Under the city of Liaoyang Mansion, Hou Ji and Wanyan Ulu led a thousand Jurchen cavalry to block the pursuit of the Eastern Liao army, to the Xia Liao War, this is just a positive and small blocking battle, although the scale of this battle is very small, but it is also very tragic, which also allows Hou Ji to see the combat effectiveness of the Jurchen army at one time, this battle has a great impact on Hou Ji and Wanyan Ulu, so that they also have a very clear understanding of Xiao Tzu Rin; Perhaps this was just a battle for Xiao Tzu Rin to test the new army, and after the two armies came into contact and fought, Xiao Tzu Rin's army withdrew, otherwise Hou Ji and Wanyan Ulu might have to make a big deal this time.
Winter for these soldiers who fought on the battlefield passed very quickly, in the blink of an eye spring came, the whole winter Yelu Nerugu was recruiting troops, all the men in the entire Nanjing Road were forced to conscript from fifteen years old to sixty-five years old, in order to block the Xia army and the Northern Liao army to the south, Yelu Nerugu put all the elite troops under his command into the Yanshan defense line, hoarded heavy troops in Yuguan, Luanhe, Beiguguan and Juyong Pass, and at the same time repaired the city defense and increased the city defense equipment, the entire Yanshan defense line can be said to be impregnable.
Now Nanjing Road can be said to be the north and south by the enemy, after solving the Yanshan defense line in the north, Yelu Nerugu shifted his attention to the south, in the south Yelu Nerugu has two main enemies, one is Wang Anshi and Xu Xi's Song army, one is stationed in Zhuozhou City by Gao Wei led more than 10,000 Xia cavalry, for these two armies Yelu Nerugu to take different countermeasures, for the combat effectiveness of the Xia army, Yelu Nerugu to take the siege, for the relatively weak combat effectiveness of the Song army Yelu Nerugu chose to take the initiative.
Let's turn our eyes to the south, the Song army camp in Xincheng, which is the advance base of the Song army's Northern Expeditionary Army, and now there are 300,000 Song troops stationed here in Xincheng, after the failure of the last Zhuozhou campaign, Wang Anshi and Xu Xi led the army to push to Xincheng, and at the same time sent a report to Song Shenzong to ask for additional troops to deal with the attack of the Eastern Liao Army, and Song Shenzong was not pretentious to increase the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Song Army from 200,000 to 300,000.
Xincheng Generalissimo's Mansion, Wang Anshi and Xu Xi are discussing further military operations, after a winter, the Song army can be said to have recuperated for a winter, the entire Song Army Northern Expeditionary Army is training in addition to eating, although most of the soldiers fled from the Zhuozhou battlefield, but after all, they are also veterans who have seen blood, and it will take a long time for these peasants who have just put down their hoes from the fields to become qualified soldiers.
"My lord, according to the scout's report, now Zhuozhou City has fallen into the hands of the Xia army, and the Xia army took advantage of the decisive battle between us and the Eastern Liao army to attack the Eastern Liao army from behind and capture Zhuozhou City in one fell swoop; However, at present, the Xia army in Zhuozhou City has been besieged in the city by the Eastern Liao army, and Yelu Nerugu sent people to dig a large number of trenches outside Zhuozhou City and set up a horse rejection, it seems that the Xia army is trapped alive in the city," Xu Xi said to Wang Anshi.
"The Xia army is a group of clowns who pick the beams, and there is no need to worry about it, and the official is worried about the Eastern Liao army led by Yelu Nerugu at that time," Wang Anshi said with some concern.
"Last winter, the Xia Army and the Eastern Liao Army fought in Dadingfu, and the main force of the Eastern Liao Army suffered huge losses, and now most of the troops are newly recruited recruits, and their combat effectiveness will not be very strong, with my 300,000 soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a matter of time before I want to recover Yanyun."
Xu Xi said very confidently.
"Naturally, the question now is how do we march into Zhuozhou, the road to Zhuozhou has been blocked, and we can only choose other roads."
Wang Anshi said.
"The last general thought that our army could advance along the Baigou River and obtain Gu'an as the fulcrum for attacking Xijin Province; In addition, the grain and grass of our army can also be transported along the Baigou River, so that manpower, material resources and financial resources can be greatly saved.
Xu Xi said to Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi heard that this idea was good, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, this matter will be based on what General Xu said, and the army will be transferred to Gu'an on a certain day." ” "Yes, follow your orders."
Xu Xi took the military order.
A few days later, Wang Anshi and Xu Xi led an army of 300,000 from Xincheng all the way to Gu'an, because Yelu Nerugu had lost Zhuozhou, an important barrier in the south of Xijin Prefecture, so Yelu Nerugu would never allow Gu'an to fall into the hands of the Song army like Zhuozhou, so after receiving the news that the Song army was marching to Gu'an, Yelu Nerugu led his only army of more than 30,000 people to Gu'an to reinforce Gu'an.
The battle of Song Liao Gu'an has been inevitable, originally located in the inconspicuous small city on the bank of the Baigou River also began to be lively for a while, Yelu Nerugu led the army to Gu'an immediately closed the city, day and night to strengthen the city defense, when Wang Anshi and Xu Xi led the main force of the Song army to Gu'an, the entire Gu'an city has been built into a strong fortress by Yelu Nerugu.
Wang Anshi ordered the Song army to camp in Baihegou, thirty miles south of Gu'an City, and Wang Anshi had already experienced the power of the Liao cavalry in the battle of Zhuozhou, so this time the assault of the Liao cavalry became the top priority of Wang Anshi's camp.
In the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Song army, Wang Anshi gathered all the generals of the Song army together, and Wang Anshi asked everyone: "Generals, the Liao army is mainly cavalry in battle, and the last time the Liao cavalry sneak attack was successful due to the reason of this commander, so this time to prevent the Liao army cavalry sneak attack is the top priority, what good strategies can you have?"
” At this time, a majestic general stood up and said: "Great commander, the last general thinks that our army should build a city wall outside the big camp, and then supplement it with a horse rejection, and dig more horse pits around the big camp, so that as long as the Liao army comes to attack, they will be defeated and return." ” "What General Liu said is very true, and it will be handed over to General Liu at this time."
Wang Anshi said happily.
"The last general will not fail in his mission."
It turned out that this person was the future famous general Liu Changzuo of the Great Song Dynasty, Liu Changzuo was a rare famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Changzuo, who was supposed to make his fortune a few years later, came to the Northern Expedition battlefield due to Li Liangzuo's butterfly effect, which was a major opportunity for Liu Changzuo.
Under the auspices of Liu Changzuo, the Song army began to build a camp, but the Song army, which was supposed to attack on a large scale, suddenly did not move, and Yelu Nerugu did not dare to attack rashly because of his small number of soldiers, so the two armies confronted each other in Gu'an, this confrontation was half a month, and the Song army was subjected, but Yelu Nerugu couldn't stand it; Although there are only more than 30,000 people in Yelunelugu, the material consumption is huge, and the materials in Nanjing Province are almost consumed.
Compared with the Eastern Liao Army, although the Song army has 300,000 people, but there is not much logistical pressure, because behind the 300,000 Song army is still a large Song Dynasty with a population of 100 million people.
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