Chapter eight hundred and eighty fourth waiting
"Boom boom boom boom..." The cast iron mortar cannons roared that shake the world. The large caliber siege cannons equipped with more gunpowder, and the sound of the fire was larger than that of the copper cannon. The rows of cannons on the cannon array seemed to be spraying flames, and nearly a hundred kilograms of stones were thrown into the air and rolled in the sky. Earth and rocks splashed on the city walls in the distance.
A large area of soldiers and civilians outside the city pushing wheelbarrows overflowed to the moat outside the city wall, and the huge shouts seemed to destroy everything.
Guo Shao drove the carriage and watched the gathering of thousands of troops outside. General Gao Huaide was cheering up morale in front of the formation, shouting something passionately, and the soldiers shouted in response. The exciting battlefield made Guo Shao miss his former military career... But now he doesn't need to go to the front of the battlefield. As an emperor, he should do what he should do. Just have military generals in war.
Guo Shao waved to Lu Chengyong, and Lu Chengyong hurriedly rode his horse to the carriage. Guo Shao said, "Send someone to pass an order to Gao Huaide and capture Jinzhou within fifteen days!"
"Get orders!" Lu Chengyong replied with his fists.
Guo Shao slapped the wooden boards of the carriage and said, "Return to the Central Army."
A team of cavalry guarded the car and returned to the military camp. Guo Shao walked into a tent inside the fence, and soon the eunuch Yang Shiliang and civil servant Lu Duosun came in.
The sound of cannons was still rumbling around, as noisy as the thunderstorm weather. Guo Shao sat down under a chopping board filled with files and paper, looked at them, and asked, "Is there any news on the Liao King's tent?"
Yang Shiliang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't."
Lu Duosun said: "The former camp military office has ordered scouts from all departments to report to the military office immediately if they encounter suspicious people."
Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "Photograph, worry, wait for the result, and wait for the most difficult days."
Lu Duosun bowed and said, "I went to the military office to ask Deputy Envoy Wei, if there is any new news today."
Guo Shao nodded slightly, moved an inkstone on the chopping board, took out a simple picture, with some circle arrows drawn with brushes on it. The upper left corner was marked with the King of Qi of the Liao army; an ellipse was drawn with a dotted line in the northeast direction, which wrote the King of Liao, and a question mark... Because the specific location of the King of the King of the King of the King was unknown, and it was moving at any time, markings were also made at Yalu River and other places. A sketch could allow Guo Shao to observe the situation at this moment more intuitively.
He raised his head and took a deep breath, closed his eyes. Yang Shiliang looked at him slightly, and his body became more respectful, and he did not dare to make any sound to disturb him, even if the sound of cannons outside was shocking.
This time, the Northern Expedition was very popular, and it was announced to the world that it transferred grain and personnel from countless prefectures and counties. A total of less than 100,000 troops seemed to be launching a national war!
Daxu's court deliberately made a strategy because the strategic purpose was to force peace.
In addition to the need for national policies, this is also an important part of Guo Shao's setting up a plan against Xiao Siwen. Last autumn and winter, Guo Shao pretended to be sick and used Yang Ye to lure Xiao Siwen into a trap. The siege of Yanmen made Xiao Siwen lose his power to preside over the government; and at this time, if Xiao Siwen could take the blame again... Guo Shao believed that Xiao Siwen should finish his game.
The key is to make the king and minister of Liao Dynasty recognize it and seek peace!
At this moment, Lu Duoxun walked into the big tent quickly. Guo Shao opened his eyes and observed his expression. He thought he had received news about the Liao King's tent, so he calmed down and waited for Lu Duoxun to speak.
Lu Duosun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the former camp military office urgently reported that the King of Qi of Liao suddenly changed direction and marched south towards Jinzhou!"
Guo Shao immediately showed a surprised and unexpected expression, and reached out to rub his forehead a few times.
Lu Duosun said: "It must be the Liao king's tent that forced the siege to break the siege of Jinzhou."
There are generally all kinds of undeterminable things in the middle of layout and strategy, and this matter is one of them. Guo Shao thought about it for a while and said, "I ordered Wei Renpu, Shi Yanchao and Dong Zunhui to meet."
Not long after, the light in the tent dimmed a little, and a huge body blocked the light. Shi Yanchao said impatiently: "The person surnamed Gao was playing in front of him, so I just watched it, and I was feeling uncomfortable!"
Then Wei Renpu and Dong Zunhui walked in, and the three of them bowed together, "Your Majesty will live forever."
Guo Shao said: "The King of Qi of Liao Kingdom, Essage, led his troops south."
"What!" After hearing this, Shi Yanchao was bent down to hold a tribute, but he almost jumped up and stared at him, "Official family, this guy was so scared that he retreated when he heard my name. If he saw his true body in the battle formation, he would not be scared to get shit_piss!"
Dong Zunhui was stunned. Shi Yanchao suddenly took a step forward and blocked Dong Zunhui behind him. Dong Zunhui took a step to the right and avoided Shi Yanchao's body. Unexpectedly, Shi Yanchao took another step to the right.
Guo Shao said: "When Yisag went south temporarily, his morale was not high. If we could use cavalry to repel the Wing Sage tribe, Gao Huaide would not have to demolish the besieged city. What do you think of Deputy Envoy Wei?"
Wei Renpu frowned, as if he was trying hard to think about the pros and cons, and replied with some confidence: "If your Majesty decides to do this, you can give it a try."
Guo Shao understood Wei Renpu's concerns. This tactic of siege on all sides has a relatively scattered force. If he encounters strong reinforcements attacking from outside, he will suffer a lot of losses in fighting.
"Dong Zunhui!" Guo Shao shouted immediately.
Dong Zunhui hurriedly squeezed out from behind Shi Yanchao, clasped his fists and shouted: "The last one is here!"
Shi Yanchao was so anxious that he cried out quickly.
Guo Shao said: "You lead the light cavalry in our headquarters... to support General Shi Yanchao, I will ask you to lead the main force of the horse soldiers to attack, go north to find Yansagge, and defeat him!"
Shi Yanchao was overjoyed and said with great momentum: "The official is waiting for the good news!"
...Shi Yanchao and Dong Zunhui led cavalry to the north, and the next day they arrived at the west side of Yiwulu Mountain, and encountered most of the Liao army.
At that time, the Daling River on the west side of the people gradually changed from north to west to east, and on the east side were the Lushan Mountains that gradually became higher and steep. The Xu army located in the south was narrow in the terrain; the Liao army located in the north was on an open ground. Dong Zunhui rode a horse to catch up with Shi Yanchao and advised: "Don't make a hurry. If the Liao army and other Duke Shi Guo pass the estuary, cut off the retreat route; the terrain on the south side is narrow, and it will be difficult to rescue it in time!"
Shi Yanchao sneered: "Even your uncle is like this when he is in war, he is so good at being a teacher. Look at him carefully from behind!"
After saying that, he slapped his horse's buttocks, lifted his iron spear and shouted, "Kill!" Then he led his personal soldiers to take the lead, and led the troops forward without saying a word.
Unexpectedly, a small group of light cavalry ran faster than Shi Yanchao. Shi Yanchao was using a cavalry to jog with a team of horse soldiers, preparing to do a big fight. Seeing this, he was angry and cursed: "Who is he, who is that?"
The general shouted: "General Dong's people are not under our jurisdiction!"
Shi Yanchao was surrounded by flags, and the big flag with the word "Shi" could be seen from afar. Thousands of horse soldiers were following the movements of the flag and moving northward. Shi Yanchao was too lazy to care about that small group of people and continued to lead his troops northward.
Xu's army and horses rushed over from the sand on the river beach, and even war horses climbed the hillside to the east. Looking around, there were surging horses all over the mountains.
The Liao army gathered several large formations of soldiers in the north, and the horses on the middle road had moved south. Xu Jun rushed to the front of the formation for more than a hundred steps, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "The world's number one general, Shi Yanchao, is here. If he doesn't escape, he will die!"
Shi Yanchao heard the shouts and was very helpful. The two armies were only two hundred steps apart. He kicked the horse's belly and started to accelerate the charge.
The Liao army was recoiling around the east and west, and the horse's hooves roared between the mountains and rivers for a moment, and the shouts of killing sounded loudly. Soon, arrows in the air were like rain, and Shi Yanchao's heavy cavalry was the first to be attacked. He did not carry a bow and arrow, and rushed forward with the arrows, completely ignoring the soldiers injured by the arrows.
The cavalry on both sides approached at a visible speed like a torrent. The brown sand on the river beach was swallowed by the black horses and reduced. The heavy cavalry threw iron guns at the Liao cavalry when they met. There was no sign of slowing down the speed at all. Shi Yanchao shouted and picked two riders in a row and pounced on them. A team of heavy cavalry seemed to have a huge sharp arrow pierced through the Liao army's vanguard!
The speed of the heavy cavalry of Xu's army's unstoppable cavalry advanced beyond the imagination of the two armies. After the vanguard rushed out, he left room for sprint for the troops behind, and more soldiers and horses entered the Liao army formation.
Shi Yanchao's troops were invincible and no one could stop them. They clashed left and right among the Liao soldiers. He rushed in the front, with a long black gun in his hand dancing lightly and flexible, as if it was a wooden pole, but in fact it was forged all over the body! A Liao soldier waved his iron bones and smashed him towards Shi Yanchao. Shi Yanchao pulled out the iron gun that pierced the chest of a cavalry next to him, swept across the iron bones, and with a loud "clang" sound, Mars splashed, and the iron bones were knocked straight into the air. The iron gun swept on the Liao cavalry's ears with strong wind. A terrifying sound of cervical bones breaking, the man's head had drooped, and his whole body turned sideways from the horse.
Shi Yanchao's breastplate and shoulder armor were full of arrows. He stretched out his hand and broke them all! The plate armor and locks had three layers of armor. Even if the arrows that could penetrate the three layers of armor could hurt him, it seemed like itchy in his eyes.
Xu Jun's heavy armored cavalry was covered in blood, and he was very brave and terrifying, and his shouts were deafening.
However, Xu's army was not spreading horizontally enough, and Shi Yanchao rushed too quickly, and the whole group of horse soldiers turned into a long dragon formation. The two wings of the Liao army rushed to the side of Xu's army, and soon cut off the thin formation in half. Xu's army was divided into two pieces, and the front and back could no longer support him!
Dong Zunhui's eyes were filled with running cavalry and dust. He observed that the Liao army in the distance were galloping towards the east and west sides without any sign of stagnation. He knew that Shi Yanchao was surrounded in front.
"His mother!" Dong Zunhui cursed. His men and horses were all Xu Jun cavalry in front of him. The estuary was flat and narrow, and it had already been blocked!
Dong Zunhui looked to the left and some horse soldiers were trapped in the mud by the river, struggling back with difficulty. The hillside in front of the right was full of horse soldiers. This place was at the foot of Lushan Mountain, and the higher the mountain went east, the higher the mountain. The mountains in the depths of sight seemed like dark clouds pressing against the horizon.
Chapter completed!