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The number of troops garrisoned in Lanzhou City is also extremely limited. Before Nv Zhenren invaded the Liao Kingdom, there were still 30,000 soldiers in Lanzhou City. The main job of these soldiers on weekdays was to "strike grass in the valley" and go south to plunder the Han people. At that time, Taiyuan City
The Song soldiers did not dare to stop these Liao soldiers. After Nv Zhenren went south, most of the Liao soldiers were sent to the north to resist Nv Zhenren, and Lanzhou City was no exception.
The current total strength of Lanzhou City is only 3,000, and all of them are old, weak and disabled soldiers.
Yang Lin was very careful in using troops. He always believed that the Liao people were very powerful and needed to be treated with caution. This time, he first opened the way with 1,000 death squads, followed by an army of 9,000. Liu Guangshi and Hu Yanting's 20,000 troops were also on the flanks.
Carry out support and jump into the battlefield when necessary.
But when he actually attacked Lanzhou City, Yang Lin realized that his worries were completely unnecessary!
I saw 1,000 suicide squads roaring in. They moved the ladder to one side of the city wall and roared towards it. However, there were no attacks from above! There were no crossbows, boulders, boiling oil, etc. Attacks! There were attacks from above.
There were some Liao soldiers, but these Liao soldiers were all dumbfounded and looked at the death squads charging below in disbelief.
When the death squads rushed up the city wall, the Liao soldiers shouted in unison and fled into the distance.
"Kill!" The death squad soldiers rushed into these Liao soldiers like enraged beasts, killing everyone they saw. Within a moment, the city wall was covered with dead and wounded.
Yang Lin has also arrived at the city wall. Looking at the scene in front of him, he seems to be in a dream. He originally thought this was a difficult battle, but who knew it was so simple!
The city gates below have been opened, and the remaining 9,000 soldiers have also rushed into Lanzhou City. They encountered almost no resistance here. Those Liao soldiers were either killed or fell to their knees on the ground, begging for their lives.
"Are the Liao people so weak?"
"They have almost no combat effectiveness! They are all old men, or they are children who have not grown up. Are these also soldiers?"
"I easily killed a dozen people, and I want to kill more, but there is no one left!"
"This battle is boring! The Liao people are too weak, much weaker than the Western Army!"
The soldiers were smiling and talking a lot there.
In fact, the Liao soldiers also have elites, but all the elites have been transferred to the Zhongjing area in the north. They are extremely weak at home. What Liangshan encountered was the weakest group of people in the Liao soldiers! As for the so-called "Liao people are better than the West"
"The army is weak", this is naturally impossible. Historically, the Western Army was no match for the Liao Army. The Zhong Family Army was wiped out in front of the Liao people. This was all because Liangshan did not encounter elites.
Yang Lin stood there, dumbfounded that the battle that had been prepared ended just like that.
Liu Guangshi and Hu Yanting had also entered the city at this moment, and they had arrived beside Yang Lin.
"The Liao army is really weak, I didn't expect it." Liu Guangshi said excitedly.
"The main force of the Liao army has gone to the north. Here are some old and weak soldiers and horses, who are vulnerable. Originally I didn't believe that Ban Yue could capture Xijing, but now it seems that there is no problem! With such old and weak soldiers and horses,
How is it possible to stop the 100,000 elite soldiers of our Third Army!" Yang Lin said.
"Commander Yang, all the Liao soldiers in this city have been cleared. Should we rest for a night and then continue to march?" Liu Guangshi asked again.
"Why are you resting? This battle only lasted less than half an hour! Brother Yang's soldiers were okay, and they killed some people anyway. Our soldiers just shouted a few times outside and then went into the city. They didn't have any physical strength.
No need to waste anything! No need to rest, we will drive all night tonight!" Hu Yanting said excitedly.
Liu Guangshi curled his lips and felt very dissatisfied. However, what Hu Yanting said was very reasonable and he could not refute it. When they were preparing to attack the city, the army had already rested. Now they are full of energy and there is really no need to rest anymore.
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The three people were talking, but the killing in the city still did not stop. The thirty thousand troops of the West Route Army were cleaning up Lanzhou City. All the Liao soldiers who were still resisting were killed, and all the officials in the city were captured.
, if you are a Khitan, you will be killed. If you are a Han, you will die if you dare to resist. If you are willing to surrender, you will have a way to live.
Yelu Ming, the guard of Lanzhou City, had hanged himself at home early. He did not believe until his death that the Han people actually entered the Liao Kingdom and launched an attack on the Liao Kingdom.
After all the clearing was completed, Yang Lin left a battalion of 300 men to garrison Lanzhou City, and he continued northward with the rest of the troops.
On April 5, Lanzhou City was captured by Liangshan. On the same day, Guanzhou and Xinzhou were also captured by Liangshan. Like Lanzhou, these two cities were garrisoned by some old and weak soldiers. Guanzhou's soldiers and horses
There are 4,000 people in number, and there are 3,000 people in Xinzhou. Facing the elite soldiers and horses trained by Yue Fei himself, they are simply unable to resist.
On April 8, Kelan Prefecture and Ninghua Prefecture further north were also captured by the Liangshan army.
At this moment, Yue Fei's 100,000 soldiers and horses have been directed towards Shuozhou, Yunzhong and Yanqiu in the Warring States Period in northern Shanxi. Li Mu, Lian Po and others were stationed here. Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Guang and other famous generals in the Han Dynasty were also stationed here.
, and in the Ming Dynasty of later generations, this place was even more famous as "the place where the three passes are unparalleled, and the nine fortresses respect the first pass." In all dynasties, this place was the first important border pass for the Central Plains people to resist the nomads.
However, the passes in these places are all used to resist the nomads outside the pass, not to resist attacks from within the Central Plains. They have almost no defense against attacks from within the Central Plains!
Moreover, after the Liao people occupied these places, these passes all belonged to the internal territory of the Liao people, and there were very few troops stationed on weekdays. In addition to the war with nv Zhenren, most of the troops were transferred to the north.
After the Liangshan army entered this area, it was still overwhelming.
By April 13, Shuozhou had been captured, and so had Yanmen!
Yue Fei brought thousands of soldiers and horses to Yanmen Pass and stood at Yanmen Pass. The strong wind blew and his clothes were blown away. The scenery in the distance was extremely desolate, but his heart was extremely excited.
He couldn't even hide it, and his face turned red.
"Brother, ahead is Datong, Xijing of the Liao people!" Zhang Xian stood next to Yue Fei, also very excited.
"Xijing is not the territory of the Liao people, it is the territory of our Han people! It has been the territory of our Han people since ancient times. When did it belong to the Liao people? The Liao people just stole it!" Yue Fei said with a sneer.
"Datong is a fortified city, I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight," Zhang Xiandao said.
"If the Liao people deployed hundreds of thousands of troops and horses in Datong, it would be really difficult for me to defeat them. But do the Liao people still have so many troops and horses now? All their troops and horses have gone to the north, and the garrison in Datong is not
There will be more than 30,000 people. Let's go, let's march to Datong. From now on, this vast territory still belongs to us Han people and will never be taken away by foreigners again," Yue Fei said.
The three armies and their peaks all pointed towards Datong.
At this moment in Taiyuan City, news about Yue Fei's army was coming continuously. Everyone in the military headquarters in the Hedong War Zone was happy, except Hu Yanzhuo. Hu Yanzhuo had already obtained the specific battlefield situation and knew that Yue Fei had not encountered any decent soldiers along the way.
Resistance. He felt that the Liao Kingdom had already
He was so weak that he should be beaten down. This time Yue Fei took advantage again. On the contrary, his wife was extremely happy after hearing the news. Since the Liao people were empty in the country, the Liangshan army would not encounter large forces.
If there is no danger, her son will naturally be fine.
But in Datong, Xijing, people are panicking at the moment.
There are still 20,000 troops in Xijing, but they are all old and weak.
Staying in Xijing is Li Chuwen, the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom. He is over 50 years old this year. At this moment, he is standing on the wall of Datong, his whole body is shaking.
Originally, he had felt that the prospects of the Liao Kingdom were not good, and he wanted to find a new master. During this period, he had secretly contacted the Song Dynasty court and wanted to seek refuge with the Song Dynasty court. He had also noticed Liangshan, but he did not
I don’t think Liangshan can really develop, let alone
Thinking that Liangshan dared to attack the Liao Kingdom. He is also a Han, but he is a Han from the Liao Kingdom. He also looks down on the Han people in the Central Plains. He thinks the Han people in the Central Plains are cowardly and incompetent. These Central Plains Han people have not entered the north for 200 years. How could they suddenly do so now?
Such courage?
"Master Li, we need to think carefully about how to deal with Liangshan's troops." At this moment, Xiao Yun, the guard of Datong, came behind Li Chuwen and said.
"How many soldiers and horses are there in Liangshan?" Li Chuwen turned around and asked hurriedly.
"This... I'm not sure. They were unstoppable along the way, and no one could stop them. Not many people escaped. However, according to our estimate, there are more than 100,000." Xiao Yun said.
"One hundred thousand? What can we do? Datong only has 20,000 remaining soldiers now? How can it be the opponent of a hundred thousand army?" Li Chuwen said in fear.
"Sir, the city of Datong is strong. With twenty thousand people, it is possible to block a hundred thousand of them." Xiao Yun said cautiously.
"Nonsense! How can 20,000 people stop 100,000 people? It's already this time and you're still lying to me!" Li Chuwen said angrily.
"Sir, I'm really not talking nonsense! Think about it, they are Han people from the Central Plains. Don't you know what the Han people in the Central Plains are like? They are all cowardly and incompetent. Let alone 20,000 people, we are all 10,000 people.
Can block them." Xiao Yun said.
"This..." Li Chuwen was stunned. Indeed, the Han people in the Central Plains are incompetent. No matter how many they are, they don't have much fighting power! The Han people in the Central Plains are not even as good as the weakest soldiers and horses among the Liao people! Thinking of this, Li Chuwen's face turned slightly pale.
It looks better.
"Sir, you should go to the army now to boost morale and let the soldiers fight hard." Xiao Yun said again.
"Build morale? How to boost morale?" Li Chuwen asked.
"Sir, the soldiers have not received military pay for two years! I think if we give them military pay, their morale will definitely be high," Xiao Yun said.
"Military pay? How can there be any military pay in Xijing now? There is not even a tael of silver left!" Li Chuwen said with a bitter smile.
The Liao Kingdom was originally very powerful, but since Nv Zhen's invasion until now, the once powerful and powerful country has completely declined! Most of the territory is occupied by Nv Zhenren, and the remaining Yanyun and other places were originally one of the richest places in the Liao Kingdom.
There was originally a lot of gold
Silver was used to support the front line. Almost all the gold and silver were distributed to the Liao soldiers on the front line. As for some old and weak soldiers and horses stationed in the rear, they had not received military pay for several years. Now Datong is incomparable.
It's empty and it's impossible to get paid.
"Sir, the soldiers haven't had a full meal for a long time. Do you think we should let the soldiers have a few full meals? This can also boost morale." Xiao Yun said again.
"Have enough food? Did you know that all the food in Datong was transported to Zhongjing and used as food for the coalition forces? Now I can't even try to get them to have enough food!" Li Chuwen said with a bitter smile.
"This..." Xiao Yun is a guard general. He only cares about military affairs. He did not expect that Datong would be like this now.
"Forget it, you go first. I'll think about it and see if there is any way to improve the food for some soldiers." Li Chuwen waved his hand and said.
As a result, late that night, Li Chuwen secretly left Datong with more than ten people and headed towards Yanjing.
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