Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 527 Battle of Beikou ([-])

"I think we can't sit still and wait for death. We should take the initiative to attack and replace defense with offense."

"The Central Route Army has already encountered the enemy, and the Liao Kingdom cannot sit idly by. Unless they are fools, they will not sit back and watch the fall behind the mountain and ignore it. If there are no Liao soldiers in our direction, then we can go northeast and go straight to the Liao army's back. "

At the head of Juyongguan, the young Li Jilong kept admonishing the general Guo Jin: "Marshal, you must set up an ambush in the northeast, and the Liao army will definitely come."

Apart from Li Jilong and Guo Jin, Yang Jiye is also on the side.

Guo Jin is over fifty years old and is already a veteran, while Yang Jiye is in his prime and younger.

And the youngest is Li Jilong, the eldest son of the army coach Li Chuyun, who is only in his early twenties this year and full of vitality.

Although he repeatedly begged, Guo Jin did not dislike this young man, but liked him very much. It reminded him of himself who was full of energy when he was young, working hard, seeking opportunities, and eager to make contributions.

Probably because of the influence of being around the officials, Li Jilong, a young man, does not have the domineering and ignorant of the sufferings of the world. On the contrary, he is a young man who can endure hardships and has courage.

Probably, Li Chuyun put him under his command to avoid suspicion.

On the way to the north, this young man has always taken the lead and acted as a forward, which he admires very much.

Guo Jin did not immediately agree to his risky proposal: "The officials said that our priority is to defend Juyongguan, consolidate behind the mountain, and wait for the Chinese army to break through. Even if we want to march northeast, we must wait until the Chinese army's enemy situation is clear."

"But time waits for no one." Li Jilong was still a little unwilling: "If they get to the vicinity and find that Guancheng is not easy to fight, they may go to other places to go to the back of the mountain. Our passive defense cannot stop them."

"It is risky to take the initiative to attack. This is Jincheng Tangchi, which is as immovable as a mountain. It is impossible for them to take down Juyongguan."

"The Liao Kingdom thought the same way before, it's not that they were taken by us.
Commander, the subordinates still feel that they must take the initiative to attack and set up an ambush on the way for the Liao army to go south. The mountains in the northeast are steep and steep, which is a good place to set up an ambush. "

"What if the Liao army doesn't pass by you?" Guo Jin asked back.

This is indeed a question, and Li Jilong didn't know how to answer it.

In fact, Guo Jin did have the answer in his heart. In many cases, it was just a matter of choice. Sending troops to ambush would inevitably weaken the defense force.In case the Liao army does not go through the Guancheng, which is going straight to the emptiness, etc., many problems are risks.

But relatively, once it succeeds, the profit will be very large.

He understood Li Jilong's argument, and the officials had been emphasizing to them that it was necessary to fight a war of movement and annihilation. Why didn't he want to, but sticking to Juyongguan was related to the safety of the army's flanks. Taking the overall situation into consideration, he didn't dare to take too many risks.

At this time, Yang Jiye also said: "Commander, let our Hedong army go, we go to lay an ambush, and it will not affect the defense of Juyongguan."

Guo Jin looked at the wounded man in front of him, and he agreed with the Hedong Army in his heart, but he still told him, "The officials say that your bravery is well known in the world, but the lives of the soldiers in Hedong are much more important than the Liao Army. .”

After speaking, Guo Jin looked at the mountains to the north for a long time, hesitating in his heart, and remembered the glorious past of the Battle of Hedong, where he led the army to hold back the Liao army, and then even if the officials arrived, they wiped out the Liao army.
Finally, facing the young people who were full of longing, he thought, maybe we should really give them a chance to try, "You lead the east east army, and I will allocate two artillery battalions and two cavalry battalions for you, but if you find that the ambush position is wrong, or This side has already started fighting, so we must return to defense immediately, and don't be greedy for credit."

Li Jilong was overjoyed, and immediately said: "It's all up to the commander!"

"The so-called cooperation and victory by surprise, if you can achieve results, we will break through to the northeast and take the Liao army's side, which will be a great achievement, but we must not be dazed and paralyzed because of this." Guo Jin instructed.

Li Jilong and Yang Jiye said at the same time: "No!"

Guo Jin finally arranged, "Yang Jiye is the main general." He thinks that Yang Jiye is more mature and stable, and he is more familiar with the northern mountains.

Li Jilong did not refute and accepted this arrangement.

To the south of the north entrance, banners were everywhere, Yelu Xiezhen raised his head, the sun was shining in the sky, he stood behind his banner and hid for a while, and there were soldiers chatting and laughing in the distance.

Most of them wear hard leather armor soaked in oil and then exposed to the sun for a long time. They are the elite of the imperial guards of the Liao Kingdom.

Everyone is full of confidence. They have strong soldiers and horses, and there are many people. Looking at the lonely fortress of the Qin army on the slope, there is no reason why they cannot be defeated.

Yelu Xiezhen raised his head, his right rear sloped his head, Han Derang's flag was flying there, and he had already assembled a large army to guard against the Qin army on the other side of the river.

Seeing that the timing was almost up, Yelu Xiezhen grasped the handle of the knife at his waist and said to the messenger beside him, "Let all the teams prepare."

The messenger immediately went down and rode back and forth in front of each phalanx. Soon the noise in the valley gradually quieted down. More and more people began to take a deep breath and prepare for the next battle.

The soldiers in the front row put on their armor, prepared their swords and shields, and some shield carts built by Chinese craftsmen belonging to the Shan army who cut wood nearby since yesterday. They were placed in the front row of each team and pushed by strong people. .

It is mainly used to deal with the Qin army's crossbow, throwing stones, etc.

But what they were most afraid of was the powerful bed crossbow. If they were unlucky, the crossbow might be able to shoot through the front shield of the shield vehicle.

Looking at the long gentle slope more than half a mile long in front of him, he really couldn't guess what Qin Jun was thinking. Such a gentle slope could even be pushed up by a shield cart.

Orders have been given and captains are arranging soldiers and tactics.

At the front of each team are shield chariots, followed by soldiers in thick armor and holding large shields, followed by long ladders, crossbowmen, and armored swordsmen.

Facing the long slope in front of him, the captain was riding through the various teams, and kept telling the soldiers not to run to either side because of fear. The more you run, the easier it is to be hit by rolling logs and stones, which is dangerous, so you can only go to the middle Damn, hide behind the shield car.

But in the eyes of high-level generals like Yelu Xiezhen, the most important thing about running to both sides is that it will affect other teams and make the formation chaotic.

Soon, the eight forward teams, with more than 4000 horses, have slowly advanced to a place about one mile away from the fortress of the Qin Army. Then, according to the previously arranged formation, with four teams in front and four teams in the back, the small square formation Form a large formation and slowly advance towards the fortress of the Qin Army.

Their formation is considered tight, but it is far less neat than the Qin army.

Yelu Xiezhen rode over, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he encouraged the soldiers and personally supervised the battle, because he knew in his heart that it would be great if he could attack once!

Slowly, the brigade advanced to the bottom of the slope, and then cautiously advanced up the slope.

After the forward walked more than 50 steps, everyone finally let go of their suspense, because they found that there was nothing wrong with it. There were no traps, no rolling stones, and the shield car could be easily pushed up. This is an ordinary long ramp. That's all!

(End of this chapter)