The 6,000 soldiers of the Yongbyon army were divided into three large phalanxes on the left, center and right, with the shield soldiers in the front, the pikemen in the rear, followed by the large number of warriors armed with axes, maces, and swords, and the archers and crossbowmen at the end of the formation. The fully armored cavalry guarded the two flanks of the large array, and the end was majestic and well-founded.

The three phalanxes slowly advanced to the beat of the war drums, and only stopped suddenly when they were about three or four hundred paces away from the city gate. For a while, the aura of slaughter rose into the air, and you could really feel it from afar: this strong team in front of you should not be underestimated.

The side defending the city suddenly drove out of the formation outside the city, this move immediately startled the Liao army scouts, and more than a dozen war horses galloped back to the Khitan camp from different directions, hurriedly reporting the latest situation.

In less than half an hour, the camp of the Liao army also sounded a burst of noise, and then, the camp gates on three sides opened, and 20,000 elite cavalry lined up, divided into three roads, and pressed the Song army in the distance-for-tat.

Since the true intentions of the other party had not yet been clarified at this time, the Khitans who responded to the battle did not directly charge and fight, but stopped a thousand steps away from the Yongbyon military formation and watched from afar.

The formation of the Song army is very exquisite, not only self-contained, can be attacked and retreated, but also they are only more than 300 steps away from the gate of Shanzhou, a little back, the archers at the head of the city can provide enough cover. Moreover, there are also extremely powerful flying crossbows and bed crossbows, and if the Liao army really rushes forward, they can enter their best range in the blink of an eye.

The two sides have temporarily entered the stage of confrontation. The Song army did not move, and the Liao army did not dare to act rashly, so they could only secretly guess what their intentions were when these Han barbarians suddenly ran out of the city to form a formation.

After a while, a group of people rushed out of the camp of the Liao army, made a big circle at the gate of the camp, and then ran straight to the hill and high ground in front of Zhao Liang and them.

"Damn, it's coming!" Zhao Liang said excitedly: "Zhang Gui, you have good eyesight, hurry up and take a closer look, are there any big fish?" ”

Zhang Gui squinted his eyes, looked at it seriously, and said happily after a while: "Yes!" Haha, judging from the costumes, there are indeed quite a few general leaders! ”

At this time, they were close, Zhao Liang and Xiaoya also saw seven or eight points clearly, and saw that the group of people were really wearing well-made armor, the wild pheasant feather on the helmet and the solid-colored big coat draped behind them, all of which showed that the identity and status of the comer were not trivial in the Liao army.

The group of knights rushed up to the highest hill in one breath, and immediately pointed in the direction of the city of Shanzhou, as if they were studying the movements of the Yongbian army, while their backs were completely exposed to the three-bow bed crossbow hundreds of paces away.

Zhao Liang was excited in his heart, and silently said: God bless, Daozu bless, Xiao Tzu Rin must be in this group of people.

Don't say it, Zhao Liang's prayer really worked, Xiao Tzurin, the commander of the Liao army and known as the "wolf lord", was in the ranks on the hill at this time, observing the Song army's array.

Originally, his newly appointed Han military division, Shangguan Xueming, had strongly advised him not to go to the front line in person, especially to avoid those terrifying city defense giant crossbows far away. However, the behavior of the Yongbyon army this morning was too strange, and it was obviously a pattern of defending the city, but they wanted to go out of the city to line up.

Xiao Tart-rin was not sure of the Song army's intentions, and at the same time did not dare to ignore the old opponent of the Khitan Yang Yanzhao, in the context of rumors that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was personally marching and hundreds of thousands of troops were about to arrive here in the next day, the king of the Southern Courtyard had no choice but to go out and run in person, and came to the forward position to watch the enemy's formation.

However, fortunately, this place is far away from the city of Shanzhou, and the view is very wide, so it should not be threatened by the crossbow arrows at the head of the city. Shangguan Xueming saw that the dissuasion could not be achieved, so he could only hold the luck mentality of giving it a try, and rode out of the camp with Xiao Tzu Rin and other Liao generals, and climbed the hill to study the enemy situation.

A group of more than a dozen of them were immediately on the top of the mound at this time, separated by the three-way cavalry formation of the Liao State, far away

Look at the movement of the Song army in the distance. Xiao Tzu frowned, looked at it for a long time, and then asked his subordinates, who knows what kind of medicine Yang Liulang is selling in this gourd.

The generals of the Liao army were all confused, and they couldn't figure out what the famous Yongbian Army wanted to do with its strong city wall fortifications and put on an ordinary field battle formation.

If it weren't for Yang Yanzhao on the other side who was in charge of the overall situation, I am afraid that someone would have proposed to let the Khitan cavalry rush forward bravely. In such a mixed formation of five or six thousand infantry and cavalry, in the face of the repeated impact of 20,000 iron cavalry, it is estimated that it will not even last the time of a meal.

But it's a pity that Yang Liulang's name is too loud, so no one dares to speak easily, and no one can understand whether the cunning Yang Yanzhao will lay some terrible traps in the back, waiting for the Liao army to jump inside.

Seeing that no one replied, Xiao Tzu Rin couldn't help frowning again and asked, "Mr. Shangguan, tell me what's going on over there." ”

Shangguan Xueming has been looking around since he came to this hill, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation to see if there are any ambushes or anything, so he didn't pay attention to Song Jun's problem at all. ”

Seeing his unyielding appearance, the surrounding Liao generals showed disdain and ridicule, and at the same time, they were all gloating, waiting to see him being reprimanded by the king.

However, to everyone's surprise, Xiao Tzulin did not blame it directly, but patiently repeated the question just now.

Shangguan Xueming pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "The emperor of the Song Dynasty is personally on the expedition, this matter is a foregone conclusion, and the defenders of Lanzhou must have also received the news. Their morale was so high that they went out of the city to provoke, most likely in order to provoke our army to attack the city again, so that they could make some merit with the strong fortifications. ”

"What the gentleman said is similar to what I thought." Xiao Tzu Rin smiled contemptuously: "Yang Yanzhao is a commander of every district, and he belongs to the official position of sesame mung bean on the Han side, but his heart is higher than the sky!" I think he's far worse than his father! ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Shangguan Xueming: "How is the new batch of siege equipment being prepared?" Is it too late to launch a general offensive early? ”

Shangguan Xueming said: "King Qiyu, I was ordered to work day and night, and I built fifteen nest cars, and after improvement, they are stronger and more fire-resistant than the previous ones. In addition, the manufacture of large trebuchets is also nearing completion, and two of them were brought out first, and the test results yesterday afternoon were very good, with 1,500 steps and 30 pounds of stone bullets accurately hitting the target. At the same time, two of my subordinates also configured a powerful gunpowder, which was far more destructive than the Song army's fire oil jar. Gunpowder shells were thrown onto the city through trebuchets and were bound to inflict heavy casualties on the Song army. So, in two days at most, we can launch a deadly attack on Shanzhou. ”

"Two days?" Xiao Tzu Rin muttered to himself: "Two days is a bit long, and the main force of the Song army will rush here at any time......"

Shangguan Xueming groaned slightly, and his tone seemed very firm: "That's one day!" Today, we are working hard and overtime to ensure that the first batch of weapons will be ready for use tomorrow. ”

Xiao Tzu Rin finally smiled when she heard this, and said, "Okay!" With Mr. Shangguan helping me, why worry about big things? Since Yang Yanzhao likes to show off, let him show off as much as he wants, and he can't come up with any tricks. Pass on my order, all departments do not need to engage in battle today, they only need to hold their positions and prevent the Song army from raiding. Let's have a good meal and rest today, and wait until we have enough spirit to fight again tomorrow! ”

When the generals heard this, they agreed neatly, and then pulled the reins one after another, preparing to turn around and return to the camp, and according to the instructions of the wolf lord, they went to make all preparations for tomorrow's siege.

But at this moment, before everyone could start, they only heard the sound of two bowstrings suddenly banging in the distance.

Immediately after, a piercing scream rang out in the sky, no

When the generals of the Liao State reacted, two large javelins with sharp iron feathers suddenly smashed into the crowd!

One of them, impartial, stabbed a Liao general in the back, sending the man out of the saddle and flying several feet away.

The other one slashed diagonally against Xiao Tzu Rin's body and pierced into the ground.

Although the arrow missed, the iron feather on the long arrow happened to sweep on Xiao Tzurin's head. In an instant, the helmet of the king of the Southern Courtyard was slashed and flew sideways, and the whole person was immediately crooked, and he fell off the horse with blood on his face.

"King!" The Liao generals suddenly turned pale, and they hurriedly jumped off their horses and gathered around Xiao Tzulin. Shangguan Xueming stood on the spot, and his heart couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness that was difficult to disobey.

"Shot, get out of here!"

"Master Hou, there are spare arrows, let's shoot one more."

"It's too late, hurry up!" Zhao Liang pointed to a group of Liao cavalry running from a distance, and said hurriedly: "The deadly plague god is here!" Immediately poured fire oil on the crossbow and burned the bed! Everyone should leave as soon as possible, and they won't be able to run away if it's too late! ”

With that, he picked up Zheng Luya, jumped on the horse in three steps and two steps, and escaped from the other side of the woodland. Seeing this, Yang Zongbao didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly led everyone to light the crossbow, and then slipped out of the dense forest and fled before the crazy Khitans came to kill.

The sniper squad was lightly armed, rode horses and galloped wildly, circled around the big circle, dodged the cavalry phalanx of the Liao State, and rushed back to the territory of the Song army without danger.

It wasn't until he was completely in the safe area that Zhao Liang took a long breath, and when he looked back and checked, he found that apart from the loss of two valuable three-bow bed crossbows, and the other four soldiers were slightly injured, none of them were left behind and died.

He couldn't help but secretly shout Dao Ancestor's blessing, and finally put his mind at ease.

Zheng Luya looked back on the horseback and asked, "Master Hou, did you see it clearly just now?" How many people do we shoot? ”

"I don't know, I didn't see it clearly," Zhao Liang replied breathlessly: "Anyway, both arrows have been shot into the crowd, and with their density, it is conservatively estimated that at least four or five people will either be killed or injured." ”

"Alas, I don't know who the dead and injured are," Zheng Luya was a little worried: "Wait for Yang Shuai to ask, how should I reply?" ”

Zhao Liang smiled slightly: "Anyway, it's right that they are all big names in the Liao Kingdom, who they are, I believe they will know soon." ”

Although Xiaoya and Yang Zongbao knew that what Zhao Liang said was right, after all, there was no specific empirical result, and no one would inevitably doubt their achievements. Similar to them, Yang Yanzhao, who listened to the report, also had some bad judgments, and he had to wait patiently to see how the Liao side would react, and then he could judge what level of important people the other party had sniped.

What they never expected was that it didn't matter, they actually waited for an earth-shattering famous scene:

Overnight, the entire Liao army camp mourned in vain!

However, in the era of cold weapons, generals at all levels on both sides of the war usually had a high death rate. After all, there are swords and swords on the battlefield, and generals often like to perform classic repertoire that takes the lead, so it is inevitable that the knife will lick the blood, life and death.

In this way, the death of generals can be said to be commonplace for the army, and the body is usually wrapped in horse leather, and a hasty memorial service is settled, and it will never be held in a big fanfare.

There are only two possibilities for the Liao army to cry up and down like the Liao army in front of them: first, their emperor has burped; Second, the commander of the whole army accidentally hung up.

Yang Yanzhao propped his hands on the wall, staring at the other side in disbelief, and muttered with a confused face for a long time: "My God, you shouldn't have killed Xiao Tzu Rin, right?" ”

(Zhao Liang said: I haven't seen comments and cheers for a long time, have you forgotten me, readers?) ）