At noon, Yeluna also led an army of 110,000 to an open area, more than ten miles wide, and a small village was faintly seen at the foot of the mountain.

Jeruna also sent the soldiers to the place and sent people to the village to inquire about the news.

In a moment, the cavalry who had gone to inquire about the news came and reported to Yelu Naye: "King Qiyu, the village is empty, and there is no one left. ”

"What do you mean, an abandoned village?"

"It's not abandoned, it should have been inhabited not long ago, and now people have run away."

Yelu Na was also a little uneasy in his heart, which reminded him of the strong wall of the Song army, and he immediately said to Yelu Hulu: "Let's go and see!" ”

The village is not large, with only thirty or forty households, no wheat fields around, only dozens of acres of vegetable fields, and these families are supposed to hunt or collect medicine for a living.

Jeluna also went into several houses to take a closer look, and the room was not messy, and all kinds of things were arranged in an orderly manner, but there was no food and anything of value.

The more Yeluna looked at it, the more frightened he became, he just expected that because of the Liao army's killing, the people here fled in panic, but now it seems that there is no panic at all, and it is clear that they will withdraw calmly.

'Fortified Clear! ’

The word also popped into Yelu's mind, and he said to Yelu Hulu very worriedly, "It is very likely that we have been ambushed by the Song army. ”

Yelu Hulu also saw that something was wrong, and he frowned and said, "Why didn't Yelu Xinfeng find out about this." ”

"It's likely that he passed by here at night and didn't find this small village, you see around the village, there is no sign of a large army coming, or maybe he just sent someone to take a look, and left when he found no one, but this doesn't matter, what should we do now?"

Yelu Na also looked at Yelu Hulu anxiously, Yelu Hulu was also very embarrassed, their current position happened to be up or down, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Go back too far, then continue to move forward, there should be news of Yelu Xinfeng soon." ”

Jeruna was also anxious, and immediately shouted: "Pass my order, assemble the whole army, and set off immediately!" ”

Not long after the departure of the army, Yelu Na finally received the news sent by the forward Yelu Xinfeng that the Song army had hoarded heavy troops in Jingcheng Pass, and his army attacked three times in a row, all of which suffered heavy losses, and Jingcheng Pass was like an iron wall.

Yelu Naye's heart suddenly sank into the abyss, and the thing he was most afraid of finally came, the 120,000 army fell into the trap of the Song army, and was trapped in the Jingcheng Road.

Yeluna also felt a chill in his back, if their strategy had been seen through by Fanning a long time ago, then the 80,000 sailors on the Eastern Front would be just as fierce and unlucky.

"What should I do now, my lord?" Yelu asked.

Yelu Na also bit his lip and said: "Our troops are divided into two routes, General Hu Lu led 50,000 troops to go back, trying his best to recapture the pass, and I led the other troops to continue to advance eastward, no matter what, to capture Jingcheng Pass, just as we are attacking Taiyuan." ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Yelu Hulu knew that the problem was serious, and if they could not break through the siege, I was afraid that hundreds of thousands of troops would be trapped and killed in the well.

The 110,000 troops were divided into two routes, Yelu Hulu led 50,000 troops back to Niangzi Pass, and Yelu Na also led the remaining 60,000 troops to continue to run towards Jingcheng Pass.

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Jingcheng Pass is named because of the topography such as a well, it is a small piece of flat land with a depression in the middle of the high mountains all around, if it expands, it is the basin topography, Jingcheng Pass is located on the gap in the east, look up from the bottom, just like a gate built on the mountainside, so Jingcheng Pass is also called Tumen Pass or Tianmen Pass, the city is tall and solid, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, known as one of the nine Xiongguan in the world.

Jingcheng Pass is also a defense system, contrary to Niangzi Pass and Guguan, it is mainly to deal with the enemy army attacking from the west, the steep ridges on both sides have built city walls, the middle is the castle, hundreds of various buildings have been built in the fort, which can accommodate 3,000 defenders, but the Song army has deployed 30,000 people here, except for the 4,000 defenders in Jingcheng Pass, the other armies are stationed in the east of the pass, and Yao Sheng is under the command of the capital.

The entire 200,000 troops stationed in Hebei were commanded by Di Qing, the new Hebei envoy, who not only invested 60,000 troops in Jingcheng to encircle the main force of the Liao army, but also had more than 100,000 troops stationed in the ten big cities, fortified the walls and clear the wilderness, and strictly guarded the cities, in addition to 30,000 sailors and thousands of large ships and ships, respectively sailing in Baigou, the Yellow River and Hutuo water, making it difficult for the Liao army to cross the layers of defense lines in northern Hebei.

Yao Sheng, the commander of the capital, stood on the high gate with a spear in his hand, the Liao army more than ten miles away was as small as ants, Yao Sheng's eyes were full of disdain and indifference, and now he began to cut down trees everywhere to make siege weapons, don't you think it's too late?

A soldier rushed over, knelt down on one knee and said: "Qiqi is under control, Zhending County has sent an urgent pigeon letter!" ”

Yao Sheng took the pigeon letter and slowly unfolded it, it turned out to be a handwritten pigeon letter written by Fanning, which made Yao Sheng's spirits lifted, and he hurriedly put down his spear and looked at it carefully.

Fanning did not have much content in the pigeon letter, only a few words, mainly a clear order, if the Liao army surrendered, it was acceptable, but to prevent the Liao State from using surrender to deceive, once this kind of thing happened, then do not accept the surrender of the Liao army, and completely trapped them in the Jingcheng Road.

Yao Sheng nodded, Fan Xianggong's order was slightly different from that of Vice Marshal Di, Vice Marshal Di pointed out that if the Liao army surrendered, then unless the Liao army showed sincerity again, it would not be accepted, and Fan Xianggong simply no longer accepted the surrender, but the other party was not sincere.

Yao Sheng still agreed with Fan Ning's plan, if the Liao State surrendered by fraud, then they would have to pay a heavy price for their actions.

At this time, a low horn sound came from the Jingcheng Road in the distance, and the Song soldiers on the Guancheng City got up one after another to look into the Jingcheng Road, only to see a huge team appear in the distance, and the dense cavalry black spots could not be seen.

Yao Sheng immediately understood that this must be the main force of the Liao army.

He looked at the sky, it was about to get dark, dark clouds covered the sky, there would be no moonlight tonight, and he had to beware of the Liao army attacking the city at night, so he immediately ordered to raise the ballista to the city.

Not long after, the Song army carried out dozens of small ballistae from the city, this kind of ballista is about eight feet long, the body is small, and it can only shoot forty or fifty pounds of stones fifty steps away.

In addition to the ballistas, the Song army also brought up boxes of iron fire mines, each box of iron fire mines had three, which was a big killing weapon against the Liao army.

Not only that, Yao Sheng transferred 6,000 soldiers from the rear camp and distributed them on the city walls on both sides, so that the defenders of Jingcheng Pass reached 10,000 people, and strictly prevented the Liao army from attacking the city at night.

Since there was no light at night, in order to understand the enemy's situation, Yao Sheng sent another soldier to scatter some sirens halfway through the mountain road.

The 60,000 troops led by Yelu Naye finally arrived at Jing Cheng Pass, and sure enough, as reported by the previous army, Jing Cheng Pass was full of Song soldiers, so that the last ray of hope in Yelu Na Ye's heart was gone.

However, the valley under Jingcheng Pass was relatively open, seven or eight miles wide, and the new army of 60,000 could accommodate it, and the soldiers were exhausted, so they ate some dry food, fed the war horses some hay and beans, wrapped them in blankets, and fell to sleep.

There is a certain marching tent in the open space, which is the only tent carried by the Liao army, and now it has become the big tent of the Chinese army of the Liao army.

Yelu Xinfeng is like a bear, with a face of meat, his appearance is very fierce, his temper is very short-tempered, his mind is relatively simple, he is kneeling in front of the coach at this time to plead guilty.

Yelu Na also stared angrily at the forward general in front of him, eager to chop this bastard with a knife, he just knew that Yelu Xinfeng actually went to attack the Mouse Bird Valley before, and only turned around and entered the well after the attack failed, but he only arrived a day earlier than himself, wasting a whole day and a half.

Otherwise, I should have gotten the news before I arrived at my hometown, and I blame this damn bastard!

Of course, Yeluna was looking for an excuse to shirk his responsibility, and he knew in his heart that even if the former army found out that something was wrong and sent someone back to report, it would be too late.

However, there is no point in shirking responsibility in front of Yelu Xinfeng, and Yelu Na also gritted his teeth and said, "Then what do you say now?" ”

Yelu Xin's face was full of shame and said: "In addition to breaking through the gate at all costs, I can't think of any other way." ”

"You didn't send soldiers to the surrounding mountains to find a way out?"

"I have sent people to look for it, Taihang Mountain is all stone mountains, very steep, not to mention war horses, even people are difficult to climb, and hundreds of miles of mountains are connected, there is no way to go."

Yeluna also nodded, "The weather is gloomy today, there will be no stars and moon at night, suitable for a sneak attack, tonight you lead the army to sneak attack Jingcheng Pass, see if there is a chance to succeed?" ”