Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"The following is the specific deployment. About one mile in front of Yijin Pass, there is a small river slanting from northwest to southeast. This river is called Xiaoniuxi (it is no longer there). The front of Yijinguan is too wide. In order for everyone to determine the location, we use Maverick Creek right location.

The troops from Wen'an, Dacheng, Yukouguan, and Duliukou will be on the east side of the Liao army after they arrive. Luo Yanhuan, Si Chao, and Wang Huan, your army is responsible for compressing the Liao army on the east side of the river, but you don't want to cross the river either. Just compress the Liao army to the front.

If the Liao army wants to cross the river and go east, you must support it for a certain period of time so that the army behind can pursue it. "

"No!" The three said in unison.

Then Shi Congyun looked at his father, who had the most elite Long Jie cavalry in his hands, "Shi Yanchao's troops advanced with the Chinese army, and after arriving, they were deployed on the southwest flank of Yijin Pass, on the right wing of the army."

"No!" The old man promised earnestly, he is also the kind who stands out from the crowd in the whole big tent.

"The Crane Controlling Army is led by Wang Quanbin, and the Shenhuo is led by Shao Ji. Follow our Chinese Army."

"Your order!" The two took a step forward and cupped their hands.

"The rest of the crane-controlling cavalry are led by Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao, on the left wing of the central army."

"promise!"

"......"

At this point, in fact, even if he did not make deployments, many veterans in the army knew how to fight. After all the deployments were completed, Shi Congyun said: "We must win this battle, and we must win, everyone! Just remember one thing, once the Khitans come, they must not be allowed to go back safely.

Behind us are the Zhenzhou Army, Liaozhou Army, and Hezhong Army who are working hard. In front of us, the troops of Wang Shenqi, Xiang Xun, and Dong Zunjiao are fighting bloody battles with Khitan bandits at Yijin Pass in exchange for such a great opportunity for an all-out attack. Cheap Khitan people.

At that time, a certain general will go north in person and personally command this battle. This battle is related to the stability of the country, the future of you and the fate of your family, and also related to the future of my great week. "

Everyone looked serious, and they even cupped their hands to express their understanding.

After the discussion ended at noon that day, the generals hurried back to the station, and Waqiaoguan also began to prepare for the battle. Wang Quanbin, Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, and Murong Yanzhao began to mobilize the army and reorganize their armaments to prepare for the big battle tomorrow morning.

.......

But Shi Congyun continued to listen to the report from Yijinguan in the big tent, he was afraid that the Liao army would leave.

On the other hand, Guo Tingwei and Pan Mei worked with him to study the tactics that the Liao army might use on the battlefield.

That night, Shi Congyun slept soundly, because there were too many things to do and he was too busy.

At dawn, someone woke him up. Shi Congyun washed his face groggyly, and soon woke up. Outside the big tent, the sound of drums and trumpets was loud, and the sound of horseshoes was rumbling, and the army was gathering.

Shi Congyun ordered someone to put on armor for him, put a sword on his waist, and lost a bow. He didn't bring a spear. He decided that he had no chance to charge forward.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to large-scale battles with the Huns, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the swords that came from the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han were gradually eliminated, and the sword became the main equipment of the army, because the Han Dynasty began large-scale cavalry battles, and the sword on horseback was better. .

But for Shi Congyun, the sword is a symbol of status, power, and force, and whether it is easy to use is secondary.

When they arrived outside the camp with their own soldiers on horseback, [-] troops had assembled on the open ground north of Waqiao Pass, and the vast phalanx stretched several miles from east to west. Ride back and forth, and ask for orders.

"March!" Shi Congyun ordered.

Soon, the desolate trumpet sounded outside the Waqiao Pass, and the black and tidal army began to divert, and then went north. Between the large fields, the long steel dragon could not see its head and tail.

Many recruits looked tense and could not speak. Some veterans whistled and laughed. The sound quickly dissipated in the field with the wind. Only the rustling of armor, the sound of horseshoes and heavy footsteps pierced far away.

Shi Congyun looked at the northern end of the long dragon from a distance, and his vision reached the end of a poplar forest in a field. He knew in his heart that further north was the 5-strong army of the Liao Kingdom...

Chapter 239, The Sudden Decisive Battle

Outside Yijin Pass, in the northwest corner of the camp, two or dozens of Liao soldiers were listlessly digging a pit. Next to it was a hill of corpses. Soldiers continued to move the corpses here. Most of the corpses were stripped of their armor and weapons. Only the clothes that can cover the body are left.

Among the corpses piled up into the hill, most of them died in a horrible and hideous manner, which was caused by the rolling logs, stones, hot oil, and golden juice on the top of the Zhou people's city.

After a group of soldiers dug the hole in disgrace, they climbed up cursing, kicking their feet like rolling logs and rolling the corpses in. They were exhausted and exhausted, but there were still many people to bury.

The Khitan people didn't handle the corpses that delicately, and they didn't use coffins. Even if they had time, they basically buried or burned them on the spot.

If it weren't for the requirements above, they would rather let these people expose their corpses to the wilderness.

The burial of the Khitan nobles was more cumbersome. They would cut open the abdomen of the corpse with a knife, remove the intestines, clean the body cavity, fill it with spice plants, salt and alum, suture the corpse with five-color thread and then bury it.

In the past, if there were Khitan nobles who died in battle, they would use horses to carry them back to the grassland if conditions allowed, but in the current weather, it would be rotten to return to the grassland, so there may only be a single pit.

After working for a long time, until all the bodies were buried, more than 20 people were all listless from exhaustion, and some people lay down directly on the mound.

The continuous heavy rain in the past two days and the hot and humid air have made many people sick. This is rarely the case on the grassland. The grassland is so dry that it is not like here even in the rainy season, so their tents did not apply tung oil as a rainproof measure. After the heavy rain, it was impossible to sleep at all. It was a double torture both mentally and physically.

The slightly better thing is that compared with the Zhou people, their tents are not made of green mantles, etc., but most of them are made of animal leather such as cowhide and sheepskin, which can at least prevent light rain.

After everyone had finished their work, they rested for a while before someone sighed, "How many people have died in the past few days."

"Those of us who bury people don't have a day off. Just think about how many people died." The respondent was full of dissatisfaction, but no one dared to say more, because His Majesty is famous for killing people. If you are not careful, you may not be able to save your own life.

Everyone was complaining sporadically, but when they looked up, they saw Yelu Talie, the great king of the South Court, watching them not far away, and they all shut up in fright.

The order to bury the corpses was given by Yelv Talie. The weather is very hot now. If a large number of corpses are not disposed of properly, there may be a plague.

Looking at the mounds of dirt all over the edge of the woods from a distance, he also felt very uncomfortable.

These mounds spread for several miles beside the woods, dense enough to fill the eye sockets. In the past ten days, more than 500 warriors have been buried here. Yijin Pass is still standing firm. His Majesty has ordered that when the city of Yijin Pass is broken, No one was left alive inside, and everything was left for the soldiers to loot.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers to attack the city, otherwise the battle will be difficult to fight.

Yelu Dalie also began to worry. In the past few days, there have been heavy casualties due to the siege of the city. More than 500 people have been killed and more than 3000 people have been injured. , The accumulated water soaked the tents, and sometimes it was impossible to sleep at night, and the morale was getting worse and worse, which was completely different from the situation when we just went south.

He wasn't that worried about these things at first. This time they brought 8000 troops from Shangjing, and the Sixth Army of Youzhou's Southern Academy had [-] people, and they also went south with [-] people. After that, there were also tribal troops who came one after another.

In a few months, their army will be as many as 11 or so.

For the 11 army, such casualties are acceptable. Once the Yijin Pass is captured, follow-up troops will arrive one after another, and it will be easy to recover the lost ground in the south.

But Xiao Siwen followed him these few days and told him about Zhou Jun's commander Shi Congyun's expeditions to the north and south over the years.

Before he went south, he had never heard of Shi Congyun, because he was far away in Shangjing. When he heard the name of this person for the first time, he thought it was invented by Xiao Siwen.

But after getting to know each other these days, he discovered that Xiao Siwen hadn't lied.

This made him nervous instantly. It would be very dangerous if the opponent's coach is also a person who can fight. Fortunately, Zhou Guo's army has not made any moves in the past few days. Except for being blocked from going south, their generals seem to be ready to defend. There was no sign of fighting back.

Yelu Talie thought about the direction of the battle, and thought if Yijin Pass could not be attacked for a long time, should he persuade His Majesty to retreat?

It is a big taboo for military strategists to station troops under the fortified city. Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of horns in the distance.

Yelu Talie immediately turned his horse's head, "Enemy!" Could it be that the Zhou army started to counterattack!

He thought about riding a horse all the way east from the north of the camp, then turned to the south, and quickly reached the northeast of the camp along a row of low-rise woods.

Soon, a dense crowd of cavalry rushed out of the woods, rushed towards the river bank, panicked and rushed into the river, splashing water and fleeing towards this side, the rear shouted loudly, dust filled the sky, and the sky was gray.

"The Zhou people are coming!" Yelu Dalie immediately understood, and then mobilized a large number of soldiers to come to the bank to meet the soldiers facing him across the river.

Soon, the cavalry rushed across the river, some of them fell into the water, and some were shot down by the crossbows from behind. The originally not deep river was gradually dyed red.

Yelu Talie couldn't see the situation on the other side clearly, because there was a small forest on the opposite side of the river, so he didn't dare to go there rashly, so he sent scouts to investigate, and soon the scouts came back slowly, "There are Zhou troops on the other side, there are many of them! "

Yelu Dalie sent people to report the situation to the central army, and at the same time sent people to organize defenses on the bank to prevent the follow-up Zhou army from crossing the river.

After thousands of soldiers chased and fled across the river one after another, everyone stared nervously at the woods on the other side of the river dozens of steps away.

The sound of footsteps and shouts of killing in the dark woods became louder and louder, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became tense, and soon Zhou Jun's figure appeared on the other side of the river one after another, and Yelu Dalie, who had already prepared, immediately shouted: "Shoot the arrow! Shoot all the arrows!"

In an instant, the bowstring hummed, and the black arrows rushed towards the opposite bank like a cloud of black clouds. A dozen soldiers of the Zhou army rushing to the front were shot down, but when they raised their bows and arrows again, the people on the opposite bank An iron wall has been erected.

Zhou Jun arrived one after another, Zi Ah erected a long wall with high shields on the bank, and then a large number of Zhou Jun's crossbow strings exploded densely in the woods, which could still be heard clearly after twenty or thirty steps.

This kind of sound can be described as a life-threatening sound for the Liao army on the shore!

They have already experienced the strength of the southerners' crossbows. At a distance of dozens of steps, almost all armor can be easily pierced, and shields that are not well made can also be shot through.

Seeing that many soldiers in front were shot down in an instant, Yelu Talie screamed again and again, and immediately ordered the troops by the river to retreat, and even turned his horse's head to escape a certain distance.

He didn't admit defeat, but prepared to organize more cavalry to rush directly to counterattack and retake the river bank.

Soon, the commander-in-chief also sent someone over to inquire about the situation, and asked him to organize a response with full authority. Yelu Talie asked the soldiers to report back: "It should be Zhou's reinforcements. I don't know how many, but they occupy the other side of the river. If you dare to cross the river, there should not be many people.

It may have come from Yukou Pass. "

Then began to organize the Zuopishi Army stationed on the east side of the camp, preparing to send a large number of cavalry to cross the river and retake the river bank.

But soon the side scouts came to report, and Zhou Jun changed his deployment.

Yelv Talie and others came closer to look at it, and saw from a distance that after retaking the northeast bank, the Zhou army did not cross the river, but began to tie many chariots together by the river, and erected a long city wall by the river. The Zhuohe River has been spreading to the foot of the city wall in the eastern section of Yijin Guandong, stretching for about two miles.

This formation gave Yelu Dalie a headache, or the Central Plains people's car formation has always been a headache for them.

Their chariots stood tall, with sharp swords tied to the front, and the chariots were tightly connected with ropes and chains, and behind them were spearmen and crossbowmen. It was almost impossible for the cavalry to attack such a formation head-on.

People will be afraid of war horses rushing at high speed, but those wooden carts are not afraid, and after hundreds of thousands of carts are fastened together, it is very difficult to shake, and there is a headache behind the crossbow.

Even if you want to harass them with horseback riding, you don't dare to get too close. If you are not careful, you will be shot off your horse by the crossbowmen behind the cart.

The reason why Yelv Talie still remembers this formation is because he personally understood the horror of this style of play when he was in his 40s. It was also the worst defeat of the Daliao Kingdom since the founding of the Taizu.

More than ten years ago, more than 8 troops from the Daliao Kingdom marched southward and defeated the Baiweituan Village around Yangcheng.

At that time, the Central Plains army on the opposite side defeated them with a chariot formation.

But now it is even more difficult to cross the river by force. The deepest part of the small river in front of him only reaches the thigh, and most of the places are knee-deep. It cannot prevent the cavalry from crossing the river, but it will also slow down the speed.

They had to face the intensive bow and crossbow shooting of the Zhou army on the opposite bank in the river, and then climbed up a short gentle slope, and then in front of them was the Zhou army's impenetrable chariot formation.

So Yelv Talie immediately acted cleverly, ordered all the troops to stop, gave up the previous plan to attack and regain the opposite bank, and instead sent troops to patrol the river bank to prevent the Zhou army from crossing the river.

The car formation has its strengths, but it also has its weaknesses, that is, it is too stupid and slow to move.

Hundreds of thousands of military vehicles in a row, the defense is very strong, but it is also very difficult to move, just can't beat and run...

Because of this, after Yelu Talie found out that the Zhou army had put up such a formation, he guessed that the Zhou people on the opposite side were also afraid and did not dare to confront them head-on, so they adopted the method of car formation and did not want to take the initiative to attack.

"The southerners are like this. They have always been like this. They are as timid as a mouse." After thinking about this, Yelu Talie felt contempt in his heart.

Southerners have always liked to defend in battle, either defending the city or using military vehicles, they are not as brave as their Khitan warriors.

He originally thought that if the other party launched an attack at this time, it would be difficult for them to deal with it. He didn't expect that the other party's army would come from the east.

After arranging the manpower, he immediately headed west and reported the matter to His Majesty in the imperial tent of the Chinese Army. His Majesty also laughed at the fact that the southerners are cowardly, like mice, so there is nothing to be afraid of. He also agreed to send troops to watch over them. , don't storm the advice.

However, when the southern army arrived outside the city, it would undoubtedly be seen by the defenders in Yijinguan City, and their morale would be improved, which is a disadvantage.

Their deployment at this time is that the army camp is located in the north in the rear, and the siege troops are in the front, about half a mile apart. When the east reaches the city, the siege cannot be delayed any longer.

At the same time, more troops were sent to the east of the camp. I felt that the Zuopishi army (about [-] troops) should be dispatched to the east of the camp, so as to monitor the movements of the Zhou army on the other side at any time. "

Halfway through, he felt a little thirsty. Xiao Siwen in the big tent brought him a wine glass, and Yelu Tali moistened his throat and continued:

"If the Zhou army in the northeast is unwilling to sit back and watch the fall of Yijin Pass and wants to cross the river, they must withdraw their chariots and move. At that time, the troops in the east can take the opportunity to attack immediately, defeat them or drive them back to the other side of the river.

If they have been standing still in the car formation, only defending the northeast side of Xiaoniu Creek, and sitting back and watching Yijin Pass fall in front, then ignore them at all.

After our army took Yijin Pass, they were completely isolated, and they had to either flee east immediately or wait to die. "

Emperor Yelujing of the Daliao Dynasty nodded after listening, "To the soldiers around me, I will follow the arrangement that the King of the South Court said, and convey my orders."

The soldiers handed over their hands and went out to pass the order, and soon the soldiers and horses in the tens of thousands of Liao army camps began to be dispatched.

The Liao army lost part of the camp on the other side of Xiaoniu Creek on the northeast side of the camp, but they didn't care.

It was originally the outskirts of the camp, and the soldiers deployed in that area were originally to guard against the Zhou army coming from Yijin Pass and Duliukou in the east. If there is no attack, then continue to confront, and it will not affect the main event of attacking Yijin Pass head-on.

The main energy of the Liao army was still on the Yijin Pass in the front, and they did not manage the Zhou army in the northeast, which was three or four miles away from the center of the camp. They only sent troops there to confront the Zhou army coming from the east.

This kind of arrangement is very wise, at least to distinguish between the primary and secondary, Yelujing and Yelv Talie are also quite proud of this arrangement.

But after dawn the next day, not long after the Liao army sent out the siege troops, there was a huge rumbling sound from the northwest corner of the camp, and yellow dust in the distance circled up in mid-air, covering the sky.

A large number of flags slowly appeared in the southwest of the camp between the sky, the earth and the woods. A long black line stretched out on the horizon at the end of the eyes. The hot air rolled and twisted, making the black line in the distance seem to be rolling and swaying. Like a black wave surging on the earth, accompanied by the sound of desolate marching horns, it came overwhelming.

Yelu Talie, who was about to go to the siege camp in front of the city, felt a sudden shock, just as the scouts in front also galloped over, reporting to him that Zhou Guo's army was coming.

He is not blind, he can see the movement that covers the sky and the sun in the distance, and he can also hear the sound of horseshoes shaking the earth and the sound of horns resounding through the sky.

"Report to Your Majesty immediately! Ask him to gather the army!" Yelu Talie loudly shouted, he had already seen the big "Historical" flag among the people and horses in the distance, the high-level Khitan nobles, especially the Xiao family and the Yelu family In fact, many of them have learned Chinese characters and Chinese.

He immediately knew what was going on in his heart, Zhou Jun's coach Shi Congyun led the army to come!

He also quickly understood the seriousness of the matter. The two countries have been fighting for more than a month, and the two armies have also been fighting for more than half a month. But today, the decisive battle came so quickly and abruptly.

But this is war, and it is always changing. Yelu Talie took a deep breath, and immediately thought of sending someone to call back the siege troops below the city, but never thought that it would be too late after such a short delay...

Chapter 240, Confrontation

After arriving to the west of Yijin Pass, Shi Congyun had already seen the Liao army camp in the distance.

The huge camp of [-] Liao troops spread out on the northern land, surrounded by fences, and stretched for several miles. The sound of horseshoes and loud shouts could be heard from a long distance away.