The two finally broke up due to uneven distribution of the spoils.
However, the military serves politics, and Yun Zheng is very clear about this.
Yelu Yixin has never been to the military camp since he met Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo last time. He only sent some staff to discuss, with the obvious intention of stalling for time.
Therefore, after observing the emperor's filial piety for nine days without using any weapons, Lang Tan's left-wing army slowly advanced towards Guanshan on the right side of Tongtou Pass.
This is the protective barrier of the Eight-Door Golden Locks Formation. If Guanshan is lost, the right wing of the Eight-Door Golden Locks Formation will be opened, and the entire Eight-Door Golden Locks Formation will be nakedly exposed to the eyes of the Song Army. At that time,
The Song Army can attack the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation from any direction.
The Song army on the left dealt with the Liao army on the right, and the Liao army on the left was not idle either. The famous Pishi army appeared in front of the Song army for the first time.
The Pishi Army is the emperor's bodyguard, and each one of them is carefully selected. He is eight feet tall, has broad shoulders and a round waist, and even has certain requirements in terms of appearance.
In fact, such people are not very suitable to be cavalry. Because of their height and weight, the burden on their horses is heavy, which reduces the time of continuous combat.
However, this flaw is not a big problem for the Pishi Army. They believe that no army can survive the Pishi Army's charge until the horses are tired.
Yun Zheng didn't really believe this, and of course, Jiang Zhe didn't believe it either.
We have seen too many overwhelming cavalry formations, and now even civil servants like Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi can maintain a calm state of mind when seeing the terrifying scenes of large-scale cavalry charges.
Seeing that the Eight Bull Crossbows and Ballistas of the Song Army had begun to move, Wang Anshi loudly said to Yun Zheng: "General, this battle must hurt Yelu Yixin, and he must be allowed to return to the negotiating table. He must be allowed to
Come to me with a geographical atlas of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and a household list."
Yun Zheng glanced at Wang Anshi depressedly but did not answer. He continued to stare at the battlefield, but he was looking in the direction of Langtan on the left and was not very interested in the Liao people's charge on the right.
If Jiang Zhe couldn't even endure such an intense cavalry charge, all his years in the Jingxi Army would have been in vain.
However, Lang Tan on the left faced a serious problem. The terrain of Guanshan was dangerous and it was the only high ground in front of Tongtou Pass. Yunzheng needed Lang Tan to capture Guanshan and then place the artillery on it, so that he could expand as much as possible.
The range of artillery.
Seeing that the attack organized by Lang Tan did not achieve the desired effect, Yun Zheng was a little anxious. Guanshan was too high and was not suitable for artillery shooting because its height exceeded the maximum upward shooting angle of the artillery. Moreover, the terrain near Guanshan was complex and heavy.
There is simply no way to transport the artillery there in a short time. Only after defeating the Guanshan defenders, a special road can be built to transport the artillery up there.
Yun Zheng was already very dissatisfied with the performance of the ballista. He threw the gunpowder bombs in the leather bag with the elastic rope and couldn't reach the top of the mountain. He tried ejecting several times just now, but the gunpowder bombs fell halfway up the mountain.
It exploded a moment ago.
There were brave soldiers carrying gunpowder on their backs, braving the flying logs, rocks, and dense rain of arrows, trying to get past the stone wall and blast a wide enough path for the army, but they were shot dead one by one by the Liao eagle shooters.
In that gap that is not wide.
Lang Tan personally carried an artillery piece and prepared to approach and shoot the thick crossbow gun projected by the Eight Ox Crossbow. To do this, he had to remove any unnecessary things on the artillery piece except the wheels.
He succeeded. The artillery was unable to shoot to the top of the mountain, but it was able to avoid the surrounding obstacles and blast open the small gap.
Guanshan Mountain was filled with smoke. After Lang Tan built a simple artillery position, he continuously used artillery to clear every obstacle on his way forward.
As a result, the fighting on Guanshan Mountain was in full swing, and the Liao people continued to support Guanshan from behind the mountain. No matter how many Liao people the Song army killed on the mountainside, more Liao soldiers would appear in that place soon.
Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi's focus was different from Yun Zheng's. The Liao cavalry was rushing towards them like a wall under their feet. The intense and exciting scene made them forget the focus of this battle. Their eyes were unblinking.
Stare hard to the right.
There was a dense layer of triangular thorns on the ground. When the cavalry arrived here, it was like the tide hit an invisible wall. The war horse neighed and fell to the ground, and the cavalry fell on the open space a hundred paces away.
The sharp triangular thorns quickly pierced their bodies. Whether they were cavalry or war horses, their screams almost covered up the sound of the galloping cavalry.
The key point of cavalry operations is their indomitable momentum. No matter what kind of obstacles are in front of them, they have the determination to overcome them.
Yun Zheng just glanced at the battle situation on the right and saw that the Liao people were still charging arrogantly as usual, while Jiang Zhe's ballistae had begun to show off its power. The battle situation here had been decided, so he focused all his attention on
On the high ground of Guanshan Mountain.
Ever since Chen Lin learned about the emperor's death, there was no smile on his face. Apart from supervising the movements of the army, he no longer cared about anything. Yun Zheng, Wang Anshi, and Wen Yanbo all knew clearly that Chen Lin
Lin was actually dead at this time.
The brigade of civilians is carrying earth to fill the ditch at the foot of Guanshan Mountain that Lang Tan has broken through. The deep ditch has been filled in four places. Lang Tan's men are passing through the ditch. Occasionally, there are stones dropped by trebuchets.
Apart from that, there is no threat anymore.
Yunzheng's handsome flag is directly opposite the Guanshan camp. Yunzheng did not move, and Yelu Yixin at the gate of the city did not move either. His flag was hung in the middle, but no one knew where it was. Ever since the incident between Xiao Dahu and Hong
After the Yuzhou massacre, no Liao general was willing to expose himself to Yun Zheng.
The fighting between the left and right sides was in full swing, but the center position was very quiet. Yun Zheng did not take the initiative to attack the city gate in front, and Yelu Yixin did not challenge either.
This is a tentative attack and defense. Neither Yunzheng nor Yelu Yixin will invest all their troops at this time.
The weather on the grassland changes at any time. The grassland that was originally clear and clear suddenly becomes covered with dark clouds after a gust of wind blows.
Yun Zheng sighed and ordered to the monkey: "Retract your troops!"
Lang Tan heard the golden gong sound of retreating troops, looked at his exhausted subordinates and said: "Withdraw to the foot of the mountain, the artillery will still have to fire continuously to suppress the Liao army on the mountainside. We come back tomorrow. I don't believe that we can't take this small mountain bag.'
Almost at the same time, the Pishi army, which was struggling under the rain of arrows, also received the order to return to the army, and fled back to the camp after leaving a large number of corpses behind.
"This rain came at the wrong time!" Wen Yanbo sighed.
"It's very troublesome. This rain came very strangely. I heard people say before that there is a kind of rain on the grassland called joke rain. Today I have seen it."
Yun Zheng looked at his subordinates who were cleaning the battlefield in the rain and regretfully said to Wen Yanbo.
"What is joke rain?" Wang Anshi asked shamelessly.
"Joke Yu is also called Rain, which means that as long as you make more noise, it will rain in this area."
"Nonsense! This is the realm of the Dragon King."
Yun Zheng looked at Wen Yanbo who was looking at him disdainfully and said with a smile: "You have been sitting on top of your body in fine clothes and fine food all your life. How could you know these secrets hidden among the people?
Rain is not the domain of the Dragon King. As long as you are a peasant woman, you can make rain in the kitchen. As long as you are a child, you can create a rainbow in the yard on a sunny day. When I was a child, I often boiled water in the kitchen and waited for the water vapor.
After the water has filled the house, open the door again. When the cold wind from outside blows in, it will create a small rain. Just put water in your mouth and spray it in the direction of the sun, and at least one small rain will appear.
The rainbow is coming.”
Wang Anshi was impatient that Yun Zheng always quarreled with Wen Yanbo, so he interrupted: "What's the matter with the rain here? If the Liao people can really call for rain, it will be very detrimental to our attack. After all, the gunpowder in our army is very high."
Easily affected by moisture."
Yunzheng was always very patient with Wang Anshi, pointing to the opposite side of Guanshan Mountain and saying: "There is a lake to the south of Guanshan Mountain, which is the lake we use as a water source. This lake is not big, but the water temperature is very high. We use the lake water
I don't even feel the cold when I wash my hands.
The temperature of the water is high, and the amount of evaporation is very large, so the vegetation in Guanshan is extremely lush. Now is the time when the earth's atmosphere is rising. The water vapor after the lake water evaporates will be blown into this small valley by the south wind. Both sides of the valley
Surrounded by mountains, opposite is the tall Tongtou Pass built against the mountains, so the water vapor stays here. After reaching a certain critical point, as long as there is a huge noise to shake those tiny water droplets, and then mix with some flying dust,
This will cause the water droplets to grow in size and eventually fall as visible raindrops."
Wang Anshi shook his head directly and said: "I don't understand what you are talking about, but you don't look like you are joking. Why don't I care about it raining? I only care about whether it will continue to rain during the battle tomorrow?"
"No, looking at the intensity of the rain today, the water droplets in the air have almost been released. It will take some time to accumulate them, so it won't rain tomorrow."
After hearing what Yun Zheng said so confidently, Wang Anshi stopped asking questions and dragged Wen Yanbo with him to his camp to discuss how to obtain Yanyun's household registration register, which was a big deal.
After returning to the camp, the generals were somewhat depressed. This was the first war that the Jingxi Army had fought since entering the grassland that did not achieve immediate results.
Therefore, all the generals were a little angry. They kept complaining during the period before the commander-in-chief arrived, and even canceled Lang Tan, who was in charge of the battle. (To be continued)