"You-" A cold light burst out in Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes, he couldn't imagine that this barbarian would actually use His Majesty and military orders to suppress him. In front of everyone's eyes, he couldn't openly disobey orders, Xiao Xiangsheng's face changed several times, and he sneered twice, "What a lord, such a great majesty!" Today you have not advanced your army, and the army has been defeated, but I want to see what you can do to remedy it. ”

Xiao Xiangsheng was full of resentment, and he thought to himself that he was not acting recklessly today. The horses had already explored this place, and there was no trace of Nanban a few days ago. These Song troops also arrived at the battlefield not long ago, and the camp was also built in a hurry. The Liao army was mostly cavalry, which was difficult to attack and defend, and the only favorable terrain was under the cover of the Song army's artillery fire. Capturing the Song army's artillery fort is the key to controlling the entire battlefield situation, therefore, as soon as Xiao Xiangsheng came up, he did not hesitate to storm the fort with Khitan soldiers and horses, and personally led the troops to charge the battle with the respect of the capital.

"Tell me, what is the remedy?" Xiao Xiangsheng stared at Brother Tiemu, as if he was about to erupt into fire.

All the generals also looked at Brother Temu, and the firelight reflected everyone's faces uncertainly. Since the invasion of the south, the Liao army on the eastern route has been like a bamboo, and the Song army along the way has either collapsed at the first touch, or surrendered to the wind. Only 50,000 Liao troops, actually swept the entire Jiangnan East Road in the rest of the month, and won Hangzhou, Jiangning and other famous cities, which also fueled the arrogance of the Liao army, who knew that the western expedition was defeated again and again, a month down, the dead and wounded were several times the previous ones, from top to bottom, the military heart floated, and the prestige of the Western Expeditionary Army to command Tiemuge also fell to the bottom.

Temuge waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to retreat, and let the generals go to the big tent. This makeshift leather tent was very crowded, the generals sat cross-legged, and a simple topographical map of the mountains and rivers was spread out in the middle, and other tea bowls, pastries and other things had not yet had time to be placed. Brother Temu looked around at the generals in the tent, was silent for a moment, and then asked the commander to pacify his subordinates, and be careful that the cavalry of the Song army attacked the camp at night. Only Xiao Xiangsheng and the captain Xiao were left in the tent, and Brother Temu said: "The Song people pretended to be discordant and led us here all the way, with ill intentions. I think it's better not to rush into a decisive battle with them. Although this battle is related to His Majesty's plan, it is impossible to risk the lives of these tens of thousands of warriors to fight Xiangyang and Ezhou! ”

"What?" As soon as Brother Tiemu's words fell, Xiao Xiangsheng jumped up and pointed at him, "You dare to disobey the emperor's order?" ”

Brother Temu didn't look at him, and continued: "There is a saying in the Southern Dynasty that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. His Majesty ordered us to attack the Song army all the way west, thinking that the Song army in Ezhou was a rabble. But after these battles, you also know that these Song troops are not a herd of sheep, not only brave, but also cunning, not easy to defeat. His voice was not loud, and he was not deliberately powerful, but he was persuasive.

Xiao Xiangsheng glared at Brother Tiemu, and then turned his gaze to Xiao Enemy. Xiao Diyan has been in the Western Expeditionary Army, and after this battle was fought, he already felt that something was wrong, and he knew that Brother Temu was not brave and unscrupulous. He has his own foundation, and when he saw Xiao Xiangsheng signaling with his eyes, he only turned his gaze to the side.

"This Xi slave!" Xiao Xiangsheng said secretly, "In just a few months, I was subdued by the barbarians in the Northland. The Jurchen Kingdom is a lesson from the past. The southerners are weak, and my Great Liao Kingdom comes from the north, and what we really have to be careful against is these miscellaneous beards. Thinking of this, Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes turned cold, Huo Di stood up, and said sharply to the two: "My army marched west to attract the Song army of Ezhou to come to the decisive battle, this is Your Majesty's will, do you two dare to resist the will?" ”

"The Emperor's will is not for you to go and defeat the battle! Withdrawing from the army for the time being is not a blind retreat. We are mostly cavalry, not to mention that the Song people can't catch up with them on two legs, even if they dare to chase, not every place is suitable for their artillery and formation, as long as they leave dozens of miles away, who is the prey and who is the hunter, maybe it will be reversed! We have attracted the Song army from Ezhou to come over, and most of His Majesty's will has been completed. Now let's avoid it for the time being, don't touch the trap of the Song army, they come to chase, we will retreat to the middle to fight, they want to retreat, we just stick with them. dragged to the back, and His Majesty's side used his strength again, and he may not be able to defeat Xiangyang and Ezhou at once! The more Brother Tiemu spoke, the louder he became, he stood up unceremoniously, his eyes were like knives, staring at Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes, and said coldly, "Are you a bear?" Are you a leopard? Song Jun obviously set a trap for you to drill, even bears and leopards know how to dodge, but you have to rush into it, not counting your own death, but also pulling the lives of tens of thousands of warriors! He glanced to the side, and Xiao Diyuan also stood up, his lips opened, as if he wanted to persuade him, but in the end he didn't make a sound.

"You? ......" Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't help but be furious, and shouted, "What a barbarian, you dare to scold me!" He paused, swallowed the words "beasts are inferior" into his stomach, his lips trembled, and he said continuously, "Okay, good, good," pointing to Brother Temu and Xiao Di, "You wait for me......" After speaking, he turned around and left.

The door of the tent was wide open, dust and grass clippings blew in from outside the tent, Brother Tiemu's face was pale, and Xiao Dian shook his head: "Xiao Dutong is a descendant, and he has always been used to smooth sailing, and it is common for him to lose a battle and be angry." If this matter is to be brought to His Majesty, Brother Temu can stand it. ”

Temu nodded. Captain Xiao Enemy, like the prison army sent to this force by the Liao State, vaguely restrained Brother Tiemu, but this Xiao Xiangsheng made such a fuss, invisibly, Xiao Enemyran and Brother Tiemu got closer.

Xiao Xiang rushed back to the camp angrily, and as soon as he told the soldiers about the retreat, his subordinates were indignant, and they all scolded the general Hu Fan loudly for not knowing the general situation. "The Great Liao Kingdom is still not our Khitan after all!" The thousand-legion Changshi family slave drew his knife and shouted, "Lord Dutong speaks, and I immediately go and cut that miscellaneous beard!" ”

"Yes!" Subutai also said loudly, "Your Majesty lifted him a little, and this dog will treat himself as a human being!" ”

He scolded heartily, and the generals laughed loudly. Most of the Khitan generals of the Liao army on the East Road came from the Houmen family in Shangjing. Although Yelu Dashi has promoted the de-sinicization and returned to the Khitan since he ascended the throne, in the eyes of these people, the Khitan people are different from those miscellaneous people. In this Eastern Expedition, many Khitan nobles admired the prosperity of the southeastern capital of the Song Kingdom, and they all camped into the East Route Army, although these people are usually high-flying, but for the sake of their bravery, Dutong Yelu Bijie is also quite tolerant, who knows that this Western Expedition, Xiao Xiangsheng actually has to suffer from the anger of a miscellaneous general, and suddenly it seems that ice water has been poured into the oil pot, and the generals exploded all of a sudden, and they all clamored to give Zahu a little color.

The generals were filled with righteous indignation, but Xiao Xiangsheng's anger calmed down a little, and it was still effective to envelop these brothers in Beijing. In the noisy and noisy room, many people pulled out their waist knives, some people said that they wanted to ask their subordinates to reason with Brother Temu, and some people said that they wanted to go back to Hangzhou to find Yelu Bijie to redress their grievances.

"Wait!" Xiao Xiangsheng's face was slightly cold, and he raised his right hand to stop, "That miscellaneous hu is very cunning, and in the name of commanding the army, maybe he is waiting for us to make trouble!" The generals looked at each other, and Shi Jianu shouted: "Is it just that?" ”

"Hmph," Xiao Xiangsheng sneered twice, and said to the generals, "We Khitan boys, we can't let Zahu see the jokes." ”

"So what to do?"

Xiao Xiangsheng shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Everyone attacked the fort and fought with the Song people for a long time, what do you think of the Song army?" ”

The generals looked at each other, they had all fought with the Song army, but in retrospect, the battle during the day was indeed a little strange. Su Butai said with a thoughtful look on his face: "The soldiers and horses in that big array are the well-trained elites of the Southern Dynasty, but the guards of the artillery fortress are not ordinary, if it weren't for the courage of the guards, and there is a powerful cavalry inside, I am afraid that we would have been captured long ago." ”

As soon as his words fell, someone clapped his fist and said, "Yes! Shi Jianu also said indignantly: "If it weren't for the incessant bombardment of artillery, twice as many Song pigs would not be enough to see." "During the day, I lost this battle so much that I was really breathless. If the other party is the elite soldiers of the Hebei camp and the Hedong camp, it is easy to say, but it is actually a group of southeastern state and county soldiers. In normal times, hundreds of cavalry would have been able to drive tens of thousands. Therefore, after Xiao Xiangsheng's reminder, the generals beat their chests and felt that they had lost a lot during the day.

"Exactly." Xiao Xiangsheng sneered, "The Song army guarding the artillery fort itself is ordinary, but there are three sharp weapons, the first is that the artillery is powerful, the second is that the generals are well dispatched, and the third is that the cavalry is powerful. But at night, these three things are very useless, the artillery fire is not accurate, the black light is blind, and we can't calmly dispatch troops and horses, cavalry, hehe," he sneered twice, "As far as their people are concerned, they have a hard time with us, and it is not enough for us Khitans to stuff our teeth." ”

"What do you mean," said Subutai, "night attack?" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Xiangsheng nodded vigorously, "The Song army has just won a big victory, and these rabble, nine times out of ten, they are so happy that they relax their guard. We took advantage of the night to kill the carbines, trampled on his artillery battalion, and destroyed all the artillery. It's an open place, but it's a few hills, and without the help of artillery, and in the daytime I'll see what they do to fight us!" ”

The generals listened and listened, their faces changed from hesitation to excitement, some of them had awe-inspiring faces, some of them had a sharp glint in their eyes, and some of them gritted their teeth fiercely.

"Brother Tiemu, this dog, dare to put the charge of sending troops without authorization on my head," Xiao Xiangsheng sneered, "This time we will not do anything, sneak attack the Song army's artillery base, and win the victory alone." In the future, I will meet Your Majesty and Lord Beiyuan again to cure him for his cowardice and fear of war!" He looked around at the generals and asked, "Are you going to go for this great achievement?" ”

The generals looked at each other, and after a moment, everyone woke up and agreed loudly: "Go, why don't you go!" "That's right! Ruined Song Pig's cannon! "Follow Master Xiao!" "Establish a great achievement, see what kind of face that miscellaneous beard has to instruct us!"