Chapter 345 April Twenty-Three

As soon as the south city gate was broken, the defenders of the west city wall automatically retreated, Cheng Fang attacked the city, and also found Shen Bao's body at the heel of the south city wall, Cheng Fang held Shen Bao's body without pain. Looking at the dim sky in the west, Cheng Fang muttered to himself, "Brother Shen, you go first, maybe it won't be long before Brother Wei will come to accompany you." ”

After an hour of siege, the army was exhausted, and the sky was dark again, and Zhang Jun no longer had the energy to attack Xiao Dachi's remnants in the northern city. In this way, Xiao Tiechi and guarded a small part of the northern city, while Zhang Jun's 42,000-strong army tightly occupied the inside and outside of the southern city. The small Heyin buried 6,000 good sons of the Great Song Dynasty in just one hour, and the Liao casualties were less than 1,000, is the Great Song Erlang not brave enough? Wrong, there is no shortage of good sons and daughters in the Great Song Dynasty, but sometimes they die in a daze.

In the night, Zhang Juncai hastily ate something, and after the generals' deliberations were over, Cheng Fang did not leave, but lowered his head and muttered, "Zhang Tong, this battle can't be fought anymore, if it continues, I'm afraid our brothers will all be buried in this small Heyin City." Withdraw, while Yelu Dashi has not yet come, hurry up and withdraw."

Hearing Cheng Fang's words, Zhang Jun's expression changed drastically, he stood up and shouted coldly, "Presumptuous, Cheng Fang, now our department occupies most of Heyin, and tomorrow we only need to pounce to the north, we can completely annihilate Xiao and thousands of remnants of the Red Army. ”

Zhang Jun was very angry, if Cheng Fang was not the old man under his command, he would have dealt with his military law a long time ago, and the victory of the army was imminent, so he said this and shook the morale of the army. It really deserves to be killed.

Cheng Fang's heart was as cold as ice. I can't say anything with my mouth open. What is his intention? Zhang Tongzhi asked well, what kind of intentions can he have for Cheng Fang, isn't it for the more than 40,000 surviving Song Erlang?

Qian Lin leaned against the haystack and squinted, a fight, tired, he really needed a good rest. Although he occupied most of Heyin, Qian Lin couldn't be happy, as for why he couldn't be happy. Even he himself is not clear. Under the moonlight, Cheng Fang walked slowly with his head down, and after sitting down, Cheng Fang didn't say a word, just looked at the moon in the sky in a daze.

"Brother Cheng, what are you thinking?"

"Brother Qian, listen to what my brother said, once there is a change tomorrow, you don't care about anything, just retreat in the direction of the gray river. After crossing the Gray River, retreat from Lan Mountain, Lan Valley," Cheng said expressionlessly, he seemed too calm at this time. It's like a dead man, "A small siege battle, a commander died, three knots envoy, hehe, this battle is really good Xiao Tiechi took the initiative to give up the city wall, obviously to preserve his strength, and wanted to drag our army in the city." But Zhang Tongzhi clearly knows, but he still has to eat Xiao Tiechi, is that the so-called credit not as good as my more than 40,000 Song Erlang? ”

Cheng Fang was already a little disheartened, how could he not know what Zhang Tongzhi was thinking, Zhang Tongzhi was gambling, betting that he could completely destroy Xiao Dachi before Yelu Dashi arrived, and then completely occupy Heyin City. But Zhang Tongzhi didn't want to think about it, but looking at Xiao Tachi's ability to defend the city today, he could know that this person was very difficult, and his methods were ruthless, and now Xiao Tachi still had more than 8,000 people in his hands, how could it be so easy to eliminate?

More than 48,000 people, one siege, more than 6,000 casualties, one of the six commanders died, and three of the seven jiedu envoys were directly buried, it was too miserable, Cheng Fang didn't know what other means Xiao Dachi had to wait for Song Erlang.

"Brother Cheng, why do you say that?"

"Brother Qian, I don't want to hide it from you, we can't beat Heyin City, since Xiao Daichi dares to take the initiative to give up the city wall, he has already calculated that Yelu Dashi can rush to the aid in time. When Yelu Dashi led the troops, our troops did not capture Heyin City, what was the consequence? ”

"Brother Cheng, are you too pessimistic, what if we can take Heyin before Yelu Dashi arrives?" After Qian Lin finished speaking, he didn't have much confidence and smiled bitterly, today's siege of the city, you can see Xiao Tiechi's methods.

As soon as the words fell, footsteps sounded, and a herald ran over and shouted, "Chuan Zhang commands the general, and orders Cheng Commander and Qian Commander Yu Zishi to lead the men and horses of the department to attack Beicheng from the west!" ”

"What?" Qian Lin jumped up directly from the ground, his face jumped wildly with anger, his eyebrows were upside down, the brothers had traveled a long way, and they had rested for an hour before the siege, and now they had just rested for a while, and they would continue to fight when they were still young, how could this be?

After the herald left, Cheng Fang stood up, adjusted his armor, put on his helmet, and laughed miserably, "Brother Qian, act according to the order, Zhang Tong is gambling on his life, hehe"

Zhang Jun was indeed gambling with his life, not letting the soldiers rest, and attacking overnight, that is, to defeat Xiao Dachi's troops before Yelu Dashi arrived, and completely occupy Heyin City. Attacking overnight, it is best to capture it, but if it can't be captured, once Yelu Dashi leads the troops to arrive, the Song soldiers are tired, but they don't have the stamina to run.

Zhang Jun's gambling attack seemed sudden, and it was also expected, at least Xiao Tiechi had already taken precautions. The moonlight was dim, and the Song soldiers were divided into east and west roads to kill the northern city, and at this time, the cheetah battalion had crossed the stone bridge of the gray river and quietly headed towards the south of Heyin, and at the same time, twenty miles south of Huairen City, a group of more than 10,000 cavalry was also quietly moving forward.

On the 23rd day of April in the third year of Xuanhe, more than 20,000 people of the forward army of the Left Route Army of the Great Song Dynasty crossed Yanmen Mountain and raided Jincheng County in the south of Yingzhou to threaten Yingzhou City in the north. The resistance of the 3,000 Liao soldiers in Jincheng County was very resolute, and in order to defeat the small Jincheng County, the forward army actually paid the price of 4,000 people, and it took two hours to climb to the top of the city.

In Yingzhou City, a slender man sat in the general's mansion, this person was nearly forty years old, with long arms, hooked nose, mung bean eyes, and a thick short beard under his chin, looking gloomy, this person was Xiao Gan, the king of Daliao Xi.

"Yao Gu's army has begun to attack Jincheng County, and it is estimated that Jincheng can be taken around noon, and after the end of the day, it will be able to launch a fierce attack on my Yingzhou City. The king left 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yingzhou, no matter what method is used, you must give this king to guard for five hours, if the city of Yingzhou is broken within five hours, all military law will deal with it. ”

The generals under the seat got up and stroked their chests, and shouted, "Your Highness, rest assured, we will defend Yingzhou City to the death." ”

Xiao Gan ordered Hu Yonger to be the general of Yingzhou. He withdrew and led more than 20,000 Yingzhou soldiers and horses out of the north gate. To the west went in the direction of Ha Yin. The timing of Xiao Gan's transfer of troops out of the city was too insidious. At this time, Yao Gu attacked Jincheng County, and he had no time to take care of the affairs of Yingzhou City, but if he had transferred troops out of Yingzhou City in advance, Yao Gu would definitely be able to find out, so Xiao Gan's choice to send troops to Heyin at this time was also after some careful consideration. Yao Gu didn't know that Xiao Gan had transferred troops to Heyin, and if he knew, he wouldn't want anything. Even if he threw away his baggage, he would desperately return to Yanmen Mountain, but it was a pity that Yao Gu was busy attacking Jincheng County, and then threatening Yingzhou, so he didn't pay attention at all, or he didn't expect that Xiao Gan would not defend Yingzhou and send heavy troops to Heyin.

April 23 was an eventful day, and on this day, Yao Gu's vanguard army entered the border of Yingzhou, and Zhang Jun was busy exterminating Xiao Dachi. And in the Yongxing military road in Shaanzhou, there was also a troop of soldiers and horses, this army of 5,000 people quietly set off from Taihua Mountain. Detoured to Jingshan and gradually approached Tongguan in the south of Fenglingdu. There are two passes in Shaanzhou, Tongguan is located in the north of Jingshan, and the east of Tongguan is Hanguguan, so it is said that the detour to Jingshan is unaware of ghosts, but it is very effective.

Niu Gao leaned against an ancient pine, constantly wiping the double mace in his hand, while next to him sat a Wu Jue with his eyes closed.

"Jin Qing, when are we going to take Tongguan? I have been waiting on the mountain for two hours, and the brothers are almost idle. ”

Wu Jue opened his eyes and glanced at Niu Gao, pouted and said seriously, "Boyuan, what are you anxious about, wait a little longer, it is estimated that His Royal Highness will be able to take Fengzhou and other places before the unitary time, so let's start today, wait for the capture of Tongguan and Hangu Pass, cooperate with Lin Zitai to control the Hezhong Mansion, and then deploy heavy troops in Hangu Pass." Hmph, after today, let the world know the name of my national army. ”

In the words, there was a sense of arrogance, guarding the Hangu Pass, and controlling the Guanzhong, as long as His Royal Highness's plan came true, who would dare to underestimate the national army at that time, as for the official family, hehe, to hell with it.

On April 23, before noon, Yao Gu, the vanguard of the left road, completely annihilated the defenders of Jincheng County and directly entered Yingzhou City. At this time, a group of soldiers and horses in the west of Wuzhou City was also slowly moving north, and this group of men and horses was the Tongzhou soldiers led by King Zhao Xiaojun himself, and the destination was Pinglu City in the north of Wuzhou. A group of more than 5,000 soldiers and horses walked on the grassland, and it was impossible to hide it from the spies, and the Wuzhou side got the news early. Tongzhou soldiers and horses detour to the north, this is simply a stupid act of cutting off the back road, if you send a group of soldiers and horses out of the west gate to follow, with the so-called Tongzhou soldiers, where is the opponent of the Great Liao warriors? If there may have been any conspiracy and intrigue when the Tongzhou soldiers were stationed in Phantom Grass Valley before, what kind of conspiracy can there be now? There is a grassland on the road dozens of miles from Pinglu in Wuzhou Road, and there is only one Sanggan River in the middle, so you can't hide anything, you can't hide anything.

King of the Great Song Dynasty and Jinling, the son of the King of Chu, and the nephew of Emperor Huizong, if he can capture this son alive, what kind of merit is it? Most of the generals in Wuzhou were moved, but the general Yelusha was still unmoved, He Ruohu was puzzled, so he asked anxiously, "General, what if the Han people really take Pinglu City?" ”

"Pinglu? Hehe, if the Han people want Pinglu to give them is, why worry, as long as Wuzhou is in our hands, what is the use of the Han people to defeat two Pinglu? Yelusha glanced at the generals in the hall and said with a majestic smile, "Remember, what the marshal said, as long as we guard Wuzhou, it will be a great achievement." ”

With Yerusha pressing, the generals have no choice, after all, Yerusha is the supreme general in Wuzhou, and others can only act according to orders. Bu She returned to his residence, and he brought his subordinate Shi Ke to him, Bu She was very unhappy, he didn't do anything, and he guarded Wuzhou City, which was a great achievement, but all the credit fell to the general Yelusha, what good did the others have? But that Jinling King Zhao Yougong Ke is different, whoever catches him will be credited with whom, and others can't snatch it if they want to.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yerusha was eating in the house, when a soldier ran in panting, lowered his head and said urgently, "The general is not bad, just Bu She led the three thousand men and horses out of the west gate. ”

Choking, a celadon bowl smashed to pieces, Yerusha's face was blue and purple, purple and white, and his hands trembled for a long time before he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Bu She should be killed, go and give orders, and discuss the affairs in the hall of the generals." ”

Didn't Jerusha want to make meritorious deeds? Who doesn't want the credit of capturing the Prince of the Great Song alive? It's just that Yelusha can distinguish between the king of the Qing and Jin Dynasty and Wuzhou, which is more important. Bu She, Bu She, do you want credit so much? The war is not over yet, and the credit is not coming at any time, why are you staring at that Jinling King Zhao Yougong? Yelusha knew that Bu She was a talented person, and he was a rare general in Daliao, but the only shortcoming of this person was that he was too greedy, which was why he was transferred to Xijing for many years, and the generalissimo was unwilling to be promoted too quickly.

Step She goes, whether it is evil or auspicious, you can't let it go.

In the hall, the generals were all taken aback when they heard that Bu She had sent troops, but some of these people were envious, some were angry, but few were worried. Yelusha pondered for a moment and named the commander Su Kesha, "Su Kesha, you lead five thousand elite soldiers to meet you, no matter what the result is, you will bring Bu She back to the general." ”

"Whoa!"

Suksa took the order and left, and Jerusha inevitably warned the rest of the generals again. (To be continued......)