Judging from the performance, Liu Fa is indeed a good hand at defending the city.

In addition, Yixian is just a small city, and for Liao, this city may not be small. But for the Song army, such a city, 3,000 people is just right.

At the moment when the Liao army attacked the city, Liu Fa showed a trace of nervousness, but after slashing with a big blade, he seemed to find that the Khitan and the Dangxiang people were no different. Even in terms of siege technology, even the party members are better than the Liao.

If nothing else, it can be seen that the Liao people have almost no siege experience, and these Liao people who are besieging the city are in big trouble.

This can't be blamed on the Liao people, unlike the party people, although the Liao State said that there were continuous domestic rebellions, but the war defense of the Liao State to quell the rebellion was a cavalry duel, and there were few rebellions that needed siege operations to solve. Even if there were, it was a very casual engagement, and this kind of war intensity was simply pediatric compared to the Battle of Song and Xia.

However, Liu Fa is different, in his military experience, he will experience a war with thousands of people or even larger almost every year. It's still a war with a large number of defenders.

There are only two ways for him to fight, one is that the infantry defends the cavalry in the field, and it is not only the fate that survives.

The second is that the infantry is defending in the walled city, and in this state, the probability of survival is very high.

And the Battle of Song and Xia can be said to be the most intense battle in this era, and this kind of high-intensity combat is not experienced by the Liao army at all. This is also because the Liao army is still very strong on the surface, but the way of war and the patience of soldiers for war have long been not comparable to the Song army and the Western Xia army.

In particular, there are also the elite infantry of the Feilian Army under Liu Fa, and it is still an extremely beneficial combat method for the Song army, such as defending the city, so the pressure brought to him by the Guangshun Army of the Liao State is very small.

Liu Fa even dragged his long knife and killed from the east of the city to the west of the city, and then from the west of the city to the east of the city on the city wall.

The battle became easier and easier, and Liu Fa even shouted at the head of the city, like an energetic horse monkey.

"Brothers, cut a few more Liao dogs, and the money to marry a daughter-in-law to buy land and a house will come out!"

"Liaogou is too polite, this is to send money to our brothers! I'm sorry to kill you......"

As he spoke, Liu Fa kicked over a Khitan soldier who had climbed to the top of the city, stepped on his back, and the big blade went down. In disgust, the dead Khitan soldier kicked off the city with half of his body. Looking at the head of the city, he laughed happily like a child: "Forty runs, it's as easy as picking up for nothing." ”

The Song army's military exploits, the standard issued by the imperial court is forty guan and one head. This is indeed very attractive to the non-commissioned officers.

"Brother Huyan, you can't make this steel whip, use a big knife, it's the master who uses a big knife to be sharp!"

Hu Yanzhuo fought with his guards expressionlessly, but he was irritable in his heart, his own dignified descendants of the Huyan family were compared to a guy who came out of nowhere.

That's right.

It's better than going down.

The battlefield is the best litmus test for a general's ability to lead troops.

Liu Fa's ability is enough to be called a fierce general. Especially the Ninghua sergeants, who were still timid, saw Liu Fa fighting so easily, and his courage rose.

"Why don't you shoot this thing!"

Once again, the Liao army was killed, and Hu Yanzhuo sat at the head of the city, his face pale.

It's a pity that the Liao army is too weak, the Liao army is cavalry, they don't even have a hard bow, only a cavalry bow with a closer range. Not to mention the bed crossbow. In fact, even on the head of Yi County, the Song army did not find the bed crossbow. This is not figurative in the city of the Great Song Dynasty.

The power of the octagonal bed crossbow is enough to nail a cow to the ground.

It's just that in the combat methods of the Liao army, there is no such bulky but amazingly lethal weapon. This also led to the Liao army besieging the city, even with the help of archers, the trouble caused to the Song army was very limited.

Not to mention, Liu Fa doesn't look at the joy of the name, but his armor is much better than that of a soldier.

The first day passed quickly.

When he woke up the next day, Liu Fa's whole person exuded confidence.

He even had a kind of situation, as long as he gave him 2,000 Western Army soldiers, he could even spend the New Year safely in Yi County under the siege of tens of thousands of troops. The strength of the Liao army was exaggerated, and even in his opinion, it was inferior to the party army.

"Brother Huyan, I really didn't expect the Liao army to rot like this, I originally thought it was a bitter battle. It turned out to be very relaxed. ”

"Liu Fa, your task is to defend Yi County, but don't have unrealistic ideas."

Liu Fa was punctured, and he didn't care, after all, defending the city was his most important mission, and when Li Kui arrived at the battlefield with a large army, it was his greatest wish now to completely destroy these tens of thousands of Liao troops.

"How can it? I'm still waiting to go back to the New Year with Dashuai? Liu Fa sneered.

Speaking of the Chinese New Year, Hu Yanzhuo was stunned, and the battle of the Song army seemed to be unusually smooth. Not to mention Zhuozhou, even the intensity of the battle in Yixian cannot be compared with the intensity of the battle of the Western Army.

It stands to reason that this is a good thing.

But Hu Yanzhuo couldn't be happy, because the opponent was too weak, so it was easy for Da Song to have the idea that he was very good. It certainly won't be the first time, and it won't be the last.

In case, the unreliable adults in the court felt that it didn't seem to be too difficult to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Not to mention the Fei Lian Army, even the Western Army will be involved.

When it comes, let alone the New Year, maybe within a few years, they will all be stuffed on the side.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, Hu Yanzhuo thought that if he could be promoted to the rank of meritorious service, and he would be the deputy envoy of Xuanfu all the way, or the envoy of Jiedu, it would not be unacceptable for him to fight abroad.

But the reality is much more cruel than ideals, he found that there was a chance to fight with Li Kui and get promoted and make a fortune, but he would be ranked behind all the generals.

This is uncomfortable, and even the Liu Fa in front of him may be valued by Li Kui and promoted him. And then it's your turn.

But if you go to war with another manager...... This is not a question of being promoted to an official position and making a fortune, but a question of winning the war and not winning the war.

Just like now, Li Kui easily took Yi County, and then the main force went straight to Zhuozhou. This kind of thunderous fighting style can easily stun the Liao people. But on the other hand, once the Liao people got used to the Song army's combat methods, they would quickly react. After the Liao people become serious about the war, I am afraid that it will not be easy to defend the city in the future.

Setsu Province.

Nanjing Palace of Liao.

Yelu Hongji stared at Han Zirang who was kneeling in front of him with bloodshot eyes, panting like a cow, and suddenly rushed to Han Zirang, raised his leg and kicked Han Zirang to the ground, and scolded angrily: "Waste, 20,000 horses have been wiped out by you in one day." It's 20,000 sheep, and the Song army may not be able to kill them all in a day if they want to kill them, what is the use of such waste as I want you? ”

Han Zirang knelt on the ground, kowtowed like garlic and begged for mercy: "The minister deserves to die." ”

"That's right, you are damned, you know that Zhuozhou fell into the Song army, once the Song army stays in Zhuozhou, how passive will my Da Liao be?" Yelu Hongji thought of this possibility, and he was furious, and his original plan was to pull out the sharpest minions of the Song Kingdom. In order to annihilate the Feilian Army and the Praetorian Guard led by Li Kui, he did not hesitate to use more than 100,000 troops.

But in the end, except for Han Junyi's Guangshun army, which caused great trouble to the Song people in the Song Kingdom, all other deployments failed.

And the reason for the failure is the Korean concession in front of him.

If Zhuozhou is not lost, Yelu Hongji has a way to compress Li Kui's living space, and finally swallow more than 20,000 Song troops in one gulp.

But now, whether or not the Song army can be stopped is a question. Especially after the loss of Zhuozhou, the Song army held Zhuozhou in case of death. It will be very uncomfortable for Liao.

"Your Majesty, Zhuozhou...... Zhuozhou! ”

Yelu Hongji was deeply impatient and said: "Zhuozhou has been lost, and I already know it. ”

"It's not that Zhuozhou is lost, but that the Song army seems to be burning the city."

"What?"

Zhuozhou is not far from Xijin Mansion, and no matter whether it is day or night, the movement of burning the city can still be seen.

At this time, it was late at night, and Yelu Hongji, who hurried to the head of the city, saw that the sky in the direction of Zhuozhou was red, and the loss was at night, otherwise Yelu Hongji's face would be even more old due to frustration, and he would be exposed to his courtiers. He muttered, "Thief, how dare you do this? ”

Zhuozhou is the gateway to Xijin Province, and not only that, since the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, Zhuozhou has been the largest city in Youzhou.

Although the Liao State did not work too hard to repair the city of Zhuozhou, this is because this city is enough to use. Moreover, over the years, the Liao State has hoarded a large number of materials in Zhuozhou City, which has also made the city look more prosperous.

Although, after the fall of Zhuozhou, the materials in the city have fallen into the hands of the Song people.

But with so many materials, for the Liao State, which could not compare with the Great Song Dynasty, there was still hope for it to be recovered.

What made Yelu Hongji's heart bleed was that after losing Zhuozhou, he no longer had much material mobilization to mobilize a large army, thus threatening the Great Song Dynasty. Even the 50,000 troops in Hebei have the possibility of running out of cooking. Unless the Guangshun army can fight in the Song Realm, otherwise the army that has lost supplies can only retreat to Xijin Mansion as soon as possible, otherwise it is possible to run off food and grass.

"Your Majesty, let me lead the troops, right?"

Yelu Chenjianu, the king of the Southern Courtyard, asked Yelu Hongji to fight: "The minister must bring Li Kui's head to the king." ”

"No, it's not easy."

Before Zhuozhou was not lost, Yelu Hongji may still have enough confidence to take Li Kui. But Zhuozhou lost the land too quickly, and it was lost in only one day, which made him feel at a loss. At the same time, he also recognized Li Kui's awesomeness.

At this time, no matter how arrogant you are, you are deceiving yourself.

However, fortunately, the main force of the Liao army that remained in Nanjing Province did not suffer losses. Except for the loss of more than 10,000 troops in Zhuozhou, the other main forces are there.

At this time, Nanjing Road could still bring out 40,000 or 50,000 troops, plus 50,000 horses from the leather room army, and 50,000 horses from the south to the Song Kingdom, with a total strength of 140,000.

If the reaction is fast enough, if you want to annihilate Li Kui, there is still a great possibility.

Yelu Hongji has also fought all his life in order to create his image of bravery. You can't get old, you get old, and this image collapses because of a failure. Thinking of this, his brain swelled, and the anger in his chest rushed upwards one after another: "Brother Xiao Chang! ”

"The minister is here!"

"Since you are the head of the camp, I have ordered you to lead the leather room army."

Brother Xiao Chang hesitantly glanced up at Yelu Hongji, bowed his head and said, "The minister's decree." ”

Xiao Changge was a little surprised, this was not in line with Yelu Hongji's habits. Yelu Hongji likes to drive in person, in fact, there is a reason, he can't trust his courtiers. At the same time, there is also a great character of great joy, and he wants to shape himself into a brave emperor. If this thought is not gone, he will definitely not let the command of the Pi Room Army fall into the hands of his courtiers.

Sure enough, Yelu Hongji only hesitated for a moment, and immediately said his decision:

"I'm going to take the lead."

Yelu Hongji had such an idea very simply, since the Song army had already reached the doorstep, he had no reason to retreat, even if he was already seventy years old.

He made this decision, which really made Xiao Changge breathe a sigh of relief.

The leather room army has always been the emperor's pro-army, although he has a noble status, but if he wants to lead the leather room army, he will inevitably be suspicious of Yelu Hongji. It would be great if Yelu Hongji could drive the expedition in person, and Brother Xiao Chang didn't have to worry about being suspicious of the emperor.

Since the royal driving expedition was prepared, the officials in the Xijin Prefecture began to prepare.

It is worthy of being the most elite army of the Liao State, only the next day, the vanguard of the leather room army has gone out of the city, and a day later, Yelu Hongji's car is mixed in the leather room army and goes in the direction of Yi County.

In Yelu Hongji's mind, Li Kui burned Zhuozhou City, then the strategic intention was obvious, it was aimed at the 50,000 troops of the Liao army going south.

Once the southbound Guangshun army was trapped in Yi County, the 50,000 troops who had lost their supplies could not hold out for even a month. Why is it a month?

The Liao army is cavalry, and if you want to completely trap 50,000 cavalry, even if there is no food and grass, it will take longer than the infantry.

After all, the cavalry did not eat or drink, and there were war horses that could be used as food.

But it was difficult for the infantry.

And Han Junyi's Guangshun army did run into trouble in Yi County. This trouble mainly came from the two Song armies that arrived from Hebei.

In particular, the Khitan Renduo tribe who took refuge in the Song State obtained sufficient food, more sophisticated equipment and weapons, which could be regarded as the main force of the elite Zhuoluo army in Western Xia, and the strength that broke out on the battlefield made the Liao army miserable.

In a battle on the outskirts of Xiongzhou, the Liao army, which was determined to retreat, was defeated in the first battle, and withdrew to Yi County in the case of mutual casualties.

After converging the reinforcements of Zhendingfu, the Song army was strong, and it was pressing towards the Liao army step by step without worries. This squeezed the Guangshun army into a smaller area.

Yi County.

Liu Fa, who had once again consumed a lot of the Liao army, sat by the campfire and roasted his wet boots.

The pungent sour smell is unbearable. But even so, Hu Yanzhuo endured the thought of jumping up and beating Liu Fa violently, and sat down opposite Liu Fa.

"Brother Huyan, come and roast it, it's very beautiful."

The corners of Hu Yanzhuo's mouth twitched a few times, but he still gave up his plan to dry his boots. Instead, he squinted at Liu Fa and said, "General Liu, have you forgotten something?" ”

"Patrol the city? I'll go later. ”

Liu Fa said blankly, it was another day of fighting, and at this time he was hungry and felt that he could swallow a cow.

Hu Yanzhuo asked Liu Fa about patrolling the city, and he couldn't help but roar: "General Liu, should the embankment be dug?" ”

"But the marshal didn't come, and he couldn't trap the Liao army after the embankment broke?" Liu Fa said worriedly.

Hu Yanzhuo could only stare dryly, Liu Fa was really working hard for Li Kui. But the question is, can the dam store water indefinitely? Definitely not.

As the water level gets higher, so does the risk of dam failure.

"What if it collapses?" Hu Yanzhuo said bluntly: "If the water level is too high, I am afraid that the embankment will not be able to hold on." ”

Liu Fa slapped his head and said in annoyance: "Damn, I forgot about it." Then he sneered awkwardly: "Brother Huyan, this is the first time that the younger brother has led the troops alone, and there is no calculation." I immediately had people light the fire and send the signal. ”

It's all on this, what else can Hu Yanzhuo say?

In addition to not understanding, how could he deign to such a thing, his heart was full of all kinds of unwillingness.

In the middle of the night, the war horses in the Liao army barracks first became restless, and then the Liao soldiers in many tents had a dream of soaking in water in their dreams, and they touched it casually, and they were wet.

Soon, as the water level became higher and higher, the camp of the Liao army began to panic.

Boom –

When the water let out a roar-like roar and swept through the camp of the Liao army, the Guangshun army had no time to react at all, and they all fell into the Ze country.