Another day passed, and the next morning, there was a sudden rapid hawk chirping in the sky, Guo Song saw the fierce son hovering in the sky on the other side of the river, he immediately shouted: "Order all the soldiers to be in position, the enemy is coming!" ”

Four thousand Tang troops have been deployed on the south bank of the Yellow River, along the Yellow River about 300 paces or so, which is also the width of the shallow beach of the North Yellow River at present, generally up to one mile wide, but now it is the flood season, the range that can cross the river has been reduced by half, which undoubtedly has a huge impact on the Xue Yantuo army who is about to cross the river.

Xue Yantuo's army was also aware of this risk, so there was the emergence of a vanguard army, and the two thousand Xue Yantuo cavalry went to Fengzhou first in order to ensure the safety of the main army crossing the river, but they were all wiped out by the Tang army.

A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of an army of 20,000 appeared on the other side of the Yellow River, behind which there were thousands of wagons of grain and grass.

This army was personally led by Xue Mantou, who immediately looked at the north bank of the Yellow River from a distance, and there was a slight fog on the river, and the situation on the other side could not be seen clearly.

"Rocket Shooting Tips!"

Xue Man's first order, immediately a soldier shot three rockets into the sky, the rockets shot into the sky, and three bright red flames were drawn over the river, and for a long time, there was no movement on the other side.

"Qiyu Khan, there is no response from the other side!"

Xue Man's head frowned, what's going on? Could it be that something had happened to Xerchako's army?

He muttered a deep order and said, "Order the first battalion to cross the river!" ”

Xue Yantuo's army was divided into ten battalions, each with 2,000 men, led by a commander of 10,000 people.

Two thousand cavalrymen took off their armor and shoes and socks, wrapped their armor, shoes and socks, tied them to the back of their horses, and they pulled their horses slowly into the icy Yellow River.

On the south bank, the 4,000 Tang troops were already in full array, except for the 1,000 soldiers in the western surrendered city, who used bows and arrows, and the other 3,000 soldiers all used crossbows, which were powerful, and for the enemy soldiers who did not wear leather armor, they could be shot 250 steps away.

The 1,000 soldiers of the Western Surrender City were responsible for shooting at close range, and even if they dodged the intensive shooting of the crossbows, they could not escape the last replenishment of the 1,000 soldiers.

"Envoy, it seems that the other party only sent some soldiers into the water, it should be a tentative crossing of the river!"

Guo Song said lightly: "Unless they retreat without a fight, sooner or later they will cross the river with all their might, they have no choice, they will only let us break through each of them, in fact, it is not wise!" ”

Two thousand cavalry, turning into countless small black dots in the river, were slowly approaching the south bank, and after about a quarter of an hour, two thousand soldiers gradually entered the firing range.

Guo Song did not give the order to shoot, and none of the soldiers fired their bows and crossbows.

Two hundred steps...... One hundred and fifty steps..... One hundred and twenty steps...... One hundred steps.

When the enemy army entered within 100 steps, Guo Song commanded sharply: "Shoot!" ”

The sound of bangzi suddenly sounded, 4,000 soldiers shot crossbows and arrows at the same time, dense crossbow arrows and arrows shot at the enemy in the river, arrows were like rain, the soldiers in the river suddenly turned on their backs, and instantly shot hundreds of people, the head of the 10,000 commanders could not dodge, dozens of arrows were hit in a row, and they shot like hedgehogs, and died tragically on the spot.

The rest of the soldiers were frightened, turned around and ran to the opposite bank, but unfortunately the movement in the water was too slow, they only walked a dozen steps, the second round of crossbows and arrows of the Tang army came quickly, and hundreds of people were hit by arrows in their backs, and they fell into the Yellow River.......

In just two rounds of shooting, half of the men and horses on the river surface were reduced, and the 3,000 crossbowmen and 1,000 archers of the Tang Army were unrelenting, drawing arrows, winding, aiming, and shooting, all in one go, and the arrows and crossbows were always shot into the Yellow River like raindrops.

On the other side of the Yellow River, Khan Xue Man was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he was helpless, watching groups of soldiers disappear from the river.

The Tang army finally stopped shooting, 2,000 cavalry and war horses crossed the river, less than 500 people could escape, more than 1,500 people were shot, and the commander was also shot in the Yellow River at the first time, this tragic price was really difficult for Xue Manzi to accept.

At this time, a captain advised: "Khan, it is not the way to cross the river in this way, and the lowly position suggests cutting down trees to cross the river, using trees as cover, and soldiers hiding behind trees, trees are natural shields."

This method was very good, Xue Mantou immediately adopted it, and he ordered: "Go and cut down five hundred big trees!" ”

There was a pine forest not far from the north bank, and the soldiers rushed to cut down the trees, and one by one the big trees were cut down, and they were dragged directly to the north bank of the Yellow River, and in just two hours, hundreds of big trees were piled up on the north bank of the Yellow River.

"Pass my order, the second battalion to the sixth battalion go into the water, and help the big tree!"

Hundreds of large trees were thrown into the water, and 4,000 soldiers supported more than 300 large trees in front of them, followed by 6,000 cavalry.

The huge canopy of trees was joined together and floated on the surface of the river, with the canopy facing south, forming a wall of trees, and 4,000 infantrymen hid behind the trees with spears in their hands, pushing the trees slowly along.

Guo Song nodded secretly, who said that the Xue Yantuo people had no experience in crossing the river, this was an extremely clever plan for crossing the river, there was a dense canopy to cover it, bows and crossbows had no effect on them, if they killed ashore, the cavalry behind would pose a huge threat to the Tang army.

Guo Song immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats to Jiuyuan City!" ”

Four thousand Tang soldiers mounted their horses one after another, followed Guo Song, and galloped in the direction of Jiuyuan City.

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Lingzhou, Shuofang Military Festival Dufu, Li Huaiguang finished reading the letter for help written by Guo Song with an expressionless face.

Li Huaiguang was about fifty years old, with dark and rough skin, like orange peel, with an eagle's hooked nose, slender eyes, and a sharp and cunning gaze.

He pondered for a long time, and said to the soldier who sent the letter: "Go back and tell you that I will consider the rescue, if the time is ripe, I will naturally send troops to rescue Fengzhou, let him resist as much as he can!" ”

After a pause, he said to the messenger soldier again: "I have already expressed my attitude in the pigeon letter to him before, and you tell Guo Yuanjun that my attitude has not changed, and I support him in resisting Xue Yantuo's army, and I will also consider sending troops to support." ”

After speaking, he instructed left and right: "Reward him with ten taels of silver and send him back!" ”

Several pro-soldiers took the soldiers who sent the letter down, and Han Yu, Li Huaiguang's staff member who was sitting on the side, said: "Could it be that Jun really intends to send troops?" ”

Li Huaiguang sneered and said: "Why don't I send troops, sending troops doesn't mean that I want to support him, in the autumn of the previous year, Duan Xiu really picked up a bargain at the last moment, if there is a bargain, why can't I pick it up?" ”

Han Yu said in a low voice: "Actually, I feel that Xue Yantuo's nest must be empty at this time, and it is an opportunity to go directly to their nest." ”

Li Huaiguang glanced at Han Yu coldly, and said with dissatisfaction in his tone: "Do you want me to go to Wei to save Zhao and relieve the siege of Fengzhou?" ”

Han Yu looked embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "There is no such intention in the humble position, the humble position means that the cranes and mussels compete with each other, and the fishermen benefit." ”

Li Huaiguang knew that he was just a gaffe and had no intention of helping Guo Song, so his face softened slightly, and he said: "That's what I mean, let them fight almost, I'll pick up this cheap again, lest Guo Song complain to the court that I don't support him." ”

"Make you wise!"

Li Huaiguang smiled, he suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "Has the thing Chang Xiangguo wanted confirmed?" ”

"Returning to the envoy, it has basically been made clear that Guo Song did reach an agreement with the Sijie Department without authorization last autumn, and Sijie sent troops to put pressure on Xue Yantuo, he did not pass through the imperial court, nor did he report to the imperial court, it was he who acted without authorization."

Li Huaiguang sneered and said: "This Guo Song is also stupid, others can't be offended, but he wants to offend the Zhang family, I don't believe he will not know the relationship between the Zhang family and Chang Xiangguo?" ”

"What the envoy means is that Chang Xiangguo's handle to collect Guo Song is for the Zhang family."

"What do you think! The Zhang family is the maiden family of Chang Xiangguo's mother, Guo Song peeled off the Zhang family's face, how could Chang Xiangguo, who has always been famous for protecting his shortcomings, give up? ”

Han Yu nodded, "Chang Xiangguo began to collect Guo Song's handles, it seems that he is going to deal with him, which is a good thing for the envoy!" ”

Although Li Huaiguang was happy to see Chang Gon deal with Guo Song, he didn't think it was a good thing for him, he raised his eyebrows and said: "My principle of being a man is that the meat in my mouth is a good thing, otherwise I will toss for a long time, but make a wedding dress for others, and that will be more than worth the loss." ”

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