Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

After hearing the news, Yeluxian was shocked and saddened. Brother Yeluxiu was his most promising general, because he had quelled many tribal rebellions with the Prime Minister of Beifu many years ago, and he was a capable and powerful general.

What made him even more uneasy was that he had vaguely sensed the danger. If the battlefield behind the mountain was almost wiped out nearly a month ago, it meant that no one was in the west to stop the advance of the Qin army.

He forced himself to ask calmly: "Have you seen Qin Jun? Did they follow you?"

The soldier shook his head, "Your Majesty, I dare not walk the avenue, they sent people to hunt them down at first"

Yeluxian nodded, feeling more and more uneasy. He called people to give some rewards to the soldiers as a reward for bringing this important news, and then took him down to rest.

He himself wandered around in the golden tent, becoming more and more uneasy. He lost the battle in the west and almost lost more than 1 people. What about the east?What about the front?

These things made him more uneasy, and he had a vague worry that the west was empty, and whether the Qin army would come from the west.

Thinking about it, he became even more afraid. Yanzhou and Wuzhou are more than 1000 miles away from King Xi's Yazhang behind the mountain. If someone can't stand the torture of Qin Jun and explains their deployment, Qin Jun knows his location

Most of the roads from Yanzhou are mountain roads, with avenues but not wide, so the marching speed will not be too fast, but it has been a month.

When he was in Yongxing Palace, he had heard Xiao Siwen and others talk about the battles of the Qin army. They did have the habit of rushing straight in and attacking the vital points directly for hundreds of thousands of miles.

After eating something casually in the afternoon, he became even more uneasy, and then rode around the camp under the protection of guards on horseback.

At this time, there were only 5000 palace guard cavalry left here, and the rest were all sent to the front line to support Yelusha.

Their camp is on the north bank of the river, where it is convenient to fetch water and feed the horses. This is a large area where the Xi people gather. This was originally the royal court of the Xi people. It is densely populated and is a big city south of Shangjing.

It’s just that it’s different from the strong city in Shangjing, which imitated the Han people and was designed and built by Han craftsmen. There are basically no high walls around here, and the settlements are large, but most of them are wooden fences, and there are some waist-high walls. The army really hit here, it is absolutely difficult to hold on.

Although he kept thinking that it was impossible, this place was far away from Youzhou, and there had been no such thing for hundreds of years when the southerners called here, but he couldn't help but always imagine in his heart, what would happen if they called?

Thinking about it, he couldn't sleep.

He thought of immediately gathering his personal guards in case of emergency, but he was afraid of the adverse effects and the blow to morale. How should he explain to the soldiers? Is it possible for the army to come here?

But if you don't gather and prepare, what if something happens.

In hesitation and worry, thinking about the battle on the front line, Ye Luxian hardly closed his eyes all night. After waking up the next day, he was worried all night, his eye sockets were black, and he was sluggish. His five hundred personal guards.

Although he didn't understand why the monarch was like this, the officer did as he did.

Ye Luxian had a bad premonition. He was in a trance all night. The more he thought about it, the more he felt afraid. There are bad predictions.

He would rather be thinking wildly and guessing wrong, but he has to be prepared.

By noon, five hundred personal guards had assembled near the camp of the Chinese army. The reason Ye Luxian gave was to train their resilience and keep them from leaving their tents all the time.

Sometime in the afternoon, the guard outside the gate announced that an officer wanted to see him. Ye Luxian had just taken a nap and was still a little confused, so he immediately rubbed his eyes to let someone in.

The officer reported in a panic that they found strange soldiers on the road along the river to the west, and they didn't look like Liao troops.

Ye Luxian lost all sleepiness in an instant, the officer didn't know what was going on in the west, but he knew it.

To the west by the river, soldiers.

It made him break out in a cold sweat, and immediately asked them to send scouts to investigate, and send a few more.

Ye Luxian clenched his fists tightly, and at the same time, he made a big tent and asked someone to bring his horse over. Only he knew the seriousness of the situation.

There are mountains and forests everywhere on the west side of the avenue, and there are many mountains in the distance. They can't see further places. They can only wait for the news from the scouts.

But after waiting for less than half an hour, more than 30 scouts sent out have not come back. While everyone was waiting anxiously, someone rode out of the shadow of the woods on the west riverside road and looked over here.

Afterwards, there were more and more people behind that person. From a distance of about a mile, everyone looked over in surprise, but they soon realized that something was wrong. Those people were tightly armored, all black and red armor, and they were definitely not their scouts.

Soon more and more people gathered on the riverside through the shadows of the forest from the west avenue, and their flags gradually appeared, with a black background and red border, a white circle, and a white horse on top.

Many people didn't know it, but some knowledgeable civil servants who accompanied him knew it and exclaimed, "That's the Qin army, Qin's iron cavalry!"

For a while, the people in the camp looked at each other in shock, how did the Qin army get here!

Ye Luxian couldn't speak for a moment, his throat seemed to be blocked, the worst situation he expected last night appeared.

He has heard that the four main forces of the Qin State in the south, "Long Jie, Hu Jie, Kong He, and Iron Cavalry", have also heard from some business travelers from the south that their flags have red borders, black backgrounds, and white flags. Patterns, Long Jie is the Fan Banner of Jiaolong, Hu Jie is the Banner of the Tiger, Controlling the Crane is the Banner of the Immortal Crane, and Iron Cavalry is the Banner of the Iron Armored War Horse of the Qin Army. You know, it is famous far and wide, but I didn’t expect to see it in such a northern place.

Their men and horses are gathering, and the first iron cavalry rushed towards their camp, because they never expected that the place to the north would be raided by the Liao army. kind of stuff.

Qin Jun's cavalry can rush directly into the camp!

A steady stream of Qin troops were still pouring out of the valley behind. Looking back, the settlement of the Xi people in the distance was not like a strong city of the Han people at all, unable to withstand the attack. Ye Luxian was horrified, said nothing, got on his horse and headed north Run in the direction of Shangjing.

The surrounding guards also reacted and mounted their horses one after another to guard.

When he was swallowed by fear and looked back while breathing heavily, he caught a glimpse of his generals organizing more than a thousand riders in the chaos and rushing towards the Qin army in the distance.

They turned a big bend by the river, and before they met the Qin army's vanguard, there were dense rumbles on the high slopes to the west. Only then did he realize that the Qin army had occupied those high grounds long ago, but the trees were dense. Time did not find out.

With the roar, a large number of soldiers by the river bend fell to the ground and fell off their horses, and then the iron cavalry of the Qin army collided with them at the big bend of the river like beasts, and they were smashed to pieces like melons and fruits that had been hit hard Soon, a large number of people were directly pushed into the river by Qin Jun's fierce iron horses, struggling and howling, and the rest began to flee back after a while.

Chapter 540, The Spreading Net

People and horses gathered by the densely wooded riverside, and a large number of troops are coming out of the forest road in the west.

"I didn't encounter any obstacles." Li Jilong reported to coach Xiang Xun.

"Do they agree to surrender?" Xiang Xun pointed to the settlement of the Xi people in the distance. The army has surrounded the settlement. Their settlement has a large population, but there is no decent wall. They are fully sure to take this place, but many of them are not Soldiers, and the terrain is complex and densely populated, the top officials of the Qin Army don't want to waste troops and time. It would be best if the locals could surrender by themselves.

"We are still negotiating. We can only rely on the prisoners of the Liao army to talk to them. It will take some time."

Xiang Xun nodded, and called the messenger, "Let the army camp and settle down, and then prepare fortifications as soon as possible to cut off the southern road."

Although he was thinking about the great contribution he made in capturing the false emperor, he did not lose his mind. The officials had told them many times that "If you save people and lose land, all people and land will survive; if you save land and lose people, all people and land will be lost".

The main force of the Liao army is still in the south. Their current position should have cut off their rear. Although they don't know the situation in the south, they can encircle and wipe out the main force of the Liao army as long as they encircle on both sides. It doesn't matter if the false emperors don't kill them.

The troops of the Qin army by the river were busy piling up the corpses of the Liao army into a small hill. On the other side, the captured Liao army was being guarded by the soldiers and lined up to take off their armored stomachs and hand over their weapons. Their resistance was not strong. After the defeat in the confrontation, there were no casualties except that dozens of people were pushed into the river at the beginning and more than [-] people were killed.

Because as soon as the battle started, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, the false emperor of the Liao Kingdom, fled north on his horse.

Yang Jiye led his troops to hunt for more than ten miles, and brought back more than 500 captives and more than 200 heads. The battle was fruitful, but he still let the false emperor Yeluxian escape without achieving great success.

This surprised everyone and was shocked by Yeluxian's vigilance.

But regardless of whether Ye Luxian escaped or not, their deployment on this side was not interrupted, and they guarded all parts of the northward avenue, and at the same time sent scouts to the south to investigate the situation in the south and understand the war.

In the evening, the leader of the Xi people came out with several young people to meet Xiang Xun, and expressed their willingness to surrender, because their young and middle-aged people had all gone to the south to fight, and they were powerless to resist here.

But they also have conditions....

After some discussions and bargaining between the two sides, their leader gave the conditions of surrender. The Qin army could not kill their people, destroy their houses, and not rape their women aged 16 or below. Half of their cattle and sheep could be given away. To Qin Jun.

For their conditions, Xiang Xun directly agreed, and then immediately sent soldiers to camp around the settlement to control the area, and at the same time let Yang Jiye, who is experienced on the border, handle the matter.

His main focus is still on the south.

.......

The next day, the scouts in front reported that they had captured several people who had fled from the south.

After they were captured and interrogated, they received a piece of news that both surprised and delighted them. The Qin army in the south had won a frontal victory, and a large number of Liao soldiers were fleeing north...

At the beginning, Xiang Xun didn't fully believe it, and he didn't dare to be too radical. If it was true what these routs told, expanding the line of defense and dispersing the troops to intercept the routs would definitely achieve greater results. ....

But if these two lied, the Liao army would still maintain a high degree of organization, and it would be very dangerous if they dispersed their forces, and his main purpose was not to let most of the Liao army go, and to annihilate as many Liao troops as possible.

But soon this worry was dispelled, because as time went by, more and more rout soldiers arrived near King Xi's tooth tent. On that day, the Qin army arrested more than 40 people, killed seven or eight, and Some escaped.

Xiang Xun realized that something was wrong, and immediately increased the number of night watchmen several times. Sure enough, more than 200 people were stopped at night. Except for a dozen people who wanted to escape and were shot, the rest quickly surrendered without fighting spirit.

Under the interrogation, almost all the confessions were consistent. The South was defeated. They wanted to escape back to Shangjing, but they never thought that there would be a Qin army behind them so close to Shangjing!

They were frightened by the Qin army on the front line, but now they saw the Qin army hundreds of miles behind them in the hinterland. When they first saw the red, white and black flag, they were so frightened that their hands and feet became weak and they lost their fighting spirit.

They couldn't figure it out anyway, how did the Qin army occupy King Xi's Yazhang, did they fly over?

Also, isn't this the place where the lord and his troops are stationed? If the Qin army occupies this place, what about your majesty...

A lot of horrible thoughts flashed through, which almost collapsed the Liao army who kept their faith and fled here.

After mastering the situation in the south, Xiang Xun immediately summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. Their main force is the main force of the West Route Army starting from Daizhou and Yanmen. There are about 2000 people and five artillery battalions. Lead and guard behind the mountain.

After deliberation, they decided to disperse their troops. Since the main force of the Liao army in the south had been defeated, they didn't have to worry about problems with the large army. The main issue was how to intercept more Liao troops and effectively annihilate the remaining forces of the Liao army.

Otherwise, after letting them flee back to Shangjing, they can become defenders again after being reorganized.

They planned to make more flags, and planted the flags of the Qin army everywhere on the nearby hills. Although the patterns of the Qin army's flags were different, they were all black with red borders and white patterns. Let the Liao army see that they were full of flags, which would definitely be a big blow their morale.

In terms of deployment, Li Jilong led ten battalions to guard the main roads and mountain passes in the west, and Yang Jiye led ten battalions, mainly cavalry, to guard the open area in the east, and he was supported by four artillery battalions, because the flat area in the east is more difficult to hold .

The central avenue and the passages several miles in the middle are guarded by Xiang Xun and his main force of ten battalions. The personnel must be scattered, and the cavalry is located in the rear.

Such a deployment made them surround more than 2 people, like an open fishing net, spanning more than ten miles from east to west, guarding the main northward passage and the gentle area, and preparing to work with the southern army to encircle and wipe out all the main forces of the Liao army.

The main force of the Liao army fleeing north must have never imagined that the Qin army brigade had penetrated to their rear, cutting off the road between them and Shangjing.

All the officers and men were very excited. This is a rare credit. The Liao army whose morale has collapsed must be easier to deal with. The most important thing is that the Liao army in the west has been wiped out by the soldiers of Hedong and the forbidden army. As long as it is eaten here The main force of the Liao army, then the strength of the entire Liao state will be ten to seven, which means that whether it is Shangjing or Liaodong, large areas of Liao's territory will be empty!

The premise is that they must intercept the Central Route Army of the Liao Army fleeing north here, and do their best to annihilate them.

The state of the Liao army at this time is that there are interceptions in the front and chasing troops in the back...  

There is no need to explain the significance of this battle to Xiang Xun. Many middle and high-level generals of the Qin Army know that they are all veteran generals who have conquered the north and south. However, Xiang Xun still knows how to boost morale. He personally summoned the commander and other officers, Explain the pros and cons of this battle to them, and state the unfavorable situation and collapsed morale of the Liao army, and at the same time ask them to publicize, explain clearly, and boost morale to their soldiers.

Once the main force of the Liao army is completely destroyed here, how many defenders will there be in Shangjing?

Thinking about it, Xiang Xun and the others felt that the blood in their hearts couldn't help surging. If it was done, what kind of achievement would it be? This is a great achievement like that of Wei Huo!

Everyone was so excited that they wished they could go south immediately to find the Liao army to take the lead, but the coach Xiang Xun was very calm and asked to make the most secure and appropriate deployment. The fish hit the net...

Chapter 541, Straight to Beijing

The wind is sneaky, passing through the woods that are often swaying, as if they are about to come alive. The rustling insects and birds are particularly dense in summer.

Their troops encountered a surprise attack by the Qin army in the dark. He still remembered the surprise attack of the Qin army that night. The sky was full of fire like stars falling and sprinkled all over the earth.

The vibration of the iron hoof, the shouts of killing all over the mountain, and the deafening sound of the cannons resounding through the valley, when the Qin army rushed out of the valley and came surging, Yelusha, who was insomnia in the middle of the night, knew that something was wrong.

Although they still have tens of thousands of reserve troops mainly infantry, the arrival of the Qin army here means that the elite palace guard cavalry in the south, belonging to the Shan army, and the elite army composed of the Pishi army are in danger.

None of the elite troops remained in the rear. In a panic, he immediately ordered Han Derang to organize a blockade, but the night became the biggest obstacle, and morale collapsed rapidly. Facing the surging Qin army, many people fled in the dark. Several executions could not deter the fleeing soldiers.

He saw the fear in Handerjean's eyes in the firelight, but he still carried out the order, a promising young man.

Yelusha understands that staying to stop the Qin army is actually the end of the queen, and nine times out of ten it will not end well. He is getting old, and he thought about staying behind and letting the young people lead the troops away, but people are selfish. In the end He is also afraid of death at a critical moment.

He quickly assembled a pro-army of thousands of people. He had no time to do anything. He just wanted to escape to the north. The mountains and plains near Beikou were full of people fleeing under the night. Under the leadership of Han Derang, the large group of people resolutely faced the Qin army in the distance.

Yelusha was in tears all the time, and he regretted it a little. He repeated it again and again. This was the second time he ran away from the Qin army. Han De let go to live, so he will feel better.

But the choice has been made and there is no turning back.

Before fleeing, he saw the fire dragons of the Qin army easily piercing through the western front and driving a large number of their people into the river, while the eastern front gradually dimmed under the Qin army's artillery fire, and the fire quickly extinguished, one by one. The darkness gradually stretched across one side, and the tragic and rapid casualties were frightening. He didn't dare to look any further, and he knew that the Taoist priest had most likely lied to him.

After that day, he fled all the way north without daring to turn back. He continued to gather rout soldiers on the road. After a few days, he gathered 5000 people. He didn't dare to turn back, because there was likely to be a Qin army chasing troops behind him, and he just wanted to escape. Go to King Xi's Yazhang to meet His Majesty, and after joining the army, quickly return to Shangjing to defend Jiancheng.

Going to the capital is the last resort.

When Emperor Taizu established Shangjing, he used Han craftsmen.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Emperor Taizu took the opportunity to go south and plundered some Han people. Afterwards, as wars continued in the Central Plains and Hebei, many Han people fled north to avoid disaster. Emperor Taizu treated them well, gave them farmland, and allowed them to stay. There were more and more Han people under his command, and later he confronted the Khitan tribes, until he removed the leaders of the Khitan tribes and established the Daliao Kingdom, it was mainly those Han people who were collected.

Therefore, when the Liao Kingdom was established, Emperor Taizu decided to be Han Gaozu, imitating the system of the Han people in the south. At the same time, the upper capital was also built by Han craftsmen after imitating Youzhou City. It can't be beaten, if the defenders are enough, it is enough to resist the Qin army's attack.

Once they were unable to attack for a long time and the army from the west and east came back to help, the Qin army had to retreat. Once they retreated, they at least retreated to the north entrance, because there was no place for them to defend in the north, and it was impossible to occupy it for a long time.

Thinking this way, they kept rushing northward, fearful all the way, for fear that the Qin army would catch up with them, so he also sent a team to stay and set up an ambush. The best tactics.

After drinking dew and spring water in the mountains for two days, I barely fell asleep at night while shivering, and was often awakened by the wind and grass around me. The whole person looked listless and unkempt.

And the people around were not much better, everyone became frightened, the only good news was that in the afternoon of the second day, someone pointed to a slope ahead and told him that they were only a dozen miles away from King Xi's Yazhang. Soon they will join His Majesty's reserve army.

Yelusha was in a complicated mood, he didn't know how to explain to His Majesty, but luckily he was able to survive!

This news made everyone very excited, and they immediately accelerated their pace with exhaustion and hunger. Fortunately, there were still some war horses that could be used.

But when they climbed the slope, they stopped quickly, their eyes were dull, many people opened their mouths wide and could not speak, and the people behind kept rushing forward, and then they also stopped one after another. Not seeing the situation ahead, start whispering, or ask loudly but no one answers.

Only the people in front understood what they saw. Looking from the top of the slope, there were continuous flags everywhere on the high places and mountain tops a few miles away, spread out from east to west, and continued for more than ten miles without breaking off.

Those flags are very familiar to them from a distance, because they are their nightmares, black background flags, red bordered moiré patterns, white patterns, they are the flags of the Qin Army!

After being horrified and puzzled, Yelusha suddenly thought of a terrible fact. The Qin army has already occupied King Xi's tooth tent. What about your majesty? Where is your majesty?

At this moment, a deep sense of despair welled up in my heart, everyone was silent, and the ragged soldiers around me were downcast.

Someone asked in a low voice, "Prime Minister, shall we rush over?"