Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 511
The news of Murong Nobunaga and Gao Song's confrontation outside Jinyong City quickly reached the ears of Zhang Zhao and Yelu Deguang.

In this battle, Murong Nobunaga used a total of [-] cavalry from the left feather forest guard of the Yong State, plus the right feather forest guard and regret mountain capital, against the [-] cavalry of the Liao State Dragon Army and Feng Army under Commander Takamatsu.

As a result, when the Liao army was supported, Gao Song's troops lost more than [-] riders, and more than [-] riders were injured.

Murong Nobunaga only lost more than [-] riders, and the number of injured did not even exceed a hundred.

Occupying multiple advantages, the Khitan cavalry was hit with a battle loss ratio close to ten to one, which undoubtedly cast a heavy shadow on Yelu Deguang's heart.

Deeply aware of the ferocious Yelu Deguang of the Yongliang cavalry, he resolutely abandoned his luggage and a part of the Han army, and led [-] Liao troops and more than [-] Jin troops to surrender day and night. Sishuiguan is an important pass.

And Zhang Zhao's troops, who also received the battle report, were even more confident. When Yelu Deguang arrived at Sishui Pass, the boats on the Yellow River connected back and forth.

Zhang Zhao personally commanded an army of [-] on foot and cavalry, descending from the Yellow River to the Yellow River waterway west of Luoyang, less than [-] miles away from Heyang Bridge and Zhongyu City.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Zhao ordered Du Lun Chixin, commander of the naval capital, to lead sixteen large warships down the river to attack Zhongli City.

However, for Yongguo, iron cavalry and heavy steps are never lacking, but navy troops are very strange.

Du Lun Chixin was able to get the position of commander of the navy because he had commanded the navy in Huangshui and participated in the dredging of water transport from Shanzhou to Lanzhou.

However, compared with the Yellow River in the Luoyang section, the Huangshui in the Shanzhou area seems too childish.

Moreover, the key to the navy lies in the familiarity with the local hydrological conditions.

Zhang Zhao didn't have all of these, even if it was in Guanzhong, it had no relationship with the Yellow River, except for the Jinghe and Weihe, there were no other big rivers, and naturally there was no talent for forming a navy.

The troops of Zhao Kuangzan who took refuge in him and the former generals of the Jin State also knew a little about water warfare in Wu Xingde.

But Wu Xingde only knows it by himself, he doesn't have any soldiers under him, and the original plan to build a ship in Hezhong Mansion is useless.

This led to a big problem. Zhang Zhao's troops saw that the navy had more than [-] large and small ships, but they were barely able to transport supplies, and they really didn't have the ability to fight in water.

But the good news in the bad news is that the Khitans don't have many water warfare talents.

In addition, most of the fishermen and boatmen on both sides of the Yellow River fled, and everyone only had the ability to sail in the Yellow River, not the ability to fight in water.

It's just that Takamatsu occupied the Zhongli City in the river after all, so Du Lun Chixin led the big ship to fight for a long time, but he couldn't get the point at all, so he couldn't do anything about Takamatsu.

Just at this time, Yelu Deguang led the vanguard to Sishui Pass, Zhang Zhao made a decisive decision and ordered Du Lun Chixin to bring back all the boats and build a water fortress in Heqing City, west of Zhongyi City.

He completely gave up the idea of ​​fighting in the water, and honestly went back to play the battle on land.

In mid-June, Yelude Guang ordered General Yelu Pode, and the fifth general Yelulang led [-] cavalry to cross Gong County and follow the Yiluo River to Luoyang.

But Murong Nobunaga had already made defensive preparations in the area from Yanshi to Jinyong City, and the cavalry of the two sides clashed fiercely in this area.

Yelupode's cavalry even once captured Yanshi City and reached the outskirts of Luoyang, but they were still unable to pull out the nail of Jinyong City.

Zhang Zhaoze sent Ma Yaozi to lead [-] soldiers from Wuwei Town into Luoyang City to participate in the siege of Ma Da, who had been defending the city for almost a month, and personally supervised [-] troops to attack Heyang Bridge.

It's just that the battle was not very smooth, although he successfully captured the bridgehead walled city of Heyang Bridge on the south bank of the Yellow River.

However, due to the fact that Takamatsu had more than [-] men under his command, and because Zhongli City was extremely strong, and the Heyang Bridge was not very wide, it was still impossible to defeat Takamatsu's troops and capture Zhongli City.

The situation in Luoyang City was much better. At the end of June, under Ma Yaozi's personal battle, relying on only [-] people left, Ma Dasuo's troops defending the inner city of Luoyang Imperial City were finally defeated.

The extremely strong inner city of the imperial city was able to take down, because the people of Luoyang did not avoid life and death, and sent gunpowder to the imperial city one after another.

Ma replied that this thief had done a lot of evil in Luoyang City, and the people of Luoyang hated him deeply. As a result, Zhang Zhao wanted to chop him off with a knife, and then gave his head to Yelu Deguang, but he failed.

Because as soon as he was escorted out, he was surrounded by angry people. Someone shouted, and the people came down with sticks, Ma Da broke his wrists, broke his bones, and his head flew away.

When Ma Yaozi dispersed the people, Ma Da and his confidantes were all made of meat paste, liver, intestines, heart and lungs were all over the ground, and the head was almost white bones, completely unrecognizable.

On June 27th, Zhang Zhao led an elite team of 10,000 people to enter Luoyang, and all the people in Luoyang City came to welcome him.

Zhang Zhao publicly announced that the nine counties in Luoyang's territory would be exempted from taxation for three years, and he also allocated [-] shi of military rations to relieve the victims of the disaster in Luoyang.

All the goods robbed by the Khitans were returned by the robbed family members, and the army took nothing.

The people of Luoyang, who have experienced three catastrophes in more than ten years, finally saw hope, and the people from all over the country burst into cheers and rushed to tell each other.

The people who had fled to Mangshan, Xiaoshan and Xiongershan went down to go home one after another.

Later, under the witness of tens of thousands of people in Luoyang, Zhang Zhao went to the family temple outside the imperial city of the Later Tang Dynasty, and took Li Congyi to sacrifice to Zhuangzong, Mingzong and the posthumous Emperor Wu of the Later Tang Dynasty Li Keyong.

So the people of Luoyang joined in, and they voluntarily helped repair Luoyang City and acted as army and civilian husbands.

Especially for the renovation of Jinyong City, Luoyang people, men, women and children, went to battle, and it took only two days to renovate Jinyong City, at least it can barely be used as a fortress.

After setting up the battle, Zhang Zhao held another military meeting in the Houtang Palace in Luoyang.

Yan Jin, Ma Yaozi, Ma Shacai, Bai Congxin, Fanquan, Fanshun, Manxiong, Dunzhu, Qiongre Duojin, Wang Tongtong and Luo Yuer of the Yuan Cong faction.

Guo Tiance, Li Ruotai, Zhao Cunyi, Er Zhujing, Xue Shouli, Guo Guangcheng, and Lu Sanlang of the Donggui faction.

Luo Tongda, Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, and Chen Tingxiao from the old Guiyi Army faction.

Shen Nianban, Zhebu Jiashi, Du Lun Chixin, Cui Huxin, Yue Saonu, Wang Tinghan, Zhang Xibao of Lianglan Liugu School.

Zhang Xichong, He Ning, Fan Zhi, Xue Juzheng, Zhao Hui, Zhao Kuangzan, Zhao Yanjin, Hou Renbao, Wu Xingde, Feng Hui's son Feng Jixun, Zhao Kuangyin, Murong Yanzhao, and Wang Shenqi came to vote from the state of Jin.

As well as Huang Yingda, Zhe Deyuan and others who voted by themselves are all attending the conference.

It can be said that Zhang Zhao, [-]% of the talents of the Yong Kingdom, are here. If Brother Guang can wipe them out, the Yong Kingdom will be completely finished.

The reason why the military envoy meeting was held was because Zhang Zhao's plan to seize Sishui Pass before setting off from Shanzhou and then occupy the city to stop the Khitans failed to come to fruition.

Although Luoyang City was defeated, because Yelu Deguang dispatched troops quickly and resolutely, Murong Nobunaga was restrained by Gao Song's troops and could not continue to move eastward to occupy Sishui Pass, so the plan had to be changed.

"Your Majesty, I believe that now that the army has arrived, as long as we stick to the Heyang Bridge, we can block Gao Song's troops by the Yellow River.

The army should move forward immediately, capture Yanshi City, and start a decisive battle with the Khitans on the vast plain between the Sishui River and the Yiluo River. "

Murong Xinchang felt a little uncomfortable and a little ashamed, because the biggest problem this time was that he failed to seize the Sishui pass.

That's why Murong Nobunaga, who has always been so intriguing, proposed to fight a grand battle for the first time.

Before Zhang Zhao made a statement, Yan Jin smiled lightly. This prudent general who always liked to fight in a dignified battle wanted to fight a surprise battle. He pointed to the map and said to Zhang Zhao.

"Gao Song's troops occupied Zhongli City, which looks like a long dagger piercing our army's waist, but it can also be seen as the Khitan people pinching their lifeblood into our hands.

If Zhongli City was captured by our army, and then went downstream to destroy the pontoon bridge of Baimajin, the Khitan people would only be trapped in the land of Henan.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for their main force to wait at Sishuiguan, and they will definitely move eastward to the Yanshi area, forming a mutual watchful situation with Gao Song at Zhongli Bridge. "

Zhang Zhao nodded slowly, "Chengjie wants to simply let the Khitans come over, and we will fight the Khitans in the area from Luoyang to Yanshi City?"

Yan Jin nodded, "Yanshi City is backed by Mount Mang, less than forty miles away from Zhongli City, easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is the perfect place that the Khitan people dream of.

They will definitely come, but as long as they come, it will be their end. "

As he said that, Yan Jin focused on the south of the map, "As soon as the Khitans arrived in Yanshi City, our army took the initiative to seek a battle, and after attracting their full attention.

Your Majesty can order an elite group to go around Goushi, cut off the Xiaoyi Bridge on the Yiluo River northeast of Goushi and east of Yanshi, and completely surround the Khitan city and Mount Mang.

Their supplies were cut off, and tens of thousands of troops sat in the city of sorrow, and they would immediately fall to death. Let the Yiluo River become the Hutuo River for the Khitan people! "

Zhang Zhao knew why Yan Jin chose to be surprised, because the Battle of Jinyong City proved that the so-called iron cavalry of the Khitan people had lower combat effectiveness than Zhang Zhao's Yongliang iron cavalry.

Under such an inversion, the Khitan people instead became the side of the Jin State that did not have many cavalry in the Liao-Jin War.

In this way, Zhang Zhao can take advantage of the cavalry, take the initiative to make surprises, and cut off the Khitan people's way back.

Where to play?When do you fight?How long?They are not in the hands of the Khitan people, but in the hands of the Yongliang cavalry.

"Your Majesty, I support Yan Zongbing's idea." Zhao Kuangzan immediately stood up and agreed.

"Now the Lord of Liao has abandoned his luggage and a large number of Jin troops, so he can quickly seize Sishui Pass.

If we put them in Yanshi City, even if we cut off the Xiaoyi Bridge, we can stretch their supplies.

Moreover, those who control the supplies of the Liao army are all the surrendered generals and soldiers of the Jin Kingdom. Yelu Deguang, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, did not treat them well.

These people don’t say they are loyal to the Liao Lord, they even have resentment in secret. I am willing to go around there with Hou Liuhou and Zhao Liuhou to recruit them, so that the Liao army will lose all its supplies and the entire army will be wiped out. . "

"Your Majesty, the ministers are also willing to come forward and go with the army. The generals Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi, Wang Zhou, and Yao Yuanfu did not sincerely seek refuge, but were forced by the situation.

If the king can write an order in hand to forgive their sins, they will definitely be willing to abandon their darkness and turn to the light. "

Seeing that it was indeed feasible, He Ning jumped out straight away. As a post-Jin Zaifu minister, it was easy to recruit Fu Yanqing and others.

"Okay!" Zhang Zhao was overjoyed, "Then bring the Khitan people to Yanshi City, and let's encircle them from all sides."

(End of this chapter)