Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Alas, there is no place for a hero to use his powers. I have not lost any of my skills. If I hadn't been implicated by you and killed them just now, I could have killed at least a hundred of them by myself! "

"The official's words are too reasonable. It's the subordinates who are incompetent and hurt the official." The soldiers next to him said that their words were reasonable, and what the emperor said was true.

Shi Congyun was satisfied, and nodded in agreement, "Forget it, I see that you all have good intentions, so I won't pursue it."

The matter has come to this point, blaming them for negligence is useless, so Emperor Shi had no choice but to slow down the speed of the horse, retreat bravely in the rapids, and slowly walk behind the army across the battlefield, all the way unimpeded, was swept away by the Qin army's autumn wind like fallen leaves On the past battlefield, there is no one alive.

When Tianzi Luan arrived at the central tent of the Liao army in the north, all the fences and horses were knocked down, the tent was lit, smoke billowed, dust filled the sky, the smell of blood was pungent in the soil, corpses of men and horses were everywhere, broken flags and armored weapons Nothing else.

The dust billowed in the north, covering the sky and the sun, and the voices of the Qin army were everywhere on the vast land, spreading densely on the slopes of river valleys and hills, looming among the weeds and bushes. Pursue north from all directions, heading towards Xinkou.

From the rear, the Liao army has gradually appeared.

In this battle, the Qin army outperformed the Liao army in terms of number, morale, equipment, and training level. The Liao army was prepared hastily and was restrained by Guo Jinbu on the top of the mountain. Facing the fierce offensive of the Qin army several times, it did not take long before the battle started. Defeated and fled north.

Fighting tough battles directly is not the usual style of the Liao army, especially when facing the Central Plains army with excellent armor and strong bows. …

Shi Congyun held his spear upright, looking at the situation in the north, and finally let out most of the depression and unhappiness in his heart.

I don't know who was pleasantly surprised: "The official's spear has seen blood!"

Shi Congyun saw that the tip of the spear he carefully selected was indeed stained red. The battlefield was so chaotic, he couldn't remember how it got stained.

"The official should have killed the thief just now!" A soldier immediately shouted.

"I think I killed a lot, but it was too messy to see clearly."

A lot of soldiers were stunned, "How many?"

"more than ten!"

"Someone thinks it's dozens!"

Shi Congyun was overjoyed, and said: "Pass my order, let them not stop, continue to chase north, and kill me to Yanmen Pass!"

"promise!"

Several personal soldiers took orders and rode to the north one after another to make contact. The ground north of Xinkou was full of soldiers and horses of the Qin army.

The main formation of the Liao army collapsed, and most of them fled to the north, but the scattered fighting did not stop.

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That night, Shi Congyun did not rest or sleep, and led the army all the way to the north in pursuit. The road was lit with fire, and Qin Jun could be seen everywhere under the moonlight.

The messengers back and forth galloped on the avenue, bringing news back from time to time.

The fastest chaser from the intelligence vanguard was Yang Jianye's Jincheng army. Those soldiers from Hedong who surrendered seemed to be desperate, biting the tail of the Liao army and chasing them all the way, and they were almost killed in Daizhou.

The messenger who came to report subconsciously made a joke: "This grandson beats grandpa better than anyone else!"

However, seeing that the faces of the people around him were not right, they all frowned at him, and even changed their words: "It's a sloppy mouth, and the brothers in Hedong are all good! It's old enough to be a grandfather for the Khitan people!"

Respect is based on strength.

Because the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty called himself "Emperor Son" and "Emperor Nephew" in front of the Khitan Emperor, at first everyone looked down on the soldiers who surrendered from the Northern Han Dynasty and called them "grandsons" because the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty was the son of the Emperor of Liao. , as subjects and people, they are naturally grandsons.

But in this battle, the Hedong Jincheng Army won the respect of the whole army with their bravery and fearlessness.

"Wang Quanbin, is there any news about Liu Qingchuan's attacking the army from behind?" Shi Congyun asked. The Qin army has several times as many troops as the Liao army. flee north.

So he sent Wang Quanbin and Liu Qingchuan to lead the troops along the mountain roads in Xianzhou, Jingle, and Ningwu from the beginning, and made a big detour from the west, interspersed with Dai County, and cut off the rear of the Liao army.

Instead, what he was most concerned about was whether Wang Quanbin's journey would be successful. Once they succeeded, the Liao army would suffer heavy losses.

On the contrary, if the interspersion cannot be completed on time, they will just drive away the Liao army, and a large number of Liao troops will still escape.

Yesterday's battle was fought beautifully, but the frontal damage will definitely not be too much. Seeing the situation is not good, the Liao army ran very fast...

The messenger shook his head: "No, there is still a distance to Daizhou, and I don't know the situation in the north."

Shi Congyun thought for a while, "I won't stay tonight, and continue to chase north!"

All the soldiers agreed in unison and continued to pursue at night.

After more than ten miles to the north, they encountered a small group of stray Liao soldiers, about [-] of them. , caught two, and the rest were all dead.

Shi Congyun interrogated for a while, and among the soldiers accompanying him were Yunzhou natives who could speak a little Khitan, and he found out that the main force of the Liao army had indeed run towards Dai County.

Shi Congyun killed one, released another, and immediately led the army in pursuit without stopping. On the way, he encountered scattered Liao soldiers and his own soldiers who got lost.

After chasing until dawn, they met a second group of Liao troops with more people. They also lost their way, but they didn't choose to run around. Instead, they occupied a hut by the river and forced the people to feed their horses with water and grass.

It seems that he wants to wait until dawn to see the direction clearly before deciding where to run.

There were more than 100 people in this group. After the army arrived, many people's horses were driven to water by the people, and many people rested behind the house, already tired and sound asleep.

The Qin army came suddenly, and there was no time to react. Those few people were also very smart. Seeing the arrival of the Qin army, they drove the horses along the river without saying a word.

Several Khitan men on duty were so anxious that they cursed and tried to get on their horses to chase them, but they were stabbed off their horses by the soldiers of Qin who came towards them, and many Liao soldiers behind the house were slaughtered while they were still sleeping.

After the people's family came back, they knelt and bowed to them, and thanked them again and again. Shi Congyun asked them to reward them with five horses as a reward for their meritorious service, and then continued to lead the army northward.

By dawn, he hadn't rested all day and night, but he was still holding on, his spirit was strong and he didn't feel sleepy, and he only hoped for news from the north.

The whole journey was non-stop, and it was almost noon, but Congyun only felt that his eyelids were heavy. He washed his face with water from the water bag, and wrung his thigh severely before he woke up, and continued to pursue the pursuit.

He knew very well in his heart that the opportunity was rare and he must not miss it...

Chapter 348, Siege

At noon, when everyone dismounted, Shi Congyun endured his tiredness, ate a few rations of grain cakes, and drank some water while he was on his way.

But I don't care about it at this time, but I must not stop, once I stop, I will fall asleep, and the soldiers are also, only relying on a wave of thoughts for support, especially at this time, the more difficult it is to relax.

After walking forward for a while, finally a person from the north rushed over and excitedly said in front of him: "Officials, stop it! Stop it! The Khitan people were stopped by General Wang and General Liu in the north of Dai County!"

Shi Congyun was shocked immediately, "Catch me!"

Soon the news was passed down layer by layer, and the whole army cheered up and went northward.

In the afternoon, the army went north along the meandering river, and soon saw Daizhou County from a distance, but there were not many people around the county, but the smoke and dust in the north, and a large swath of dust could be seen from a distance. Soaring into the sky.

Daizhou is relatively flat on all sides, with a meandering river to the east, majestic mountains to the east, and large mountains to the west, but the plain in the middle is very vast.

When he walked along the river and crossed the road outside the city, he saw the situation in the north. In a small town outside the city, there were hundreds of households. Behind the houses and the large poplar forest at the entrance of the village, there was billowing dust. , you can see a large number of looming people and horses.

It is the Liao Army!

On the north side, there are rocks everywhere, and there is a forest to pass through, and on the hill behind the forest over there, Qin Jun's flags are everywhere from a distance!It was Wang Quanbin and Liu Qingchuan's roundabout interspersed troops!

No wonder the Liao army was trapped there, because the way back to the north was cut off.

On the rocky hills to the west and the outer periphery of the south, the Qin army coming from all directions is regrouping and converging on the outer periphery of the town.

Those guarding the hillside to the west couldn't see clearly five or six miles away, but they could only see the banners of Meng Xuanzhe, Dong Zunhui, and Li Hanchao.

Li Chuyun's flag can be seen in the east. He led mostly light cavalry and moved the fastest. He was the first to seize the river. Reject the horse, relying on the river water in the west to completely block the west passage.

The river is not deep and not wide, so people and horses can cross, but when they get into the water, they will slow down greatly. From a distance, there are many corpses of people and horses piled up on the bank, and there are bloodstains everywhere on the small shoal. The Khitans had already tried unsuccessfully to break out from the river to the west.

Daizhou is located under Yanmen Pass, one of the important towns in the north. There is a section of city wall several miles long in the north. The pass is not comparable to those grand passes, but now it is occupied by Wang Quanbin and Liu Qingchuan's interspersed troops. It is very difficult to fight down. It is a mountainous area. If the Liao army dismounts and breaks out of the mountain, it will be even more dead in the face of the Qin army.

To the south is the constant main force of the Qin army pursuing troops. In this way, it is not surprising that the Liao army, fighting a trapped beast, wanted to cross the small river to the east to break through, and it is quite rational.

To the south is Daizhou City with closed gates, which is the front of the town guarded by the Liao army.

It was very lively at this time, the Qin army gathered, the banners of the forwards Yang Jiye, Jing Si, and the Dangjin Office were particularly conspicuous. Across a small forest, Shi Congyun could clearly see the situation two miles away, and had a panoramic view of the situation.

The mighty Qin soldiers and horses gathered outside the town, and they still came from all directions from the outside, like hundreds of rivers converging, in an endless stream, more and more, the teams of soldiers and horses raised their tails of smoke and dust, completely blocking the front three or four li. width.

Shi Congyun looked around and saw that there were many people and horses around him, like stars and moons surrounding him, but everyone looked tired and crumbling.

Immediately ordered, "Don't worry about me, just rest on the spot for three hours, and then all go to support Li Chuyun in the east, and listen to him at his disposal. We must not let the people in his town go!"

Many soldiers obeyed the order, got off their horses and rode their horses to the east, out of the avenue without blocking the road, and fell asleep in the weed piles and yellow soil by the roadside.

At this time, Shi Congyun couldn't hold on after chasing him all day and all night without sleep, so he got off the road and found a piece of dry wood with the thickness of an arm as a pillow and fell asleep in the weeds.

Because he is the emperor, he can still have a wooden headrest. Others don't have this high-level treatment, and they just fall asleep on the spot.

More than a hundred imperial guards of the Son of Heaven did not sleep, so a group was assigned to sleep first, and the rest endured sleepiness and stabbed their thighs with the tip of a knife to stay awake and protect Emperor Shi.

Wait for an hour and wake up the other batch before going back to sleep.

Soon, people in the distance saw that the emperor had arrived, and sent people to report and ask for instructions. However, because the emperor was asleep, there was no instruction for the time being. All the troops still followed the previous deployment and besieged the Liao army in a small town outside the city. .

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When he woke up in a daze, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and strange birds were singing.

Si Yang, who was in charge of the army's catering, immediately brought him Ren Tengteng's meals. The place where he slept was also surrounded by a curtain to block the wind, but the top was open.

"What time?" Shi Congyun rubbed his dry eyes and asked.

"It's Mao time, and it will be dawn in a while." The soldier next to him agreed.

Shi Congyun nodded, his stomach was growling with hunger, so he got up and ate something voraciously, grabbed two grain cakes and went out. It was still dark outside, and the surrounding weeds and short trees had been leveled. A large open space was made, and tables and chairs were placed. Not far away, the prince's tent has been set up, waiting for him to live there.

Outside, inside and outside were guarded troops, surrounded several times, and the Tianzi Luan banners and peripheral flags were all erected in the open space beside the avenue.

In the distance, there are bright fires everywhere around the town, but the town is completely dark, only occasionally a little fire can be seen.

On the east side of the river, there is a fire pile every five or six steps, which illuminates the narrow river surface red. The flames seem to be burning, flowing, and jumping in the river water, sparkling and converging into a long dragon for miles.

During the daytime, the stumps, human corpses, and horse corpses were all hidden under the cover of night. Looking at it this way, it looks like a wonderful and strange scene under the moon, which is quite bloody and romantic.

The night wind flutters and dances around, the thin clouds in the sky are shy and do not cover the moonlight, the mountains and rivers in the distance are quietly sleeping, and unknown birds sing and sing happily from time to time. I feel a little uncomfortable for a while, and the unspeakable emotions in my heart are difficult to calm down for a long time.

"Officials, several generals are already waiting on the main road, do you want them to come over?" Shi Congyun waited for the soldiers around him to eat and drink before he spoke.

Shi Congyun scolded: "What the hell are you doing, tell me about this kind of thing in advance next time."

"The officials are still hungry, so let them wait." The soldiers disagreed.

Shi Congyun was upset, "They are generals in the court and the pillars of the country, do you know what you are talking about?"

The soldiers were so frightened that they said: "Forgive the officials, but the villain somehow said something wrong."

Shi Congyun asked him to get up, but he also remembered this soldier in his heart, and planned to transfer him out of the inner palace soldier after returning.

After a while, Li Chuyun, Yang Jiye, Jing Si, and several Dangjin generals were led from the northeast avenue and passed through layers of siege.

After seeing them, Shi Congyun raised his hand: "Don't be too polite, just talk about the matter directly, how is the situation over there?"

"Guanjia, there are about five or six thousand Khitan trapped in the town.

In the middle of the night, they tried to cross the river to the east again, most of them were beaten back, and a hundred people rushed out, and then the soldiers were asked to find firewood and fish oil to light a fire every five steps by the river.

The Khitan charged twice more, but they were found before reaching the river and were beaten back. "Li Chuyun reported.

"Are there any breakthroughs in other places?"

Several people shook their heads, "They were just staring at the river."

"Officials, let a certain leader rush into the town tomorrow!" Dang Jin pleaded.

Shi Congyun shook his head, "No need, the Liao army has no way out if they are trapped inside, and they will jump over the wall if they are in a hurry. They never bring much food and grass in war, and they like to burn, kill and loot. This time, let them eat what they want."

"All the armies are stationed in place, dig more trenches, sink horse pits, and prevent horses from setting up deer camps. Surround them to death, especially in the east, and don't let them cross the river.

All the personal soldiers were temporarily assigned to Li Chuyun's dispatch, and went to the river to deploy defenses. "

"No!" Everyone agreed in unison.

Shi Congyun looked at Yang Jiye again, and praised alone: ​​"The Jincheng army fought beautifully in this battle, and the ambition of the three armies is obvious to all. I am also very happy. I can go to see your brother dignifiedly.

I will remember this credit for you, and I will reward the Khitans when they are dealt with. "

Yang Jiye was so excited that he knelt down on one knee, "A certain generation of soldiers thanked the official family for their kindness!"

"The casualties are not small."

Yang Jiye's expression turned darker: "To die for the official family is a worthy death."

Shi Congyun nodded, "I love to listen, but the soldiers shouldn't die in vain, and they shouldn't die for no reason. Find your army clerk and count all the casualties. The Jincheng Army is newly formed, and many soldiers haven't died yet." Passed the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to be included in our military registration in the Qin State, and now send it directly to me, and the compensation court will distribute it according to the forbidden army.

I also know what you most want. I will tell the whole army and the world about the achievements, bravery, and fearlessness of the Jincheng Army. "

What they want most is to hold their heads up and be human.

Yang Jianye's eyes were red, and he solemnly kowtowed three times: "Official, I am willing to die for the official!"

"Do it well, the soldiers of Hedong are my iron wall towards Qin."

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