Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 686
Once Yelu Hongji made up his mind, the Liao army moved quickly. The [-] troops left Pingzhou and rushed to Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo.

The Song Army has once again occupied Juehua Island, using Juehua Island as a base, dozens of warships of the Song Army continued to press on Pingzhou, forcing the Liao Army to transfer troops from various places along Nanjing Road to Pingzhou.

Miao Shunli, the commander of the Bohai Navy, discovered the transfer of the Liao army immediately.

On a large ship with thousands of stones, Miao Shunli looked at the Liaoxi Corridor in the distance, and he could feel the [-] troops passing through the corridor quickly.

Of course Miao Shunli would not be stupid enough to intercept this army, not to mention that it was Fan Xianggong's intention to transfer the Liao army from Youzhou to Liaoyang Mansion by encircling Wei and saving Zhao, blocking it now would destroy Fan Xianggong's intention.

But even if he sent troops to intercept him, his [-] army might not be able to defeat the [-] elite Liao army, which Miao Shunli knew well.

Fifty thousand Liao troops marched north, and Miao Shunli was still patiently waiting for the report from Jinzhou.

Two hours later, a soldier walked into the cabin and reported, "General Qi, after receiving the latest information, the Liao army has passed Jinzhou!"

Miao Shunli nodded, turned to lieutenant general Zhang Shun and said, "You can send troops now!"

The troops of Tokyo Road were limited, and there were only 1000 Liao troops stationed in Jinzhou, which was within easy reach for the Song army. The reason why the Song army did not attack Jinzhou was that it was waiting for the Youzhou army to return to Liaoyang Prefecture.

Now is the time.

The 5000 Song troops quickly went ashore. They were divided into two groups. On the one hand, [-] people killed Yuguan in the south. Occupying Yuguan cut off the passage for the Youzhou army to go north to the Liaoxi Corridor. He led his subordinates to kill Jinzhou.

At noon on the third day, the Song army arrived in Jinzhou. At this time, Yongle County in Jinzhou Prefecture was already an empty city, and the [-] garrison soldiers had disappeared without a trace.

The city gate opened, and an official stood alone outside the city gate holding his official seal.

Miao Shunli led the army to arrive, and the officials stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Xie Xian, magistrate of Yongle County, welcomes the army of the Celestial Dynasty!"

Miao Shunli pointed his whip at the county seat and asked, "Where's the Liao army in the city?"

"General Qi, a thousand Liao soldiers heard about the arrival of the army and fled the city half an hour ago. Now there is no Liao soldier in the city."

Miao Shunli looked at the opened city gate, then turned to a general and said, "Take five hundred brothers into the city to check to prevent ambushes!"

"Follow the order!"

The general rushed into the city with five hundred soldiers, and Miao Shunli said to the county magistrate, "Magistrate, please stand up. If it is true as you said, I can accept the surrender and will not massacre the city!"

"Thank you General!"

Not long after, Pianjiang came out with a few soldiers to report: "There is no ambush near the city gate, and there are no items such as kerosene or brimstone."

Miao Shunli nodded, and ordered: "The army enters the city!"

Fifteen thousand troops marched into the county seat. Yongle County was quite large, and the city was very quiet. There were no pedestrians on the street.

Miao Shunli asked the magistrate again, "How many people are there in the city?"

"Reporting to the general, when Yongle County had the largest population, there were [-] households with more than [-] people. After several migrations, there are only more than [-] households with a population of about [-]."

Miao Shunli frowned, "How did the population drop so much?"

"The main reason is that the Juehua Island was captured by the Song army the year before last, and the Liao Dynasty court moved the people from the west of Liao to Liaoyang and Dading on a large scale. Now almost all the counties on the Liaoxi passageway have few people, and Yongle County is no exception."

"How many Han people are there?" Miao Shunli asked again.

"Half! In the past, Han people made up the majority. Later, most of the Han people were forced to go to mines. Now half of the Han people are Han people, and the Khitan people and Xi people each make up the other half."

Miao Shunli nodded, "I don't need to kill the Khitan and Xi people, but I need to know how many young and strong they are. If there are too many young and strong, they must move away to Ande County or Anchang County."

"Please rest assured, the general. The people in the city are basically women and children. All young and strong men have been conscripted to join the army. More than 300% are old people, women, children and children. There are only two to three hundred young and strong men. As long as the Song Army guarantees the safety of their families , they absolutely dare not confront the Song Army."

Miao Shunli said unequivocally: "Even if there are two or three hundred people, it is more dangerous. Except for the young and strong Han people, all the young and strong Khitan and Xi people must take their families away and resettle in Anchang County. There are many empty houses there. , their property can be taken away, please ask the county magistrate to arrange this matter, I will not interfere."

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, County Magistrate Xie felt helpless, so he nodded and agreed. He knew very well in his heart that the Song army should be courteous before soldiers.

Miao Shunli asked again: "Where do the people in the city mainly live?"

"It's relatively scattered, basically all over the city."

"That does not work!"

Miao Shunli shook his head and said: "If the city is willing to move to Jinchang County temporarily, I welcome it. If you don't want to leave Yongle County, in order to ensure their safety, please try to live together as much as possible. I think the southeast of the city is better. Let everyone The people temporarily moved to the southeast of the city with their property to avoid being affected when the war broke out."

Miao Shunli is very shrewd. He suspects that the Liao army is lurking in the city. Once the Liao army attacks the city, it will cooperate with the outside. The best way is to let the people relocate and search the city thoroughly.

"This has too much impact!" Magistrate Xie said very worriedly.

Miao Shunli glared, "If you think it's troublesome, then I'll ask the soldiers to help relocate, and you can figure it out yourself!"

The magistrate Xie had no choice but to agree.

Soon, more than a dozen yamen servants began going door to door to mobilize the people to relocate.

At this time, a scout brigade commander found Miao Shunli, and said in a low voice, "There are a few big houses in the northeast of the city whose doors are always closed. It looks weird. I suspect that there are many people hiding inside?"

"What is the evidence of suspicion?"

"Behind several houses there is a place where garbage is piled up. There are dozens of sacks containing grain, which have just been discarded, indicating that someone has moved a large amount of grain and other items."

Miao Shunli walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and ordered: "Bring the county magistrate to see me!"

Not long after, the county magistrate Xie was brought up by soldiers. Miao Shunli said coldly, "I'll give you one last chance. Is there any Liao army in the city?"

A few soldiers next to him drew their swords out. Magistrate Xie was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and wept, "They took my son as a hostage. My son is only seven years old. General, I am really forced to do nothing!"

Miao Shunli snorted coldly, "Take it seriously!"

"The thousand soldiers are actually still inside the city. They are hiding in ten houses in the northeast of the city. They are the top ten wealthy Khitan families in Jinzhou. The houses are all built together, so they are called ten houses. The owners of the ten families have all moved to Liaoyang. The mansion, the house is closed, and a thousand soldiers are hiding in these ten big houses."

"What do they want to do?"

The county magistrate Xie did not dare to raise his head, but lowered his head and said, "The 5 troops who passed through the border a few days ago are likely to kill one of their carbines. This is my guess. Yelubai, the chief general of the [-]-man army and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, values ​​Jinzhou very much. , He said that other cities can be abandoned, but Jinzhou cannot be abandoned."

Miao Shunli nodded, as Fan Xianggong said, no matter what he wanted to win Jinzhou, Jinzhou is not only the north gate of Liaoxi Corridor, but also the west gate of Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and the east gate of Dading Mansion in Beijing, its strategic location is extremely important .

It's just that this Yelubai is too greedy. Not only does he want to occupy Jinzhou, but he also wants to wipe out the Song army that occupied Jinzhou. I'm afraid it won't be such a good thing.

Miao Shunli immediately ordered: "The army besieged ten houses!"

"General, let my son go, he is only seven years old, please let him go!"

County magistrate Xie was taken down, and his begging was heard from a distance. Miao Shunli was as hard as iron, and ordered: "Fire the rockets, burn down the house!"

Thousands of soldiers of the Song Army fired rockets at the house of ten households, which occupied a vast area. Thousands of rockets shot into the house. In just a moment, flames rose into the sky, and the fire spread rapidly in the house.

Shouts came from the house, and I saw countless young and strong men rushing out of the house, some over the wall, and some rushed out directly from the door. Ten thousand Song troops had surrounded ten houses, and the only ones who greeted these soldiers were Intensive arrow rain and ruthless killing.

Half an hour later, the raging fire had engulfed all the ten households, and all the more than 600 soldiers who had escaped were shot and killed by the Song army, and the rest of the soldiers who did not escape were also killed in the flames.

Two days later, Yelubai, the deputy privy envoy of the Southern Academy, returned with an army of [-], and Jinzhou City had been completely occupied by the Song army.

At three o'clock that night, the Liao army ambushing outside the city discovered that the north city tower was on fire, the north city gate was wide open, and the screams of killing inside were loud.

Yelubai was overjoyed, it was a thousand soldiers inside who captured the north city gate, he brandished his knife and shouted, "Order the vanguard to go in!"

Three thousand forward soldiers of the Liao army ambushing outside the north gate rushed into the city first. When the other army was about to follow up, an accident happened. The north gate was closed suddenly, the suspension bridge was pulled up, and there was a faint scream in the city. and howling.

Thousands of Song soldiers suddenly appeared at the top of the city, and they shot arrows down the city together. The Liao soldiers who had just rushed to the city gate were caught off guard and were shot down by random arrows. The soldiers behind turned around and fled in fright. After being defeated, the soldiers retreated, leaving behind corpses all over the place.

"It's hit!"

Yelubai shouted in hatred, "Retreat!"

The main force of the more than 1 Liao army quickly retreated northward, and retreated to ten miles away.

In the early morning of the next day, Yelubai knew that there was no hope of capturing Jinzhou, so he led more than [-] troops back to Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo.

(End of this chapter)