"Stay behind, Anyang Koupu is already in the hands of my Yulin Army!"

Anyangkoupu, the last pass leading from the mountains on the edge of the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain to the Great Plain of Hebei, has been filled with the officers and soldiers of the eighth battalion of the Nanjing Road guard of the Liao State who are cheering. The hills and mountains on both sides of the road are full of soldiers of the Yandi Han Army. The eight battalions of the Han army, the soldiers and the auxiliaries, a total of more than 30,000 people, carried enough food for 15 days, and plunged into the mountains.

Although Ma Renwang was not too interested in attacking Dingzhou Road, he couldn't stand the wealth of the Southern Dynasty with the leaders of the following group of troops, so he rushed forward.

Originally, when the soldiers arrived at the horse catcher, the big guy was still a little worried. After all, the terrain of the horse shop is dangerous, the military shop is built on the mountain, stuck on the mountain road, as long as there are hundreds of people guarding it, it will inevitably be a bloody battle.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, at such a dangerous pass, the Song army defending was only a few dozen people, and there were no large guards such as the Eight Ox Crossbow and the Stone Machine, and there were not even many rolling wood stones. Under the assault of the Liao army's selection, it only lasted less than half an hour, and then abandoned the pass.

The same situation was then staged in Yutaikoupu. Seeing the Liao army pouring in all over the mountains, they didn't even have the courage to resist, so they simply abandoned the pass and fled.

Subsequently, Anyangkoupu, which is almost the gateway to Dingzhou, is dangerous, and there are not many defenders. In the face of the surging Liao army, they were not even satisfied with the battlements of the city wall. And the equipment is pitiful, not even a divine arm bow, so you can only use a soft bow against the enemy. Barely repelled the first wave of the Liao army's offensive, he really didn't have the strength to fight any further, so he could only abandon the pass and leave.

The three Dingbei who originally thought they were going to pile up the corpses were so easily taken down by the horsemen!

At this time, Ma Renwang, a high-ranking official of the Han people of the Liao State who had lost confidence in the future of the cause of feudalism in the Great Liao, now began to doubt the rise of the Great Song Dynasty.

Looking at the head of the Zhang family in Pingzhou, who reported to him loudly, Zhang Lin, the supervisor of the two Lin Army, Ma Renwang smiled and said: "It seems that the Song Army is nothing more than this, this time, we can really return with a full load!" ”

Zhang Lin is a man in his forties, Zhang Jue's uncle, born in Jinshi, with a white face and long hair, not like a martial artist, but like a scribe. However, the martial artists on the Liao side have always suppressed the scribes, and the officials who are really trusted by the Liao lord must have the experience of leading the army. The ancestors of the Zhang family in Pingzhou were deeply trusted by the Liao lord because they made great contributions in the battle of pacifying the Great Yanlin (Bohai Great Clan). Zhang Lin naturally has to mix up some qualifications in the army.

The horse man smiled and said to Zhang Lin: "Zhang Dujian, can your two Lin troops still fight?" ”

"How can you not fight?" Zhang Lin said with a smile, "Attacking the three mouths is simply devastating, and the sons of the two feather forests have nothing to lose." Stay behind, and then let the two Lin Jun be the vanguard, and go straight to the Dingzhou city of Anxi! ”

"Do you need a day of rest at Anyangkou?" The centaur asked.

Zhang Lin said: "The soldiers are fast! Judging from the battle of the three mouths, Dingzhou must be empty and unprepared! If our army can march in a hurry and make a big fanfare, maybe we can scare Liang Zimei's wine bag and rice bag away from Dingzhou City! ”

……

"It's finally here!"

When the 36,000 Han army guards and Jingzhou soldiers led by the Ma people in Nanjing, the Great Liao, crossed the mountains at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains like a torrent, and invaded Anxi County, the seat of Dingzhou Road. Liang Zimei, the pacification envoy of Dingzhou Road in the Great Song Dynasty, a scholar of the Senior Administration Palace, and the governor of Dingzhou, showed a confident smile.

Because the two generals who drove from Gaoyangguan Road finally arrived in Dingzhou Prefecture City first. Standing on the north gate tower of Dingzhou Prefecture City and looking at the tens of thousands of steps along the official road, Liang Zimei's heart that had been hanging for many days finally let go.

The new army of these two generals has at least five or six thousand soldiers, and with their joining, the number of soldiers in the city of Dingzhou will be close to eight thousand!

Eight thousand soldiers guarding such a small state city should be foolproof.

"Beiyu is still a step too late......" Liang Zimei looked at the army that was slowly approaching the north gate of Dingzhou, and laughed loudly: "Besides, what came from the middle road was only thousands of Han troops from the Liao Kingdom. ”

Some of the soldiers who had retreated from the three mouths of Dingbei returned to the city of Dingzhou, bringing Liang Zimei some information about the Han army of the Liao State that had broken through the mountains of the North Road. Because the area where Dingbei Sankou is located is relatively narrow, the soldiers guarding the pass cannot see the lineup of the entire Liao army at all, and can only see their vanguard, so they reported the news of "thousands of Han troops" to Liang Zimei.

The enemy is thousands of Han troops, and they also have 8,000 soldiers, and everyone is a Han army, who is afraid of whom?

Liang Zimei suddenly sighed again: "It's a pity that the Hebei Xuanfu Division refuses to transfer 6,000 iron cavalry to Dingzhou, otherwise the Han army of the Liao State who broke through the mouth will not return!" ”

Deng Zhiyuan could only sigh when he heard this: Fortunately, Xuan Shuai didn't send 6,000 iron horsemen over! The city of Dingzhou is nearly 500 miles away from Jiehe Shang City, and it is necessary to cross the Yellow River, Hutuo River and Shahe River on the way. There are no bridges over these three rivers, and they cannot be crossed. 6,000 iron cavalry plus auxiliary soldiers and auxiliary horses, how big is that? These three rivers alone can be crossed for several days. Coupled with the 500-mile journey, you may not be able to reach Dingzhou City for half a month! If there were no two generals on Gaoyang Guan Road, it would be difficult to say whether Liang Zimei would dare to defend Dingzhou City for ten days and eight days. In case he wants to abandon the city and leave, Xuan Shuai will not be able to get rid of such a crime that cannot be rescued.

It's not easy to be a military attache in the Great Song Dynasty!

The military attache of Dingzhou Road has long figured out the knock on the door of being an excellent military attache of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, he must not offend civil officials and eunuchs, let alone go against a marshal of Liang Zimei's level.

The scholar was right. The Northern Han army went deep alone, committing a taboo in the soldiers, if there were thousands of iron horsemen under the command of the university soldiers, they would definitely be able to kill them without leaving a piece of armor! ”

"Please ask the scholar to play the Son of Heaven immediately, and transfer the two cavalry generals of the Hebei Xuanfu Division to Dingzhou Road!"

"As long as the official family sends an edict, the Cangzhou Iron Cavalry will be able to arrive before the northern captives are plundered, and a great victory will be within reach!"

Liang Zimei said with a smile: "The concert for please tune the iron horse has already been issued, and now it should have been sent to the official family!" We just hold on to the Dingzhou City, and in a few days, the Cangzhou cavalry will arrive! ”

I hope the official family rejected Liang Zimei's invitation!

Deng Zhiyuan said in his heart: Cangzhou Iron Cavalry has a better chance of advancing from Jiehe Shang City to Xijin Mansion. Even if he can't capture the city, he can force Yelu Yanxi to send troops back to help. If you come to Dingzhou, you will all be delayed on the way.

As for the decisive battle before the retreat of the Han army in the north, it was simply impossible. The Xiaowu army of the Northern Han Army is the light cavalry, they will definitely blockade the vicinity of Dingzhou, and it is impossible for the Cangzhou Iron Cavalry to sneak up on their reconnaissance and approach quietly. At that time, the Han army in the north could retreat calmly, and the iron horsemen who had driven hundreds of miles were sleepy and tired, and they could not catch up with others at all.

Now it's up to Xuan Shuai to have any way to keep the Cangzhou Iron Horse in his hands!

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Beiping County, 70 miles northeast of Dingzhou, is still full of people after nightfall, inside and outside the city, there are many bonfires like stars. The former army units of the Liao Army, which broke through from the three mouths of Dingbei, are now stationed here.

According to Xiao Fengxian's orders, the army led by Ma Renwang should not have captured Beiping County, but should have attacked Dingzhou. However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and when Zhang Lin led his troops to arrive outside Beiping County, the officials and people in the city were staging a great escape. There was no one on duty in the city, and everyone scrambled to run away.

It turned out that this run was caused by two generals and horses who drove over Gaoyangguan Road, and when these two generals rushed to Beiping County, the officials and gentry and people in the city were very happy. I thought that a savior had come, but I didn't expect the bad news of the fall of Anyangkoupu the next day, and then the more than 10,000 troops stationed in Beiping County also ran away. This frightened the officials and gentry and people of Beiping County, and even tens of thousands of officials and soldiers slipped away, what did they insist on?

So he also ran away, and before he could run cleanly, Zhang Lin took a few thousand people from the two Lin Army to occupy an undefended county seat.

When the horse man Wang arrived at the city of Liangyulin under the county town of Beiping, it was already night, and the bonfires inside and outside the camp were dotted. Zhang Lin, who had just settled the troops, was waiting outside the gate.

When the horsemen looked at the dismount, Zhang Lin didn't talk nonsense, and immediately reported: "Stay behind, about 10,000 Song troops left Beiping County this morning and went in the direction of Dingzhou City." ”

"More than 10,000?" The centaur was stunned, "Is it the forbidden army?" ”

"It's the two generals of the new army on Gaoyang Guanlu!" Zhang Lin frowned and said, "If they enter Dingzhou City, we won't be able to defeat Dingzhou." ”

"Then divide the troops to Wangdu, Tangxian, and Quyang, and then block the left side of Dingzhou with light cavalry." The centaur smiled, "Anyway, we're here to plunder, so we'll leave when we've had enough." Dingzhou City can be beaten, and it doesn't matter if it can't be beaten. ”

The Liao State was not as good as the Great Song Dynasty in war, and the front-line commanders had great authority and could be flexibly controlled. Therefore, Ma Renwang didn't have to carry out Xiao Fengxian's death order at all.

He thought for a while, and then said, "After we finish plundering, we can also show weakness and lure the enemy...... That Liang Zimei shouldn't know how many soldiers and horses we have. Maybe you will be deceived and follow the pursuit. ”

Zhang Lin grinned. His soldiers and horses harvested a lot of oil and water in Beiping County, although most of the people ran away, but they were too hurried, leaving a lot of property. In particular, the treasury of the county government was full of grain, which was presumably used to meet the reserves of the siege, and now it is all owned by the family. Next, we will visit Wangdu, Tangxian, and Quyang, and you can also search the countryside of Dingzhou, and you will definitely be able to return with a full load in the end!

As for whether Liang Zimei will come to give away the head, he doesn't care at all.

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