Chapter 602: Heavy casualties
After waiting for two days, the wind and waves were a little lighter, at this time, 5,000 rafts have been inflated, the rafts are made of sheepskin after being inflated, there are one person raft, two people raft and four people raft, mainly double rafts, can not carry horses, can only paddle forward.
The first batch of troops to rush to the island has been assembled, about 10,000 soldiers, all of them are Han troops, this dangerous charge is of course completed by the Han army, it is impossible to let the Khitan people charge ahead, and the Han army will sit back and enjoy its success.
Xiao Weixin stared at the island in the distance for a moment, and shouted: "Attack!" ”
'Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of war were beating, and 10,000 soldiers rushed to the sea with their rafts on their shoulders and shouts.
They jumped on the raft and began to paddle vigorously, and for a moment the sea was covered with countless small black spots.
The drum tower of Juehua Temple is the tallest building on the island, and it is also the command center of the Song army, Miao Shunli is holding a monocular and looking at the sea, he and Han Wang almost turned their faces for this telescope, until Fan Ning promised that he would make one for Han Wang as soon as possible, and Han Wang gave this treasure to Miao Shunli.
Miao Shunli looked at it for a moment, and grinned: "These idiots, do you think you can land on the island with a raft?" ”
He immediately shouted: "Send out ten lucky boats and send these turtle sons to feed the Dragon King!" ”
'Woo-' The low trumpet sounded, the flag was waved, and ten ten ten thousand stone ships anchored in the bay sailed out, each of which had four hundred people rowing oars, and three hundred soldiers fighting, mainly bows and arrows and rockets, and the fighting force was very strong.
The sea surface is covered with thousands of rafts, black dots, they struggle to row to Juehua Island, more than 20 miles away, although the sea surface seems calm, but the slightly undulating sea still carries a huge thrust, the thrust on the sea is to the shore, so that the Liao soldiers rowed extremely difficult.
It took more than half an hour to row six or seven miles, and many soldiers were exhausted.
At this time, there was a faint sound of horns on the island, and after a while, I saw ten behemoths appear on the northern sea, and dozens of long paddles were like the feet of centipedes, rushing towards the raft.
Many of the soldiers were frightened and turned around and fled to the shore, but it was too late, and the first large boat rushed into the group of rafts, and the waves set off suddenly overturned dozens of rafts, startling the other soldiers to shout.
But the real danger is not the waves, but the arrows from the head, one by one the arrows are shot down like raindrops, there are constantly soldiers screaming in the arrows, the soldiers of the Liao army have raised their shields to resist, but the arrows are not only hurting people, but more importantly, they are hurting the raft, one by one the raft is shot through by the arrows, and the air leaks quickly, and the raft can not bear the soldiers, and begins to sink over.
Ten large boats rushed into the dense rafts, more and more of the rafts capsized, and after two impacts, only twenty percent of the rafts remained, floating scattered on the water, and the water was full of soldiers calling for help.
A general persuaded Miao Shunli in a low voice: "It seems that the Han army is used, didn't Fan Xianggong say that he should try his best to win the surrender of the Han soldiers?" ”
Miao Shunli was reluctant, but Fan Xianggong's principle could not be violated, and he ordered: "The boat can rescue the enemy who has fallen into the water." ”
The drums on the island sounded loudly, and then the flag was waved, and ten large ships threw down the soft ladder one after another, followed by several large boats to rescue the soldiers who had fallen into the water.
So the soldiers had to throw away their weapons in order to be rescued on board, and even many of the rafts that were not knocked over surrendered.
The battle lasted only half an hour, and the 10,000 Han troops were annihilated, more than 3,000 were drowned or shot dead, more than 6,700 became prisoners of war of the Song army, and less than 100 escaped back to the shore.
Xiao Weixin gritted his teeth with hatred, but he was helpless.......
The Liaodong Peninsula is already icy and snowy at this time, but the snow has only fallen once, and it has not accumulated very deep, and most areas have only accumulated snow to the ankle slightly above, although the snow is not deep, but the weather is cold, and people try to stay at home and do not want to go out.
In this icy and snowy land, an army of more than 10,000 people is marching in formation, this army is the Song army from the shore of Ping Island, they landed near today's Yingkou, along the eastern edge of the Liaohe Plain, relying on the Qianshan Mountains, all the way to the north, straight to Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, two hundred miles away.
This army was led by Han Wang himself, and he had received accurate information that there were only 3,000 Yongwu soldiers guarding the city of Tokyo at this time, and the Yongwu army was the township soldiers of the Liao State, with poor treatment, poor equipment, and low morale, and only Bohai soldiers were the mainstay.
The Tokyo Road of the Liao State is the former Bohai Country, they occupy the rich Liaohe River Plain, known as the grain of the Liao State, is the relatively wealthy place of the Liao State, and the Bohai people have higher skills, so that the Tokyo Road has also become the two major craftsmen of the Liao State, and the other is the Nanjing Road, that is, the Youzhou area.
There are normally 100,000 garrisons on the Tokyo Road, they do not border with the Great Song Dynasty, and do not assume the responsibility of defending the Great Song Dynasty, but only suppress the Bohai people, and at the same time be responsible for the defense of Goryeo, there are 30,000 garrisons in Baozhou at the mouth of the Yalu River, and not long ago 20,000 cavalry were transferred to support the Nanjing Road, this time Xiao Weixin led 50,000 people to attack Juehua Island, and suddenly emptied the army of Liaoyang Mansion.
There are only 3,000 brave soldiers in the entire city of Tokyo to guard, it is no wonder that Xiao Weixin took it lightly, for more than a hundred years in the Liao Kingdom, there has never been an enemy army that has entered the boundary of Tokyo, the cowardice and cowardice of the Song army have been ingrained in the hearts of the Khitan people, Xiao Weixin never imagined that the Song army would kill from the sea, especially in winter, the coast is full of ice floes, how can ships dock?
But he forgot that everything will be special, at the mouth of the Liaohe River in Yaozhou, because of the large freshwater content, the ice is very thick, but then go west for dozens of miles, there is a section of about two miles of coastal without freezing, and it is here that the Song army landed.
Two days later, in the afternoon, 10,000 Song troops arrived in the city of Tokyo, at this time the gate of the southern city had not been closed, there were more than 200 soldiers guarding the gate, and many people came and went in Beijing.
At this time, a Liao army of more than 1,000 people came in line from the south, looking at the appearance of not the Khitans, but the Han people, it should be the Han army, in fact, there is no need to look at the appearance, the army that does not ride horses in the Liao country is only the Han army.
Not long after, this Liao Han army of more than 1,000 people arrived outside the southern city gate.
Although the status of the Han army is low, it is still a little higher than the Yongwu village soldiers, they are regular troops, they are just miscellaneous troops guarding the courtyard, and they can't go to the battlefield.
For the capital, he didn't dare to underestimate it, so he hurriedly ran forward, bowed down and said: "According to the regulations, please hand over the military license plate and you can enter the city!" ”
The head of the capital was a Bohai tribesman, who could not speak Chinese, but spoke Khitan, and the main general on the horse obviously did not understand what he was saying, and he suddenly threw a gold ingot on the ground, which immediately attracted the attention of the capital.
I saw a flash of cold light, and I didn't wait for my head to react, just listen to 'click!' With a bang, the head fell to the ground.
Immediately the Lord shouted: "Seize the gates! ”
He rode towards the gates, and a thousand other soldiers rushed into the gates with shouts.
This Han army of more than 1,000 people is dressed up by the Song army, in fact, not only them, the 10,000 Song troops behind are wearing the military uniforms of the Liao army, the Song and Liao countries have fought a war for more than 100 years, who does not have tens of thousands of sets of each other's military uniforms?
It was also this army that was disguised as the Liao army, so when they passed through the densely populated Liaohe Plain, they did not alarm the Liao people and killed them all the way.
By the time the brave soldiers at the head of the city shook the drawbridge desperately, the Song army had already killed more than 700 people in the city and was about to rush to the head of the city.
In a forest in the distance, Han Wang saw that the banner of the Liao Kingdom on the head of the city had been cut off, and he immediately shouted, "Kill into the city!" ”
"Kill!"
Nine thousand soldiers, hiding in the woods, ran out and ran towards the city of Tokyo, two miles away, when the gates had just been closed and opened again, the drawbridge fell, and the forward army had seized the gates.
10,000 Song troops slaughtered the city of Tokyo in the Liao Kingdom, which was empty, and the city became upside down.
Fanning's military discipline was very strict, and he set three rules for the Song army: do not kill the elderly, women and children, and Han people, as for money, the main thing is to rob the treasury and palaces, and all the food and armor that cannot be taken away are burned, and the horses are taken away.
Within two days, the palace and treasury were looted, and after driving out the palace maids, the Song army burned down the palace, along with the granary and the treasury.
In the past two days, there were also fierce battles, many Khitan and Bohai people rushed out of their homes and fought fiercely with the Song army, all of them were slaughtered, and more than 19,000 young men and Bohai craftsmen were killed before and after, including 3,000 shipbuilders.
Forty-three wealthy nobles were looted, and as many as 200 nobles and officials were captured, which was also requested by Fanning, to capture more nobles and officials, and use them to exchange the captured commoners with the Liao State.
In addition, the Song army seized more than 20,000 horses from the Flying Dragon Garden in Tokyo, and collected thousands of sleds to pull goods.
Two days later, 10,000 Song troops left the city of Tokyo with thousands of sleds and more than 20,000 horses loaded with wealth, and tens of thousands of civilians in the city rushed into the granaries after the Song army left, looting the grain that had not been burned.
This is a major event that occurred in the middle of November in the first year of Xining, the city of Tokyo of Liao, which had not suffered a military disaster for a hundred years, was broken by the Song army, and the wealth accumulated for a hundred years was plundered, and more than 19,000 Khitan and Bohai men were slaughtered.
The news only reached the ears of Xiao Weixin, who was still confronting the Song army in Xingcheng County three days later, Xiao Weixin was so shocked that he fainted on the spot and was woken up by everyone, he woke up and cried loudly, but it was useless to cry, he immediately left 5,000 troops and led the army back to Tokyo City.
In addition to pleading guilty to the Son of Heaven, Xiao Weixin was no longer able to explain to the imperial court.