Unlike the Han Chinese regime in the Central Plains, which was stable for the most part, the regimes established by the nomadic people in the north were often full of internal contradictions, and the struggles between the various tribes often occurred, and it was even more common for the tribes to fight to the death for their own interests. Especially when competing for the supreme ruler throne, the major tribes will do their best to fight to the death.

Although the Liao State has been learning the Han people's set of methods to consolidate their rule in the course of more than a hundred years of history, the wildness that is deeply integrated into their blood is not so easy to be wiped out, so whenever there is a change of the Liao throne, there will be civil strife in the country. In addition to the struggle for the throne, sometimes some ideas and power struggles can easily lead to civil strife, after all, almost everyone in the Khitan nobles in the country has a part of the army that is only loyal to themselves, as long as these people give an order, the clansmen and warriors below will unconditionally carry out the order.

This time, it was precisely because of this confidence that Yelu Sibuda dared to launch a sneak attack on Yelu Xiongge, the king of the Southern Courtyard whose status was far higher than his own. And because he is the third-in-command in Nanjing, he naturally knows some of the habits of his own army, and it becomes easier and easier to sneak attack at night.

But because of his impatience, after all, Si Buda's plan was deviated, and the target actually ran away before he led the army to launch a full-scale attack, which made him angry and could only lead people to chase after him, and constantly let people shoot arrows in the rear to obstruct him. Although he shot and killed many Liao and Song soldiers who were left behind, he finally let Yelu Xiongge and them rush to the front of Xifeng Valley without danger.

Although this west peak valley is not very deep, it is only two or three miles away, but because of the mountains on both sides, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack. When Jeruthbuta found out about their plan, he was already a little worried, so he pursued and shouted for his detachment to outflank and intercept them from both sides, in order to intercept the enemy before they rushed into the valley.

But at this time, the soldiers and horses of the Liao and Song dynasties who fled for their lives also knew their situation, and most of them were injured and the troops were still under the opponent's disadvantage, and entering the valley to defend was their only way to save their lives, so they also rushed forward with all their might, even if there were indeed enemies on the side who kept releasing arrows to harass, they couldn't take care of it, just rushed forward vigorously, and the casualties or anything else didn't matter first.

More than thirty miles is indeed not too far for fast horses galloping, only half an hour, they have arrived in front of the Xifeng Valley, without a word, the Liao soldiers have rushed into the valley, and those riding skills are much worse than them, the Song army that was dragging behind suddenly turned around under the command of Sun Tu, showing the useless repeater that had been carrying, and shot at the enemy who was chasing after him.

Once a repeater with five arrows of one crossbow completely erupts, its power is still quite terrifying. The dense arrows really weaved a net of arrows behind them, killing the unprepared Liao soldiers who were chasing at the forefront and turned their horses on their backs, screaming incessantly, and quickly curbing their momentum of continuing to pursue.

It was only then that Sun Tu led his army to slowly retreat into the valley. At this time, the Liao soldiers who entered the valley before them had quickly found the most suitable position for defense, and all the soldiers and horses were stationed up and down, left and right, in case the enemy followed in, while Yelu Xiongge, who was not lightly injured, and Tong Guan and others went to the deeper part of the valley to take refuge.

These two elites from different countries have a surprisingly tacit understanding at this moment, which also reflects their daily training, which makes Sun Tu and Yelu Xiongge, who have been temporarily safe, vigilant, and can't help but glance at each other. Soon, however, their attention returned to the constant gathering of pursuers outside the valley.

At this time, it was just after the dawn, but they could still see that the cavalry was constantly gathering, and it was obvious that the other side would launch a new offensive in a short time.

"Can King Xiongge see what kind of path they are?" Sun Tu walked up to Yelu Xiongge and asked casually.

Yelu Xiongge was dealing with the shoulder wound that had just been pulled out of the arrow by his own soldiers at this time, his brows furrowed slightly, and his voice trembled slightly: "In such a dark day, this king can only see that they are my Liao soldiers and horses, and they should be my Nanjing garrison, but the others are hard to say." ”

"I really don't even have a clue, can't you guess?" Sun Tu asked with some disbelief.

Yelu Xiongge glanced at him a little strangely, this Song general's mind is really not shallow. After thinking for a moment, he said: "The arrow that hit me before has the mark of Nanjing Tiger Library, and it is usually called by the people of Xuanhui Academy...... Therefore, if there is no mistake, I am afraid that there will be Jeruthbuda's soldiers and horses outside. At this point, he remembered the hostility and ambition that Sibuda had shown in his dealings with him in the past, and he realized that this inference was correct.

Sun Tu was secretly speechless, these Liao people acted really unscrupulously, such a major event of rebellion and killing important ministers of the imperial court was not only so fanfare, but also directly used the weapons at hand, if the Liao court investigated it afterwards, he would not even be able to shirk his responsibility.

This is the embodiment of Sun Tu's lack of understanding of some of the habits of the Khitan. In fact, judging from the current situation of the continuous internal struggle in the Great Liao, and the emperor letting go of power, as long as Sibuda can successfully kill Yelu Xiongge this time and find a suitable scapegoat, such as their Song people, then in the end, the Liao State will not conduct a deep investigation. And as the victor, he can take the opportunity to seize the power of the Southern Courtyard and become the new king of the Southern Courtyard.

Compared with the Han people, what kind of etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame and other big truths are still preached, the Liao people are much more direct and refreshing.

However, at this time, Sun Tu did not dwell on this matter, but quickly said to the enemy who had already guessed the identity of the enemy: "I wonder if King Xiongge is familiar with his habits of using soldiers?" ”

"You've also seen his bravery when he killed the tiger before, and this person has the same style of using soldiers, leading the army to charge, and moving forward!" Yelu Xiongge was a little jealous. Yelu Sibuda can be regarded as one of the most courageous generals on the Nanjing side, no matter what strong enemy is on the opposite side, he will lead the team to rush and kill.

"That's going to be easy. As long as we hold the first wave of attacks, it's much easier to follow. Sun Tu immediately made up his mind, and looked at the frightened Song Liao soldiers around him: "All those who can still fight will follow me to the valley mouth, concentrate all the bows and arrows, and we will fight them head-on!" ”

"Obey!" The more than 100 Qingzhou soldiers naturally agreed loudly without the slightest hesitation, but the dozens of forbidden soldiers who were already a little bold hesitated for a while, and finally answered in a low voice, and they followed the rapid convergence and went to the valley mouth.

This time, Tong Guan took 300 people out of the city to hunt, and more than 100 people were killed in a sneak attack, of which less than 30 of the 100 forbidden troops remained, but the Qingzhou army, which was more numerous, only suffered 30 or 40 casualties.

And the casualties of the Liao people are obviously greater, and now there are only about two hundred capable fighters, because it was they who Sibuda's soldiers and horses were staring at at the beginning. But at this time, they did not follow forward, but stayed where they were, Sun Tu was only a Song person after all, and they would not listen to the command of this person.

After Xiongge pondered for a while, he said to one of the captains of his own soldiers: "I am wounded, and the battle will be commanded by Sun Dujian here, and you will all follow his arrangement." ”

It wasn't until he spoke that everyone agreed, and then quickly came to the valley mouth in front, and under Sun Tu's assignment, they occupied a better position to release arrows at the high place in the rear. At the mouth of the valley, the two hundred Song troops were already in a formation with swords and guns, and several shields were erected in front of them, which were the last few pieces of armor they brought to resist arrows.

Seeing Sun Tu making corresponding arrangements in an orderly manner, even Yelu Xiongge couldn't help but show a look of approval: "This person does have the style of a general, no wonder Dashi would have thought about recruiting him back before." It's a pity that he is not my Great Liao general, maybe he will become my Great Liao in the future......"

The subtlety of Sun Tu's arrangement is not only reflected in the defensive position, but also in the best use of people. In terms of archery, the Liao soldiers at this time were naturally far above the Song people, and in terms of trust in him, the Song soldiers were superior. Therefore, he left the most dangerous Taniguchi to the Song army instead of letting the Liao army take this risk, and any guy with some selfish intentions would not make this arrangement.

At the same time that the defense of the valley was completely formed, the trumpets outside the valley sounded again, and Jeruth finally led his army to launch a frontal attack on them.

Sibuda, who rushed to the front of the line, shouted: "Kill! But in his heart, he was full of resentment, how could things have taken such a sharp turn, he actually made one mistake after another.

It would have been an extremely simple sneak attack, and with enough patience, they could easily kill everyone when they fell asleep. But it was because they couldn't hold back their temperament that they had a chance to escape, and it turned into a chase battle.

And when the prey fled to the West Peak Valley, he accepted the advice of one of his subordinates and decided to postpone the attack first, maybe the other party would pass through the valley directly under the panic, so there was no need to storm such a dangerous place as the valley. Moreover, they had conflicts before, and they were a mixed team of Song and Liao, maybe as soon as they were safe, they would have another dispute, and they would fight first, so that they could break the enemy more easily.

But the result? As a result, the other party did not have civil strife or escape from the valley, but instead put up a defensive position at the mouth of the valley. When he saw all this, Sibuda knew that his decision was wrong again, and this time the chase battle turned into a tough battle!

But even so, Sibuda did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but aroused his competitive spirit, and immediately led the army to kill the defenders of Taniguchi.

While the military horses were galloping, hundreds of sharp arrows were about to rise in the sky, falling straight towards the two hundred or so Song soldiers guarding the valley mouth, and it seemed that they could be completely submerged in just one moment......