The situation of the enemy's strength and my weakness Sun Tu had already known that even if he was prepared, he would not dare to let these thousands of tiger troops confront the Liao State elite cavalry like this. So when he confirmed that he had been targeted by the Liao, he made arrangements early, just waiting for the enemy to step into the trap.

The camp under the hill was just a trick to lure the enemy in, and long before dark, he secretly brought all his soldiers and horses to the mountain, leaving only a few dozen high-ranking subordinates to guard below, as night watchmen. These people have long been powerless to resist, so they can only obey Sun Tu's arrangement, otherwise there is still only a dead end under military law.

Of course, this is also a bit risky, as soon as Sun Tu is not sure, the Liao soldiers will choose to attack the military camp tonight, and once they come back at dawn, everything will be exposed; Second, although this mountain occupies a certain geographical advantage, it is easier to kill the enemy and defend themselves, but once the enemy is surrounded, they will be completely trapped here, and it will become extremely difficult to break through.

Fortunately, Sun Tu can bear these two points, after all, his purpose is only to attract the enemy to attack, and drag them to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and at most there will be a break in a day or two. Anyway, this is the only chance, and if the enemy doesn't come tonight, then look for another opportunity.

The result was really as he wanted, and the Liao soldiers really attacked at night. And because of the rapid rush of the horses, even if they noticed that there was something strange in the camp, it was too late, and they directly broke into the range of the crossbowmen on the mountain. At this time, Sun Tu would miss the opportunity, and immediately ordered the arrow to be released, so as to catch the enemy by surprise.

At the time of the arrival, the chaotic arrows were dense like rain, and they were splashed towards the Liao cavalry below. When the horses were neighing, many people had been hit by arrows and fell, and many people hurriedly circled their horses and turned around, scattering and fleeing. But because they were surrounded by camps that they had set on fire, for a moment their room for manoeuvre was not as wide as they had imagined, and they only ran a few steps before they stopped again. In this way, they can only change their tactics again, swinging their weapons desperately to block, while looking back and fleeing.

At this time, it reflects the strength of this Liao army's elite cavalry, even if it was suddenly attacked and shot by a one-sided random arrow, they did not completely mess up, even if they were constantly retreating, they still maintained a certain battle formation, looking scattered, but not scattered, and always on guard against possible offensives from above.

In fact, Sun Tu really had this thought, and behind him, there were thousands of cavalry ready to move. But after seeing such a scene through the light of the fire, he didn't dare to take any chances. The combat power between the two sides is already obvious, and now that the enemy is retreating and not chaotic, the real cavalry will probably send sheep into the tiger's mouth, and it is better to let them press the formation in the flank and rear.

And in this hesitation, the enemy retreated even faster, and had withdrawn from the Song army camp, leaving only hundreds of corpses, and the price paid was not as great as imagined. It's just that in this way, Song Jun's position has been completely exposed, and it's really hard to say who will take advantage.

Xiao Yanping looked at the still dark hill with gloomy eyes, and said softly: "This Song general is a little bold and scheming, and he dares to set up an ambush knowing that he is being targeted by us. But he also underestimated my Khitan warriors too much, what is this setback? Folded a hundred miles—"

As he shouted, a slender Liao rider had already come out. He was also hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but he didn't take it seriously, glanced at the top of the hill, and waited for the order of his commander.

"Take three hundred soldiers and go around the rear, and try to storm it. Remember, if the Song army still fires arrows, you should avoid the edge first. Xiao Yanping decisively ordered.

"Yes." Zhi Baili immediately responded to the order, ordered the cavalry of his department, and then quickly rushed forward, bypassed the small hill, and went straight to the rear.

At the same time as he led his troops, two other generals also received orders from Xiao Yanping, and they led people to launch a tentative attack on the hill from the left and right sides.

However, this time Sun Tu had already made full preparations, and there were crossbowmen on all sides of the hill, and once the enemy entered the firing range, they decisively released arrows, and actually wounded twenty or thirty people, so that the other party could only retreat again, away from the hill.

After this temptation, more than an hour has passed, the sky has gradually brightened, and the Liao army under the mountain has been able to see the situation above, as judged by their own general in the morning, this seemingly only 1,000 escorted grain transport team is actually all Song army, and they are fully equipped with bows and crossbows, and there are enough arrows, and from below, you can see the dense and terrifying arrow array with cold light.

In the past hundred years, the Song and Liao sides have fought hundreds, and the Liao people have long understood the power of the Song army in the bow and crossbow. Now that the enemy is on high again, it is difficult for them to deal with it for a while. Even Xiao Yanping frowned deeply after receiving the report from the three generals: "Didn't you even leave a flaw?" ”

But soon, he laughed again, such an opponent is more interesting, and his hard work in this period is in vain. At that moment, he looked at the sky above his head and said, "Stop attacking for the time being, and keep an eye on them first." Everyone has also worked hard all night, first rest with food, and then it is not too late to attack the mountain when they have enough spirits. "He actually has a plan, but this has to be done before the soldiers and horses have enough mental strength.

The Liao army was indeed a little tired, and when they heard the rumors, they dismounted one after another, took those tents, wooden fences and other things from the Song military camp on the spot and set them on fire, and then barbecued the dry food and meat they carried with them, and they actually planned to spend it with the Song army.

At the same time, the Song army on the mountain also lit a fire and buried the pot to make rice, and after this night's tossing, they were also hungry. Fortunately, the grain and grass were also moved to the mountains by them, otherwise they would have cheapened the Liao army below.

A strange scene appeared here, the two hostile armies of Song Liao actually confronted each other up and down the hill like this, but they each got food.

"General, if you can trap them for three or five days, this Song army will definitely die. I've looked around, and there is no water source up and down this hill, and it is impossible for them to carry too much water with them......" At this time, he came to Xiao Yanping, who was munching on a piece of dry bun, and whispered. It is said that the grain they used was also the Song army food team that had been robbed before, which could be regarded as making full use of the strategy of feeding the war with war.

Hearing this, Xiao Yanping didn't see much joy, and only nodded slightly. Seeing that there were doubts below, he clicked on the hill in front of him: "Do you think that the Song army will have no backhand preparation?" This is the Song Realm, no matter how prepared they are, they are just a piece of bait, I think soon, the real threat is coming. ”

"Ah, this ......" Zhi Baili realized it, and suddenly said worriedly: "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

"So we have to fight quickly, and tomorrow before it gets dark, we have to take them. Do you have faith? Xiao Yanping said, sweeping over the generals.

These people are the elite of the Liao army, and when they heard this, they shouted loudly: "Yes! I'm about to kill them to avenge my brothers! ”

"Okay, rest for half an hour, and then attack!" Xiao Yanping swallowed the already hard dry bun in one gulp, and then closed his eyes and recuperated.

After a while, another Liao soldier let out a few exclamations, but finally found that in addition to the cooking smoke rising from the cooking on the hill, there was also a thick black column of smoke that went straight into the sky, which was the wolf smoke that transmitted military information to the distance. This time, Xiao Yanping's judgment has been implemented.

But he didn't pay much attention to this, only opened his eyes slightly, and then closed his eyes again. He believed that there were no other Song troops nearby, so what the other party wanted to notify was naturally the defenders of Yanmen Pass. And even if the soldiers and horses there came quickly, they would not be able to arrive in two days. By that time, he had already killed all the Song troops on the mountain and went away.

Half an hour later, Xiao Yanping opened his eyes suddenly, his body had risen from the ground, and while jumping on the horse's back, he was already holding a hard bow in his hand, and shouted in his mouth: "Surrounded by mountains on all sides, bow to bow, consume Song people's arrows." As he spoke, he took the lead and went straight to the front of the hill.

The horse he rode under his crotch was one of the best horses in the Liao army, and now he was urging with all his strength, and the speed was even faster, and in the blink of an eye, he had rushed into the already dilapidated military camp, and at the same time he opened his bow and arrows, and at once he shot towards a person under the military flag above.

When he had sent people to harass and probe him from three sides just now, he had already found the location of the person who gave the order, and this time he was aiming at him.

The treasure bow in his hand is much stronger than the ordinary bow and crossbow, and the range is still above the condescending Song army, and the person is still more than two hundred steps away from the hill, and the arrows have already whistling up the mountain, straight to the Sun Tu under his banner.

Sun Tu's reaction was also quite fast, and after hearing the movement, he immediately swooped out with his sword, and in a flash of cold light, he just blocked the flying arrow. As soon as he heard it, he felt a strong attack, and his arm was shaken because of this, which made his heart tighten: "What a domineering arrow!" ”

The subordinates around him didn't react until this time, some hurriedly stepped forward to guard, and some crossbowmen in front of them hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, and fired arrows at the enemy who had already rushed over.

Only this comparison exposed the gap in the strength of the soldiers of the Song and Liao sides, just in terms of the immediate reaction, the Song army was more than one step behind the other party, and the main generals were attacked, so they made corresponding counterattacks.

And an even more blushing scene also happened, after the Song army released the arrows, they found that the enemy was actually out of range and suddenly stopped, and the round of dense arrow rain he shot was completely useless, and fell to the ground lightly, causing no damage.

And this is not just the front, the other three sides were also attacked by the Liao army at the same time, but the rain of arrows shot down, it was also difficult to damage the enemy in the slightest, they actually calculated the range of the Song army, this rush is just a bluff.

And after learning of this result, Sun Tu's face suddenly sank, the Liao army wanted to use this trick to consume its own arrows. Then, his eyes fell on the wolf's tooth arrow that he had just blocked, and his heart jumped even more, he had recognized this arrow and the identity of the Liao general under the mountain!