637 Battle of Song-Liao 8

The facts cannot be changed.

Yelu Yanxi and Yelu Zhongke did not know that although they had a large number of troops, the situation was becoming less and less optimistic.

Because, in the Yanjing area, the bandit group that has always been composed of Jurchens and Japanese people has already begun to act.

The Liao army's grain transport troops were protected by a large brigade of cavalry, and they were really operating within the territory of the Great Liao State itself, thinking that they would ignore it safely. But how did one of the largest grain transport troops know that a poisonous snake had already targeted them.

Cai Dao warned Cai Sansi that with the help of the sea vessels, the sneak attack on the other party's grain road could indeed be carried out infinitely, but only the first time had the greatest results.

Therefore, Cai Lanling's subordinates have been investigating the situation of Yanjing Prefecture's transportation of grain and grass for Yelu Yanxi in the Yanjing area, striving to make a big deal at one time. If conditions permit, the food that was attacked may even be transported back to Yizhou Island.

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On the side of the Luan River, early in the morning of the second day, when Yelu Zhongke was hesitating, the Song army suddenly became normal and actually began to take the initiative to cross the river to attack the Liao army.

However, the Song army that crossed the river was naturally infantry, and these infantry were about 15,000 years ago, and there were many carts behind them that seemed to be transporting grass.

For such an opportunity, even if Yelu Yanxi did not urge him, Yelu Zhongke would not easily let go of such an opportunity to take revenge.

At the sound of an order, countless palace divisions rushed towards the Song army, which had not yet gained a firm foothold.

Seeing that the Liao army was about to rush over, among the 15,000 Song troops, 10,000 Song troops looked a little panicked, although these were also veterans, but they were all Tuntian soldiers, and they had never seen such a big battle. The remaining 5,000 were the killer weapons that Pan Xiong had kept in his hands - the elite of the Standing Forbidden Army, and each of them had fought against the cavalry of the Tanguts.

I saw these veterans scolding those Tuntian soldiers, and while asking them to quickly put the cart behind them in front, they took out the divine arm bow on their bodies and aimed at the Khitans who were rushing towards them excitedly. One of the military capitals waited behind, and according to Pan Xiong's instructions in advance, he hurriedly lit three beacon fires.

Just when the Khitan cavalry was about to enter and exit the Song army's position, the sound of military trumpets suddenly came to mind on the river.

The Great Song Dynasty's navy finally appeared.

After Cai Dao took office, on the one hand, he increased his investment in the Tamsui Navy, and on the other hand, he also focused on strengthening the training of the Navy's own training.

Cai Dao did this in preparation for this battle and the complete defeat of the Liao army, so his requirements for the training of the navy army were stricter than those of the standing forbidden army, and the head of the sect sent to be responsible for the training of the navy army was the Cai family, and he was ten times stricter than Pan Xiong.

It is precisely because of this that in the process of training, the navy army even caused a large-scale mutiny. And the head of the sect he sent was almost killed by the rebels involved in the mutiny.

Later, under the strong pressure of Cai Dao and the cooperation of the navy led by Cai Sansi, the remaining sailors acted quickly and cleared all the small-scale defection troops involved in the mutiny in a very short time.

Because this matter is widely implicated, Cai Dao also killed a lot of people for the first time, and it is also the most time since he crossed over, he personally ordered people to kill the Song people. He ordered that all those who took part in the rebellion should be reduced to miners, that all the able-bodied men be reduced to miners, that the women be sold into prostitutes in the barracks, that all the old men be killed, and that the children, after they had been raised, should be carried out by precedent.

The reason why the literati of the Song Dynasty hated the warriors so much was precisely because in the Tang Dynasty, not only the generals divided the place, but many times, as long as those unruly arrogant soldiers made a noise, it was very likely that this feudal town would change masters. Sometimes, the people who seized the feudal town were just soldiers before.

In order to prevent the slightest problem, Cai Dao will deal with it so ruthlessly.

Actually, it's no wonder that such a thing happens.

If you want to blame it, Cai Dao has been in power for too short.

In order to save the time for the navy to become an army, when establishing a new navy, Cai Dao took charge of absorbing a lot of surrendered water bandits and water thieves, and at first these people were superficially obedient, but after a long time, the essence of these people was undoubtedly revealed, unruly, disobedient to discipline, and liked to gather crowds to be unrestrained, so naturally they couldn't stand the restraints.

These people were the main force that launched the mutiny, and a very small number of civilian sailors were coerced into participating in it.

If it were ordinary people, they would not dare to participate in the mutiny.

After that, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, Cai Dao gave those former water bandits and water thieves a chance to choose, if they were not willing to continue to participate in the training of the water army, these people could leave now, and he would give them a generous Sichuan road fee. If they choose to stay, then they must listen to the orders of the sect leader, otherwise, the rebel soldiers who have just participated in the mutiny and have been punished are the best fate for them.

As a result, most of the bandits and bandit leaders chose to take the money and leave, but the minions basically stayed.

These people have been doing this business for most of their lives, either as soldiers or thieves, and will never do other livelihoods, so let them take the money and go back to their hometowns to be fishermen, most of the little minions are unwilling. Because, although the training plan formulated by the head of the sect was very strict, but they ate very well, not to mention fish and meat, and from time to time they could also have some other meat.

This kind of treatment, in some relatively poor water villages, even the owner of the village himself may not be able to have a kind of life.

The next training will be much smoother, after withstanding a long and harsh training, these people have adapted to it, with rich nutritional supplements, they can eat a full meal three times a day, and ordinary sailor soldiers really feel very satisfied.

The first time they fought in the Luan River of the Liao State, the first time they went out into battle, the feeling in their hearts was not fear, but excitement. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that they don't need to go head-to-head with the cavalry of the Liao army.

When rowing the warship to the back of the Song army, someone immediately threw down the anchor to stabilize the horizontal hull, and the dense small warships were lined up at one time, almost covering the entire surface of the Luan River.

Suddenly seeing so many warships, the Liao army that was charging didn't care, but the commander behind them, Yelu Zhongke, had a very low premonition in his heart.

He seemed to have an impression of this kind of formation, but for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen such a military formation.

"But the moon array!" Suddenly, a voice behind Jerodonk remembered, as if someone was muttering.

Jerodonk looked back, and it was a young man in his teens and twenties who spoke.