Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 540 536 Battle of Beikou (final)

The wind blew and the horses blew, and the yellow sand rolled in. Countless people and horses crossed the gentle slope and entered the valley.

Yelu Xiezhen kept his eyes on the fortress of the Qin army on the mountain, the horses were galloping, and the sky was blue in the wilderness. Although looking at it from a distance, it still made him feel restless and restless.

Until the loud noise reverberated across the valley, when the cannons sounded full of murderous intent, he had no time to think about it, he kept patting the horse under Yue Yue's crotch to urge him to move forward, the wind whistled in his ears, the horses neighed, and the cannons rang through the valley The sound only came from the front, which already made one's legs tremble with fear, but this time it was even more cannon fire from all directions, not to mention people, and even the war horses that were used to fighting for many days neighed in fear.

Yelu Xiezhen kept comforting it, tried to stabilize it, screamed incessantly, people were shot and fell off their horses all the time, blood and flesh splattered and corpses were scattered all over the field, the last time the shells whizzed by, the soldiers on his right fell off the horse in an instant, blood fog He was left behind in a blink of an eye but still sprinkled his face.

Yelu Xiezhen gasped for breath, tried to calm himself, galloped through the dust and blood mist, all the way south, never turning back...

Finally, when the sky reappeared overhead, the wind was clear and the sky was clear, and the terrifying sound of cannons receded behind him, Yelu Xiezhen dared to look back only after panting heavily. He took a deep breath, like walking through the gate of hell.

Looking up and seeing the usual blue and white sun, everyone was so excited that they wanted to cry. This period of two or three miles, which is usually a quick rush, is just a matter of a moment, but this time it seems like it's never happened, like seeing the sun again.

Yelu Xiezhen immediately began to regroup his troops and marched south.

There must be a lot of casualties, but they can't take care of them at this time.Soldiers are expensive and quick, and we must make quick decisions.

There were more and more people and horses behind them, gathered into a dragon and rushed to the south. Two quarters of an hour later, the sound of artillery was suddenly heard from the top of the mountain in the distance!

"There is still an ambush!" Someone exclaimed.

"Go, don't stop!" Yelu Xiezhen shouted, and there was another wave of people running wildly.

"There is still Qin Jun on the mountain! Run!"

"Help!"

"I shouldn't have come to die..."

There was chaos for a while, Yelu Xiezhen calmed down, and saw clearly where the Qin army fired. They were on the mountain, and there were no large fortresses, so the distance was far away!
Lian said loudly to stabilize his heart: "Don't be afraid! Don't mess up! They are far away!"

It soon played some role. After the news continued to spread, the army calmed down and continued to advance against the artillery fire. As Yelu Xiezhen said, the artillery set up by the Qin army on those hills lacked the protection of large fortresses, so they did not dare to attack like those near the north entrance. Being so close to the river valley, the distance is far away, most of them are two miles away, very scary but with limited accuracy.

The cannons continued but the number of hits was limited. Except for some unlucky ones, the overall safety of the army basically did not affect the progress. He didn't have the heart to go over the mountains and attack the small groups of enemies entrenched in the mountains. He was only thinking about going south...

It's just that the road is getting more and more disturbed. If the Qin army deploys artillery in the mountains, it must be prepared. Will their surprise attack work?Can a breakthrough in exchange for many casualties achieve results?

Half an hour later, the Liao army, exhausted from running all the way through the test of life and death, finally encountered the Qin army in an open place with gentle water flow. There were only a hundred people on the other side. It seemed to be a vanguard team. Seeing them turn around Just walk away like a panicked rabbit.

Finally saw Qin Jun!Yelu Xiezhen immediately led his army in pursuit.

Meng Xuanzhe had received the news since the beginning of the Liao army's offensive, and the signal flares mixed in the gunfire smoke could be seen very clearly from more than ten miles away.

Over the past few days, the Liao army has been gathering cavalry near the north entrance, and then another batch of reinforcements came. Someone from the front has sent them to tell them the news. The Liao army is likely to return to their best style of fighting. Just go around and attack the grain road and the gathering place.

It's just that the river valley to the north is narrow and difficult to get around.

The so-called surprise attack means that the opponent is unprepared and has no intention of doing mental calculations, but the Liao army does not know that the Qin army can easily deliver accurate and specific news across tens of miles.

The invention and use of signal flares may seem simple, but among thousands of troops, they often play a decisive role. On the battlefield, information is priceless!

The soldiers had already prepared their troops and prepared their horses and horses, and another exciting news was that the officials had arrived at the camp fifteen miles behind them, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers.

The sound of horseshoes in the distance can already be heard across the mountains, getting louder and louder.

On the west side of the avenue in front, the river is getting slower and slower, and the situation is a buffer lake with a slightly larger area. Due to the water accumulation in the lake encroaching on the land to the east, there is also a huge turn here, and then the avenue diverges, and a road continues south after turning the corner , directly to Chanzhou.

The other route leads eastward to a small village called Dingjia Village. There are [-] or [-] households in it. At this time, all of them have been evacuated and become the garrison of Meng Xuanzhe's army.

The dust in the distance is over the mountains, and a large amount of dust is slowly rising into the air, covering the sky.

Meng Xuanzhe, Liu Qingchuan and other veterans watched from a distance, already calculating the position of the Liao Army from across the mountain in their hearts.

Their plan was to attract a team of light cavalry to lure the Liao army, which had finally passed through the artillery fire area and was exhausted. The infantry and artillery led by Li Chuyun blocked the front at the mountain pass, while they attacked from Dingjia Village and hit the enemy's rear.

Soon, more and more horseshoes were rumbling. Dingjia Village was about three miles away from the avenue, and the situation on the other side of the avenue could not be seen, but the position of the Liao army could be judged based on the sound and dust.

The sky was full of dust in the distance, and everyone was a little excited. Meng Xuanzhe also clenched his spears tightly. They were all heavily armored elites. As long as they could get close to the Liao army, they would be able to gain an advantage.

After a long time, three bright-eyed flares pierced the sky in the distance and rose from the south.

Meng Xuanzhe took a deep breath, put down his visor, and ordered the soldiers next to him: "Bring Lao Tzu's flag!

Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy! "

Then they took the lead, beat the horse and led the army to leave Dingjia Village, and marched eastward along the avenue. At first, they kept controlling the speed of the horse, until they saw a two-person tall boulder engraved with the three characters of Dingjia Village on the side of the road, and the front team began to speed up slowly. , The people behind followed closely behind, getting faster and faster.

That was the reference point they had chosen a long time ago. Starting from this stone, although the avenue could not be seen on the curved road, it was only a mile away from the avenue. For the horse, it arrived in an instant!

When Meng Xuanzhe led the troops to rush out of the intersection, the panicked and stunned Liao army was heading south. Their forward brigade had already gone to the south. The Liao army was loose and sparsely populated. It was obviously the end.

In an instant, Meng Xuanzhe slightly slowed down the speed of his horse, while his personal soldiers had already galloped forward and slammed into the Liao army viciously. The Liao army, who had no time to react, was torn open from the east side instantly, and dozens of people were in the first wave. During the impact, he was stabbed and fell off the horse, and the horses that collided together neighed and squeezed. A large number of Liao troops with their horses on the west side of the river were pushed into the pool.

The Qin army from the rear continued to arrive, and began to rush south to squeeze the space of the Liao army.

The Liao army, which was exhausted and lacking horses and horses, became chaotic in an instant. They subconsciously wanted to increase the distance and saw repeatedly, but the narrow river valley did not have much room for them to deal with the Qin army's cavalry. Trying to run up the east slope, but unfortunately their horses can't climb mountains.

More and more Qin soldiers and horses continued to enter the battlefield, compressing the Liao army to the south.

The few Liao troops cut off in the north did not turn their heads when they saw this, and immediately retreated on horseback. The Qin army also turned back after chasing hundreds of steps. Cannon fire will accidentally injure people.

All of a sudden, there were shouts of killing from the rear. Meng Xuanzhe was nervous before, but immediately became excited when he saw the blood.

In the middle of the journey, his spear, which was more than ten feet long, had pierced too deeply into the back of a Liao army. better than nothing.

Hearing the shouts from their side, the shelling from the south also gradually stopped, presumably because they were moving forward for fear of accidentally injuring them.

Meng Xuanzhe killed the red eye, and Liu Qingchuan and Zhang Zhengtao led the army to rush forward continuously. It was not good for the Liao army to be hacked and stabbed to death, or driven into the water in a panic, but most of them knew nothing about water, and stood on the water like chickens in the water Thumping, for a while the whole Gushui was full of struggling and thumping people.

Meng Xuanzhe charged so hard that his arms were numb, his whole body was limp, and his lungs were burning with pain. The cavalry from behind had already stepped forward to replace them and continue to raid south.

For a time, the sound of killing in the valley was loud and resounded all over the country. Most of the intercepted Liao army was already in a situation of flanking front and back, and they had no fighting spirit. Most of their morale and determination had been knocked down by the artillery from the north. Surrounded by siege, it didn't take long for most people's morale to collapse, and they just wanted to escape, but the river valley left them nowhere to retreat, nowhere to escape.

The fierce battle lasted until dusk. Meng Xuanzhe's troops had already reached the position where they could look at the commander Li Chuyun's flag. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen from the Liao army were compressed and gathered, shoulder to shoulder, in the avenue. From time to time, someone pushed into the water on the east side, crying for help.

However, the Qin army was not busy attacking anymore. Under the encirclement, Meng Xuanzhe ordered the field artillery battalion following him to climb to the high ground east of the avenue, and fired at the crowd with less powerful field artillery. There was cannon fire.

The Liao army that was surrounded for a while was even more frightened, scurrying around, and more and more people were squeezed into the water.

On Meng Xuanzhe's side, the leading vanguards were wearing heavy iron armor and horse armor, with only two small eye holes leaking out. Most of them had more than ten arrows in their bodies, covered in blood, like a bloody hedgehog, especially creepy.

After the shelling continued for a while, the Liao army launched several counterattacks, but they were all easily repelled by Liu Qingchuan, Zhang Zhengtao, Zhang Qixian and others led by the field artillery. Even the scholar Zhang Qixian dared to lead the army to face the Liao army at this time.

As long as the range of activities of the Liao army is reduced and their mobility is disrupted, they will have no deterrent to the Qin army.

On the south front, there are tens of thousands of elite Qin troops. They can't even break through Meng Xuanzhe's troops in the north, let alone break through to the south.

Half the sun sank into the Western Mountains that day, and the shelling continued. Finally, the Liao army could no longer hold on. People kept begging for mercy and surrender in Chinese. Their voices were drowned out by the artillery at first, but they were soon heard.

Meng Xuanzhe was very cautious. He ordered the shelling to be temporarily stopped. The troops were still in the combat position and asked the artillery to reload.

When the Liao army saw that the Qin army stopped shelling, they thought that what they had said before was effective. Many people were so excited that they cried loudly. More and more people dropped their weapons, got off their horses and raised their hands high, indicating that they had nothing in their hands. Shouted words like "forgive me" and "surrender!"

After a while, they became one piece, which was very loud in the valley.

Seeing them crying so heartbroken, Meng Xuanzhe gradually believed that they were really afraid of being bombarded and wanted to surrender.

But he can't be the master in this matter, and so is the coach Li Chuyun. In the end, the officials who sit in the Chinese army will definitely decide the life and death of these Liao troops.
(End of this chapter)