400,000 soldiers of the forbidden army gathered in front of the Dianjiangtai, and 200,000 troops gathered on the left side of the Dianjiangtai.

600,000 people, connected together, forming a sea of people.

Pure black obscures the day and the earth.

They seem to be the only ones in heaven and earth.

Solemn, solemn, solemn.

Cao Bin was wearing a set of bright light armor, and the armor was dazzling in the sun, rendering him like a god walking in the world, tall and mighty, and unclimbable.

"Imperial Order, within one day, Ketongtaiguan."

"Huh~"

The soldiers saluted in unison, "No." ”

Cao Bin raised his hand and waved north, and said solemnly: "Beat the drum, march!" ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The drum order of the Song army's march is very unique, one long and one short, one long and one short, just like the breath of a person.

Over time, it gradually becomes high-pitched and deep.

"Kill!"

Trebuchets, bed crossbows, and siege crossbows, before the army arrived at the city of Tongtai Pass, formed rows and rows of barrages, bombarding Tongtai Pass.

On the basis of effective killing, they provide cover for the soldiers who are fighting in the siege of the city.

Siege chisels, climbing vehicles, arrow towers, ladders and other siege equipment arrived at the city under the control of the soldiers.

The tragic siege battle officially began.

The Song army fought with a strong color unique to the Song Dynasty.

Very different from other dynasties.

The Song army, which fought in the era of cold weapons, had some characteristics of firearms combat in later generations.

Although they did not have powerful musket artillery, the Song army had its own bow and crossbow.

Short crossbows, long crossbows, strong crossbows, strong crossbows, bed crossbows, row crossbows, Zhuge crossbows, etc.

In addition to the heavy infantry armor that the Great Song Forbidden Army has as protective as a fortress, the bow and crossbow are also a major feature of the Great Song Forbidden Army.

It can be said that the equipment of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army has reached the peak of the cold weapon era.

So far, the most powerful bed crossbow in the Great Song Dynasty has a range of hundreds of zhang, and even some rifles in later generations are difficult to match.

If it weren't for the high cost of construction, the Great Song Dynasty would have been able to conquer the world with a bed crossbow alone.

If such an army had been thrown to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, they would probably have already embarked on a journey to conquer the world.

Therefore, the army of the Great Song Dynasty is not weak, and the armor is not weak.

The reason why I have been bullied has nothing to do with the soldiers.

The forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty relied on the advantages of the armor and went to the city one after another to fight.

From the beginning of the battle to the tragic siege stalemate, the shooting of crossbow arrows never stopped.

Millions of crossbow arrows were smashed down, and the city wall south of Tongtai Pass was shot through a sieve.

The original combat mission of rushing to sunset to take Tongtai Pass was completed in half a day.

The results of the battle are brilliant, at least in the good news that Cao Bin gave to Zhao Guangyi, the results are quite brilliant.

Tongtai Pass is a great victory.

The forbidden army lost 6,000 men in battle, and the box army lost 13,000 in battle.

Killed 100,000 Liao troops.

No captives.

Millions of crossbow arrows and hundreds of thousands of troops, all of them brushed the Tongtai Pass, it would be strange to have prisoners.

The battle report was delivered to Zhao Guangyi the next morning.

Zhao Guangyi took the battle report, looked up to the sky and laughed, "In half a day, I won Tongtai Pass, hahaha......"

Zhao Guangyi smiled heartily, and happily attributed the victory of this war to himself.

He proudly boasted to the military ministers, "Look, the older this Cao Bin is, the less courageous he is." The whole person is sleek like a wheel, and he doesn't move. I quickly won the battle.

This old guy is pretending to be garlic with me, but he can't escape my eyes. ”

"My Emperor Shengming!"

At this time, the military counselors and ministers naturally spoke up to Zhao Guangyi with great interest.

Yang Qi, Zhao Pu, and Zhao Defang are still mud bodhisattvas.

Yang Qi felt that Brother Yelu Xiu had been passively beaten for so many days, and it was time to fight back.

……

Yang Qicai is right, Yelu Xiuge, who is far away in Jiayuguan, not only did not get angry when he got the battle report of Tongtaiguan, but laughed.

The smile is as hearty as Zhao Guangyi.

"Zhao Guangyi is really Zhao Guangyi, and he hasn't changed at all. The king was relieved. ”

After sighing, Yelu Huge instructed Xiao Tzu Rin, "Pass on my military order, order Ruzhou, Yanzhou, Yanzicheng, Tanshan, Bei'anzhou, and Jianzhou to transfer half of the troops, assemble in Jiayuguan, and be sent out with this king."

The first-line troops of Yingzhou, Mozhou, and Yuguan were ordered to shrink their troops, hold the main cities of each state, and allow them to withdraw to Jizhou once they were defeated.

Then he sent an order to Han Derang, asking him to hold Youzhou for this king, no matter what method he used, he would drag the army of Cao Bin's army to this king for at least a month.

Even if all the soldiers under his command were killed in battle, he would not hesitate to do so.

Also, he sent an order to Yelu and told him to drag Yang Yansi to this king.

Yang Yansi's soldiers and horses must not be allowed to jump out at a critical time to destroy the overall situation of this king.

Before the end of the war between the king and Cao Bin, the king did not want to see Yang Yansi's soldiers and horses appear in the two states of Xin and Wu. ”

Xiao Tzu Rin beat his chest with one hand, and after giving the salute, he quickly conveyed the will of Yelu Hugh.

With the order of Yelu Hugo conveyed to the three armies of the Liao State.

The Liao army in the sixteen states of Yanyun began to shrink its forces rapidly.

Almost overnight, all the soldiers and horses shrank into the main city of the state.

Especially on the route of the march of the left and right armies of the Song army.

In the countryside of various states, there were no Liao soldiers, and all the Liao soldiers were cowered in the cities of various places.

This greatly facilitated the offensive operations of the left and right armies.

……

Shuozhou.

After the vanguard general Yan Tianzi swept away Shuozhou, he subconsciously broadened the route of the march.

Without permission, Yan Tianzi still sent a small team of men and horses to invade the territory of Huanzhou in advance.

Then, the Mourner got a shocking piece of news.

The court of the Liao State robbed them of their tasks.

In Huanzhou, among the countryside, there is no Liao army, and even the Liao people have been called into the city.

Before the rangers entered Huanzhou, their task of clearing the countryside of the Liao people was completed.

The stunned mourner sent the news to Yang Da as soon as possible.

However, Yang Da has not bothered to pay attention to this matter for the time being.

At this moment, Yang Da has already led 50,000 revival troops under his command to besiege Shuocheng.

Shuocheng is a big city.

It also occupies the main road.

Moreover, the strength of Shuocheng is the strongest soldier and horse that Yang Da has encountered since he entered the Liao State.

There are 60,000 Liao soldiers in Shuocheng, all of whom are the most elite soldiers in Shuozhou.

Yang Da led the army to be stationed outside Shuocheng City, looking at the black and oppressive Liao army at the head of the city, and lowered his head to think about the countermeasures to break the city.

Attacking this kind of thing, Yang Da is unwilling to do it when it is not necessary.

The assault is extremely depleting to the troops.

Whether it is Yang Da or Yang Qi, they are not as 'wealthy' as Zhao Guangyi, and they can't afford to spend these precious soldiers under them.

If you use gunpowder, it may not work wonders.

The previous attacks on several cities used gunpowder, and the defenders of Shuocheng will definitely make a series of arrangements for gunpowder.