In this era of close-range combat with cold weapons, a general, especially the main general, plays a greater role in the army than imagined, and his wisdom and courage can completely determine the upper and lower limits of an army. And once the Lord General is killed or seriously wounded, he can destroy all the fighting spirit of a hundred battle heroes in an instant, even if they are facing a group of enemies that are far inferior to their own.

This kind of thing has happened many times in history, and today, in the vast wilderness of the Song-Liao border, the same scene appears again, and this time, the Liao army has fallen into a situation of inevitable defeat, and after finding that its main general Xiao Yanping fell from an arrow, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead, the whole army collapsed.

At this time, they could no longer maintain any formation, and they only fled in all directions in a panic, and even the courage to resist the struggle was gone. Some continued to gallop along the valley road, while others dismounted from their exhausted horses and climbed the hillside above, hoping to escape the Song army. Some people chose to kneel down on the spot at this time, and no longer dared to resist.

With Xiao Yanping being shot by an arrow, the Liao army was no longer the slightest threat, and after the Song army reached the valley mouth, they saw the prisoners in one place, and many people were running straight up the mountain in a panic. Even a general with rich combat experience like Qin Dang was also surprised at this time, and sighed: "General Sun is really good, your arrow can reach a thousand armies." ”

Although he said this a little exaggerated, the meaning was almost the same. If it is really necessary to completely destroy this Liao army, I am afraid that it is far from enough for the Song army to invest only 1,000 soldiers and horses. Now, it saves everyone a lot of effort, let alone unnecessary damage. This also made the morale of the Song army who followed the pursuit even stronger, shouting to come forward and kill the enemy and get their own credit.

Those who knelt on the ground were naturally caught with their hands, and as for those who ran up the mountain and fled out, some people quickly divided their troops to pursue them. Judging from the current situation, it will take less than half the night for this big war to come to an end.

But Sun Tu didn't have much joy on his face at this time, he just stood at the mouth of the valley in a daze, and even Qin Dang and other generals didn't listen to his praise. Although this battle ended in a great victory for the Song army, the casualties of the Tiger Ben army before were too heavy. And all this is because of a wrong decision of his own!

In addition, now Taniguchi has never seen the Liao general Xiao Yanping who is the culprit, although that guy was shot by his own arrow, but I don't know if he survived as he did back then and escaped.

However, at this moment in the battle, it was impossible for him to take care of it alone, coupled with the fatigue of his injuries, he was no longer able to risk the pursuit at this time, so he could only turn off his horse a little dejectedly, and helplessly look around, looking at what the final outcome of this battle would be.

The results were quickly reported. In this battle, the Song army was indeed a great victory, completely defeating a Liao army of nearly 5,000 people, and almost completely annihilated. Only about three or four hundred escaped in the dark, and about five hundred were taken prisoner. As for the important generals of the Liao army, they also caught a few alive, but there was no Xiao Yanping.

When he heard these reports, Sun Tu became even more silent: "Still haven't you done your best?" ”

"General Sun, you're a little too reprimanded. In today's battle, our Great Song soldiers have done their best and won a rare victory. Not only did it sweep away the hidden dangers in the rear in one fell swoop, but it also annihilated thousands of enemies, even if it was placed on the front line, it was a rare victory. Qin Dang was quite satisfied, and said with a smile: "Of course, if this battle really has to be discussed, your General Sun and his subordinate soldiers should be the first to take the lead, if it weren't for your hard work here, even if the general arrived, he would not be able to break the Liao army." ”

The surrounding soldiers who had already returned also echoed one after another, and they did not hesitate to praise Sun Tu and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army who had not yet arrived to the end. It was only at this time that Sun Tu came back to his senses from his emotions and said with a smile: "General Qin, generals, you have good intentions. But what you say, I can't agree with it, if you really want to talk about the merits, you are only above my tiger army, if you don't arrive in time, I'm afraid that I and thousands of my subordinates will die at the hands of the Liao army. ”

Sun Tu's words made these soldiers happy, and they became a little closer to him. Before, he was only admired because he was brave enough and famous enough, but now, I really agree with this general who came from the beginning.

Qin Dang also laughed: "General Sun's words are too outward, you and I are already one, how can there be a difference between the size of the credit." The Tiger Benjun and we are all good, and we all deserve to be rewarded! In a word, the matter is completely determined, and the two sides share the credit equally.

Next, it is to clean up the battlefield and wait for the rear soldiers and horses to arrive one after another.

The cavalry on both sides tried their best to chase and flee just now, and they didn't feel anything, but for the rear foot soldiers, it was a long journey. In addition, they had to be vigilant and deal with those scattered Liao soldiers along the way, so time was wasted. So when the main force finally arrived, the day had already been lit up again, and the whole night had passed.

Then, it was the sad moment to count their own casualties. When the specific numbers came out, even Qin Kang's face changed, and the casualties of the soldiers and horses he brought were not large, only two or three hundred, but the Tiger Ben army was greatly injured.

The original team of 5,000 people is now less than 3,000 left, and most of the soldiers are wounded, all of them are so tired that they can't even stand on their feet. In fact, if it weren't for Qin Kang's reinforcements arriving in time, this casualty would only have multiplied, and by that time, the fate of the Liao army would have been theirs.

And Sun Tu, when he got this cruel number, stood still for a long time. Especially when he knew that Zhao Jiongguang and Yang Siming also died in the chaos, and Pan Song was seriously injured in the broken arm and had not woken up yet, he clenched the handle of the saber and took a few deep breaths before calming down.

Although these generals were not his cronies, they also followed him for a while, and they were brothers in the army who obeyed him. And this time, they all died on the battlefield, and this pain naturally cannot be dissolved for a while. What's more, such a tragedy could have been avoided, as long as the reinforcements on the side of Yanmen Pass could have arrived in time as agreed, it would have been impossible for the Liao army to pose such a big threat to the Tiger Ben army guarding the heights, and it would have been impossible for them to rush for their lives to save themselves......

If it weren't for Qin Dang's continuous southward movement in order to find the Liao army, and saw that wolf smoke in time, I was afraid that the entire army of the Tiger Ben Army would be buried under the mound and be killed by someone in the Yanmen Pass.

At this moment, Sun Tu's heart was filled with resentment and murderous intent, his eyes swept over the wounded soldiers in front of him, and he had already made a decision - this justice, he must get it back!

So when Qin dared to look at him and asked, "I wonder what General Sun plans to do next?" He didn't think about it, so he replied: "Naturally, I went back to Yanmen Pass first!" "Yanmen Guan, he almost burst out from between his teeth.

"Do you want to go to Yanmen Pass for a break? It's a good idea, after all, this place is still hundreds of miles away from the front camp, and many of our soldiers are wounded, as well as these prisoners. Just go there! Qin Dang immediately responded to this statement, and at the same time, he beckoned a cronie: "You take a few cavalry and return to the camp in the starry night, and report the great victory here to Tong Shuai, so that he and the front-line soldiers can rest assured." I will personally escort the rations back in the near future. "In the end, he still remembered the military order he had made, and at this time, tomorrow will be the ten-day period, but he has not violated the order.

"Whoa!"

"Also," he said, he looked at Sun Tu, who looked a little strange next to him, "Then report the news that Yuehou Sun Tu led the army to come, including the meritorious service of the military horses under his command this time, and there must be no concealment." Although he is a border general, he also knows that Sun Tu and Tong Guan have a good relationship, so this bit of face should naturally be sold.

After the cronies ordered a few people to ride away together, Qin Kang ordered the whole army to rest at this valley mouth for half a day, and then go back to Yanmen Pass. In this regard, Sun Tu had no other opinions, and he and his soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army really needed to rest for a while.

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Two days later, at noon, the city head on the north side of Yanmen Pass.

Tian Boyuan once again climbed the city to the north and looked at it, and in addition to worry, his eyes were full of guilt and self-blame.

By this time, the column of smoke that had soared into the sky had long since dissipated, as if it had never been seen before. But he knew what was behind all this - I am afraid that General Sun and his troops and horses had already fallen into the sand and lost at the hands of the Liao army.

As a general who had experience in head-to-head confrontation with the Liao army, he knew very well how much advantage the Liao army had over the Song army outside the Guancheng, even the elite border troops would suffer, not to mention the thousands of forbidden troops from the capital.

What made him even more panicked was that it had been five days, and no one had fled back from the front. Does this mean that the Song army was really all over the wilderness in the north along the way?

That's thousands of people, all of them died because of their cowardice and incompetence, as well as the conspiracy and revenge of the Du Prison Army? In the past few days, he didn't know how to eat, he couldn't sleep well, and almost always wanted to run to the north of the city to look, wanting to see Sun Tu fleeing back with the defeated army. Even if they only come back a few hundred people, at least let him know a result, instead of relying on thinking and guessing everything like these days.

"If I knew this was the case, I should have ...... that day" Tian Boyuan muttered softly after some incidents, in fact, that's what he said. really gave him a chance to come back, but he still didn't dare to choose to be an enemy of Du Changguo.

And not long after these words were spoken, a soldier beside him suddenly shouted in surprise: "That...... What is that? There is such a big smoke and dust, is there a large army coming? ”

"What?" Tian Boyuan was also a dignified, and then he looked into the distance, and found that there was indeed a large army coming towards Yanmen Pass, and in this posture, there were at least tens of thousands of troops!

"Prepare to fight, I'm afraid that the Liao army is coming!" At this time, the first thing that Tian Boyuan thought of in his heart was this, after all, even if Sun Tu and them fled back, there would be only a few thousand people at most, and it would be impossible to come back several times the number of troops......

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