Han Shizu

Chapter 1276 Bloody Battle in Jinzhou

"How's the situation in Shangjing?" Yelu Xiezhen asked about the situation in the north.In any case, the Liao Kingdom is a dynasty on the grasslands. The Liaodong region is certainly important, but the desert north and south is still its foundation, and there is no room for major mistakes.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Siwen's expression relaxed a little, and he reported: "After the establishment of the contraction strategy, most of the people in the south of the desert have moved northward to avoid the edge of the Han army. Although there were many losses in the process of retreating northward, they retained Most of the forces. Now, all the defenses and passes on the front line of Yinshan have been abandoned, and Han Kuangmei is leading the army to entangle with Han Shanyang's army in Monan.

However, as long as the Han army does not go out in a big way, it will be difficult to hurt the foundation of Daliao.Han Derang believed that the soldiers and horses of the Han army in the middle and west routes were only biased, feigning an attack to draw in the troops of the Daliao, and it was not a worry in the heart, and it was nothing to be afraid of.

He set up a plan for His Majesty, if he dared to go deep into the north, he would concentrate his strength and seek to annihilate him. After all, the north of the Great Wall is our Daliao grassland, and the rampant Han army cannot be tolerated! "

Xiao Siwen spoke resoundingly, Yelu Xiezhen nodded and said affirmatively: "Han De made this plan feasible! If it works, annihilating one of his troops can cut off one of his fingers, and it will also help alleviate the difficulties faced in the overall situation!"

"Your Majesty asked me to tell the King that I don't want to continue to send more troops to Liaodong in the short term. We can only rely on the King and the soldiers here for the time being. Once we make achievements in the capital, we can rest assured to come to the east to support!" Xiao Siwen road.

Regarding this, Yelu Xiezhen also guessed that Liaodong's troops were insufficient. He didn't ask for help, but Shangjing sent troops over on his own initiative.

Falling into deep thought, Yelu Xiezhen frowned, a little hesitation flashed across his expression, he raised his head for a long time, as if making up his mind, and said to Xiao Siwen: "Our army is good at attacking but not good at defending. We are fighting in long field and short city. Defeat, weak morale, blindly defending, even with Jinzhou's solidity, Chen and Yao as screens, it is difficult to guarantee loss. If you want to break the situation and reverse the crisis, you need to take the initiative to adopt strategies!"

"Your Majesty has a strategy to defeat the enemy?" Xiao Siwen asked with a boost of energy.

Standing upright in front of the map, Yelu Xiezhen stared fixedly at Liaonan, and his eyes were almost locked on Chen and Yaozhou, two hundred miles away.

"Is Yelu Hai still kneeling outside?" Yelu Xiezhen asked suddenly.

"Yes!"

"Let him in!" Yelu Xiezhen said coldly.

Soon, Yelu Hai went in dejectedly, saw Yelu Xiezhen who was sitting in the hall, and knelt down again, probably because he had been kneeling outside for a long time, his legs couldn't help shaking when he bent his knees.

"Please punish the king!"

Yelu Xiezhen stared at him blankly for a while, then sighed: "The defeat in Suzhou, the loss in Liaonan is also due to my inappropriate arrangements, strategy week, get up!"

"Your Majesty, this is due to the ineffectiveness of the last general!" Seeing Yelu Xiezhen taking the initiative to take the blame, Yelu Hai was moved and admired, excitedly said.

Looking at him, Yelu Xiezhen said directly: "Although you lost Suzhou, your decision to abandon Ningzhou and Fuzhou is a good one. You saved some strength and bought more time for Chen and Yao to prepare!"

Yelu Hai was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yelu Xiezhen, looked at him, and said in a deep voice, "I'll give you one more chance, and give you the defense of Chen and Yao. Do you still dare to accept the order to resist the enemy?"

Hearing this, Yeluhai did not hesitate at all, held his head high, and said resolutely: "Thank you, Your Majesty! The end will be a battle to the death. If the city is alive, the city will be destroyed!"

Nodding his head, Yelu Xiezhen said: "I will supply you with another five thousand infantry from Liaoyang, and I will give you twenty chariots and thirty bed crossbows! If the Han army comes to attack, Chenzhou will defend it for five days. When the sun is full, give up!"

Yeluhai immediately said: "Your Majesty, I will live and die with Chenzhou!"

"No need!" Yelu Xiezhen waved his big hand and said solemnly: "If you are going to die, you will die in Yaozhou and Yanyuan. If you lose Yanyuan City, you don't have to come back!"

"Command of the last general!"

Chenzhou and Yaozhou, one south and one north, block the pass from the peninsula to the Liaohe Plain at the same time. A direct attack from the army and navy.

Yeluhai took the order and left with a will to die. Everyone could feel his decisive momentum. Xiao Siwen couldn't help sighing: "Your Majesty employs people like this, how can Yeluhai not fight to the death?"

Yelu Xiezhen's serious expression eased down, and he said with emotion: "Yeluhai is a mighty general, generous and generous. During the Western Expedition, he was born and died with me. He suffered repeated fierce battles. He is not entirely responsible for the loss of Liaonan. If he takes the opportunity to avenge his shame, he will definitely do it with all his strength!"

"Your Majesty intends to plan to attack the enemy from the south?" Xiao Siwen asked after considering Yelu Xiezhen's arrangement.

Yelu Xiezhen's face was calm, but his eyes became more serious, and he said: "Then it depends on whether the Han army will show its weakness!"

The sight turned to Jinzhou in the northwest of Liaodong Bay. After the summer rain, they only rested for two days. Under the camp order, batch after batch of Han troops launched a new round of attack on Jinzhou City.

On the Liao side, it is obvious that there is an idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace. In the past ten years, great efforts have been made to defend the city of Jinzhou. Rely on the city.

At the same time, it also weakened the power of long-range strike weapons such as thunderbolt guns to a certain extent, and there were also a large number of heavy weapons such as throwing cars and giant crossbows on the wide city walls of Jinzhou.

After so many years, the Liao army has also learned a lesson and made progress. Naturally, they have also studied and used these weapons of the Han army.On the basis of absorbing the technology of Han craftsmen, they also obtained a lot of advanced technology from the Western Regions. In terms of weapons and equipment, there was no generational difference between the Liao army and the Han army.

The Liao Kingdom also built a lot of counterweight thunderbolt guns for the Han army, and a large amount of fierce fire oil was also obtained from the Western Regions.It has to be said that the westward expedition of the Liao army has significantly improved the Liao state in all aspects.

Therefore, when fighting Jinzhou, the generals of the Han army discovered that it is difficult to occupy an absolute advantage in attacking the city like the first Northern Expedition, and break through the city quickly by surprise.

However, there is no absolute advantage, and it does not mean that the advantage does not exist. After so many years of development, the Han army does not rely solely on the superiority of ordnance to fight. In wars, especially cold weapons, the final victory or defeat also depends on the people. in hard power.

In terms of hard power, the big man will always have enough courage, but when the Liao army has countermeasures, it is more difficult to attack and the price needs to be paid.Fighting consumption, the big man has never been afraid of anyone, and the generals are also mentally prepared for this.

After recognizing the situation clearly, Zhao Kuangyin changed his previous meek rhythm to act vigorously and vigorously. With strict military orders, he supervised the soldiers to launch rounds of fierce attacks on Jinzhou City.

The Han army used the mature siege tactics in the past and continued to attack with the help of various ordnance.On the city, there were also a large amount of kerosene, flying stones, and crossbow bolts shot out, causing casualties to the siege soldiers below the city.

The ditches outside the city had been filled long ago, and five heavy and towering ladders approached the top of Jinzhou City again, passing through the straight boards, and groups of Han soldiers ran up the city with shields.

However, the distance of two feet wide is like a road to death. There are bows and crossbows in the distance and spears in the distance. Crossbow gun manslaughter.

But to pass through this abyss and dangerous journey, the Han army will need to pay huge casualties. Even if they reach the top of the city, there will be city soldiers arranged by General Yeluxiu of the Liao Dynasty.

These days, the Han army has caused huge casualties to the Liao army defending the city, but its own damage is also not small, basically twice as much as that of the defenders.The siege was very difficult, and the soldiers who participated in the siege disappeared in an organized manner.

Over the years, the siege operation has never been so difficult.Of course, no matter how difficult it was, it did not shake Zhao Kuangyin's determination to persist in attacking.

Taking down Jinzhou means that the door to Liaoyang is open, and the whole battle situation will be changed and a breakthrough will be made.

Up and down Jinzhou City, the sound of killing was loud, the arrows were densely covered, and there were explosions from time to time. At that time, the Han army used gunpowder to make the movement.The blood is filled with blood, the blood of the soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense has already dyed the city wall red, the smoke is burning, the swords and swords are irritating everyone's nerves, and as the fighting progresses, human life is already worthless, and death becomes more ordinary
With a series of dull sounds, the heavy gate of Jinzhou City was opened, and a Liao army cavalry rushed out.In this regard, the Han army had been prepared for a long time, and Ma Renyu, the commander in charge of the siege, immediately ordered to adjust the formation of the Han army under the city to protect the heavy equipment for the siege.

In terms of threats to the city, it must be a ladder that can send soldiers to the top of the city. Brother Yeluxiu is also well aware of this. In the previous battles, Brother Yeluxiu had successfully attacked and burned several of them.

After the Han army was prepared, it would be difficult for the Liao army to achieve their goals.This time, only [-] Liao cavalry came out of the city, obviously dead soldiers, after they left the city, the city gate was closed.

Knowing that they must die, these attacking Liao cavalry were obviously extremely crazy. They rushed desperately, and some of them even had fire oil cans hanging on their bodies, wanting to burn jade and stone together.

However, this kind of desperation seemed a little powerless in front of the Han army's formation, and it also fulfilled their death will, and all the Liao cavalry who left the city were wiped out.

However, their death was not useless. While strangling them, the blow from the city caused the Han army to pay a lot of casualties, and it also affected the siege soldiers to climb the stairs to the city.
When the Liao army used this method to delay the Han army's offensive, it is conceivable that the pressure on the Liao army on the city was definitely not small.You know, at the beginning of the siege, the daily casualties of the Jinzhou defenders were only about 300 people.

As the sun sets, the setting sun seems to be dyed red by the blood of Jinzhou City, and the sound of gold ringing is also heard. The Liao army still defends the city wall. The attacking Han army retreats, and the ladder moves back slowly. They went down and returned to the camp one after another. On the city, there were still sporadic bows and arrows shot down.

The sea breeze in the evening is a little cool for the soldiers who have fought for a day, and the continuous sound of gold is so desolate.
(End of this chapter)