Chapter 640: Feint attack here

This result made some people feel surprised and some people feel unexpected.

There is nothing to surprise or surprise in the wars of all dynasties. For the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, two countries with deep feudal feuds, not to mention tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people died in the battlefield in a blink of an eye.

But you should know that the Liao army was just a vanguard this time, and the Song army participating in the battle was just a defensive force deployed at a point on the front line, which means that the scale of the battle behind must be unprecedented.

As time goes by, the envoys of foreign countries have received news that the Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao Kingdom spoke through various channels. This time it was a war between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty to resolve the feud. All countries that had nothing to do with this matter stood aside. If you want to come to this muddy water, you should first consider your own weight.

In fact, this is a waste of time. Those countries with far-distance roads are not afraid of Liao's attacks. As for the nearby ones, such as Tubo, Uighurs, and Goryeo, if they were not afraid of being able to stand between Liao and Song dynasty until now.

The attitude of the Song Dynasty was also very clear.

In the past, every time when facing a war, even if the other party had already raised the knife, Da Song would send someone to ask: "Why did you hit me? Can you not fight?"

This was also true with Dangxiang. Li Yuanhao's entire army crossed the border, and Renzong also sent people to persuade Li Yuanhao to turn war into jade.

But this time it was different. At the first time when the war broke out, the Song Dynasty met with envoys from various vassal states and told them that the Liao people were fighting and the Song Dynasty was going to fight back. At the same time, it also raised the knife as quickly as possible.

Whether it was official news or the public opinion in the newspaper, they were shouting. Even the ordinary people who had just heard the war started were a little frightened, after two days of fear, they were still clamoring in teahouses and taverns to fight for life and death with the Liao people.

When the news of Xin'an's first victory came, the whole of Bianjing was even more inspiring. From high-ranking officials to peddlers and barracks, they all asked the court to give the Liao Kingdom a little color.

Renzong even issued a high-profile imperial edict that made everyone smell that this battle was definitely a battle of life and death.

The imperial edict praised the Xin'an defenders on the front line, and announced the appointment of Ren Fu as the General of Pingbei. Xu Huaide was promoted to two levels in a row and directly served as Ren Fu's deputy. The two led more than 100,000 troops in Hejian Prefecture and the second-line troops of the Song Dynasty that were about to rush to support were responsible for the war on the Eastern Front.

The title of Pingbei General sends a very obvious signal. If it still cannot be understood, Renzong's promotion of Xin'an magistrate is enough to explain everything. The magistrate was promoted to eighth level in a row, and went from the seventh-rank magistrate to the third-rank magistrate of the Song Dynasty. In the middle, the four-rank items and sixth-rank items, and from the fourth-rank to the fifth-rank all were omitted.

From the magistrate of Xin'an, he became the magistrate of "Yunzhongfu".

There are eight states under Yunzhong Prefecture. Except for Yunzhou and Mozhou in the hands of the Song Dynasty, the other six states of You, Ji, Ying, Zhuo, Tan and Shun are now occupied by the Liao people. Although this appointment is not as direct as Yelu Hongji said, it expresses the current thoughts of the Song Dynasty to all the vassal states in a more direct way.

The life-death battle has begun.

The magistrate of Xin'an had no idea that he was now the prefect, nor did he know that he was now a national hero who was rumored to be passed down in Bianjing. While he was still bringing the heroes of Xin'an to build the city wall, the people of Liao came again.

Looking at the Liao Dynasty military camp that stretched for dozens of miles ahead, and watching the entire Xin'an surrounded a scattered Liao Dynasty cavalry, the magistrate's calves kept fighting.

The Liao people were more than 400,000. The Liao cavalry were shaking when they were running horses under the city. The magistrate felt that it seemed that as long as the Liao people rushed over, the camp would be submerged and they would be stepped into meat paste by the Liao horse hooves.

With one big hand, Xu Huaide lifted the magistrate's clothes, and with one arm, he pointed the magistrate outside: "Sir, is this what you are talking about for a feint?"

The magistrate did not make any distinction at all, and the fat flesh on his face trembled rapidly: "General Xu, what should we do now?"

Xu Huaide wanted to kick him a few times, but Ren Jun next to him came up to stop him: "General Xu, the magistrate, is also unintentional, so let's prepare quickly and issue an order to let a soldier in the camp guard the death."

Xu Huaide pushed the magistrate to the ground in anger: "I tell you, it doesn't matter if you lied to me. If you have any imperial edict or Liao's combat plan, you can also be deceived by the emperor, just wait for death."

His words could only scare the magistrate. If the camp is broken, it is not the other person's turn to punish the magistrate. If the camp is broken, no one will punish the magistrate. But if the camp is broken, no one will punish the magistrate. But if you say something harsh to scare the fat man, Xu Huaide will feel more comfortable.

He turned his head and said to Ren Jun, "Has the messenger been sent out?"

"Send out, twenty fast horses, there will be no problem."

Xu Huaide was relieved: "Then there is nothing to arrange. I dare to go out to fight him for 50,000 people, but now that he has so many, we can only stay here, and there is no other way."

Bai Yutang asked in a low voice next to him: "Didn't you say that you can't give up the attack at any time?"

Xu Huaide glared at him: "There are hundreds of thousands of Liao troops outside, attack?"

The Liao troops quickly completed the formation, and the sound of long horns sounded from all directions almost at the same time. The Song army in the camp saw it very clearly that this time, the Liao people came not only with cavalry, but also with the troops from the government who often fought with the Song army.

These soldiers may not be as fierce as the Liao cavalry in field battles, but they have great experience in siege and defense battles.

This part of the enemy looks about 200,000, and with a relatively complete siege equipment, located in the center of the Liao army formation, it has already taken an attacking attitude.

On both sides are the most proud cavalry teams of the Liao people. They easily cut off all external contacts between the Song army camp and the Song army. Now they are still running around the Song army. Occasionally, some brave troops dare to intersperse the Song army's city, showing off their strength.

Xu Huaide's palm was covered with sweat. The magistrate kept asking when the reinforcements came, and he asked whom he caught, and he didn't even let Xu Huaide go. Xu Huaide was annoyed by him and told him the truth: "Reinforcements? I tell you, we have no reinforcements."

The magistrate was stunned: "You, didn't you send a messenger out just now?"

Xu Huaide sent a messenger to report the situation here. But he definitely didn't ask for help. Ren Fu had only a total of more than 100,000 troops. If he had fewer people, he was killed by the Liao cavalry halfway. What should I do if he had more than 100,000 people came? Besides, even if he had more than 100,000 people came, it would probably be of no use.

As for the troops on the second line, it was of no use when they came. The best way to save Xin'an was to withstand it here, and then the Song Dynasty launched an offensive from other places in time and forced the Liao army to return. Of course, if the Song army could concentrate more than 500,000 troops here at a time, the victory rate would be very high.

No matter which method is used, Xin'an cannot wait for reinforcements in the short term, Xu Huaide took a deep breath.

"General, look there." Bai Yutang's eyes and hands suddenly pointed at the Liao Kingdom formation ahead.

Everyone saw that the Liao soldiers flashed to the sides of Bai Yutang's fingers, and a team of cavalry with extremely gorgeous armor was slowly coming here.

Xu Huaide hurriedly pressed his body against the city wall and tried to look out as much as possible. His head wanted to fly to the head of the cavalry and take a look.

"Emperor of the Liao Kingdom"

When the team of people was closer, the personal soldiers beside Xu Huaide shouted excitedly. Xu Huaide also saw that Yelu Hongji was wearing golden armor and holding a spear. The war horse under his crotch was obviously different from other war horses.

Xu Huaide's eyes suddenly shone with a little excited tone: "Prepare the crossbow quickly, listen to my orders."

More than a dozen crossbows on the wall immediately came over. Xu Huaide felt that his breathing was very thick and he could not be suppressed. Seeing Yelu Hongji walking step by step, his heartbeat was getting faster and faster. As long as he got closer, he would shoot him on the crossbow.

However, Yelu Hongji suddenly stopped and stopped a little bit outside the range of the crossbow.

Xu Huaide was very disappointed. From Yelu Hongji's position, it can be seen that the Liao people had a certain understanding of the weapons of the Song Dynasty. That position was just a little more attack distance than the crossbow with the farthest range among all the long-range strike weapons of the Song army.

A cavalry of Liao Kingdom came on horseback and stopped at Xu Huaide and his main camp: "General Xu, our emperor has something to say to you."

Xu Huaide knew that Yelu Hongji would not move forward any further, and sighed in disappointment throughout his life, and made people put away the crossbow again.

"Tell me."

The Liao cavalry paused for a moment, as if he was hesitating. Finally, he said in a very friendly tone: "General Xu, there are many people, and it is better to have some things to do. I wonder if General Xu can let him go in?"

Xu Huaide spread his hands on the wall: "No one is too complicated. You are nothing more than some words of persuading surrender. Let me tell you the truth. I want to live too. Everyone here wants to live. If you have any conditions, tell me and we will discuss it."

The knight looked back and was obviously asking Yelu Hongji to tell him in public. After receiving Yelu Hongji's response, he said: "General, our emperor said you are a general. He blocked Li Yuanhao's tens of thousands of cavalry in Qingfeng Village and led hundreds of people to lift the siege of Yanzhou. Such courage is enough to be a general in command. However, the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not know how to appreciate your talents. Recently, the stupid pig Ren Fu was still because of a woman who wanted to kill you, and our emperor was not worth it for you."

Xu Huaide looked at everyone on the top of the city and said, "Did you hear it? The people of Liao have sharp eyes, and they all know that I am wronged."

Chapter 640: Feint attack here
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