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On the front line, Renzong has not yet come, but the war will not wait for him because he is the emperor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Liao people are now facing a desperate situation, Yelu Hongji hopes that he can kill a way out before the deployment of the Song army is completed, if he waits until the other party calmly carries out various arrangements, then the Liao people are really only left to be slaughtered by the Song army.

Similarly, the Song army also hoped to fight more easily when the decisive battle came, which required them to do a lot of work in advance, firmly set the trap, see Yelu Hongji to death, and block those Liao troops who wanted to save people.

More than 100 miles east of Gu'an, a military camp is brightly lit, and more than 30,000 Song soldiers are responsible for guarding outside the barracks.

Inside the barracks were the Song Dynasty generals who commanded the battle, and they were discussing their next move.

Mu Guiying sat on top of the chief, with the demeanor of a general, and spoke without hurry or slowness: "Generals, the situation we are facing now is that Yelu Hongji is desperately building an offensive while trying to break through. And Yelu Zongyuan has already forcibly recruited those young men throughout the Liao Kingdom, and it is said that he should have gathered millions of people now, ready to rescue their emperor. ”

Chen Yuan said on the side: "Marshal Mu, the Liao State does not have the ability to dispatch millions of troops to fight against us now, I estimate that this time Yelu Zongyuan can send 300,000 people, and it will already reach the sky." ”

Mu Guiying bowed his head and said, "Even so, we must send reinforcements. The last time Emperor Taizong attacked 50,000 Liao soldiers with an army of 300,000, but failed to capture Youzhou, the key point is that our Great Song Dynasty did not guard against the reinforcements of the Liao people, and the same mistake cannot be made twice in a row. ”

The generals nodded their heads when they heard this, and when encircling and destroying the enemy, sending reinforcements was a very important thing, but it was a drudgery that no one wanted to take.

Because the war of reinforcement is more difficult than the goal of encirclement and annihilation, but the merit is far less than that of the troops participating in the encirclement and annihilation, after all, it is only a cooperation of the main battlefield. Also, Chen Shimei's estimate is not imaginary, maybe the people of Liao are not able to rescue Yelu Hongji at all, and the troops who sent reinforcements at that time still can't move, and can only watch their comrades collect their military exploits.

As soon as the generals here looked at me, I looked at you, and they all tried to move their bodies back a little, wishing that Mu Guiying could not see that it was the best.

"I'll go." Chen Yuan stood up at this time, and if you want to say that among all the generals, there are only those who don't care about military merits, and he is the only one who is a concubine.

Mu Guiying glanced at Chen Yuan approvingly, and said with a smile: "It's best that Shimei is willing to go, but it must also be accompanied by a general, Xu Huaide." ”

Xu Huaide was overjoyed when he heard Chen Yuan stand up, and when he heard Mu Guiying call him again, his head was suddenly bigger, but he was Mu Guiying's subordinate before, and after hearing Mu Guiying's movements, he subconsciously stood up: "The last general." ”

"Give you 100,000 troops, you must assist Lord Chen to hold the Nanjing defense line, no matter how many reinforcements the Liao people come, you must block it for me."

"The subordinate obeys."

"The last general commands."

Chen Yuan and Xu Huaide received orders at the same time, Xu Huaide's heart was a little lost, but fortunately, he was in a good mood, knowing that things could not be changed since Mu Guiying called him up. If you don't have a chance to catch the emperor of Liao, forget it, just send help, if the Liao people come, he will fight, and if no one comes, he will be happy. Besides, there is almost no harm in being with this Chen Shimei set, this horse master is rich now, and following him to pick up some of the things he left behind, it is enough for him to be beautiful for a lifetime.

"Shimei, do you have any requirements?" Mu Guiying wanted to try his best to ensure Chen Yuan's safety, because Chen Yuan could not make any mistakes now, he was not only a relative of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the soul of the Song Dynasty's economy.

As a representative of the army, Mu Guiying naturally knew that the rapid improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Great Song army in recent years was inseparable from the imperial court's investment in the troops.

During this year's war, Renzong opened all the treasury to ensure a steady stream of materials on the front line to support the victory of the Song army. Even in the past few years, when there was no war, Injong invested 20% of the treasury revenue into the army every year. This was unimaginable when the Song Dynasty fought the party a few years ago, when Chen Shimei's name was not on the court, the Great Song Dynasty even owed the necessary military salaries.

Chen Yuanzheng wanted to say that there was nothing needed, but Xu Huaide spoke first: "Yes, please Marshal Mu send more people to the last general, 200,000 people." ”

Xu Huaide is a person who is very good at learning experience and lessons, Jing'an's stubborn defense made him taste the sweetness of the tunnel, this time he thought very clearly, after he arrived in Nanjing, no matter whether the Liao people came or not, first dig the tunnel and then talk about it.

200,000 people? This number seems to be a bit much, Mu Guiying looked at Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan followed Xu Huaide and said, "Yes, 200,000 people." ”

Mu Guiying smiled: "Okay." General Xu, you are more busy with some things on the front line, and you must guarantee me two things, first, you can't let the reinforcements of the Liao State come from you. Second, the horse must come back safely. ”

Mu Guiying said this with complete concern, but it was not a taste in Chen Yuan's ears. On the battlefield here, he came to lead the army, Mu Guiying cared about his feelings Chen Yuan was very grateful, but saying it in front of so many generals made him feel as if he was a child who needed to be protected, which made Chen Yuan a little embarrassed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Guiying may also find that he said too directly, but fortunately, Xu Huaide is very good at rounding, looked at Chen Yuan and said: "The marshal said that he laughed, the master of the horse can fight well, and even Li Yuanhao was not his opponent in the party at the beginning, so how could he need the protection of the last general?" It's just that I said that I followed behind the horse master, and the horse master must not dislike the last general to get in the way. ”

This ridiculous remark made those Xu embarrassments immediately dissipate, and Mu Guiying smiled: "This handsome is too careful, okay, then let's discuss how to beat these Liao people who are surrounded by us." ”

The reason why several generals of the Song Dynasty chose the location of the meeting in Gu'an was because in addition to preparing to discuss who would send reinforcements here, they were also preparing to launch an offensive in Gu'an to suppress Yelu Hongjina's already frenzied breakthrough action.

There is a clear river in the west of Gu'an, just in summer, the flowers bloom by the river, the trickling stream is extremely clear, and you can see the fish swimming in the water playing peacefully.

But now, this river has become a battlefield for the Song and Liao sides to prepare for fighting. Whether it was the Song army or the Liao soldiers, they all wanted to camp along the river and use this natural barrier to block the opponent's attack or break through.

The camps of the two sides were not far from each other, and the soldiers patrolling at the forefront could even cast hateful glances at each other, and the thick killing intent was not the slightest bit hidden.

Although it has not yet been killed, everyone knows that this is the calm before the big war will come. Did the Liao people launch the breakthrough battle first, or did the Song people attack first?

There are more than 8,000 Liao [***] troops stationed here, and compared to the sufficient supplies of the Song army, the rations carried by the Liao people when they fought were not very large. After Nanjing was captured by the Song Dynasty army, the supply line of more than 300,000 troops was also completely cut off. ”

Even on their own land, in the face of their own people, when the Liao soldiers felt that death was approaching, their looting had obviously changed, in the past they only collected some necessary supplies, but this time, they seemed so crazy, even more crazy than they were to the Song people.

The Song army's movements were very fast, and the fall of Nanjing City was even more sudden, which not only gave Yelu Hongji's troops no chance to escape, but also most of the Liao people in the vicinity were shrouded in the clouds of war. In this case, many people chose to flee to the camp of the Liao soldiers, thinking that there would be at least a guarantee of life here.

But they were wrong, these Liao soldiers were extremely crazy. The worst thing is that in order to ensure that the army still has the ability to fight, Yelu Hongji acquiesced to their various actions.

Almost all the big and small leaders in the barracks had a woman in their arms, and when they walked in the barracks, they saw that they could be pushed to the ground immediately, and not only did no one stop them, but there were also many laughing spectators. Those Liao, who had come to seek protection, would be slaughtered at the slightest resistance.

As the hope of life dwindles, they become more and more like beasts.

On the 22nd day of May in the third year of Huangyou, at nightfall, nearly 30,000 Song troops quietly entered the Song army camp on the other side of the river under the cover of night.

At the time, just as the big and small leaders of the Liao State were carrying out the final madness with the snatched women in their arms, the Song army launched a tentative attack from the southwest and southeast.

Bai Yutang quietly dived over with more than a hundred people, and after killing a few secret sentinels, he touched the military camp set up by the Liao people at the front. There were more than fifty Liao soldiers in this barracks, and they were all cavalry, Bai Yutang knew that if he wanted to build a solid bridgehead for the follow-up large army, he had to kill them all, so he immediately sent people to surround the house, and then kicked the door open.

The Liao soldiers who woke up from their sleep one by one were shocked, and before they could react to what was going on, most of the Liao soldiers were shot by the Song army before they even got their weapons in their hands.

The same was true of Fu Yongji, who came over from the other side, but they were a little lucky, because Fu Yongji's movements were slightly slower than Bai Yutang's, and a few Liao people chose to raise their hands and surrender when they saw that resistance was useless.

Fu Yongji was very lucky, one of these guys was actually a small commander of the Liao State, and from his mouth, the Song army got a lot of information from the enemy camp in front.

After the bridgehead was established, the reaction of the Liao people was quite slow, and the first reaction of the generals who slept with the snatched woman in their arms was whether this was another small-scale sneak attack by the Song army. They decided to organize a manpower to check it out before they could make a plan.

The fate of these 8,000 Liao soldiers was thus sealed.

Before the Liao soldiers who had come to check on the specific situation could go back, three brilliant fireworks rose in the night sky. The Song army's artillery was the first to speak, and the enemy's camp suddenly shone with fire and smoke, and the broken masonry and tiles flew wantonly in the night with the same broken flesh and blood. Explosions and screams rang out.

Where have the Liao civilians in the Liao [***] battalion who were already panicking seen this formation? One by one, they cried their fathers and shouted their mothers, rushing everywhere, disrupting the military camps of the Liao State, not to mention, but also infecting their panic to those soldiers.

Most of the defenses were reduced to ashes by the artillery of the Song army, the horses were also frightened, and even the Liao general's military tent was blown out of several holes.

Half an hour later, the artillery fire stopped, the earth-shattering war drums sounded, and the various Song army detachments that were ready to attack were like groups of tigers out of the slaughter, jumping out of their positions, shouting with their maximum lung capacity, and pounced on the enemy.

One of Bai Yutang's subordinates rushed to the fastest, and more than a hundred people rushed to the bottom of the camp of the Liao people in a moment, and at this time the Liao people had just climbed the wall in a panic.

Nadu was also very alert, and did not go directly to the city wall, but first threw more than 20 palm mines on it, and blew up a person who had just picked up arms on his back.

Only then did he lead the team to rush up, and with only one charge, three Song troops went up to the wall.

The enemy at the head of the city saw that the Song army was only three people coming up, and the team behind did not follow, and immediately more than 20 Liao soldiers rushed over, trying to drive these Song troops down.

But I didn't expect that the three of them took a flamethrower and lit it, and suddenly the entire wall was plunged into a sea of fire, the hot flames were not at all irresistible by manpower, and more than a dozen Liao soldiers were suddenly burned into roast pigs, and the remaining alert ones jumped off the wall although they saw the opportunity quickly, and their lives were saved, and their arms and legs were not the same and so sound.

When the flames at the head of the city were extinguished, Du Tou came up with a large group of men and horses: "Brothers, kill!" ”

The gate of the village opened, Bai Yutang led a large group of people to rush in, Xu Huaide wanted to go with Chen Shimei to help, Bai Yutang meant to stay, but Xu Huaide did not agree. He went to find Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan didn't give him any answer.

The current Bai Wuye is no longer happy to take revenge, and when he becomes a soldier, he has to obey the command, so he knows that this is likely to be the last battle he will fight in this place, and he will go to the military camp of the Liao State with a breath.

The Liao people were beaten before they could react, and they took advantage of this time to completely kill the Liao people so that he would not have a chance to fight back. After entering the camp, the Song army took the head of the capital and the head of the army as squads, and boldly used small troops to penetrate the depth of the Liao people, not giving them a chance to relax.

Bai Yutang saw that there was a group of Liao soldiers entrenched in front of him in a building that looked like a temple, and was about to lead people to fight in, when he suddenly saw Fu Yongji also killed from the side.

The two units are not subordinate to each other, and although they are said to be fighting together, they are secretly holding their breath to compete with each other. At first glance, observing Bai Yutang, he could see that there were at least Liao soldiers who had stepped forward, and with so many troops, maybe the generals of the Liao State were in it.

"General Fu, this is the place I'll take a look at first, can you find another higher place?"

Fu Yongji stopped the troops and looked at Bai Yutang: "Fifth Master, this temple is so big, can you fight it?" It's better like this, let's just fight together, let's divide the heads equally, if you catch the general, count your fifth master, how about it? ”

Bai Yutang smiled: "General Fu is polite, but it's not a day that someone Bai has come out to run the rivers and lakes, if there is a general, you cut it with a knife, who can count it on my head?" Don't worry, I have a big appetite, and I can eat this temple. ”

Fu Yongji looked very lost: "Okay, then I'll go to the side and have a look." ”

Bai Yutang smiled with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Brothers, let the way out first, let General Fu go first." ”

After Fu Yongji left Bai Yutang for a while, his face suddenly became very ugly, and he lifted the guy who was captured at the beginning from the middle of the team: "Is your general in this temple?" ”

The Liao people trembled: "Don't dare to expire the general, this temple is the strongest place here, and our general is resting and giving orders here." ”

"Grandma's, I was preempted by Bai Lao Wu!" Fu Yongji pulled his collar and scolded angrily.

The pro-soldiers next to him were not willing to give up such a great achievement to others, and several soldiers stepped forward and said: "General, we fight ours, they fight theirs, whoever beats them counts, why let Bai Yutang fight alone?" ”

Fu Yongji's eyes rolled and stared at the Liao people: "Is there any other way?" ”

The Liao people nodded: "There are no other roads, but from this street, you can bypass the back door before the temple, although we sealed the back door with stones, but the iron thunder in the palm of the general's hand should be able to blow up." ”

Fu Yongji punched the Liao man in the stomach, and the guy's whole body was convulsive, only to hear Fu Yongji say: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Calling out a few heads around him, Fu Yongji said softly: "There are only more than 200 people around Bai Lao Wu, and it is estimated that it will take some effort to build this temple, let's go from behind, remember, when Bai Lao Wu is lively, let's go in and arrest people." ”

Therefore, the war is intelligence, Bai Yutang fought in front of the bloody battle, advancing step by step, but Fu Yongji quietly came to the blocked back door, and there was no need to blow up the door, set up a ladder to take a look, there was no Liao figure behind, I thought it was too fierce in front, and they all went to the front.

At that moment, the soldiers of the Song army climbed over the wall one by one, and after entering, they rushed all the way to the original wing of the temple according to the instructions of the prisoners of the Liao State. From a distance, I only found that the lights were bright, and the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom were entering and exiting in a panic, and there was a very loud voice, shouting constantly in the wing.

Fu Yongji didn't want any formation, and shouted loudly while rushing: "Crossbow!" ”

The soldiers of the Song army released the bows and crossbows in their hands while running, and more than 200 people knew their biggest battle exploits this time, so they still did not slow down after being counterattacked by the Liao State, and suffered casualties and the archers of the Liao State.

Then there was the hand-to-hand engagement. The troops of the Liao State were already fighting with Bai Yutang in front, plus Fu Yongji suddenly appeared, and he rushed so fiercely that he suddenly made a mess without knowing what was going on, and was killed into the wing room by Fu Yongji with a charge.

A few Liao generals looked like guys with weapons in their hands and wanted to resist, but the Song army cut dozens of knives, and they were honest after unloading their arms for two days.

"Which one is the general here?"

A guy who had been stabbed in the shoulder hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped forward: "Me." ”

Fu Yongji smiled very happily: "Okay, okay, take it all away." ”

On the other side, Bai Yutang felt that his pressure was suddenly lighter, the place of the enemy in front of him seemed to collapse in an instant, and the advance of the troops became extremely smooth, he was quite happy, but when he killed at the door of the wing room and saw a dead body, he immediately knew that he had been eaten.

Bai Yutang mentioned a guy that Fu Yongji didn't capture: "What about your generals?" ”

The guy pointed his hand behind his back: "Just now, I was captured by your Song army just now." ”

The fifth master was suddenly furious, and the click of his fingers sounded, but he was helpless.

The command structure of the Liao people was wiped out at once, and the Liao soldiers, who were already very chaotic, completely lost their sense of resistance at this time, some fled, and some surrendered. The Song army swept away the sporadic stubborn resistance with the momentum of the wind and clouds.

When the sky gradually brightened, the shouting of killing gradually subsided.

More than 8,000 Liao soldiers were killed, more than 3,000 were killed, and more than 4,000 were all captured by the Song army. There are also those Liao civilians in this camp, the total number is about 20,000, and those soldiers bowed their heads together, walking under the guns of the Song Dynasty soldiers in fear.

The sun rose in the east, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the battle flags of the Liao people in this camp were no longer visible, and the banners of the Song army were fluttering high in the wind.

Mu Guiying stood at the head of the wall, looking heroic in a military uniform. Wen Yanbo stepped forward and said: "Marshal, many of these captives are civilians of the Liao State at first glance, and some are simply women and old men, why don't you pull these people out and let them go home." ”

The corners of Mu Guiying's mouth moved slightly: "Well, these things are going to bother Lord Wen, the emperor's holy purpose has just arrived, and when the time is right, long live the royal expedition." Not only do we have to let them go, but we also have to appease them, because they will all be our people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wen Yanbo clenched his fists: "The lower official understands, the marshal can rest assured." In fact, Xia Guan felt that this time Chen Shimei's invitation to Long Live was meaningless at all except for provoking a fight between civil officials and military generals in the Great Song Dynasty. If the marshal commands the subordinates, the subordinates do not object, and the same is true for General Ren Fu. ”

Mu Guiying looked at Wen Yanbo and smiled: "However, it is very meaningful to Banzai." Okay, Master Wen, you go and do what you have to do, let's fight the battle that needs to be fought, long live it, let him watch a good show. ”

On the 23rd, Yelu Hongji raised troops to attack the Gu'an defense line, hoping to recapture the lost camp, but was defeated by the Song army.

On the 24th, Chen Yuan took more than 200,000 people and 100,000 soldiers to the north to help.

On the 25th, the Song army began a small-scale attack on the whole line, constantly compressing the defense line of the Liao people, and although it was met with stubborn resistance from the Liao people, on 28 May, the enemy was completely compressed in a narrow area around the new city that was convenient for dozens of miles.

At the beginning of June, after Renzong knew that the decisive battle was about to begin, he issued an edict and rushed to the front line with 50,000 forbidden troops to personally command the Song army to fight.

(To be continued)