Many years later, when people talked about the Battle of Xiaoyeling, all they could say was that the general had won and Xiao had failed to defeat the tiger. There was no more mention in the history books, and even the most orthodox credential only stated that
There is a sentence - the general wins the battle in the wild!
The plaintive songs of the Khitan people contain the most realistic description - Oops, the poisonous saliva from the devil's mouth burned the mountain, Oops, the eagle with broken wings fell into the flaming mountain, Oops, it cannot be extinguished.
The flames burned the bones...
The fire there was so intense that Hai Dongqing, who was hovering high in the sky, had to escape from the high altitude where the air flow was violent.
After the fire burned more than 20,000 people to death, it also blocked the path of Yunzheng's army. Xiaoye Ridge is actually composed of a small protruding hill. Behind it is a long and narrow valley. This valley
In fact, it is a wind channel that has been corroded by the north wind all year round. When there is no wind on the plains, the cold wind is howling here, not to mention that this is the season when the cold wind is raging.
The fire did not burn down the entire camp, and the Song army's offensive was carried out against the wind, so the area on fire was not large. Unfortunately, in order to protect the commander Xiao Dahu, his deputy general made a mistake
The military order ordered everyone to assemble to Xiaoye Ridge...
A full thousand incendiary bombs were thrown into a small area. Each incendiary bomb contained ten kilograms of gasoline mixture, plus cruel white phosphorus, which finally resulted in unprecedented achievements.
Lang Tan on the White Mountain, Li Dongchu on the Burning Mountain, and Cui Da on Xijing all saw the smoke column reaching into the clouds. They gathered their forces and retreated back to the mountain. Chen Lin saw the smoke column behind and ran quickly.
When I came here, I saw Yun Zheng cooking millet porridge. After drinking a bowl, Yun Zheng drove me away. He said it very rudely. The war was in full swing. What was the eunuch doing here?
Chen Lin was not angry. He had no doubts about Yun Zheng's battlefield command authority. The only thing he wanted to know was whether Yun Zheng was safe. He heard that Yun Zheng's flag once appeared at the front of the battlefield, which was not allowed.
, now that he saw that everything was fine in Yun Zheng, he naturally returned to the rear army.
Yun Zheng sipped the millet porridge, but his eyes were extremely erratic. He just hoped that Xiao Dahu would not withdraw his troops easily. Twenty thousand people would not be a big deal to Xiao Dahu, who had an army of more than 300,000.
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Therefore, he issued new instructions to Wu Jie, who had crossed the Great Wall from outside the Pass, ordering him to lurk on the spot and not be discovered by Xiao Dahu's reconnaissance cavalry.
However, Zhao Min's cavalry team needs to speed up and rush to Baishan Mountain. At least in the area between Baishan Mountain and Huoshao Mountain, they need more cavalry.
The sky outside the tent was still clear and clear, with no signs of cloudiness in sight. At this time, the Song Dynasty really needed a heavy snowfall to hinder the pace of the Liao people, at least so that Xiao Dahu would not run too far.
The army entered between Baishan Mountain and Huoshao Mountain from Yehukou, where they began to build a military stronghold in an attempt to connect the two mountains together and maintain a fragile line of defense.
Xiao Dahu's army gave up the plan to surround these two mountains. Yun Zheng's plan was to make Xiao Dahu bold enough to surround his central army. If that happened, the field battle full of variables would turn into a battle of annihilation.
, of course it seems that it was the Song Army that was annihilated on the surface.
The army began to cut wood and burn charcoal in this area, pretending to be holding on for a long time, and focused the army's deployment in the direction of Xijing. This put a certain amount of pressure on Xiao Dahu, but it did not make him want to leave.
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Xijing is Datong, a place of human settlement with a long history.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Datong area was inhabited by Beidi. Beidi refers to the nomadic tribes Linhu and Loufan who made a living by hunting. According to "Warring States Policy. Shidi": "To the north of Kelan Prefecture in Shanxi today, the Loufanhu area is also
; Datong, north of Shuozhou. Gulinhu Di."
The area from Datong to the Hetao in Inner Mongolia was a place where Linhu activities occurred in the Spring and Autumn Period. (Tang Dynasty) Emperor Yao granted Xihe's son the title of Beiyue Elder, and his second son and his uncle came to the residence. In the "Book of Mountains and Seas", Datong in ancient times was the ancient Ping Kingdom. Shang Tang granted the same surname here.
, established the country on behalf of his son.
At the beginning of the Warring States Period, it was the state of Dai, and later it was merged into the Zhao territory. According to "Historical Records. Zhao Shijia", Zi Xi told Zhao Jianzi that the lord's son would conquer the two kingdoms in the north. Both Jianzi and Jianzi died without blood.
It was for Xiangzi that he went north to Xiawu, and had the butcher kill the king of Dai with a bronze and wooden duel, and then he raised an army to pacify the land of Dai.
After Qin Shihuang unified China, he abolished the feudal system and established prefectures and counties. There were 6 counties in the country. Today's Datong is Yanmen County and the land of Daijun. The cities recorded at that time are: Pingcheng, Dai, Shanwu, Yanling, Ping
Shu, Wuzhou Fortress, Xincheng, Banshi, Mayi, etc. Qin Shihuang sent General Meng Tian to lead an army of 00,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and recruited people to build the Great Wall. He built the Great Wall east of Zuoyun Mountain and ten miles west of Yungang in the valley of "Wuzhou"
Inside the fort, in case of misfortune.
During the Five Dynasties, the land was occupied by the Later Tang Dynasty, and there were no major changes in the division. Yunzhong County was governed by Yunzhou and belonged to Hedong Road.
Li Keyong and Khitan Yelü Abaoji met in the east city of Yunzhou. Yi Paoma was a brother. They changed the name to Huairen County because of the meaning of "reminiscent of a benevolent person";
In the second year of Tongguang reign of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Xingtang County in Yuzhou was established as Guangling County. In the third year of Tongguang reign of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Yunzhou was again designated as the military governor of Datong.
In the third year of the Qing Dynasty, he rebelled against Shi Jingtang, the envoy of Hejiedu, and worshiped the Khitan leader Yelv Deguang as his father. He used Khitan troops to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor, and named the country Jin.
Because of Khitan's contribution to the aid, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was ceded to Khitan. Wu Luan, the judge in Yunzhong, "closed his door and refused to accept Khitan orders", repaired equipment, and guarded the city day and night. He persisted for half a year. "Luan asked Jin for help."
"The Lord of Jin Zhao Luan returned to the south", and Yunzhou fell. So far, Datong was ruled by the Khitan for a hundred years, and the Han rule in the Central Plains lost the northern Pingfan.
This is a fertile land with crisscrossed rivers and abundant water and grass. Unfortunately, since the Tang Dynasty, the Han people have almost ignored the rule here. The large Han population here has been destroyed by war after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
There is not much left that has been lost. The fertile fields that were reclaimed a long time ago are now occupied by weeds again and have become a grazing place for the Liao people. Looking around, apart from Xijing City, there are only four or five small buildings left.
Small castles can almost be ignored, but military fortresses such as beacon towers can be seen everywhere.
After arriving in the Song Dynasty, except for Yang Wudi who briefly captured Xijing for three months, the Song Dynasty army never reached this land again.
The geographical environment of Datong is at the crossroads of four major mountain ranges: Yinshan Mountain in the south, Yanshan Mountain in the east, Luliang Mountain in the north, and Taihang Mountain in the north. It is the southward migration channel of birds in central China headed by wild geese.
In the northwest, there are large and small mountains such as Huoshao Mountain, Baideng Mountain, Shuangshan Mountain, Erlang Mountain, Yunmen Mountain, Cailiang Mountain, etc. as barriers, which is a battleground for military strategists.
Generally speaking, things like barriers are relative. The reason why the Han people say that if they lose Yunzhong, they will lose the northern barrier. That is what they say when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Once the Song Dynasty becomes a strong side, Yunzhong will lose the northern barrier.
It was also an important southern barrier for the Liao State. The steep terrain here could help the Liao people resist the threat from the Song State.
The emergence of gunpowder makes the city wall weak and unable to become its own protective shell. Especially when the gunpowder is only in the control of the attacking party, the city has long been no obstacle to the attacking party.
Yunzheng now only hopes that the Liao people can continue their old thinking and enter Xijing! Then he will be trapped alive in Xijing city.
A small city with a large population is destined to be undefendable. As soon as Yun Zheng thinks of the three wide tunnels that Cui Da and the others dug under the city wall for running carriages, he sincerely hopes that Xiao Dahu will be there.
The current situation forces us to take the army back to Xijing.
"Xiao Dahu must be injured!"
Yun Zheng put down the unfinished millet porridge and said to Su Xun.
Su Xun put down the porridge bowl, wiped his mouth elegantly with a handkerchief and said, "Are you upset? In the past, you usually didn't put your hope in speculation!"
"The battle to conquer Liao has been going on for half a year since early autumn and has consumed countless money and food. However, the people in the country have not seen the results of the war until now. If there is no stimulating news to reward them, the people of the Song Dynasty will
would question the necessity of war."
Su Xun looked at Yun Zheng strangely and said, "You can capture Xijing now, let Chen Lin write a victory report, and then the cavalry will brag about it and let the whole world know about it."
Yun Zheng licked his lips and thought for a while, then shook his head resolutely and said: "No, Xijing is a mouse cage that I have prepared for five years. If no mice get in, I will just take the mouse cage back. In that case, I will be very sorry."
of hard work."
Su Xun said: "I remember the reason why you arranged it like that at the beginning, wasn't your purpose to capture Xijing with lightning speed to shock the Liao people?"
"Today is different from the past. With the name of Xiao Dahu and the guy I have violated, I am reluctant to put away this cage. This cage should give me a greater reward!"
Su Xun nodded, picked up the porridge bowl again and said: "There is news from Cui Da. He has emptied the Liao people's grain depot. The grain has been hidden in Cailiang Mountain. The location has been told to us. All we have to do is dig it."
become.
Just this morning, Cui Da went to Xiao Dahu's army with 200,000 kilograms of grain, preparing to find out if Xiao Dahu was dead, because it was Xiao Dahu who was issuing orders to Xijing City these days.
Lieutenant General Han Zhou!"
Yun Zheng nodded to show his understanding, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that the Liao people do not rely entirely on the food in the city. If we have a way to kill the sheep in Xiao Dahu's hands, the wasteland can kill Xiao Dahu without us killing anyone."
Half of the troops fighting tigers were killed."
"You can't expect Cui Da to give you a bigger surprise!"
Yun Zheng drank the rest of the porridge in one gulp, then placed the rice bowl heavily on the table and said: "You are wrong, Cui Da deserves more trust from you!" (To be continued)