The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1673 Battle of Tanzhou ([-])
"Your Highness, a city like Tanzhou was in the hands of the Liao Kingdom. It took us almost ten days to take it down. What a price we paid to take it down, and at that time we had to prevent people from the Liao Kingdom reinforcements, but now it is once again occupied by Khitan in such a short period of time, which is a great insult to us."

Wang Yansheng was very angry, he was one of the first group of people who followed Zhao Kuangyin, and was finally sent to the north to guard against the Khitan because of his own mistakes, so in general he was the one who knew the Khitan best, so he was angry.

This time it was Zhao Xu who gave the order to abandon the city and retreat. Although it was said that they were abandoning the city and retreating, everyone knew that this was an escape. Wang Yansheng was very angry when he thought of this. Tanzhou is still in the hands of the Song army. I don't know why Zhao Xu did this. He directly issued an order to abandon the city. This is the greatest shame for a soldier. Wang Yansheng dared to lose his temper in front of Zhao Xu. .

Seeing Wang Yansheng like this, the other people didn't dare to dissuade him. After all, his qualifications were old, and this time, the generals did not understand Zhao Xu's purpose in doing so, so they didn't stop him and didn't dare to stop him.

"Old General Wang, please calm down. Listen to Gu's slow talk and you will understand Gu's intention this time."

Then Zhao Xu revealed his intentions, and the generals listened carefully. When Zhao Xu explained his plan, all the generals soon showed smiles on their faces. Although this plan was a bit poisonous, it was not merciful Commanding soldiers, from this point of view, there is nothing, it is a very normal thing.

"Okay, that's good. Although both sides have their own losses, if it succeeds, it will definitely inflict heavy damage on the Liao Kingdom. Okay, okay, okay!"

Wang Yansheng smiled brightly. Zhao Xu's plan was simply too perfect. It would be the best way to inflict heavy damage on the Liao army. No wonder Zhao Xu was so anxious to abandon the city. It turned out that he had a plan.

"Does the old general still blame the orphan this time? Now we should put on the appearance of a decisive battle with Khitan and ask them to send more soldiers so that we can achieve greater results."

"Your Highness, please forgive me. This old man is reckless. This task has been handed over to this old man. I will call for battle now. All you need to do is to support the old man in the back and make the momentum bigger, so that they will believe us to take back the sandalwood. The confidence of the state, and we can release the news about the number of our troops and put pressure on them, so that they will definitely send more soldiers here."

Wang Yansheng was very excited after hearing Zhao Xu's plan, and he also put forward his own views, which were unanimously approved by everyone.

On that day, Wang Yansheng called for battle at the south gate of Tanzhou, clamoring that Tanzhou must be taken back, beheading several generals of the Liao army in a row, which shocked the Liao army.

Wang Yansheng's reputation is very loud here, in the eyes of the Khitan people, he is cruel and heartless, and they have all heard of Wang Yansheng's name for a long time.

Beside Yelu Haowu is a copy of Wang Yansheng's information, which seems to have been specially collected:

"Wang Yansheng's swordsmanship is superb and his strength is boundless. He was originally Zhao Kuangyin's favorite general. Who would have expected that he would have no brains? He was demoted from the imperial court by the emperor and served as the defense envoy of Yuanzhou."

The above records almost everything about Wang Yansheng's past, but the most important words are the final conclusion: "The Ogre Demon King!"

These four big characters are very obvious, which makes people shudder. This means that he is a man-eating devil king. In fact, there is a reason for this.

In the north where Wang Yansheng was stationed, the ethnic minority tribes outside the country, mainly the Khitan, often invaded the north and plundered people and property. The former general had no choice but to passively defend.

After Wang Yansheng took office, he ordered that anyone who captures an invading rebel must cut off his ears and eat his flesh.Once, Wang Yansheng personally arrested dozens of rebels and ordered officials from all over the state to gather in the school grounds.

With tens of thousands of people watching, Wang Yansheng walked up to a prisoner who was tied up, grabbed his ear, and forcibly tore it off.

Amidst the exclamation of the surrounding people, Wang Yansheng put the bloody ear in his mouth and started to chew. While chewing, he drank and shouted: It tastes great!Wang Yansheng was stationed in Yuanzhou for five years and ate the ears of hundreds of people.Foreign tribes regard Wang Yansheng as a ghost and a god, and they are in awe of him.

So he himself has the title of Ogre Demon King, which is very popular among the Khitan people, and the high-level officials of the Liao Kingdom can't help not paying attention to him.

"Although this Wang Yansheng is no longer as brave as he used to be, he is still very strong and has a great influence on our soldiers. This king has received news that the Song army is still gathering here. Zhao Xu means to come here Fight to the death with us, and our partner King Jin of Song Dynasty is also dead, so we have no advantage."

Xiao Tianzuo couldn't help sighing, he just received the news that the Song Army was still thinking of gathering here, and it seemed that he really planned to make long-term preparations for the struggle. If the Song Army's reinforcements arrived, the Liao Army would suffer.

In the past ten years, the Song Dynasty has been developing vigorously, and when its national power is strong, the Liao Kingdom cannot compare with it. If the confrontation lasts for a year and seals off all the borders, the Liao Kingdom really cannot afford it. They have to consider this. Liao's military strength is very strong, but it does not mean that their people can afford it.

We must know that war is not only a contest between the military, but more a contest between the comprehensive national strength of two countries. If the national strength is strong, it goes without saying that it can fight a protracted war, but if the national strength is weak, even if you He has an advantage in the military, but it won't last long, Xiao Tianzuo understands this truth.

"King Xiao, use the name of you and me to transfer another 20 troops from Shangjing. This Tanzhou City must not miss, otherwise we will be under the threat of the Song army again, and let the coalition forces of other clans continue to attack the Song Dynasty. Jun, such cannon fodder is useless, let them consume for a while, I want to see how long Song Jun can last."

Yelu Haowu is very confident. All the grain and grass brought by the Song army belong to them, which is enough for 30 troops to use in the first half of the year, so Yelu Haowu is not worried about the problem of food and grass at all. He wants to overwhelm the Song army in terms of the number of soldiers. He believes that There is still a good chance to defend Tanzhou with one's own ability and then wait for an opportunity to give Song Jun a fatal blow.

And take advantage of this opportunity to make those other tribes more stable, why not do it, Yelu is good at martial arts, this kills two birds with one stone, one can attack the Song army, and the other can give oneself internal stability.

(End of this chapter)