The gate of Nanshan City was wide open, and Gao Bolong led hundreds of iron horsemen to rush in like a splash of wind. Before the horses had stopped, the cavalrymen lifted their masks, and everyone had a look of excitement and excitement on their faces. Even the rider Gao Bolong couldn't help but grin. The five hundred cavalry horses and military robes were stained with blood, most of which were the enemy's, and in this battle, the cavalry achieved huge results, but the losses were minimal. "It's a pleasure!" "Wan Sheng!" Some raised their heads and shouted cheers at the defenders at the head of the city, as if to share the ecstasy of victory.

The generals of the Han army who watched the battle also congratulated each other, and there was a joyful scene. The 100,000 troops of the Liao State came to the top of Mount Tai, and they wanted to eat Nanshan City in one bite, but they were broken out of a few teeth, and a lot of sharp energy was broken, and for the Han army, the victory in the first battle was a good sign. Liu Zhijian walked up with a ten-division commander, Zhao Xingde's eyes lit up, and he nodded to the two first.

Liu Zhijian said: "General Zhao, this person was the one who bombarded the Xi army's round formation for the first time just now. As soon as his words fell, Zhou Yu stepped forward and saluted, and before he could report his military name, Zhao Xingde nodded and said: "I remember you, Zhou Yu, you are really a talent!" He patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and smiled: "Wisdom and bravery, do it well." ”

Zhou Yu's face was slightly moved, and he arched his hand and said, "General Zhao praises falsely!" "He was surrounded by commanders of the army, and although he was only the commander of the garrison battalion, his momentum was not weak at all, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. Tong Yunjie heard that his accent was a local Han in Liaodong, and secretly said in his heart that he was a good man, but it was a pity that he first joined Xia Guoying. This thought flashed through him, and then he laughed at himself, in the current situation, I still care about what to do.

If other soldiers made meritorious contributions, Zhao Xingde would have to ask Jia Mian in detail. But Zhou Yu of the garrison camp was originally a talent that Zhao Xingde remembered in his heart, and he was listed on the list of the first batch of sergeants and garrison centurions, but he didn't say anything, nodded and let Zhou Yu retreat.

At this time, only to hear the stairs below the enemy platform "ooh, pum, star" hurriedly, all the generals were a little surprised, secretly thinking, is there an urgent military situation, they all set their eyes there, but saw Gao Bolong holding an iron helmet in his hand, striding up, as soon as he saw Zhao Xingde, he laughed loudly: "This battle is a happy battle!" He led hundreds of iron cavalry to defeat tens of thousands of Liao troops, and the generals also congratulated him. Gao Bolong was naturally very proud in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face: "This is all General Zhao's clever calculation, I just obeyed and rushed out to kill a round trip." Saying that, he actually turned the iron helmet around, touched it with his hand, and grinned: "Even the sweat didn't come out, and the Liao soldiers were defeated and retreated." "If there is a regret.

Gao Bolong paused, then clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, let me wait for another battle!" Drive away those Liao dogs who are taking a detour! ”

Zhao Xingde shook his head with a smile: "It's just a few vicious dogs, tie the door tightly, and he will have no gaps to enter." Gao Bolong's face showed disappointment, and he didn't say more, Zhao Xingde ordered to replenish ammunition for each artillery position, and set his eyes on the Liao army camp east of Nanshan City.

The Liao army retreated incessantly, and the Han army's artillery fire chased the most people and bombarded the place, leaving countless corpses along the way. After two setbacks in a row, it seems that the commander of the Liao army is unwilling to give up, the banners in the Liao army camp are shaking, the cavalry of the order is out, the Liao army of all departments has been mobilized, and many light cavalry have been sent out, and it seems that they are going to attack again, but it doesn't seem to be. The fleeing Liao army retreated until it was out of range of the Han artillery, and then the generals regrouped and put it in order. On this day, the Liao army lost two battles in a row, and after collecting the corpses again with the permission of the Han army, the army was extremely depressed and could not fight again.

Just behind Nanshan City, five thousand Liao cavalry penetrated deep into the hinterland of Guannan. The general, Yelulu, sat on his horse and looked around, in addition to the original mountains and hills, the Han army also dug some trenches crisscrossing the flat ground, and these trenches seemed to be also roads. The flat ground, which is suitable for war horses to gallop, is dotted with many shallow holes. There is loose covering soil on the hole, and the cavalry of the Liao army did not care about it at first, and galloped on the flat ground, but as a result, many war horses stepped into this small hole and broke their hooves, only to realize the viciousness of the Han army's intentions. The cavalry was most distressed about the horses, so that they could march along the trenches and not go to the flat ground to ride their horses, but their freedom of movement was greatly restricted. Not only that, but the three miles around the fortress built by the Han army was also a place where the cavalry could not stay for a long time, otherwise, there was a danger of being attacked by cold artillery.

The cavalry sent out to fight the grass valley was very dismayed to find that there was nothing but the forts that he could not take the fortress, not even the firewood and grass to light the bonfires, there were no villages to plunder, there were no materials to use, there were no people, the fields had long been burned black, and the trees on the mountains had been set on fire after they had been cut down to build the forts. Guannan, Suzhou, was originally a place with lush vegetation, but now it is as barren as a desert. Gusts of sea breeze blew from all sides, and the Liao army felt a chill to the bone.

"Why don't you bring more food and grass to carry over?" Yelulu was a little remorseful, and then thought that the cart full of grain and grass was moving slowly, and even if he could bypass Nanshan City, I am afraid that the loss would be quite heavy. The cavalry of the Liao army was stationed in the south of Suzhou Pass for three days and three nights, the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, and finally the grain and grass were exhausted, so they had to make a detour and withdraw to the north of Suzhou Pass.

After more than a month, the Liao army's offensive was intermittent, and although it lost many soldiers, it was still unable to capture Nanshan City. Yelu Yanshan originally planned to requisition a group of Han people nearby as a sign army to attack the city, who would have thought that the Han people in the north of Suzhou Pass had either been taken captive, or had already moved with the Han army. Only a small number of Bohai people still live in the same place. The noble concubine Xiao Sese, who was born in the Bohai Sea, was the most favored, and the emperor Yelu Dashi was exerting a gentle policy on the Bohai tribe to stabilize Liaodong, so it was naturally impossible to levy the Bohai army. Yelu Yanshan had no choice but to adopt the advice of the Han generals Guo Baoyi and Wu Chun, on the one hand, waiting for the sea ice to thaw and the army could calmly enter the hinterland of Guannan, and on the other hand, asking His Majesty to send a giant iron barrel cannon from Liaoyang to this place, so as to concoct cannons and blast open Nanshan City and other Han fortresses.

Outside the city of Liaoyang, but it is a different scene, when the city of Liaoyang fell, the Liao army burned down the granary, after which Liaojin fought, Shenzhou was captured again, and the Jin soldiers have not stored much grain and grass in Liaoyang. Seeing that the weather was as cold as a day, the Jin soldiers in the city were not only short of food and grass, but also had no firewood to burn for heating, so they had to demolish the houses in Liaoyang City, and the stones were used to defend the city, while the wood was prepared for heating.

These days, more and more people are secretly communicating with the traitors sent by Han Guo, the fall of Liaoyang City, and the fall of the old enemy Jin Army, it seems that it is only a matter of time. However, Yelu Dashi, the emperor of Liao, personally supervised the battle and scolded several generals who were not effective in attacking the city. There is no other reason, just a few days ago, Yelu Dashi received news that Xia Guo took advantage of the emptiness of Xijing Road and sent troops to attack Datong Mansion.

The tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xia army were menacing and overwhelming. Along the way, the large and small tribes all fled in despair, even if the border army of the Liao State guarding the Xijing Road had almost no resistance, the most hateful thing was that the Xuande army, which was originally ready to be dismantled, actually rebelled, if it were not for Xijing to stay in Yelu Bijie to buy the Han army in the internal response, it was almost defrauded by Liu Qutong to deceive Datong Mansion to the Xia State. Now Xijing's urgent military letters have come one after another, but Yelu Dashi can't send reinforcements at all now.

If the Xia army captured Xijing Dao, Shangjing Dao and Zhongjing Dao were also under the front of the army, even if they could not occupy these places for a long time, as long as they burned and looted everywhere, it would greatly damage the vitality of the Liao State. Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road are the places where the Khitans live the most, and if the fundamental land is damaged, what is the use of leveling Liaodong.

"Where's Berthroy Murbo?" Yelu Dashi asked with a blushing face.

"Xijing Left Behind has sent more than a dozen teams of messengers to the northwest to recruit envoys, but there has been no news of him now." The privy envoy of the Northern Court, Yelu Tiege, was cautious. Boshenghuo Erbo is not only the patriarch of the Murbo clan and the northwest envoy of Yelu Dashi's canonization, but his son Xiao Tachi is also Yelu Dashi's son-in-law, and Yelu Tiege is Yelu Dashi's other nominal son-in-law.

"Hmph, it's really a useless coward!" Yelu Dashi was furious and scolded unseemly.

He not only let them retreat into the hinterland of the Liao State to recuperate, but also gave them mandarin ducks to graze pastures, allowed them to build cities, not only allowed them to buy grain, grass and weapons from the Central Plains, but also gave them a lot of armor and blades. With the support of the Liao State, the Erbo people, who had been almost wiped out by the Xia State, regained their strength within a few years. In the name of the envoy to the northwest given to him by Jerodashi, Boshenghuo Erbo annexed many tribes, and the number of warriors in the tribe was 20,000 or 30,000. As the saying goes, raising troops for a thousand days, used for a while, Yelu Da Ishihara counted on him to become a barrier between the Liao and Xia kingdoms. However, when the Xia army attacked Datong Mansion, Boshenghuo Murbo, who had a grudge against the Xia State for killing his father and destroying the clan, actually fled without a fight.

In order to avoid shaking the hearts of the army, the news of the Xia army's pressure on the border is still a secret. Only a limited number of confidants such as Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, knew about this. The battle of Liaodong could not be defeated, and Xijing could not be rescued, but the elite soldiers and fierce generals of the Liao State were so difficult to take care of. These people have nothing to do, so they can only look at each other and watch His Majesty make a decision.

Yelu Dashi even rolled up his sleeves, snorted and sat down again, pacing back and forth in the imperial tent. Just as the ministers were becoming more and more nervous, Yelu Dashi suddenly sat down, untied the iron knife from his waist and put it in front of him, and said with a gloomy face: "The world is like chess, since Xia Guo wants to disrupt the game, let's make this chess game more chaotic." ”