Twenty-seven. Soldiers under the city
"Cheers for the great Song Dynasty and pay tribute to the great His Majesty the Shenzong"
-From the "Zhao Ze's Record" of Hangzhou Jingshi Chaobao
Heavy snow in December, Wushen Day.
The 30,000 folded family army on Linfu Road returned to the King Qin of the capital. Zhe Xiaolan rode alone from Huazhou to return to Beijing to visit his brother Zhe Jimin, and handed over Zhao Ze's handwritten letter.
Nineth, Gengxu.
The deputy capital of Jingyuan Road deployed Di Qing to lead 20,000 troops into the boundary of Beijing and stationed in Zhongmu County.
On the 15th, Bingchen.
After the sunrise, the iron armored army of Liao launched a winter offensive on the front line of Nanle and Chaocheng north of Kaidefu. Thousands of cavalry rushed through the company camp of the Song army and advanced the front to the ancient town of Qingfeng before sunset.
In the following more than half a month, the State of Liao increased its troops again, and the total number of troops on the front line reached 600,000, constantly coming through the border gate to the Daming Mansion.
In January of the eighth year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Gongchen, the king of the imperial history, wrote a letter requesting a change.
The next day, Empress Cao issued an order to change the Yuan Dynasty. From now on, it will be the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty.
Celebrate all over the world and give amnesty to the world.
A few days later, the Great Cold is coming, Jiawu.
The sound of gunfire came from the ice and snow outside Puyang City, Kaide Prefecture. In an instant, the smoke of gunpowder rose everywhere, and the shouts of killing came from all directions, echoing on the plains of the army.
Hundreds of war drums beat, Zhao Ze put on the battle, rode the horse to the phalanx of the Huanzhou Army, and shouted loudly, "Brothers, today's World War I let the bastards of Liao see the power of our Huanzhou men. For the Song Dynasty, and for the sake of our wives and children, brothers who died in the war, we have to kill the enemy bravely and kill him. A won't stay!"
In the array, 87,000 troops roared together, the knives and guns were held high, and the sea of people on the plain under the White Horse Mountain, a hundred miles away from Bianliang City, waved like waves.
Almost at the same time, the three soldiers and horses of the Liaoning army also launched an attack.
Yelu Qiuhan, the king of the South Courtyard of the West Road, and the crown prince Yelu Dehua sent troops to Xiangzhou and came straight to the state.
The middle road and the east road are the imperial army of Yelu Zongzhen, the emperor of Liao, and Yelu Renxian, the king of the North Courtyard, Xiao Xiaoxian, the king of Jin, and Xiao Hui, the general Xiao Hui, are killed by the imperial army of Fan Zhongyan's capital division and the twenty-fifth Song army.
The decisive battle is imminent.
In front of the white horse, Yang Wenguang urged the horse forward, waved his long gun, and shouted, "Forerunner, charge!"
Followed by a horse, he rushed forward. Five arrays in front of the Huanzhou army came out, and rushed to the Liao iron horse who was crossing the river like a flood.
After running for more than a hundred steps, he quickly formed a dense formation and slowly advanced.
At the forefront of the resistance are the 5,000 shields and 6,000 long spearmen of the first round of Huanzhou Army, and behind the hall is the second round of crossbow archers led by Chao Fang, Li Tiegun, Chen Shun and Teng Xiong.
Zhao Ze set his horse standing on the high slope, staring at the coming iron horse of Liao. Yelu, the king of the South Courtyard, asked for the banner of Han. He saw the black snow wolf flag fluttering in the wind among thousands of troops and horses, like a sail in the sea.
After a moment, Zhao Ze waved his hand and ordered, "Start action!"
Zhang Zai, who had been accompanying Zhao Ze, immediately put down the monoculars in his hand and Jiao Zhenhua, the messenger who was on standby under the hillside, ordered, "The cataping machine is launched!"
In the blink of an eye, thousands of crocks containing Huanzhou oil flew over the white horse Jin from the wings of the Song army array to the frozen river, hitting the head of the passing Liao army fiercely. Hundreds of Liao cavalry were smashed on the horse's back by this sudden big crock, and more people were trampled to death by their own horses.
Yelu Qiuhan, the commander of the Liaoning Army, who was watching the battle on the opposite side, hurriedly asked the prince Yelu Dehua beside him and said, "Your Highness, what kind of tactic is this?"
Yelu Dehua laughed and said, "I think the eighth floor is to attack!"
"What, fire attack, isn't our 10,000 iron riders?"
Before the words of Yelu Qiuhan, the king of the Southern Courtyard, the commander of the Liao army, three waves of rockets were shot out of the Song army. In an instant, the oil in the river was lit. The flames soared in the air, creating an insurmountable sea of fire in an instant, cutting off the iron horse of Liao in the charge. Nearly a thousand people were trapped in the fire, and the Liao army's offensive was in this. Break.
Besides, thousands of Liao cavalrymen who have rushed through Baimajin are rushing to the oncoming Song army shield array at a very high speed. When they were still in the land of two arrows, they released three arrows. After entering the land of one arrow, they also fired two arrows desperately.
The black arrow rain overturned a large area of the long gunners of the Song army, but it did not shake the formation of the Huanzhou Army or affect their fighting spirit. The five shield arrays of the former army still stood in the rain of arrows like a rock.
Seeing that they were about to hit a piece, the Liao cavalry in the charge suddenly turned and dispersed one after another, rushing towards the gap between the Song army's shields.
At this time, Yang Wenguang was in the array, and hurriedly ordered the flag bearers around him to wave the flag and shout. The five shields immediately contracted, with a distance of less than half a person.
More than a thousand Liao cavalrymen were stabbed in the back by a forest of long guns on the way to the horse, and more of them were shot by the crossbowmen who followed them after passing through the array. There were almost no iron horses of Liao who could pass through the five arrays of the Song army. Fortunately, they escaped the second array of crossbows and were also killed by the third array of Mu Yunhan and Jiao Yan. Under Ren Qian's knife and gun.
On the same day, the deputy capital of Jingyuan Road deployed Di Qing to encounter the Liaoning army ten miles outside Yanjin County west of Huazhou. The two sides fought fiercely on the river bank, and the Liaoning army continued to charge with many cavalry.
Di Qing lured the enemy with 3,000 knives and shields, led the Liao army to the area of the sour jujube forest, and shot more than a thousand people with a crossbow, and won a small victory.
The Zhejia army guarding Beifengqiu City in Bianliang did not encounter the enemy on that day. Zhe Jimin wrote a letter to ask for a war, but was not allowed.
The decisive battle between Song and Liao outside Kaidefu lasted for six days.
The Song army suffered nearly 100,000 casualties, and the casualties of the Liao army were more than double that of the Song army.
However, the balance of the war tilted towards the Song army because of this. The emperor of Liao, Yelu Zongzhen's imperial family, suddenly appeared on the boundary of Yanggu County in Yunzhou at the time of the fierce battle between the two sides. Then, he rushed south along the old road of the Yellow River into Puzhou and killed the city of Fan County. Lord Jingyuanjing of Zhixian led the local people. Nearly a thousand people met the enemy, but the big weapon of Liao was so sharp that it took only half an hour to destroy the Fan County People's League and capture Jingyuan.
Half a day later, all the Liao imperial tent relatives who attacked Fan County crossed the Yellow River and killed Leize County.
On the sixth day of January 30th, Ren Yin.
Nearly 10,000 people of the imperial tent army in Liao broke through the two counties of Leize and Linpu in a row, and entered Xingren Prefecture in the afternoon of the same day, sweeping the three counties of Nanhua, Wanting and Jiyin. Almost all the thousands of people and horses of the Guangji army who came to rescue were destroyed, and Zhan Shixuan, Dingtao Zhijun of the Guangji army, fled again.
Thirty-one days, Gui Mao.
The imperial army of Liao rushed into Jingji Road and attacked Dongming County.
was fiercely resisted by the Song army. The two sides shot each other with firearms and arrows for nearly half a day, and the imperial tent of the Liao Dynasty retreated.
Zhejiajun was ordered to leave Fengqiu on the same day, crossed the Yellow River in the east of Chenqiao Town, and rushed to Dongming County.
On the way, they met the royal tent relatives of Liao, and the two sides fought fiercely again.
The Zhejia army lost nearly 10,000 people and killed and injured more than 5,000 imperial tents in Liao's own army, but the final result was that Liao's imperial tents and relatives won the victory, and their firearms tactics were even better.
Zhe Jimin was forced to retreat for 30 miles and set an ambush on the road that the Liao army must pass, intending to consume the number of people of the other party with flexible tactics.
In the evening of the same day, the Bianliang Palace received the news that Zhe Jimin was defeated by the imperial tent of Liao's own army. Empress Cao was furious and ordered Zhongshu to send the imperial army guarding the city to go out of the city to fight. At the same time, she urgently ordered Zhe Jiminmin's troops to cooperate with the imperial army to meet the enemy and did not retreat, otherwise she would be beheaded with disrespectful to the decree.
February 1st, Jiachen.
It's just dawn,
In front of the Royal Forest Army Hall, Sima Bujun's commander Huang Xiangyuan, the superintendent Li Shunju, Linfu Road Zhejia Army, nearly 30,000 soldiers Ma Wang Dongming County killed.
I thought that the imperial tent army of Liao would set an ambush on the way, or seize the city of Dongming County and fight against the Song army. Unexpectedly, they had long looked at Kaocheng in the southeast. In two days, they killed from east to west in one breath, Lianke Kaocheng, Yongqiu, Chenliu, and the soldiers went straight to Bianliang City.
In front of the Royal Forest Army Hall, Sima Bujun's commander Huang Xiangyuan and the family army on Linfu Road hurriedly turned to Chen Liu.
However, the imperial army of Liao was transferred again, looking at Zhongmou to the west of Bianliang.
The battle situation in the front is unknown, and a large number of Liao cavalry troops appeared in the rear. All the officials in Bianliang City were shocked, and even Empress Cao couldn't sit still. He urgently ordered the Sima Bujun in front of the Yulin Army Hall to command Huang Xiangyuan. Zhejiajun Zhe Jimin tried to get rid of this Liao army and repulsed it no matter what the cost.
February 6th, Yiyou.
The imperial army, which went out to find the enemy, was divided into four teams, and each team was blocked by 5,000 people along the way.
After the Zhejia Military Hall on Linfu Road, strictly prevent the Liao army from infiltrating south of Bianliang.
February 7th, Gengxu.
The imperial tent army of Liao passed through Wansheng Town and crossed the frozen Yellow River, and launched an attack on Yangwu and Yanjin from behind.
He met the 20,000 troops deployed by Di Qing, the deputy capital of Jingyuan Road. After nearly a day of fierce fighting, more than half of the soldiers and injuries on Jingyuan Road were forced to move to Huazhou.
February 8th Lantern Festival, Xinhai.
The imperial tent army of Liao firmly controlled the river bank of the Yanjin line, disrupting the layout of the front line of the Song army.
Almost on the same day, nearly 100,000 people of the army on Liaoguo West Road rushed through the Yellow River and tried to enter the boundary of Bianliang.
In front of the Royal Forest Army Hall, the commander of Sima Bujun commanded Huang Xiangyuan to kill 20,000 horses along the river and repelled several attacks by the front of the Liaoning army.
That night, when Empress Cao learned that the Liao army had reached the Yellow River, the blue and white porcelain bowl in her hand fell to the ground, and the sweet dumplings were sprinkled.
February 9th, Renzi.
The Liao army forcibly broke through the Yellow River and approached the western suburbs of Bianliang.
The troops of Bianliang's capital division were empty, and almost all of them were mobilized to the front line of Kaidefu to fight against the enemy. Before the front army returned to help, Empress Cao mobilized all the available troops around Bianliang and urgently ordered all the troops to enter the city.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Ze was the first to receive the news that the Liao army broke through the bank of Yanjin River and the soldiers were coming to the capital. He immediately came to his godfather Xu Huaide to discuss the division of troops back to the capital.
February 10th, Gui Chou.
Xu Huaide continued to guard the safety of the Song Junqin King's soldiers and horses in Kaide Prefecture, which were fighting on the front line.
Zhao Ze raised more than 60,000 people in the Huanzhou army, plus more than 6,000 horses in Diqing, Jingyuan Road, a total of more than 71,000 people in the south of the state overnight to rescue the capital.