Under the protection of the guards, Yelu Nerugu boarded the ship and sailed to the south bank of the Yellow River with the army, because there were not enough ships, Yelu Nerugu could only transport the first army of 30,000 cavalry, unlike the transport of servants, the main force of the Eastern Liao army was cavalry troops, so in addition to transporting people, it was necessary to transport war horses, which greatly reduced the number of troops transported.
In the vast fog, relying on Sinan's direction, the ships of the Eastern Liao Army were heading towards Zhoucun on the opposite bank, Yelu Nerugu did not know that a huge net had been opened for himself, as the ships got closer and closer to the south bank, Yelu Nerugu became more and more nervous, for Yelu Nerugu This battle is very important, only by breaking through the Song army's defense line and defeating the Song army in front of him can he have a chance to turn defeat into victory, and this opportunity Yelu Nerugu has been waiting for a long time.
When Yelunerugu's troop carrier was about to reach the south bank, suddenly a boulder fell from the sky, only to hear a pop The boulder hit the water and splashed a huge splash, fortunately this boulder did not hit the ship, otherwise it would have been able to smash the troop carrier into two parts, it stands to reason that the sailor ship should not be so fragile, but Yelunerugu's troop carrier is not a real sailor ship, but from the fishing boats collected from nearby and the Song army trough boats captured from the canal ferry, These ships were not really naval ships, and of course they could not withstand the attack of the boulders.
"Your Majesty, it's not good that our warships have been attacked, and the Song army seems to have discovered us."
Vice Admiral Wang walked up to Jerunerugu and said.
Yelu Nerugudang immediately decided: "Order, the whole army landed as fast as possible and defeated the Song army guarding the river. ” "Your Majesty, isn't this too risky?"
Adjutant Wang said to Jerunerugu.
Yelu Nerugu smiled and said: "On the opposite side is only a small army of the Song army, and their main army has been transferred, tell the brothers to break through the Song army's defense line and take the Song army's camp in one go, and we will win this battle." ” "Yes, the last general will give the order."
Vice Admiral Wang immediately took the order and left.
As the first boulder fell, the next time inland began to fall from the sky, it is obvious that this is the boulder thrown by the catapult of the Song army, as long as the ship hit by the boulder immediately sank, because the ships of the Eastern Liao Army are too dense, there are many ships that have accidentally hit, the ships at this time are made of wood, even if they sink, it is not a big deal, as long as they can swim and be rescued by their companions immediately, it is not a big problem, but the problem is here, the soldiers of the Eastern Liao Army are all people living in the north, let alone swimming, even can't even be a dog; This is sad, as long as it falls into the water, it is basically a death sentence.
Braving the stone rain of the Song army, the ships of the Eastern Liao Army continued to move forward, but soon a greater tragedy came, after entering the range of the Song army's large crossbow arrows, the Song army's rows of crossbow arrows began to wield, although the crossbow arrows will not sink to the ship, but they can carry out large-scale killing of the Song army on the ship, the strong crossbow arrows directly penetrate the thin wooden plank outside the cabin of the Eastern Liao army, and shoot the Eastern Liao army hiding in the cabin directly, because there are more people crowded in the upper cabin, it is easy to shoot into a gourd string, As for those Eastern Liao troops on the deck, needless to say.
But Yelu Nerugu is still driving forward with his scalp, when he was about to reach the shore, the Eastern Liao army was attacked by the rain of arrows, many soldiers of the Eastern Liao army died under the rain of arrows, and before they approached the south bank of the Yellow River, the Eastern Liao army had already suffered heavy casualties, as for the Eastern Liao army, they also counterattacked, but the effect of the counterattack was not good, the main army of the Eastern Liao army was cavalry, and archery on horseback was a strong point, but once it was on the boat, seasickness was inevitable for these northerners who had never done a boat, In the case of seasickness, let alone archery counterattack, it is already very good to be able to ensure that you do not fall into the water.
Vice Admiral Wang walked on the rickety ship and came to Yelunerugu's side and said: "Your Majesty, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, so let's withdraw."
At this time, Yelu Nerugu's face was very ugly, not because he was angry with the Song army, but because he was seasick and dizzy, and Yelu Nerugu, who originally wanted to set an example for the whole army, couldn't help it anymore when he heard the words of Deputy General Wang, and he vomited on the ground with a wow, and he couldn't help it, and he started to vomit all the time, and even the bitter gall was about to vomit.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Vice Admiral Wang gave an order while holding Yelu Nerugu: "Order the whole army to evacuate, the whole army to evacuate" After hearing the military order of Deputy General Wang, the war drums of the Eastern Liao Army rang out, knock, knock, and heard the retreating war drums, the ships of the Eastern Liao Army began to turn around and sail to the north, and in the process of evacuation, the Eastern Liao Army was still hit by the Song Army, and the sneak attack was a heavy loss for the Eastern Liao Army, and it did not even touch the south bank of the Yellow River, and it was not even as good as the servant army But for the Song army, this was a huge victory, and the commander of the battle was the Song army general Chongshi Dao, the original Chongshi Dao in the deputy general led 10,000 troops to support the defense line of Wuzi District, Chongshi Dao did not lead the follow-up soldiers and horses to continue to support Wuzi District, but led the army to Zhoucun not far from the Song army camp to set up defense; The reason why the master chose Zhou Village also has his own considerations, first of all, this is the closest landing site to the Song army camp, which is easy to become the target of attack, and secondly, the location of Zhou Village is very suitable for landing, and it is suitable for large-scale cavalry assembly and attack.
In order to arrange his troops in Zhou Village just in case, he sent a reconnaissance ship to search for the ships of the Eastern Liao Army, but he didn't expect that this time he really let the Seed Master Dao be right, after getting the report of the reconnaissance ship, the Seed Master Dao immediately concentrated all the surrounding catapults, and at the same time ordered the surrounding troops to assemble in Zhou Village, under the command of the Seed Master Dao, the Song army formed a tight defense line in Zhou Village, because there were a large number of bow and crossbow troops in hand, the Seed Master Road had an advantage in long-range attacks, This is also an important reason why the Song army was able to achieve victory.
Anyway, this time the sneak attack of the Eastern Liao army failed, and it suffered heavy losses, while the Song army achieved a major victory for the first time since the failure of the Northern Expedition; The main force of the Eastern Liao army retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River, but the servant army that had crossed the river was not so lucky, after breaking through the two lines of defense of the Song army one after another, the offensive of the servant army was blocked by the Song army, and in addition to Wang Shao led 200,000 troops to help, soon 100,000 servant troops fell into the encirclement of the Song army, and the morale of the servant army was immediately lost.
Under the offensive of the Song army, the servant army was killed, wounded, and fled, and as for the surrender, there were even more, according to the statistics of the Song army after the war, there were more than 60,000 servant troops captured, and the Song court adopted a tolerant policy for these servant troops, and those who were willing to serve in the army were released home, and those who were willing to join the army were incorporated into the army, and those die-hard elements were directly punished on the spot; Wang Shao did not know that although the Song army had achieved a great victory, it had also completely annoyed Yelu Nerugu, and an even greater disaster was about to befall the Great Song Dynasty.
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