In the eighth year of King Wucheng, in September, the star fell. Zhao Guo's general Ma Fujun Zhao Hao died after many years of illness.

In front of his father Zhao Hao's mourning hall, his son Zhao Kuo was kneeling on the ground to thank the ministers of Zhao who came to mourn.

Le Yi, a veteran who is almost seventy, accompanied by Su Dai, who came to Zhao from Yan Country with him, slowly walked into Zhao Hao's mourning hall. After lighting a stick of incense with Su Dai, he bowed to Zhao Hao's coffin and said to Zhao Kuo's mother: "Old sister-in-law, you must not be overly sad. Pay more attention to your body! ”

Zhao Kuo's mother choked up and said, "Thank you for the old general's concern, you also have to pay more attention to your body." ”

Le Yi nodded, looked at Zhao Kuo, who was kneeling and sitting in the mourning hall, and said: "The virtuous nephew is familiar with military books, and he will definitely be able to be the pillar of the country." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "Remember the words of the old general, Zhao Kuo will inherit his father's will, lead my Zhao army, and defeat all invading enemies for my Zhao country." ”

Le Yi was stunned for a moment, not saying anything. nodded, said goodbye and walked out with Su Dai.

And Zhao Kuo's mother said softly to Zhao Hao's coffin after Le Yi left: "You go first, I'm really worried that what you said when you left will come true: letting Kuo'er lead the troops will bring a catastrophe to my family!" ”

On the 23rd day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the Tubuda tribe.

The Tubuda tribe of Donghu is the largest tribe bordering Liaodi, with more than 50,000 people and more than 5,000 troops in the headquarters and six small tribes to which it belongs.

Although the leader is in his early forties, Tupoda has been in charge of the tribe for eighteen years, and he is the only one in the tribe.

Mobuda, who had just finished nibbling on a leg of mutton, was about to go out. Then I heard the attendant outside reporting: "Report." Chief, herald of the royal court. ”

Tuobuda was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood up. I saw that a small colonel in the Donghu royal court had already stepped into the big tent, and Tubuda hurriedly knelt on the ground.

The little colonel looked at Tuobda very arrogantly, raised a royal flag, and shouted: "The royal court has an order, this year's royal court prayer meeting will be held in advance, pray for my Donghu." Order the leader of your tribe to arrive at the beginning of October, and take the order! ”。

After saying that, he handed the royal court order flag to Tuobuda who was kneeling on the ground.

Tubuda took the royal court order flag and hurriedly handed over a gold. He replied loudly: "Tubuda takes the order." Please rest in the tribe, and tomorrow I will go to the royal court. ”

The little colonel took the gold, and seeing Tubda's respectful attitude, his tone softened slightly, and said: "Leader Tupoda, this year's blessing meeting was held early, and I have to rush to other tribes, so I won't stay long." ”

Seeing that Tubuda handed over another piece of gold, he quietly said: "Da Danyu is not in good health, and the blessing meeting will not be held at the end of October, so it will be carried out in advance." This prayer meeting was presided over by Prince Kublai himself, and this is also the first time that the prince has presided over the blessing meeting, so you should not delay. ”

Tubuda hurriedly said: "Thank you, envoy, I will take someone to the royal court tomorrow." ”

The herald nodded his head: "Time is urgent, I have to go to other tribes, the leader of Tubda, see you in the royal court." ”

Then he turned and went out of the tent, mounted his horse with two attendants, and ran into the distance.

Every year at the end of October, the Donghu royal court will hold a prayer meeting in the royal court to strengthen the management of the Donghu tribes. Tubuda didn't expect that this year, because the current king of Donghu was not in good health, it would be held in advance.

Tubuda stood in front of the tent, looked at the distant little school, and said to himself: "It seems that at this prayer meeting, the royal court is about to announce Prince Kubida as the new heir of the royal court, and this cannot be delayed." ”

Then he shouted to the people beside him: "Hurry up, prepare a gift for the royal court, inform the Dajiu thousand-person team, and rush to the royal court with me at dawn tomorrow to participate in the royal court prayer meeting." ”

The Donghu royal court ordered that no tribe could plunder the caravans coming to Donghu at any time. Because Donghu's supplies are too scarce, they must rely on these caravans.

With Tubda's shouting, the face of a caravan leader who was trading in the tribe sank, and his heart was broken: "My army has set off, and at this time Tubuda will bring a thousand people to the royal court......

He whispered to a guy beside him: "You report this news to General Rong as soon as possible." ”

The fellow nodded, took an opportunity, and went out to the tribe, and the cavalry ran south.

At this time, the Liaodi army had already divided into three routes and secretly embarked on the road to conquer the Tubuda tribe, and the Tubuda tribe knew nothing at all.

When Rong Yi received the information from the secret agents of the Intelligence Bureau, it was already the afternoon of September 25, and at this time, all the troops of the three roads in Liaodi had already entered the attack position.

Rong Yan looked up to the sky and sighed: "Why should this fight endlessly!" ”

Tsubuda set foot on his way to the royal court, unaware that it was a royal court's edict that saved his life, and did not know that his tribe was facing annihilation.

On the 26th of September, the sky was also pitch black, except for the stars in the sky. The Liaodi three-way people have completed the encirclement of the Tubuda tribe.

Rong Yi followed closely with the deputy general Wang Xian in front, and the cavalry captains Rong Yan, Liu Sheng and Zuo Zong.

After Ji Kang first came to Liaodi, he performed prominently in the task of suppressing bandits, and he was both civil and military.

The crowd crouched on a hill very close to the Tubuda tribe, and looked at the Tubuda tribe by the starlight of the sky, and they couldn't believe their eyes.

Outside the tribe, there is not a single vigilance to be seen. There was only a simple wooden fence on the periphery of the tribe, and from the hill up, there was silence in the tribe, and the tribe did not see any patrols at all.

This is also the reason why for more than ten years, because the army of Liao is mainly infantry, it rarely invades the territory of Donghu. As a result, the entire Tubuda tribe couldn't think of the Liaodi army coming to fight them.

And another reason is that the three-way army of Liaodi this time, the guides brought by them are all Yanmin, the original herdsmen and slaves of this tribe. Among them, the one who led the way for the Rong Worm cavalry troops was the horse gallop of Xinzhizhuang.

These guides are too familiar with the Tupuda tribe and have an unusually hatred for the Tubuda tribe. led the Liaodi army to reach the Tubuda tribe, and did not alert the tribesmen at all.

Rong Yan looked at the unsuspecting Tubuda tribe, and said to his son Rong Yan: "This is the Tubuda tribe, in case of fraud, you take two people to take a look." ”

"No".

Because he was very close to the tribe, Rong Yan waved his hand, took two soldiers, and did not ride a horse, and quietly approached the Tubuda tribe.

Rong Yan immediately said slowly to the cavalry captains Liu Sheng and Zuo Zong behind him: "Gongzi smashed this cavalry with a lot of money, this is the first time to fight. I don't want to say anything more, so let's get ready for a surprise attack and listen to my orders. ”

"No".

In the past two years, in order to overcome the night blindness of the army, and also to improve the combat effectiveness of the Liaodi army. After Ji Kang came to Liaodi, he greatly increased the army's "food," and these officers and soldiers could eat meat almost every day. It can be said that night blindness no longer exists in the current Liaodi army.

Otherwise, the general's palace would not have formulated a battle plan for a surprise attack at night.

Within half an hour, Rong Yan, who had gone to investigate, came back with two soldiers who went with him. With an excited face, he said to his father Rong Yan: "General, the Tubuda tribe has no defense. ”

Rong Yan governs the army strictly, and he is his own son in the army, and he can only be called his official position.

After listening to Rong Yan's words, Rong Yan was overjoyed and ordered: "Okay, prepare for the attack at the specified time."

After a while, Liu Sheng came up and said, "General, the time is almost up." ”

"The whole army got on their horses, wrapped the horses' hooves, tried not to make a sound, and set off." Rong Worm commanded.

"No".

The 6,000 cavalry were divided into left, right, and center, and under the leadership of the three captains of Rong Yan, Liu Sheng, and Zuo Zong, they slowly approached the Tubuda tribe in a fan shape.

At this time, it was the time when people were most sleepy when they slept, and the whole tribe was quiet, and there was still no movement.

This makes Rong Yin, who has been fighting for many years, feel very unreal.

I thought it was a fierce battle, but I didn't expect it to be like this now. This is the tribe that has harassed Liaodi for many years and slaughtered the people of Liaodi!

And the people of the Tubuda tribe did not expect that death had come to them. Over the years, this tribe had become accustomed to traveling to the Liao Land to raid, and never thought that this day would be their turn.

Rong Worm looked at the Tubuda tribe, his face was solemn, and he ordered: "Prepare to attack." ”

Six thousand horsemen pulled down their helmets and masks, clasping the upper part of their faces. On the field, there was a solemn atmosphere.

Rong Yan waved his big hand, shouted, and ordered: "Attack." ”

The six thousand cavalry all trotted up on horseback, faster and faster, and the sound of "boom" was like thunder on the edge of the sky.