Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

"General Zhao, drink your saliva first, and then talk to me in detail."

Seeing that Zhao Heshou was running around all the way, his mouth was dry and he was out of breath, so he handed Zhao Heshou a water bag from the side.

Zhao Heshou gulped down a few sips of water, took a few breaths, thanked Yi Jing, and then said to Liu Guangshi: "General Liu, at dawn today, General Guo and General Yang attacked the Yingchun Gate of Yanjing City and entered Yanjing City .

General Guo asked the last general to lead a thousand troops to guard outside the city.The last general did not dare to be careless, and spread scouts widely in the east, west, north, south, and north of Yanjing City to investigate the movements of the Liao army.

I don't know how the news of our army's surprise attack plan leaked out. Not long after, Xiao Qian, the commander of the Liao army, suddenly led the main force of the Liao army to fight outside the city of Yanjing.

The last general led his troops to block it desperately, and started a bloody battle with Xiao Qian's army.However, the Liao soldiers were numerous and powerful, even though the last general killed dozens of people, he was powerless to recover.

Most of the soldiers and horses of the last general were dispersed, so they had no choice but to retreat and come to warn you, general.

At this time, Yanjing City was already surrounded by Xiao Qian's army, I am afraid that General Guo and General Yang are already in danger. "

Although Zhao Heshou was the general of the defeated army, his words inevitably put some gold on his face.

Zhao Heshou was only fighting with hundreds of vanguards of Xiao Qian's army, and they would be defeated at the first touch, but he bragged that he led a thousand soldiers and horses to hold off Xiao Qian's army alone.

When he was fleeing for his life, he ran into Liu Guangshijun on the way, and he had an idea and said that he wanted to come back to call the police to Liu Guangshi.

Zhao Heshou's words made all the generals in Liu Guangshi's army gasp.Why is Xiao Qian, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Army, elusive and everywhere?

After the [-] soldiers of the Song Army were defeated by Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army in the north of Xiongzhou City, Xiao Qian, the famous general of the Liao Kingdom, became a lingering shadow in the hearts of the generals of the Song Army.A few days ago, in the encounter battle that took place on the banks of the Lugou River in Liangxiang County, Xiao Qian once again won more with less, and dealt a head-on blow to the Song army.

Nowadays, for the generals of the Song Army, it seems that Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army of the Liao Kingdom, has become an invincible existence. When people hear Xiao Qian's name, they are a little timid.

Guo Yaoshi's plan to attack Yanjing City by surprise is not bad, and his and Yang Keshijun's whereabouts are also not hidden. How could Xiao Qian follow after they arrived in Yanjing City not long ago?

It should be known that after Guo Yaoshi offered his advice, the army that attacked Yanjing moved out overnight, and there was absolutely no possibility of leaking the secret.However, the movement of the Song Army was still seen through by Xiao Qian, the commander of the Liao Army.

Liu Guangshi only felt his eyelids twitch, and looked around at the generals around him, only to see that their faces all changed color, their eyes flickered, and they seemed to be a little out of their minds.

Liu Guangshi understood that all the generals under his command had lost the courage to confront Xiao Qian, but he could not just retreat.Therefore, Liu Guangshi asked Zhao Heshou calmly: "General Zhao, can you see how many troops the Liao General Xiao Qian brought back? Do General Guo, General Yang, and General Gao in Yanjing City still have a chance to turn defeat into victory?" ? If our army goes to the rescue, is there still a chance to turn the tide of the battle?"

Zhao Heshou was terrified by Xiao Qian a long time ago, how dare he take Liu Guangshi back to Yanjing City to take risks.He knew that he could escape from Yanjing City because Xiao Qian didn't like him as a small fish. The goal of Xiao Qian's army was to wipe out Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshijun in Yanjing City.

But if Liu Guangshi's army went to Yanjing City, the Liao army would definitely not let go of this big fish sent to the door.Whether Zhao Heshou will be lucky enough to escape is still unknown.

What's more, Zhao Heshou didn't see exactly how many troops the Fourth Army King Xiao Qian brought back to Yanjing City.Can he say that he was defeated by several hundred forwards of Xiao Qian's army, and he has not met the main force of Xiao Qian's army?

Think about it, Xiao Qian, as the supreme military commander of the Liao Kingdom, would have tens of thousands of horses with him?

Thinking of this, Zhao Heshou opened his mouth and replied: "General Liu, when Xiao Qian, the commander of the Liao army, came to kill him, the last general saw dust flying, banners everywhere, and Liao soldiers and horses overwhelming the sky. It is really hard to count. The last general thought, The Liao Army has at least [-] cavalry. Although General Guo, General Yang and others are brave, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on. There are many dangers. General Guo is kind to the late general, but unfortunately the latter general is weak If you can't rescue General Guo, you will be ashamed."

When Liu Guangshi heard that Xiao Qian had returned to Yanjing City with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he was shocked at first, and then felt relieved.Now that the enemy is outnumbered, of course we can't bring our soldiers to Yanjing City to throw moths into the fire and kill ourselves.

"Pass down my general's order, the rear army will change to the front army, and the army will withdraw to the camp in Liangxiang County. All the officers and men should be careful to prevent the Liao army from following and chasing after them!"

Liu Guangshi did not hesitate to send an order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp.

Yi Jing, Zhao Heshou and other generals felt relieved, and retreated southward with their troops.Behind them, there are some pillars of smoke piercing into the sky in the sky. It must be the flames of war that have not been extinguished in the city of Yanjing, right?

Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi led the army to resist the onslaught of the Liao army and waited hard for Liu Guangshi's reinforcements. However, until night fell, Liu Guangshi's army, which was supposed to arrive in Yanjing City in the afternoon, still disappeared.Yang Keshi, Guo Yaoshi, Gao Shixuan and other generals knew in their hearts that Liu Guangshi's army was either intercepted by the Liao army halfway, or fled forgetting the wind, and they and others had become an abandoned army.

However, Yang Keshi, Guo Yaoshi, etc. will not dare to let their soldiers know that there is no foreign aid, lest their morale will collapse.They loudly encouraged the soldiers under their command, asking them to stick to it with all their strength, and the army of Commander Liu Yanqing will reach the outside of Yanjing in a short time.

However, under the leadership of Xiao Qian, the Liao army with high morale attacked fiercely. Among the eight gates in the outer city of Yanjing City, Danfeng Gate and Kaiyang Gate in the south, Qingjin Gate and Xianxi Gate in the west and The Tongtian Gate and Gongchen Gate were taken back by the Liao Army, leaving only the Andong Gate and Yingchun Gate with the east wall and suspension bridge destroyed in the hands of the Song Army.The Song Army has been suppressed by the Liao Army in the southeast of Yanjing City.

The Song army in the city was isolated and helpless, desperate and facing the threat of death, without the encouragement of Yang Keshi, Guo Yaoshi and other generals, they all fought bravely to kill the enemy one by one, and fought to the death with the Liao army.

Because these soldiers all knew what evil things they did when they entered the city.On the streets of Yanjing City, there were quite a few corpses of Khitan women who had been stripped of their clothes.

When Xiao Qian came back to the city, the Liao army turned red-eyed after seeing the corpses. They would shoot or kill the soldiers of the Song army, and would not accept a surrendered soldier.

The remaining soldiers of the Song Army knew that they would die if they surrendered, so they had to fight desperately, bursting out with rare combat effectiveness.

The two armies of Song and Liao were so bloodthirsty in the city that they fought each other, courtyard by courtyard, and street by street, and they fought non-stop for three days and nights.

The Liao army around Yanjing City heard the news and came continuously, but the Song army in the city was isolated and helpless.After gritting their teeth and fighting hard for several days, the Song army finally couldn't hold on any longer, and the defense line of the base camp of Minzhong Temple also collapsed.

Seeing that the victory was in sight, the generals of the Liao army were all fighting for merit, and their morale was high. They yelled strangely and launched a pursuit of the remaining Song army.

Chapter 823 The overall situation is uncertain

Most of the city of Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom has been occupied by the Jin army, but the Jin army has not yet achieved a stable rule in Xijing Road.

Xijing Road was divided into north and south by the Great Wall. To the south of the Great Wall, Xijing Datong Mansion and other places were mainly settled by Han people, and it was easy to rule after the occupation.

However, the wider area to the north of the Great Wall is grassland and desert, where nomadic peoples such as Khitan and Zub live.

The occupation of several cities by the Jin army in the states north of the Great Wall could not effectively rule and manage these nomadic tribes who lived in no fixed place.

Because of this, although Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was defeated by the Jin Army repeatedly, he was still able to freely shuttle between the grasslands and deserts with the support of his tribe, dealing with the Jin Army calmly.

It was late autumn, the north wind was getting stronger, and the weather was getting colder every day. The pasture on the grassland had withered, and it was difficult for the war horses to get enough food and grass. Therefore, the Jin army temporarily stopped the pursuit of Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi on the grassland. , Most of them are stationed in the area south of the Great Wall to recharge their batteries.

Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, led tens of thousands of the main force of the Jin army to station in Fengsheng Prefecture. While collecting food and grass, he followed the battle between the Nanjing, Dao, Song and Liao armies.

Some people in Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom chose to vote for the Song Dynasty, but more people were willing to choose to vote for Jin between the Song Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom.

These people were so powerful that they sent people through Juyongguan Pass to continuously transmit information about the confrontation between the Nanjing, Dao, Liao and Song armies to Wanyan Aguda's camp.

After Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi led the attack on Yanjing City, the Jin Army near Yanjing City should immediately report this important information to the Jin Army Camp in Fengsheng Prefecture.

Wanyan Aguda was a trustworthy person. He promised to give up the Yanjing area to the Song State, but he never thought of competing with the Song State for the land of Yan.Therefore, when he got the information that the Song Army occupied Yanjing City, he would naturally not be jealous of the Song Army's victory.

After receiving this information, Wanyan Aguda immediately summoned the noble generals in the camp and informed them of the news that the Song Army had successfully raided Yanjing City.

As a special existence in the Jin army's camp, Ximenqing was not only a Song native, but also a son-in-law of the Jin Kingdom. He was also invited to participate in this meeting, and he learned the news of the Song army's invasion of Yanjing City as soon as possible.

Wanyan Aguda had no intention of hiding it from the Song envoy, after notifying the generals, he also summoned Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo and told them the good news.

The Jin and Song Dynasties are now allies, and the victory of the Song army is also something worth celebrating. The emperor Wanyan Aguda and the Jurchen generals all congratulated the Song envoy Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo.

Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo were overjoyed when they first heard that the Song army captured Yanjing City, and quickly returned the salute to Wanyan Aguda with a happy face.

In order to celebrate the great victory in Yanjing, Wanyan Aguda held a large banquet in the tent, and sat around with all the generals and Song envoys to celebrate.

Seeing that Zhao Liangsi's face was bright, Ximen Qing said softly while having wine with Ma Kuo: "The overall situation is uncertain, don't forget yourself!"

When Ma Kuo heard this, his heart trembled.He stared at Ximen Qing's eyes, and saw a warning in his eyes.

What does brother Ximen mean by this?Will Yanjing City be lost again?Brother Ximen knows things like a god, but he hits the nail on the head!

When Ma Kuo thought of this, a cold sweat broke out on his back.

If Zhao Liangsi thinks that the land of Yan is already owned by the Song Dynasty, and gets too complacent in negotiating with the king and ministers of the Kingdom of Jin, once Yanjing changes, he will be extremely passive!