Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Northern Expedition in Progress (2)

"Order."

The seed master Dao's face was full of wry smiles, and he had no choice but to accept Tong Guan's order and lead his own seed army to the Baigou camp.

The next day, the Song army stormed the two battalions of Baigou and Fancun, and although they suffered heavy losses, they also broke through the two camps and annihilated the Liao army in them.

The Song army's heart was shocked, and they stormed Gaoyang Pass that day, and after filling in thousands of lives, Gaoyang Pass was finally broken.

But before Tong Guan could be happy, reinforcements from the Liao army came.

Then, the Song army was gone, completely defeated, and was re-struck back to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, a miserable horse!

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On the banks of the Sanggan River, the Song army set up camp this time, but the morale of the Song army was low.

I originally thought that the parade of extraordinary victories, who knew that it would reach such a point, even if its own side has been winning, but the losses are even greater than those of the Liao army.

The Song army is about to be unable to bear such heavy casualties!

In the barracks, the senior generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Song Army gathered.

"Can we really win the game? It's been too hard lately, can you win with a child? ”

Yang Keshi looked at Tong Guan and asked, he is one of the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he is very brave, and he has personally led the army to attack the Liao army.

Tong Guan sat on the main seat, his face full of distress, and rubbed his cheeks.

"I am waiting for the king to go north because the king hangs the people and fights the crime, and I believe that wherever we go, the people will cheer and eat pot pulp to welcome the king."

Everyone: "......"

They were a little curious, where did this dead eunuch get his confidence?!

We've all been scared back, and we don't have any points in our hearts, do we?!

Even Yang Keshi was stunned by Tong Guan's answer, Lao Tzu asked about the way to win, hey, I didn't let you say this!?

"My Great Song Dynasty is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, remember not to use swords and soldiers, and the army must do nothing in the autumn when it goes north."

All the generals are full of wry smiles, it seems that the eunuch leading the troops must be much more reliable than the civilian leading the troops!

At this time, the Jin State also sent Gao Qingyi to discuss the matter of the flank attack, and everything seemed to be very favorable to the Song. However, it was in this situation that Tong Guan had illusions about the peaceful capture of Yandi.

Therefore, he even asked the seed master to not intrude on the place during the march, and even not to take the initiative to provoke a war against the Liao army, as if it was a "peaceful march" with non-violence and non-cooperation.

Such an absurd request not only shows the weakness of Song Bing, but also shows Tong Guan's arrogance.

Tong Guan followed the emperor's decree and did not kill anyone.

Now that they see that the signs are wrong, they are frightened again, and then they order the army not to cross the line and provoke, which has had a very bad impact on the troops. At least psychologically.

In the face of his pressure, the Seed Master Dao had to order the restraint generals not to take the initiative to attack and provoke, causing the conversion to be resentful.

was already stumbling on Baigou, which had already caused their family army to suffer heavy losses, but Tong Guan gave such a clueless order, how could he not make them depressed.

As a result, the army of the Song State, in the face of the attack of the Liao, did not dare to fight back for a while.

On May 25, Yang Keshi, the former commander of the army, heard that the Yan people had been preparing to welcome the arrival of Wang Shi for a long time, and if Wang Shi entered the country, he would eat pot pulp to welcome him.

So he led thousands of light horsemen, and wanted to take it. Zhilangoudian was covered by the Liao clan Yelu Dashi and returned defeated.

It is said that it was Yang Keshi who took the initiative to provoke the failure, which violated Tong Guan's strategy of taking Yan Land with benevolence and righteousness, and Yang Keshi was Tong Guan's favorite general, and the master Tao could not punish him, giving people the truth.

On May 29, Seed Master Dao led a large army into Baigou, trying to find a place for Yang Keshi, but he was once again covered by Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan, and returned without a fight.

On May 29, the Seed Master Dao marched into Baigou and received a report that there was a military situation in Hebei, and the Seed Master Dao controlled the armies, repeating the order of the emperor and Tong Guan, that is, not to kill one person and one horse of the Liao State.

Yang Keshi immediately sent Zhao Ming to lead the army to the border with the Huangbang banner to surrender, in fact, the Song army led by Zhao Ming and the Liao army have become a confrontation across the river.

Zhao Ming occupied the bridgehead to surrender to the Liao army, and also sent someone to send Huang Bang to the Liao army. After seeing it, the general of the Liao army scolded: "The thief dares to insult me, and the treacherous army dares to call it benevolent?!" ”

Before the words were finished, arrows and stones rained down on the Song army, but the Song army was not guarded, and they were confined to orders, and they did not dare to fight back, and the losses were not small.

The former army immediately reported the situation to the planter, and the planter said: "Since the two armies are fighting, how can they tie up and die?" Fight back. ”

The generals of the refuge shouted again: "If the soldiers do not fight bloodlessly and peacefully appease Yanjing, then He Shu and the others eat ready-made ones and sit there waiting for the reward." And what are we going to do? ”

Yang Keshi ordered the soldiers of his subordinates to set up a formation near the river, and dispatched Zhao Ming's troops to fight back, and the Liao army waved the military flag across the river bank to direct the army to fight, and the cavalry galloped west in the direction pointed by the flag.

Yang Keshi said to the generals: "There must be a place to wade and cross the river downstream, and the troops must be divided." ”

Then he met with Zhao De, the general of Jingyuan Road, who was sent to support by the Seed Master Dao, and said, "Go to meet the enemy immediately." ”

Before Zhao De could go, the Liao army had already crossed the water and galloped. Zhao De is a veteran, and he knows that the situation is not good, so he retreats again.

Yang Keshi shouted: "How can the puppet retreat in the opposite direction, how can he serve the country." So he gave up guarding the bridgehead and went to meet it himself.

The Liao cavalry quickly surrounded them on the left and right flanks, and Zhao Ming's soldiers were also defeated, and Yang Keshi was hit by an iron thistle arrow in his chest and abdomen, and he was covered with injuries, so that his boots were full of blood, and two teeth were knocked out, and dozens of people were spared. (As for whether it's true or not, I don't know)

That night, the Liao army was still preparing to carry out a surprise attack, because the military formation of the seed master road beat the drums all night, and the Liao army suspected that the Song army was going to attack, so it did not move.

It wasn't until dawn that I knew that I had been deceived and wanted to attack again, because the Song army had already formed an iron bucket formation at that time, so it was unsuccessful.

The next day, Xin Xingzong garrisoned Fan Village on the West Road, and the Liao army launched a fierce battle, the former army Wang Yuan was shot and almost fell off his horse, and the victory or defeat was undecided Xin Xingzong sent the central general Yang Keshi to aid him, and personally went out of the army to the general Jie Yue Dudu.

Seeing that the battle situation of the eastern and western armies was unfavorable, the division road decided to retreat back to Xiongzhou overnight, and the baggage went first, and the elite of the division was broken, but it was still discovered by the Liao army, and pursued with light horses, and the Song army was in chaos.

Finally returned to Xiongzhou, the Liao army suddenly arrived, Tong Guan was horrified when he saw this, for fear that the Liao army would enter the city, and refused to enter the city.

But at this time, there was a great chaos inside and outside the city, Yang Keshi led his men and horses to meet the Liao army, and Xin Qizong Yongzong also led Shengjie troops to rescue.

At that time, the sky was dark, the north wind and rain were heavy, and the hail was like a fist, but it was a pity that the Song army could not look at each other in person, and the wind and rain were more urgent from noon to night.

In this battle, the dead bodies from the south of Xiongzhou, between the north of Mozhou, and the area of Zhending in the west of Xiongzhou, were incalculable.

Therefore, Tong Guan later blamed the failure completely on the seed master.

When he learned that Yang Keshi, the former commander of the army, was defeated by the Liao army in Landiangou and then in Baigou, and Xin Xingzong was also defeated in Fancun, he withdrew from Xiongzhou, and was taken advantage of by the Liao army, fighting under the city and suffering heavy losses.

had to lead the army to retreat and retreat to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

In this way, all the achievements of the Song army in the early stage were lost!

The army also suffered heavy losses.