Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The brave generals under Liu Yanqing's command, headed by Wang Yuan, was the vanguard of Liu Yanqing's army when he followed Taiwei Tong Guan to conquer the Fangla rebels in the south.

This time they confronted the main force of the Liao army, and the Song army was overwhelmed by the Liao army cavalry who appeared and disappeared on the plain.

Because he was worried that the back road would be cut off, Liu Yanqing sent his most trusted general, Wang Yuan, to lead the cavalry to protect the food and supplies.

However, in the battle by the Liuli River, the Liao army once again proved that the Jurchen could not come out, who could compete with the strength, and Wang Yuan and his Fanbing cavalry were defeated.

Wang Yuan rushed left and right, but failed to break out of the siege, and was shot down by the Liao army together with his lieutenant general and personal soldiers, and they were captured alive.

After Wang Yuan was caught, he cursed and begged for death.

However, the Liao army saw from the armor on his body that he was a general of the Song army, and tied him to the horse as if he had found a treasure, and wanted to take him back to the camp to ask for credit.

Wang Yuan's mouth was also stuffed with a ball of rags, which prevented him from moaning and cursing.

Humming the songs of the Khitan tribe, amid the cheers of the brothers in the camp, this Liao army escorted many spoils of war and entered the Liao army camp.

The prisoner of war, Wang Yuan, was immediately taken by the generals of the Liao army to the tent of the Chinese army, the king of the fourth army, Xiao Qian.

Wang Yuan did not hide his identity. After Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi learned that Liu Yanqing's beloved general Wang Yuan had been captured, they looked at each other and smiled, knowing that this was the perfect result.

Presumably in the camp of the Song Army, Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Song Army, is already in a state of disarray, right?

Tonight, the Song army will definitely be defeated!

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Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi were right as they had expected. The strategies they used had their truths in their falsehoods, and their falsehoods in their truths, which made it difficult for Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Song Army, to tell the truth from the false.

Liu Yanqing believed in the loyalty of the two generals Zhao Ming and Huang Dingguo. It was impossible for them to betray the Song Dynasty and unite with the Liao people to deceive him.

If the information is false, it is because Zhao Ming and Huang Dingguo were deceived by the Liao army.

However, Xiao Qian said last night that he wanted to ambush our Song army's food transport team, today Wang Yuan's army was ambushed by the Liao army, and the entire army was wiped out.

This shows that the information Zhao Ming and Huang Dingguo Er will desperately bring back is true.If they escaped back last night, they might be able to save Wang Yuanjun today.

It seems that the Liao army has increased its troops to 30, and it will attack and annihilate our army in the next few days and nights. This information is also true!

As soon as Liu Yanqing thought about this, he felt that a catastrophe was imminent.All three of his father and son are in this army. Once they are surrounded by the Liao army, the Liu family will be doomed!

Liu Yanqing hastily summoned the generals in the camp and said to them: "Our army's food and grass were taken away by the Liao army at the Liuli River.

Now our camp is far away from the rear of the city, and the cavalry of the Liao army are constantly harassing and cutting off the food roads. I am afraid that the supply of food and grass will no longer be guaranteed.

The city of Yanjing is hard to fall, and it can only be conquered in a few days.And once my [-] army runs out of food and grass, it will inevitably collapse without a fight.

The general will never allow the army to be wiped out because of food shortages.Why don't our troops withdraw first and make plans after returning to Zhuozhou City for repairs.

Generals, what do you think? "

There is a saying in ancient military strategists that "the soldiers and horses are not moved, but the food and grass go first". This sentence clarifies the importance of logistics support to the army's operations.

No matter how brave and skilled the army is, if they are deprived of food for two days, they will become a weak army, losing morale and combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the supply of food and grass often determines the life and death of an army.

There is no doubt that Xiao Qian, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, has grasped the weakness of the Song army and posed a great threat to the Song army.

When the generals heard that the grain and grass had been robbed, they all agreed to withdraw.Without food, no matter how strong this camp is, it will not be able to hold it!

Hearing that the army was about to withdraw, Han Shizhong, a low-ranking officer, went straight to the tent of the Chinese army and asked to see the commander Liu Yanqing.

Han Shizhong advised Liu Yanqing that the army was confronting the Liao army. If they withdraw at this time, they will repeat the same mistakes as the withdrawal of troops at Baigouyi during the first Northern Expedition, and they must not withdraw.

Han Shizhong also asked Liu Yanqing to fight, saying that he was willing to lead the army to guard the food road.As long as he is given two thousand elite soldiers, he will definitely escort the food and grass to this big camp.

The discussion of withdrawing troops is a major matter in the military, how can Han Shizhong, a junior officer from a peasant background, be allowed to question it?Liu Yanqing immediately reprimanded Han Shizhong loudly and poured cold water on him.

Han Shizhong refused to accept it, and was still waiting to use his temperament of "throwing Han Wu" to argue hard, but Liu Yanqing drove him out of the Chinese army camp.

"Bah! Dog officer, I don't know how many brothers will be killed this time! The master will not accompany you, dog officer, to die!"

After Han Shizhong was kicked out of the Chinese army camp, he left cursing.

Han Shizhong rushed to offer advice to the coach with enthusiasm, but his face was hot and his ass was cold.

So, after returning to his barracks, Han Shizhong asked his superiors for a military order, took a hundred cavalrymen under his command, prepared dry food for two days, and went out of the camp to investigate and patrol on the pretext of running away without a trace. trace.

That night, fires suddenly broke out in all directions in the direction of the Lugou River. General Liu Yanqing and others of the Song Army thought it was a signal that the Liao Army's three-way army was encircling and besieging the Song Army.

The generals in the battalion were preparing to withdraw their troops quietly in the middle of the night, but they never expected that the Liao army would launch a general offensive so quickly, and they panicked and became chaotic.

Liu Yanqing was frightened at this time, and hastily ordered the Song army to set fire to the tents and luggage, and the whole army retreated without any care.

At this time, the soldiers of the Song army in each battalion didn't know what happened. They saw the fire ahead in the night, and the Liao army's shouts of killing came from their ears.

When the soldiers were disturbed, they received a strange order to retreat lightly.

Therefore, the soldiers in each battalion thought that the Song army had been defeated, and if they didn't run quickly at this time, they would die at the hands of the Liao army.

The [-] Song troops fell into chaos in an instant, and all of them rushed out of the barracks recklessly, fleeing desperately to the border of the Song State in the south.

The generals could no longer clean up the chaotic army in the dark. They heard the approaching shouts of the Liao army, and they didn't care too much, and fled to the front one after another on horseback.

Because the Song army was not familiar with the terrain and the night was dark, many people didn't even have time to bring torches in a hurry.

The command of the Song army was chaotic, and the uncoordinated withdrawal of the armies eventually turned into a major defeat.

In the battle to the north of Xiongzhou City, the Song army was still able to organize resistance, but this time no army was able to fight the bloody Liao army in the rear.

Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi led the Liao army to pursue the victory and chased and killed the Song army for hundreds of miles. They killed the Song army's blood into rivers and their corpses littered the field.

Chapter 829 A Child's Problem

The Liao army won a complete victory and returned to the Liao army camp by the Lugou River with the spoils. Liu Yanqing, like a frightened bird, led the remnants of the defeated generals and fled straight to the Song Dynasty south of Baigou, even abandoning the cities of Zhuozhou and Yizhou. up.

In this defeat, the [-] elite Western troops were destroyed, and the generals, soldiers, as well as armaments, horses, and luggage that the Song Dynasty spent countless money on training for decades were almost exhausted.

The Liao Kingdom was already on the verge of collapse under the attack of the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom.However, with such a dilapidated regime, the Liao army still wiped out the most elite 2 troops of the Song Dynasty with only more than [-] troops.

After this battle, the weakness of the Song Dynasty army was undoubtedly exposed in front of Jin and Liao.

At this time, the Changsheng Army of Guo Yaoshi's Department in Zhuozhou, which had surrendered to the Song Army earlier, showed a combat effectiveness that was better than that of the Song Army.

Although he was defeated in the field battle, Guo Yaoshi led his troops to defend Zhuozhou city, and finally saved Zhuozhou and Yizhou for the Song army.

In this battle, there is another character who showed his prominence, that is the young general Han Shizhong who is known as "Po Han Wu".