Song Dynasty female artist

Zhao Zhen was deeply affected by the affection of the soldiers, and suddenly felt much better. He raised his whip and galloped forward.

After arriving at a fork in the road, the 70,000 soldiers of the Song Dynasty divided into two groups. One group was led by Di Qing and marched toward Licheng, while the other group was led by Gu Qingjue and the officials headed toward Rongcheng.

Yes, their goal this time was not to attack Gaocheng, but to attack Licheng and Rongcheng, which formed a triangular confrontation with Gaocheng.

They were determined that Daliao would hold on to Gaocheng, and at the same time they would mobilize troops from the other two cities to reinforce Gaocheng.

There are 20,000 garrison troops in each of these two cities. It depends on how many Deng Lu will deploy this time. If it is less, it will be more difficult for them to attack the city. But if they deploy more than half of the troops in the city, it will be much easier to attack these two cities. .

When there were still twenty miles away from Li City, Di Qing ordered the soldiers to march in concealment.

Not long after, Daliao soldiers who came out from Licheng to reinforce Gaocheng passed by not far from them.

Looking at the Daliao soldiers running at great speed, Di Qing felt very happy. Just from a brief glance, he saw that almost all the soldiers from Licheng came out in full force.

Based on this calculation, the number of soldiers defending the city was definitely less than 2,000.

"General Di, we are safe!"

"Okay, move forward at full speed and be sure to knock down Licheng as quickly as possible."

Heading towards Rongcheng, the situation encountered by the 35,000 soldiers led by Zhao Zhen himself was basically the same as that encountered by Di Qing.

They also marched in secret, waiting for everyone to pass before speeding towards Rongcheng.

Two hours later, reinforcements from the two cities were in place, but the Song army was still not seen.

Deng Lu in Gaocheng felt uneasy.

According to the situation reported by the scouts, the Song army should be not far from Gaocheng at this point, but the scouts sent out later have not returned.

He doesn't know what's going on now. I was worried that the Song army would bypass Gaocheng and attack Licheng.

Thinking of this, Deng Lu quickly walked to the emperor's tent.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Yelu Zhenzong was also anxiously waiting for the news. When Deng Lu came in at this time, he only thought that the Song army would soon approach the city.

"Is the Song Army coming?"

His tone couldn't hide his excitement, and he was excited but also worried.

Deng Lu shook his head: "Your Majesty, two hours have passed, and the scouts sent out have not returned yet, and there is no trace of the Song army. The minister is worried that the purpose of the Song army's trip is not to Gaocheng, but to Licheng around Gaocheng. and Rongcheng.”

Yelu Zhenzong looked at Deng Lu intently: "Why did you judge that the Song army would not attack the important Gaocheng and instead go to capture those two small cities?"

"Your Majesty, although Licheng and Rongcheng are small cities, they form a triangular confrontation with Gaocheng. Once these two cities are lost and an encirclement is formed, Gaocheng will be in danger!"

In fact, Yelu Zhenzong also understood this truth, after all, they had been fighting for so many years.

It was just that he had suffered too many defeats in the past few years, and the Song Dynasty's current development momentum was far incomparable to that of Liao Dynasty. For a moment, he was impatient and confused his sense of proportion. Now Deng Luyi said that he also knew that he was impatient and did not calm down to analyze the battle situation.

"General Deng, please quickly send someone to investigate the Song army's movements. Be sure to find out the latest situation."

Deng Lu worriedly said: "Your Majesty, I sent two groups of scouts two hours ago, but they have not returned yet. I am worried that the Song army has been guarding against the scouts. They may have..."

Everyone present knew what had happened.

Wan Scout finally ran back with all his strength. Song Jun would definitely not let such a thing happen again.

"What does General Deng mean?"

"I think that we can only let them go at this time to find out the movements of the Song army."

Deng Lu was talking about some casual cultivators recruited by the Yelv Zhen Sect. In their opinion, these people had unpredictable abilities, and it would be easy to find out information.

Yelu Zhenzong agreed with what Deng Lu said and immediately called Mao Chenfang and others. Mao Chenfang: "..."

I just called him two hours ago and wanted him to assassinate Emperor Song, but he refused. Now what did he think of?

"See Your Majesty!"

"You're welcome. I called you here because I want you to go to the front to inquire about the Song army's movements. See whether they are heading towards Gaocheng or Licheng and Rongcheng."

Mao Chenfang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

It was a trivial matter for them to just find out the marching direction of the Song army.

"Yes, let's leave immediately!"

Mao Chenfang took three casual cultivators and flew ten miles with his sword from Gaocheng, but no Song army was seen.

"In this case, the purpose of the Song Army is definitely not to attack Gaocheng. We are now divided into two groups. Lu Minghua and I will go to Rongcheng, and you two will go to Licheng. Once the situation is discovered, immediately send a message to Li Ze."

Li Ze was one of the casual cultivators who stayed in Gaocheng.

Mao Chenfang took Lu Minghua to change direction and fly directly to Rongcheng. With their cultivation level, it would only take half a quarter of an hour to get to Rongcheng.

"Look!"

Lu Minghua saw in mid-air that Rongcheng was already in flames of war. The Song army was struggling to attack the city, and the city gate could no longer hold up for long.

Mao Chenfang's eyes twitched: "Da Song moved so fast!"

He immediately took out the transmission talisman and transmitted the situation in Rongcheng to Li Ze.

As soon as Mao Chenfang approached, Pan Gong noticed it immediately, but he had no intention of having a big fight with Mao Chenfang.

Now that the situation is clear, Diduo can capture the city in half an hour.

At this time, unless all the Liao soldiers have wings, they won't be able to do it in time, so it's good to just let them watch in a hurry.

Sure enough, when Yelu Zhenzong got the news, he fell down on his chair.

"Your Majesty, the Song army attacked Licheng and Rongcheng by surprise. Even if they capture these two cities now, they will not be able to gain a foothold quickly. We can take the initiative."

"Okay, listen to General Deng! It's up to you to arrange the next thing."

Deng Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as His Majesty is willing to delegate power and not give random orders, he is still confident that he can fight the Song army.

At this time, Di Qing and Gu Qingjue each led 35,000 soldiers to capture the two cities.

During this attack on the city, about 2,000 people were killed or injured in Li City, and about 1,770 people were killed or injured in Rong City.

The casualties were very small and it can be said to be a great victory.

After the city was captured, there were cultivators in both armies to deliver messages.

Gu Qingjue's intention was to reorganize the defense immediately, and then send 20,000 soldiers to set up ambushes along the road that must pass through Gaocheng and Rongcheng.

The main thing is a surprise.

Gu Qingjue's ideas coincided with Di Qing's. They moved quickly. Of the remaining 33,000 or so soldiers, the 13,000 who stayed in the city organized their defenses, and the remaining 20,000 were divided into two places to set up ambushes.

Between Licheng and Gaocheng, there were three places with suitable terrain for ambush. Di Qing decided to leave only 10,000 people in the city, and the remaining 23,000 people were divided into three places to set up ambushes.

They were very fast and reached the designated location within two hours.

Deng Lu ordered troops and generals, and then arranged the troops in formation. He ordered 50,000 troops from Gaocheng. The troops were also divided into two groups. Together with the Liao troops who had come out from the two cities to support them, each group had about 38,000 troops. Thousands of people.