Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"I didn't think the Qin army would be easy to deal with. Now this situation is expected. Don't be depressed. The whole army will regroup. Next time we will launch a full-scale attack and no longer retain our strength."

Chapter 525, The Taoist Chief's Foresight

"The victory in this first battle was fought by Fort No. 1. They couldn't count the results, but visually estimated that the enemy's forward attacking force was about [-] people, and they were quickly repelled. The loss is not too big."

Zhao Shijian pinched his shoulder lightly with his right hand, and held the battle report she had summarized in his left hand: "Although it was a big victory, the commander of the No. A probing attack.

It can be confirmed that the main force of the Liao army is at Beikou. "

"What's Li Chuyun's opinion?" Shi Congyun asked.

"General Li felt that the Liao army would go south after the test, but they knew the power of the artillery, so they would go all out. They would either concentrate their forces to attack, or find a way to go south to Tanzhou under the artillery fire." Zhao Shijian immediately reported.

"How will he deal with it?" Shi Congyun got up and walked towards the map that had been placed on the shelf in front of him. Under the table in the distance, there was an old tree sprouting, a pool of spring water, and fish swimming from time to time. The gazebo was empty. Zhao Shijian is not used to the weather in Youzhou recently, and his speech is a bit dull. Youzhou is much colder than Daliang.

Zhao Shijian turned a page and reported: "General Li said he will make two arrangements...

First, he gathered elite cavalry near Liushugou in the northeast to guard the mountain pass, and at the same time sent boats along the river to monitor the battle situation. Give the Liao army a heavy blow.

Second, if the Liao army tried their best to break through and go south, there would be forts set up in the valley ten miles north of Liushugou, and the infantry camps of the Chinese army would be set up at the mountain pass to block them, in order to encircle and annihilate them. "

Emperor Shi listened and nodded, and didn't say much, "These things are up to him to decide, is there anything else?"

Zhao Shijian went on to say, "Lin Renzhao asks if they can attack north."

Emperor Shi thought for a while, and said to Zhao Shijian: "Remember, tell Lin Renzhao that they can go north. You can be sure that the main force of the Liao army is at Beikou, but they should also have a partial division there, so be careful."

Zhao Shijian nodded, picked up a brush from the table on one side, and quickly recorded his thoughts, which will be drafted into an official military order later.

"Guo Jin also has battle reports from Juyongguan. He said that he will send the Hedong army, two artillery battalions, and two iron cavalry battalions to ambush the possible Liao army in the valley to the north."

"Tell him, let him decide for himself." Emperor Shi said, Zhao Shijian took notes carefully, and then continued: "When the messenger arrives, Xiang Xunjun has already captured Yunzhou. Apart from leaving behind the defenders, he is leading the main force to honor the officials. According to the order of the family, we will move closer to Yanzhou and Juyongguan, and we have already arrived in Hongzhou when we sent the letter.”

Listening to Zhao Shijian's report and looking at the map in front of him, Shi Congyun was recreating the situation of the war in his mind. At this time, the east and west fronts of this war had exceeded a thousand miles, and the combat troops invested by both sides had exceeded 30 at least. , If you add support personnel, there are at least nearly one million people serving the war on this long front.

If it is impossible to say that there is no pressure, he has not slept well in the past few days, and most of the time he is half asleep, because he is afraid of any sudden changes on the front line, and he has repeatedly told his servants and Zhao Shijian that no matter when and under what circumstances, as long as there is a battle report Come and wake him up. ....

When the war reached this scale, the winner might be determined by just one or two battles, and it was impossible to have a result in a short period of time. Therefore, Emperor Shi often warned himself not to be impatient, but to be calm.

With the constant encounters with enemies everywhere and the various reports sent back by the forward scouts, he also had a general understanding of the movements and overall deployment of the Liao army.

Others are not sure, but he is sure that the main force of the Liao army is in Guanbei. Once the main force of the enemy is found out, the battle will be much easier.

If he didn't know where the main force of the Liao army was, he would not have allowed Guo Jin to take the initiative to attack and set up an ambush, nor would he have allowed Lin Renzhao to attack northward through the Hexi Corridor. The middle road needs to be steady.

This is Emperor Shi's adjustments to various routes, but on the issue of specific tactical implementation, he will not give advice to the generals, and let them play by themselves.

After that, Zhao Shijian told him about the specific deployment of some frontline generals

, when he heard that Li Jilong was going to lay an ambush, his heart skipped a beat.

For this young man, Emperor Shi had a very good influence. When he was in Dongxiban, he thought he was a insightful and brave young man, and his father even personally guided him.

All the way to the north, he has been playing a forward, leading the way, and has made a lot of military exploits. The more he is like this, the more he cherishes it. After all, the older generation of Qin generals have also fought for decades. Some are old and some are dead. Good seedlings need to be cultivated.

He immediately thought of Li Chuyun avoiding suspicion, tapped his fingers on the table, and wanted to transfer Li Jilong back from the front line several times, but finally gave up such an idea.

"There is also a memorial to Lu Duoxun for the transfer in Taiyuan. He said that there are more than [-] troops in the front line. There is sea transportation in the east, and the Haihe River and Sanggan River in the middle. Only the mountains in the west are dangerous and the road is obstructed. After the army passes Yanmen Pass Resupply is even more difficult, and he wants to ask the government to allow another [-] farmers to be conscripted, so the western front is really tight.”

Emperor Shi thought for a while, "The main force of the West Road went north from Huanzhou and Yingzhou, and then moved closer to the east. It is true that the supply line is too long.

Take me to write a letter and tell him that it is okay to increase the manpower, but we must be prepared for the Liao army to attack the grain road. food road. "

Zhao Shijian nodded, and Emperor Shi seemed to think of something and added: "Tell Guo Jin and the others that if you want to set up an ambush, you can try to attract the Liao army with food..."

.......

In the afternoon, the sun was setting, and the Youzhou Palace was setting like a fire. This palace of the king of the South Court of Liao Kingdom now seems to have a unique vicissitudes. Although it is not as magnificent as those palaces in the south, it is full of a unique sense of heaviness.

Zhao Shijian put on a fur coat for him, and Emperor Shi took her hand and looked into the distance: "Based on my years of experience, once the main forces of both armies appear, the war will enter the most critical stage.

This time, from east to west, there are more than 1000 miles of fronts, but the most important thing is still in the middle. "

"What do the officials think?" Zhao Shijian said softly, leaning on his shoulder involuntarily.

"I have an [-]% chance of winning, but I don't dare to say victory lightly. The most important thing is, as long as I can win this time, I won't have to travel around in the future, and I can be sensual and sensual every day!"...

Zhao Shijian pinched him lightly: "Can you talk..."

"Everyone has their own aspirations, that's my dream!" He said, holding her in his arms, "We can still have a litter of babies, without the Liao Kingdom making trouble in the north, no matter whether it is Liaodong, Northwest, or Southwest, we are invincible. It's just a matter of time, those wise and powerful monarchs like us don't have to do everything by themselves, that's overkill, and I dare to trust them."

Zhao Shijian leaned quietly in his arms: "I just hope that everything will be fine for you, don't be so anxious."

"Don't worry, I won't be in a hurry. People in Liao Kingdom are in a hurry to be anxious at this time." Emperor Shi said firmly, his eyes had already passed through the mountains and the deep twilight.

......

In the palace tent at the foot of the Great Xianbei Mountain, the news of the striker's attack had been thwarted, and an atmosphere of anxiety permeated the tent silently, whether it was the accompanying officials or the young new king Ye Luxian sitting high above.

The accompanying Daoist Lingxu had been escorted to the front line by troops to seek a solution to the threat of the Qin army's artillery.

The Liao Kingdom respected Buddhism and Confucianism, and there were many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples all over the country, but Taoism did not have the status of a state religion like Buddhism in the Liao Kingdom.

And this Taoist priest named Lingxu is a Taoist priest who practiced in Black Mountain, and he has some contacts with the royal family on weekdays, so he is quite famous.

So after the defeated army described the situation on the banks of the Sanggan River, he immediately pointed out excitedly that this is very similar to the Leifa in the legendary Taoist law, and he also heard from his masters that it can be cracked!

The reason why he was excited was that if it could be proved that the Qin army used Taoism to sweep the world, and Taoism's cracking method was useful, then he would surely be able to overwhelm the Buddhism that had been riding on their heads for a long time, become a national teacher himself, and let Taoism become a national teacher. State religion.

Most of the high-level people in the Liao Kingdom believed in Buddhism. They never had the opportunity to fight against Buddhism before.

What's more, there is another very important reason, whether it is Buddha or Taoism, they are very comfortable in Liao Kingdom, life is easy, and they are very rich.

In the south, there was a large-scale "destruction of Buddha" in the period of Zhou Shizong around ten years ago. It was not only aimed at Buddhism, but also imposed many restrictions on Taoism, cut down a large number of temple gates, and dismissed many Buddhist and Taoist disciples. Bloodshed.

After the emperor Shi Congyun usurped the throne, he still maintained Sejong's previous policy of restricting and governing religion. If the Qin army won and came to Shangjing, Lingxu felt that neither they nor the bald donkey would have a good time.

Therefore, in the matter of hindering the Qin army, their Buddhism and Taoism are unified. If the Qin army comes, their good days will come to an end, so no matter how they fight against the Qin army, they decide to help the situation. Qin Jun, just don't let Qin go to Shangjing.

These are all the considerations that Daoist Lingxu stood up for at the time without hesitation. As for whether the spirit will work or not, he actually doesn't know...

Chapter 526, The Battle Behind the Mountain

"Why don't you see them going south? Could it be that you heard something?" The soldiers around Li Jilong were puzzled.

"It's unlikely." Li Jilong denied, "There are still a majority of Han people here. The brothers in Hedong said that they didn't fight much when they took Yanzhou. It is impossible for the Liao army to have a better eye than us."

Then he said, "It's a big deal to wait a few more days."

At this time, they were lying in ambush on a mountain ridge. This place is more than ten miles south of Yanzhou. It is a small mountain. The local people call it Nishan. From here to the southwest, you will reach the mountain pass. Here is Juyongguan.

Looking north from the mountain, the mountain ends three or four miles away, and then a large piece of flat land spreads to the north until it reaches a sparkling river, where there are many houses and tall city walls. It is Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is the closest to Juyongguan. The big river outside the city is Guishui, and to the west is Guizhou (Huailai), Xinzhou (Zhuolu), and Wuzhou (Xuanhua).

Yanzhou has been taken by them, but when they left Juyongguan and stationed in Yanzhou to look for the Liao army, there was no trace of the Liao army near Yanzhou.

The people in the north of Yanzhou clearly told them that they saw the traces of the Liao army.

An old man said that one day when he was weeding in the field, he saw with his own eyes at least a hundred horses on the road at the foot of the mountain in the east, looking at him from a distance, and he was too scared to pick a hoe If you want to run home.

There were many similar reports. On the eighth day of April, a supply team of 120 people set off from Yanzhou to Juyongguan. Shortly after leaving the city, they were attacked by the cavalry of the Liao army. Of the 120 people, only more than 50 people fled back. All supply trucks were burned.

Both Yang Jiye and Li Jilong realized that the Liao army had reached the north of Yanzhou.

At the same time, he became vigilant. The Liao army commander was very sophisticated. He neither exposed the position of his main force first nor chose to fight them head-on. Instead, he chose to attack the grain road.

Sure enough, in the next few days, the Liao army successively launched three attacks on the grain road outside Yanzhou City. Two of them were repulsed by the Qin army. , More than 30 carts of food and grass that could be escorted were all burned.

The commander of the Liao army really has the ability. He has brought the characteristics of the Liao army to the extreme, and the golden age of the Liao army seems to be back.

Attacking from multiple sides, attacking the enemy's grain roads, breaking through the enemy's surface, and being able to beat them, but not to walk away, are what they are good at.

However, the tactics of the Liao army have been studied countless times by the Privy Council of the Qin State, so how could they not know that they are good at this style of play and not respond?

In fact, since the last time the official wrote back and suggested that they use grain roads as bait to lure the enemy, both Yang Jiye and Li Jilong felt that this plan was feasible!

First, the Great Wall around Juyongguan was all over the place, and the Liao army could not cross it. If they wanted to attack the grain road, they could only go north to Yanzhou, narrowing their scope of activities.

The second reason is that the Juyongguan garrison now actually relies mostly on supplies from Youzhou, because the Qin army's navy is too strong, and their supplies are endless from the Bohai Sea to the Sanggan River, all the way unimpeded.In this case, if the Liao army is made to think that their grain road is from Yanzhou to Juyongguan, then there is a high probability that it will mislead and lure the Liao army.

After that, the supply convoys they sent south were all to give the Liao army the illusion that their logistics base was in Guizhou.

It's just that the first team to go out is the imperial army of the Qin army. The successive victories made them proud and underestimate the enemy, self-righteous, whether they should run or not, resulting in heavy losses.

However, the overall purpose was basically achieved. Judging from the frequency of cavalry troops sent by the Liao army to attack the vicinity of Guizhou, they were convinced that this was the rear of the Juyongguan garrison.

The food sent to the Liao army to burn was also genuine. Although it hurts, I still gritted my teeth and endured it if I wanted to catch big fish.

Li Jilong and Yang Jiye, who had never left the city to set up an ambush before, were afraid after discussing that the commander of the Liao army on the other side was obviously not a fool, and knew how to use his strengths to avoid weaknesses. The strength of the Liao army on the battlefield behind the mountain was unknown, and the location of the main force was unknown, so he did not dare to attack rashly.

The officials told them that the main force is at Beikou, so they predicted that the Liao army's soldiers behind the mountain should not be the main force, with no more than 3 people, and they can take the initiative to fight.

Two days ago, they received a letter from the east saying that Xiang Xun, the coach of the West Route Army, had led the main force to Guizhou, [-] miles west of them, after taking Yunzhou, and was ready to support them at any time.

With such a guarantee, Li Jilong and Yang Jiye immediately discussed their strategy.

Li Jilong led two battalions of artillery and [-] elite cavalry, including two battalions of imperial cavalry and fourth battalion of elite Hedong cavalry, as ambush soldiers on the mud hill beside the road from Guizhou to Juyongguan.

On the other hand, Yang Jiye assembled a team in Guizhou, collected cattle and horses, and prepared chariots and horses outside the city.

Li Jilong stood on the top of the mountain. All the cavalry were lurking behind the mountain at this time, and only the artillery was set up in front of the mountain, which was also covered by a large number of branches.

In the distance, he could already see Yang Jiye's huge convoy moving slowly.

Their convoy assembled [-] elite soldiers on the outskirts, and [-] soldiers disguised as civilian husbands were responsible for driving the vehicles. They moved very slowly, slowly heading south along the Weizhou Outer Avenue, and pulled back and forth for more than half a mile.

Except for the disguised civilian husbands in this convoy, most of the grain transported was disguised as military vehicles, and most of the bags of grain on it were sandbags. Guizhou couldn't make up so much grain at all, and their grain road was in the south.

As the sun rose little by little, the huge convoy gradually moved away from the city of Guizhou in the distance, and approached the mountain pass little by little.

As the convoy continued to approach the mud mountain, Li Jilong's eyes were fixed on the northeast, looking at the avenue and the foothills in that direction, hoping for any changes.

But nothing but the wind.

The sun gradually rose until it passed above their heads. At this time, the convoy moving hurriedly below stopped, buried pots and cooked food on the side of the road, prepared to have a meal, and spent the scorching noon under the sparse shade of trees on the side of the road.

The Huotou army began to bury pots and make food, and the smoke and dust rose high, which could be clearly seen from more than ten miles away on the open ground.

At this time, the artillery commander came over and reported to him in a low voice: "It's already within the shooting range, it's easy to hit high and low, and it can hit a few more miles."

Li Jilong nodded, and when he was about to speak, he found smoke and dust billowing behind the southeast hillside, and even lying on the ground, he heard the rumbling sound of horseshoes in the distance.

"I said why don't you come! It turns out that they are waiting to cook, this Khitan thief has some brains." Li Jilong couldn't help but said.

"Do you want to notify the people down the mountain?" The guards around him asked nervously.

"No, they know, we can't expose this."

About a quarter of an hour later, a black line of dust billowed up appeared on the horizon in the northeast. They crossed the fields and low slopes along the avenue, and galloped towards Yang Jiye's convoy.

They were very fast, and more and more people and horses covered all the low slopes and flat ground on both sides of the avenue. With the sound of horseshoes, thousands of troops attacked from the southeast, and rushed straight at Yang Jiye's army who was cooking.

The Liao army moved very quickly. In just about two quarters of an hour, they had already approached the east of the mud mountain. The scale was very large, and there were people and horses everywhere. The artillery commander who counted last around took a look, and then said to Li Jilong seriously, " At least eight thousand riders."

Li Jilong nodded. This is one of the advantages of the Liao army. From finding out where their main force was based on the cooking smoke, to catching up with the Qin army, and galloping from the mountains in the northeast, it took only half an hour for about forty miles.

They must have had scouts on the outskirts of Guizhou long ago.

If the ordinary army suddenly encountered such a surprise attack while cooking, they would not be able to react in all likelihood, but the Qin army had already prepared, and they were waiting for the Liao army to make a surprise attack.

When the troops of the Liao army turned around the mud hill and rushed out, they immediately launched their camouflaged chariots, forming a huge chariot formation. The soldiers in armor were outside, and the civilian husbands' camouflaged crossbowmen stopped pretending, and picked up the chariots one after another. The bow and crossbow retreated to the center and began to defend.

The Liao army rushed to the front of the formation and immediately launched a fierce attack, but the people in the front had already realized that something was wrong, but the people behind didn't know it. He was directly hacked to death by the densely packed Qin army formation on his back.

Bows and crossbows were fired at the rear, and all the Liao troops who were unable to react were shot off their horses.

However, the Liao army quickly adjusted their deployment and began to retreat immediately. They really didn't expect the Qin army to react so quickly. Such a surprise attack, even when they were provoking them to cook, they actually asked them to form a formation.

There were a lot of them, and they immediately distanced themselves from each other, not touching the chariot, and then prepared to use their usual tactics to kill the Qin army, which was smaller than them.

"General, are we still going up?" On the mud hill, Li Jilong's soldiers said anxiously, and the artillery commander beside the board was also anxious: "Should we support them with artillery fire first?"

The Liao army at the foot of the mountain discovered that after the formation of the Qin army, they had already begun to surround Yang Jiye's Hedong army regiment, constantly sending out cavalry to challenge, and at the same time throwing arrows into the formation.

"Don't worry, I'll take another look. The surprise attack at the beginning is the most effective, and you can't fight randomly." Li Jilong stared nervously at the Liao army below, his eyes kept scanning, as if he was looking for something.

At this time, the fight below became more and more intense.

Chapter 527, The Battle Behind the Mountain

At the foot of the mud hill, the fierce battle continued.