Yelu Zhongyuan led an army of 100,000 people to rush to Shangjing Road day and night. He really hoped to see Su Jin's army attacking Linhuang Mansion, because in that case, he could hit Su Jin from the abdomen and back and unite with the generals who defended Shangjing.
Su Jin made dumplings.
Unfortunately, the news that came made him frustrated and angry. Su Jin's army did not go north after flooding Zuzhou. Instead, it suddenly appeared on the border of Yongzhou a few days later and wiped out 30,000 troops who rushed to Beijing for reinforcements.
After the Dingfu tribe soldiers, they actually fought all the way east into Tokyo Road, and the state capitals along the way were captured and destroyed one by one.
Yelu Chongyuan had to adjust his strategy. He quickly ordered the Linhuang Mansion garrison to advance eastward. He also turned to the northeast and followed in the footsteps of Su Jin's army. However, he would not take the lead. Su Jin's army was based on numbers.
There were nearly twice as many soldiers as him. Before Linhuang Mansion's 150,000 troops were in place, Yelu Zhongyuan would never attack rashly. Encircling them from both sides would be the best strategy.
When Su Jin's army captured Huanglong Mansion, Yelu Zhongyuan guessed his next target. Except for Xinzhou, almost all the larger cities in the south were flattened by Su Jin. The return army would not gain much from attacking Xinzhou.
To the east is another wilderness and the territory of the Jurchens, and to the north are mountains, forests, and large cities, so Su Jin's next goal must be to march eastward to attack Taizhou; Su Jin's army's trick is like drawing a circle
Circle, the eastward attack on Taizhou is exactly the closing of this circle.
Yelu Chongyuan immediately led his army to rush to Taizhou in the northwest. At the same time, Pegasus sent an order to the army transferred from Linhuang Mansion to occupy Taizhou before Su Jin's army. The defenders of Linhuang Mansion lived up to their expectations and finally on October 17th
Successfully captured Taizhou before Su Jin's army, and at the same time prepared a defensive posture, waiting for Su Jin's army to attack; Yelu Zhongyuan also led his troops to arrive from the south two days later, but he did not dare to flank Su Jin's army.
He stayed later, because if the Song army found out that Taizhou could not be captured and adopted the strategy of breaking out to the southwest with all its strength, he would be the first to bear the brunt, so he chose to quietly go around from the east to Taizhou to join forces, so he had 250,000 in his hands.
The army relied on Taizhou City to confront the Song army head-on, and they felt no guilt at all.[
Sure enough, after the Song army entered fifty miles east of Taizhou on the 19th, they immediately stopped advancing. Apparently they had discovered that Taizhou was densely packed with Liao soldiers. After a brief hesitation, the Song army was as cunning as a fox.
, immediately chose to turn around and leave.
After receiving the report, Yelu Zhongyuan immediately realized that the Song people did not want to fight head-on, and must still rely on mobility to cause trouble everywhere, so he decisively made the decision to pursue; after reorganizing the army throughout the morning, 250,000 troops were chasing after them in the afternoon.
The retreating Song army was kicked hard.
There is a vast plain to the east of Taizhou. The cavalry pursued them very quickly. Soon they could see the smoke-filled Song Army brigade in front. Yelu Chongyuan was very excited. Although he did not suffer a loss in the battle in the southern battlefield, after all, he was not good at attacking tough battles.
The pursuit battle on this grassland is my specialty.
The 50,000 cavalrymen in the front group quickly chased the Song army several miles away, and you could even see the backs of the Song army running away in panic. These Song soldiers seemed not to be good at riding, but they ran very slowly on their horses. At this speed, half of them could
Within an hour, you can rush directly into the enemy's formation and massacre them.
Just when Yelu Zhongyuan was about to order an attack, a detail caught his attention. He found that the enemy troops fleeing in front were actually fleeing to the northeast. This was obviously illogical. A normal person would choose to flee south. It seemed that this
There's something wrong inside.
Sure enough, after a while, the Song Army showed its own weakness. The Song Army, which was running slowly, suddenly galloped like a chicken. The Song Army's horses did not lose much strength because of the trot, while the Liao Kingdom
The cavalry had been pursuing at a high speed. At this time, the horses were a little tired and were quickly thrown far away. The distance between the two sides quickly widened to ten miles away. Strangely, after the distance was widened, the Song army's speed slowed down again, and the entire
A seductive gesture of running and stopping.
Yelu Zhongyuan understood that the Song army deliberately caused him to chase after them, and the purpose of doing so was suspected to be to cover up something; an hour later, the news brought by the scouts confirmed this, the Song army fleeing in front was because of their formation.
It was spread out very loosely, and it looked like the main force, but in fact there were only thirty or forty thousand people. In other words, the main force of the Song army had disappeared.
"Damn it! You're so cunning, you even sacrificed 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry to cover the main force's escape south." Yelu Chongyuan cursed.
The generals under his command hurriedly asked for instructions: "Your Highness, shall we eat these 30,000 to 40,000 Song troops, or shall we go look for the large army of Song troops?"
Yelu Zhongyuan thought for a while and said: "Chasing the main force, these 30,000 to 40,000 cavalrymen came well prepared and must have fled lightly. By the time they are annihilated, the Song army's brigade may have disappeared. It is not too late to make amends, so we immediately sent out scouts."
The small team searches to the southeast. As long as the main force of the Song army has no wings and a little brain, it can only flee to the southeast."
The generals took action immediately. The army gave up chasing the rabbit and turned around to pursue it southeast. The more than 30,000 Song army cavalry who had been lured turned around to seduce and harass, trying to lure the Liao army to chase again, but the Liao army ignored them.
, and headed southeast; the Song army was too small in number, and could only harass and shout in the distance, but did not dare to really attack the huge Liao army; when the Song generals saw that the Liao people had seen through the plan, they yelled and cursed for a while.
Then disappeared at the end of the grassland.
These more than 30,000 Song troops were already dead in the eyes of Yelu Zhongyuan. Although they might cause some more damage to the north or east, as long as his army catches up with Su Jin's main force, it will be a crushing battle and the troops will be divided.
The main force of the Song army was less than 150,000. In terms of numbers and combat strength, he would be overwhelming. This is why Yelu Zhongyuan gave up chasing the more than 30,000 Song soldiers who were destined to die. After destroying the main force, he would go back and deal with it later.
They are like picking something out of a bag.
Gradually, various traces were discovered on the grassland in the southwest. Vehicle ruts were crisscrossing the road. A cart with a broken hub was lying on the grass. The cart was full of grain bags. There were also Daliao-style armor and weapons, which were obviously plundered by the Song army.
Proceeds; After walking for a while, more supplies were abandoned on the grass. The Song people retreated extremely hastily. Tents, food, weapons, and even carts containing more than a dozen barrels of kerosene were all abandoned on the ground.
Yelv Chongyuan was so excited that he pointed at these things with the tip of his braid and laughed: "My sons, the Song people have no rules anymore. They can even throw away these important military supplies, and the morale of the army has been lost; and this must be the main force of the Song army, only
Only the main army will move forward with these carts of supplies."
Yelu Zhongyuan's words were confirmed. After dark, the scout team reported back that fifty miles ahead, the main force of the Song Army was fleeing overnight. It was difficult to see how many people were there because of the darkness. However, based on the length of the torches and formation, it was estimated that there would not be many.
wrong.
Yelu Zhongyuan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, then they can't run away. The scout team is hanging on the Song army's tail. They have been running for a day. They cannot escape all night. They must stop and rest. Send the order.
The whole army rests on the spot. There is no need to set up camp. We will set off again in the middle of the night. If the Song army can't stand it and stop to rest in the middle of the night, we will be full of energy and crush the Song camp; even if they escape all night, they will not be able to fly out of the palm of our hands.
This is Daoping, the capital of Daliao, which is still thousands of miles away from the Song Dynasty."
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There is a small lake depression two hundred miles northeast of Taizhou. In the darkness, soldiers of the Song Army were lying on the grass beside the lake in twos and threes, chewing dry food. It was already very cold in the grassland at night in October, but Marshal Su
Strictly ordered not to light fires or make any noise, the soldiers could only huddle together to keep warm, silently looking at the stars in the sky, listening to the chirping of autumn insects and the snorting of horses strolling and grazing all around.
Su Jin stood on a small earthen bag with his hands behind his hands, looking south, frowning; beside him, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu stood astride his sword, also looking south.[
There was a shaking sound on the grass, and the soldiers lying on the ground got up one after another, grabbed their weapons and looked nervously to the south.
"Send the signal." Su Jin ordered.
Three gunpowder arrows shot through the air, their sharp whistles piercing the eardrums, and the flames on their tails were very visible in the night sky; after a while, three gunpowder arrows were also shot not far away in the south, and sparks were in the air.
It exploded for a few breaths and then disappeared.
"Master, they are back." Zhao Hu said happily.
The expression on Su Jin's face relaxed, the dark figure swayed in the distance, and Mahan's loud voice came from afar: "Commander, we are back."
Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief. In order to make the drama more realistic, Su Jin took the risk and ordered Ma Han to lead 30,000 light cavalry to deliberately lure the Liao army northward to give the dynasty time to distance themselves. This move was also to make the suspicious Yelu Chongyuan more convinced of the dynasty's rule.
The army is the main force, and this is the trick of using military force to make the real and the real weak. In terms of the use of military tactics, Su Jin is qualified to become a famous general of the generation.