Chapter 4 The situation in Bagongyuan is critical
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In the first year of Xiande, in late February, Guo Rong, the emperor of Zhou, personally led the army to set off, all the way to the flag in the sky, the mighty army, the army marched north, the army crossed the Yellow River, and a few days later arrived at the border of Zhou and Han.
There were many unpleasant things on the road before, and when he arrived in Huaizhou, there were two officials who persuaded him to be locked up in the Huaizhou military camp, and Guo Rong's face was still heavy at this moment, and he was forced to face this war, and the situation at that time could not allow him to make his own decisions.
Now that the army is heading north, his own hasty arrangement, whether he can deal with the combined forces of the Han and Liao countries, he does not know whether he can deal with it, but he is full of enthusiasm and worries about the country, so that the emperor, he has been unable to sleep recently. This era is turbulent, the world of the festival envoys, the five generations of emperors (military generals), all like to drive the personal expedition, the front foot just went out and the back foot rebelled, such as the first god of the five generations of Tang Zhuangzong. Fortunately, Guo Rong is still very relieved of the Kaifeng Imperial Capital in the rear, the rear is stable, and everything is properly arranged, Guo Rong waited for the two countries to go south and personally annihilate the two ** teams, to see that he was arrogant and frustrated his spirit.
At that time, the Han lord besieged Luzhou, and heard that the reinforcements of the Zhou State had arrived, so he gave up Luzhou, and would go south with the Liao army all the way, detour to the south to fight, and prepare to march in the direction of Kaifeng.
Along the way, the front of the Zhou ** team sent scouts to find out the two ** feelings, ready at any time. Suddenly, hearing the news that the Han ** team had given up the siege of Luzhou, Guo Rong ordered the Zhou ** team to continue to move forward, march in a hurry, and be sure to arrive in Zezhou in two days to meet the advance of the Northern Han army.
Two days later, the army finally met, and the main forces of the three armies were stationed on the Bagong Plain in Gaoping County, Zezhou, waiting for work, and the two armies were glued to the Bagong Plain.
A day earlier, on March 9, the advance of the Han army and the Zhou army met south of Gaoping, and in a small battle, the Zhou army fought to the death, and finally defeated a small group of enemy troops, Guo Rong let the Zhou army troops see a glimmer of victory.
The Zhou State sent a scout army to inquire that on the Han side, the Han Emperor personally led the Chinese army, Zhang Yuanhui led the army in the east, and the Liao State led the Khitan cavalry in the west.
However, on the side of the Zhou State, when Heyang Jiedu made Liu Ci's rear army not arrive, Guo Rong's military tent was in danger, and Guo Rong laughed, and the soldiers saw that their emperor had personally gone to the battle, and they were all ambitious with each other.
There is no urgency in the battle before the battle. Guo Rong urgently convened a military meeting to discuss the next military action. The general arrangement is as follows: on that day, Guo Rong ordered Bai Chongzan and the guards Ma Budu Yu Hou Li Chongjin to move the left army to the west, Fan Aineng and He Hui to the right army to the east, Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao to charge the fine cavalry in the center, and Zhang Yongde commanded Zhang Yongde to guard the emperor in front of the palace, and Zhao Kuangyin was also in the forbidden army. Guo Rong personally supervised the battle and led the Chinese army to meet the enemy.
The three ** are complete, and the emperors of the two countries participated in the exhibition, which was majestic and the military was extremely prosperous.
At the beginning, a small military force on the Han side was repelled by the Zhou army, but the Han lord did not think so, a small defeat, not to mention the death of hundreds of pawns, the real rear move is still behind, so the Han lord ordered the whole army to line up in Bagongyuan to prepare to attack.
The Han side also killed several generals of the Zhou State, and the two armies can be said to be in a tug-of-war. Before the confrontation between the two armies, the Han and Liao sides also convened a military meeting with their soldiers. When the Han lord saw that the number of the Zhou army was small, he thought that he knew that he should not summon the military force of the Khitan, and thought that the Han State could easily defeat the Zhou State, and then personally went into battle to kill the Zhou Emperor Guo Rong. In terms of the Han State, the Han lord thinks so, and even the generals around him think that the Han State will pour its national elite and must kill the emperor of the Zhou State, and then enter Kaifeng, the Central Plains can be lowered, and the gold and silver wealth of Kaifeng City seems to be beckoning to them.
At this moment, the Han lord indifferently shook his beautiful hair, and said to the soldiers around him: "Soldiers, now it is impossible to make it, everyone should stop talking about it, please wait and see, I have seen the Han Erlang fight bravely to kill the enemy and enter Kaifeng City." β
"Kill into Kaifeng! Kill into Kaifeng! Kill into Kaifeng! All the soldiers shouted in unison.
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In the big tent of the Liao ** team, the Liao commander, Yelu Dilu, observed in the past few days and found that the formation of the Zhou army was tight, and he naturally thought that the Zhou army was strong, the layout was calm, and it could be attacked and defended.
After thinking about it again, he still went to the Han lord and asked the Liao and Han coalition forces to reconfigure the formation and formulate a new combat plan.
In front of the big tent of the emperor of the Han army, all the soldiers of the Han army were waiting outside the account. Suddenly, when he saw the lord of the Liao State, Yelu Dilu, rushing to this side, he asked, "Is the general going to see Your Majesty?" β
"Of course, I don't know where Your Majesty is now, I have a military situation to tell." Yelu Dilu calls himself me, not the last general, and he is not a general of the Han State, and he is not very interested in the emperor of the Han State, but of course these generals of the Han State do not know what Yelu Dilu means. What's more, Yelu heard the music playing in the tent of the emperor of the Han State from afar, with a calm attitude, and he was angry when he was old, but he was complacent when he saw the lord of Han, and he didn't take war as a thing at all.
At this time, a general announced outside the account: "General Yelu asks to see!" β
"Come in!" The Han lord inside sat in the tent, in a state of wanton rioters, and listened and talked while drinking.
Yelu Dilu saw that the emperor of the Han State was in the Chinese army at this moment, playing music and tasting wine, without any sense of urgency to fight, as if the victory was in hand, and his heart was even more contemptful, and that comfortable expression made Yelu Dilu look uncomfortable, and his whole body was full of anger, but he didn't show it, of course, that kind of face would not be hung on his face.
Yelu thought to himself and said what he thought in his heart. The two of them discussed the battle plan, but contrary to the Han lord's idea, the Han lord sitting in the hall felt that the Zhou army was not many in number, and the cavalry was small, so he was not an opponent at all, and even regretted that he should not invite the Liao army to share the credit. But this last sentence, Lord Han just recited it silently in his heart.
Although the Han lord was displeased, but the Khitan was his own supporter, and now the Zhou State is the fish on the chopping block, but Yelu is angry at the moment, and the emperor of the Han State did not listen to his advice at all, and insisted on going his own way, and this time he was afraid that he would be ruined in the hands of this person. The Han lord also did not show weakness, but in his heart he thought that Yelu was the general of the Liao State, so he came to point out that our army was at a disadvantage, which was very disappointing, not to mention that he had fought several victorious battles before, and saw that the military strength of the Zhou army was not strong, and he thought that he could win with the military strength of his Han side alone, so why should he unite with the Khitan to go south. The two men quarreled and broke up.
Yelu Dilu walked out of the big tent of the emperor of the Han State, and suddenly a strong south wind suddenly blew in Bagongyuan, and the tent door was suddenly blown up by the strong wind, making a strong sound, and the whining wind was full of weirdness, but those soldiers of the Han State were all giggling outside the tent, listening to the music in the Han lord's tent sideways, as if they were not here to fight, they were all out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. When Jerod saw this, his face turned even paler. It's just that he is deeply respected by the emperor of Liao, and as a general who goes south to ally with the Han State this time, he must complete the emperor's order.
The wind blew up Jerod's pigtails, and his face was covered with hair.
"Ahh Yelu enemy Lu watched its south wind rise, all blowing to the Han ** tent, the wind revealed a trace of cold, but the Han side was unaware, at this moment Yelu enemy Lu thought about it, the heart is not good, this plot seems to have appeared, more than ten years ago, the battle of the White Regiment Guard between the Khitan and the Later Jin Dynasty, originally the Khitan army had the advantage, but the wind and sand rose, and the Jin army fought against the wind, but the Khitan army was defeated. The battle that could have been won, but unexpectedly let the Later Jin win, and then Liao Taizong fled in embarrassment on a camel.
In this situation, the Zhou army is also fighting with this strong wind, isn't it easier to defeat the Liao army and the Han army?
Yelu Dilu's chest ached, and under the indignation, a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he said in his heart: "The emperor of the Han State is stupid, and now this situation is not conducive to my Liao country, it is better to stick to the position and see the situation clearly." Thinking like this, Yelu decided to only hold his position, not to help, and to sit back and watch the self-righteous emperor of Han solve the enemy himself.
On the night of March 10, the starry sky was shining and the stars were gathered, but the wind did not stop, although it was already March, but the wind from the north was still very cold. At night, the armies of the three kingdoms were stationed on the Bagong Plain, each with something in their hearts, and the confrontation began.
The Han lord saw that the Khitan army on the huge Bagong Yuan had not yet been dispatched, and his heart was excited, but this was also in line with his wishes, he originally regretted inviting Khitan reinforcements to grab the merit, and now the Liao army did not make a move, and the credit was his own.
At this moment, the armies of both sides have set up a battle in Bagongyuan
The Han army and the Liao ** team are in the north, the Zhou ** team is in the south, according to the previous agreement, the Zhou army in Bai Chongzan and the guard horse army Du Yu Marquis Li Chongjin led the left army in the west, Fan Aineng, He Hui led the right army in the east, Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao led the fine cavalry in the middle of the formation, and the palace commanded Zhang Yongde to lead the forbidden army to protect the emperor. Guo Rong himself was also clothed all over his body, and he crossed his horse to supervise the battle in front of the battle, and both sides were ready for battle. On this day, the two warring sides lined up in the plain area south of Gaoping County, preparing to fight, and the two sides were ready to fight, and a big battle was about to break out.
On that day, a whimpering military horn was blown out of nowhere, and the earth shook in an instant, like thousands of troops and horses, and a fierce struggle to the death was launched on Bagong Plain. On March 11, the first year of Xiande (954), the Han army and the Zhou army encountered in Gaoping, and the vigorous battle of Gaoping in history officially kicked off.
On the Bagong Plain, the height was uneven, and the two armies were facing each other in the north and south. Under the scorching sun, the army was like a huge wave, layer upon layer, and under the surging wave, there was a bloody breath, and tragic acts such as death and injury were staged.
The soldiers of the Zhou ** team saw that the Han army had a total of 30,000 elite soldiers, lined up in two formations, east and west, and there were 10,000 Khitan iron cavalry next to them, which could be described as a huge scale. On the other hand, in his own army, due to the rapid advance of the forward, Heyang Jiedu made the rear army led by Liu Ci be left behind. In this way, the situation that the enemy was outnumbered, and the soldiers of the Zhou army began to be afraid.
Guo Rong keenly captured this situation, personally dressed himself in perseverance, mounted his horse to meet the enemy, boosted morale, firmly defeated the enemy, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of the Great Zhou, today is the time for you to defend your home and the country, the enemy on the opposite side is not terrible, we must show a hundred times the fighting spirit to defeat the enemy, all the soldiers listen to the order, kill!" β
"Kill, kill, kill!" The soldiers roared out of their throats in an inhuman voice, as agreed in the previous barracks before the pre-battle layout, Bai Chongzan and the guards of the horse army Du Yu Marquis Li Chongjin led the left army in the west; Fan Aineng and He Hui led the right army in the east; Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao led the elite cavalry in the middle of the formation; Under the escort of the forbidden army, Guo Rong led the middle army and personally crossed the horse to supervise the battle.
The drums of war beat and resounded in the sky; The front of the command flag is pointed out, and the two sides rush to kill; The hooves of the horses roared, and they were ambushed on all sides; On both sides of the war, tens of thousands of people were red-eyed and rushed madly towards the enemy camp. In the sound of killing, thousands of troops and horses came from all directions, which made people shudder and shudder.
But as soon as the battle began, an unexpected situation suddenly appeared.
The Han lord led the Chinese army, and when he saw that the right wing of the Zhou State seemed to have a flaw, he asked the left wing and left army of the Han army to command the Wuning Jiedu to make Zhang Yuanhui line up in front of the formation, and to meet the commander of the right wing of the Zhou State, the guard Ma Jundu, the commander of Fan Aineng, and the infantry army to command He Hui.
Zhang Yuanhui, this person is the first fierce general of the Northern Han Dynasty, especially good at heavy cavalry charge, received the military order of the Han lord to send troops, he took the lead, and led 4,000 ironclad cavalry to march against the wind in an instant, rushing to the right flank of the Zhou army like a wave.
"Ahh And at this moment, the Han army killed Zhang Yuanhui, the commander of the right wing of the Zhou State, and the guard Ma Jundu commanded Fan Aineng, and the infantry army commanded He Hui here, and was killing in the dark, Fan Aineng and He Hui were originally secretly happy for the favorable direction of the wind, and were guessing that the enemy was going to flee without a fight, but they didn't expect the other party to rush towards them violently, and they were frightened. What's more, this person is Zhang Yuanhui, a fierce general of the Han army, who is good at heavy cavalry charges, how can he be good now.
Fan and He saw that the situation was not good, and both of them were veterans of the Later Han Dynasty before, and they were not loyal to the current Great Zhou State, especially Guo Rong, who had just ascended the throne, and in the face of Zhang Yuanhui's thunderous blow, it was impossible to fight to the death.
These two people have a lot of thoughts, a lot of ghost ideas, and the cavalry of the Zhou State is still weak, Fan Aineng's cavalry naturally can't stop the passionate Zhang Yuanhui, and they are quickly dispersed. Fan Aineng's cavalry was defeated, causing the cavalry of the Zhou State to be disrupted, and also to disrupting He Hui's infantry phalanx. Fan and He saw that the situation was not good, and they had different ambitions, and saw that the emperor of their Zhou State was also in the array, and they decided that this battle was the victory of the Han State, and Guo Rong would definitely die. When the soldiers of the Right Army saw that their commanders had fled from the battle, the thousands of infantry under their command simply defected on the spot and surrendered to the Han State.
The emperor of the Han State was overjoyed and accepted the surrender of the general. The rest of the Han army saw that the mighty General Zhang had defeated one wing of the enemy, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they all braved the wind and sand to launch a fierce attack on the Zhou camp.
The Han army attacked fiercely, and the right-wing army of the Zhou State was defeated, and the soldiers of the Zhou State could not resist it, and the troops were overstretched.
The strong wind was still blowing on Bagong Plain, and the smell of blood permeated the wind, which was disgusting. At this moment, the right wing has been defeated, and they have all surrendered to the Han State, Guo Rong was very angry when he saw it, and went into battle in person, but the enemy's strength was too much, and Guo Rong was already trapped in the siege at the moment, and he couldn't get out.
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At this moment, in Kaifeng City, the ministers of the DPRK and China are worried, worried about the war situation in the north, they still don't know who wins and who loses on both sides, but they are worried that if their side loses, then the Khitan iron hoof, Kaifeng will experience the baptism of war.
Although Zhao Dezhao was waiting for news in the house today, he was restless, for fear that his butterfly effect would change the development of history now, and his brows were furrowed.
"Zhao'erβ" He pushed open the door of Zhao Dezhao's study and asked with concern.
"Mother, why are you here?"
"You kid!"
Zhao Dezhao is helpless, there is only one person in this world who knows the development trend of history, and he hopes that his butterfly effect will not change this battle.
In the Chengbei Inn, Yang Meng and One-Eyed Lao Jiu were chatting in the house, and the two of them were always paying attention to what was happening on the northern battlefield, and they were all frowning at the moment.
One-eyed Lao Jiu: "Lord, our men and horses have been mixed into the army of the Zhou State, is the Lord still worried about that matter?" β
Yang Meng said: "Lao Jiu, I'm just a mediocre person to disturb myself, you said that although the combined forces of the Han and Liao countries are very strong, but the Zhou State Guo Rong has a great chance of winning, but the situation on this battlefield is changing, and the opportunity is fleeting. β
The one-eyed Lao Jiu looked towards the north, and had already arranged things in his heart, and said: "What the Lord said is very true, I believe that our people will see the opportunity to act when the time comes, and they will be able to realize the Lord's plan." (Foreshadowing)
"I hope our plan can succeed, otherwise it will ......" Yang Meng said with a worried look in his eyes.
"Rest assured, Lord!" The one-eyed old nine ways.
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