Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 5 - 58

Gao Bolong handed the military report to Han Ningshuang, "The golden soldiers have captured Shenzhou, and the future is safe. The army will soon go south to Liaoyang." He patted his thigh, stood up and said, "There is going to be a big battle." Today, the morale of the golden soldiers outside Liaoyang City is much higher.Wanyan Zongbi and other Jin Bing generals challenged outside the city gate in turn.The city wall of Liaoyang has been smashed to the point that there are uneven potholes everywhere. A few days ago, the Jin soldiers drove the signing army to attack the city desperately, and dug out a large hole for Tibetan soldiers in the south and east of the city wall, which were mainly attacked. The arrow on the head has not been 'shot' inside.With the assistance of the artillery of the Han army, the Jurchen army began to storm the city of Liaoyang, and almost captured the city gate several times.

"It's unbelievable for Yelu Dashi to sit and wait for Huanglong Mansion and Shenzhou to fall," Xu Detai said, "Yelu Dilie was originally Yelu Dashi's former general, and more than [-] Liao troops defended the city. They planned to massacre the city, but when the Jin soldiers entered the city, they found that there were almost no living people in the city." He sighed, "Although this Yelu Dilie was a Khitan dog, he died a heroic death." Shenzhou sent Yelu Dilie's body overnight The head was carried high on a wooden pole, with eyes wide open, looking at the city of Liaoyang.

"Marshal," Gao Bolong said in a deep voice, "we have to beware of the golden man crossing the river and tearing down the bridge."

"General Gao is right," Han Ningshuang nodded, and said, "Mother Wu Yaren is escorting food and grass. His Majesty A Guda has also approved our covenant, and he will not let He Xieye, Zongbi and the others know." Act rashly." Xu Detai and Gao Bolong exchanged glances, Wanyan Wuya waited for Han Ningshuang's adoptive mother, Aguda brothers, and only this one sister, she has the courage to stand up for a woman, and she is quite popular in the tribe. status.With her guarantee, Jin Jun's actions should be restrained.

Although Han Ningshuang was quite confident, Zhao Xingde still said: "The 10,000+ Jin army gathered to go south. Our army is weak, so we should reserve a way out in advance. In case things happen in a hurry, we can't deal with it in time." The memory of the Jin country is too deep in my mind, although Agreeing to send troops to Liaoyang, Zhao Xingde is still not optimistic about the alliance between Han and Jin, and has been planning the contingency by using the Jin army to attack the Han army.At this time, one by one, the plan was extremely detailed.

He spread out the marching map, and said in a deep voice: "Whether the Liao army or the Jin soldiers are mostly cavalry, our army is mostly infantry, and it is difficult to escape the pursuit on the plain. Liaoyang is six hundred miles from Suzhou. Our army can fight and go first. Retreat to Jicui Mountain, which is more than a hundred miles away from Liaoyang, and follow the mountain to the south, returning to Suzhou." Zhao Xingde pointed to several marks along the way, "The marshal can order General Wang to set up these places in advance. Ambush, intercept the deep enemy cavalry."

Zhao Xingde also suggested that the inconvenient luggage, including the artillery, should be ready to be blown up, and the spare horses should be used by the soldiers, and even the Han army under the city of Liaoyang should be gradually replaced by cavalry.In addition, in case the Jin soldiers keep their previous promises, the people of Han'er will immediately distribute them to Suzhou and Kaizhou after receiving a batch, so as not to cause a drag on the actions of the Han army.Although the generals of the Han army had considered breaking out and retreating, they had never been as serious as Zhao Xingde.On the marching route of Jicui Mountain, where is suitable for camping and camping, and how much food is buried in advance, there are calculations.It is also marked where it is suitable to set up an ambush to respond.

Han Ningshuang hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Since General Zhao has made a thorough plan, we will act like this." In the Han army commander's mansion, the marching plan is usually made by Wang Xuansu.Although Han Ningshuang is also familiar with military books and has been on the battlefield for a long time, she is still quite behind in the detailed arrangements.To a certain extent, Zhao Xingde had implicitly replaced Wang Xuansu's position, and the attitude of becoming Han Ningshuang was also natural, but it seemed that he was a little obedient to Zhao Xingde.Both Xu Detai and Gao Bolong found a strange color in each other's eyes.

The two were tacit understanding, and Han Ningshuang didn't notice it, and asked: "What do you think will happen next in the battle between Liao and Jin?"

Xu Detai thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Brother Yelu Tie is a famous general, he led more than [-] troops to help, there are two ways to go, one is to send troops from Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, go to Xianzhou, Jinzhou, and rush to help Liaoyang. It is right. The second is to send troops from Shangjing, along the Huanghe River, directly behind Jin Bing, which is amazing."

Zhao Xingde drew two lines on the map with his fingers, showing that the Liao army fought all the way and copied all the way, encircling the main force of the Jin army between Liao and Shen.

"However, the cities along the Huanghe River, including Shenzhou, Yinzhou, Anzhou, and Qianzhou, have all been captured by the Kingdom of Jin. The Liao Army, which copied the way of the Jin Bing, is also a lone army. "Gao Bolong said in a deep voice, "It is necessary for the army to go out without food and grass. The remaining cities, population and food in this area are all controlled by the Jin army. Difficult. This plagiarism of the strange soldiers behind the Jin army. If there are too many soldiers and horses, there will be nowhere to solve the food and grass. If there are too few soldiers and horses, they can only be "harassed" to no avail. Therefore, the key to victory or defeat should still be in Liaoyang Under the city?"

Zhao Xingde frowned and murmured: "This incident is a little strange. Yelu Dashi is brave and good at fighting, and he is a hero. The Liao army is also good at cavalry and field battles. It stands to reason that the Liao army's iron cavalry is based on offense instead of defense. Director. However, the Kingdom of Jin 'pressed' every step of the way, and the Kingdom of Liao did not fight back, and even fell into the situation of being trapped in an isolated city and being defeated by the Jin soldiers one by one..." But what was wrong, he didn't care Come up with an idea.

Coming out of the tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Xingde was still a little uneasy.The sound of artillery was roaring, and the shouts of real soldiers attacking the city not far away shook the sky.

All the Han soldiers I saw on the road had excitement and smiles on their faces.It's no wonder that the Han army has always regarded Liao as an enemy, and after the slave killing incident, there was no room for compromise between the two sides.As for the intrigue between the Han army and the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom, Han Ningshuang and the generals of the Han army will never make it public.Having been stationed outside Liaoyang City for a long time, most of the soldiers who fought side by side would have the illusion of fighting against each other.Seeing that the Jin soldiers were victorious in Liaodong, and the population of Yelu Dilie, the culprit who killed the Han people in Shenzhou, was hanging outside, ordinary Han soldiers were all rejoicing.

There was a burst of applause near Xia Guoying, and Zhao Xingde took a closer look, and it turned out that it was the soldiers under Jian Cheng's command who were fighting with the golden soldiers.Surrounded by many spectators.In the distance, a live sheep was hanging by a rope, and Xia Guo's cavalry rode their horses and galloped extremely fast.Holding the curved horizontal knife, the sergeant rushed over from a distance, and with one stroke, he cut off the sheep's head neatly with the help of horsepower. One of the sheep's hind legs was removed, and the third cavalry took off another hind leg. In this way, the five cavalry rushed through the shaft gate where the live sheep was hung, leaving only a headless and legless body hanging there. There was a pool of blood dripping all over the ground under the gate, and the eyes of the sheep's head that rolled to the ground were still opening and closing.

At this time, the sound of the color was much smaller, and many Han'er signing soldiers showed fear in their eyes.The complexions of those Jin Kingdom cavalrymen were also ugly.Commander Meng'an Cheli was born big and thick, his forehead was shaved so that only thick stubble remained, and the rest of the hair was messily tied into a braid behind the ears.There was a centipede-like scar on Cheli's face, which made his face extraordinarily ferocious, and ordinary signers didn't dare to take a second look.Cheli himself was very proud, because this was the first time he attacked the Khitan army when he followed His Majesty in Ningjiang Prefecture. His Majesty cut his cheek to boost morale, and the Jurchen warriors below cut their cheeks with sharp blades. It was left behind when the Tianmeng swore to the Liao Kingdom.

Wanyan Cheli was famous for his bravery in the Jin Guomeng'an Commander's School, but he was not sure if he wanted to cut off the Xuanyang with such a swift horse.Mostly it was a deep knife cut, but it was difficult to cut it cleanly like the Xia Guo cavalry.Because a live sheep suspended by a rope is useless, cutting it off with a knife seems easy and neat, but in fact it is extremely difficult. What's more, these five cavalrymen rushed through the gate almost front and back. After the front cavalry cut down the hanging sheep with a saber, the time left for the cavalry behind to draw the saber was only a moment.The reason why Xia Guo's cavalry can do this is inseparable from years of training since childhood.

"Bah!" A Jurchen beside him said dissatisfied, "If you cut someone's neck in half while riding a horse, you still have to die." To be able to sever with a single knife, all the strength of the galloping horse has been used, and it is possible to slash dozens of people without mercy.If it can't be cut off, the wrist will have to bear a lot of impact force, and it will soon be unable to hold the knife.What Xia Guo cavalry showed off was useless martial arts.Like Wanyan Cheli, the faces of several Jurchen warriors who had experienced many battles were shrouded in a cloud, and their hearts were filled with fear.

"Okay!" After the cavalry centurion Jian Cheng took the lead and cheered loudly, he galloped his horse and ran around the gate twice, bent his bow and set an arrow, and turned around with his left hand on the horse's back, shooting an arrow at the hanging sheep. .Changed his right hand to open the bow and 'shot' the second arrow, still 'shooting' the hanging sheep, the third arrow was amazingly skillful, one arrow actually passed through the knot of the hanging sheep, the rope was 'shot' broken, and the hanging sheep The sheep fell down with a slap, and before it hit the ground, Jian Cheng had already rushed to it, stretched out his hand to grab it, and grabbed the mutton in his hand, laughing loudly and ran around the gate again.

Zhao Xingde also showed a smile at this time, and clapped his hands vigorously.Even he is ashamed of himself for this skill of riding and shooting with both sides.Competing in marching skills is the way for soldiers to subdue barbarians.The sun in March in Yangchun shone on the pool of blood in that place, reflecting a magnificent and strange light.At this moment, the things that filled his heart seemed to be a lot easier.Seeing the captain approaching, all the sergeants cheered even louder.

Xu Detai looked at the rejoicing crowd, and in the distance, it seemed that a white cloud was floating over and landed on Zhao Xingde's head, transforming into the shape of a dragon and a tiger. "Master Xu, what are you looking at?" Gao Bolong slapped his shoulder, making Xu Detai tremble all over, turned his head and stared at him, and muttered: "I'm scared to death!" "The cloud follows the dragon, and the wind follows the tiger. No wonder the eldest miss favors him, so Mr. Zhao is really destined to be the emperor?" Secretly changed Zhao Xingde's address from "Mr. Zhao" to "Mr. Zhao".While leaving with Gao Bolong, he looked back at the cloud above Zhao Xingde's head.At this time, there was no wind, and the cloud group actually stopped fixedly on top of Zhao Xingde's head.

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