"Soldiers, Liao Cavalry is right in front of you. Follow me to kill him, kill him and seize the flag, and make a great achievement!"
Li Huating raised his sword and stabbed it diagonally into the sky. He briefly issued a mobilization order and then rushed towards the Liao army formation.
"kill!"
Large pieces of spears and halberds pointed at the sky, and with a murderous shout, the cavalry with high morale rushed out.
"kill!"
Nearly a thousand cavalrymen galloped out with dozens of horses, and the soldiers of the second echelon raised their guns and swords, shouted loudly, and rode to kill again.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Teams of Song cavalry rushed forward in a wedge-shaped charge formation. Nearly ten layers of Song cavalry formed a huge arrow and headed straight towards Xiao Talin's main formation.
Seeing Li Huating's power, Pan Mei couldn't help stroking her beard and praised: "General Li, you are a true hero!"
"The Han is mighty, and our army will win! The Han is mighty, and our army will be victorious."
The remaining infantry and cavalry soldiers either hit the shield with their swords or struck the ground with their guns. Amidst the shocking "boom" sounds, they cheered for their soldiers with shouts.
Seeing that the Song army only had more than 10,000 cavalry, and they were charging towards them as if they were nothing, Xiao Talin's beard and hair flew up in anger, he clenched the barrel of his gun and shouted loudly: "Meet the enemy!"
Yin thunder was rolling in a continuous stream. Li Huating and his ten thousand cavalry rode wildly through the snow and ran straight into the Liao army's main formation. For a moment, the people were turned on their backs and the sound of killing filled the field.
The rage surged like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. The entire plain was full of galloping war horses. The air was full of sharp spears and sharp steel knives. Flags were rolled out and they were charging back and forth. Ten thousand Han cavalry rushed into the Liao army's main formation.
, just like pouring a ladle of cold water into a pot of boiling oil, it exploded immediately.
At this time, the 50,000 cavalrymen of Tong Yu's tribe at the rear were still standing there motionless, as quiet as a mountain, killing without sound. Only the war flags were hunting, which added to the invisible pressure. Who knows when they would swarm out?
Therefore, Li Huating charged the enemy's main formation with 10,000 cavalry. Although he made a heavy sacrifice at the moment of charging into the formation, once he broke into the enemy's army, he was like a fish in water, blocking the east and west, and was invincible. He turned the Liao army's main formation upside down.
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"The king has conquered the world, the king has been called the emperor, united the two countries of Song and Xia, and has many famous generals under his command. A man should not take the fame at this time, and compete for the vanguard among the brave generals. It is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Don't compete for the credit at this time.
When will we wait for a fight?"
Li Huating really tried his best. With reinforcements behind him, he had no worries. He just kept moving forward, forward, forward, tearing, tearing, tearing, riding around, leading his troops like a turbulent wave.
Advancing and retreating, dispersing and gathering like waves, calmly and leisurely, the entire Liao army's formation was shaken. With the inertia, the entire Liao army's formation was like water in a cauldron, rippling violently, and the formation was in chaos.
"General Tong, victory or defeat depends on this, your troops are ready to charge!"
Seeing Li Huating disrupting the Liao army's formation, there was already an opportunity to take advantage of it. The experienced Pan Mei immediately seized the opportunity and gave the order decisively.
"The general will obey your orders!"
Pan Mei finished speaking, and Tong Yu, who could no longer hold himself back for a long time, happily agreed, raised his spear and shouted: "Brothers, don't let General Li come forward and let them see what our brothers can do.
Kill!"
"Kill!"
Fifty thousand cavalry were divided into two groups, forming a pincer shape to outflank the main force of the Liao army. At the same time, Xiao Taolin also ordered the generals, and the two armies came forward in the shape of goose wings. They attacked like a tide, with rain of arrows and swords.
The mountains and the forest of guns converged into a tragic scene.
The Liao army made a partial counterattack during the retreat, and the three commanders, Xiao Taolin, Xiao Qian, and Han Kuangsi, were of equal rank and each had their own subordinates. Their orders were not as unified as those of the Song army. Li Huating and Tong Yu were fighting like rivals to their death, like a tide.
The pressure immediately pushed the Liao army back as a whole for a moment.
After just a moment's retreat, it was still a melee, but the momentum was completely different. Li Tong's army had already formed a pressing situation.
This battle was of great significance in the short history of the Song-Liao War. In the long hundreds of years to come, the Song Kingdom never had such a complete battle involving pure cavalry power against foreign enemies. This was also the only time, and also the only one in the whole country.
It was a victory, so it has been listed as a classic cavalry combat lesson by the Military Academy of the Song Dynasty, which was founded with Luzhou Yanwu Hall as its predecessor. Many generals and outstanding soldiers who fought on both sides of the Song and Liao Dynasty will be remembered in history forever.
Hundreds of years later, in a teaching class summarizing this battle, Mr. Hua Mantian, a senior professor at the Song Dynasty Martial Arts Hall, introduced the students as follows:
"Historically, at that time, the Liao people called the Han people Han'er, and the Han people also called themselves Han'er. After a few decades, Han'er was customarily just a special name for the Han people of Liao origin. In order to distinguish the northern and southern Han people, the people of the Song Dynasty used
From then on, they were called Han people, and the Han people in Liao were called Han'er. However, there was no such distinction at that time. Therefore, we suddenly heard the cry of "Han'er must win". Although the Han men in the Liao army camp were
Emotionally and psychologically, I had long regarded myself as a Liao native, but I still suffered a strong psychological impact.
Especially when tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, the powerful impact and shocking power could not be described in words. The Han people in the Northern Army, who were also of Han descent, couldn't help but have their morale demoralized. At this point, Li Huating's 10,000 cavalry forcefully broke in.
The enemy formation has produced an immeasurable effect. It can be said that this is an extremely successful example of psychological warfare.
In addition, at that time, the Liao army was in the process of a major retreat to defend Nanjing, and they launched a local counterattack during the retreat. In this case, the tactic they should adopt was to escape immediately if they missed a hit.
For the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom, it was a very dangerous thing. At this point, the Liao people made a mistake again.
The third point is that at that time, General Pan Mei, the co-commander of all the generals of the Eastern Route Army of our country, returned to the rescue in time and personally commanded the battle. The military orders were clear and the top and bottom were integrated. At that time, the Liao Kingdom had Xiao Qian, Xiao Taolin, and Han Kuangsi.
The generals are affiliated to different armies, and the military ranks or actual power of the three are roughly the same. This results in a situation where they fight independently and cannot effectively mobilize the entire army. This is also the decisive factor in determining the victory in this battle.
an important negative factor.
Of course, the role of our officers and men's united and tenacious fighting style in this battle cannot be doubted. In addition, there is another important reason that students cannot ignore, and that is the impact of unexpected factors on the war.
For example, during this battle, there was an official who later became our country's Xuanfu envoy in Jiaozhi. At that time, he was still a small captain named Ding Feng. Ding Feng was previously a small salt man in Shu. Because he participated in
He joined General Tong Yu's rebel army and became a part of this army.
He was wounded in the battle, and his intestines came out. After falling off his horse, he casually pulled out his sword and cut off the front legs of a war horse that rushed in front of him, causing the enemy on the horse to fall off. Then,
Ding Feng took advantage of the situation and chopped off the enemy's head with one strike. What he never expected was that the person he killed with one strike was actually Han Kuangsi, King of Yan of the Liao Kingdom.
Han Kuangsi was born in Yutian, Jizhou. His father, Han Zhigu, was kidnapped by the Khitan people as a slave when he was six years old. Later, he became a domestic slave and married his hostess, Queen Chunqin, to Yelu Abaoji, the founding emperor of the Liao Kingdom.
Palace slave. His son, Han Kuangsi, was good at medicine since he was a child. The Queen treated him like a son. Later, he rose to the top and served successively as an official in Taizu Temple. He stayed in Beijing, stayed in Nanjing, photographed the privy envoy, recruited envoys from the southwest, and led the Jinchang Army.
Jiedushi and others.
The later Emperor Yelvxian of the Liao Kingdom was frail and sick, but Han Kuangsi was an expert in medicine, so the two established a deep personal friendship very early. At the same time, Yelvxian's queen...ahem...this...is the relationship between her and the Holy Ancestor Emperor of our country.
Xiao Chuo, the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom who had many ambiguous legends, once had a marriage contract with Han Kuangsi's son Han Derang. However, during King De's rebellion, Han Derang, who was accompanying King De, blocked a cold arrow for Yelv Xian and died as a result, so she wanted to compensate her.
Because of his mentality, and because Yelv Xian really lacked confidants at that time, Han Kuangsi was named King of Yan.
I would like to make a special statement here, students, folk legends are due to the close exchanges between the Song and Liao countries after the signing of the armistice agreement, my country's economic assistance to the Liao country, and the frequent meetings between the leaders of the two countries, causing some meddlers to Fabricated lies. My Holy Ancestor, Emperor Wen Cheng, was a man of martial virtue and benefited the people. He would never do such a thing. In the official histories of the Song and Liao countries, there is no clue to verify these fragrant legends. Qianjin Yixiaolou also compiled many repertoires, performances and songs about the Holy Ancestor and Xiao Hou. This is misleading. Students, please do not regard literature and art as history, and do not be affected by these unofficial legends.
Ahem, okay, let’s get back to the topic. The unexpected death of King Yan Han Kuangsi caused a great confusion in the morale of the Liao army, which accelerated the defeat of the Liao army. As a result, the entire battle situation quickly tilted towards our side, allowing our army to defeat us with a smaller force.
The price of casualties was exchanged for a great victory. My classmates, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and we cannot say victory or defeat lightly until the last moment. A small person, a small thing, or an accident may completely change the situation of the battle.
In this battle, Han Kuang died, Xiao Guan was captured with his arm broken, and Xiao Taolin was seriously injured in dozens of places. The main force of his army was either killed or captured, and nearly 70% of the troops were wiped out. It can be called a complete victory, but the Song army still refused.
Rao, Xiao Taolin led the remaining defeated troops of his headquarters to break away from the battle, relying on the precious time bought by the soldiers who were still on the battlefield to fight to the death, and quickly retreated, but Tong Yu's ghost lingered on and pursued him.
The Liao army withdrew for dozens of miles and came to a small mountain called Yangjiao Mountain. With its commanding advantage, it was still difficult to defeat the Song army's rapid attack. Tong Yu showed no fear and led his troops to climb the mountain to attack. A bloody battle forced the Liao army to
The Liao army abandoned Yangjiao Mountain and continued to retreat. In one day, they changed their defensive positions, but Tong Yu always held on to them. The fierce battle was evident from the fact that Tong Yu exhausted three horses to death, changed horses four times and continued to charge into the battle.
A spot.
In the end, Xiao Talin only led more than 300 cavalry to escape from the valley. In order to cover the general's escape, all his troops became prisoners of the Song army. Xiao Talin led more than 300 cavalry to escape from the defeated generals and fled back to Youzhou. Xiao Chuo heard the news
Like five thunders, the main force of the cavalry was wiped out, which was a serious blow to the morale of the Liao army. If Yang Hao defeated Brother Yelvxiu in the previous battle at Xiaotang River, it would be the same as Brother Yelvxiu defeated Zhao Guangyi at Gaoliang River.
There was an element of trickery involved, but if it wasn't convincing enough, this encounter between the main cavalry forces of the two armies was a real show of skill with swords and spears.
In this battle, the Liao army was still completely defeated and suffered a disastrous defeat. The cavalry and archery that the Liao army was proud of was no longer a weapon to restrain the Han people. One can imagine the pessimistic atmosphere among the Liao army.
The house leak coincided with the continuous rain, and the boat broke into the headwind. Just when people were panicked and uneasy, Yang Hao led the main force to travel day and night, and finally arrived at the gate of Youzhou City, ahead of many Liao troops who came to Youzhou for reinforcements.
Previously, soldiers besieged Youzhou City again, and a scene completely similar to Zhao Guangyi's original scene was formed again: the Song army besieged the city, and the reinforcements besieged the Song army.
But this time, will the Song army suffer another defeat?
Yang Hao used almost the same moves as Zhao Guangyi in the early stage. He wanted to recover the situation from the failure of the previous Song Army.
The large army surrounded the city and quickly set up camp. Yang Hao personally inspected the three armies, arranging intelligence, communications, assembly, deployment, counterattack, interception, as well as baggage, food and grass, military medicine, logistics...
At the top of Youzhou City, Xiao Chuo was also patrolling the three armies in person to boost morale. He wore an indigo blue robe with narrow sleeves, a coiled collar, and fine-scale chain mail. There was a shining heart-protecting mirror on the chest, a pocket and a neck protector.
Decorated with pure white silver fox fur, a bunch of long pheasant feathers fluttered on the silver helmet on her head, which set off Empress Dowager Xiao's bright eyes and white teeth, and her moonlike face.
On her left, followed by a tiger general, with bright starry eyes and majestic aura, it was brother Lu Xiu of Liao Dynasty who was greater than Yue. When he inspected the east city, Xiao Chuo stopped and looked down the city while holding on to the arrow stack.
Camp, hunting with flags, people shouting, horses neighing, and a lot of noise.
Suddenly, Xiao Chuo's eyes were attracted by something. The yellow umbrella cover, which was the emperor's guard of honor. Yang Hao, under the yellow umbrella cover, must be Yang Hao. Xiao Chuo immediately clenched his silver teeth and raised his eyebrows.
A bit of bright red, as bright as jade Guanyin's pretty face, suddenly filled with murderous aura.
The yellow umbrella cover under the city suddenly stopped. From a distance, a general with a silver helmet could be seen slowly walking out from under the yellow umbrella cover. He walked a few steps forward, stood still, and walked towards the phoenix at the head of the city.
Looking over the folded umbrella.
They were too far apart to see each other's facial features clearly, but both of them seemed to see each other's appearance clearly. They stared at the figure for a long time. It seemed that countless soldiers on both sides felt the invisible confrontation between the other monarchs.
The entire battlefield suddenly became silent, with only the howling wind blowing the flag, and the ignorant horse neighing occasionally.
The two gazes crossed the military camp, crossed the trenches, and crossed the city wall, intertwined, flowing, and looked at each other for a long time. Xiao Chuo suddenly pulled his hand away, clenched the arrow stack tightly in his hand and put a cloud of ice and snow on it, and turned around in stride.
"I have to decide against you. All I have to do is fight. There is nothing left to say!"
