Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

The other party Jiao Didi said: "General Wang, why are you angry, I am here to serve you, come here quickly, I promise to let the general..."

"I'm asking who you are, and who asked you to come." Wang Shenqi's face was calm, he slapped the knife on the table, and pulled it out with his backhand, which startled the woman on the bed, and said with tears in his eyes : "Why are you fierce? My father is Zhongtinghui. He asked me to serve you. Otherwise, who would want to come to such a poor, stinking place! Huh..."

Wang Shenqi suddenly understood that the final court emblem was the guard general of Yijin Pass in the Liao Kingdom, who later surrendered to them, the commander still let him lead the defenders of Yijin Pass and became his general.

Wang Shenqi looked at the beautiful woman crying in terror on the bed, "I arranged a private house for your family in the morning, and I will go back tomorrow morning and tell your father, don't use such tricks, don't use the trick against the Liao people on someone, come here again Throw you out."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went out, and asked the soldiers to lay a floor under the eaves.

From the Ningzhou area to Youzhou in the north, this area has been in constant war for decades, with armies from all walks of life coming and going, and the king's banner at the head of the city constantly changing. Grass, the wind blows the ability to fall on both sides.

As far as they are concerned, whether the Khitan people or the Zhou people are good, they will win over whoever is powerful. If the situation is good, they will stick to the city and be loyal ministers. If the situation is not good, they will open the door and surrender. The trick was used on him again.

Wang Shenqi kept silent and didn't bother to say much, so he simply slept on the street with all the soldiers, and he fell asleep quickly after a day's fatigue.

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At Waqiaoguan, dozens of miles away, Shi Congyun also slept very late. The soldiers from Yijinguan were telling him about the battle during the day and the movements of the Liao army reported by scouts everywhere, so he didn’t go to sleep until very late. .

Lying on the not-so-comfortable bed, I wish I had a girl to sleep with...

Indeed, since he occupied Guannan, the governors and generals of various states have hinted to him several times that they wanted money and bribes, but Shi Congyun ignored them. Well, I have to be serious, these people are also stupid, and they don't know how to find the right time. Is he embarrassed now?

Fu Zhaoyuan was his bodyguard, and Shi Congyun told him to wake himself up whenever something happened, no matter how big or small.

Early the next morning, when it was still daylight, someone woke him up, and the scouts in the north sent urgent military information.

It seems that the Khitan people were beaten badly by Wang Shenqi at Yijin Pass yesterday. They sent a lot of cavalry around Yijin Pass to try to go south, and also sent a large number of small teams to ride south. It seems that they have the intention to bypass Jiancheng and go directly south. .

Shi Congyun suddenly lost sleepiness and was out of breath when he got up. He was about to curse, and immediately sent all the soldiers of the scout battalion to deal with the small Liao army going south. Zhao found it, fast."

Guo Ting said he didn't stand aside, his expression was serious: "It seems that Wang Shenqi played too well, the Liao army has other thoughts."

"They must be blocked back." Shi Congyun made a conclusion without saying a word: "The Liao army must be tempting. If there is not much pressure to go south, they will choose to bypass Yijin Pass and divide their troops to go south. Then the overall situation of the battle will be affected. influences.

This time, they had to fight head-on so that they would not dare to bypass Yijin Pass. "

Soon, Murong Yanzhao came. Since the last defeat, he has been blaming himself.

"The commander-in-chief has any orders for the general." Murong Yanzhao said.

"There are more than a thousand cavalry from the Liao army bypassing Yijin Pass and going south." Shi Congyun said straight to the point: "They want to test it out. They were frightened by Wang Shenqi at Yijin Pass. See if the south of us is empty. If it is empty, they can go around directly. Pass the Yijin Pass and divide the troops to go south, regardless of the hard nuts to crack."

As Shi Congyun said, he patted him on the shoulder, "I order you to give the Khitan people a head-on blow and make them return to Yijin Pass. I can give you two thousand horsemen from the Crane Army. Can you do that?"

Murong Yanzhao became excited, he had just lost, and was about to have a chance to show off, so he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, this time the bandits will definitely come and go!"

That morning, Shi Congyun ordered Murong Yanzhao to lead two thousand cavalry from Waqiao Pass to the north to meet the Liao army going south, in order to combat the enemy's willingness to bypass Yijin Pass and divide their troops to go south.

At the same time, send out the scout battalion. If you encounter a small group of cavalry from the Liao army who is going south, stop them and confront them.

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So from the beginning of June, the Liao army under Yijin Pass stopped attacking the city and turned into a siege. After that, at least [-] Liao troops began to go south from various trails and small groups, intending to find out the reality of the south.

Shi Congyun sent a scout battalion and Murong Yanzhao led 2000 people to the north to deal with it.

In June, the weather was hot, and the war quickly turned from a large-scale battle to a small-scale tremor between the woods and fields between Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass. Probe, then confront.

The woods were cooler than the tents, the June wind whizzed past, and the large branches and leaves rattled like waves. Murong Yanzhao rested under a big tree, and a large number of scouts were sent out to search for the traces of the Liao army.

Murong Yanzhao took a deep breath in his heart. The loss to the Liao people was a great shame to him, and he felt extremely guilty. Of the more than 2000 people he took out, he only returned more than 200 in the end. It is said that it was almost a devastating blow, and it also had a great impact on the morale of the army.

Zhou Jun had never suffered such a defeat since he marched north, and it turned out that he started.

So since leading the army to the north, he has devoted himself to the major event of fighting against the infiltration of the Liao people to the south.

But this is not a simple matter. The terrain between Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass is flat, with criss-crossing paths and fields, and there are many fields and woods in the middle, and there are many trails to walk.

Therefore, the Liao army can be divided into small groups and advance separately.

This is the style of play that the Liao people are best at. The Liao people like to use a hundred cavalry as a team to scout and attack in front of the army.

Fight if you can beat it, retreat immediately and report the situation to the Chinese army if you can't.

The current terrain is the most suitable for the Liao army to play. The flat terrain and a large number of trails allow the Liao army to go south from various places.

In order to deal with this situation, Zhou Jun had to find another way.

Murong Yanzhao's response was to stop the main force of the army outside Hanzhuang Village, 25 miles northeast of Waqiao Pass, and at the same time disperse the scout battalion. A group of more than a dozen people formed a team of light horses and went north to investigate. When they found the traces of the Liao army, they returned immediately. Report.

This place is located on the side of the avenue. Since the avenue can be guarded, the large cavalry of the Liao army cannot go south. At the same time, the main force of the Liao army will not move until it is clear where the main force of the Liao army is.

Their main force had been waiting here for a day, and later in the afternoon, scouts would light up one after another, reporting to him that the main force of the cavalry of the Liao army was more than [-], and they had reached about [-] miles north of them along the road.

Murong Yanzhao immediately got on his horse and asked the messengers to gather everyone on the road, and then led them to gallop north.

A few quarters of an hour later, the two sides faced each other far away on the northern avenue, hundreds of steps apart, and could see each other from a distance. A large number of cavalry met on the avenue. The Liao army general at the head was wearing a hard leather armor, wearing a bow, and when the Khitan leader holding a spear was yelling, he was not as quick as Murong Yanzhao, and shot directly with his bow and arrow.

Before the other person finished speaking, the horse under his crotch wailed and fell to the ground, and the leading Khitan general was thrown out directly.

"Kill it!" Murong Yanzhao yelled, and directly led the brigade to cover and kill him.

The Zhou army is an elite soldier in hundreds of battles, and the cavalry of the Crane Army followed Shi Congyun's battle without falling behind. With a command, they immediately moved, and the light and heavy cavalry were separated. Separated, quickly rushed into the fields on both sides from the avenue, and outflanked towards the rear.

Zhou Jun not only likes to use Yanyue Formation in infantry and cavalry melee, but also uses it a lot in cavalry battles. The heavy cavalry of the Chinese army charged forward, and the light cavalry quickly outflanked the two wings from the fields on both sides.

Constantly harassing the Chinese army with bows and crossbows, soon the Chinese army rushed directly into the middle of the Liao army like a torrent of steel.

The Liao army was thrown off the horse by Murong Yanzhao for the first time, and they fell into chaos and couldn't react. Moreover, their armor and weapons were not as good as those of the Zhou army. It has never been the Khitan people's strong point to confront the Zhou army's cavalry head-on. Was washed to pieces.

The encounter was too sudden, the front army yelled in horror, and the rear army turned around and ran back ignorantly. Their previous fighting style was "scattered and reunited", and they were never prepared to head-to-head with Zhou Jun.

As a result, the Liao army in the middle was blocked back and forth. Under the trend of survival instinct, they rushed out from the fields on both sides desperately, but the light cavalry of the Zhou army who had outflanked them from the two wings had already cruised in formation, waiting to shoot them with bows and crossbows.

All of a sudden, the entire avenue was filled with smoke and dust, a large number of wheat fields on both sides were trampled down, many cavalry were running and fighting, golden and iron horses, shouts of killing and horseshoes mixed together, which was deafening.

In the confrontation on the first day of the new year, Murong Yanzhao shot down the general of the Liao army with quick eyes and hands. The Zhou army's heavy cavalry rushed forward from the main road, and the light cavalry's outflanking tactics from the fields on both wings completely overwhelmed the Liao army.

After two quarters of an hour of fighting, the cavalry of the Liao army either threw away their helmets and armor and fled northward, or they were all driven to the fields on both sides of the road.

Murong Yanzhao stopped the pursuit of the Chinese army, and the returning soldiers surrounded and strangled the Liao army who had been driven into the field.

Half an hour after the battle, the cavalry of the Zhou army formed two large circles, besieging hundreds of Liao cavalry on each side in the middle. The heavy cavalry was inside, armed with spears and sabers. The crossbow shooting did not mean to engage the Liao army at all, but just kept using the bow and crossbow to kill the Liao army.

It is best to be able to kill people from a distance. This is an important idea in Zhou Jun's tactics. Cavalry can ride and shoot is a very important criterion.

Among the infantry, sword and shield soldiers and spear soldiers generally only account for [-] to [-]%, and the rest are long-range soldiers with bows and crossbows, try to use long-range to kill the enemy.

It's just that the crossbowman is not the slender, elegant, and thinly armored image that people understand.

The elite crossbowmen are all tall and well-armored people. If they are not strong enough, they cannot draw a strong bow. Moreover, once the enemy cannot withstand the long-range crossbow and collapses, or directly rushes over, the crossbowman must be replaced. Fight directly with the horizontal knife.

The battle of encirclement and annihilation continued until dusk, and the corpses of the fallen troops of the Liao army piled up into hills and blood flowed into rivers.

The rest cried and knelt and kowtowed. They might have surrendered a long time ago, but because of the language barrier, the soldiers of the Zhou army couldn't understand, so they didn't show mercy.

In the end, the commander under his command excitedly reported to Murong Yan on the road: "General, the Liao army has surrendered! Our army killed 840 thieves and captured more than 270! Do you want to escort the captured soldiers to the south immediately?"

Murong Yanzhao laughed happily, and finally washed away the shame of his previous defeat in Zhuozhou, and immediately said: "Go to the south to report the victory to the commander, tell the whole army not to chase north, and watch out for the Khitan thieves to set up an ambush, they are best at that, If you can't beat it, you can only use tricks."

Immediately he said viciously: "Don't send the captives away, if you send them over, wouldn't it be cheaper for the commander to spare a few? These dog thieves who killed the brothers, killed them all on the spot, and told the commander that all the thieves were killed by us. "

Under the night, a bloody battle came to an end in the fields beside the avenue, a large wheat field was flattened, and the bloody water once again watered the land where wars were frequent...

Chapter 237, The Battle of Three Levels ([-])

Yelv Talie could smell blood from a long distance away, the road under his feet was muddy, surrounded by camps, the soldiers passing by whispered something, and from time to time he could hear the pain and wailing of injuries and illnesses, the army no longer had the vigor to go south .

They stationed troops under Jiancheng for several days. More than 900 people died and more than 2000 were injured. Still no progress was made, which made morale even lower.

Yelv Talie's cowhide boots were covered with yellow mud. After crossing the small river with shallow water, he saw a dead body on the side of the road. A guard of the imperial tent he knew was digging a hole beside him. The child belonged to his relatives. The descendants were arranged by the elders to be guards beside His Majesty.

Yelu Talie frowned, and walked over a few steps, "What's going on?"

"He is His Majesty's cook..." the guard whispered.

Yelu Talie understood, "Is there something serious going on?"

"I heard that people who went south met Zhou Jun, and more than 900 people were killed, and very few escaped. His Majesty was very angry...the unlucky cook." He glanced at the ground as he spoke.

Yelu Talie's face became even more ugly.

He immediately asked his own soldiers to lead the horse, and walked to the golden-roofed imperial tent by himself, and His Majesty's roar could still be heard outside.

"Stupid, useless than a dog, trash!"

The guard at the gate saw him and went in to report. Soon the voice inside disappeared, and it became quiet, and then the guard let him in.

When Yelu Talie entered the big tent, His Majesty was in the big tent, his face was full of anger, his bald hair was a bit messy, there was still wet blood on the carpet of the big tent, no one dared to clean it up, and there was a bloody crock on the table. The knife obviously belonged to the unlucky cook who was killed just now.

Yelu Talie saluted, "Your Majesty, those who are close to you should not be killed casually."

"It's just a lowly slave, don't worry about it."

Yelu Tali swallowed the words again, even lowly slaves can easily kill people, being too cruel and harsh to the servants around him is definitely not a good thing, if anyone harbors resentment?

No matter how brave a person is, he can't beat a knife within five steps.

But he didn't say these words in the end, because His Majesty showed him a battle report. The army going south was ambushed by Zhou Jun on the road south of Yijin Pass yesterday. Only a few of the more than 1000 people escaped back, and most of them were killed by Zhou Jun.

It is estimated that about 1000 people died in battle. This is really bad news. 1000 people died in battle is not a small number...

After a few days like this, under the city of Yijin Pass, plus the loss of going south, they have killed about 2000 people in succession.

2000 people is already a big loss. If it is not supported by tens of thousands of troops, the loss of 2000 people is enough to determine the outcome of a small or medium-sized war.

Although they gained a lot and killed many Zhou troops, Yelu Talie knew that it was completely different.

Their advantage lies in quick battles. The Khitan warriors are used to fighting fast raids. They don't bring much food and supplies, usually no more than three months. They don't have the stamina of the Zhou people. If they fight for a long time, the more they will be delayed. Bad for them.

Years of experience told Yelu Talie that their soldiers were not as patient as the southerners. If they could not suppress the southerners at the beginning, the morale of the army would worsen later on.

They have been able to maintain their advantage over the south in recent years, largely because of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Being able to supply supplies at the south front in time greatly reduces their disadvantages.

This is also the reason why he thinks that Youzhou cannot be lost. If you lose Youzhou, it will be difficult for them to go deep into the Central Plains, so when he heard that Youzhou was in danger, he urged them to go south.

Yelu Talie could only calmly analyze: "Your Majesty, the Zhou army must have deployed heavy troops at Waqiaoguan, and the southerners are good at defending in battle. The old minister thinks that they may be deployed with two lines of defense.

The line of Yijin Pass and Yukou Pass is the first line, followed by the line of Waqiao Pass as the second line, defending layer by layer, consuming our troops, as the southerners have always been in war.

Every time we go south, they will organize a large-scale defense. As long as we break one, the morale of the rear will collapse. "

What Yelv Talie said was the truth. As the king of the South Courtyard, he had run the South Courtyard for many years and had the most dealings with the Han people in the south. Whenever there was a war with them, they always liked to take a defensive position and stick to the fortified city.

So he felt that this time was the same as usual. After they went south, Zhou Jun took a defensive position, preparing to block them from going south.

If he gives up now, the lost land cannot be regained. He is unwilling. The three passes: Yijin Pass, Waqiao Pass, and Yukou Pass are the gateways of Youzhou. Without these places, Zhou Jun can go north to attack Youzhou at any time. Guan, Youzhou is like a beauty who doesn't wear anything, anyone who looks at it will be tempted.

According to past experience, the risk of going down is not great. The best situation is to regain the lost land and still have the energy to continue going south to plunder land and wealth.

In general, regaining the lost ground and keeping Sanguan, the southern gateway, will make Youzhou safer.

In the worst case, they can also withdraw their troops back to Youzhou to protect the main force of the army. Southerners always like to defend the strong city and rarely take the initiative to attack, especially when facing their army.

His Majesty thought for a long time: "You mean to continue to attack Yijin Pass?"

Yelu Talie nodded: "It's only summer, it's still early, and our army has already left Youzhou and moved south, and there are still many people in the court watching."

He knows the weakness of His Majesty today. His Majesty is a mutiny, and he has done very little since he took the position. In fact, there are many people at home and abroad who oppose it openly and secretly. If he loses like this, he will go back in despair.

He didn't want to say such a thing at first, but he was afraid that His Majesty would give up on Sanguan.

His Majesty's face was very ugly, and slowly looking at him, Yelu Talie didn't even dare to look at him, "Your Majesty, what I said may be wrong, or it may be reasonable, but everything should be decided by Your Majesty."

There was silence in the big tent for a long time before Yelu Talie heard His Majesty say: "Continue to fight, order the whole army to resume the siege tomorrow morning, take down Yijin Pass and go south, and kill everyone who can see it! Looted everything!"

Yelu Talie felt the anger in the words, and he didn't dare to say more. He believed that the situation would change if he persisted for a few more days.

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Zhenzhou, where the government is located in Zhending County, is located at the foot of Taihang Mountain. The county seat here is not tall, and the army can only be stationed outside the city after it arrives.

At this time, there are three generals of the Zhou Dynasty sitting in this small county town, hoarding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Li Chongjin, the commander of the bodyguard Mabu's army, and Zhang Yongde, who was under the same law as Zhongshumen, and Li Jixun, the governor of Heyang.

Li Chongjin stood by the Daying River, with a wide river in front of it, across the county seat, with a letter in his hand, and two people standing behind him, Li Jixun was close to him, and Zhang Yongde was a little farther away.

Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin had always been at odds. In Huainan, Zhang Yongde even played Li Chongjin with the intention of rebelling against him.

So the two of them talked very little, and this time they had to work together, but there was nothing to talk about on weekdays, and there was very little talk between the two of them.

Li Jixun is a veteran, so he naturally understood the situation, but he didn't get involved. He was originally the oldest and earliest member of the Zhou army.

He was already the commander of the Guards and Infantry before the battle of Huainan a few years ago. If it hadn't been for the defeat in the battle of Shouzhou, he would now be the top official of the two divisions with a high probability!