Chapter 597 Chapter 593 Chapter 3: Saibei is shocked to hear about the changes in the Central Plains (Part 1)

Author: Sharpshooter Lao Feixia

Chapter 597 Chapter 593 Chapter 3: Saibei is shocked to hear about the changes in the Central Plains (Part 1)

There was the Battle of Guishui in the front and the Battle of Sanggan River in the back. Including the Liao soldiers who dropped gold, more than half of the total of more than 100,000 gold soldiers in Jiuzhou behind the mountain had been lost.

In terms of numbers alone, the Jin soldiers still have a considerable advantage over the New Liao army, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation has been reversed——

The Liao Kingdom has fought against the Jin Kingdom for many years, and this is the Liao Kingdom's first big victory!

Even those old Liao soldiers who had already invested in gold often discussed privately: It turns out that it's not that the Jin people are so powerful, but that our commander is not good at it. Otherwise, why would Ao Luo make such a big splash as soon as he ascended the throne?

Wanyan Yinshu was also a veteran general. Seeing that the situation was not good, he gathered all the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and huddled in Huanzhou City and could not get out.

In order to attack Yanmen Pass, the Jin people plundered all the money and food from nearby states, so there was no shortage of food and grass.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a day. When Huanzhou put up a defensive posture and the Song army at Yanmen Pass showed no movement, Lao Cao had to order to break camp and temporarily retreat to Yunzhou along the way.

In fact, he also felt guilty. There were only more than a thousand veterans left in Tahao. His Xifeng Army had also chewed up its hard bones and nearly half of its troops were destroyed. The remaining troops and horses were all those who first surrendered to Jin and then surrendered to Liao.

Although the army seems to be honest at the moment, who knows how these people will behave once the war becomes anxious?

It’s the New Year when I return to Yunzhou.

Although the city is a bit dilapidated, life still has to go on, and those who have some extra money at home are also showing off their wealth and putting it away, which adds a bit of joy to the city.

Inside the Yunzhou Palace, there was a different atmosphere.

Xiao Sese was promoted to the new generation of Empress Dowager Xiao. She was not happy at all, but because her son's life and death were unpredictable, she cried like a peach.

Lao Cao felt a little guilty in his heart, so he showed his patience, hugged her and comforted her carefully, saying that he only blamed himself for not being able to catch up, so that the young and arrogant good boy was injured by the golden dog's arrow.

There was no shortage of famous doctors in the Liao court, who were around to look after him day and night. Although he could not be revived, he would not die for a while.

The generals who accompanied Lao Cao on the expedition, especially those who fought across the river, were all injured to some extent, and they were all treated carefully by these doctors. Fortunately, it was cold winter, and the wounds were not easy to worsen. Even Li Tianrun and Huang Xin, who were the most seriously injured,

, and there is no fear of life.

Another day later, Ma Ling, the "god horse", stepped on the hot wheel and galloped back, bringing a big news——

Yanmen was closed, leaving only 5,000 Song troops, led by Zongze, the Taiyuan military and horse commander. The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were led by Zhong Shidao and returned to King Qin of Bianjing!

Lao Cao sent Ma Ling to deliver a letter. The letter claimed that he was a Han'er in the North and could not bear the oppression, so he rebelled. Taking advantage of Emperor Tianzuo's surrender, he chose a member of the clan as the new emperor, and lured the Jin soldiers of Huanzhou to a decisive battle. He asked Lao Zhong to

Sentries were secretly sent to observe, and when the men and horses of the Jin camp outside the pass were dispatched, they sent troops to attack in a pincer attack to avenge the past.

However, from beginning to end, not a single soldier was seen dispatched from Yanmen Pass.

Lao Cao originally thought General Song was being cautious and was afraid of being deceived, but it was not until Ma Ling reported back that he learned the truth.

It turns out that during this period of time, when Lao Cao entered the nine states behind the mountains and looked around, the situation in the Song Dynasty underwent several major changes.

The source of the accident was King Yelu Chun of Wei.

This guy defeated Tong Guan in October, but was shocked to hear that there was a fire behind him. The Xifeng and Juhua armies took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation. They wrote a letter and exchanged the captured Song general for a large number of his family members.

However, his beloved princess was not among the family members. Yelu Chun was furious and wanted to attack her with surprise troops. However, Wang Yuan noticed it and joined forces with Yang Weizhong and Niu Wenzhong to set up an ambush and defeat her.

Then they attacked Cangzhou. Unexpectedly, the Song general Wang Chun was a brave man. Without Tong Guan to restrain him, he really showed his courage: he mobilized the entire city's soldiers and civilians to defend Cangzhou. The Liao soldiers attacked fiercely for ten days, but the city remained motionless.

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Yelu Chun refused to waste more energy on the isolated city, so he gave up and left. Wherever the troops arrived, they captured Dingzhou, Zhendingfu, Lingzhou and other places, and finally established a firm foothold.

Later, he wanted to take advantage of the momentum of his winning streak to capture the Lu region. Unexpectedly, Wu Song led elite soldiers from Qingzhou and other places to gather in Gaotang Prefecture, and forcibly seized the gate of Shandong.

The two sides fought several battles under the city of Gaotangzhou. The Liao army had many soldiers and the Qingzhou army was elite. Each had its own victory or defeat for a while.

This angered the hero Wu Erlang. One day, armed with two halberds, he rode alone to the Liao camp to fight. Without moving his shadow, he killed eleven famous and brave generals of the Liao army in a row. He was so shocked that the 200,000 Liao army did not dare to look at each other.

Just returned slowly.

The next day, Lu Junyi followed suit and used a horse and a single gun to challenge him again. He defeated ten Liao generals in one day and left with satisfaction.

The next day, Yuan Lang, Zhu Jing, Teng Kan, and Teng Kan all came together and won eight more games. Xiao Qian was furious and led his troops to fight out, determined to take the lives of his four generals.

When the four of them saw the army coming out, they reined up their horses and ran away. Xiao Qian pursued them for several miles. Xiao Jiasui, Liu Yuan, Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong led the ambush troops beside the road. Xiao Qian returned in defeat.

At this point, Yelv Dashi was still unconvinced, so he asked Yelv Chun and Xiao Qian for orders, divided 50,000 troops, bypassed Gaotang, and planned to plunder the hinterland of Shandong as a shock.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the Yellow River, countless men and horses were killed, all under the banner of Liangshan.

The first eight generals were Chao Gai, Fang Qifu, Han Wu, Bian Xiang, Fang Jie, Suo Chao, Zhou Ang, and Tang Bin. They led 20,000 to 30,000 horses, and in a single stroke, they were able to kill Yelu Dashi until the army was defeated.

On the way back, after walking through the mountains, another group of infantrymen emerged, led by Deng Yuanjue, Xia Houcheng, Liu Tang and others, who killed the Liao army until they cried for their fathers and mothers.

At this point, of the more than 200,000 Liao troops, only 178,000 were left.

Ever since, things have gone on the track that Lao Cao had expected - "When that guy encounters a few obstacles in Shandong, he will know that his only way out is to break Daming Mansion and attack Bianliang City!"

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The more than 100,000 Liao troops now dared not take a serious look at Shandong, so they made a desperate attempt to attack the famous people in the west.

In the Daming Mansion, the commander-in-chief Tong Guan was defeated in Hejian Prefecture and after he withdrew here, he only had banquets and merrymaking in the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion every day and handed over all military affairs to Tan Zhen, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Province.

Tan Zhen was also unambiguous. He pieced together another 50,000 soldiers and horses, and kept saying that he would defend Daming Mansion to the death.

When he heard that the Liao soldiers had failed to attack Shandong and were marching westward, Tong Guan did not hesitate and mobilized more than 10,000 elite men under his control. He ordered Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son to lead the army, with Yao Xing and Gao Shixuan as the vanguard.

Save yourself and return to Bianjing first.

When Tan Zhen heard that Tong Guan was gone, he pointed at the sky and stamped the ground and cursed: "The one who harms the country is this thief! I will face the officials in person and denounce the old thief Tong Guan!"

So he left too.

At this point, the only generals in the city are Ma Gongzhi, Yang Kesheng, and two veterans from the Tenth Festival, Mei Zhan and Yang Wen.

Originally, Tong Guan was willing to protect his shortcomings. Both Ma and Yang were brave generals of the Western Army. Why not take him with them?

However, Ma Gongzhi was furious in person: "Daming Mansion is a majestic city that protects the north, how can we give it up lightly? The commander-in-chief is going to leave, and the man named Ma is willing to coexist with this city, so that the world will know that our Western Army is a man who is not afraid of death!"

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When Tong Guan saw that he didn't know what was good or bad, he left in anger.

However, Yang Kesheng stayed behind secretly. He went to Ma Gong and said directly: "Both the eldest brother and the youngest brother died for the country. Do I want to live alone? I am willing to fight to the death with you!"

Ma Gongzhi comforted him: "But Bi may not die."

Yang Kesheng shook his head and said: "There is no news so far. Most of them died in the rebellion."

"Mei Dalang" Mei Zhan and "Blocking Tiger" Yang Wen were both appointed by Tong Guan to take the blame. Although they were full of anger, they were helpless.

A few days later, the Liao army arrived and attacked the city urgently. Ma Gongzhi and other four generals each guarded a wall and fought hard for three days without being defeated.

On the night of the third day, Liang Zhongshu, the left-behind prime minister who had been frightened for several days, finally broke his heartstrings. No longer caring about anything else, he mobilized thousands of troops from his headquarters, attacked the east gate at night, shot the "blockers" to death with a barrage of arrows, and let the Liao soldiers enter the city.

The Liao soldiers entered the city and carried out a massacre. Yang Kesheng and Ma Gongzhi each broke out of the encirclement. Ma Gongzhi relied on his amazing martial arts to break out of the encirclement and ran towards Shandong.

Unfortunately for Yang Kesheng, when he was about to highlight the city gate, he happened to meet General Wu Yanguang of the Liao Dynasty, and the two of them fought in front of the gate.

Yang Kesheng's martial arts skills are not weak to begin with, but at this moment, all his subordinates are dead, but Wu Yanguang has thousands of horses and troops. Seeing Yang Kesheng's extraordinary marksmanship, he calls out, and generals from all around come up to kill him. How can Yang Kesheng resist? Chiwu

Yan Guang cut it in two with a knife.

Poor "Iron Gun Man" died for his country.

The Liao soldiers had lost many troops and generals in Shandong in the past few days. They had also besieged Daming Mansion for several days and suffered many casualties. What was the best way to enter the city at this time? They took advantage of the opportunity to massacre the people, raped, looted and committed all kinds of crimes.

Mei Zhan had already gone out to kill him, but when he saw that the Liao soldiers were actually trying to massacre the city, he was so furious that he rode back and shouted, "Bury these old bones here!"

Wielding the three-pointed sword, he fought his way along and killed more than a hundred Liao troops. He happened to meet the "female earth bat" Yu Decheng, a Liao general. Seeing the majesty of this veteran general, he came to fight.

The two generals fought for more than ten times. Mei Zhan raised his sword and chopped down Yu Decheng, but Yu Decheng shot him before he died, blinding the horse's eyes.

I don’t know where I fell.

Mei Zhan knew that his death was coming, so he was not afraid. He drew the sword from his waist, shouted for a fierce battle, and killed more than ten Liao soldiers.

When he saw that he was about to collapse, two men emerged from the alley, both with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but one was fatter, one was more muscular, and the other was more athletic, with a flower on his temples.

The two men each wielded a heavy ghost-headed knife, which could kill a person's head with one blow. They killed more than ten people in a row, grabbed Mei Zhan's side, helped him from left to right, and fled.

The Liao soldiers were in hot pursuit, but these two men were obviously local ghosts in Daming Mansion. They walked through the streets and alleys, kicked in doors and roofs, and soon left the Liao soldiers behind, taking Mei Dalang with them and missing.

Daming Mansion was a fortress in the north, with mountains of weapons and supplies. When the Liao soldiers came down from the city, they immediately ate well. After a few days, they set off directly to Kaifeng.

Zhao Guan's family was shocked when they heard that Tong Guan's army was defeated. They sent people to urge the army on the west route to turn back. Unexpectedly, Zhongshi Dao pretended not to understand and went out of Yanmen Pass. At the beginning, there were great victories and good news, but when the officials learned about it, they returned.

I was so happy, but suddenly one day the golden soldiers came to kill me, and I was defeated.

When the news reached Bianjing, Zhao Guan's family heard that Emperor Tianzuo had sent money from the whole country and defeated Zhongshi Dao. They were frightened and angry. They cursed Emperor Tianzuo for losing the face of his ancestors and being extremely weak. They also scolded Zhongshi Dao for being incompetent and exhausted.

Three armies.

Within a few days, Tong Guan returned, and immediately heard that the city of Daming Prefecture had been destroyed, and Liao soldiers came straight to capture Bianjing. The official was so frightened that he fell off his throne and broke two of his front teeth. He quickly summoned the ministers to discuss, first

Tong Guan pointed and cursed, and Tong Guan defended himself: "I have been a soldier all my life. I have long ignored life and death. How could I run away in front of the battle? I had no choice but to go back because I had to face Chen Yuqian for something important. I was waiting to finish talking about this matter and immediately

Then we went to Daming Mansion, but who knew it would fall so quickly? This is all because the generals are unwilling to fight hard!"

Tong Guan's statement was to protect Cai Jing's dignity - after all, it was his son-in-law who opened the city gate.
To be continued...