Chapter 803: A Great Victory
Two days later, reinforcements from Ulju finally arrived.
The Liao army surrounded outside the city was suddenly full of confidence, sharpening their knives and preparing to attack the city.
Just as they were attacking Licheng and Rongcheng, General Pang arrived at Gaocheng on time with 80,000 soldiers.
At this time, General Deng was not in the city, but commanded the siege outside Rongcheng, and now only Yelu Zhenzong is in Gaocheng.
There were only more than 30,000 defenders in the city, and 80,000 soldiers of the Song army were approaching the city. Immediately, it occurred to me that they were now at war, and they were already in a stalemate, and it was impossible to return to the city to help.
The Song army siege was very vigorous, and it had already attacked the city three times in half a day, and the city gate was crumbling.
However, the Liao army had rich experience in defending the city and still resisted stubbornly.
After three sieges, the Song army suddenly retreated to camp five miles away, and it seemed that they were planning to stop today.
Yelu Zhenzong breathed a sigh of relief!
If the Song army organizes a siege of the city again, he may not be able to settle down, and if he can't say it, he will abandon the city and retreat to Ulzhou.
Fortunately, Song Jun knew the difficulty and retreated!
They wanted to attack Gaocheng and relieve the danger of Li City and Rong City. It's a pity that they think highly of themselves, thinking that with these 80,000 soldiers, they can capture Gaocheng.
Kick it to the iron plate!
After asking the defenses of the city again, Yelu Zhenzong prepared to rest.
On this day, my heart hangs in the air.
Tired!
In the tent of the Song army's camp, General Pang was arranging the next surprise attack mission.
"Wei Shuyu, you have to select a thousand soldiers who can do light skills within an hour, bring the flying tiger claws, and set off after dark, and you must open the city gates."
"The last general commands!"
Wei Shuyu took the lead in going down with his fists in his fists, ready to select soldiers with good achievements.
"Dai Mengqiu, you lead 40,000 soldiers to detour through the north gate of Gaocheng, if the Liao army retreats here, block it with all your might, but don't chase it fiercely!"
"Yes, the last general commands."
"The rest of the people wait, rest in place, and wait for the attack on the city after dark."
It was August, and there were still two hours before dark, and Wei Shuyu selected a thousand soldiers with good light skills within an hour, and equipped them with the best tools and weapons.
Their mission is not to kill the enemy, but to fly up the walls as fast as possible and open the gates.
Damon Qiu led the army and made a detour from the back to the north gate of Gaocheng.
After dark, a thousand soldiers who had already been prepared soon came to the edge of the city wall under the cover of night, like cheetahs ready to attack.
They leaned on the wall, their ears on it, and listened silently to the movement above.
About a quarter of an hour later, I heard a louder movement on the city wall than before, and it must have been time to change the guard.
As for the rules of patrolling, they still need to find out.
It was about a quarter of an hour or so that the soldier with excellent internal strength heard the regular footsteps from far and near, and then regained his composure.
The thousand soldiers did not act immediately, but continued to wait patiently, this time for another quarter of an hour, and the regular sound of footsteps sounded from above again.
In this way, the interval between their patrols should be a quarter of an hour.
I changed my guard again just now, and it's the right time to do it.
The leader of this thousand Song troops is called Wang Huilin, he looked up at the moon in the sky, and estimated that it should be the end of the time.
The moon is there, but from time to time there are clouds to obscure, flickering and dimming, the light is not very good, Wang Huilin put his hand to his lips, and a few crows sounded.
Crows also crow at night.
And there are a lot of crows in Gaocheng, and these cries did not attract the attention of the Liao army on the city wall.
The soldiers who heard the cry carefully dispersed, and when they were ready, they flicked their flying tiger claws and firmly grasped the city wall.
"What sound?"
When the Liao army heard the voice and wanted to lean over to check the situation, the person had already flown in front of him, Song Jun took out the dagger prepared at his waist, and instantly touched the neck of the Liao army who wanted to check the situation in front of him.
Then he quickly took off the Flying Tiger Claw and put it on the side of the city wall, and slid down it.
Song Jun has been paying attention to the situation here.
At the moment when they flew up the city wall, the Song army that was secretly marching was all ready to attack, waiting for the city gate to open and attack the city in one go.
And this carefully selected 1,000 people did live up to their expectations.
The action is crisp and clean!
With a clear purpose, go straight to the city gate.
But the Liao army that reacted was not vegetarian, and quickly organized personnel to resist.
The 1,000 soldiers should have deduced this situation when they came, and twenty of them rushed towards the city gate, and the rest were all there to stop the Liao army.
The city gate is heavy, and ten people on each side work together.
The gates are finally slowly opening!
Wang Huilin immediately used the signal flare.
The green signal flare exploded in the air, and the Song army, which had been squatting not far from the city, immediately rushed out and rushed to the city gate at the fastest speed in his life.
The moment the signal flare exploded, Yelu Zhenzong, who had been resting, happened to come out of the room.
"What was that?"
Yelu Zhenzong saw it, and a bad premonition came out of his heart.
The personal guard Dao Yu Li said: "Your Majesty, it seems to be a signal flare of the Song army, and the distance should be in the city." ”
As soon as Yu Li's words fell, the deafening shouts of killing came from far and near.
Yelu Zhenzong shouted, "Come, come, go and see what is happening." ”
"Report ......"
Yelu Zhenzong was about to send someone to inquire about the situation, when a soldier's shout rang out from afar: "Your Majesty, the Song army has attacked and has entered the city. ”
"What?"
Yelu Zhenzong glared angrily at the soldiers who came to report: "How could the heavy soldiers at the city gate break through the city gate without making a sound." ”
Kid him!
"Your Majesty, the Song army sent a death squad of about 1,000 people, they made light achievements, and their activities were very fast, and the soldiers ...... before they could react."
The shouting of killing is getting closer and closer, and now I can't leave without waiting for a while.
Yelu Zhenzong gritted his teeth and asked hundreds of personal guards to escort him away.
The soldiers of the city fought and retreated.
In the end, it was decided to abandon the city and retreat to Ulju.
Not long after leaving the city, he confronted the Song army that had already been ambushed here.
The 80,000 Song army attacked back and forth, basically annihilating the Liao army in Gaocheng City, as for Yelu Zhenzong, if it weren't for the protection of these loose cultivators he recruited, don't think about returning to Ulzhou with all your tails.
The Song army, which captured Gaocheng, immediately divided its troops into two routes to aid Licheng and Rongcheng.
Until dawn, the fighting stopped.
The result of this battle was the most fruitful for the Liao Campaign, which annihilated about 50,000 Liao troops, captured more than 10,000 people, and escaped more than 20,000 people.
Zhao Zhen is happy!
Coupled with the fact that Su Yixin is here to convey the Qi of the Five Elements to him, he now feels that his body is doubly.
Not to mention killing a cow, if there is a concubine by his side now, he can definitely fight for a few rounds.
It's a pity!
Zhao Zhen is not heavy, he just thinks that he wants to share such a big result with others.
And at this time, what flashed in his mind was not the late Concubine Chen, but the gentle-looking Empress Cao.