Chapter 58: Bloody battles continue (Part 1)

Zhuozhou is an important place in Yanyun, an important base for the Liao Kingdom to attack the Song Dynasty southward. It has a huge city. There are a large number of Liao troops stationed here and a large number of military supplies.

During the hundreds of years of Song and Liao War, the Liao army had to pass here or obtain supplies from here most of the time.

In the past, Yelu Ming, who was guarding Zhuozhou, was captured by the Song Dynasty in the war last year. Now, the new guard is Yelu Zhao, who is tall and strong, with a face full of cheeks. He is a good general, experienced many battles and is well-versed in military affairs. Therefore, Yelu Hongji handed over all the matters of the Liao army's vanguard to him.

Yelu Zhao was in the Marshal's Mansion, while handling military affairs, he was joking with the generals.

"This time, the Great Liao dispatched so many troops and horses. This was the biggest mobilization since the Chongxi period. We must teach Emperor Song a hard lesson."

"Lesson? It's too cheap for Emperor Song. The warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty should enter the Central Plains and capture Emperor Song like Emperor Jin."

Emperor Taizong of Liao invaded the Central Plains, and his troops arrived at Bianjing and captured the Later Jin Emperor. This was a proud thing for the Liao Kingdom. Now that he mentioned it again, it was very pleasant. The generals couldn't help but laugh happily.

"That's right! The emperor sent troops this time to invade the Central Plains, enter Bianjing, and reproduce the old stories of Taizong." Yelu Zhao took over the conversation and said, "I remember what a grand event that Emperor Taizong entered the Central Plains back then, and it makes people miss it. Unfortunately, the equipment of the Great Liao Dynasty at that time, our people were far inferior to those of the present. Although Emperor Taizong wanted to occupy the Central Plains, he could not help the troublemakers in the Central Plains and had to withdraw their troops."

Emperor Taizong of Liao entered the Central Plains, and his troops arrived at Bianjing, proclaimed himself emperor in Bianjing, and established the Liao Kingdom. He arrogantly regarded himself as the Central Plains emperor. However, he never dreamed that the people of the Central Plains rose up to resist and attacked the Liao army, which made the Liao army unable to capture grass valleys and obtain supplies, and finally had to withdraw their troops.

At that time, if Liao had the national strength of this day, it would definitely not withdraw its troops and would not leave the Central Plains. However, at that time, Liao had just obtained the land of Yanyun. It was not integrated, and not only did it not receive support, but it had to divide a large part of its strength to suppress it. In the end, Emperor Taizong of Liao was extremely unwilling to withdraw from the Central Plains, which made countless Khitans sigh.

"Now, the Great Liao Kingdom is strong and has many mouths, and its strength is far superior to that of Emperor Taizong. This time, we will not leave no matter what." Yelu Zhao was very excited, clenched his fist with his right hand and said, "We should encourage each other!"

"Encourage them together!" The generals responded in unison and said loudly, extremely excited.

"Report to Marshal, something big is wrong! something big is wrong!"

A personal soldier rushed in and started shouting from afar, his face turned pale and he was very scared.

"Useless thing! Why panic?" Yelu Zhao shouted.

The voice was as thunderous as the personal soldier was shocked. He suppressed his fear and hurriedly replied: "Report to the Marshal, a large number of Song troops were found, attacking more than a dozen Daliao military camps, and the Daliao warriors were seriously injured."

"Haha!" He spoke very carefully, very frightened, afraid that Yelu Zhao would punish him in anger. However, he didn't expect that his words would cause laughter from the generals, all of whom looked up to the sky, laughing loudly and happily.

"You guys who are inquiring about the news know how to be lazy and talk nonsense." A general blamed him.

"You don't even use your brain. Do the Southern people have that courage? It's really a joke!"

"Even that Wu Ji was just brave, and he was lucky enough to rob the horse farm. How brave do you think the Southern people are? Don't say that the Southern people attack our military camp, even if we put gold, silver and jewelry in front of the Southern people, the Southern people dare not take it."

The generals, with your words and I, will make fun of the Song army to the fullest. In their mouths, the Song army is just a gallbladder, and when they see their shadows, they will flee far away.

"Reported to the Marshal, a large number of Song troops were found, attacking the military camps of the Great Liao everywhere. The large military camps such as Xincheng, Yongqing, Wuqing, Gu'an and Anci were all attacked, and the warriors of the Great Liao were seriously injured and suffered heavy casualties."

Just as the generals were making fun of it, another personal soldier came in to report. He was as scared as the previous personal soldier. This was the most serious matter in the history of the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Zhao was probably furious and took his life.

"You..." The generals were still incredible and wanted to scold them again.

"Reported to the Marshal, a large number of Song troops were discovered and attacked the Daliao military camps everywhere. So far, more than a dozen military camps were captured, and the Daliao suffered more than 30,000 warriors and countless food and supplies."

After a series of reports came, the generals had to believe it even if they didn't believe it. They all opened their mouths wide and were incredible, with the words "Impossible" written on their faces.

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Yelu Zhao opened his mouth for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

This fact is too unbelievable. The generals were like him. After a long time, they didn't say a word, but just stared at the personal soldiers. If they could kill people, it would be enough to dismantle these personal soldiers.

"Is this possible attacking more than a dozen military camps?" After a long time, a general finally expressed his questions.

"Yes! This is impossible!" Another general continued to express his doubts: "Even if the southerners are brave, there will not be so many people. More than a dozen military camps were attacked one after another. How many people would they have to be? At least 40,000 to 50,000 people."

"Not to mention, if this kind of attack is not available without a war horse, it will be impossible to complete either." Another general then analyzed: "The Southern people do not pay attention to cavalry, and they rely on two legs to fight. This matter is deeply rooted. How long did the Southern people switch to cavalry?"

"Besides, even if the Southerners switch to cavalry, where did they get their superb riding skills? Cavalrying and shooting are the key skills of the Great Liao warriors, and the Southerners can't learn it even if they want to."

Riding is indeed the master skill of nomadic peoples, and the Khitans were very good at this. However, they forgot that riding can be trained does not necessarily have to grow on horseback since childhood. The cavalry of the Han and Tang dynasties was not worse than that of the Huns and Turks, which is a clear proof. If the Song Dynasty had established itself as one mind, it would not be difficult to train riding, because the experience of the Tang Dynasty was not long ago and could be used.

"Even if the southerners are brave enough to have war horses and have four legs, will the warriors of the Liao Dynasty all make a living? You should know that the warriors of the Liao Dynasty are elites in the world. Even if they are attacked, they will not be so useless and will be killed so many times." A general almost roared.

His words were immediately recognized by the generals. For hundreds of years, the Liao Kingdom has suppressed the Song Dynasty and developed a sense of superiority from top to bottom. He thought that the Liao army was more powerful than the Song army. Even if the Song army was promoted, it would be useless to treat the Liao army.

However, they didn't know that the Song army that came to attack had stronger combat power than the Tang army, mainly because of the Thunderbolt. If there were no Thunderbolt, the Coming Army might not be stronger than the Tang army. Even if it was stronger, it would not be much stronger. With Thunderbolt, it would be completely different. Although the Liao army was the elite in the world, it was caught off guard and was attacked by the Song army, and it would not be as good as the heavy casualties.

"Report to Marshal, this is true." A personal soldier reported with courage, saying, "According to the escaped Great Liao warriors, the southerners were extremely fierce, like wolves and tigers, and they would kill people when they saw them, and they would never leave any living words. They yelled and did not leave any living words."

"Like a wolf or a tiger? Extremely fierce?" A general was surprised by Mo Ming: "This is what the Southern people say about the Great Liao warriors. How did they say it from the Great Liao warriors? Or the Southern people."

For hundreds of years, the Liao Kingdom has been the upper hand and suppressing the Song Dynasty to fight. In the eyes of the Song army, the Liao army is like a wolf or a tiger, extremely fierce. Now, this statement is reversed and it is really speechless.

"Go down!" Yelu Zhao's eyes were lit up, and he clenched his fists several times, then let go several times, and waved his hand to the personal soldiers. The personal soldiers ran away as if they were amnesty.

After they went out, they breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they had walked in the gates of hell. With such heavy news, they still have their lives, which is really a miracle.

It was not that Yelu Zhao had good intentions, but that he knew that killing these personal soldiers would be useless, so he suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Marson, what should we do?" The generals were a little panicked. They had never encountered such a thing before, and they could not be panicked.

"Report to the emperor immediately." Yelu Zhao frowned and quickly turned his thoughts: "It is a good thing for the Southern people to attack on such a large scale. Although the losses were heavy, it gave us a good opportunity. Therefore, we must quickly change the camps and no longer disperse the garrisons, but concentrate them. As long as the warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty were hugged together, we would not be afraid of the Southern people's surprise attack."

Yelu Zhao is worthy of being a famous general. He has experienced many battles and is very important in handling this. If the Liao army does not change its deployment quickly and still scattered defenses, it will defeat the Song army one by one, and the losses will be very great.

"Send troops immediately and respond everywhere. Be sure to be quick!" Yelu Zhao's reaction was quick. With a command, the generals left and led their troops to respond.

"This time, I want to make the southerners come and go!" Yelu Zhao clenched his fist with his right hand and said hatefully: "Comeone comes, send an order, the army of Zhuozhou will immediately issue a plan to kill the southerners!"

He planned to mobilize the Zhuozhou army to encircle and suppress the Song army. This treatment cannot be said to be wrong, but is very correct. Because the Song army entered the territory of Liao and was in the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom, this was beneficial to the Liao army. If there were more large troops, the Song army would be very dangerous.

Tens of thousands of Liao troops in Zhuozhou, led by Yelu Zhao, left Zhuozhou and marched south. Tens of thousands of troops advanced, with the earth shaking, dust flying, murderous intent rushing south.

"My luck is really bad. I hit 20,000 Liao dogs at the first time." Fang Ren, the general of An Su army, looked at An Su army who was fighting hard, and was very annoyed.

It was a bad year for him, and the Liao army camp that was originally allocated had changed. In the past, there were only more than 5,000 Liao troops here, and the Ansu army led by him could be eaten.

Unexpectedly, the Liao Kingdom's garrison here increased to 20,000. What made him even more unlucky was that he actually made the Liao army discover it. The Liao army was like a hungry wolf seeing a bone, and rushed forward desperately. A surprise attack turned into an encounter.

Twenty thousand Liao troops surrounded Ansu's army, and Ansu's army fought extremely hard, with heavy casualties. If they continued to fight like this, Ansu's army would definitely be wiped out.

"Look, that's the Converted Army!"

"It's the commander of Wu Du!"

Just as Fang Ren complained, the Liao army's rear formation was in chaos. Under Wu Ji's command, the Congxin Army seemed to have a tiger entering a flock of sheep and came from behind.

"Kill!" Fang Ren would never miss this opportunity to lead the Ansu army to counterattack.
Chapter completed!