Author: Chen Erhu
First, the White Horse Ridge ten thousand arrows are fired in unison
In the fourth year of the Taiping Revival of the Northern Song Dynasty, in the first year of the LiaoQianheng Dynasty (979 AD), on March 16, near Baima Ridge (present-day Lu County, Shanxi), yelü sha, the chancellor of the southern capital of the Liao Dynasty, and the imperial family of Ji Wang, led 30,000 Khitan iron horsemen from Liaoning Nanjing to aid the Northern Han to reach this place, when Yelü Sha saw a large stream in front of him blocking the way, the Song general Guo Jin on the other side of the river was already in a strict position to command the soldiers and horses.
Yelü Sha, who had experienced hundreds of battles, looked around and saw that the Song army had seized the favorable terrain on the opposite bank, blocking the stream as a danger, while the men and horses led by himself were running for a long time, and the people were tired and tired, while the Song army was waiting for work and was fully prepared, and the mountain stream was not conducive to cavalry combat, thinking that it was not possible to act rashly, and it was necessary to wait for the rear army led by the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelü Xieyi, to attack after arriving.
However, the ji king's enemies fiercely advocated the attack, and the imperial and privy councillor deputy envoy Yelü Mo, who served as the overseer of the army, was only sent by Emperor Jingzong of Liao and Empress Xiao Yanyan to supervise the operation, and also approved of the attack. Yelü Sha painstakingly persuaded: There was a big stream blocking the road in front of it, and the Song army on the shore had already made preparations, and it was afraid that our army would not be able to cross the stream.
The king of Ji relied on himself as a high royal rank, did not take Yelüsha's persuasion seriously at all, shouted loudly, and led the men and horses to start wading through the stream, and Yelü Mo only ordered the soldiers and horses to cross the stream, and for a time the people shouted horses, and the Liao army rushed to wade into the water.
Yerushalayim felt that the situation was serious and could not be commanded by him, and in case there was only an accident between the enemy and the mole, the master blamed him, and could not eat and leave, so he sighed and attacked with the army.
Just when the Liao cavalry was trekking hard in the ravine, only half of the men and horses had just landed, the Song army launched an attack, so that the Liao army could not form a battle formation, was slashed and killed by the Song army, the generals took the road to escape, trampled on each other and died, fell off the cliff and fell to their deaths, countless of them, the Liao army that had crossed the stream to the other side was surrounded by the Song army, dead and wounded, the King of Ji Yelü enemy lie and his son Yelü Frog Brother, Yelü Sha's son Delhi, the general Yelü Dumin, Yelü Tanglu and others were killed one after another.
Yelü Sha and Yelü Mo only fought desperately to break out of the siege and returned to the end of dajian, but the Song army held on tightly, and there was a great chance of eating the remnants of the soldiers and horses led by Yelü Shah.
At this critical moment, a Liao army arrived with great speed, and the first to lead was yelü Xieyi, the great king of the Liaonan Yuan.
Yelü Xieyun calmly observed the battlefield, and decisively ordered his men to fire ten thousand arrows in unison, suppressing the Song army's offensive, allowing Yelü Sha and Mo to lead the remnants to withdraw and save their lives.
Who is Jeroboam? His grandfather Yelü Apaoji was an uncle and brother of the Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji, which is not important, what is important is that Yelü Abaoji was the first hero of yelü Abaoji's founding of the country. His father Sarah was the second son of Yulu, who looked down on fame and fortune, did not become an official, and was influenced by his father Sarah, who was at ease and uninhibited, but he was born extremely intelligent, and he knew everything by himself, and when he saw the descendants of Liao Taizu fighting for the throne, he laughed even more, thinking that it was as leisurely as his own grazing.
In the blink of an eye, Emperor Muzong of Liao fainted and was killed by his subordinates, and Xiao Siwen, the brother-in-law of Emperor Muzong of Liao, weighed the pros and cons and proclaimed Emperor Liao's son Yelüxian as emperor, that is, Emperor Jingzong of Liao. Xiao Siwen also married his youngest daughter Xiao Yanyan to Emperor Jingzong of Liao as empress. Xiao Siwen had monopolized power for a time, and the scenery was eight sides, and he had long known that Yelü Yuelu had a grandson, Yelü Xieyi, who had the talent of the heavens and the earth, so he recommended Yelü Xieyun to Emperor Jingzong of Liao.
Liao Jingzong said: "I have heard of him for a long time, but this man was debauched and unruly, and refused to become an official."
Xiao Siwen said: "This person seems to be informal, but he has the Great City Government in his heart, and he should be reused as a pillar of the country."
Therefore, Emperor Jingzong of Liao summoned Yelü Xieyun to inquire about the general situation of the world and a good strategy for governing the country, and Yelü Xiexuan "occupied the right side of the country", which made Liaojingzong very happy, and Xiao Yanyan, the empress of Liaojingzong, was even more discerning, believing that Yelü Xieyi could take on a great responsibility, and when he reached middle age and had not yet married his wife, he married his niece to him and asked him to restrain the armies in the southwest, which was the important area where Youzhou (Yanjing) attacked and defended the Central Plains all the way.
As soon as Yelü Xieyi took office, he gave full play to his Wentao's martial strategy, and fought with the Northern Song Dynasty generals, and there were many armed conflicts between the Liao and Song Dynasties, and Yelü Xieyi had the upper hand, leading his soldiers and horses deep into the Song Realm, and there were many gains. Soon, because of the achievements of Yelü Xieyi and the management of the army, he was promoted to the king of the Southern Courtyard.
Emperor Taizong of Song unified the army to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, made full preparations in advance, prevented the Khitans from rushing to aid the Northern Han, and specially arranged for the general Guo Jin to lead his soldiers and horses to Shiling Pass to block the Liao army, because the Liao army from Liao Yanjing, Shiling Pass was the only way, so the scene at the beginning of this article occurred, if it were not for the timely arrival of Yelü Xieyi, the thirty thousand iron horses led by Yelü Sha would have been destroyed by the regiment.
Second, the Gaoliang River is mighty
Yelü Shayun and Yelü Sha led the soldiers and horses out of the battlefield, one left and one right camped in the village to rest, Yelü Sha counted his soldiers, only more than 10,000 people remained, and some wounded soldiers, they discussed with Yelü Xieyun about assisting the Northern Han. Yelü Xieyi believed that the Song army had long been on the defensive, blocked the route of Chi Aid, deployed elite troops, and now that the men and horses had suffered heavy losses, and did not know the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty, the best way now was to delay the advance of the army, to find an opportunity to break the enemy, on the one hand, let Yelü Mo only go back to the imperial court to report the situation of the defeat of Chi Aid, and on the other hand send people to inquire about the news of the Northern Han.
Yelü Sha nodded and said yes, so Yelü Sentry sent a fast horse sentry to listen to the news of the Northern Han Dynasty, and then sent Yelü Mo to report only to Emperor Jingzong of Liao and Empress Xiao Yanyan, waiting for instructions, and also retreated tens of miles, camped in favorable terrain to prevent the Song army from sneaking attacks. Soon, the people sent out to inquire about the Northern Han Dynasty returned with a person, this person was Lu Jun, a lieutenant of the Northern Han Dynasty, who informed taiyuan that the city of Taiyuan had fallen and the Northern Han Dynasty had perished. At this time, the messengers sent by the Liaojing Sect had also arrived, causing Yelü Xieyun and Yelü Sha to move their troops in the direction of Yanjing, respectively, because the Northern Song soldiers and horses were very likely to take advantage of the courage to attack the Border of Daliao.
As a result, Yelü Xieyun and Yelü Sha each led their troops to Yanjing.
Moreover, it is said that Song Taizong destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty with a single blow and returned to Zhenzhou, and before the palace, Yu Waiting cuihan proposed to take advantage of the northern expedition, recover Yanyun and other places, and directly take Youzhou (Yanjing): "This matter cannot be repeated, and taking advantage of this momentum of breaking bamboo is very easy to take, and the time must not be lost."
Therefore, Emperor Taizong of Song Zhao Guangyi decided to send troops to Youzhou.
On June 19, 979, Emperor Taizong of Song arrived at Jintaiyi in Yizhou. Under the command of General Kong Shouzheng, Liu Renyun, fu Qian, and other generals, the Japanese cavalry of the Vanguard of the Song Army had already persuaded the Liaoqigou Guanguan General Liu Yu to surrender, and then marched toward Zhuozhou, and in the area of the Dongsha River in Zhuozhou City, they were encountering people and horses led by Yelü Xidi, the great king of the Liaobei Yuan, and the commander of the army, Xiao Shugu, and the king of the Yi Dynasty, and the Song general Kong Shouzheng and Fu Qian led the most elite forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, which attacked in two wings, and Yelü Xidi and the others soon lost their support, and routed, and the Song army pursued and killed them all the way, biting and not letting go, and capturing more than 500 Liao troops. This made the Great King of the Northern Courtyard, Yelü Xidi, and the unified army frighten Xiao Gudu.
Yelü Xidi fought and retreated, all the way back to the north of Yanjing City, before Yelü Xidi and others set up camp, the Northern Song generals Ma Renyu, Kong Shouzheng and others led the Japanese cavalry to kill, Yelü Xidi and Xiao Qiugu hurriedly faced the battle, and the battle situation became one-sided in an instant, and the Song army, who was like a tiger and a dragon, harvested the heads of the Khitan people.
Yelü Xidi and Xiao Qiugu fought desperately to break out of the siege, and led the remnants of the Qinghe River (present-day Qinghe, Beijing) away.
Yelü Xidi and Xiao Qiugu ran as if they had lost their souls, looked up sharply, and found a group of people and horses waiting in a strict line, and couldn't help but think: It's over. When they looked closely, they were the men and horses of the Great Liao, and the general who headed it was Yelü Xieyi.
It turned out that Yelü Xieyi had received the news of Yanjing's emergency in the middle of the road, so he rushed to the rescue. As soon as he saw the appearance of yelü Xidi's men and horses, he inquired about the war, and Yelü Xidi said that the Song army was invincible, and the pursuing soldiers behind him would arrive immediately. Yelü Xiexuan replaced his men and horses with the green banner of Yelü Xidi's men and horses, pretended to flee, and led the pursuing Song army to Deshengkou (in the northwest of present-day Changping, Beijing), and when the Song general was chasing the people and horses, Yelü Xieyun had already led the headquarters of 10,000 horses around the back of the Song army, beat the drum and waved the flag, launched an attack, defeated the pursuing Song army, and fixed the heart of the army.
Although he defeated the pursuing Song army, the Song army was in full swing, and the number of people and horses exceeded that of the Liao army was several times greater, and the only thing to do now was to garrison the victory pass, give spiritual encouragement to Yanjing City, wait for the opportunity, and hope that more than 10,000 people under the command of Yelü Sha and the local reinforcements would arrive.
Soon, the spies sent by Yelü Xieyun returned that when the Song army was besieging Yanjing on all sides, Yelü Xuegu, the lieutenant of Tuoma, led thousands of people into Yanjing to assist his father to guard Yanjing's quan Nanjing to stay in Nanjing to defend the city, and informed that reinforcements had arrived one after another, which strengthened Han Derang's confidence in defending the city and also stabilized the uneasiness of the people in the city.
Soon, Jeroboam led his men and horses to the victory pass to meet the Jeroboam men and horses, and then Xiao Shugu also recruited thousands of Xi troops to arrive. Emperor Jingzong of Liao also sent emissaries with holy decrees on "matters within the army" and informed Brother Tiyin that Yelü Hugo would lead five thousand elite soldiers to come in the night of the stars.
Moreover, it is said that Yelü Hugo led 5,000 men and horses to rush day and night to the Xishan area west of Yanjing City, in order to create illusions for the Song army, but also to boost the morale of the Liao army, Yelü Hugo ordered the soldiers to each hold two battle flags during the day and hold two torches each at night, wondering about the Song army, so that the Song army did not know how many reinforcements were coming. When Jeroboam arrived, he sent men to work out a strategy with Jeroboam and Jeroboam.
On July 6, Yelü Sha and Yelü Xidi led their men and horses down from the Qing River to reinforce Yanjing City, and Yelü Washu laid an ambush along the Gaoliang River, and Yelü Hugo led his men and horses to cover the back road.
At this time, Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, was supervising the battle in the northwest of the city, and when he heard that more than 10,000 Liao troops came to help, he did not think much about it, and personally commanded the elite forbidden army to attack, and soon the Liao army led by Yelü Sha was not supported and retreated.
Song Taizong wanted to eat this Liao army, swinging the army from behind to cover up, and was in pursuit, when suddenly Yelü Xieyun led the fresh army to kill, Yelü Sha also turned the horse's head, and attacked with Yelü Xiexuan's troops, and what was worse was that the fresh force led by Yelü Hugo launched a death charge from behind, and Yelü Xieyun fought bloodily, and fought with Hugh Brother on the left and right wings, ", and rammed on the Song army, "greatly defeated the Song army", Song Taizong's buttocks were hit by two arrows, under the desperate protection of the guards, they fled into the wilderness, and Yelü Xieyun and Yelü Hugo fought with a single blow." Hunt and kill for more than thirty miles, behead more than 10,000 people."
Song Taizong was terrified, and in the middle of the night he fled with a few people from the imperial tent, because of an arrow wound on the buttocks, he could not ride a horse, and could only sit in a donkey cart and retreat all the way to the south.
When the Song army saw that the master Song Taizong was missing, he did not see life and death, and the military's heart collapsed in an instant.
The Liao army, which had rested for a night, under the leadership of Yelü Huge and Yelü Xieyi, took advantage of the courage to pursue and kill all the way to the prefecture, completely smashing the Northern Expedition of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Emperor Taizong of Song.
Third, the raw capture Yang is invincible
Emperor Jingzong of Liao died, and his son Yelü Longxu, who was twelve years old, ascended the throne as Emperor Shengzong of Liao. Emperor Taizong of Song believed that this was the best time to regain the lost land of Yanyun.
Therefore, Emperor Taizong of Song divided the army into three northern expeditions, with the guards and infantry all commanding Tian Chongjin to deploy the Dingzhou Road camp, and the Tongzhong Road Army out of the Flying Fox Pass; With the general Cao Bin as the commander of the Youzhou Dao camp, cui Yanjin and other generals to take zhuozhou north for the Eastern Route Army; With the Zhongwu Army moderation, Pan Mei was deployed for Yun, Ying, and other prefectures, and Yang Ye, who we know as the deputy capital, led the Western Route Army out of Yanmen Pass to the north.
Empress Xiao Yanyan of the Liao Dynasty ascended to the throne, promoted Yelü Xieyun to the Position of Privy Counsellor of the Northern Yuan, heard that the Song army's Three-Way Northern Expedition, the threat was menacing, Empress Chengtian pro-commanded the soldiers and horses to attack, so that Yelü Xieyun was the commander of the Shanxi Road Terracotta Army, gave the seal of the Shanxi Road, handled military affairs with full authority, led soldiers and horses to reinforce Yunzhou, and blocked the Western Route Army led by The Song General Pan Mei.
Yelü Xiexun led his soldiers and horses out of Juyongguan to the west, encountered He Huaipu, a general of the Panmei army of the Western Route Army, in the area of Ding'an, Ulzhou, defeated He Huaipu in a battle, pursued and killed Wutai (in present-day Wei County, Hebei), beheaded He Huaipu, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemies.
Then entered Weizhou, the Song army heard that Yelü Oblique commanded the troops, according to the city, did not dare to fight, Yelü Oblique used arrows to shoot the surrender book into the city, the Song army ignored. Yelü Xieyi accidentally caught the emissary sent by Pan Mei, with Pan Mei's handwritten letter, ordering the city to be held firm, and the reinforcements arrived on the same day, and then the Liao army was attacked inside and outside.
The general Yelü Qiaoyun made a plan, bribed the emissary with a large amount of money, asked him to send Pan Mei's "orders" to the city, and ordered his general Yelü Tizi to lead a group of men and horses to ambush the Song reinforcements on the road that the Song reinforcements had to pass, defeating the Song reinforcements.
Seeing the banner of the Song army in the city, and seeing the withdrawal of the Liao army, thinking that the reinforcements had arrived, they opened the city gate and took the initiative to attack, and as a result, they were hit by the plan of Yelü Xieyi, the Song army was annihilated, and the city of Weizhou was also lost, and Yelü Xieyi pursued and killed until the Flying Fox Pass, beheading more than 20,000 Song troops.
Moreover, the Western Route Army heard that the Eastern Route Army was defeated, and the commander Pan Mei still wanted to save the retaken yun, Shuo and other states.
The deputy marshal Yang Ye (this gong was the old Linggong in the "Yang Family General") believed that the Liao army was prosperous and prosperous, and because of avoiding its sharp edge, it protected the people of Yun, Shuo and other prefectures to retreat, and was willing to be the queen of the palace.
Pan Mei felt that it was reasonable, but wang, the superintendent of the Terracotta Army, as the superintendent of the Western Route Army, always looked down on Yang Ye, a general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and said coldly and sarcastically: General Yang claims to be invincible, why is he afraid to fight today, grow the prestige of the enemy, and destroy his own ambition. If you don't attack, you will be laughed at.
Yang Ye judged the situation and said: The Liao general Yelü was fierce and insisted on attacking, and if the enemy was not victorious, the consequences would be very serious.
Wang Nong sneered: It seems that your invincibility is a vain name, and now that the strong enemy is in front, it is when I am waiting to serve the imperial court, but General Yang is bearish.
These words deeply stabbed Yang Ye, and he angrily asked for battle. Pan Mei ordered him to lead the men and horses to attack. Yang Ye expected that this act would be more vicious and less auspicious, so he asked Pan Mei to lead soldiers and horses to meet at the mouth of Chen Jia Gu.
When Yelü Xieyi heard that the Song general Yang Ye was leading his troops out of Dai Prefecture, he ordered his subordinates Xiao Tao Rin and Yelü Xidi to lead their elite troops to ambush at Wolf's Tooth Village, and then led their men and horses to meet the Song army of Yang Yebu.
As soon as the two armies engaged, Yelü Oblique pretended to be invincible, and fought and retreated, and Yang Ye's troops pursued. Arriving at the area around Wolf's Tooth Village, Yang Ye suddenly woke up, fearing that he would be ambushed by the Liao army, ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and asked what this was. When the subordinates told this place to be called Wolf's Tooth Village. Yang Ye had an ominous premonition, his surname was Yang, here is called Wolf's Tooth, it is clearly "sheep into the wolf's mouth", which makes him very disgusted with this place name in his heart, which is a sign of bad luck.
Yang Ye did not want to enter the village, but he had to pass through the village. Just when Yang Ye hesitated, the cannons continued to roar, ambushed the troops, and cut off Yang Ye's retreat, and Yelü Xiexuan, together with Xiao Tao and Yelü Xidi's soldiers and horses, surrounded the Song generals led by Yang Ye, and wave after wave of attacks caused the Song army to fall. Yang Ye fought bloodily, broke through the siege, killed from mid-day to dusk, killed a bloody road, turned to Chen Jiagukou, who had made an appointment with Pan Mei, originally wanted to use Pan Mei's soldiers and horses to defeat and win, who thought that Taniguchi did not have a single soldier at all, and could not help but sigh from the sky: "I am waiting for my life to rest!"
He said to the hundreds of soldiers and soldiers who had followed him out of the siege: "Ru and others have their parents and wives, and it is useless to die in battle with me, so they can disperse and flee for their lives, and when the enemy army goes, they can still report the passage of the Battle of The Son of Heaven."
The soldiers listened, and no one refused to leave, and the seventy-three-year-old veteran general Wang Gui stood up even more passionately, willing to live and die with Yang Ye.
Therefore, Yang Ye held the large knife in his hand high and led his soldiers to kill the Liao army.
These hundreds of people were soon killed in battle, Yang Ye's son Yang Yanyu was killed by dozens of wounds in his body, and the veteran general Wang Gui was wounded and fell off his horse, still wielding a bow in his hand to kill several people of the Liao army and died in battle.
Yang Ye slashed his horse and danced his knife left and right, and even slashed countless Liao soldiers.
The Liao general Yelü Xieyi had long heard of Yang Yeying's name, and before this battle, he specially issued an order to try to capture Yang Invincible, so his generals shot arrows at Yang Ye's warhorse together, and the warhorse was wounded and fell to the ground. Yang Ye jumped up from the ground, fought with the Liao army on foot, and retreated into a forest, hiding with the cover of the forest trees.
At this time, it was already dusk, and there was no longer a sound of killing on the battlefield, so Yelü Xiexuan ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield and look for Yang Ye.
When Yelü saw the small forest, he guessed eight or nine, and as soon as he waved his hand, Yelü Xidi led a team of Liao troops to surround the small forest and search for Yang Ye. When a faint remnant of the sun shot into the forest, Yelü Xidi saw Yang Ye's robe shadow in the distance, opened a bow and arrow, Yang Yezhong's arrow fell to the ground, and the Liao army rushed up and captured Yang Ye.
When Yang Ye was escorted to the big tent of Yelü Xieyi, Yelü Xieyi shouted, "But yang is invincible? Er and I have been victorious for more than ten years, and now they are prisoners of the order, what else can they say? ”
Yang Ye rongma all his life, today was captured, Naiqi shame and humiliation, did not say a word (hunger strike for three days and died).
Empress Chengtian personally greeted him and gave Yelü Xieyi a commendation, but he also deeply regretted the death of the Song general Yang Ye (later repaired the Yang Ye Ancestral Hall at Gubeikou), and also did not reward Yelü Xidi because Yelü Xidi shot Yang Ye and caused Yang Ye's death.
Yelü was a Khitan general with the same name as Yelü Hugo at that time, and his prestige was far away, and he died of illness in the army with Empress Xiao Yanyan of Chengtian.
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