Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 522
Yelu Deguang is actually quite a standard king, although Zhang Zhao thinks he is a disgrace to Emperor Taizong.

But this reference is based on the standards of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

If the standard of reference is slightly lowered, Yelu Deguang is still capable, with good governance, political wisdom and ability.

The military is also okay. For an emperor who dares to conquer himself and is willing to reward the warriors under his command, this is a qualified immediate king.

However, this person has a big weakness, that is, he can't control his unrestrained head at critical moments.

For example, in Baituanwei Village, he took it for granted that the Jin army had been besieged for several days and was exhausted and weak.

So the iron cavalry of the Pishi army were dismounted to serve as infantry, but the Jin army pushed back and had to escape on camels.

Another example is when he entered Tokyo, the last second he secretly made up his mind to treat the people of the Central Plains kindly, and he wanted to practice benevolent government to be recognized by the Han people.

In the next second, they thought that the Han people had surrendered and did not dare to resist, so they indulged the Khitan people to fight Caogu, which resulted in widespread resistance.

But now, Yelu Deguang put the Han army on the right wing of the formation.

Brother Guang thinks that their generals have been separated, the group has no leader, and the Khitan generals are in command, and the Shan army is behind them to supervise the battle, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Uh!As long as Brother Guang understands a little bit, he will not regard all the generals in the world as shameless villains like Shi Jingtang and Du Chongwei.

Not all generals put wealth and power in the most important position.

In this world, there are always some people who value dignity and happiness more than anything else.

Yelu Deguang thought that everyone would submit to authority, but he didn't want to, after he entered Tokyo, no!Just before he entered Tokyo, how did he humiliate these late Jin soldiers.

This humiliation cannot be wiped away simply by rewarding a few pennies.

Outside Yanshi City, Yong and Liao have been fighting fiercely for more than two hours.

The heavy armored infantry of the Yongliang army broke through several large phalanxes of the Khitan army several times, and suppressed the Liao infantry, mainly composed of Bohai people and Xi people, close to Yanshi City.

It was basically a parallel Khitan formation, but the central army has been recessed.

On the two wings, the cavalry fought each other and continued.

The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom was almost twice that of the Yongliang army. Coupled with the high-speed movement of the horses, the victory was not completely determined for a while, but the loss of the Liao army was far greater than that of the Yongliang army.

The balance of victory is tilting towards the Yongliang army, but it will not cause the Liao army to collapse.

At this time, it is the peak of the era of traditional all-cold weapons, and there is still a big difference from the previous and subsequent wars.

Before that, due to the limitation of productivity, especially mine development capacity, the value of a set of iron armor could almost fly to the sky.

Although the armor rate of the Han army was about [-]%, the iron armor was at most [-]%, and the iron armor of the Han Dynasty could not be compared with the armor since the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, this created a situation. In the Han Dynasty, when there were less armor and more bows and crossbows, the outcome of the battle was quickly determined.

Often the main force will collapse soon after suffering a lot of damage from bows and crossbows.

After the Song and Ming Dynasties, firearms have been further developed, and the means of piercing armor have become more diverse.

Especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of the armies were fired with muskets and cannons, and then the dominant side just rushed forward.

It’s just that in this era, the armor has already reached the peak of classical China, and new armor-piercing equipment such as muskets and cannons have not yet appeared. Everyone is fully armed like iron cans.

Even if it is a blunt weapon, it is not easy to completely defeat a soldier, let alone these soldiers are still fighting in formation.

In many cases, you have defeated the enemy several times, but the enemy's soldiers did not die at all.

At this time, the soldier died on the battlefield, either by hooking his feet with a hook and sickle gun, or by a lasso around his head, and was dragged into the enemy's formation.

Then he was pinned down by several people and couldn't get up. He stabbed his face with a long dagger and stabbed him to death with a nail leaf.

Either they were stabbed by a sharp object, and died of excessive blood loss in the continuous struggle, or they were injured by a blunt instrument and died of internal bleeding.

It cannot be said that there were none who were actually directly killed, and it could account for up to [-]% of them. The above methods of death are undoubtedly cruel and slow.

This is why in the Battle of Xiangji Temple in Chang'an, the official army and the rebel army fought fiercely for four hours in a row, from dawn to dusk.

It was also the reason why in the classical Chinese era, the standard for a warrior was to have sufficient fat reserves.

Because the soldiers are too difficult to kill, and it often takes a long time to fight fiercely before the winner is determined.

It was noon soon, and although it was already September, the weather was unusually hot recently.

After a fierce battle for an hour and a half, the two sides that could not decide the winner chose to retreat together, and the sound of gongs and gongs resounded across the battlefield.

Yelu Deguang's complexion was very ugly. The Khitans were actually very uncomfortable with this kind of battle, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the fight continued, the whole army might collapse.

The crossbow arrows of the Yongliang army were sharp, and the Liao army lost more than [-] people in this one-and-a-half-hour battle, and at least tens of thousands were injured, which has reached the limit of the limit.

Can't win!Yelude, who was still hopeful before leaving the station, just glanced at Yelu Wuzhi, and said in a low voice: "Try to find a way to delay until night, and return north tomorrow while the night is dark."

Yelu's house quality was so frightened by Yelude's light that he didn't want to die in the Yellow River, and his head burst into pain.

In fact, he had already contacted the Left and Right Pishi Army, and he was supposed to run away early this morning, but Yelu Deguang still wanted to fight.

But now, after fighting fiercely for more than an hour, and having suffered so many casualties, everyone is holding on with their last breath.

If you don't fight, the army's morale will collapse, and you will probably disperse. If you go out to fight, the whole army will collapse in less than an hour. How can you persist until night?

But now is not the time to complain, Yelu Wuzhi pretended to support Yelu Deguang to rest at the back, and said with a stern look.

"Your Majesty, the matter is urgent! Don't hold on till night. Your Majesty, please go back to the city and make preparations. I will summon the Iron Harrier and Iron Falcon Army guards and return north immediately."

Yelude's face remained calm, but his voice was already trembling.

"Can you only take the Iron Harrier and Iron Falcon armies?"

Yelu Wuzhi turned his face away slightly, heaved a long sigh in his heart, forcibly suppressed the rising dissatisfaction, did not speak, just nodded.

This is too little!By now, even the 4000 people like Iron Falcon and Iron Harrier might not be able to bring all of them back.

The weakness of the Liao army was clearly seen not only by Yeluwu, but also by Zhang Zhao, Fu Yanqing and others.

Taking advantage of the break, Zhang Zhao summoned Murong Nobunaga over.

But he didn't expect that Yelu Deguang might run away, but he wanted to reduce the casualties of the warriors under his command and defeat the Khitan faster.

King Zhang pointed to the right wing of the Khitan, where the soldiers of the Jin army gathered.

"Nobunaga, you lead the Zuo Yulin Headquarters, put on a white robe, and as soon as the battle starts, go straight to the Jin army.

But don't attack, but recruit them in front of the battle. You are well-known in the Jin army, and they will definitely follow. "

With that said, Zhang Zhao summoned Zhe Deyuan again, "You take the Shenji Battalion to cover Nobunaga. If the soldiers of the Jin army don't know what to do, let the Shenji Battalion bombard them."

The so-called Shenji Battalion is the Poxi Army, which is now commanded by Zhe Deyuan and is Zhang Zhao's last trump card.

After the two took orders, Zhang Zhao called Murong Yanzhao and Wang Shenqi over again.

"Both of you, each take 2000 people from the headquarters, and replace them all with pear flower guns. Look at my command flag, and then cut off the Khitan army's retreat, and don't let them retreat into the city."

Zhang Zhao was going to let the Khitan retreat according to the path he had preset, which was the Yiluo Waterway, so that he could pursue them downstream, but King Zhang obviously underestimated Yelu Deguang's shamelessness.

However, Zhang Zhao didn't realize it, but Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, An Shenqi and others did.

Why did they give up their military power and become the so-called guards of the same room who were guarded by Yelu Deguang's side?
That is to get together in a bright and righteous way!
Seeing that they were so knowledgeable, Yelude broke away from the army, of course he was embarrassed to continue to strictly monitor them.

It's just that Brother Guang didn't expect that An Shenqi was a bit older, but Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, Yao Yuanfu, etc. were fierce players in themselves!

Although each of them only brought a dozen or twenty tooth soldiers, they were also the elite of the tens of thousands of Jin troops. Such a gathering of hundreds of people is definitely not a small force.

"I see Lord Khitan went back to Yanshi City, and when he came out again, he seemed to be a little lower in stature. Will he run away with his elite?"

As an old man, An Shenqi, who had escaped with makeup several times, felt something was wrong.

Gao Xingzhou walked slowly to the side of the horse, and through the cover of the horse, he also carefully observed Yelu Deguang under the canopy of Huang Luo, but it was a little far away, so he was not sure.

"The Taiwei said, it is very possible, because the Khitan people are about to lose their hold. If another army horse comes out from the lower city and goes around the city to the right, then it is basically certain."

Fu Yanqing nodded, Gao Xingzhou's analysis was correct.

The north gate of Yanshi City leads directly to Mang Mountain, and the mountain road is narrow and difficult to walk. If you want to run, you can only run out of the city from the south gate.

And if Yelude wants to run, he must bring some army guards with him.

Yao Yuanfu directly pulled An Shuqian over. This old boy, when he was in Tokyo, flattered Yelude Guangda, but he is also useful at this moment, because this guy can speak Khitan.

"An Taibao, your life was saved by King Yong. Today is the time for you to repay your kindness. Go there and pay homage to Lord Khitan under the canopy of Huang Luo."

Yao Yuanfu said that Zhang Zhao saved An Shuqian's life because when Zhang Zhao first entered Guanzhong to quell the chaos, An Shuqian was the military envoy of Bin Ningjing.

At that time, he was held hostage by He Chuan, Zhang Xiaoguo, etc. It was Zhang Zhao who defeated the rebels and saved his life.

It's just that Uncle An was seriously injured and had been recuperating in Chang'an at that time, so he didn't have much contact with Zhang Zhao.

"So-and-so go immediately." An Shuqian gritted his teeth. A person like him can take refuge in Zhang Zhao if he can take refuge in Yelu Deguang, let alone have a relationship.

And his family is all in Tokyo, anyway, Zhang Zhao has entered Tokyo, can he be around?
"Gather your teeth soldiers! If the Khitan Lord really wants to run away, we will entangle him and capture Yelu Deguang and present it to King Yong. This is a great achievement, and it may wash away our sin of relying on the Khitan people."

Xue Huairang, who hadn't spoken much all this time, said with some emotion that if he had known earlier, he wouldn't have taken refuge with the Khitan people.

Not long after, An Shuqian wobbled over, he was fat and big, he looked like a good old man, and he could speak Khitan dialect, so the Khitan soldiers were the least vigilant towards him.

An Shuqian leaned his back against the Khitan man, stretched out his hand in front of him and pretended to shake it unconsciously, the hearts of the generals shuddered.

After An Shuqian walked in quickly, he deliberately raised his voice and shouted to everyone: "Your Majesty is busy with military affairs, please tell us to form a sudden cavalry to look for opportunities to attack and kill the enemy."

Sure enough, he was going to run!Even An Shuqian didn't give him a chance to meet him when he went to ask for an interview, and drove him back after a long distance. Isn't that why there is no silver 300 taels here!
. . . .

The rumble of war drums sounded again, how long is the rest?When do you rest?But it is in the hands of the dominant party.

The penetration rate of cloth armor in the Yongliang Army has already exceeded [-]%, and it is easy to wear and breathable, and the corresponding rest time has also been shortened a lot.

The soldiers of the Jin army were forced to go to the front line again by the Khitans, and this time it was different from the last time.

They were not pushed to the front line last time, so most of the time they were shooting soy sauce, shooting out before the bow was fully drawn, and the front row's clamor and shouts just didn't come forward.

But this time, they were forced to go forward by the Khitan people behind them.

On the opposite side of them, the white crossbowmen of the Yongliang army came in a row, with green armor and white socks, walking in unison, with the power to push mountains and fill seas.

Han Tong led a dozen soldiers under his command and walked forward in silence.

Han Tong was originally a member of the Forbidden Army of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. After Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, Han Tong was forced to follow the Shangguan and become a soldier.

However, the Khitan people never regarded them as human beings. Han Tong wanted to seek refuge with Liu Zhiyuan, the king of Beiping County in Hedong several times, because he was from Taiyuan, and he and Liu Zhiyuan were fellow villagers.

However, unlike in history, the Khitan people lacked troops in the face of Zhang Zhao's threat, so they kept the Jin army's soldiers under strict supervision, and quickly replenished them with rewards and food.

Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan did not declaringly oppose the Khitans, so Han Tong did not leave Tokyo.

"Wow, Yong Jun stepped into the elite crossbowmen in the world, and we went up in rotten leather armor. This is not a fight, it's a death!"

Han Tongsheng's leopard head and round eyes, he looks like a fierce Zhang Fei, so he has the nickname Han Gaiyan, plus he is bold, has read a few books, can write and count, everyone trusts him.

Han Tong glanced at Li Rong, the commander of his superior Lu Longjun. This gentleman was a warrior recruited by Zhao Yanshou after he entered the Central Plains.

However, even though he was mixed with Zhao Yanshou, he still couldn't understand the Khitan people. It happened that Zhao Yanshou was deprived of military power by Yelu Deguang, which made Li Rong even more dissatisfied.

Of course Han Tong knew this, and Li Rong often vented his dissatisfaction with the Khitan people with him on weekdays, so Han Tong took a deep breath and said to Li Rong.

"Being a slave to a tiger is death, and delaying is also death. How can we, my husband, bow down to the captives? Why don't we die?"

Li Rong was overjoyed, "I knew that you, Han Baiyan, are a loyal hero. Today, the eldest son of King Wei is in the Yong army, and he is quite trusted. I will follow suit."

After finishing speaking, Li Rong winked at the guard beside him, and the guard immediately delayed on purpose, procrastinating.

The Shan Army Military Academy of the Liao State who was guarding them immediately ran forward, drew out a knife and yelled loudly.

"How dare you procrastinate, you thief? Come forward quickly, or you will be stabbed!"

After Han Tong heard this, he suddenly pulled out a bone from his waist and ribs, and before the Liao Military Academy could react, the bone hit the military academy on the head.

The Khitan Military Academy did not expect that Han Tong would dare to attack at this time, and was immediately knocked to the ground. Li Rong next to him also drew out his long knife, and several soldiers brought by the General Academy hacked to death.

Han Tong stood on top of the Khitan man's corpse, raised his arms and shouted, "Military academies, follow me to kill the northern captives and welcome King Yong, let's rebel!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the former Jin Army Military Academy, which Li Rong had contacted a long time ago, immediately raised his arms and shouted with his entourage.

All of a sudden, on the battlefield, it was all 'reverse!Inverted! ' roared.

The anger buried in my heart was instantly ignited!

These soldiers of the Jin army did not think that they were defeated by the Khitan, but were betrayed by Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen. Their inner dissatisfaction and disdain for the Khitan people had reached their peak.

They were originally the most elite teeth soldiers in the Jin army, they immediately changed from the front team to the rear team, hacked and killed the Khitan supervisor army around them, and then gathered together.

Li Rong even sent dental soldiers to run towards the Yong army with white clothes in their hands.

The Shan army's Xiangwen was actually guarding against the surrender of the Jin army, so it wasn't too flustered.

These soldiers of the Jin army were all infantry, and Chen Tie of the Shan army was riding behind them, and immediately prepared to rush directly to kill them.

Just at this moment, waves of horseshoes came from a distance, and everyone took a closer look, and saw a cavalry of more than a thousand cavalry, all wearing white robes, coming straight from the Yong army formation.

The first person, with white helmet and white armor and white robe, has a white horse with pitch-black hooves under his crotch. It is Murong Xinchang's iconic BMW Snow in the Snow.

This Murong Nobunaga stayed in Tokyo for more than a year, and the names of Xiao Mengchang and Murong Baipao spread throughout the Jin Kingdom.

At Shi Jingtang's funeral, he acted out of righteousness again, and all the heroes in the world respected him.

At this moment, Nobunaga Murong suddenly appeared, and all the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom immediately seemed to have a backbone, and countless people roared madly.

"Murong Baipao is here! Murong Baipao is here!"

"Kill the northern captives and return to King Yong!"

"Kill all the northern captives and avenge them!"

Originally, the Jin army had assembled to defend to the death, but immediately followed Murong Xinchang to kill the Shushan army with great momentum.

This white helmet and white armor are so conspicuous, as if marking the direction of attack.

Almost at the same time, the south gate of Yanshi city suddenly opened, and the cavalry team of thousands of people suddenly walked around the city, so quiet that many people didn't notice it.

However, the former generals of the Jin Kingdom who had been watching all the time saw it. Suddenly, An Shuqian took the lead, and more than a hundred Jin troops suddenly roared.

"The emperor is dead! The emperor has been killed!"

Amidst the roar, Fu Yanqing, who had the best archery skills, took the lead and rushed out, and suddenly drew his bow and shot three consecutive arrows more than a hundred steps away.

The fake Yelu Deguang under Huang Luo's umbrella was caught off guard and was shot over.

The tense Liao army suddenly went into an uproar. Many people looked back, and there was really no one under the umbrella of Huang Luo.

At this time, An Shenqi, Gao Xingzhou, Gao Huaide, Yao Yuanfu, Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and even Song Yanjun, who had bowed his knees before, were dispatched.

They didn't intercept the Khitan who left the city, but rushed to where Huang Luo Gaishan was.

These guys were originally famous brave generals in the world, and the generals under their command are also masters who have been rolled out of the Central Plains for decades.

Although there were only one hundred and fifty riders, with such a luxurious configuration, the Khitan people around Huang Luo's canopy were scattered away with a single blow.

Gao Huaide jumped off the horse with a swoop, and with a big axe, he chopped down Yelu Deguang's canopy.

Yao Yuanfu shot like a string of arrows and wounded three of the six white horses driven by Emperor Yelu Deguang. The horses were panicked and ran around with the six white horses.

It was the Khitan people who panicked. People who didn't know the inside story really thought that the emperor had been killed. Countless people were extremely panicked and at a loss.

'The emperor is dead!The emperor is dead! 'The Khitan words resounded all over the world.

The battlefield was in chaos, and the [-] Khitan soldiers who could barely maintain it collapsed immediately.

Some cried and rushed towards Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others, wanting to kill them for revenge, while some scattered around the battlefield.

The [-] army suddenly collapsed, and there were people running around everywhere.

"Fuck you! Yelu Deguang wants to run!" Zhang Zhao jumped up.

"Send an order to Yan Jin, let him take full command, Li Cunhui, Fanshun, Huang Yingda, Chen Tingxiao, Yang Jiye, follow me to chase the Khitan Emperor."

Of course, Fu Yanqing and others who chopped down the umbrella of Huang Luogai would not wait to be attacked by the furious Khitan people in place, and they wanted to capture the Khitan emperor alive.

So these people continued to chase after them on their horses, and with a sharp head, they directly bumped into the tail of the Khitan who left the city.

The Khitan people were all busy running, they had no intention of fighting, and were even more panicked.

Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others fought more and more bravely, and soon fell into the ranks of the Khitans. They rushed from left to right, and kept looking for Yelu Deguang in the chaotic army.

And Murong Nobunaga also saw the team leaving the city, and regardless of being surrounded by Shan's army, they also followed them fiercely.

In other words, the Khitan can indeed run. The iron falcon and iron harrier armies guarding Yelu Deguang didn't wear armor at all. They just galloped away with two horses, far faster than Fu Yanqing and Murong Xinchang who were in armor. The action is fast.

Yelu Wuzhi was sweating profusely on his forehead, why was he discovered just after he left the house?

If this is the case, how can he go to Tokyo? He looked around anxiously and shouted: "Is there no loyal and brave minister at this moment?"

Yelu Shiba, the captain of the Iron Falcon Army, gritted his teeth, and said to Yelu Wuzhi: "After a certain time comes, I will escort His Majesty back north."

As he spoke, he led hundreds of cavalrymen under him to turn around and intercept.

. . . .

Downstream of Yiluo Water, Xiaoyi Bridge.It was Zhao Yanshou and Yelucha who led 3000 people to guard the bridge, and Zhao Kuangzan was leading thousands of cavalry to fight Zhao Yanshou here.

Zhao Kuangzan tried to persuade Zhao Yanshou several times, but Zhao Yanshou has no way to turn back, even if he takes refuge, can Zhang Zhao tolerate him?He instigated the Great War between Jin and Liao, can others tolerate him?
As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate until Zhao Kuangzan's sentry cavalry discovered thousands of cavalry rushing towards them.

(End of this chapter)