Han Shizu

Chapter 930 The army is approaching the city, and it is difficult to stop returning to the division

On the second day of February in the 12th year of Qianyou, on this "two" day, after two days of marching, Wei Wang Fu Yanqing led an army of more than 80,000, and finally rushed to the city of Yunzhong.

At this time, the Liao army in Yunzhong, under the leadership of Yelu Talie, had already sharpened its troops and prepared them.Outside Yunzhong City, there was a piece of white land. The originally densely populated Liao army camps were basically burned to the ground, with smoke and fire everywhere, and there were still traces of fierce battles and the hoof marks of iron cavalry.

After Yang Ye led the army, followed Shi Yanchao to the north, and got in touch with Fu Yanqing in the rear, Kang Yanze was ordered to lead the remaining [-] Dingxiang troops to continue to advance towards Yunzhong City as an outpost for the army.

However, after arriving at the city for the first time, Yelu Talie immediately sent ten thousand riders out of the city, intending to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Han army and carry out a surprise attack.Speaking of it, Yelu Talie and Dingxiang Army are old rivals. As the absolute main force in the Hebei Expedition to the Han Army, Dingxiang Army has a great reputation. on its body.

In dealing with the enemy's cavalry attack, the Dingxiang Army, both generals and soldiers, has enough experience.Although thousands of cavalry from the Liao army came to attack, they did not panic. Under Kang Yanze's effective command, they fought in formation and killed the Liao army.

However, what I did not expect was the determination of the Liao army to attack this time. The Liao army who stayed in the cloud, under the leadership of Yelu Talie, had a more or less desperate temperament, which was reflected on the battlefield. Considerable.From the very beginning, Yelu Talie gave the order to die, and when he came up, he was besieged from three sides.

When the horse's momentum is restrained, that is to say, dismount and fight, and there will be no retreat.Facing the crazy culling of the Liao army, although it caused a lot of casualties, the casualties of the Dingxiang army will inevitably increase, and there is a feeling of surprise.

The Liao army wanted to trade their lives for their lives, but Kang Yanze didn't want to fight head-on, so he chose to retreat while fighting, and moved to the Liao army's camp outside the city, hoping to use the barracks to curb the mobility of the Liao cavalry.

However, this choice was right in the Liao army's plan. In those camps, hay was piled up everywhere and grease was sprinkled everywhere, and Yelu Talie secretly buried the dead in it.When the Han army retreated into it, it was ignited immediately, and the fire quickly engulfed the camp. This immediately put the Han army in an embarrassing situation.

Kang Yanze was a decisive Han general. Although he was annoyed by his negligence, he remained calm in the face of chaos and quickly organized two battalions of elite soldiers to launch an assault on the Liao army.

The fire surrounded the Han army, which also deterred the Liao cavalry. They did not dare to get too close to fight, and only shot with bows and arrows.Seizing this opportunity, Kang Yanze personally led the people out to clear an open space, and the Han army behind followed closely.

Of course, during this process, the Dingxiang Army suffered great casualties.Afterwards, under the leadership of Kang Yanze, the Dingxiang Army, backed by raging fire, formed an formation again to resist twice the attack of the Liao army. The Dingxiang Army trained by Yang and Kang also showed great resilience. Armed with crossbows, hard shields, spears, and broadswords, they firmly blocked them.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than two hours, and both paid great casualties. Because the Han army was designed by the Liao army, although Kang Yanze forcibly won some space, they were always on the passive side.Although the Liao army was well-prepared and urged by military orders, in the face of the Han army resisting the tortoise array, the tactics of detours, outflanking, and division were all useless.

In the end, he was gradually dragged into the exhaustion of positional warfare, and finally learned that Fu Yanqing's central army was approaching and reinforcements were coming, Yelu Talie resolutely chose to give up the attack and ordered to retreat to the city.

Yelv Talie was a scheming man, able to gather the hearts of the troops, and also understood military strategies.The reason why he designed these was not to cause too many casualties to the Han army, but to damage the morale of the Han army and at the same time enhance the confidence of the soldiers under his command.

When it was discovered that the two parties had entered the state of exchanging sons, they gave up decisively, and the time when they really wanted to change their lives was far from coming.Although the Liao army is not good at attacking and defending in city battles, that is only relative to field battles. With solid city defenses as the backing and strict command, how much can its combat ability be weakened?
The Liao army voluntarily gave up the attack, which made Kang Yanze heave a sigh of relief. He quickly took the rest of the army and retreated southward, joined the corresponding Han army, and stationed there, waiting for the army of King Wei.

Therefore, when Fu Yanqing led the army to arrive, he couldn't help frowning as he saw the smoke and anger ahead.Although it was known that most of the Liao army had withdrawn, Fu Yanqing did not go close to the city of Yunzhong out of a sense of stability and exhaustion from marching. Instead, he chose to build a village near the water near a hillock seven miles away.

The commander-in-chief was standing, and Kang Yanze came to ask to see him. When he saw Fu Yanqing, he bowed down on one knee, with a look of shame on his face: "The last general is not effective in fighting, please punish the king of Wei!"

Fu Yanqing also knew something about the situation of the war. Fu Yanqing still admired the chief and deputy envoys at Yanmen Pass. He glanced at Kang Yanze, paused at the bandage on his body, and asked directly, "How many people have you lost?"

"Nearly a thousand casualties!" Kang Yanze said in a heavy tone, blaming himself endlessly: "If it wasn't for the negligence of the last general and the mishandling of the enemy, it would definitely not be like this!"

Fu Yanqing also sighed. The casualties of a thousand people are nothing compared to a battlefield where there are hundreds of thousands of casualties.However, as far as the Dingxiang army was concerned, it was not a small trauma. You must know that since the Northern Expedition, it has fought fiercely with the Liao army in the Yunshuo area for so long, and has also experienced several fierce battles. I died.

"You don't have to blame yourself. I know what happened in the battle. If it were me, I might have made the same choice. The command of the Liao army is very cunning, and they have made a lot of preparations to deal with our army. With so much thought and planning, it is not easy for you to be calm and courageous in times of crisis, save soldiers from danger, and avoid more losses!" Fu Yanqing has rich experience in the battlefield, and with an understanding attitude, slowly Come on.

Hearing this, Kang Yanze was greatly moved, bowed his head and bowed again.Then he said: "Although most of the Liao army retreated, they still left a lot of soldiers and horses in the clouds. Although the specific strength of their troops is unknown, the general estimates that it is at least [-]. Moreover, they sent all the soldiers and civilians in the city After moving out, the general questioned, and all the young and strong people in the cloud were forcibly moved to the north, leaving about [-] old and weak women and children, who were abandoned in the original Liao camp, and there were many casualties in the fire."

In terms of casualties, they were still those old and weak women and children. On the cruel battlefield, they were like duckweed, either drifting away or being crushed.

Hearing his words, Fu Yanqing frowned immediately, and he had a strange feeling from the series of movements of the Liao army around the cloud.After recovering, Fu Yanqing asked again: "Where are Shi Yanchao and Yang Ye? Any news?"

Hearing this, Kang Yanze shook his head, and said solemnly: "There is no military report yet!"

Fu Yanqing immediately restrained her face and said solemnly: "Send people to the north to explore, and we must find out their situation!"

"This Shi Yanchao, who asked him to go after him alone!" Fu Yanqing took a deep breath, a little angry: "The Liao army fled, obviously well prepared, how can we easily chase and annihilate him! Elite to take risks and accomplish his achievements?"

Seeing that Fu Yanqing was angry, several Han generals present did not dare to answer.It was Fu Yanqing who calmed down quickly and ordered: "Send out all the cavalry, and I must bring Shi and Yang's troops back to me!"

"Yes!"

"Also, keep an eye on Yunzhong City and investigate the enemy's situation in depth!"

"Yes!"

When Fu Yanqing was annoyed by Shi Yanchao's chasing army and sent troops to support him again, Shi Yanchao, who pursued aggressively, unexpectedly got into trouble.

In the early days, taking advantage of dawn, he led his army to advance quickly, following the traces of the Liao army brigade along the road, and chased after them.It was almost a thoroughfare, and in the evening, they chased to the Jiaoshan area south of the Great Wall.

Where, at last, a part of the Liao army was bitten. Apart from the Liao cavalry in the back of the palace, there were some Hu Han Qingzhuang and ordinary people who walked slower.Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Yanchao attacked and killed them.

As the sky was getting dark, Shi Yanchao originally didn't want to continue going north, but wanted to rest on the spot.However, from the mouth of the captives, it was learned that not far ahead was the location of Luanjia, Emperor Liao.

Upon receiving this news, Shi Yanchao was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and immediately ordered to continue the pursuit.Of course, Shi Yanchao is not completely brainless, he doesn't think about anything.

He has thought about it. The Liao army retreating north has a lot of baggage and miscellaneous soldiers, and it has a lot of burdens. Through this area, the speed of marching is even more restricted.There may be a lot of troops in the back of the Liao army, but under this environment, it is difficult to deploy, and coupled with his eagerness to return to the north, it is not difficult to pursue.Most importantly, the Luan of Emperor Liao is behind, which is too attractive.

Therefore, regardless of Kang Zaiyu's dissuasion, Shi Yanchao forcibly led his men through Jiaoshan, broke the blockade of the Liao army at the entrance of the Great Wall at night, and pursued in depth.Along the way, he has gained a lot.

However, the pursuit of his soldiers and horses, of course, was passed to the ears of Emperor Liao early, and after some discussions, he immediately judged his intentions.So Yelu Wuzhi personally arranged to set up an ambush in a valley at the north entrance of the Great Wall, and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Although Shi Yanchao had used his brains, he had overlooked too many things. The Liao army in the rear was an elite army, and they were not weak in battle.In addition, for the pursuit of the Han army, the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom had long been prepared to deal with it, and the easy and smooth pursuit and annihilation process along the way further reduced Shi Yanchao's wariness.

Therefore, when the Liao army's ambushes came out, even the elite Han army soldiers would inevitably fall into chaos.Even if Shi Yanchao and Kang Zaiyu reacted quickly and gathered their troops to resist, they could not avoid being caught in a pincer attack from front to back and surrounded by enemies on all sides.

What is even more dangerous is that the Han army was cut into two sections, and the head and tail could not look at each other at all, which made the battlefield form a situation of being cut and surrounded.Poor generals and soldiers of the Han army, who went northward for more than [-] miles, walked the mountains, crossed the Great Wall, and were exhausted mentally and physically. produced in large quantities.
(End of this chapter)