Chapter 500: Stalemate
"Maybe Xiao Yanyan suffered several consecutive defeats in history, and even one Yingzhou could not be captured. Daming Mansion was not taken down, let alone Kaifeng City. But Zhao Heng was also worried about failure, so the two sides tacitly formed an alliance under the city. After all, these two huge armies that could not see the edge would cause great pressure for Comrade Zhao Heng, a good man who looked like a good baby, and he might have blood vessels and nerve diseases."
"But at this time, Wang Chao's army was replaced by Cao Wei, and his back was blocked, and he fell into the pit of Chanzhou. He was hundreds of miles away from the Liao territory, surrounded by all directions and ambushed from all directions. Xiao Yanyan had no choice but to fight to the death."
Xiao Yanyan was anxious.
Zhao Heng was beating the drum, and she was also beating the drum, and issued an edict that whoever attacked Chanzhou City would be rewarded with the title of kings and ten thousand taels of gold, and whoever captures and kills the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would be rewarded with the title of kings and ten thousand taels of gold.
Don’t doubt whether there is this gold. As long as Zhao Heng is killed, the Song Dynasty will perish and Kaifeng will have wealth.
Moreover, the current strength of the Song army is not as strong as that of the Liao army. Perhaps there are many behind, but they may not be able to catch up in time.
Xiao Talin suffered the first loss, but he would not suffer the second loss. The Liao army went south and there were a small number of infantry soldiers. They also captured several state cities and obtained a large number of weapons, including shields and armor.
Then he did something that made Zhao Heng very angry, and he sandwiched the captured Song Dynasty people among the Liao infantry, holding shields and big swords in hand, approaching the baggage chariot. As long as the ropes connected to the baggage chariot were cut off one by one, the cavalry behind could quickly rush into the Song army formation and a massacre began.
Now the question is whether the Song army can shoot arrows?
Zhao Heng glanced at Li Jilong with his eyes.
When Empress Dowager Li died, Zhao Heng was very sad. His jealousy for the things that happened back then became weak, and without Empress Dowager Li, Li Jilong didn't have to be so taboo.
Therefore, Zhao Heng's attitude changed a little, although he was a little unhappy.
Of course, he had a lot of concerns. Cao Wei had little experience and could he be competent to command the more than 100,000 Song troops in the north.
"The spearmen are on the front line to prepare for battle. The crossbowmen are also ready to shoot the cavalry behind them and the shields are ready. While protecting the soldiers behind them, try to drag the people behind the baggage truck."
Li Jilong issued the first order, and the flag bearer quickly conveyed it with his banner.
Before the arrow was shot, the emperor beat the drums on the top of the city, and his soldiers shot the people of his country. It was so unlucky.
Xiao Yanyan watched on the high platform, knew that the opportunity had come, and ordered: "Prepare for attack."
The dark army finally collided with each other, and countless shouts came from the battlefield that lasted seven or eight miles.
The Song army did not use their best weapons, bows and crossbows, and the Liao infantry successfully approached the baggage truck. The weather and terrain were also beneficial to them. In recent years, cotton in the Song Dynasty became more popular and even brought a lot of wealth to the people in the north.
After all, the grain output in the north is too low, and the planting industry is never as good as the south. However, the cotton output is no less than that in the south, so it greatly makes up for the shortcomings of agricultural income in the north.
Even various cotton products are sold to Goryeo, as well as various cold countries around, including Japan.
But it can only be said that soldiers wear cotton coats. They can be stationed and moved in colder weather or even further north. However, when fighting, adding cotton coats will undoubtedly make soldiers a little clumsy in their actions. Or they may have an advantage. Sometimes they can be used as a simple armor, as long as the arrows shot are not strong, the cotton coats and armor protection will not cause casualties.
However, this kind of weather is obviously more beneficial to the Liao army.
The open terrain is more conducive to the conflict between the Liao army's cavalry.
The soldiers couldn't control so much, and they were almost in a battle of life and death. The emperors of both sides stood behind and watched, and each beat drums to cheer.
Therefore, the morale is extremely strong.
The Liao infantry rushed up first, and the Song army fought back at the same time. The spears poked through the baggage chariot and threw short spears.
But it can also be seen that some soldiers made many mistakes because of their nervousness. The enemy had not yet reached their range. Although they had trained in advance, they still threw the short spear out in advance. On the other hand, the Liao army also seized some short spears, without any scruples. They could not only throw spears and shoot arrows, which also brought heavy casualties to the Song army.
Zhang Qixian said: "Ci is not in charge of the army..."
"It is of great significance. The weapons in our soldiers' hands cannot be aimed at our people!" Li Jilong said expressionlessly.
Zhang Qixian suddenly thought of the things in Bashu, and then thought of Song Jiu's several military orders to reorganize the army, and shut up.
There were some slight sweat beads on Zhao Heng's forehead and his body was trembling.
Song Jiu whispered: "Your Majesty, the policy of equiting the people has been implemented since the reign of Emperor Taizu, but are the poor and powerful really in line with each other? I do not refer to wealth, but to treat all aspects, such as law, and taxation."
Zhao Heng was confused.
"Your Majesty, why did the Liao army invade after the two defeats of Gaolianghe and Qigou Pass, but they did not dare to go straight to the gates of the capital. But in His Majesty, Empress Xiao dared to do this."
"Didn't you say it?"
"That is one of the motives, and there is another reason. The two emperors were strong by nature, but the Liao Kingdom did not dare to do so. Your Majesty loved the people as much as his son, which was a good thing for the people, but his personality was a little weak. Because he did not want the people to separate their wives and children because of war, he wanted to reconcile with the Liao Kingdom. However, sometimes the truth was not expressed, but the fist. For example, the poor people mentioned by the ministers, although the court implemented the strategy of equanimity, they were always a vulnerable group, so it was impossible to truly equanimity. The same is true for the country. If you want peace, sometimes you have to not only reason, but also compete with fists..."
Song Jiu suddenly thought of his previous life.
After decades of war, even if the United Nations wants to agree, it has to give up its power in order to curry favor with the powerful Western powers. It seems that it is not like a big country, even a Polish country. But even this is how it is described as an evil country.
Be reasonable?
Why not play the piano with a cow?
Zhao Heng was speechless.
It turns out that Song Jiu said that he was too bad, so Xiao Yanyan came to bully him.
Song Jiu ordered the eunuch to bring the medicine soup.
If Liu E said, Zhao Heng might have a nerve or blood vessel disease, it might be a genetic disease of the Zhao family.
This noisy and bloody environment is not good for Zhao Heng's health.
Then he said, "Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty is a little uncomfortable. But Your Majesty, you have to endure it anyway. Whether Your Majesty can be recorded in history and become a hero of a generation, and whether the Song Dynasty can become stronger depends on today."
Zhao Heng nodded.
But after Song Jiu's words, his nervousness improved slightly, and then he looked at the battlefield.
The battlefield was extremely cruel, and soldiers fell down every minute and every second. Some soldiers were clever and shouted while fighting, allowing the people to escape quickly. If you stay in the Liao army, the Song army cannot shoot arrows. Bows and arrows are the strongest weapons of the Song army.
But the Liao cavalry came over.
But after this bloody battle, most of the people either fell down or fled to the Song army.
Li Jilong said: "Shoot the arrow."
Tens of thousands of Fulu crossbows were tightened, and tens of thousands of bows and arrows were hung high.
Then it flew into the sky like the rain of locust plague and then fell.
However, in this trouble, many cavalry had already rushed to the baggage formation, and many ropes were cut off by Liao infantry. If they were not connected, they could break the strange chariot formation.
Li Jilong shouted again: "Each commander of the capital pushed out the defeated cavalry."
Most of the defeated cavalry were also brought here, rather than in the two armies on the Western Front, and then broke up with each command and organized into the command of each commander, that is, the legions.
These broken cavalry horses played a role immediately, effectively blocking the attack of the Liao army.
Arrows were flying in the sky. There were those of the Song Dynasty, those of the Liao Kingdom, and various weapons on the ground were fighting and hitting, but the battlefield was still in chaos and unclear.
However, half an hour later, the Liao army gradually gained the upper hand.
Li Jilong then said, "Dashi Cannon."
The big stone cannon is a trencher, one with the word "Stone" and the other with the word "Fire".
It also played a role at one time, but the two countries almost reached the peak of the history of cold weapons wars, and then the Liao army found a way to crack it.
The catapult is equipped with a gunpowder pack. If it is small, it doesn't work. If it is large, the range is not far and the firing rate is slow. When it is coming, you can get out of the way in advance. Moreover, the catapult also has many fatal shortcomings. No matter how it is improved, it must be operated by multiple people, and the firing rate cannot be increased. It has played a role, but it does not play a leading role. Including the Liao army once used the captured catapult gunpowder to attack the city of the Song Dynasty, and once, Lei finally used the catapult to pacify Wang Jun's rebellion and attacked Chengdu City.
The guards on the city do a simpler job. They can solve the problem by lying down to the ground. There will be casualties, but there will be no casualties in the war. As long as there are no fatal casualties, the situation cannot be completely reversed.
However, this time the catapult launched by the Song Dynasty was different from the past.
They are extremely large ones, and even if they are improved, they require nearly a hundred soldiers to operate. Of course, they are also special cases. Generally, clumsy catapults on the front line may not be useful. First of all, there are soldiers. Just now, just one hundred catapults will almost require tens of thousands of troops to be invested. There are so many troops in the forts on the front line. If there are fewer ones, it will be useless.
But now it can be powerful.
These improved trenchers have more disadvantages, such as more complicated operation and slower launch, but they can eject spherical objects weighing five or six hundred kilograms to seven hundred meters away.
With Li Jilong's order, one hundred catapults began to work.
Then a hundred big balls fell into the Liao Kingdom's iron cavalry that surged up from behind.
Black gunpowder is far less powerful than yellow gunpowder. Although it has good stability, unlike now, although yellow gunpowder can be manufactured, it can rarely be used in practice.
However, if the black gunpowder weighs 500 kilograms and contains many more vicious iron nails and caltrops, the properties will be completely different.
A hundred loud noises were then heard among the black Liao cavalry. Although the Liao Kingdom was prepared for a long time and even put on horses on the horses, many soldiers fell down and even many war horses ran around as the loud noise stopped.
Thick shadows rose on the blood-filled snow, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet for a while.
With just one blow, hundreds of Liao troops were killed, and more injured people were injured. They rolled off the battlefield and howled constantly.
The Song army took this opportunity to push the Liao army out of the formation. However, Xiao Yanyan on the other side also had red eyes. With the order, countless iron cavalry were sent behind him.
The battle situation continued to be fiercely stalemate. On the front line of the Song army, every inch of land and every trench, both sides were fighting for their lives.
Then a hundred large gunpowder packs were thrown out.
However, this time the Liao army was prepared. The generals watched them fall and immediately ordered them to evacuate around.
Many Liao soldiers were killed, but the Liao Kingdom continued to attack the Song army camp desperately.
The horses laid out in front were destroyed, trenches were lost, and the baggage chariots were smashed away, and the battlefield gradually forced the fences of the Song army camp.
Li Jilong ordered: "After withdrawing the camp, continue to use the fence to snipe."
It seemed that this was a correct order, but Li Jilong regretted it very much afterwards.
The Song army followed the order to retreat, but this retreat, some soldiers began to flee because of their cowardice, and the Liao army took advantage of the situation to break into the camp.
Song Jiu suddenly shouted: "Long live the Song Dynasty."
"Long live your Majesty."
"The Lord is humiliating his ministers and dies, and the country is humiliating his ministers and dies."
As he shouted, the guards on the top of the city also shouted, and the Song army under the city followed.
Only then did the morale stabilize. In addition, the judges from the army began to kill the fleeing soldiers, and the soldiers in front fought bloody battles without any defeat.
Li Jilong glanced at Song Jiu with gratitude.
Then the two looked at each other, Li Jilong looked at the hourglass, and it was almost two hours since time passed, so he raised his telescope from the city tower and looked into the distance.
Suddenly he raised his sword and slashed down.
Chapter completed!