Chapter eighty-one, Xiao Tianzuo
The eastern flank of the Khitan army, after only one round of strong crossbow fire, collapsed. The Khitan soldiers never expected to suffer such a bow and arrow blow, and at a distance of eight hundred meters, the bloody scene was so terrible that they no longer had the fighting spirit. A thousand people were knocked out at once, how much blood would have to be shed to rush forward? They did not dare to rush any further, but fled back and forth in a panic.
Like a crab retreating on the beach, five thousand Khitan soldiers on the east wing are holding their heads and running around. The Khitan soldiers rushed to the place where they dismounted, snatched the military horses, and fled far away. The scene of snatching the military horses was very panicked, and the Han people, the Koreans, and the Xi tribe scuffled together for the sake of the military horses. Although these followers did not dare to compete with the bannermen, it was obvious that they had lost order after being knocked down by the powerful crossbow bow and arrow.
In the middle of the Khitan army, Hu Yuan looked at the collapsed eastern flank in amazement. Is this a failure? Isn't it just getting started? Before their own warriors could touch the enemy, they collapsed? He led all the troops and horses to loot Qinghe County, but the county seat was not taken, but it was defeated by the Song army with a drum? This matter spreads, how will Hu Yuan gain a foothold in Youzhou in the future.
How can the Song army on the opposite side have so many strong crossbows, and how can this battle be fought?
Hu Yuanyou wanted to go into battle in person to sort out the routs and charge the Song army on the eastern flank, but the strong crossbow in the Song army's formation made him feel cold in his heart. This is a Song army that Hu Yuan has never encountered, and the shape of this war has changed in a direction that Hu Yuan cannot understand. Where did this Song Jun come from, and why is it so powerful? Hu Yuan suddenly remembered Ye Yu Hongguang, who was said to have been defeated by a Song army full of firearms. Could it be that you met this Song army?
After the Song army on the eastern flank on the opposite side defeated the eastern flank of the Qing Khitan army, it began to outflank the center. The Khitan army was originally small in number, and it was impossible to stop it when it encountered such a fierce Song army, and the 3,000 Khitan army in the middle would obviously be defeated soon, and the collapse of the whole army was imminent. An elite of the Xi army in front of Hu Yuan pulled Hu Yuan's war horse and said loudly: "General, lose!" Come on! Hu Yuan looked at the scene on the battlefield, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood. In this escape, how much of his soldiers and horses will be chased and killed by the Song army? Hu Yuan seems to have seen the scene of Empress Dowager Xiao punishing herself in anger, maybe his own group training will not be able to keep the title!
But the defeat is decided, let the soldiers escape and reduce the losses is the only thing Hu Yuan can do at present. "Mingjin! Collect the troops! Hu Yuan roared, and fled westward. Under his leadership, the elite of the 500 Creek Army of the Chinese Army turned their horses around and fled to the west. On the battlefield, the Khitan army on the central and western flanks had just entered the battle state, when they suddenly heard the order to withdraw the army, and they were inexplicably surprised. They looked back, only to see the collapsed eastern flank and the Chinese army fleeing in disarray.
What's going on? Isn't it just the beginning of the fight? But one way or another, the battle was lost. The Khitan soldiers no longer had the fighting spirit, so they left the Song army one by one and retreated to the place where they dismounted. However, although they retreated, they did not collapse, and they still retreated as an organization. As they retreated, they turned back and shot arrows, forcing back the pursuing Song army, and fled westward on their horses.
The three generals on the western flank didn't know what was happening, only that after the whizzing of arrows, the Khitan army retreated one by one. In any case, the balance of victory has already tipped in favor of the Song army! The three general soldiers rushed out on horseback excitedly, and led the cavalry to begin to pursue the Khitan soldiers.
Huaihua marched into Shi Pingzhang and was inexplicably excited, this is a rare opportunity to chase the enemy! Sure enough, if you follow Yang Peng's troops to kill the enemy together, you will have a chance to make meritorious contributions! With a palladium in his hand, he rushed to the front of the line. After hacking to death two Khitan army auxiliaries who did not grab the war horses, he continued to chase westward, chasing the Khitan soldiers who were riding horses westward.
But the Khitan soldiers were not so easy to chase, and the Tartar archers turned around from time to time to shoot a few arrows, and even shot down the chasing Song cavalry. But when did Shi Pingzhang chase and kill the Khitan army so happily? At this time, he was eager for meritorious service, and suddenly forgot his personal safety, and rushed into the back of the Khitan team with his family, and fought with the Khitan soldiers at the back.
Shi Pingzhang bit this is a Khitan army of more than 100 people, and he has been shooting arrows at the back of the Khitan army. These Khitan soldiers did not disperse, but they heard the sound of Ming Jin and retreated, and they could still be killed by the establishment and Shi Pingzhang's family. But they fought with Shi Pingzhang's family for a while, and the large Song army behind them was killed, and finally these Khitan troops were surrounded by a large number of Song cavalry.
These Khitan soldiers were blood-red in their eyes, roaring and sprinting back and forth in the Song army's formation, and actually killed three or four Shi Pingzhang's family members. The momentum of the trapped beast made Shi Pingzhang's family unable to hold them for a while. However, more and more Song troops surrounded the outside, and the archers of the Song army began to shoot arrows at these Khitan troops. The bowstring sounded, and one by one, the Khitan soldiers were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Shi Pingzhang laughed, he commanded ten soldiers to go up to cut off the head, and he led his family to chase the Khitan army in the distance. Zhang Yan, Shi Pinghu, and Kou Zhun's more than 3,000 cavalry also rushed out to pursue the Khitan army, and these cavalry galloped across the North China Plain, chasing and killing the Khitan cavalry who fled in disarray.
Yang Peng's selection regiment is also chasing and killing the Khitan army, Yang Bamei with the cavalry of the selection regiment has rifles, and when they rush to the Khitan army within 200 meters, they can shoot the cavalry in front, and they don't need to fight with the Khitan soldiers, and the efficiency of the pursuit is very high. The Xuanfeng Regiment pursued more than ten miles south and killed more than 1,000 Khitan soldiers who were gradually falling behind.
What is more troublesome is that every time you kill the Khitan army, you must immediately dismount and cut off the head, otherwise it is very likely that the head will be cut off by Shi Pingzhang's family. After chasing for more than ten miles, the cavalry of the Song army stopped chasing. At this time, the infantry of the Song army had fallen ten miles away from the cavalry, and there were only more than 6,000 cavalry of the Ming army chasing in front, if more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan turned their heads to surround the cavalry of the Song army, the situation would be reversed.
The Song army watched the Khitan army flee from a distance, and they were proud and sorry one by one. The results of this battle were very gratifying. Shi Pingzhang rode back and forth on the battlefield, calculating his gains, and finally he got a number that made his eyes shine: three hundred and twenty-three!
Shi Pingzhang triumphantly patrolled back and forth on the battlefield, and finally found Yang Peng. "Lord Castle, how many heads have you gained?" Yang Peng turned his head and asked Yang Bamei: "How many levels did we chase and kill?" Yang Bamei replied: "General, we chased and killed one thousand one hundred and twenty levels!" β
Yang Peng replied: "Counting the one thousand and seventy-one levels before the battle, my soldiers have obtained two thousand one hundred and ninety-one levels!" Shi Pingzhang was stunned, he didn't expect Yang Peng to get so many first ranks, he hit Yang Peng's chest like a compliment, and said, "Good guy!" However, he quickly became proud again, and said loudly: "Lord City, I have also won the three hundred and twenty levels!" Hahahaha! β
After chasing and killing the Khitan army, Kou Zhun summoned all the armies to check the battle achievements. In the end, it was determined that in this battle, Shi Pinghu captured 272 levels, Zhang Yan captured 231 levels, Shi Pingzhang captured 323 levels, and Kou Zhun Governor Biaoying captured 307 levels. However, these four families together did not have as many as Yang Peng's, and Yang Pengjun captured two thousand one hundred and ninety-one levels.
Now that Yang Peng has a strong army, no one has a way to divide his exploits. Yang Peng's exploits in defeating Hanjiazhuang were not distinguished, and Yang Peng, who had captured more than 2,000 levels this time, did not share with others. However, this time, the three families and Kou Zhun Governor Biao Battalion have gained, and it is thanks to Yang Peng's defeat of the eastern wing of the Qing army that everyone has such a gain, and no one will be angry with Yang Peng for a while.
Kou Zhun and the generals happily surrounded the sergeants with lime nitrate, discussing this great victory. "I didn't expect that I, Shi Pingzhang, could also hunt down more than 10,000 Khitan soldiers! It's so exciting! Shi Pinghu laughed and said, "Thanks to the city lord general, he defeated the eastern flank of the Khitan with one drum!" We have such a chance to hunt down the Khitan soldiers! The soldiers and horses of the city lord's general were really brave, and they actually destroyed the Khitan soldiers with a round of strong crossbows and long arrows. β
Zhang Yan said with a smile: "One hundred and forty strong crossbows, it is really a thousand arrows in volley." Flesh and blood, where can you stop this powerful crossbow bow and arrow? Zhang Yan asked curiously, "What kind of bow and arrow did the city lord general use?" Can you kill a thousand Khitan soldiers in one round of artillery fire? β
Yang Peng said: "The strong crossbow bow and arrow I use can kill two Khitan soldiers at a distance of 800 meters!" "What is a long arrow?" "It's a strong crossbow with ten long arrows!"
Shi Pinghu suddenly realized, and said in a loud voice that this was the case. Shi Pingzhang said: "Go! Let's take a look at the strong crossbow of the lord of the city? Everyone was full of interest and walked to Yang Peng's army to observe Li Zhi's strong crossbow. Everyone has limited knowledge of strong crossbows, and only knows machine crossbows for the types of strong crossbows. As for Li Zhi's iron core copper body technology and billet casting technology, they didn't know anything about it.
After looking around, these generals didn't see anything famous, they just applauded there. Kou Zhun stroked his beard and said: "The cannons of the city lord general are indeed powerful, I don't know how much one costs?" Yang Peng reported a number and replied: "One door costs six hundred taels of silver!" β
Kou Zhun calculated and said: "Six hundred taels is also a good deal, after this battle, my Biao Battalion also wants to equip some of these strong crossbows." When the time comes, I will give 12,000 taels to the general, and the general will cast 20 strong crossbows for me? "The cost of Yang Peng's casting of a strong crossbow is only one hundred taels, and if he sells it to Kou Zhun for six hundred taels, there will be a profit of five hundred taels. Yang Peng thought in his heart that this business could not be done, and finally agreed.
"Okay, then I'll give Master Kou twenty crossbows!" Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, stroked his long beard with satisfaction, and nodded. Hearing that the strong crossbow was willing to be Kou Zhun and the strong crossbow, several generals hurriedly surrounded him and said, "City lord general, I also want fifteen gates!" "The city lord general, also cast twenty gates for me!"
Yang Peng saw that the three generals were going to buy their own strong crossbows, and felt that he was selling them too cheaply, and he didn't want to sell them, so he lied and said: "It takes a month to cast a strong crossbow for this one, and I can only cast three crossbows a month when my three workshops go into battle." Wait until I finish casting twenty doors for Lord Kou next year, and then I will cast them for you! β
The three generals were stunned when they heard this, but they felt that it was reasonable, it generally takes dozens of days and a month to cast a strong crossbow, and Yang Peng's strong crossbow is cheap, but it will not be faster than others. It's just that you can only cast three doors this month, and I don't know what year and month you can cast for yourself. The three generals looked at Yang Peng's strong crossbow stupidly, very unwilling.
Shi Pinghu said tentatively: "How many used cannons did the city lord general sell me?" Emergency! Yang Peng rolled his eyes and said, "That's not for sale!" "The crowd was discussing ordnance when they heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance. Everyone looked back and saw that the gates of Jinghai City were wide open, and the squires and people in the city came out to sacrifice the army with wine and meat on their backs.
There were only 1,000 village soldiers in the city. Those township soldiers and ordinary people guarded the city for five days, and seeing that the trap tunnels under the city were filled in by the Khitan army little by little, they all thought that this time was inevitable. Who knew that Wang Shi came from the north and defeated the Khitan army with a single drum. The people in the city rejoiced, and they all said that it was the king who saved me, so they naturally wanted to come out to reward the officers and soldiers.
The group of people carried pigs, sheep, livestock, wine, rice and food out of the city gate, and walked towards Kou Zhun with gongs and drums. The people of the city were empty, and they all crowded out of the city gates. They crowded under the city wall to see what the officers and soldiers were like who saved their lives, but they were a little afraid of the officers and soldiers and did not dare to go to the front.
At the head of the line was an old man on crutches. The old man was seventy or eighty years old, with snow-white hair and halberd, but he looked still strong. Walking next to him was a civil official wearing a seven-rank civil official uniform, probably the county magistrate of Jinghai County. The old man looked at the layout of the army, looked in front of the formation, grabbed a few small soldiers and asked, then led the people to Yang Peng's strong crossbowmen, and found a group of officers and generals who were discussing ordnance.
Kou Zhun saw the people coming over, and took Yang Peng and others to greet him. Walking up to Kou Zhun, the old man asked, "Which way is this Wang Shi?" Kou Zhun arched his hand and said: "Villager elder, I am Doctor Kou Zhun of Jin Ziguanglu, this is the soldiers and horses under my command!" The old man looked at Kou Zhun and said, "It turned out to be Master Kou, who is old and polite!" β
The magistrate hurriedly walked up and said, "Lord Kou, this is the former secretary of the military department, and the former prime minister Lu Duan." β
Kou Zhun suddenly realized, and arched his hand and said, "The junior has seen Lu Gong!" The old man waved his hand and said, "The old decay has been given to the official, and now he has no official status, Lord Kou is exempt, don't torture the old decay." Lu Duan looked at the generals behind Kou Zhun and asked: "The old man can see clearly on the city gate, it was a long arrow that repelled the Khitan soldiers, this strong crossbow is really sharp!" Which general's crossbowmen are this. β
Kou Zhun let Yang Peng out and said, "This is Yang Peng's crossbowmen in Tianjing New City!" Yang Peng walked up to Lu Duan and arched his hand and said, "Lu Gong, in Xia Tianjing New Town, Yang Peng!" Lu Duan looked at Yang Peng and said, "The general saved the people of Jinghai City, saved the lives of the old family, and was worshiped by the old man!" After saying this, he slowly bent down, and finally arched his old waist, supported his hands on crutches, and made a deep swipe to Yang Peng with difficulty.
When the county commander saw that Lu Duan bowed down, he also hurriedly bowed to Yang Peng, and said loudly: "The general is bowed by the lower official!" Seeing this, the squires and people behind Lu Duan knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowed and said:
"Thank you Master Wang for saving us!" "Master Wang, help, I'm grateful!" "The king is mighty, save the people of a city!"
Some of the agitated people wept. They thought that if the city was broken by the Khitan, they didn't know what kind of crime they would suffer, how many relatives they would lose, and they didn't know if they could save their lives? Thinking about it, they became more and more grateful to Yang Peng, who drove away the Khitan soldiers with a strong crossbow, and knelt on the ground one by one and cried tears.
Lu Duan was also very emotional, he had a fierce personality, if Kou Zhun's reinforcements didn't come again, he would be ready to hang himself after the city was broken. This time, the Khitan army attacked Gaoyang City, and his five sons, six grandsons, two nephews, and eight nephews all took the initiative to participate in the city defenders, and more than 100 men in a family were on the city wall to help the township soldiers defend the city. If the city is breached by the Khitan soldiers, he will definitely suffer the harshest retaliation from the Khitan army, and I am afraid that he will not survive.
Yang Peng repelled Hu Yuan with a cannon, and it was not him who was saved, but his Lu family. Lu Duan's gratitude to Yang Peng, how can he express it with a bow? Seeing Lu Duan bowing to Yang Peng, and seeing the people kowtowing to Yang Peng, crying and worshipping, the three generals were embarrassed. Lu Duan is a generation of famous ministers, the master of the True Sect, and it is really a blessing to be able to get such a famous minister. And the weeping and gratitude of these people are not what the generals want all their lives?
They were a little jealous of Yang Peng's treatment, but they admired it very much. Who let their troops not have the combat effectiveness of Yang Peng, and drove the Khitan soldiers away with a single round of arrows? Yang Peng's combat power deserves such a scene. If they wait for the next year, they will also buy dozens of strong crossbows from Yang Peng, maybe they can be as majestic as Yang Peng?
Kou Zhun stood aside and smiled. Lu Xiangsheng is Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, and he has been an official in Bianjing, and he has only seen Lu Duan a few times from afar, and that was more than ten years ago. He and Lu Duan basically didn't know each other, but as soon as he dealt with Lu Duan today, Kou Zhun found that this Lu Duan's eyes were really powerful - Lu Duan could see at a glance that this official army mainly relied on Yang Peng to fight, and found out the main master.
Yang Peng looked at the people who were kneeling down and smiled. He helped Lu Duan up and said loudly: "Lu Gong, please get up!" Now that the Khitan is raging, it is within the duty of our military attachΓ©s to help the people, why do you need such a big gift? Lu Duan slowly straightened up and said, "If it weren't for the general, the old decay would be full of dozens of people!" Is it old and decrepit? β
The people gradually stood up. A villager came up with rice wine in his hand and said, "This is the rice wine made by the villagers with local millet, please make this cup to Lord Kou and the generals!" Kou Zhun held the rice wine in his hand and drank it all. The old man held the rice wine in front of Yang Peng again, and Yang Peng picked up the wine bowl and drank it in one gulp. Lu Duan looked at Yang Peng, nodded, and said slowly: "The state-owned tiger general, the blessing of the society!" β
However, Hu Yuan's trip was not glorious, he was beaten away by Kou Zhun and fled to Mozhou. In the big tent of the Khitan army under the city, Xiao Tianzuo and the Khitan army generals sat on chairs and looked at Hu Yuan standing in the middle of the big tent. Han Derang, with extraordinary appearance, has a bow and horse talent, and is known to be a little self-conscious. Hearing Hu Yuan's words, Han Derang sneered and said, "You said that when you besieged Jinghai City, you were defeated by more than 20,000 Song troops!" After a pause, Han Derang said: "Hu Yuan, you have more than 15,000 Liao warriors under your banner!" β
Hu Yuan's face turned red, and he looked at Han Derang with some annoyance, and said loudly: "If Han De lets you be there, you can only escape!" Han Derang said loudly: "My five thousand soldiers and horses in Yingzhou defeated twelve thousand Song troops. If I bring 15,000 soldiers and horses, I will definitely beat the more than 20,000 Song troops to the ground! β
Hu Yuan was reprimanded by Han Derang, feeling a little embarrassed. Xiao Tianzuo led Xiao Tianyou, Zhang Hua and Han Derang to attack the castle of the Song army's Guanning defense line in the west of Mozhou to contain the soldiers and horses of the Western army. And the Khitan army that entered the fortress was not all the army of Da Liao. There were about 30,000 Khitan soldiers among the horses entering the Serbian army, plus more than 20,000 people from the Xi tribe and Bohai, and finally some miscellaneous soldiers, known as 100,000.
At this time, in Xiao Tianzuo's camp, there were many Xi nobles and Khitan nobles. Xiao Tianyou came up and said a word for Hu Yuan: "This Song army can defeat Hu Yuan, it must be good, I don't know which Song army it is?" Hu Yuan found a step at this time, and hurriedly said: "This Song army is the soldiers and horses of Song Guokou Zhun, and there is also Yang Peng who completely annihilated the red light soldiers and horses of Ye Yu the year before last!" β
Kou Zhun's name was gone, and it didn't attract the attention of the generals. But when they heard Yang Peng's name, the Khitan generals in the tent were stunned. The year before last, the 12,000 Yellow Banner army was defeated by Yang Peng in Cangzhou, and the soldiers were almost wiped out by Yang Peng, and only more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers escaped back to Yingzhou's army alive. Hundred tricks were crippled in one battle.
If Xiao Tianzuo can loot more people and property and return to Youzhou this time, his prestige will be even greater, and Empress Dowager Xiao will have to discuss with Xiao Tianzuo about military affairs in the future. Hearing that Hu Yuan had met this Yang Peng, a trace of fear flashed in the eyes of all the Khitan nobles, and they looked at each other a few times. This is the lord who led 4,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 12,000 Zhengye Red Light army. If there is still an element of luck in the Battle of Dagou, then this time he defeated Hu Yuan, which is enough to prove Li Zhi's toughness.
The year before last, after the Beizhao envoy was defeated in Dagou City, the Liao State sent a large number of fine works to Cangzhou to inquire about Yang Peng's information. Although the guarantee system of Tianjing New City is very strict, and Liaoguo cannot get into it, Cangzhou is easy to get into. Liao's meticulous work found a lot of information about Yang Peng in Cangzhou, and he had already figured out Yang Peng's basic situation.
After Yang Peng defeated Ye Yan Hongguang, there was no news. This Yang Peng is completely different from other Ming generals. Other Song generals ate empty salaries and drank the blood of soldiers, and it would be good to have 3,000 soldiers for 5,000 soldiers. But this Yang Peng did the opposite, using private property to raise soldiers. Xiao Tianzuo, the general of the Great Liao State, sat in the center of the nobles, frowning and pondering.
Xiao Tianzuo was a lean young man with a handsome face and beautiful hair. He was only forty-seven years old at this time, but he was already a pivotal figure in the Liao State. Yang Peng's information may not be particularly clear to other generals and nobles, but Xiao Tianzuo does know it very well. In Xiao Tianzuo's heart, this Yang Peng is already the No. 1 enemy of the Liao State. Hearing Hu Yuan report Yang Peng's name, Xiao Tian's left eye narrowed, and he said coldly: "This Yang Peng again?" β
After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.