Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

The Shanshan Army and the Pishi Army in Shangjing are collectively referred to as the Yuzhang Pro Army, and they are the core combat power of the Forbidden Army of the Daliao Kingdom.

A large number of soldiers in the river valley were forming an array, preparing some siege equipment. The elite Shan army and Pishi army were leading the way. Two-thirds of them were infantry, and even those who were not infantry had dismounted.

In the Liao army, 500 people form a team, ten teams form a team, and ten teams form a team.

The soldiers in the river valley were deployed by Yelu Xiezhen. They formed a group and surrounded the fortress of the Qin army on the east hillside, which was located in front of the left front of the army. They lined up one mile away to form an encirclement. After the men and horses, twelve teams of men and horses were deployed in the rear.

Prepare to go into battle in turn and attack from all sides. The reason why you don't choose the fort by the water first is because that fort is close to the water on one side and it is not easy to encircle.

At the same time, they were not planning to attack in an all-out way, and planned to take a look first to see if the Qin people were playing tricks or had some calculations.

Black and orderly people and horses spread all over the valley, and the six fortresses of the Qin army on the opposite side were like small boats in the ocean. It seemed that as long as their army drove past, they could be submerged in an instant.

In fact, at this time, Han Derang didn't care much about the mighty army of his own. He kept his eyes on the strange Qin army fortresses in the distance, and wanted to know what was going on in the Qin army fortress at this moment.

He had an inexplicable uneasiness, and he didn't know how to resolve it anyway. He could only look at the densely packed army in the valley, ready to march, and whispered: "Buddha bless you."

Afterwards, he saw the commanding soldiers of the Chinese army begin to wave their flags, the horn of desolation sounded, and the attack began.

Eighteen teams, nearly 1 people attacked a fortress of the Qin army defended by 500 people, and it was easy to catch!Even a pile of people can be higher than their two-foot city wall!

Han Derang thought to himself that he couldn't think of any possibility of not being able to fight.

"If we deploy too many people, they will not fight easily. If there are only 3000 to [-] people guarding there, they are likely to fight to the end, because the advantage is great." Emperor Shi was in the Youzhou Palace, facing A sand table in front of him explained to Zhao Shijian that there were also craftsmen accompanying the confidential department beside the table. Emperor Shi liked to take them with him as consultants so that he could answer some questions at any time.

"Why is this guide slope 250 steps? Wouldn't it be better if the artillery was farther away?" Shi Huangdi asked.

"The officials have to take care of the bow and crossbow. In addition, if it is too far away, because of the shooting angle, the city wall must be shorter. Too short is not good. If the enemy is desperate and relies on piles of corpses to make the city wall high, go up too. It's gone." The craftsman always spoke coldly.

Emperor Shi nodded, then shook his head and smiled: "I don't believe they can go to the corner of the city to pile up corpses with the cannon."

"As long as the artillery hits them enough to break their morale, our fine cavalry behind us can go north and crush them." Emperor Shi said.

In fact, if you want to annihilate the main force of the Liao Kingdom, the most important problem has always been not that you can't fight, but that you can't fight the annihilation battle. If you want to defeat it head-on, as early as his father Shi Yanchao's time, he was able to lead the cavalry to repeatedly defeat the Khitan.

But the key is that defeat is defeat. You can't kill many people, and you can't kill more. If they come back next time, they will be exhausted. So whether it was the Battle of Guanbei, the Battle of Hedong, or the Battle of Youzhou In the battle, how to hold back the main force of the Liao army so that they can't get out of the battle is the key.

In the battle of Guanbei, Wang Shenqi's department was used as bait to hold back the Liao army. In the battle of Hedong, Guo Jin's department was passively used as a bait to hold down the Liao army.

It's just that this time with the blessing of artillery and bastion, Emperor Shi played a very big and unprecedented gamble. He planned to use more than 2000 people to hold back an army of [-]!

Chapter 523: Battle of Beikou ([-])

"I think we can't sit still and wait for death. We should take the initiative to attack and replace defense with offense."

"The Central Route Army has already encountered the enemy, and the Liao Kingdom can't sit idly by. Unless they are fools, they won't sit back and watch the fall behind the mountain and ignore it. If there are no Liao soldiers in our direction, then we can go northeast and go straight to the Liao army's back. "

At the head of Juyongguan, the young Li Jilong kept admonishing the general Guo Jin: "Commander, you must set up an ambush in the northeast, and the Liao army will definitely come."

Apart from Li Jilong and Guo Jin, Yang Jiye is also on the side.

Guo Jin is over fifty years old and is already a veteran, while Yang Jiye is in his prime and younger.

And the youngest is Li Jilong, the eldest son of the army coach Li Chuyun, who is only in his early twenties this year and full of vitality.

Although he repeatedly begged, Guo Jin did not dislike this young man, but liked him very much. It reminded him of himself who was full of energy when he was young, working hard, seeking opportunities, and eager to make contributions.

Probably because of the influence of being around the officials, Li Jilong, a young man, does not have the domineering and ignorant of the sufferings of the world. On the contrary, he is a young man who can endure hardships and has courage.

Probably, Li Chuyun put him under his command to avoid suspicion.

On the way to the north, this young man has always taken the lead and acted as a forward, which he admires very much.

Guo Jin did not immediately agree to his risky proposal: "The officials said that our priority is to defend Juyongguan, consolidate behind the mountain, and wait for the Chinese army to break through. Even if we want to march northeast, we must wait until the Chinese army's enemy situation is clear."

"But time waits for no one..." Li Jilong was still a little unwilling: "If they get to the vicinity and find that Guancheng is not easy to fight, they may go elsewhere to the back of the mountain. Our passive defense cannot stop them. "

"It's risky to take the initiative to attack. This is Jincheng Tangchi, which is as immovable as a mountain. It is impossible for them to take down Juyongguan."

"The Liao Kingdom thought the same way before, they were taken by us...

Commander, the subordinates still feel that they must take the initiative to attack, and set up an ambush on the way of the Liao army going south. The mountains in the northeast are steep and steep, which is a good place to set up an ambush. "

"What if the Liao army doesn't pass by you?" Guo Jin asked back.

This is indeed a question, and Li Jilong didn't know how to answer it.

In fact, Guo Jin did have the answer in his heart. In many cases, it was just a matter of choice. Sending troops to ambush would inevitably weaken the defense force.In case the Liao army does not go through the Guancheng, which is going straight to the emptiness, etc., many problems are risks.

But relatively, once it succeeds, the profit will be very large.

He understood Li Jilong's argument, and the officials had been emphasizing to them that it was necessary to fight a war of movement and annihilation. Why didn't he want to, but sticking to Juyongguan was related to the safety of the army's flanks. Taking the overall situation into consideration, he didn't dare to take too many risks.

At this time Yang Jiye also said: "Commander, let us go to the Hedong Army, we go to lay an ambush, it will not affect the defense of Juyongguan."

Guo Jin looked at the wounded man in front of him, and in his heart he agreed with the Hedong Army under his command, but he still ordered, "The officials say that your bravery is well known in the world, but the lives of the Hedong soldiers are much more important than the Liao Army. .”

After speaking, Guo Jin looked at the mountains to the north for a long time, hesitating in his heart, and remembered the glorious past of the Battle of Hedong, where he led the army to hold back the Liao army, and then even if the officials arrived, they wiped out the Liao army... ...

Finally, facing the young people who were full of longing, he thought, maybe we should really give them a chance to try, "You lead the east east army, and I will send you two artillery battalions and two cavalry battalions, but if you find that the ambush position is wrong, or This side has already started fighting, so we must return to defense immediately, and don't be greedy for credit."

Li Jilong was overjoyed, and immediately said: "It's all up to the commander!"

"The so-called combination of righteousness and victory by surprise, if you can achieve results, we will break through to the northeast and take the Liao army's side, which will be a great achievement, but we must not be dazed and paralyzed by this." Guo Jin instructed.

Li Jilong and Yang Jiye said at the same time: "No!"

Guo Jin finally arranged, "Yang Jiye is the main general." He thinks that Yang Jiye is more mature and stable, and he is more familiar with the northern mountains.

Li Jilong did not refute and accepted this arrangement.

.......

To the south of the north entrance, banners were everywhere, Yelu Xiezhen raised his head, the sun was shining in the sky, he stood behind his banner and hid for a while, and there were soldiers chatting and laughing in the distance.

Most of them wear hard leather armor soaked in oil and then exposed to the sun for a long time. They are the elite of the imperial guards of the Liao Kingdom.

Everyone is full of confidence. They have strong soldiers and horses, and there are many people. Looking at the lonely fortress of the Qin army on the slope, there is no reason why they cannot be defeated.

Yelu Xiezhen raised his head, his right rear sloped his head, Han Derang's flag was flying there, and he had already assembled a large army to guard against the Qin army on the other side of the river.

Yelu Xiezhen saw that the time was almost up, he held the handle of the knife at his waist, and said to the messenger beside him, "Let all the teams prepare."

The messenger immediately went down and rode back and forth in front of each phalanx. Soon the noise in the valley gradually quieted down. More and more people began to take a deep breath and prepare for the next battle.

The soldiers in the front row put on their armor, prepared their swords and shields, and some shield carts built by Chinese craftsmen belonging to the Shan army who cut wood nearby since yesterday. They were placed in the front row of each team and pushed by strong people. .

It is mainly used to deal with the Qin army's crossbow, throwing stones, etc.

But what they were most afraid of was the powerful bed crossbow. If they were unlucky, the crossbow might be able to shoot through the front shield of the shield vehicle.

Looking at the long gentle slope more than half a mile long in front of him, he really couldn't guess what Qin Jun was thinking. Such a gentle slope could even be pushed up by a shield cart.

Orders have been given and captains are arranging soldiers and tactics.

At the front of each team are shield chariots, followed by soldiers in thick armor and holding large shields, followed by long ladders, crossbowmen, and armored swordsmen.

Facing the long slope in front of him, the captain was riding through the various teams, and kept telling the soldiers not to run to either side because of fear. The more you run, the easier it is to be hit by rolling logs and stones, which is dangerous, so you can only go to the middle Damn, hide behind the shield car.

But in the eyes of high-level generals like Yelu Xiezhen, the most important thing about running to both sides is that it will affect other teams and make the formation chaotic.

Soon, the eight forward teams, with more than 4000 horses, have slowly advanced to a place about one mile away from the fortress of the Qin Army. Then, according to the previously arranged formation, with four teams in front and four teams in the back, the small square formation Form a large formation and slowly advance towards the fortress of the Qin Army.

Their formation is considered tight, but it is far less neat than the Qin army.

Yelu Xiezhen rode over, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he encouraged the soldiers and personally supervised the battle, because he knew in his heart that it would be great if he could attack once!

Slowly, the brigade advanced to the bottom of the slope, and then cautiously advanced up the slope.

After the forward walked more than 50 steps, everyone's hanging heart finally let go, because they found that it seemed to be nothing... There were no traps, no rolling stones, and the shield car could be pushed up easily. Just a normal long ramp!

Chapter 524, Battle of Beikou ([-])

The fortress on the top of the slope in the distance is getting closer and closer, and when you reach the half slope, you can already see the movement of the Qin army at the top of the city.

Yelu Xiezhen stepped on the rammed ground and followed at the end of the group. Even though he followed up nervously, he did not see any rolling logs and stones left by the Qin army at the top of the slope. Even when they reached Banpo, they had already entered Within [-] steps of the strange city wall outside, the Qin army at the head of the city didn't seem to make any moves.

Yelu Xiezhen was about to give the order to attack, when suddenly he saw a flash of fire on the top of the slope, just for a moment, he thought he was wrong.

After a while, a dozen steps in front of the army formation suddenly splashed with dust, which startled the soldiers in the front row.

Then a huge explosion came from the city, Yelu Xiezhen was a little uncertain, as if a black shadow flew over their heads quickly?

But he did hear a strange whistling above his head, like a sharp whistle, which he had never heard before.

Before everyone realized what happened, they looked around in confusion, Yelu Xiezhen didn't understand what was going on, but he turned his head quickly, and then saw the distant city, flashing light one after another, fleeting like thunder.

A terrifying explosion resounded across the mountain, and at this moment, the front row of shield cars was easily torn apart in an instant with a loud click, a large amount of dust was thrown up at the front, and there were also people who were overturned at the same time.

In a blink of an eye, a large queue at the front fell to the ground, and the wailing was quickly drowned in the noise. The sharp whistling resounded through the hillside, and the dust was flying on the hillside. A huge hole was suddenly torn apart in the tight formation, and the stumped limbs and broken arms mixed with dust arrived in the chaos. Fly, howl everywhere.

Yelu Xiezhen's pupils constricted, and he didn't know how to deal with it at all.

He watched with his own eyes five or six soldiers falling to the ground ten steps away to his left, crying in an instant. The dust was mixed with blood mist, and their legs were broken from the knees. Climb downhill.

And Qin Jun is at least two hundred steps away at this moment!He looked up, and he couldn't see Qin Jun clearly at the top of the high mountain shrouded in blue smoke.

After just a quarter of an hour, without his command, a large number of soldiers turned around and ran down the slope spontaneously in panic, leaving many wounded struggling and crying.

After Yelu Xiezhen reacted, under the escort of dozens of cavalry guards, he gasped for breath, tried his best to calm down and galloped down the slope.

He clearly felt something whistling and passing by above his head, and the horses running under the crotch of more than a dozen bodyguards running in front of him wailed, and the horses weighing hundreds of catties twisted into strange postures, fell down and tumbled in an instant, and a curtain of dust was drawn , Sand and gravel flew randomly, sliding down the slope for more than ten steps without stopping, someone's horse behind was frightened and ran wildly, someone was knocked down before he could avoid it, and the dust billowed.

Yelu Xiezhen was terrified, he was lucky, he was far away from the striker, so he quickly reined in his horse to avoid it, and the moment he missed the horse, he saw that the head of the rider who had been thrown more than ten steps away was gone.

When he ran to the foot of the mountain in shock, he still didn't stop. He ran all the way to the rear mountain ridge, one mile away from the Qin army's fortress, and stopped when he met Han Derang's support army.

Looking back, there are people running around all over the mountains and plains, like a nest of ants.

The siege troops in front had completely collapsed and were running around, while the reserve troops in the rear retreated in an orderly manner. The front line was also crooked and chaotic. The hillside was full of dust, and a large number of wounded soldiers had no time to evacuate.

Yelu Xiezhen met Han Derang who came up to meet him with the same shocked and terrified eyes, but the other party did not have the terror of close contact, screaming like a god of death, powerless without fighting back, and not sure when he would die. Han Derang just looked at the fear of not knowing it from a distance, but didn't experience it personally.

So he calmed down a lot, and immediately ordered people to gather up the remnants of the army, and at the same time told the reserve team to retreat, not to get close to those strange fortresses of the Qin army.

At this moment, the Liao army, which was full of confidence, suddenly became uneasy. Many soldiers whispered and chatted in low voices, and they were no longer as relaxed and comfortable as before.

By now, everyone has also realized that Qin Jun should have used their legendary cannon.

When they returned to the rear in disgrace, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelusha, Handerang and other high-level officials looked at each other in dismay, still in shock.

In their minds, they remembered the scene of the battle of the Sanggan River told by the rout soldiers in Shangjing. They didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that the defenders were exaggerating to avoid guilt, but now it seems that there is no exaggeration at all!

Yelu Xiezhen was so frightened that his hands and feet became cold, and Yelusha and others didn't know what was going on with the Qin army's artillery. To be conservative, they immediately ordered the entire army to retreat, withdraw from the flat position in the valley, and retreat to the north entrance to settle down , and then think about countermeasures.

Afterwards, Qin Jun's artillery didn't think about it any more, some wounded came down the slope by themselves, and they also took the risk of sending people to meet them, and the defeated soldiers everywhere regrouped.

Finally, when it was getting dark, the general results came out, which made everyone gasp.

At least 200 people were directly killed by the Qin army, and even more were injured, at least 600 people, and another 100 people did not regroup until dark.

The scariest thing was that most of those injured were seriously injured, and the most common type was that their feet were directly broken, especially the knees and the section below them. There were severed limbs flying everywhere.

The Qin army did not kill all the wounded, but the soldiers who climbed down were very miserable, and it was difficult for some of the wounded to survive. Even if they survived, it would be impossible to fight again.

Yelu Xiezhen even witnessed the horrific sight of a row of soldiers having their legs broken in an instant in front of him.

What disturbed the high-level generals most was that this was a large-scale attack by a total of more than 9000 people from the reserve team and forwards. As a result, the battle started for about a quarter of an hour before being repelled by hundreds of Qin troops!The blow to the morale and morale of the army must be very heavy.

At night, there were occasional noises outside and the wailing of wounded soldiers caught in the night wind.

Two soldiers found the iron ball fired by the Qin army from the mountain in the bushes at the foot of the slope, and it was sent to the Chinese army tent. Almost two miles away.

Hit Erli to drive!

This made everyone gasp even more. Even horses in Erlidi could run away. At the same time, Yelu Xiezhen also guessed why so many soldiers had their legs broken. Those iron balls would still bounce when they hit the ground. If it flies close to the ground, it will all hit the feet.

Because it is too fast, many times the eyes can't see clearly, at most they can see the shadow.

It's just that he couldn't imagine how Qin Jun could do it anyway.

Yelusha was silent for a long time, and the yellow fire flickered in the big tent: "Go and ask the Taoist priest from before, maybe he knows something."

Yelu Xiezhen and Handerang also nodded, they couldn't think of any other way.

But one thing is for sure: "The army must break through. No matter what, they are few and we are many. It is really impossible to rush over by force. Leave them alone." Yelusha said.

Although he does not approve of a full-scale war with the Qin army, he has no turning back when he opens his bow. He understands His Majesty's concerns in his heart. If the new king allows the land to be lost and the army to suppress the land, then the Liao Kingdom is likely to enter another round of great turmoil. among.

"Stabilize people's hearts first, and then prepare for the next attack." Yelusha said without doubt: "In any case, 3000 to [-] elites of our central army can go into battle, and the six fortresses of the Qin Army are as strong as [-] people.

You should appease the soldiers immediately, and let everyone know that the Qin army has only [-] defenders in the valley. Wait for the Taoist chief to come and ask again, think of ways, and prepare for the next attack. Let's gather our forces. I don't believe I can't beat it. "

Han Derang and Yelu Xiezhen accepted the order with solemn expressions.