Chapter 290: The Battle of Ningjiang Prefecture
- Ningjiang Prefecture
Ningjiang Prefecture is located in the south of the Wanyan tribe, and the location of the Wanyan tribe is actually near Harbin in later generations, Wanyan Aguda took these and counted his brothers, nephews and a large group of relatives together to barely enough 2500 troops set off, there was no obstacle along the way, and soon crossed the water and entered the boundary of Ningjiang Prefecture, as soon as such a team entered the boundary of Ningjiang Prefecture, it was immediately discovered by the patrolling soldiers, and the patrol soldiers quickly reported the news of the Jurchen invasion to the guards. And this guard general is Xiao Tart, the commander of the Northeast Unified Army, who has just arrived here with 800 cavalry, and there is also a general in the city, the Jiangning Prefecture Defense Envoy Da Yaoshi Nu.
According to the experience of the past, in the face of the powerful Liao State conquest, the Jurchen savage tribe's favorite thing to do is to drill into the forest, and then drag it for a year and a half, and then sacrifice the treasure to surrender when the hunger is almost over, this is Ningjiang Prefecture, there is not even a kiln, which makes him feel sad for a festival can be imagined.
So when he learned that the Wanyan tribe not only did not escape, but took the initiative to attack, he was overjoyed, and he said to the subordinate general Yelu Xie Shi, "I thought this bone beat was a character, but I didn't expect it to be so short-sighted, and I actually dared to take the initiative to fight, it seems that we can go back before the winter." β
Yelu Xie Shi was a big man with a beard, and he laughed and said, "My lord, isn't it better?" I think it's better to let me lead the 800 iron horsemen we brought with us into battle, and with just a few charges, those barbarians who don't even have an axe will be killed by us! β
Xiao Tzu Buye snorted and said, "Yes, that's good, you can take eight hundred cavalry to fight, this battle is only allowed to win, not to lose!" β
Yelu Xie Shi answered, and went out happily, and the big medicine master slave next to him said enviously, "The festival makes the lord is a good luck, this new military exploits, back to the court, Your Majesty will definitely reward you, don't forget the villain when the time comes." β
Xiao Tzu Buye glanced at him with a slanted eye and smiled, "What?" Enough of this here? The ginseng here can't fill you with Donghai, Zhuhai and Dongqing? Yes! When I go back, I'll help you talk about it, transfer you back to Huanglong Mansion, and let you enjoy it for a while. β
The great medicine master slave hurriedly thanked him, and after thanking him, he said with some concern, "My lord, let Xia Guan say it, although this Ah Guda has always been famous for barbarism, but he doesn't look like a reckless man, he took the initiative to attack this time, will there be fraud?" β
Xiao Tzu Buye looked at him, laughed and said, "Fraud? Does Aguta know how to write a fraud? It's just some Jurchens, what's the matter, okay, don't talk about this, let's go, I brought a pot of Qiong wine from the Song Kingdom, that's the legendary fairy wine, it costs ten taels of gold to get such a pot, are you interested? β
Speaking of wine, the great medicine master slave licked his lips and said hehehe, "Then the lower official will have this mouthful!" β
Here's Yelu Xie ten with 800 cavalry out of the city, to the north to meet, many of the 800 cavalry are Bohai people, Bohai people in the northeast of the Liao State is an important national force, as early as the Tang Dynasty during the Zong, the Bohai people were recognized by the Tang Dynasty, the establishment of the Bohai State, the heyday of the land of 5,000 li, lasted 229 years, 15 kings were destroyed by the Khitan, such a history makes even if two hundred years have passed, there are still many Bohai people who are nostalgic for their homeland, and the Liao State also knows this, The Bohai people are used and guarded, and forcibly relocated and integrated.
Eight hundred cavalry out of the city and walked away without a stick of incense, and got the news after Yan Aguta, which is all thanks to the Jurchen tribe's habit of hunting on weekdays, as long as the army marches and fights, it will be the same as hunting, sending scouts everywhere, and using the falconry to make Hai Dongqing spy on the enemy, so when fighting, it can often strike first.
Wanyan Aguda learned that the defenders of the Liao State also took the initiative to attack, and there were only 800 cavalry, he was overjoyed, after all, 2,500 people and 800 people fought, no matter how they had a chance of winning, he wanted to lead the troops directly to charge, but after thinking about it, he only had 2,500 people, and the Liao State did not know how many people would be sent, and it was better to exchange the minimum price for victory.
Wanyan Aguda said to his son Wanyan Zonggan, "Xuben, you are my eldest son, do you dare to be a pioneer?" β
Wanyan Zonggan was only 18 at this time, and it was the time when his blood was strong, he arched his hand and said, "Please rest assured, wolf lord, even if it is a black bear, I dare to fight him with my bare hands, not to mention that it is a vanguard, wait until I take the head of the enemy general to see the wolf lord." β
Wanyan Agu laughed and said, "It's not difficult for you to win, but what if I want you to lose?" β
"Defeat?" Wanyan Zonggan was stunned, there are still people who demand to defeat the battle in this war? It really didn't make sense in his head, which had more muscles than brains.
Wanyan Agu waved his horsewhip and said, "Liao is stronger than us, it is a black bear, what a good hunter should do to deal with a black bear is not to go forward and fight him hand-to-hand, but to set a trap, bury the bait, let him fall the trap, and finally kill it effortlessly, and you, you are my bait, I will ambush here, do you understand?" β
Wanyan Zonggan patted his head and said, "The child understands, the child will come when he goes, you guys, take someone with me!" β
At this time, the Wanyan tribal army did not have such a statement, the army was divided according to the tribe and the leader, Wanyan Aguda watched Wanyan Zonggan leave with three or four hundred people, and had some ideas in his heart, but he knew that the premise of realizing those ideas was that he had to win the current war first.
"Yinshuke and Lou Room, you each bring your own soldiers and horses, go to both sides to ambush, and wait until you see my own army move before you are allowed to send troops!"
The two beat their chests in response, and went left and right with the soldiers and horses of their tribe, and looked at Hai Dongqing flying in the sky, and slowly prayed in his heart.
Yelu Xie Shi was marching with cavalry, and he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and he knew that the enemy army was coming, Yelu Xie Shi waved his hand, and the eight hundred cavalry quickly set up a formation, waiting for the enemy to come, and did not wait for a while, he saw four or five hundred Jurchen cavalry appear in front of him, and Ye Lu Xie Shi smiled and said, "I didn't expect the Jurchens to know what is called a vanguard, don't talk to them, the whole army will attack!" β
"Oh! Oh! Oh! The Liao army shouted loudly, and rushed up in a wedge formation, Wanyan Zonggan saw the Liao army rushing up violently, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, he just thought about how to defeat for a long time, such as losing a heads-up for a while, etc., now directly rushing to kill, the loss of feint defeat will not be small, Wanyan Zonggan quickly made a decision and shouted, "Rush!" β
The first collision between the Wanyan army and the Liao army began, just after the fight, Wanyan Zonggan understood why Aguta wanted to feign defeat by himself, compared with the equipment of the Liao army, his own tribal warriors were simply all beggars, although their own warriors were amazing, but the Liao army was almost indistinguishable from victory or defeat with the addition of equipment, training and morale.
"Withdraw!!" After Yan Zonggan didn't dare to fight anymore, he led the troops to retreat, and Yelu Xie laughed and said, "Chase!" β
Eight hundred Liao troops chased after Yan Zonggan's army, the Liao army chased while shooting arrows from time to time, chasing for a quarter of an hour, YelΓΌ Xie Shi was in a hurry, then saw another army appear in front of him, YelΓΌ Xie Shi smiled and said, "So it is, this must be the power of Allah, even if these Jurchens are really beasts, it is just a big hunt for us, kill!" β
Wanyan Agu saw that the Liao army had chased after him, took out his bow and arrows, and shouted, "The whole army is ready!" β
Wanyan Zonggan turned his horse head and roared, "Warriors, they have fallen into our trap, kill!" β
Yelu Xie Shi took a spear, stabbed a Jurchen cavalry first, and a big axe cut it over, Yelu Xie 11 blocked, looked at it again, and laughed and said, "You little baby, you dare to be presumptuous, come on, come on, give you a credit to Grandpa Yelu!" β
Wanyan Zonggan ignored him, roared loudly, the big axe danced fast, and the two generals came and went, and it was difficult to kill for a while.
Wanyan Aguta watched the cavalry of the Liao army surround Wanyan Zonggan's troops, and Ma Su also stopped, knowing that the time had come, he shouted loudly, "Kill!" β
Two arrows rang out, Yelu Xie Eleven listened, secretly said in his heart that it was not good, a shot forced Yan Zonggan, let his subordinates stop, he stood on the horse and looked around, saw that there was smoke and dust on the left and right, his heart was in chaos, and then looked at the front, and found that Wanyan Agu who was commanding in the middle, although he didn't know who it was, but he knew that it was a leader when he looked at the armor, and he took out a bow and arrow to shoot an arrow at Wanyan Agu.
Wanyan looked at the arrow, caught it, smiled contemptuously, and backhanded a bow, this is not over, three more arrows were drawn from the quiver, and the arrows were shot, Yelu Xie Shi was so frightened that he first dodged the arrow back, and then used the bow to open one, and then he couldn't dodge it anymore, the Liao army only heard a scream, and saw Yelu Xie Shi's throat and face each with an arrow stuck in the fall, and suddenly the army was in turmoil.
Wanyan Aguda roared loudly, ripped off his armor, and rushed up with a big axe almost naked, all the Jurchen cavalry saw Wanyan Aguda this like a god descending to earth, and cheered together to keep up with the fight, at this time, the troops on both sides of Wanyan Yinshu and Wanyan Lou Room also caught up, under the attack on three sides, the Liao cavalry that lost the commander was killed, and Wanyan Aguda shouted loudly, "Catch up!" Catch up!! chased all the way to Ningjiang Prefecture!! β
Although there is no saddle and horseshoe such cavalry weapons, but the speed of the Jurchen cavalry is not slower than the Liao cavalry at all, all the way to Ningjiang Prefecture, the Liao cavalry only two or three people ran into the city, Xiao Tart, who was drinking, was still waiting for the news of Yelu Xie Shi's victory, when he heard that the eight hundred cavalry were all wiped out, only two or three people were spared, and Yelu Xie Shi was so frightened that the wine glass fell to the ground.
"My lord, the Jurchen has already arrived outside the city, and is filling in the trenches, and it seems that they are preparing to attack the city." Another soldier came in to report that Xiao Tzu Buye didn't care about the big medicine master slave, and walked out quickly to the city wall, and sure enough, he saw a circle of Jurchens outside the city, who were filling in the trenches, and seeing that they were about to finish filling, Xiao Tzu Buye said anxiously, "Can't let them fill in like this anymore, who dares to go out of the city to fight?" β
Everyone around lowered their heads, eight hundred cavalry had just died, who would dare to go out to send them to death, the great medicine slave said, "My lord, I think we should stick to it and wait for help." β
Before the words fell, a feather arrow shot over, the big medicine master slave hurriedly pushed away Xiao Tart Buye, Xiao Tart Buye looked at the feather arrow that rubbed in front of his eyes, and was startled, here is at least one hundred and thirty steps away from the trench, what kind of person can shoot so far, looking back, he saw a Jurchen man, and the big medicine master slave said, "That's a bone fight!" β
Xiao Tzu Buye only then knew how brave Ah Guda was, he thought about it, and said to the great medicine master slave, "If you want to stick to the help, someone has to spread the news out, so let's do it, the defense envoy, I will rush out with a hundred horses, and you will take the rest of the people to hold in the city, you must wait until I bring the troops back to help!" β
The Great Medicine Master Slave opened his mouth, Xiao Tzu Buye's official position was bigger than him, and he was originally the local defense envoy, so there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement.
Xiao Tzu Buye patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Ah Gu killed my eight hundred elite horses, I must take his head, ten days as fast, half a month as slow, I will bring reinforcements from Huanglong Mansion to arrive!" β
The Great Medicine Master Slave could only agree and said, "Then it's hard work!" β
Xiao Tzu Buye first let dozens of people run to the east with great fanfare, Wanyan Aguda saw someone out of the city, and guessed that someone was going to run out for help, and immediately called Wanyan Zonggan to come forward to chase and kill, Xiao Tzu Buye ran out from the south gate with a hundred cavalry, Aguda took the Wanyan tribe army to fill the trench in two hours, and then began to attack the city with vigor, this is the first time Aguda attacked the city of Liao, the great medicine slave looked at the Jurchen army carrying wood and not even preparing a ladder, and suddenly became bold, With such an army, if he can't hold it for even half a month, then he simply apologizes for his crimes, he pulled out his sword and shouted loudly, "The other party is just a Jurchen barbarian, there is nothing to be afraid of, more than ten years ago, I went to their tribe to sleep with Ah Guta's mother, Ah Guda didn't dare to fart, brothers, keep the city for me, as long as I keep it, I won't take a penny from the court's reward, and I will give it all to the brothers!" β
"Oh!!" When the Liao army defending the city heard the news, their morale was finally higher, Wanyan Yinkeshu took the shield and led people to rush to the city wall, several Jurchens carried huge trees and prepared to crash open the city gate, but before they rushed to the city, they were repelled by a rain of arrows, Ah Guda sighed, knowing that his troops had little experience in attacking the city, so he ordered to set up camp and prepare to build some siege equipment.