Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Tong Guan was still dreaming of Yeluchun bowing his head and proclaiming himself a minister in Xiongzhou City, and the Song Dynasty peacefully took over Yanjing City. However, news of the Song Army's defeat came from the front line one after another, and both the Eastern and Western Route Army suffered heavy setbacks.

When they learned that the Liao army was still too strong for the Song army to defeat, Tong Guan and the staff in Xuanfu's yamen were all dumbfounded.

Not only is the Hebei Frontier Army unavailable, but the Western Army, which has experienced many battles, is also useless?Tong Guan felt a little regretful at this time, he shouldn't have rushed to the muddy water of Yanjing.

After receiving the letter from Zhong Shidao and He Shen who disagreed with each other, Tong Guan discussed with his staff and decided that it is better to avoid the war, and ordered the army to withdraw to Xiongzhou to rest and wait for orders.

After receiving Tong Taiwei's instruction to withdraw the troops, Zhong Shidao immediately informed the generals, ordering the Dong and West Route Army to prepare their luggage and prepare for retreat.

When Tong Guan issued the order to withdraw the troops, the information was quickly sent to Cangzhou by flying horses, and fell into the hands of Du Chong and Ximenqing, the prefect of Cangzhou.

Du Chong and Ximen Qing immediately dispatched troops to ambush at the border of Song and Liao...

In the camp of the East Route Army of the Song Army, Yang Keshi, the former commander of the army, saw that the army was about to retreat, so he said to Zhong Shidao: "The Liao army approached our army from the south. Although they won a few small victories, they did not have any major results.

If our army strictly guards the camp, the Liao army, although brave, will have nothing to do with our army.

Now that our army is about to retreat, the Liao army must take this opportunity to cover up and kill our army.

It is better for our army to withdraw the heavy troops first at night, leaving the elite troops behind.

When the supply troops are far away, let the elite troops retreat calmly in the middle of the night.

After our army has elite soldiers, we can guard against the pursuit of the Liao army.

And quietly retreating at night can also deceive people's eyes and ears. When the Liao army discovered that our army was retreating south at dawn, the army had already gone far, and the Liao army could not catch up.

The general thought that it would be more appropriate and safe for our army to retreat in this way.

The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the army to end the army. "

Although Yang Keshi's arrow wound on his chest has not healed and two of his teeth have been knocked out, he is still fearless and dares to fight the Liao army.

Naturally, such a way of teaching would not let Yang Keshi, who was injured, die. It would sweep the face of the generals of the Western Army.

However, Zhong Shidao did not adopt Yang Keshi's opinion to withdraw the troops overnight, but chose to withdraw the troops with great fanfare after dawn the next day.

Zhong Shidao believes that the Liao army has scouts cruising around the Song army camp to spy, and Yang Keshi's plan to escape in the dark is not feasible, and he will definitely be discovered by the Liao army.

Chased by the Liao army in the dark, it is difficult for the various departments of the Song army to fight together, and it is easier to be defeated by the Liao army.

Therefore, the plan of cultivating the way of teachers is to withdraw troops in an upright manner in the daytime, and the armies are orderly and protect each other.

In fact, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong in the opinions of Zhong Shidao and Yang Keshi.Things have come to this point, if you want to get rid of the Liao army silently, it is tantamount to a dream.

The only difference is that being chased at night or being chased during the day will cause less damage.

The news of the withdrawal of the Song army was quickly reported to Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi, the chief generals of the Liao army, by Tanma.

Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi had the same opinion. Although the imperial court had sent envoys to negotiate with the Song people, we should not rely on the Song people's conscience to find out and return to the old friendship with the Liao Kingdom.

At this time, it is appropriate to take advantage of the victory to pursue and teach the Song army a painful lesson, so that the Song people will not dare to invade the north again.

Therefore, seeing that the Song army was about to withdraw, Xiao Qian joined forces with Yelu Dashi and led the cavalry to pursue the Song army.

Xiao Qian was good at using troops, he did not urge the cavalry to pursue with all his strength, but fell behind the Song army not too far away, watching the Song army retreat southward.

When Yelu Dashi asked Xiao Qian about this move, Xiao Qian said with a smile: "Lin Ya, when the Southern Army first pulled out its battalion and retreated southward, they made great fanfare and lined up a majestic formation to guard against our army's pursuit.

At this time, the southern army is still far away from Xiongzhou City. If our army launches an attack on the southern army, the southern army will know that they cannot escape, and the whole army will inevitably fight to the death.Even if our army can win, we have to sacrifice many Haojilang's lives.

Our army had to wait until the southern army withdrew to the point where Xiongzhou City could be seen before launching a surprise attack.

The southern army was in sight, so they must have no intention of fighting, and would rush to flee to Xiongzhou City.

At that time, the Southern Army's hearts were out of alignment, and they were in disorder, and our army could kill many Southern Dogs without any effort. "

Yelu Dashi heard this, and said with a smile: "Hahaha~ King Xiao uses his soldiers like a god, it's really a blessing for me in Daliao! If so, King Xiao and I will send the Southern Army a ride!"

Just as Xiao Qian expected, when the Song army first discovered that the Liao army was trailing, everyone was on guard and wanted to form an formation to protect themselves.

However, the Liao army did not catch up to fight, but followed the Song army far away, as if they just wanted to confirm the withdrawal of the Song army and see the Song army off.

There is a saying in the art of war, "One vigorous effort, then weakened, and three exhausted."

Song Jun was followed by Liao Jun for a long time, and his tight heart gradually relaxed.The closer he was to Xiongzhou City, the less he wanted to fight the Liao army to the death.

Finally, Xiongzhou City in the south appeared in the eyes of the Song and Liao armies.

Today's withdrawal seems to be safe and sound, and there will be no war.The soldiers of the Song Army were secretly glad that there were even cheers and laughter from the soldiers and light-hearted reprimands from the generals in the ranks.

Just when the entire Song Army relaxed, the Liao Army, under the leadership of Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi, suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Song Army.

At this time, the generals of the Song Army were in a state of confusion, thinking that they would be safe and sound if they escaped into Xiongzhou City, and they would not have the will to fight the Liao Army.

When the Liao army charged, all the troops of the Song army were defeated and fell into chaos.

During the pursuit of the Liao army, all the soldiers and horses of the Song army fled to the base camp of Xiongzhou City, throwing all their luggage on the road.

At this time, although Zhong Shidao tried his best to restrain his troops, the whole army was in chaos, and no one listened to his orders from the Chinese army.

Yelu Dashi had already set his sights on Zhongjun Zhongjun's flag, and took advantage of the chaos to kill the Song army leader Zhongshidao with a group of troops.

At the critical moment, the chief general of the Xuanfeng Army, Zhongshizhong, didn't care much, and led Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and other generals to protect Zhongshidao and hurriedly retreated to Xiongzhou City.

Chapter 795 God can't understand

The sudden battle outside the city of Xiongzhou was seen by the city defenders on the north gate tower, and the city defenders hurriedly sent someone to report to Taiwei Tongguan in the Xuanfu Department's yamen.

In the city of Xiongzhou, Taiwei Tong Guan learned that the army led by Zhong Shidao was defeated all the way back to Xiongzhou, and hurried to the gate with his men.

When Tong Taiwei arrived at the north gate, there was already chaos inside and outside the city gate.The defeated Song army poured into the city gate continuously.Some sergeants panicked and almost ran into Tong Taiwei and his party.

"Bold! How dare you offend the captain!"

A general of the Shengjie Army beside Tong Guan rushed forward on horseback, brandishing his whip and lashing his head and face, forcing the chaotic soldiers in front of him to disperse.

Those deserters recognized Taiwei Tongguan, they didn't dare to complain, and hurriedly hid in the alley next to them.

At this time, Tong Guan didn't have the heart to care about these soldiers, he jumped off his horse, surrounded by his own troops, and hurriedly climbed up the tower.

Going up to the tower, Tong Guan looked out of the city, and saw that the Song army had been defeated and collapsed in the field to the north of the city. The [-] to [-] troops had no formation, and they were running around like rabbits being chased.In the distance, the baggage of the Song army was thrown all over the ground, and there were many discarded military flags, gongs and drums on the ground.

Behind the Song army, the Liao army cavalry did not go to grab the luggage, but divided into teams, shuttled through the Song army like the wind, and hacked the fallen Song army soldiers wantonly with sharp sabers.

The Song army, who had escaped quickly, had gathered outside the north gate of Xiongzhou City, and were scrambling to squeeze into the city.Seeing that they could not enter the city, the Song army who escaped slower simply gave up the north gate and ran around the city wall of Xiongzhou City to the east and west, preparing to enter the city from the east gate and west gate.

"Hateful! The way of teaching is wronging the country! The [-] troops fled without a fight! Come on, close the city gate! Order the troops outside the city to fight back on the spot, on the spot!"