Yanjing City is also the Xijin City of Liaoguo, located in the northeast of Yizhou, the two places are about 300 miles apart, this area is the intersection of Taihang Mountain and Yanshan, the terrain is broken, there are many mountains, and the road is rugged and difficult to travel.

Although there is a wide official road from Yizhou to Xijin City, this official road must pass through Fanyang County, of course Tong Guan could not take this road, he led the army to take another path.

Although the 50,000 army is a light army, but the road is rugged and difficult, the march speed of the army is not fast, walking for a day and a night to walk less than a hundred miles, in the early morning of the next day across the Laishui, here is the junction of Yizhou and Xijin Province, after Laishui, they will enter the boundary of Xijin Province.

In the distance are mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, but when he thinks that passing through these mountains is Xijin City, Tong Guan's heart began to be eager, he seems to have seen the prince beckoning to him, the Great Song Dynasty has never been crowned a king with a different surname when the minister is alive, and it is generally posthumously sealed, and the descendants cannot inherit it, he Tong Guan will be the first king with a different surname in the Great Song Dynasty, and the day he has been waiting for ten years is finally coming.

Although the soldiers had not rested all night and were exhausted, Tong Guan didn't care, he said angrily to the soldiers around him: "I am not sleepy as the commander, how can others be lazy and continue the march for me!" ”

The soldiers complained bitterly, so they had to walk on lead-like legs, dozing off while walking, and after walking for another hour, the army came to a fork in the road, and Gao Shixuan rushed to report: "Tai Lieutenant, there are two roads ahead, and the guide doesn't know which road is closer?" ”

"Useless things, send someone to inquire quickly!"

"Obey!"

Gao Shixuan urged the horse to gallop away, and Tong Guan ordered: "The whole army rests in place for half an hour!" ”

The three armies cheered and sat down one after another, and most of the soldiers fell asleep on the ground with exhaustion, although half an hour was short, but it was good to be able to sleep for a while.

Not long after, Gao Shixuan hurriedly came to Tong Guan with a woodcutter, "Captain Qiyu, the brothers only found this woodcutter chopping wood!" ”

The woodcutter was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Xiaomin see the general!" ”

Tong Guan glanced at him and asked, "Are you Han?" ”

"The ancestors of the small people have been Han for generations, and they make a living by chopping wood and collecting medicine."

Tong Guan nodded, "Then let me ask you, what kind of place is this?" ”

"This place is called Dafang Mountain, it is the big mountain in front, there are dozens of miles in a radius, the mountains are high and dense, there are many canyons, there are wild beasts from time to time, all kinds of medicinal materials on the mountain are also very rich, many small villages under the mountain are living on it, and the villain's family is also."

"It turns out that this is Dafang Mountain, there are two roads in front of it, which one is closer to Xijin City?"

"Back to the general, the road in the north is relatively flat and easy to walk, and the road in the south is a little bumpy, but the road in the south is a little closer to Xijin City."

"How close?" Tong Guan asked again.

"It's about nearly fifty miles, in fact, it's half of Dafang Mountain."

"I see."

Tong Guan immediately ordered the woodcutter to reward him with ten taels of silver and let him lead the way for the army, Tong Guan shouted: "Get up for me all and prepare to go!" ”

At this time, everyone had only slept for a quarter of an hour and was about to set off, the soldiers were in pain and complained, Gao Shixuan asked cautiously: "Captain, I don't know if I take the southern route or the northern route?" ”

"Nonsense!"

Tong Guan glared at him fiercely, "Of course it's the southern route, do you still want to take an extra fifty miles of detour?" ”

Gao Shixuan was so frightened that Nuo Nuo retreated, and hurriedly ran to order the front army to take the southern line, and the 50,000 army entered the southern line under the leadership of the woodcutter, and went in the direction of Xijin City.

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The southern line of Dafang Mountain is high and densely forested, the road is rugged, the march is particularly difficult, until noon, the army has only walked thirty miles, the soldiers are exhausted, crying bitterly, but Tong Guan is determined to kill before dark to Xijin Mansion, regardless of the repeated pleas of the soldiers, resolutely do not allow the soldiers to rest, but ask them to speed up the march.

At this time, the 20,000 former army walked into a large canyon, the canyon is more than 100 zhang wide, there are towering mountains on both sides, and the lush woods stretch from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. ”

Gao Shixuan was also puzzled in his heart, and hurriedly asked the woodcutter to call him and asked him, "What kind of place is this?" ”

The woodcutter said with a smile: "This place is called the Marching Gorge, it is more than ten miles long, and when you walk out of the Marching Gorge, you will walk out of Dafang Mountain, and the road ahead will be flat." ”

"But other guides said that this is not the direction of Xijin City!"

"General, they must have gone to Lao Crow Ridge, it's still a little farther away, this is a shortcut, I'm a local, don't I know?"

"Alright! You go ahead and lead the way. ”

Gao Shixuan was half-convinced, but he had no choice, he was already halfway there, so he could only go hard.

After walking for another five or six miles, the canyon road turned to the north, even Gao Shixuan felt that something was wrong, but Xijin City was in the south, how to go north?

He hurriedly ordered his own soldiers: "Go and call me the woodcutter!" ”

After a while, the soldiers rushed back, "General, the woodcutter is gone!" ”

Gao Shixuan was taken aback, he immediately knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered left and right, "Quickly retreat!" ”

It was too late, at this moment, there was a sudden continuous explosion at the foot of the army, this was a firearm thunderbolt explosion, although it was not as powerful as the earth-shattering thunder, but hundreds of thunderbolts exploded in a row, the small quenched iron pieces in the paper cannon splashed everywhere, countless people were hit, there was a wailing and screaming everywhere, the whole canyon was filled with thick smoke, and the soldiers were in chaos.

The sound of bangzi on both sides sounded, thousands of crossbows fired in unison, dense crossbow arrows shot at the Song soldiers on the gorge, the soldiers fell down one after another, at the same time, countless wooden barrels filled with fire oil tumbled down from the top of the mountain on both sides, fell into the valley and smashed, the fire oil overflowed, more than a thousand rockets shot out again, and the canyon suddenly became a sea of fire.

The soldiers of the Song army panicked, scrambling to flee, they trampled on each other, wailing, crying resounded through the valley, five thousand Liao troops killed from the mountains, many Song soldiers who fled into the woods were killed one after another, Gao Shixuan shouted: "Break through with me!" Break through with me! ”

At this moment, hundreds of crossbow arrows were fired at him together, Gao Shixuan couldn't dodge, and was immediately shot like a hedgehog and died tragically on the spot.

In fact, there were only 5,000 Liao soldiers in the valley, and they took advantage of the terrain and gave full play to the power of gunpowder and oil, and killed the 20,000 former soldiers of the Song army all over the ground, crying and screaming.

The 30,000 rear army led by Tong Guan had not yet entered the valley at this time, and in another branch not far away, Yelu Dashi led an army of 15,000 who were quietly waiting for the opportunity, Yelu Dashi rode on a war horse and looked coldly at the Song army in the distance.

Although he resolutely opposed the regency of the Empress Dowager and asked for the return of the government to Yelu Yanxi, which led to the intensification of the conflict between him and Xiao Gan, and was finally demoted to guard Juyong Pass, but when the life and death of the Liao State were in danger, he resolutely became the chief general of the West Road regardless of his previous suspicions, and led 20,000 troops to block Tong Guan's army.

At this time, a series of explosions were heard in the valley in the distance, Tong Guan's rear army was slightly chaotic, Yelu Dashi raised his hand, forbidding the army to launch, it was not yet the best moment for a surprise attack.

He pricked up his ears to listen to the cries of the soldiers in the valley, getting closer and closer, at this time, Tong Guan's rear army also began to shout in a panic, and Song Junjun's heart was shaken.

Yelu Dashi shouted: "Kill me!" ”

The 15,000 Liao army came out of the path and slaughtered the Song army that was already in chaos.......

Tong Guan knew that he was in the plan, he was also so frightened that he turned around and fled, under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, Tong Guan ran all the way and quickly got out of the battlefield.

Seeing that the main general took the lead in escaping, the other Song army generals fled one after another, the 50,000 Song army was shocked and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, this was almost a one-sided massacre without suspense, the Liao soldiers chased and killed all the way, the corpses of the Song army were piled up all over the mountain road, and the 50,000 army was finally wiped out, and only more than 1,000 people escaped from Dafang Mountain.

Yelu Dashi did not stop, and led 20,000 Liao troops to continue to pursue in the direction of Yizhou.

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At the same time that Tong Guan's army was ambushing in Dafang Mountain, the 30,000 army led by Seed Master Zhong and Li Yanqing also arrived in Liangxiang County, which is the last barrier in the south of Xijin City and the southern gate of Xijin City.

But the division and Li Yanqing were not as eager to seize Yanjing City as Tong Guan, the top level of the Eastern Route Army had reached an agreement, and now the Song-Liao negotiations have not been finalized, they can put pressure on the Liao State, but they can't rush to seize the city, if the Liao State does have the sincerity to surrender, the Empress Dowager Xiao will naturally send someone to contact, if the surrender of the Liao State is just a delaying tactic, then they can't be in a hurry, so as not to fall into the ambush of the Liao army.

Therefore, when Li Yanqing and the seed division entered the territory of Liangxiang County, not only did they not continue to move forward, but instead built a large camp on a slightly higher field, and at the same time, Li Yanqing sent ten cavalry scouts to the front to inquire about the enemy.

Yan Qing led twenty scout cavalry to the north of Liangxiang County, this area is a very low hills, dense forests, many birds and beasts, it is the hunting ground of the former Liao Emperor during his southern tour, there are nearly 100 miles in radius, at this time, Yan Qing climbed the tallest thousand-year-old tree, looked in the direction of Liangxiang County, and the county seat can be clearly seen on the top of the tree.

Liangxiang County is not big, just a small county seat, even smaller than Yongqing City, the circumference of the city is only seven or eight miles, it is actually not a county seat, but a military city, responsible for defending the Nanjing City of Liao.

This military city can only garrison three or five thousand troops at most, and with family members, it will not exceed eight thousand people, which is the limit that this small county town can accommodate.

Yan Qing immediately ruled out the possibility that there was a large army stationed in the county, and looked around the county again, but the surroundings were also empty, and there was no sign of a garrison.

"Marquis Yu, there's news from the control side."

"Got it, I'll come down now."

Just as Yan Qing was about to come down from the top of the big tree, his gaze inadvertently fell on another forest more than ten miles to the west, and Yan Qing's gaze suddenly froze.

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