The next day, the army set off as scheduled to attack Youzhou, Nanjing, Liao Kingdom.
Yang Zaixing received the order, broke camp and set off, leading 50,000 East Route Army troops. They galloped all the way. When they entered Baigou, they suddenly saw a group of Liao soldiers coming with a loud noise.
Yang Keshi quickly reined in his soldiers and horses, turned his head and shouted: "Xu Wu, come out!"
Xu Wu heard the order, galloped out from the side of Yang Keshi's horse, and loudly replied: "The general is here!"
Yang Keshi ordered: "Quickly lead a thousand elite troops to meet the Liao army and order them to stop advancing and surrender. Remember, do not kill indiscriminately."
Xu Wu shouted: "The general will obey your order!"
Immediately, Xu Wu led a thousand elite soldiers and galloped forward to the front of the Liao army's formation. Xu Wule stopped his horse, raised his spear in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Zhuo! Listen to the Liao army! Now the Southern Dynasty army is coming to regain Youyan's homeland. Stop making noise and move forward, surrender as soon as possible! Master Wang will give you preferential treatment." captive."
As soon as Xu Wu finished speaking, a warrior general rushed out from the Liao army formation. He was tall and mighty, without a helmet. He had three strands of hair on his head, a black face, a leopard head with eyes, and he was riding a white horse. , raised a long spear, shouted loudly: "Nanbarbarian! Take your life!" His voice was like thunder, and his power was like lightning. He galloped in front of Xu Wu's horse, drew his spear and stabbed.
Xu Wu was taken aback and dodged, and the two horses passed each other.
The Liao generals returned with their horses, raised their spears, and came to assassinate Xu Wu.
Xu Wu also rode up to meet him. Because before Xu Wu went into battle, Yang Keshi ordered him not to kill recklessly. Therefore, Xu Wu aimed at subduing the opponent's generals and always left room for firing. The opponent's Liao generals came here to kill Xu Wu. Therefore, the gun went straight to Xu Wu's vital points.
Xu Wu and the Liao general fought together.
The Liao general rushed through thousands of Liao soldiers and rushed into the Song army's formation, hacking and killing indiscriminately.
Xu Wu has a thousand soldiers and horses. Although they are elite soldiers, they have not experienced war for a long time. If they take advantage of the victory and chase down the defeated soldiers, they will definitely be competent. However, if the enemy soldiers come to fight with them, they will be more timid than brave, and their defeat will be exposed.
Xu Wu's thousand elite soldiers were rushed and killed by the Liao soldiers. They panicked and there was no actual fighting except for shouting and shouting.
While Xu Wu was fighting with the Liao general, he kept shouting at his soldiers. Unexpectedly, the Liao general stabbed him in the chest with a gun and threw him under his horse, killing him in vain.
In the distance, Yang Keshi saw Xu Wu being picked off his horse by a Liao general. He was first shocked, then became furious, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers! Kill them! No one will be spared!"
After drinking, Yang Keshi took the lead, hoping that the Liao army would kill them.
The Liao general came to meet Yang Keshi again.
Yang Keshi shouted and killed the general. General Liao and Yang Keshi only fought for one round before shouting loudly: "Young men! Run! These Southern Barbarians are powerful!"
After shouting, one horse took the lead, hit the horse and then ran away.
Behind the Liao general, the Liao soldiers roared and retreated, leaving their weapons and flags on the ground.
Yang Keshi shouted loudly: "Chase and kill!"
Yang Keshi took the lead and pursued the Liao army. Behind Yang Keshi, the Song army officers and soldiers also shouted and attacked the Liao army.
At that time, Yang Keshi was addicted to killing. He forgot the instructions from Zhongshi Dao to be prepared for the Liao army to set up an ambush. He shouted loudly and led a large group of troops to chase and kill the defeated Liao army.
The Liao army retreated while fighting, constantly discarding weapons and flags, looking like a rout.
Yang Keshi thought that the Liao army was weak and vulnerable, so he ignored it and urged his troops to pursue them all the way.
The pursued Liao army retreated into a canyon.
Yang Keshi led his troops and pursued them to the canyon.
All the Liao troops went into the canyon.
When Yang Keshi came to the canyon, he saw hilly slopes on both sides and the terrain was very dangerous. He suddenly thought that the previous Liao army's defeat could be a bait to lure the Song army into the canyon. He happened to set up an ambush here?
Yang Keshi suddenly woke up, hurriedly reined in his horse, straightened up, and looked forward.
While Yang Keshi was watching, suddenly, drums were beating loudly on both sides of the Song army, and many Liao soldiers and horses came out from the hills and slopes on both sides.
Yang Keshi was shocked and rushed to fight with the Liao army. However, the Liao army rushed out from both sides, covering the mountains and plains, and surrounded them in groups, trapping the Song army in the middle. The Song army panicked, their formation was in chaos, and they all retreated. Seeing this, Yang Keshi hurriedly ordered the soldiers not to retreat. The soldiers of the Song army were drunk, stopped retreating, and resumed fighting with the Liao army. The Liao army came like a tide, fierce and fierce, fighting with swords and spears. The Song army suffered many casualties. The soldiers of the Song Army could not resist and retreated in defeat. Yang Keshi couldn't help but drink. The soldiers of the Song Army retreated faster, looking back and running away.
The Liao army became more powerful and shouted loudly to pursue them.
At this time, Zhong Shidao led the rear army to attack and had a melee with the Liao army who was pursuing Yang Keshi's front army.
Zhong Shidao had lived in the northern border for a long time and knew that the Liao army's weapons were mainly short weapons, so he made preparations in advance. He ordered the craftsmen in the army to rush to build giant stiles overnight, using the long to overcome the shortcomings, specifically to deal with the Liao army's short weapons and cavalry. Although the weapons of the Liao army were powerful and highly mobile, in order to enhance mobility, the weapons were generally short, mainly swords, hammers and short spears.
The rear army led by Zhong Shidao rushed up to meet the Liao army. Although the Liao army used them, their weapons were ineffective and they were repeatedly blocked by the Song soldiers' giant beams. Many horses' legs were also cut off by the Song soldiers. Their advantages of strong mobility and bravery in combat could not be used and they had to retreat.
Seeing that the Liao army's offensive had weakened and the formation was in chaos, Zhong Shidao felt greatly relieved and was about to order his soldiers to pursue him. Suddenly, he heard the sound of drums in the distance, the sound of charging and the sound of horse hoofbeats. , and after a while, a horse army was seen in the distance, galloping towards them, causing the dust to fly.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry army was about to rush forward, but the flags raised in front of the cavalry army had the words "Eternal Victory Army" written on them. The cavalry came at a fast pace, the breeze was blowing, and the flags were flying.
Among the horse army, a general was leading the way, wielding a big sword, riding a maroon war horse, wearing armor on his head, with a red tassel hanging on it, floating backwards. The general, with a dark red face, thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a square mouth, and eyes as big as a cow's eggs, was shouting and charging towards him with his horse army.
This general was Guo Yaoshi, the commander of the ever-victorious army in Zhuozhou and Yizhou of the Liao Kingdom.
Pharmacist Guo was originally a Han Chinese from Liaodong, and he just had a Khitan name. The names of the Khitan people have little to do with their professions. For example, the slaves of the Hao family are not slaves but high officials of the imperial court, and the pharmacist Guo is not a doctor, but the commander of the ever-victorious army who stayed in Zhuozhou and Yizhou of the Liao Kingdom.
At the beginning, in order to contain the Jurchens, the Liao Kingdom organized the refugees in Liaodong to complain against the Jurchens, which they called the "Resentment Army". Because of Guo Yaoshi's majestic appearance and Shen Yi's courage, at the beginning of the Liao-Jin War, he was appointed as a general in the resentment army for his meritorious service in assisting the Liao army in fighting against the Jin Dynasty. Later, the resentful army was unfavorable to Jin's war, and rebellions broke out one after another. In the first year of Baoda, Dong Xiaoxiu, the general of the southeastern route of the Resentful Army, was executed for his incompetence in combat. His generals Luo Qinghan and Dong Zhongsun led the Resentful Army to rebel. Yelu Yujian and Xiao Qian, commanders of the Liao capital, led their troops to suppress the rebellion. Guo Yaoshi and others took the opportunity to kill Luo Qinghan, Dong Zhongsun and others, and accepted the Liao imperial court's invitation to peace.
At that time, the Liao court selected 2,000 people from the resentful troops and organized them into four battalions, appointing Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen to lead them respectively. The remaining 6,000 people were distributed to various groups as the Forbidden Army. In order to completely solve the problem of the resentful army, Yelu Yujian suggested to Xiao Qian: "Two battalions rebelled and plundered Qianzhou the year before last, and they have been recruited. This year, the entire army rebelled and attacked Jinzhou. If our army does not come, the city will be destroyed." , then tens of thousands of residents were killed. The so-called resentful army failed to complain to the Jin people, but repeatedly complained and rebelled against my family. Now if we take advantage of their disarming and send troops to cover up and kill them all, we will never be able to avoid future troubles."
After listening to Yelu Yujian's suggestion, Xiao Qian thought for a long time and did not agree. Xiao Qian felt that although the resentment army was composed of Han people, "there were also loyal and loyal people who were temporarily coerced, so how could we kill them all?" Because of Xiao Qian's kind thoughts, Guo Yaoshi and others were able to save their lives. Since then, Yaoshi Guo's changeable and capricious nature has begun to emerge.
In March of the second year of Baoda (1122), Emperor Tianzuo fled to Jiashan under the attack of the Jin soldiers. Yelv Chun stayed in Nanjing, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianfu, and was known as the Northern Liao Dynasty in history. Yelu Chun changed the Resentful Army into the Ever-Victorious Army. Because "the pharmacist is young and strong, has a majestic appearance, but is resolute and courageous, and controls the crowd with power, and many people follow him. At the beginning, he was recommended by the four armies for his bravery and was promoted to the palace, and he served in the Jurchen expedition and accumulated previous achievements", so he was promoted to the governor of the capital. The ever-victorious army and Zhuozhou stayed behind.
Later, Pharmacist Guo returned to the Song Dynasty. Although he offered his services to the two states of Zhuo and Yi, he once again defected to the Jin Kingdom and personally led the Jin soldiers to attack Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty. This directly caused the Jingkang Rebellion that has been hated for thousands of years and brought great consequences to the Song Dynasty. The tragic consequences of national subjugation.
At that time, Pharmacist Guo was still guarding Zhuozhou and Yizhou of the Liao Kingdom, and was in charge of the victorious army. Under the orders of the Queen of Liao, Xiao Pu Xiannu, he led more than 10,000 victorious troops, divided into two groups, and rushed to support the Song army. of the Liao army.
Guo Yaoshi led 4,000 ever-victorious troops to aid the Liao army fighting against the Song Dynasty's Eastern Route Army; Zhang Linghui, the deputy governor of the Ever-Victorious Army, led 4,000 ever-victorious troops to aid the Liao army fighting against the Song Dynasty's West Route Army.
The 4,000 victorious troops led by Guo Yaoshi were all horse troops, with fast maneuverability and strong impact, and they immediately disrupted the Song army's battle formation.
Seeing the sudden attack of Chang Sheng's army, Zhong Shidao and Yang Keshi were greatly frightened.
The sudden arrival of the victorious army reversed the situation on the battlefield. At that time, the Liao army, which was about to retreat, saw reinforcements arriving, and the Song army's battle formation was disrupted. Their momentum suddenly became high, and they turned back to fight. The Song army was panicked and confused, and lost its fighting spirit.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhong Shidao hurriedly ordered the rear army to hold huge stiles against the Liao army and not to retreat even half a step. Later, Zhongshi Dao ordered Yang Keshi to supervise the army and supervise the formation so as not to cause a rout. He himself led the cavalry army to meet Gao Yaoshi's victorious army.
Master Zhongdao took the lead and killed Yaoshi Bengao and left. Zhongshi Dao is already in his fifties, while Gao Yaoshi is only forty, which is when he is young and strong. Master Zhong uses a long sword, and Yaoshi Guo also uses a long sword. The two men started to kill on horseback. Although Gao Yaoshi is young, he is no less experienced than an inferior practitioner. Zhongshidao has been guarding the western border all year round and has been on the battlefield for many years. He has fought no less than a hundred battles, large and small, and has never been defeated. However, Yaoshi Guo was young after all, and he repeatedly stopped Zhongshi Dao from looking at his sword. After more than ten rounds, Zhongshi Dao was exhausted. Gao Yaoshi's broadsword slashed faster, never leaving Zhongshi Dao's vital points. Zhongshi Dao can only parry, but has no power to fight back. When Gao Yaoshi saw the flaw in Zhongshi Dao, he shouted loudly, raised his sword high, and chopped off Zhongshi Dao's head. Master Zhong was shocked and saw Gao Yaoshi's sword coming down on his head. He thought to himself, it's over. I never thought that old Zhong Rongma, who had killed countless enemies in his life, would die in the hands of this guy today.
