Chapter 23: Hai Dongqing's War
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Yun Zheng was also asking himself this sentence, he had actually asked himself many times this sentence, but it was the first time he had asked such a question at the desolate desert border. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The environment is different, people's moods are also different, when Yanyu Jiangnan said this, just out of the bed of a famous prostitute to ask himself suitable, the lost little scholar always has to find a lofty ambition for himself.
When he said this sentence at the border pass, although it was a little desolate, he would have a little heroism, especially when he was on the side of the road and watched his army pass by in an endless stream, this sentence was a little more iron-blooded.
"Give me 100,000 iron horses, and I will sweep the world."
This sentence has been said by many young people, but for many people it is an unattainable dream, but for Yun Zheng, such a dream is his living real life.
Originally, the army should continue to rest at Yanmen Pass, Tan Wei asked Hai Dongqing to send a military report, saying that Xiao Dahu's former army had appeared in Hequ Pass, so Yun Zheng had to take the army out of Yanmen Pass and start his real northern expedition.
This time, in the general combat method of Mount Tai, he did not intend to use any conspiracy at all, the army walked on the vast Gobi, as far as the eye could see, and the figures of scouts continued to appear on the horizon, reporting that the red flags of peace rose and fell. The eagles in the sky chirped from time to time, and then flapped their wings and flew into the distance.
The biggest reason why they chose to march in winter was that they were worried that the Khitans would be despicable and shameless in polluting the water source.
As early as the time of the Han Dynasty's northern expedition, the Huns had already thrown the dead cattle and sheep carcasses to the water source to achieve the purpose of polluting the water source. The Jingxi Army had the habit of drinking boiled water, and the method of getting sick from the mouth had limited effect on them.
After the soldiers left Shuozhou, Wang Anshi did not follow, and this stubborn man would rather stay near Yanmen Pass to settle those homeless people who were more miserable than ghosts, rather than follow Yun Zheng's army to the north to reap the great immortal achievements.
Chen Lin heard Yun Zheng's words to himself. His expression was very frightened, he had long been sure that Yun Zheng had no strange self-reliance, but after hearing Yun Zheng's words, he also began to understand that Yun Zheng was in a state of confusion at this time, at least the officials of the imperial court had taken the rogue measures to get the displaced people to Yanmen Pass. It has really broken the general's heart.
Liang Ji did not come back, but the army went out of Yanmen Pass, and the White Horse Army was supposed to stay behind, but now it is at the forefront of the army.
Lang Tan's army of 10,000 is gone, and it sounds like a lot. But throwing these people into the endless wasteland, they soon disappeared.
The task of the vanguard army is to open roads and fill bridges in the mountains, but Lang Tan's task is not these, their only task is to appear in front of the Khitans, make them nervous, and gather from the scattered camps to the important towns in the wasteland, Yun Zheng really does not have much time to lead the army to pull out all the Khitans in Xijing one by one from the winter camp and then eliminate them.
Therefore, killing became the only way for the vanguard to bring the enemy together......
The massacre came from the White Horse Army. Yun Zheng arranged it this way, Lang Tan drove the enemy out of the old nest, and then was slaughtered by the White Horse Army equipped with all the cavalry.
No one on the Northwest Battlefield dared to disobey Yun Zheng's military orders. Although the White Horse Army changed from a garrison force to a field army, such a transfer was not legal, but Li Dongchu accepted this military order without thinking about it, he felt that as long as he hesitated a little longer, Yun Zheng's butcher's knife would definitely fall on his neck.
Jiang Zhe became the guard of Yanmen Pass. At the same time, he was responsible for the defense of the three levels, and Yun Zheng thought that there was no such thing as a war and a hundred victories. Sometimes some very small unexpected factors can lead to the defeat of the whole army. So the back road must be preserved.
Zhao Zhen is dying, Lan Lan said that Zhao Zhen doesn't have the strength to survive this winter, so no matter what Zhao Zhen does, it's okay, an emperor who is about to die wants to see his army win the battle, but he won't deliberately pursue an unprepared victory.
For this battle, the Great Song Dynasty has been preparing for five years, and there is no need to take the entire army to risk in order to comfort the emperor.
After the army left Shuozhou, it went all the way west along the Biguan River, and Xiao Dahu's trace appeared near Hequ Pass, although the headquarters led by Liang Ji had gone to Hequ City, Yun Zheng still felt that it was necessary for him to carry out an act of boasting of military power on the border between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia to deter the Western Xia people.
The jade belt is the same as the jade belt of the river drifting into the distance, as long as the river advances, there will always be a side pass, this road Yun Zheng walked through again, at that time the fields were full of crops that were about to ripen, now, here only the snow covers the earth, because of the war, do not hear the sound of chickens and dogs, and do not see the curling smoke.
Tan Wei, who was sweating profusely, finally had a chance to take a sip of water, and raised the kettle and poured it for a long time, but not a drop of water came out of it.
With a curse, he closed the lid and threw the kettle into a nearby fire, ready to melt the ice before drinking.
Looking out of the city through the shooting hole, the mood is still very good, and now the corpses under the city of Hequ are like mountains, as long as the eye can see, there are all the corpses of the Khitans. Countless mutilated corpses make this place look more like an Asura field.
Three days ago, he was still thinking about how to lure Wei Ge Ning Ling to continue attacking him, this kind of behavior was as convenient for him as hunting.
If the enemy dares to cross the river after sunset, it is killing themselves, and if there is no strong walled city to hide on the edge of the fortified city, the defenders will have a thousand ways to destroy the enemy army who dares to camp on the edge of the fortified city.
Therefore, as long as he sends enough scouts to keep an eye on Wei Ge Ningling, once he has crossed the river, he will continue to go to the river with the defenders, and after loading the eight-ox crossbow on wheels, it is very convenient to advance or retreat, and a soldier can drag a cart on the flat ground.
Continue to slaughter the Tangut people by the river.
Thinking of the danger three days ago, Tan Wei couldn't help but stand on end, his own Hai Dongqing was chased by another Hai Dongqing and ran around, so that he forgot to be vigilant, if it wasn't for his own considerations, when he couldn't get the scout signal, he gave up his plan to continue to slaughter the Xixia people and led the troops back to the city, and before the gate of the city was closed, a large number of Khitan cavalry had already appeared on the high slope to the west of the city.
This should have been a premeditated plan, the Tanguts were sent to death in front, and the Khitans looked for an opportunity to raid, only to pity their thirty-one scouts, all of whom were buried under the Khitan's strong crossbows.
After Xiao Dahu found that the surprise attack failed, he immediately changed his combat methods, dismounted the cavalry, and launched a fierce attack when the Song army was not firmly established......
In the past three days, the Khitans' attack on Hequ City has never stopped, and even the fall of night has not hindered the pace of their attack, and it is really strange to retreat at this time.
The antlers outside the city have been destroyed, and the horse nails buried in the ground have also been cleaned up by the Khitans one by one, as for the moat, the water in the river was diverted away by Lang Tan before it froze, and now the remaining empty river channel has also been filled by the Khitans.
The next step should be to climb the city, the shadows of rushing vehicles and siege vehicles can already be seen in the distance, Tan Wei is ready to use gunpowder to blow up these things, but the Khitans retreat......
He fished his kettle out of the fire and took a big sip of his water, waiting for the scout he had just sent out to bring him new news.
Tan Wei is not worried about the safety of Hequ Pass, as early as when this city was under construction, Lang Tan paid more attention to the buildings under the city, and since the first battle of the pass, Lang Tan has a new understanding of the power of the tunnel.
Therefore, attacking Hequ Pass, the important thing is not the outside of the city pass, but the tunnel inside the city, even if the Khitan people break through the city pass, the defenders in the city rely on the ubiquitous tunnel, and can still do a close blow to the enemy.
Lang Tan knew that his city was a bulge in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, once the war began, no matter the Western Xia people or the Khitans, this city would become the primary target of the people's attack, as long as this city existed, whether it was the Liao people or the Western Xia people, there was no room to attack the three passes with confidence.
The weather is very clear, the blue sky is inlaid with a white sun, but this sun does not bring the slightest warmth, the howling cold wind blows, and the bloody corpses under the city no longer emit the smell of blood, which seems to have frozen everything in the world firmly.
Hai Dongqing wailed and was reluctant to fly into the sky, as long as he went to the sky, four or five Hai Dongqing would immediately rush over to bite it, Tan Wei looked at the miserable appearance of his Hai Dongqing's scattered feathers, and he couldn't force his heart to drive it to continue to go to the sky to act as eyes and ears.
However, Tan Wei soon couldn't laugh, because he saw a Hai Dongqing in the sky flying towards the city in embarrassment, and behind it, five Hai Dongqing were chasing after it closely......
The yellow eagle flag was quickly erected, and there were seven or eight light crossbows facing the sky, as long as his own Hai Dongqing fell, Tan Wei planned to entertain the Khitan people who would only bite their own Hai Dongqing and had no other effect.
His own Hai Dongqing retracted his wings and rushed towards the eagle flag like an arrow, Tan Wei was shocked, judging from the appearance of Hai Dongqing landing, this eagle would be killed even if it landed, raised his hand and grabbed the flag, the huge flag was waved violently by him, and the wide flag was firmly wrapped in Hai Dongqing, but Tan Wei's body was taken back a few steps back by the force of Hai Dongqing's impact, and the soldiers came over to help him hold the flag, and a soft and collapsed Hai Dongqing fell out of the flag. (To be continued)
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