Chapter 85 The decisive battle between Song and Liao
In March of the 19th year of Xining (1087), the Song Dynasty destroyed Xixia.
In April of the same year, the Song Dynasty rejected the Liao peace talks.
Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao led an army of 400,000 people southward to attack Xingling and Hebei.
There was a stalemate on the battlefield in Hebei, while the battlefield in Xixia was overwhelming. Two hundred thousand Liao troops soon arrived at Xingqing Mansion.
The mountain wind howls and the hunting sound is heard.
Huang Shang led the generals and stood on the wall, looking at the Liao army in the distance.
The current battle situation is actually very clear.
Taking Xixia as a chessboard, Song and Liao made moves against each other.
The Song Dynasty hoped to digest the gains of Xixia, make more good horses and more elite cavalry, and then destroy the Liao Kingdom with a thunderous force.
The Liao Kingdom obviously would not sit back and watch the Song Dynasty continue to grow stronger, so it launched a war while the Tangxiang remnants of Xixia were still resisting in various places.
If the Song Dynasty wins this battle and the Liao Kingdom is defeated and retreats to the north, then its outcome is destined to be destroyed, and there will be no other way out.
If the Song Dynasty failed in this battle and was invaded by the Liao Kingdom, the land of Xingling would not only be a wedding dress for the enemy with all the previous hard work, but also the Liao Kingdom's cavalry would intimidate the Song Dynasty, which had no barrier to defend. Needless to say, the outcome would be
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Therefore, although this battle is not a decisive battle, it actually determines the fate of the two countries and is better than a decisive battle!
Even before the start, both sides had already sent out small groups of troops to test each other, alternating offense and defense. After the warm-up was completed, the outcome of the battle would naturally have to be determined in the subsequent confrontation.
"Coming!"
When the generals focused their gazes, they saw a black line on the horizon appearing in their sight.
It was a mass of black cavalry, slowly approaching in an extremely regular formation.
"Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!"
Not only were they arranged neatly, but these Liao cavalry were roaring and shouting as they marched. They seemed to have endless energy and a majestic air that no one could match.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
When they were still several miles away from the city, drums and trumpets sounded loudly in the Liao army's formation, and thousands of troops separated to both sides like waves. Sixteen knights, holding sixteen golden flags fluttering in the wind, galloped out of the formation.
The spearmen, sword and axemen, archers and shield bearers of the team rushed forward and were lined up on both sides. Ten generals in brocade robes and iron armor surrounded one person and came out of the battle.
"Long live! Long live! Long live!"
The Liao army shouted loudly, and the sound shook the whole country.
In the Xingqing Mansion, the generals looked solemn. Even though they knew that this was the opponent's attack, they still felt pressured by the military appearance of the Liao Kingdom.
But the other army was just excited.
"Yelu Hongji actually came, haha. In the original plot, he was seeking his own death and was captured by Duan Yu and Xu Zhu. This time is no exception!"
"This is a matter of style. Even if the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was on his own expedition, he would not be able to charge into the battle. He only had to sit in the rear and guard the three armies to stabilize the morale of the army. But now that the Emperor of Liao is here, he must boost morale on the front line. If he retreats behind
, morale will inevitably weaken, and you don’t even dare to go to the battlefield, how can you lead the Khitan warriors?”
"Hey! Then take him down!"
Within the Flying Tiger Army, all the reincarnations are gearing up and their morale is high.
They know that this war may be the world's last chance to gain huge rewards.
This feat of taking the enemy's chieftain's head among thousands of troops is so majestic and satisfying. Who else could do it than them?
However, the hundreds of reincarnators were divided into two groups.
The group is headed by the lucky expert Huang Shang, and is surrounded by Lin Lan, Nan Ding, Ban Tao, Ye Xian, Panda, Thunderbolt, Mo Qingxin, Mo Qingxue, Qixia, Brilliance, Yudie, Meteor and many more.
Ten named partners.
This group was basically composed of the Song camp, Xixia camp, and finally the Liao camp. There were only two stars who came. They were hunted down and rescued by chance.
The other group is centered on the sharpshooter Ah Wei, and gathers dozens of unnamed partners. It is mainly the Liao camp that finally defected. It has also attracted some reincarnations from Xixia and Song Dynasty, and is quite capable.
From the name comparison, the latter group seems to be miserable, but as we all know, snipers can shoot a headshot from 800 miles away, and the success rate of Ah Wei's side is actually higher.
In view of this, the two sides looked at each other from afar, with sparks in their eyes, both waiting silently, gathering strength.
Of course, they are not the protagonists of the war.
"attack!"
Following Yelu Hongji's order from within the Liao Central Army, the vanguard army's 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry were all mobilized.
The horse's hooves are like a dragon, galloping forward.
The momentum was truly earth-shattering, as if dark clouds were pressing directly over me.
Even thousands of meters away, the ground began to tremble regularly and stones bounced.
"preparation!"
However, the city had already been prepared. Under You Shixiong's order, trebuchets had been prepared.
With an order, a hundred soldiers shouted to the wheel that rotated the base, and used rolling wood to roll the rounded stone weighing a hundred kilograms onto the leather sheath.
"hair!"
As he waved his hand, dozens of stone bullets roared into the air, arced through the air, and then smashed downwards.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
With an earth-shattering sound, half of the boulders were hitting the Liao cavalry in the front row.
Turn into minced meat.
"We must win! We must win!"
When the defenders saw it, they cheered thunderously and their morale was greatly boosted.
This is the advantage of skilled craftsmen.
The trebuchet is not a rare invention. The difficulty lies in increasing the range and improving accuracy.
There is really no way to improve the accuracy. They are all shot randomly after simple geometry. In terms of range, Huang Shang asked skilled craftsmen to modify it. Now it has been increased to two hundred and fifty steps, which is four hundred meters.
With the absolute range advantage and the standard round stones, even if they couldn't point where to hit, it was enough to make the Liao army cry and howl.
This is just the beginning.
On the city wall, cannon holes have been built, and dark iron pipes extend out.
flint cannon!
Gunpowder was only used on a large scale in warfare during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in the Song Dynasty, there was already preliminary use of firearms.
Under normal circumstances, the character ratio of this initial use is very low, not as good as other war instruments, but don't forget, there is a group of reincarnations entering the world now.
Even if the vast majority of people cannot be as inventive and masterful as the protagonist who traveled through time and space, as long as there are a few reincarnations on the research side, the improvement will be considerable.
Huang Shang was already half a time traveler, and the Feihu Army received a few more. Coupled with the original foundation of the Song Dynasty, various factors came together to achieve the current fuse ignition.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
When dozens of flint cannons roared together, like a thunder god, and the shells streaked across the sky and exploded in the cavalry square, the power shocked both the enemy and us into a daze.
They can accept falling rocks because they can see and touch them, but this kind of fire is like divine punishment, making people's limbs weak and unable to fight again.
No matter how brave the Khitan warriors were, they could not help but tremble with fear at this moment, almost thinking that it was a punishment from heaven and that God wanted them to perish.
Don't underestimate this psychological impact. In a confrontation involving cold weapons, once morale collapses, the outcome will inevitably be a crushing defeat.
"kill!"
Seizing this opportunity, the Song Dynasty side sounded the horn of attack, and the Jingsai Army roared like a frenzy, rushing towards the enemy with a force that shook the sky and the earth, with torrential rain and thunder.
This was not just a simple battle to defend the city. One hundred thousand elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty were stationed directly outside the city.
This kind of self-confidence once made Yelu Hongji sneer, but now the power of catapults and flint cannons made the Jingsai Army pierce the Liao cavalry as soon as they appeared, completely unstoppable. The following infantry armed with sabers were even more devastating.
Chase and kill all the way.
"retreat!"
Yelu Hongji's face darkened slightly and he gave the order immediately.
By the time the cavalry and infantry returned, the loss had reached nearly three thousand.
In just one hour, such casualties were serious. More importantly, the Liao army's vigor had been dampened and its morale had dropped significantly.
Seeing this, Yelu Hongji did not force the attack, but ordered the troops to withdraw and start setting up camp to keep an eye on Xingqing.
On the second day, the Liao army attacked again.
"Spread out! Spread out!"
This time, the Khitan cavalry already had a way to deal with the flint cannons. Under the mobilization of the generals, the cavalry with amazing riding skills scattered in all directions, effectively avoiding the flint cannons.
At the same time, they no longer showed off their power. Their main purpose was to cover the infantry and launch an attack on Xingqing with heavy siege equipment.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
When the generals of the Song Dynasty on top of the city roared loudly, the sky was suddenly filled with haze. It was the rain of arrows that blocked the light, but it still could not stop the flying Khitan warriors from approaching like lightning.
Finally, a hammer-door cart weighing more than a thousand kilograms, with the combined efforts of hundreds of soldiers, quickly pushed towards the city gate.
The tip of the big log was like a ferocious dragon's head, with teeth and claws spread out, filled with the aura of death, and it hit the huge gate of the Xixia King's City with a bang.
Under the continuous loud noises, the heavy city gate groaned, unable to stop the mountain-like impact.
But at this moment, huge swing arms fell from the city wall and hit the hammer gate cart with a bang.
At the same time, the sound of the strings of the divine arm bow sounded indiscriminately, and powerful crossbows shot out one after another, piercing into the bodies of the Liao soldiers, passing through the flesh and blood, and then diagonally inserted into the ground.
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However, the Liao Kingdom was also prepared. The moment the hammer gate carriage was scrapped, aerial ladders smashed towards the city head with ferocious force.
Each Khitan warrior held a sword in his mouth and struggled to climb with both hands, while the defenders on the top of the city shouted wildly and waved their killing swords.
Not long after the fighting started on the second day, the casualties were already extremely tragic.
The Liao army launched a fierce and death-defying attack, targeting both the city and the city. The Song army also did not flinch and faced the enemy head-on.
Flowers of ground meat bloomed on the battlefield, and life continued to fill in, seemingly endless.
In such a fierce battle, the fighting raged from morning until evening.
The big flag was fluttering in the wind. Listening to the killing cries in the distance, as the wind blew, the faces of the soldiers around Yelu Hongji were already very ugly. They even looked at the fighting ahead with fear, for fear that they would become the same.
one of them.
Since the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries have been at peace for decades. In terms of being without war for a long time, the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty are actually the same.
Therefore, Huang Shang was shocked in the past that the Song Dynasty claimed to have an army of one million, but actually only had 200,000 elite soldiers available. However, in fact, the Liao Kingdom also had a similar problem.
Otherwise, why could the Jin Kingdom be destroyed more than thirty years later?
Seeing that the morale around him was low, Yelu Hongji frowned and had to give the order to withdraw his troops.
But this time, it would not be so easy for the Liao army to retreat.
Among the Flying Tigers who were watching the battlefield closely, the Samsaras were refreshed, and Huang Shang's feet lifted off the ground.
It's time to show up!
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