The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1670 Battle of Tanzhou ([-])

Even the coaches of the Liao Kingdom Yelu Haowu and Xiao Tianzuo felt that this was too easy, and they were able to take down Tanzhou so quickly. But the Song army is not as weak as they thought.

In fact, Tanzhou City already had tunnels, which were dug by them during the rule of the Liao Kingdom. As for what they were used for, they really didn’t say anything, but this time they were regarded as underground military tunnels. The army appeared from the tunnel in the city, and Song Jun was caught off guard. This may also be a calculation of the Liao Kingdom.

The Song Army drove them out of the territory of the Song Dynasty all the way, and the loss was not small. It is not an exaggeration to describe the Song Army at that time as brave and good at fighting, not to mention that they were in a weak position at that time. None of them retreated.

But today they had all the advantages, and they waited for work at ease, but they retreated. Just now Xiao Tianzuo looked at the formation of the Song army when they retreated. On the surface, it looked a bit chaotic, but they formed a natural defensive formation from front to back, left to right.

If the enemy attacked at this time, they must not be torn to pieces. Based on this, Xiao Tianzuo said that the Song army must have their conspiracy, and it is definitely not a retreat. Xiao Tianzuo doesn't know what it is.

"What's special about this? Let's quickly set up city defenses. No matter what conspiracy they have, as long as we stick to the city, we originally wanted to surround them and annihilate them in one fell swoop. It seems that this wish cannot be realized. The prefecture is a big victory for us, this is only the first step, this time we will take a steady approach to gradually encroach on the cities of Song Dynasty and eliminate their vital forces."

If Zhao Xu were here, he would definitely praise Yelu for being good at martial arts. This guy's words are really surprising. It is better to cut off one finger than to injure his ten fingers.

He actually understands such advanced military thinking, it's really not simple, Yelu's good martial arts has become not so simple, it's really completely reborn.

"Besides, although the coalition army stationed over there may not be able to stop Gao Huaide, but at least it can stop his offensive. This is what we want. We can eat part of them, and eventually we can eat them all. Don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, our goal is to completely wipe out every Song army."

From the process of Yelu Haowu's speech, we can already understand that he really understood the essence. To eliminate each Song army is to reduce the Song army one by one. Some people may have doubts, so many Song troops they have to deal with. When will the Song army be exhausted.

This is not the point, the point is that people just want to eliminate one after another, just like what I thought just now, it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers. It is not known who Yelu Haowu learned this thing from.

"This king has already ordered me to kill any Song people I see, and strictly follow your instructions."

Xiao Tianzuo clasped his fists and said, it stands to reason that Xiao Tianzuo is also a prince, there is no need to be so humble, but Yelu Haowu is the king of the South Court, he controls all the military power here, even Xiao Tianzuo is under his command, and Xiao Tianzuo, the King of Song, is a bit misnamed, King Song's fief is within the territory of Song. If the Great Song Dynasty is not conquered by the Liao Kingdom, he will not be officially fiefed for a day, and he cannot be regarded as a veritable King of Song. Therefore, there is still a gap between him and Yelu who are good at martial arts.

"Although this method is slow to take effect, you can give it a try. I heard that there is a story among the Han people called Yugong Yishan. We are not Yugong. We all move mountains, but we just kill people. This is easier than moving mountains. Many, so as long as we have the opportunity, we may occupy the entire Song Dynasty to wash away our shame of ceding the land."

Yelu Haowu still hasn't forgotten how Zhao Xu forced them to cede the Sixteen States of Yanyun to the Great Song Dynasty. In his eyes, the Sixteenth States of Yanyun belonged to the Liao Kingdom, not your Great Song Dynasty, not your Central Plains Well, it's impossible for you to think about it now. At that time, the situation forced them to cede the Sixteen States of Yanyun to Song Dynasty.

Everyone in the Liao Kingdom is ashamed of this matter, and they always think that one day they will be able to wash away the shame. They have waited for ten years for this event that brought them the greatest shame of the Liao Kingdom and the Khitan people. How many decades do they have in their lives? Really waited ten years.

How did the emperor Ye Luxian come here in the past ten years, at least he has never been happy, and his health has gradually deteriorated in the past ten years, all of which are blamed on Zhao Xu's head And Da Song's head.

Yeluhaowu and Yeluxian have a very good relationship, so he has always respected this cousin, and now that Yeluxian has become like this, Yeluhaowu is really angry.

So Yeluhaowu had never hated Da Song as much as he did now. He, the king of the Southern Courtyard, was a pioneer. Everything was to kill Zhao Xu and overthrow Da Song.

He didn't leave any soldiers of the Song army alive along the way, that is to say, there are no prisoners in his army now. All he did was to kill all of these people, leaving no one alive.

What they have to do now is to defend Tanzhou, and then push further south, using this method to have a duel in the Song Dynasty.

Didn't they think that if the Song Dynasty wants to put all their eggs in one basket, the Liao army can resist and have as many people as the Song Dynasty? They have never considered these, or they have deeper considerations.

"This king will go down and make arrangements in person. King Xiao, please send a memorial to the court and tell us about the situation here." Yeluhaowu wants to arrange the city defense in person, and leave the rest of the work to Xiao Tianzuo. He believes that Xiao Tianzuo must be able to handle it relatively satisfactorily.

Now that the Liao army has occupied every key position in Tanzhou City, even if the Song army wants to make a comeback, it will take a lot of effort. It is not an ordinary difficulty to attack the city.

On the other hand, Song Jun's situation was not optimistic. They were all pessimistic. Zhao Xu laughed when he saw this:
"Why are you all dying? Isn't it just that we escaped once? It's no big deal. There are victories and losses in war. No one can think of where there is authenticity in Tanzhou. The Liao Kingdom has occupied Tanzhou for so many years. There are many places that we don't know. You know, they are local snakes."

Zhao Xu comforted all the generals under his command. They were all a little depressed. After all, they should be depressed if they failed.

(End of this chapter)