Grievances and Hatreds (19)
The Song army fought to the death, Xiao Dalin thought about it carefully, and hurriedly said: "Go and ask for help." When he said this, the generals immediately understood his intentions, and the two generals each led 2,000 troops back to the army.
After fighting for an hour and a half, the Song cavalry suffered heavy casualties. On the contrary, it was the infantry of the 3,000 Song army that rushed back left and right in front of the battle, and the Liao army suffered heavy casualties. Confrontations like this are about human lives and morale. At this time, Wei Neng led his troops to sneak attack, and was intercepted by the four thousand Liao troops behind. Thirty or forty thousand people were huddled together, and although the killing was shocking, the generals of all sides commanded well and did not mess up at all. Mu Qiubai and the others were among them, and they all felt that although they had seen a lot in ordinary times, they were far less shocking than those who came with them in the army. Wei Neng brought only more than 3,000 people in this department, and after fighting for a while, the city led 7,000 troops to come, and at this time, Xiao Guanyinnu, the king of the six departments, led the army to cover up. It turned out that as soon as Xiao Darin's front foot left, Xiao Guanyinnu led the army to set off in Xiongzhou to wait for Xiao Darin's order banner to arrive, so he led the army to help. This time, the number of people increased greatly, and the scene became more intense, Wei Neng and the Mancheng Department worked together to move closer to the Baozhou Zhizhou, and the Baozhou Zhizhou retreated as soon as he was free, and Wei Neng and the Mancheng also retreated. Although it was two hours before dark, Xiao Dalin ordered to be stationed on the spot. After fighting for most of the day, the generals really needed to rest, and as soon as they set up camp, the order of the Empress Dowager Xiao came. After a night's rest, the whole army attacked Dingzhou the next day. Xiao Darin has understood the meaning of the imperial court, the Song army has been prepared this time, and there are heavy troops on the border, but the main force in the depths of Dingzhou must be greatly reduced in manpower.
The other three sent out by Xiao Darin were all fruitless, each of them had only more than 10,000 people, and they didn't dare to be stationed alone, so they had to move closer to Xiao Darin overnight. Ying, Mo Erzhou Zhizhou, and the Shun'an army all sent troops to cover up and kill, and Xiao Guanyinnu sent troops to respond, each with casualties. The casualties in the attack on Beiping Village were quite large, with 2,000 casualties. They did not encounter a strong enemy, and before they reached Beiping Village, they were all over the city. The cavalry sent by the Baozhou, Yingzhou, and Beiping Zhai departments harassed. He was ambushed by the Wangdu Department again, and ordered a retreat before he arrived at Beiping Village, and did not encounter any strong enemies. It's just that when crossing the city, he was attacked by Mancheng and Baozhou, and Xiao Guanyin led 10,000 people to help. Neither army slept well that night.
The next day, Empress Dowager Xiao led the army to converge. Although Yelu Longxu was the emperor at this time, he did not have a certain amount of power, and the government was controlled by his mother, the Empress Dowager Xiao. In recent years, Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang have governed the Liao State well, and Yelu Longxu is also willing to sit back and enjoy its success, after all, he always wants to be pro-government. Empress Dowager Xiao left 50,000 people to contain the periphery, and the armies gathered all over the city and went straight to Dingzhou. Just after Beiping Village, there were scouts who reported that Wang Chao led the army to intercept it, with tens of thousands of people. Although Wang Chao's official position is high, his military wisdom is not as good as Yang Yanzhao on the border. Zhang Bin these people. Empress Dowager Xiao didn't take it seriously, and at the moment, Xiao Darin, Xiao Guanyinnu, and Yelu Nugua each led 20,000 to besiege on three sides. The three generals led their own troops, and when they walked a short distance, they saw Wang Chao's army. The three of them secretly complained at a glance, Wang Chao brought more than 50,000 people this time, and set up a 10,000-person array on the left and right. This 10,000-person array was set up by Emperor Song Ting himself, and it was completely defensive. Khitan soldiers and horses are good at covering up quickly. Such a real-to-real field battle is really a bit difficult. Wang Chao tens of thousands of people swung there, and these 60,000 people couldn't be lined up. Dispersing the charge and not concentrating the follow-up impact. Unless more than 100,000 people are pressed on such a formation, they will attack in turn, chewing and swallowing slowly like eating bread. What's more, the surrounding armies will definitely come to help, and in the end, hundreds of thousands of people will be mixed together, but the victory or defeat is not certain. When Han Derang heard this, he immediately ordered Xiao Liu, the commander of the East Road. The new Nanjing guards were the vanguard, and each led 5,000 Jingzhou troops to open the battle. These 70,000 people rushed up from all sides to be real people, overwhelming.
Wang Chao saw that the Liao army was overwhelming, and immediately ordered to defend on the spot. He is not a fierce general, nor is he a mediocre general. The Liao army is strong. He did not dare to attack, but he did not want to retreat. These tens of thousands of people swung here, and the Liao army was caught one by one and beheaded and half tired, not to mention that these Song troops were all experienced in a hundred battles, and it was not easy to break up this group of people. Such a confrontation is the first wave of morale, as long as he withstands the first wave of offensive, and then advances to the Liao army camp, and then the follow-up troops will copy his back road and disrupt it. Although he had the heart to push it over, he was worried that if he lost this battle, he couldn't afford to bear it, and all he could do now was to delay one more point if he could.
The Liao army attacked from all sides, and Wang Chao commanded all armies to respond to the battle with all their might, and the arrangements were well-organized. When the Liao army releases arrows, he has a shield hand, and when he uses a herd of horses, he has a long knife and a spear. Among them, the stone throwing car that can have casualties on the Song army is the stone throwing car, but the Song army's stone throwing car adds up to more than 6,000 times on all sides, and it is all fireballs and lime, and the Liao army still suffered heavy casualties in the fight, Wang Chao took advantage of the situation and ordered to advance. In a gentle place like this, the Song army is even more like a fish in water. The shield hand exchanged crossbows, and the bows and arrows were shot all the way over, and they walked all the way, and in a moment they walked more than a hundred zhang. Although Xiao Darin's troops attacked with all their might, the Song army opened a gap a little and let some people in and struggled to seal their mouths, all of which were quite helpless. Eat hundreds of dozens here, eat hundreds of dozens there, not for a long time. When the battle was fought until it was almost Shen, the Song army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, while the Liao army suffered more than 6,000 casualties. Han Derang sighed, Wang Chao couldn't hold on, if he walked slowly like this, it would be a fight for human life, affecting the morale of the army, and it was a taboo for the two armies to fight. At that moment, as soon as the Empress Dowager Xiao asked, the whole army retreated to the east, and the vanguard changed to the broken rear. At this time, both armies were sleepy, and Wang Chao did not pursue and rested on the spot to strictly prevent the Liao army from attacking at night.
That night, the Liao army retreated to the southeast of Wangdu County, and Wangdu Zhixian came to ask for surrender. Empress Dowager Xiao didn't see him, and she didn't send troops to attack. This night, Wangdu Zhixian couldn't sleep and eat well, like sitting on pins and needles, and half of his soul was scared away. It's not to escape, it's not to fight, it's a dilemma. After that, the two armies were resting for more than ten days, and it was unexpectedly calm. The Liao court was in a panic, and the rear Zhang Bin and Yang Yanzhao were all attacking the Liao army's grain road, although it was not fatal, it could not last long, and it was afraid that it would change over time and it would be necessary to fight quickly. Empress Dowager Xiao just tried her best to appease, but ignored it, but urged the generals to prepare for war, and the Liao court thought that she was going to fight a decisive battle with Wang Chao's troops, and they were all working hard. As long as Wang Chao's part is defeated and the military prestige is boosted, the army can go straight to Kyoto of the Song Dynasty and unify the great cause.
These days, the Liao army has replenished grain and grass, and the Liao army rangers have been exploring in all directions. Zhang Shaoying and the three of them have been practicing in the tent, but they are quite clean. Zhang Shaoying was still able to calm down at this time, and the two daughters of Ji Lingshuang and Liu Yan were quite surprised. The massacre in the bamboo forest was so tragic that it was not easy for Zhang Shaoying to persist until now. On this day, the rangers reported that the Song army had begun to garrison a large number of troops along the road in Qizhou. Wang's large army blocked the south of the Liao army, and a large number of rangers came to spy on the army. The Liao court suddenly became nervous, and the Empress Dowager Xiao immediately ordered the Nanjing army to make Xiao Dalin lead 30,000 troops, and Xiao Guanyinnu, the king of the six tribes, to lead 30,000 troops to attack Qizhou and Shenzhou, and the rest of the army to attack Yingzhou. This move was unexpected, and all the ministers tried their best to persuade that if the front was stretched too long, the Song army would be defeated if the grain route was cut off behind. Xiao Hou got up and said, "I won't take the Khitan country as a child's play." One sentence sealed everyone's mouths. Zhang Shaoying and others accompanied them all the way, Xiao Dalin and Xiao Guanyinnu discussed, and asked Empress Xiao to let Yelu Nugua go to attack Wang Chao, and the two armies successively bypassed Dingzhou and rushed all the way to Shenzhou.
Along the way, the governors of the states saw the Khitan army attacking, and they couldn't catch up, and they couldn't do much to catch up, so they had to close the city gate and accommodate the people outside the city. The army set out in the morning and arrived at the city of Shenzhou in the evening. On the way, many Khitans were sleeping on horses, and under this order, Xiao Darin and Xiao Guan Yinnu attacked back and forth, although Shenzhou Zhizhou had already defended, he was also frightened and panicked, and hurriedly sent people to Jizhou for help. Xiao Darin was attacking behind the city, and seeing the city gate wide open, Xiao Darin immediately ordered his troops to attack with all their might. Suddenly, the city and the city shouted to kill, and the Liao army finally squeezed into the city although it suffered heavy casualties. As soon as the Liao army entered the city, it was besieged, but Xiao Dalin commanded to intensify the siege. As soon as the gate of the Song army was opened, many people lost their fighting spirit, and the Shenzhou ruler who guarded the back city hurriedly supervised the army. At night, there were many torches around the castle, and the commander of the Jingzhou army ordered the stone-throwing carts to concentrate on the attack. The Song army was unable to dodge and was killed instantly, and the momentum of the Song army was leaked. At this time, it was the most favorable time for the siege battle, and suddenly the Jingzhou army followed the ladder, and after a while, hundreds of people attacked the city first. The Song army gradually stabilized under the supervision of the adjutant general, but the Liao army poured more and more into the city, and both armies fought with all their might. The Song army set up a human formation on the city, and the Liao army was slow to come up after all, and it was stalemate for a while, and the casualties increased greatly. However, the adjutant general urged the city, but could not hold the city, and after a while, the Liao army occupied Wengcheng, and suddenly the momentum increased greatly, and the Song army began to retreat. The deputy general of the Song army had red eyes, scolded the Khitan dog thieves in his mouth, and personally led the Song army to slash and kill, and the Song army's heart was shocked for a while.
Xiao Pai stepped forward to receive the order, and Xiao Darin agreed. At that moment, he led a thousand people to climb the city wall, and this wave of impact, accompanied by Xiao Pai's bravery, the surrounding guards had to move forward. The deputy general of the Song army saw Xiao Pai, glanced behind him, and immediately led the army to rush towards Xiao Pai. Xiao Paijiao hurriedly let the Liao army in front retreat, and led the army to fight forward. As soon as these two fought against the deputy general of the Song army, they had been fighting for a long time, but Xiao Paijiao was very powerful. This fight relied on the courage of the main general, and both armies were red-eyed. The battle was fierce, and Xiao Guanyinnu was leading the Liao army to attack the back city from the front city. The Song army resisted for a while, and then they were defeated, and Xiao Paijiao was never able to kill the lieutenant general, and he also suffered several minor injuries on his body, until the lieutenant general was exhausted and captured alive. At the moment, Xiao Guanyinnu also tied up Zhizhou, these people can be captured alive the best, as long as they don't rob the people, and then control these big officials, they can use this as a station. That night, everyone rested in the city, and several Liao soldiers drank and forced their way into the houses, Xiao Dalin and Zhizhou had a conversation and beheaded them in front of people. Mu Qiubai on the side sneered, and Zhang Shaoying only sighed slightly. (To be continued......)
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