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The meeting lasted for more than an hour. After intense discussions, a strategy for the breakout operation was finally reached. Since the enemy's main attack direction is Dongcheng and Seoul is to the south, it is not conducive to get rid of the pursuit in time and cannot break out to the north, so it is best to
The breakthrough is to the west.
There were 20,000 Liao troops besieging the West City, which was its weakest point. Su Jin decided to assemble the army overnight and move to West City. After dark, he would attack the Liao camp in West City with all his strength. After breaking through, he would go southwest along the Huaizhou line of Gyeongju.
Get closer to the edge of the desert, try to fight your way back to Yunnei through the Gobi sand sea, and evacuate from Xia Kingdom.
After the strategy was decided, all the generals immediately arranged it. After a hearty dinner, all the Song troops gathered in the city square. Each of the 50,000 Song troops were disheveled and shapeless, with damaged armor and thin clothes exposed to protect them from the cold.
With their dry grass and rags, they are simply a group of beggar soldiers.
Su Jin looked sad, but he still had a resolute face. Ordering a breakout was actually a risky move. Ximen seemed weak, but once the breakout started, troops from Beicheng and Seoul would immediately go to support. Whether he could escape could only depend on Lao
God's fate, someone raised this point at the pre-war meeting. Su Jin asked them: Are they willing to watch the Liao people smash themselves to death with arrow trebuchets, or are they willing to fight to the death to find a chance of survival? The answer is obviously
The latter had no supplies to defend the city at all, and the city could only be broken in a matter of seconds. When the whole city fell, the result would naturally be death with all their strength, but Su Jin did not want to die with the Liao people. To put it bluntly, he felt it was not worth it.
"Brothers, you have followed me in the war for half a year and have made immortal feats. There has never been an army as brave and fearless as you. Su is deeply proud and proud to have brothers like you. Su thanks you.
Along the way, they fought bravely and devoted themselves to the Song Dynasty without fear of life and death. However, we also witnessed the brothers around us fall down one by one and sacrifice their lives one by one. Death is terrible, but it is also sacred. They shed their blood in Liao Dynasty.
In the land of mankind, we will be remembered by us and the people of the Song Dynasty; but we cannot die needlessly. We must return to the Song Dynasty alive. This is the final victory. Therefore, today we must break through the encirclement overnight and return to the Song Dynasty.
Go to the Song Dynasty, accept the emperor's reward and the cheers of the people; I don't know how many brothers will die here tonight, even we will not be spared, but we can't give up this last hope, we have to rush out and return to the Song Dynasty.
Song Dynasty, return to your homeland and your relatives!"
All the soldiers burst into tears, raised their weapons and shouted: "Go back to the Song Dynasty and fight to the death to break through."
Su Jin raised his hands and said: "Let us try our best to fight the last battle. Trust me, I will take you back to the Song Dynasty and reunite you with your relatives."
All the soldiers shouted: "Commander Su, we believe in you."
Su Jin drew out the weapon from his waist and was about to give the order to attack. Suddenly, a muffled thunderous shout came from afar, followed by a rapid sound of horns, the sound of men neighing and horses shouting and swords clashing.
Everyone looked at each other, and Su Jin shouted loudly: "Where is the detective? What happened?"
After a while, soldiers came galloping on horseback. When they came to Su Jin, they rolled off their saddles and dismounted their horses and shouted out of breath: "Commander, there seems to be a fight in the Liao camp outside the east gate."
Su Jinyi was startled and said: "Who started fighting with whom?"
"It's too dark to see clearly. We've sent people to investigate."
Su Jin quickly mounted his horse and galloped towards the east gate. The generals quickly mounted their horses to follow. Everyone climbed up the tower and looked up. They saw chaos in the Liao army camp, with torches waving around and shouts of killing. Looking at the north gate and the south gate,
In Seoul, several long dragons with torches galloped towards the east gate, which were the supporting troops of the Liao army.
Su Jin shouted loudly: "Send red flaming rockets."
Amidst the roaring sound, three red fireworks bombs shot up into the dark night sky, stayed in the air for a moment and exploded into thousands of flowers. A moment later, three red fireworks bombs rose up in the distance behind the Liao army camp, also Su Jinbei Zheng.
The royal signal arrow of the army.
Mahan shouted excitedly: "It's the Dynasty and the others, it's the Dynasty and the others."
Su Jin's palms were trembling with excitement. Green signal arrows suddenly rose in the southeast corner of the sky. Su Jin couldn't believe his eyes. The green signal fireworks were the contact signal for the main force of the Song Army. Could it be that
Is it because Fan Shuai and Han Shuai's army support arrived from the front? I was still doubting that even if the dynasty survived, it would not have many troops on hand, so how could it dare to raid the Liao army camp, but this way, it can be explained.
"Commander, reinforcements are coming." Jingtai murmured with tears in his eyes.
Pan Jiang said: "What are you waiting for? Let's go out from the east gate to attack."
Su Jin said: "Yes, yes, yes, Pan Jiang Jingtai listened to the order, immediately organized his army, attacked the Liao army from the east gate, and made them a big dumpling for the New Year."
The east gate of the city was wide open, and 50,000 Song troops rushed out of the imperial city like wolves and tigers and went straight to the Liao army camp to kill. Chao Chao and Di Qing's 110,000 troops had already taken the advantage, but the Liao army could no longer resist.
What's more, it was a three-person game of flanking front and rear. Yelu Zhongyuan never thought that such an army would come from behind. Only when the battle started did he understand why the scouts sent to the east in the past two days were
Every one of the team was thrown into the sea and never came back. They were obviously robbed and killed by this group of Song soldiers. I didn't even think of this. It was really stupid.
The 160,000 Song troops were like wolves and tigers, attacking the Liao army camp to pieces. Liao troops from the other three sides rushed to rescue, but it was to no avail. In the end, they could only rescue Yelu Chongyuan and escort him to escape.
The Song army pursued them in all directions, and did not retreat until the sky was dim.
The morning sun rose and shone on the top of the imperial city of Linhuang Mansion. Di Qing led the generals to the top of the city. From a distance, they saw Su Jin, fully armed and wearing a purple cloak, standing in the golden sunshine.
With a smile on his face, Di Qing instantly felt the urge to worship him. It was the man in front of him who had created countless miracles. He could influence the fate of the country by himself. If it were him, he would never be able to lead an army.
In the belly of the enemy's country, the Su Jin in front of him has a haggard face and a black beard on his jaw, but his eyes are bright and his waist is straight, showing no signs of decadence. He is an unfailing god.
Su Jin stepped forward quickly, hugged Di Qing, and laughed and said: "Except General Di, who can run thousands of miles and launch an attack without the Liao people knowing it? General Di, thank you for your hard work, you saved me Su Jinyi"
Life."
Di Qing said sternly: "The commander-in-chief is the one who saved the Song Dynasty."
Su Jin laughed and said: "You and I should stop flattering each other. We are exhausted after fighting all night. I have prepared a banquet. Let's drink and celebrate at the top of the city. Facing the rising sun like blood, facing the mourning people everywhere,
I hope you still have an appetite."
Di Qing said with a smile: "If you are hungry and eat barbarian meat, you are thirsty for barbarian blood. If the commander has an appetite, how can we lose our appetite?"
The generals laughed, and Su Jin smiled and said, "Please take your seats."
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After this battle, Yelu Chongyuan's encirclement and suppression army was exhausted, and more than 30,000 of the remaining defeated troops fled to the north. Looking at the battle of Linhuang Mansion, the Song army captured Linhuang Mansion at a cost of 70,000 people, and annihilated the main force of the Liao Army.
Ten thousand people were captured and killed, and more than 500 senior enemy generals were captured and killed. More than 5,000 Liao generals were killed. Three princes of the Liao royal family were captured, including Queen Renyi Xiao Dali, the eldest prince Yelu Hongji, the younger prince and two other princes.
All the princesses died here, more than a hundred of the royal family members were left, and dozens of ministers were imprisoned.
Su Jin's 200,000-strong army still had 60,000 elite troops. In addition to Di Qing's 70,000-strong army, the attacking 130,000-strong army gathered south after a few days' rest, because Zhao Hu had already sent the news of the capture of Linhuang Mansion to the capital, and Zhao Zhen
The army was ordered to attack across the board. In order to cooperate with the army's actions, the armies of Su Jin and Di Qing rushed south to Dadingfu, and then went to Yuzhou, Lizhou, Zezhou and other cities, until they were behind the main force of the Liao army.
The main force of the Song Army in the south launched a fierce offensive and recaptured more than a dozen state capitals in the Song Kingdom occupied by the Liao Army. By the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the Liao Army had been compressed into a small and narrow area of Xijing Road and Nanjing Road.
coming soon.
In the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Zhen changed his name to Yuan Huangyou to celebrate the upcoming victory. In February of the second year of Huangyou, Liao Xingzong sent people to sue for peace, but Zhao Zhen refused. Yelu Zongzhen launched a last-ditch effort and gathered 260,000 remaining soldiers from Nanjing Road and Xijing Road.
They turned around and attacked Dading in an attempt to escape north; Su Jin and Di Qing held on for seventeen days until the main force of the Song army arrived and launched a decisive battle with the Liao army in the southeast of Dading.
On March 19, the second year of Huangyou, the Liao army was defeated. Yelv Zongzhen, the Xingzong of Liao, was killed by his ministers on the way to escape and presented his head to Su Jin. Xiao Hui, the king of the Beiyuan, committed suicide. The 260,000-strong army was wiped out. So far, Liao
The national power was exhausted. Except for the north of Shangjing Road, which was occupied by Yelu Chongyuan, the entire Liao Kingdom was included in the territory of the Song Dynasty within a few months.