Yanmen Pass has been very unsafe recently. Liao cavalry patrolled the plains outside the Pass in groups. This time they were very smart. They sent out large groups of cavalry. As long as they were dispatched, thousands of them would rush outside Yanmen Pass and roar.
, as long as the young army goes out to fight, they will quickly escape from Yanmen Pass, and after running far enough, they will stay on the horizon again and refuse to leave easily.
"This is an old trick of the Liao people. They always want to provoke our anger and make us leave the strong city. After losing the geographical advantage, they will use the speed advantage of their war horses to drag us down, and finally achieve the goal of annihilating us. Hehe, you are an idiot.
Will be fooled!"
Li Chang stood on the top of the hill and watched the Liao cavalry running away again and said to Yun Zheng with disdain.
Yun Zheng twitched his nose, which was red from the cold wind, and looked at Li Chang strangely: "It's strange, when did you know that we were marching to fight? You kept saying one thing, but did you know that I have already sent all my troops to attack?"
Come on, the idiot you are talking about is me!"
Li Chang was taken aback, looked at his coach in surprise and said, "You can't do this!"
Yun Zheng said angrily: "Why can't I do this?"
"This is a tactic to lure the enemy!"
"You all know that this is a tactic to lure the enemy, so who are those fools in the Liao Kingdom going to seduce with this tactic? Gao Jixuan guarded Yanmen Pass for fifteen years, and the Song army has not left the pass for fifteen years. They are doing a show here
Aren’t you tired after more than ten years?”
Li Chang approached Yun Zheng and whispered: "Where does the plan come from?"
Yun Zheng said angrily: "If my army can kill Zhang Zhi on the rocky slope, why are they still afraid of fighting in the field? I don't care what the Liao people have in mind. Since they won't attack us, we will attack them. In short, Wei
I have to decide on the four prefectures: Wuzhou, Yingzhou, Shuozhou and Wuzhou, especially Wuzhou and Shuozhou. These two prefectures literally separate the Volcano Army and Baode Army of Daizhou and Fuzhou.
The Kelan Army is not powerful enough to serve as a bridge between our two states. If something happens to the Pianguan on the bank of the Yellow River, we will not even shed tears. The Volcano Army, the Baode Army, and the Kelan Army will die.
But the partial passes are our own brothers, and it is better to be connected together. In this way, we can have a complete Yanmen Pass defense system."
Li Changpo had a talent for relying on horses. While listening to Yun Zheng's words, he lay on the back of his soldier and wrote hurriedly. After a while, he wrote a memorial and gave it to Yun Zheng. He said: "Can you take a look?
What is your report from your majesty? We must have a reason to leave the pass. I said that the Liao army has been harassing Yanmen Pass. They have rushed to the city several times and have been repelled by us. In order to avoid future troubles, Marshal, you are going to leave the pass.
All the thieves who came to harvest grass in the valley were wiped out."
Yun Zheng was reading the document and listening to Li Chang's explanation. He was so mesmerized that he couldn't help but nod his head. Finally, he pointed at the memorial and raised his head and said: "These are the most satisfying sentences. I am the 15th Route Army Commander in the West of Jingjing."
Li Chang, the supervisor of the army, reported at the Great Wall: The army came out generously to kill the bandits... The words "stand on the Great Wall" are used extremely well, which fully illustrates our determination to attack Shuozhou."
Li Chang said in a daze: "I'm referring to the earthen Great Wall under our feet, which was built by Su Shi. I'm not talking about the Qin Great Wall in Shuozhou, which was still in the Changhua Army of the Liao Dynasty during the military festival of Xiao Huo'er.
In hand..."
Yun Zheng tightened his cloak and said with a smile: "When the memorial arrives in Tokyo, Shuozhou will be taken back. Don't worry. You stay at Yanmen Pass and assist Li Dongchu in guarding the city gate. Old Li, you are the one who handles the paperwork and measures people's hearts."
Li Dongchu’s specialty, but marching formation is Li Dongchu’s specialty. All civil affairs and logistics in the pass are at your disposal, but never, never interfere with the military.”
Li Chang bowed and said: "Don't worry, I know what I should do. Your army is fighting outside, and I have to help you defend your lair. If Yanmen Pass is destroyed, you and I will inevitably go to hell."
You’re out on the road, so take care of yourself!”
Yun Zheng laughed and went down the mountain. Inside Yanmen Pass, countless soldiers had been standing still for a long time. With a long and hoarse horn sound, the main city of Yanmen Pass, which had been dusty for many years, slowly opened. The young army took the lead in riding horses towards the mountain road.
Six seaweeds also rose up from the mountain road at the same time. After chirping, they spread their wings in three directions and flew.
After the army came out of Yanmen Pass, they immediately turned towards Shi Nian Valley. As long as they passed Shi Nian Valley and then sneaked across the Chenjiagukou Great Wall, they could reach Shenwu City, where Wuzhou Prefecture is located. According to the battle plan formulated by Yun Zheng, his own
As the main force to attack Shenwu City, the Kelan Army as a reserve army must quickly capture Wuzhai and Ningyuan Village. Yun Zheng did not believe that the Kelan Army of more than 20,000 people could not take down Wuzhai and Ningyuan Village guarded by only 6,000 Liao people.
, not to mention that on the premise that his own army has already captured Shenwu, it should not be difficult for the Kelan Army to establish such a military feat.
What's more, they also have the Xinghua Army led by Lang Tan as backup, so there is absolutely no chance of them missing.
A very strange scene appeared on the wasteland outside Yanmen Pass. A cavalry under the banner of the Song Army was sweeping away the Liao cavalry in the wasteland. The strangest thing was that no matter where the Liao soldiers were hiding, this Song army
They all killed them almost straight away, and then used their overwhelming number of people, extremely sophisticated weapons, and their best long-range attacks to eat up these unprepared Liao cavalry one by one. As long as one was eliminated,
The cavalry would immediately move to other battlefields and not care at all about the armor and property of those Liao soldiers.
Six days passed, and Xiao Huoer, who was in charge of Datong Mansion in Xijing, finally couldn't hold it any longer. Within six days, the five groups of cavalry sent to harass Yanmen Pass were annihilated by the Song army. This was definitely not a general scouting firefight.
This should be a carefully planned battle plan.
The emperor was sneak attacked at Yahe River, and everyone in the north and south of the Liao Kingdom was preparing for revenge. This was the news brought by the messenger. Xiao Huoer didn't pay much attention to the news. He knew that he was facing Yunzheng. If he sent troops easily, it would be very difficult.
It might turn into a protracted siege battle. Yanmen Pass is a dangerous pass in the world and cannot be broken by Changhua Jiedu, so he chose to ignore it and stand still.
When the Xiao family received the bad news that Queen Xiao Guanyin lost an arm, Xiao Huoer had no choice. Both public and private, he had to send troops and horses to act like an attack to contain Yanmen Pass.
The Song army so that the Liao army in Hebei could attack Nigu Village without any worries was a military order from the Liao Privy Council, ordering him to pin Yun Zheng at Yanmen Pass no matter what, and not allow him to go further eastward.
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Now, five thousand soldiers and horses have been lost. I heard from the remnants of the soldiers who escaped that they were attacked by an extremely powerful Song army. They would often appear suddenly without anyone noticing, and after they appeared, there would be an overwhelming attack.
When the crossbow arrows fly over, a terrifying iron ball will be thrown over. This iron ball will make an extremely terrifying loud noise. Once the iron ball makes a sound, the war horses will be frightened and the military formation will be scattered. Then those people
They will howl and rush over to kill...
"Jie Du Envoy, that is the gunpowder bomb of the Song Dynasty! I heard that it was made by Yunzheng. It is completely different from the previous gunpowder weapons of the Song Dynasty. It is said that a gunpowder bomb explodes and can split mountains and rocks!
I was lucky enough to buy one when I was in Hebei, and after testing it, I found that it was indeed worthy of its reputation!"
When Xiao Huo'er saw that his subordinate Lin Ya and Guo Hengchuan, the capital of the Han Army under his command in Beijing, had spoken, he asked, "Since Lin Ya knows the power of this weapon, he doesn't know how to prevent it?"
Guo Hengchuan cupped his hands and said: "Report to Jiedu Envoy, I haven't heard of anyone having a better way to deal with this thing. Some of the previous gunpowder weapons of the Song Army, such as a swarm of bees, ten thousand tigers running together, or the flying fire crow
, all have a shortcoming that they are afraid of water, but this time, the new gunpowder bombs manufactured by the Song Army will still explode even if they are put into water.
Jieduzhi once thought hard about the solution, but had no clue. The only thing he could tell Jiedushi was to stay away from gunpowder bombs, as far away as possible, because no matter how brave a warrior is, he will fall apart under the bombardment of gunpowder bombs.
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Xiao Huo'er sighed and said: "You don't know something. More than 10,000 Song troops attacked Yahe River. Your Majesty planned to hold a Spring Festival in Yahe River. I heard from my brothers that more than 10,000 Song troops almost
Fifty thousand ghost slave troops were crippled, and these Song troops were not the most elite among the Song troops. Many people said that if Yun Zheng or Di Qing came, they would probably succeed."
Since he was surrounded by people from the family, there was nothing to avoid. Datong Mansion in Xijing was the capital that received the least attention in the Liao Kingdom. Even servant generals like Guo Hengchuan were on his side, so Xiao Huoer said
It's very depressing and very real.
Xiao Huoer's cousin Xiao Daoyan said: "We can afford to lose five thousand men and horses. The total number of troops and horses in Datong Prefecture in Xijing is more than 376,500. Losing five thousand in battle is not a big deal. If Yun Zheng's purpose is not to kill people,
It is dangerous to seize land. You must know that the reason why the Song Dynasty assassinated His Majesty this time was for the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures promised by Yelu Zhongyuan. And I, Xijing, occupy as many as five prefectures.
The state can do anything, so we must be careful!"
Guo Hengchuan once again raised his hands and said: "For the current plan, there is only one way, and that is to press the entire army into Yanmen Pass and force Yun Zheng not to dare to act rashly. We have an army of 300,000, and the Song army only has a mere 30,000. I don't believe it."
Yun Zheng dared to come out and fight head on.
Although this will consume a lot of food and grass, it is the safest way to deal with it. If necessary, we can also send a large army to completely block the exit of Yanmen Pass with huge rocks. If they cannot get out, they will naturally not be able to harm the Xijing Road.
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Xiao Huoer was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the soldiers and horses from Xijing to gather in Yingzhou immediately, preparing to bypass Dulong Mountain and arrive at the pass outside Yanmen Pass to build a pass to block the Song army's way out.
Just when he was slowly reorganizing his army and heading towards Yingzhou, Tan Ma came to report that Shenwu City had been lost! (To be continued)