Chapter 535: On the eve of the Great War

After Yelu Zongxin's words were finished, Yelu Ying fell down, he knew that the so-called holding on to and waiting for help was just empty waiting, His Majesty led 100,000 elite Daliao warriors to the west to conquer Li Yuanhao, how could he draw troops to aid Feihuling, which was thousands of miles away?

Even if there are still some troops in Shangjing City, it is impossible to help here, after all, the safety of Shangjing City is much more important than the small Flying Fox Ridge. Shangjing City was the center of the entire Liao Dynasty, and Nanjing Province was just a Han land under the occupation of the Liao Dynasty, although agriculture and economy came from here, but in the hearts of the Liao people, it was far from being as good as Shangjing.

Yelu Ying, who has been stationed on the side of Yanyun for many years, can see clearly than all the clansmen that the importance of Yanyun Land to the Liao Dynasty is not weaker than that of Shangjing, and even surpasses it, especially in the recent period, the big merchants in Shangjing City have come to Nanjing Road and are scattered all over Yanyun, so that Yanyun's commerce has developed to a considerable extent, and the prosperity is like that of the Great Song Dynasty.

Yelu Zongxin still looked indifferent: "It's okay, my Da Liao has garrisons in Yanyun Town, not to mention the most important Xijin Mansion." ”

Ye Luying sighed slightly and said, "Then how can I hold on to the Flying Fox Ridge under the great Song Dynasty?" ”

Yelu Zongxin said with a serious face: "Compared to the Xijin Mansion, the Flying Fox Ridge where we are located is a place where we cannot be given away, the general is stationed here, of course he knows the importance of the Flying Fox Ridge, the reinforcements from the northwest of the imperial court must enter Yanyun from here, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty sees it really, otherwise he will not come directly, the more so, the more I will hold on, once I give up, it will become the throat of the Great Song Dynasty to restrain my Great Liao!" ”

Listening to Yelu Zongxin's words, Yelu Ying was completely desperate, he planned to persuade Yelu Zongxin to withdraw with him, after all, more than 30,000 people were by no means the opponent of the 100,000 forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, and defending the city was not what the Liao people were good at.

But who knew that Yelu Zongxin actually planned to defend the Flying Fox Ridge, this was to restrain the strengths of the Great Liao cavalry and use the weaknesses to deal with the Song people!

"According to Zongxin's meaning, let my Da Liao abandon the attack and harass that I am good at, and dismount and fight the battle of defending the city with the foot soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Yelu Zongxin nodded without hesitation: "That's it, we have an advantage now, the terrain of Flying Fox Ridge is dangerous, and it stands between it and the mountain col, and the ape wants to spend time worrying and climbing, and there is a lot of momentum when the husband is closed, wouldn't it be a pity to give up easily?" Zong Xin knows what the general thinks, but has the general ever thought that the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty is no longer weaker than my Great Liao? Will the harassment of the past still bear fruit? ”

Hearing Yelu Zongxin say that the Great Song cavalry was not weaker than the Great Liao, Yelu Ying immediately glared and said unconvinced: "Impossible, my Great Liao cavalry is difficult to meet opponents in the world, in fact, the Song people can match it?!" It's not that the old man looks down on the Song people, even if he is a big Song man, he can't find so many war horses, right? ”

Yelu Zongxin smiled and said: "The general's news is blocked, as far as I know, now there are two armies in the Great Song Dynasty, one is called the back, and they are all composed of people who have ordered to rush and kill without retreating, and they are like waving their fingers on the battlefield; Although the military discipline is not as good as the back, but the combat power and kung fu are first-class, there are more than 30,000 people each, and they have followed the ghost general Di Qing of the Great Song Dynasty to fight in the south and the north for many years. ”

As soon as Yelu Zongxin's words were finished, he saw that Yeluying was about to open his mouth to object, and waved his hand to interrupt: "General, don't worry, the last general hasn't said how the war horses of the Great Song Dynasty are, the horses of the Great Song Dynasty are not Khitan horses like us, nor horses from the Western Regions, but the Great Food War Horses brought from the Great Cannibals, these are not geldings, but stallions." The Great Song Dynasty has also obtained the original 100 miles of grassland in Helan in Western Xia and has been slightly encroached, although it is not known as a huge number of thousands of miles, it is not much worse, and it is difficult to supply 10,000 war horses for many years of recuperation? ”

Yeluying was stunned by his words, and asked, "Where did you know this?" ”

Yelu Zongxin smiled slightly: "There are secret spies in the Great Song Dynasty, and I naturally have them in Da Liao, but the secret spies in Tokyo City were hunted down, and the secret spies on the side of Song Xia were not implicated." ”

Ye Luying asked with a little sarcasm and some helplessness: "Right now, the Song people are outside my walled city in Feihuling, even if you know this, what if you know this?" ”

"The Song people turned against the past this time, using cavalry and foot soldiers to cooperate in the battle, what is the role of half of the cavalry in the siege? Sun Tzu Youyun: Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the multiple will divide it, the enemy will be able to fight, if there is less, he can escape, and if he is not, he can avoid it. Therefore, the small enemy is strong, and the big enemy is also captured. More than 30,000 of us, relying on the dangers of Flying Fox Ridge, to deal with the more than 40,000 Great Song Dynasty foot soldiers, even if the Great Song Dynasty attacked the city, there is nothing to fear! ”

After the analysis of Yelu Zongxin, Yeluying slowly put his mind at ease, yes! The battle to defend the city was already advantageous, and the more than 30,000 people in their hands relied on the city wall and the danger of the terrain, and it was impossible for the Song people to go down in one go.

"Zongxin is reasonable, he would have thought too much, what should he do now?"

The trust in Yelu Zongxin made Yeluying begin to focus on his advice, and it is human instinct to unconsciously approach capable people in danger.

"At this time, the most important thing is to send the matter of the Song Emperor's imperial expedition back to the imperial court, and there is a way to shoot people and horses first......"

"Capture the thief and capture the king first!"

Yeluying understood what he meant, and nodded hatefully: "Okay! Ben will send a team of the most elite Khitan warriors to report to the imperial court day and night, and then send a team of elite cavalry from the south gate to attract the attention of the Song army! ”

Yelu Zongxin nodded appreciatively and said, "General's clever plan!" So much better. ”

The forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty had already prepared for the siege, and the time they prepared for this siege only took two meals, camping, eating, preparing siege equipment, arranging troops, and so on......

Efficiency is the life of an army, especially in the feudal era, it is a line of life and death.

This siege operation was completely commanded by Di Qing, he had the most experience, and Zhao Zhen did not intervene in any way throughout the whole process, but just showed him the four-horse cart in the convoy in addition to his own carriage.

Zhao Zhen pointed to the carriage and said to Di Qing: "Take a look!" I've given you the siege weapon you've always dreamed of! ”

Looking at the ruts that were deep in the mud, Di Qing's eyes lit up, and he quickly jumped into the carriage and violently lifted the canvas in the carriage, and a wolf-like howl of excitement came out of the carriage, causing the surrounding soldiers to be greatly surprised, Yang Huaiyu entered, and the result was also this......

The cold brass shimmered with a bright yellow color, and the muzzle of the black hole was the size of a cold melon, Di Qing pulled excited Yang Huaiyu to get out of the car, Yang Huaiyu's favorite artillery can be regarded as an obsession, for him, this siege weapon can be used on the battlefield.

Chong Shiheng appeared in front of everyone, and in order to stop the news from leaking, he solved all the problems in the car along the way......

Looking at the excited two, Zhao Zhen smiled and pointed to the carriage lane on the side: "This big guy has scrapped a lot of military horses, it's not too late for you to be surprised after seeing it......"

Before Zhao Zhen's words were finished, the two almost ran out, Zhao Zhen could only wave his hand helplessly, if the slender cannon is a god, the thick mortar is a hideous demon......