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A few days ago, a piece of music was sent to Yelu Zongzhen, who was supervising the battle in Datong Mansion, it was a news that the pastoral area east of Dasanguan on the Xialiao border had been raided by an unknown enemy, and the loss was not large, more than 1,000 herdsmen were killed and injured, and 30,000 horses were plundered, but this incident made Yelu Zongzhen faintly feel a little uneasy.

Yelu Zongzhen recalled Xiao Hui, who was commanding the battle against the Song army on the Wuzhou front, and asked for his opinion on the matter, Xiao Hui was also surprised, but he did not panic because of this, but called the local officials who sent him to ask for details; However, the local officials did not personally witness the incident, and only rushed to play after receiving the report, and could not ask for a detailed reason.

Xiao Hui finally speculated with experience, this must be the Xia people taking advantage of the fire to rob, Song Liao fought on the border, the Xia people stood by, with the relationship between the Xia State and the Song State, they naturally refused to take the initiative to send troops to help the war, but it was inevitable to make small moves behind the scenes, not to mention that the enemy army broke into the Liao border from the direction of Dasanguan, Helan Mountain was the Xia-Liao border, and there was no one else out of the Xia people.

This conclusion was also recognized by Yelu Zong, and he thought that when the Song and Xia were at war, he didn't take advantage of the fire to rob the Song people, although he didn't succeed, but the idea of stabbing the knife in the back was surprisingly consistent.

"The party members are so hateful, after destroying the Song Dynasty, I will destroy them, teach them to know that my Khitan people have revenge and will take revenge." Yelu Zong really gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that it was better to allocate a small number of troops to strengthen the defense of the Dasanguan area, the strength of the local state capital's troops is not strong, and the troops are not many, if they are attacked by the Xia people again, they are not opponents."

"How can the division of troops be accomplished? At present, the war situation between the east and west is fierce, the Song people are still stubbornly resisting, and the division of troops affects the frontal combat effectiveness, and it does not work if there is less. ”

Xiao Hui is right to think about it, he originally planned to divide 20,000 troops to garrison Dasanguan, and at the same time send people to thoroughly investigate the identity of the enemy who attacked and disturbed, although he came to the conclusion that it was a nuisance of the Xia people, he still felt a little unstable in his heart, and always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't say what was wrong, thinking about it, Xiao Hui attributed the uneasiness in his heart to the anxiety caused by the long-term attack on the frontal battlefield.

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Huaizhou Mansion in the south of Taihang Mountain, west of Tianmen Mountain is a medium-sized city in the depths of the mainland of Liaoning, located in the core area of Shangjing, where the war disaster is difficult to reach for a long time, this place is rich in products, the west and north are mountain ranges to block the cold air and wind and sand in the north, the south and east are plains, the grassland and farmland are flat like blankets, and the three big rivers of Qinshui, Danshui and Jishui pass through the jurisdiction, it is an out-and-out big granary.

Perennial comfortable life, developed the habit of Huaizhou people lazy, there is no threat of war, the city defense is also so-so and loose, originally stationed here 30,000 tribal soldiers were all transferred to the front line, there are only 3,000 regular troops in the city plus 5,000 miscellaneous troops composed of the fast government service and the Hu Congjun, the early warning military service set up outside the city is mostly idle, and the alarm beacon tower 20 miles away has also collapsed several times, and no one is stationed at all.

On this morning, Huaizhou City woke up from comfort, the June sun was a little scorching, and the sun had just risen, and it was already very hot; After the soldiers at the city gate opened the city gate, they also lazily shrunk in a cool and ventilated place to doze off to make up for the lack of sleep that they stayed up late last night, and they were too lazy to check the people who came in and out of the city gate, although the war was together, the Great Liao Emperor issued an edict requiring the state capitals to strictly check the entry and exit of the city gate to prevent fine work from mixing into the Great Liao, but Huaizhou was thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, and the fine work was infiltrated and would not come here, so not only did the soldiers not take it seriously, but the city lord went down, and the generals who defended the city did not take it seriously at all.

A few Liao soldiers leaning against the shade of the city wall and holding spears were staring at the several women with big butts coming in and out of the city gate, swallowing and spitting, comparing them with the kiln sisters who slept last night.

A few people were scolding their mothers and spitting, slapping the dust on their bodies, and the ground shook a few times as if it had been knocked by a heavy hammer in the distance.

A Liao soldier thought that there was something wrong with his senses, so he turned his head sideways and asked his companion, "Do you feel it?" The ground seemed to be shaking. ”

Several other soldiers nodded one after another: "It seems to be, is it because the ground can't move?" ”

As he spoke, the ground shook again, and in an instant, a thunderous sound came from a distance, and several people looked at each other in amazement, and when they were at a loss, they suddenly heard someone screaming at the head of the city: "There are cavalry, amazing, a large number of cavalry are coming from the south." ”

The city gate guard hurriedly ran up from the barracks to the city tower and set up a pergola to take a closer look, this look was suddenly shocked and cold, on the southern horizon, the black pressure was like a dark cloud, and the dense cavalry was like a super storm swept towards Huaizhou City, holding up the sword in the sun with a dazzling reflection, and the white flowers rose up a halo.

"It's Song Jun, close the city gate quickly, ...... Beacon fire was set up to notify the other four gates. The guard's voice was out of tune, and he became hoarse in an instant.

The soldiers reacted, and immediately hurriedly removed the Trojan sandbags at the city gate, shouting at the people who were also panicked, and at the same time, the beacon fire on the city was also ignited, and the thick black smoke soared into the sky.

The people at the gate of the city, both out of the city and into the city, shouted loudly and drilled into the hole in the gate, and the defenders who closed the gate shouted loudly to no avail, but were squeezed back and retreated; A squad leader was squeezed and fell, lying on the ground with his helmet crooked and shouting: "Whoever rushes and kills again." ”

Where did the people care about this, hundreds of people rushed in one by one, and rushed open the half-closed city gate again. The team was pulling out their waist knives and slashing at a panicked man in front of them, and immediately slashed him to the ground, scolding in his mouth: "All quit, whoever breaks in again will be the end." ”

The people screamed, and rushed in more frantically like a frying pot, more than a dozen soldiers drew their blades and gritted their teeth and slashed, the people in front were so frightened that they retreated, and the people in the back wanted to rush in, and suddenly they were congested together and fell down, but it was even more difficult to dredge.

The team straightened his helmet and scolded: "A bunch of damn wild dogs, don't want to live if you can't close the city gate, and those who escape in hurry up to help close the door, otherwise everyone won't want to live." ”

Dozens of people helped the soldiers push the heavy gates on both sides, the gate moved slowly, and the people who were stuck outside the door were even more panicked, but the heavy gate was pushed out of the ground like a bulldozer, and the two gates were like two scrapers, scraping the bodies of the people who were blocking the door out of the door.

The crowd cried and called for the mother, beating the city gate like crazy, but was held up by the soldiers and people inside, seeing that the gate was combined into a small slit, looking back to see that the cavalry of the Song Army had reached hundreds of steps away, and the sound of the sword waving in the air could already be heard, the people were desperate, some people desperately reached into the crack of the door to prevent the closing of the city gate, but the heavy city gate still closed the last gap, several people screamed in pain, their arms were caught in the door panel at this moment have already broken bones and flesh, miserable.

The soldiers inside wanted to tie the big iron bolt, but found that the crack of the door was blocked by a few trembling and bloody arms that stretched in, and the iron bolt could not be put in place at all, and the team was so angry that they jumped to their feet, and the waist knife in their hands chopped and stabbed at those arms, smashing them into pieces of broken bones and minced meat, and the other soldiers followed suit, as long as the crack in the door could be closed a little more, the iron bolt could be closed, and it was obviously a good way to chop these blocked bones.

Sure enough, the soldier in charge of the latch cheered: "The notch is right, quickly latch." ”

Everyone lifted the cast iron bolt above their heads, and slid it along the notch, at this moment, they heard the coaxing of the landslide, and the city gate was hit open by a strong force, and the soldiers behind the city gate flew backwards, and the iron bolt weighing hundreds of pounds was also knocked backwards and flew out, and a soldier's head was hit by the iron bolt solidly, and his brain burst and he died.

As the hole in the city gate opened, a large number of flesh and blood blurred objects rolled and rushed in, in addition to the human body, there were several horse corpses and the remains of a cart broken into thousands of pieces, there is no doubt that the Song soldiers drove the horses pulling the cart to crash open the city gate. 、

Immediately after that, a succession of horse-drawn carts came at a gallop, crossed the suspension bridge to the city gate, and rolled all the way into the doorway, more than 100 people at the city gate had already lost dozens of lives, and the rest jumped into the moat to avoid the deadly impact.

Su Jin stood a hundred steps away in front of the city gate, watching the carriage knock the city gate open, and secretly called luck in his heart, if the city gate was closed, it would take more energy, although there were preparations in this regard, but to be able to unexpectedly knock the city gate open, it was still a lot easier to worry and save a lot of effort.

"Pull up the drawbridge." The city gate guards shouted loudly, the city gate was opened, and now the only way to stop the opposite side was to rely on the moat, and the drawbridge was pulled up, at least for a while.

The soldiers hurriedly turned the scroll and pulled up the long suspension bridge, and suddenly there were two bowstring thoughts, and the suspension bridge pulled to the air fell violently, stirring up countless smoke and dust, and the thick sling of the suspension bridge had been broken by Song Jun, and the suspension rope of the suspension bridge was useless, but the thick hemp rope with the thickness of the arm was used, and of course it was broken.

"Brother Mahan is very skilled." Wang Chao praised.

Ma Han proudly put away his bow and arrows, this is not the first time he has done this, when he went to the bandit nest in Bagong Mountain with his son, he showed such a hand, in comparison, it was still more beautiful this time, after all, in front of the former army and ten thousand horses.

Su Jin quietly looked at Huaizhou City in front of him, and made a gesture to move forward, Pan Jiang raised the big knife in his hand and shouted: "Kill!" Then he rode out and rushed out; Tens of thousands of Song cavalry burst out with an earth-shattering cry, following the pace of Pan Jiang, the commander of the vanguard army, to Huaizhou City.