Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 242
The sound of rumbling horseshoes can be clearly heard several miles away, and on the west road, a large number of flags are moving quickly northward in the fields.

Looking from a distance, Shi Congyun could only see the flags among the fields and woods, and he could also deduce the situation, the position and number of troops from the flags.

In the establishment, one hundred people make up a capital, and every one has a flag, 500 people make up a battalion, a battalion has a battalion flag, and five battalions make up an army. banner.

According to the number, style, and color of the flags, the commander of the Chinese army can judge the number of troops, their location, and who the generals are from a long distance away. Otherwise, they will not be able to see clearly on the chaotic battlefield.

The long dragon composed of a large number of flags went north along the west road, while Shao Ji's east reserve team was much more obvious, not far away, and could be seen clearly. The famous flags of Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao were in front, and a large number of cavalry Wearing armor, billowing in the sky and dust, he is quickly crossing the field on the right wing of the formation, heading north.

On the front, Wang Quanbin and Wang Zhong have commanded the last four formations to turn into circular formations, slowly advancing across the open space between the four formations.

Liao soldiers also began to realize that the situation was not right. More and more people began to run northward, and like an infection, it quickly spread and gradually evolved into a large-scale northward rout.

However, there are still many who insist on fighting. The Liao generals equipped with full body armor roared in the crowd angrily. After killing several deserters one after another, they stabilized the situation a little. Slowly reassembled outside Zhou Jun's forward position, slowly gathering a huge team of thousands of people, and seemed to be counterattacking.

At this time, the sun had already begun to slant to the west, and the battle had been going on for half a day after the frontal contact. Both the front four formations and the Liao army suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted, but the Zhou army's rear four formations suffered the least losses, and they received much less attack. Physical exertion is also small.

When this new force pushed forward from the rear to supplement, the four front formations with heavy losses received support, and the morale of the Liao army, which had suffered setbacks in the attack at Yijin Pass, was not high, and was severely killed. The army soldiers began to hesitate.

Shi Congyun watched from a distance, and when he saw the changes and chaos in front of the Liao army in the north, he knew that their morale was almost reaching its limit.

The slowly organized Liao army launched another large-scale counterattack from a hundred steps away from the Zhou army's forward position, but this time it was obviously different from the beginning. There were many vacancies, and the sound of horseshoes was not as tight as it was at the beginning. There were still many, but sparse and loose. Their overall speed was also a lot slower, because after fighting for a long time, the horses couldn't move anymore, so their speed was naturally slow.

Many officers of the Liao army behind were running around anxiously with flags. Shi Congyun couldn't hear what they said, even if he heard it, he couldn't understand what they said, but just by looking at it, they should be cursing and threatening Soldiers are not allowed to retreat.

But these were useless, the Liao army was exhausted, and the heavy casualties were unable to organize a decent attack. They were hit by more than a dozen rockets as soon as they got close. The flames flickered and the explosions sounded like thunder. frightened steed.

It immediately made the already loose and weak formation worse.

The so-called no more than three arrows before the battle means that the speed of the horse is extremely fast, and it has already rushed to the front in time to draw the bow three times at most, but the horse is tired and frightened, and the Liao army's counterattack army moves slowly, giving the Zhou army many opportunities.

Zhou Jun's bows and crossbows were fired at the front, and a large number of Liao troops fell before they reached the battle. When they rushed to the front with their eyes closed, their horses could not run, and they had no intention of charging at all.

The Zhou army in the front line piled up a large number of corpses in front of the formation, and the heavy infantry completely withstood the impact with their spears, without relying on heavy military vehicles.

Afterwards, the Zhou army in the last four formations also rushed to the front line, and strangled a large number of Liao troops in the gaps between the positions. After a fierce battle for a long time, many exhausted Liao horses could not run at all at this time, and many Liao soldiers could not run. The soldiers were dragged off their horses by howling.
As the new force of the Zhou army in the rear continued to advance, a large number of horses and soldiers in the Liao Kingdom were stabbed by the spears of the Zhou army in the front row, chopped down by knives and axes, and then crushed and trampled into meat by the soldiers who passed over one after another. The smell of blood became stronger and stronger. .

The soldiers of the Liao army at the back finally couldn't hold on anymore and turned around and ran back. Many generals of the Liao army followed behind and cut down a few deserters and realized that something was wrong. Bei left the battlefield, but it was too late
Shi Congyun had already seen from a distance that the banners of Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao turned back to the north of the main army, and reached a position about one mile in front of the main formation, engulfed in a large amount of sand and dust, like a long dragon rolling on the ground, rampaging, piercing to the west and cutting off directly. The retreat of the Liao army was blocked.

At this point in the war, the wise commander should order the withdrawal of troops, and at the same time send a reserve force to support and protect, so as to prevent the main force on his side from being encircled and wiped out, Shi Congyun thought to himself.

The fact is also true. As the Liao army began to collapse and flee, the shouting and killing became much quieter. Shi Congyun looked from a distance, and the Liao army flags in the north began to move slowly. The banner of the emperor of the country.

He also vaguely heard the desolate horn of the Liao army, probably a signal to retreat.

But it's too late!

The main force of the Liao army has been encircled, and Shi Congyun concluded that the Liao state will not be able to send a reserve team to rescue.

Because their big flags started to move, which meant that the father had already led five thousand cavalrymen of the Jiejun Army towards the face of the emperor of Liao. Otherwise, the banner in the north would not move, and the emperor was in danger, so he still had the ability to send troops to rescue the front.

The soldiers around him were very excited. They are also elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles. Seeing this situation, they understand that the overall situation is basically settled.

In the distance, Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao's army intercepted the defeated Liao army in the north, and then circled westward to form a huge encirclement, driving the defeated Liao army to the south and east.

In the back, the Zhou army disarmed the military vehicles in a large formation, formed a square formation and slowly pressed up.

A large number of unorganized and undisciplined Liao troops were like headless flies, and a large number of black troops ran around in the vast fields and woods for several miles, just looking for a place to escape without being blocked by the Zhou army.

Zhou Jun's large formation was on their southwest side, and after spreading out, it gradually developed westward, completely blocking the west side, Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao detoured to the north to cut off the retreat, leaving only the south and east sides to escape.

Shi Congyun watched from a high ground from a distance, and he could see clearly what was going on from the perspective of God, but there was no leader in it, and the completely chaotic Liao army did not know the overall situation of the battle. They were only in a vast area with a radius of several miles. In order to escape the siege of the Zhou army, they ran around everywhere, and turned back immediately when they encountered most of the Zhou army.

Little did they know that their survival instinct was being used by Shi Congyun, and Zhou Jun was driving them in the direction Shi Congyun wanted like cattle and sheep.

At this point in the battle, Shi Congyun finally dared to put on a pretense that everything was under control, and said very forcefully: "At this time, the commander of the Liao army should come up with a reserve team to save people, but it's a pity that as early as this Handsome as expected.

Although the commander-in-chief couldn't see it, Dad's army had already moved towards the right wing of their central army from the east road, and the Liao bandits had no chance. "

"The commander-in-chief has a brilliant plan! A hundred battles are victorious!" the soldiers said excitedly.

"How can a Khitan dog thief be a handsome opponent?"

The literate said directly: "The commander-in-chief is alive in vain, and Han Xin is reincarnated."

"What is Bai Qi Han Xin, how can he be the opponent of the handsome!"

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Shi Congyun felt a little flustered by the enthusiastic flattery of the crowd. He felt that this bully had to be played to the end, and immediately waved his hand: "Beat the drums and march forward! The commander himself will sit in charge."

The soldiers on the high platform in the rear got the order, excitedly played the order flag, the drummers in this formation began to beat the drums to give the order, and then the Chinese army commander's flag began to move forward slowly with Shi Congyun.

The drums were beating to cheer, and the handsome flag was marching forward. Everyone saw it, and the morale of the whole army rose to a higher level.

After the first four teams of the original Zhou army were replaced by the last four teams, Wang Quanbin was exhausted due to their heavy casualties, so he asked them to rest in place as a backup.

As a result, seeing the commander-in-chief marching forward, the commander-in-chief personally went to the front line of the position, the morale was greatly shaken, and the soldiers called for battle one after another.

Shi Congyun rode on his horse, wearing two layers of armor, and under the guard of many personal soldiers, the army marched forward with great momentum. The huge handsome flag moved forward with him under the protection of many flags, and the momentum of the Zhou army suddenly appeared. Ruhong rushed forward screaming.

Seeing the movement of the Chinese army, Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao, who had already made a detour to the north, also marched south and began to compress the besieged Liao army.

A large number of soldiers of the Liao army were constantly compressed in space, shot and killed one after another along the way, and their bodies were spread all over the ground.

Then Shi Congyun issued two more orders. First, order Si Chao, Wang Huan, and Luo Yanhuan on the east side of Xiaoniu Creek to cross the river and attack the Liao army from the east.

However, he had just issued the order, and before the messengers were dispatched, someone came to report to him from the east. Si Chao found that the Liao army was in chaos, so he took the opportunity to cross Xiaoniuxi and repelled the Liao army defending by the river. , is attacking westward, flanking the Liao army from the east, and sending someone to report to him.

Because Shi Congyun's order to Si Chao and others was to wait for the opportunity and act according to the situation. He did not expect that their subjective initiative was so strong and their judgment of the situation was very accurate.

Shi Congyun was very happy. It was peace of mind to fight with generals who knew how to fight. He also asked the messengers to tell Si Chao to encircle them from the east after crossing the river to prevent the Liao army from fleeing to the east. Together with the main force, they want to encircle and wipe out the trapped Liao army.

Then he issued a second order to kill all Liao soldiers!Those who want to surrender can be asked to surrender first to reduce the pressure of the encirclement, but kill as much as possible and leave no one behind.

Shi Congyun already knew in his heart that even after surrendering, he was not prepared to survive. At this time, the Liao army in the north was being pursued by his father Shi Yanchao, and the exhausted main force of the Liao army was surrounded by them.

Shi Congyun looked at the fields in the distance, and there were densely packed Zhou army infantry everywhere. Part of the cavalry of his father Shi Yanchao had already occupied the Liao army camp in the north, and there were scattered remnants of the Liao army everywhere in the north. They were considered to have successfully escaped. Oh my god, Shi Congyun didn't pay attention to the kung fu of their stragglers.

Father Shi Yanchao's main cavalry had already pursued further north, and a large number of cavalry from the Longjie Army formed a group of hundreds of cavalry, and they were chasing north across the Liao army camp from the field roads on both sides, following the Lin Li flags.

This time, Shi Congyun is not afraid that his father will go deep alone like Xinkou, because there are still Zhao Kuangyin's ambushes in the direction of Gu'an, and the main force of the Liao Kingdom has been besieged by them. There should be only some followers of the Liao Emperor in the north of the Liao Army. And ministers and generals.

But Shi Congyun didn't care, if he could catch up, he would catch up. It was his father's great achievement to catch the high-ranking officials and emperors.

If you save people and lose land, everyone and land will survive; if you save land and lose people, you will lose everyone and land.He never believed in the history of heroes. At this time, the Liao Kingdom is a country with a strong comprehensive national strength, and it is still in the rising stage. If it has not reached the bottleneck, even if it kills its emperor, can anything be changed?

Shi Congyun thinks it can't. Its strong national power is still there, people's hearts are still cohesive, another emperor will still have strength, and maybe a new emperor will be better than the current emperor.

On the contrary, those who destroy them are the fundamental blows to the national strength of Liao.

The large fields and woods that were the main battlefield were already piled up with corpses and rivers of blood, and there were gunpowder smoke, stumps, armor, and broken flags everywhere.

Looking around, there are a large number of corpses that can't be seen, and no one can see that this place used to be a large summer green wheat field. This year, the people nearby may be miserable.

The sun had already begun to set, and the smell of blood in the wind could not be suppressed, but after a day of baptism, Shi Congyun's nose was already used to it.

I don't know how many corpses will be lying here today. He didn't count, but there must be many. The soldiers pursued and stepped forward on the pile of corpses. The disorganized Liao army was constantly compressed and shot.

As the encirclement gradually narrowed, the soldiers of all parties could already see each other's flags, knowing that the friendly forces were fighting side by side, their morale was higher, they shouted to kill, and moved forward.

The huge encirclement gradually becomes clear as the space shrinks. To the south is Shi Congyun's Central Army. The general leads the troops himself, and the Crane Control Army and Shenhuo are composed.

To the east is the Eastern Army of Si Chao, Wang Huan, and Luo Yanhuan from Yukou Pass and Duliu Town, which is composed of the Crane Control Army and the Yulang Army Water Army.

To the north was the cavalry led by Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao, encircled and compressed on three sides, forcing the remnants of the Liao army to the lower layers of Yijin Pass to encircle. The defenders of the organization.

The reason why we say remnant soldiers is because at this time the Liao army has been separated from their command headquarters, which is being chased northward by their father Shi Yanchao, and the Liao army is completely disorganized and unorganized.

But the number of these remnants is not a lot, and the densely packed Liao army still has close to [-] people at this time.

The Zhou army on three sides shot and killed with bows and crossbows, and the densely packed Liao army was trapped under the city wall of Yijinguan. Rockets and crossbow bolts were fired from the pile, and the tragic massacre began.

The Liao army also tried to counterattack, but the unorganized and undisciplined counterattack had a strict formation. The Zhou army surrounded by layers was completely ineffective and was quickly wiped out.

There were also Liao troops who tried to surrender, shouting in the language of the Khitan people, and even sent Han soldiers to shout, but Shi Congyun's order had already been issued, and no one showed mercy.

A large number of arrows and rolling logs and rocks from the top of the city were shot down the city, and the Liao army quickly reduced its personnel amidst screams and wailing.

For the first time, Shi Congyun felt that he might be the biggest butcher of this era, but he didn't care, he still wanted to kill.

Liao State is different from Shu State, Southern Han Dynasty, Southern Tang Dynasty, Northern Han Dynasty and other countries.

One is strength, and the other is recognition of China.

The opponent is a powerful enemy, and only annihilation battle is an effective strike.

He was able to send back Southern Tang soldiers, Shu soldiers, etc., because Shi Congyun knew that releasing them back to these countries would not be enough to threaten Da Zhou, but would promote his benevolence and prestige.

But the Liao State is different. The Liao State will not dare to go south to the Central Plains because of such a defeat. Back then, Yelu Deguang had almost wiped out his [-] troops. Looted countless people in Henan and Hebei.

Moreover, after such a big defeat, countries such as the Shu Kingdom, Southern Han Dynasty, and Northern Han Dynasty could almost perish. Even if the Southern Tang Dynasty did not perish, they would lose half of their country.

But Liao will not, at most it will not dare to send troops at will within ten years.

Shi Congyun is actually a utilitarian, not a moralist. His morality is for utilitarianism. If there is no threat and he can promote his reputation and show his benevolence, he is willing to let people live.

But if benevolence, righteousness and morality cannot be shown to the people, so that the people will agree with them, and the opponent is a huge threat, and he is more willing to eliminate the living forces and reduce the strength of the enemy, then kill them all!
For a big country like the Liao Kingdom, it is impossible for them to appreciate the disintegration of the country by releasing prisoners of war, so Shi Congyun thought about it from the beginning, killing as many as possible, hitting their strength, reducing his national strength, and letting them fear fear.

The siege lasted for several hours, until the sky was getting dark, blood flowed into rivers under the city of Yijinguan, corpses were piled up like mountains, and the mountains of corpses piled up were several meters high, Shi Congyun tried his best to look at all this calmly, and ignored them crying Shout and beg around.

He comforted himself in his heart that today the main force of the Liao Kingdom must be destroyed here, and they will not be able to go south within ten years, and he will have time to clean up the south, dominate the world, and fight against the north. The Liao Kingdom is nothing to worry about, and all kinds of tragedies in the future can be avoided. He is saving people, saving thousands of people.
In this way, the sense of guilt in his heart will be reduced a lot.

At night, the surrounding troops lit torches. The smell of blood and the tragic scene made many recruits vomit on the spot. At this time, there were only hundreds of people in the city still on the pile of corpses. They completely gave up struggling and sat there numb and waiting to die.

Shi Congyun ordered people to come forward, pick out 81 people who could speak Chinese, and pick out the youngest 20 people, a total of [-] people, give them food, water and horses, and let them go back.

And ordered all the rest to be executed.

When they were brought to face Shi Congyun, the one hundred and one people were so frightened that their hands and feet trembled, they prostrated themselves on the ground and knelt down, and some shouted in Chinese, begging for his life to be spared.

Shi Congyun ignored it, but slowed down his speech to let them understand what he said, and said loudly: "Don't worry, I won't kill you.

You go back and tell your compatriots what happened here, tell your officials and the emperor; tell them, I, Shi Congyun, said that if they dare to go south in the future, they will end up like this today. "

After finishing speaking, he said to the soldiers beside him: "Send a group of people and send them back to Youzhou. Don't let them die."

(End of this chapter)