Chapter 67: Bloodstained Phoenix City (1)

Tongyuan Fort, the rain washed the walls of this military fort, and the fresh blood stains on the city walls gradually faded under the rain.

Hundreds of corpses lay on their stomachs inside and outside the castle, telling people that a terrible war had just been fought here.

In the castle, more than a dozen tightly wounded soldiers who were tied up were brought to Wanyan Haiya, and on the other side of the wounded soldiers, there were more than 100 people who survived Tongyuan Fort.

Tongyuan Fort was the first military fort that Wan Yan Haiya led his troops to attack, and the capture of Tongyuan Fort was not as smooth as Wan Yan Haiya expected. Wanyan Haiya's Liao army suffered from the stubborn resistance of the soldiers and civilians of Tongyuan Fort in Tongyuan Fort, Wanyan Haiya led his troops to storm Tongyuan Fort for half a day, and finally took this military fort, but the Liao army also paid the price of 60 dead under this military fort.

Wanyan Haiya realized that the battle could not be fought like this, and sixty people were killed in a small military fort, how much blood would it take to win Phoenix City? One thousand or two thousand? At that time, even if Phoenix City is taken, will the remaining soldiers and horses still have the ability to march south and force the landing of Goryeo? Although the country of Goryeo is weak, it is a country at all, and Goryeo also has 200,000 soldiers and horses.

"Third Highness, he is the thousand households of Tongyuan Fort." Achiller kicked a Zhao sergeant to the ground. His eyes spewed fire and shot at the Zhao State sergeant.

Under the command of Chen Shi, the Liao army failed to attack Tongyuan Fort, and led the soldiers and civilians of the whole fort to bravely resist the attack of the Liao army, and was finally captured because he was outnumbered and defeated.

Chen Shi was seriously injured, and the wounds on his arms, shoulders, chest, and legs were flowing with red blood, like a bloody man. Chen Shi couldn't help Achiller's kick like this, he threw himself on the ground with his face on the ground, and ate a mouthful of mud coldly, and the mud still had a strong smell of blood, and Chen Shi spit out the mud. Struggling to stand up, two frost-faced Liao soldiers rushed up behind him and knocked him to the ground with punches and kicks.

"Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated, give a good time!" Chen Shi raised his head and said, although his body was bent to the ground, he still refused to lower his arrogant head.

"I will not kill you, nor will I dishonor you." Wan Yan Haiya said lightly.

Chen Shi looked at Wan Yan Haiya with a puzzled expression, not knowing what bad idea Wan Yan Haiya was going to fight.

"Help me open the gate of Phoenix City, I won't kill these brothers who were born and died with you, and those people, I won't kill any of them." Wanyan Haiya pointed to the dozen wounded soldiers and said to Chen Shi.

The casualties of storming the castle are too great, and if the gates of Phoenix City can be defrauded, the effect will be doubled, and the casualties of the Liao army will be greatly reduced. This is the reason why Wanyan Haiya brought these remaining wounded soldiers here.

"What if I don't say yes?" Chen Shi snorted coldly and looked at Yan Haiya with contemptuous gaze.

"There is not a single men, women and children here!" Wan Yan Haiya snorted coldly and ordered the surviving residents of Tongyuan Fort to be slaughtered.

After the bloody baptism of Tongyuan Fort, the Liao army continued to move south. Wanyan Haiya changed the strategy of marching, the Liao army is now in a hurry to replenish the grain and grass, and then continue to take the Phoenix City in one go, Wanyan Haiya temporarily divided the troops to attack the small military forts around the Phoenix City, these military forts are easy to attack, after taking these military forts, the Liao army can replenish the grain and grass on the spot, and the second can improve morale, and the last battle captures Phoenix City and then crosses the river to Goryeo.

At the same time, He Tengxiao's Pingshan Fort Army galloped to the aid of Phoenix, sailing along the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula, passing through the Laotieshan Waterway and passing through the two major wharves in Jinzhou, Nanniwa Wharf and Nanguam Wharf. And when passing by the wharf, the drums and flags were beaten, which alarmed the soldiers and civilians on the wharf. The news that He Tengxiao sent troops to help Phoenix City spread all over Jinzhou in an instant.

He Tengxiao has the courage to send troops to help Phoenix, and he also has self-knowledge. Since ancient times, the surprise soldiers who have been used as surprise attacks are all carefully selected elites of a hundred battles. He Tengxiao estimated that the Liao army's surprise attack on Phoenix City would be about 5,000 people, and he mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized this time, plus the people were only 700 people, and his strength was not enough to resist the elite Liao army iron cavalry. The purpose of He Tengxiao's adventurous expedition this time is to drive He Shibao from Jinzhou to rescue Phoenix City.

He Shibao is a strong party, with nearly 30,000 troops, although it does not have the strength to compete with the Liao State, but it is more than enough to block the Liao army to capture Phoenix City.

At the dock of South Guam, He Tengxiao sent Zhang Yuyang to Jinzhou Xiaozhi to take advantage of He Shibao, trying to persuade He Shibao to send troops. Seeing Zhang Yuyang board the dock and go away, He Tengxiao thought: I hope Zhang Yuyang can say that He Shibao will send troops to rescue Phoenix.

A day later, Zhang Yuyang left the Jinzhou General Mansion disappointed, and He Shibao's attitude was very clear: the Liao army Chen was heavy in Haizhou, and he had no time to divide his troops to capture Phoenix, and He Tengxiao sent troops to Phoenix City to do so!

Zhang Yuyang observed from He Shibao's expression that He Shibao had actually expected that the Liao army would attack Phoenix City and make a forced landing in Goryeo. He Shibao's remarks to him were just shirking and perfunctory him. The reason why He Shibao was unwilling to really send troops to help Phoenix City was that he wanted to preserve his strength and watch from the sidelines. He Shibao intends to be the head of the He family, He Fangxiong's physical condition is not good, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that He Fangxiong's time is short. After He Fangxiong's death, the transfer of power within the He family will be reshuffled! At this critical moment of the transfer of power, the ambitious He Shibao would never send troops against the Liao State and weaken his own strength. Lose your advantage in the struggle for clan power.

Out of the gate of Jinzhou City, Zhang Yuyang glanced back at Jinzhou City in the mist and rain. Despite the rainstorms, the city is still full of business travelers, maintaining the daily life of the city's residents. Because Jinzhou City is the largest city closest to Dengzhou Capital in the three states in southeast Liaoning, coupled with the unique and excellent port conditions, Jinzhou City is the richest state in the three states under the jurisdiction of the He family. The wealth of Jinzhou City is not as good as that of Fuzhou City.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuyang couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing. He has been a staff member of He Shihu, dismissed the high-level of the He family, and understands the inside of the He family: in his opinion, He Fangxiong is a talented general, proficient in the art of war, and is the most outstanding head of the four major families in Liaodong.

He Fangxiong's eldest son He Shilong has no ambitions, indulges in wine all day long, and is not a person who can achieve great things, although he is the nominal heir of the He family, but the future of the He family is really handed over to He Shilong, and the future of the He family is really worrying. The second son, He Shihu, has mediocre ability, and blood, and his ability to govern the army is quite outstanding, and he is a qualified general, but He Shihu is more than enterprising enough, and He Shihu's embarrassing status as a concubine makes him lose his nominal advantage in the issue of family succession, and then in terms of strength, He Shihu has no more than 10,000 troops, and he is the least one of the three sons of the He family. The third son, He Shibao, is talented and short-sighted, but He Shibao is stronger than He Shilong in Fuzhou and He Shihu in Gaizhou in terms of the number of troops and economic strength, and He Shibao is also a son-in-law, and his advantages before the inheritance of the head of the family are obvious. But even if He Shibao finally won the position of the head of the He family, what could he do. Can He Lion and Leopard win a place for the He family in the Liaodong region where the group of heroes compete for hegemony?

Zhang Yuyang turned around and left Jinzhou City and walked in the direction of the South Guam Wharf, He Tengxiao was still waiting for his reply