At this time, Liang Shicheng said: "For the Empress Dowager of Liao, either beg for surrender from the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty. You must know that the Jin Dynasty is brutal and cruel, killing and surrendering to our heavenly dynasty is the wisest. Please send an order to discuss peace quickly and dare not delay. You must know that once the Liao Dynasty begs for surrender from the Jin Dynasty, even if we take down the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the future, we will also give the Jin Dynasty an annual monies every year and owe them favors. Since the orphans and widows are asking for their homes, how can I turn a blind eye to the Song Dynasty?"

Bullying orphans and widowed mothers seemed to have become a tradition of the emperors of the Song Dynasty. Chai Rong died long ago, and Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin bullied Xiao Fuhou and Chai Zongxun. Later, Song Taizu Zhao Guangyi bullied widowed sister-in-law. For the monarch and ministers of this country, bullying orphans and widowed mothers is the greatest happiness.

Song Huizong was blinded by victory and ignored actual needs. Instead, he took it for granted that the Liao Kingdom had really surrendered and was defeated. In this case, he couldn't help but imagine that he would go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan Mountains by himself.

Yes, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Once the Liao Kingdom cannot withstand and surrender to the Jin army, it will be no more than the loss. Thinking of this, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, the Emperor, decided to negotiate peace without seeing the Liao Kingdom's special envoy.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji sent someone to hurry up and pass the imperial edict to Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao, so that the army would be prepared to accept Yanshan Prefecture.

When the news of peace talks came, the old thief Tong Guan was a little hesitant. If there was no war, then the official promised to be granted the title of the prince. Once the title of the prince was not granted, what is the significance of this expedition?

After making up his mind, Tong Guan ordered Zhong Shidao to stand on time and not to advance, and urged the army to advance. He had to take the lead in taking the Yanshan Prefecture no matter what. As for the addition of the prince, he had to consider planning.

Just as Tong Guan urged the army to advance, Guo Yaoshi surrendered.

Guo Yaoshi's surrender basically confirmed that the Empress Dowager Xiao Puxian of the Liao Kingdom did not have many soldiers. He wanted to surrender even if he couldn't withstand it. He could really take down the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun without bloodshed.

However, Tong Guan also heard a news that he didn't like to hear the most, that is, Jiang Zhong's sudden military force went north, and this guy is a third-rank official. If he took the lead in Yanshan Mansion, he would be qualified to be surrendered and be qualified to be appointed as the prince.

Fortunately, there were only two thousand people, and the two brothers of Zhong Shidao were not involved in it, otherwise the trouble would be great. Tong Guan, who was extremely jealous, was lost in his eyes by jealousy. He decided to go to Yanshan Mansion as soon as possible, so he ordered someone to send Guo Yaoshi to Bianliang, and then ordered Xin Xingzong to hurry up and go north.

In order to speed up, the old thief Tong Guan personally led 10,000 cavalry to go north quickly and attacked Yanshan Prefecture. The 130,000 army continued to go north under the leadership of Xin Xingzong.

Tong Guan, who was lost in his eyes by jealousy, actually left the large army. In his opinion, since the Liao Kingdom decided to surrender, ten thousand cavalry was enough to accept the surrender. Anyway, Xin Xingzong's army arrived later.

Xin Xingzong knew it was wrong, but he just didn't have the courage to remind Tong Guan that Tong Guan was cruel and ruthless, and those who offended him would not end well. At that time, Liu Fa, a famous general in the northwest, offended Tong Guan, not only did a generation of famous generals die, but more than 100,000 troops died tragically.

Xin Xingzong, who dared not delay, could only order the large army to advance at full speed. You should know that two legs could not run four legs, so the large army was pulled further and further by Tong Guan's cavalry and gradually lost contact.

The army led by Xiao Gan was ambushing halfway early. He knew that Tong Guan's 10,000 cavalry accelerated to Nanjing Xijin Prefecture and did not stop it. Such a cavalry would never be able to capture Nanjing Xijin Prefecture, which had a tall city wall, and it would not pose a threat at all. What we have to do now is to defeat the army of the Song Dynasty behind.

The commander led the cavalry out of the large army, and such strange things could happen, which shows how vulnerable this Song army was. Xiao Gan was even more confident about this blockade. This time he chose to block the attack in the Centipede Ridge in Mentougou, and disciplined the hundreds of thousands of Song troops without any return. After annihilation of this army, he would turn around and eat Tong Guan's 10,000 cavalry.

Centipede Ridge is a very strange place and it is also the only way for Xinxingzong's army to enter Yanshan Prefecture. If you detour, you will have to walk at least two days extra. After all, the army has too much supplies, food and grass, and the marching speed is too slow. If you detour for two days, it will be even more distance from Tong Guan's front-line troops. Obviously, the Song army has no other choice but to go to Centipede Ridge.

Centipede Ridge is called a very narrow and long mountain road, with the widest place two or three miles, and the narrowest place is less than ten meters. The entire mountain road can be called a ravine that is more than ten miles long. There are mountains and steep mountains on both sides and dense forests. It is definitely a good place for ambushing.

When Xin Xingzong came to Centipede Ridge, he was a little hesitant, afraid of being attacked. However, Tong Guan's adopted son Tong Yansi tried his best to advance and firmly disagreed with the detour. The reason was that the Liao Kingdom did not have enough soldiers to ambush at all, and the Liao Kingdom had already begged for surrender, so how could it be ambushed? If the ambushed, the cavalry in front would definitely be blocked. Now that the cavalry broke through safely, it means there is no problem.

Without being able to resist Tong Yansi, Xin Xingzong could only order forward, and a 130,000 army entered the Centipede Ridge in a mighty manner. Due to the rugged mountain road, the distance between the front and rear troops became larger and larger.

By lunch, almost all the army entered the Centipede Ridge, and it was obvious that it was impossible for the soldiers to walk out of the Centipede Ridge on hunger. At this time, Xin Xingzong asked the soldiers to rest and set off after dinner.

Suddenly, bursts of explosions sounded in the centipede Ridge, and countless thunder exploded among the soldiers. Arrows flew over the sky, and the soldiers who could not dodge were shot into a hedgehog.

The soldiers rushed to fight, but the soldiers couldn't rush up the steep cliff. What's more, the thunderstorm kept falling on the mountain. Not only that, rockets fell from the sky, and the Centipede Ridge became a sea of ​​fire.

Unwilling to be shot and not want to be roasted into a suckling pig, the soldiers climbed desperately, trying to climb up the hillside, but the mountain was too steep and the difficulty of climbing was too great. What's even more terrible is that the Liao soldiers who came to the door kept shooting arrows, constantly pushing down the woods and huge rocks, and even more so that they died countless times.

After many times, these soldiers were killed, and they died in groups. After a group of them rushed up the corpses of their brothers. However, it was too difficult, and the casualties became increasingly serious. After dozens of charges and countless soldiers were killed, no soldiers chose to climb up the hillside. Everyone began to find ways to break through. Whether forward or backward, no soldiers were willing to move forward.

There was no village in front and no shop behind. Xin Xingzong knew that the middle was ambushed. At this time, he had no choice but to order the soldiers to rush forward quickly, hoping to fight out.

After all, there are more than 100,000 troops. Even though they are ambushed, most of the soldiers can still rush out. Xin Xingzong was not very busy, so he directed the soldiers to rush forward.

When the scout was investigating, the road in front of Centipede Ridge could still be passed. However, after the sneak attack began, the road ahead was blocked by giant trees and big rocks, and it was impossible to break through.

Seeing that he could not rush out, Xin Xingzong had no choice but to order the rear army to become the front army and the rear side of the army.

Centipede Ridge has become a sea of ​​fire, so it is not easy to rush out. The fire is getting stronger and stronger, countless soldiers are swallowed up, the army is in chaos, and the road is narrow, so it is easy to rush out of Taihe.

After finally rushing to the mountain pass, what came towards us was densely packed with flying arrows. Swarms fell down and soldiers were buried in the sea of ​​fire. It was not easy to rush out.

Xiao Gan had 25,000 soldiers under his command, of which 15,000 were ambushed at Centipede Ridge, and the other 10,000 were blocked at the mountain pass to prevent the Song Dynasty soldiers from breaking through.

Infantry, the Song army had no fatal flaws in cavalry at this time. Rows of infantry advanced rapidly, but arrows from the sky shot these soldiers into hedgehogs, and rows of soldiers fell down, and the rows of soldiers behind stepped on the bodies of the soldiers in front and continued to move forward.

The casualties are getting bigger and bigger, and they are getting closer and closer to the mountain pass. When they are fifty steps away from the mountain pass, they have become a meat grinder on earth. The density of arrows is already outrageous, and the overwhelming flying arrows are constantly flying. The Song army is like a team of soulless walking corpses. They know that moving forward is death, but they still move forward without hesitation. They know that retreating is a dead end. As long as they rush out, there may be a glimmer of life.

"Run!" When the distance from the mountain pass was thirty steps away, the Song army began to run forward, rushing forward one by one, stepping forward with big strides, stepping on the corpse of his brothers in his robes.

When Xiao Gan saw the Song army rushing forward desperately, he secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart. It seemed that this Song army should be an elite soldier. If it weren't for the incompetent commander, he would not have fallen to this point.

"Change the array, the spearman presses it up."

When the Song army was less than twenty steps away, Xiao Gan announced the change of formation. The archers retreated and the spearmen moved forward. The rows of spears in the hands of the spearmen were waiting for the Song army's charge. The archers hid behind the spearmen and continued to shoot arrows. Now they were using half-squat shooting. The arrows were shot down from the air, and they were even more powerful and the lethality increased a lot, and the casualties of the Song army seemed even more serious.

The terrain of Centipede Ridge is narrow, and the advantages of Song soldiers are not only incapable of showing it, but instead become a fatal disadvantage. The soldiers are crowded together and are ruthlessly hunted by the Liao army. If they stand by or retreat, they will be swallowed up by the sea of ​​fire. After dozens of charges, Song Jiang, who has exhausted his combat power, faces the death of all the troops.

The fire became stronger and stronger, and it continued until the next day. The 130,000 troops did not come out and all died in Centipede Ridge. A famous general, Xin Xingzong, committed suicide.

Originally, these 25,000 soldiers were temporary and had no combat effectiveness, but after this victory in Centipede Ridge, the soldiers were full of fighting spirit and firmly believed that the Song Dynasty army could be vulnerable and could be killed by will.

If Tong Guan knew that the 130,000 troops of Centipede Ridge were wiped out, he would not have the courage to go to Yanshan Mansion, but it would be too late to know all this.

A general was incompetent and exhausted thousands of troops. More than 100,000 troops died in Centipede Ridge, which was destined to go to the Sixteen State of Youyun this time. It would not be as smooth as the government thought. Maybe even more dangerous things will be left behind.

If Xin Xingzong's entire army was wiped out because he was careless and underestimated the enemy and was ambushed, then Zhong Shidao would be crushed with the defects of the military. Facing the Tielin Army, the last and most elite heavy-armored cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, the Western Army, which lacks cavalry, was destined to be crushed. This cannot be changed by the commander's wise nature.

The 100,000 army led by Zhong Shidao had just passed the Jinshui River and encountered the Tielin Army led by Yelu Dashi. Originally, Zhong Shidao was on standby and refused to advance, but later he received the order from Tong Guan to force the army toward Fan Yang, and in this case, he sent troops hastily.

Zhong Shidao led 10,000 elite soldiers and did not cross the Jinshui River. The one who led the army across the river was Zhong Shizhong. This time, Zhong Shidao didn't know why Tong Guan changed his mind and ordered him to lead his army forward. Although he didn't know what was going on, he vaguely remembered what Jiang Zhong said to him and guessed it. Before crossing the river, he called his younger brother Zhong Shizhong to his side and repeatedly told him not to be careless.

Zhong Shizhong is in his early fifties and has been a battle formation for a long time. He has been under the halo of his brother for many years. He wants to prove himself too much. This time he led 100,000 Western Army and was extremely confident in his heart. How could he listen to his brother's teachings?

After crossing the Jinshui River, Zhong Shizhong did not let the army rest as usual, but ordered the army to continue moving forward.

The 100,000 army was in a mighty state, and it was not long after that it encountered the Tielin Army led by Yelu Dashi.

The Zong Shi didn't care at all. The ratio of 10 to 1 is definitely a crushing advantage. However, he ignored that the opposite side was not an ordinary cavalry, but the most elite Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom. This heavy armored cavalry was the greatest reliance of the Liao Kingdom. Soldiers and war horses can be said to be armed to the teeth. Even the horse's legs were wrapped in thick leather armor, and it was difficult for ordinary swords to cut off the horse's legs. This is the biggest difference between the Tielin Army and the Western Xia Tiel Harrier. Although the Tielharer is also wearing heavy armor, the horse's knees are not guarded at all. When surrounded by infantry, the casualties are quite serious. However, the Tielin Army has only two places to conquer, one is the eyes and the other is the horse's knees. Other places are almost invulnerable.

The Tielin Army's armor is a combination of man and horses. Even if the cavalry dies in battle, as long as the horse does not fall, they can continue to sprint and continue to cause huge damage to the enemy.

Yelu Dashi looked at the overwhelming Song army opposite, and he knew that this battle would be extremely cruel. At this time, he did not blindly let the cavalry attack the opponent's formation, but waited quietly.

In the past, when the battles between Song and Liao dynasties were basically the Song army that arranged a large formation and allowed the Liao army to attack the large formation and then fell into a melee. This kind of battle began to prevail more than a hundred years ago, and became a routine, and almost every general would do this.
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