Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Yang Keshi heard the words of the Han people in Zhuozhou, and learned from the Tanma Office that there were only [-] Khitan troops in Xincheng County, Zhuozhou, and the defense was weak. , Straight to Xincheng County, Zhuozhou.

Yang Keshi wanted to defeat the two thousand Khitan army, capture Yelu Dashi alive, persuade the Han army defending the city of Zhuozhou to surrender, and win the first city into Yanyun for Taiwei Tongguan.

Because of his eagerness for meritorious service, Yang Keshi did not wait for the Chinese army who cultivated the way of teachers to reach the Juma River, so he led the five thousand Qingqi from his headquarters into the battle rashly.

Unexpectedly, Yang Keshi's army fell into the trap of Yelu Dashi, and the Han people who came to join Yang Keshi were all spies sent by the Guo Pharmacist Department of the Changsheng Army.

Yelu Dashi's plan was to attract the Song Army's East Route Army to come out in full force, and use cavalry to divide and encircle the Song Army in Zhuozhou and annihilate them one by one.

What Yelu Dashi didn't expect was that although the Song Army was in the trap, because of the discord in the army, the former army commander Yang Keshi and the capital commander Zhong Shidao fought on their own, which caused the main infantry of the East Route Army to fail to follow suit. However, only the [-] cavalry of Yang Keshi fell into the trap set by Yelu Dashi.

When Yang Keshi's troops marched to the southeast of Xincheng County, Langoudian by the Liuli River, they were surrounded and killed by Yelu Dashi's ambushes. After a bloody battle, they left more than 3000 Song Army cavalry corpses and returned in embarrassment.

Although Yang Keshi was defeated, his aggressive advance while underestimating the enemy made the Eastern Route Army avoid the ambush of the entire army by accident.

Yelu Dashi fell short and led his troops in pursuit of Yang Keshi's army, all the way to the north bank of the Juma River at the junction of the two countries.

The Liao army arrived one after another. After Yelu Dashi gathered [-] people around him, he was about to cross the river and enter the territory of the Song Dynasty. It happened that the Chinese army, which was controlled by the Song army, rushed to the south bank of the Juma River.Therefore, the two armies camped across the Juma River and confronted each other.

On the banks of the Yishui River in the upper reaches of the Juma River, Xiao Qian's army also approached the West Route Army of the Song Army stationed in Fan Village.

Although Yang Keshi suffered setbacks, there were still more than [-] Song Army East Route Army, and their strength still seemed to surpass Yelu Dashi's Liao Army.

Therefore, after Yang Keshi got a supplementary rest, he regrouped and took advantage of the strength of the Song army to send his subordinate Zhao Ming to lead the army to surrender the Liao army with the yellow list flag.

After Zhao Ming took the order, he led his troops to line up across the Juma River with the Liao army, only to hear the Han people in the Liao army swearing across the river, asking how Nangou dared to break his promise and invade the home of our Yan people.

When Zhao Ming heard this, his face turned ashen, and he led the troops to occupy the bridgehead of the Juma River boundary bridge, shouted loudly to surrender to the Liao army, and sent someone to send the yellow list flag to the Liao army on the other side of the river.

When Yelu Dashi heard that the Song army did not know how to live or die, and dared to send people to surrender, he came to the front of the battle with all his clothes on, and asked his subordinates to send a message, asking the general of the Song army to come out and talk to him.

Yang Keshi, the former commander of the army, heard the words and rode to the bridge.

After the two met, Yelu Dashi saw that it was his defeated general Yang Keshi who came, so he advised him to retreat immediately to avoid defeat.However, Yang Keshi boasted that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had enough food and grain, and asked Yelu Dashi not to resist stubbornly and die with Yanjing City.

The two were not speculative, and after a few curses across the river, Yelu Dashi gave an order, and the Liao army launched an attack on the Song army.

After the two armies fought across the river, arrows from the Liao army rained down, and many Song troops were shot down in an instant.Yang Keshi was almost hit by an arrow, so he hurriedly commanded Zhao Ming to lead his troops to fight back, and at the same time sent someone to report to the Chinese military division.

In the camp of the Chinese army where Zhong Shidao learned that the Liao army had taken the initiative to attack, although Zhong Shidao was unwilling to go to war with the Liao army, he also knew that the imperial court's strategy of recruiting the Liao army had failed, and a war between the two armies was inevitable.

The generals in the battalion couldn't hold back when they heard the battle horns of the former army, and said to Zhong Shidao: "Duzhi, if according to the imperial court's policy, if the soldiers recruit Yanjing peacefully without bloodshed, then all the credit will be given by He Shen and Xuan." Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others in the Fusi yamen got it, but what do you want us fighters to do?

Now that the Liao dog has come to your door, why not dispatch the whole army to destroy the Liao dog and occupy Yanjing.This day's great contribution must belong to our Western Army! "

"If you generals want to fight, then our army will fight!"

Zhong Shidao stood up, drew his sword and shouted.

7 Ninety Chapters Contribute to Du Chong

In Cangzhou, Hebei, in the yamen of the prefect, Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou, is hosting a banquet for an important guest—Ximen Qing, a hero from Yanggu County, a well-known hero in Shandong, Hebei.

At the banquet, "beautiful bearded man" Zhu Ting, "faceless" Jiao Ting, and "Jiang Menshen" Jiang Zhong also sat around to drink with each other.

After Ximenqing and his party traveled eastward from Xiongzhou to Cangzhou, they rested in their own manor for a day, leaving Duan Jingzhu and Yue Fei to continue training soldiers and horses, and brought Jiao Ting and Jiang Zhong into Cangzhou City. , Visited Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou.

Du Chong was overjoyed by Ximen Qing's sudden visit. He asked his wife to take Xiao Ya Nei out to meet the savior Ximen Qing, and immediately hosted a banquet in the mansion to entertain Ximen Qing.

Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou, was also an ambitious person. Like He Shen, the prefect of Xiongzhou, he wanted to take advantage of the imperial court's Northern Expedition to make contributions.

Because of Du Chong's immediate boss, Tong Guan, Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hedong, chose to garrison in Xiongzhou, so that the prefect of Xiongzhou and Shen took the lead.

After learning that He Shen was appointed by Taiwei Tong Guan as the deputy commander of the Liao Army, Du Chong was envious, and was also thinking about how to participate in the next battle, so that the court and Tong Taiwei could see his talents.

On the one hand, Du Chong wrote a letter to Taiwei Tongguan, making suggestions for the expedition against Liao, and on the other hand, he asked his confidant and beloved general Zhu Dian to prepare the army and wait for dispatch at any time.

At this time, Ximenqing's visit was a great help to Du Chong.

At the beginning, Ximenqing strategized and helped Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, to wipe out tens of thousands of robbers in Liangshanpo. Du Chong also actively cooperated and sent Zhu Dian to lead the army to participate in the battle.

Therefore, Du Chong and Zhu Dian knew Ximen Qing's ability well.

Moreover, Ximenqing and Du Chong also cooperated a lot in Cangzhou. Chai Jin's manor is now occupied by Ximen Qing, and "Jiang Menshen" Jiang Zhong trained a private army of thousands of people with Du Chong's acquiescence.

Now that Ximen Qing is here, Du Chong happened to discuss with Ximen Qing and asked him and Jiang Zhong to send troops to help him.

After talking about some parents' gossip at the banquet, everyone naturally talked about the current major event of the court, the upcoming battle on the border between Song and Liao.

Du Chong bluntly said to Ximenqing that he hoped that the Ximenqing brothers could help him make contributions in the battle of the Liao Dynasty as he assisted Cheng Wanli.

Du Chong said that he knew that Ximen Qing had no desire to seek fame and fortune in the court, so in this cooperation, Du Chong only needs the name of victory, so that Ximen Qing can take advantage of the reality of victory.If it is captured, Ren Ximenqing will take it first.

After hearing this, Ximenqing secretly slandered in his heart, Cheng Wanli entrusted his daughter to this high official, so I helped him wipe out the Liangshanbo bandits.You, Du Chong, don't have a daughter to marry this official, so you want me to help you?

If it weren't for the interests of my officials in Cangzhou, I might not care about your life or death.

He teased Du Chong in his heart, but Ximen Qing said to Du Chong with a smile on his face: "Dear brother invites you, how dare you refuse to obey?

To tell you the truth, my younger brother came to Cangzhou, Song and Liao border to start the war between the two countries, and I came to help my dear one or two.

The younger brother also has a huge property in Cangzhou, if something happens to Cangzhou, the younger brother will suffer a lot.

Therefore, the younger brother will lead the army to help my dear brother guard this Cangzhou and prevent the Liao army from going south. "

Hearing this, Du Chong took a deep breath, frowned, and asked, "According to what brother Ximen said, my army of [-] in the Song Dynasty cannot capture Yanjing, but it will provoke the Liao army to invade south? Brother Yu is about to lead the army to go Xiongzhou is participating in the war, if according to what my virtuous brother said, I should strengthen the defense of Cangzhou to prevent accidents?"

"Little brother has exactly this intention! My dear brother, I came from Xiongzhou this time, and I specially watched the military appearance of the Western Army. Most of the Western Army is infantry, fighting in this plain area, it is by no means an opponent of the Khitan cavalry. As I expected, within a few days, there will be a battle between the Song and Liao armies, and the Western army will repeat Taizong's defeat at Gaolianghe."

Ximen Qing said to Du Chong very firmly.

"If my soldiers from Cangzhou and Ximen Brothers go to help in the battle, will there be a chance to turn things around?"

Knowing that Ximen Qing was good at using soldiers, Du Chong asked with luck.

"Brother, you can't go to Xiongzhou at this time. Then Xiongzhou will become a millstone of flesh and blood. The two armies of Song and Liao are fighting at the border. Thousands of soldiers from Cangzhou are just adding a spoonful of oil to the fire. It’s hard to change the tide of battle.”

Ximenqing shook his head, telling Du Chong to give up his plan to go to Xiongzhou to make contributions.

Du Chong's Hebei Cangzhou Army is not as elite as the Western Army. Although Zhu Dian is a brave general, he may not be as good as Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Yang Keshi, Wang Zhi, Han Shizhong and other generals.What can the Cangzhou army and horses do to turn the tide?

The Cangzhou army went to Xiongzhou at this time, which could not save the fate of the Western Army's defeat, but only increased the casualties of thousands of people, that's all.

Although Ximenqing himself has thousands of well-trained elite soldiers, he will not let them work for Song Dynasty at this time.

After listening to Ximen Qing's words, Du Chong sighed and said to everyone: "This government has received the favor of the country, and I have long thought of serving the court. Is it possible that this time I can only protect the environment and the people, and sit back and watch the success or failure of the two armies?"

Zhu Ting persuaded from the side: "Prefect and Prime Minister, Brother Ximenqing has always predicted things like a god, and sees opportunities.