Chapter 339. If that doesn’t beat all
Although Cao Jun had expected it, when he suddenly heard the news, it was still like a bolt from the blue. His brows furrowed, and he muttered: "Baishan Mountain and Datong Mansion were originally each other's horns to support each other, and with the nail of Baishan Mountain, the Khitans would not be able to attack the city safely, and now that Baishan Mountain has fallen, it will be difficult to defend Datong Mansion!" Looking up at Sun Haocheng, he asked very angrily, "How did Bai Mountaineer lose it?" ”
Sun Haocheng said: "The specific situation is not very clear, but I learned some information from the mouths of the captured enemy officers. The Khitan army general did not leave to lead a group of soldiers and horses from the inaccessible medicine mountain road in the back mountain to climb the mountain, our army was caught off guard, the whole camp was in chaos, and the enemy's main force had already been ambushed on the mountainside, and as soon as they saw the chaos on the mountain, they attacked quickly! With such a two-phase attack, our army finally couldn't resist it, and the whole army was annihilated! ”
Cao Jun frowned, "Back Mountain? Didn't I ask General Li Zheng to pay attention to the vigilance of the back hill and flanks, how could I still let the enemy succeed? Sun Haocheng pursed his lips, "Then Li Zheng relied on himself as a veteran general in the Yanyun Army, but he was afraid that he didn't take the general's reminder seriously." Hmph, now that the army is defeated and died, it really deserves it! ”
Cao Jun shouted: "Shut up, how can you say such things? Sun Haocheng knew that he was speechless, and his heart was full of joy, and he only promised. Cao Jun said with a straight face: "No matter how many people General Li Zheng has, he is also our comrade, how can he gloat over his misfortune? I don't want to hear half a word like this in the future, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law! Sun Haocheng hurriedly agreed.
Cao Jun frowned and pondered: "Bai Mountain's loss is lost, then the enemy's next step must be to attack Datong Mansion." If I were to live in Tiger City, I would definitely divide my troops into two routes, one to besiege the state capital, and the other to suppress Yanmen Pass. In this way, Datong Mansion will become a lonely city, and the Khitan army will be able to attack the city safely! If the Khitan army is allowed to carry out such a plan safely, the momentum will become stronger and stronger, and it will be more and more difficult to defend the Datong Mansion! We have to find a way to frustrate their spirits! As soon as he thought of this, he said to Sun Haocheng: "Immediately order all the war horses to gather!" Sun Haocheng promised and ran down. The 100,000 Yanyun army guarding Datong Mansion had a total of 5,000 light cavalry, and the rest were infantry troops.
Soon after, Sun Haocheng ran up to the city gate tower, and at this time, Cao Jun was standing on the city gate tower and looking out of the city by the railing. Outside the city, tens of thousands of Khitan troops led by Han Chang were arraying to challenge outside the city, and behind them, the main force of the Khitan army was crossing the river. Cao Jun looked very carefully, as if he wanted to see the enemy's flaws.
Sun Haocheng ran to Cao Jun's side, hugged his fists and said, "General, five thousand war cavalry have been gathered." Cao Jun nodded, and said to the general Li Mu: "When I go out of the city later, you have to be careful to guard, and there must be no mistakes!" Li Mu said categorically: "General, don't worry!" Then he said: "General, let's let the last general's cavalry raid the enemy formation!" Cao Jun shook his head, "I've already decided, you don't have to say more!" Then he said to Sun Haocheng: "Once I succeed, you will immediately lead the army out of the city to attack head-on, there must be no mistake!" "Yes!"
Cao Jun hurriedly stepped down the city wall, turned on his horse, picked up the spear handed by his own soldiers, and raised his voice to the five thousand war horsemen gathered at the city gate: "Brothers, the enemy army attacked Baishan Mountain last night and killed our brothers, I will lead you to avenge them now!" The five thousand warriors couldn't help but feel the same hatred and shouted: "Revenge! Revenge! ......" Cao Jun led the reins of his horse and galloped towards the north city gate, and the five thousand war horsemen felt strange when they saw this scene, but they did not dare to delay at all, and hurriedly followed. At this time, tens of thousands of forwards led by Han Chang were arrayed outside the East City Gate, and the main force of the Khitan Army was also crossing the Yuhe River in the east.
Sure enough, as soon as the five thousand war horsemen rushed out of Datong Mansion, they immediately turned to the east.
When Yanyun cavalry appeared in the field of vision of the Khitan army from afar, the Khitan soldiers were not surprised at all. Deputy General Li Yanqi pointed to the Yanyun cavalry running out of the corner of the city in the distance and said with a smile: "The Yanyun cavalry is here!" I guess I want to raid our military formation! Han Chang said with a smile: "Just relying on these thousands of cavalry to break through our military formation, it is really wishful thinking!" The generals burst out laughing. Although Han Chang said it lightly, he didn't dare to slack off at all in his heart, and turned his head to the herald and said, "The whole army is ready to fight!" ”
The herald hurriedly passed down the order, tens of thousands of soldiers immediately prepared for battle, the tower shield hand was in the front, ready to meet the charge of Yanyun cavalry, the tower shield hand was followed by the pikeman, they will cooperate with the tower shield hand to block the impact of the cavalry, and the pikeman was followed by the crossbowman, which is the main lethal force of the infantry army formation, in addition to these troops, the heavy armored infantry was also arranged near the general flag of the Chinese army, and thousands of Tiefutu cavalry were also arranged in the rear of the army formation, and these heavy armored troops will launch a counterattack against the Yanyun army at the right time. When defending, it is like a mountain, and when it counterattacks, it is like a volcanic eruption, which is the characteristics of the Khitan army.
The Khitan army set up its position and waited for the Yanyun army to attack the formation.
However, things were unexpected by the Khitan army, and the five thousand Yanyun war cavalry led by Cao Jun did not attack them in the future, but bypassed them far away, and swept away directly at the ferry where the Khitan army crossed the river! This move greatly surprised the Khitan army, they didn't expect that the Yan Yun army would be so bold and dare to bypass themselves to raid the ferry of the large army regardless of the danger of being cut off from retreating?!
Han Chang didn't think about it, and hurriedly led the army to chase after him, but where could he catch up with the Yanyun light cavalry that seemed to be rushing forward? In the blink of an eye, I saw that the five thousand Yanyun war horses rushed into the unsuspecting ferry, and the troops swept away, killing the corpses of the Khitan army and the corpses of the soldiers were scattered and scattered, which greatly surprised the Khitan army, which was more than ten times the Yanyun army, and the Khitan army, which was more than ten times larger than the Yanyun army, was in chaos, and could not resist their attack at all.
Han Chang led tens of thousands of cavalry under his command to hurry up, and seeing Yan Yunjun wreaking havoc on the ferry, he was really angry.
However, at this moment, Han Chang and the others suddenly seemed to hear a loud rumbling sound behind them, and they couldn't help but feel strange in their hearts, and they all turned their heads to look. It doesn't matter if they don't look at it, they were startled when they saw it, and they saw tens of thousands of Yanyun infantry troops rushing towards this side, with a tidal wave.
Han Chang was shocked, and hurriedly ordered his army to stop advancing and turn around to meet the enemy. However, when tens of thousands of troops were running at full speed, where could they hear his orders at once, and where could they immediately turn according to his orders, even if they heard the orders, they acted before and after, early and late, and all of a sudden, tens of thousands of troops were in a mess, and people shouted and neighed.
At this moment, the wave of 50,000 infantry troops led by Sun Haocheng crashed heavily into Han Changjun, only to hear a huge shout mixed with the sound of soldiers slashing and slashing, and the scene was like a storm crashing on the shore! Yan Yunjun crashed into the middle of the Khitan army in one go, rushed and killed frantically, and went forward, spears and axes raised blood rain in the sky, and under the thrilling blood was the crazy face of Yan Yunjun and the frightened expression of the Khitan army; The Khitan army was caught off guard, frightened, retreated again and again, the entire army was shaken, and the heart of the army was also shaken, Han Chang shouted in the middle of thousands of troops and horses, but the panicked Khitan soldiers who paid attention to him, the ghost knew what he was shouting.
After only a moment, tens of thousands of Khitan troops began to collapse, quickly receding like the tide of the ebb tide, and the Yanyun army continued to chase and kill, screaming one after another, only to see that one by one the Khitan soldiers were cut down to the ground by the Yanyun army who chased up, and the corpses were all over the ground, and the weapons and armor were all over the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yelu Hucheng on the east bank hurriedly led his 30,000 Tiefu Tu to cross the river, and 30,000 soldiers and horses crossed the river through the shallows, but they could not launch a counterattack for a while, because their own routs that rushed down like a tide completely blocked the attack route. Ya Hu Cheng was greatly annoyed, and ordered his own soldiers to step forward and guide the routs away. At this moment, a team of hundreds of capable Yanyun war cavalry actually rushed towards the 30,000 Iron Floating Slaughter in Yeyu Tiger City. Ye Hu Cheng laughed angrily, raised his right hand and waved forward, 30,000 Tiefu Tu launched a charge, and in an instant, the hundreds of Yanyun war horses were drowned, and after a fierce battle, the hundreds of Yanyun war horses were completely annihilated. Immediately, Ye Hu Cheng led 30,000 iron floating slaughter towards the Yanyun war cavalry that was raging on the ferry, and the 30,000 iron armor shook the earth, and the earth trembled!
Cao Jun saw the Khitan army rushing towards him like a mountain of mountains, and immediately led his cavalry out of the battle, and at the same time ordered the herald to send a signal to sound the arrow. Sun Haocheng, who was chasing Han Changjun, heard a sharp sound coming from the ferry in the distance, and immediately reined in his horse and ordered the whole army to return to the city. The officers and heralds shouted one after another, and the orders were quickly conveyed, and the 50,000 infantry troops turned around and rushed towards the city gate.
Cao Jun led the war cavalry to the north gate, with the purpose of luring away the Iron Floating Massacre in Yehu Tiger City. However, Ye Yu Hucheng was also a battlefield general, so he didn't fall for him, he only chased him for a moment and then didn't chase anymore, but turned to the retreating Yanyun infantry army. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the situation was critical, the Yanyun soldiers on the city wall were extremely anxious, but the Khitan army finally took a step slower, and saw the Yanyun infantry army rushing into the city, and the city gate was slammed shut.
Ye Hu Cheng reined in his horse, stared at the Datong Mansion in front of him, the anger in his heart could not be vented, and shouted loudly: "Han people in the city, if you have the courage, don't be a turtle with a shrunken head, come out and fight me to the death!" "The fierce general Wang Fang can't stand the other party's agitation, even if he wants to fight. Li Mu grabbed him and shouted: "The general has an order, no one is allowed to rush into battle!" Wang Fang broke away from Li Mu's palm, pointed to the Yelu Tiger City outside the city, and glared: "Lao Tzu is a dignified Han man, and he is not despised by these Hulu!" So saying, he ran down into the city. Immediately, he saw Wang Fang carrying a big knife and running out of the city single-handedly. Li Mu slapped the wall buttress angrily, turned his head and shouted at the drummer; "Drumming!!"
The war drums on the city walls rumbled loudly. Wang Fang rode his horse to Yeyu Tiger City more than ten steps in front of him, restrained the war horse, glared at him with a big knife and shouted: "Grandpa is Wang Fang, the general of Yanyun, and I have come to take the head of your Khitan dog!" Ye Yu Hucheng smiled coldly, slapped his horse and rushed towards Wang Fang. Wang Fang raised his big sword and shouted to meet him. The soldiers on both sides couldn't help but shout.
In the blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, and Wang Fang swung his sword straight down, the big knife tore through the air and whirred, and the power was overwhelming! Ye Hu Cheng flipped his wrist, and the mace slammed into Wang Fang's big knife from one side, and with a loud bang, the big knife slammed straight away, and then he saw Ye Hu Cheng carrying the stick with both hands, and the mace turned around his waist, and swept towards Wang Fang from the other direction! Wang Fang's big knife had already been swung away, and he couldn't take it back for a while, seeing the other party's mace whistling, it was too late to dodge! Syllable! The mace slammed into his chest, and he flipped backwards with a scream, and fell off his horse on all fours!
When the city wall was climbed, there was silence, and Li Mu slapped the wall battlements with grief and annoyance; The soldiers of the Khitan army shouted in unison, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Yelu Tiger City continued to challenge loudly, and just killed a Yanyun warrior, which was even more terrifying!
Li Mu suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see Cao Jun and others coming quickly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "General!" Cao Jun nodded, walked quickly to the battlement, and looked out of the city. When he saw the corpse of one of his generals outside the city, he couldn't help but be shocked, and asked angrily: "Who didn't listen to my orders and went to war without permission?" Li Mumian said sadly: "It's General Wang Fang!" Then he pleaded guilty and said: "The last general failed to persuade General Wang, resulting in the death of General Wangfang, please punish the general!" ”
Cao Jun said: "This matter has nothing to do with you!" His eyes were fixed on Ye Yu Hucheng, who was shouting loudly, and he said in a deep voice: "General Wang's revenge, we will definitely avenge him!" Then he said sharply to the generals: "From now on, anyone who dares to go to war without authorization will be dealt with by military law!" The generals' hearts sank, and they made a promise.
Yelu Hucheng called outside the city for a long time, and when he saw that Yan Yunjun no longer had anyone to fight, he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, spit on the ground, and scolded loudly: "You Han people are simply a group of cowards without guts!" When the soldiers in the city heard this, they couldn't help but be angry, and they really wanted to rush out to fight with him, and they would die, but with General Cao Jun's strict orders, no one dared to act rashly.
Seeing that it was in vain to stay outside the city and scold, Ye Yu Hucheng was worried that Cao Jun would raid the ferry again with his old tricks, so he led 30,000 Tiefutu back to the ferry. Back at the ferry, the arrogance that suppressed Yan Yunjun under the city just now was immediately gone, only to see the corpses on the ferry, bloodstained all over the ground, blazing fire, full of devastation, and the losses were very heavy.
Han Chang and the others came to visit Ya Yu Tiger City, and seeing Ye Yu Hucheng's face gloomy, everyone's hearts were uneasy.
Yelu Tiger City asked in a deep voice, "How big is the loss?" Da lazy swallowed his saliva and said: "More than 10,000 people were killed and injured in the port, and the total number of dead and wounded exceeded 30,000, and the specific number is still being counted!" After a pause, after peeking at Ye Hu Cheng, he saw that Ye Hu Cheng's expression was even more gloomy, and his heart was even more uneasy, and he continued: "In addition to the loss of personnel, the loss of baggage and materials is also very serious, and the specific number has not been counted for the time being!" ”
Yelu Hucheng snorted coldly, and the generals were silent, and their heads hung even lower. Yelu Hucheng looked at Han Chang, "How much has your army lost?" As soon as Han Chang saw Ye Hu Cheng looking over, he chuckled in his heart, and when he heard the question, he hurriedly said: "Loss, more than half of the loss!" Ye Hu Cheng was extremely angry and scolded: "Cao Jun dares to be so rude, after the city is broken, I will definitely break his body into ten thousand pieces to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" All the generals echoed one after another, and they all said that they would cut Cao Jun with a thousand knives before they could relieve their hatred!
Yelu Hucheng turned his head and said to the generals: "Order the whole army to cross the river as soon as possible!" The generals agreed in unison. Cao Jun saw that the Khitan army and its baggage were constantly crossing the river, while the 30,000 Tiefutu and tens of thousands of war cavalry were divided into several battle formations to guard the crossing, and saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he gave up the plan for a follow-up raid. Cao Jun inspected the city gates on all sides, gave careful instructions to the guards everywhere, and then returned to the city camp hall and sat down.
Thinking back to the danger of winning just now, I still can't help but feel thrilled, and I think of Wang Fang's death, I can't help but feel a little sad in my heart, but this feeling is only fleeting in my heart, since I have chosen the road of joining the army, bloody battlefield, this life may be lost at any time, everyone has foresight, do not need to be too sad.
Cao Jun cleaned up his mood, stood up, walked to the map, looked at the map and thought, he was thinking about the attack strategy against Datong Mansion from the perspective of Yelu Tiger City, and all kinds of attack strategies flashed in Cao Jun's mind.
Sun Haocheng rushed in from outside, hugged his fists and said, "General, I have sent a fast horse messenger to deliver the military report according to your instructions!" Cao Jun nodded and sighed, "King Yan entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but not long after the war began, Bai Shan was lost, I am really ashamed of King Yan!" ”
Sun Haocheng said: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, the loss of Baishan Mountain is all the responsibility of General Li Zheng, what does it have to do with the general?" Cao Jun shook his head, "That's not what I said. Since King Yan has entrusted me with full responsibility for the defense of this side, I am responsible for the loss of Baishan Mountain! This is unshirkable, and it's not to blame! In this battle, if I die in battle, I will naturally give up, but if I am lucky enough to hold Datong Mansion, then after the war is over, I will have to ask King Yan for guilt! Sun Haocheng listened to Cao Jun's words, and his heart was extremely impressed.
When night fell, Cao Jun didn't care about eating, and went to the city wall to inspect and cheer up the soldiers. Cao Jun and his party came to the east city wall and saw several soldiers gathering together to talk, and when they saw Cao Jun, they quickly stood up straight. Cao Jun walked up to the soldiers, smiled and asked, "Are you afraid of being trapped in a lonely city?" Several soldiers didn't think about it, and shouted together: "Don't be afraid! Cao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why aren't you afraid?" One of the soldiers shouted: "As a man, dying on the battlefield is the most glorious thing!" After death, you can also enter the Hall of Loyal Souls, and be worshiped by the people for thousands of years, there is nothing more glorious than this! Another soldier said: "My father and mother are taken care of by King Yan, and I have nothing to fear!" The third soldier looked left and right, and said loudly, "They have finished my words, and I think the same thing!" ”
Cao Jun couldn't help but feel a little emotional, feeling that this Yan Yun Army and the Song Army are really two completely different armies, Yan Yun Army is eager to fight and is not afraid of sacrifice, and will be the most proud thing to be a soldier and die on the battlefield, but the Song Army treats serving in the army and being in prison equally, the soldier has no dignity at all, and he is greedy for life and fear of death on the battlefield, and there is no Yan Yunjun's spirit of seeing death as home. Cao Jun didn't have much confidence in defending Datong Mansion, but after seeing the appearance of his soldiers, he couldn't help but increase his confidence.
Cao Jun nodded appreciatively, patted the shoulders of the three soldiers, and continued to patrol ahead. As he walked, he thought, 'Actually, King Yan has incorporated my original army into the direct legion, which is really exalting us, and their will to fight is still quite far from the real soldiers of the direct legion!' This battle is bound to be brutal and difficult, and I must save as many soldiers as possible and only use them when it matters most! You might even be able to use them to launch a counterattack at a favorable time, and maybe it can turn things around! ’
Stopped, turned his head to look outside the city, and saw that the Khitan army had set up a huge camp outside the city with its back to the Yuhe, stretching for more than ten miles along the river, with strict walls and strong momentum. Cao Jun couldn't help frowning slightly, he could see from the momentum emanating from the Khitan military camp that his surprise attack on the Khitan army not long ago had not severely dampened their fighting spirit. Cao Jun couldn't help but mutter: "I'm afraid that this battle will be more difficult and cruel than I imagined!" ”
At the same time, Yelu Tiger City's mood is actually no better than him. Ye Hu Cheng stood in front of the map in the big tent and frowned, he was thinking about the strategy of breaking through Datong Mansion, but his thoughts couldn't help but turn to the previous battle of Baishan Mountain, in that battle he used the path to raid the Yan Yun army on the mountain, and the Yan Yun army was caught off guard and finally annihilated. But the Khitan army won the battle not easy at all, the Yanyun army was still crazy in a desperate situation, the two sides killed the corpses all over the mountain and the blood flowed into streams, and the 30,000 Yanyun army was finally wiped out, but the price paid by the Khitan army was not smaller than that of the Yanyun army, and what made Yeyu Hucheng even more frightened was that none of the 30,000 Yanyun army on the mountain surrendered to them except for a few who were seriously injured and unconscious, and the few seriously injured and unconscious Yanyun army captives actually committed suicide without hesitation after waking up, so the fierce battle ended. The Khitan army didn't even capture a single prisoner, and would rather die than give in, and if he didn't win, he would die, this is something that Yeyu Hucheng has never encountered since he joined the army, although Yeyu Hucheng didn't say anything, but his heart was full of awe for Yanyun Army.
Ye Hu Cheng's thoughts returned to Datong Mansion, and he couldn't help thinking: 'Fight a white mountain, or a sneak attack, but actually lose so many soldiers and horses, to break through this Datong Mansion with tall walls, how many soldiers will be sacrificed?' Ye Hu Cheng couldn't help but feel a palpitation, only to feel that this battle was fought, but he was afraid that his side would also suffer unbearable huge losses!
Tiger City took a deep breath and put these thoughts behind him, his gaze becoming solid. In the middle of the night, Yehu Hucheng, who had already fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by a sound of killing exclamations, and crawled to the ground.
After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.