Poor Family Chapter 600

  Chapter 600 Sneak Attack on Yanjing (Part 2)

Historically, the Song army adopted Guo Yaoshi's suggestion and successfully attacked Yanjing City, but made two consecutive mistakes, which led to the Liao army's comeback. The resistance of the army and the people in the city, followed by the failure of Liu Guangshi's reinforcements to arrive in time, caused thousands of Song troops in the city to fight alone.

  Li Yanqing is not very clear about this period of history, but the background at this time is similar to history. It is reasonable to think of the strategy of sneak attacking the enemy's lair.

  But whether the same mistakes will happen again, the key lies in whether Li Yanqing can capture Yanjing City and whether the reinforcements can arrive in time.

  The 10,000 troops led by Li Yanqing left the camp and headed south after an hour, but after going south for ten miles, he made a detour to the northwest and rushed to the north of Yanjing City in a roundabout way.

At the same time, Zhong Shidao Liu Zongze led 10,000 troops to garrison Liangxiang County Daying. He personally led 50,000 troops to march towards Wanping County, while Wang Yuan and his deputy commander Zhang Shuye led 10,000 left troops. Heading northeast, they and Li Yanqing agreed to arrive at the east gate of Yanjing City at two o'clock.

   At one o'clock, Li Yanqing finally arrived outside the north gate of Yanjing City after a forced march of eighty miles. The ten thousand troops were temporarily hidden in a lush forest about two miles away from the city.

  Jianjin City is the name of the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom also called it Nanjing, but the Song Dynasty officially changed the name of Jincheng City to Yanjing City after the Song-Liao negotiations ended, and changed the name of Jinfu to Yanjing Mansion at the same time.

This is the first time that Li Yanqing has seen Yanjing City with his own eyes. In fact, he has already done enough homework in Fanyang County and has a thorough understanding of Yanjing City. shock.

Unlike many small county towns, Yanjing City is built with mud, but with large bluestones. It is extremely strong and tall. The city head is two feet and five feet wide, and three ox carts can be paralleled. The circumference of the city is more than forty miles. , there is a moat with a width of two feet outside, and a high suspension bridge is pulled over the moat.

  But the gates of each city are not exactly the same. Li Yanqing chose the North City because the North City Wall is actually a part of the Miyagi City Wall and is not as tall and strong as the other three walls.

Outside the northern city is the forbidden garden of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. It is composed of forests and grasslands with a radius of tens of miles, and the army is stationed next to the northern city gate. However, the army has been dispatched now. The military camp is empty, but there are still nearly a hundred people guarding it. barracks.

  In order not to startle the enemy, Li Yanqing's army did not attack the entire front, but sent a small number of surprise soldiers to attack the North City Gate. The burden of this attack naturally fell on Yan Qing's shoulders.

  As Marquis Yu of the scout battalion, it is his bounden duty to seize the North City Gate.

As the main force of the way of cultivating teachers has gone north from Liangxiang County, Yanjing City has strengthened its defenses. Of the 10,000 Liao Army soldiers stationed in Yanjing, 8,000 people have invested in the city defenses. People are divided into three groups, patrolling the city head day and night.

The North City Gate, also known as the Xuanwu Gate, is a thick gate made of iron sheets and giant wood. There are twelve iron gate bolts, each weighing two hundred catties. Every time the gate is opened, the gate bolts need to be lifted from the tower by hinges. , the thick gates can defend against the impact of heavy battering rams.

  There is a high tower on both sides of the city gate, which is actually a large sentry tower, and there are twelve soldiers on each high tower to monitor the periphery.

Not long after, a soldier rushed over and reported to Li Yanqing: "For some reason, there are bright lights on the top of the city, and there are at least 3,000 guards on patrol, and there are nearly a hundred soldiers outside the city gate. On patrol, Marquis Yanyu cannot approach the city gate."

  Li Yanqing was startled, what's going on? The information he got before was that there were only a few hundred people patrolling in the northern city at night, which was easier to control, but the situation tonight was completely opposite. Could it be that the Liao army discovered something?

  Li Yanqing chose to attack the Xuanwu Gate of Beicheng. One very important reason was that there was no suspension bridge at the Xuanwu Gate of Beicheng. Instead, a stone bridge was built across the moat. In addition, taking Xuanwu Gate would allow him to directly control the palace.

He went north this time with a light soldier, and he didn't bring any siege weapons. He only brought ten thunderbolts. He wanted to use the thunderbolts to blow open the city gate. The north gate without a drawbridge was the best siege point. Unexpectedly But something unexpected happened.

   "What time is it?" Li Yanqing turned around and asked again.

   "Probably just after the first watch!" A soldier replied from behind.

   Li Yanqing and Wang Yuan made an appointment at the second watch, and Wang Yuan would come to support him at the second watch, which was still early.

  At this time, Liu Kai whispered to Li Yanqing: "It's better to sneak attack the deputy gate!"

Xuanwu Gate is the main gate of the northern city, and there are two auxiliary gates on the left and right. The right Yemen is five miles to the east, and the left Yemen is five miles to the west. The thickness of the two auxiliary gates is much lower than that of the city. Xuanwu Gate, but it has a suspension bridge, and it is outside the palace city, unlike taking down Xuanwu Gate, you can directly enter the palace.

  Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and then said to the soldiers: "Go and inform Yan Qing, go to the east and attack Youyemen!"

The reason why they attacked the Youye Gate in the east was that Wang Yuan's army would come from the east to meet them, so the Song army had to take the East Gate first. Li Yanqing then ordered Yang Zaixing to lead 2,000 people to stay outside the Xuanwu Gate. Once the palace is breached, Empress Dowager Xiao will most likely abandon the city and flee, most likely going through the Xuanwu Gate, and Yang Zaixing can lead an army to ambush outside the city.

  Li Yanqing personally led 8,000 people to move to Youyemen.

The current general in the city is called Xiao Fengxian. He is the nephew of Empress Dowager Xiao, and also the envoy of the Southern Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom, and the deputy governor of the army. Xiao Fengxian did get an unexpected piece of information today. Hundreds of Jin Guo cavalry.

Xiao Fengxian was terrified by this information. The Jin soldiers actually appeared on the outskirts of the capital, but Juyongguan was still in the hands of the Liao army. There was only one possibility, that is, Lulongsai in the east fell, or Zhang Jue, the general guarding Pingzhou, surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. , the Jin soldiers could go south from Liaodong and go straight to Yanjing.

  Xiao Fengxian didn't know how many Jin soldiers had gone south. He was afraid that the Jin soldiers would raid the city at night, so he ordered the whole army to defend the city. Unexpectedly, Li Yanqing's 10,000 troops were about to attack Yanjing City at night.

On the top of the city, Xiao Fengxian had a battle sword on his waist, staring solemnly at the dark woods outside the city. Just now, some soldiers noticed night birds flying in the woods in the distance, which made Xiao Fengxian extremely vigilant. Attack Yanjing City at night.

  At this time, a soldier came galloping, holding an arrow letter in his hand, "Report to the capital prison, there is a letter from the golden cavalry below the city!"

   "Golden soldiers?"

Xiao Fengxian was startled, but Jin Bing actually sent him an arrow letter. He took the arrow letter, pulled the letter from the arrow, opened the letter, and there was only one line in it, "There are ten thousand Song troops outside the northern city, and they will attack Xijin at night." city! '

  Xiao Fengxian was startled suddenly, there were actually 10,000 Song soldiers outside the city, could it be that the Song soldiers were not Jin soldiers, but Song soldiers?

   "Send my order immediately, all the troops go to the city to defend!"

  Xiao Fengxian hastily issued an emergency defense order, 'Dang! when! when! ' The alarm bell on the top of the city rang quickly, echoing throughout the city.

  At this time, Li Yanqing had already moved to the outside of the Youye Gate. There were obviously much fewer defenders here, and there were no torches on the top of the city, making the city completely dark, which was very conducive to scouting operations.

Li Yanqing saw from a distance that Yan Qing and other ten people had disappeared into the moat. At this moment, a rapid alarm bell sounded from the city, which made Li Yanqing secretly startled. Apparently, something abnormal had been found in the city. The sleeping soldiers Will all be up, which means they will face a tough battle.

   But Li Yanqing wondered, what went wrong with them? It was discovered by the enemy army. Could it be that the reinforcement army led by Wang Yuan went north and was discovered by the spies of the Liao army? Or just now when my army was haunting the woods, it alarmed the night bird and made the guards at the top of the city vigilant.

  Could it be.

   Li Yanqing suddenly thought of what the commander-in-chief told him before leaving, could it be that the Jin soldiers had already gone south?

   At this moment, Zhang Bao rushed over and whispered to Li Yanqing: "Reporting to the control system, the peripheral scouts found a golden soldier."

  This news did not surprise Li Yanqing. It was indeed Jin Bing. It seemed that Jin Bing had really gone south. He hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

   "About 300 people, all cavalry, just three miles outside Xuanwu Gate, only one mile away from General Yang."

   The three hundred people were just a scout post, not the main force of the Jin army. Li Yanqing was relieved a little, and asked quickly, "Does General Yang know?"

   "General Yang knows, he has sent scouts to monitor this cavalry."

  Li Yanqing nodded, "Go and find out the news."

  Zhang Bao turned around and ran away, and Liu Kai beside him said in a low voice: "The situation seems to be a bit bad!"

   "Why do you say that?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"The golden soldiers and the Liao army have one thing in common. The ratio of the outpost army to the rear army is generally one hundred to one. The three hundred cavalry are obviously just outposts, so the rear golden soldiers are likely to be 30,000 troops, which shows that the golden soldiers have already left. Yanjing City is not far away."

   Liu Qi's worry was not unreasonable. At the beginning, they rushed north because the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin notified the imperial court that they would also send troops to attack Yanjing City. The emperor Zhao Ji changed his plan and ordered them to go north immediately, fearing that the Jin soldiers would get ahead.

And the reason why Zhong Shidao adopted his plan was because the Jin soldiers had already captured Pingzhou Lulongsai, and the army would go south at any time, so he made it necessary to break through Yanjing City tonight, but the outpost of the Jin soldiers also appeared outside Beicheng Suddenly, the situation in Yanjing City suddenly became complicated.

  Li Yanqing weighed the pros and cons, and finally took out a command arrow and handed it to a soldier, saying: "Quickly order General Yang to come and meet us, no need to lie in ambush outside the city!"

  Li Yanqing didn't know how many Jin soldiers were outside the city. He was worried that there were too few troops outside the city. Once there was a fierce battle with the Jin soldiers, Yang Zaixing's army would suffer a big loss.

The soldiers rushed away holding the command arrows. At this moment, the city of Youyemen suddenly burst into flames, and the Liao army shouted, and then countless arrows shot down the city. Li Yanqing immediately realized that Yan Qing and the others had been found He immediately ordered: "The army presses up and shoots arrows at the top of the city!"

  (end of this chapter)

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