Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 816 Rescue
High morale, reasonable command, and abundant military supplies are the inherent advantages of defense.The so-called timing, location, and harmony are all three, but the Liao army seems to have none of these three.

In this case, even though the Liao soldiers were nearly ten times larger than the defenders, Ye Chen didn't have to worry too much about the possibility of not being able to defend the city.

Of course, the most important thing is that as the days go by, Ye Chen's various unexpected layouts outside Hekou County are about to play a vital role.

For example, under the guidance of his issued "Guiding Book for Trapping the Enemy in the Vast Sea of ​​the People", the rebel army has gradually grown into a large scale, its combat experience, skills, and tactics have grown rapidly, and its overall combat effectiveness has continued to improve. Coupled with its familiarity with the terrain, it is bound to Disperse a lot of energy and strength of the Liao army.

In addition, the strong combat effectiveness of the special brigade, coupled with its elusive and invincible capabilities, has basically completely cut off the supply of grain and grass for the Liao army from Daxiaguan. Unless the Liao army is willing to dispatch nearly ten thousand troops to escort the grain and grass, it is possible to maintain the supply of grain and grass. But for a while, they didn't have so many troops to mobilize.

Ye Chen was full of confidence in Bai Canghai and Shangguan Bingyun for the nearly [-] bandits on Huanglong Mountain near Daxia Pass.

Outside Xiangfu Kingdom, Zhan Xiongwu led [-] Xuanwu cavalry deep into the solitary army. It is conceivable that killing the Liao family would be very tragic and the casualties would be not small. The shock and influence of the entire Liao people is the greatest.

In Hekou County, because of Ye Chen's stationing in Hekou County, the military headquarters has mobilized unimaginable various military supplies from the rear during the two or three days when the main force of the Liao Army moved from Yinzhou to Hekou County.There are as many as [-] soldiers and horses in one area, and there are as many as nearly a hundred giant guns and crossbows, fifty catapults, fast crossbows ten times the number of people, iron armor three times the number of people, and a large number enough to fight a [-] army. Monthly crossbow arrows and feather arrows, three thousand gunpowder packs.Such a sufficient supply of military resources has even surpassed Yinzhou City and Fuzhou City. If these figures are revealed, it will be unimaginable to all those who know how to fight.

Since the weapon production base of Xiangfu State has hydraulic machinery, the speed of producing weapons and equipment is far beyond what Song and Liao can guess, and the quality of the same things is much better than that of Song and Liao.The most important thing is that Xiangfu Kingdom has gunpowder packs, four-shot fast crossbows, giant guns, crossbows, and stone mines, which are not available in other countries.

In short, Ye Chen dared to use himself as a bait to stay in a small Hekou County, facing the 4000 elite army of the Liao Army with 3 troops. Apart from all kinds of unexpected and ingenious arrangements, Ye Chen's real confidence is the people in Hekou County. There are so many militaristic weapons that can be used at will.

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At the north and south gates of Hekou County, flames go up to the sky.The North and South Bazaars outside Hekou County, known for their prosperity, were all engulfed in flames, and the sky was filled with blood-red flames.
And in the darkness in the east and west, where the fireworks are not enough, there are thousands of troops that are more elite than the Liao warriors attacking the city from the north and south, lurking.

Xiao Dage was not in or near the camp. Before the battle started, he had already sneaked to a distance of [-] paces with a small group of soldiers. He wanted to witness his son Lang attack the river mouth with his own eyes. From the head of the county town to the scene where Ye Chen was captured in front of him.

But the development of the battle situation made him unexpected. The defenders did not attract all the attention and troops for the two offensives in the north and south. A crazy attack on the city.

"The defenders in the city have discovered it."

"It's not a discovery, it seems to have been prepared."

"Could it be that Ye Chen really has the ability to calculate, he has already guessed that we will raid at night, and why does he know that the north and the south are just an introduction, and the east and west are the main attack."

"The sound of the arrow is so urgent."

There was a trace of panic among the generals and staff accompanying Xiao Dage. Anyone who saw the originally dark city was illuminated by fire in a blink of an eye would feel a burst of heart palpitations.Those thousands of elites gave people a faint feeling of dying like moths flying into the flames.

Xiao Dage's expression was already extremely ugly, but he was unwilling to order the troops to retreat.

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Iron Palm Shituo, who hijacked Xu Bowen, and his party continued their "fishing" activities in circles, and they did what they wanted, or in other words, they were always bitten to death whether they intended or not, and it was difficult to get rid of.However, in order to appear real, they were also running for two days before being caught on purpose.

Xu Bowen was tied to the horse, and hope finally emerged in his desperate heart.But not long after, he finally saw some clues or problems. Now they are only two or three hours away from Hekou County, but these Liao masters still did not take him to the Liao army camp. The masters of the rivers and lakes among the rebels chasing up from behind, the Iron Palm Shituo and Zhong Tiezhu are not in a hurry at all, and even when the crowd mentions that someone is catching up, their expressions and words are vaguely...somewhat smug It was the expression when the prey was transferred into the trap and the fat fish was about to take the bait.

After walking like this for half an hour, it was already midnight, and then the masters of the rivers and lakes in the rebel army gradually approached.Because of their strength and cultivation base, and the lack of organization, these people came in twos and threes very scatteredly, only Xueyong lacked wisdom, and the fight in the dark continued for a period of time, but no one could get close. Before he made a move, he was touched by the people below and killed some.

Xu Bowen's face was half swollen at this time, but he had been quietly observing the expressions of everyone, his face became more and more ugly and angry.Iron Palm Shituo noticed Xu Bowen's eyes in the dark, smiled over there, and said softly: "That's right, Mr. Xu guessed right, this is indeed a trap, and you are the bait."

Xu Bowen could only whine twice, Zhong Tiezhu glanced at him, the iron-handed lion Tuole turned his horse's head and walked slowly, but leaned towards Xu Bowen.

"I waited for two days between Yinzhou and Hekou. There was naturally a conspiracy. I think you have seen it through your cleverness. During this day, there were many masters in the rebel army around Hekou County who wanted to rescue you. Mr. Xu You must be very moved, right? It’s just that you haven’t thought about why the news of your arrest spread so quickly, right?”

Xu Bowen's heart sank, and the leader smiled: "Of course we have the credit. If they can really save Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu doesn't have to thank me."

Iron Palm Lion Tuo paused: "The so-called rebels that your Emperor Xiangfu brought out, although there are many masters of the rivers and lakes, but they are all mobs who have failed to accomplish anything. If they hide in the dark, they want to harass the army and disperse them. Some troops are still useful, but now they are brought before us, they are here to die. Hmph! Speaking of which, these people are actually very stupid, and they ran out excitedly when they were slightly instigated by us. Mr. Xu, I just sent a few people among them, how many of them there are, and which group is the most powerful, I know all about it clearly, you said, shouldn’t they die? Who deserves to die?”

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In the flames, a tragic massacre is happening not far away.

Tiezhang Shituo came to Beijing from the Liao Kingdom, in addition to leading more than 100 masters, he also brought a thousand elite guards. At this time, the thousand palace guards surrounded the masters of the rivers and lakes among the hundreds of rebels in a mountain depression. Among them, the siege failed, and they were going to set fire to the mountain.

However, at the critical moment, the special brigades of the two battalions arrived and fought with the Thousand Palace Guards. As soon as the battle started, the Palace Guards, known as the strongest army in the Liao Kingdom, were defeated by the same number of special brigades. He was at a disadvantage and was quickly defeated. More than 300 people died and fled in embarrassment. The special brigade pursued them and forced them into the Liao Army's camp in Hekou County.Therefore, on the other side, more than 100 masters including Tiezhang Shituo didn't know that the Thousand Palace Guards failed to ambush the rebels, and encountered a special brigade that was supposed to be near Daxia Pass.During this process, only more than 20 people died in the special brigade, while nearly 500 people died in the Thousand Palace Guards.

These more than 100 volunteer masters walked away from the gate of hell, and they were frightened. They took the opportunity to scatter and escape, and some of them met Gao Wuyang and Zhong Sanhe who were covered in injuries and were gathered together.

Gao Wuyang only bandaged his wounds a little, and then led them to chase after him.They were almost burned to death before they passed by, and they also understood at this time that Zhong Tiezhu and others took Mr. Xu's family around and wandered around, trying to fish with bait.But they still thought that rescuing Xu Bowen was worth a reward for beheading a thousand Liao soldiers and points on the list of benefactors.Therefore, even though they knew it was a trap, many people still did not flinch and wanted to rescue Xu Bowen.

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The winter in Shangjing of Liao Kingdom is extremely cold this year, but the first winter snow has not yet arrived, and the howling wind is getting drier and colder. In addition, the atmosphere of the imperial court has become more and more dull recently, and the people of Shangjing who are sensitive to danger are speaking Things seem to be more cautious.

It took three months for the 20 Pishi army to eat horses and chew them. It cost a lot of money and manpower. They smashed the two roads, but failed to destroy the rebels. They finally escaped from the country and were rescued by Xiangfu Kingdom .

Then, in the face of the two military forts built by Xiangfu Kingdom, not to mention heavy losses, they have never been conquered.

This incident made Empress Dowager Xiao extremely angry, so that these days, she has never shown a smile to anyone except her precious son.

The only good news now is that the King of the South Court led an army of [-], which is said to have basically captured the Yinzhou territory of the Xiangfu Kingdom.

These days, the news about the prosperity of Xiangfu Kingdom has gradually spread in the Liao Kingdom, and everyone in the Liao Kingdom is now very envious of the King of Nanyuan and the Wuzhou tribe for being able to snatch back a lot of things and make a fortune this time.The Empress Dowager Xiao and the court officials also hoped that the dust would settle in Yinzhou, so that they could bargain with Xiangfu Kingdom to exchange the rebel army led by Yelu Hanye and Yelulu back.

(End of this chapter)