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There is nothing to surprise and surprise in the wars of all dynasties, and for the two countries of Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention tens of thousands of people in the war, hundreds of thousands of people died on the battlefield in an instant.

But you must know that this time the Liao troops are only the vanguard, and the Song army that participated in the battle is only a defensive force deployed at a point on the front line, which means that the scale of the battle behind must be unprecedented.

With the passage of time, those Fanbang envoys have received the news that Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Liao, spoke through various channels, this time it is a war between Liao and the Great Song Dynasty to resolve the feud, and all the countries that have nothing to do with this matter will stand aside, if you want to come to this troubled water, weigh your own weight first.

In fact, this is tantamount to saying in vain, those countries that are far away are not afraid of the Liao State to fight him, as for the nearby ones, such as Tibet, such as the Uighurs, such as Goryeo, if they did not have two sons, it would be impossible to stand between the Liao and Song dynasties until now.

The attitude of the Song Dynasty was also very clear.

In the past, every time he faced a war, even if the other party had already raised his sword, Da Song would send someone to ask first: "Why are you hitting me?" Is it okay not to fight? ”

Including the original and party items, Li Yuanhao's entire army crossed the border, and Renzong also sent people to persuade Li Yuanhao to turn the war into a jade silk.

But this time was different, the first time the war broke out, the Song Dynasty met with the envoys of the various vassal states and told them that the Liao people were coming, and the Song Dynasty was going to fight back. At the same time, he raised the knife as fast as he could.

Whether it is the official news or the public opinion in the newspaper, they are shouting a voice. Even those ordinary people who were a little panicked when they first heard that the war had started, after two days of panic, they were all clamoring in the teahouse and wine shop to fight the Liao people to the death.

When the news of Xin'an's initial victory came, the entire Bianjing was even more boiling. From high-ranking officials and nobles to peddlers and pawns, they all asked the imperial court to give Liao a little color.

Renzong even issued a high-profile decree that let everyone sniff out that this battle was definitely a battle of life and death.

The holy decree commended the Xin'an defenders on the front line, and at the same time announced the appointment of Ren Fu as the general of Pingbei, Xu Huaide was promoted two levels in a row, directly as Ren Fu's deputy, and the two led more than 100,000 troops in Hejian Province, as well as the second-line troops of the Song Dynasty who were about to rush to support the war on the eastern front.

General Pingbei, this title sends a very obvious signal, if it still can't be understood, then Renzong's promotion of Xin'an Zhi County is enough to explain everything. The magistrate was promoted to eight levels in a row, from the seventh-grade magistrate to the position of the third-grade prefect of the Great Song Dynasty, and the fourth-grade items in the middle, the sixth-grade, and the fourth-grade and fifth-grade were all omitted!

From Xin'an Zhi County, directly do the prefect of "Yunzhongfu".

Yunzhong Mansion, there are eight prefectures, except for Yunzhou and Mozhou in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, the rest of the six prefectures of You, Ji, Ying, Zhuo, Tan and Shun are now occupied by the Liao people. Although this appointment was not as direct as Yelu Hongji had suggested, it conveyed the current thoughts of the Song dynasty to all the vassal states in a more direct way.

The battle of life and death has begun.

The magistrate of Xin'an had no idea that he was now the prefect, let alone that he was now a national hero in the whole of Bianjing. When he was still building the city wall with those heroes and heroes of Xin'an, the Liao people came again.

Looking at the Liao [***] battalion that stretched for dozens of miles in front, and looking at the Liao cavalry that surrounded the entire Xin'an, the legs and stomachs of the adults in the county were fighting vigorously.

There are more than 400,000 Liao people, and the bricks under their feet are trembling when the Liao cavalry is galloping under the city, and the county has a feeling that as long as the Liao people rush over, the camp will be submerged, and they will be trampled into meat by the hooves of the Liao horses.

A big hand grabbed the clothes of the magistrate, Xu Huaide lifted the magistrate with one arm, and pointed out with the other: "My lord, is this what you said about feints?" ”

Zhixian didn't distinguish at all, and the fat on his face shook rapidly: "General Xu, what should I do now?" ”

Xu Huaide wanted to kick him a few times, but Ren Jun next to him came up to stop him: "General Xu, the county magistrate is also unintentional, let's hurry up and prepare, issue an order, and let the soldiers of the camp defend it." ”

Xu Huaide was very angry and pushed Zhixian to the ground: "I'll tell you, it doesn't matter if you deceive me, if you deceive the emperor with any holy decree or Liao's battle plan, you will wait to die!" ”

His words can only scare and scare the magistrate, if the camp is broken, it will not be the turn of others to punish the magistrate. If the camp can't be broken, no one will punish the magistrate. But to scare this fat man with a cruel word, Xu Huaide's heart is just more comfortable.

He turned his head to Ren Jun and said, "Did the messenger send out?" ”

"Send it out, twenty fast horses, there will be no problem."

Xu Huaide was a lot more relieved: "Then there is nothing to arrange, I dare to go out to fight if he comes to 50,000 people, but now that he has come so much, we can only stay here, there is no other way." ”

Bai Yutang asked in a low voice beside him: "Didn't you say that you can't give up the method of attacking at any time?" ”

Xu Huaide glared at him: "There are hundreds of thousands of Liao [***] teams outside, attacking?" ”

The troops of the Liao State quickly completed the formation, and a long horn sounded almost simultaneously in all directions, and the Song army in the camp saw very clearly that this time the Liao people not only had cavalry, but also the troops of the Nayuan Mansion who often fought with the Song Dynasty army.

These soldiers may not be as fierce as the cavalry of the Liao State in the field, but they are very experienced in siege warfare and siege warfare.

This part of the enemy is about more than 200,000 people, with a relatively complete set of siege equipment, located in the center of the Liao [***] array, and has already put on an offensive posture.

On both sides are the proudest cavalry of the Liao people, they easily cut off all external contact with the Song army's camp, and are still galloping around the Song army, and occasionally some brave troops dare to intersperse in the middle of the Song army's city, showing off their strength.

Xu Huaide's palms were all covered with sweat, and the magistrate kept asking on the side, when the reinforcements would come, who he would ask if he was caught, and he didn't even let go of Xu Huaide's heralds. Xu Huaide was annoyed by him, and told him the truth directly: "Reinforcements? I'm telling you, we don't have reinforcements. ”

The magistrate was stunned: "You, didn't you send a messenger out just now?" ”

Xu Huaide sent a messenger out to report on the situation of the battle here. But it's definitely not for help. Ren Fu only has a total of more than 100,000 horses in his hands, and if he came less, he was killed by the Liao cavalry on the way, and what if he came more than the other camps? Besides, even if more than 100,000 people came, it is estimated that it will not help.

As for those troops on the second line, it doesn't make much difference when they come. The best way to save Xin'an was to resist it here, and then the Song Dynasty launched an offensive from other places in time to force the Liao army to go back. Of course, if the Song army can concentrate more than 500,000 troops here to fight a decisive battle with the Liao people at one time, the victory rate is also very large.

No matter which method is used, it is impossible for Xin'an to wait for reinforcements in the short term, Xu Huaide took a deep breath.

"General, look there!" Bai Yutang's eyes and hands suddenly pointed to the Liao Kingdom Great Array in front of him.

Everyone only saw the direction of Bai Yutang's finger, and the Liao soldiers flashed to both sides, and a team of cavalry with extremely gorgeous armor was slowly coming over this side.

Xu Huaide was busy sticking to the top of the city wall and poking out as much as possible, and his head was eager to fly to the top of the cavalry to take a look.

"Emperor! Emperor of Liao! ”

When the team got closer, the soldiers around Xu Huaide shouted excitedly. Xu Huaide also saw that Yelu Hongji was wearing a golden armor and holding a spear, and the war horse under his crotch was obviously different from other war horses.

Xu Huaide's eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone was a little excited: "Prepare the crossbow!" Quick, listen to me! ”

More than a dozen crossbows on this wall were immediately lifted, Xu Huaide felt that his wheezing was very rough, and he couldn't suppress it, watching Yelu Hongji walk step by step, his heart beat faster and faster. As long as you get closer, you will shoot him with a crossbow yourself!

However, Yeluhongki suddenly stopped, just a little distance outside the range of the crossbow.

Xu Huaide was very disappointed in his heart, it can be seen from Yelu Hongji's position that the Liao people have a certain understanding of the weapons of the Song Dynasty, and that position is just a little more than the attack distance of the long-range crossbow with the longest range among all the long-range strike weapons of the Song army.

A Liao knight galloped over and stopped at Xu Huaide's main camp: "General Xu, our emperor has something to say to you." ”

Xu Huaide knew that Yelu Hongji would not go any further, and he sighed in disappointment, and asked people to put away the crossbow again.

"Say it."

The Liao cavalry paused slightly, as if hesitating about something, and finally said in that very friendly tone: "General Xu, there are many people, some things are still good to talk to, I don't know if General Xu can let me in?" ”

Xu Huaide spread his hands on the wall: "There is no one who has many ears, you are nothing more than some words of persuasion, I tell you the truth, I also want to live, everyone here wants to live." If there are any conditions, you can tell them, and we will discuss them. ”

The knight glanced back, apparently asking if Jeluhonki could say it in public. After getting Yelu Hongji's response, he said: "General, our emperor said that you are a general, and you were alone in Qingfeng Village to block Li Yuanhao's tens of thousands of iron cavalry, and led hundreds of people to relieve the siege of Yanzhou, such courage is enough to be a general of the unified army." But the emperor of the Song Dynasty didn't know how to appreciate your talent, and recently said that Ren Fu, that stupid pig, wanted to kill you because of a woman, and our emperor was not worth it for you. ”

Xu Huaide looked at everyone at the head of the city and said, "Did you hear that?" The eyes of the Liao people are bright, and everyone knows that I have been wronged. ”

(To be continued)