"Hold it, hold it back, anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Yelu Chun brandished a sword and led a group of soldiers to supervise the battle in the rear.

Ahead was the city gate that was blown open. The Song army rushed in desperately, while the Liao army blocked the city gate, trying to drive the Song army out.

However, the current situation is very unfavorable to the Liao army, because they never dreamed that the city gate would be so easily blown open by the Song army, and they had no preparation at all before.

"Boom boom boom~"

Suddenly, there was a violent explosion from the front, and the Song Army's throwing troops were finally sent to the battlefield.

In a place with narrow terrain such as the city gate, grenades can exert their greatest power. The Liao army was immediately turned upside down by the bomb, and the formation was in chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Song army surged forward and finally broke through the blockade of the city gate.

Yelu Chun, who was behind, killed several fleeing Liao troops, but it was of no use. More and more Liao troops fled. In the end, he could only stamp his feet, lead his guards to flee to the rear, and then summoned the soldiers to organize a second army.

Line of defense.

As the city gate fell, the Song army surged in and quickly occupied the city walls on both sides. The Liao army also retreated steadily and set up defense lines in the city to block the Song army's attack speed.

However, at this time, Zhe Keshi no longer hid his secrets, and the throwing hand was placed on the front line of the charge as a means of attack for the Song army.

No matter how strong the Liao army's defense line was, facing exploding grenades, the unprepared Liao army suffered heavy casualties.

Although the Liao army's bows and arrows were still sharp, they were blocked by the Song army's shields. Behind the shields were the throwing soldiers. As long as they got close, grenades would fly. The Liao army's defense line collapsed again and again.

Under this offensive, the Liao army retreated again and again, and the territory occupied by the Song army also expanded rapidly, and even the east and west city gates fell into the hands of the Song army.

In the end, the Liao army, which suffered heavy casualties, could no longer hold on. Yelu, Lu O, and Yelu Chun, father and son, had to lead the remaining soldiers to escape from the north gate, leaving behind some of the Liao army who had no time to evacuate.

However, after Yelu and Lu We and his son escaped from the city, the remaining Liao army quickly surrendered. After all, the main generals were gone, and there was no point in resisting anymore. They would only lose their lives in vain.

Until then, the Song army finally occupied the entire city of Xijin, and Ning Fu personally came out to appease the people in the city and restore order in the city.

After analyzing Jinfu's recovery, the Eastern Route Army's initial strategic goal has been achieved. Although there are still several cities such as Shunzhou and Tanzhou that have not been captured, the garrison in these cities is not large. As long as nothing happens, they will not be captured.

It takes no effort.

In fact, this was indeed the case. After Zhe Keshi rested for a while, he raised his troops again to attack Shunzhou, where Yelu and Lu We, their father and son, had fled there with their remaining defeated generals.

After the previous disastrous defeat, the armies of Yelu and Lu Go were frightened by the Song army, especially grenades and other firearms, which became a shadow of the Liao army.

Therefore, when attacking Shunzhou, Zhe Keshi spent almost no effort and directly used explosives to blow open the city gate. The Liao troops in the city either surrendered or fled, and did not organize any decent resistance at all.

In the next few days, Zhe Keshi led the army and almost followed Yelu and Luo in pursuit.

The prefectures and counties along the way learned that even Xijin Prefecture had been occupied by the Song army, so they all surrendered, even Tanzhou and Jizhou were no exception.

Finally, Yelu and Lu We and his son escaped from Gubeikou, which was north of the Great Wall. Only then did Zhe Keshi stop the pursuit, because their strategic goal was to regain Yanyun, and going further north was beyond their scope of strength.

When the city of Xijin was captured before, Ning Fu no longer accompanied the army, but stayed in the rear to appease the people of the recovered prefectures and counties.

This matter is difficult to say and easy to say. Simply speaking, it is just killing a group of people and pulling in a group of people.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are originally Han territory, and most of the people living there are Han Chinese, but there are also some Khitan people living there, many of whom are Khitan dignitaries.

Ning Fu showed no mercy to this group of people. He confiscated their property and opened grain depots to provide relief to the people, in order to win people's hearts.

In addition, some high-ranking Han officials who were dependent on the Khitans and had bad reputations were also liquidated.

For some prominent Han families with a good reputation, Ning Fu mainly focused on wooing them. For example, the Ma family where Ma Yuan and Ma Zhi lived were the representatives. They were already close to the Song Dynasty, and when the Song army arrived, they also organized the people

Welcome them, so the Song Dynasty will definitely not treat them badly.

These Han people are quite prestigious in the local area. As long as they get their support, all they need to do is send officials.

Moreover, Zhe Keshi also restrained the soldiers along the way and strictly prohibited the army from harassing the people. The well-disciplined army also increased the people's favor towards the Song Dynasty.

After all, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been occupied for hundreds of years, and the Liao people's rule here over the past hundred years has changed the people's hearts. Many people have no sense of belonging to the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Ning Fu's work to appease the people was also very important, and was directly related to the future rule of the Song Dynasty here.

Fortunately, there are big families like the Ma family who are close to the Song Dynasty. With their assistance, Ning Fu feels a lot more relaxed. He just waits for the imperial court to send officials after the war is over. It will only take ten to twenty years of rule.

It can completely bring people back to their hearts.

However, after Zhe Keshi and the others captured Tanzhou and Yelu and Luo escaped from Gubeikou, Ning Fu immediately rushed to the army because he still had something important to do.

When Ning Fu came to Tanzhou, the entire Tanzhou city had settled down. Zhe Keshi sent troops to take over the defense of Gubeikou, and then the two of them came here together.

Gubeikou is a very important section of the Great Wall defense line. It was first built by the Northern Qi Dynasty and later rebuilt on the old site in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, making the defense of Gubeikou more complete.

However, because the Tang Dynasty had a strong military and did not pay much attention to the defense of the Great Wall, Gubeikou was not as strong as later generations. Especially after experiencing the war in the late Tang Dynasty and being occupied by the Liao Kingdom, Gubeikou was also lost.

its military value.

Therefore, when Ning Fu and Zhe Keshi came here, they saw that although the terrain of Gubeikou was difficult, it did not have as strong a city gate as in later generations, otherwise Yelu and Lu We would not have given up here.

"Gubeikou was called Xiguan in the Tang Dynasty, and it was only called Gubeikou or Hubeikou in the Five Dynasties. The terrain here is difficult, with Panlong Mountain in the east and Wohu Mountain in the west. There is a Chaohe River in the middle, and the road along the river can only accommodate one car.

When the carriage passes, it can be said that one man is in charge of the pass and ten thousand people are not allowed to pass it, but it is a pity that the Liao people abandoned this place!"

Zhe Keshi pointed to the small city gate in front and the terrain on both sides and introduced it to Ning Fu.
Chapter completed!