Chapter 893: Various Means (Medium)

Although many years have passed, there are some things that cannot be forgotten, after all, the arrow almost took Sun Tu's life back then, and it can be said that he is the closest to death in his two lives.

At the beginning, Sun Tu followed Tong Guanbei to envoy Liao, and while obtaining that extremely critical border defense map, he was also involved in a rebellion in Youzhou City. At that time, in order to let Tong Guan and others escape smoothly, he did not hesitate to use his body as bait to lead the Liao army to pursue, but when he saw that he could escape, he was shot by an arrow from behind him called Xiao Yanping and fell into the boiling river. If he hadn't been rescued by Huangfu Duan and other businessmen later, I'm afraid he would have died in that scene.

I don't know if this is the fate, today, when Sun Tu once again wanted to lure out the Liao army with his body, the person who appeared in front of him was this person again! He had always remembered this wolf's tooth arrow, and now when he looked down the mountain, he faintly recognized the appearance of that person. After many years, Xiao Yanping's appearance has changed slightly, but his cold and sharp temperament has not changed, and has even become more and more terrifying.

Sun Tu only didn't understand one thing, but he remembered clearly, Xiao Yanping was a member of the Liao rebels that day, why was he not liquidated by the Liao court, and could he even continue to lead the army? He didn't know what happened after he was shot into the water, and he didn't know that Xiao Yanping actually had a true identity, which was an important chess piece arranged by Yelu Dashi. Tong Guan did not tell him the truth about this change afterwards.

But in any case, there is no doubt that the two sides are hostile, and either you die or I die. After Sun Tu knew the subtlety and domineering of his archery skills, he didn't dare to slack off, and while holding the knife in his hand, he shouted loudly: "Stop!" The enemy is designed to drain our arrows and strength, so don't fall for their tricks! ”

After all, the Tiger Ben army was a recruit who had never really fought a bloody battle with a strong enemy, and was frightened by the fierce impact of the Liao people just now, and actually shot several rounds of arrow rain in one go, but it almost did not cause any casualties to the enemy. It wasn't until Sun Tu shouted and dissuaded them that they slowly understood, and they stopped a little sneeringly. However, they were wise, and did not relax completely, the arrows were still on the strings, and their attention remained on the unmoved enemy below, to see what they would do next.

Xiao Yanping sneered and looked up, the momentum of the Song army's round of random arrows was not small, and they actually shot down two or three thousand arrows in one go, if it weren't for these cavalry to control the distance, I am afraid that they would really cause a lot of casualties. And the opponent's main general reacted quickly enough, and after only three rounds of arrows, he noticed that something was wrong and decisively called a stop, and he still wanted to spend more time.

But this is also a big gain, consuming the arrows of the Song army is only one aspect, and finding flaws is the key. At that moment, he had already raised his knife and shouted: "Lean over from the right side and release arrows to stop the enemy!" Fast! ”

With his order, the cavalry of the Liao army, which had already been waiting for a long time, quickly turned their horses' heads, and they all swarmed in this direction. While sprinting, they all opened their bows and arrows, shooting sharp arrows towards the hill one by one.

The position on that side of the hill was already a little lower than the others, and the archers were less arranged, which was the weak point of this defensive position. Xiao Yanping actually found the flaw through only one feint, and then grabbed this point and led the army to launch a fierce surprise attack.

Originally, because of the high terrain, the Song army didn't have to be too wary of the arrows of the Liao army, but now, the situation is a little different, the archery skills of the Liao cavalry are stronger than these tiger soldiers, coupled with the inertia brought by the sprint, one arrow after another continued to fly up the mountain, shooting the Song army for a while, the people turned over on their backs, screaming repeatedly, but they were suppressed, and they were able to keep approaching the hill.

Among them, Xiao Yanping once again took the lead, holding the bow in both hands and quickly moving in front of him, shooting powerful arrows up, each time he could hit an enemy, and he himself was about to rush to the foot of the mountain.

This naturally gave the Liao army endless encouragement, and they all roared one after another, pressing up like a monstrous wave, as if they were going to submerge and swallow the entire hill.

When he saw this scene, not to mention those Tiger Ben soldiers, even Sun Tu also felt a lot of pressure. This is the real strong enemy, far stronger than the bandits and rebels he dealt with in the past. But he is also a stronger and stronger character, at this time his eyes are shining, and he has decisively ordered: "Put the stone!" ”

Since you occupy a high place, it is natural to make full use of this advantage, and it is not enough to use only a bow and crossbow to defeat the enemy, but also to use the best falling rocks when defending the city! After ascending the hill before dark, he had ordered all the rocks in the vicinity to be collected, some of them hidden behind, some of them placed on the edge of the hill, and they were slightly blocked by ropes and vines.

Now with his order, the soldiers here have immediately taken action, and some have moved stones and thrown them with arrows, and some have slashed at the vine ropes with their swords. With a bang, the rocks, which were already crumbling, trembled, and then fell with a thud of sand.

This was really a bit unexpected by the Liao army, and for a moment, the stones all over the mountain were rolling and smashing. smashed the front few soldiers and even knocked their horses to the ground, even Xiao Yanping, who also dangerously rode his horse and flashed two stones in front of him, so frightened that he hurriedly reined in the horses and flashed to the side. At this moment, he had already reacted quickly, this so-called weak point was completely arranged by the Song army, in order to lure his family closer, so as to cause large-scale damage with mountains and rocks.

But after all, he still underestimated Sun Tu's calculations, because at the moment when these Liao army queens retreated, he had already shouted again on the mountain: "Release the arrow!" Cao Yan, greet them with a divine arm bow for me! "Cao Yan is the chief general of this army guarding the left side of the hill.

Without saying a word, after Cao Yan agreed loudly, he decisively picked up a divine arm bow with his own hands and shot it towards the back of the enemy who was constantly fleeing. The other soldiers also moved at the same time, and the three hundred divine arm bows were activated at the same time, and the arrows rushed straight towards the enemy with a whistling arrow.

In the hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, he fought with the Liao people and the Xia people, relying on the strong fortress city defense and the excellent bow and crossbow that far surpassed the enemy. And among them, the best is the Divine Arm Bow that is now being used to shoot the enemy.

This divine arm bow is called a bow, but it is actually a crossbow. However, it is sharper and more accurate than ordinary crossbow arrows, and the range is about twice that of ordinary crossbow arrows, but it is much easier to pull the bow and open the string than ordinary crossbow machines. Of course, if you want to open the Divine Arm Bow, the strength required is also very great, if you don't use tools, you need to have the strength to open a three-stone strong crossbow to pull it open, so it is called the Divine Arm Bow.

In fact, the position where the Liao army stopped before had already fallen into the range of the Divine Arm Bow. But Sun Tu kept holding back, because he knew that his attack at that time might not be able to cause much damage to the enemy, after all, the enemy had plenty of room to dodge and retreat. But now, when the enemy is stoned back and only flees, it is no longer possible to defend against the Divine Arm Bow, which has a longer range.

The facts were also counted by him again. After jumping out of the distance of two hundred paces, the Liao soldiers, who fought with all their might, thought that they were safe, so they subconsciously reined in their horses and began to think about how to fight back. But at this moment, there was a scream from behind, and before they could react, the sudden arrow had pierced through their backs, pierced their bodies, and nailed them to the horse's back.

Suddenly, there was another lot of screams, and there were people falling down with bangs. In just a few moments, more than 200 people were shot by arrows, killed or wounded. Judging from the fact that there were only 300 divine arm bows to shoot, this burst of shots could really be regarded as a no-brainer, which immediately made the morale of the Song army, which was already low, suddenly regain and cheered.

The Liao army, who was fleeing for their lives, was so frightened that they didn't dare to stop at all, and rushed forward like flying, rushing out two or three miles away, before they stopped, but their faces were still full of panic and palpitations. Even Xiao Yanping's face became extremely ugly, because he was also hit by a stone in the back, but fortunately, his armor was strong enough to not suffer any injuries......

And Sun Tu on the mountain put down his bow and arrow with some pity at this time. Originally, he had already aimed at Xiao Yanping, but the other party was too shrewd, and his riding skills were high enough, so he kept changing direction when he was riding his horse and running, so he was not sure to make a move, and in the end he could only watch this strong enemy escape from the range.

And now, there is one more question in front of Sun Tu, after this defeat, will these Liao people continue to stay here? At the foot of the mountain in front of him, no less than 500 Liao soldiers had fallen, which was a huge casualty for the Liao army, which only had 5,000 people. Once Xiao Yanping decisively gave up the evacuation after knowing that he could not achieve an overwhelming victory over the Song army, and was worried that more Song army reinforcements would come, his side would not be able to stop him.

Because he knew very well that even with this small victory, the Tiger Ben Army under his command was still not a frontal enemy of the enemy, and it was absolutely impossible to rush down the mountain to pursue and fight.

As for the reinforcements from Yanmen Pass, they will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest......

In the Liao army, many people also had the idea of evacuating, but as soon as they put forward this idea, they were categorically rejected by Xiao Yanping: "Although there is a setback, it is not enough for my Khitan warriors to escape." As I said, I'm sure of this Song army! ”

"But the general ......" Some of his subordinates were full of worry and wanted to persuade again, but they were stopped by a look from him: "Since we can't storm the city, we can also learn to attack the city to deal with them." Isn't there a huge forest over there, and a few catapults will be enough to defeat them! ”

All the subordinates were stunned, this will take a lot of time. But after seeing that their master looked iron-hearted, they could only whisper to the order. They didn't know that this time Xiao Yanping's goal was clearer, not only did he want to kill all the Song army, but more importantly, he wanted to capture those divine arm bows.

If these Song army weapons can fall into their own hands, it will really be like a tiger with wings and can play a key role in this war......