Chapter 404: The Road of Iron and Blood (4)
Tian Zhong came in to Ulju City, and Ulju City was in chaos.
Some want to fight, some want to flee, and some want to surrender.
The lord of Ulzhou is Xiao Sili, the envoy of the city is Geng Shaozhong, and Xiao Sili is a Khitan, so of course he will not want to surrender. Geng Shaozhong is a Han Chinese, his father Geng Mei is the Khitan envoy of the Holy Festival, and his younger brother Geng Shaoyong is the third envoy of the Khitan, so Geng Shaozhong is loyal to the Khitan. Some time ago, Geng Shaozhong led Tongzhou, and was staying with Liao Shengzong in the spring bowl and duck shooting in Yaole River, and heard that the Song Dynasty army was on a northern expedition, Xiao Yanyan hurriedly asked Geng Shaozhong to come to Ulzhou to serve as a city supervisor.
It was he and Xiao Sili who gathered the rout of the Dapeng Wing and organized two counterattacks against the Flying Fox Pass, but unfortunately they were easily defeated by Tian Chongjin.
Seeing the situation in the city of Ulzhou, Geng Xiao and the others discussed privately for a while, thinking that their current situation was that they could not stop the attack of the Song army, so Ji Lu planned to kill all the soldiers in the city who wanted to surrender, and then fled to Liao with the heroes in the city.
Who knew that the matter of Lu Dao was leaked, and Li Cunzhang and Xu Yanqin, the left and right guards in Ulzhou City, preemptively attacked and led their subordinates to suddenly attack, killing Xiao Sili and thousands of guards, and Geng Shaozhong was captured alive.
Then he sent someone to Tian Chongjin and said, we have killed the general and officials of the Liao State and surrendered to you.
Tian Chongjin was a little unconvinced, no, the officers and soldiers of the Liao State in Ulzhou City were very tenacious, and it could be seen through two counterattacks, could it be that it was a fraudulent surrender.
Especially when he organized the Northwest Campaign last year, it is too clear how Cao Guangshi died.
After thinking about it, I looked left and right, and saw Jing Si.
Of course, Tian Chongjin was still swearing in his heart. I will definitely not run with this kid next time, but I have this general under my command. That's how easy it works.
He called him over and said, "The city of Ulju said to surrender, but the official doesn't know whether it's true or not." I want you to go into the city to have a look, are you afraid? ”
"Don't be afraid."
"Aren't you afraid?" Tian Chongjin suddenly laughed, this guy probably didn't know how to write the word "Lu Dao". We're saying the wrong thing.
So he asked Jing Si to lead dozens of warriors, throw them at the top of the city with a hook, and turn into the city along the rope.
Jing Si saw Li Xu and the others, Li Xu and the others told the situation, and took him to see Xiao Sili's dead body and Geng Shaozhong, who was imprisoned, Geng Shaozhong saw Li Xu and the others coming, and scolded him. This probably won't be a fake anymore. At least from so many dead corpses, we can see that many of them are Khitans, and their appearance is somewhat different, in order to deceive them, they killed so many Khitans alive, and they didn't have the guts to think about it.
Jing Si led his subordinates to climb down the city again, saying that it was really down in the city.
Then prepare to surrender.
The next day, Li Cunzhang opened the city gate and let the Song army in.
Suddenly, countless enemy troops poured out of the city and fought fiercely with the Song army at the city gate. Shengsheng blocked the Song army near the city gate.
Tian Chongjin felt strange, so he waved his hand and said, "Jing Si, you can also use the rope to enter the city to take a look." ”
Jing Si picked up the hook again. led his subordinates to climb into the city from the top of the city, and as soon as they inquired about what had happened, Xiao Qili and Geng Shaozhong wanted to kill Li Cunzhang and Xu Yanqin and others who wanted to surrender. was informed by Li Xu and the others, and they struck first. Killed Xiao Sili and nearly a thousand of his men, but there were still troops in the city. And there are quite a few of them, most of them are defeated soldiers under Dapeng Yi, these people have gathered from the states behind the mountain, and they don't know the situation in the city of Ulzhou, so they wait and see and do not intervene.
Today, Li Cunzhang began to let the Song army enter the city, and these people also knew the truth of the road, so they prevented the Song army from entering the city and besieged those who wanted to surrender.
Jing Si led his men to kill them, rescued these people who wanted to surrender from the rebels, assembled them to safety, and then went out of the city to ask Tian Chongjin what to do.
"Keep saving people." Tian Chongjin Road.
The Northern Expedition of the Song Army was not withdrawn after fighting, but came to occupy it, and these people who wanted to surrender were the loyal subjects of the Song Dynasty in the future and must be saved.
Then he climbed into the city from the rope.
One after another, these soldiers were rescued from the rebels and sent to safety. As for the rebels at the city gates, let the main forces solve it. There are few of us, and besides, we can't let me take all the credit.
But for a while, he couldn't stay still, looking at the black crowd, so many people were in my care. There are hundreds of people in his command, but he is only a deputy commander, and it cannot be said that he is under his control. So the mood is excited, so many people have to do something. So he thought of one thing, just as the army quickly rushed to the city of Ulzhou, the logistics could not keep up, and there was a shortage of food in the army, so he called out one of the generals and asked where the grain and grass in the city were. The generals took him to the granary.
There was still a fierce battle at the gate of the city, and the rebels still blocked the Song army, so Jing Si commanded the army to surrender and put the grain down with a rope from the city first. Let's fight slowly at the city gate, I will give you the food first, and the city gate will be beaten, and the meal will be ready.
Estimating that there was enough food for cooking, he began to collect supplies and prepare to send them back to the barracks.
But at this time, the Liao army came.
Ulju City is not a big city after all, and many of Dapeng Wing's subordinates fled back to Ulzhou, and the city could not live, and many soldiers were stationed in the suburbs behind the city. Most of them blocked the Song army from entering the city at the city gate, but some people ran to the rear to inform the news of the city.
This army came in a hurry.
Today, Jing Si brought more people into the city, including the other six military academies. Some are not afraid of death, some are afraid of death, and Jiang Qian, the deputy commander of the capital, began to talk nonsense, and the army will not be able to enter the city for a while and a half, so it is better for us to retreat first.
Both of them are deputy positions, if you don't understand, you may think that they are equal positions, but in fact they are not, Jing Si is only the deputy commander, that is, the deputy battalion commander, Jiang Qian has one more capital, in fact, he is the deputy army leader, and the commander of the capital has several commanders under his jurisdiction, if it is distinguished by the military rank of later generations, it is the deputy army commander, but the Song army is established, and it jumps directly from the commander to the commander, and there are three levels of regiments, brigades and divisions missing in the middle.
It's okay to say that Jiang Qian is one level higher, and it's okay to be several levels higher, anyway, the official position is far above Jing Hei.
Therefore, as soon as Jiang Qian said it, the Song army that entered the city was a little timid.
Jing Si didn't say much, his hand rose and fell, and Jiang Qian was killed.
Then he took his men with him, regardless of the number of enemies and his outnumberedness. and slew him head-on.
The two sides fought fiercely, including a total of six military academies. Four of them died heroically, and it seems that they did not die. You also have to be good at martial arts, if you don't have good martial arts, it's very sad to learn Jing Hei.
The Liao army couldn't resist it, and fought and retreated, this is another very funny scene, obviously the side with an absolute advantage in numbers, but the side with a disadvantage in numbers was pressed and beaten to the death, until it was forced to the Dazhiling behind Ulzhou City, and the Liao army was instigated. Let's run away together.
At this time, Tian Chongjin also defeated the enemy soldiers at the gate of the city, led the soldiers and horses into the city, and then asked Jing Si: "This official just heard a lot of fighting sounds in the city, what about the enemy?" ”
"Report to General Tian, thousands of enemies have been beaten away by me."
Tian Chongjin: "......"
After most of the day, he muttered: "It turns out that it is so easy to make meritorious service." ”
If you want to make meritorious contributions, you only need to have one heir under your command.
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After the mountain in Kyushu, the Confucian concubine Xinwu Yunshuo Huan Yingwei. However, the Liao State changed some of its names, such as Xinzhou is now renamed Fengsheng Prefecture, and Yunzhou is renamed Xijing. The Song Dynasty wanted to recover these sixteen states, just because they were all south of the Great Wall, and there were countless mountains and dangerous valleys and dangerous fortresses at the northern edge. As long as the sixteen states of Youyun are recovered. A slight repair of the ancient Great Wall is the best line of defense.
But it can't be said that it is outside the plug to the north. Nowadays, the word "outside the country" has become a little blurred, and even some bitter cold places in the northwest. It is also thought to be outside the Saiwai, but it has passed the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the north. The Han people gradually decreased, and most of them were Hu people. But within the sixteen states. Even if it is ruled by the Liao State, it is mainly Han Chinese.
Therefore, for the sixteen states of Youyun, the Song Dynasty has always wanted to take it back, but for the various regions in the north outside, it is not very interested, of course, if the nomads are weak, the Song Dynasty will not be wary of occupying one or two lots. But it does not mean that the north is completely bitter cold land, between the south of Yinshan and the sixteen states of Youyun, there are still many good places, including Fengzhou (located in the east of Hohhot), Dezhou (Xuande) and Beihetao in Liao, at this time the water and soil have not been completely destroyed, there are many pastures with abundant water and grass, and even called Saiwai Jiangnan......
The object of the two families of Zhewang is to launch an attack on the Xishan of Liao, and if possible, the troops will enter Fengxuan Erzhou.
But it will not go east to Youzhou to meet the Song army of the three roads, it is too far away from the base camp of the two of them, even if the Song Dynasty forcibly issued an edict, it would be too reluctant, and the two families would not agree.
Because of this geographical location, the intention of the two families to send troops was not to possess, but to capture the people and plunder them as much as possible. There is only a slight difference, the tribes that were friendly to the Song Dynasty, the people who came over spontaneously, arranged them in the Nanhetao, especially near Dijinze, and almost more than sixty percent of the people in this area were relocated last year. Therefore, these tribes are scattered here, firstly, to fill the vacuum zone, and secondly, these people come from other places, and they do not have much contact with the wealthy clan of Yinxiayou, let alone be loyal to the Tuoba Li family, and use this to restrain the various wealthy clans.
However, it is estimated that there are not many tribes of this kind, if it is near Jiashan, it is almost the same, most of them are Tatar party Xiang Tuyuhun and Han people, the status is low, the Khitan is very disdainful, plus the opening of the wool trade route, there will be many tribes who have a good impression of the Song Dynasty. Further east, there are fewer, and even if there is, how many people are willing to leave their homes.
Therefore, there will be more of the latter, that is, the tribes and people who do not want to come over, and if possible, they are forced to move over.
First, the population and wealth of the two families were controlled, and if the remaining population of the two states was too small to be settled, it was handed over to the Song Dynasty, and after being dispersed, it was transferred to the interior to fill the population.
The people are unwilling, and it is very difficult to forcibly relocate.
The practical significance is to let them share the pressure of the Song army.
If the Liao State does not care, a large number of people will be transferred, which is equivalent to invisibly weakening the strength of the Khitan, and it also gives these tribes a bad impression that the Liao State cannot protect them, and they may not be so loyal to the Liao State in the future.
If it is managed, it is necessary to divide the army.
It should have done a good job some time ago, and the Liao State had the strength to control them, although the two families did not march fast, but they took away a lot of people.
And Liaodong.
In fact, no matter whether it is won or defeated this time, it has already brought great harm to Liao.
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The Song army had scouts, and the Liao State also had scouts, but in fact, before the Song Dynasty invaded Gu'an, Yelu Xiuge hurriedly asked for help.
Xiao Yanyan realized the seriousness of the matter, and urgently dispatched the North and South Courtyards, Xi, Room B, and the Bohai Army to the rescue. First let the Xuanhui North Court make Yelu Awuli the capital of the southern expedition and take the lead in rushing to Nanjing. Then let Yelu gallop back and rescue the mountain queen. Then let Xiao Tzu Rin lead the Bohai army from Shangjing to help, stay in Tokyo and Yeluma only lead a large army to follow, and Lin Ya Xiao Qinde led the army to the Liaodong Peninsula to prevent the Song Dynasty navy from launching a large-scale attack by sea. The southwest recruited Han Dewei to temporarily ignore the coalition forces of the two families and rescue Youzhou first. Empress Dowager Xiao and the little emperor of the Liao State stationed troops in Huoluokou, commanded and deployed in a unified manner, and then gathered the close garrison army of the leather room army and the army directly under the royal family, ready to support and participate in the war at any time.
The whole country is in the fight.
But these hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from all walks of life are still far away, still gathering, and still on the horizon......
Jing Si, who didn't know how to write the words, didn't dare to directly lead 500 soldiers and horses to charge the more than 20,000 Liao troops.
Jereux wouldn't do that.
And the name of the tree, the shadow of the man.
The victory of the Gaoliang River was like that, and Pan Mei also brought most of the Song army back to Zhuozhou.
Cui Yanjin let himself kill so badly, and calmly organized a counterattack. But now, Pan Mei is only the chief general of the Western Route Army, that is, the second commander, and Cui Yanjin has directly become a deputy general, so in this comparison, isn't Cao Bin several times more powerful than them.
However, he is Yelu Hugo, although he is cowering in Youzhou City, he is not inactive, and he also continues to send a large number of scouts to investigate.
Then I heard a piece of news.
The logistics army of the Song army was carrying a large amount of grain and grass from Gu'an to Zhuozhou, except for many people who escorted grain and grass, there were not many troops to protect.
"Let's find out and report again." Jeruhukgo shouted.
He also thought that Cao Bin had used some kind of strategy.
But he immediately thought about it, the opportunity was rare, and he immediately gathered the army, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to continue to investigate, and he personally led the army out of Youzhou City.
Maybe Cao Bin was careless, then he missed this opportunity, and he will regret it for the rest of his life, and even lead to a complete change in the entire campaign.
Half a day later, Brother Yelu looked at the fire and rubbed his eyes, could Cao Bin make such a low-level mistake? Is this true, and has you really made yourself a big bargain? (To be continued......)