The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 111 The decisive battle that came early

On the third day after Yelu Dashi fled westward, Waqiao Pass was broken.

The price for the Wei army to capture this military fortress was not high, so after a brief rest, the army broke out again and went straight to Youzhou.

Du Yu divided his troops here, with Sun An as the general and Zhu Wu as the military adviser, with Yang Duan, Guo Xin, Su Ji, Zhang Xiang, Fang Shun, Shen An, Lu Yuan, Wang Ji, Shi Jing, Qin Sheng, Mo Zhen, Shengben, Heren, Cao Hong, Shi Xun, and Sang Ying, sixteen generals and lieutenants, led 5 people to sweep the target eastward and point directly at Jizhou.

He himself led the rest of the army straight to Qigouguan, Zhuozhou, and Youzhou, and the expected meeting point was set at Shunzhou.

As far as the distribution of troops in the Liao Kingdom is concerned, the pressure must be on Du Yu's side, but there are also many county towns and earthen fortresses on Sun An's route.

After the arrangements were made, the two armies split up.

Let's talk about Du Yu's side first, the army went upstream along the Baigou River, and within three days they reached the Qigou Pass city.

Different from Waqiaoguan, the Khitans among the defenders here were taken away by Yelu Dashi long ago, leaving only the Shannan Han army.

After Du Yu learned about it, he ordered to use a counterweight trebuchet to throw leaflets inside, preparing to recruit these Han troops.

After the Khitan cavalry were taken away, there were only more than 100 officers and officers left in Qigouguan. Because the Khitan people were keen on Han culture, they could understand traditional Chinese characters.

After reading those leaflets again, they trembled. Although their official positions were high, their number was too small. How could more than 100 people suppress the Wuqianshan Southern Han Army.

For this reason, they can only summon all the troops and prepare to give lectures to buy people's hearts.

"Brothers, although you are all Han Chinese, we belong to the Liao Kingdom. Your family members also live in the Liao Kingdom. You must not listen to the instigation of the Wei Army and fall into their tricks." Xiao Muye, the commander of the infantry, said.

The Han soldiers below were silent, recalling the various injustices they had encountered in the past, and a flame gradually rose in their hearts.

Xiao Muye dragged a box to the school grounds, then opened it to reveal the gold, silver and copper coins inside, and said, "Maybe we had a lot of conflicts before, but we are comrades in the end. As long as you help me guard Qigou Pass and other reinforcements, the money It's all yours."

"Hahaha, the money that kills you is also ours." Some of the Han soldiers shouted loudly.

Hearing this sentence, some unruly people in the Shannan Han Army immediately reacted, raised their knives and guns and rushed to kill people and grab money.

Xiao Muye didn't expect that there would be an accident, isn't this self-defeating, but before he could react, the group of red-eyed soldiers rushed up and killed the Khitan people when they saw them.

No matter how much more than 100 people resisted, they were no match for 5000 people. Although they hacked and killed many Shannan Han troops before they died, the ending has not changed.

The soldiers of the Shannan Han Army immediately looted the box of gold and silver after the murder, and many of them died unexpectedly.

But among them, there were groups of smart people who went to the gate of the city and opened the gate to surrender first.

After Niu Wenzhong led his troops into Guancheng, he found that there were still people fighting for gold and silver, so he immediately asked his archers to shoot randomly.

Under the threat of death, those unruly people finally calmed down and realized that they had made a big mistake.

Of course Niu Wenzhong would not be polite to this kind of people, since they were willing to fight, they would directly send these people to the first camp to replenish their staff.

Du Yubing made another pass without bloodshed, and Zhuozhou was in front of him after he took down Qigou Pass.

Niu Wenzhong finally got the position of vanguard officer, how could he not cherish it, and after a little rest, he led the leading troops to Zhuozhou.

There were no obstacles on the way. In just five days, his vanguard camp had already set up camp under the city of Zhuozhou, and began to clean up the surrounding rats.

When Du Yu's army arrived, more than ten counterweight trebuchets had been assembled, and they began to adjust the angle and try to bombard the city.

Even though he knew that there were not a few Khitans in Zhuozhou, Du Yu ordered his men to throw leaflets into the city to divide the defenders.

As expected, after the alluring leaflets of the Great Wei Army were scattered in the city, the officer class composed of Khitan and Xi people began to distrust the Shannan Han Army.

Not only did they abandon them, but they also concentrated the private armed forces of the Khitan nobles in the city, and spared manpower to look after those Han troops.

But in this way, the city defense troops, which were already insufficient in manpower, were even more stretched.

After several rounds of bombardment by counterweight trebuchets, the Khitan people who were smashed and bloody did not dare to stand on the top of the city to defend the city.

At the same time, Niu Wenzhong found through a telescope that there were few defenders in the city. Seeing this, he immediately changed his strategy and ordered the first climbers to set up ladders to attack.

Perhaps it was the fanaticism of the converts, or the life of the Shannan Han army was too hard. After the Wei army had eaten a few full meals, those who were incorporated into the first ascending army fought bravely and climbed to the top of the city to fight against the Khitan who oppressed them in the past. Ren and Xi are fighting to the death.

Looking at their blood-red eyes, even the Liao people, who call themselves 'warriors', were shocked, and after a few sawsaws, they were captured by the first ascending army.

As time went by, more and more Wei troops rushed to the top of the city, and the Khitan nobles who saw that the general trend had gone to Zhuozhou City fled one after another.

It's a pity that they left a bit late. The large number of cavalry sent out by Han Bolong blocked their retreat.

Du Yu was not proud of taking down two cities in one go. He knew that Liao Kingdom's troops had long been exhausted by the Liaojin battlefield.

Therefore, his army did not rest, but continued to rush north to Youzhou.

Compared with the cities of Yingzhou, Mozhou, and Zhuozhou, Youzhou was an important military town in the Tang Dynasty, with high walls and a large population.

But in any case, Youzhou is also a traditional Han area, and Han people still account for more than [-]% of the city.

After Du Yu got the benefit of propaganda and provocation, he repeated his old tricks, which was to provoke the discord between the Han people, Khitan people and Xi people in Youzhou city.

The Liao State advocated the rule of the Liao people by the law of the Liao people, and the rule of the Han people by the law of the Han people. 'It's true, but that's the aspect of culture and governance. The army is still dominated by Khitan and Xi people.

However, several defeats in the Liao and Jin battles consumed too much of the Liao Kingdom's heritage, and now the army defending the city has an absolute advantage in the number of Han troops.

When Du Yu did this, the Khitan people in the city didn't use it or didn't use it, so it was quite embarrassing.

After several days of continuous bombardment by counterweight trebuchets, the morale of the defenders in Youzhou City was getting lower and lower. Some wise people saw that the situation was not right, so they sneaked out of the city with their private soldiers and soft goods and fled to Xijin Mansion.

Guo Yi, the prefect of Youzhou, had nothing to do. After all, he was a Han Chinese and the opponent was a Khitan nobleman, who would listen to him.

In less than ten days, the Khitan nobles in the city ran wild.

Guo saw that the general situation was over, so he called the leaders of the Han army in the city to discuss it. Three days later, he raised the white flag and opened the city gate to choose the title.

With Youzhou in hand, Du Yu's army is not far from Nanjing City, the capital of the Northern Liao Dynasty.

In less than two months, the situation had deteriorated to such an extent that Yeluchun had no choice but to transfer back the troops sent to Zhongjing even if he didn't want to.

It was very painful for the Jin people to hit him in the face, but he couldn't bear to be stabbed in the back by the Wei army.Moreover, Dading Mansion is still far away from Xijin Mansion. On the contrary, Youzhou is by his side, so he can only send the last Jingshi Guards there.

The combination of the two armies really brought together more than 8 people for Yeluchun, but the combat effectiveness was worrisome.

Things have developed to such an extent that the Emperor Tianxi even sent out generals like Yelu Dashi and could only bring the army to conquer.

Du Yu didn't expect that Wei's swift and swift military action would push Beiliao into such a situation, that the other party didn't even defend the Xijin Mansion in the capital and brought troops to attack.

A showdown on the Great Plains would be nice.

This time Du Yu was neatly dressed and sitting in the army, personally commanding the battle.

Because he felt that the quality of Wei's army was far superior to the mob in Liao, he didn't play any tricks. According to the tactics used by Xu Guanzhong, he divided the battlefield into three parts: left, center and right.

The army was lined up, facing the Liao army far away.

Yeluchun didn't know how to use soldiers, nor did he prepare for a decisive battle like a player. In his opinion, the life and death of Beiliao was the battle.

The thundering drums of war sounded again, and the armies of both sides lined up according to the rhythm and approached each other.

After entering the range, the archers of both sides began to shoot at each other. The Liao people were good at archery, and the Wei army had better equipment. It can't be said who took advantage, anyway, they didn't disrupt the opponent's formation.

The winner of the decisive battle is the duel between the infantry. As for the cavalry of both sides, they have already fought each other on the great plain more than ten miles away.

(End of this chapter)