Twenty-nine. South to Hangzhou

In the first year of Song Li Jingkang, April 10, Gui Chou.

Zhao Ze, the general of Ningyuan, was ordered to guard Bianliang and led the army to block the Liao soldiers from going south to buy time for the Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty on the way to move the capital.

Under the command of five soldiers and horses, the army was 130,000, and half of them were stationed in the city.

These five soldiers and horses are Xu Huaide, the veteran general of the Suide Army, Shi Yuansun, the commander of Kaidefu, and Di Qing, Cao Xi, the commander of the Tianwu Army, and Hu Yan Shouyong, the commander of the Xiaoqi Army.

Twelfth day, Yi Mao.

At dawn, the eastern and western armies of Liao crossed the Yellow River with the intention of encircling Bianliang from the two directions of Dongyang and Zhongmou.

Di Qing, who was responsible for guarding Dongyang County, immediately led more than 10,000 people out of the city to fight, shooting more than half of the Liao army crossing the river.

At noon on the same day, Cao Xi's army stationed in Wansheng Town, Zhongmu County, also encountered several times more enemies crossing the river. The two sides shot across the river and kept pouring arrows, killing and injuring countless casualties.

The Liao army forcibly crossed the Yellow River for three consecutive days, killing and injuring more than 10,000 people. On the 15th of the same month, they made a bloody road to land.

The next day, Zhao Ze sent Zhang Zai, Mu Yunhan and other troops to lead 30,000 troops out of the city to fight, and smashed the attack of the Liao army several times on the front line of Zhongmou to Xiangfu.

The 18th, Xin You.

The news came from Yang Hui, Zhizhou, Zhengzhou, that the Liao soldiers of the brigade skimmed across Zhengzhou and went south, looking at Mi County.

Nineteen-day valley rain, Renxu.

Di Qing, who guarded Dongyang County, sent a fast Malay report that the Liao army had invaded the two states of Pu and Yun on Jingdong Road a few days ago and was marching towards Nanyang Lake.

Twenty days, Guihai.

Zhao Ze summoned the generals in Bianliang City to discuss going south to intercept the Liao army. Everyone thought that the emperor's life was difficult and had to stay in Bianliang for half a month. If the army is not ready to withdraw immediately, it will be a big taboo.

Three days later, the Liao army launched two fierce attacks on Bianliang. The two sides fought a bloody battle in Zhongmou and Dongyang for a day and a night. When Xiao Hui, the general of Liao, led the army to attack Dongyang County, he was shot in the shoulder with an arrow by Di Qing and almost fell.

In this battle, more than 10,000 Liao soldiers who attacked the city were killed and injured.

Twenty-eighth, Xin Wei.

The Liao army concentrated 100,000 troops to launch an attack on the front line of Zhongmou and Wansheng Town in the west of Bianliang City, and used engineers to dig tunnels. After holding on for half a day, the Song army retreated to Bianliang because they were outnumbered.

Twenty-ninth, Renshen.

Yelu Qiuhan, the king of the South Courtyard, the commander of the West Road Army of Liaoguo, sent 5,000 troops to attack Bianliang City. He was defeated and returned. Nearly 3,000 people died under the city, and the moat was stained with blood.

Thirty days, Guiyou.

Dongyang City was besieged by tens of thousands of Liao troops, and the situation was critical. Zhao Ze sent Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Ning to lead 20,000 troops to rescue them. On the way, he met the Liao army. In the evening, the corpses on both sides of the Guangji River were everywhere and the blood flowed.

The Liao army was killed and injured by more than 8,000 people, and the Song army was injured by more than 1,000. At dawn the next day, the Liao army defeated Tanjia Village in the south of Dongyang County.

Half a month later, the Liao army besieged Nanjing Yingtianfu, and the magistrate Minghao sent someone to Zhao Ze for help.

A few days later, Zhao Ze raised all the troops to guard Bianliang and went south to Yingtianfu.

May 20th, Xiaoman, Guisi.

The vanguard officials Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Qing came to the boundary of Ningling, Tianfu. On the way, they passed a village burned by the Liao army. Only two people in Zhuangzi were spared. These two were Dianchun, a pig killer, and Abu, a girl who saw money. It's a long story about how Abu came here. However, Abu saw it. The first sentence after Zhao Ze was: "This big man is good. I'll give you a discount this time, 5,000 taels!"

21st, Jiawu.

Zhao Ze took the pig-killing man Dianchun under the new income account and came to Yingtianfu City to watch. He thought that the Liao soldiers had retreated, and there were dead bodies everywhere. Unexpectedly, he knew that it was a step late after sending people to inquire. Half a month ago, the State of Liao attacked Yingtianfu with 150,000 soldiers and killed and injured nearly 100,000 people. After breaking the city, he took here. After killing a chicken and a dog, there was no one left, and nearly 70,000 people were slaughtered.

On the morning of the same day, Zhao Ze summoned the generals again in the big account of the Chinese army outside Yingtianfu to discuss going south along the official road to pursue the Liao army to avenge the people of Yingtianfu. The generals who had already been angry immediately agreed.

The next day, when Zhao Ze's army marched towards Shanzhou, the other two victorious Liao troops were chasing along the way.

24th, Ding You.

The army arrived in Xiao County, Xuzhou, and visited Malaysia to report that an unknown number of Liaoning cavalry was attacking Haozhou and fighting with the Haozhou Civilian Regiment.

Zhao Ze immediately ordered the army to turn to the southwest and advance towards Haozhou. It was bound to destroy this group of Liao dogs and avenge the dead people.

In the afternoon of the same day, the vanguard officials Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Qing looked forward to kill Haozhou.

The army rushed for two days, and the striker arrived in Yongcheng. He happened to meet the Liao soldiers attacking the city. When they were unprepared, the Liao army was defeated, with more than 1,000 casualties, and the remnants fled to Hao County, Haozhou Prefecture.

Seeing the opportunity, Yang Wenguang, together with Mu Yunhan and Di Qing, led the army to chase and kill more than 160 miles, all the way to Matou Town, the boundary of Qiang County.

On the 25th, Wuxu.

Zhao Ze led a large army into Haozhou and fought with the two Liao army that besieged Zhao County in the two counties of Chengfu and Mengcheng, and beheaded more than 10,000 people.

He rescued Mengcheng, who was in danger, and Gao Yonglin's family, a famous family in Mengcheng, and had the honor to meet Gao Yonglin's daughter, 15 years old Gao Taotao.

The ancestors of the Gao family were all generals, and Gao Qiong, Gao Yonglin's father, was also an important minister of the Taizong Dynasty. He was the commander of the Ma Bujun in front of the palace. Besides, the young girl Gao Taotao inherited her grandfather's blood and likes to play with swords since she was a child. Some time ago, the Liao army besieged Mengcheng very tightly. She also accompanied her father Gao Yonglin to the city to help fight and killed several Liao soldiers with her own hands.

Since Zhao Ze led his troops to Mengcheng and met her, Gao Taotao suddenly came up with a strange idea. Why didn't he kill the enemy from the army?

When she told her father this idea, Gao Yonglin's first reaction was to smile bitterly.

Then, he patted his daughter's head and told her, "It's not allowed to join the army, but our Gao family must immediately leave Haozhou to Jiangnan with the army. Haozhou can't be preserved!"

In this way, three days later, the Gao family left Haozhou and went to the south of the Yangtze River with Zhao Ze's army. The goal was Hangzhou.

Zhao Ze's original plan was to go south to pursue the Liao army, take the opportunity to launch an attack from behind, and concentrate the main force in the movement to continuously annihilate the enemy.

However, when he met Gao Yonglin, who lived in seclusion at home in Mengcheng, Haozhou, everything changed.

Gao Yonglin told Zhao Ze: "When the Liao army attacked Yingtianfu some time ago, I was also present. I watched the Liao dog break through the city and slaughter everyone. They are very many people. I think there are at least 200,000!"

Zhao Ze asked tentatively, "The old general is really sure that they have 200,000 horses. Didn't you say that they would have no more than 100,000 killed or injured when attacking Yingtianfu? The rest is just some scattered soldiers who are brave and not afraid."

Gao Yonglin smiled bitterly and replied, "Those 100,000 are just shields for Liao. Some soldiers of small tribes. I think the emperor of Liao deliberately let them die. Later, the city was broken in the blink of an eye. The gate was knocked down at once, and tens of thousands of Liao iron riders rushed into the city. Inside, this is their elite. Well, fortunately, I was just watching from a distance and was not in the city. Otherwise, I would have died in the city long ago, and I would not have had the opportunity to tell Lord Zhao these words!"

"This..." Zhao Ze frowned and was silent for a moment.

Taking this opportunity, Gao Yonglin suggested: "Lord Zhao, why don't we go south to Hangzhou and stand firm? Not to mention the fine food there, there is also a natural danger of the Yangtze River. When the Liao soldiers kill there, it will be the end of the crossbow. At that time, let's join forces with all the road to kill a horse. The Liao army will be defeated. I don't know. What do you think of Lord Zhao's plan?

Zhao Ze nodded and felt that what Gao Yonglin said was very reasonable, so he agreed: "In this case, after I go back to the camp and discuss with the generals, I will tell the old general again!"

Gao Yonglin smiled gently, sent Zhao Ze out in person, and said a lot of words of thanks along the way.