Chapter 230 Years of Work Yielding Results, Four Battles in the Bohai Sea Set the Overall Situation (7)
When the Khitan army attacked the city of Zhengzhou, it adopted the method of besieging from all sides, and did not even use such a trick as encircling Sanque Yi, which clearly looked down on the combat power of the defenders of Zhengzhou, and secondly, it also had the meaning of deterring other places in the Bohai Sea. Relative to the tactics, the camp of the Khitan army is also around the outside of Zhengzhou City, forming a huge encirclement, looking at the past at night, Zhengzhou City is lonely in the ring of beasts, particularly desolate. It's just that because the Yelu Abaoji Imperial Tent is here, the Khitan Army's camping method is biased, and more than half of the main forces are gathered around the Imperial Tent, wrapping the Imperial Tent tightly in the middle, and the stars and moons not only highlight their dignity, but also the need for layers of defense. It is the Khitan camp in the west of Zhengzhou City, which is particularly majestic. Zhengzhou City has less than 100,000 residents, and from this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why the Khitan camp looks like a majestic city that does not give up half a point, and is even more imposing.
When he was ugly, Da Ming Xing led three thousand elite foot cavalry out of the city to attack the Khitan military camp, and no matter what his behavior was, he was really small in front of the Khitan military camp, like a small fish that hit the shore.
However, Da Ming Xing didn't plan to use these 3,000 people to make any impact on the Khitan camp, their target was only the peripheral forces of the Khitan camp. When the Khitan army attacked the city during the day, the formation was huge, even if the siege army was less than half of the Khitan army, but tens of thousands of people moved together, and the scene was extremely spectacular. At this time, the Khitan offensive slowed down a little, but that's all, the siege did not stop, after Yelu Abaoji divided a small half of the force to go to the Tongshui River Valley, the military strength outside Zhengzhou City declined, but it is obvious that Yelu Abaoji did not let Zhengzhou City have a chance to breathe.
The city gate was opened, and three thousand horses rushed out of the city, this unexpected move made the Khitan army that was attacking the city have no time to react for a while, and those who got close were all panicked. Da Ming Xing seized the opportunity and ordered the thousand horsemen to open the way, and the energetic thousand horsemen showed their hideous fangs, rampaged, protruding nearly a hundred steps, and killed the defenseless Khitan army in front of them to lose their armor. Immediately, Da Ming Xing ordered the elite cavalry to divide the lanes, and the foot soldiers followed, and began to clean the Khitan army outside the city wall.
In the dark night, the vision was blocked, and the Khitan army, which was close to the three thousand elites of Daming Xing, didn't have time to react at all, so they killed the opponent and turned their horses, and in a moment, they asked the other party to advance more than 100 steps. The Khitan army, which was a little farther away, those experienced commanders, immediately ordered their subordinates to suspend the siege of the city and change the formation, intending to stop the Bohai navy that was out of the city to find death. However, the defenders of Zhengzhou at the head of the city will not stand idly by at this time, and the archers, who have already received orders, do not skimp on the arrows in their hands at all, and pour out the rain of arrows with all their strength, and plan to respond to the rush of their own robes.
The Khitan commander, who was in charge of this section of the war, was not far from the city gate, and his face was gloomy and he took in the changes in front of him. As the 3,000 elites led by Da Ming Xing continued to advance, behind them, a small group of Bohai Navy followed, behind them to destroy the siege vehicles and ladders of the Khitan army, and the sergeants flocked to those tall equipment, poured fire oil, lit a fire, and ran to the next place.
The siege soldiers were killed, the siege equipment was destroyed, although compared to the entire Khitan army, the loss is minimal, but for this commander, the loss can be wounded, if you can't curb the offensive of Daming Xing in time, his siege force will be greatly reduced, hard work for many days to siege the city, the price paid will not be small, if at this time because of the loss is too large, let people replace the siege position, these days of sacrifice will also be wasted. can be the captain of the Khitan army, his own identity will not be simple, behind him are the backbone of the tribe, come out to fight, meritorious service is one thing, but the most important thing is to get rich, can not be the first army to enter the city, how much does the property in the city matter to him? In this way, the tribe's participation in the war becomes a loss-making transaction. And on the grassland, even if it is now the unification of the Khitan, for the tribe, the loss of too much blood in battle, and the inability to obtain property and slaves to expand the power of the tribe, that is the beginning of decline.
Gritting his teeth, the Khitan Wanfu was ruthless, and he twisted a few heralds and asked them to give orders to the neighboring commanders. The first thousand people who suffered the impact of Daming Xing, suffered the most heavy losses, and basically lost their combat power, the commander simply ignored it, he let the thousand people who were slightly closer to Daming Xing, give up the siege, and use big shields and barricades to fight the cavalry of Daming Xing, delay its offensive, and the thousand people who followed followed by the thousand people dug ditches and traps on the spot, and prepared forces to counterattack. After arranging the defensive force on the front, Captain Wan dispatched all the cavalry he had arranged nearby, regardless of anything else, and went directly to attack the city gate where Daming Xing came out in a roundabout way to block Daming Xing's back road.
Such a tactical arrangement seems to be planning to swallow the three thousand elite cavalry of Daming Xing with his own strength.
In addition to the reason for the resoluteness of this captain, there is no room for him to retreat at this time, not to mention that Yelu Abaoji is behind him, if he avoids the enemy's edge and preserves his strength, he may be questioned by Yelu Abaoji afterwards. As for whether the appetite for this move will be too big, Captain Wan doesn't care. Since entering the Bohai Sea, where the Khitan army has passed, the defenders in various parts of the Bohai Sea are either vulnerable to attack, or surrender to the wind, for the Khitan army that is difficult to meet opponents in the grassland, they have not taken the Bohai Navy in their eyes at all, not to mention that Daming Xing only took 3,000 people out of the city, even if there are 10,000 people, the commander dares to arrange it like this. In his opinion, Daming Xing does not go out of the city to challenge, he can still survive for a few days, once he goes out of the city, it is no different from sending him to death. The Khitan army is sharp, how can it be restrained by surprise?
After the tactical order was issued, the only thing that Captain Wan was worried about was that Da Ming Xing retreated too quickly, and he became a turtle with a shrunken head as soon as he showed his head, so that his cavalry did not have time to cut off the opponent's rear road.
Soon, Commander Wan received a military order from above, telling him to bite the Bohai navy out of the city, and if it could be annihilated, its attack would be counted as a breach of the city. After receiving this order, Captain Wan smiled arrogantly, and he couldn't wait to kill Da Ming Xing here.
Da Ming Xing, who led the army to kill, has already highlighted a long distance in his troops, he is not a mediocre person, he can naturally find out the intention of the Khitan Wanfu, he will not let the other party succeed, so he ordered the department to fight steadily and steadily, intending to return to the city.
Da Ming Xing and Khitan Wanfu each had their own plans, and each dispatched troops, and as the battle continued, the situation began to become tragic.
In the Khitan barracks, Yelu Abaoji had already slept, and after learning that the defenders of Zhengzhou dared to go out of the city to challenge, he sneered, but he didn't even have the interest to get up and preside over the battle.
The Bohai Navy, which went out of the city to attack, was too small to stir up too much wind and waves, and its only role was probably to let the Khitan army departments distract themselves from this side while resting and attacking the city.
However, Yelu Abaoji underestimated Da Ming Xing after all. Or rather, he underestimated a veteran's determination to fight for his country.
The three thousand foot cavalry out of the city, when they were about to be besieged, the closed gate of Zhengzhou City was opened again, and the Khitan army outside the city was horrified to find that in the city gate, the black pressure was a Bohai navy, and the formation was strict. As the city gate opened, this Bohai Navy, which had no less than the previous 3,000 paces, rushed out!
They will come out, and together with the 3,000 horsemen outside the city, they will launch a crazy counterattack against the Khitan 10,000 people besieging them!
Shocked not only was the complacent Khitan commander, but also other Khitan generals who heard the news, and the first thought that came to their minds was that Da Ming Xing was crazy!
The defenders of Zhengzhou are only 20,000 soldiers, and now there are more than 6,000 people who have gone out of the city to meet them, so how many people can stay on the city wall to defend against the Khitan siege army? Zhengzhou is about to break the city, so pumping forces like this is not self-destroying the city wall?
However, before that, Da Ming Xing had successfully defeated the Khitan 10,000 people in front of him!
What surprised the Khitan army once again was that after the victory, this Bohai Navy, instead of accepting it when it saw the good, launched a charge against the Khitan camp! That posture turned out to be planning to break through a Khitan military camp in one go!
At this time, some Khitan generals immediately began to calculate, in the case of the army divided into Bo Ao, Hengzhou, sitting in the rear, and attacking the Tongshui River Valley, the Khitan army besieging Zhengzhou City was only 780,000 people, and these 780,000 people were still scattered around the city wall. If Daming Xing really ignores Zhengzhou City and lets go of his hands and feet to break a military camp, it is not impossible for him to succeed, and once the Khitan camp is in chaos, there is a little chance that there will be a consequence of inverted bead curtains at night, causing chaos in the entire Khitan army!
However, Da Ming Xing was inevitably too bold, he didn't know, if his six thousand elites were trapped outside the city, and the city of Zhengzhou was broken, it would be tonight?
How dare he act so risky?
Isn't this crazy and what is it?
The Khitan army that was besieging the city did not get a military order, and could not give up the battle in front of them to encircle and suppress Daming Xing, and whether to take advantage of the weak defense of Zhengzhou City to launch a strong attack on the city, or to encircle and annihilate the Bohai Navy out of the city, they could not make their own decisions, they could only wait for the military order.
However, the Khitan army, which did not attack the city, asked Daming Xing to mobilize a lot.
Yelu Abaoji finally sat up in his clothes, and together with Han Yanhui, who rushed to hear the news, went to see the battlefield that was hot in this dark night.
The grasshopper shook the tree, and the temper of the tree finally called the grasshopper to provoke it, and Yelu Abaoji dispatched troops to gather and annihilate this arrogant Bohai Navy and break through Zhengzhou City tonight!
The battlefield was boiling, and the Khitan army rushed out of the city and the Bohai Navy in all directions, forming fire dragons, and the fire dragons gathered into a sea of fire!
The seventy or eighty thousand Khitan troops outside the city of Zhengzhou, the siegers were twenty or thirty thousand, and at this time the Ming Xing was mobilized, another one or two thousand, and the cumulative number was more than half.
The most important thing is that the changes created by Daming Xing single-handedly caused some changes on the battlefield and also shocked the hearts of the Khitan soldiers.
At this time, a large army, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, appeared behind the Khitan camp and suddenly killed.
Li Congjing galloped on his prancing horse, pointed directly at the camp where Yelu Abaoji was located, and ordered the 20,000 Baizhan and Bohai coalition forces behind him, "Forward!" ”