The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The meeting went on for more than an hour, and after intense discussions, a strategy for the breakout operation was finally reached. Since the enemy's main attack direction is Dongcheng, and the south is Seoul, it is not conducive to getting rid of the pursuit in time, and it is impossible to break out to the north, so it is best The breakthrough is to the west.

There are [-] Liao troops besieged outside the west city, which is the weakest point. Su Jin decided to assemble and transfer the army to the west city overnight. After dark, he rushed to the Liao army camp in the west city. Approaching the edge of the desert, trying to fight back to Yunnei from the Gobi sand sea on the original road, and evacuate from the territory of Xia Kingdom.

After the strategy was decided, all the generals immediately set up their arrangements. After a full dinner, all the Song troops gathered in the square in the city. The [-] Song troops were all unkempt and inhuman, with damaged armor, and the thin clothes were exposed to protect against the cold. The dead grass and rags are simply a group of beggar soldiers.

Su Jin looked sad, but he still had a resolute face. It was actually a risky move to order a breakout. Ximen seemed weak, but once the breakout battle started, the soldiers and horses of Beicheng and Seoul would immediately go to support it. It was a good fortune. At the pre-war meeting, someone raised this point. Su Jin asked them: Would they rather watch the Liao people smash themselves to death with arrows and catapults, or would they like to fight to the death to find a chance?The answer is obviously the latter. There is no material to defend the city at all, and the city will only be broken overnight. When the whole city falls, the result will naturally be that all the people will die in battle. But Su Jin does not want to die with the Liao people. To put it bluntly, he thinks not worth.

"Brothers, you have fought with me for half a year and made immortal feats. There has never been an army as brave and fearless as you. Su is very proud and proud of having you brothers; Su thank you Along the way, we fought bravely without fear of life and death, and dedicated our duties to the Song Dynasty, but we also witnessed the brothers around us fall one by one, and sacrifice their lives one by one. Death is terrible, but it is also sacred. They sprinkled their blood on Liao The land of people will be remembered by us and by the people of Song Dynasty; but we cannot die needlessly, we have to return to Song Dynasty alive, this is the final victory, so today we have to break through overnight, we have to go back Go to the Song Dynasty, accept the emperor's reward and the cheers of the people; I don't know how many brothers will die here tonight, even we will not be spared, but we can't give up this last hope, we have to rush out and return to the Da Song, return to your homeland, return to your loved ones!"

All the soldiers burst into tears, held up their weapons and shouted: "Go back to the Song Dynasty, and swear to break through the siege."

Su Jin raised his hands and said: "Let's do our best to fight the final battle. Believe me, I will take you back to Song Dynasty and reunite you with your relatives."

All the soldiers shouted: "Marshal Su, we believe in you."

Su Jin drew out the weapon at his waist, and was about to issue an order to attack, when suddenly, a thunderous shout came from a distance, followed by the sound of horns in a hurry, and the sound of horses neighing and swords clashing.

Everyone looked at each other, Su Jin shouted loudly: "Where is the sentry, what happened?"

After a while, a soldier came galloping on horseback, rolled in front of Su Jin, got out of breath and shouted out of breath, "Commander, the Liao camp outside the east gate seems to be fighting."

Su Jin was startled and said, "Who is fighting with whom?"

"It's too dark to see clearly. Someone has been sent to investigate."

Su Jin quickly got on his horse and galloped to the east gate. All the generals quickly got on their horses to follow. They climbed up the tower and looked down. In Seoul, a long dragon with several torches galloped towards the east gate, which was the support army of the Liao army.

Su Jin shouted loudly: "Red flame rocket."

Amidst the howling sound, three red fireworks bombs rushed into the dark night sky, staying in the air for a while and exploded into a rain of thousands of flowers. The imperial signal arrow of the army.

Ma Han shouted excitedly: "It's Dynasty and them, it's Dynasty and them."

Su Jin also trembled with excitement, and suddenly a green signal arrow rose slowly in the southeast corner of the sky. Su Jin couldn't believe his eyes. The green signal fireworks were the contact signal for the main force of the Song army. Could it be that Is it because Fan Shuai and Han Shuai's army support has arrived?Originally, I still suspected that even if the dynasty survived, it would not have many soldiers and horses on hand, so how dare it raid the Liao army camp, but in this way, it can be explained.

"Commander, reinforcements are here." Jingtai murmured with tears in his eyes.

Pan Jiang said: "What are you waiting for, the inside and the outside should attack together at the east gate."

Su Jin said: "Yes, yes, yes, Panjiang Jingtai listened to the order and immediately reorganized the army, attacked the Liao army from the east gate, and made them a big dumpling for the Chinese New Year."

The east gate was wide open, and 11 Song troops rushed out of the imperial city like wolves and tigers, and went straight to the Liao army camp to kill. The [-] troops of Chao Dynasty and Di Qing had already taken the lead, and the Liao army could no longer hold back. What's more, it's the three-p game of flanking front and back. Yelu Zhongyuan never thought that there would be such an army coming from behind. It was only when the battle started that he understood why the scout team sent to the east these two days All of them went into the sea and didn't come back. They were obviously robbed and killed by this group of Song soldiers. I didn't even think of this at all. I was so stupid.

The 16 Song army smashed the Liao army camp like wolves and tigers, and the Liao army on the other three sides rushed to rescue, but it was of no avail. In the end, they could only rescue Yelu Chongyuan and escort him to flee. The army pursued them all around, and they didn't withdraw until it was dark.

As the sun rose, it shone on the top of the imperial city of Linhuang Mansion. Di Qing led the generals to the top of the city. From a distance, they saw Su Jin fully armed and wearing a purple cloak standing in the golden sun. With a smile all over his face, Di Qing suddenly felt the urge to worship. It is this person in front of him who has created countless miracles. He can control the fate of the country by himself. In the belly of the enemy country; although Su Jin in front of him has a haggard face and a black beard on his jaw, his eyes are piercing and his waist is straight, showing no sign of downfall. This is a god who will not fall.

Su Jin stepped forward quickly, hugged Di Qing, and laughed loudly: "Except for General Di, who can run thousands of miles and launch an attack without the Liao people knowing it? General Di worked hard, you saved me Su Jinyi Life."

Di Qing said seriously: "What did the commander say, it was the commander who saved Da Song."

Su Jin laughed and said: "You and I should stop flattering each other. I'm tired of fighting all night. I've already prepared the banquet. Let's drink and celebrate at the top of the city. Facing the rising sun like blood and the mourning everywhere, I hope you still have an appetite."

Di Qing laughed and said: "Hungry for the meat of the barbarians, thirsty for the blood of the barbarians, the commander has an appetite, how can we have no appetite?"

All the generals laughed, and Su Jin smiled and said, "Please be seated."

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After this battle, Yelu Chongyuan's encirclement and suppression army was exhausted, and more than 7 remnants of the defeated army fled to the north. Throughout the battle of Linhuang Mansion, the Song Army won Linhuang Mansion at a cost of 18 people and wiped out [-] main forces of the Liao Army. More than [-] senior generals of the enemy army were captured and killed, more than [-] generals of the Liao army were killed in battle, three princes of the Liao royal family were captured, empress Renyi Xiao Dali, the eldest prince Yelu Hongji, the little prince and two princesses All died here, there are still more than a hundred royal relatives, and dozens of ministers are all imprisoned.

Su Jin's 20 army and 13 elites, together with Di Qing's [-] army, attacked the [-] army and assembled to go south after a whole day's rest, because Zhao Hu had already sent the news of the capture of Linhuang Mansion to the capital, and Zhao Zhen ordered the army Attacking across the board, in order to cooperate with the army's actions, Su Jin and Di Qing's army rushed south to Dadingfu, and then went to Yuzhou, Lizhou, Zezhou and other cities, approaching the rear of the main force of the Liao army.

The southern main force of the Song army launched a fierce offensive and took back all the dozen state capitals of the Song State occupied by the Liao army; coming soon.

In the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Zhen changed Yuan Huangyou to celebrate the upcoming victory. In February of the second year of Huangyou, the Liaoxing sect sent people to sue for peace, but Zhao Zhen refused. Yeluzong really launched a last-ditch effort, gathering 26 remnants of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road to attack Dading tried to flee north in vain; Su Jin and Di Qing held on for [-] days until the main force of the Song army arrived and fought a decisive battle with the Liao army in the southeast of Dading.

On March 26th of the second year of Huangyou, the Liao army was defeated. Liao Xingzong Yeluzongzhen was killed by his ministers on the way to escape, and presented his head to Su Jin. Xiao Hui, the king of the North Academy, committed suicide, and the [-] army was wiped out. It's all over, except for the north of Shangjing Road, which is occupied by Yelu Chongyuan, the entire territory of Liao Kingdom has been included in the territory of Song Dynasty within a few months.