Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"They led the troops to make decisions because they knew they could not retreat directly. If they retreated directly, the tens of thousands of troops would not be able to attack Beikou, and they would suffer heavy losses. I will take advantage of the victory to pursue and lead the army northward, directly to Beijing.

He may want to fight hard, win a battle and then negotiate a peace with us. In essence, he has given up on taking back the land south of Yanshan Mountain. "

Everyone was astonished after hearing this, and after thinking about it for a while, they all felt very reasonable, and looked at the emperor with more reverence.

Emperor Shi also felt that he was extremely smart, but besides being proud, he also thought that the chief general of the Liao army was also a figure. Indeed, this was a conspiracy. If the Liao army could win the surprise attack, he would not dare to go north easily.

The high probability is to take back and consolidate the land south of Yanshan, but if the Liao army can't win, they will win

This is why Emperor Shi was nervous. This battle is about the fate of the country, the future of Liao, and the future of Qin.

At this moment, a messenger rushed in and reported loudly: "Officials! The Liao army on the front line has been surrounded. There are people and horses in the valley road and on the hills. I don't know how many people have been surrounded!"

Emperor Shi stood up all of a sudden, and immediately realized that the critical moment of life and death had come, "General Wang, you lead the imperial guards to support, just leave a battalion here."

When everyone heard this, they were startled and terrified.

Wang Shenqi cupped his hands and said: "The body of the official family can't be taken lightly, how can we only leave a battalion of people!"

When it was urgent, Emperor Shi didn't have time to show off. He must not have affected the decisive battle because of himself. He immediately asked someone to pull the horse over, and then pointed to his BMW and said to Wang Shenqi: "Don't worry, I am not so delicate. Not many guards!

If things don’t go right, I’ll ride away on horseback. I don’t have time to talk too much. You bring everyone to the front line to support Li Chuyun. The Liao army can eat as much as you can, the more the better! "

The emperor said all this, Wang Shenqi did not delay, and immediately went to assemble the army, and in about a quarter of an hour, the emperor's east and west squadron guards, the inner hall, the first elite army of controlling cranes and two artillery battalions were jointly assembled. A total of about 7000 people rushed to the front with rapid speed.

Now the front-line gunfire has stopped a bit, but the shouts of killing are coming from the north like an overwhelming wave, which shows that they and the Liao army have already engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the artillery fire has decreased a lot for fear of accidental injury.

Some accompanying civil servants who had never seen such a large-scale war panicked.

Emperor Shi held down the hilt of his sword, and comforted him loudly: "Don't be afraid, this call to kill is in Chinese!"

Seeing the emperor standing still and the ancient well calm, everyone calmed down. Emperor Shi also touched his beloved horse, thinking that if something was wrong, he would get on the horse and run away immediately.

Two quarters of an hour later, the shouts of killing from the north became more and more intense, probably because Wang Shenqi's reinforcements also began to join the battlefield as a new force.

The anxious waiting lasted until it was getting dark, when a fast horse with a messenger came galloping from the north avenue, and he heard him shouting ecstatically from afar: "Great victory for the officials! Great victory, the people of Liao Kingdom have surrendered!"

At that moment, all the civil and military personnel in the camp erupted into shouts, and many people danced with excitement. Both civil servants and old and rough soldiers hugged each other excitedly. Soon as the cheers spread, someone shouted long live, more and more Many people followed suit, and soon the whole camp was filled with the sound of "long live" resounding from all directions.

Emperor Shi pressed his sword to accept the cheers of the crowd, and finally a big stone in his heart fell

He had already thought of further afield.

Chapter 538, Li Court Sweeping Points

Emperor Shi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and under the escort of hundreds of Eastern and Western Imperial Guards armed to the teeth, he walked slowly north along the avenue.

There are more than 20 flags of various kinds along with Luan flags behind him.

Soon, more than [-] senior generals, including Li Chuyun, came to greet Shengjia.

Emperor Shi nodded and asked them to go directly to the front line without courtesy.

At night, the wind stopped a lot, and the torches were lit in the distance, and the entire valley was illuminated, like stars all over the sky falling into the mountains, extremely bright.

"How was the result?" Emperor Shi asked directly when they met.

As the commander in chief, Li Chuyun immediately stepped forward and said: "Report to the officials, at least [-] Liao soldiers were captured, and it was too dark to count, and many people were squeezed into the river and drowned!

Killing the enemy is too late, at least tens of thousands!

In the north, General Meng and General Wang (Wang Shenqi) and the rest of the generals competed to lead the pursuit northward, and took advantage of the chaos to follow the rout and raid the Beikou camp of the Liao Army. "

Emperor Shi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said loudly: "You guys have done a good job! Take me to have a look."

"Officials, how to deal with these prisoners."

Soon, they had reached the outskirts of the valley, filled with soldiers of the Qin army with high morale, surrounded the road and the surrounding mountains with several layers of circles inside and outside, surrounded a large number of Liao soldiers who were crowded in the middle, and the road On the south and east sides, there are several hills piled up with weapons and armor, which are still a little scattered.

With the appearance of the emperor's phoenix, Emperor Shi could feel that many eyes were focused on this side. He stood high on the top of the hillside, the night wind was slightly cold, and he looked down. Hei Tiangao, he could also feel the pleading and fear in those eyes.

I will be the top of the mountain, looking at the mountains

Emperor Shi couldn't help thinking that once again, he could easily decide the lives and deaths of thousands of people, "Is there a leader?"

Li Chuyun nodded, and soon four soldiers of the forbidden army brought a big man up, pressed his shoulders, and forced him to kneel on the mound a few steps away.

It was getting dark, and Emperor Shi asked directly, "Who is he?"

Unexpectedly, before the generals around said anything, the man replied directly in Chinese: "Let me tell you, my name is Yelu Xiezhen!"

Emperor Shi said angrily, "Yelu Xiezhen, I thought of it, you were a prisoner in Hedong last time, didn't I tell you that if you dare to fight against me, there will be no good results!

Come on, pull it down and cut it! "

Hearing what he said, a few sergeants were about to pull Yelu Xiezhu up and down to chop it down.

Emperor Shi even kicked Li Chuyun who was beside him. He was very smart and immediately said: "Wait a minute." He said and stepped forward to salute, "Guys, this person is a senior general of the Liao army. If you keep him, you may be able to ask some questions about the Liao army. Deployment, and information about their strength and things like that, might be useful."

Emperor Shi nodded: "Let's save his life for now."

Over there, Yelu Xiezhen's breathing became significantly heavier, and he was no longer as stubborn as he was at the beginning, obviously frightened.

"Ask carefully, I spared his life in Hedong a few years ago, but now he is shameless and dares to commit a crime, he can't say anything, you just kill the feed dog, you don't need to report it.

As for these prisoners of war, I said a few years ago that when my soldiers come to Beijing, those who can speak Chinese can save their lives. will be executed. "

"Promise!" Li Chuyun took the order.

Yelu Xiezhen next to him was afraid to say a word, Emperor Shi said to him, "I will enter the capital in three months, and you can be my guide when you are still alive."

What Emperor Shi said was not a question, but a declarative sentence. He was used to the style of being an emperor, that is, when facing outsiders, he should not ask questions, but also say vague words. The more straightforward, the more oppressive the feeling However, Yelu Xiezhen could only kneel down and bow his head, but he didn't dare to speak anymore, he was no longer as aggressive as he was at the beginning.

The reason why those who can speak Chinese are not to be killed is because of the strong promotion of cultural conquest, which is the only feasible way to long-term control. Force can maintain temporary victory, but it is difficult to obtain permanent conquest. Only culture can be the long-term confrontation of this.

In addition, being able to speak Chinese means that they can understand some Chinese, so they can direct and use it.

Emperor Shi had already made up his mind to go north, and when he heard the battle report, he made a judgment in his heart that the time to go north had come.

The area to the north is becoming more and more difficult to control. The Daxianbei Mountains (Daxing'an Mountains), grasslands, snowfields, deserts, and the old land of the Liao Kingdom are all areas that are difficult for the Qin army to control.

However, this war gave the Qin army a good solution, that is, the lotus fort tactics, six lotus forts, with more than 2000 people guarding the Liao army with more than [-] troops, and killing a lot of people, which was almost impossible before. thing.

Emperor Shi thought that after going north, he would use the Lotus Fort and garrison to form force control, and then cultural invasion and assimilation, this set of groups would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Labor is needed to build the Lotus Fort, and these young men who can understand Sinicization and command are cheap labor.

In Emperor Shi's view, cultural invasion and rule would be easier with sufficient military support.

Because even without military deterrence, the Liao Kingdom itself will undergo cultural transformation. Historically, there were many Han people in the Liao Kingdom when it was founded. Since then, Sinicization has not stopped, especially during the period of Ye Luxian and Empress Dowager Xiao, who directly promoted Sinicization at the national level. From here on From a point of view, Confucianism has made great contributions, and in this era, its combat effectiveness is also unlimited.

Confucianism has a very distinctive feature, that is, cultural inheritance is greater than morality. This alone is very suitable as a weapon for cultural assimilation.

For example, some people criticized Guan Zhong (an early Legalist school) for how immoral and unrighteous his methods were, and Confucius disagreed. He said that without Guan Zhong, who respected the king and resisted foreign enemies, we would all be barbarians with disheveled hair and bare shoulders.

Guan Zhong's actions were not benevolent and did not conform to Confucius' advocacy of benevolence and righteousness. However, Guan Zhong's actions ensured the country's stability and cultural inheritance, and Confucius praised him.

For Confucius, cultural inheritance and the rise and fall of a country are much more important than that fart of benevolence, righteousness and morality.It's a pity that many later people are either talking about learning or talking about defeating, but it's the other way around. If they really think that the world is moral first, and if they look at problems from the perspective of moral supremacy, they will naturally be meaningless and cannot be logically self-consistent. Blame the sky and do nothing.

With these thoughts, Emperor Shi relaxed at once. He even handed over all matters to Li Chuyun and others after the big victory that night. He slept soundly in the big tent. Since the beginning of the war, he has not slept so much for many days. Be sure.

He didn't wake up for a while the next day, and the good news came one after another. Wang Shenqi and Meng Xuanzhe led the army to raid the Beikou Camp of the Liao Army last night. The rest of the army broke up and fled northward. They also captured Liao army general Han Derang.

Han Derang is another name that Emperor Shi is familiar with!

Meng Xuanzhe's troops had been fighting continuously and were exhausted. They were escorting more than [-] captives to the south to join them, while Wang Shenqi's troops, who had just joined the battlefield, continued to pursue the defeated Liao army northward.

Li Chuyun also counted the results of the battle. After the siege by the Liao army, more than 260 people were captured. They only executed [-] last night, and the rest could speak a few words of Chinese. About forty percent.

This result surprised them very much. After interrogation, they found out that there were many Han people living in Shangjing. Those who don't know how to learn a little bit, counting as a zero-time crutch

Most of the more than 200 people executed by them were not Khitan people, but Xi people and other tribes. They were very independent and most of them did not understand Chinese.

As for how many died in battle, it is impossible to say, many were pushed into the Gushui and drowned.In the morning, the corpse blocked a narrow mouth downstream, causing the river to rise and flood the avenue. It was Li Chuyun who sent people to clean it up early in the morning. The river was flushed all night, and it is still light red now. It's bloody.

How many died cannot be fully counted, but Yelu Xiezhen explained that when they went south, they assembled [-] cavalry, including the Han Chinese belonging to the Shan army of the Liao Kingdom's elite imperial army, the Xiren army, the various tribal troops of the Pishi army, and the palace guards. The Khitan Imperial Guard of cavalry.

Finally, after passing through the firepower net of the bastion, being killed by artillery in the valley, and then surrounded and strangled in the south, almost the entire army was wiped out except for the hundreds of cavalry who were not surrounded by Meng Xuanzhe at first.

Of the 5000 men and horses, more than 1 were captured, some fled, and the rest were either killed by artillery fire or pushed into the river. This is the result of a day of fierce fighting!

If you count the results of Wang Shenqi and Meng Xuanzhe's raid on the Liao army's camp later, plus the damage of the six Lotus Fort reported from the north.

In other words, after this month's battles, they have wiped out about [-] Liao troops!

This is an authentic battle of annihilation!

Emperor Shi was so excited that he almost jumped up, if he hadn't been under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't bear it anymore.

If you count the previous battle results, they have wiped out nearly [-] Liao troops in the three months since the war!

Of course, annihilation includes capturing, killing, and defeating, but most of them are beheading and capturing. This is an out-and-out beautiful annihilation battle.

These are all regular troops of the Liao Army, and they wiped out [-] enemies, which can almost determine the victory of a war, which is determined by the level of development in this era.

This is a completely different concept from those later industrialized wars, not only the gap in technology, but also the population, mobilization ability, logistics, medical care and so on.

For example, in the Battle of the Somme in World War I, the British army killed nearly 6 people in one day, and it would be even more difficult to estimate if the wounded were added.But the battle can continue to be fought, the final battle is over, about five months of preparation, one month of fighting, 40 casualties on both sides!

It is unimaginable for this era.

Today, if the total casualties and prisoners of the Liao army exceed [-], it can deal a heavy blow to the Liao army. If all fronts exceed [-], then Emperor Shi would dare to go directly north and encircle Beijing.

If there are more than [-] casualties, the Liao Kingdom is likely to be destroyed.

For the agricultural era, most of the time, 20 people out of a Ding is very heavy, ten people out of a Ding is a militaristic level.

And armor and weapons are more expensive. When Guo Rong was in power, he said that only [-] households could provide a good pair of armor, so he wanted to make redundant troops and streamline the army.

Because of the limitation of production capacity there.

Without industrial capacity, the manufacture of weapons and armor depends entirely on manpower, talent, and long-term skill training. In addition, the food production capacity, medical capacity, and transportation capacity of the agricultural era are low. A country that can maintain more than [-] troops is definitely a big country.

A country like Qin with a standing army of 40 to 20 would be the overlord of the world. If the Liao Kingdom had not suffered a sudden attack by Emperor Shi, it would have lost a large area of ​​land south of Yanshan Mountain. According to him, facing the survival of the country, it should be very easy to assemble more than 30 troops. If you fight hard, you may be able to get more than [-] troops.

It's a pity that Emperor Shi's strategy was far-sighted and clever, and he was overfed, making them useless.

First of all, he has accurately grasped the internal situation of the Liao country, and has been paralyzing the Liao country with a peaceful attitude in diplomacy.

Then, taking advantage of their civil strife, the southern emptiness preemptively took down the main source of Liao's taxation south of Yanshan in a blitzkrieg. It not only instantly destroyed the source of Liao's tax revenue, but also reduced their source of troops by a large area.

Many of the defenders of the Liao Kingdom surrendered in large areas, which caught off guard, and almost one-third of the Liao Kingdom's standing army was lost.

Later, because of the full-scale offensive and rapid advance of the Qin army, it will definitely cause panic in the Liao Kingdom, and everyone will be uneasy. The new king Yeluxian succeeded to the throne, and after Yelujing was suddenly suspiciously assassinated, the country was unstable. Many were suppressed by the Liao Kingdom At this time, the tribes that were forced to succumb also began to be inactive, which made the Liao Kingdom's military resources much less.

So after Shan Hou won the victory, they learned from the generals of the Liao army that they had mobilized the whole country in an emergency, but in the end only about 14 troops arrived in Shangjing. When it arrived, all the generals were surprised.

Because they subconsciously felt that if the Liao Kingdom was ruthless, it would be able to mobilize at least 20 troops. Why are there so few?

Little did they know that under Emperor Shi's clever strategic operations, when the Shangjing court of the Liao Kingdom reacted to start the war, their large source of troops could no longer send troops for them and fell into the hands of the Qin Kingdom.

In addition, those peripheral tribal armies who said it would take several months to reach Beijing must be waiting to see who wins and who they help, so it is even worse.

The Liao Kingdom is very powerful, and they have a lot of troops, but unfortunately, more than half of them have been disintegrated under the arrangement of Emperor Shi before the war started, and the number of troops that can be mobilized has shrunk greatly.

This is the importance of strategy. If you can't take advantage of the situation and quickly take Youzhou and its surrounding counties, the Liao Kingdom will use Youzhou as the rear strategic fulcrum to fight against the Qin army, then their army will continue to flow, and the battle will be over. It is not so easy to fight, and the price is several times heavier.

On the same day, the results of the battle were counted, and the battle situation on the front of more than 1000 miles in the past few months was summarized. Afterwards, Emperor Shi ordered the whole army to be notified, and the details were notified to the soldiers.

The soldiers rejoiced, their morale was boosted, and they invited Ying to go north one after another, shouting to Li Ting to sweep the caves, and captured the false emperor of Liao in one fell swoop, and imprisoned him to the Bianshui River to accompany the false emperors collected by the Great Qin Dynasty.

Emperor Shi laughed loudly after hearing this, thinking that what the soldiers said was too right!

So the next day he ordered that with Li Chuyun as the commander-in-chief, he would lead [-] elite troops to the north, encircle them with the interspersed army in the west, and drive directly to Beijing.

After giving an order, the whole army cheered and their morale soared, and they seized a lot of supplies, cattle and sheep, grain and grass, etc. carried by the Liao army, and more than half of the logistics supply problem was solved. This is also an important reason why Emperor Shi dared to fight north.

The main force of the Liao army is [-] to [-], and the grain, cattle and sheep, dried meat, etc. it brings are just enough to feed his army, but not all. For the Khitan army, cattle and sheep carry sustainable food. Provide supplies, and the Qin army just killed and ate meat directly, so the logistics channel must continue to extend north to make up for the gap.

Fortunately, the water transportation can go directly to the north exit, which greatly reduces the pressure.

Chapter 539: Assault on King Xi's Tooth Tent

It was very calm outside the golden tent, the rain had stopped for a long time, and the wind was not there, so it was very quiet inside, but Ye Luxian was full of anxiety, always feeling that the rain was about to come.

The defeated soldiers with bloodstained faces were crying to him about the disastrous defeat in the West, and the more they talked, the more shocking they became.

It took him more than 20 days to return to King Xi's Yazhang in the west mountains to avoid the capture of the Qin army. More brothers were chased and killed by the Qin army, or got separated in the mountains, and some became prey to wild beasts.

Ye Luxian heard about the soldiers behind the mountain for the first time at this time, and the soldiers cried out that they had an advantage in the beginning, and successfully raided the supply convoy of the Qin army several times, killing many Qin troops.

After several successes, the Qin army was also anxious, and a supply team of several thousand people was assembled near Yanzhou, preparing to deliver grain and grass near Juyongguan.

They also seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, surrounded the Qin army, and saw that they were about to defeat the Qin army's line. Unexpectedly, the Qin army suddenly launched an attack from the mountain, only to know that the cunning Qin army had already ambushed and attacked them with artillery on the mountain. , Brother Yeluxiu was hit by the cannon gang and died right after the fight started. The whole army was in chaos. Many people were killed or captured by the Qin army. Only a few people fled into the mountains, and after going through hardships, few came back.