The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The Song Army didn't do what Yelu Chongyuan thought, they didn't intend to stop at all, but rushed to the southwest all night, Yelu Chongyuan pulled out his camp in the middle of the night to chase after, and finally hung the Song Army's tail again after noon.

The road is getting more and more difficult to walk, and the grassland has already passed in the morning, but the terrain is still relatively flat. As long as it does not snow or rain, the situation is still in favor of the Liao army; It was getting slower and slower, Yelu Chongyuan reckoned that after two or three hours, his forward would chase after the opponent's rear, and by then the battle would break out.

Earlier than expected, Yelu Chongyuan's vanguard army had already fought against the Song army's broken army at the end of the end of the century. The confrontation between the two armies can be described as destructive, and the Liao army will fall to the ground without any casualties. The rear team of more than 1 people wearing Song army armor and driving a cart were all killed.

Yelu Zhongyuan also felt that it was too smooth, and it would not be so. When the battlefield was being cleaned, the truth made Yelu Zhongyuan explode. These 1 people were not the Song army at all, but the Liao army enslaved by the Song army. National surrenders are used to drive carts and pull horses with the army to do handy work; originally they were engulfed in the position of the central army to advance, but not long ago, they were suddenly dropped and retreated to the rear, and then they were followed by indiscriminate pursuers Slashed and slashed, without even a chance to explain.

Yelu Chongyuan felt extremely humiliated by the cries of surviving Liao's surrendered troops. The Song people used the surrendered troops to delay the pursuit of the army. A small battle and cleaning the battlefield, just such a delay, the Song army pulled away again. A short distance away; it seems that the intention of the decisive battle before dark today cannot be realized, and the advantages of cavalry and troops cannot be brought into play in the dark, and Yelu Chongyuan will never launch an attack at night.

It was getting dark very quickly in October, and Yelu Chongyuan had to order to stop chasing and resting again, and the Song army couldn't support it. After the Liao army stopped, they couldn't move forward and stopped sixty miles ahead to rest; Both sides sent a large number of sentries to check each other's news. The Liao people were to prevent the Song people from sneaking away, and the Song people were afraid that the Liao people would sneak closer to narrow the distance.

After a frightening night, the sky had just turned white, and the two armies set off almost at the same time, continuing to chase and flee.

After the sun rose, a city on the distant horizon gradually appeared in the mist. After receiving the report, the dynasty was very pleasantly surprised. There was no doubt that it was Xinzhou; Look, there have been battles here, this must be the trace left by Wanyanhu's Jurchen's attack on Xinzhou.

What the Dynasty is most concerned about is whether Wanyanhu has captured Xinzhou. If he does not win, his way forward is dead, and there will be a large army chasing after him. Entering the city and defending it, together with Wan Yanhu's tens of thousands of horses, can firmly contain the Liao army.

The good news came that the Jurchen soldiers were standing at the head of the city. The Xinzhou defenders originally had only a few thousand people. The night before Wan Yanhu led the army to attack, the city lord and the defenders had already fled. The unknown lieutenant led thousands of people to resist desperately, and Wanyanhu was able to take Xinzhou with almost zero losses.

Wanyanhu was very happy. Su Jin wanted to attack Xinzhou by himself to attract part of the Liao army to rescue him, but the fact is that the Liao army has no such plan at all. The main force of the Liao army has already joined forces in Taizhou. The Song people were fighting bloody battles on the grasslands east of Taizhou.

Wan Yanhu laughed when he thought about it, Su Jin was treacherous, and wanted to use himself to attract the Liao army to relieve the pressure, but the Liao people only had Su Jin in their eyes, and instead let him take advantage of it, and made a lot of money in Xinzhou. It's called lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot.

Wanyanhu also didn't want to stay in Xinzhou for a long time. There is no danger to defend here, and there is no sense of security staying here. Liao people will turn around to clean up themselves at any time; but since they captured the city, they always have to stay overnight to satisfy their pride He had planned to collect materials and belongings in the city in the morning, and then return to Longzhou with seven or eight thousand people in the city.

It was this one night of delay, but it made him regret it for the rest of his life. The subordinates at the top of the city saw the overwhelming army rushing towards Xinzhou from a distance, and their faces turned pale with fright, and they hurried to report to Wanyanhu.

Wanyanhu came to the city wall angrily, raised his eyes to look to the west, his whole body was icy cold; the ones rushing in front were no doubt the Song army, but the ones behind were covered in dust, black like ants, were Liao people; Changshengtian!Is this playing me?Either no soldiers will come, or tens of 10 people will come, which is simply fatal.

Song Jun soon arrived at the city, and a burly general shouted at the bottom of the city, asking the Jurchens to open the door quickly to let Song Jun enter the city; Wanyanhu hesitated, not knowing whether to let Song Jun in or not, It was the words of a leader beside him who reminded Wan Yanhu: "Chief, the Liao army has arrived, and now we are in the same boat with the Song people. If you refuse the Song army to enter the city, after the Song army is wiped out, you can say that the Liao people can let them go." What about us? Why don’t we let the Song army enter the city, and the two troops will join forces to defend or break out of the encirclement?”

Wanyanhu had no choice but to turn the Song people's ancestors upside down in his heart, but under the current situation he had to join forces with the Song people. He took advantage of the chaos and took Longzhou. He had already broken his face with the Liao people, and the Liao people would have revenge , How can I let myself go.

"Open the city gate, welcome the Song people to enter the city, and order all brothers to defend the city wall, and the Liao people will immediately shoot arrows to block them when they approach the city."

With an order, the gates of the four cities were opened, and the Song army lined up in several long dragons, and quickly entered the city; When the attack was launched, there was a sudden chaos.

In order to ensure the safety of the city, Wan Yanhu ordered the city gate to be closed immediately, and more than 1 Song soldiers who had not yet entered were locked outside the city gate. With just a cup of tea, all the [-] Song soldiers were killed by the Liao army. Thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the city, and many of the Liao army who were chasing after the city to kill people were also shot and killed, forcing them to retreat a thousand steps away, and then they took a breath.

Although Wang Chao was heartbroken, he also knew that in that situation, closing the city gate was the only choice, and Wanyanhu had done nothing wrong.

The Liao army outside the city slowly spread out and began to set up camp. The situation was a little calm. At this time, Wan Yanhu, who had been searching for Su Jin but could not find him, came to ask the dynasty, "Where is Commander Su? You are fighting the Liao army in Taizhou." ?”

Chao Chao shook his head and said: "There was no big battle, we just divided our troops into two groups. I took the 8 people to the southeast to divert the main force of the Liao Army. Marshal Su has already gone northward to detour to attack Linhuang Mansion."

Wan Yanhu opened his mouth and shouted: "You...you are extremely despicable and shameless, knowing that I led troops to attack Xinzhou, and even led the army of Liao people to come, this is to drag our Jurchen clan into the water, it is simply unreasonable."

Wang Chao said angrily, "What are you talking about? How did I know you were in Xinzhou? Didn't you send troops a long time ago? Why didn't you return to Longzhou after taking Xinzhou?"

Wan Yanhu was speechless, he couldn't tell the truth, because although he dispatched troops early, he deliberately delayed for a few days on the road, in order to confirm the position of the main force of the Liao army, and if there was any trouble, he would withdraw without hesitation In Longzhou, he made up his mind to attack Xinzhou after confirming that the main force of the Liao army was in Taizhou; Wanyanhu regretted so much that his intestines were green, if he was more decisive or simply cowardly, the current situation would not be so bad; After taking Xinzhou, I really shouldn't have stayed this night.

"What should we do now? The Liao people are going to fight us to the death. There are probably 20 troops."

"25 people, under the command of Emperor Taidi Yelu Chongyuan." Wang Chao said.

Wanyanhu sighed deeply, it doesn't matter if others are in command, Yelu Chongyuan is a guy who will not let go, even if he is told at this moment that this is a Song people's trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain, he will never let go of himself and Song Jun in front of him What's more, Yelu Zhongyuan has always advocated an extermination policy for his Jurchen tribe, and he will not let him go now that he is here.

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Yelu Chongyuan didn't expect that Xinzhou had fallen into the enemy's hands. He didn't take it seriously when the Song army fled towards Xinzhou. Entering the city majesticly, Yelu Chongyuan realized that the Song army had known that Xinzhou had been captured, and when it was found out that Xinzhou was captured by the Jurchens, Yelu Chongyuan even cursed.

The Jurchens are really not a fuel-efficient lamp. I have long suggested that the emperor take decisive measures against the Jurchens, but the emperor is in a daze, but he repeatedly refutes himself.

"Surrounded on all sides, set up camp, do you think you can save your life with the small town of Xinzhou? This is where you will be buried." Yelu Zhongyuan ordered coldly.