Di Qing and the others only hated that their horses were not strong enough, and the armor on their bodies was not strong enough, otherwise they could break through Tongtai Pass and rush all the way to the upper capital of Liao State.
When Di Qing led the Tiger Army rushing out of the trail, he ran into the Liao soldiers patrolling in the Liao Kingdom.
The Liao soldiers patrolling in the Liao Kingdom heard the scout report back, saying that there were enemies, and wanted to come and clean them up.
But after seeing the full lineup of Di Qing and others, he immediately turned around and ran away.
The Liao soldiers didn't take a closer look at what soldiers and horses were behind the tiger army led by Di Qing, but the iron cavalry of the front army was enough to scare them to flee in embarrassment.
Heavy armor ride!
The cavalry's big killer, heavy armored cavalry!
Without making adequate preparations in advance, Liao's rangers faced heavy armored riders and contended head-on. It was no different from hunting for death.
Even if they were sitting on horseback from the Song people they looked down upon.
Liaobing ran into Di Qing and his party and wanted to escape.
But Di Qing did not give them a chance to escape.
Although the Tiger Army is not equipped with a musket, it is equipped with a crossbow.
Di Qing and the others chased behind the Liao soldiers, drew out their crossbows, and fired at them.
Those who ran fast naturally escaped their lives, and those who ran slowly became souls under the arrow.
Some of those who were not shot to death fell off their horses and were trampled to death by iron hoofs rushing up from behind.
The weight of hundreds of catties ran over them all at once.
In the end, they became a pile of minced meat.
Di Qing estimated that two sticks of incense could rush to the Tongtai, but in fact it only took one and a half sticks of incense in the end.
The reason why the speed was faster than Di Qing predicted was because they met Liao soldiers on the way to charge.
The tiger army is worthy of the tiger's name, and seeing the Liao soldiers is like a hungry tiger seeing a sheep.
They vigorously urged their horses to rush forward, just to rush to the front of the Liao soldiers and give them a knife.
One knife is enough to take the life of Liao soldiers.
The knives in their hands are very sharp and can easily cut through the leather armor of the Liao soldiers and slash them on their flesh and blood.
The Liao soldiers were either hacked to death on the spot, or after being hacked, they were not rescued and lost too much blood and died.
When Di Qing and the others rushed to Tongtaiguan, the guard of Tongtaiguan appeared on the Guancheng in a panic.
"Song Jun?!"
"Why did Song Jun appear at Tongtai Pass?!"
The Tongtai Gatekeeper looked at the Tiger Army led by Di Qing in disbelief.
Ever since Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Guangyi failed three northern expeditions, the traces of the Song army have completely disappeared from Daliao.
Song Jun has not dared to step into the Liao region for decades.
Once the Song army set foot in the Liao region, and there was no need for Daliao to do anything, the emperor of the Song state would send someone to cut off the heads of those Song army and send them to Daliao to calm the anger of Daliao.
The guard general of Tongtai Gate had long forgotten the appearance of the Song army invading the Liao region.
Maybe it's not just him.
Most of the Liao people have forgotten the appearance of the Song army invading the Liao region.
After all, decades have passed since the days of Song State gnawing at Daliao.
Decades of time are enough to make many people forget many things.
In their eyes, Song Guo was a big fat pig who was kept in the pigpen. When he was hungry, he could cut a piece and roast it.
They never thought that the pigs they raised would grow fangs and eat them back.
General Tongtai Gate saw the Tiger Army led by Di Qing. He was incredulous at first, and then he was angry. Before waiting for his anger to vent, he felt a panic in his heart.
"fast!"
"Fight against the enemy!"
"fast!"
Tongtai Gatekeeper was panicked and roared loudly on Guancheng.
The defenders in Tongtai Pass hurriedly came out to fend off the enemy with weapons and armor.
A sporadic rain of arrows fell for a while.
Di Qing and the others rushed to the head of the city, dispatched twenty riders and rushed out, against the scattered arrows falling from the head of the city, they crossed the trench with the long ladder, and cut the iron ropes on the suspension bridge.
After the chain was cut, the suspension bridge banged to the ground with a bang.
"Boom, boom..."
The crossbowmen who followed closely shot the crossbow in a violent shot.
One by one, crossbow spears slammed into the city wall.
The jump soldiers rushed along the suspension bridge, climbing the crossbow spear, to the top of the city.
"Quick! Kill them quickly!"
Tongtai Gatekeeper shouted in a panic.
The Liao soldiers were shooting with swords and bows.
However, the jump soldiers in the Song Army surged upwards like a tide.
The Liao soldiers were not able to kill without the help of weapons of great lethality such as rolling logs, stone stones, and golden juice.
"Boom!"
Just when the Liao soldiers on Tongtaiguan fought hard to resist the jumping soldiers climbing on the city wall.
The tiger army auxiliary soldiers have pushed the siege chisel across the suspension bridge.
Pushed by the soldiers, the huge log slammed into the gate of Tongtaiguan.
One after another, one after another pits were punched in the gate.
The Tongtai Gatekeeper felt the violent crash and hit his heart. He panicked so badly that he immediately sent another man to guard the gate.
It's just that his order to send more manpower has not been conveyed.
The jump soldier has already jumped onto the city.
The two sides faced each other, changing from bows and arrows to close hand-to-hand combat.
The hand-to-hand torment was unfolded everywhere on the city.
A jump soldier rushed to Tongtai Gatekeeper's eyelids, and the Tongtai Gatekeeper had to take action personally to fight with the jump soldier.
The hand-to-hand combat is very tragic.
In order to make it easier to climb into the city, the jumpers wear light armor, and the only protective tool they can rely on is a small round shield in their hands.
Both you come and I go, killing blood gushing.
"Boom!"
A collision sounded clearly different from the others.
The Tongtai Gatekeeper who was being torn apart was shocked.
"The city gate is broken?!"
"The city gate is broken!"
The Tongtai Gatekeeper was stunned.
The tiger army auxiliary soldiers under the head of the city were roaring vigorously.
Both sides said one sentence, but their minds were completely different.
After the city gate was smashed, the auxiliary soldiers of the Tiger Army pushed the siege chisel arbitrarily and rushed in arbitrarily.
The Liao soldiers at the gate of the city had no way to kill them, they could only be forced to retreat again and again by the siege.
At the moment when Di Qing broke through the city gate, he barely hesitated, raised his spear high, and led the iron cavalry into it.
"Go in! Leave no prisoners!"
Di Qing led the iron cavalry, swarming into the Tongtai Pass.
The reason why he didn't keep prisoners was not that Di Qing was bloodthirsty, but that his traveler was sneaking, so he didn't bring much food and grass.
When the army led by Cao Wei failed to capture the entire territory of Zhuozhou, it was very difficult for him to replenish food and grass.
He can't afford so many captives.
When the iron cavalry rushed into Tongtai Pass, the battle was over.
Di Qing led the iron cavalry, rushed from the gate of Guancheng to another gate, the Liao soldiers in the gate, who had been killed seven or eighty-eight.
Some Liao soldiers fled through the back door on horseback when Tongtai Pass was breached.
Liao people are used to the idea of not caring about the gains and losses of a city, so they will never guard a closed city.
If nothing can be done, they will definitely withdraw decisively.
The Liao soldiers in Guancheng escaped halfway after Di Qing rushed into Guancheng.
The Liao soldiers on the front of the city could not escape.
Peng Yue climbed to the top of the city along the stairs in Guancheng, and after slashing off the head of the Tongtai Gatekeeper, the battle was over.
The remaining Liao soldiers on the front of the city were invited to surrender.
Di Qing told Peng Yue to take them down the city and kill them all in one go.
Subsequently, Di Qing quickly sent people to clean the battlefield, and re-deployed the defense of Tongtaiguan.
Tongtaiguan changed hands, and the defenders on the front of the city became soldiers of the tiger character.
A big banner with the word Tiger given by Zhao Zhen and Di Qing's banner with the word Di hung on the city.
After the war, Peng Yue found Di Qing very excited, and said excitedly: "General, we have won, we have won Tongtai Pass."
Although Di Qing was young, he didn't show any excitement because of breaking the Tongtai Pass. He said to Peng Yue: "We had mental arithmetic and were unintentional. It is inevitable to win the Tongtai Pass by a surprise, so there is nothing to be excited about.
If we didn't get the help of nobles, and didn't touch Tongtai Pass for more than 20 miles without a word, it would not be so easy to win Tongtai Pass.
This fight is really about merit, and it is the old man who is the first meritorious service, not us. "
Hearing Di Qing's words, Peng Yue's excitement was much less, and he said solemnly: "The general is right, we can win Tongtaiguan, and the old man has made great contributions.
The humble post has sent someone to invite him, and he will go to Guancheng later. "
Di Qing nodded and said, "When Lao Zhang enters Guancheng, you will arrange Lao Zhang to stay. You ask Lao Zhang to see if there are other family members. If so, you send someone to live in Tongtai Pass. under.
Lao Zhang helped us so much, it is hard to guarantee that others will find out.
Now we have not captured the entire territory of Zhuozhou, and Lao Zhang's family is still living under the rule of the Liao people.
If the Liao people knew that Lao Zhang had helped us, he would definitely take action against his family.
So we have to take the lead and take Lao Zhang's family over. "
Peng Yue nodded solemnly.
Di Qing continued: "We broke through the Tongtai Pass, not a real fierce battle. The real fierce battle is yet to come. Less than a day before Cao Shuai led the Chinese army, we may be counterattacked by the Liao people at any time.
There may even be a scene of siege on both sides, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses attacking.
So after you have settled the old man, immediately send someone to reinforce the city wall of Tongtaiguan, and prepare for rolling wood, stone and other objects.
Hundred tigers, bed crossbows and other ordnance were also erected on the head of the city according to my instructions. "
"Humble job understands..."
"go a head."
After Peng Yue left, Di Qing took a piece of paper, brushed a brush, and wrote the news that the Tongtai Pass was broken, and then sent someone to use a quick horse to pass the news to Cao Wei.
After a day and a night.
Cao Wei got a good news from Di Qing.
"Hahaha... In the first battle, Di Qing won Tongtai Pass, paving the way for our army to clear Zhuozhou."
Cao Wei laughed loudly with the good news from Di Qing.
The victory in the first battle is indeed a happy thing.
After smiling, Cao Wei immediately passed the order, "If the order goes on, the army will be divided into three groups, attacking from the left, center and right, to level all the cities in Zhuozhou. After taking Zhuozhou, they will converge at Tongtaiguan."
After Cao Wei conveyed the military order, Lu Yijian smiled to Cao Wei: "As long as Di Qing can hold Tongtai Pass before we rush to Tongtai Pass, Zhuozhou will be the territory of my Great Song Dynasty."
Cao Wei smiled and said: "This is the advantage of taking the lead in launching an offensive. The army led by Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is estimated to have arrived in Youzhou City, and we have already acquired Zhuozhou in the bag."
Lu Yijian nodded, and said with emotion: "In the past, the Liao people invaded southward and broke through the land of the two states of the Song Dynasty, and we only reacted."
Cao Wei snorted coldly when he heard this, and said, "It's to blame on the incompetence of the defenders and the ignorance of those who know the state. The Liao people went south in a big way, and they thought that the Liao people were going south to hit the grass valley. They would retreat, so after the Liao army appeared on the border, they did not immediately report to the court. This made the court miss many opportunities."
Lv Yijian clicked his mouth and said: "The set that the Liao people used to us in the past is now used by us on them. This is also a kind of retribution."
When Cao Wei heard this, he had no words. He didn't believe in retribution.
Seeing that Cao Wei was silent, Lv Yijian said: "Cao Shuai must be alert to the soldiers under his command, not to be proud and complacent."
Cao Wei nodded solemnly, "I understand."
Cao Wei knew why Lu Yijian said this.
The root is in Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi.
Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi conquered the Liao Kingdom three times and entered Yanyun three times, each time he could break through the land of Yanyun and several states.
But every time, I couldn't stand firm.
As long as the people of Liao seized the opportunity and defeated Song's army in one fell swoop, Song would have to withdraw from Yanyun and return the land of several states previously obtained.
The Liao people abandoned several states and lured the enemy to go deep three times.
Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi fell into the same pit three times.
Such a painful lesson is naturally worthy of Cao Wei and others as a warning to avoid making the same mistakes.
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After Cao Wei got the news that Tongtai Pass was broken, it took two days for Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to get the news that Tongtai Pass was broken.
As soon as Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu arrived at Youzhou City with his troops and horses, he heard the news that Tongtai Pass had been broken, and his expression was gloomy and terrifying for a while.
In the palace.
Liao Emperor Yelulongxu sat high on the dragon chair, staring gloomily at the figure kneeling in the middle of the hall.
"The Tongtai Pass is broken?"
The figure is a leading toothman who escaped from Tongtai Pass. Hearing the question of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, he shivered and said: "Broken... Broken..."
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu's eyes flashed and said coldly: "Then why are you still alive?"
The toothman was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I never care about..."
Before he could finish his words, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu snorted coldly.
Immediately in the palace, a general stood up and slashed him to death.
After the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu watched that tooth general died in anger, he coldly confronted the civil and martial arts in the palace: "I Liao people don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place.
But is Tongtaiguan an ordinary city and land
If we lose the Tongtai Pass, we have lost the opportunity.
If we lose Tongtai Pass, we will lose the entire Zhuozhou.
How many Tongtai Passes in Daliao can be let out
How many can Zhuozhou lose
If the guard of Guancheng in my Daliao area met the people of Song Dynasty, they would give up Guancheng, then how can I get a foothold in Daliao? "
The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu looked at the officials and said coldly: "I lost the Tongtai Pass and gave the whole Zhuozhou his hands. I was ashamed to lick my face in front of me, saying that I don’t care about the Liao people. The gains and losses of the city
That's what I am qualified to say, you don't. "