Chapter 73 The Destiny of the Nation Hangs on Brother Shu-5

After the reinforcements appeared, the Liao army wanted to leave the army of the Hedong camp on the battlefield like the Song army had just done, so as to wait for the fresh cavalry to copy its rear road. However, the front army led by Guo Xian fought to the death, as if it were a blow to the head, and the Liao army, which had just mustered up the will to fight, was pushed back. Some Song army arrows shot out, simply use the bow back as a weapon, pick up head-on, some Song army spears are broken, then use half of the spear head as a short spear, when the Liao army assassinated and cut down, most of the Song army tried their best to return the color, so that the other party was either dead or wounded. One husband can die to ten, ten thousand people can die, and they can run rampant. On the entire battlefield, tens of thousands of Murb cavalry swept like dark clouds swept in the sky, although the main force of the Song army led by Yang Yanqing was retreating, but in front of the battlefield, the Song army led by Guo Xian instead killed the Liao soldiers in front of them, and the Liao army could not support it, turned its head and fled backwards, and the rout army even rushed to the White Eagle Battalion of the Chinese army.

"Bastard," Xiao Tachi's face changed suddenly, he drew his scimitar in his right hand, and shouted viciously, "Immediately behead all those who lead the rout!" A thousand cavalry of the White Eagle Battalion galloped out, arrows were fired in succession, swords flashed, countless Liao troops fell to the ground, and the heads of people rolled, and finally stopped the decline. Although Guo Xian's troops were brave, after all, they were alone, and the Liao troops on both wings squeezed over to the middle, forming a situation of siege on all sides, and the Song army that fought to the death was overlapped and wrapped in it.

At this time, the main force of the Song army under Yang Yanqing had taken the opportunity to disengage from the main force of the Liao army, and was speeding up and retreating towards Yunzhou City. The Murbo cavalry, mostly a cavalry group of hundreds of cavalry, some galloped and attacked on the battlefield, specializing in attacking and killing the lone squad of Song troops, and some circled around the Song army of the brigade, bending bows and firing arrows. The retreating Song army suffered a lot of losses, and at the same time, the Song army's crossbowmen returned fire with their crossbows, shooting many of the Murb cavalry off their horses. At the same time, the remaining thousands of cavalry of the Song army did not flee, and the cavalry galloped back and forth desperately to protect the rear road and flanks of the Chinese army from enemy cavalry. Although the cavalry of the Song army was tired, but the armor was strong and the sword was sharp, the martial arts were strong, and the Murbo cavalry accounted for a large number of men and horses, and it was a cheap new force, the two sides staggered and rushed, arrows and knives exchanged, and in just a few moments, there were countless cavalry who fell off their horses and died in the dust.

The main force of the Song army gradually retreated under the city wall, and after Yang Yanqing led his subordinates to break the formation, the various troops slowly retreated into the city. The Liao army and the Murbo cavalry did not dare to approach too much, so they could only keep galloping and firing arrows, trying to find out the flaws in the Song army's formation. The battlefield has also changed from a chaotic scene at the beginning to tens of thousands of Liao troops besieging the Song army units that are still stranded on the battlefield. Although the main force retreated into the city, nearly 10,000 Hedong troops were left on the battlefield. There are thousands of people in the brigade and more than 100 people in the squad. There are people like Guo Xian who are desperately breaking off the army, there are those who are entangled by the Liao army in battle, and there are also those who are cut off by the cavalry of the Liao army during the withdrawal. Under the siege of the Liao army, very few Song soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and they were making their last resistance everywhere. Under Xiao Tachi's strict orders, the Khitan cavalry on the periphery galloped and released arrows, and the inner Xi army and Jurchen infantry also attacked inside. The Liao army itself suffered heavy casualties and was unable to annihilate them all. The fierce fighting between the two sides, the screams, the clashing of blades, and the neighing of men and horses were clearly heard at the head of the city. The Song army occupied less and less space, but the resistance became more and more stubborn.

"Beat the drums, see off the good man!"

Yang Yanqing said in a low voice. The Hedong Song army at the head of the city struggled to beat the war drums and cheer for the robes that were still fighting under the city. The autumn wind was fierce, and the big red flag was blown loudly, like the blood of countless strong men splashed. Many generals of the Hedong Army gathered around Yang Yanqing, and everyone was silent, looking at this tragic and tragic scene with complicated expressions. On Yang Yanqing's side, Wang Lin knelt on his knees with remorse on his face. "Guo Wu is a good man," Wang Lin said secretly, "I was arrogant in the past, and I was really ashamed." He led 5,000 iron cavalry to ambush ten miles away, behind the mountains in the north, and only waited for the Chinese army to raise its cannons, and then rushed to attack the flank of the Liao army. Not long after the battle between the two armies under the city of Yunzhou, tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry came from all directions. Wang Lin was not afraid of being outnumbered, and led the cavalry of the Song army to fight hard. When they couldn't hold each other, more barbarian cavalry suddenly appeared, although they only stopped in the distance and shouted and cheered, but the shouting shook the heavens and the earth, looking at the continuous momentum, it seemed that there were more than 100,000 horsemen. The barbarian cavalry on the battlefield was greatly invigorated, while the cavalry of the Song army was depressed, Wang Lin suddenly extinguished the desire to win, and led his subordinates to desperately break through to the south.

"I knew this was the case," Wang Lin said with regret in his heart, "When Guo Wu fights to the death in Shanbei, he only needs to drag on for some more time, I am afraid that the marshal has already defeated Liaogou, and at that time, with my Hedong elite, I will fight in formation, and I will not be afraid of the new barbarians." He had some doubts in his heart, although the Liao State claimed to have hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry, but it had always focused on Nanjing Daoyouzhou, how could it be possible to suddenly send more than 100,000 cavalry to attack Yunzhou?

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"Daddy." Xiao Tachi sat on his horse and did not dismount to say goodbye.

Before the tribe was attacked by the Xia Kingdom, he was taught and raised by his grandfather, and he always looked down on this mediocre and useless father. After he defected to the Liao State, Yelu Dashi did not discriminate against him as a grassland barbarian, not only entrusted him with military power to reuse, but also promised marriage to a princess. He deposed the emperor Yelu Yanxi, cleansed the Jurchen tribe, and made the Jurchens famous and discolored, and he can also be called famous. Although Xiao Ta was humble on his face, he was really proud in his heart. But now, he has tens of thousands of elites in his hands, and he was almost defeated, and in the end, he has to save his life from this waste father, which makes Xiao Tachi feel ashamed, and he has a little more estrangement from Bo Shenghuo Erbo. As he grew older, he wished he was the only hero and sun in the hearts of the Mlb.

"Tachi, my good son." Bo Shenghuo looked at the young man in his twenties with emotion, nodded and said, "Okay, very good, you look so tall." This sentence made Xiao Tachi's heart swell with an uncomfortable feeling. A look of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he looked back at the battlefield. The group of Song soldiers who almost defeated the Liao army had less than 2,000 remnants left, and the arrows were gone, but they fought to the death and did not surrender. The Liao army couldn't attack, and the cavalry roamed outside and released arrows, but the armor of the Song army was so strong that it couldn't be cleaned up for a while. The Song army fought to the end, exhausted, but still barely supported. Every time the Liao army tried to attack, it had to pay heavy casualties.

"These Song people are so tenacious that they can be called warriors," Bo Sheng looked at Xiao Tachi's gaze and said in a deep voice, "Why don't you send an envoy to surrender and take it for your own use." "A few days earlier, the southbound Erbo had reached the grasslands to the north, and the scouts had spotted thousands of Song troops waiting for an opportunity north of Yunzhou. Bo Shenghuo ordered not to approach Yunzhou for the time being, and waited until the start of the war before sending a large army, first eating the Song army's ambush, and then going south to intervene in the decisive battle of Liao and Song. Who knew that the 5,000 cavalry of the Song army was unusually strong, and the 30,000 Murb cavalry could not be taken in a short time. Bo Sheng ordered more than 100,000 old and weak women and children in the tribe to move south, and rode horses together to cheer for the soldiers in the distance, as suspicious soldiers, so that the cavalry of the Song army was defeated and broke through in a hurry. The 30,000 Murb cavalry arrived at the battlefield in time.

Xiao Tachi ignored his suggestion, was silent for a moment, and then said, "I have already surrendered." He paused, turned his head and said coldly to Xiao Ping: "Pass the order, the next time you attack the remnants of the Song army, implement the order to kill by lot, and if you don't die in battle, you will return it, and you will be beheaded by lot, and there will be enough thirty percent." Xiao Ping's face changed, and he glanced at Bo Shenghuo. This cruel lottery kill order, since Xiao Tachi was defeated under Nanshan City, has not been used, Xiao Pingyuan thought that this person would grow wise, and he also knew that he could no longer be so harsh on the soldiers, but he didn't expect that for some reason, Xiao Tachi actually became ferocious again.

"Why bother," Bo Sheng hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "The foot soldiers and elks can be broken by artillery bombardment." Although the army of Murbo did not have artillery, when it was stationed in Xijing Province, Bo Shenghuo had seen the power of artillery, and secretly thought that it was a sharp weapon for attacking the city. It's just that he has been using troops on the steppe and can't carry heavy artillery.

This sentence pierced the window paper, Xiao Pingping was overjoyed, and said loudly: "The northwest solicitation makes sense. The other Khitan generals originally hated the order by lot, and when they heard this, they all looked at Xiao Tachi, and no one gave him an order. Xiao Tachi was furious in his heart, and in front of everyone, he had to force himself to press himself, and said coldly: "The Han army must not delay when carrying artillery. ”

Although the siege iron barrel cannon was heavy, the artillery battalion had some light small cannons, although the power was small, but it was more than enough to penetrate the iron armor of the soldiers. Soon, the Han soldiers of the artillery battalion pulled their horses and dragged dozens of artillery pieces to the front of the Song army, and the Xi army and the Jurchen army in front got out of the way, revealing a row of black holes with holes in the muzzles and lit torches.

"Holy shit." Guo Xian's breathing suddenly became heavy. As a general, he knew the power of artillery. His face was covered in blood, and half of his shirt was stained red with blood oozing from his shoulders. "Yang Jieshuai, Guo Wu is worthy of you." Seeing that the Liao army was about to ignite the medicine lead, Guo Xian hurriedly said: "The one who is planted in Hedong rushed up to fight with Lao Tzu." His voice was hoarse and weak, but with an awe-inspiring determination. Guo Xian stood up, pulled the knife out of the blood-red soil, and rushed out in stride. Almost everyone in the surrounding Song army was injured, no one hesitated, and someone said in a deep voice: "Die for the general!" Someone shouted with all his might: "Kill" and "Great Song Wansheng!" The people mustered up their last strength, and the lightly wounded helped the seriously wounded, and staggered to follow.

"Boom-" "Boom-" The sound of cannons shook the heavens and the earth, and the cries of "Great Song Wansheng-" and "Hedong Wansheng-" also reached the city with a vigorous impact. The artillery fire of the Liao army was attacked for a quarter of an hour before it stopped, and the entire battlefield was quiet, Yang Yanqing's eyes were complicated, and there was a faint flash of light in the tiger's eyes.