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- After hearing that the Song Dynasty was launching its Northern Expedition, the Liao Kingdom also responded quickly.
Xiao Chuo, who had just been promoted to the Queen Mother, immediately ordered Yelu Xiezhen, the king of the South Courtyard, to lead his troops to Zhuozhou to block the main force of the Song army on the east route.
Xiao Chuo also ordered Yelv Mo to stay in Tokyo and only lead his troops to assist Youzhou. He himself led the newly crowned Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, who had just ascended the throne, to lead tens of thousands of fine cavalry into Tuoluokou near Youzhou for support.
At the same time, Xiao Chuo appointed Yelu Xuegu, the privy envoy of the Beiyuan, as the commander of Shanxi's military and horse forces. He led his troops to the back of the mountain to block the eastward advance of the Song Dynasty's central and western armies, and ordered Lin Ya to be diligent and keep the peace. The coast of the state was to prevent the Song army from attacking its flank and rear from the sea.
Three armies of the Song Dynasty joined forces. Shi Wei, as the Imperial Medical Officer, led his medical team and followed the emperor's imperial drive northward.
The formal fighting between the two countries began in early March. The West Route Army left the west entrance of Yanmen Pass and headed north. After conquering Huan and Shuo Prefectures, it turned to Yingzhou and captured Yunzhou in the north.
The middle route army defeated Feihu, divided one part of the army to surround Lingqiu, and used most of the troops to defeat Liao's reinforcements at Feihu, and took Wei directly.
In less than a month of fighting, the Chinese and Western armies fought successively and captured important places behind the mountain.
When the Chinese and Western armies were showing off their skills, the Eastern Route Army commanded by Cao Bin was not idle either. His 100,000 troops successfully captured Zhuozhou in less than two days.
Zhuozhou is located in the south of Youzhou and is the southern gateway to Youzhou. After conquering this place, the Song army can reach the gate of Youzhou city in two or three days at most.
According to the original battle plan, Zhao Kuangyin planned to attack Youzhou with a three-pronged army, but he did not expect that Shi Zhuozhou would be captured so easily by Cao Bin.
Facing the new situation, Zhao Kuangyin temporarily adjusted the combat deployment. Cao Bin was ordered to lead the troops north to leave Zhuozhou and immediately launch an attack on Youzhou.
The reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom were still on their way to Youzhou City. At this time, there were only about 30,000 soldiers and horses from Yelu Xiezhen in Youzhou. It would be a good idea to take advantage of the enemy's lack of reinforcements and use superior forces to attack Youzhou first.
Zhao Kuangyin¡¯s decision to adapt to circumstances is undoubtedly correct.
This is the imperial edict to march into the army. Zhao Kuangyin ordered Shi Wei to be sent to the front line.
Right now, the war in front of him is flourishing. The most needed soldiers who are injured are medical rescue. Zhao Kuangyin feels that it is not very useful to leave Shi Wei around him. It is better to just send him to the front line, and he can save a few more soldiers' lives.
Shi Wei received the emperor's order and rushed to Zhuozhou with the emperor's imperial edict on a starry night.
At this time, less than four days had passed since Cao Bin captured Zhuozhou.
In the camp in the north of Zhuozhou City. Shi Wei met this long-lost famous general.
"Compared with when he pacified the Southern Tang Dynasty, Cao Bin had obviously gained weight for a long time, but his cautious demeanor had not changed at all.
When Cao Bin read the imperial edict brought by Shi Wei, he seemed a little surprised by the emperor's decision to march.
"The Chinese and Western armies have not yet recovered the states behind the mountains. Does your Majesty really intend to rush to attack Youzhou without waiting for the other two armies to join forces?" Cao Bin seemed a little hesitant.
Shi Wei smiled and said: "General Cao. Although I don't know much about soldiers, I have heard the saying that 'soldiers are more valuable than speed'. Now that Zhuozhou has been defeated, I feel that your Majesty's decision to attack Youzhou urgently is correct."
Cao Bin smiled slightly and said nothing. It seems that Shi Wei's sentence "Soldiers are more valuable and faster" seems to be a layman's talk.
Shi Weizi could see what he was thinking, so he added: "Yel¨¹ Xiezhen is very good at using troops. If he heard about the fall of Zhuozhou, in order to prevent our soldiers from attacking Youzhou before reinforcements arrived, he would definitely use the cavalry to attack Youzhou." Li Lai disturbs our army's food route. Once the food route is cut off, more than 100,000 of our troops will be stationed in Zhuozhou. If there is no food, the morale of the army will inevitably collapse. General Cao, have you ever thought about this? "
Hearing Shi Wei's words, Cao Bin's expression changed slightly.
Shi Wei continued: "So, instead of just sitting here and waiting, it is better to take advantage of Yelv Xiezhen's action before the army arrives at Youzhou City, trap his army in the city, and prevent him from sending troops to invade our food supply." Tao. Even if Buyouzhou is captured in a moment, we can seize the opportunity to build a copper wall and iron stronghold before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, and then wait peacefully for the other two armies to come and join us. Isn't this the best of both worlds? Policy."
Although Shi Wei did not directly lead troops in battle, he had participated in many southern and northern wars over the years, and he had some understanding of war tactics.
In addition, when he had nothing to do these years, he often took military training as an extracurricular activity. By this time, his own military literacy was actually quite high.
Cao Bin is well versed in the art of war, and after listening to Shi Wei's analysis, he suddenly understood.
"Master Shi, I didn't expect you to analyze this battle.It really surprised me to understand it so thoroughly. "Cao Bin couldn't help but praise.
But Shi Wei said humbly: "General Cao has praised me. How could I know these things? I haven't been around the emperor all the time recently, and I have been influenced by them all the time, so I said what I just said.
Cao Bin nodded, read the imperial edict again, and said: "Come here, I'm telling you, general, that the whole army will set out early tomorrow morning, and the whole army will march towards Youzhou."
At this time, the Song army has been recharging its strength for a long time. It is the time when morale is strong. Everyone wants to fight and everyone is greedy for merit.
Now that Zhuozhou has been easily captured and a good start has been won, one hundred thousand soldiers are aroused to fight. When they heard the news of marching to Youzhou, they were naturally very excited, and their blood boiled without mobilization.
So at dawn the next day, all the major camps set off one after another, heading towards Youzhou City along the Pingyuan Avenue going north.
Just as Shi Wei expected, although Yelv Xiezhen had already prepared for the Song army's northern invasion, he did not expect that the gateway to Zhuozhou would fall so easily.
Shocked, Yelu Xiezhen urgently summoned the generals from Youzhou and decided to avoid confrontation with the main force of the Song army. He sent out elite bluffs during the day, sent light cavalry to harass at night, and secretly lurked part of his troops to ambush the Song army's flanks and rear to cut off its attack. The food road was exhausted and delayed the Song army, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before the decisive battle.
However, just as Yelu Xiezhen finished allocating his troops, the scouts brought back shocking news.
The Song Army's 100,000-strong army on the east road had captured Zhuozhou less than two days before they quickly moved north. The front, a mixture of infantry and cavalry, was no more than 20 miles away from Nanjing.
Since Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitans, for more than 40 years, Han people have never set foot on Youzhou again.
The people here have long been accustomed to the rule of the Liao Kingdom. Suddenly they heard that the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty suddenly arrived, and the whole city was shocked and people were panicked.
Those stationed in Youzhou were King Yelu Xiezhen of Liaonan Academy and Prime Minister Han Derang. Han Derang was a civil servant and advocated abandoning the city and retreating to the north, while Yelv Xiezhen advocated holding on and waiting for reinforcements.
Yelv Xiezhen holds military power, and Han Derang cannot make his own decisions and can only agree to defend.
Yelv Xiezhen then led 10,000 cavalrymen and stationed in the Qingsha River area in the north of Youzhou City to form a support force with Youzhou. He left Han Derang to lead about 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the main city of Youzhou.
After the Song army arrived in Youzhou City, Cao Bin dispatched generals to launch a siege on Youzhou.
He himself led a main force of 60,000 to surround Youzhou City. At the same time, he ordered his deputy to deploy an army of 40,000 to launch an attack on Yelv Xiezhen's troops on the Qinghesha line to cut off the power of Youzhou.
The Battle of Youzhou begins.
During this Northern Expedition, the Song army had long been prepared to capture the fortified city and carried a large number of siege equipment with it.
Cao Bin's 60,000-strong army immediately launched a day and night mad attack on Youzhou City.
However, Youzhou used Nanjing, the Liao kingdom, and the Liao people managed many cities, and the strength of the city defenses was far beyond the imagination of the Song army.
Cao Bin attacked fiercely for ten days, killing thousands of soldiers and horses, but not a single soldier could reach the top of Youzhou City.
Zhao Kuangyin, who was in charge of Xiongzhou, heard that Cao Bin could not attack for a long time, and he couldn't sit still, so he personally led 50,000 forbidden troops and rushed to the front line of Youzhou.
When Xia entered, the Song army gathered near Youzhou reached 150,000.
Zhao Kuangyin has personally experienced the "pain" caused to him by being unable to capture Taiyuan City for a long time. In Zhao Kuangyin's opinion, there is no more difficult bone in the world than Taiyuan City.
However, when Zhao Kuangyin came to Youzhou City and personally presided over a series of fierce attacks on Youzhou City, he discovered that Taiyuan City was not his last nightmare.
This wall is three feet high, one foot and five feet thick, with a circumference of thirty-six miles, seven miles from east to west, and nine miles from north to south. Her tenacity far exceeds Zhao Kuangyin's imagination.
After ten days of violent attack, Zhao Kuangyin became angry.
He decided to besiege the city three times and enter the caves.
The so-called tunneling is to dig a tunnel directly under the Youzhou city wall, hollow out the entire bottom of the city wall, support it with wooden piles, and then set fire to the wooden piles when the cavity is large enough.
As a result, when the wooden piles are burned out, the wall city below that has lost its support may collapse.
This is a big project, and it can't be completed in less than ten days and a half. Zhao Kuangyin could only advise himself not to be anxious at this time, while digging holes, while waiting for news from the two armies behind the mountain.
Seven days later, Zhao Kuangyin received news that Yunzhou had been captured. This news greatly encouraged him and all the Song troops.
This also means that one of the two cores of the Sixteen States of Yanyun has been removed, leaving only the isolated city of Youzhou.??
With the end of the battle behind the mountain, the remaining two groups of troops are rushing to join Youzhou one after another. Zhao Kuangyin's idea of ??a 300,000-strong army attacking Youzhou is becoming a reality.
Just when the Song armies gathered at the foot of Youzhou City, on the grassland in the north of Saibei, the 40,000 Liao cavalry led by Brother Yelvxiu were in extreme exercise.
Brother Yeluxiu, under the orders of Xiao Chuo, assembled 40,000 of the most elite cavalrymen of the Liao Kingdom in the shortest possible time. They crossed the prairie during the day and marched towards the Han Dynasty.
The Liao Kingdom claims to have more than 300,000 cavalry, but its territory is vast and there are many places where troops can be divided and garrisoned. Being able to gather 40,000 elite cavalry in such a short period of time is already the limit of the Liao Kingdom's mobilization capabilities.
Brother Yelvxiu, who was about to fly, was praying in his heart: God bless us, the Liao Dynasty. The defenders of Youzhou, you must hold on. If Youzhou is lost, we Khitans will become the next Xiongnu, Turks, and Uighurs forever. Disappeared into legend
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