"Archer ready - put!"

As the officer gave the order, hundreds of strong bows and crossbows like a full moon were unleashed together, and the sharp arrows flew into the darkness ahead like raindrops.

The soldiers of the quick aid division almost didn't bother to take aim, so they just swept and shot indiscriminately, and they could casually hit the Liao soldiers who were in a panic.

The Khitan Pi Room Army, which was blocked by the Giant Wood Array, was not surprised until they lost nearly a thousand people that this was not a natural obstacle in front of them, but a trap deliberately laid by the Great Song Speed Aid Division!

Due to the darkness in the forest and the obstruction of the line of sight, the entire charging group suddenly encountered fortifications that were beyond common sense and incomprehensible, and for a while it was too late to make systematic and efficient command adjustments. But no matter what, they couldn't dodge the feathered arrows that suddenly burst out of the darkness, and they suffered heavy casualties.

Nearly 10,000 Liao Iron Cavalry, if they charge on the plains and wilderness, it will be a devastating wind, and no force can stop it. However, in this ghost place with high mountains and dense forests, they are not even as good as a group of panicked rabbits.

Xiao Tzulin, the wolf lord in the rear, heard that the movement in front was wrong, and immediately judged that it was the Song army who made the ghost, and he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to blow the horn to temporarily retreat, and ordered the troops to quickly shrink to a safe area, and then reorganize the attack after finding out the situation.

"King Qiyu, the Song army has arranged a large number of stumbling horses and crossbars around the camp, and cooperated with hidden archers to suddenly attack and kill our soldiers, which is really despicable and hateful!"

"Huh? I thought we were sneaking up on the Song army tonight," Xiao Tzu Rin laughed angrily after listening to the report of his generals: "Listening to you say this, it turns out that we were raided by others?" ”

The Liao general was stunned when he heard this, and he suddenly didn't know what to say. I only heard Xiao Tzu Rin suddenly ask in a cold tone: "What kind of stumbling horse and crosswood, why didn't you find out in advance?" ”

General Liao reacted and hurriedly replied: "The Han barbarians are really cunning, they will expand the warning area very much in the afternoon, and our tanma is worried about exposing Xingzang, so they don't dare to stick too close......"

Xiao Tart-rin looked up at the snow-flying sky and said to himself, "How would they know that our army is approaching? ”

A member of the Liao State General on the left said: "Could it be a coincidence?" It's also possible that the enemy is just a normal defensive move. ”

"No," Xiao Tzu Rin retracted his gaze and shook his head: "The scale of the Song Dynasty's reinforcements is not too small, plus the weight of grain and grass and war horses and livestock, the range of the camp occupied is naturally not small, to protect such a wide area with felled trees, have you calculated how much manpower is needed?" So how could this be an ordinary defensive deployment? And judging from their combat reaction just now, it is obvious that they have been on high alert and have been waiting for us for a long time. ”

The general said curiously: "Hey, in this way, could it be that the news has been leaked?" ”

Xiao Tzu Rin pondered for a moment: "We only arrived at Hutou Mountain this afternoon, and according to the report of Tanma, it was only an hour later than the other party. Thousands of miles of battles have come to this point, if the news is leaked, I'm afraid it won't be too late for the Song army to arrange such a big battle. ”

He turned his head and asked the back: "Did that Shangguan say which line of troops is this Song army in front of you?" Is there a clear number? ”

An officer behind him replied: "Shangguan Xueming said that he doesn't know either, and there is no definite news." ”

"Unreliable!" Xiao Tzu Rin scolded in a low voice: "No matter how much, since the two sides have already put on a posture, let's just fight with real knives and guns." ”

Hearing this, the generals beside him asked for battle, claiming that they would definitely be able to defeat the Song Dynasty reinforcements in one fell swoop. Xiao Tzu Rin named the two people and asked them to lead their troops to launch the next onslaught, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to light torches and make the battlefield in the area of Hutou Mountain clear, so that Nanlebao in the distance could also see clearly.

With a hot cup of tea, more than 2,000 elite leather room soldiers turned over and dismounted, holding shields and scimitars, and charged towards the giant wooden array on foot.

Behind them, more than a thousand Khitan archers carried out long-range strikes to provide cover for the charging team. In addition, the Khitan arranged for 3,000 soldiers to follow further behind, ready to rush into the Song army's camp from gaps in all directions.

This time, the Khitans did not sneak around again, but beat the war drums and sounded the horns, and the noisy frontal shook the giant wooden position of the fast reinforcement division, and suddenly showed another amazing courage.

The leather room army is worthy of being the elite combat force of the Liao State, and the combat experience is very rich.

Two thousand Liao soldiers, divided into multiple roads, with the help of trees and shields, jumped up and down among the dense forests, dodged left and right, quickly and covertly approached the Song army, and kept shortening the distance between the two sides.

At this time, although it was difficult for the archers on the ground to accurately shoot the target, the sharpshooters who were ambushed at the top of the tree by the speed reinforcement division began to play a role.

They condescended and effortlessly shot any Khitan warrior who dared to approach forward, no matter how the other side dodged, they could not escape the feathered arrows falling from the sky.

"Fuck! There's someone up there, kill them! The officers of the Liao State finally found the clue, and in a fit of rage, they ordered their archers to return fire.

For a time, the arrows in the forest were galloping, the battle was fierce, and the Song army archers continued to fall from the top of the tree, and the more casualties were the leather room army as the attacking side.

After paying the price of more than 200 people, the Liao soldiers finally turned over the rugged and bumpy giant wooden array and entered a relatively flat open area. However, such progress is not something to be happy about for the Khitans, and what awaits them is an even more tragic situation.

As soon as the thousands of soldiers of the Leather Room Army rushed through the giant wooden formation, before they could gain a firm foothold, an overwhelming array of firearms attacked them. Nearly 100 thunderbolt fireballs, tribulus fireballs and paper-shell fireballs were thrown in front of you from different places, bursting in an instant, and sparks flew everywhere.

Although the lethality of these fireballs is not large, at most they can only cause a little damage to the face and hands that are not protected by armor, but at the same time as the fireball attack, dozens of large bags filled with fire oil were thrown by the Song soldiers together, splashed on the bodies of many leather room soldiers, and were sparked, and immediately burned violently.

Seeing that hundreds of companions instantly turned into burning men, wailing and rolling on the ground, no matter how brave the Khitan warriors were, they were also frightened, and the leather room army that killed near the Song soldiers' camp was disturbed by firearms and fell into chaos, and it was difficult to organize an effective attack.

Zheng Luya saw it clearly in the formation, pulled out her sword and swung forward: "Rush me!" ”

The commander issued the order to attack, and all the soldiers under him immediately took action, holding high the sword and battle axe mace, and bravely slaughtered the leather room army. In the blink of an eye, the rear of the giant wood array fell into a fierce scuffle, and the soldiers and horses of the Song and Liao sides were in a mess.

At this time, the archers at the top of the tree had already lit the cloth heads at the top of the arrows and shot them in front of the giant wooden array, quickly igniting the fire oil that had been applied to the dense forest there beforehand. Flames burned everywhere in the forest, blocking the path of the three thousand Khitan troops behind them to the greatest extent.

Seeing that the back road was cut off and the reinforcements could not come in a short time, the leather room army in the formation suddenly panicked. There were not many of them in the first place, and with the attrition of rushing and killing all the way and attacking with firearms, there were less than a thousand people who could fight at this time.

The speed aid division has invested more than twice as many troops, and it has been waiting for work, and its physical strength and momentum are superior.

In less than half an hour, the Liao soldiers who broke through the giant wood array were killed by the Song army and suffered heavy casualties, and even the generals who commanded the army could not escape the end of being in a different place and dying on the spot.

After a fierce and tragic battle, the entire battlefield was quiet again, only the sound of crackling and burning tree trunks was constantly heard in the dense forest outside the giant wood array.

Zheng Luya stared at the tragic battlefield, sighed for a long time, and said faintly: "The leather room army really lives up to its reputation, its troops are at a disadvantage, and it was surrounded and killed by us, and it actually caused nearly 700 casualties in the rapid aid division. It's almost one for another. ”

"It's normal," Zhao Liang couldn't bear to see such a bloody scene, turned his head and said: "As the saying goes, killing a thousand enemies will cause eight hundred self-losses, and war is originally so cruel." ”

Zheng Luya came back to her senses, stared at Zhao Liang and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, I was going to charge and kill the enemy just now, why did you stop it?" Although you are the Marquis of Lin'an and the savior of my Mu family, after all, this is the rapid aid division of the Great Song Dynasty, you are the capital supervisor, and I am the commander, and I can be regarded as the highest commander of the whole army when fighting, do you know that it is a violation of military law to do so? ”

Hearing Xiaoya's unkind tone, Zhao Liang hurriedly smiled: "Don't be angry, it is precisely because I consider that you are the commander of the speed aid division, so you can't easily take risks, so I stopped you." Xiaoya, oh no, Commander Mu, as the capital eunuch, I also have the right to supervise the army on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and of course I must discourage the improper behavior of the generals. ”

While speaking, Zhao Liang said in his heart: Damn, if Lao Tzu hadn't stopped him desperately just now, you would have violated the anti-crossing law because you easily killed people! My eldest lady. Now you don't remember anything, I don't know as much as you, and when I regain my memory later, see how I count you stinky girl.

Zheng Luya was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "I don't know why, I always feel that Master Hou seems to look at me differently, as if there are some hidden feelings that are inconvenient to say." Forget it, maybe I'm self-inflicted, let's not take the example of what happened just now, I hope there won't be a second time. ”

When Zhao Liang heard Xiaoya say this, he almost told the truth on the spot, but after all, he still felt that the time was wrong, so he endured it and sighed: "Just as you just said, your life was saved by my own hands, so naturally I can't bear to put you in danger again." Miss Mu, even if you don't think about yourself, you should always think about it for your father and mother, if you have three long and two short, how can they bear it? ”

It's okay that Zhao Liang didn't say that, but as soon as he said it, Xiaoya suddenly became anxious, and pointed to the soldiers of the Song Army not far away and scolded Zhao Liang angrily: "I have a father and mother, don't they have it?" If you take a closer look, many of them are still children, for the sake of the country and the people, they are throwing their heads and spilling their blood here, forcing themselves to forget the thoughts of their families, forget the fear of being injured or even killed, but you make me, the commander, consider the feelings of my parents?! ”

Zheng Luya was furious, and her voice was very loud, which immediately attracted the nearby soldiers to look here, Zhao Liang was almost not angry with her, while embarrassingly avoiding the angry gaze of the Song army soldiers, he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, my little aunt and grandmother." I won't stop you from going into battle to cut people in the future, okay? ”

While they were arguing, the sentry at the top of the tree suddenly shouted, "The Khitan dog is rushing over again!" Get ready to meet the enemy! Meet the enemy! ”

Zhao Liang was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Damn, it's so fast, it's earlier than we expected!" ”

Zheng Luya ignored him, brandished his sword and shouted: "Brothers, don't cherish firearms, call them with your life, and strive to delay it for another half an hour!" ”