The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Yeli Wangrong no longer dared to underestimate the small fortress on the road ahead. The lesson of Dingchuanzhai was right in front of him. There is a saying in Dangxiang: You must never step on the same bubble of cow dung and fall. In view of this, Yeli Wangrong ordered Stop advancing and call the generals to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, the terrain here is flat and open, and the river crossing here is hundreds of steps wide. It is not as narrow and steep as Dingchuan Village. The general thought that there was no need to think about it at all. Wanqi charged and rushed across the river. , The Song army just wanted to block our iron cavalry with bows and arrows, all they had to do was order the soldiers to suppress the bows and arrows of the Song people with strong crossbows, and after rushing across the river, it would be hand-to-hand combat, and the Song people would only be defeated by then." A lieutenant general said.

Yeli Wangrong was ashamed to wake up the dreamer with a single word. A small defeat actually covered his intelligent brain with dirt. The terrain here is very different from that of Dingchuan Village. He couldn't use kerosene and other tricks, and the only thing he worried about was the bows and arrows on the city wall and on the other side of the river; but the terrain is so open, and tens of thousands of horses can rush to the other side in no time.The Song army blocking the attack on the opposite river bank was actually not a concern; the slightly more troublesome one was the Song army huddled in Fort Liu Xun.

Yeli Wangrong drew up a battle plan in no time. First, he dispatched archers to suppress them from a distance while crossing the river, and then ordered the cavalry to rush in to cross the river. Tens of thousands of cavalry only needed to suppress the cup of tea, and the cavalry team that charged had already crossed the river smoothly. , and then it is time to harvest.

The easiest way is also the most effective way, that is, don't use bows and arrows to suppress, Wanqi charged, stepped on and flattened the opposite bank, it was all caused by Dingchuan village, which made people confused and became hesitant.

After thinking about this, Yeli Wangrong was in a good mood, and immediately ordered the arrangement. After half an hour, the suppressed archers and riders were all in place, and the charging cavalry ready to cross the river was ready. The shooting scene was extremely spectacular, the arrows were like a huge dark cloud covering the entire sky of Liu Xunbao, the terrifying howling of the arrows stopped, and the Song Army's north wall of Liu Xunbao was already full of people. It is full of wings, and the whole city seems to have turned into a sea urchin.

Yeli Wangrong is very much like this effect, although there is a feeling of chopping ants with a machete, Yeli Wangrong doesn't care about it; what's more manyi is that the Song army on Liuxunbao didn't even shoot an arrow When they came back to express their resistance, the Song army on the top of the wall also shrank to nowhere. The Song army on the wall of the village was like a branch in winter, which was wiped empty by this round of test shooting.

"Hahaha, this group of Song pigs is nothing more than that." Yeli Wangrong laughed, "Everyone is ready, the archers keep suppressing, and the cavalry immediately charged, smashed Liu Xunbao, and killed all the Song soldiers, leaving no one behind. "

As soon as Nori Wangrong's order was issued, the whole army moved immediately. The three blasts of the horn marked the beginning of the charge. Nearly [-] cavalry were divided into three teams and urged their mounts to rush to the opposite bank. The moment the horseshoes stepped into the river, the archers began to shoot continuously Launched, for a while there seemed to be thousands of migratory locusts flying over the river bank, one by one fluttering their wings and making noises, and rushed straight to the opposite bank; and the river water only reached the belly of the horse, which had little effect on the speed of the charge. After three or four rounds of arrow rain, the charging cavalry The team had already crossed the center of the river, and the Song army on the other side was so suppressed that they had no power to resist, and they didn't even shoot half an arrow to block it.

Ye Liwangrong was at a loss when the situation went well. Seeing that the front cavalry team had already set foot on the ground on the opposite bank, and the archers' arrow suppression had stopped, they were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people; but Song Jun still did not take advantage of this gap to attack Shoot even an arrow.

"No, is it true that Song Jun was shot to death? Or...?" Yeli Wangrong was afraid that something terrible would happen suddenly on the other side, so after charging so many times, it was so easy to break through without hurting anyone. It's the first time I've seen things, the more I feel like this, the more uncertain I feel.

"Report..." A cavalryman hurried back from the front and shouted loudly.

"What's going on? Where's Song Jun?" Yeli Wangrong asked anxiously.

"Report to the king, there is no Song army on the other side, and there is no one."

"What?" Yeli Wangrong couldn't say whether he should be relieved or regretful. Although it was more likely that Song Jun was scared by himself and fled without fighting, he always felt uncomfortable; it took so much time to arrange more than [-] yuan. It turned out that the opposite side was actually just an empty village. The Song army who was originally on the wall of the village quietly withdrew when they were forming their formation, and he was worried for a long time; suddenly he felt a feeling of being trapped The feeling of being played.

The Song army in Liuxunbao was indeed on the way back to Weizhou. Of course, this was not the idea of ​​Zhang Jiong, the Song general who guarded Liuxunbao, but a strict order from Su Jin.

Dingchuan Village fell, and the news of Ge Huaimin's death was delivered to Weizhou City an hour ago. Su Jin suddenly realized that it was meaningless to send troops to defend these two villages, although there might be a chance to defeat the enemy. Although the death of Ge Huaimin was tragic, it was his personal choice after all. Su Jin didn't have time to sigh and sigh. What he cared about was the next Liu Xunbao. fate.

Dingchuan Village has a favorable location to defend, and can cause certain damage to the enemy, but Liu Xunbao absolutely can't do it. More than 2000 Song soldiers who escaped from Dingchuan Village have already fled to Liu Xunbao. There are so many soldiers, once so many people are eaten by Xia Jun, it will be a great blow to the morale of Song Jun.

Jingtai, who originally proposed to garrison troops in Liangzhai, was also aware of this problem. As soon as Su Jin said it, he immediately suggested that the troops guarding Liu Xunbao be quickly withdrawn, so Su Jin quickly ordered, and Feiqi sent someone to issue an order to let Liu Xun The garrison of Burnt Fort rushed back immediately.

What Su Jin was worried about was that it was too late. Dingchuan Village was only ten miles away from Fort Liu Xun, and the enemy could reach Liu Xun Fort in less than a meal. Fortunately, the delay in Dingchuan Village was long enough for Xia Jun to really After tidying up for a while, it was almost noon, Xia Jun rested and ate some dry food and water, and planned to rush to the city of Weizhou in one go, which delayed some time.

When the messenger cavalry arrived at Liu Xunbao, it was the time when the Xia army was ready to charge. Although Zhang Jiong was full of reluctance, but the military order was difficult to violate, he quickly ordered to evacuate; The brigade is running towards Weizhou on the road three miles to the south.

Ye Liwangrong ordered people to pursue him immediately, and the archers shot and killed hundreds of riders after the 2000 soldiers of the Song army were cut off. When they finally killed all the 2000 soldiers of the Song army after the break, the fleeing Song army had already disappeared; It is impossible for Yeli Wangrong to continue to order people to chase him down. Firstly, he does not know if there is an ambush ahead, and the small army may be dangerous if he advances too far. Secondly, Weizhou is approaching, and the left army he leads is only a part of the army. Never advance aggressively, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy. After experiencing the two battles of Dingchuanzhai and Liuxunbao, Yeli Wangrong did restrain his contempt for the Song army, but in these two jiechus, both sides lost more than [-] soldiers , but the Song Army used a small force against its own [-] cavalry. Psychologically speaking, the Xia Army had already lost a battle.

At the end of the afternoon, 7000 cavalry from Ye Liwangrong's left army finally approached the wide area outside the north gate of Weizhou. The moat is several feet long, and the sandy land outside the north gate is barren of grass, and the traces of the newly turned soil can be seen. It can be imagined that there must be countless pits under the ground, and the sharp thorns and thorns inside are all waiting.

More than [-] soldiers from the Youjun Army led by Ye Li Yuqi and the Chinese Army led by Li Yuanhao also arrived one after another, and the entire Weizhou North Gate, within a ten-mile radius of the north gate, was immediately filled with people screaming and flags waving, which was extremely lively.

From dusk to dawn of the next day, the Xia army camped with the whole army. After a night of hustle and bustle, when the dawn light illuminated the battlefield that was about to be filled with blood, Song Jun on the top of the city was surprised to find that there was a thousand steps away from the north of the city. The place stretching several miles wide has been completely occupied by pitch-black tents, and a magnificent golden tent at the farthest end is particularly eye-catching under the hard lining of a group of black grave-like tents. It was full of flags, a huge golden military flag was erected on the top of the tent, fluttering in the strong wind, and a big red "Li" character surrounded by two dragons was as bright as blood.

Everyone was keenly aware that this was Lord Xia Li Yuanhao coming in person.