moments.
For example, in Bai Tuanwei Village, he took it for granted that the Jin army was exhausted after being surrounded for several days and was not strong in combat power.
So he asked the iron cavalry of the Pishi Army to dismount and become infantry. However, they were pushed back by the Jin army and had to escape on camels.
Another example is that when he entered Tokyo, the last second he was determined to treat the people of the Central Plains well and implement benevolent policies to gain recognition from the Han people.
The next second, he thought that the Han people had surrendered and did not dare to resist, so he allowed the Khitans to go hunting grass and grain, which resulted in widespread resistance.
Now, Yelu Deguang put the Han army on the right wing of the formation.
Brother Guang thought that since they had separated their generals and were leaderless, with the Khitan generals in charge and the Shan army behind them to supervise the battle, there shouldn't be a big problem.
Uh! If Brother Fanguang had a little understanding, he wouldn't regard all the soldiers and generals in the world as shameless villains like Shi Jingtang and Du Chongwei.
Not all soldiers and generals put wealth and power in the most important position.
There are always some people in this world who value dignity and a comfortable life more than anything else.
Yelu Deguang thought that everyone would submit to authority, but he didn't expect that after he entered Tokyo, no! Just before he entered Tokyo, how did he abuse these later Jin soldiers and generals.
This humiliation cannot be wiped away by a simple reward of a few dollars.
Outside Yanshi City, the Yong and Liao sides had been fighting fiercely for more than two hours.
The heavy armored infantry of the Yongliang Army defeated several large square formations of the Khitan Army several times, and the Liao infantry, mainly composed of Bohai and Xi people, suppressed them close to Yanshi City.
The Khitan formation was originally basically parallel, but the Chinese army had sunk in.
On both wings, the cavalry fight continued.
The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom was almost twice that of the Yongliang Army, and coupled with the high-speed movement characteristics of the war horses, the winner was not completely determined for a while, but the losses of the Liao Army were far greater than those of the Yongliang Army.
The balance of victory is tilting towards the Yongliang army, but it will not cause the Liao army to collapse.
At this time, it was the peak of the traditional all-cold weapons era, and it was still very different from the wars before and after.
Before this, due to limitations in productivity, especially mine development capabilities, the value of a set of armor could literally fly into the sky.
Although the armor rate of the Han Dynasty army was about 60%, the iron armor was only 30% at most, and the iron armor of the Han Dynasty was completely incomparable with the armor of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, this created a situation. In the Han Dynasty, when there were few armors and many crossbows, the winner of the battle could be determined quickly.
Often the main force will collapse quickly after suffering a large amount of damage from bows and crossbows.
After the Song and Ming dynasties, firearms were further developed, and the methods for breaking armor became more diverse.
Especially the armies of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of them used muskets and cannons to attack, and then the dominant side would just charge forward wildly.
It's just that in this era, armor has developed to the peak of classical China. New armor-breaking equipment such as muskets and cannons have not yet appeared. Everyone is fully armed like a tin can.
Even if it is a blunt weapon, it is not easy to completely knock a soldier out of combat effectiveness, let alone these soldiers fighting in formation.
Many times, you have defeated the enemy several times, but not many of the enemy's soldiers have died.
At this time, soldiers died on the battlefield, either because their feet were hooked by hooks and sickles, or their heads were covered with nooses, and they were dragged into the enemy's formation.
Then, he was pinned down by several people and unable to get up. They stabbed his face with a long dagger, peeled off the nails and stabbed him to death.
Either he was stabbed with a sharp object and died of excessive bleeding due to blood loss in the constant struggle, or his internal organs were injured by a blunt object and he died of internal bleeding.
It cannot be said that those who were actually killed directly could account for up to ten percent. The above methods of death were undoubtedly cruel and slow.
This is the reason why in the battle of Xiangji Temple in Chang'an that year, the government army and the rebels fought fiercely for four consecutive hours, from dawn to dusk.
This is also the reason why in the classical Chinese era, the standard for a warrior was to have sufficient fat reserves.
Because soldiers are so difficult to kill, it often takes a long and continuous fight to determine the winner.
It will be noon soon, and although it is already September, the weather has been unusually hot recently.
After an hour and a half of fierce fighting, the two sides, with no winner in sight, jointly chose to retreat, and the sound of gongs and jingles resounded throughout the battlefield.
Yelu Deguang's face looked very ugly. The Khitans were actually very uncomfortable with this kind of fighting, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the fight continued, the entire army would probably collapse.
The crossbows of the Yongliang army were sharp. In this hour and a half of fighting, the Liao army lost more than 4,000 people and injured at least tens of thousands. It had reached the limit of the limit.
We can't win! Yelu Deguang, who still had hope before leaving the station, glanced at Yelu House and whispered: "Find a way to postpone it until the evening and return north tomorrow under nightlight."
The hostess of Yelu House was so worried about not being able to reach the Yellow River that Yelu Deguang made his head hurt.
In fact, he had already contacted the left and right Pishi Army and should have run away early this morning, but Yelu Deguang still wanted to give it a try.
But now, they have been fighting fiercely for more than an hour and have suffered such heavy casualties. Everyone is holding on with their last breath.
If we don't go to battle, the morale of the army will collapse, and I'm afraid they will be scattered. If we go to battle, I'm afraid the whole army will collapse in less than an hour. How can we hold on until night?
But now is not the time to complain, Yelu Wuzhi pretended to help Yelu Deguang to rest in the back, and said with a stern expression.
"Your Majesty, the matter is urgent! We must not hold out until night. Your Majesty, please return to the city now to make preparations. I will summon the Iron Falcon and the Iron Falcon Army to escort me and return north immediately."
Yelu Deguang's face remained calm, but his voice was already trembling.
"Can we only take two armies of Iron Harriers and Iron Falcons?"
Yelu Wuzhi turned his face away slightly, sighed deeply in his heart, suppressed the rising dissatisfaction forcibly, did not speak, and just nodded.
This is still too little! As things stand now, I am afraid that even the four thousand people of Iron Falcon and Iron Harrier may not be able to bring all of them back.
The weakness of the Liao army was not only clearly seen by Yelu Wuzhi, but also by Zhang Zhao, Fu Yanqing and others.
Zhang Zhao took advantage of the break to summon Murong Nobunaga over.
However, he did not expect that Yelu Deguang might run away, but wanted to reduce the casualties of his warriors and defeat the Khitans faster.
King Zhang pointed to the right wing of Khitan, where the Jin army's surrendered soldiers gathered.
"Nobunaga, you lead Zuo Yulin's headquarters, put on white robes, and as soon as the battle begins, go straight to the Jin army.
But don't attack, but recruit them before the battle. You have great prestige among the Jin army, and they will definitely follow you."
With that said, Zhang Zhao called Zhe Deyuan over again, "You take the Shenji Battalion to cover Nobunaga. If the Jin army is unwilling to surrender their soldiers, let the Shenji Battalion bombard them."
The so-called Shenji Battalion is the Poxi Army, now commanded by Zhe Deyuan, and is Zhang Zhao's last trump card.
After the two men were ordered to go down, Zhang Zhao called Murong Yanzhao and Wang Shenqi over again.
"Two of you, each with two thousand troops, put on pear blossom spears, watch my flag, and then cut off the Khitan army's retreat and prevent them from retreating into the city."
Zhang Zhao planned to let the Khitans retreat according to the road he had preset, which was the Yinluo Waterway, so that he could pursue them downstream. However, King Zhang obviously underestimated Yelu Deguang's shamelessness.
However, Zhang Zhao did not realize it, but Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, An Shenqi and others did.
Why did they give up their military power and become the so-called fellow guards who were supervised by Yelu Deguang?
That’s so we can come together in a fair and righteous way!
Seeing that they were so sensible and separated from the army, Yelu Deguang was of course embarrassed to continue to monitor them closely.
It's just that Brother Guang didn't expect that An Shenqi was a little older, but Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, and Yao Yuanfu were all powerful generals in their own right!
Although each of them only brought a dozen or twenty tooth soldiers, they were still the elite of the tens of thousands of Jin troops. When hundreds of people gathered together, they were definitely a considerable force.
"I saw that Lord Khitan returned to Yanshi City, and when he came out again, he seemed to be a little lower in stature. Will he escape with his elite troops?"
People are old, ghosts are old, and An Shenqi, who has had several experiences of escaping with make-up, keenly sensed that something was wrong.
Gao Xingzhou slowly walked to the side of the war horse. Through the cover of the war horse, he also carefully observed Yelv Deguang under the yellow Luo umbrella, but it was a bit far away and he was not sure.
"What the Taiwei said is very possible, because the Khitans are about to lose their support. If we wait for another army and horses to come out of the city and circle the city to the right, then we will basically be sure."
Fu Yanqing nodded, Gao Xingzhou's analysis was correct.
The north gate of Yanshi City leads directly to Mang Mountain. The mountain road is narrow and difficult to navigate. If you want to run, you can only leave the city through the south gate and then run.
Moreover, if Yelu Deguang wants to run away, he must bring some military protection with him.
Yao Yuanfu directly dragged An Shuqian over. This old boy was a big flatterer to Yelu Deguang when he was in Tokyo, but he is also useful now because this guy can speak Khitan.
"An Taibao, your life was saved by King Yong back then. Today is your time to repay your kindness. Go over and pay homage to the Khitan Lord under the umbrella of Huang Luo."
Yao Yuanfu said that Zhang Zhao saved An Shuqian's life because when Zhang Zhao entered Guanzhong for the first time to quell the rebellion, An Shuqian was the military governor of Ping'an.
At that time, he was held hostage by He Chuan, Zhang Xiaoguo and others. It was Zhang Zhao who defeated the rebels and saved his life.
It's just that An Shuqian was seriously injured and had been recuperating in Chang'an at that time, so he didn't have much contact with Zhang Zhao.
"So..., so-and-so go immediately." An Shuqian gritted his teeth. For a person like him, if he can take refuge in Yelv Deguang, he can take refuge in Zhang Zhao, let alone have a long history.
Moreover, his family are all in Tokyo. Anyway, Zhang Zhao has taken over Tokyo. Can he get around him?
"Gather your Ya soldiers! If the Khitan master really wants to run away, we will entangle him and capture Yelu Deguang and present it to King Yong. This will be a great achievement and may wash away the sins of the Khitan people and us."
Xue Huairang, who had not spoken much, said with emotion, if he had known it, he would never have taken refuge with the Khitans.
Not long after, An Shuqian staggered over. He was fat, looked like a good old man, and could speak Khitan, so the Khitan soldiers were least wary of him.
An Shuqian leaned against the Khitan man, stretched out his hand in front of him and pretended to shake it unconsciously, which made all the generals feel shocked.
After An Shuqian walked in quickly, he deliberately raised his voice and shouted to everyone: "Your Majesty is busy with military affairs, and he told us to form a surprise cavalry to look for opportunities to attack the enemy."
He really wanted to run away! He didn't even give An Shuqian a chance to see him when he went to ask for an audience, and drove him back from a long distance away. Isn't this just because there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place?
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The rumbling war drums sounded again. How long will the rest be? When will the rest be taken? But it is in the hands of the party with the advantage.
The penetration rate of cloth-covered armor among the Yongliang Army has reached over 30%. It is easy to wear and breathable, and the corresponding rest time is also shortened a lot.
The Jin army surrendered and was forced to the front line by the Khitans again, and this time it was different from last time.
Last time they were not pushed to the front line, so they spent most of the time playing tricks, shooting before the bow was fully drawn, and they refused to step forward even though the front row was clamoring.
But this time, they were forced to move forward by the Khitans behind them.
Opposite them, the white crossbowmen of the Yongliang Army came in a series of formations, wearing green armor and white socks, marching in unison, with the power of pushing mountains and reclaiming seas.
Han Tong led a dozen soldiers under his command and walked forward in silence.
Han Tong was originally a member of the imperial army of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. After Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, Han Tong was forced to follow Shangguan and became a lowered soldier.
However, the Khitan people never regarded them as human beings. Han Tong wanted to go to Liu Zhiyuan, the king of Beiping County in Hedong several times, because he was from Taiyuan and was a fellow villager with Liu Zhiyuan.
However, unlike in history, the Khitan people lacked troops in the face of Zhang Zhao's threat, so they monitored the Jin army's surrendered soldiers very strictly, and quickly provided them with rewards and food.
Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan did not openly oppose the Khitans, so Han Tong did not leave Tokyo.
"Shocked, Yong's army has the best white crossbowmen in the world. We just go up there wearing rotten leather armor. This is not going to fight, it's just going to die!"
Han Tongsheng has a leopard head with ringed eyes and a fierce appearance, so he is nicknamed Han Dingyan. In addition, he is a bold man, has read several books, and can write and calculate. Everyone trusts him.
Han Tong glanced at his superior, Li Ni, the commander of the Lulong Army. This man was a warrior recruited by Zhao Yanshou after he entered the Central Plains.
However, although he hung out with Zhao Yanshou, he always disliked the Khitans. It happened that Zhao Yanshou was deprived of military power by Yelv Deguang, which made Li Jun even more dissatisfied.
Of course Han Tong knew this. Li Jun often vented his dissatisfaction with the Khitans with him on weekdays, so Han Tong took a deep breath and said to Li Jun.
"It's death to act as a tiger's aid now, and it's death to delay in moving forward. How can we, the great men, bend our knees to the barbarians? Why not die for the country?"
Li Jun was overjoyed and said, "I know that you, Han Yanyan, are a loyal and brave hero. Now the eldest son of the King of Wei is quite trusted among the Yong army. I will follow your example."
After finishing speaking, Li Jun winked at the bodyguards beside him, who immediately delayed and delayed on purpose.
The military academy of the Liao Shan Army who was guarding them immediately ran forward, pulled out a knife and shouted loudly.
"How dare you delay, you thief? Come forward quickly, or you will be stabbed!"
After Han Tong heard this, he suddenly pulled out a bone from his waist and ribs, and before the Liao Military Academy could react, he hit the military academy on the head with the bone.
The Khitan Military Academy did not expect that Han Tong would dare to take action at this time, so he was knocked to the ground. Li Jun next to him also drew his long sword and hacked all the soldiers brought by the Khitan Academy to death.
Han Tong stood on the Khitan corpse, raised his arms and shouted, "All military schools, follow me to kill the Northern captives and welcome King Yong, we are rebelling!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the former Jin Military Academy, who had been contacted by Li Jun for a long time, immediately raised his arms and shouted with his followers.
For a moment, the battlefield was filled with shouts of "Rebellion! Rebel!"
The anger buried in my heart was immediately ignited!
These surrendered soldiers of the Jin army did not think that they were defeated by the Khitans, but were betrayed by Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen. Their inner dissatisfaction and disdain for the Khitans had reached its peak.
They were originally the most elite tooth soldiers in the Jin army. They immediately changed from the front to the rear, killing the Khitan supervisors around them, and then gathered together.
Li Jun even sent tooth soldiers with white clothes in their hands to run towards Yong's army.
The Shan army's Xiang Wen was actually on guard against the Jin army's surrender, so they didn't panic too much.
These surrendered soldiers of the Jin army were all infantry. Chen Tieqi of the Shan army was behind them, and he was immediately ready to charge into the formation and kill them.
Just at this moment, bursts of horseshoes came from a distance. Everyone looked closely and saw a cavalry of more than a thousand people, all wearing white robes, rushing straight from the Yong Army's formation.
The person at the head was wearing a white helmet, white armor, and white robes, with a white horse under his crotch but the four hooves were pitch black. It was Murong Nobunaga's iconic BMW amidst the smoke in the snow.
Murong Nobunaga stayed in Tokyo for more than a year, and the name of Xiao Mengchang and Murong Baipao spread throughout the Jin Kingdom.
At Shi Jingtang's funeral, he acted righteously again, and all the heroes in the world respected him.
At this moment, General Murong Nobunaga suddenly appeared, and all the surrendered soldiers of the Jin Kingdom immediately seemed to have a backbone, and countless people roared wildly.
"Murong Baipao is here! Murong Baipao is here!"
"Kill the northern captives and return to King Yong!"
"Kill all the northern captives and take revenge!"
The Jin army, which had originally gathered together to defend, surrendered its soldiers, and immediately followed Murong Nobunaga to kill Shan's army with great momentum.
This white helmet is so conspicuous, as if it is marking the direction of attack.
Almost at the same time, the south gate of Yanshi City suddenly opened, and a cavalry team of thousands of people suddenly walked around the city so quietly that many people did not notice it.
However, the former Jin commanders who had been watching saw it. Suddenly, An Shuqian took the lead, and more than a hundred Jin troops suddenly roared.
"The emperor is dead! The emperor has been killed!"
Amidst the roar, Fu Yanqing, who was the best in archery, took the lead and rushed out. He suddenly drew his bow and shot three consecutive arrows from more than a hundred steps away.
The fake Yelv Deguang under the Huang Luo umbrella was caught off guard and was turned over.
The nervous Liao army suddenly made an uproar. Many people turned around and saw that there was really no one under Huang Luo's umbrella.
At this time, An Shenqi, Gao Xingzhou, Gao Huaide, Yao Yuanfu, Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and even Song Yanyun, who had knelt down earlier, all moved out.
They did not intercept and kill the Khitans who were leaving the city, but instead stormed where Huang Luo Gai Umbrella was.
These guys were originally world-renowned brave generals, and the tooth soldiers and tooth generals under their command were all masters who had been raised in the Central Plains for decades.
Although there were only one hundred and fifty cavalry, with such a luxurious configuration, one blow was as fast as thunder, and it directly scattered the Khitans around Huang Luo Umbrella.
Gao Huaide jumped off his horse with a flying swoop, swung his axe, and chopped down the yellow umbrella cover of Yelu Deguang.
Yao Yuanfu also shot and wounded three of Emperor Yelv Deguang's six white horses. The horses were frightened and pulled these six horses around.
The Khitan people were panicking now. People who didn't know the inside story really thought that the emperor had been killed. Countless people were crying and howling.
The Khitan saying "The emperor is dead! The emperor is dead!" resounded throughout the country.
The battlefield was in chaos, and the 60,000 Khitan soldiers who could barely hold on suddenly collapsed.
Some of them cried and howled and rushed towards Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others, wanting to kill them for revenge, while some of them scattered on the battlefield.
The 60,000-strong army suddenly suffered a landslide, and there were figures running around everywhere.
"Fuck you! Yelv Deguang is going to run away!" Zhang Zhao jumped up immediately.
"Send an order to Yan Jin, giving him full authority to command. Li Cunhui, Fan Shun, Huang Yingda, Chen Tingxiao, and Yang Jiye follow me to pursue the Khitan Emperor."
Of course, Fu Yanqing and others who had chopped down Huang Luogai Umbrella would not wait there to be attacked by the furious Khitan people. They wanted to capture the Khitan Emperor alive.
So these people continued to mount their horses and chase them wildly. They suddenly hit the rear of the Khitan people who were leaving the city.
The Khitan people were all busy running away and had no intention of fighting, and they were even more frightened.
Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others became more and more courageous as they fought, and soon fell into the ranks of the Khitan people. They rushed left and right, constantly looking for Yelv Deguang's figure in the chaos.
Murong Nobunaga also saw the team leaving the city. Regardless of the Shan army that was already surrounded, he also pursued them fiercely.
It must be said that this Khitan man can indeed run. The iron falcons and iron harriers guarding Yelu Deguang were not wearing much armor at all. They just ran away with one person and two horses, much faster than Fu Yanqing and Murong Nobunaga who were wearing armor.
The action is fast.
Yelu Wuzhi was sweating profusely on his forehead. Why was he discovered just after he went out?
In this case, how could he go to Tokyo? He looked around anxiously and shouted: "Are there no loyal and brave ministers at this moment?"
Yelu Shi, the supervisor of the Iron Falcon Army, gritted his teeth and said to the Yelu house: "After I come, I will carefully guard your Majesty's return north."
With that said, he led his hundreds of cavalrymen back to intercept.
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Downstream of the Yinluo River, there is the Xiaoyi Bridge. Zhao Yanshou and Yelucha were guarding the bridge with 3,000 men. Zhao Kuangzan was leading a few thousand cavalry to fight against Zhao Yanshou here.
Zhao Kuangzan tried hard to persuade Zhao Yanshou several times, but there was no way for Zhao Yanshou to turn back. Even if he surrendered, could Zhang Zhao tolerate him? He instigated the Shanxi-Liao War, could anyone else tolerate him?
As a result, the two sides were in a stalemate until Zhao Kuangzan's sentry cavalry discovered thousands of cavalry rushing towards them.