Chapter 81: The Battle of Hainan Pass (4)
In the big tent of the Song army led by Yang Zaixing that night, all the generals above the rank of captain gathered here to discuss the battle of Tianyang City.
For this battle, both Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing were too confident and ignored the strength of the family.
Although the family of Tianshui City caused a little trouble to Yue Fei, Yue Fei always had an army of 70,000 people, accounting for an absolute advantage in numbers, and this Tianshui City was finally defeated. Yang Zaixing is different, an army of 20,000 attacks a medium-sized city garrisoned by tens of thousands of people, which is not advantageous.
Last night, Yang Zaixing also followed the night raid to gain the upper hand. Mastering the panicked psychology of the Liao army, Yang Zaixing made a beautiful blow to the east and west, attracting the main force of the Liao army to the north gate, while he led the army to break through from the south gate.
When the plan was carried out, there was no mistake, and even Yang Zaixing once led the army to break through the south gate.
But in less than half an hour, when Yang Zaixing had not completely controlled the south gate, the three major families in the city sent the soldiers of the whole clan to unite the Liao army to launch a fierce attack on the south gate, Yang Zaixing held on for two hours, and was finally repelled by the Liao army.
"Bang!"
Yang Zaixing slammed his fist on the wooden table, and roared angrily, "Damn! It's just a little bit there! If we hold on to the time of a cup of tea, Tianyang City will be ours! I'm unwilling! ”
"General! It's the end of the general's support that is not timely enough! The last general is willing to be punished! ”
Yang Zaixing knew that this person had tried his best to come, so he shook his head and didn't blame him. Just put his palm against his forehead, constantly thinking about how to take Tianyang City in the shortest possible time......
"Newspaper~"
Suddenly a shout rang out from the tent outside.
Yang Zaixing said: "Enter!" ”
Immediately, a spy wearing the characteristics of the Song army strode in, knelt down to Yang Zaixing, and reported, "General Yang, this is a secret letter from a spy sent by General Wang, please take a look!" ”
Yang Zaixing's eyes flickered, and he walked over with great joy to take the secret letter, and opened it at a glance...
"Hahaha~ Okay! Good! ”
The contents of the secret letter fully explained the details of Yue Fei's dispatch of Wang Gui to support the battle of Tianyang City, as well as Wang Gui's fighting style, and asked Yang Zaixing's army to cooperate. Yang Zaixing read the words on the secret letter, how could he not be happy.
"All the departments have summoned all the soldiers to gather in the camp ten miles away from Tianyang City to rest and reorganize, and launch a general attack at three o'clock tomorrow night!"
Wei Xin, a lieutenant general of the Left Army in his forties, walked to Yang Zaixing's side and looked at the contents of the paper.
Wei Xin was immediately overjoyed, and the sorrow on his face was swept away. Yang Zaixing gave Wei Xin a look, Wei Xin suddenly understood, and put the secret letter on the table, and more than a dozen generals immediately gathered around the table to watch.
"Do you understand now? Don't hurry down and prepare! Yang Zaixing smiled and swept over the excited crowd and shouted.
"No!"
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On the other side, according to the plan made before, Yue Fei personally led an army of 50,000 to kill Hainan Pass. And it will take two or three days to get to Hainan Pass, and Yang Ye is also on the way to Hainan Pass from Beihai County, and it is expected to arrive half a day earlier than Yue Fei's troops.
In the Mansion of the City Lord of Tianyang City...
Tian Teng sat alone in the room with a dull face, although the situation outside the city had been resolved, but after the crisis, Tian Teng had more conjectures in his heart.
Why did the Song army appear in Shuiyang County? Could it be that Hainan Pass missed?
Or is it that the Song army came from the sea by surprise, if this is the case, then it is really a big trouble. The Song army will not come to die, since it dares to attack Tianyang City, it means that the Song army still has more troops to conquer other cities.
Thinking of this, Tian Teng walked to one of the walls of the room, looked at the map hanging on the wall, and fell into deep thought.
After half a ring, Tian Teng suddenly shook and said, "Could it be..."
Among the more than a dozen cities in Shuiyang County, only the three cities of Liecheng, Tianyang City, and Tianshui City are direct roads to Hainan Pass, while the other cities are either backed by high mountains or nestled by the sea. If Liaoting's reinforcements wanted reinforcements, they could only go through the newly built official roads of these three cities. Otherwise, you will have to make a detour of hundreds of miles.
Tian Teng, who understood all this, immediately walked to the desk and wrote a letter to be sent to the Liao Court.
"Knock knock!"
Tian Teng picked up the letter to be written and read it again, and shouted, "Come in!" ”
"Tell the city lord, the Song army at the west gate, east gate, and south gate has begun to retreat, and is gathering at the Song camp at the north gate!"
Hearing the news, Tian Teng put down the letter and pondered again on his face.
Meet at the North Gate... What is the intention? Suspicious tactics? Give the dummy?
At this critical moment, Tian Teng was extremely sensitive to the news of every battlefield. But no matter how he thought about it, he really couldn't think of what Song Jun's move was.
Tian Teng instructed, "Notify all city gates and defend them strictly!" ”
The Song army only had 20,000 troops, and as long as the city gates were strictly guarded, no matter what strategy the Song army used, it would be impossible to break through the city gates. Even if it is to press all the 20,000 troops at the north gate!
In this way, the distance between the two armies of Liao and Song was ten miles away for a whole day...
The next morning, when the sun had just crossed the horizon and appeared on the ground, a neat and sonorous footsteps sounded around Tianyang City.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"It's... Song Jun! It's Song Jun here! ”
The Liao army at the head of the city saw a wave of red torrents in the distance approaching this side, and suddenly woke up and shouted.
This cry full of fear brought the Liao army, who was still a little sleepy at the head of the city, back to reality, and fear and panic continued to climb up everyone's faces.
Seeing this, the general of the town guard immediately drew his long sword, raised his sword and shouted, "Don't panic, everyone! The other cities of Tianshui County have already sent reinforcements, as long as we hold out for two more days! This sentence quickly soothed the commotion of the soldiers, and put the Liao army on the head of the city on alert again.
The general guarding the gate of the city still felt uneasy in his heart, and muttered, "No, I have to report the situation to the city lord quickly!" ”
Running all the way, the town gate general came to the city lord's mansion...
"City Lord! There will be something important to tell at the end! ”
"Enter!"
Hearing a familiar voice inside, the town gate general pushed open the wooden door of the room. When he saw the generals guarding the other three parties, his expression was stunned, "This is..."
"Old Fang, you guys too...?"
The town goalkeeper was stunned for a moment, and his colleagues for many years understood the meaning of this person's words in the next moment, and nodded heavily.
One of them slammed his fist on the table and said hatefully, "Damn! The Song army does not leave a way to retreat, this is to drive us to extinction! ”
On the contrary, Tian Teng's face became a little lighter, and he said, "If Song Jun really wants to force us to death, it will give us a chance." ”
A general next to him asked suspiciously, "What does the city lord mean by this?" The Song army outside added up to 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and if it really attacked from all sides at the same time, our army would not be able to hold out for a few days. ”
As for the reinforcements from various cities, it is simply a rhetoric to soothe the hearts of the army. In their opinion, Tianyang City relied on tens of thousands of troops and city defense facilities second only to Tianshui City to barely resist the invasion of the Song army. As for some other small cities in Tianshui County, I am afraid that they are already in a catastrophe.
"If the Song army really plans to encircle and attack on all sides, this will only make the morale of my Liao army even greater." As he spoke, Tian Teng glanced at the four of them, saw them looking at him with puzzled eyes, and said, "Only when a person enters the realm of death can he burst out of his desire to survive." ”
"That's right! The Song army blocked our retreat, but instead gave us a way to live. In this case, it is no problem to stick to ten days or eight days. When the time comes, just wait for the king's reinforcements to arrive! We should cooperate inside and outside, and kill Song Jun without leaving a piece of armor! ”
Thinking of this, the general who had a sad face before was already smiling at this time.
Tian Teng looked at the excited people, shook his head flatly, and said, "Don't be happy too early~ The Song army can kill here, and the leader is by no means an idle person." We're just guessing here. ”
was said by Tian Teng, and the joy of several people was restrained.
"The most important thing right now is to hold the gates and wait for reinforcements. Remember what I said, no matter what the Song army outside does, you just need to guard the city gate on your side! Go ahead! ”
"No!"
After the four generals guarding the city gate left, Tian Teng stuffed the written secret letter into a small bamboo tube, tied it to a carrier pigeon and sent it to Ningyang City, the capital of Liao.