As the effect of the cavalry raid faded, the negative side of the mountain gradually became apparent.

Horses must be very careful when galloping on the hillside, otherwise it is easy to break the horse's hooves, and the speed of the horse running on the hillside must be reduced by at least half, or even only one-third of the gallop on flat ground. This greatly reduced the deterrent power of the Khitan cavalry charging into battle, as long as the Song army fought in columns, the cavalry could hardly disperse them, and more and more palace cavalry could only try their best to control the horses, rushing between the Song army's firearm phalanx. At this time, artillery was needed to blast open the strong position of the Song army, and at this juncture, several 'doors' of iron barrel guns carried by the Song army greatly interfered with the 'firing' of the Liao gunners, and there were only simple fortifications on the top of the mountain, and many Khitan gunners fell under the shotguns. The plains are conducive to cavalry, and the mountains are conducive to foot soldiers, but the best position for setting up iron barrel guns is still the mountains. Brother Yelu Tie's expression was complicated, Xiao Mahuai glared at him angrily, Xi Jun was retreating, and next to him, Wanyan Zongbi smiled flatteringly.

"The Khitan people are good at riding, the Song people are good at guarding, the two armies are 'fighting', the iron barrel cannon is becoming more and more important, and the infantry army is becoming more and more important. However, it is not easy to select and train a few gunners from among the clansmen, let alone the huge number of infantry battalions," Yelu Tiege thought distressedly, "but compared to the Song people, our clansmen are so few. His eyes were slightly cold, and he threw these inappropriate thoughts out of his mind, raised his horsewhip, and ordered in a deep voice: "Retreat five miles and give this place to the Song people." ”

"What?" Xiao Mahuai shouted angrily, and Wanyan Zongbi was also full of surprise.

Yelu Tiege found this battlefield, gathered a large army, set up an ambush and waited for the Song army to come, this battle has been fought until now, both of them thought that Yelu Tiege was going to fight to the death with the Song army that followed, who would have expected that after the heavy casualties of the 'female' real person and Xi people, he actually easily ordered to retreat.

"Retreat five miles," Yelu Tiege repeated with a calm face, and said to Xiao Xining in detail about the artillery, "You destroy the artillery and withdraw first." ”

Xiao Xining was busy and agreed loudly. Because he is proficient in the number of tricks, he has risen to prominence in a short period of time, and he has won the trust of Yelu Tiege, and he is also proud of his clansmen. The Khitan gunners were all trained by him, Xiao Xining was afraid of being damaged, so he immediately ran down to inform them to destroy the artillery and retreat, after the gunners retreated, Yelu Tiege turned his horse's head and ran down the hill with the Khitan cavalry general, at this time, the Xi army and the 'female' Zhenying battalion who were in charge of the broken were like a rout and then retreated, from the general to the soldiers, all desperately ran to the other side of the hill, and they could only give birth to four fewer 'legs', and the mountains were full of fleeing Liao army foot soldiers.

"'Mess' coming! It's really 'messy'! Xiao Mahuai took off his fur hat and said angrily, "War or not?" Our Xi military camp must retreat first! ”

Ordered the generals to collect the rout, and the rough calculation suffered heavy losses, Xiao Mahuai was extremely angry, and he was even more worried about continuing to 'engage' the battle, every time the Khitan cavalry dropped the foot soldiers and retreated first, the Song army could not catch up with the four 'legs', and it was more than enough to clean up the backward Xi army and the 'female' real battalion, he immediately came to Yelu Tiege to theorize, and planned to lead the troops to retreat first. Wanyan Zongbi stood next to Xiao Mahuai, although he didn't dare to speak out in approval, but his eyes were also very suspicious. If you only want to delay the advance of the Song army, you only need the Khitan cavalry, and it is really puzzling to gather infantry and gunner battalions with such fanfare, and then retreat from the battle. "If you really want to consume the 'female' real people," Wanyan Zongbi lowered his head and thought viciously, "Just descend to the Southern Dynasty." ”

"Presumptuous!" Brother Yelu shouted sharply, his eyes looking around at the generals.

Someone lowered their heads, but Xiao Mahuai and the other generals looked at him fearlessly. The prestige of Emperor Yelu Dashi is in full swing, but the prestige of other high-ranking officials and magnates has been greatly weakened. After the reopening of the Khitan Eight Ministries Conference, although the power of the privy envoy of the Northern Court was high, it was also slightly constrained. Xiao Mahuai is a dignitary of the descendant clan, and he consciously takes advantage of it, and he is not afraid to make trouble with Yelu Tiege in front of the Eight Ministries Conference and His Majesty. At his instigation, some other Khitan generals also turned their suspicious eyes on Yelu Tiege.

"Your Majesty's will!"

Brother Yelu Tiege sighed, Xiao Mahuai and the others were like lightning strikes, looking at each other, only to see Brother Yelu Tiege take out a sheepskin imperial scroll from his arms and unfold it, turn it over so that Xiao Mahuai and the others could see the imprint of the sun and moon imperial seal clearly, and read it in a low voice. Listening to this, Xiao Mahuai and the other generals' faces were all shocked, and then they became eager to try.

............

"General Zhao Wansheng-" "Great Song Wansheng-" "Wansheng!" After the Song army occupied the hill, they began to cheer loudly.

Lu Mingyu took off his iron helmet, came to Zhao Xingde with a face full of shame, bowed his head and said: "The last general was ineffective in command, and he almost ruined the front army, please punish the marshal." "Change it next time." Seeing that he was deeply remorseful, Zhao Xingde wiped his sweat and said softly, "For generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, bravery, and strictness are indispensable." This is a cliché in the army, but when he said the word "brave", he aggravated his tone, and others couldn't hear it, Lu Mingyu, as Zhao Xingde's confidant and favorite general, understood it, and the shame in his heart was even worse, and he nodded and said: "What the marshal said is that the last general will be ashamed and brave, and wash away this humiliation." "In a bloody battle, the Khitan cavalry rampage and artillery bombardment encountered by the left army were almost defeated, leaving a 'shadow' in the hearts of many people.

Zhao Xingde nodded and said: "Ambushes, sneak attacks, and 'riots' can only scare stupid, cowardly, and faint 'chaotic' people." These ghost tricks were originally only used to deal with barbarians. But who are you? You are my Chinese soldiers. What is a Chinese person? Observing the principle of 'yin' and yang in heaven and earth on the outside, and with the righteousness of generous sacrifice inside, how can it be regarded as the same as barbarians. It is useless for us for the enemy to play these tricks against the barbarians! We will wait for a dignified array to move forward in a straight way, and we will surely wash away the shame of the country and recover the rivers and mountains! He raised the horizontal knife in his hand and shouted: "Great Song Wansheng!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Great Song Wansheng!"

The soldiers on the left and right heard the blood in their veins, and they raised their guns and responded loudly. Seeing that morale had recovered, Zhao Xingde asked Lu Mingyu to go back to rectify his subordinates and urge all departments to treat the injured. He raised his clairvoyant mirror and looked at the large group of Khitan cavalry still wandering several miles away, his brows furrowed, and he ordered the scouts of the Tabai Battalion to increase the range of reconnaissance of the enemy's movements.

As soon as the battle ended, the death battalion, which had a deep grudge against the Hu people, ignored its exhaustion and looked around for the Liao soldiers who could not retreat in time due to their injuries. There are far more wounded on the battlefield with limited mobility than those killed in battle. The victors who occupy the battlefield decide the life and death of these wounded. The Liao army left many wounded soldiers and soon became dead. The commanders of the battalions also let it go, and only carefully collected the wounded comrades of the battalion and found the soldiers to treat the wounded. The artillery battalion was busy putting iron barrels on the gun wagons, pulling up the horses, and according to the plan of the march, they would settle in a volunteer cottage in front tonight, so the gunners did not push the artillery up the hill, but stopped at the bottom of the hill, and waited for the military order to start again with the rear army led by Deng Yuanjue.

About an hour later, the battalions were repairing and stopping, and when they were about to set off, suddenly three horsemen stepped on the white to make a horse return, and a large number of Khitan cavalry appeared in the east. The Liao army seemed to have made a big circle, avoiding the reconnaissance of the Song army's scouts, and then cut into the battlefield, separating Zhao Xingde's troops from the army commanded by Cao Di. After a while, the teams of the white envoys have beaten their horses back, and there are Khitan cavalry in all directions, if you count the front Yelu Tiege's department, the Liao army around Zhao Xingde's department has at least tens of thousands of people, and the Liao army stops the horses to wander around', with many people and horses, hunting and killing, and chasing the scouts of the Song army. Yang Zaixing's subordinates were forced to shrink back, and the scope of investigation was getting smaller and smaller.

"It seems that Liaogou has a lot of appetite this time." Yang Zaixing said with a calm face, "General Zhao, what are we going to do?" ”

"The Liao army is going back to join forces with Cao Di? Or is it guarding the hill and waiting for Cao Di to come over? Deng Yuanjue felt the dissatisfied eyes of several other generals, and said worriedly, "The Liao army is strong, and if the cavalry attacks at any cost, our march is bound to be much slower than usual." The dry rations that the army carried with them lasted for seven days, but there was not much water. This is the Northland, and you don't always have water everywhere. He shook his head and sighed, "Fortunately, we conquered this hill, otherwise, the road ahead would be blocked, and there would be soldiers chasing after us, so I am afraid that we will ...... It's even worse. ”

"Dashuai, what should I do?" "Do you want to guard the hill?"

"If the enemy army is really ready to cut off our army, then I am afraid that there are many more Liao soldiers between us and Cao Di than in front." Zhao Xingde thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "For today's plan, when we continue to move forward, we don't have to worry about the water source when we arrive at Huanglongzhai, and it is impossible for the large Liao army to stay between us and Cao Di all the time, otherwise, this is an opportunity to hit the Liao army." He beckoned the flag officer to come over and ordered, "Order, drum and march!" He raised his head, looked at the generals, and said slowly, "Next, it's up to Cao Di to make a choice." ”

Forty miles away from Zhao Xingde's department in the west and eighty miles away from Cao Di's department in the east, the Khitan tents spread out like clouds in the sky. A tall camel cart was parked in the middle of the wide camp, and a huge sun and moon flag was erected on the car, under this flag, a group of Khitan generals were surrounded, and Yelu Dashi was raising his 'legs' to loosen his feet, and smiled at the left and right: "I am used to riding horses, and the march is uncomfortable to sit in this Xi car, but there are so many twists and turns." ”

"Xi Che should have gone slowly," King Ye Lu of Jin said with a smile, "Your Majesty insisted that it keep up with the cavalry of the palace tent, and the road was rugged, and the iron beaters could not stand it." Yelu Dashi heard his flattery and shook his head slightly. Ye Lu said with a smile, "Cao Di just wants to get some advantage behind Zhao Xingde's back, but he would never have thought that His Majesty's light troops would raid and eat Zhao Xingde's people." In my opinion, with the appearance of him cowering and passing through Wusheng Pass, he may not dare to come up and fight a decisive battle with His Majesty. ”

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