Chapter 305 The Final Battle
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Faced with the threat of national destruction, the Khitans in Yanjing erupted in a strong patriotic sentiment and they enthusiastically joined the army.
Not only the Khitans, but also the Xi people, the Zubo people, the Shiwei people, and even the Han people and the Jurchens in Yan responded to the call of the Northern Liao court to join the army to defend their country.
However, Yanjing City is not an international metropolis with a population of millions like Tokyo Bianliang City. It is really too difficult to recruit 150,000 elite soldiers from Yanjing City alone.
There was no way, and the female monarch Xiao Puxian and her ministers could only expand the scope of conscription to the entire Yanjing.
It took more than half a month for the female monarch Xiao Puxian to barely recruit 130,000 to 140,000 troops. Together with the original 50,000 to 60,000 troops of the Liao Kingdom, they gathered the 200,000 "elite soldiers" needed for the Taiyi Huntian Xiang Formation.
During this period, the Liangshan Army did not stop. They dispersed and attacked, and arrested the recruiters sent by Xiao Puxian to the southern part of Yanjing. During this period, they attacked the city three times, and once they almost broke into Yanjing City.
——In fact, this was all a play performed by the Liangshan Army to force the Liao Army to go out of the city for a decisive battle. It is no exaggeration to say that if the Liangshan Army had tried their best to attack the city, they might have already captured Yanjing City.
Finally, after going through untold hardships and spending all the money of the Northern Liao Dynasty, the female monarch and ministers of Xiao Puxian were ready for a decisive battle with the Liangshan Army.
In order to no longer suffer the pain of the Liangshan Army's siege, and to repel the Liangshan Army's attack and let the desperate Northern Liao breathe a sigh of relief, Wu Yanguang went to the Dasheng Mansion and said: "The Liangshan bandits bully me because there is no one in the Liao Dynasty. I have asked the Queen Mother for permission to lead you out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Liangshan Army. If I don't win, I will commit suicide. Who dares to be the vanguard with me and lead the troops? I will drive the large team and follow."
Two generals came out in front of the tent: "We two are willing to be the vanguard!"
These two people, one is the Liao Dynasty's foreign official Qiong Yao Nayan; the other is the Yanjing foreign general, surnamed Kou, and his double name is Zhenyuan.
Wu Yanguang was overjoyed and said to Qiong Yao Nayan and Kou Zhenyuan: "Well, you two are really loyal and good generals of the Liao Dynasty! Lead 10,000 soldiers with me as the vanguard, open the way when encountering mountains, and build bridges when encountering water. I will lead the army to follow."
Not to mention that Wu Yanguang immediately organized his eleven generals and twenty-eight generals, and led a large army of more than 200,000 horses, and the whole country rose up, and raised a large army to fight the Liangshan army.
But the vanguard Qiong and Kou led 10,000 horses, opened the way when encountering mountains, and came first.
A spy had already reported to Jiang Hongfei that the momentum of this decisive battle was grand.
Jiang Hongfei did not dare to be arrogant, and had already prepared for this decisive battle. He issued an order to let Zhu Wu and Madam Jia leave only a small number of troops to garrison Wanping County and Daxing County, and take most of the troops of the left and right armies to attack the Liao Dynasty to listen to the order.
At the same time, considering that this decisive battle was a crucial battle for the future of Liangshan Marsh, Jiang Hongfei also mobilized a lot of the garrison troops from Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Xiongzhou, and Bazhou, and asked the naval leaders to mobilize a lot of troops from Hebei and even Shandong. They took large ships and went to Bazhou to gather, and then marched by land to participate in the battle.
In the end, Jiang Hongfei had a total of 270,000 troops, 70,000 more than the Liao army.
Upon learning that Wu Yanguang led the Liao army to the decisive battle, Jiang Hongfei gathered all the military advisors, generals, leaders, and civil and military officials to discuss military affairs.
Jiang Hongfei said: "This time Wu Yanguang personally led the Liao army to come, which is definitely not a small matter. The victory or defeat of life and death depends on this battle. All of you brothers should work hard and move forward, and don't retreat. If you can achieve a small achievement, I will not be stingy with my reward."
Everyone stood up and said: "Who dares not obey the order of the Duke! We will do our best to serve the Duke!"
While discussing, the lieutenant came to report: "The Liao envoy has sent a letter of war."
Jiang Hongfei called him to the tent and presented the letter.
Jiang Hongfei opened the letter and read it. It was the vanguard generals Qiong and Kou in front of the tent of Wu Yanguang of the Liao Kingdom, who served as the front troops and agreed to fight tomorrow.
Jiang Hongfei wrote at the end of the letter and replied that the decisive battle would be held tomorrow. He asked the envoy to be given wine and food and sent back to the camp. The victory or defeat will be decided at dawn tomorrow.
The next day, they cooked at five o'clock, moved the camp at dawn, and set off.
In less than four or five miles, the Liangshan army had already met the Liao army.
Looking from afar, two vanguard flags flashed out from the shadow of the black carved flag.
Then, the war drums roared, and the gate flag was raised. Qiong Yao Na Yan stood in front of the battle array with his sword in hand.
Jiang Hongfei glanced at Qiong Yao Na Yan under the gate flag and asked the generals on his left and right: "Who will fight this general?"
At that moment, Jiu Wenlong Shi Jin took his sword and wanted to go out to challenge Qiong Yao Na Yan.
But his teacher Wang Jin said: "Stop, Dalang, this man has a strong spiritual energy and must be a first-class player. You are not his opponent and it is easy for him to be injured. Let me go."
After speaking, Wang Jin rode out of the battle array with his spear.
The two generals came to the battle array, and they rode their horses to fight without saying their names.
In an instant, the two horses met, and the two kinds of weapons were raised at the same time. The people on the saddle fought people, and the horses on the horses fought horses. The spears and swords went in a flowery manner, and the swords and spears went in a brocade manner. The four arms were in disorder, and the eight horses were running around.
In front of the two armies, there was a cloud of dust and the drums of war were rumbling. The martial arts of Qiong Yao Nayan and Wang Jin have reached the state of perfection. Every move and style of theirs is full of power and beauty. Qiong Yao Nayan's swordsmanship is like a violent storm, unstoppable, while Wang Jin's spearmanship is as agile as flowing water, sometimes as fast as lightning, sometimes as slow as a cloud.
The battle between the two seemed to have become a moving picture, attracting everyone's attention. Every collision of weapons seemed to trigger a thunderous force, and every dodge was like dancing on the tip of a knife.
Jiang Hongfei and others saw clearly that the battle between Wang Jin and Qiong Yao Nayan was not only a confrontation of strength, but also a contest of wisdom and courage.
After more than seventy rounds of fierce fighting, Qiong Yao Nayan suddenly slashed at Wang Jin with a knife, and the knife was so powerful that it seemed to split the sky. However, Wang Jin was not at all confused. The long spear in his hand was like a spirit snake, cleverly bypassing Qiong Yao Nayan's knife and pointing directly at his throat. Qiong Yao Nayan was shocked and hurriedly returned his knife to defend himself, but Wang Jin took the opportunity to stab him in the belly of his horse under his crotch.
Qiong Yao Nayan's warhorse felt pain and went crazy, throwing him off.
Wang Jin rushed forward and put a spear against Qiong Yao Nayan's throat, capturing him alive.
Kou Zhenyuan saw Wang Jin capture Qiong Yao Nayan alive, and he was furious. He jumped on his horse and held his spear, and went straight to the front of the battle, cursing loudly: "The thief general, why don't you let my brother go quickly!"
At that moment, the sick Wei Chi Sun Li flew out on his horse and attacked Kou Zhenyuan directly.
The drums of war sounded like thunder, and the endless shouts of killing were deafening.
Sun Li's golden spear was like a divine weapon descending from the sky. Seeing this, Kou Zhenyuan knew that he had encountered a powerful enemy and did not dare to underestimate him.
The battle lasted only twenty rounds. Seeing that Sun Li had high martial arts skills and magical powers, Kou Zhenyuan rode away on his horse.
Kou Zhenyuan was afraid of disturbing the formation, so he could only flee around the formation to the northeast.
Sun Li was about to make a contribution, so how could he let him go easily? He immediately rode his horse to chase him.
After chasing for a while, Sun Li held the spear on the horse, picked up the bow with his left hand, took the arrow with his right hand, put the arrow on it, pulled the bow to the full, looked at Kou Zhenyuan's back, and shot an arrow.
Kou Zhenyuan heard the bowstring sound, fell down, and the arrow was easy to shoot, and he just flicked it and flicked it.
Sun Li saw it and cheered secretly.
Kou Zhenyuan sneered, "This guy is showing off his bow and arrow!" He bit the arrow in his mouth, put the gun on the ring, quickly took out the hard bow with his left hand, put the arrow on the string with his right hand, turned around, and shot an arrow at Sun Li's heart.
Sun Li had already been alert and dodged flexibly on the horse's back, and the arrow flew over his body.
The horse under Sun Li's crotch was out of control and continued to run wildly.
Kou Zhenyuan took out the hard bow, put the arrow on the string, turned around and aimed at Sun Li.
Sun Li had already seen it secretly, and was moving left and right on the horse. The arrow shot at his chest, he saw the right time, grabbed the arrow, pressed it on his chest, looked back and fell, and the horse under his crotch walked away.
Kou Zhenyuan thought: "He must have been hit by an arrow." He thrust his gun at Sun Li's chest.
The two horses were facing each other. When they were less than ten feet apart, Sun Li suddenly jumped up and shouted: "You foreign general, you fell into my trap. If I don't catch you like this, I will let you run away!"
Kou Zhenyuan was surprised and said stubbornly: "You can dodge my arrows, but can you dodge my gun? Look at the gun!" He stabbed Sun Li in the chest with all his strength.
Sun Li straightened his chest and took the gun. The tip of the gun hit the armor, slightly tilted to the side, and the gun went through the ribs, but Kou Zhenyuan fell into his arms. Sun Li raised the tiger eye steel whip on his wrist and wanted to hit Kou Zhenyuan's head.
But in this lightning moment, Sun Li remembered that Jiang Hongfei wanted to annex Northern Liao, not destroy Northern Liao, so he pressed down the steel whip and hit Kou Zhenyuan's heart guard, knocking him off the horse, then rode over and caught Kou Zhenyuan with his ape arm.
Sun Li captured Kou Zhenyuan, and Jiang Hongfei led the three armies. The Liao army was leaderless and fled everywhere.
As the Liangshan army was rushing, they suddenly heard the sound of cannon fire in front of them.
Jiang Hongfei quickly called back the troops, and a cloud of auspicious clouds carrying a group of military advisors and generals flew to a high place to take a look.
They saw that the Liao army was pouring towards this side like an overwhelming force, and it was the main force of the Liao army.
Jiang Hongfei did not lead the army to fight immediately, but under the advice of Liu Huiniang and others, he issued an order to the generals of the three armies to make sure that the flags were in order, the bows and crossbows were strung, the swords were unsheathed, the antlers were planted deep, the camps were guarded, the moats were complete, and the weapons were deployed. All preparations were prepared and ready in advance, and the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams formation was set up, ready to fight the Liao army at any time.
At the same time, Jiang Hongfei secretly arranged the cavalry: he personally appointed Du Fu to be in front, Sun An to be in the back, Lu Junyi to be on the left, Shi Wengong to be on the right, Wang Jin to be in the southeast, Lin Chong to be in the northeast, Guan Sheng to be in the southwest, and Qin Ming to be in the northwest. Jiang Hongfei guarded the central army, and the rest of the generals remained in their original positions. The infantry at the back was set up in another place, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi, Wu Lin, Wang Bing, Li Yanxian, Zhao Li and other generals were arranged by Jiang Hongfei in crucial places, and assisted by the steady and good Liangshan generals.
It can be said that among the more than 200,000 troops of the Liangshan army, there are generals who are good at fighting, and they are all ready to fight.
The battle formation is complete, waiting for the Liao army.
Before long, the mighty Liao army was seen in the distance.
I saw. The six teams of Liao soldiers in front were calling for sentry and pressing the battle. There are six teams of Liao soldiers, each with 500 men. There are three teams on the left and three teams on the right, which go back and forth in a circle, and their momentum is uncertain. The front is the mobile army, and the rear is the large army. When the front army comes, all of them are wearing the Xuanwu flag, and there are seven flag gates in each generation, each with a thousand horses, and each with a general.
The left army is wearing the Qinglong flag, and there are also seven flag gates in each generation, each with a thousand horses, and each with a general.
The right army is wearing the Baihu flag, and there are also seven flag gates in each generation, each with a thousand horses, and each with a general.
The rear army is wearing the Zhuque flag, and there are also seven flag gates in each generation, each with a thousand horses, and each with a general.
There is a team on the left in front of the rear army, with 5,000 fierce soldiers, all of whom are wearing gold-threaded crowns, gold-plated copper armor, scarlet robes with red tassels, flaming red flags, crimson saddles and red horses, and the flags are surrounded by a general, who is Yelu Dashi, the Sun Star Lord of the Upper Realm.
There was a team in front of the rear army on the right, with 5,000 female soldiers, all wearing silver flowered hats, silver hooks and mail, plain robes and tassels, white flags and white horses, silver-handled swords and spears, and surrounded by a female general. She had a phoenix hairpin on her head, black hair inserted in her hair, a red silk headband, and pearls and jade. Her shoulders were cleverly lined with a brocade skirt, her embroidered jacket was deeply covered with silver armor, her small flower boots were firmly supported by golden stirrups, and her green sleeves and jade whips were light. She wielded a seven-star sword and rode a silver-maned white horse. It was the Liao Tianshou Princess Yelu Dalibo, the Taiyin Star God in the upper world.
In the two teams, there were clusters of yellow flags, and the generals all rode yellow horses and wore golden armor. The armor-lined robes raised a yellow cloud, and the embroidered scarves scattered yellow mist in the sky. There were four generals in the yellow army, each leading 3,000 soldiers, divided into four corners. There was a general in each corner, guarding the whole circle. A general in the southeast, according to Luo Diao Xingjun in the upper realm, is Yelu Derong, the nephew of the Liao emperor; a general in the southwest, according to Jidu Xingjun in the upper realm, is Yelu Dehua, the nephew of the Liao emperor; a general in the northeast, according to Ziqi Xingjun in the upper realm, is Yelu Dezhong, the nephew of the Liao emperor; a general in the northwest, according to Yuebei Xingjun in the upper realm, is Yelu Dexin, the nephew of the Liao emperor.
The yellow army is surrounded by a general, according to the central Zhenxing in the upper realm, with a green flag on the left, a white axe on the right, a red flag in front, and a black cover behind. The flags around the circle are according to the twenty-four qi and sixty-four hexagrams, Nanchen, Beidou, Feilong, Feihu, Feixiong, Feibao, which clearly divide the yin and yang, left and right, and secretly match the image of Xuanji Yuheng Qiankun Hunchao.
The general held a red painted square halberd. This group of military horses is brilliant, and the four sides are as golden as gold, according to the central palace Saturn Yiqi Tianjun. It was General Wu Yanguang, the Grand Marshal of the Liao Kingdom.
There is a poem to prove it:
Flags, armor, swords and spears, are pressing the center of the earth. How can human power overcome the will of heaven? It is in vain to kill lives.
The Liao army has set up a sky formation, just like the shape of a chicken egg. When it is stationed, it is like a bowl. Flags are arranged at the four corners, spears are placed in all directions, and there is no fixed cycle. There are rules for advancing and retreating, and the formation is set.
Jiang Hongfei taught strong bows and crossbows to shoot at the foot of the formation, and light cavalry was used to suppress the formation. The central army erected a cloud ladder platform and led all military advisors, generals, leaders, civil and military officials to the platform to watch.
Jiang Hongfei carefully watched the mighty formation and couldn't help but sigh: "Is this the Taiyi Hun Tian Xiang formation? It's really magnificent!"
Zhu Wu echoed on the side: "This heavenly formation has infinite changes and unpredictable interactions. It should not be underestimated."
Jiang Hongfei listened and looked at Liu Hui Niang, whose belly was slightly bulging: "Hui Niang, how about it, are you sure you can break this formation?"
Liu Hui Niang said confidently: "Don't worry, sir, I have studied this formation thoroughly and made sufficient preparations. I will definitely be able to break it in one battle."
Jiang Hongfei is still very confident in Liu Hui Niang's talent in formation. The key is that Liu Hui Niang has thoroughly studied the heavenly book about formations, and the heavenly book contains this Taiyi Hun Tian Xiang formation.
After watching for a while, Jiang Hongfei retracted his gaze and asked: "By the way, have the troops who are going to attack Yanjing set off?"
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