Chapter 54 The Northland Response
Since Yang Bangyi captured the Pian Pass and the entire army set out for Ningwu, Dong Xian was ordered to lead a thousand soldiers to seize Shenchi County, which was not many Liao soldiers guarded. Shenchi County is located in the junction of Song and Liao, and was originally sparsely populated, but the Song and Liao "reigned peace" for a hundred years, and the Song and Liao trade were connected, and Shenchi County became a place for transactions between the two sides.&1t;/p>
Shenchi County usually only has more than 100 soldiers who maintain public order. These people say they are soldiers and gangsters. As long as you pay the "tax" on time and in quantity, they can guarantee the legality of your transactions here. That morning, the soldiers opened the unsolid south city gate and prepared to welcome the merchants in the morning market. However, Dong Xian had been guarding the city gate. Without saying a word, he rushed up and cut melons and vegetables. In less than half an hour, he captured Shenchi County.&1t;/p>
After Dong first seized the Shenchi, he planted the Great Song Dragon Banner on the top of the city, leaving 300 people to continue the trade in the market. Then he took the others to clean up other towns and villages in Shenwu. All the disobedient Liao people would kill them, all the property of the Liao people would be snatched away, and all the camps of the Liao people would be destroyed.&1t;/p>
Wang Xianhe's partial division was full of cavalry. After leaving the Great Wall from the side pass, they entered the grassland. They rushed to Shanyang Nai in just one day and one night. Shanyang had no soldiers to guard, and the county magistrate surrendered. Shanyang County Magistrate was a Han man. He said that the Liao Kingdom was fighting against various Jurchen troops in the north, and most of the soldiers in southern Liao had been drawn north. Wang Xianhe ordered him to continue to manage Shanyang. After a short rest, the troops carried five days of food and rushed to Shuo County.&1t;/p>
When Wang Xianhe arrived in Shuo County, the Liao reinforcements Yelu Yuanzan had just left Shuo County and headed for Ningwu Pass. Seeing this opportunity, Wang Xianhe made a quick decision and attacked Shuo County. There were only three or four hundred guards in Shuo County. Gao Chong only used one charge to kill the city. After Wang Xianhe went to Shuo County, he detained all the captured officials and soldiers. He left Yu Qi to lead a thousand people to guard Shuo County, and led Gao Chong to attack other counties in Shuozhou. Now the territory of Shuozhou is in a vacuum state. After Wang Xianhe defeated the counties, he detained all the Liao officials. Then he issued a notice saying that the king's army had gone north and Shuozhou had already been put in, but a larger-scale war was about to break out. Those who were willing to move back to the pass would form teams and return to the south.&1t;/p>
Many Han people have been looking forward to the king's army to fight back for generations. Now that the king's army has really fought back, they are all filled with tears and are very happy. There are also many Han officials who are willing to cooperate. They organized tens of thousands of Han people who avoided the war, and slowly retreated to the pass under the escort of Wang Xian and the army.&1t;/p>
Under Ningwu Pass, Niu Gao led the army quietly waiting for the moment when the pass was blown open. As soon as the Yin hour arrived, the huge lightning was accompanied by the roar of thunder. The gate of Ningwu Pass was blown open. Although the city tower was not completely blown down, the open city gate was enough for Niu Gao to enter the city.&1t;/p>
Some of the unprepared Liao soldiers on the city died in their sleep. A little farther away from the explosion site were also deafened by the instant explosion sound. Suddenly, most of the Liao generals and officials such as Polikuo and Yelu Yuanzan were sleeping. The explosion sounded, and some woke up alert, while others regarded it as a huge thunder.&1t;/p>
When Niu Gao had already brought his men into the city, there were bursts of shouts of killing, and the Liao people reacted. The Song people entered the city. But everything was too complete. Before the Liao people could organize effective resistance, they had been killed in large numbers. Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, Luo Yanqing, Wang Biao, and even Zhang Yun, who had weak military power, all went on battle and strangled the Liao soldiers everywhere. Wang Yin also attacked and killed the scattered Liao soldiers everywhere at this time.&1t;/p>
Yelu Yuanzan rushed out of the room immediately. He did not organize the resistance. He immediately called his personal soldiers and took the few remaining troops to escape from the north.&1t;/p>
Alic took advantage of the chaos in the pass and bewitched the guards to untie his shackles, and did not turn back and fled north. Only the wounded Huo Suzuki, and his loyal follower Po Likuo, led hundreds of organized people to guard his yard.&1t;/p>
Niu Gao asked someone to break open the gate of the yard where the Liao people made their last resistance, and vowed to capture the Liao general who injured his father-in-law alive. The heavy rain was pouring, the bowstring was soaked long ago, and the door was knocked open. Both sides were the most direct frontal fight.&1t;/p>
Po Likuo was brave and stood in front, killing dozens of Song soldiers in a row. Lu Zhishen was furious: "Distribute them all for me." Then he pulled away the Song soldiers in front, grabbed the steel spear and smashed them to the head and face. Po Likuo fought for more than 20 rounds, but was killed by Lu Zhishen's head with a spear. Lu Zhishen was splashed all over, and no Liao soldiers dared to come forward. Suddenly, he suddenly thought that the situation was gone, and he drew his sword and committed suicide. Dozens of his personal soldiers also committed suicide.&1t;/p>
After defeating Ningwu, Yang Bangyi was seriously injured and had not healed, he was ready to guard Ningwu Pass by himself. When the general Niu Gao led his troops to capture Shuo County, Wang Xianhe's messenger arrived.&1t;/p>
The letter said that the northern troops of the Liao Kingdom rebelled, and most of the troops in southern Liaoning had been transferred north, and Shuozhou was empty and there was a rare opportunity. Therefore, Wang Xianhe did not only attack and harass the situation as agreed, but had conquered the counties in Shuozhou. Now he is leading the army to lead tens of thousands of people to the south.&1t;/p>
Yang Bangyi passed the letter to the army, and the Song army was greatly boosted. For ten years, the Song Dynasty has been suppressed by the Liao Kingdom, and today it finally won a great victory and restored Shuozhou.&1t;/p>
Yelu Yuanzan, Alic fled back to Yunzhou, broke Ningwu Pass and reported the news that Shuozhou was defeated. Yelu Chun was shocked. While dispatching the remaining troops of the Southern Court to gather south, he requested to go to Beijing (Linhuang Prefecture, Liao Kingdom capital) to request support.&1t;/p>
After Yelu Yanxi (Emperor Tianzuo of Liao) learned that Shuozhou was captured by the Song people, he laughed and said to the ministers in the hall: "My uncle is really funny. In order to protect his troops, he can be said to do everything he can. Look, he actually wrote a letter saying that the Song people captured Shuozhou and were approaching his Datong Mansion, so he asked me to send someone to support him."&1t;/p>
Facing the confusion and sighing comments from the ministers in the hall, Yelu Yanxi shouted again: "The Song people had never fought against our Daliao more than a hundred years ago. They just gave us gold, silver, food, and women's slaves, they were weak sheep. The Song people could conquer two passes and conquer Shuozhou? It's really a big deal to slip away from the world."&1t;/p>
But before his arrogant laughter had fallen, a military man came outside the hall: "Your Majesty, the messenger of the South Courtyard, and the North Courtyard has arrived."&1t;/p>
"It's so fast, pass."&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, I will be the last command of Xiao Buserlu, the King of the South Court, who has a 100,000 urgent secret letter. Please check it out."&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, the King of the North Court also has a 100,000 urgent military report. Please review it."&1t;/p>
"All present."&1t;/p>
Yelu Yanxi knew that Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Wu Qimai defeated the government army many times, and were very strong. He first opened the military newspaper of the North Court messenger. The military newspaper said that Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Sixian were defeated, and there was not much left of the 100,000 troops, so he asked for reinforcements.&1t;/p>
"These two scums, idiots, are really bastards." The second Xiao is the brother of Queen Yelu Yanxi and his wife and uncle. When they asked them to lead the troops, Empress Yelu Xiao Duoli was lazy to beg for it. Unexpectedly, this general who was based on nepotism was of no use at all. The 100,000 army was defeated by the Jurchen savages. The Jurchen tribe had only thousands of soldiers, which really threw away the face of the Xiao family.&1t;/p>
Yelu Yanxi opened the letter from his uncle Yelu Chun again. Yelu Yanxi was always afraid that his uncle had too much power and prestige. Taking advantage of this rebellion, he thought of weakening Yelu Chun's troops. However, just now he had just started to transfer 150,000 troops to the north, and such a nonsense as the Song army attacked in his southern courtyard.&1t;/p>
At this moment, the Southern Prime Minister Xiao Gan rushed out of the hall: "Your Majesty, the army of the Southern Kingdom is approaching, and Shuozhou has been lost. Song Ting used Yao Yi and Zhong Shizhong as the left and right marshals, He Zhizhong and Zhang Shangying as the military supervisor, Yang Zhen left Xiongzhou, Yao Gu left Bazhou, Hu Yanqing left Xiaonanhe, and Liu Yanqing left Guangxin. The old general Yao Yi's eldest son Yao Xiong has broken through Guiyi and approached Fanyang. The South Courtyard is short of troops. If it is too late, Zhuozhou will be defeated, then the Youyun will be in danger."&1t;/p>
"What? The Song State is really fighting? The two levels are strong and dangerous. How did they break through? Are they really not afraid of the anger of the Great Liao?" Yelu Yanxi was just thinking that his uncle tried every means to save his troops and was considering how to deal with him. Unexpectedly, Song Bing really fought. Xiao Gan Zhongzhi, he would definitely not lie to me, what should I do? Before Agu Dao was solved, Zhao Ji called again, what should I do?&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, you will lose your life after a long period of defense. There is no pass in the world that cannot be broken."&1t;/p>
"What should I do? Prime Minister, what should I do?"&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, I suggest that the two routes of Tokyo and Zhongjing should be temporarily maintained against the Jurchen barbarians. Although the barbarians are good at fighting, their troops are limited and they cannot capture a wider area. There are many people in the south. If they seize Youyun, our Great Liao will have endless troubles."&1t;/p>
"What the Prime Minister said is very true, I will review it."&1t;/p>
"I will review it."&1t;/p>
The Liao Kingdom learned Han culture, and the Han Dynasty had two prime ministers. Liao followed the Han people and set two prime ministers in the north and south. The Southern Prime Minister Xiao Gan was in charge of affairs of the Southern Kingdom and the Han people. The Northern Prime Minister Yelu Yujiu was in charge of affairs in the north.&1t;/p>
Originally, Yelu Yanxi mobilized heavy troops to swear to quell the Jurchen rebellion in one fell swoop, but Zhao Ji did not expect that he would be a slut. The Liao people thought that this Jurchen was barbaric and powerful and difficult to deal with. You just a two-legged Han Chinese dared to provoke the Liao Dynasty. I am not powerful, so you really think I am a sick cat.&1t;/p>
In this way, Yelu Yujiu was commanding the north and temporarily led troops to confront the Wanyan brothers. Yelu Dashi was also appointed as the commander, Xiao Gan and Xiao Yu were supported, Wuyan Guang, Wuyan Huang, Yelu Zhangnu and others were generals, leading 200,000 troops to attack the Song Dynasty in the south.&1t;/p>
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Chapter completed!