Chapter 275: The Aftermath of the Great War
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When the fire appeared in the southwest, Chai Rong had already broken through the Hui army that had attacked Niu Xin, and the orphan army forced more than 4,000 Hui Hui to rush back to Niu Xin, and thousands of Hui Hui recoiled the gate, and the guide zhì Sachew had to close the gate, and the Hui were trapped and locked between the earthen wall and the wooden wall.
At this time, the news of the arrival of reinforcements from the sweat and blood cavalry regiment spread throughout the battlefield, and the orphan army was all excited when they heard the news, Chai Rong looked at the southwest with a clairmile mirror, and saw a fire dragon winding towards the central battlefield, with great momentum, but he thought in his heart: "The reinforcements arrived unexpectedly, if it is really an elite army, just taking advantage of this kind of night attack, why is it already fanfare before it arrives?" ”
However, in the fierce battle, there is only one in ten thousand who can think of this as quickly as Chai Rong, even if he thinks of this, how can he pass on this thought? On the battlefield, violent, manic, agitated and other emotions are easy to spread quickly, but calm thinking is difficult to spread.
Chai Rong thought of this and immediately made a decision, originally preparing to approach step by step and carry out an effective attack on Niu Xinqi and the Hui Hui trapped outside the bar, but at this time he ordered to "set fire"! At the same time, all troops were withdrawn from the wooden walls. When Saqi saw Chai Rong retreating on his own initiative, he was pleasantly surprised, and quickly opened the gate of the village to collect and return to the village.
The Orphans gathered all the remaining oil bombs and threw them at the crumbling wooden wall, many of which had already burned once during the day, and in many places had even collapsed, and the adjacent places had been dried to the brim, and then they were ignited again, and it was not long before a raging fire was ablaze!
Although there is no damage to the cow heart wall itself, which is still some distance away and separated by an earthen wall, from a distance, it is the Khitan left flank defense line that is blazing - in the dark night, this firelight is particularly dazzling!
And then. There was a voice that kept coming from the southeast: "Niu Xinqi has broken through!" The cow's heart has been broken! Zaccot has been captured alive! ”
Niu Xinqi is the center of the Khitan left flank defense line, and the Khitan left flank defense line is the retreat of the Liao army into the northeast, the central battlefield and the south of the city battlefield because of the sudden appearance of the sweat and blood cavalry regiment has been panicked, Niu Xinqi was broken by the news came, and then looked at the southeast and really burst into the sky, it was like adding the last straw to break the camel's back.
The Bohai people on the battlefield south of Beijing were shaken when they heard the news. I don't know who shouted: "The Khitan is over, what are we going to do for them!" ”
Then the deserters of the Bohai Infantry Regiment appeared first. Seeing that the shape was not good, Tokai Murowei also decided to withdraw.
At this time, the Tiance Tang army has been in a comprehensive counteroffensive, due to the arrival of Xue Fu made Long Xiang and Yingyang all morale boosted, and the armies of the Mobei tribes saw the arrival of Tiance reinforcements and also strengthened their will to Tang, and the advantage of the Tiance Tang army in terms of strength was fully waved. At this time, it was not good, and he took advantage of the chaos to escape into the night.
At this point, only the Xi people, the Hui people, and the heart of less than 20,000 people remained, and the Liao army became an absolute minority on the huge battlefield. Then came a big rout.
On Tiance's side, the hardest battles during the day were mainly held out by Long Xiang, Yingyang and Ganliang's new army. When it came to the night attack, it was those northern desert tribe troops who ran the most happily. These people were carrying torches. Riding a fierce horse and chasing the defeated soldiers, Li Bin saw that the defeat of the Liao army had been achieved, but instead ordered the Han family horses to gather their formation, except for Guo Zhang's cavalry that had rushed out, the rest were in the rear to gather and form a formation. Transferred Huma to striker.
This is destined to be the most chaotic battlefield, this is destined to be the most chaotic night!
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Yang Yi's injuries were very severe, and after the victory was achieved, he was sent back to the rear army by his subordinates, and Li Bin commanded all the military horses on the viewing platform. Wait for the general trend to settle a little, hurry down to take a look, although the arrow did not hit the heart, but injured the lung lobe, the military doctor is rescuing, the bleeding has temporarily stopped, but the arrow does not dare to pull out, Yang Yi originally closed his eyes, saw Li Binlai open his eyes, under the intense pain, his eyes were not even a little confused.
As soon as his eloquence opened, blood oozed out, and he couldn't speak, Li Bin knew what he was going to ask, and said: "Xue Fu came very fast, but the momentum is a little weird, I suspect that he doesn't really have the strength to fight, but it doesn't matter, our army's victory has been achieved!" The Metropolitan Governor can rest assured! ”
At this moment, someone outside shouted, "General Xue is here!" General Xue Fu is here! ”
There was a small commotion outside the camp, and then I saw Xue Fu walking in with Ding Hanshan and striding in, and under the lights, Xue Fu's face was so haggard that he couldn't be worse! Without the half-minute gloriousness of Prince Dawan in the past, Li Bin knew at a glance that this must be a lack of rest for a long time, but Xue Fu's eyes were still sharp.
When Li Bin saw it, he pushed his wheelchair forward to greet him and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
Xue Fu said: "I ordered Ma Humeng to drive the enemy on my behalf, and I led ten horsemen to see the governor." When I was close to it, I realized that the Metropolitan Governor was injured - how was the Metropolitan Governor? ”
As he spoke, he walked to the hospital bed, Ding Hanshan had already knelt down in front of the hospital bed, his eyes were full of tears, but he didn't dare to make a sound, Yang Yi glanced at Ding Hanshan, but immediately turned to Xue Fu, as soon as he saw him, he grabbed his hand at once, the military doctor explained the situation, Xue Fu said: "Why don't you take the arrow!" ”
The military doctor was urged by him and almost cried! If this arrow doesn't take Yang Yi's injuries will continue to worsen, but once he takes it, he may get better, or he may be killed!
Seeing the military doctor's expression, Xue Fu understood as soon as he changed his mind.
Suddenly, Yang Yi's hand was clenched, and Xue Fu said, "The Metropolitan Governor wants to give an order?" ”
Yang Yi nodded, looked at Li Bin, looked at Murong Yang, looked at Ding Hanshan, and then looked at Xue Fu, and squeezed out a sentence in extreme pain: "Xue Fu, replace me!" ”
Li Bin said on the side: "Does the Metropolitan Governor want General Xue to act as the Metropolitan Governor?" ”
Yang Yi nodded again, Xue Fu was taken aback, and said, "This ...... How does this make! ”
Yang Yi's eyes were a little more stern, this is not a plea, this is an order!
Li Bin said: "Hurry up with power, although our army has gained an advantage, but after finishing the aftermath, we still need a general to be in charge!" ”
Ding Hanshan also understood what he meant from Yang Yi's eyes. On the side, he said: "General Xue, please take the order quickly, otherwise the Metropolitan Governor will not be able to heal his injuries with peace of mind!" ”
Xue Fu gritted his teeth, shook Yang Yi's hand, and said, "Subordinates take orders!" ”
Yang Yi was overjoyed, and his self-supporting eyes softened. The hand holding Xue Fu also let go.
Li Bin said: "Let's go out, and the military doctor will rescue immediately!" Ding Hanshan takes care of it here. ”
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Xue Fu, Li Bin and Murong Yang came out of the medical military tent, and the forward, the middle army and the left and right wings were still fighting outside, so Li Bin mobilized the generals of the rear army and announced Yang Yigang's order.
Li Bin is a military advisor, Murong Yang is the head of the rear army, with the two of them as evidence, the generals are undoubted, and Xue Fu is a general of the Tang Dynasty. The prestige is far away, and he is the person with the greatest military achievements and the highest rank in the army at the moment, even if there is no order from Yang Yi, most of the generals will push him.
Xue Fu handled things very neatly, and after the generals saw the acting governor, he asked about the war during this time, and Li Bin spent a meal to introduce the general trend, and then spent half an hour to explain it in detail. Xue Fu also briefly described the situation in the south.
During this period, good news continued to come from outside, due to the escape of the Bohai Infantry Regiment. The Northern Desert Army, which was originally at a disadvantage, not only turned defeat into victory, but also attacked Hancheng (Nancheng) in Shangjing in one fell swoop, and the imperial capital (Beicheng) in Shangjing saw that the situation was not good, and ordered the four gates to blockade, and in the chaos of the night, they could not distinguish between the enemy and us, and even many defeated Liao troops could not enter. Most of the Liao army saw that they could not enter the city, and some surrendered to the Tang army, and most of the rest flocked to the east.
As for Nuzhi and Tie Li, seeing Seoul in Shangjing, a small force rushed into Seoul. After plundering, he fled eastward.
In terms of Tiance, Shi Jian has gathered the Chinese army, the Longxiang Iron Armored Army on the right flank and the Ganliang New Army into one, and the formation has been completed, and the Yingyang Army followed Guo Zhang's cavalry battalion to continue to attack the Khitan men and horses, but the most energetic rush is still the Mobei tribes, and its vanguard men and horses are even attacking the city, and even the northern Mobei tribe that has just surrendered has joined the ranks of the siege. As for Chai Rong and Yelu'an, who are far away and not connected to the main battlefield, there is no news yet, but judging from the fire on the left flank of the Khitan, Chai Rong should have succeeded.
After Xue Fu listened to the battle reports from all sides, he didn't shirk it, and directly ordered: "Pass the order, order Shi Jian to temporarily control the whole army of Long Xiang and the new army of Ganliang, settle down on the spot, take stability as the task, and serve as the Chinese army; Guo Zhang temporarily restrained the cavalry, Yingyang and Zhuhu people, as the forward, Xu Qianfeng all the generals above the school level to act cheaply; ordered the sweat and blood cavalry regiment led by Ma Humeng and the relevant men and horses to rest on the spot, and Ding Hanshan listened to the order before returning to the tent; Murong Yang transferred the war horse from the rear army and transferred it to the location of the sweat and blood cavalry regiment. ”
When the generals heard the order, only Xue and Li Murong were left, and Ding Hanshan also walked in, Li Bin and Murong Yang asked in unison: "How is the Metropolitan Governor?" ”
In fact, they had guessed from Ding Hanshan's expression that most of them were fine, and sure enough, Ding Hanshan said: "It's okay, it's okay!" The arrow had been removed and was not life-threatening for the time being, but the Governor was still unconscious. The military doctor said that he could not act rashly for the next thirty-six hours. ”
Xue Fuzhen said: "That's good." Sit! ”
After Ding Hanshan sat down, Xue Fu said: "The battle of Shangjing will end tomorrow at dawn, this battle I am restrained by the Youyun soldiers and horses, and I can't come with the whole army, so I will guide the governor and the Khitan to fight alone." The best strategy of annihilating the Khitan cannot be completed, and the damage of our army will not be small. But the Khitan is bound to suffer a great loss of vitality after this defeat. Next, the army should be divided into two parts - the rear army of the Chinese army seeks stability and consolidates the existing achievements, and the forward army must continue to pursue, if it can obtain the Yelude light level, the Khitans will be in chaos even if they retreat into the northeast. What does the military advisor think? ”
Li Bin said: "Our army conquered Mobei last year, and went to Beijing this spring, fighting year after year, people are sleepy and tired, and the land of Donghu is thousands of miles, and the vast area is not under Mobei. We have worked hard for several years, but the Northeast is confused. Therefore, if you want to take advantage of the big victory to pacify the Northeast in one fell swoop, I am afraid that you will be impatient and misguided. At the moment, the pursuit of the striker is important, which can lay the cornerstone for the strategy of the Northeast in the coming year, but opening up the connection with the base camp to the south is even more important! ”
Xue Fu was deeply happy to see that what Li Bin saw was slightly the same as him, and said: "I came all the way south and knew that the Khitan was empty in defense between Yanyun and Huangshui. After the battle situation is slightly determined tomorrow, 2,000 people can be drawn from the rear army as the backbone, and 8,000 troops will be taken to the north of the desert, and they will go south along the way to collect the states and counties along the way. When the Linhuang Mansion was settled, our army waved south. Meet the marshal Yu Yanyun! ”
Ding Hanshan raised his eyebrows and said, "Will the marshal come to Yanyun?" ”
Xue Fu said: "Now I'm afraid it's almost to Elechuan!" The marshal attached great importance to Yan Yun, believing that it was the key to controlling the mountains and seas and Hu Han, so he would personally conquer him. Linhuang Mansion has been dilapidated, and our army is heading south, and this year's main force may spend the winter there. ”
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When Xue Fu and Li Bin were already arranging strategic events. Yelu Deguang was like a lost dog, 2,000 cavalry were scattered by the 100,000 troops rushing in front, he was surrounded by more than 2,000 abdomen, because he was forced by Guo Zhang, he could not enter the northern city of Beijing, and hurriedly retreated to the right flank - because the heart of the ox was on fire, Yelu Deguang thought that it had been lost, so he did not dare to go to the left flank.
The leader of the class brought Jerod into the camp, but he had not yet settled down. Listening to the sound of killing in various places, it turned out that some of the Mobei Hu tribes had crossed the capital and killed here.
The communication channels of the various military horses of the Liao army have been destroyed, and in the chaotic night, the soldiers and horses of all walks of life do not belong to each other, and they do not know whether the shouting and killing are friends or enemies, so when they hear the sound of earth-shattering killing, the Liao army is terrified regardless of Hu and Han. Unable to rest, all the generals begged Yerod to go east to avoid the enemy. Jerod light was unwilling. Grief and indignation said: "Xiang Yuning can't die in Wujiang, I will lose tens of thousands of hearts here, what face do I have to go to Liaodong to see the queen!" ”
In the class, he wept and said: "Our army was defeated, and Shangjing can no longer be defended, but the defeat of the armies is only because of the night chaos, as long as the order is issued." In the future, the scattered soldiers and horses will still gather in the northeast, and the resurgence of Dongshan is still unknown. Please make a decision immediately and retreat to Liaodong. If the Tang Army is chased here, and there is a mistake in His Majesty, then my Da Liao will be doomed! ”
Jerod remembered his pre-war ambitions. Looking at the losses of this battle, for a while, shame, anger, grief, hatred, all kinds of emotions came together, and the breath that had been stuffing in his chest suddenly spit out, and with that breath he vomited out a trace of blood! Then with a shout, look up to the sky and fall down!
The class was shocked, hurriedly helped Yelu Deguang into the carriage, and the generals abandoned and fled together, just at this time the scout sent to Niu Xinqi to investigate has returned, the class knew that Niu Xinqi was not lost, the mood was a little settled, and the crowd came to the east, and the division with Sachat, Sacai also knew that the current situation in Beijing was uncontrollable, burned Niu Xinqi overnight, and joined forces with the class, and retreated to the southeast.
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When the Liao army retreated to the east, Chai Rong went backwards to the west - he understood very well that the center of this battlefield was in the west of the city, and the fire set in the heart of the cow was also aimed at hitting the morale of the Khitan people in the central battlefield. ”
On the contrary, he was not in a hurry, ordered the garrison to rest, and at the same time sent a messenger to the direction of the Chinese army to report the battle situation here, and soon saw that 66 continued to have a fallen army in the north of the desert to chase, Chai Rong gathered the military horses, to the fourth watch, only then did he receive an accurate battle report and order from the west, Chai Rong heard that the victory or defeat of the central battlefield had been decided, and said with a smile: "Now you can let go of your hands!" ”
Then he led the soldiers and horses, continued to drive to Niu Xin, before he arrived, he saw Niu Xin Qi and the fire again, and when he arrived at Niu Xin, it was already five watches, and the grain and grass that could not be taken away in the barn were burned by the Khitans, and at the same time he saw a group of men and horses coming from the north - but it was the ghost face army of Yelu An, he did not have the harassment of the Liao and Han army, and soon asked for a pothole trap, first seized the right flank defense line of the Khitan, followed the traces of the march in the tail class to Niu Xin, and collected the defeated soldiers along the way, and there were nearly 20,000 people when he arrived at Niu Xin.
The two will meet immediately, Chai Rong saw that Yelu An's whole army was not damaged at all, and he grinned: "In this big battle, all the people and horses from all walks of life have fought to the briety, only General An Jian has no effort, and the soldiers will not be damaged, which is gratifying!" ”
Yelu'an's face changed and said, "What does General Chai mean by this!" ”
Chai Rong said: "It's not interesting. ”
Yelu'an said angrily: "Our army is trapped in the north, thousands of soldiers know it, if General Chai Rong is suspicious, he might as well let the military law Cao thoroughly investigate!" ”
Chai Rong said with a smile: "I'm not General An's boss, even if I have any doubts, it's not my turn to investigate, and General Anjun doesn't have to prove anything to me, but the Khitan is now fleeing eastward, and I don't know what General An's plans are." ”
Yelu'an said: "The Liao army fled eastward, so naturally they want to chase it." On the way here, I learned from some deserters that the lord of Liao had been embraced to Niuxinqi in the class, and now it seems that most of them have fled to Liaodong with Sacha with the army. I'm preparing to chase all the way. Unexpectedly, he met General Chai. ”
Chai Rong looked happy and said, "I see, I see!" Then we are heroes, and we see it in the same way. I was also trying to pursue it, but I was not familiar with the place further east, and even the guide of the survey camp did not know the road of Liaodong. I was afraid that the troops would fall into the kind of trap that General An Yan encountered, so I didn't dare to advance rashly. I don't know if General An has ever been to Liaodong. ”
Yelu Anjun had already heard the meaning of Chai Rong's words, but he had no choice but to say: "Liaodong has gone down more than once. If General Chai doesn't think he's trespassing, how about taking the next as a precursor? ”
Chai Rong was overjoyed: "That's the best, that's the best!" General An is in front of the pursuit, and the younger brother is willing to be the general's successor! He also pointed to the stragglers gathered by Yelu Anjun and said: "Chase the dead and chase the north, the fast word is the first, and General Anjun will go forward despite the light horse." I'll take care of these burdens. I hope that General An can catch up with the Khitan, if he can catch the Liao lord, it will be a great merit to the marquis of the earth! ”
Although Chai Rong is young, he is a person trained by Zhang Mai and Yang Yi, and he is Guo Wei's adopted son. At that moment, he handed over all the stragglers and soldiers, and only led the troops and horses of the headquarters to pursue to the east.
Chai Rong gathered the people and horses. While following behind Yelu'an, he marched eastward without hurrying, collecting strongholds along the way, arranging troops, and after three days of pursuit, he received an order from Xue Fu. ordered him to try to seize the strategic stronghold of Linhuang Mansion into Liaodong, and gave him the right to act cheaply.
Huangshui is actually a tributary of the western source of the Liao River, also known as the West Liao River, from the Shangjing area to the east for another 300 miles, you will reach the bend of the Huangshui to the south. After the bend, the West Liao River will merge with the East Liao River, and further down, it will be habitually called the Liao River.
The place where the East Liao and the West Liao River meet belongs to Wuzhou, which belongs to the junction of the Songliao Plain and the Horqin Grassland, and is also the gateway of Mobei to the Northeast. The Khitan fled all the way east without any intention of fighting, and Yelu'an chased him to Wuzhou only to encounter strong resistance from the Khitans.
Yelu'an fought and could not win, so he paused, set up camp, and waited for Chai Rong, who arrived and asked about geography, and knew that he would enter Liaodong further, so he also paused and reported to the rear.
When Chai Rong's men returned to Shangjing, the war here had ended, and Yelu Pode saw that Shangjing was undefensible, so he burned down a huge Shangjing that night! He himself threw himself into the flames and became the highest-ranking Khitan victim in this battle.
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It was at this time that the top leaders of the Tang and Liao armies woke up almost on the same day.
The seriously injured Yang Yi passed the dangerous period, I heard that he woke up, Xue Fu Li Bin and others rushed to visit, at this time Chai Rong's battle report just arrived, Xue Fu saw Yang Yi wake up, so he resumed the posture of the deputy marshal, and reported the battle report, saying: "The battlefield in Shangjing has been cleaned up, in this battle our army killed more than 6,400 people, wounded 24,000 people, annihilated more than 12,000 enemies, captured 43,000 people, the north city of Shangjing City has been destroyed, only the south city can barely be garrisoned. Chai Rong and Yelu'an's eastward forwards have approached Wuzhou; Ma Humeng went south, and had already collected Raozhou, Fengzhou, and Songshan Prefectures, and if he went south for another 120 miles, he would arrive at the old site of the Great Wall and approach Miyun. As long as the northern part of Jin is obtained, our army and the headquarters will no longer be hindered. ”
Although Yang Yi was seriously injured, he was in high spirits when he heard the good news one after another, and asked, "What about Yelu Deguang?" ”
Li Bin sighed with a little regret: "I didn't find him, most of them escaped......"
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Yerod did flee, he fled to Wuzhou, and then he could no longer walk.
The military horse has stabilized its position in Wuzhou, Yelu Deguang's mind has also sobered up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a vast field forest in front of him, in midsummer, it was the critical point between Mobei and the northeast region, the drought gradually disappeared, the air gradually moistened, Yelu Deguang looked at the vibrant scenery outside the car window, the battle of Shangjing was completely over, but he still couldn't accept this result!
After the confluence of the East Liao River and the West Liao River, the Liao River is even more powerful, Han Yanhui has prepared a boat, as long as he goes downstream, he will soon be able to reach Liaoyang Mansion, but at this moment, Yelu Deguang seems to have no intention of boarding the boat.
The defeat of Shangjing not only ruined his ambition, but even his vitality was lost.
This year is the seventh year of Tiance!
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Commentary: The years of death of Shi Jingjiao and Yelu Deguang may not be the same as in history, because the deaths of both are related to their political environment, and it is the historical political environment that affects their psychological factors, and if the historical environment changes, their lifespan will also be greatly affected. (To be continued......)