At the end of June, when the sun was blazing, Emperor Zhao Guangyi of the Song Dynasty personally led the elite imperial army to set out from Zhenzhou. They arrived at Jinrutun six days later and recruited hundreds of people who were familiar with the terrain of the Liao Kingdom as guides. They arrived in Dongyi Prefecture the next day and crossed the Juma River.
, brazenly entered the territory of Liao Kingdom.
When it comes to the quality of individual soldiers, the Song imperial army is well-equipped and well-trained, while the Liao people are tough and born warriors. Both sides have their own advantages. The Liao people's arms are mainly cavalry and are highly mobile. However, in this war, the
The initiative is not in their hands. The Liao Kingdom has been in existence for more than fifty years.
After entering the feudal civilized society, there were a large number of cities and settled urban people. If there were cities, they had to defend them. The Song army forced them to abandon their strengths and take advantage of their shortcomings. However, in terms of city offensive and defensive warfare and positional offensive and defensive warfare, the power of the cavalry could not be used at all.
, in terms of infantry combat power, who in the world can capture the Song people's military front?
Therefore, Zhao Guangyi entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom and attacked the city and fortresses all the way, with overwhelming force. Liu Yu, the governor of Yizhou of the Liao Kingdom, and Liu Houde, the judge of Zhuozhou, saw that the Song army was strong, and immediately lost all fighting spirit, and successively offered Yizhou and Zhuozhou to the Song Dynasty.
This further boosted the morale of the Song army. While Zhao Guangyi accepted the surrender of the Liao army and incorporated it into his own team, he continued to advance northward without stopping. Ten days later, he arrived at the foot of Youzhou City and stationed at Baoguang Temple in the south of Youzhou City.
It took only ten days for the Song army to reach the foot of Youzhou City with a total of 300,000 troops. They also captured two large cities in the middle. Such a marching speed was simply shocking in that era. The news spread back to the Song Dynasty, and the streets and alleys
Everyone cheered, as if victory was within reach. No one expected that the always tough Liao people would turn out to be paper tigers, so vulnerable.
The Song Army's lightning tactics also frightened the Liao people. When the Liao Dynasty learned that the Song Army took only ten days, 300,000 troops arrived at the gate of Youzhou City, they could not help but be stunned. At this time, all the reinforcements had not yet been sent to the city.
Arriving there, Xiao Chuo couldn't wait for the reinforcements to be assembled, so he ordered the troops who had arrived first to rush to help Youzhou immediately.
The defender of Youzhou was Yelu Xuegu. Seeing the ferocious momentum of the Song army, Yelu Xuegu did not dare to fight, so he relied on the fortified city to defend and wait for reinforcements. There were nearly 20,000 elite Han troops stationed in Youzhou City, including the Yulin Army, the Shenwu Army, and the Controlling Crane Army.
He has tens of thousands of cavalry, Khitan, Xi Bohai and other ethnic groups, and the food and grass stored in the city is enough to last for several years. As long as the city is not breached, he is still confident that he will hold on until reinforcements arrive.
The garrison troops from the Liao Kingdom went to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing, Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo and rushed to Youzhou, Nanjing. A real battle began under Youzhou City...
In Xingzhou Prefecture of Western Xia, when Yang Hao learned that Zhao Guangyi's troops had arrived at Youzhou City, he immediately decided to send troops to Xiaoguan and attack Longyou. The time had come. Unless he directly attacked the Song Dynasty and achieved a major victory, Zhao Guangyi would definitely
He will not give up the victory within easy reach and return to the country.
"Shang Boqian of Longyou has always been eyeing me as a tiger in Xixia. He accepted Ye Luohe and Li Jijun, and sent Huyan Aobo to help Li Jijun to leave Xiaoguan to attack our Xiakou, instigating the Uighur and Tuoba tribes in Ganzhou to rebel.
, is a clear proof. Shang Bo Xingyi
As the sun does not die, my desire to destroy me will not stop. Now Xiaoguan is in my hands. Shangbo Qianri has launched a fierce attack at night. Now he has made peace with Ye Luohe and Luo Dan. He has mobilized a large number of troops and horses to gather on the front line of Xiaoguan. It can be seen that Shangbo Qianri is
In my heart, I, Xixia, am his mortal enemy.
Taizu of the Song Dynasty once said: How can I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed? Gu Shen took it for granted, so he decided to raise his troops to go south to attack Shang Boqian.
Ba Haofeng, with Yang Yanlang as the commander-in-chief of the front, rear, left and right armies, Li Huating as the vanguard, and Mu Yuqiao as the supervisor, set off immediately without delay."
Yang Hao said.
Mu Yuqiao Mushe was a spy of the Song Dynasty. Now that his mission has ended, the first secret order Li Huating received was to let Lord Mu Yuqiao "die naturally" in the battle!
Ever since he first defected to Xixia, "Feiyu Suifeng" had clearly investigated his details. Before this, no country had ever taken intelligence work so seriously and allocated a large amount of funds to train and support such people.
It is a professional organization, but Yang Hao started to work hard when he only occupied a corner of Luzhou. His hard work has paid off, and Yang Hao's intelligence organization is the best in the world in terms of efficiency.
The army marched toward Xiaoguan in a mighty manner. Yang Hao, who claimed to be stationed in Xingzhou, also quietly followed Yang Jiye's central army and marched toward Xiaoguan.
At this time, Zhao Guangyi was attacking Youzhou City. At the height of the attack, more than a million arrows were fired in an hour. You can imagine what a spectacular scene it was. Arrows were raining down like rain. After the battle that day, the city was full of arrows.
The people only gathered women, children, old and weak people to pick them up casually. After a while, the arrows they picked up were piled up as high as a stack of firewood. However, Youzhou City still stood firm. To capture it, just attacking from a distance was not enough.
The Song army must be allowed to set foot on its city walls, and it is not easy to do this.
Youzhou's 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses were enough to defend the entire Youzhou city into an iron wall. However, the Song Dynasty's 300,000 troops trapped Youzhou with water, but could not put all 300,000 troops on the battlefield, so each army took turns to attack the city and tried their best.
It consumes the troops in the city.
At this time, three reinforcements, Yelu Xidi, the king of the Northern Court of Liao, Yelu Sahe, the king of the second house, and Xiao Taogu, the commander-in-chief, had arrived in Youzhou. However, they were intercepted by the Song army's pioneers, Fu Qian and Kong Shouzheng, who led their troops.
The main force of the Song army swarmed in, and the 100,000 Liao army was defeated by the tiger and wolf divisions of more than 200,000 Song forbidden troops, so they had no choice but to flee.
The Song army spread its legs and pursued them wildly. Fortunately, the Liao army was mostly cavalry. Although they fled in embarrassment, they would not be in a situation where once they were defeated, they would have no power to fight back and would have to be slaughtered and suffer heavy losses.
At this time, the fourth line of reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom arrived, and this time it was Yelu Xiezhen who arrived. This veteran general had just arrived when he saw the previous reinforcements trying their best to escape.
The enemy could never get an advantage in front of the vigorous Song army, so they camped at the entrance to victory and set up a green flag. The various flags in the army had their own special meanings, and the green flag represented the recruitment of surrendered soldiers.
When the Liao army, who was desperately trying to escape, saw the green flag raised at the victory gate, they finally had a backbone and fled to the victory gate in unison, which temporarily disrupted the formation of Yelu Xiezhen's formation. Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed at the sight of such a God-given opportunity.
How could they let it go and immediately launched a fierce attack with their troops. Unexpectedly, Yelu Yuzhen had already secretly ambushed a group of soldiers and horses on the flanks. At the stalemate moment of the battle between the two sides, the Liao army on the flanks let out a shout and penetrated into the heart of the Song army like a sharp knife. With the help of fast horses,
The long sword disrupted the Song army's formation and the Song army was forced to retreat. Yelu Xiezhen gathered the defeated troops of the first three reinforcements and counterattacked with his own troops. They did not withdraw their troops until the Qinghe area under Youzhou City and confronted the Song army across the river.
When the defenders in the city saw the flags of the reinforcements waving in the distance, their morale was determined and the city was more securely defended. At this time, reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom were still coming in a steady stream. Zhao Guangyi was like a tiger in a pack of wolves, but he was not afraid and still held 300,000 soldiers.
The army is stationed under Youzhou City to attack day and night. As for the reinforcements from the Liao people, if you don't come to attack, I won't care about you. If you come to attack, just send your horses over.
What Zhao Guangyi did was actually reasonable. His soldiers were mainly infantry. If he didn't do this, he would be led by the enemy. In the end, the 300,000-strong army would probably be dragged down, and Youzhou must be saved by the enemy.
Once he mastered this, he could lure the enemy to take the initiative to attack. The problem was that he did not block the key pass near Youzhou to block the gathering of reinforcements from the Liao State, which would be a bit of an overstatement. To be precise, since he came all the way north
The overwhelming victory made him some powerful enemies. He believed that after frequent civil strife, the Liao Kingdom was left with orphans and widowed mothers, and its national power had declined and was simply vulnerable.
And the "Pingrong and All-Prepared Formation" that he had just created with great effort shone brilliantly in the continuous battles, which also gave him greater confidence. Although the army is unpredictable, once the enemy is here, he must face him head-on.
During the First World War, the available means were limited, and there were only a few strategies and tactics. The battle was only about troop strength and combat effectiveness. In this case, the role of the formation diagram was very important. There were arrangements between the various troops and horses according to the formation diagram.
If we cooperate with each other sequentially, powerful enemies will definitely have opportunities to take advantage of them. This is the real reason why Zhao Guangyi does not pay attention to the increasing number of Liao reinforcements.
At this time, the Tianlao in Bianliang, Tokyo, during the Song Dynasty, welcomed another sedan chair.
There were four small yellow doors next to the sedan, holding whisks in their hands and looking proud. Chu Yunxiu and Chu Yasi, who was in charge of the Tianlao, stood at the door of the Tianlao and looked at the small sedan with a wry smile.
The person in the sedan chair was still the current prince. Just like the last time he came, he wanted to see the imperial prisoner who disguised himself as a woman to assassinate the emperor. But last time, the Imperial City Secretary Zhen, Chu Gezhen and the chamberlain all knew Gu Ruo
Master Li Gu "invited" him back. This time he was the supervisor of the country. The entire Tokyo Bianliang City respected him. Who else could stop him?
"Chu Yunxiu, do you still want to stop me?"
Zhao Yuanzuo was sitting in a sedan chair with tall curtains, his face was as heavy as water, and his tone was solemn.
Chu Yasi knew that if he said no again, his head would be at risk. He had already sent people to secretly inform Master Zhen and Master Gu, but these two people seemed to have disappeared into the sea and never showed up.
They also knew that there was no way to stop the prince this time, so they simply avoided showing up. If they were stopped, the charge of deceiving the emperor and resisting the decree would have to be borne solely by Chu. If they gave in, the emperor would return to the capital in the future and ask questions.
It is still him who needs to be held accountable for the crime.
Chu Yunxiu smiled a little bitterly, but between dying in the future and dying immediately, he had no choice. He could only lean down with a bitter smile and said helplessly: "Your Majesty... how dare you disobey the order? Prince... please come in."
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Bisu has been imprisoned in the sky prison as a felon. It stands to reason that a repeat criminal like this should have been executed long ago. The problem is that Zhao Guangyi kept him alive in the first place. He needed Bisu's confession.
He found another reason to kill his brother. Later, Zhao Guangmei was assassinated in Chang'an before he returned to Beijing. Zhao Guangyi seized the opportunity and started to purge the courtiers. He had long forgotten about this little shrimp.
And the important ministers in the court have been purged. I don’t know how many people have been dismissed and how many have been promoted. Personnel changes have been too frequent. Those who have been dismissed are too busy to care about themselves and only protect their lives. Those in high positions are congratulating and busy forming cliques. Who cares about this death row prisoner? I really think about it.
His only one is Zhao Yuanzuo, the prince of the East Palace.
Entering the Tianlao, one door after another was heavily guarded. After walking for a long time, I arrived at the cell where Bisu was held.
After being locked up in this dark prison for so long, I have grown a beard reaching my chest, my hair is messy, my cheeks are thin and boney, I am covered in dirt, and my fingernails are long. I look like a wild man, and my handsome appearance has completely changed.
They are completely different. As a felon, he still wears shackles and heavy shackles. Even in prison, no one removes them. He is alone and has no one to take care of him. If he is not punished every day, it is already a preferential treatment. Who will pity him?
What about him?
There is only a palm-wide gap between the iron bars as thick as an arm, and there is only a foot-square hole close to the ground. A rice bowl is placed there, as dirty as a dog food bowl, and the door is tied.
With a thick iron chain, the lock is as straight as a brick
Chu Yasi opened the lock with his own hands and walked in with Zhao Yuanzuo. Zhao Yuanzuo couldn't help but frowned when he saw Bi Su, turned to Chu Yunxiu and said: "This person...is the assassin who pretended to be a nun?
Looking at it alone...why doesn't it look like it?"
Chu Yunxiu said: "I dare not deceive the prince. This person is the murderer. He has been in prison for many years, and his body has been shattered. It is really ordinary."
Zhao Yuanzuo saw that the cell was small and it was even darker in broad daylight than at dusk. The skylight was no bigger than a fist and only let in a ray of light. The prison was dirty and smelled bad. He nodded unconsciously: "Well, that makes sense. You
Go out, I have something to say, I want to ask him personally."
When Chu Yunxiu heard this, he said awkwardly: "This..."
Zhao Yuanzuo said angrily: "What, you dare not listen to what I say?"
Chu Yunxiu said hurriedly: "I don't dare, it's just... this dog is fierce and stubborn, and I'm worried about the safety of His Highness, so..."
Zhao Yuanzuo sneered and said: "He is wearing a heavy yoke, what can he do to me? Get out!"
Chu Yunxiu had no choice but to retreat. Zhao Yuanzuo breathed a sigh of relief and said to the four little yellow gatekeepers: "You also go out and walk far away. If you hear a word, I will cut off your ears."
Upon hearing this, the four small Huangmen hurriedly agreed and retreated in a panic. Zhao Yuanzuo slowly took two steps and asked in a deep voice: "I'm here to ask you, was it the King of Qi who gave the order to assassinate the emperor that day?"
Ever since he entered the cell, Bisu had been sitting cross-legged on the ground with his long hair shawl, as silent as a stone or wood sculpture. It wasn't until he heard the cell leader addressing him as the prince that his ears twitched inconspicuously.
Next, but he still closed his eyes in silence, like an old monk in trance, and only then did he slowly
Opening his eyes, after being locked up in prison for so long, he was already out of shape and out of shape. However, when he opened his eyes, it was like two rays of cold lightning, bright and lively. This is an internal martial art that has reached an extremely high level.
Although the conquest of his realm and the years in prison were not without their devastation, they were obviously very effective in tempering him.
Zhao Yuanzuo took another step forward and said sternly: "I asked you, why don't you answer?"
Bi Su narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Are you the current prince?"
"It's the lonely family!"
Bisu chuckled, suddenly stood up, retracted his one arm, and the heavy shackles fell to the ground with a clatter. He struck out like lightning and strangled Zhao Yuanzuo's throat.
In front of many imperial guards, he injured both the emperor and the prince. Everyone knew that he was a world-famous assassin, but who knew that he was also the famous thief in the North, "All Hands"? This nickname was not for nothing, it was hard work.
After many years, "Qinshenshou" finally got the chance to escape from the predicament...