Of course, Yelu Wuzhi also heard the thundering shouts and cries. As the most outstanding commander of the Khitan at this time, Yelu Wuzhi was calmer than Xiao Han, and of course he considered it more comprehensively.
He also realized that the number of enemy troops attacking was not large, but Yelu Wuzhi did not think about rushing out immediately, but thought about how to stabilize the situation first.
Because even if there are not many enemies, when our side is extremely close to total collapse, killing so many enemies is simply not enough to stabilize the situation.
The best way is to gather soldiers who are not in panic to form a formation, and then use indiscriminate attacks to kill anyone who dares to rush towards your formation to ensure that you have a team that does not have people's hearts broken.
Man is a very social animal and relies heavily on the power of the group.
Although the Khitans are running around now and are on the verge of collapse, if there is a team with bright armor to resist running around, then those running around will be attracted and continue to gather here. There are three With five thousand people, we can basically stabilize the situation.
This is also the reason why in the wars of the past, the victorious side chased after them, and if they encountered a fierce man coming from the sky, they were easily counterattacked. This is also the biggest role of a general, to turn the tide.
Yelu Wuzhi was now preparing to be such a person. He loudly summoned his subordinates, as well as the remnants of the imperial army such as Tie Ge and Tie Feng who had retreated from Yanshi City.
These people are considered elites in the Khitan army today, and they quickly gathered seven or eight hundred people.
Yelu Wuzhi looked at the 'Landlord's Courtyard' where Yelu Ruan was, and waved his hand violently.
"My sons, line up in front of the palace, put up the banner and Yamen flag of a certain family, and shout that those who rush into the formation will be killed, and those who return will live, so that everyone will know that I, the hostage of Yelu House, is still there."
Yelu Dachangwen quickly made arrangements. Of course, at this step, there was still a condition, that is, someone had to separate the rebels or enemy troops to gain time for the rest of the people to prepare for formation.
At a glance, he took a fancy to Zhang Xibao, Yelu Sizhong and others who were already fully armed. These people were so elite, but it was a pity that they belonged to Yelu Yaliguo's private army, so let's sacrifice them.
"Xiao Saluo, lead your troops forward to stop the enemy and buy a quarter of an hour for the army."
"Xiao Saluo accepts the order! However, we have a small number of people in our department, so we need to borrow something from Daxiang to strengthen our reputation!"
Yelu Sizhong, Zhang Xibao and others looked at each other and exchanged expressions.
I originally wanted to catch Yelu Ruan, but this time Yelu Housekeeper actually wanted them to be used as cannon fodder, so I had no choice, otherwise there would be nothing to gain by then.
So Yelu Sizhong took the order and galloped towards Yelu's house.
Yelu Wuzhi thought that Yelu Sizhong wanted to borrow a Yamen flag or other tokens, so he was not alert at all. The guards around him even made way for Yelu Sizhong.
Yelu Wuzhi felt a little guilty in his heart, put on a genial look, looked at Yelu Sizhong who was slowly riding his horse and shouted: "What do you want to borrow? As long as it can block the enemy." Military, everything is possible!"
"Okay!" Yelu Sizhong shouted loudly, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and the horse suddenly accelerated.
"Yelu Sizhong, the head of Zuolongxiang's guard in the Great Zhou Dynasty, specially borrowed the head of Daxiang Wenxiang for use!"
As he spoke, the war horse suddenly accelerated in front of Yelu Wuzhi. Yelu Sizhong turned sideways to the left, and with the momentum of the galloping horse, Yelu Sizhong hit Yelu Wuzhi on the forehead with the pecking hammer.
The beak end of the pecking hammer directly penetrated Yelu Wuzhi's iron helmet. The huge impact even hit Yelu Wuzhi's neck so hard that he almost broke his neck bones.
In an instant, this was the best commander and the most capable minister of Khitan at this time. He resolved the dispute between Yelu Ruan and Shulu Ping, put down the rebellion in Huoshendian, and established Yelu Jing, Muzong of Liao Dynasty, and Yelv Xian, Emperor Jingzong of Liao Dynasty. The emperor's great hero.
After the five dynasties of Liao Taizu, Taizong, Shizong, Mu Zong, and Jingzong, the Liao clan, which had made great contributions to the Liao Kingdom's annexation of the sixteen states of Yanyun and made great contributions, was hit with a hammer that split his brains and killed him on the spot!
"Do it!" Zhang Xibao roared at A Luojun and others. Two hundred people suddenly attacked at the same time, stabbing with spears and hammering. The Khitans who were caught off guard suffered heavy casualties.
Zhang Xibao rode his horse around the Khitan people at high speed and fired his bow from left to right. In just ten seconds, he shot at least ten riders off their horses.
The rest of the people were also extremely brave. In order to dress up like the Khitans, they did not wear Hexi's unique cloth-covered iron armor, and they did not even wear armor because it was not realistic, so they only had thin leather armor. , we must defeat the Khitans in front of us as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the Khitan people had already been frightened out of fear. After Yelu Sizhong and A Luocha worked together to eliminate all six of Yelu's house hostage's guards, the Khitan people's resistance immediately collapsed.
The frightened Khitan cavalry rushed to take off the armor and stomach they had just put on, and the light cavalry ran away to the north.
Yelu Sizhong, who was covered in blood, jumped off his horse and chopped off the head of Yelu Wuzhi, whose brains were bleeding all over the floor. The others were laughing and fighting for any small representative objects on Yelu Wuzhi's body.
This is all proof of meritorious service, a witness that you can brag about decades later.
Yelu Sizhong wrapped his head in Yelu's robe and hung it on the side of the horse. He sighed softly, "Dad Xiangwen, you want to be a Khitan, but a certain family doesn't want to be a Khitan anymore."
Zhang Xibao raised his head, glanced greedily at the Tucheng with the Emperor of Liao's umbrella on the hill, and shook his head with great determination.
"The emperor's palace troops of the Liao Kingdom have begun to gather together. There don't seem to be many people in the raid this time. Let's go north to harass and delay the 6,000 people of that bastard Gao Song."
The Yelv House hostage is finished, so now the only ones in the Liao army that still have combat effectiveness are the two or three thousand elites of Emperor Yelu Ruan's Yelu Hanerduo and the thousands of Gaosong soldiers who have not experienced the disastrous defeat in Yanshi City.
Zhang Xibao made the right decision and took great credit for killing the emperor of a country without greed.
Although the two hundred soldiers under his command were reluctant, none of them disobeyed the military orders. Everyone put on Khitan armor, tied red ropes on their arms, and ran towards the North Camp where the Takamatsu tribe was located.
This proves that they are a disciplined, even iron-disciplined team.
Just when Yelu Sizhong was hammering Yelu's house hostage, the second wave of key assault teams sent by Zhang Zhang, including Murong Yanzhao and Zhao Yanjin, also arrived.
Unlike Li Cunhui's troops, who set fires and killed people everywhere, causing great panic, they were specially placed to look for any Khitan generals who dared to assemble.
As long as they see someone gathering, they will immediately rush to break up the formation and collapse any possible resistance of the Khitan people.
Amid blood and fire, crying and shouting, Zhang Hao watched with cold eyes Yelu Ruan on Tucheng hurriedly asked people to lower the umbrella canopy symbolizing the emperor, and then countless people ran in and out, as if preparing to break out of the encirclement.
This earthen city is built at a high place, which is indeed convenient for monitoring the people below, but there is no obstacle when looking from below.
Finally, after the Tucheng gate opens, the time has come
If Yelu Ruan had his two or three thousand men line up to defend, Zhang Gao's five hundred men wouldn't be able to attack him, but if he wanted to run away, it would be much easier.
'woo woo woo woo! '
The long bull horn sounded, Zhang Gao stepped onto Zidian, wearing ocher yellow cotton armor, and beside him was his most elite Hanshandu Wubai Guiyilang.
In Zhang Zhou, those who received the title of Gui Yilang were all the elites of Zhang Zhou's army.
Among the five hundred people, more than three hundred were brought back from Anxi by Zhang Zhi, and even twenty-five of them were his confidants Yuan Cong.
The rest are also the Bashmi people, a private tribe that Zhang Zhang accepted as the Great Khan, and the Nestorian knights from Suiye.
The Liugu tribe Han'er brought by Cui Huxin were descendants of the four major surnames of Dunhuang: Zhang, Cao, Yin, and Luo.
As well as the warriors of various tribes who came down from the Qingtang Plateau and regarded him as a god and Buddha.
"The Northern Captives have been rampant and have caused harm to the world for decades. Today they will be destroyed in our hands. Please follow me and capture the Captive Leader alive!"
Zhang Hao shouted loudly, and Wubai Guiyilang mounted his horse almost at the same time. They formed a rugby-shaped formation with two sharp ends and a full middle.
"Saint, please be the vanguard and destroy the formation of captives and cavalry!"
Zhang Zhaojie (Qiongre Duojin) rode his horse to the front of the formation. At the same time, the surrounding knights squeezed Zhang Zhao into the middle of the team, preventing him from rushing to the front.
"Okay! Duojin can be a pioneer."
Zhang Gao knew that these five hundred Gui Yilang would definitely not let him charge at the front. If he forced himself to rush at the front, it might affect their battle, so Zhang Gao did not insist on charging by himself.
"Where is my son Jiye?" But in this case, it would be necessary to arrange a candidate. Zhang Yan called Yang Jiye loudly.
"My son is here!" Yang Jiye quickly rode forward.
The fifteen-year-old Yang Laoling had actually participated in seven or eight large and small battles, but all of them were playing side drums and playing soy sauce. Attacking as the main force like today was still a scene of capturing the king of a great country alive, but he had never experienced it, so he was extremely Excited.
"Do you dare to stand on the left wing of the army?"
This left wing is not located on the left, but serves as the commander of the marksman team on the left side of the team.
The function of the setting is to lead people to scatter on the left to shoot important enemy officers and warriors when the army rushes forward. It requires people with superb riding skills, superb archery skills, and extremely strong psychological quality.
Yang Jiye did not expect that his adoptive father would entrust him with such an important responsibility. He was trembling with excitement. He stood up on his horse and shouted, "How dare you! I am willing to capture the prisoner for you!"
"Zhang Cheng, this right wing is yours!"
Zhang Gao summoned another strong general. Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xibao, two men named Zhang, can be said to be the bravest warriors Zhang Gao gathered after taking control of Liangzhou.
Zhang Cheng was especially calm and prudent. During the siege of Xiazhou in the past, in four months, he shot and killed 140 members of the Dangxiang Army in Lu's car alone. He couldn't have done it without two brushes.
"I obey your Majesty's order!" Zhang Cheng never spoke much. After hearing the order, he went to the right wing with a few personal followers.
Horse hooves came in formations, as fast as rolling thunder, from nine days ago. Zhang Gao ordered his men to play a large silver-white banner with gold tassels that symbolized the commander-in-chief. The five hundred horsemen crowded together tightly and headed north out of Tucheng towards Zheng. Yelu Ruan left with two thousand and five hundred Hanerduo.
This was so conspicuous that even on the chaotic battlefield, it was enough to attract the attention of many people. Of course, Yelvruan and the Yelvhanerduo who were about to run sneakily also saw it.
If Yelu Ruan wants to run away, of course he won't get into trouble with Zhang Hao, and of course he doesn't know the strength of these 500 people.
So Yelv Ruan, who was in command next to Yelv Ruan, waved his flag, and a group of five to six hundred palace cavalry rushed over to intercept them.
Zhang Gao sneered and asked the flag soldiers behind him to beat the special golden drum. After receiving the order, Yang Jiye and Zhang Cheng each led fifteen people to disperse.
These thirty-two horsemen carried strong bows and dispersed on both wings as soon as they left the formation.
Immediately afterwards, a precise rain of arrows hit, and the five hundred knights coming out of Yale Hall fell to the ground one after another.
Moreover, most of those who were shot were officers who were at the front or holding the battle at both ends.
Yang Jiye and Zhang Cheng each shot at least six arrows in an extremely short period of time, with almost no missed shots.
The warriors behind him were similar. More than two hundred arrows were lost, and they killed seventy or eighty people in just seven or eight breaths.
Such a killing effect was extremely terrifying. The five hundred and six Yehuerduo knights who rushed out immediately fell into panic.
Those who rushed ahead knew they were powerful, so they quickly jumped on their horses and ran to both sides. Those who didn't know what was going on continued to rush forward.
Yang Jiye shouted, and immediately put down the hard bow in his hand and took out a less powerful horse bow. The horse bow was less powerful but had a faster shooting speed.
On the battlefield, the cavalry who can charge at the front must be the bravest, have the best horses, and even the best armor.
Therefore, you need to use a strong bow to shoot them, so that the arrows can kill them, and use extremely high lethality to scare these experienced warriors.
And when the enemy cavalry from the middle and rear rushed over, they must be less skilled, courageous, and equipped than usual.
At this time, the horse bow must be used. Although the horse bow has little lethality, it is fast and can give people the illusion of a rain of arrows. This is why elite knights require the ability to shoot left and right.
Archery, like playing football, also has the concept of inversion. There will be a difference in accuracy and strength when a person shoots with his left hand and with his right hand.
Like Cao Mengde's son Huang Xuer and Cao Zhang, who can shoot the bow from left to right, and the enemy will fall in response to the bow, there will definitely not be a majority.
So generally speaking, archery masters will use the main hand with which they are most comfortable to shoot strong bows. Yang Jiye just fired a stone and two strong bows six times in a row, which was the main hand he used.
Now that your main hand feels sore, you can use your secondary hand to guide the soft bow on the other side, and you can still achieve good results.
Sure enough, the knights who charged in the middle and rear sections saw nothing in front of them. The strong comrades who were usually regarded as the backbone were gone. They subconsciously thought that those comrades had been killed.
Immediately afterwards, he was hit by a hail of arrows. He was hit by arrows all over his body and felt pain everywhere. He couldn't care less about the number of people on the other side and whether he was seriously or lightly injured.
Don't be ridiculous, the elders have been killed, let's run away!
So, watching the large number of cavalry in the middle and rear rows, after suffering a wave of fierce attacks, they scattered to both sides like their comrades in the front row.
Those who are more sophisticated will circle back to their own formation, but those who are not particular about it, if you ride your horse fifty steps under the rain of arrows in front of the battle, then you can be considered worthy of the emperor and run away for your life!
Yelu Ruan opened his mouth in horror, "Fuck!" Where is my cavalry?
That big pile of cavalry just now? Disappeared immediately?
Then, he saw a familiar figure. Zhang Zhaojie had a flying horse flying from his crotch. He was wearing heavy armor and a green robe embroidered with ocher-yellow flying tigers. The golden-purple painted bow in his hand reflected the light of the setting sun. .
As soon as his hand was released, an arrow flew through like a meteor. With a bang, a cavalryman twenty or thirty steps in front of Yelu Ruan was shot off his horse.
"Thieves! Do you remember a certain family?" Zhang Zhaojie shouted loudly, which shocked the entire army.
This figure, this figure, this domineering and domineering posture, a flash of lightning flashed in Yelu Ruan's mind, and he recognized who this person was.
That was by the Yangqu in the north of Luoyang. He was not the Khitan emperor yet, but a cautious nephew. At that time, he was leading a thousand iron harriers to attack the emperor of Zhou.
Then there was nothing more. He met Emperor Zhou's Han Shandu. They first used their steps to overwhelm their cavalry, and then their brave cavalry attacked from both sides. It only took less than 500 men to defeat his 1,500 cavalry. .
Yelu Ruan didn't even know how he was defeated. All his men were dead. The man who had been chasing him and forced him to climb Beimang Mountain in only his underwear seemed to be the strong man opposite.
run! Run! At this moment, the dream demon from the past came into his mind. Yelu Ruan's mind went blank, and he only felt pain from head to toe.
When he came to his senses, Yelu Ruan found that he had already ridden his horse and was running back to Tucheng.
Yelv Ruan's side Yelu Hanerduo was stunned. He didn't notice that the emperor had already galloped away?
How to fight this? The battle had stopped and the emperor was gone. He quickly asked the people around him to chase the emperor. But as soon as he gave the order, everyone nearby saw the emperor running away, and the formation suddenly began to shake.
What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Zhang Gao immediately ordered, "The entire army fired their horned crossbows, hit them, and do it directly!"
Under Zhang Gao's order, the five hundred cavalrymen Gui Yilang suddenly accelerated and dispersed at the 120th step. After rushing to the 80th step, they fired their horned crossbows almost at the same time.
The short crossbow arrows were like messengers from hell, immediately knocking down a large number of the Khitan cavalry on the opposite side.
Then under the command of flags and drums, they quickly gathered around 60 paces, regrouped to form the vanguard formation, then increased their speed to the highest level, and suddenly crashed into the Khitan cavalry.
Yale Xiangwen also ordered people to organize a rain of arrows to harass Zhang Yan and others when they rushed over.
Not everyone saw that Yelu Ruan had run away. Yelu Ruan also spent a lot of effort and energy to establish Yelu Hanerduo, so it was not without loyal ministers.
Many Yehanerduo cavalry dispersed without waiting for orders, coming up from all sides with bows or close combat, intending to defuse Zhou Jun Gui Yilang's charge.
But none of these could shake the shocking blow of Gui Yilang, because they were charging with their own emperor to capture the enemy's emperor alive.
Nothing can be more glorious than this moment, dying in battle? What does that mean?
At this moment, neither the missed arrows nor the Khitan cavalry pretending to charge at them could shake their determination to attack the main force of Yale Hanerduo.
Thirty steps!
Twenty steps!
After some coaxing, the Yale Hanerduo Formation, which had thousands of people, became timid when the five hundred Gui Yilang were about to hit them!
Just when they were about to hold on, their inner defenses collapsed and people scattered everywhere.
"Disperse!" Zhang Hao shouted, and this sound seemed to penetrate all the noise. The five hundred Gui Yilang dispersed in an instant, each waving their horses and pecking hammers in all directions, beating Yale Haner's heart. The cavalrymen screamed and ran further.
"Gather!" Thirty cavalrymen had been protecting Zhang Gao. After they killed randomly in the enemy formation for a while, they penetrated the enemy formation and immediately stopped. Two flag soldiers raised Zhang Gao's large silver-white banner with gold tassels hanging down.
In just a dozen breaths, five hundred Gui Yilang came from all over to join them.
"Charge!" The five hundred people shouted in unison. After losing their formation, they rushed towards the place with the largest number of people again.
The target of their attack, the knights of Yale Hall who had just gathered, were already frightened and fell into chaos even after thirty or forty steps. Then the five hundred Gui Yilang dispersed and started killing indiscriminately.
This is called gathering to be a ball of fire, and scattering to be a sky full of stars!
Wang Tongtong laughed ferociously, and he saw the stability of Ye Hanerduo.
This absolutely ruthless man actually rode his horse alone and rushed towards dozens of riders.
Yale's carefully guarded guards also saw Wang Tongtong, and dozens of bows were fired at him rapidly. Wang Tongtong's chest, saddle, and horse were hit by countless arrows, making him look like a hedgehog.
A few arrows even penetrated through the gaps in the leg armor, causing Wang Tongtong's thigh to bleed profusely.
But Wang Tongtong didn't care at all. He only cared about whether he could kill the opponent Xianwen with one stab.
Ye Hanerduo saw the charging Wang Tongwen carefully, and was forced to pick up his spear, howl and choose to hedge, and he did so with more than ten cavalry.
"Everyone! You've fallen into a trap!"
Wang Tongtong roared proudly, and suddenly the sweaty horse under his crotch accelerated violently, and rushed out for at least a dozen steps, as if he had transformed, and arrived in front of Yale Xianwen.
Ye Xiangwen was caught off guard. The spear in his hand was still in a stabbing position. He had no time to change his moves, but Wang Tongtong was already close to him.
Roaring with pride, Wang Tongtong danced his horse, and thunder struck Yale Xianwen hard on the head, killing him instantly!
After killing someone, Wang Tongtong did not continue the pursuit. Instead, he stood up with his horsemen and roared at the surrounding Khitan cavalry.
"What kind of pig and dog are you! How dare you come here to die?"
When the Khitan cavalry heard this, no one dared to step forward. After looking at each other for a few times, they left in a hurry.
Wang Tongtong calmly dismounted, chopped off his head with an axe, tied Yale's fine and stable braid across the horse's side, and returned to the main formation in a mighty manner!
On Zhang Gao's side, after two rounds of gathering and dispersing, the two thousand five hundred horseman Ye Han'erduo immediately collapsed, leaving behind at least six to seven hundred corpses and fleeing in all directions.
Zhang Hao felt refreshed and he led his men to Tucheng, the commanding height of Lutai'e. Yelu Ruan had already hid in it.
As soon as Zhang Gao and Gui Yilang arrived, the knights of Yale Hall who were still guarding the door immediately dispersed, leaving only forty or fifty elite guards in armor who were still standing guard.
Zhang Gao also didn't care about Hu, and immediately ordered Gui Yilang to climb the wall and knock on the door. In a short time, Yelu Ruan's most loyal attendant was eliminated.
The earthen wall of the outer courtyard couldn't stop him, and the inner courtyard couldn't stop him even more. Zhang Gao only heard the frightened cries of countless maids, and knew that Yelu Ruan had no strength to resist.
"Wu Xu! Come out! For Abli's sake, I will always give you wealth." Zhang Hao shouted loudly Yelu Ruan's Khitan name.
In the room, Yelu Ruan drank a large corner of wine and looked sadly at Zhen and Queen Xiao Sage.
"The Nanman wants to kill me! This is a lie."
Xiao Sage burst into tears and said tremblingly: "Abri is favored by Emperor Shaoming, so he should be able to protect His Majesty!"
"Hahaha!" Yelu Ruan laughed wildly, "I am the Emperor of Liao Dynasty, the Son of Heaven! How can I survive by begging from women?"
As he spoke, Yelu Ruan, who was a little drunk, muttered in a low voice: "I entered the Central Plains with the Emperor of Datong and killed so many people? How can Han'er let someone survive?"
After saying that, Yelu Ruan stood up unsteadily and handed a short knife to Yelu An's hand, "Do you wish to be Huangfu Lin?"
Huangfulin was the commander of Zhu Liang's crane capital in the past, and was a confidant of Zhu Youzhen, the last emperor of Liang.
Before Li Cunxu entered Tokyo, Zhu Youzhen ordered Huangfulin to kill him to avoid falling into the hands of Li Cunxu. Huangfulin took the order to kill Zhu Youzhen and then committed suicide.
Yelu Antuan can be said to be Yelu Ruan's absolute confidant at this time, because Yelu Antuan's grandfather Yelu Chubulu was burned to death for supporting Yelu Ruan's father Yelu Bei.
After Yelu Ruan ascended the throne, he would of course make Yelu Antuan his confidant.
Yelu'an Tuan heard this and fell to the ground crying.
Yelu Ruan was extremely impatient and turned a blind eye to the pleas of Zhen and Xiao Sage, and just roared wildly.
"Kill me quickly, the Nanman thieves are about to come in."
Yelu An Tuan had no choice but to stand up, and after a moment's hesitation, he stabbed Ye Lu Ruan in the chest with his knife.
The Khitan emperor, who had been on the throne for two and a half years, was historically known for being paranoid and stubborn. However, his death at this time was at least much more glorious than his murder in the Vulcan Lake.
Seeing the emperor groaning on the ground, Yelu'an howled in pain and stabbed his heart with a dagger filled with Yelu'an's blood.
