After the Battle of the Daimyofu, the power of firearms deeply shocked the imperial courts of the Song, Xia, and Liao Kingdoms, but the Great Song Dynasty did not have access to the formula of gunpowder and its secrets, and other countries could not get it at all; Since then, firearms have also entered the standard equipment of the Song army, and in the game of the Xia, Song, and Liao provinces in the eastern battlefield, the situation on the battlefield has also entered the era of alternating cold weapons and firearms.
The thunder of "boom, boom, boom" caused great damage to the forward troops of the Liao army, and the entire battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin could not see the situation on the front line at all, and in order to avoid the army suffering greater losses, the Liao army began to retreat.
"Bell, bell, bell" With the sound of gold, the Liao army began to retreat to the rear, leaving this terrible hell; After the withdrawal of the Liao army, the Song army stopped attacking, after all, the amount of gunpowder is limited, Zhao Zhao, who was standing on the city tower to watch, was extremely excited when he saw the Liao army retreating, and stood on the city tower and laughed.
"We are victorious, we are victorious, the Liao army has retreated" The entire Song army fell into a sea of joy, this is a long-lost victory of the Song army, from the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has been fighting with the Liao State, but it has always been more defeated and less victorious, and there is basically no such a big victory as today; This victory was of great significance to the Song army, which greatly improved the morale of the Song army and also dispelled the fear of ordinary soldiers against the Liao army.
After the smoke cleared, Zhao Yan stood on the city gate tower and looked at the battlefield outside the city, the Liao army outside the city had already flowed into a river of blood, the corpses of the Liao army were all over the ground, and there was a lonely war horse around his master who refused to leave, this was the second major battle experienced by Zhao Yan, and it was also the first victory; Zhao Wang, Zhao Yan, was originally a famous prince of the Great Song Dynasty in history, and after the First World War of the Daimyo's Mansion, he began to be active in the political arena and army of the Great Song Dynasty.
The Daimyo Mansion Zhao Wang Xingyuan.
Zhao Yan did not feast the ministers to celebrate the victory, but gathered all the generals to discuss the next battle plan, Zhao Yan sat on the handsome chair and said: "Now that the Liao army has been hit hard, it is very likely that the Liao army will besiege and attack other regions in the next step; Therefore, this king decided to go out of the city tomorrow to fight the Liao army. ” As soon as Zhao Yan's words came out, it immediately caused a chain reaction among the generals, and even the defense of the city was held by firearms, if it was a field battle with the Liao army, the Song army basically did not have much chance of winning, you must know that the Song army was mainly foot soldiers, and it was not advantageous to fight with cavalry in the field, so many middle and lower-level generals opposed it.
"This king has made up his mind, and the battle plan has also been drawn up, you will arrange combat missions for them, and this king still has things to do."
Zhao Yan left after saying this.
The generals of the planting master called the generals to the sand table and arranged the combat tasks to the generals one by one; This battle is also a decisive battle between Song and Liao, after the Liao army paid heavy casualties during the day, the morale and strength of the Liao army have declined, which is an excellent opportunity for the Song army, and at the same time the Song army occupies the advantage of troops, and the victory during the day The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and there was a capital to fight with the Liao army.
Zhao Yan returned to his study and wrote a letter to Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin, in which he said: "You wait for the Liao thief to receive the grace of my Huaxia Heaven, and your clothes and tea books are all from my Celestial Empire, but his ancestor wolf heart and dog lungs do not want to repay the favor, but steal the sixteen states of Yanyun of my Celestial Dynasty; Today, he reneged on the covenant and attacked my Great Song Dynasty, which is really the work of beasts and beasts, and is despised by the people of the world; Today, my Great Song Dynasty has millions of soldiers, thousands of good generals, the army can level Yanshan, the sword can pierce the sky, and the fluorescent light of the rotten grass can be compared, how can it be compared to the bright moon in the sky.
Isn't it beautiful to have national security and folk music This king will lead the army out of the west gate of the Daimyo's mansion tomorrow to wait, and you will wait for the battle to descend to the king at any time, and now there are two thin gifts to the commander of the Liao army, please smile" After Zhao Yan wrote the letter and sealed it, he handed it to the guards and said, "Send a dead soldier to take the letter of this king to the camp of the Liao army." ” "Yes, Lord Wang" The Liao army camp, Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin were blue-faced, the Liao army was defeated in a battle during the day today, and it was a fiasco, and the situation on the battlefield was reversed in less than half an hour, the Liao army lost more than 30,000 people to reach half of the attacking soldiers and horses, and at the same time the morale of the Liao army was also greatly hit, because they did not understand firearms, not only ordinary soldiers, but even Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin both thought that the Song army had gods to help.
Don't underestimate the word gods, in this feudal era, it is everyone's faith, the Song army has the help of the gods, which means that the war launched by the Liao army has caused the dissatisfaction of the gods, whether these are true or false, anyway, the Liao army thinks so.
"Report, report, report to the two princes, there is a Song envoy outside the camp who asks to see you."
"Song Envoy, what are they doing at this time" Yelu Yixin said with a frown.
Yeluren smiled first and said, "Maybe it's a good thing, maybe the Song envoy is here to negotiate peace." ” Yelu Yixin didn't have a good eye to look at Yelu Renxian, and after the Song envoy came in, he asked Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin: "May I ask the two generals, who is the commander of the Liao army." ” "There's no need to divide the situation, if you have anything to say, say it," said Yeluren first.
"My prince has a letter for me to hand over to the general, my prince will personally lead the army to line up outside the west gate of the Daimyo's Mansion tomorrow, if the two generals have the courage to come, in addition, my prince has also prepared a gift for the two generals."
After Yeluren opened the letter and read it first, his face was full of anger, and then he looked at the so-called gifts that were sent, which were actually two women's clothes in the box, Yeluren first said angrily on the spot: "Zhao Yan'er, this king has to kill you, and someone will drag the Song envoy out and behead him." ” Then Yeluren first ordered: "Tomorrow, the army will assemble to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, and fight with my Daliao iron cavalry, since they are looking for their own death, this king will fulfill them." ” The next morning, before dawn, the Song army began to go out of the city to set up a formation, the Song army became a defense in the east and west, the west is the canal, the east is the city wall, the Song army out of the city has reached 150,000 soldiers and horses, and all are infantry, no cavalry; The Song army was very particular about its deployment, and it was arranged in columns and echelons; At the front were the shield men, then a clearing, then the sickle spearmen, the last were the crossbowmen, and finally the bed crossbowmen and catapults.
The Song army did not deploy troops on both flanks, and the canals and city walls were enough to prevent the Liao army from attacking from both flanks, which means that if the Liao army wanted to attack, it could only attack from the front; And this time Zhao Yan personally led the army, and Zhao Yan's location was the watchtower in the center of the Song army's array, and Zhao Yan could clearly see the entire battlefield when standing on the watchtower.
When the sun rose from the east, Yelu Renxian and Yelu Yixin led the Liao army slowly, in order to be able to eliminate the Song army to take revenge, the Liao army gathered all the soldiers and horses a total of 70,000 troops, although the Liao army did not occupy an advantage in terms of strength, but it was a uniform cavalry force, and there were a small number of heavy cavalry, which was the most elite troops of the Liao army
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