Empress Dowager Xiao led an army of 50,000 people out of Beijing and rushed to Nanjing. Half a month later, they arrived in Shunzhou, a hundred miles north of Nanjing. Shunzhou, one of the sixteen states of Yanyun, is still under the control of the Liao Kingdom. Although it is large
The Song court claimed to its subjects that it had recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun. In fact, this was not the case. In addition to Liao and Nanjing, those recovered included Yingzhou, Mozhou, Bazhou, Yizhou, Xin'an Army, Xiongzhou and Zhuozhou. Basically,
The above means that all the land south of Beijing has been recovered, while other places are still under the control of the Liao Kingdom. Among the states currently controlled by Yang Peng, Bazhou, Yizhou, Xin'an Army, and Xiongzhou actually won without a fight.
, when Yang Peng conquered Zhuozhou and then Nanjing, the prefects of these four states took the initiative to surrender to the Song Dynasty in view of the current situation.
After Empress Dowager Xiao arrived in Shunzhou, she allowed the army to rest while sending people to Nanjing to inquire about the news. In the evening of the same day, the people who went to inquire about the information came back and knelt down and reported: "To the Empress Dowager, Nanjing City has fallen!" Empress Dowager Xiao said loudly.
Shocked, "How is it possible? How could it be possible that Nanjing fell in such a short period of time? Where are Xiao Duoli and the others?"
"On the way to Nanjing, I met several generals such as Xiao Duoli. They are waiting outside." "Tell them to come in." A female officer standing at the door responded and ran down. After a while,
Then he led three rather embarrassed generals in. It was Xiao Duoli, the chief general of the Liao Kingdom who was staying in Nanjing, and his deputy generals, Xiao Ying and Long Teduo. The three of them looked at Yelu Tri who was sitting at the top.
A chest pressing ceremony was performed.
Empress Dowager Xiao asked with a stern face: "How did you lose Nanjing?" Xiao Du showed a look of shame, "A few nights ago, the Song army silently climbed onto the city wall and killed the soldiers guarding the city gate.
, opened the city gate, and then the Song army rushed in. Our army was resting and was caught off guard, so that the entire line collapsed! Only the last general and others escaped by chance!"
Empress Dowager Xiao stood up, walked to Xiao Duli, and looked at him with a frown. Xiao Duoli lowered his head, his heart full of uneasiness. Empress Dowager Xiao said: "I heard that this Song army only has 40,000 people?" Xiao Duoli lowered his head and felt uneasy.
Du Li nodded. Empress Dowager Xiao said angrily: "You have 60,000 elite soldiers, millions of people and the rich city of Nanjing, but you will be defeated?"
Empress Dowager Xiao was speechless. She knelt down to plead guilty and said: "The general's crime deserves to be punished by death. Please punish the Queen Mother!" Long Teduo said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Empress Dowager Xiao nodded. Long Teduo said: "Actually,
In the first half of the war, the initiative on the battlefield was completely in the hands of our army! The general led us to first annihilate Li Te's 50,000-strong army, then swept through the Song Dynasty and Hebei Province, annihilated most of Dingwei's main force, and almost defeated the Song Dynasty.
Bianjing City.”
"However, all this changed when the Cangzhou Army of the Song Dynasty entered the battlefield! These Cangzhou soldiers are completely different from other armies of the Song Dynasty. They are extremely brave and have no fear of fighting against our army in the field. Even our Tielin Army cannot break through its defense line!
Not only are they brave, but they are also extremely cunning! They did not engage in a decisive battle with us from the beginning. Instead, they bypassed the main force of our army and captured Yingzhou and Mozhou by surprise. When our army rushed back for reinforcements, they waited for a decisive battle with our army at
Below Yingzhou City."
"Our army was defeated and retreated to the camp. That night, the Cangzhou army suddenly attacked and broke through the camp with a terrible weapon we had never seen before. Our army was defeated. No one expected that the Song army actually retreated after our army
An ambush was set up on the road. In the first battle, our army was almost wiped out. After finally breaking through the siege and returning to Zhuozhou, the general quickly ordered the 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding Nanjing to rush for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, the Song army was ambushed halfway, and our army was almost completely wiped out.
.Then the enemy troops disguised themselves as our reinforcements and came to Zhuozhou City, and deliberately confronted another Song army outside the city to lure our troops. Our troops went out of the city to respond, but were besieged by ten times the opponent's force, and were then taken advantage of the situation to invade Zhuozhou.
, Zhuozhou was lost."
"As for the loss of Nanjing, I don't dare to defend myself, but our army is indeed very vigilant! But those Song troops in black are like ghosts. I don't know how they climbed onto the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city gate are all
They were all killed before they could react! Then the city gate opened, and there is no need to say what happened next.”
Empress Dowager Xiao frowned, "So this Song army is a powerful force?" Xiao Duoli and the other three nodded, Xiao Duoli said: "General, I feel that this Song army seems to be like the legendary Song Dynasty.
Jingsai Army." Empress Dowager Xiao smiled coldly, "I would like to see how powerful this Song army is!"
Yang Peng walked on the city wall, and Duan Zhixian followed behind and reported to him the situation of the seizure: "..., all the treasuries in Nanjing are basically intact, and a total of 1,769,337 dans of grain have been obtained.
The total value of various silk coins is 2,976,893 taels of silver. In addition, there are more than 36,000 sets of armor, 3,000 of which are heavy armor, 10,000 bows, and crossbows.
Five thousand weapons, countless arrows, and more than 60,000 pieces of spears, swords and other weapons."
Zhan Jinguo raised his eyebrows, patted his bald head, and said excitedly: "Hey, darling! We are rich!" Everyone laughed. Yang Peng said: "We can't enjoy these seizures alone, and I'm afraid we have to hand over a lot of them!" Everyone laughed.
Feeling depressed, Duan Zhixian couldn't help cursing: "It's his grandma's fault. The emperor didn't contribute half of his efforts, but he came to share the spoils!" Yang Peng said jokingly: "There is no way, who calls him the boss!
Duan Zhixian curled his lips and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the family didn't recognize him as the boss. The eldest brother is the boss!" All the brothers nodded. Duan Zhixian grinned and begged Yang Peng: "Brother, let's not hand over these trophies."
Come on!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "That won't work. You have to hand over some of it, otherwise you won't be able to fool him."
Duan Zhixian asked with a sad face: "How much do you have to pay?" Yang Peng thought: "The food is only 769,337 dan, and the silk and silver are only 976,800.
Ninety-three taels, other ordnance shall be reported at half the quantity." Duan Zhixian laughed, and others also laughed.
A secret guard rushed up and reported: "Master, the imperial envoy from the imperial court is here!" Yang Peng immediately led the brothers back to the left-behind mansion and met the imperial envoy, the same Eunuch Li Demou who had gone to Cangzhou to deliver the decree.
The Eighth Prince's cronies are regarded as one of his own.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and Li Demou was about to read out the imperial edict. Yang Peng and others knelt down on one knee. Li Demou read out the imperial edict. The contents were all the same old-fashioned tunes, but the focus was on these few sentences: Yang Peng was conferred the title of Yanyun Sixteenth
He stayed in the east of the state to guard the northern frontier; he pardoned Yang Xiong, Shi Ping, Shi Hu, and Guan Shan for their crimes, and ordered them to serve under Yang Liu to serve the imperial court.
After reading the imperial edict, everyone thanked them and stood up. Yang Xiong and others glanced at Yang Peng with great gratitude. Yang Peng asked Li Demou to sit down, and they sat down side by side across a small coffee table on the left side of the hall. Duan Zhixian and others
Then he sat down on a row of chairs opposite the two of them.
Yang Peng ordered people to serve tea, and several secret guards came in, served tea, and retreated. Yang Peng invited Li Demou to drink tea. Li Demou thanked him, took a sip of tea, and put down the tea bowl. Chen Xiao asked: "The imperial decree conferred on me the title of
What does it mean that Yanyun's Sixteenth Prefecture stayed in the east? Is there another one who stayed in the west?"
Li Demou said: "I was about to tell you, Your Majesty. Due to Grand Master Pang's suggestion, Your Majesty has entrusted two Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to stay as guards. Your Excellency will stay in the east, and Bi Shi'an will stay in the west..." The brothers opposite looked at each other, and Duan Zhixian said
With an angry look on his face, Yang Peng frowned and said: "If there are two people left behind, who will listen to whom?" "There is no priority. You all work on your own and support each other."
Yang Peng smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid this approach is not conducive to the defense!" Li Demou sighed, "There is no other way. Lord Kou Zhun has no way to object to Master Pang's suggestion!" Yang Peng thought of something and asked
He said: "Who is guarding Nanjing?" "Of course it is guarded by your lord. The jurisdiction of Bi Shi'an's west camp is Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Xiongzhou, Mozhou, Yingzhou, Nanjing, Xin'an Army and Bazhou
The adults will be responsible."
Duan Zhixian couldn't help shouting: Bi Shi'an, a guy who only knows how to defeat the battle, actually wanted to divide the five states as soon as he came back!" Li Demou sighed, "With the full support of Grand Master Pang, His Majesty was deceived by him! By the way, there is something
I need to inform your lord. The imperial court has appointed a supervisory officer named Sun Tong, who will take office soon. This Sun Tong was the second best in the imperial examination ten years ago and is a disciple of Taishi Pang. Your lord, please be careful when dealing with him!"
Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is tired from afar, so I sent someone to arrange a place for him to live." Li Demou clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll help you, sir." Yang Peng stood up, called Xue Fu, and asked him to lead Li Demou and his party.
They went to the post house to rest. Li Demou stood up and said goodbye to Yang Peng, and then followed Xue Fu out of the hall.
Duan Zhixian walked up to Yang Peng and said angrily: "Brother, this court is really unjust. They actually handed over the five states we worked so hard to conquer to that loser Bi Shi'an!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter.
"Looking at Duan Zhixian, "Don't we still have three states?" Duan Zhixian was very depressed.
Liu Zhiliang frowned and said: "This is the way of checks and balances in the imperial court!"
Duan Zhixian cursed: "What a bullshit system of checks and balances! Bringing such a bastard here is just going to cause trouble for us! Damn it, that bastard better not mess with us, or else I'll hit him with a stick and beat him to pieces!" Everyone laughed.
Got up.
A scout hurried in and knelt down to report: "Sir, the Liao army is coming!"
Yang Peng frowned slightly, and Duan Zhixian said excitedly: "Well done! I haven't had enough killing before!"
The whine of horns came from the wasteland to the north of the city, and 50,000 Liao troops slowly approached the city in a neat formation. The first row was the 5,000 elite Tielin troops of the Liao army.
The cavalry also looked murderous, and countless infantry troops surged like a tide, with spears like a forest emitting a dazzling cold light.
Under the commander's flag of the Chinese army, a figure is particularly eye-catching. It is a female general with a beautiful face and iron armor. She is seen wearing a heavy iron chain armor, a scarlet cloak, and her hair is tied into a bun.
There are several eagle feathers stuck across her face; although her appearance is not stunning, she is still one of the most beautiful women in a thousand. However, her beautiful face reveals a cold and cold air that is not found in ordinary women, and her graceful body is very graceful.
It is moving, but exudes a dangerous atmosphere. This is definitely a sonorous rose, a beauty whose blood is her rouge.
The city gate opened, and more than 30,000 Song troops surged out, forming three huge square military formations on the left, middle and right with their backs against the city wall. At the outermost edge of each military formation were heavy shielded spearmen, followed by fusiliers, and then
After that comes the assault infantry.
The Liao army stopped advancing and faced off with the Song army below the city. At this time, the battlefield was filled with solemn killings. There was no sound or wind, and the air seemed to be frozen. A goshawk circled high in the sky and let out a long roar from time to time.
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A Liao Army general rushed out of the military formation. The Liao Army general wore a suit of iron armor, a horned steel helmet on his head, and carried a huge toothed sword. His physique was very majestic, as if a bear was riding on that war horse.
His face is pitch black, and his face is covered with steel needle whiskers.
The Liao general rode his horse between the two armies, reined in his horse, pointed his sword at the Song army's formation and shouted: "I am General Mutuo, who dares to fight with me?"
Duan Zhixian ran out of the military formation on foot carrying a huge iron staff, came to stand a dozen steps in front of Mu Tuo's horse, stretched out his staff, and said loudly: "Liao dog, watch me come to take your dog's life!" Mu Tuo saw a
The guy who looked like a monk but didn't look like a monk came over. He felt strange in his heart. When he heard the other party's words, he became furious and shouted: "The bald donkey is looking for death!" After saying this, he urged the war horse to rush towards Duan Zhixian. The war horse neighed and leaped, and the wooden horse neighed and leaped.
Tuo raised his sword high, as if he wanted to cut Duan Zhixian in two.
In the blink of an eye, the war horse rushed in front of Duan Zhixian, and with a loud roar, he slashed the knife into Duan Zhixian's head, as if splitting a mountain. Duan Zhixian raised the iron Zen staff, and only heard a loud clang. The war horse passed by Duan Zhixian's side.
He rushed over, ran for more than ten steps, stopped, and turned his head. Mu Tuo shouted loudly and urged his horse to rush towards Duan Zhixian again. Duan Zhixian showed excitement and even greeted him with a strange cry while holding an iron staff.
Go up.
Mu Tuo raised his sword and wanted to kill; Duan Zhixian lowered his body and swiped the iron Zen staff at the front legs of the war horse. There was a loud snap, and the war horse fell forward with a mournful cry. Mu Tuo only felt his body moving towards him.
He suddenly fell forward, and then the whole person flew out. He flew several meters away and fell to the ground with a loud bang. Mu Tuo was smashed to pieces and couldn't get up for a while.
Duan Zhixian rushed forward, raised the iron Zen staff, and chopped off Mu Tuo's head under the watchful eyes of nearly 100,000 troops from both armies. The Liao army was shocked and the morale of the Song army was greatly boosted. Empress Xiao's expression changed and she immediately raised the head
He waved his right hand forward. War drums rumbled loudly, and the 5,000 Liao Iron Forest Army suddenly shouted and launched a cavalry charge.
Duan Zhixian hurriedly ran back to the military formation. The five thousand Tielin troops rushed towards the Song army formation in the middle like an overwhelming force. The rumble was like rolling thunder, and the earth trembled with fear. The power of the five thousand Tielin troops seemed to be able to push mountains and fill the sea.
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The gunners put down their shields together, making a loud noise, and leveled their flintlock guns, aiming at the onrushing Tielin Army. The formation was like a mountain, as if it could not be shaken! This was a contest between the indestructible wave and the indestructible battle formation! Song Dynasty
The army rushed to shoot, and the bullets fell in overwhelming numbers, falling on the Tielin army. The rows of Khitan soldiers in front were like targets, and five hundred people were killed at once. The Khitan bows and arrows seemed to tickle them.
The torrent of iron cavalry hit the Song Army's front line heavily, making a deafening and thrilling loud noise. The Song Army's front line still didn't understand. Liu Zhiliang was commanding the three-stage attack. No matter how strong the Tielin Army was, they could not withstand the impact of the bullets. Bang
, bang, bang , the Khitan soldiers kept being dismounted. At this time, the Queen Mother Xiao felt scared. This was not a war, it was just a massacre. The Khitan soldiers were being dismounted continuously.
The Tielin Army's attack momentum finally ran out, and they were broken through with only a single line of heavy shield and spear defense!
"Open the formation!" With a roar, several openings were opened in the defense line. More than 3,000 mighty heavy armored infantrymen rushed out with Tang Dynasty Mo swords and crashed into the Tielin army. Amidst the roar of beasts, only Mo could be seen.
The sword flew up and down, cutting people up and horses down. The Tielin army, which had been unstoppable just now, suddenly fell on its back!
Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and ordered the herald: "Let the Tielin Army retreat!" Wuwuwu... the horns of the Liao Army sounded loudly. The Tielin Army, who was feeling trapped in the quagmire, immediately retreated.
The heavy armored infantry did not pursue them and quickly retreated into the formation. The heavy shielded spearmen immediately resumed their line, looking like a mountain from a distance.
"Hey! The Tielin Army under the general's command also charged in this way before, and the result was the same! These Song Army's fusilier gunners have the best defense in the world, and they were able to block the frontal impact of the Tielin Army!" Xiao Duoli endured.
I couldn't help but sigh.
Empress Dowager Xiao ignored him and carefully observed the Song army's battle formation opposite, and then ordered the light cavalry to attack the two Song army battle formations on the left and right. Thousands of light cavalry swarmed up with strange screams, and when they were halfway through, they shot at the Song army with their cavalry skills.
, someone in the Song Army fell to the ground after being shot by an arrow. The Fusiliers of the Song Army immediately fired back. The powerful bullets flew in, and the light cavalrymen flipped over. The light cavalry put down their bows and arrows, took off their spears, and charged towards the Song Army's line with a howl!
Seeing this scene, Xiao Duoli said anxiously: "Queen Mother, don't be rash! Even the Tielin Army can't break through, and the light cavalry can only die if they go up!" Empress Dowager Xiao shouted with a cold face: "Shut up!" Xiao Duoli was depressed.
, and worried; but Longtado showed a thoughtful expression.
The light cavalry attacking the phalanx on the left collided with the Song Army's heavy shield and spear defense line. The Song Army's defense line remained motionless. The Liao Army's light cavalry were stabbed off their horses by the Song Army's spears. The Liao Army's charge was clearly seeking death.
However, the battle on the right seems to be a little different. The light cavalry of the Liao Army collided with the Song Army's defense line, and the Song Army's defense line was obviously shaken! Not only that, when the two sides were shooting at each other with bows and crossbows, the Song Army looked a little panicked!
The Liao army tried its best to attack, but although it could not break through the Song army's defense line, it was still full of dangers!
Empress Dowager Xiao smiled coldly and ordered: "Let them retreat!"
The whining horn sounded, and the light cavalry that attacked the left and right formations of the Song army quickly retreated. The leading general Mahalang rode up to Yelutri and said with a look of shame on his face: "The last general is incompetent and failed to break through the Song army."
Army’s defense line!”
Empress Dowager Xiao smiled and said: "You did a good job!" Then she said to a tall and handsome general beside her: "Xiao Feng, you lead all the Tielin troops to attack the Song army's right formation with all their strength! Remember, you must start from
Rush from east to west and let the Song army's defeated troops scatter their own military formation!"
Xiao Feng responded, immediately dismounted, led more than 4,000 Tielin troops to turn to the right, and launched a fierce charge towards the Song army's right formation from the east.
Seeing this, Yang Peng frowned and said: "The enemy has discovered our weakness!" Then he said to Duan Zhixian: "Immediately lead all the heavy armored infantry of the Chinese Army to support the Fourth Division!" Lu Zhishen agreed and immediately led thousands of heavy armored infantry.
He ran out of the Chinese army's formation and ran toward the 4th Division's square formation.
The Tielin Army crashed into the Fourth Division's defense line like a stormy sea. There was a huge crash. Many Song Army soldiers were knocked away, and several gaps appeared in the battle line! The Song Army soldiers faced the terrifying Liao Army.
The Tielin Army couldn't help showing expressions of fear.
General Xiao Feng took the lead and led the Tielin Army to break through the Song Army's defense line and rush into the Song Army's formation. The armored warriors charged and killed, and only heard the bang, bang, bang of gunfire. The Khitan soldiers fell one by one like wheat being harvested.
! Seeing that the Khitan could no longer hold on! Zhan Jin took the lead and urged the soldiers to fight, but the situation seemed irreversible!
Boom, boom, boom... the war drums of the Liao army rang loudly, and the entire Liao army moved. They divided into two groups and rushed towards the center and left army of the Song army respectively.
Just when the Fourth Division was about to collapse, 3,000 heavy armored infantry led by Duan Zhixian rushed to the battlefield, crashed into the middle of the Tielin Army, and fought desperately. A heavy armored infantry had just cut down a Tielin Army and had not had time to recover his long armor.
The sword was knocked out by another Tielin army. The attack momentum of the Tielin army was curbed. At this time, Yang Peng's powerful crossbow came on stage. Whoosh, whoosh whoosh, the Khitan army in front was like wheat.
They were also harvesting lives for the Song army. Bang bang gunfire also rang out. The Khitan army was already overwhelmed at this time. The Khitan army had never seen such a battle. They opened fire at a hundred and fifty steps and the Khitan army was dead.
A big piece.
Zhan Jinguo shouted to the fearful soldiers below him: "If you are a man, follow me and kill the Liao army!" The soldiers of the Fourth Division regained their fighting spirit and shouted to launch a counterattack. The soldiers of the Fourth Division, heavy armored infantry
, and got into a melee with the elite Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom. The battle was extremely fierce, and everyone was red-eyed and going crazy.
At the same time, the Central Army and the Left Army were already engaged in a fierce battle. The Liao Army was bound to capture it, but the Song Army fought desperately. Looking from a distance, the cold light reflected by the swords and guns was like sparkling waves, and blood was flying all over the sky. Both sides
The soldiers fell into a pool of blood one after another!
The fierce battle continued until dusk, and both sides were exhausted. The Song army suffered heavy losses, and the Liao army also suffered from corpses everywhere. The wind was miserable and the setting sun was like blood.
Seeing that they could not win, Empress Dowager Xiao had to order a retreat. The Liao army retreated without stopping under the city and retreated to Shunzhou.
In this battle, the two sides fought a draw, and the Khitan lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. Yang Peng also had a hard time here, with nearly 1,000 people dead. In this battle, both sides underestimated the enemy, so that both sides paid a heavy price.
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Yang Peng looked at the wounded soldiers, frowned, and murmured: "I underestimated the enemy! I really underestimated the enemy! The Liao army is not as weak as I thought! I almost capsized in the gutter today!"...
The imperial envoys came to Nanjing with a large amount of wine and meat to reward the soldiers, and the city was full of joy. Then Yang Peng asked the envoys to return to Tokyo with a large amount of loot.
When silk silver coins worth nearly one million taels of silver were transported to Tokyo, Tokyo residents who had not seen the trophies for hundreds of years came to rush to see the spectacle, and the streets of Tokyo were deserted.
The excited emperor made Yang Peng the title of General of the Yulin Guards on a whim. The Song Dynasty also had the title of General of the Sixteenth Guards similar to the Tang Dynasty, but they were all in vain and had no real power.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.