Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 472 The face of the pseudo-big power begins to be exposed (please subscribe!)

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Ma Kuo has been away for seven days, but there is no news.

Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi couldn't sleep or eat because of this!

Tong Guan said: "I think Ma Kuo is more dangerous than good. You think, Yeluchun is at the end of his life, he must be extremely crazy and deviate from common sense. Since he has killed three of us in a row, how can he let Ma Kuo alone?"

Zhao Liangsi said: "Teacher, don't be too anxious. He Zhizhou didn't receive the secret report, which means that Ma Kuo is still alive. If he was beheaded by Yeluchun, the news will definitely come out."

Zhao Liangsi was actually not only comforting Tong Guan, but also comforting himself.

As soon as Zhao Liangsi finished speaking, He Shen hurried into the room, and said as he walked, "There is news, Ma Kuo is under house arrest by Yeluchun!"

Tong Guan took a look at the secret letter and asked, "Is your news reliable?"

He Shen said: "It should be reliable."

After hearing this, Tong Guan's serious face eased a little.

Tong Guan thought to himself: "There are excuses, it's time to send troops."

Thinking of this, Tong Guan said to Liu Kai: "I issued a military order to the East and West Route Army to advance to the border according to the original plan, and strictly ordered all armies not to cross the border to kill people or rob property. If they encounter resistance from the Liao army, they must not fight."

Regarding the gathering of the Song army at the border, the Beiliao has actually already made deployments.

Yeluchun sent Yelu Dashi to serve as the commander of the Southwest Road, with Xiao Helu, the Niulan Supervisor, as his deputy, and led more than [-] Xi and Khitan cavalry to station in Xincheng.

(At this time, if the Song army attacked decisively, the Northern Liao army would undoubtedly be defeated, because the Liao army only had these 2000 horses in the south at this time, even if Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army was added, it would only have more than 1 horses.

It's not that there are no soldiers and horses in the Northern Liao Dynasty, but all the soldiers and horses in the Northern Liao Dynasty are deployed in Juyongguan, Zijingguan, Gubeikou and other places to defend the Jin army in the north and the Liangshan army in the west.

pity!

Just like in the Northern Song Dynasty's recruitment list, "Soldiers and soldiers have been ordered not to kill a single person. If there is a violation, the military law will be severely punished." As said, what Zhao Ji and his ministers wanted was to take this advantage for nothing, and what they wanted was to get Yan without killing anyone. Beijing and all the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction never thought of fighting the Liao army. )
Yelu Dashi is the eighth grandson of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji. He is tall, handsome and talented.

He was originally a literati. He once participated in the imperial examination of the Liao Kingdom and won the first place in the imperial examination. He was appointed as Lin Ya in the Dalin Ya Academy.

Lin Ya is the official name of the Liao Kingdom, the official in charge of Wenhan, which is equivalent to the Hanlin in the Song Dynasty.

He is proficient in Chinese and Khitan, and is also good at riding and shooting, which can be described as both civil and military.

After Liao Shangjing fell, he abandoned his pen and joined the army, and asked Emperor Tianzuo to be the envoy of Xingjun.

After Yeluchun ascended the throne, he trusted him very much and handed over the Southwest Road to him to lead.

On this day, Yelu Dashi received a report from the horse scout, saying that a cavalry from the Song Army had entered the country and was heading towards Zhuozhou.

Yelu Dashi asked, "How many troops?"

Tan Ma replied: "It seems to be the vanguard of the Song Army, with about several thousand troops."

Yelu Dashi thought to himself: "I only have 2000 troops in my hands. The strength is obviously insufficient. It is definitely not possible to confront directly. We should win by surprise."

Thinking of this, on the one hand, Yelu Dashi sent people back to Yanjing to report a letter to ask for reinforcements, and on the other hand, he sent his own people to Langoudian to ambush.

Langoudian is located in the southwest of Xincheng. It used to be a river valley, but now it has dried up into a north-south road. There are long slopes on both sides of the road, and there are large pine forests on the slopes.

It was Yang Keshi, the deputy commander of the capital and the commander of the former army of the West Road, who led the vanguard of the Song army into the Liao territory.

He was ridiculed by He Shen as a coward at the Xiongzhou meeting, and he kept holding back a fire in his heart, and wanted to clear the name of this coward through war.

Tong Guan ordered the army to suppress the border. His original purpose was to put some pressure on Yeluchun and intimidate the newly established Beiliao government. He did not really want to cross the border to attack Beiliao.

But Yang Keshi was eager to seek merit, and it may also be that he believed what He Shen said, "Yan people have long wanted to be attached, and if the teacher enters the country, he will eat a pot of milk to welcome him", so he led thousands of light horses straight into the Liao territory.

When the Song army entered Langoudian, Yang Keshi, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, immediately felt that the situation was not good, so he wanted to order the troops to retreat!
pity!

It's too late now!

I saw random arrows shooting from the slopes on both sides of the valley, and the arrows rained like rain!
The Song army was caught off guard by the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi. Thousands of soldiers and horses crowded in the narrow river valley, running around and trampling each other!

Seeing this, Yelu Dashi, who was standing on the top of the mountain observing the battle situation, decisively ordered a general attack!

The cavalry of the Liao army hiding in the pine forest rushed to the valley like a tiger descending the mountain, and then rushed to the Song army!
Dust was flying in Langoudian, and the sound of killing was loud. A bloody battle lasted for nearly half an hour before it ended.

The setting sun fell on the severed heads, arms, legs, and arms, shining bright red light. The horses and incomplete corpses lying on the ground were scattered all over the place. The bloody appearance was frightening. The dead Liao soldiers and Song The soldiers were all lying together, and they could only be distinguished from their clothes. The air was filled with a thick and disgusting smell of blood. Some seriously injured soldiers were lying on the ground dying. Whether they are yearning for heaven or fearing hell, the corners of their twitching mouths do not know whether they are smiling or in pain.

Yang Keshi led the remnants of the defeated generals to fight a bloody road, rushed out of Langoudian, and ran for more than ten miles. Seeing that there were no pursuers, Yang Keshi ordered to get off his horse at the edge of a wheat field to rest.

Yang Keshi squatted on the ridge of the wheat field and cried loudly.

The remnant soldiers and defeated generals also wiped their tears with Yang Keshi.

Yang Keshi felt that he had no face to see Tong Guan, and no face to see Master Zhong. Since he has been in the army for more than 30 years, how could he have fought such a shameful defeat?
The more Yang Keshi thought about it, the more angry he became, he suddenly raised his saber and slashed at his neck!
In a critical moment, Yang Keshi's saber was knocked to the ground by the deputy general Wang Yuan with only a "clang"!
Yang Keshi looked up to the sky and sighed: "The battle is so useless, I can't feel sorry for the officials, I can't feel sorry for my brother, what face do I have to survive in this world?"

Wang Yuan persuaded: "If you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of no firewood. How can General Yang go this way of no return? If you keep a useful body and plot revenge, you will be a great hero!"

Hearing what Wang Yuan said, Yang Keshi put down his saber, and then withdrew with the remnant soldiers to the area of ​​Fan Village for defense.

For the war between the two countries, thousands of casualties are actually nothing.

but--

The defeat of Langoudian completely wiped out Zhao Ji's dream of peacefully regaining Yanjing. It also opened the prelude to the repeated defeats of the Song army. Leading to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In addition, Yelu Dashi became famous in the first battle through this battle, and eventually became a generation of famous generals, creating the Xiliao Empire that was not inferior to the Kingdom of Jin in the slightest.

Of course, these are just the development track of Li Yanwei before he came to this world...

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(End of this chapter)