In the Liao army camp, shouts of killing suddenly erupted from midnight. When the Jurchen soldiers and horses at the head of Liaoyang Prefecture heard the shouts of killing, they thought they were going to attack the city again in the middle of the night. So tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers and horses came forward one after another. They reached the city wall and prepared to fight. Even Wanyan Agu rushed to the city wall. As a result, after waiting for half an hour, no Liao army was seen attacking the city.
Wanyan Aguda, who was puzzled, sent his men out of the city to investigate. Not long after, news came that there was a fight inside the Liao army camp, and two private soldiers and horses were fighting.
Wanyan Aguda and others were confused and didn't know what was going on. Why did the Liao army start killing themselves? What's going on? Is this because everyone went crazy after the defeat? But since it was not an attack city, so there is no need to worry.
Wanyan Agu's subordinates strongly opposed the idea of sending troops to attack the camp while taking advantage of the chaos.
"These Liao people are killing each other. Why are we going to the muddy water? What does it mean to sit on a mountain and watch tigers fight? This is it. The more powerful they fight, the more beneficial it is to us. Let's go and clean up the mess tomorrow morning. Yes. Hehe, I guess the failure of the siege caused the Liao people to split internally. Then Yelv Zongyuan is probably really dead, otherwise how could there be such chaos with him here? The Liao people are finished, and they are serious this time It's over." Wanyan Agu laughed with great satisfaction and went down to the city to go home and sleep. He only ordered his people to pay close attention to the enemy's situation.
A fight did take place in the Liao army camp. After Yelv Chun succeeded, he wanted to trick Han Zhang into coming to the big tent to kill him, so that he could avoid a fight with the troops led by Han Zhang. However, he sent someone to invite Han Zhang to come in the name of Han Yanshou. Han Yanshou's personal attendant showed his weakness because he was too nervous after meeting Han Zhang. Han Zhang was a meticulous person, and the attitude and tone of the personal attendant were suspicious, so he told the truth under his intimidation and questioning.
Han Zhang was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that such an accident would happen. His uncle was killed, and the eldest prince and the emperor also died. The second prince and the tribal chiefs took control of the situation. The outside of his camp was also surrounded by them. The siege. The opponent's soldiers and horses outnumbered his own. Han Zhang did not want to fight head-on, so he decided to break out. But when he was dispatching his troops, the besieged tribesmen and horses were already aware of it, and Tugu Sameng Sage and others knew what was going on. After being exposed, they immediately launched an attack. A fierce fight ensued.
The strength of both sides is actually about the same. The number of tribal soldiers and horses is 20,000 to 30,000 more, but the equipment and combat power of the horse army led by Han Zhang are slightly higher. If they are not suddenly attacked, they can still fight a dozen. But Han Zhang actually did not want to fight to the death here. His idea was to lead his troops to break out of the encirclement and rush to meet Han Desui, the king of the South Courtyard, to report the two princes' seizure of the throne. At dawn, Han Zhang led 30,000 cavalry and finally succeeded in breaking out. Encircled and walked west, they escaped the pursuit of tribal soldiers and horses. Nearly 70,000 horsemen suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and the rest all surrendered to the tribal cavalry.
In the early morning, Wanyan Agu led 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to meet the enemy. He was going to the Liao army camp to pick up bargains. But when they arrived outside the Liao army camp, what they saw shocked them. The whole palace The camp was empty and silent. The ground was in a mess, and the blood stains on the snow were bright red, like patches of blooming red plums. Countless corpses lay dead in the snow, those were the corpses killed in the fire not long ago. On some tilted
In the leaky tent, we saw an even more miserable and terrifying scene. Wounded soldiers of the Liao army were frozen to death in the tent, maintaining the painful condition before death.
Wanyan Aguda led a team of soldiers and horses through the entire Liao army camp with a radius of more than ten miles. He found that there was no living person in the entire camp, and countless people froze to death. Most of them were wounded soldiers from yesterday's battle. Liao Army
All the national troops and horses had withdrawn before dawn.
Wanyan Agu stood on a high platform in the camp, overlooking the entire camp, and felt quite emotional in his heart. Tens of days ago, the Liao people were so powerful that when half a million troops arrived here, it was so chilling. Who was it?
It was conceivable that they would eventually be unable to capture Liaoyang City and flee in despair. The Liao people probably had less than 200,000 of their 500,000 troops left, and those who died in battle were frozen to death and others died in the firefight.
Accumulated in the wilderness under the city, the vegetation under the city will be very lush next year, because it is nourished by so many nutrients.
But it’s not just the vegetation that will grow next year. The seemingly powerful and huge Liao Kingdom is actually so vulnerable. After this battle, the popularity of the Liao people has been exhausted. When the spring grass blooms next year, it will also be the time when he leads the Jurchen army to sweep across the Liao people.
. Since the beginning of the army, this is the first time that Wanyan Agu has truly felt that the result he wants can be achieved and is within reach. When an army of 500,000 people came in, Wanyan Agu had
In fact, he was already desperate. But the result was exactly the opposite of what he expected. The crossbow arrow he shot at the top of the city may have changed the success or failure of the war, but Wanyan Aguda did not attribute it to himself. He believed that this
It was the guidance of the Changshengtian that made him have an idea and make such a seemingly meaningless move. It may seem like an unintentional move, and it may seem like luck, but in fact this is the so-called "destiny"
Blessing'.
"Erlangs, clean the battlefield, pack up the weapons and armor and return to the city. Those corpses... dig a few big pits and bury them all. The Liao people are ruthless and don't care about their dead soldiers. I, the Jurchen, cannot do such a thing. In addition,
Brother Hulu, why did the Liao people fight last night? Whether Yelu Zongyuan is dead or not, these matters are left to you to find out. Within ten days, I want to know what happened inside the Liao Kingdom." Wanyan Agu Dacha.
He bent down and gave a loud order to the vast snowfield covered with snow.
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On the eighth day of October, just as the Liao army launched an all-out attack on Liaoyang Prefecture, Han Gang, who was stationed in the city of Xijin Prefecture, got the news that a Zhou army had entered the Liao territory from Baozhou. One day later, he received the news
I received a letter from Shi Zhiyuan, the commander of the Anxin Army, the general who commanded the troops.
The letter said that the imperial court had received the memorial from Han Gang, which was delivered to the capital quickly. The imperial court was very happy to learn that Han Gang had captured Xijin Mansion, and the entire imperial court was excited. Therefore, he ordered himself to lead Anxin's 80,000 horsemen and infantry.
The army rushed to Xijin Mansion to assist General Han in garrisoning Xijin Mansion, and to discuss the next step in the war against Liao. The emperor had other orders, which he would personally announce upon arrival.
When he received this letter, Han Gang was so excited that he almost cried. The imperial court finally woke up. His risking to resist the decree and capture Xijin Mansion finally made the imperial court realize that the Liao people were not terrible. The imperial court should have understood.
We cannot compromise with the Liao people. This time Shi Zhiyuan arrives with 80,000 troops, so there will be an army of 100,000. With that
With these 100,000 troops, they can go north or west, capture Xijing, or advance to Linhuang Mansion. Using Xijin Mansion as a springboard, the southern gate of the Liao Kingdom has been opened, and then they can avenge their past humiliation.
. He was finally able to complete what Privy Yang had not completed for him. While Han Gang was happy, he also felt sorry for Ma Qingshan. Ma Qingshan chose to go with Lin Jue, which really disappointed him. Everyone has their own ambitions, and so did he
You can't force it. When he succeeds in the Northern Expedition in the future, Ma Qingshan will probably regret it to death. But there is nothing he can do. Everyone is responsible for their own choices. Ma Qingshan chose to go with Lin Jue, and he himself has to bear the responsibility.
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Two days later, Shi Zhiyuan led 80,000 soldiers and horses to the city of Xijin Prefecture. Han Gang opened the city gate to welcome Shi Zhiyuan, but Shi Zhiyuan set up camp outside the city on the grounds that it was getting late. Han Gang was a little puzzled, but he also
I don’t take it seriously. Although Shi Zhiyuan has a somewhat bad reputation and a bad reputation among the border troops, the court must have appointed him when he led the army this time. We may have to work together in the future, so we must respect each other.
That's it.
In order to show respect, Han Gang took the initiative to ride out of Nancheng with more than a hundred personal guards at dusk and arrived at Shi Zhiyuan's camp. The two of them finished their greetings and sat down in the tent of the camp.
"Commander Shi, I have been waiting for you. After I learned that the imperial court was finally willing to send troops, I was so happy that I couldn't sleep. If the imperial court can send troops, that's right. The Liao people are not terrible, and the Xijin Mansion is already our greatest enemy.
Zhou's city. As soon as you come, we will be able to accomplish a lot. I still made a plan to capture Datong in Xijing first, and then concentrate my forces to go north and attack Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing. In this way, the entire southern land of the Liao people will belong to our great Zhou Dynasty.
That’s it. General Shi, what do you think of my plan?”
After Han Gang sat down, he couldn't wait to start talking about his plan.
Shi Zhiyuan's small eyes always avoided Han Gang's passionate gaze, and he rubbed his hands nervously, as if he was full of thoughts. Finally, after Han Gang's generous words, Shi Zhiyuan swallowed and gritted his teeth and spoke.
"General Han, we will talk about the plan later. General Han, do you know how much the news that you captured Xijin Mansion caused a big shock in our army of Great Zhou Dynasty? After our great defeat in Great Zhou Dynasty, our morale was at a low point.
The imperial court negotiated peace with the Liao people, and we, the Zhou Dynasty, suffered humiliation, and everyone was disgraced. In the final analysis, the humiliation of the imperial court was also due to the incompetence of our frontier troops. General Han came out of the matter, and a thunderbolt shocked the world, and the army
The lieutenant generals are all excited. I, Shi Zhiyuan, am also in admiration. Please accept Mr. Shi's respect for you and accept my salute." Shi Zhiyuan raised his hands and saluted with the utmost respect.
Han Gang smiled and said: "Don't be like this. I can't afford what you said. I just did what I thought I should do. In fact, I didn't report the unauthorized actions to the court. I was worried that the court would blame me. I
I don’t dare to think too much. Doesn’t the imperial court have a decree? Why doesn’t General Shi declare the decree?”
Shi Zhiyuan smacked his lips and looked at Han Gang and said: "It seems that General Han also understands in his heart that you are sending troops without permission. Hey, General Han, I don't know what to say. That's all, I won't say anything. I originally wanted to
I will invite you to announce the decree tomorrow or for a few days. Since you are eager to hear the decree, then... this decree should also be announced."
