One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yang Keshi looked at Pharmacist Guo and asked, "I wonder what the situation at Yingchun Gate is like and whether it is still in the hands of our army." Yang Keshi knew very well that only Pharmacist Guo was familiar with the situation in Yanjing. He relied on him when entering the city and he had to rely on him when leaving the city.

Before Medical Master Guo could answer, Gao Shixuan continued: "If Yingchun Gate can be in the hands of our army and we break out with all our strength, there is still hope of getting out. Isn't there Zhao Heshou's thousand men outside the city?"

Yang Kebi analyzed: "Looking at the current situation, the city gates may have been lost. I feel that Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi have already entered the city, and the situation is not optimistic."

Pharmacist Guo also felt that there was a lot of danger. He said, "I'll go to Yingchun Gate to have a look. If I lose it, I'll try to get it back."

Everyone knows very well that Yingchun Gate is their only life channel. If they can control Yingchun Gate, there is hope of survival, otherwise they will face the danger of the entire army being destroyed.

Pharmacist Guo felt indignant at the delay in the arrival of reinforcements: "There should not be many Liao troops in the Lugou River area. Why didn't Liu Yanqing take the opportunity to launch an attack? The Lugou River is only a few dozen miles away from Yanjing City. Liu Guangshi's reinforcements are so It’s time to rush to the city.”

Yang Keshi was speechless, smiled bitterly and shook his head. He also couldn't understand why the reinforcements didn't come. Is it because he had a conflict with me, Yang Keshi? If so, then you father and son are too narrow-minded, right? A trace of sadness surged into Yang Keshi's heart. He now felt ashamed and guilty, and he was determined to die. With the war fought like this, how can you have the dignity to return to the Song Dynasty?

Pharmacist Guo didn't understand Yang Keshi's thoughts. Before leaving, he said to Yang Keshi: "We are still gathering at Minzhong Temple."

Pharmacist Guo led five hundred soldiers to dismount and walk. They advanced cautiously close to the side of the street. The street was wide and deserted. The doors and windows of the houses facing the street are tightly closed, there is no light, it is pitch black, and the atmosphere is strange, as if you have entered a dead city

Xiao Qian led his troops into the city through a secret passage from the south gate of the imperial city. He quickly got in touch with Concubine Xiao De and Yelu Dashi. Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi agreed to split up and defeat the Song army. The Song army fought and retreated until they came to Shuangmen Downstairs. Yang Keshi asked Gao Shixuan: "Where is this place?"

Gao Shixuan replied: "This seems to be a double-gate building. I feel something is wrong. Be careful not to be ambushed."

As soon as he finished speaking, arrows from the Liao Army rained down, and groups of Liao Army troops rushed out of the two streets with shouts.

Gao Shixuan held a spear in his hand and assassinated several Liao soldiers one after another, and the two armies started another fierce fight.

Yang Keshi shouted to Gao Shixuan: "Don't be obsessed with fighting, retreat quickly."

Suddenly, Gao Shixuan was cut off from his horse by a Liao soldier. Yang Keshi roared when he saw this, and the prancing horse rushed forward. Most of Gao Shixuan's arm was cut off, and he was bleeding. Yang Keshi dismounted, picked up Gao Shixuan, and said loudly: "Brother, brother, you can't die...".

Gao Shixuan slowly opened his eyes, looked at Yang Keshi and said: "Find my arm and take the team out of the city...". Due to excessive bleeding, Gao Shixuan died heroically for his country. Gao Shixuan was a famous archer in the Song Army, known as Gao Yijian.

Yang Keshi seemed to be crazy. He waved his spear and attacked the Liao army in the east and west, causing the Liao soldiers to flee. Song Jun saw that the coach was desperate, and they all rushed to fight to the death. After a killing spree, the Liao soldiers retreated. Bodies scattered all over the street, and it was impossible to tell which were the Liao soldiers and which were the Song soldiers.

Yang Keshi ordered to find Gao Shixuan's arm quickly. Several soldiers walked around but couldn't find it. Yang Keshi said: "Look for it quickly. We must find it or we can't leave here."

Gao Shixuan's arm was finally found. Yang Keshi ordered: "Tie General Gao to the horse. We will take him with us and tie his arms together."

At this time, Yang Kebi ran up on horseback and said to Yang Keshi: "We can't be reluctant to fight. Let's break out of the encirclement quickly." He whipped the black horse on the snow that Yang Keshi was sitting on. The black horse was suddenly frightened and ran wildly. go.

Yang Keshi and Yang Kebi led the remnants of the army to retreat to the front of Minzhong Temple. Guo Pharmacist had already been waiting here, and a large group of ordinary people gathered in front of the temple.

Yang Keshi said to Pharmacist Guo: "What should we do now? Let's go to Yingchun Gate and wait for reinforcements."

Pharmacist Guo said: "The Yingchun Gate has been lost."

The people gathered in front of the Minzhong Temple were all Han Chinese in Yanjing City. They all participated in the massacre of the Khitans. They looked at Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi in horror and said: "You asked us to accuse the Khitans of following Xi people, help you kill the Khitans and Xi people. If you leave the city now, what will we do? Besides, the suspension bridges at each city gate have been cut off, and there is no way to leave the city. It is better to fight to the death with the Khitans and the Xi people."

Yang Keshi then organized the Song army to start a fierce battle with the Liao army, but was defeated again.

The Song army had not slept or eaten for three days and nights, and since the morning, the Song army had been competing for credit in killing the Khitan people, and now they were indeed hungry and exhausted. However, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi had strong military strength, so the Song army's defeat was inevitable.

Upon seeing this, Medicine Master Guo led his army back to fight again, but lost again. The encirclement of the Liao army became smaller and smaller, so the Song army abandoned their horses and climbed onto the city wall.

The Liao army gathered more and more and surrounded the Song army on the city wall. Seeing that he was cornered, Yang Keshi planned to fight to the end. He said to Yang Kebi: "We are a family of generals. We cannot follow the example of sons and daughters. Now is the time for us to sacrifice our lives for the country."

Yang Keshi wielded a spear and commanded the soldiers to fight to the death with the Liao army, even though he was poisoned by arrows. At this time, someone reported to Yang Keshi that Medicine Master Guo had descended from the city. Everyone persuaded Yang Keshi to also lower the city, but Yang Keshi refused to comply.

Yang Kebi said to Yang Keshi: "Zhao Heshou's rear army did not come to support, and Liu Yanqing's commander-in-chief did not send troops to respond. What happened today is self-evident. If we all die in this confusion, in a hundred lifetimes , everyone laughs at us as historical sinners. I think we should get out alive and make our right and wrong known to the world. If the court punishes the crime, we will die without regrets."

Yang Keshi thought for a while and felt that what his brother said made sense, so he left the city.

In the end, only a few hundred of the Song army's six thousand elite cavalry withdrew from the city, and the rest were all killed. The Liao army captured Song army horses and armors. The black horse riding on the snow that Yang Keshi sat on was confused because it could not find its owner, and it ran wildly on Yanjing Street alone.

After Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi left the city, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi were busy directing the Liao army to collect abandoned armor and hunt down the remaining troops in the city. They did not leave the city to pursue the attack, so Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi were able to escape.