Monument Yangmen

Chapter 651 The Emperor's Will

As a mob, [-] heroes were consumed to build an army, and these Liao people are proud enough.

After nightfall, the two sides stopped fighting.

The Liao people withdrew to the barracks.

The Song soldiers collapsed on the city wall.

Li Hang walked out of the city gate at this time, looked at the soldiers who collapsed on the city wall, and shouted excitedly: "It is a great victory to repel the Liao people today! I will definitely thank your majesty for your help." Wait for the credit."

Li Hang is not good at war, but he still has the ability to buy people's hearts.

As a supervising army, he must show up at the right time to help the emperor buy people's hearts.

Obviously, Li Hang appeared at the right time, and his words immediately aroused fierce responses from the soldiers on the city wall.

Only Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong, who came from Lianjue, looked at each other and smiled wryly at the same time.

In today's battle, the two of them can be regarded as seeing clearly the reality of the Liao people outside the city.

The attack was haphazard, purely rushing forward desperately.

It's completely like a vagrant.

"It's not the Liao army..."

"It's not the Liao army!"

The two spoke at the same time.

Randomly shook their heads and smiled wryly.

Fighting against a group of civilians in the Liao Kingdom, they suffered a one-to-three loss. This is not something to be happy about.

Rather, it is a shame.

It can also be seen from this that the Liao people are tough, and the Liao people can also be brave and good at fighting.

rested overnight.

The next day, the war broke out again.

The Liaomin still charged in a swarm.

10,000+ people swarmed onto the city wall, surging up like a tide.

The Song army on the top of the city is desperately resisting the attack of the Liao people.

Shouts, screams, howls, and screams all joined together.

Today's battle is far more tragic than yesterday's.

Yelu Xuegu is not a fool.

He drew on the experience of yesterday's battle, and today let 10,000 cavalry mix among the [-]+ Liao people, and fight with them.

A large number of siege equipment also began to appear on the battlefield.

Crossbow guns pierced one deep hole after another on the city wall.

At the south end of the city wall, Hu Yanzan commanded the soldiers to resist the Liao people bravely.

The exclamation at the gate of the city aroused his idea.

When he looked up, he almost broke out in a cold sweat.

Since the Liao army spotted the gap in front of the city gate, they rushed to the city wall.

"Hu Yanda, you will preside over the battle here on behalf of the father, and the others will come with the old man."

Hu Yanzan roared violently, led a group of soldiers and horses, and went out to kill the city gate building.

The Liao army who climbed the gate tower was obviously stronger and braver than the Liao people.

It took less than a stick of incense for them to climb the city wall, and a large piece of Song Jun's corpse fell on the city wall.

Seeing that the Liao army was about to rush into the city gate, Hu Yanzan arrived in time to block the Liao army.

Gao Chugong also saw the problem in front of the city gate and led his troops to help.

Under the joint efforts of the two of them, the Liao army was beheaded on the city wall.

The city gate and the building are guarded.

Li Hang's calves were trembling, and he came out of the city gate, "Thank you two generals for saving your life."

After he came out, he thanked Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong.

"Don't dare!"

"If Mr. Li is afraid, you can go to the city to take it first. The battle on the city wall will be left to the old man and Gao Chugong."

Hu Yanzan criticized Li Hang unceremoniously.

A smile uglier than crying appeared on Li Hang's face, "I...don't be afraid!"

It was a lie to say that he was not afraid, he was so scared to death, but he couldn't go to the city.

He came to serve as the supervisor of the army instead of Zhao Guangyi. If he really wanted to leave the city wall and hide in the city, it didn't matter if he lost face, but if Zhao Guangyi lost face, his official career would be over.

Gao Chu said with a respectful smile, "Master Li has been guarding the gate of the city, he will inevitably get bored, why not just follow me."

Li Hang was taken aback, then nodded abruptly, "Okay!"

Gao Chuan respectfully cupped his fists to Hu Yanzan and said, "I will trouble General Hu Yan to take care of the city gate building."

"it is good!"

Hu Yanzan readily agreed.

After that, it continued for five days.

Liao people are attacking Waqiao Pass frantically.

With Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong standing guard at the Waqiao Pass, it was difficult for the Liao people to survive.

Li Hang was not idle either.

According to his promise to Zhao Guangyi, he sent a memorial to Zhao Guangyi in two days.

Two more days passed after that.

With the support of various circumstantial evidence, Li Hang finally believed that the dark Liao people outside the city were not the real Liao army, but a group of Liao people.

Immediately he wrote to Zhao Guangyi.

After receiving Li Hang's letter, Zhao Guangyi quickly replied.

After Li Hang got Zhao Guangyi's letter, he excitedly found Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong.

"Your Majesty has an order to order the two generals to go out of the city to meet them."

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong looked at each other with excitement.

"It's long overdue!"

Immediately, they mobilized their soldiers and horses, and rushed out of the city before the Liao people launched an attack.

outside the city.

Yelu Xuegu is organizing the Liao people to prepare for a new round of offensive.

Suddenly a scout rushed in front of him and knelt down on one knee, "General, the Song army has come out."

No need for scouts to report, Yelu Xuegu also saw it.

"Nearly [-] pacers...the elite of the Imperial Army of the Great Song Dynasty..."

Yelu Xuegu saw the infantry soldiers of the imperial army at a glance.

His pupils shrank, and he frowned and said, "Withdraw!"

Yelu Xuegu gave the order to withdraw the troops almost without hesitation.

He has been taught the first step of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

Its combat effectiveness is ten times stronger than that of ordinary infantry.

Yeluxuegu only has [-] cavalry under his command, and if he collides with the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, he will definitely lose.

Brother Yeluxiu didn't order him to fight to the death and never retreat, but gave him the order to retreat at the very beginning.

Therefore, there is no need for Yelu Xuegu to fight recklessly with the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

The Liao people came in like a tide and receded like a tide.

After Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong led the soldiers and horses to fight out, they saw the Liao people riding horses and walked away before they ran into the Liao people.

The Liao people retreated without any hesitation, which made the two feel a little puzzled.

According to what the two of them knew about the Liao people, with the disposition of the Liao people, they would resist a little even before retreating.

But this kind of retreat without any hesitation is not at all the style of the Liao people.

"drive!"

Li Hang came galloping on a bay red horse.

When he saw Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong who were hesitating in place, he frowned and asked, "Why didn't the two generals chase after them?"

Hu Yanzan was out of temper and snorted directly, too lazy to talk to him.

Gao Chugong said with a smile on his face, "Lord Li, the Liao people withdrew too simply. General Huyan and I thought there must be fraud in it."

"A fraud?"

Li Hang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

The smile froze on Gao Chugong's face, not knowing how to answer.

Since it is fraud, it is naturally not so easy to be discovered by others. If it can be discovered by others, it is not called fraud.

Li Hang looked at Hu Yanzan, "General Hu Yan thinks the Liao people are cheating?"

Hu Yanzan said unhappily: "If the old man knows what the Liao people are doing, why stop here?"

Li Hang straightened his face and said in a low voice: "I, Li Hang, don't understand military affairs, but I do know one thing, that is to obey the emperor's orders."

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong's heart twitched, before they could ask Li Hang what he meant.

Li Hang said solemnly: "Your Majesty means, let us take advantage of the victory and pursue it. There is no reason why Yang Yande can win Tongtai Pass with 1 people, but we can't do it with 10 people."

Hu Yanzan immediately yelled: "The situation is different, how can we generalize it? Yang Yande's attack was caught off guard, a surprise attack. We fought there openly, and on the way we might have to face Yeluxiu's 10,000+ army encirclement.

We can't take that risk. "

Li Hang looked at Hu Yanzan and said, "General Hu Yan, I know you don't like me, but you don't have to say these things. I came to Waqiao Pass to be your Majesty's substitute. All the words I said, All have been authorized by His Majesty.

If you really have complaints, you can go to His Majesty to discuss the matter.But before that, I hope you will follow His Majesty's orders. "

"Then go after it!"

Gong Gao said.

After finishing speaking, he led his soldiers and horses and rushed towards the Liao people.

Li Hang stared at Hu Yanzan for a long time, then rode his horse to chase Gao Chugong.

Hu Yanzan froze in place, a little at a loss.

After a while, he let out a long sigh, and shouted to the soldiers and horses behind him, "Chase!"

Ever since, the soldiers and horses at Waqiao Pass chased the Liao people all day and all night.

They chased them all the way to the city of Zhuozhou.

For a time, the offense and defense reversed.

"Siege!"

On behalf of Zhao Guangyi, Li Hang gave the order to attack the city.

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong led the army and began to attack the city.

Siege, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty Imperial Army are professional.

Li Hang represented Zhao Guangyi and decided the direction of the army, but he did not intervene in the real battle.

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong successively led the soldiers of the imperial army to attack the city more than ten times.

Every time they attacked the city, they were resisted by the Liao army led by Yelu Xuegu.

Judging from the battle losses of both sides, the battle losses of Yelu Xuegu's men and horses were far higher than those of Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong's Forbidden Army.

A day's raid.

Only more than 3000 soldiers were killed or injured in the imperial army.

But the Liao people who were in charge of defense on the top of the city died nearly [-] people.

After nightfall, the two sides ceased fighting.

Yelu Xuegu was worried in his Xingyuan in Zhuozhou city.

He bumped into the forbidden army that Song Dynasty was very capable of fighting. The 1 people under his command may not be able to defend the city of Zhuozhou.

Although Brother Yeluxiu had given him the order to retreat, he was only told to retreat to Zhuozhou City, and did not let him continue to retreat.

Today's siege by the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty was extremely dangerous for him.

From the first siege of the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty to the end, they sieged the city fifteen times before and after, and each time they climbed to the top of the city.

Once even broke through half of the city.

If he hadn't led the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely, the city of Zhuozhou might have collapsed.

Just when he was having a headache and thinking about countermeasures.

His personal guards hastily entered the Xingyuan.

"General, the prince has sent someone over."

Yeluxue Gu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said pleasantly: "Please."

The person who came to look for Yelu Xuegu was a civil servant in Yelu Xiuge's mansion, who looked weak and weak.

After seeing Yelu Xuegu, he saluted first.

"Your Majesty has met General Yelu Xuegu."

Yelu Xuegu smiled and said: "You don't need to be too polite, tell me quickly, what instructions does the prince have?"

The man bowed and said: "My lord heard that the general retreated from Waqiao Pass, so he sent an officer over to pass a message to the general."

"What?"

"retreat!"

"retreat?"

The man nodded and said: "The prince said that as long as the Song army pursues, you can resist properly. But you can't fight recklessly. Once you feel that you can't fight, you can retreat!"

Yelu Xuegu frowned and said, "Retreat all the time?"

The man nodded and smiled, "Keep back."

"What if there is no way out?"

Yelu learns from ancient times and asks questions.

The man smiled and said: "Your Highness has his own plans, so you don't need to ask."

Yelu Xuegu is still convinced by Brother Yeluxiu.

After all, Brother Yeluxiu is his uncle.

There's no reason to hurt him.

Yelu imitated the ancient Chinese way of saluting, and saluted the man, "I understand what the lord means."

The man returned the salute and nodded with a smile.

That night, Yelu Xuegu left a group of people to continue to defend Zhuozhou. He led a large army and a large number of civilians, and left Zhuozhou city at night.

The next day.

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong continued to attack Zhuozhou City.

All in one go.

There was little resistance.

A huge city of Zhuozhou was just taken over by them.

On the top of the city of Zhuozhou.

Li Hang turned his back to Zhuozhou City vigorously, and saluted deeply in the direction of Bianjing City.

"My Emperor Shengming!"

In his opinion, the victory of Zhuozhou City depends entirely on Zhao Guangyi's wise decision.

If Zhao Guangyi hadn't insisted on letting them pursue the victory, I'm afraid they would not be able to take this Zhuozhou City.

Hu Yanzan and Gao Chugong frowned into a "Sichuan".

"Something's wrong!"

"It's too easy... Yeluxuegu is well-known in the Liao Kingdom. He resisted desperately yesterday, but he ran away last night. To do so is completely incompatible with his status."

Hu Yanzan looked at Gao Chugong and asked, "What do you think?"

Gao Qinggong glanced at Li Hang secretly, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter what we think, what matters is what instructions His Majesty has..."

Hu Yanzan nodded helplessly.

The army stayed overnight in Zhuozhou city.

The next day.

Li Hang continued to issue orders instead of Zhao Guangyi, ordering to pursue the victory.

Zhao Guangyi's order was simple.

Since the Liao people were vulnerable, they took advantage of the victory to pursue.

Be sure to win the Tongtai Pass.

"Your Majesty said, if we can win Tongtai Pass and defend it. He will come from Bianjing in person to celebrate for you."

This sentence is very motivating.

All the soldiers were inspired by this sentence.

They screamed excitedly, wishing they could go all the way to the capital, and then let Zhao Guangyi go to the capital to invite them to drink in person.

This is the role of the feudal dynasty emperor.

Many times, Zhao Guangyi doesn't need to do anything, just a word can make everyone fall in love with him.

Just one sentence can make everyone work hard for him.

It seems that everything that can be related to the emperor is extremely glorious.

A person like Yang Qi who clearly has the opportunity to serve the emperor but insists on going against the emperor is a different kind.

With the emperor's encouragement, the army once again pursued the victory.

Yelu Xuegu was forced to retreat again and again.

In the end, it retreated to Tongtai Pass.

(End of this chapter)