As usual, Yun Zheng will not go into battle in person, but Lieutenant General Jiang Zhe can personally supervise the troops to go into battle to kill the enemy. Yun Zheng is facing the east direction where Xiao Dahu is most likely to escape, because Tiancheng County and Changqing County are
To the east of Xijing City, the two county towns are still under the control of the Liao army. Because the number of people was too small, Jiang Zhe once made a tentative attack, and the Liao army guarding the two cities quickly retreated into the city.
, due to the heavy snow, the defenders of the two cities used the principle of splashing water to freeze, covering the two county towns of Tiancheng and Changqing with thick ice and snow armor, and at the same time, they also sealed themselves firmly in the city.
After leaving the two county towns under the surveillance of Zhao Min's cavalry, Jiang Zhe returned to Xijing City and took the initiative to take on the important task of encircling the west side of Xijing City.
When the battlefield in the east was already in full swing, the killing in the west was also inextricable. Jiang Zhe used the few hills in the west to place all the Banniu crossbows and ballistas there. As long as the Liao people appeared in the Eight
Within the shooting range of ox crossbows and ballistae, these weapons would be used without hesitation. In Jiang Zhe's view, those weapons were not as important as his own subordinates.
In fact, he prefers to drive tigers and leopards to fight, but since he came to Xijing City, he has never seen anyone in the young army. He accidentally asked the commander, but was glared at by the commander.
After one glance, he took the initiative to forget about it. Now that the war situation was unfavorable, he couldn't even go into battle if he didn't want to.
The war spear in Jiang Zhe's hand was like a dragon emerging from the water, unstoppable, and like the rays of the morning sun, spreading out in all directions and covering the earth. The enemy troops facing him were all shot to death without exception. At this moment, Jiang Zhe's eyes were bloodshot.
, like a red-eyed monster. There is no trace of handsome appearance or elegance in him anymore, only wildness, ferocity, and coldness are left.
Only Jiang Zhe in the Jingxi Army likes to use weapons that are different from others, such as coating iron spears with gold powder. He is the only one in the army. If it weren't for Yun Zheng's scolding, he would even want to blackmail himself.
His armor was all made golden, so whenever he went into battle, countless Liao people wanted to chop off his head, a high-ranking official, to receive the reward.
The oncoming Liao army did not expect that the Song army would launch a charge. In an instant, it collapsed like a walled house washed away by floods. Those who were dead and those who were not dead were turned into a ball of minced meat under the iron hooves of this group of people.
, leaving only a bloody path. The Liao people began to panic, dodging this group of ferocious spirits left and right, scrambling to crawl for their lives.
When Jiang Zhe rushed into the enemy formation, Liang Ji on his left and Hou Dazhi on his right did not hesitate at all and led their troops to charge. The route they took was exactly where the Liao people gathered to avoid Jiang Zhe's attack.
By the time the Liao people discovered them, it was too late to escape again, so the tragedy happened again. Many people died without knowing what happened, and they would definitely be confused on their way back to the underworld.
When Jiang Zhe charged among the soldiers, he could see six directions and listen in all directions. He saw a Liao man riding a horse in front of him, and another man riding a horse next to him holding a military flag. Even in the smoke, he looked particularly eye-catching.
Guessing that it must be a Liao general. To capture the thief first, Jiang Zhe broke away from the formation and rushed towards the Liao officer.
The Liao general also noticed Jiang Zhe's actions. Seeing Jiang Zhe holding a golden spear in his hand, he immediately thought that this was a powerful general in the Song army! He hurriedly called his subordinates to attack. More than a hundred Liao soldiers lined up.
He raised his spear forward in front of him, like a copper wall of trees.
Jiang Zhe's horse rushed forward in a blink of an eye, and it was too late to turn around. At this critical moment, when life and death depended on breathing, Jiang Zhe jumped on the horse's back and jumped up. When the horse rushed into the forest of guns, he
He soared past the soldiers and landed next to the Liao general.
When the general opened his mouth and screamed, the war spear in Jiang Zhe's hand pierced directly into his mouth. At the same time, Jiang Zhe pulled out the cavalry sword from his waist and cut off the general's neck with the sword. Jiang Zhe lifted
Holding the war spear with his head stuck in it, he shouted loudly: "Behead one of the enemy generals!"
When Jiang Zhe's soldiers saw that the general had left his team, they rushed forward like crazy to rescue the general. Regardless of life and death, they rushed into the Liao people's spear formation. For a moment, they were turned on their backs, and there was a sound of spears piercing flesh and bones.
Everlasting.
Jiang Zhe quickly cut through the mess and obtained the general's head. The Liao soldiers were dazzled and frightened. They were so frightened that they retreated as if they were seeing gods. The officers with dense guards were instantly attracted by this Song army officer.
If the other party wants to kill them, beheading them is as easy as squeezing a small ant to death?
Seeing Jiang Zhe, who was covered in blood, scanning them with red eyes, he couldn't help being frightened, turned around and fled. While running, he shouted desperately: "The devil is coming, the devil is coming!" Even carrying him
The soldiers carrying the flag also dropped the flag and fled in panic.
After all the surrounding Liao people fled, Jiang Zhe's soldiers followed him. One of his soldiers jumped off his horse and handed him the reins. Jiang Zhe got on his horse, laid his spear flat, and ordered his soldiers:
"Leave a few people behind, put this head away, and then take back the Earth's battle flag."
The captain of the soldiers whispered: "Lang Jun should never do this again. He wants to take the humble position of an enemy general's head. If Lang Jun has his shortcomings, none of his subordinates will be able to survive!"
Jiang Zhe also felt that he had been embarrassed just now, and he nodded as if he had agreed to the captain's request.
The soldiers followed his instructions and took off the head from the gun. Jiang Zhe immediately chased the shock troops in front. Several soldiers stayed behind and put away the battle flag between the head and the ground.
, turned around and returned to the starting position behind him.
Just as Jiang Zhe was chasing the large army, he heard the horn sounding to stop the pursuit. Looking in the direction of the sound, he found that it was the horn sounding from Hou Dayi. It turned out to be the order given by Hou Dayi.
Seeing that all the friendly troops on his left and right had stopped advancing, Jiang Zhe also ordered his own soldiers to blow the horns, stop the attack, and organize the entire army to defend on the spot.
Only then did Jiang Zhe realize that he had rushed to the remains of the first ice wall. The thick ice wall had long since disappeared, and there were some ice cubes scattered on the ground, as well as some equipment left by the Liao people.
Only some skeletons of the horses killed in the battle last night were left behind the ice wall. Those bones were scraped white with knives, and no trace of flesh and blood could be seen. Looking at the traces of fireworks everywhere, Jiang Zhe ordered to prepare defensive arrangements on the spot.
The antlers and twigs resisted the horses and the triangular thorns, and at the same time, the barbed wire entangled those obstacles. These things could not stop the Liao cavalry, but could only slow down their charge.
But, as long as you slow down, it's time for the crossbow to show its power.
The army resisted on the front line, and the civilians hid behind the army and began to dig tunnels frantically. Even the civilians in the Song army knew one thing. As long as the Liao people were trapped behind the first ice wall, they would
It is easiest to defend this side, as the smallest number of troops can be used to defend the largest number of enemies.
Jiang Zhe looked worriedly at the east side of Xijing City. He could see the smoke rising into the sky and the shouts of killing from across Xijing City. Scouts came to report that the battle in the east of the city was very fierce.
The heavy cavalry in the commander's hands has been completely wiped out.
He knew that Xiao Dahu would definitely place the main force to break out of the encirclement in the east. This was not determined by himself and the commander, but was determined by the topography of Xijing City.
The entire city of Xijing is actually on a gentle slope, with the west being higher and the east being lower. It is difficult for heavy weapons such as catapults to work in the west, but in the east, the Liao army's bulky eight-niu crossbows and catapults can move very quickly.
Throw yourself into the fight.
Now, the most important thing is to destroy the Liao army's catapults as early as possible, otherwise those catapults will be very threatening to the Song army.
Although he knew that the Marshal's side was in danger, Jiang Zhe did not dare to leave his post without authorization and go to help there. Now his most important task was to firmly guard the west side of Xijing City and prevent Xiao Dahu from escaping deep into the grassland.
, as for the battle to the east, the commander will definitely solve it.
Jiang Zhe's guess was good. The sound of fighting to the east of where Yun Zheng was was now slowly getting smaller. At this time, there were not many people who could stand on the battlefield. Whether it was Yun Zheng or Xiao Dahu.
There seemed to be a tacit understanding for a moment, and no one continued to send new troops to the battlefield.
When the Song Army on the battlefield had achieved a decisive victory, Yun Zheng ordered the sound of the marching drum. At the same time, Xiao Dahu also sounded the golden gong for retreat, and the Song Army once again entered the first ice barrier.
wall.
The unarmed soldiers of the two armies were wandering on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Song army penetrated deeply into the Liao army to collect the bodies of their heavy cavalry comrades who died in the battle. At the same time, the soldiers of the Liao army also penetrated deep into the Liao army.
Behind an ice wall, the comrades who died in battle began to gather together.
At this moment, both the Song army and the Liao people would give the other side the necessary help, but the armor and weapons on the corpses were the other side's trophies.
The soldiers of the Song Army who were responsible for collecting his brother's corpse carefully took off the armor of the heavy cavalry and put it aside, and then slowly rushed towards his military camp with his brother's corpse.
Outside the Chinese army's tent, corpses covered with white cloth covered almost all the space of the second ice wall. Chen Lin and Wang Anshi strolled among them, occasionally lifting the white cloth from a corpse to sort out the remains of the fallen soldiers.
At this moment, both Chen Lin and Wang Anshi felt pain in their hearts.
Yun Zheng carefully compared the terrain map with a ruler in the military tent, and marked red dots on the three commanding heights with a red pen. He said to Su Xun: "The artillery must be deployed on these three commanding heights in the early morning of tomorrow.
Getting rid of the Liao people's catapults is the top priority at the moment."
Su Xun whispered: "Commander, doesn't he think that the first priority right now is to see the soldiers who died in the battle?"
Yun Zheng was silent for a while and whispered: "I can't look at it. If I do, I won't be able to bear to fight anymore." (To be continued)