Chapter 711: Under the City of Bei'an (II)
Yelu Renxian's army hurried to the city of Bei'an, and was about to enter the city, no one expected such a change to happen, Yelu Renxian actually screamed badly, and then vomited blood and planted from the horse, which frightened Yelu Zhixian and others next to him, and hurriedly jumped off the horse to support.
I saw that at this time, Yeluren's face was like gold paper, and the corners of his mouth were bloody, but his eyes were red and terrifying, and his hands and feet were trembling constantly, and after being helped up, he immediately endured the pain in his body and said, "Hurry up...... Quickly order the army to turn to the northwest, Bei'an City has been occupied by the Song army! ”
Hearing Yelu Renxian's words, Yelu Zhixian, Xiao Huliduan and the others all looked at each other, because they also received news from Bei'an City a few days ago, there was nothing abnormal around Bei'an City, and they turned their heads to look at the city wall of Bei'an City at this time, and the banner of Da Liao was clearly fluttering on it, where did it look like half of it was occupied by the Song army?
"The city walls...... There are traces of shelling on the surface of the city walls! Yelu Ren first saw the puzzled expressions of Yelu Zhixian and others, and immediately reminded again, this time Yelu Zhixian and others finally discovered that there were many pitted traces on the surface of the city wall of Bei'an City, and they who were familiar with the firearms of the Song army immediately saw that this was left after the shelling, and these traces were very new, and it could be concluded that they were left in recent days, but they did not see the Song army outside the city.
In addition, Yelu Zhixian and they also found that the defenders at the head of the city had obviously seen their arrival, and it was supposed that they should send someone out to greet them, but there was no movement at the city gate, and even the soldiers at the head of the city did not seem to have much reaction when they saw them.
It was also the discovery of the anomaly in Bei'an City that Yelu Zhixian immediately issued the order on behalf of his brother. After a while, the entire army began to slowly turn to the northwest, intending to bypass Bei'an City.
However, it was a pity that it was already a little late when they discovered the anomaly, just as their army had just turned, and suddenly they saw two Song troops on both sides of the road. In addition, the Liao flags on the head of Bei'an City also fell to the ground, and the banners of the Great Song Dynasty were erected, and then a Song army was killed from the city gate, and the army of Yelu Renxian was attacked on three sides.
Seeing the Song army on three sides, Yelu Renxian's army immediately panicked, they were already very tired from rushing for days, and now they finally arrived in Bei'an City and were ready to take a good rest, but they didn't expect to finally arrive here but encountered the ambush of the Song army, this huge contrast made many people unable to react for a while. In addition, the Song army attacked from three sides, which had a huge psychological impact on the Liao army.
Originally, at this time, it was the time to test the command ability of a commander, but it was a pity that Yeluren vomited blood at this time and fell down, unable to command the army at all, and there was no one among the remaining generals who could convince the people, let alone form a unified command. In this case, the Liao army did not collapse immediately, which can be regarded as outstanding.
Hu Yanping at the head of the city saw the Liao army in chaos. There was also a smug smile on his face, before he led the army to besiege Dading Mansion, but in addition to the first tentative attack after a few times, the next thing was to only besiege but not attack, in order to attract Yelu Renxian's army to come to the rescue, so that the siege of Gubeikou could be lifted. Second, their original goal was to wipe out Yelu Renxian's army, so that the Liao State would not be able to move south for the next few years.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that when Hu Yanping led the army to besiege Dading Mansion, Zhao Yan kept sending people to pay attention to the movements of Yelu Renxian's army, and when Yelu Renxian's army withdrew from Gubeikou. Their every move was under the surveillance of the Song army, and just a few days before Yelu Renxian and they arrived in Bei'an City, Hu Yanping quietly withdrew his troops from Dading Mansion, and then attacked Bei'an City, captured it in one fell swoop, and arranged an ambush to wait for Yelu Renxian's army to take the bait.
The Song army has already set up an ambush, and it is still waiting for work, it can be said that it has taken advantage of the right time and place, on the other hand, Yelu Renxian's army actually lost its commander at this juncture, and as a result, under the attack of the Song army on three sides, it soon lost its resistance spirit, and several main generals commanded the army to retreat backwards, although they knew that the Song army was coming behind, but at least it had not yet formed an encirclement, so they hoped to rush out of the encirclement before the Song army came behind.
Although Yelu Renxian vomited blood, he was still conscious at the beginning, but when he saw the generals around him in a mess when they encountered the Song army on three sides, and finally retreated with him, this made him anxious and angry, because he knew that if he concentrated his forces to attack any side on three sides at this time, there was a great possibility of breaking out of the encirclement, but if he retreated backwards, I am afraid that he would only be completely blocked by the army behind, and when he was attacked on all sides, his 100,000 army would only be completely eaten by the Song army.
It's a pity that although Yelu Renxian understands it in his heart, he is extremely weak at this time, and he can't even complete his words, let alone give orders, plus the other generals are also in a mess, just bent on escaping, and no one wants to listen to his command anymore, so Yelu Renxian can only watch his subordinates flee into the ambush circle of the Song army, and finally he fainted directly in anger.
In addition to the soldiers who needed to stay behind, he brought 50,000 troops at once, calculated the time and chased after the route of Yeluren's first advance, and when the Liao army retreated in a panic in front arrived, it happened to be blocked tightly by them, and as a result, under a grenade and ballista, these Liao troops in the encirclement were scattered and fled, and the disadvantages of no unified command were undoubtedly revealed, and even many Liao troops laid down their arms on the spot and chose to surrender.
Yeluren first fell unconscious, and made the Liao army leaderless, no matter which direction they fled, they were finally beaten back by the Song army, and with the slow compression of the Song army on all sides, the activity area of the Liao army became smaller and smaller, and finally all the Liao army was until a short hill, with the help of the terrain between several hills to protect themselves, but they lacked food and drinking water, Yeluren was unexpected, and it was estimated that it would not last for a few days.
After the encirclement on all sides, Hu Yanping and Yang Huaiyu's army finally met, and the main generals of the two armies also met and discussed the next plan of action, and it was this opportunity that Hu Yanqing and Hu Yanping, the two cousins, finally met, but unfortunately they had no chance to speak in private, and immediately returned to their respective barracks and began to get busy.
Through some of the Liao countries that surrendered today, Yang Huaiyu and they already knew that Yelu Renxian's body was wrong, and it was said that he vomited blood, which also gave them greater confidence in the total annihilation of the Liao army this time, so after the siege, after only one day of rest, the Song army on all sides launched a fierce attack on the Liao army, intending to force the Liao army to surrender before Yelu Renxian recovered.
With the news that Yelurenxian's army was trapped, Yelujun in Shangjing also quickly got the news, which also surprised him, although he was very jealous of the troops in Yelurenxian's hands, and he had even issued several holy decrees to force Yeluren to attack Gubeikou first. But that is just to consume Yelu Renxian's troops, and when these forces are consumed to a certain extent, he will find a reason to transfer Yelu Renxian out of the army and send someone to take over his army, but if Yelu Renxian's army is now served by the Song army, this will also be an extremely serious blow to their Liao State, and it will be difficult to recover even within a few years.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that Yelu Jun did not delay Yelu Renxian this time, but immediately issued a holy decree to the defenders in the Dading Mansion, ordering them to allocate a part of their forces to assist Yelu Renxian's army, not to be able to rescue them completely, but only to be able to rescue a part of them.
There are a total of 60,000 defenders on the side of Dading Mansion, and they were already frightened in the face of the army led by Hu Yanping, and then they received an order from the imperial court to send troops to rescue Yelu Renxian, and for a time no one was willing to lead the troops to the battle, after all, they can also take advantage of the city wall within the city wall, but if they go outside, then there will be no protection, in case of battle with the gunpowder troops in the Song army, they are not a dead end?
It is precisely because of the above reasons that the defenders of the Great Song Mansion have not moved, and they are ready to take a look at the situation first, after all, after all, before they came, Yeluren took away 100,000 troops at the beginning, even if some of the previous war was consumed, but at least 70,000 or 80,000 people are still available, and if you want to eat these 70,000 or 80,000 people with the strength of the Song army, it is definitely not possible to do it in a short time.
It was also the idea of the defenders of Dading Mansion that made the reinforcements arrive for a long time, and Yeluren first fell unconscious, resulting in the Liao army surrounded by Yang Huaiyu and Hu Yanping without a leader, and several major generals quarreled over whether to break through and how to break through, and no one could convince anyone.
Among them, Yelu Zhixian is the younger brother of Yelu Renxian, although the talent is a little worse, but with the prestige of his brother, there is still hope to temporarily lead the entire army, but it is a pity that there is also a horse in the army, Xiao Liduan, he wants to take this opportunity to take over the military power, and as a result, he also won over a few generals, and the opinions of the two disagree, the entire Liao army can be said to be full of contradictions, and what is worse is that their food and materials are already about to bottom out, and some were damaged under a big war, Even more so that the food in the army is stretched, after being besieged, it is almost out of food, under this kind of internal and external troubles, how many days can they hold out I am afraid that they don't even know themselves? (To be continued......)
PS:I'm really sorry.,The old fish has to delay the update today.,There's something going on all day today.,And you may come back late at night.,This chapter was written yesterday at noon.,Regular updates are more punctual.,But I'm afraid this chapter will be late at night.,Old fish maybe.,I hope you can understand.。