Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Chapter 61 The painful loss of Yanjing City

Under the Forbidden City, Pharmacist Guo was leading his army to fight hard when he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the Liao army on the opposite side. He stopped holding his spear and looked up.

At this time, a large apricot-yellow flag had been erected on the wall of the Forbidden Palace. There was a colorful phoenix embroidered on the flag, with a big "Xiao" character in the middle. Under the flagpole, there was a man wearing a uniform The woman with a short golden bow is bending her bow and arrow to shoot down the Song soldiers below.

Naturally, the woman Guo Yaoshi recognized her as Empress Xiao, who was currently the regent of the Liao Kingdom. She shot and killed the Song soldiers while shouting: "All officers and soldiers, listen to the order. The Song army is brutal. If the forbidden palace is breached, the nest will be overthrown." Is An's egg intact? Now General Xiao Qian has mobilized all his troops to return reinforcements. He will arrive soon. When the time comes, the inside and outside will cooperate, and the Song invaders will be driven out of Yanjing! Today's battle is a battle for the survival of our clan. This is The palace and the soldiers will fight to the death together!"

Empress Xiao's words completely ignited the morale of the Liao army and the people below. They all fought bravely to be the first. Even the unarmed people jumped on a Song soldier in several numbers. They ignored themselves and just used fists and kicks.Although Yaoshi Guo launched several waves of charges one after another, he had no choice but to divide his troops to guard various city gates. In addition, Song soldiers deserted the team, and his troops were already stretched thin at this time.The Liao army was helped by the common people, and Empress Xiao fought with them. Their morale was so high that they were at a stalemate for a while.

At this time, in the city of Yanjing, a delicate balance had been formed between the Song and Liao armies. The Song army was elite, but its strength was insufficient. Coupled with the breakdown of military discipline, the people were dissatisfied and started to resist.The Liao army had fewer troops. Fortunately, there were civilians to help fight, but the weapons were insufficient and it was difficult to sustain.This balance can be changed with just one straw, and this important straw is the army that comes to help.

At the southeast city gate, Yang Keshi led his army to repulse several waves of Liao soldiers' attacks. Now he is standing at the top of the city, looking anxiously into the distance, thinking that according to the agreement, Liu Guangshi's army should have arrived in Yanjing by this time. But why is there still no movement outside the city?While he was doubting, he suddenly saw dust rising from a distance, and a team of military horses galloping towards him. Yang Keshi was overjoyed, expecting that Liu Guangshi was coming to help, and the battle could be decided.

But the army and horses stopped at the new tomb of Tianxi Emperor Yelv Chun outside the city and raised a large flag. Yang Keshi could clearly see that it read "Xiao, King of the Fourth Army" on it, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

It turned out that during the melee in Yanjing City, Xiao Qian mobilized all his troops and quickly returned for reinforcements.Before leaving, all the food and baggage were scattered, and then set on fire, forming a wall of fire that stretched for miles.

Originally, Liu Yanqing could lead his army to attack when the Liao army was throwing away their baggage, but he was timid and thought that the Liao army was deceitful, so he just watched from a distance as the Liao army arranged everything.When the fire broke out, Liu Yanqing woke up as if from a dream and led his army out. However, the fire was raging and it was difficult for the Song army to break through. Instead, the Liao army behind them killed hundreds of people with random arrows.In the end, they could only watch Xiao Qian lead his army away through the wall of fire.

Xiao Qian led his army to the outside of Yanjing City, raised a big flag, marshaled his troops and horses, and then ordered his men to pretend to attack the southeast gate, while he led hundreds of elites to quietly reach a secret door outside the city.This secret door was originally opened to prevent the emperor and his concubines from being captured. When Song soldiers stole the city, Empress Xiao sent someone to pass the message to Xiao Qian from here. Now that Xiao Qian came here, he used it again From this gate, lead your elite troops into the city.

When he arrived at the city, Xiao Qian took a look at the few Song soldiers guarding the city at the north gate. He led his men to attack the north gate and ordered others to notify the army to move north.

Compared with the southeast gate guarded by Yang Keshi, the defenders at the north gate were almost without fighting, with only a hundred Song soldiers taking a nap against the city wall.When Xiao Qian saw this, he led his troops to attack without replying. He raised his sword and dropped it, causing several heads to fall to the ground.When the Song soldiers saw the enemy coming to attack, they hurriedly stood up to greet them. However, no matter who was the opponent of Xiao Qian's elite soldiers, they were all killed in a matter of seconds. Not even the person who reported the news escaped.

The Liao army outside the city received Xiao Qian's order and left only a few troops to pretend to attack the southeast gate, while the rest galloped north.Yang Keshi on the top of the city could see clearly, but he was really powerless and could only pray in his heart that the north gate would not be lost.

Unfortunately, things went against expectations. Xiao Qian saw the army coming from the top of the city and ordered the city gates to be opened wide, and [-] troops filed in.Xiao Qian gave an order, and the Liao army was divided into several teams to annihilate the Song army entering the city, while he led a large group of troops to rescue the Forbidden Palace.

Outside the Forbidden Palace, Pharmacist Guo was leading his troops to attack the Forbidden Palace. Suddenly, shouts of killing came from the rear. Looking back, he saw that Xiao Qian had led his army into his rear formation, and the killing was a chaos.When Medicine Master Guo saw Xiao Qian, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Mediocre generals have deceived me!" He saw that Xiao Qian's army had arrived, and he could not defend it with just a few thousand men and horses, but Liu Guangshi's reinforcements did not know it at this time. Wherever I was, I decided to quit.

With this thought in mind, he led his army to retreat eastward. As he was marching, he encountered Yang Keshi, his face covered with blood, and he was fleeing in defeat.When the two met, Pharmacist Guo said: "General Yang, it's a pity that this victory has failed. Now the Liao army has breached the city gate. If we don't take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city and wait for the Liao army to recover, I'm afraid we will be buried here." ”

Yang Keshi also knew that the matter had come to this, and breaking out of the tight siege was the right way, so he nodded and agreed with Yaoshi Guo's idea, and the two of them headed for the west gate where the shouts of killing were weaker, protected by a group of personal guards.

Guo and Yang fought and retreated. When they came near the west gate, they met up with Gao Shixuan, who was also retreating. The three of them led their guards to the city gate. Suddenly, a whistle was heard, and countless Liao soldiers poured out of the houses everywhere. The three of them were surrounded.It turned out that Xiao Qian had already expected that Guo Yaoshi and others would retreat when he divided his troops, so he ordered all the gates except the west gate to make loud noises, making Guo Yaoshi think that there were Liao troops in all the other gates, so it was feasible to leave only the west gate.And he ordered all the Ximen defenders to hide in the surrounding houses and wait for Pharmacist Guo to arrive.In the chaos of the battle, Medical Master Guo could not think too much and retreated all the way to the west gate, where he was ambushed.

Seeing that the city gate was tightly closed and ambush troops were everywhere, they frightened Yaoshi Guo and others out of their wits. It took them a while to regain their senses and lead their guards to break through.It's a pity that they fell into a trap. The three of them clashed several times, but they were all suppressed by the Liao army.

Seeing more and more Liao troops gathering around him, Pharmacist Guo suddenly discovered that there were no defenders at the top of the city, so he came up with a plan. He said to Yang Keshi and Gao Shixuan: "Now the Liao army has closed the city gate and is chasing people everywhere. We are like catching turtles in an urn. We want to break through the siege. It is impossible to break out of the city. I see that there is no Liao army at the top of the city. How about we retreat to the top of the city and fall down from the city with a long rope?"

Yang Keshi and Gao Shixuan looked at each other and nodded in agreement, so the three of them jumped off their horses, took out the long ropes behind the horses, and ordered their guards to resist the Liao army at the stairs to the upper city. The three of them quickly ran towards the city wall. At the crenel.After the rope was tied, Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi went straight down to the outside of the city.

Here, Gao Shixuan was about to cross the crenel and go down the rope. Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in his ears, and he was pierced by a spear through his chest and nailed to the ground.When he looked back, it turned out that Xiao Qian had already repulsed the Song soldiers in front of the Forbidden Palace and led his army to the west gate to stop Guo Pharmacist. Unfortunately, he arrived a step too late and Guo Pharmacist escaped. He happened to see Gao Shixuan about to cross the crenel. He grabbed the spear from his subordinate and threw it with all his strength, piercing Gao Shixuan's heart.

Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi turned around and saw Gao Shixuan being stabbed in the chest by a spear and died on the spot, and they quickly fled away.Xiao Qian ordered his men to open the city gate and pursue Guo and Yang, but they were both brave generals and had their two horses robbed and fled.In desperation, Xiao Qian had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the city to clear out the remaining Song soldiers in the city.

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