Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 468 The Chosen Land - Yangcheng Baituanwei Village
Xiao Shilu's panic in retreat was far greater than the Jin army imagined.

Moreover, his appearance scared Yelu Pode too, who was about to try to cross the river to attack Yedu, Yelu Pode thought that the main force of the Jin army had arrived, and hurriedly retreated northward.

For a while, the Khitan army to the north of the Zhang River panicked, and the people of Zhao, Xing, Ming and other prefectures and a small number of defenders who were not captured by the Khitan army along the way even took the opportunity to leave the city.

Everyone beat the dog in the water hard together, and most of the food, grass and supplies that the Khitan people had worked so hard to grab for more than two months were thrown away, and they were in a panic.

And Zhang Cong'en, who got the news of another big victory in Xiangzhou (Anyang), hurriedly reported to Du Chongwei.

This time, even the cowardly Du Chongwei began to despise the Khitans. The Jin army defeated the Khitans twice with partial divisions.
Therefore, Du Chongwei, who was originally nestled in Xiangzhou and refused to go north, immediately pulled out his army and crossed the Anyang River at a very fast speed to reach the Zhang River.

After that, all the armies of the Jin State joined forces and went all the way north to recover the lost ground.

In mid-December, the Jin army concentrated in Dingzhou, with a total of [-] people, with banners and banners flying, and morale high.

In addition to Gao Xingzhou, the fierce generals in the later Jin Dynasty, An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, Huangfuyu, Murong Yanchao, Hu Cile, Yao Yuanfu, Wang Zhou, etc. were all there.

With so many fierce people gathered together, something will happen, and if you don't do something, you will be sorry for the name of the Five Generations of Dental Soldiers.

On December [-]th, Xiaoqi from Liangzhou, a part of the tiger thorns, crossed Pushui, which is the later Puyang River in Shunping District, Baoding, and approached Mancheng in Yizhou, which is the area around Mancheng in Hebei.

As early as seven years ago, Yizhou was dedicated to the Khitan people by Shi Jingtang. It was one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

The Liangzhou cavalry who entered the vicinity of Mancheng made investigations and learned that the Khitan Zuopishi detailed and stable Yelv Pode Department was being repaired in Mancheng.

At the same time, Xiao Shilu's tribe, who was retreating northward in embarrassment, was repairing in Qingyuan County, Mozhou, [-] miles away, that is, in Qingyuan County, Baoding.

The generals who were gathering at the Dingzhou Jiedu Envoy's Office got the news and were very pleasantly surprised, Yao Yuanfu was the first to jump out and say.

"The Khitan people plundered Ding, Heng, Zhao, Xing, and Ming prefectures, and all the gold, silver, brocade and silks they obtained were in these two places. If they can capture these two cities, wouldn't they all become our wealth?"

In fact, Yao Yuanfu is not very greedy for money, on the contrary, he is both wise and brave, with a heroic personality and great ambitions.

The reason why he came out to say these things was because he had already taken refuge in Zhang Zhao.

Recruiting Yao Yuanfu can be said to be Zhang Liecheng's greatest achievement in the Central Plains.

Even Hucile didn't know that Yao Yuanfu had actually taken refuge, and even sent his second son, Yao Chongyu, to Liangzhou.

The more far-sighted and ambitious a person is, the easier it is to be attracted by Zhang Zhao and Liang Guo.

There is no other reason, but because Shi Chonggui is too ungovernable, and it is Sang Weihan, Du Chongwei, Feng Yu and others who control the government and military power.

But anyone with some foresight began to look down on the court of the Later Jin Dynasty.

In addition, Yao Yuanfu defeated more than a thousand Khitan soldiers with two hundred cavalry in the last battle of Qicheng. He was originally going to be a military envoy, but Shi Chonggui regretted it when he said it.

In order to leave the position of Jiedushi to Xingjin beside him, Yao Yuanfu was only given the role of Inspector, and he was still a remote leader. Apart from sounding nice, it basically had no practical significance.

Such a king, how can he have the qualifications to let a person like Yao Yuanfu die?

When everyone heard what Yao Yuanfu said, their eyes lit up immediately. What are the soldiers working so hard for?Isn't it just wealth? If we can defeat these two Khitan soldiers and horses, we will get less gold and silver?

Hearing this, Pan Huan, who had always been greedy for money, also jumped out and said: "Someone also heard that the Khitan Lord hoarded a large amount of food, grass and luggage in Yizhou and Mozhou in order to invade our Great Jin in the south. This is God's gift!"

When Du Chongwei heard that there was money to be made, his eyes really shined, and the invincible image of the Khitan people in his eyes has been completely overturned by these two battles.

However, he knew that it was not enough for him to talk to people like Yao Yuanfu and Pan Huan, and people like An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, and Huangfuyu had to nod.

"Recruiting envoys, someone also suggested to go. The Khitan people rely on their horses to go south to plunder every time. If they don't hurt them once, they will come every year in the future. Why don't they beat them hard this time."

Fu Yanqing's consideration is reasonable, if the invisible cost of the Khitan people going south is not increased, it will be bad if it becomes a practice in the future.

An Shenqi thought for a while, and also felt that he should be beaten. It makes no sense for me, a general of the Jin Dynasty, to be beaten with his head shrunk, right?

This time Ding, Heng, Zhao and other prefectures have been ravaged to the point of disrepair. If we don't teach the Khitan people a lesson, they will come here once a year in the future, and the Jin state will be exhausted.

"Please recruit envoys to order! Now that our army is in full swing, it is unrealistic to take back Yanyun, but it is still possible to beat the Khitans hard."

Even An Shenqi agreed, and Du Chongwei was overjoyed. In the Jin army, there hasn't been a situation of unanimity for a long time.

"The generals will return to the camp and restrain the army. We will set off in three days. We will capture Qingyuan and use the supplies of the Khitan people there to spend a rich New Year's Day!"

Facts have proved that Du Zhongwei is much more reliable than the five-star emperor in setting the flag.

At the end of December, the Jin army joined forces and first attacked Mancheng in Yizhou.

Although the whole city has a complete city defense, the walls are not high. The Jin army quickly filled the trenches. Digging under the cover of the nest car.

After only five days of fighting, Yelupod couldn't hold it anymore. He could only lead more than [-] cavalry and fled north in a hurry in the early morning.

The Jin army successfully captured the first city in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Immediately afterwards, Du Chongwei went to the front line in person, and the morale of the three armies was like a rainbow, and they broke into the Qingyuan city in one fell swoop.

At this time, Khitan has renamed Qingyuan County as Taizhou, and the state government has also been moved to around Baoding in later generations.

Xiao Shi by the Luhun River was sent by Zhang Zhao to Murong Nobunaga and Zhe Dejian to beat the soldiers and generals, and was severely repaired by the Jin army. He has long since lost his former arrogance. Than.

Although Qingyuan County is much taller than Mancheng, Xiao Shilu is far less calm than Yelupode.

After thinking about it again and again, he actually only guarded for three days. Before the Jin army closed the encirclement, he also led his troops to break out of the encirclement one morning.

The Jin army defeated two cities in seven days, and their morale was like a rainbow. While Du Chongwei led the main force to stay in Qingyuan to recuperate, he let An Shenqi continue to pursue.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, An Shenqi led an army under Suicheng, and once again smashed Xiao Shilu's troops. Xiao Shilu lost all his belongings and fled to the grassland in embarrassment.

Suicheng is in the northwest of Xushui County in later generations. After An Shenqi captured Suicheng, the forward arrived at Yishuibian, only [-] miles away from Youzhou.

However, the Jin army's offensive came to an end.

One is that the first day is approaching, the army has been racing all the way for two months, and it is in urgent need of rest, and the other is that the Jin army's gains in the three battles are too rich.

In Qingyuan alone, they obtained 110,000 shi of food prepared by Yelu Deguang for the southward invasion, more than [-] pieces of gold and silver brocade and silk looted by the Khitan army, as well as a large number of weapons and armor.

In addition, the residents of Qingyuan, Mancheng and other places also offered a lot of money and food to avoid being robbed.

What's more, Du Chongwei is not easy to embezzle too much under the watchful eyes of the public.

I, the Marquis of Plague, still have a good idea in mind. When searching for the common people and merchants, it is natural to search hard, but for the soldiers, he still knows the importance.

Master Bing holding a knife, if you treat them harshly, it will be fatal.

The seizure was quite rich, and the Shangguan didn't dare to make too much of it. The [-] Jin troops were stationed in three places, with bulging purses and mouthfuls of food.

A soldier of the lowest rank has a consistent income, not to mention officers.

For a while, everyone was extremely satisfied, and the soldiers naturally lost their fighting spirit.

In the final analysis, although the Jin army was brave and the generals An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, Huangfuyu and others could be regarded as brave and resourceful, they still could not conceal the fact that they were just brutal soldiers of the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

If Zhang Zhao was here, he might be able to capture Youzhou, Feng Houbai would motivate them in the future, or mobilize the army to deploy defenses on the front line of Yishui.

But Du Chongwei, An Shenqi and others do not have this ability.

As a result, it seemed that the three armies were all in unison, and the imposing Jin army could not move after everyone had benefited greatly.

. . . .

Liao Kingdom, Zhongjing Road, Bei'an Prefecture, and Xinghua City, that is, the vicinity of Chengde, Hebei Province in later generations.

Yelude was so angry that he didn't even participate in the Yuan Day celebration. He was stationed here, originally waiting for the good news from the former army, but after Yuan Day, he went south to destroy the Later Jin Dynasty.

What came out was a big defeat that made his eyes bloodshot. 60,000 people from the front line ran all the way from the Zhang River in Xiangzhou to Youzhou, and lost more than [-] troops.

Let alone annexing Jin now, Yelu Deguang lost three cities.

It's worth it!The face of the Daliao Emperor was burning. Amid his furious howls, Xiao Shilu was imprisoned and punished. Yelu Pode confiscated one of the Zhiling tribes and [-] good horses and served in the army. .

After the anger is over, it's a question of how to deal with the situation.

This time he was fighting in the territory. Although it was embarrassing, Yelu Deguang was much more confident.

He gave up his previous strategy of recruiting a large number of Xi people, Han people, and Bohai people, and instead concentrated all the Khitan tribes, selected [-] elites, and gathered at Hubeikou, which is the Great Wall of the later Gubeikou.

After the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, the ice and snow will be slightly smaller, and they will go south to fight the Jin army immediately.

Du Chongwei had a great time in Qingyuan, he rarely experienced the thrill of being a conqueror, this kind of fighting against foreigners was very exciting.

At this time, people of all ethnic groups who had been oppressed by the Khitan people also sent food and grass to reward the army.

They thought that the later Jin army came to recover Yanyun from the Northern Expedition, and some people thought that the imperial court finally had a British lord, thinking of them, the ceded people.

And the greatest role played by the people of these Yanyun sixteen prefectures was to inquire about the movements of the Khitan people for the army of the later Jin Dynasty.

But when a merchant walking on the grassland excitedly reported to Du Chongwei the news that Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang had gathered [-] troops at Hubeikou, Du Chongwei's face changed immediately.

To Du Chongwei, the name Yelu Deguang was definitely not as simple as a Khitan emperor.

As Shi Jingtang's brother-in-law, when Shi Jingtang was persecuted by Li Congke, he was not spared either.

Du Chongwei followed Shi Jingtang, fearful day and night, when Zhang Jingda approached the city of Jinyang, he was so frightened that he almost committed suicide.

At the juncture of his most despair, Yelu Deguang's Khitan soldiers and horses descended like gods and repelled the Tang army.

At that time, Du Chongwei wanted to kneel down and lick Yelu Deguang's shoes. Those who have not experienced the feeling of finally removing the boulder that weighed on their hearts can't imagine it.

Later, in the Tuanbai Valley, Yelu Deguang canonized Shi Jingtang as the emperor of Jin, and that scene flashed in Du Chongwei's mind more than once.

It seems that he was the one who was canonized as the emperor back then.

So for Yelu Deguang, his de facto savior, Du Chongwei felt a strange sense of intimacy and the urge to kneel and lick him.

Now that he heard that his "male god" was going to lead an army of [-] to attack him, Du Chongwei's first feeling was fear, and he wanted to run away quickly.

And when he expressed this idea, he even won the unanimous support of the Jin army.

Because at this time, the soldiers and officers who had obtained a large amount of goods wanted to transport the spoils back as soon as possible.

Although An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing and the others wanted to fight, they also knew that the soldiers had no desire to fight and could not fight at all.

. . . .

In 944 A.D., Shi Chonggui, the lord of the Jin Dynasty, was very pleasantly surprised when he heard that the Jin army had won a great victory and even invaded Yizhou and Mozhou.

He immediately changed the year name from Tianfu to Kaiyun, calling this year the first year of Kaiyun.

It can be said that the two reign names of Tianfu and Kaiyun really did not conceal the cultural level of the father and son Shi Jingtang and Shi Chonggui.

One Tianfu means that his position is a blessing from heaven (Yelu Deguang), and the other means that he overthrew the Khitan people and made good luck.

Also, it's quite straightforward.

In the first year of Kaiyun, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Shangyuan Festival, Du Chongwei urgently ordered An Shenqi of Suicheng to lead his army to withdraw southward.

An Shenqi was also unambiguous, anyway, the army wanted to return, so he immediately led the army to the south.

At the same time, Huangfu Yu, who was stationed in Mancheng, also received Du Chongwei's order to move closer to Qingyuan.

After Du Chongwei prepared to gather the Jin army, he went southwest directly to Wangdu in Dingzhou, and then organized defense in the Shenzhou area of ​​Dingzhou.

Although the Jin army was determined to retreat quickly after receiving the order, but because all the soldiers had money, they did not move quickly, and it could even be said that they were procrastinating.

Anshenqi's troops withdrew from the south of Suicheng to Qingyuan for only sixty miles, and they traveled for three full days.

And after An Shenqi arrived in Qingyuan, even more wonderful things happened.

Du Chongwei's department, which had been preparing to retreat for a long time, was not yet fully ready to retreat.

They stayed in Qingyuan for another period of time until the 26th of the first lunar month, the tenth day after they decided to retreat south, they withdrew from Qingyuan County.

But what they didn't know was that they had the people of Yanyun inform them of the Khitan army's movements, and naturally someone also informed them of their whereabouts for Yelu Deguang.

As early as when An Shenqi's troops began to retreat from Suicheng, the [-] Khitan army at Hubeikou had already been dispatched.

On the 27th of the first lunar month, the procrastinating Jin army had just arrived at Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng, about [-] miles southwest of Qingyuan. Hu Cile, who was in charge of covering the army, was horrified to find that the Khitan army had chased them to less than [-] miles away from the Jin army. place.

Du Chongwei was sweating coldly, but fortunately Hucile was from Liang, and he was used to sending sentry riders more than ten miles away, otherwise they would be surprised by the Liao army.

Fortunately in the misfortune, it was getting late at this time, and there were tiger thorns outside to block the Khitan vanguard Qingqi from approaching, so the Khitan army did not dare to charge directly today.

Du Chongwei hurriedly asked Governor An Shenqi to take out the antlers and plant them in the ground to form a stronghold. At the critical moment of life and death, the Jin army also burst out with huge energy.

The terrain of Baituanwei Village is relatively high, and there are more than ten houses that can be used as a barrier. The Jin army took out all the antlers and buried them in the soil, and then surrounded them with ropes to prevent the Khitan cavalry from attacking. A building was built in one night. Simple row.

In the early morning of the second day, when the Jin army, who had been exhausted for most of the night, was still asleep, the vanguard led by Zhao Yanshou and Yelu Anduan arrived.

They didn't come to attack the Xingzhai that had already been built, but went to attack Xue Huairang's troops on the outskirts.

Du Chongwei sent Xue Huai out of the village, originally intending to take advantage of the lack of Khitan soldiers and horses to camp at another place beside Baituanwei Village.

As a result, he was hit by the intruding Khitan cavalry, nearly half of Xue Huairang's 2000 people were damaged, and he fled back in embarrassment.

Now it's a bit troublesome, because the reason why Baituanwei Village has few people is because the village is far away from the water source.

The place where Xue Huairang camped was by a small stream. Du Chongwei wanted to divide the camp into two camps to ensure the water source.

Now that Xue Huairang was defeated, the Jin army lost control of the water source in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, after defeating Xue Huairang's troops, Yelu Anduan immediately ordered Zhao Yanshou to lead his army to seize the edge of the stream and set up camp here.

This Yelu Anduan was indeed the youngest son of Yelu Abaoji, who fought with his father and brother since he was a child, and immediately grabbed the Jin army's lifeline.

At three quarters past time, Guangdu Yelude arrived with [-] Khitan main forces.

At this time, the Jin army had already set up camp in Baituanwei Village. They relied on the small hill of Baituanwei Village and spread antlers on all sides.

Every crossing is guarded by crossbowmen, and a total of 8000 people's cavalry are hidden in the village.

Yelu Deguang personally ran to the front line to watch the battle, and suddenly he pointed to a mountain pass in the southwest and laughed loudly.

"Who is the commander-in-chief of the Jin army? He seems to be an incompetent person who doesn't keep the southeast way of life."

This is indeed a way of life. Although Baituanwei Village is located in the North China Plain, it is still a bit hilly. The only road to pass is the southeast one. If the Jin army wants to retreat, they can only go here.

If you can hold this mountain bag, you can keep an escape route, at least some generals and cavalry can escape.

The second is to attract the Khitan army to attack, and to support each other with the situation of Baituanwei Village.

Of course Yelu Deguang knew who the coach of the Jin army was. He said that just to show off the opponent's stupidity.

Yelu Anduan praised him with great insight: "It must be Du Chongwei, the clan's relative of the Jin Kingdom."

"Incompetent indeed!" Yelude showed contempt on his face, and the surrounding Khitan generals laughed in agreement, as if the victory had been sealed.

But this is really no wonder to Du Chongwei. It was almost dark when the Jin army arrived at Baituanwei Village yesterday, and they were busy planting antlers to set up a stronghold. How could there be time to scout the surrounding terrain!

"Encircle the whole army, attack from the west, destroy this Han and eat!"

Uh!Setting up the flag seems to be a common problem of human beings. Under Yelude's complacency, he seemed to be able to wipe out the Jin army immediately, but in fact the process of the battle was like this.

Yelu Deguang set the flag.

The Khitan army attacked.

The Khitan army played GG.

The Jin army counterattacked.

The Khitan army desperately drove them back.

This battle was fought intermittently from the end of Si hour ([-]:[-] am) to the end of Shen hour ([-]:[-] pm).

The Khitan army launched a total of eleven attacks, and then they were all driven out by the Jin army.

Among them, after the Khitan cavalry dismounted, although they were also wearing iron armor, they were not much stronger than the Jin army.

The Jin army blocked the crossings, killed and injured the Khitans with bows and crossbows first, then put the Khitans into the villages, used the narrow passages to limit the Khitans' numerical advantage, and finally drove the Khitans out.

And often after the Khitans were driven out, the Jin army would use the cavalry hidden in the village to counterattack, and every time they could fight, there was a commotion in front of Yelude's light formation.

The Liao army also tried to use armored cavalry to charge, but facing the large number of antlers and crossbow arrows of the Jin army, armored cavalry was not very useful.

Seeing this situation, Yelu's house was still in good condition, so he hurried over and said to Yelu Deguang.

"The Jin army is already on the verge of death, and that generation is not a weak soldier. It is very difficult to capture under a desperate resistance.

The minister's cavalry captured the residents of the village, and learned that there is no well in Baituanwei Village. Now that I am surrounded on all sides, why not trap the Jin army, and wait until they can't stand their thirst and come out to beg for death. "

Yelu Deguang made sense when he heard it, so the Khitan army stopped the attack and began to camp around Baituanwei Village, preparing for a long-term siege.

They imitated the Jin army and planted antlers around their camps and intersections to block the Jin army's cavalry attack.

Now it was the Jin army's turn to panic. After stabilizing their position, the Jin army also found themselves in a dead end.

After some discussions, it was decided that An Shenqi would personally supervise more than ten thousand step riders, go to control the southeast exit, and then go down to the village.

If Baituanwei Village cannot be guarded, at least it can provide an escape route for generals and cavalry with horses.

However, the Jin army also thought highly of themselves. An Shenqi only left Baituanwei Village with [-] cavalry, and the Khitans ordered more than [-] cavalry to intercept him.

An Shenqi could only supervise the army to fight outside Baituanwei Village, but he was outnumbered in the end. Finally, with the support of Huangfuyu and Yao Yuanfu, he retreated in embarrassment.

In this battle, An Shenqi lost more than [-] soldiers, especially the cavalry under his command. The Jin army suffered heavy losses, and he dared not go out of the village to fight again.

At this point in the war, the battle has entered a difficult stage. The Jin army in Baituanwei Village is under the pressure of annihilation of the entire army, and its heart is suffering.

The Khitan soldiers and horses were outside, bearing the wind and snow, even Yelu Deguang was shivering from the cold, let alone the soldiers below.

This is a competition of patience, but time is on the side of the Khitan people.

. . . .

On the fifth day of February, the Khitan army had been besieging Baituanwei Village for eight days.

What is extremely unfavorable to the Jin army is that there has been no snow for three days.

Originally, the Jin army could barely obtain water by relying on heavy snowfall, but now, without snow for three days, the Jin army encountered great difficulties in drinking water.

Baituanwei Village is not big, but the Jin Army has nearly 40,000 people and more than [-] mules and horses.

So many people and animals need a lot of drinking water.

The thirsty and helpless Jin army dug down to collect muddy water to quench their thirst, and at the same time killed horses and mules to drink blood to quench their thirst.

But the blood of mules and horses, not to mention the smelly taste, kills one and loses one, and it is impossible to supply the whole army.

In front of the Jin army, it seems that the only way left is to fight to the death.

But the last time An Shenqi led the army out of battle, everyone saw that the Khitan gathered all their elites to fight in the wilderness, and they couldn't please them at all.

How to do this?

(End of this chapter)