Han Hai Tang Ergui

Brother Guang lost his mind, but Brother Guang had to force a smile.

He also held Yelupode's hand, making an expression that I was sorry but I was also very satisfied.

"Capturing the lord of a country among thousands of troops is not an easy task. Today, I, Da Khitan athlete, was able to kill Zhang Thief and almost died. It is already a great achievement. How can I punish you?
The decree was issued to reward all the troops who went to the expedition. After the repairs are completed, I will personally lead all the warriors to kill Zhang thief! "

Yelupode had tears in his eyes, and said words of gratitude, looking like he was grateful, but only he knew that he was really distressed and cried.

He also killed Zhang Thief, Yelv Pode was not running fast by himself, he was almost stabbed to death by Murong Baipao after him.

In this battle, there were 30,000 taels, except for the 5000 people who were soldiers from the Jin army, the remaining 7000 people were all Khitan elites. The Pishi army alone dispatched four armies of dragon, phoenix, tiger, and harrier.

But in the end, not only did all the soldiers of the Jin army return to Yongliang, but only nearly 20,000 of the [-] Khitan headquarters were able to successfully retreat into Mang Mountain. Yelu Deguang's uncle Xiao Shilu was also killed.

There were more than [-] casualties, almost all of which were the Pishi Army and the Shan Army, and most of them were Iron Armored Soldiers. Yelu Deguang of Baituanwei Village seemed to have lost miserably, but it was not so miserable.

You know, the most powerful Pishi Army and the Sub-Shan Army, the heart of the entire Khitan, add up to 40,000 people. Yelude only brought 30,000 people with him when he came to the south, and one-fifth of them went away. more.

With such a terrible defeat, Yelu Deguang had no choice but to keep bragging that Zhang Zhao was almost captured and killed this time, and thousands of elites from Yongliang were beheaded, which was an unprecedented victory.

However, many things cannot be stabilized by bragging alone. After all, one-fifth of the elite is missing.

The soldiers at the lowest level only know that their side may suffer, but they are not very sure, but the officers at the middle and upper levels are quite clear.

For a while, there were still six 70,000 people in the Khitan camp, and an undercurrent emerged, and people's hearts fluttered.

Yelu Deguang even had to give up the defense on the west side of Mang Mountain, and concentrated all the troops to the east of Yanshi City, relying on strict management to keep the army from collapsing.

Brother Guang, who lost the fight, was playing with a swollen face to make himself fat, but for Zhang Zhao, who won the fight, it was another scene.

In Jinyong City, hundreds of corpses were placed in front of the most prosperous Tianyong Tower in the city.

Zhang Zhao bent down to the ground, and bowed deeply to a group of strong men crying in front of him.

Seeing Zhang Zhao like this, the strong men rushed over and knelt down in front of Zhang Zhao, not allowing him to salute.

"This time it was someone's fault. I didn't expect that the Khitan people had been spying on someone's actions. It was someone who harmed them."

"Your Majesty, don't blame yourself. It's their blessing that the younger generations can fight to the death for your Majesty. It's what the ministers want to be promoted to heaven as soon as possible to enjoy the boundless blessings of immortality."

In this battle, the Yongliang army died the most, the auxiliary soldiers at the outermost part of the formation, more than [-] people, everyone was injured, and the number of serious injuries and battle deaths was as many as [-] people.

However, due to their strength and experience and the thickness of their armor, the armored soldiers of Regret Shandu and the hussars of Youbainwei suffered many injuries, but not many were seriously injured or died in battle.

But this is exactly the reason why Zhang Zhao came to appease him. If so many soldiers in Regret Shandu died in battle, it would not be necessary to do so.

Because these people follow Zhang Zhao, they have long been aware of dying in battle.

But the death of these brothers and nephews in battle is definitely more uncomfortable than their own death in battle.

For example, Zhang Xiaobiao, who was crying in front of Zhang Zhao, the young man who died beside him was his brother-in-law.

Now that we are back, how to face the expectant eyes of his father-in-law, mother-in-law and his wife, Mrs. Wang, makes Zhang Xiaobiao miserable.

As a qualified king and commander, it is his duty to solve such psychological problems and provide psychological counseling to the brave generals under his command.

"Wang Xiaolang fought bravely and killed the three Khitan rebels, this is his meritorious service.

Hearing that his father Wang Da stayed in Yizhou, he transferred Wang Xiaolang's meritorious service to Wang Da and doubled the reward.

In the future, if a nephew is adopted by Wang Xiaolang, he will be a knight in brocade. "

On Zhang Zhao's side, military rank officials can only be obtained by military exploits, and if they are sheltered, they all go to the brocade envoy's side.

Moreover, after Zhang Zhao was preparing to formally establish the country, he officially changed the envoys in Jinyi to Jinyiwei, who specially pretended to be benevolent officials and manage intelligence and secret agents.

"Let me write all the news about the death of the war myself! You don't need to worry, even if you don't eat or drink yourself, you won't let the warriors under your command suffer any grievances."

After hearing this, everyone felt that Zhang Zhao was so benevolent and righteous, and fell to the ground in tears, full of gratitude.

And Zhang Zhao wasn't just putting on a show, he was really comforting one by one, writing letters one by one, and visiting the wounded, and didn't fall asleep until dawn.

On the second day, according to the original plan, Zhang Zhao sent Zhao Kuangzan, Zhao Yanjin, and Hou Renbao to lead [-] troops out of Goushi to cut off the Liao army's retreat.

The Liao army also built a fort at Xiaoyi Bridge to hoard a large amount of supplies, and there were [-] Xiren infantry guarding it.

Although the three generals could not attack Xiaoyi Bridge and the nearby Zhaibao, the Liao cavalry from Xiaoyi Bridge and even Yanshi City did not dare to move out at will.

The retreat of the Khitan people was half in the hands of the Yongliang army.

Zhang Zhao also ordered Li Jianchong to mobilize the residents of Luoyang to decide between Yishui and Luoshui, and to dig canals to divert all the water to Yangqu.

By the way, at this critical juncture of the war, dredging the Yangqu that had been broken into several sections.

Zhang Zhao vaguely remembered that during the later Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang declined, and Guanzhong was hit hard by the war with Xixia. It was because the Yangqu and Yiluo Rivers were completely ineffective, and food could only be transported overland from Songzhou (Shangqiu) and Xuzhou to The origin of Shaanxi.

The interruption of Yangqu deserves Shaanxi to be completely isolated, and along with Luoyang, it began to decline.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhaodu led an army of [-] to advance eastward, advancing all the way to the city of Yanshi, and assumed the posture of a decisive battle with the Khitan army.

At the same time, Zhao Hui was sent to lead Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin and his son to cover the catapult built by Liu Di.

In addition to the original four trebuchets, Liu Di also built a giant trebuchet with a height of one foot and two. Five trebuchets bombarded Zhongli City in the Yellow River non-stop.

In early August, after [-] days of excavation, the amount of water input from Yishui and Luoshui to Yiluoshui where Yanshi City is located has been greatly reduced, and many places can only reach knees.

Zhang Zhao took the opportunity to lead a large army to launch a fierce attack, one fort after another, and wiped out the Khitan strongholds outside Yanshi City.

The Khitan cavalry went out of the city many times to attack and respond, but were repelled by the Yongliang cavalry.

Originally, Yelu Deguang estimated that it would take a lot of trouble for the Yongliang army to pull out the fortress outside the city.

As a result, the Yongliang army didn't talk about martial arts, and directly used small coffins to fill the gunpowder and blast them into battle. These mostly wooden fortresses couldn't withstand gunpowder explosions.

Everyone has agreed to do real swords and guns, how can you use the magic method (gunpowder)?
The desperate Khitans could only watch as the Yongliang army pushed closer and closer.

On September [-]th, the two sides, who had been facing each other for almost three months, were finally about to face off, because the Yongliang army pulled out all the forts of the Liao army outside Yanshi City.

On September [-], after being bombarded for almost a month, Gao Song couldn't bear it anymore, so he led his troops back to the north bank.

Although he still controls the Heyang Bridge on the north bank of the Yellow River and dozens of ships of all sizes, he can no longer threaten Zhang Zhao on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Zhang Zhao then ordered people to dismantle the five trebuchets and began transporting them to Yanshi City. If Yelu Deguang did not come out again, King Zhang would bombard Yanshi City.

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Hedong, Taiyuan Prefecture.

As for who hated Zhang Zhao the most when he entered the Central Plains this time, Liu Zhiyuan and Yelu Deguang should probably be on a par.

At the beginning of Yelu Deguang's entry into Tokyo, Liu Zhiyuan was a bit on the sidelines.

Because Yelu Deguang can be regarded as the master of enlightenment, no one knew that Yelu Deguang would think of himself as the original emperor.

At that time, what Liu Zhiyuan thought was that no matter whether Yelude had Zhao Yanshou or Du Chongwei, neither of them could sit firmly.

Zhao Yanshou's foundation is not stable, and he was not born in Daibei Wuxun, so he can't convince the public at all.

As for Du Chongwei, as a direct relative of the Shi family, he is still willing to betray the country, who would think highly of him?
Besides, Du Chongwei is known for his incompetence within Jin State, so it is undoubtedly a joke to let such a person be the emperor.

At that time, the Central Plains will be in turmoil, and the Khitan people will be beyond their reach. If they want to guarantee the annual filial piety of the Central Plains, besides Liu Zhiyuan, who else can Yelu Deguang rely on?
When the time comes, that will be what the world hopes for!

Afterwards, Yelu Deguang actually became the emperor himself, and a series of tricks followed.

Do you think Liu Zhiyuan is disappointed?
Do not!He is even more excited!
King Liu is so excited!I can hardly sleep, and when I close my eyes, I can see the picture of him exhausting the Khitan people and ascending the throne as the emperor in the Chongyuan Hall in Tokyo.

But immediately after, Zhang Zhao entered Guanzhong, and the Hexi kid who he thought was good at acting like an actor really came.

Guanzhong was also pacified at an extremely fast speed, and Zhao Kuangzan, Hou Renbao, Zhao Hui and others also took refuge like crazy.

This dealt a great blow to Liu Zhiyuan. Now every day that passes, Liu Zhiyuan feels that the throne of the emperor is moving away from him.

Moreover, he has not turned back, because he has been planning since Shi Jingtang was still around.

After so many years of preparation, there are [-] Hedong soldiers and their families behind him, and there are also ardent expectations of the Hedong Fan tribe who was moved by his promise.

It was no longer Liu Zhiyuan's business alone.

Everyone has been preparing for so long, huh, huh!You Liu Zhiyuan dare to say quit, they can tie you up immediately and give it to the victors of Yong and Liao.

The end result was that they were still high-ranking officials and rich, so Liu Zhiyuan's family was dragged to the Yellow River and hacked to death.

Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan himself was not reconciled, how could he give up the plan of six or seven years before the victory was decided?

"Your Majesty, Zhang Cong'en, the Luzhou Zhaoyi Army Jiedu envoy, has sent someone here."

Liu Zhiyuan thought about it restlessly for a while, and when he heard Su Fengji outside the door saying that Zhang Cong'en had sent someone, he immediately regained his energy.

Because Zezhou (Jincheng, Shanxi), the jurisdiction of the Luzhou Zhaoyi Army Jiedushi, is only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, and it takes half a day to get there without hesitation. It is the forefront of Liu Zhiyuan's observation of the Yongliao battle.