Chapter 350: The Underground Great Wall
Ten arrows killed six people and injured two, all of whom were Liao generals.
The battlefield was instantly quiet, and Dong Ping and Aliqi, who were spinning and fighting like lanterns in the middle, stopped.
Chao Yong pointed at Yelu Dezhong and Yelu Dashi behind the battlefield with the overlord bow, and said, "This is just a small punishment for you, if you dare to cross the river, there will be more punishments waiting for you." ”
After speaking, he turned the horse's head and said to Dong Ping: "Let's go." ”
The generals of the Liao State watched Chao Yong and the three of them go south unhurriedly, but none of them dared to chase them, and the far guards behind them did not dare to step forward to stop them when they saw Chao Yong so powerful.
Yelu looked at the three knights who were shot through with men and horses, shook his head, and said, "I didn't expect that there are such powerful bows and arrows in the world, and their lethality is about the same as that of the small bed crossbows of the southerners." ”
Yelu Dashi couldn't say that Yelu's heavy general order was wrong at this time, so he could only say: "Although the prince of Liang really has the courage of an overlord, Liang still relies on the soldiers of the three armies to fight, and he alone cannot affect the overall situation." ”
"Lin Ya is right, the emperor has already arrived in Zhuozhou, and as soon as the emperor arrives, we will send troops to attack Xiongzhou, and then we will avenge today."
Jerod ordered the remaining generals to help the wounded two men back to the camp to heal their wounds, and the ten corpses were handed over to Yuanlanzi.
Yelu Dezhong was also a little glad that he had sent his four sons north to meet the emperor, otherwise he would have to fold a few here today.
After walking for a while, Dong Ping saw that the war horse under his crotch was already foaming at the mouth, so he brought the war horse of Yelu National Treasure that he had just held in front of him and jumped directly from the horse.
Yelu's national treasure's war horse is the same as his brother's, and this silver-maned horse is better than Dong Ping's mount.
"Prince, why didn't you take advantage of the situation to kill Yelu Dashi and that Liao general just now?"
Chao Yong still felt a little weak in his arm at this time, and shook his head and said: "Lianzhu shot ten arrows out, and I can't use the overlord bow." If you rush over, the Liao Dog will inevitably flee if you can't beat them, and it will be difficult to chase them. And you can't afford to fight anymore, do you? ”
In order to increase the rate of fire, Chao Yong removed all the mechanisms on the Divine Arm Bow, but it also increased the difficulty of opening the bow. Chao Yong once tried, and he could pull the bow thirty times in a row at most, and his arms would be sore. Today, he only pulled it a dozen times, and his arms were sore, which showed the loss of the arrows.
So although he still had a spare pot of arrows, he could only accept it when he saw it.
Dong Ping heard that Chao Yong considered him, and his heart was also a little excited, he fought with Yelu Guozhen for more than fifty times, and fought with Yelu Guobao for more than ten times, and the war horse was already a little unbearable. And the last fight Aliqi is even more martial arts, just a few fights, there is a bit of a suppressed situation, I am afraid that he may not be an opponent in his heyday. If you continue to fight, you will definitely lose.
Hua Rong said: "The Liao soldiers did not send soldiers and horses on the south bank to protect the pontoon bridge, we can raid and destroy the pontoon bridge to prevent the Liao soldiers from going south." ”
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "The destruction of the pontoon bridge is only to delay the Liao soldiers for a few days, and now the domestic situation is complicated, I just received news on the way north, Tong Guan killed Fang La and many other Manichaean leaders, and launched a descendant of Song Taizu as the emperor, and the capital is Suzhou." said that the descendants of Song Taizu were the orthodox of the Song Dynasty, and called on the state capitals of the world to be loyal to the new dynasty and refused to obey Zhao Ji's will. I don't know what the situation in the northwest is? We don't have time to waste on Liao, so we can only wait for them to cross the river, which will hurt them for a while, so that they don't dare to covet anymore, so that we can concentrate on unifying the Central Plains. ”
Dong Ping said suddenly: "Actually, we can find a way to use black powder to blow up the general of the Liao State into the sky." ”
Chao Yongqi said: "We can't know the formation of the Liao soldiers, and we can't plant gunpowder in advance." ”
Dong Ping said with a smile: "There is no need to bury it in advance, there are tunnels everywhere between Xiongzhou and Baigou River, and the gunpowder can be adjusted at any time, but how to correspond to the location of the underground and aboveground, and quickly notify the people underground, it is a little difficult." ”
The tunnel that Dong Ping said is the Song-Liao border pass tunnel known as the underground Great Wall of China, which is rumored to be built by Yang Liulang and Yang Yanzhao when he guarded the border, covering between Xiongzhou and Bazhou. There are also hidden soldier holes, [***] holes and other settings, you can hide many soldiers and horses in it, even if the Liao soldiers enter it, it is difficult to distinguish the direction.
The news can be safely transmitted through the tunnel, and the soldiers and horses of the two states can also support each other from the underground, so there is no need to worry about being robbed by the Liao soldiers on the way.
The entire tunnel is made of blue bricks of uniform specifications, which is comparable to the Great Wall. There are both narrow [***] holes, obstacle roadways, flaps, gates and other military facilities, which can resist the invading Liao soldiers and horses. There are also living facilities such as ventilation holes, lampstands, water tanks, and earthen pits, which can allow soldiers and civilians to live in them for a period of time.
The Underground Great Wall and the Great Wall of Water were important passes on the Hebei Plain, and it was with these two things that the Song army resisted the southward advance of the Liao army.
Chao Yong also heard Lu Junyi talk about the Xiongzhou tunnel, and said with a smile: "You can have a decisive battle with the Liao State at the agreed location, narrow the scope, and then mark the location on the ground and the tunnel in sections, and after observing the location of the Liao general, and then notify the people and horses to the corresponding tunnel." ”
Dong Ping thought for a while and said: "I know the location of the exit of the tunnel, but after entering the tunnel, it is not good to correspond to the position on the ground." How do I segment tags? ”
Chao Yong thought about it, the tunnel must be tortuous, and he can't hear the sound inside, and if he wants to mark the location of the tunnel and the ground in sections, he can only use stupid methods, one by one, and calculate, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and may not be accurate. If something goes wrong, it is likely that the gunpowder will be wasted, and then it may be attacked by the Liao army.
After all, although the power of five hundred catties of black powder is very large, the coverage area will not be too large, and as long as the direction deviation of the marked position is somewhat, the final position may deviate greatly. The most important thing is that Liao Guoyuan is guarding everywhere, if it is a large-scale calculation of the location of the tunnel, most of the Liao people can guess that it is a trap, and naturally they will not be stupid to respond to the battle.
Of course, it is also possible that the power of gunpowder directly deters the Liao people, after all, the explosion of five hundred catties of black powder is absolutely earth-shattering.
But it may also be recognized by the Liao people, after all, the Song Dynasty has widely used gunpowder, although the power of the explosion is not large, but it will leave the smell of gunpowder, which is easily reminiscent of gunpowder. What's more, Hu Yanzhuo has already used black powder to attack the city in the Gyeonggi area, and now it is rumored in China that Daliang has a real thunderbolt cannon, and the sound is like a thunderbolt, breaking the sky and the earth.
If it did not kill the chief general of the Liao State, but caused the main general of the Liao State to covet it and attack Xiongzhou fiercely, I am afraid that 50,000 soldiers and horses will have to pay a heavy price.
Now that Daliang is using troops, Chao Yong doesn't want to lose too many soldiers and horses here, so this strategy can't be used.
(To be continued)