Chapter 66: The Enemy's Tracks
"Let's stay here tonight."
When it was almost dusk, Lu Ning set up the simple tent that was dragged up the mountain, in fact, if it was himself, he didn't have to be so troublesome, just lie down in his clothes.
took the two of them up the mountain, Lu Ning hoped that they could observe together more often, whether it was true that Hu Dugu suddenly became docile.
Of course, Lu Ning also knew that this might be just a high-sounding reason for himself, but the most important thing was that it was too boring to keep vigil by himself.
I am also a little curious about this queen of the northern kingdom.
Thinking about it, in my previous life, I never thought that I would come to this troubled world one day, and I became an emperor for some reason, and I fought with the Khitans who were hated by later generations, and I also got mixed up with a young and beautiful Khitan queen.
Hu Dugu watched curiously as Lu Ning propped up this "magical" tent very quickly, and became more and more curious about the novelty of this Nanren emperor.
In my heart, I admire it even more.
This Nanren emperor actually came to the mountain to be a sentry?
You know, this Southern Dynasty emperor, don't talk about how exquisite your life is, let's just say that there are as many as four or five kinds of toiletries, what kind of bath beans for bathing and decontamination, rose soap dough for fragrance and smoothness, shampoo powder, tooth powder for brushing teeth, etc., there are no concubines and palace maids by the side, how to pamper yourself in the Bianjing Palace? It's hard for a Northland woman to imagine.
Originally, Hu Dugu had a faint contempt in his heart, no matter how martial the Nanren Emperor was, it was inevitable that the little man in the south would be a faction, but now, seeing this Nanren Emperor coming to the top of the peaks to be a sentry guard, Hu Dugu was surprised, the original contempt disappeared, even the Great Khan of the North, he couldn't do this?
It's just that Hu Dugu is a little puzzled, it's high here, but can you really see anything?
Lu Ning looked into the distance, inside and outside the city of Xinzhou, there were fine crops, but ten days ago, the small crops that lurked outside the city and pretended to be farmers, and they ran back, but it was the Khitan people who drove the farmers on the outskirts of the city into the city, and I heard that it was the Khitan army and horses that drove the cattle and sheep into Xinzhou, and the farmland outside the city of Xinzhou was requisitioned by the Khitans.
It was also from that day that there was no news from the fine work in Xinzhou City.
The Khitan people are a people on horseback, and they have always been very mobile, which also makes their tactics only fast and unbreakable, since their brigade of military horses has entered Xinzhou, it is impossible to consume it, and it will inevitably take action, but if it comes to attack Jinning, it is impossible not to bring the southern army equipped with various siege equipment, calculated according to the day, plus the preparation time for mobilizing the southern army, it is estimated that in the past two days, the Xinzhou army should be in the city.
Just pondering, Lu Ning suddenly frowned, looked at the northwest direction, looked at it for a while, frowned tighter, gritted his teeth, and then took out the Drill Sky Monkey, "Bang", and put one.
After a while, at the foot of the mountain, there were also drill monkeys blowing up.
In the southeast, every two or three miles, there are sentinels who send out the signal of the drill monkey until the camp.
"Let's go, go back!" Lu Ning glanced at Empress Xiao, "I'll carry you down the mountain." ”
Empress Xiao was stunned, seeing that the Nanren Emperor's face was solemn, but she was secretly happy in her heart, could it be that the military horses in the clan had scared him?
But think about it, if the Nanren were really defeated, they would not have died in the chaos and were rescued by their clansmen, but in the end, they still couldn't escape the fate of death.
For a while, the joys and sorrows were mixed, and the heart was extremely complicated.
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When Lu Ning arrived at the foot of the mountain, someone had already led the horse, and in the southwest direction, the horn had already been heard, which was a signal that the army in front of the palace and the Shenwu army were assembled to meet the enemy.
Queen Xiao's riding skills are good, archery was also practiced when she was a child, but after all, her father was deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture, and preferred his daughter to become a knowledgeable nobleman.
When going down the mountain, Lu Ning was too lazy to grind with her, but he grabbed the silk silk around her waist, which was Hu Dugu, there was a steep mountain road, and Lu Ning grabbed her belt and flew down.
Now on the horse, Hu Dugu is still speechless, and even, still reminiscing about the taste of the clouds, never thought that there are men who can carry themselves to play like a baby, that feeling, too novel, too fresh, and even Hu Dugu, a little addicted, I want to do it again.
It's just that seeing that the Nanren Emperor's face is grim, Hu Dugu didn't dare to say much.
When he arrived at the camp, Lu Ning immediately summoned Yu Linlang, and at the same time, summoned two battalions of Lianzhu and two battalions of Huben to go out with him.
But it is to take away all the cavalry of the army in front of the palace, of course, if the army in front of the palace engages with the enemy, when it is necessary to coordinate the infantry and cavalry, there is also the Shenwu army.
The Tiger Battalion of the Imperial Army is a heavy cavalry, a Lianzhu battalion, a heavy archer, and of course, both can also be turned into light cavalry at any time.
"If you usually kill the enemy right away, what kind of weapon do you use?"
The horses neighed, the soldiers ran, and in front of the big account of the Chinese army, the cavalry was rapidly assembling.
Lu Ning looked at Hu Dugu beside him and asked.
Hu Dugu was stunned and said, "Slaves and maids are used to iron bones when they get on horses. ”
Lu Ning knew that the iron bone was a weapon commonly used by the Khitan nobles, and by the way, it was also used to punish prisoners.
"Good!" Lu Ning beckoned, "Here's a mace!" ”
Busy with a soldier sent an iron mace, Lu Ning threw it to Hu Dugu, "Let's see if it fits." ”
The Tiger Battalion was heavily mounted and well-armed, armed with three types of weapons alone, spears, maces, and sabers.
Needless to say, the spear is used to charge the enemy at a long distance; The mace and saber are used in melee combat, and if the opponent is a heavy cavalry or heavy foot soldier, use the mace, and against the light armor, use a saber.
Of course, the cavalry is used to charge and break the formation rather than melee consumption, and after rushing through the formation, it quickly sweeps over, and then gathers and attacks, repeatedly, and is really trapped in the formation by the enemy and becomes a melee fight, which shows that the commander is not in good command.
So far, the mace has been rarely used by the Tiger Horseman, and the saber is mostly used when chasing down the routed army.
Hu Dugu held the black mace, looked at the formidable cold and sensen iron nails on the head of the club, and did not react for a while.
Lu Ning said: "You only have to protect Princess Liao, but you don't have to go to the battlefield to fight." ”
Hu Dugu was even more stunned, "Da Kedun is also going?" ”
On the other side, Empress Xiao, who was secretly frightened by the heavy cavalry of the Qi army, was also stunned.
Lu Ning coughed, "Yes, when you rushed into the enemy formation, you shouted from behind, the first emperor Da Kedun is here, and it can always be useful to crusade against rebellion." "I was a little weak-hearted, and I was embarrassed to see Queen Xiao.
I knew in my heart that if Queen Xiao was a girl in the next generation, she would definitely scold herself in her heart at this time, "You really don't treat me as a person!" ”
Ben is also, if she changes the Central Plains woman, even if there is any miracle effect, but she will definitely not take her to the battle array, from the bottom of my heart, I still feel that it doesn't matter whether this Queen Xiao lives or dies, as long as she dies well.
Of course, as long as there are no big mistakes, as long as she can win, Queen Xiao is not in any danger, after all, there will be many uses in the future, and she is reluctant to die now.
If he is defeated, it doesn't matter if Queen Xiao dies or not.
Lu Qing came in a hurry, Lu Ning beckoned, called him closer, and whispered to him.
On the east platform, it was found that the number of Khitan military horses coming from the north was not very large, and it was under the banner of Yelu Yihu, the envoy of the Wuding Army of Fengsheng Sizhou.
If the other party is not the vanguard, then Yelu Xidi's army must be westward into Yunzhou.
Yelu Xidi and Yelu Yihu are both very strategic Liao generals, and they seem to have doubts about their own lone army stationed in Jinning.
Simply, the bottom of the kettle was paid, Yelu Xidi led Youzhou reinforcements to attack Yunzhou, and after breaking Yunzhou, Jinning, where he was located, was alone in the Liao army surrounded on all sides, and then he was naturally caught in the urn.
Yelu Yihu led the Wuding army to feint to attack Jinning, which was more of a containment, and at the same time, if the Jinning Qi army found that it was not good to abandon the village and retreat, he could also take advantage of the situation to cover up.
It is the 20,000 elites of the Beijing garrison army who defend Yunzhou, and the guard general Lu Ping is the first to follow him as the head of the thirteen Taibao, and the military rations are sufficient, so if you want to stick to Yunzhou City, there will be no problems.
However, Yelu Xidi brought 30,000 Khitan elite horsemen from Zhongjing, plus there were many military horses under the command of Nanjing's Youdu Mansion.
I don't know how much the news of his own fierce battle in Taihang Shanxi can stimulate Yelu Xidi and Yelu Sha, the general system of Youzhou.
Of course, he originally hoped to attract a large number of troops from Youzhou to the Shanxi battlefield, so the Hebei and Hedong armies took the opportunity to advance the battle line to the area of the Luanshui Juma River, and crossed the river to the city of Youzhou.
If his strategy succeeds, there should be many Liao troops who have come to the Shanxi battlefield now.
However, he most hoped that they would come to besiege the palace army he was sitting in, but he didn't want to, Yelu Xidi was likely to attack Yunzhou first.
Although he has self-confidence, 20,000 elite soldiers in Beijing, it is not a problem to defend Yunzhou City, but if the Khitans are trapped in the city, if the cavalry turns south to attack Yingzhou, Huanzhou, and Shuozhou, not to mention anything else, the people will suffer greatly.
Therefore, he must go to support the Yunzhou battlefield, or in other words, to disrupt the situation, and find a way to cooperate with the Beijing garrison army to defeat this Liao army.