In the seventh year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, the fifth year of Liaobao, and on March 17, it was appropriate to be a stove and go to work; Do not break ground and open a business.

At dawn, a stirring drum suddenly shattered the tranquility of this vast world known as the North China Plain after a thousand years, so that the generals and soldiers of the Song and Liao armies, who had been facing each other for many days, woke up from their sleep, and then rushed out of the military tent in a panic and looked in the direction of the black rumbling enemy camp ahead.

Sun Tu was also one of these people, but after suddenly waking up and running out of the tent, he quickly calmed down and walked towards the military camp in the distance on the left with a serious expression. Sure enough, just as he thought, at this time, the Great Song Army Village on that side had been opened, and tens of thousands of soldiers were forming in groups, arranging the most suitable formation for rushing and killing, rolling towards the Liao Army camp ten miles away. And the people in front of him are now two or three miles away from the camp, and the inspiring drums are still lagging behind.

The same scene also happened in the right wing camp of the Song army, where there were still tens of thousands of troops rushing forward with all their might, killing the Liao army at the fastest speed. But these two armies are not the vanguard of the Song army's surprise attack, and the closest to the Liao army camp are actually two cavalry teams that are galloping on horseback, belonging to the cavalry corps of the Great Song Dynasty!

The Great Song Dynasty lacked horses, this is a fact that both the enemy and I are well aware of, even if the imperial court attaches great importance to the forbidden army, the number of cavalry in the more than 100,000 troops is very small, almost no more than 20,000. However, the Western Army is one of the outliers, relying on the border with the Western Xia and the local geographical conditions, the Western Army is one of the few troops in the Great Song Dynasty that can be equipped with an appropriate amount of cavalry, which is also the key to the Western Army's combat power surpassing the entire Song Dynasty.

This time he was ordered to go on the Northern Expedition, and forty percent of the 100,000 Western Army were cavalry, and these 40,000 cavalry could be said to be the strongest combat effectiveness and mobility in the entire Song Army. And now, with the sound of war drums, they have all thrown themselves into the assault battle against the Liao army. Moreover, when the sound of drums alarmed both sides of the enemy, these two cavalry teams from the left and right were only half a distance away from the Liao army camp, and they had already rushed through the distance of five miles, and they would soon be able to crash headlong into the unprepared Liao army Dazhai!

The desolate and loud sound of the horn also sounded at this moment, which made the Western cavalry who were charging forward even more encouraged, and they whipped their horses one by one, so that the horses under their crotches sprinted unreservedly like a broken arrow. Everyone had already shouted loudly, their knives in their hands, and their bodies were slightly sideways, making all preparations for a confrontation with the Liao army that came up at any time, because they knew very well that with this movement, the Liao army's countermeasures and obstructions would be launched immediately.

This dawn surprise attack really surprised many of us and our enemies, and many generals have not yet recovered from this shock. Only a few people in the know can understand the good intentions of the Seed Master Dao and the Seed Division, as the commander of the Western Army, who suddenly took it upon himself to give the order for the assault.

Because they had no choice, since they had already decided to launch the first battle against the Liao army as the vanguard army, they had to seize the best opportunity. And today is obviously the best time chosen by the two veteran generals who have been fighting for many years. Then, since the plan for a surprise attack had been made, there was no longer the slightest reservation, and not only all the cavalry was sent out in one go, but then the whole battalion attacked, and nearly 100,000 Western troops were all thrown into the battlefield.

What courage and determination this is!

You must know that even during the decisive battle, for many generals, they did not dare to really make a desperate bet and put all their forces into the first battle. They are bound to be reserved, and even send only a small number of troops to test them at first, to find the enemy's weak points, and then press all the strength to divide the victory.

But in fact, this method of warfare has too many drawbacks, as the so-called one drum and then three declines and exhaustion, if even the main generals in the army are restrained, dare not let go of a battle, how can the officers and men under their command be distracted after the battle is frustrated, and fight to the death?

Only those who have actually experienced a major war will understand that a large-scale war is often the result of years of preparation, months of confrontation and trial, and decisive battles in the last day or two. Compared with the first two protracted periods, this final decisive battle, although it takes the least time, is often the most critical. At that time, if the army could not gamble everything and let go of its hands and feet, it would inevitably end in failure.

Of course, it is impossible for the second elder of the seed family to make such a mistake, and the continuous trial of attack and defense in these days has already made them understand the reality of the Liao army, so at this time they dare to do everything under their command and launch the final decisive battle against the Liao army in a surprise posture.

Since it's inevitable, let's take the initiative into my own hands. What's more, they still believe that Sun Tu, who is in the Chinese army, will help them at a critical moment, even if the two sides have only met twice, but this trust is not discounted at all.

Looking at the left and right armies rushing out like two giant dragons, Sun Tu also clearly felt the trust and expectation from them. This made his face instantly become more and more solemn: "Strong Western Army, after this battle, no matter whether you win or lose, you will be famous in the world and forever in history!" ”

However, many other people here in the Chinese army began to panic, and with a chaotic call, one order after another was issued, but there was not a single soldier dispatched to follow up, and some people were even complaining and muttering: "What is this in the Western Army, is it trying to grab credit?" actually sent troops so suddenly, but he didn't even ask Tong Shuai for instructions......"

When he heard this, Sun Tu couldn't help frowning, and then looked at Tong Guan, who was also walking out of the big tent not far away, but he couldn't see his mind from his ancient and unwavering expression after all. Perhaps he had already thought that there would be such a change, after all, when he took those wounded soldiers as a condition, he should have thought that the Western Army would firmly grasp the main attack in his own hands. I don't know if he regrets that decision now, after all, this decisive battle was obviously earlier than he expected.

After standing for a long time, Tong Guancai suddenly shouted: "What are you panicking about? The whole army was ordered to first strictly defend the military village, and then mobilize troops and horses to advance in response. The success or failure of my Northern Expedition in the Great Song Dynasty, in one fell swoop, if you win this battle, you can go straight to Youzhou, and a hundred years of great achievements are at your fingertips! ”

With his shouting, the barracks, which was still a little chaotic, instantly fell silent, and with the loud commands of those soldiers, the more than 100,000 troops in this village also began to make corresponding preparations. However, it is not known how those generals felt in their hearts and whether they had the courage to respond in time when problems arose in the war ahead.

And when the Chinese army here began to return to normal, on the battlefield seven or eight miles away, the first wave of contact with the Liao and Song armies had also begun.

The Liao army was indeed caught off guard by the hands of the Western Army, and even let the enemy enter their own warning range and failed to intercept it - the two armies were ten miles apart, so they tacitly agreed that the first five miles of their respective armies were the warning range of the two sides, and most of the previous tentative confrontations took place in this vicinity, and few large groups of men and horses broke into the enemy camp seven or eight miles away.

However, the Liao army was composed of elites in the end, and even if they were attacked by surprise, they were not slow to react, and they quickly sent several cavalry to intercept them before the cavalry rushed to the battalion. At the same time, there were tens of thousands of foot soldiers, but they did not meet them directly, but lined up in formations, outflanking them from the left and right, and actually planned to completely encircle and annihilate the two Song cavalry that broke into the front of the formation!

In the camp of the Liao army, there were even bursts of drums like raindrops, countless flags were waving, and the troops were able to wait in formation, just waiting for an order, and they would quickly plunge into the next battle. It can also be seen from this that although the Liao army has declined and is not as good as before, under the command of generals such as Yelu Xiongge and Yelu Dashi, they can still make the most correct response in the shortest time to deal with the next series of battles.

Unlike Yelu Xiongge, who was solemn and solemn at this time and constantly ordered troops to surround the impact of the Song army, Yelu Dashi's expression at this time was a little relaxed, and there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth: "In this way, the certainty of our army's victory has increased by two points!" As he spoke, he looked ahead from afar, looking at the Song Army's Zhongjun Dazhai who was still unmoved, and smiled more and more happily.

"Kill——!" Two miles in front of the camp, the sudden outbreak of killing instantly made Yelu Dashi's smile narrow, and the frontal decisive battle finally broke out!

The cavalry of the Western Army, who rushed with all their strength, collided head-on with the cavalry of the Liao Army who came out of the camp, and without any communication, they first exchanged weapons in their hands. One side ran for a long time, gathering momentum, but the other side fought in a hurry, and at the beginning of the battle, it showed an astonishing one-sided posture.

The Liao army, which has been famous for its cavalry for many years, fell into disadvantage in an instant when it encountered the cavalry of the Western Army. And this could not stop the momentum of the Song army at all, only to see that after they broke through this first interception, the speed was still the same, and they rushed straight to the barracks.

Fortunately, the second and third lines of defense of the Liao army also followed, and at the same time, the infantry phalanx on the side was also close to the distance of 100 steps from the enemy.

Suddenly, the screams continued to sound from within the cavalry of the Song army, some people fell off their horses, some people were stabbed, and the momentum of this drum was actually discouraged. At this time, the scene in front of the Liao army camp looked a little confused and upside down, because this was different from any previous attack and defense, the Liao army, which should have been dominated by cavalry assaults, actually used the Song army's defensive position, but the Song army became a surprise attacker in turn.

At this time, the main gate of the Liao army camp also opened violently, and a cavalry of tens of thousands, dressed in armor, rushed out like a locked dragon under the urging of a stirring drum, and met the cavalry of the Western Army with a heavy encounter!