Chapter 227: Picturesque Country (6)
The Liao army swarmed up under the command of a close officer of Xiao Gan, and the archers lined up in rows, and after suppressing the Song army on the wall, the Liao soldiers rushed to the bottom of the wall, on the one hand, they used a temporarily tied wooden ladder to climb the wall, and on the other hand, they destroyed the camp of the Liao army with a crashing wood.
Although the barrier was not too high, it created an insurmountable obstacle to the Liao army's attack, and the Song army of this barrier resisted stubbornly, so that the Liao army could not make progress.
At this time, the Liao people's measures were very decent, and they did not seek to attack the camp immediately, but they continued to destroy, and the Song army had to pay a heavier price if they wanted to break through and renovate.
Although Yao Gu was standing in the camp in the distance, he could still hear the sound of killing, and he could see the blood light flashing from time to time, and his heart was a little desolate.
Yao Gu has a clear understanding of the combat power of the Liao army, there is a general difference between the soldiers of the world, the soldiers of the Liao army are originally soldiers, but they are tired of being passive step by step by Yelu Yanxi, the Jurchen soldiers and horses have not fought now, I don't know how the combat power is, but as long as you think about it, you know that it is not weak, and the Song army is only the Bai Gong army and the Shengjie army can compete with the Liao army in the field, but that is also a limited number of elite soldiers.
At this time, the Song army was nothing more than to fight steadily, and it was the best policy to firmly anchor the camp and drag the Liao people to death.
In the battle of the snowy night, the elite of the Xihe army suffered many casualties, if they can't hold on, maybe there will be a chance, if they take the initiative to attack, they don't know how they died if they are afraid of death.
Yao Pingzhong stood on another high ground and watched the attack of the Song army, Yao Pingzhong could see that the Liao army in the opposite camp was a field army that was good at attacking and fighting, and was not good at defending the city, but the Liao generals on the opposite side obviously had some skills, were organized in an orderly manner, and commanded well. The generals are steady and calm, and the soldiers are brave and tenacious, which is very difficult to deal with.
The drums of war shook the sky, arrows flew like rain, soldiers on both sides of the Liao and Song dynasties continued to fall, and the dead and wounded of the Liao army were often quickly thrown down the camp by the Song army. Trampled on by their own people.
The generals of the Song army waved the flags in their hands again and again, and the sound of war drums did not stop at all, echoing here, the Song army had organized three strong attacks, trying to break out of this dangerous place, but still took the Liao people like an iron bucket to besiege without the slightest, leaving the lives of countless Xihe soldiers in vain.
The battle lasted from midnight to dawn, with a total of nearly 60,000 troops on both sides, and the scene of the battle was extremely tragic. The picture of the crowd fighting for their lives together will forever be engraved in the memory of the survivors and frozen forever.
When he was still fighting, a feeling of facing danger made him subconsciously swing his big stick forward, and then he heard a crisp sound, only to see a sharp arrow actually shot on his big stick, the tail of the arrow buzzed, and he looked up, and there was a person standing in the distance who had just put down the bow.
Above the mountains in the distance. A huge army of horses appeared in the sight of the Liao people one after another, and Yao Gu was on the high platform of the camp. I also saw that this soldier and horse was the Xihe Army with the highest status in the Song Army, "The old breed is the prince, and the soldiers have come to save us!" ”
The Liao people forced the Xihe army into a desperate situation, and Xiao Gan's plan was being realized step by step, because God was helping him, and this heavy snow made the Liao army occupy a great initiative. This limited the maneuver of the Song army, so the old race had to reach Yao Gu's army before Yao Gu suffered huge losses.
The old breed felt that it was not too late for him to come, the main force of Yao Gu's department was still there, Xiao Gan didn't expect that the seed master would come so quickly, at this time. What else can be said, Xiao Gan is also a straightforward and decisive person, looking at the sharp arrow on the eight-pound stick in the room, he said: "Pass on the king's order, retreat." ”
The Liao and Song sides finally temporarily gathered their troops and began to confront, Yao Pingzhong also returned with Li Siyuan at this time, walked up to Yao Gu and said: "Father, it seems that things are not so bad that they are out of control!" ”
Yao Gu smiled wryly and said, "How is Li Siyuan's side?" Judging from Yao Pingzhong's expression, Yao Gu's department should be okay.
"Including Li Siyuan, there are dozens of panting." Yao Pingzhong said: "Although Li Siyuan's army was wiped out, the Liao army did not get much benefit, and the Liao general Xiao Mo was also killed by Li Siyuan's arrow, and Yelu was seriously injured ......"
Yao Gu sighed and said: "This is the most embarrassing place for a certain family, more than 30,000 people are now left less than 20,000, but the corpses left by the Liao army are not even 3,000." ”
The north wind froze the heavens and the earth overnight, although there was only a thin layer of ice, but all the vitality seemed to be weakened a lot, Liu Yanqing stood on the platform and looked into the distance, and the water of the sorghum river flowed weakly to the east.
Liu Yanqing didn't sleep all night, so he asked the clerk to come in and drafted a military order to Yao Gu, asking him to send it to the front line of Yanjing on a fast horse.
Liu Guangshi got Yao Gu's situation, and his heart was cold, although the Song army had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses for the last battle under Yanjing, Xiao Gan was a dominant player in the Liao army, which shows that the Liao State is not without the strength of a war, especially the Liao State has taken advantage of the geographical advantage.
Therefore, the Song army can only drag down tens of thousands of Liao troops, because the Liao army has not completely replenished supplies until now, and the longer the time is fought, the more passive the Liao army becomes.
"Let Yao Gu's men lean back! I'm afraid that staying there won't be enough for Xiao to eat. Liu Yanqing naturally knew that the responsibility for this rout was not all on Yao Gu, at this time, he could only tie Yao Gu and his family together and move forward steadily, so that he could feel a little at ease.
After this battle, the momentum of the Song army has been frustrated, and I am afraid that this battle will be even more difficult!
Liu Guangshi immediately rushed straight away without an order and stormed Yanjing, hoping that the army would take this opportunity to rest and recuperate, and he also had to judge Xiao Gan's next move.
Liu Guangshi's camp tent is in the southwest of Yanjing, the Huanqing army has just crossed the river, not far from the Gaoliang River, after crossing the river, they have to move closer to Yao Gu, and now, Yao Gu has become a lone army, and a little carelessness is the situation that the whole army will be annihilated.
Liu Guangshi looked at the wide riverbed, the reeds on the riverbank had completely withered and yellowed, and the cold wind blew the reed rods like snowflakes flying all over the sky, leaving the bare reed poles to make a rustling sound under the wind.
Liu Guangshi can also know how much the Xihe army thinks now, the Xihe army has just crossed the river, the frost and dew on the clothes and armor have not dried, and before they have time to take a breath, they push forward alone, Liu Guangshi looked at the exhausted appearance of the soldiers of the self-army, and his heart was also very unbearable, not to mention that the Xihe army under Yao Gu was even more tired. (To be continued......)