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- As soon as Xiao Juli retreated to Shicheng, he retreated to the threshold of the Liaoxi Corridor. Li Yancong and the troops who had previously arrived at Zunhua moved south to attack, and Tiance Tang's army came from the west, north and south. It becomes one piece. ?
After Yelu Lihu arrived in Luanzhou, he urgently summoned Xiao Juli. Xiao Juli asked Du Chongwei to guard Shicheng and rushed to Luanzhou alone. When they met, Yelu Lihu pointed at his nose and asked: "Juli, you dare to retreat without a fight?" , you are not afraid of my military law!"
Xiao Juli knew that Yelu Lihu had wanted to get rid of him for a long time, but he just used suffering as an excuse to be called here. He had known that there would be no good results. He retreated earlier because he believed in Brother Yelusiu's judgment, but he had no solid reason to give. He guessed that reasoning might not be useful at this time, so he simply came back and said: "When fighting with troops, advancement and retreat all depend on the judgment of the general. I I think we should retreat, so we retreat. Even in the era of the Emperor of Heaven, there is no reason to only advance but not retreat!"
Yelu Lihu said angrily: "You are timid and retreated, as if you had a reason! If I don't kill you today, my army's order will no longer exist! If someone comes, drag him out and kill him!"
Yelu Wuzhi was shocked and ran over and shouted: "Li Hu! Kill the general in front of the battle. Do you want to fight this battle?"
Sacou also hurriedly tried to dissuade him, saying: "Shicheng's tens of thousands of troops have been listening to his orders, and now they suddenly kill Xiao Juali, for fear that the front army will mutiny."
Han Deshu also said: "Exactly, we are going to fight now, and it is unlucky to kill the general. It is better to give him his life and wait for him to be punished and make meritorious service in the future."
Yelu Lihu was finally persuaded by hard talk, but he escaped the death penalty. It was inevitable that he would be punished. Yelu Lihu was furious and ordered him to be pushed out and whipped twenty times before letting him go back to lead the army.
Xiao Jali was beaten until his buttocks were completely bruised. Unable to ride a horse, he could only lie down on the horse. Yelu Wuzhi sent him out with tears in his eyes. Xiao Shali was disheartened, but couldn't bear to see the man shed tears. He gritted his teeth and said, "I can't die even if I'm beaten twenty times." Privy Council, why are you crying?"
Yelu Wuzhi cried: "I'm not crying for you, I'm crying for the imminent destruction of the Khitan! Li Huli's desire has swayed his heart, and he was instigated by the police. The Empress Dowager was blinded by the love between her family and her children, and decided to establish Li Hu, so that it would be difficult to unify the original state. The country of Liaodong is in terrible ruin! Even if Zhang Mai doesn't come to attack now, our Daliao itself will collapse. What's more, look at the situation at hand. Zhang Mai must have a plan!"
He took Xiao Juli's shoulders and said, "Li Hu is making nonsense, but the country is in danger! Juli, please be more open-minded and tolerate it for the time being, and don't delay the war. If you can try to save a little more energy for the country now, maybe in the future There is still a glimmer of hope.”
Xiao Shali looked up at the dark night sky and said, "Wuzhi, I don't have as good a mind as you. This countryjust do whatever it wants. I am a Khitan. My hatred against Zhang Mai is as deep as the ocean." , I have no shame to surrender to Heaven’s strategy. Otherwise, in this situation, I really want to surrender to the enemy!”
He said, slapped his horse, and went back to Shicheng.
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Yelu Wuzhi returned to the camp and said to Yelu Lihu: "Prince Regent! You originally proposed to attack the Tang Dynasty in order to take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. The reason why you actually led the army to the west was because you thought you would achieve amazing military success by crossing the sea. Now The sea-crossing surprise attack has failed, and your original goal has been achieved, why not follow suit?"
Yelu Lihu said angrily: "You think I am Xiao Haili, and you want to run away without fighting?"
Yelu’s house hostage wanted to persuade him again, but Yelu Lihu pointed at the tent door and said: “Get out!”
Even the Bodhisattva in Yelu House got angry and left angrily.
Sa Ge said: "Although Xiao Xiali is from the Southern Sect, he has always been good at fighting and has always guarded Yuguan. He is well aware of the reality and reality of the Tang people. He must have made a judgment before retreating without a fight this time. Even Luan City and Stone City are very different. It’s better to retreat to Yuguan if we can defend it.”
Yelu Lihu took out his whip, struck Sachou on the head with the whip, and said angrily: "You also want me to be a coward?"
Han Deshu shouted: "Prince Regent" Before he could say anything, he was also whipped on the head. Both of them were in pain and escaped from the tent.
Sa sighed after cutting it out.
Han Deshu said: "The king is in a rage right now, and he won't listen to anything we say."
Sa Ge said: "No one provoked him, so why is he angry? The previous fire in the jurisdiction could be said to be deliberately embarrassing the Southern faction, but now it has been slapped on our heads, what does this mean!"
Han Deshu said in a low voice: "After all, it was the regent who proposed the attack on Tang Dynasty. Now that the advance is not going well, how can he not get angry?"
Sacchu suddenly realized, and said: "It's just Juli and Du Chongwei have been forced back, I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight." He had personally experienced the battle in Linhuang Mansion, and he still has lingering fears.
Han Deshu said: "Even if you can't win, you still have to fight, otherwise you will end up retreating without a fight. If you have fought a battle, no matter you lose,Win, and everything will come true in the end. Just say that we went west from Yuguan and taught the Tang people a lesson, plundered Tianjin, forced Youzhou, defeated Luanzhou, destroyed Shicheng, and then defeated Banshi, right? "
Sacou smiled bitterly.
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Yelu Lihu refused to listen to the advice of his subordinates and decided to fight against the Tang Dynasty. He immediately gathered his troops. He claimed to have an army of 500,000 for this western expedition. In fact, he did not even count the civilians who escorted the grain. There are only more than 10,000 Pishi troops in his hands, and the remaining troops of the Xi and Uighur tribes are more than 20,000. Together with other troops including Du Chongwei of Xiaoxiali, the number is barely 150,000, including Some of them are still supervising the transportation of grain and grass and guarding passes in the Western Liaoning Corridor. At this time, only 120,000 troops can be mobilized.
The Tang Army gathered on three sides and assembled 55,000 troops on the plain in front of Yanshan Mountain. The Tang Army was fighting on the mainland and had a very short supply line. These more than 50,000 people were purely combat troops, and the Privy Council did not need to temporarily recruit civilians to support the front line.
One of the two sides mobilized their troops, and the other gradually approached, and finally a small-scale encounter occurred. Xiao Juali was located on the front line and tried his best to maintain the battle line. Both sides suffered casualties, but the Tang army's unit casualty rate was much higher than that of the Liao army. Nowadays, Tiance Tang Dynasty is on the rise, and the morale, physical strength and fighting spirit of the army are at their peak. With the same strength, Tiance regular army cavalry is guaranteed to win against the Khitan cavalry.
From Yutian County further east, the terrain gradually becomes narrower. When we arrived near Shicheng County, there was not much room for maneuver between the north and the south. The war got closer and closer, and eventually the two sides were entangled in the plains near Tangshan - where Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty stationed troops during his two eastern expeditions. Therefore, it was named Tangshan.
On this day, Yelu Lihu summoned the generals and said, "Let's all have a good rest today. We will go to battle tomorrow and defeat the Tang army!"
On this day, the armies of both sides took up positions and formed formations on the plains in front of Yanshan Mountain.
In the age of cold weapons, soldiers will follow the generals, but with the advancement of military technology. Something is changing. After the last Yanjing reorganization, the troops of the Yanjing Military Region are now criss-crossing the battlefield with offices, battalions, and teams. This area is a group of chariots, this area is an infantry battalion, with fortification soldiers hidden behind, and cavalry passing through. All battle situations are planned according to the terrain.
Yelu and Li Hu are still using their old tactics. Some cavalry were divided to occupy various high points. The main force consisted of Du Chongwei's infantry as the first unit, Xiao Haili's cavalry as the second unit, and he led the army as the third unit. After lining up, he ordered the attack.
Du Chongwei, who was placed in the cannon fodder position, secretly complained, but he still had to go into battle under the pressure of the war drums.
Watching Du Chongwei's troops set off, Yelu Lihu smiled at Sage and said, "Let these Han people take the lead and consume the strength of the Tang people."
The Tang army saw the enemy taking the initiative to attack. Instead, the Chinese army retreated slightly, but there were constant cavalry movements on both wings. There were no shields at the front of the Tang army. Seeing the enemy taking the initiative to attack, they just crouched down and waited for the enemy to approach.
Seeing that Du Zhongwei's troops were dilly-dallying and timid, Xiao Juli said angrily: "Before a war, if you lose, you will lose, and if you die, you will die. It's always easy to do so. It's annoying to see him shrinking like this!" He ordered the front cavalry to change positions! Chengdu team, anyone who dares to delay will be killed!
Du Chongwei's troops could not be forced, so they charged with all their strength.
Looking at the two sides approaching, drums suddenly sounded in the Tang army formation, followed by two cannon fires.
The frontline infantry made way for more than 80 gaps, and the fortification soldiers pushed out more than 80 vehicles and quickly fixed them. On the vehicles were more than 80 dark green things, which looked like copper pipes.
Yelu Lihu watched the battle with a telescope and shouted: "What is this?"
Little did they know that this was a large-caliber copper gun developed and put into production by the Tang Army only half a year ago. It had a thick shape, a large bowl-like mouth, a thick and long front chamber, and a flush tail. Although it was still far from the artillery envisioned by Zhang Mai. distance, and the cost is still high, but it is already the limit of military technology in this era.
At this time, the Liao army's forward approached a few steps closer. Faintly, someone from the Tang army's rear line shouted: "Get ready"
Yelu Li said wildly: "The people of the Tang Dynasty know how to play tricks! Let the sons and daughters prepare! As soon as the people of the Tang Dynasty are almost exhausted, they will let their horses ride over"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard dozens of loud rumbling sounds, like thunder, which made Yelu Lihu almost swallow his breath!
The entire Khitan army was so frightened by the sudden loud noise that they screamed and neighed. They all talked: "What is that! What is that! Is it thundering?" "Did the Han people invite the God of Thunder?"
Appearing on the battlefield at the same time as the discussion, 79 iron projectiles blasted into the Khitan forward formation. At the same time, more than 200 mobile catapults and more than 100 crossbows were launched from the rear, and hundreds of fireballs shot across the sky. Come!
Cannon shells fired from artillery and crossbow firedThe huge arrows collided head-on. Those who were hit by the cannonballs had their bones and muscles broken, and those who were hit by crossbows were even worse. Three or four people were nailed in a row!
The fireball fell from the sky, and was mixed with explosive packets and refining bombs. When it hit the ground, it burned instantly. The refining bombs splashed out refined oil and burned into lakes of fire. The explosive packets seemed to bloom, exploding copper and iron debris. No matter who was the first to bear the brunt. The men and horses were all beaten into a sieve!
Two of the eighty-odd artillery pieces were blown up and two were muted. The rest continued to reload and shoot after being watered to cool down. However, the catapults were operating almost continuously, and subsequent fireballs, explosives and refined oil bombs were continuously thrown over!
Yelu Lihu led a grassland army that was in a state of decline from prosperity, but what he faced was a combination of a force with the peak of cold weapons and a force with one foot on the threshold of hot weapons! To be fair, the damage caused by the artillery unit this time was far less than the catapults and crossbows, but the power of its first appearance shocked the entire Khitan army!
"Whirring whirring——"
A man-made roar was emitted in front of the Tang army's formation in the west. Armored infantry from the four provinces marched in in formation. At the same time, the left and right wings each gave way to several passages, and two thousand heavy armored cavalry rushed out from the passages, all wearing helmets. , the horses were all wrapped in armor, and they fell heavily to the ground, like hammers striking at random, long knives and spears, breaking through the formation!
"Datang - mighty - kill!"
By this time, Du Chongwei had been hit by artillery and refining bombs, and his whole body was bloody and bloody - on such a battlefield. Even if the general hides among the soldiers, he has no sense of security!
Yelu Li looked dumbfounded and blushed. Xiao Xali felt as if half of his soul had been lost. He suddenly understood the meaning of Brother Yelu Xiu's words "cannot be beaten"!
The artillery gradually died down. The artillery throwing gradually stopped, and the heavy cavalry charged into the already eroded Liao army's front line.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off of the seriously injured struggling, the still alive crying father and mother, thousands of people desperate to escape, who cares about the supervising team at this time? In the opposite direction, they rushed towards the Khitan army.
The terrifying formation just now has made the Liao army terrified. If they were still in the same state as before Linhuang Mansion. Even with the courage of the elite Pishi, they can fight to the death, but since the defeat of Linhuang Mansion, the Khitan people's fear of Tiance Tangqi has been implanted deep in their hearts. At this time, this dizzying scene brought back their horrific memories, and when their own forwards rushed forward, the Chinese army was in chaos, and the Tang army's heavy cavalry followed. The Khitan army then collapsed.
In the middle of a fight. The subsequent heavy infantry arrived, leaving no fightable enemy wherever they went!
Faced with such an overwhelming situation, the Khitan's rear army began to loosen up even before the battle began. Sacou, who had experienced the disastrous defeat of Linhuang Mansion, was even more frightened at this time. He pulled Yelu Lihu's horse by the head and said: "Your Majesty! You can't beat me! Let's go!"
He said that he took his cronies and ran away! Han Deshu shrank his head and fled. Yelu Lihu was so distraught that he retreated eastward surrounded by his personal guards. As soon as the coach made a move, the entire Khitan army immediately collapsed!
The horns of various departments of the Tang Army sounded loudly!
This is not a signal for war!
This is the sound of chasing death and chasing north!
The light cavalry crossed the infantry formation. Continuing the scene created by the heavy cavalry, they were divided into dozens of teams, like white lines, black lines, and gray lines, leaking into the Khitan army like mercury, rushing to kill the counterattackers, killing the fugitives, and tearing apart All Hulu! Trample all enemies!
Yelu Lihu was so stunned that he did not even enter Luanzhou and fled directly into Yuguan.
At the rear, the engineers of the Tang Army packed up their equipment, and the auxiliary soldiers marched forward with swords, cleaning up the battlefield, receiving prisoners, resting their heavy cavalry, and closing in on the city with heavy steps. The light cavalry swept through all the ground west of Yuguan, regaining the territory temporarily lost in the past month or so. of all territories!
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This night, Yuguan was filled with cries, not for the dead comrades, but for the already despairing future!
In this battle, the last bit of courage in the hearts of the Khitan people was lost.
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Yelu Lihu was sitting in the commander's mansion at Yuguan, feeling as if he had lost his soul and soul. He became unshaven and his eyes were blank overnight. The person who was more violent than anyone else before the war became extremely cowardly once defeated.
For a long time, no one dared to come up and ask him, for fear of getting into trouble and dying in his hands. Finally, Yeluwuzi said: "The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say anything else. Fortunately, Yuguan is still there! The firearms of the Tang Dynasty Although it is powerful, you may not be able to kill him in a hurry. If you learn from the experience, you can still save the situation."
Seeing that Yelu Lihu had no reaction, the generals breathed a sigh of relief and expressed their opinions one after another. Xiao Haili, who was seriously injured in his left leg, was impatient. He stationed his crutches and said, "I'm going to patrol the city."
At this time Han Deshu stood up and said: "This battleWe were the ones who provoked it, but now unfortunatelyunfortunately we have not won the battle. Should we send an envoy to find out what the Tang people are saying and see what they mean? Next, you can also explore the other party’s reality. "
Yelu Wuzhi nodded and said, "It would be appropriate to send an envoy there. But who will go?"
The generals in the hall looked at each other, but no one answered. Tiance's tough attitude towards the Khitan is known to the whole world. Even if he doesn't die here, he will be humiliated. Moreover, everything on the battlefield is vivid in his mind, and everyone has lingering fears.
Han Deshu rolled his eyes and said: "Now that the army is timid, we can't just send an incompetent person, lest we lose the prestige of our army, we must appoint an important minister. General Sacou, why don't you go and find out the reality of the Tang people?"
Sacou shivered and said angrily: "I am the deputy commander of the first army, how can I move lightly! Whoever suggests it will go!"
The Khitan generals all said yes and shouted: "Yes! Yes! Whoever suggests it will go!"
Han Deshu looked troubled, but the more he behaved like this, the more the Khitan generals forced him. In the end, he had no choice but to agree. He asked several Khitan people to accompany him out, but no one was willing, so he had to take a few of his confidants out, raised a small flag, and surrendered to the Tang army.
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After Han Deshu left, Yelvuzhi felt uneasy. He left for several days without returning, and there was no news at all.
And the Tang army did not attack the city. They just besieged the outside of Yuguan and didn't know what they were waiting for.
After five days of this, Han Deshu still did not come back.
Yelu Wuzhi noticed something was wrong, and went through the things about Han Deshu in detail in his mind, pondered it with the most evil thoughts, and shouted suddenly: "This Han Deshu! I'm afraid he has surrendered to the enemy and will never come back" Ah! Not good! Not good! Something bad is happening!"
The left and right asked: "Privy Councilor, what's the matter?"
Yelu Wuzhi shouted: "The Han family surrendered to the enemy, I'm afraid it's not todayheis not good! I'm afraid something has changed in the country!"
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The far east. Liaojin.
On this day, a sailor guarding the water gate woke up from a nap and suddenly pushed his sleeping companion next to him and said, "Hey, look! What is that?"
On the sea level, one point, two points, three points gradually appeared
There are more and more black spots, and the last thing that comes into view is a fleet of ships!
"Oh! What's going on? How can there be a fleet at this time?"
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