After receiving the urgent report from Zongfu, Wushu was still enthusiastic about preparing to capture Datong and make great achievements, but now it is like being poured a basin of ice water on his head, the Song army and the two armies of the Song army invaded the Youyan area in the north and south, Pingzhou was lost, and Yanjing was in crisis, and at this time it was suddenly found that the Song army, which had been missing, came out from all directions and surrounded it in several ways.

Wushu immediately understood that Zhao Er not only wanted Youyan, but also wanted his life. But now not only the wealth of the Youyan region makes him reluctant to throw it away, in fact, in his heart, he has regarded Youyan as his back garden, as a capital to absorb greater power. Therefore, his actions were not as expected by Zhao Tan, giving up the northward movement and jumping out of the encirclement of the Song army to go to Zhongjing, but the front team changed into the rear team and quickly returned to the army and risked the original way to return to Juyong Pass to save Yanjing.

Wushu thought well, but after the Song army found out about his attempt, he immediately gave up 'fleeing' and turned around to chase after him, wanting to leave him outside the pass, the two armies engaged several times, although they both broke out of the encirclement, but the speed of the march inevitably slowed down, and he had to send troops to deal with the Song army after the break, in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Song army.

The Western Route Army led by Zhao Yan has Longyi, Lion Wing and Hezhong, Hedong, and Shaanxi armies Compared with the two armies besieging the city, nearly 100,000 troops can be described as strong, but the two armies of Longyi and Lion Wing are newly formed new armies, have not experienced major battles, and the soldiers lack combat experience, while the Third Route State Army is equipped with cold weapons. Although the number is large, the combat effectiveness of the other two armies is still relatively weak.

Zhao Yan also understands this, the front army after the Wushu is the most elite cavalry, with a certain combat effectiveness, especially the Tiefutu in it. The attack is the most powerful. And they just lacked a hussar army to compete with it, and the artillery could not keep up with the pursuing team due to the speed of the march. In particular, the Hezhong and Hedong armies, which were tasked with intercepting the attack, caught up with them several times and besieged them, but they were all broken through by them. It was impossible to wait for the arrival of the brigade to gather and annihilate them.

Now the retreating Jin army has passed the Shimen Pass, and the Chinese army has also arrived in Guihua Prefecture. It's only a day's journey from Juyongguan. However, the fighters also appeared again, due to the harassment and interception of the Song army, the front army of the Jin army became the rear army gradually disconnected from the marching brigade, opened the distance, and there was a gap of forty miles wide between the Chinese army, which provided a good opportunity for the Song army to divide and encircle the rear army of the Jin army, and Zhao Yan decided to organize the troops to start the encirclement and annihilation battle again.

Zhao Yan had spent a lot of years in the northwest, and he knew both the Hezhong Army and the Hedong Army very well, although he could not confront the frontal charge of the regular cavalry of the Jin Army. But there are also tactics that are unique to them. Most of the soldiers among them were from various ethnic groups along the border. They all have the inherent talent of horseback people, their personal riding skills and martial arts are superb, they are good at using the horseback tactics of nomads, and their main characteristics are mobility and flexibility.

Therefore, Zhao Yan continued to pursue and harass the Jin army with the cavalry hunting brigade, delaying their marching speed, continuing to widen the distance between him and the brigade, and widening the gap. The Hezhong Army, which had already detoured back to the right flank of the Jin Army, and the Hedong Army, which was waiting on the left flank, quickly formed a pursuit posture on the two flanks of the Jin Army after the break, while the Long Wing Army quickly inserted the gap between the rear army of the Jin Army and the brigade to lay a defensive line, and the Lion Wing Army detoured back to the rear of the Jin Army to follow.

The light cavalry of the Hezhong Army and the Hedong Army immediately rushed up after receiving the order. Encountering the Jin army on the front line of Jinshan, seeing the Song army's troops and horses attacking, Yan Yulie immediately commanded 30,000 people in the post to meet the enemy, and they attacked the two armies with Tiefutu as the front. The intention was to quickly defeat the Song army and continue the march. Facing a group of ten horsemen colluding with each other Tiefutu arrayed, Qu Ru, the commander of the army and horses in the river, immediately commanded the armies to disperse, turned around and left. The Jin army was even more proud, and chased after the horses.

Running and running, the neat pursuit formation of the Jin army's heavy cavalry began to disperse, and the light cavalry's emphasis on cavalry and archery was closely related to its own equipment. When fighting in close combat with another cavalry, the light cavalry never won by going head-to-head. The retreating Song cavalry quickly detoured back to the sides and rear of the Jin army, surrounded it, and kept firing bows and arrows. And the Dragon Wing Army, which had been deployed in advance, suddenly appeared at this time, blocking the way of the Jin army's heavy cavalry, and the real battle began.

The Song army's blocking troops lined up in a blocking line, and wheeled locomotives, rapid-fire guns, and serial guns fired in turn, spraying fire in front of the formation, spreading death. The light cavalry on both flanks galloped back and forth behind the Jin army, and at close range, the Jin army was gradually driven together like a herd of cattle. The hunting scene reappeared, and the light cavalry of the Song army was extremely excited, and used all their arrows mercilessly. In a nutshell, some good traditional cavalry maintained an advantage over irregular cavalry for a long time, because irregular cavalry mainly required personal skill.

The Jin army rushed back and forth in a large net of bows and arrows and bullets like a frightened herd of beasts, gradually losing the spirit of attack, and the casualties also increased rapidly. At this time, the light cavalry and dragoons of the Song army began to charge, they were like a sharp blade to cut the Jin army, and then adopted the tactics of scattered encirclement, attacking in a circle around the enemy, constantly shrinking and encircling, until the enemy was dragged to death.

This battle lasted from noon to evening, and the warring sides galloped back and forth on the wasteland within a radius of 100 miles, and in the whole battle, the Jin army did not return to help, but hurriedly retreated to Juyong Pass, so that the Song army that sent reinforcements waited for a while. When the night wind blew, the battlefield was quiet, and the campfires were surrounded by tired Song knights, and the blazing fire reflected their excited faces. In this battle, the Song Army's Western Route Army completely annihilated the 30,000-strong army of the Vultures, and cut off a sharp claw of the Vultures...

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Zhao Ta's plan to attack Yanjing City first and then send reinforcements was implemented at his insistence, and now his words are both a holy decree and a military order, which can be described as the highest instruction. The time was tight and the task was heavy, and the two departments immediately began to implement preparations in full swing after receiving the order, conducting pre-war reconnaissance, manufacturing siege equipment, and began to clear the Jin army strongholds on the periphery of Yanjing City, and advanced to camp in Wuli under the city.

The Southern Route Army led by Zhao Lian gathered two armies, the Leopard General and the Wolf General, plus an artillery reinforcement brigade, with a total of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses; Zhao Yong's South Route Army had more than 60,000 horse infantry troops in the Dragon General, Tiger General and Tiger Wing Army, as well as the assistance of the Hebei Two Route Prefecture Army. The two route armies concentrated the five main forces of the Song army, which can be described as strong and strong, and the emperor ordered the troops who first attacked the city to be awarded the title of 'Yanjing Brigade', the main general was named marquis, and those who fought bravely were awarded knighthoods and fields. The whole army thundered at the holy decree, and all the troops held back their strength to get to the city first...

Zhao Yong was ordered to attack the north gate of Yanjing City, and he led several staff officers and personal guards in the army to change their clothes and ride horses to reconnoiter in the early morning. As the Song army approached the city, the Jin army arranged on the periphery had all withdrawn to the city, leaving not a single soldier outside, and put on a posture of fighting to the death with the city. Looking at the tall city wall, he was also a little worried in his heart, this place is not better than Qigou Pass, not to mention the depth of the city's high pool, and there are many soldiers, even if it is bombarded with heavy artillery, it is not possible to break the city with a few cannons. He rode west along the outside of the city, observing the two city gates in the north of the city, the northwest gate is the Kaiyang Gate, and there is a large road running through the north and south, if the city is broken in this way, the Jin army defending the city can be quickly divided into two parts, and each is annihilated.

At this moment, the sky is bright, and a few people traveling west can already see the top of the majestic palace in the city, which is the imperial city of the city within the city, which is different from Bianjing in that the imperial city and the outer city share the northwest gate Danfeng Gate. Zhao Yongzhi said that this is the core area of Yanjing City, and it must be the most heavily fortified place of the Jin army, and according to the construction rules of the city, there will be a moat inside the city gate.

"In addition to the Danfeng Gate, how many other gates are there in Miyagi?" Zhao Yong asked Hou Jundao, the commander of the scout battalion beside him.

"Rule, after the Khitan got Yanjing, it was limited to the old pattern of the Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties of Youzhou City, the palaces were all south-facing, and the South Gate Yuanhe Gate and Qixia Gate were the main gates, but the Khitan people respected the east, and the three gates of the inner city were not opened, and they only entered and exited from the East Gate Xuanhe Gate!" Hou Jun said.

"Well, was it the Yingchun Gate that Guo Yaoshi led the troops to attack the city after he surrendered to the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Yong nodded and asked again.

"What the commander said is good, but the four gates of the Yanjing Imperial City only enter and exit from the east gate, so when Guo Yaoshi attacked Yanjing City, he chose to attack the southeast gate of Yingchun Gate first. Because the Yingchun Gate is the closest to the Xuanhe Gate, it is convenient to capture the Yingchun Gate directly to the west and enter the palace. It was only because Empress Xiao insisted on Xuanhemen and Xiao Gan, the king of the four armies, returned to help in time that the Song army failed to succeed. Hou Jun replied.

"It was also because of Liu Guangshi's stupidity, after Guo Yaoshi broke the city, he was reluctant to move forward, and Empress Xiao personally boarded the Xuanhe Gate to release arrows to guard, and waited for the four soldiers to break into the Danfeng Gate from the southern secret gate, and all the gates of the inner city were opened, and the iron cavalry was prominent, fighting in the three cities, the Song army was caught off guard, gave up the remaining seven gates that had been occupied, and was forced to withdraw from the city, falling short, but incurring a fiasco for the army." Xu Biao snorted coldly and said.

"What if we attack Danfeng Gate directly and directly attack the Imperial City?" Zhao Yong looked at Danfengmen and suddenly asked.

"This..."Xu Biao hesitated and said, "It is indeed good to hit the key point and attack its head, but the imperial city must be well fortified, there must be two trenches in the Danfeng Gate, and it is difficult for the siege equipment to pass through the city gate, and the troops entering the city will not be able to advance or retreat at that time, and they will be shot and killed by the enemy troops in the city, and it may be difficult to succeed!" ”

"But even if we break through the door from there, we have to pass through the second trench, and we have to guard against the flank attack of the Jin army lurking in the imperial city, and there are many houses in the city, the terrain is narrow, and the artillery is difficult to deploy, so we can only build ladders to attack the city, and the casualties will be huge!" Zhao Yong analyzed.

"Stone-throwing truck, be careful!" Just as everyone was discussing, the sky was already dawning, and the Jin army in the city found that someone was visiting the city, so they launched artillery attacks.

"Damn, they still have this guy?" Zhao Yong and the others turned their horses and ran, hiding out of range before they stopped the horses, and he scolded hatefully, "Send artillery out immediately and knock out their stone-throwing trucks!" ”… (To be continued......)