Fu Song

Chapter 489 tragic
Starling Wanyan looked at the corpses of Pi Shijun who died in battle neatly arranged in front of him, and felt a buzzing pain in his head.

The [-] Pishi army only lost half of it in one battle with the enemy. Such a large loss is really shocking.

Although the enemy's casualties are not under this number.

But the group of dignitaries staying in Zhongjing City don't care about the casualties of the enemy. They only think that their invincible leather army has killed so many people.

After all, it must be the incompetence of the commanding general.

He is the best target.

Who made him the deputy commander of the Pishi Army, and also a Jurchen!
Originally, it was very controversial that he could sit in this position, and it was all thanks to the emperor's full support, but if this loss continued, even the emperor would not be able to help him.

From the generals to the soldiers in the Pishi army, there is not a single child from an ordinary family.

All nobles.

More than [-] people died in the First World War, that is, more than [-] noble families.

When these people were notified of their death in battle, they might have wished to tear themselves apart and cramp.

This was Xiao Siwen's first time dealing with the Western Army, and the heavy casualties of the Pishi Army really shocked him.

If the Gongfen army, which is slightly less powerful, goes up to fight this battle, I am afraid that it will not be evenly divided, but will be directly defeated.

"I didn't know that the Western Army was so strong!" Xiao Siwen sighed, "I used to laugh at Yeluhuan for being old and not dead, but now I know his difficulties."

"The scout said that apart from the iron kite, the whole Bubazi army is here." Wanyan Bage frowned and said, "Commander, the iron kite is cavalry, and the Bubazi is heavy infantry. These two armies are in the Western Army. There is a parallel existence in the middle, since they can be tied, we can also see their combat effectiveness, and we must be careful in the next confrontation. Our department is really powerless to fight any more, so we can only do some supporting work."

Xiao Siwen nodded, he could understand Wanyan Bage's thoughts, half of the five thousand leather warriors died, and he couldn't send them any more due to reason and reason.Although they lost a lot of power, the good news is that the opponent's iron kite is also in the same situation, and they should be unable to fight anymore.

Then everyone's situation has been pulled back to the same level.

The combat power ceiling of both sides has almost collapsed.

"Next, the Pishi army will do some missions of guarding and investigating and guarding the food road. The Western army has already set up camp in Xuanlei Village, and it seems that they are going to fight us to the death!" Xiao Siwen said: "Anyway, in this battle, we I'm not in a hurry to achieve a certain result, if I can drag Xiao Ding's main force here, it will be regarded as the completion of the strategic injury."

Although he also wanted to make meritorious service, Xiao Siwen was one of the top people in the Liao Kingdom after all. For him, making meritorious service was a icing on the cake, but not a necessity.

After the First World War, he immediately had a very deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Western Army, and there was absolutely no need to confront the opponent head-on.

He can make the choice that is most beneficial to the Liao Kingdom without making too many trade-offs.

This reminded him of the meeting with the emperor and empress before he left.

Especially Empress Xiao Chuo, her nominal daughter's analysis of the current situation, and more importantly, a series of analyzes of Xiao Ding's character and behavior habits are added to it.

Xiao Chuo was worried about Xiao Siwen's quick attack, so he repeatedly warned and emphasized Xiao Ding's strength, which made Xiao Siwen feel extremely uncomfortable at that time.

Xin Dao knew that it was your elder brother, so if he defeated him in time, he would be captured alive and handed over to you.Do you need to scare me like this?
Looking at it now, I'm afraid Xiao Chuo is really not worried about her elder brother, but herself.

Of course, Xiao Chuo didn't have any ridiculous things like family affection for herself, she just didn't want to delay her plan because of her own failure.

Daliao can afford it!
The Western Army can't afford it.

Unlike Daliao's solid foundation, the Western Army rose too fast and expanded too fast, which made their rule like a mansion built on sand, extremely unstable.

Although economically, because of Xiao Cheng's design back then, they have a whole set of development plans for industry, agriculture, and commerce, and it seems that they are indeed thriving, but this kind of development is easy to be interrupted.

A big war can set the Western Army's economy back ten years and return to the original embarrassment.

Therefore, Xiao Ding must not be willing to spend it.

He will find ways to end the fight quickly.

Moreover, with Xiao Ding's intelligence, he may have already guessed what Daliao wants to do. After defeating the Liao army quickly, he is still prepared to go south to rescue Song at a critical moment, which Xiao Chuo will never allow. .

Therefore, Xiao Ding must be dragged to the north, or completely defeated.

If Xiao Siwen can't defeat Xiao Ding, then holding him back is the best choice.

Now, Xiao Siwen had a choice.

Fortify the camp and fortify the village, wait for Xiao Ding to beat him!
Anyway, everyone's logistics and transportation routes are about the same distance now. In comparison, with my back on the Shangjing Road, no matter in terms of people's or material resources, it is far better than Xiao Ding's Yan Junsi in Heishui Town.

The strength of the two sides is also similar, so he must have the upper hand in terms of supplies. In this battle, at the end of the battle, Xiao Ding must be the one who can't afford it first.

As long as you can't afford it, you have to make a choice.

Choices made in desperation are extremely easy to make mistakes.

Like Xiao Siwen and Wanyan Myna, Xiao Ding is also suffering from heartache.

The casualties of more than [-] iron kites also shocked the entire Western Army.

This is the biggest casualty of Iron Harrier since its founding.

In the early days, no matter whether it was going to the plateau to defeat the Tubo tribe, or going west to attack Uighurs and Uighurs, or traveling thousands of miles to defeat Heikhan, the biggest casualties of the iron kite were only a few hundred people.

This battle also gave the Western Army the most intuitive understanding of the Liao Army.

You know, the Pishi Army has as many as [-] people.

But the iron kite only has five thousand.

If this one-to-one ratio of casualties is true, how can the Western Army withstand the full blow of the Liao Kingdom?
Of course, fighting a war is not such an algorithm, but such a simple comparison of strength still makes everyone feel a little guilty.

Apart from Xiao Ding's heartache, he had to use a hearty victory to regain the confidence of the soldiers.

The Western Army is not the original Guangrui Army.

The Guangrui Army is all composed of Han Chinese, with a single mind, following orders and prohibiting orders.

The current Western Army includes more than a dozen ethnic groups including Dangxiang. It is normal for everyone to have their own ideas.

"Boss, the result is obvious now." Zhang Yuan, who came to Xuanlei Village with the army escorting food and grass, analyzed: "We must fight quickly, but the opponent's defensive posture will make our attack more difficult. Even if we win in the end, it can only be a miserable victory.”

Xiao Ding nodded.

"After winning the battle, we have no power to do anything else." Zhang Yuan took a deep breath: "Master, you originally wanted to march straight into Shangjing Road after winning the battle, threatening the Linhuang Mansion, so as to The plan that made the Liao army dare not march into Hebei on a large scale and threaten Bianliang has to be scrapped."

"Yeah, before, I thought it was easy for the Liao people. It seemed easy to deal with them before, but when I met their core force, I realized that the victories I had won before were really not worth mentioning. "Xiao Ding was a little frustrated.

Zhang Yuan laughed: "Boss, the Liao Kingdom is now the largest country in the world, and we are the only ones in the world who can do this."

"If it's as Erlang guessed, Da Song is really in danger this time." Xiao Ding said.

Zhang Yuan sneered: "Let's take care of ourselves first! Only when we survive can we talk about saving the country and our hearts. If we die, we will have nothing left. This is the foundation of the Liao people. Manager, we can only protect our lives wisely now." , Didn’t Erlang say the same thing? Don’t overreach yourself and do things beyond your capabilities. Not only will this not help the matter, but it will cause irreversible damage to the future.”

"I understand." Xiao Ding stood up, walked to the map, and looked at it carefully: "Xiao Siwen wants to endure it, so let's endure it for a while. Since I don't want to do anything in the future, I just focus on this battle in front of me. Then let him take a good look at the power of a certain family."

Zhang Yuan smiled and nodded: "This is the arrogance of the manager."

Xiao Ding's expression was not good-looking: "It's just that, Chen Qiao's side may be in danger."

"If you lose it to the east of Black Mountain, let Ye Liqi go back and rescue Chen Qiao and others to retreat!" Zhang Yuan said. "Sir, I have brought Mogus."

"It seems that you have already made a plan before you came here." Xiao Ding smiled: "I am going to send someone to find Mogus! But now the Liao people are powerful, and we are weak, and Mogus is on the rise. Having lived in the Qing Mansion for so long, he also knows our strength, whether he is willing to join forces with us is another matter."

"It is precisely because he has lived in Xingqing Mansion for so long and has a deep understanding of us, especially you, that I think he may help us fight this battle!" Zhang Yuandao: "There are many divination people in Beizhan , the fighting power is not bad, they have been suppressed and punished in the Liao Kingdom, so their rebellion has always been constant. Although Mogus surrendered to us, because of his lack of strength, his position in the Western Army has been relying on Finally, if he can make great contributions this time and recruit a group of old troops by the way, then his status in our Western Army will definitely rise in a straight line."

Xiao Ding nodded slightly.

"So I think Mogus will do his best to help us fight this battle." Zhang Yuandao. "The manager might as well talk to his good student. If you want to win this battle, you might as well promise to let him go to the west to expand the territory and compete with the Black Khans. It depends on him what he can achieve."

"In this way, we can also withdraw Zheng Jihua Leide one by one to deal with the next battle against Liao!" Xiao Ding clapped his hands.

"Erlang is right!" Zhang Yuandao: "It is not necessarily good for a country's territory to be too large. If it exceeds the ability of its own jurisdiction, countless rebellions will only be brewed. Therefore, a place like the Black Khanate may as well Let others do it, we are only afraid of doing the best things within our ability, and then let the influence spill over, that’s all.”

In Dongshou Jiangcheng, Xiao Ding was worried that Chen Qiao's current situation was already very bad.

The Dongshoujiang City was burned by fire for several days and then encountered a sudden rainstorm, which caused the solid city walls to collapse in many places overnight, and he had to start a hand-to-hand fight with his opponent, and the defeat was already doomed.

Because the available troops in Yeluhuan's hands are ten times as many as his.

Five days ago, Chen Qiao organized troops to rely on the city to fight. The regular army went out to fight, and the young and strong covered the top of the city. Fortunately, the magic arm crossbow did not require any professional skills.

Five days later, Chen Qiao retreated back to the city and stood guard.

But now, the Liao army had entered the city and started a street fight with Chen Qiao.

When the city was burned by fire, Chen Qiao began to plan how to fight to the death with his opponent in the city.

Because he knows that he can't escape.

There are too many cavalry from the Liao people. Once he starts to flee with his infantry, he will immediately become the prey of the Liao people, and there is no chance to escape to Montenegro.

Instead of this, it is better to fight to the death.

Killing one is enough money, killing two makes one.

Today is the second day of street fighting.

A large number of young and strong men were either captured or killed after the city was broken. Now Chen Qiao doesn't know how many troops are still in the entire Dongshou surrendered city.

Just listening to the shouts of killing everywhere, I know that fighting is still going on everywhere.

After several years of expansion, Dongshoujiang City originally had more than [-] people living in it. The city was large enough and the structure was complex enough to allow them room to move around.

"Here we come!" Beside him, a soldier looked excitedly at the end of the street, where more than a dozen Liao soldiers came cautiously holding their shields.

The soldier lame with thick blood on his face smiled silently. Beside him was a well-strung bed crossbow. Under the attack of such a bed crossbow, no matter how thick the shield was, it would be like a piece of paper. Being pierced, in such a narrow alley, there is no way to dodge, imagining the appearance of stringing candied haws, the soldiers are very happy.

With a backhand, the handle of the knife hit the machine bracket, and the bed crossbow flew towards him with a sharp whistling sound. Amidst the exclamation from the opposite side, several names of scholars were indeed strung together, and the last one was still alive. scream.

But the remaining Liao soldiers didn't care about them, instead they rushed up shouting.

It is not easy to string the bed crossbow, and they will never give the hidden enemy a second chance to string the string.

The soldier sneered, picked up a torch from the ground, threw it more than ten steps ahead, then turned around and ran away.

The torch ignited a pile of straw, and it burned, and then there was a loud boom.

The soldier flew forward and fell to the ground. When he turned his head, a section of the wall had been blown down. The collapsed wall buried the alley with a length of dozens of steps. Those Liao troops who were knocked down were struggling in pain.

The soldier got up and rushed back with his knife in hand.At the same time, some companions emerged from the side, and everyone waved their knives excitedly,
One knife one, that is called a hearty one.

Until an arrow flew and shot a soldier to the ground.

More Liao troops rushed over, and everyone turned around and ran.

(End of this chapter)