The Liao people probably know in their hearts that now the war situation, Zhongjing is broken, it is almost inevitable, and a large area of land outside the Great Wall will become a Jurchen hunting ground.

The kings of Wei and Xi in Nanjing were even more pessimistic-

If it weren't for that, how could he be desperate to fight the Song Kingdom?

Compared with the kings of Nanjing, the Tianzuo Emperor, who had been defeated and fought repeatedly, was stronger after all, and still had the illusion of resisting the enemy outside the Great Wall, so he arranged 10,000 strong soldiers in Juyong Pass, and sent Zuo Prime Minister Youxi Jin to guard it personally. (Note 1)

The chief of the tribe is also a Jurchen word, usually called the Jin, and in wartime it is called Meng'an or Mouke according to the number of soldiers under his command, and the Liao State is also called the leader of the small clan with his own personal soldiers. (Note 2)

Don't look at 10,000 people, it's not much, but they are all the sharp pawns of the tiger and bear in the leather room army.

The leather room in the Khitan language is the meaning of "King Kong", equivalent to the Liao Emperor's Imperial Forest Army, with eagles, dragons, phoenixes, tigers, bears, iron pigeons, falcons and other fierce birds and beasts as the number, the combat power can not be underestimated.

These 10,000 Liao soldiers don't say anything else, just say that they have fought a hundred and ten battles with the size of the Jin people, and under the repeated defeats, they have survived until now, and they are naturally not shallow, and they can be regarded as the cards that Emperor Tianzuo can finally take out of his hand.

What's more, Juyong Guan is overwhelming in the world, and it is where one man is not open, if it is a regular garrison, but there are only two or three thousand,

Under the command of Youxi Yao, there are four fierce generals, the first one is the commander of the army, the second is the commander of the Guangling army, the second is the commander of the Guangling army, the third is the commander of Yu Zhongwen, and the fourth is Cao Yongyi.

An off-topic idle note -

In later generations, a certain principal famously said: "An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood", which is a plagiarism of the sentence of Zuo Qigong, and the original sentence is: "The king does not listen to the proposal of donating Yan, an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of gold." ”

Originally, time and space, the Jin soldiers killed the Great Wall, the sixth and other high watches surrendered, dedicated to Youzhou, Shi Yu Jin, when Jin Taizu finished Yan A bone to practice the former alliance, and also Youzhou in the Song Kingdom, Zuo Qigong then made this poem, persuading Jin Taizu not to return Youzhou, Jin Taizu did not accept.

Get back to business.

However, it was said that Youxi Mijin and others, since they took up the post of Juyong Pass, have been worried all night, only afraid that the Jin people will go down to Zhongjing and attack the soldiers and horses, but the Jin soldiers have not arrived, and the "thieves" will come first.

On this night, the county commander of Changping County dispatched his henchmen to rush to the gate, reporting that the West Wind Army occupying Youshun and the two prefectures of Youshun raised an army of 100,000 to kill-

Lao Cao deliberately set up the boss camp, and the county order calculated according to the scale, thinking that there were 50,000 horses, multiplied by two, and reported to Juyong Pass.

Youxi Mijin was shocked when she heard this: "These thieves, in a short period of time, how can they make such a big fuss?" ”

Busy summoning the generals to discuss countermeasures, who knows that a few people listened, and they all didn't care.

Gao Liu said disdainfully: "The defenders of Youzhou are incompetent, and they actually ate a gang of thieves to defeat Xiongcheng." However, after all, thieves are still thieves, known as 100,000 horses, in fact, who knows how much? And they are all coercing the people to pretend to be an army, what use can it be? Prime Minister Zuo only needs to have 500 soldiers and horses with me, and he will defeat the thief army and capture the thief chief alive and return. ”

When Youxi Mijin heard what he said, he couldn't help nodding, the truth that there are not many soldiers but refinement, he had a very deep understanding of the Jurchen when he was driving with him, and he had a very deep understanding in Dagang.

With 10,000 bears and tigers under his command, if he wants to compete with the Jinren, although he is insufficient, wouldn't it be a pinch to deal with this gang of thieves at the beginning?

Zuo Qigong also said: "Gao Tongjun is reasonable, besides, our army has been defeated many times before, and the morale has been difficult to revive. ”

Youxi Jin felt more and more reasonable, and nodded again and again: "What the two generals said is good, and I want to do the same." However, 500 people is too little, I will divide the soldiers and horses in the pass, divided into half, led by the three generals Gao, Zuo, and Cao, to deal with the thieves, and General Yu will defend the city with me. ”

At the moment, it was agreed that the drums should be beaten to gather troops, and after some rectification, the gate was opened, and the five thousand Liao troops rolled out, stepping on the night, and rushed to Changping.

When marching at night, it stands to reason that it is convenient to shoot torches, but when so many people beat their torches, they are like fire dragons, and they can be seen dozens of miles away.

Juyongguan to Changping is only one or twenty miles, if the momentum is too huge, a few Liao generals are only afraid of scaring the thieves away, wouldn't it be in vain to lose credit?

simply ordered the army to pull one by one, one foot deep and one shallow, and hurried in the dark, thinking that it was close anyway, and it was impossible to fall a few heels, and it was possible to climb there.

At that time, the thieves did not know the truth and recklessly came to attack the city, and only then did they kill in one fell swoop, how much credit did they have to give?

I stumbled and walked more than ten miles like this, and when I saw that I was going to Changping County, I suddenly saw a thing standing faintly in the middle of the road, about one zhang high and four feet wide, and there were some white flowers on it, and I couldn't see what it was.

Gao Liu was curious, stopped the team, lit a torch, and walked closer to take a photo, and it turned out to be an erected coffin!

On the coffin board, six big characters were painted with white paint: Liao Dog died here!

Gao Liu jumped off the horse, strode forward, grabbed the torch, glared, looked at it from top to bottom, from bottom to top a few times, and said: "Don't come to a literate person yet, what is written on it!" ”

At this time, the left bow of the Chinese army arrived, and saw that the Liao soldiers were all gathered in a group and did not leave, frowned, and stepped forward, but he was a man with ink in his stomach, and immediately read: "The Liao dogs are all dying here!" ”

Gao Liu was furious when he heard it: "Wow, dare to scold us for being Liao dogs, when we caught this person, we cut off our tongues for him......"

Zuo Qi's bow soul flew out of the sky, and ran away with him, shouting in his mouth: "Zhongji!" ”

Before the words fell, in the woods on both sides, swishing arrows were fired.

Gao Liu held a torch in his hand, like the sun shining in the night, and like a ready-made arrow target, the left bow ate him and tired, and most of the arrow rain shot came at the two of them, like a hedgehog shot in an instant.

It's just that these two people are wearing several heavy armors, and those who shoot arrows have limited arm strength, although the arrows that are crooked and diagonally inserted into the body are limited.

The leather room army under his command was also wearing iron armor, and although the rain of arrows came suddenly, they only shot dozens of people.

Gao Liu was furious and shouted decisively: "You left and I right, go into the forest to kill this person!" ”

The two of them did not get on their horses, but each drew his waist knife and rushed into the woods.

This group of Liao troops also reacted quickly, and immediately divided into two groups and followed into the forest.

The archers in the forest saw the Liao soldiers rushing in, like wolves and tigers, they couldn't help but hurry, and they turned around and ran away with a quick reaction, and some of them were stunned and stood in a daze, and they were killed by the Pi Shi army in an instant.

Gao Liu killed more than a dozen people in a row, and realized that this group of ambush soldiers was not good at fighting, so he became more and more angry, and scolded: "What kind of birdman, with such strength, dares to ambush grandpa?" ”

Before the words fell, a big man flashed out from behind the tree and shouted in a deep voice: "Liao dog, let's see how strong Grandpa is!" ”

Two iron swords in his hand, no head and no brain, Gao Liu heard his sword wind roaring, his heart was cold, knowing that he had met a good hand, and secretly exclaimed: I didn't expect there to be such a person among the thieves!

Don't dare to be careless, a knife tightly guards the door.

The Liao soldiers saw that Gao Liu was eating people and retreating step by step, they all rushed forward to help, and lit torches one after another, under the firelight, only to see a nine-foot man, face like iron, eyes like bells, two heavy swords fierce and abnormal, just slammed forward, more than 100 people could not stop him from coming and going.

It wasn't until the soldiers and horses under his command fled far away that the big man turned back to kill the siege and escaped in the mountains and forests.

Gao Liu held a single knife and looked at the fifty or sixty corpses on the ground, and couldn't help but be afraid, but said in his mouth: "This guy has only fought on foot, if grandpa is riding a horse and holding a gun, he will poke eight holes early." ”

Led the troops out of the forest, and saw the opposite forest, Zuo Qigong's face was full of gloom, and he withdrew dejectedly: "It's just a hay coward, and it will be scattered as soon as it rushes, but it is a leader who makes iron rods, and he really has some ability, and he has never been able to keep him." ”

While speaking, Cao Yongyi led the rear team to catch up, and after hearing the second general tell him what happened, he blurted out: "This is Sun Bin's plan to kill Pang Juan!" It's just the way of the battle formation, the soldiers are brave, the armor is thick and the food is sufficient, it is the royal road, if anyone can listen to a few stories, they can still be a general to fight? ”

When Gao Liu and Zuo Qigong heard this, they all nodded and laughed: "Not bad!" ”

At this time, the Liao army captured a few wounded and undead prisoners, tortured them, and confessed that they were all newly recruited soldiers and horses from Youzhou, and the total number of prisoners recruited was only more than 10,000 people, but they deliberately set up the boss's camp to bluff people's ears and eyes.

When the three generals heard this, they laughed in unison: "But more than 10,000 grass cowards, in vain we attach so much importance to him, so why wait until dawn?" Straight to the bone blow and broke his camp! ”

After saying that, the captives were killed, and the whole army hurried into Changping City, so that the county commander prepared a war meal, a full meal, and did not wait for the dawn to open the city gate and kill the Lao Cao camp.

In the camp of the West Wind Army, Sun An and Luan Tingyu returned in embarrassment and complained: "Brother, these soldiers and horses are really weak. ”

According to Cao Cao's orders, the two of them each led 500 people, bypassed the county town and ambushed the main road, and after a fight, only two or three hundred people followed back, and the rest were either killed or fled.

Lao Cao smiled: "If you are an elite soldier, how can I specifically order you to save your own life?" It's just that he wants to underestimate us! ”

Sun An worried: "Brother, this group of Liao soldiers, quick response, dare to fight, combat power is really not weak, although we have more soldiers and horses, after all, the drill is too short, if it is hard, it is difficult to win." ”

Cao Cao nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, it's all in the process of being a brother." ”

At this time, he moved into the tent and said with a smile: "Brother, all the arrangements are in place." ”

Lao Cao nodded and said, "Okay!" Do what you do! ”

At the fourth watch, 6,000 Liao troops came like a tide-

How about a thousand more? But it was the Changping County Commander, who learned that he was deceived by Lao Cao, and that there were only more than 10,000 thieves, so he was furious in his heart, and he tried his best to defend the city and kill it with the army.

Cao Cao's brothers, they had already been ordered, the gate of the village was immediately opened, Qin Ming and Xu Ning each led more than 1,000 people to kill, Qin Ming shouted: "Wu Na Liao dog, my brother's 50,000 male army is here, how dare you make a mistake!" ”

Gao Liu scolded, Pegasus took Qin Ming directly, Qin Ming waved a mace to fight, Cao Yongyi stepped forward and stopped, but Xu Ning stopped him.

A "thunderbolt fire", a "golden gun general", each of them used their means to fight with the two Liao generals, the left bow and the gun moved, waved the army to advance, the two armies fought fiercely for a while, and the Zephyr army ate him and retreated step by step.

Most of these Liao troops were chilled by the Jin people, and they were fighting at the moment, and they found that there were such useless opponents in the world, and they couldn't help but work hard.

Xu Ning shouted: "Brother, I've bumped into the elite of Liaogou, let's retreat." ”

With a swing of the gun, he forced the enemy general away, returned to the horse and left, Qin Ming also made a false move, and fled from the horse.

As soon as the two of them retreated, the two thousand soldiers were immediately routed, turned around and fled for their lives in the camp.

Gao Liu had not seen a victory for several years, and his face was flushed with excitement: "Kill him, don't let him go!" ”

Zuo Qigong was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that he had more than 10,000 people, could it be that there were ambushes in the camp?" ”

Gao Liu laughed and said: "This kind of waste, 100,000 ambush soldiers are not afraid of him!" Don't think about it, I think he only has two or three thousand people who can barely fight, and I'm afraid the others are all rebellious people. ”

When Zuo Qigong heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he put his mind at ease and entered the camp, and sure enough, he saw many soldiers in his camp, and they all ran back desperately.

The Liao soldiers were really happy in this battle, howling like a wolf in their mouths, rushing forward with all their might, and after a while, they rushed to the middle of the camp, only to see a huge handsome tent, empty, obviously the thief general also saw a bad opportunity, and fled in advance.

Gao Liu was extremely excited and shouted: "Chase! Don't let any of them go, and take the credit for it. ”

Before the words fell, I heard a sudden sound, more than 100 people in the front suddenly disappeared, and the Liao soldiers stopped suddenly, only to see a trap in front of the boss's tent, and all the Liao soldiers in front of them fell into it.

Gao Liu's face changed slightly, and he forced a smile: "This thief has a lot of tricks, but I don't know which story sounds ...... it."

Before the words fell, I heard a clear shout: "Shoot!" ”

In an instant, I saw that hundreds of rockets flew up in front of me and on the left and right, crossed a gorgeous trajectory, and landed on the camp tents in all directions.

The faces of the three Liao generals changed in unison, and only then did they realize that the tents here were so dense......

Rumble!

The fire rose from three sides, and in those tents, there were hundreds of horses, cattle and sheep, pulling simple wooden carts of all sizes and full of burning firewood and grass, and they turned into the crowd in a daze.

The so-called fire and water are ruthless, these two incidents are nothing strange on weekdays, and once they appear on the battlefield, they must be a big killer.

The fire in Lao Cao's camp was prepared for most of the night, these tents, specially arranged densely, were stuffed with firewood and grass and drenched with oil, and those cattle, sheep and carriages were blindfolded in advance, fixed the direction, and the fire was together, and instinctively ran forward.

Therefore, as soon as the rocket fell, the Liao army was like three walls of fire on the left and right sides of the front and left, and there were trains colliding and rambling, as if they had stepped into the sea of fire and hell in an instant.

Rao is the elite of the leather room army, and so far it can't help but be in chaos, and as for the more than 1,000 Changping defenders, they are even more distraught.

"Hit the mark!" Zuo Qigong's face turned pale in shock, and he shouted: "Quick, withdraw quickly!" ”

The eyes of the leather room army showed a fierce light, and first slashed and killed the Changping defenders who were running in a panic behind, and then retreated, but Lao Cao used such a trick, how could he be unprepared?

But seeing that many carts were pushed out, and there were flames on them, the retreat of the Liao army was like being sandwiched between two walls of fire, but behind the walls was the West Wind army constantly shooting arrows and throwing stones.

At this moment, the Liao army only cares about fleeing, eating what he shot and smashed over, and his own people fought for the road to cut and killed, crowded into the fire and burned to death, not to mention more than 1,000 people here.

From the Chinese military tent to the camp gate, the flames are sandwiched into a narrow road, where do the escaped Liao troops take care of a lot? The army did not form an army, and the formation did not form a formation, and they did not look back and rushed to the county seat.

When Gao Liu led the last hundreds of people to escape, eating it was smoky and burning, and his hair was faintly smoking, and he was about to leave, when suddenly thousands of soldiers and horses bypassed outside the camp, and the leader was Sun An, who was Sun An, and shouted: "That Liao dog is leaving, and he didn't fight happily, and he has come to fight again at this moment!" ”

There is a division of teaching: Lao Cao is determined to take the mediocrity, and the murderous attack is used to attack. In the future, when he was hanging, the wildflowers were red all over the ground.

Note 1: The general of the Juyong Pass of the Liao State could not find out the information, and only mentioned that Emperor Tianzuo arranged a strong army: "Defend Juyong with strong soldiers, and the Jin soldiers are at the pass, the stones collapse by themselves, and the soldiers are crushed to death, and they are defeated without a fight." - "History of Liao"

In addition, the battle of Juyong Pass Jin Bing captured Yelu Dashi, whether this person is the main general of the guard, there is no empirical evidence, anyway, he is now going to fight the Song Kingdom, let's change the main general, Youxi Xiaojin is a Water Margin figure, Gao Liu and other historical figures, Liao Chen who surrendered after breaking Juyong.

Note 2: In "Water Margin", Liao Guo Jin appears frequently, the author thinks that Uncle Shi may have made a mistake and put the system of Jin Guo on the head of Liao State, anyway, we follow the setting of Uncle Shi and don't do the final research.

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