Chapter 156 Midnight Four or Five Sighs-3
"The main force of the Song army in Xiongzhou broke through?"
Brother Yelu Tiege looked at Wan Yan Yong suspiciously, and then looked at Xiao Tan, the commander of the Xi army.
Just now, Xiao Tan also reported to him that the main force of the Song army was still holding on to Xiongzhou, and the Xi army was ordered to attack the city, but it was bombarded by the artillery at the head of the city and suffered a lot of losses. Last night, the main force of the Song army in Xiongzhou came out to disturb the attack, not only the 'female' Zhenying came to report the attack, but other places also reported the emergency. Not only the Song army in Xiongzhou, but also the besieged Song army everywhere seemed to have made an appointment, all of them took advantage of the time before dawn to toss desperately, especially the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Song army who were trapped by the Liao army, almost in the direction of Xiongzhou Soon after making a disturbance, they began to break through to the south with all their might, because it was night, all the Liao army departments were tired from fighting for a long time, and Yelu Tiege could only use it to be stretched, so he could only dispatch troops to prevent the Song army from breaking through, and prevent the Song army from moving closer to the Chinese army, and most of the rest of the Liao army were holding the camp. At dawn, they reported that they were attacked by the Song army.
"You've met. Is it indeed the Song army led by Lu Mingyu? ”
"Absolutely." Wan Yan Yong knelt on the ground, his scalp was a little numb, he only knew that the Song army was attacking fiercely, and the front couldn't hold it at all, "The Song soldiers in Xiongzhou are very fierce, and there are many people, don't rush towards our battalion, my battalion has been fighting hard for a day, with countless casualties and countless soldiers, and the soldiers are tired, so they can't stop it, so they retreated." The king is reorganizing the soldiers and horses, and wants to recapture the artillery base to atone for his crimes, in addition, my department is alone, there is no artillery and no horseman, please send reinforcements to the Lord of the North Courtyard...... "Wan Yanyong's voice is getting smaller and smaller. Wanyan Zongbi is a figure who stands up to the sky and the earth in a 'female' real person. Yelu Tiege also said that he would kill him, and Wan Yan Xian didn't dare to come to Yelu Tiege in person to ask for guilt, so he only sent him over to report it.
"Really?" Yelu Tiege's gaze stared at Wan Yan Yong like a knife.
The groveling appearance of this 'female' real person made him not feel any anger. He has long passed the age of killing people to vent his anger, and if he wants to kill, he is also killing a great Liao descendant like Wanyan Zongbi. Unfortunately, before the Mlb people had many casualties, Wang Gui's army collapsed inexplicably. Xiao Tachi has made great achievements out of thin air, and it will take a little more effort to eradicate him in the future. The Erbo barbarian from the grassland is a hidden danger to Da Liao, and the 'female' real person has been greatly injured, Wan Yan Xian is also such a mediocre person, not only is it not a threat, but it can become a person who has already thought of this, Yelu Tiege's eyes were cold, and then he looked at Wan Yan Yong.
"The Song army in Xiongzhou is only 10,000 horses, but there are nearly 50,000 people in the 'female' real department, 50,000 against 10,000, and they were repelled by others, so powerful?! Is that what it is? Why didn't Wan Yan Xian dare to come to see me in person? "Brother Yelu Tie's words were as cold as the snow wind, which made people shudder, Wan Yanyong's back trembled slightly, and unconsciously, the cold sweat had soaked through the jacket." However, the 'female' Zhen battalion made a great contribution to the attack on the Song army's great array yesterday, and the 'female' really killed and injured many warriors, the soldiers and horses were tired, and they had not yet recovered. Ben will not be a person with unknown rewards and punishments, brutal and easy to kill, you go back and tell Yan Xianye, he doesn't have to worry. The surrounding Khitan generals all smiled mockingly, and Yelu Tiege asked again, "By the way, what's your name?" ”
"My name is Yan Yong."
"Since Wan Yan Xian also sent you to see me, you can be regarded as a warrior," Yelu Tiege slowed down his tone and said in a deep voice, "Wan Yan Yong, I remember, in the future, let's kill the enemy for Da Liao." ”
"Thank you, Lord Kitain." Wan Yan Yong breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew from the big tent, the cold wind blew, and his intuition was soaked in the cold, and the whole person seemed to collapse. For some reason, after the fear, Wan Yan Yong was not so afraid of Yelu Tiege, but instead of a sense of awe, and for Wan Yan Xianye, the titular 'female' true lord, he had a faint hatred from the bottom of his heart.
After Yan Yong left, Yelu Tiege pondered for a while, and while cutting the 'meat', he instructed: "The sheep should eat the 'fat', and the Song army that rushed out from the west is not worth mentioning, and the army that is surrounded in the middle must not be let go." His tone was very firm, "After this battle, the Song Dynasty will have to sue for peace with us!" What belongs to my Great Liao Kingdom, we want the Song Kingdom to pay double it! After saying that, he put a piece of blood-stained lamb 'meat' in his mouth and chewed it slowly. The originally frozen atmosphere in the tent suddenly eased. Although the besieged Song army made a lot of trouble, it was always weak, and the difficulties of the Liao army were only expected to be such a big victory at the beginning, and the troops in the south were insufficient, but the Song army was divided and besieged with all its strength. When the army is stretched thin, there must be a trade-off. At this time, Yelu Tiege took the lead and let go of the most difficult Song army in Xiongzhou, and the rest of the Song army was much easier.
Although the generals didn't understand why Yelu Tiege was so confident, they all laughed together.
The sun rises in the east with the arrival of daylight. The sound of thumping fire rang out again 'fiercely', and the breakthrough of the Song army in Xiongzhou last night made all the Song troops who were surrounded excited, shouting, scolding, and cannon resounded in the sky, and the battlefield was filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder. The trapped beast still fights in order to survive, and the remnants of the Song army mustered all hope, trying to make a final fight for their lives and take the next one to return to life. While urgently mobilizing troops and horses from Nanjing to help in the battle, the Liao army made every effort to build a camp and continue to surround the remaining Song legions on the battlefield. On the battlefield full of corpses, every 'confrontation' is an incomparably tragic battle.
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The moon was bright, and the land was slightly whitish from dryness, and the ground was hard.
After the last quiet leg of the voyage, the huge Southwest Sea Division finally landed on the western shore of the 'Bo's Sea.
Guided by experienced maritime merchants, sail along the coast to the nearest seaside town to Basra, the famous city of Great Food.
"Let's land right here." Zhao Xingde stepped the solid ground under his feet.
It used to be a major place for merchants to trade with merchants of the Song Dynasty and the merchants of the Great Food. Fragments of wooden planks floated on the clear waters, and the sudden appearance of a huge Song fleet on the Bo's Sea alarmed the Great Cannibals, and the princes from all over the country urgently recruited the people and repaired the city walls day and night. After entering the 'Bo's Sea, several 'Bo' water divisions took the initiative to attack the Southwest Sea Division. However, under the salvo of thousands of artillery of the Mariners, these attacks were easily crushed like moths to a fire. Most of the merchant ships will temporarily anchor in the seaside towns, and gunboats suitable for inland navigation will sail up the river to Basra to try to meet the river army.
The officers of the Naval Division were now completely unconcerned about 'engagement' with the Great Cannibals on the water, but they were somewhat worried about attacks from the shore.
When going upstream, the gunboats were moving slowly, and if the big cannibals set fire to the river on the shore, they might not be able to respond. Therefore, Zhao Xingde ordered the fire gun battalion to go ashore, in addition to the 5,000 fire guns, and recruited more than 2,000 sailors from the merchant fleet who could use fire guns and send bows and crossbows, a total of more than 7,000 people, divided into the left, center and right armies, and the left and right armies of 2,000 people each, led by Du Fujiao and Gao Su respectively, marched along both sides of the river, the traces of the Dashi army, protected the flanks of the fleet, and collected grain and straw as much as possible within the range of the artillery. The Chinese army of 1,000 people lived on the ship, led by Liu Zhijian, ready to reinforce the left and right wings. Before arriving on the western shore of the 'Bo's Sea, all the horses of the sailors had died because they could not bear the long voyage, and only a few horses and mules that could not be ridden could be used to carry and pull the carts. Therefore, the army that came ashore had no cavalry, only musketeers and a small number of crossbowmen, all marching on foot.
As soon as this army, which was full of foot soldiers, was discovered, the nearby tribes immediately regarded it as a meal on their plates.
Because the Southwest Sea Division did a clean job in the battle at sea, and several times the side 'shot', most of the big sea-eating ships that dared to provoke have been turned into wood chips. The power of the Song State Water Division was far from spreading to the inland tribes. Moreover, the tribal lords of the interior are as stubborn as stones, and even if they hear about it, they only believe what they see. "It's all big ships, full of goods from the East!" "They have no cavalry, no horses ()!" "There are no cavalry?!" "Is there anything more 'fat' and beautiful than this?" These two sentences are simply the best mobilization order. The leaders of the tribes rejoiced, the warriors mounted their horses so fast that everyone feared that they would be left behind, and some villages even held a grand celebration before setting out.
"Cut their heads open!" The elderly father shouted encouragement to his son, "It's not harder than cutting watermelon." ”
"These Orientals are not Xia people in the river, but cowardly Song merchants." "Moreover, the infantry on the plains is useless, so how can they defeat the cavalry?" The Song people are really only suitable for being businessmen. Not to mention a few thousand, even tens of thousands, they can't match the warriors' several charges. "Driven by this illusion, before the generals of the Roma Turks were recruited, they rushed towards the river bank as if they had seen a fly like 'meat'.
It had only been half a day since the sailor battalion marched ashore, and at noon, the left-wing battalion led by Du Fujiao encountered a surprise attack by the first 'wave' of more than five cannibal cavalry. The formation of the tribal cavalry in the desert was very 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', but in terms of bravery alone, they were not inferior to the forbidden army of the Roma Turks. In order to avoid excessive casualties, Du Fujiao ordered the entire fire battalion to shrink, directly changed the formation of the marching army to a horizontal formation that was convenient for defense, and approached the fleet of sailors who were going upstream.
In this way, when the Great Eclipse cavalry charged towards the firecracker battalion, in addition to facing 2,000 firearms, they also had to withstand the salvo of several 'guns' of heavy artillery.
The salvo 'fire' of the sailor's gunboat was so fierce that in the eyes of the tribal cavalry, it was like the sky falling apart, after the gunboat fired a volley, the big food cavalry rode their horses back, and only a few of the horses that could not control the war horse to the fire gun camp were also stabbed by the fire gun who took advantage of the situation to attack forward. The battlefield was littered with man-eating corpses, but none of the firecrackers under Du Horn's command were injured. With the support of the naval artillery, they did not have a single salvo, so they repelled the imposing Great Eater cavalry with their spears.