The dream of a lonely hero

The marshal left behind in Nanjing, Imperial Uncle Yan Wang Yelu Tieda, personally led an army of 100,000 out of Youzhou. There were layers of soldiers, layers of armor, swords and spears like wheat ears, swords and halberds like hemp forests, flags and flags fluttering, dust flying, covering the sky and the sun. It took more than a month to cross Danju to Xiongju. Yelu Tiedar ordered his younger brother Yelu Tiehan to be the commander-in-chief of the expedition against the Song Dynasty. His eldest son Yelu Yong, second son Yelu Meng and third son Yelu Gang were the vanguards. Yelv Shi, Yelu Lai, Miao Ran, Ma Yao, Gao Xiang and Zheng Cun were the deputy commanders. The vanguard led 10,000 troops. Han Chengzhao, the governor of Zhennan, served as the grain escort and led 10,000 troops to escort the grain, grass and baggage. Yelu Tiehan led 88,000 troops and was the central army. Yelu Huaji, the commander-in-chief of the left side of Zhennan, took charge of the middle army. Yelu Tieda led his fourth son Yelu Qiang and a thousand soldiers to sit in Xiongzhou. Zuo Yanzhang, Zuo Chenglong, and Zuo Chengba were at Xiongzhou's command. Yelu Tieda's selfishness in this arrangement was obvious. He wanted his son to make great achievements, so he transferred all Zuo Yanzhang's 8,000 Tanzhou troops and horses to his younger brother Yelu Tiehan's command.

Early one morning, the pioneers of the Liao army, Yeluyong, Yelumeng, and Yelugang, led an army of 10,000 into Pansigou in a mighty and mighty manner. Yeluyong ordered Gao Xiang and Zheng Cun to lead eight thousand troops and horses to the rear. He led two thousand in advance, followed by Yelvmeng, Yelugang, Yelvshi, Yelulai, Miaoran and Ma Yao. Yeluyong's cavalry army had just walked out of the"Flying Tiger's Pass" in Pansigou. They saw a group of people not far ahead. After a closer look, they were people from the Song Dynasty. After a closer look, they saw more than a dozen large flags crookedly. Only then did they understand this. Man is facing the enemy and facing the army. He drove his horse closer and looked again, and saw that they were Song troops. They were all men with helmets on their heads, no armor, carrying silk satins on their backs, and a large bunch of money tied around their waists. They were carrying hoes, iron pickaxes, and twisting dung. Those who carry forks, those who carry shoulder poles, those who drag shovels, those who pull iron bars, those who pull iron palladiums, those who pull Zen staffs, those who hold kitchen knives - there are all kinds of people. These people form a loose formation, whispering to each other, coughing, scratching their heads, scratching. It's itchy - it's not like fighting, it's like going to the market.

Yelumeng watched carefully and couldn't help but laugh so hard that he almost lost his breath. The officers and soldiers of the Liao Army laughed so much that they leaned back and forth, holding their stomachs. Some laughed so hard that they fell off their horses, and some hurriedly used their spears to support the ground. After laughing for a long time, Yelumeng suppressed his laughter and rode up to his elder brother Yeluyong, saying:"Haha! Brother--brother, what-is this thing, is it-haha-is it to resist us?" The Song-Song Army!"

Yeluyong also suppressed laughter and said:"If you want to die, let's help the barbarians!"

Yelu said fiercely:"Haha! I-I have no interest in killing these rabbits. I would also be somewhat interested in domestic cats, domestic dogs, and hares." He turned to Yelu Gang and said,"Third brother, you have abused domestic cats and dogs since you were a child, so why don't you go for a walk!"

Yelu Gang just stopped laughing. With a loud voice, he said:"Haha! I don't dare to compete with my brothers for this credit!

The three brothers pushed me for a long time. Ma Yaoxun thought: The three young marshals were all afraid of being embarrassed by killing the merchant. The young marshal didn't The only thing he is willing to do is to do it for himself. He said:"At the end of the day, I will catch some domestic animals to drink with the three young marshals. There is always a time when they are used to eating wild game.""He came to the front of the battle, patting his horse and wielding his sword.

These Han people were more than two hundred ordinary men led by Guo Mao. Guo Mao ordered Yuanda to go to war, and told him to postpone the time and only allow defeat but not victory. Yuanda urged his horse to swing. The mace faced Ma Yao. The two horses crossed each other, the sword and mace collided, and they fought for more than fifty rounds, regardless of the winner or loser. The Liao general Ma Yao had no ability and relied on speculation and flattery to reach the capital school. Yuan Daben was within the three alliances. They could take his life, but they did not dare to disobey Guomao's military order. After fighting for more than thirty rounds, they defeated the horse. Brother Yeluyong knew that Ma Yao had little ability, so he had no hope at all; he even ignored the battlefield in front of him. Let’s play the game and watch the fun on the side. Ma Yao returned to the formation out of breath. Yeluyong said disdainfully:"Madu School is winning!"Ma Yao knew he was ridiculing himself, but he still smiled cheekily and said:"It's all because of the young commander's power!

Yelu said fiercely:"Brother!" Are all barbarians so shameless? You said that Zuo Manzi (Zuo Yanzhang) killed 100,000 'domestic animals' (Song Army) and still dared to ask his father for credit with a shameless face!"

Yelüyong said:"How can barbarians compare with us Khitan people who grew up on horseback? They have nothing but rhetoric."

With that said, a horse flew out of the Song Army's formation. The man on the horse had a square face and white skin, eight feet in length, holding a Fangtian painted pole and halberd. He shouted:"'White-faced Tiger' Li Bin is here, Fannu, come quickly. Die!"Yelu, the commander of the Liao army, came to greet him with his spear and horse. The two generals were killed in one place. After more than seventy rounds of fighting, Li Bin was defeated and returned to his own formation. Li Bin also followed Guo Mao's military order of only defeat but not victory. Guo Mao held the steel spear in his hand, dismounted from his horse, and went straight to Yelu. When Yelu came to see Guo Mao, he was wearing a green scarf on his head, a green war robe, and a pair of yellow leather-soled boots. He had a bow on the left and a bow on the right. Hu Jian, holding an eighty-two-pound green dragon-pointed steel spear in his hand, sat on a high-headed green-maned horse. He hurriedly raised his spear to greet him. After twenty rounds of back and forth fighting, Yelu Lai returned to the formation timidly on horseback. Guo Mao immediately rode up. The horizontal spear did not catch up. Yelv Shi, the general of the Liao Dynasty, rode his horse and wielded his sword to fight Guo Mao. The two horses crossed each other, the weapons were raised at the same time, the swords and spears were arrogant, and the horses' hooves were chaotic. After fighting for more than eighty times, Yelv Shi was sweating profusely. Yelu Shi suddenly saw Yelv Shi's strength. Unable to hold up, he replaced Yelvshi with an ax and jumped on his horse to fight Guo Mao. The two generals fought for three rounds, but Guo Mao was defeated.

Seeing that the general was defeated, the Song army was in disarray and turned around in a hurry, fleeing in all directions. As he ran, he no longer cared about the silk on his back and the string of money tied around his waist. They were scattered all over the floor, including flags and golden drums. The Liao army took their time to pursue the horse, and the soldiers saw that the ground was full of them. The money and silk satin all got off their horses to fight for it, and the generals all got off their horses to snatch the flags on the ground. In ancient times, the flag was very important. If you pick up the general's flag and take it back, you can receive a reward.

Yeluyong didn't mind, and shouted casually:"It's all These are things that have never been seen in the world. The gold and silver silk and satin from the Southern Dynasty are piled up in such a pile that you can't even carry them. Are these broken flags worth grabbing? Only by winning the banner of Zhao Guangyi can we become a general and a marquis! Hurry up and rush forward for Grandpa!"Some soldiers continued to loot wildly, and some soldiers reluctantly obeyed the general, saddled their horses, and followed the general in pursuit of the Song army.

Guo Mao led more than 200 people to escape to the bank of Gunlong River. All the soldiers watched. The surging river blocked the way, shouting:"Guo Military Academy!" Guo Military Academy! What should we do? Guo Mao shouted:"If you want to die, go down to the river to feed the fish and turtles. If you want to live, follow Guo Mao and turn around to kill the pursuers!"

All the soldiers looked at each other and said,"Can - can it be done?"

Guo Mao said:"Whether it works or not depends on whether you want to live!" That slave is also made of flesh and blood."After that, he took out three arrows from the quiver and put them on the bow. He pulled them full and shot them into the throats of Yeluyong, Yelumeng and Yelugang who were walking in front. These three arrows were not only accurate but also accurate. The force was so fierce that each arrow passed through the throat. The two arrows that passed through the throat were nailed to the throats of Yelu Lai and Miao Ran behind them; the other arrow shot through the flagpole of the Liao army's vanguard flag, and the flagpole was in The flag was broken by the strong wind, and the flag fluttered and fell to the ground. The horses under Yelu Yong, Yelu Meng, Yelu Gang, Yelu Lai, and Miao Ran ran forward for more than eight feet, and the five corpses just fell. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty got off their horses and their morale was greatly boosted. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty rallied their spirits and the sound of killing shook the sky. They waved their tools such as hoes, iron picks, dung forks, shoulder poles, iron spades, iron spades, iron palladium, Zen staffs, and kitchen knives, and followed Guo Mao into the enemy's formation.

It took the soldiers of the Liao army a long time to react. The generals Yeluyong, Yelumeng, Yelugang, Yelulai and Miaoran were shot to death, and the vanguard flag was also shot off. The tree fell, the hozenes scattered, the flag fell, and the army was confused and dying. The soldiers fled. Yelv Shi and Ma Yao, the deputy pioneers of the Liao army, turned their horses and ran away. The Liao soldiers on the horses turned around and fled. The Liao soldiers who dismounted and scrambled for silk, money, and the flag dropped by the Song army had not had time to mount their horses. Mao, Yuanda and Li Bin led more than 200 soldiers to kill them. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in panic. Guo Mao urged his horse to swing his eighty-two kilograms of green dragon-pointed steel spears and rushed into the enemy group like a dragon making waves in the sea. A green dragon points a steel spear and dances like a mosquito dragon coming out of the water or a strange python turning over. It can be used as a spear, a stick and a knife. At one moment, it can pick, point, stab, sweep, and stab, and at the other moment, it can chop, tease, swing, and cut. , Smash! Sweep across a large area and stab a large number vertically. The Liao soldiers will be injured if they stick to it, and die if they touch it. Yuandawu holds the mace in his hand, and Li Bin holds the palm of his hand, Fang Tianhua pole and halberd, following closely behind like a tiger wading among sheep. Look at Guo again. The more than 200 Han soldiers behind Mao were brave and took the lead. They carried their weapons and caught up with the Liao soldiers, slashing and poking them randomly. Guo Mao led the army and killed them all the way for more than 50 miles. The Liao soldiers were killed until the rain fell, and the horses turned on their backs, and ghosts cried and wolves howled. , corpses lay all over the field, two thousand troops and horses were killed, most of them were abandoned, and the golden drum flags and armored horses were countless. The rest of the troops fled into Pansigou.

Guo Mao grabbed his mount and ordered to stop the pursuit. After a moment, he heard Pansigou's"Gourd" Three loud arrows were shot from the direction of the mouth. He took out the magpie bow, attached a loud arrow, and shot towards the sky above the"Hulukou" mountain pass in Pansigou. In a moment,The tops of the mountaintops on both sides of Sigou roared like the sky was falling. Countless pieces of large bluestones rolled down from the tops of the mountains, shaking the mountains and shaking the ground. Dust rose into the sky. In a moment, a stone wall ten feet high was piled up at the mountain pass. In less than half an hour, thick smoke billowed over the stone wall, blocking out the sun and flames reaching into the sky. Within the stone wall, wolves howled and ghosts cried, their wails endless, and the sound shook the heavens. Guo Mao drew out the second ringing arrow, put the bow in his hand, buckled and added strings, like pushing Mount Tai, he opened the bow and shot towards the sky above the Jinwang camp in Gunlong River.

Let's talk about the 100,000 Liao troops in Pansigou. At"Hulukou" in front of them, Wang Zhao and Ma Xi, the Song troops on the top of the mountain, each led 20 sergeants. The cannons were pushed down and blocked; the"Flying Tiger's Pass" at the rear was blocked by the Song Army's Gao Qiong and Wang Hanzhong, who each led 20 sergeants. They pushed down the wooden and stone rolls, lit dry firewood rollers, and gray bottle cannons that had been prepared. ; The one hundred thousand Liao army became rats in the bellows, unable to advance or retreat. All they could do was wait to be beaten. The Pansigou road is long and narrow, with cliffs more than ten feet high on both sides. There is a ditch between the two mountains of Chatianling and Moyun Mountain. The Liao army was trapped and unable to escape.

"Hulukou"、"Guo Mao led 500 soldiers to prepare for nearly a month and laid out 18 ropes. , blocking the wooden and stone rolling, dry firewood, and gray bottle cannons one by one. The first nine lanes were wooden and stone rolling, and the last nine lanes were dry wood, rollers, and gray bottle cannons. The soldiers saw the leader waving the red flag. Once, a rope was cut off, and the wooden and stone rollers blocked by the rope, the dry firewood rollers poured with oil and gunpowder, and the cannonballs from the ash bottles flew straight down. The 100,000 Liao troops in the Pansi ditch were miserable.

Guo Guo Mao ordered all the soldiers to rest where they were. An hour later, Jin King Zhao Guangyi led all the civil and military officials and more than 2,000 sergeants to cross the Gunlong River to join Guo Mao. Zhao Guangyi saw the golden drum banners and flags dropped by the Liao army all over the ground. The armored horses were ecstatic, dismounted far away from the saddle, and trotted all the way, with tears in their eyes and shouting:"Keep it secret! Keep it secret - my lonely lover! Lonely benefactor! God-man—Guo Aiqing is truly a man of God!"The behavior was slightly rude. No wonder, Zhao Guangyi didn't sleep a wink the whole night. This battle would determine his life and death, honor and disgrace, life and death. This night was the longest night in his life, and this night almost brought him to the edge of mental collapse.

Guo Guangyi Seeing this, Mao rushed forward to greet him, bowed and saluted, and said:"Your Highness! Your Highness has given you too much praise, and you really don’t deserve it!"

Prince Jin's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly took his hand and said,"My beloved, you can get away without any courtesy! Free of charge! Guo

Mao asked Jin King Zhao Guangyi to enter Xiongzhou City at noon the day after tomorrow (12:00). After that, he led Yuanda, Li Bin and two hundred soldiers under his command, took a small road and bypassed Moyun Mountain and rushed to the"Flying Tiger Pass" ten miles away. In the jujube forest.

Flames were flying over Pansigou, and people inside were shouting and screaming. Jia Su, Chai Yuxi, Dai Xing, Sang Zan, Shang Feng and others all admired Guo Mao. Mi Chao said to Yang Mao:" Godfather! Who is calling father and mother over there and howling incessantly? Yang Mao ignored him and said to King Jin:"Your Highness!" Can Guomao really win Xiongzhou tomorrow?"The King of Jin ignored him and ordered Dai Xing, Sangzan, Shang Feng, Ge Ba, Fu Qian, Wang Neng, Zhang Xu, Wang Rong, Wang Xijie, Yang Mao, and Mi Chao to lead more than two thousand soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Half of them Hours later, Dai Xing reported the results of the battle to the King of Jin: 1,500 Liao soldiers were killed, 21 were captured, and 1,490 horses, 1,470 pieces of armor, and golden drums were captured. There were countless flags, flags, saddles and bridles.

King Zhao Guangyi of Jin was so excited that he ordered to set up camp on the spot and bury pots to make rice. At ten o'clock in the evening, King Jin ordered his soldiers to light torches and torches, and the fire shone like daylight; he saw thick smoke and flames above Pansi Valley. Gradually subsided, Shang Feng and Ge Ba were ordered to lead a thousand sergeants with pickaxes to open up the stone wall of Pansigou's"Flying Tiger's Mouth". After an hour, the stone wall was opened, and the smell of roasted human flesh came out; then they ordered Fu Qian, Wang Neng, Zhang Xu, Wang Rong, and Wang Xijie led a thousand soldiers into Pansigou to clean up the battlefield. Pansigou was more than a hundred miles away, and one hundred thousand Liao troops were roasted for nearly four hours, leaving dead men, dead horses, and golden drum banners. , food, grass and baggage were filled with the entire ravine, and the workload of cleaning was quite heavy. The King of Jin ordered two thousand soldiers to carry torches and clean up in turns. After a night of hard work, a narrow road was cleared at Maozheng (06:00) the next day. Jin The king sent down the generals and ordered the officials of the 24 counties in the nearby three states to lead the local troops to Pansigou"Flying Tiger's Pass" to dispose of the bodies of the Liao army. The breakfast of more than 2,000 soldiers of the Jin Dynasty could not be eaten in Pansigou. After breakfast, Fu Qian, Wang Neng, Yang Mao and Mi Chao led 500 soldiers and more than 200 Liao army prisoners to meet the King of Jin. These prisoners were the survivors of the 100,000 Liao army. The prisoners were all terrified, their souls were as if they had been smoked, their clothes and armor were incomplete, they were missing arms and legs, they were limping, wailing and moaning, and they looked like ghosts.

Yang Mao held up a whip in his hand and kept beating the prisoners, He said fiercely:"The Hulu who cannot be burned to death! Before paying homage to the Great Song Mountain, His Royal Highness the King of Jin was deployed in the camp.

The prisoners fell to their knees and shouted,"Your Highness, King Jin, spare your life!" Spare your life! -"

King Jin waved his hand, and the prisoners stopped talking.

King Jin asked:"Who will be the leader of this invasion of our Song Dynasty, and how many troops and horses will he lead?"

A prisoner hurriedly crawled to the feet of King Jin and said:"Report to His Majesty the King! The leader of the army was Yelu Tiehan, the deputy marshal of Nanjing, the imperial brother of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Tiehan, the governor of the left side of Zhennan, and the vanguard Yeluyong, Yelumeng, Yelugang, Yelulai, and Miaoran were captured by the heavenly soldiers. The spear wielder (Guo Mao) was killed with three arrows! Han Chengzhao, the commander-in-chief of Zhennan who was escorting the grain and baggage transport, had 58,000 horse troops, 50,000 infantry troops, 72 generals, and 280 generals. He was very eloquent and answered ten questions.

The king of Jin said:"Are Yelu Tiehan, Yelu Huaji and Han Chengzhao here?" The kneeling prisoner said:"

Han Chengzhao doesn't know that Yelu Tiehan and Yelu Huaji are there - right in the crowd.""

The King of Jin rushed to the crowd of prisoners and said:"The imperial brother of the Liao Kingdom, Deputy Marshal Fan of Nanjing, Yelu Tiehan, the Lord of Victory, and Yelu Huaji, the governor of Zhennan Left, please come out! The kneeling prisoner turned around and said loudly:"Yelü Tiehan and Yelu Huaji are still putting on airs. Get out of here quickly. If you are half a step too late, you will be broken into pieces!""