Chapter 856: Cutting the soil (1)(2/2)
When Otra launched an attack on the Song army, the Great Benedict also ordered the wooden rafts to be discharged. Under the urging of the waves, several rows of wooden rafts rushed to the beach in Hexi, and many Liao soldiers rushed to the opposite bank with the help of the wooden rafts. Zhe Kexing had to order arrows to be shot to death. Some Liao soldiers were shot to death, and some Liao soldiers were bumping into the river because the wooden rafts were bumpy in the waves. However, under the heavy reward of the Great Benedict, more Liao soldiers jumped onto the wooden rafts.
At this moment, bundles of sorghum stubble suddenly floated upstream, and there were still many oil stains on the water surface. When they arrived at the wooden raft, they blocked them together. The slaves of Damei ordered the withdrawal of troops. But it was too late. The Song army shot up one by one rocket, and a large fire immediately rose in the center of the river, and most of the Liao soldiers were burned to death.
The raft plan was announced to be failed.
However, this fire attack gave Dafeng Nu an inspiration. There are several good ferries at the entrance of Wankou. The lowest ferry is the Hekou Ferry, located to the west of Dongshengzhou City, only a few miles away from Zhoucheng. Once you cross the Yellow River, it is only more than 200 miles away from Jinsu City. As long as you go to the other side, no matter how many troops the Song army has, no matter how many troops there are, the Song army will be defeated. Moreover, Dongshengzhou City is not too far from this side, and you can transfer the army to Hekou Ferry in one day.
But the problem is that the Song Dynasty moored many warships on the river, and all of them had arrow piles on them. If the Liao army wanted to cross the river, the Song army would be unable to move by the river as long as the ship was sailed over and hid in the arrow pile and shot arrows.
However, there is a ready-made solution now. Under his order, some Liao troops moved to the Hekou Ferry, and some cavalry came to the upper reaches of the Hekou Ferry to prepare forage bales. As for the fierce turbulent oil, the Liao Kingdom had it very early, but it lacked relevant refining technology and was not as powerful as the Song Dynasty.
The preparations were made and they were about to start burning the Song Dynasty warships, but at this time the Song army suddenly sent two ships. They also dragged the wooden rafts and used the advantages of countless bay entrances in this area to place the wooden rafts in the center of the river with iron anchors. The grass and oil came up, blocking them one by one in front of the two rafts. The Liao army was stunned. Should it be burned or not? If they didn't burn, the Song army burned them for them, and rockets shot over, but the flames did not burn a single hair of the Song army.
The slave of Great Compassion was even more anxious. He made one drum, two drums were exhausted, and three drums were declining. Otla did not need scouts to inquire in Hexi. He also knew that he was fighting hard at this time, but he had not seen the army crossing the river for a long time. If the tone declined, more than 100,000 troops would be gone. Moreover, the morale of his own army was depressed. Maybe the Song army would cross the river with victory and hundreds of thousands of troops would be ruined here, which would truly become a battle of national destiny.
Forced to have no choice, he thought for a long time, and finally came up with another way, which was to attack Muna Mountain. Now the Song Dynasty sent ships to the river east of Muna Mountain, which was the original section of the Liao Kingdom. However, capturing Muna Mountain was equivalent to extending the section to Sanchawan. There were so many ships in the Song Dynasty, and the section of the river was more than doubled, so there were loopholes everywhere. The Liao army could wait for an opportunity to cross the river, and at most it would cost some sacrifices. But as long as it crossed the river, it would be a beautiful victory.
Indeed, this is the biggest loophole in the entire cage plan. If Otla decisively abandoned the people of Xixia who defected to him when he retreated from Yanzhou, and regardless of hardship, he directly penetrated the entire Hetao and marched to the other side of the Muna Mountains and Rivers, and then sent a scout to order the Tiande army to attack south, it would force the Song army to directly send a large army to fight him head-on, even if he achieved some results, it would be far less than the subsequent results.
But at that time, Otra was still thinking about good things.
So two months passed, and now the construction of all the forts in Beihetao was completed, and reserve reinforcements were also arrived one after another. If it weren't for this war, Wang Judu would have been preparing to mobilize the military and civilians to build the Great Wall at some gaps in Yinshan.
Now the Liao army remembered to attack Munashan, and there was no time to do anything. Although the Liao army did not take down any of the forts in Munashan, it was not allowed to take down any of them. On the contrary, it also lost some troops. But the Song army was the deadliest killer.
Many ministers of the Song Dynasty complained about the cost of this military use, and some even said that Wang Ju was borrowing debts to fight!
But this money is not spent in vain, such as military strength.
Otla lamented that the scale of the Song Dynasty's troops this time was actually from Yuzhou to Heqing Army, including Beihetao, but there were only more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians, and there were still some!
The war now has nothing to do with Fuyan Road and Huanqing Road. Therefore, Liu Changzuo, Zhong Shidao and other generals were drawn out. Zhong Shidao was the commander of the Western Army. In fact, Wang Ju and Zhang Feng wanted Zhong Shidao to serve as the commander of the Central Army. It was not only a battle, but also a training. But I was afraid that Qu Zhen would not accept it, so I changed it to the commander of the Western Army, Sun Zhao and Peng Sun as the deputy generals, Guo Jingxiu and Yao Gu to move forward and the troops came out of the Volcanic Army.
Liu Changzuo was the chief general of the Central Army and the chief general of the three armies. In order to prevent mutual cooperation, at the same time, at the request of Wang Ju, the court issued an edict allowing Liu Changzuo to have the power to live and kill. Even if the commander of the Western Army, Zhong Shidao and Qu Zhen, the commander of the Eastern Army, did not listen to the mobilization, Liu Changzuo had the right to kill him! At the same time, in order to give Liu Changzuo more authority, Li Xian was appointed as the chief supervisor of the three armies. Xue Yi and Yao Yi were the deputy general of the Central Army, Wang Guangzu, Wang Wenzhen moved forward, and Wang Shilong moved backward, and his troops went out of the Kelan Army.
The head general of the Eastern Army was Qu Zhen, and the deputy general was Mi Yun. Moving forward was Zhong Pu. This was also the only three routes with the least military force. The troops left Yanmen Pass.
Three troops rushed towards Shuozhou, Wuzhou, and at the same time under the banner of capturing the Liao lord alive.
Why can I listen to Yelu Hongji alive? Because now, the troops in several states behind the mountain have all been brought to several ferries in Junzijin, or are trapped in Zhuilunchuan, and the entire Liao Kingdom is empty behind the mountain, and Yelu Hongji happens to stay in Yunzhou.
Yunzhou is not on the front line, but there is a road from Shuozhou that way to lead Yunzhou. The Liao army hoarded a lot of troops in various states, but Pan Mei still took Yunzhou in more than 30 days, and at the same time, he also took Yingzhou. As long as the Song army is fast enough, it can completely capture Yunzhou City with empty troops before the main army of Liao Kingdom retreated. Of course, Yelu Hongji will be captured alive...
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Chapter completed!