The Khitan people of Gu'an will never forget that morning. The tidal wave of Song Dynasty troops roared by, and countless mules and horses pulled artillery with their cannons in the ranks, all the way to the east. They have seen a lot of troops, and a few days ago they had seen the Khitan army heading south, but they had never seen such an army. The morale was high, and the officers and men all exuded high spirits, looking forward to the rising sun in the morning.

Jia Kui didn't have much to fight before he successfully captured Zhuozhou. Originally, the army was preparing to go north and attack Jinfu. Shuai Si actually changed the order and asked him to go all the way east to assist Shou Wuqing.

Concentrating troops and horses in Zhuozhou, Jia Kui quickly came east.

The Khitan army had already arrived in Wuqing, and without stopping for a moment, immediately attacked the city. On the afternoon of the first day, the captured Song artillery was deployed outside the city, but it was damaged by the Song artillery the next morning. Starting the afternoon of the next day, there was no need to rely on artillery, and there was no time to make siege equipment.

Yeluhongki rode on his horse and looked at the battle ahead, his face sinking like water. He thought that he might lose this time, and he thought about ending in disgrace, but he didn't expect it to be like this. The Song army advanced far faster than anyone had estimated.

In just a few days, only Xijin Mansion was left in Youzhou, and the rest of the cities were all breached. 400,000 signed an army, there was no battle at all, and the Song army surrendered as soon as it came. Now only in the city of Yijin Prefecture, there are still more than 100,000 signed troops to defend the city, and the rest have all been taken prisoner. The 400,000 troops under his command have been completely cut off from food and grass, and if they can't break through Wuqing and quickly rescue Xijin Mansion, the Khitan army will be wiped out.

Outside the East City Gate, 3,000 Song troops fought fiercely with the Khitan. With the artillery cover at the head of the city and the city wall as their rear wing, these Song troops became more and more brave the more they fought, and the Khitan army was helpless. On the other three city walls, the Khitan army attacked the city walls like a tide. It's just that there is artillery suppression at the head of the city at a distance, and there are muskets at the close, and the Khitan army can't even set up a ladder at the head of the city.

Yelu Xiantong was beside Yelu Hongji, looking at the two armies fighting endlessly in front of him, his brows furrowed. After a long time, he said: "Your Majesty, Xijin Mansion has been besieged, and the city is only broken in the morning and evening. It is still necessary to send a large army north to rescue them. Once the province was breached, the road for the whole army to return north was cut off. Now that there is a shortage of food in the army, the retreat route has been cut off, and the consequences are really worrying. ”

Yelu Hongji said in a deep voice: "I have sent Ma Liu to lead the Xi army to the north, but the Song army is blocking it, and I can't get close to Nanjing City for a while. I only want to stay and stay attentive, and I can guard the city for a few more days. As long as Wuqing is defeated, our army can go north. ”

Yelu Xiantong opened his mouth, but finally did not say anything more. Now the Khitan form is very bad, as soon as the Song army counterattacks, all the Khitan departments are defeated. The capital was besieged, the grain road was cut off, and the Song Dynasty army was everywhere, and it was already under siege. What's even worse is that no matter which unit of the Song army is played against, the Khitan can't win, and it has become a turtle in an urn.

In front of Wuqing City, Lin Guang's subordinates constantly rotated forward and fired bullets at the attacking Khitan army. As soon as they found a flaw, 3,000 soldiers and horses immediately stepped forward, destroyed the enemy, and then quickly retreated. With the artillery support of the city behind them, there was no need to set up even offensive gun emplacements, but they were all in the most advantageous position. As long as you are keenly grasping the fighter and attacking at any time.

The 15,000 soldiers and horses in the city, in addition to the reserve and the troops defending the city, were divided into three armies and took turns to fight out of the city. Every two hours, it is rotated. There are four city gates, and the city gates are different each time, and the Khitan cannot be arranged.

The most important thing in defending the city is to be able to counterattack, and if you can't counterattack, sooner or later you will be trapped and killed by the enemy. Unless it is like the city on Hebei Road in the Song Dynasty, its solidity completely exceeds the Khitan's siege ability, and the Khitan people are helpless. Wuqing is a small city, and although the Song army has urgently repaired it after the battle leader, it is still not strong enough. If you want to defend the city, you must constantly go out of the city to attack. It's just that the Khitan army is too big to attack, so it can only be under the city wall.

On the top of the city tower, the deputy commander Zhong Xiang kept patrolling back and forth. The Khitan offensive was too fierce, and since it arrived at the city, it did not stop for a moment. In one day, the outside of the city was already full of corpses, and the Khitan still kept coming forward.

Watching the sun rise overhead, Zhong Shen breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on a chair. The soldiers hurriedly brought the jugs.

Zhong Shen drank a little water and said, "Straight lady thief, the Khitan people are really crazy!" Obviously they can't attack the city, but they still don't stop, aren't their lives worthless! Look at the city, the corpses are piling up in the mountains, they are not going to pad the corpses to the city! ”

Sui Du, the deputy on one side, said: "If you don't capture Wuqing, the Khitans will not be able to rescue Xijin Mansion on a large scale." If they don't rescue Xijin Mansion, they will have no way out. Taiwei, for the Khitans, Wuqing City is their lifeline. ”

Zhong Shen sighed: "That's right, Wuqing is the lifeline of the Khitans." Alas, I didn't expect that I would encounter such a battle in my life. If you are lucky enough not to die this time, you can blow it to your children and grandchildren for a lifetime. ”

Because the Song army overestimated the Khitan army, it was indeed unexpected to suddenly concentrate on Wuqing to fight this battle. Due to all directions, the Khitan army was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and suddenly all of them concentrated here in Wuqing. The Khitan army, which was originally expected to be attracted to the south of the Juma River, did not happen when the two sides fought back and forth, and the pressure suddenly fell on the Wuqing defenders.

After taking a sip of water and taking a breath, Zhong Xiang stood up and inspected the city wall again. The Song army in the city also rotated once every two hours. Divide into several parts and rotate with the reserves in the city. Every time the army is rotated, it is like the body is being emptied.

Outside the city, Yelu Hongji looked at the corpses that were piling up under the city wall, and frowned: "Until now, countless people have died, and they still haven't reached the Song army's city. How can we get it if we go on like this? If we stay under Wuqing City for one more day, it will be difficult for Nanjing City, and we must find a way. ”

Yelu Xiantong said: "Is there any way?" The Song army at the head of the city did not know how many artillery pieces there were, and they fought hard and accurately. The soldier rushed forward, and it was already nine deaths. When I got to the bottom of the city wall, I faced the muskets of the Song army, which were more powerful than bows and arrows, and it was really difficult to attack. ”

Xiao A on the side stabbed and said: "According to the minister's opinion, it is difficult to make progress in attacking like this." It's better to wait for the night, choose the brave to die, and suddenly climb the city under the city wall, which is more likely to break the city. I don't believe that the Song army fought fiercely for a day, and it could still be well guarded at night. ”

Yelu Hongji nodded again and again: "Okay, good, this plan is wonderful!" Choose someone now, and tonight, turn over to the city! ”

To the south of Wuqing, in the Gu Yin army near the Jiehe River, a personal soldier quickly entered the commander's tent. Xiang Gu Yi crossed his hand: "General, the army of Dielid in the south is retreating and is about to arrive in our barracks." They were chased by the cavalry of the Song army, and they would soon be able to attack our army. ”

Gu Yi frowned, and said hatefully: "Dieli has an army of 50,000, a hundred miles away from us, why did you retreat here?" I still have 100,000 pursuers here, I can't stop it, and another 100,000, how can I stop it? ”

Pu Gu said: "At this time, there is no need to stop the Song army. These days, it can be seen that the Song army is getting more and more powerful, and it can't stop them at all. It is better to retreat north and join the army of the Holy One. With hundreds of thousands of troops together, the Song army should have no choice. ”

Gu Yi said with a calm face: "Holy Lord's edict, let's try our best to block the Song army's pursuers south of the Boundary River." How can it be disobeyed? ”

No one in the tent spoke. The meaning is obvious, at this time, the edict has a fart use. Blocking the Song army is south of the Jiehe River, which is easy to say, but difficult to do. After fighting with Ma Huaide for dozens of days, he was full of confidence from the very beginning to wipe out his entire army. To the back, the two sides held each other, and then to the rear by Ma Huaide's counterattack, the Khitan army was not as good as day by day, but Ma Huaide became more and more courageous.

The hundreds of thousands of people in Gu Yin were the ones who tempered Ma Huaide's army. This was originally the whole training of the forbidden army on Hebei Road, and no one had confidence in all kinds of shortcomings in the early stage. But I didn't want to be in the process of fighting the Khitans, all kinds of shortcomings were quickly made up, and they turned out to be a strong army.

A few days ago, the counteroffensive was almost unstoppable. After a day of fierce fighting between the two armies, Gu Yin had to retreat, and Ma Huaide followed. Fortunately, the Khitan was full of cavalry, and Ma Huaide couldn't catch up, so the two armies stopped fighting and arrived at the Jiehe. Yeluhongji led a large army to the north, and strictly ordered Gu to not cross the river, and the two armies fought fiercely here.

There is no way to deal with Ma Huaide, and another 100,000 Song troops are like a nightmare. Gu Yin couldn't imagine how his hundreds of thousands of people were surrounded by the 200,000 troops of the Song army. I can't retreat north, I'm afraid that I will be wiped out near the boundary river.

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