Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 235 Chemical Weapons
Xiao Jingangnu stood on the wall of the village with a livid face, and what he saw were the corpses of people, horses and cows strewn all over the defile, with almost no place to set foot.

Just now thousands of people crowded this narrow road, because the village gate at the south entrance was narrower than the road, when people and horses scrambled to pass through the gate, they huddled together in front of the gate, and countless people were dismounted from their horses.In the end, except for some clever people who abandoned their horses and ran to the hillside and survived, most of the people and horses were either knocked to death or trampled to death.The soldiers of the Liao army who saw the miserable scene below on the wall of the wall fired arrows one after another in order to save their comrades under the wall, turning hundreds of cows into corpses and piled them on the narrow road.So if you want to pass, now in addition to cleaning up the corpses of the people and horses, you also need to clean up the corpses of the cows.

There was a strong smell of blood in the air, and the smell of burning was even more disgusting as it wafted in the north wind.Xiao Jingangnu couldn't help turning his gaze to the distance where the fireworks were raging, and grumbled, "Is the people of Song Dynasty burning corpses? Why is it so stinky?"

A little leader stumbled and ran to the wall on the road covered with corpses and shouted: "Report! The Song people set fire to the car on the road ahead. The fire was so big that it was impossible to get through! From the mountain, the negotiating field was also burned by the Song people! "

Xiao Jingangnu asked: "Why is it so smelly?"

The little chief replied feebly: "The people of Song Dynasty set fire to a lot of sheep pens in the middle of the road. This is the smell of burning wool!"

Xiao Jingangnu almost vomited blood - this Song man is really a prodigal son!
Just as he was thinking, he saw the little leader suddenly fell to the ground, and asked, "What's wrong?"

A few soldiers cleaning up the corpse quickly helped the little leader up, seeing that he was foaming at the mouth, someone shouted: "Could it be that he's gone mad?"

But soon the people from the north ran back in a panic, and Xiao Jingangnu hurriedly yelled and asked, "What happened?"

Someone clutched his stomach and stooped to the wall, stumbling to the wall, and also shouted weakly: "General, what did the people of Song Dynasty burn? They put poisonous smoke! Some people are already unconscious!"

Xiao Jingangnu also felt that the smoke coming from the north was a bit harsh on his throat, but he didn't pay attention to it. Now that he was reminded like this, he realized that there was a strange and pungent smell under the pungent burnt smell.He stood up straight and sniffed carefully, but he suddenly felt dizzy and knew something was wrong, so he quickly ordered: "Withdraw the troops first! Quick!"

Not long after they withdrew from the stockade, most of the Liao soldiers who entered the narrow road were dizzy, and some had vomiting and diarrhea.Although Xiao Jingangnu was far away from the burning place, but because he was standing on a high place, he inhaled a lot of poisonous fumes.The Liao people didn't know what the Song army had put in the fire, and they didn't dare to enter the Great Wall again. They could only let hundreds of Liao people's carts transporting grain and fodder and a large number of felled trees continue to burn.

In fact, Li Buqi just asked people to put some common medicinal materials such as croton, coriander, euphorbia, chamaejasma, etc. that can be bought in pharmacies. Liao people only need to get some licorice and chew it. All right.But Xiao Jingangnu didn't know, and he didn't have a place to get licorice at this time, so he had to send someone to report to Yelu Yixian, and at the same time scouts went out to look for the Song people who had escaped.

At this time, Li Buqi was looting north of the border between Song and Liao. How could Xiao Jingangnu find traces of the Song army south of the border?
After Li Buqi took control of Huangfu Town, he interrogated the captives, and learned that Xincheng County in the northeast had no garrisons, and Zhuozhou had only [-] old and weak Liao troops, so he immediately ordered the cavalry to plunder everywhere.

The land of Yanyun is undoubtedly the essence of the Liao Kingdom. Although the food shortage is imminent, there are actually some places that are not poor.

According to the information collected by the Police Department from the Liao Kingdom, since the current Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen succeeded to the throne, the rights of the nobles of the Liao Kingdom have been greatly expanded, and many lands have been annexed in the land of Yanyun.Especially in the border areas of Song and Xia, there were always wars, so not many people bought land here.However, after more than 40 years of peace, the shadow of war seems to have dissipated long ago. Many Liao nobles set up farms in this area because of the fertile land and the convenience of trade with the Song people.These farms do not pay taxes, the cattle and horses are prosperous, and the grain warehouses are full, which is quite different from the scene outside the farm.

The task Li Buqi gave his subordinates was to destroy these farms, implement the two-light policy of burning and looting, plundering all horses, cattle, Khitans, and Xi people, killing all sheep, and burning houses.

Li Buqi said to the officers: "Tell your subordinates, since the Liao people arrested us Han people and sent them to the city to die, we will retaliate and send the Liao people to the city. Let the Liao people also have a taste of parting! But you must Be careful, tell your soldiers that although we do not take the initiative to attack the Han people in the Liao country, some Han people in the Liao country may already consider themselves Liao people. If there are Han people in the Liao country who resist you, they will be treated as Khitan people amnesty!"

Dong Renzhang, who marched and joined the army, said with a smile: "You can't do this when patrolling the border. You should treat the Han family sons who are lost in foreign countries with kindness first. How can you treat them as enemies? If you say this to the soldiers, it is hard to guarantee that the soldiers will not open it. The ring of killing has created a rift in this way."

Li Buqi said: "You know that the Liao people paid great attention to win over Yanyunxi people and Han people. After the Chanyuan alliance, the Liao emperor took out a quarter of the old coins to offset Yanyun's tax burden, and later used all Year-old coins offset the tax burden of Yanyun. In addition to the Khitan, Xi, and Han people in the Liao Kingdom, there are also many tribes such as Zbu, Bohai, and Nvzhi. Yun Qing is poorly endowed, so it is inevitable that someone will be bought by Xiaoen Xiaohui and treat themselves as Liao people. Now we are fighting against an enemy country, so we should not take it lightly."

Although Dong Renzhang didn't say anything, the expression in his eyes was obviously still disapproving.Li Buqi didn't say much, the fact is the best teacher, let these talented people go to the battlefield to experience it in person, so that they can get rid of their bookishness.

So Li Buqi just emphasized again that he could not trust the residents of any enemy country, and then let them act independently.After a while, thick smoke rose from all sides, and after a while, a team escorting the Liao people appeared on the road.Li Buqi ordered the grain and grass hoarded by the Liao people in Huangfu Town to be burned, and then led the whole army to slowly march towards Zhuozhou.

Hebei is located on a plain and lacks a commanding height to observe the enemy's situation. Therefore, regardless of the Song and Liao Dynasties, when building Buddhist pagodas in the border areas, they were built in the form of standing on the sidelines as a commanding height for observation.Therefore, these pagodas have a popular name called "Liudi Pagoda".The Zhidu Temple Pagoda, commonly known as the South Pagoda of Zhuozhou, is built tall and solid. People standing on it can observe the situation of hundreds of square kilometers.Zhuozhou defender Yelu Ning Wuxin gave full play to the function of the enemy pagoda, standing on the Zhidu Temple pagoda and looking south, his mood was completely broken.

In the south, fireworks are raging, and I don't know how many farms are burning.Looking at the area of ​​​​the fire, you know that there are a lot of enemy troops coming.

What happened just now can be said to tear his liver and gallbladder apart.Without any warning, a group of Song soldiers suddenly rushed into the city gate, ran wildly along the street, chopped down anyone they saw, and kept throwing torches into the houses on the side of the road.Then it rolled over like the wind and rushed out of the north gate.So fierce, is this still Song Jun?

When the Liao people in the city came back to their senses, the Song people had already blocked several city gates in Zhuozhou, not even letting out a messenger.Thinking of how unscrupulous the Song people were, Yelu Ningwu felt anxious, not knowing how many troops the Song people had come.

Didn't the troops of Yeluyixian and the emperor's younger brother all enter the Song Dynasty?How could the Song people still send a large army to Zhuozhou?Could it be that the army along the way has been defeated?And it was annihilated?
(End of this chapter)