The death of Murong Yanzhao caused the Great Song Dynasty to lose a handsome talent.

Ten days later, after Liu Jun in the north unexpectedly learned of Murong Yanzhao's death, he sent 5,000 soldiers and horses south to harass the border areas of the Song State.

The border is in an emergency, and wolf smoke is everywhere. The soldiers guarding the pass hurriedly sent men and horses to the states and counties to transmit military information, and at the same time, the border pass dispatched troops and horses to meet the Han army, and at the same time sent a herald to Kaifeng.

Three days later, Kaifeng City learned the news of the Han army's southern invasion, although the number of Han troops was small this time, but it also gave the border a headache.

At the beginning of February, Cao Bin led 15,000 soldiers and horses to the north, and two days later, he reached Xiangzhou City, where the party was also entered.

After Cao Bin and Dang Jin discussed, according to Zhao Kuangyin's deployment, they feinted to attack the Han State, forcing Liu Jun to stick to the Han land and not dare to move. And Pan Mei's side is in the land of Chenzhou, Hunan at the moment, preparing to recover Chenzhou.

"General Dang, at this moment it is said that the spies have reported that it is Du Yantao who is now guarding Liaozhou in Han China, this person is good at defending the city, and he is very good at fighting, this attack on Liaozhou, it is said that he only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, and we will start from Liaozhou this siege, how about it?"

Dang Jin looked at the spread out march map and this new-style sand table, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "Liaozhou is a good place, it is better to take Liaozhou first." ”

Cao Bin looked at the map and said, "It's better to attack Liaozhou and leave it to your party general." ”

Dang Jin also said: "To the east of Liaozhou are criminal prefectures and Xiangzhou, and to the south are Luzhou. And in Shizhou, Hannan, south of Shizhou is Jinzhou, if General Cao leads a team of soldiers and horses to attack Shizhou, I attack Liaozhou, this Liu Jun is bound to unite the soldiers and horses of the Khitans, but now I will attack Liaozhou The pressure is greater, although Liaozhou City only has a few 3,000 soldiers and horses, but the Khitans are bound to support Liaozhou......"

Cao Bin thought for a moment and said with a smile: "General Party, don't worry about this, the official family mentioned before I left Beijing that if the Khitans would aid Liaozhou, my Great Song Dynasty would inevitably send Luzhou Jiedu to make Cui Yanjin soldiers and horses to assist each other, don't worry about this." ”

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Then Cao Bin and Dang Jin discussed for a while and decided to set off that afternoon.

Dangjin led 7,000 soldiers and horses, and the whole army set off to the north, crossing mountains and mountains, climbing mountains and wading through rivers, and the Dangjin army approached Liaozhou City.

Cao Bin's soldiers and horses traveled northwest, secretly heading to the direction of Shizhou, waiting for an opportunity.

The north wind was blowing, and at this moment in Jinyang City, Liu Jun was happy about the loss of Murong Yanzhao by the Song army, and at this moment he was in the palace to discuss with the generals and several people to send troops.

At this moment, there was a herald outside the hall and announced: "Your Majesty, according to the news of the scouts, this time Zhao Kuangyin sent a young general as the commander, Dang Jin as the deputy marshal, Luzhou Cui Yanjin came to the aid and sent troops, and the Song army claimed to be 30,000 to attack our Han Kingdom." ”

Liu Hanxin said: "Your Majesty, Liaozhou has the general Du Yantao stationed, and it can be guaranteed." ”

Zheng Jin cross-examined: "Liaozhou Assassin Du Yantao only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the defense of the city is insufficient, how can he resist the 30,000 male soldiers of the Song State." ”

Liu Hancheng argued with Zheng Jin for a lot of time.

Liu Jun had already made plans, and seeing that Zheng and Liu were not compatible, he still felt that it was better to send someone to Liao to ask for reinforcements.

"Zheng Jin, I ordered you to raise 2,000 troops to Liaozhou and work with Du Yantao to resist the Song army."

"The minister commands."

Liu Jun personally borrowed troops from the Liao State, and played the Shu out of Jinyang City, on the way to the Liao State to go to Beijing.

Zheng Jin led 2,000 soldiers and horses, set off for Liaozhou City overnight, and arrived in Liaozhou three days later.

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At the end of January, the party marched 6,000 soldiers and horses to the outside of Liaozhou.

Liaozhou is a small border city, very dilapidated, the people's strength is withering, and Liaozhou was attacked by Cui Yan of Luzhou last year, and it has not yet recovered its vitality at this time, and Du Yantao feels like being squeezed out by others, and he went to Liaozhou as a assassin.

At the dawn of the morning, Dang Jin asked people to tie the war book to the arrow and shoot it into the city.

At this moment, Du Yantao and Zheng Jin were standing above the city tower, and when they saw the flying arrow coming, they used their swords to counter it, and the arrow was knocked to the ground.

Dang Jin ordered people to shout under the city: "Du Yantao, the war letter has been issued, and you are ordered to surrender in five days, if you don't surrender, the day the city is broken will be your death." ”

After Du Yantao and Zheng Jin read the battle book, their brows furrowed, and they temporarily asked people to guard the gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest.

A lot of things will happen in five days, and Dang Jin is also waiting for Cui Yanjin in Luzhou to come to the aid of soldiers and horses, at this moment he only has 6,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is naturally not feasible to attack the city.

At this moment, the city of Nanjing in the Liao State, the news of the soldiers of the Han State has arrived here, but at the time of night, several young generals who have ordered the order are resting, and suddenly all the seven orifices are bleeding and falling to the ground and dying.

Outside the inn, several black-clothed people saw that all the young Han generals inside were dead, so they entered the room and robbed Liu Jun of the letter to the sleeping king, and at the same time replaced one of the corpses with Khitan armor.

Early the next morning, the owner of the inn was shocked and hurriedly ordered someone to report to the official. Xiao Siwen, who was guarding Nanjing, was shocked and killed several people in Liao, which was not conducive to the development of the situation in Liao and Han, so he sent people to investigate the matter thoroughly, but no clues were found.

Xiao Siwen had no choice but to quickly deliver the news to Liu Jun and the Emperor of Liao.

At the same time, ten miles outside Shizhou City, Cao Bin's men and horses had already arrived in Shizhou to prepare for war.

……

After the turn of the fifth day, in the second half of the fifth day, Cui Yanjin's troops and horses had already arrived, and Li Jixun, Kang Yanze, Yin Xun and others led more than 10,000 people to attack Liaozhou.

Under the city of Liaozhou, the Song army, which had more than 10,000 people, came at once, but the scouts sent by Du Yantao and Zheng Jin never returned, and the two were so anxious that they went around the city wall.

Du Yantao hurriedly asked, "General Zheng, why haven't the Khitan reinforcements come yet?" ”

"When I went out of the city, His Majesty had already sent a letter to Beijing, and it was estimated that the time was almost up, but there was no reply, and according to the report of the spies, there were no Khitan soldiers in the north and west of Liaozhou City."

Du Yantao sighed, "Hey—"

The more Du Yantao thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he suddenly saw the Song army under the city surrounding the city of Liaozhou like ants, and said to Zheng Jin: "I'm afraid that those who deliver the letter will suffer misfortune, otherwise according to the relationship between my Han and the Great Liao, the Emperor of the Great Liao will not send troops to fight." ”

"How is this possible?"

"What now?"

……

When the party saw the reinforcements coming, he ordered people to light torches, march quickly, and prepare to set up a ladder under the city of Liaozhou.

At dawn, Taibai Star was still in the sky, and the Song army began to attack the city.

When the two armies went into battle, Kang Yanze ordered people to take out a few swarthy things from the marching box, as well as a kerosene cabinet, and together with these things, they were tightly sealed together in large boxes, and then loaded into a four-wheeled carriage and pushed under the city gate.

The soldiers of the Han army on the tower of the city saw a strange carriage, which was not drawn by horses, but was coming towards the city gate, so they immediately ordered someone to release rockets on the carriage.

Hundreds of rockets were fired, but they didn't stop the wagon. And the carriage had been burned little by little, and the outside of the carriage had become a torch.

The car has always maintained a constant linear motion, and has stopped at the gate of the city at this moment.

Zheng Jin hurriedly said: "It's not good, let people get some water and put out the fire, otherwise the city gate will be burned." ”

"Yes."

A team of men and horses has already led the foot soldiers to fetch water to extinguish the fire, but it is a coincidence that when a team of people and horses poured water on the car together, there was a loud bang, a large piece above the city wall, and the city gate was broken, and those people were dead and wounded, and there were severed limbs and stumps everywhere, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and it was unbearable......

Du Yantao, Zheng Jin, and the others were suddenly shocked by the loud noise, and after the sound, a small crack had cracked above the city wall, and several small holes had been blown out in several places.

The top of Du Yantao's hand was hit by a flying stone that suddenly flew away, and at this moment, a small hole was drawn on his arm.

"General Du." Zheng Jin hurriedly tore off the strip of cloth from his clothes and tied it to Du Yantao's hand.

Du Yantao was stunned and said, "What was that loud bang just now?" How could the Song army have such a powerful weapon? ”

"I don't know about that." Zheng Jin shook his head.

Du Yantao hurriedly ordered the young general to go to Jinyang for help, "Go to Jinyang and send troops, Liaozhou City will not be able to hold on." ”

The young general hurriedly led a few men out of the north of the city, but soon after, he was shot and killed by the men and horses who were ambushing here.

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After the loud noise, the Song army began to attack the city, concentrating its forces in the direction of the big hole at the gate of the city, and the ladder was still being erected.

Du Yantao ordered humanity: "Quickly send someone to block the entrance of the cave, don't let the Song army come in!" ”

"Yes"

Song Jun held a shield in his hand and quickly moved towards the city gate, and the fire bolts on the city wall flew down, and several people were shot, and the shield fell to the ground at once. And the men and horses behind continued to march towards the city gate.

At this moment, there was a scuffle at the city gate, and half of the city gate had been destroyed, but the Han army sent men and horses to block the city gate, and at the same time ordered people to shoot arrows into the door hole.

Although Liaozhou City was not breached, it was also in danger, and Du Yantao saw that many soldiers fell to the ground, and it was not a way to go on like this.

At this time, the soldiers of the Song army who climbed the city gate began to throw grenades and grenades on the city wall, and the Han army saw this thing and immediately did not know what it was.

"Boom, boom, boom-" After a few loud bangs, the soldiers of the Song army died together with the Han army along with the *grenade* bombs.

Under the blue sky and white sun, the smell of blood was all over the city tower, and Du Yantao and Zheng Jin and others were shocked, and under the drag of the soldiers, Du Yantao and Zheng Jin were rescued from the city tower by their subordinates.

Seeing the loud noise at the entrance of the city, Li Jixun looked at the city wall with a clairvoyant mirror, and at this moment the Song army had occupied the south city gate, and the banner of the Han army had also been replaced with the banner of the Song army.

And at this moment, Li Jixun saw in the clairvoyant mirror that the soldiers on his side had opened the city gate.

"At this moment, it is the opportunity for my Great Song Army to enter the city!"

Li Jixun ordered people to go down, let Dang Jin, Kang Yanze, Yin Xun and others each lead a team of foot soldiers, and Cui Yanjin led the cavalry to go to the city gate.

Li Jixun sat in command of the army, waiting 200 steps away from the city wall, ready to guard against enemy invasion in the rear, especially the Khitan soldiers and horses.

The Song army entered the city and fought with the Han army in the streets, while Du Yantao and Zheng Jin also faced each other in the streets.

Gong Weidu commanded Ji Jin and the soldiers and horses to supervise the worship official Hou Meizhi saw the courage of the Song army, so he began to persuade Du Yantao and Zheng Jin to surrender.

Du Yantao scolded: "Aren't there still some men in the city? All men and young women who can take a bow and a crossbow stone will put armor on me! ”

"Will this help?" Zheng Jin had been by his side, and when he heard this, he asked with some hesitation, "General Du, I think the big thing is over!" ”

"You-"

"If General Du is defeated, Liu Hanzhen and his henchmen in the court will not let us go, and we will inevitably fall into the ground, and we will be sent to death after we go back!" Zheng Jin hurriedly gave a look to a few people around him, and took advantage of Du Yantao's unpreparedness to stun him and tie him up again.

"What now?"

"Immediately go outside the city and surrender."

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Under the leadership of Zheng Jin, several people went to surrender outside the city. When Li Jixun heard that the Liaozhou troops had surrendered, he was busy treating several generals who surrendered.

At this time, Du Yantao woke up slowly, and when he saw that he was tied up, he scolded: "Who harmed me? ”

Zheng Jin walked into the military tent and said: "General Du, now that you and I have surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, the Han Kingdom will not be able to go back, and I will ask the general to surrender." ”

"Y-damn, I'm going to kill you."

At this time, Li Jixun and others also entered the military tent, and when Dang Jin saw Du Yantao like this, he wanted to shout with a sword to kill Du Yantao.

Du Yantao begged for death, closed his eyes and said, "Kill me." ”

Dang Jin was just about to raise his sword, Li Jixun shouted: "Dang Jin, don't break Your Majesty's rules!" ”

Dang Jin exhaled twice and waved his hand: "Look at your Lao Li's face, spare him from death and escort him back to the capital!" ”

On the evening of the same day, in Wushenshuo, the assassin of Liaozhou, Du Yantao, saw that the general trend had gone, so he and Gong Weidu commanded Ji Jin, soldiers and horses to supervise the soldiers and horses, and offered 3,000 soldiers to the city to surrender.

Three days later, when he heard that Liaozhou was captured, Liu Jun was so angry that he stomped his feet in the Jinyang Palace, and heard that the generals he sent were assassinated in Nanjing