Chapter 348: Rain in the Pine Desert (14)
In the middle reaches of the Laoha River, in the hinterland of the Song Desert region, there is a small hill, which the Khitan people call the dustpan mountain, which is named after its shape with a high middle depression on both sides, which resembles a dustpan.
Su Renshi's 60,000 army is just like the cold late autumn breeze in the mountains, sweeping the fallen leaves all the way, there are hundreds of battles in size, cutting down nearly 100,000 heads, breaking through dozens of large and small city tribes, two hundred miles ahead, it is the new city built by Li Qianzhong not long ago, only dozens of miles away from the old nest Liucheng, look at the shape, deliberately imitate the dragon city of Bingzhou, but it is anticlimactic, the second half is more like Yingzhou City, nondescript, and laughing generously.
"Send the horse quickly, so that the Puzhou grain road to speed up the transshipment, not to violate the deadline, so that the rear army is steady and steady, slowly pull forward, and must not be greedy for merit" Su Renshi issued the sixth good news, the smile on his face gradually decreased, more worried, he ordered the rear army not to venture, the current situation, the most adventurous, but he, this way to attack the city, never encountered decent resistance, killed or injured either with a sword as a machete mountain people, or helpless old and weak, decent resistance also encountered twice, After winning the attack with great interest, he checked the results of the battle, but found that the kills and injuries were all Khitan servant troops, Xi people.
The feeling of bad luck is getting stronger.
"Order, set up camp according to the mountain, and focus on defense"
"The general manager, the front is the new city, Li Quanzhong has hoarded his gold and silver treasures, weapons, grain and grass there, why not take this important town and then defend and wait for reinforcements" Zhang Xuanyu couldn't understand, he worshiped ninety-nine times, how could he get stuck in the last trembling, which was unwilling.
Su Renshi didn't bother to explain to him, "Zhang Xuanyu, you send scouts to the surrounding area, three or two people go together, don't make a big show, be careful and safe."
"There are horse scout......s before marching every day" Zhang Xuan was puzzled, marching to fight, it was common sense to send horse scouts in advance to check the surrounding situation.
"Stop, I'm talking about long-distance horse exploration, comprehensive reconnaissance, sending dozens or hundreds of elite scouts out, three days and three nights each way, going in all directions, six days later, I want to know the movements of the Khitans within a radius of 200 miles" Su Renshi scolded sharply, this ramming goods are loyal and down-to-earth, but the heart and eyes are dead, and he must always explain thoroughly to understand, which makes him irritable and unspeakable.
"Yes, I'll do it" Zhang Xuanyu suddenly realized, turned around and walked quickly, his wide body like a door panel, blocking the wind tightly.
Su Renshi really couldn't get angry, shook his head and smiled, silently muttering in his heart, only hoping that the Khitan's tricks should not be on this new city, as a soldier, what could be more exciting than breaking through the enemy's important town?
arranged to visit the horses, Su Renshi summoned the quartermaster, took stock of the grain and grass materials in the camp, and roughly estimated that it could support for seven or eight days, even if the grain road was unexpectedly lost, there was still room for maneuver.
"The chief manager doesn't need to worry, Yao Tingshi is a proper person, since he has received the military order from the chief manager, he will go all out if he wants to, if there is really a mistake, he will definitely send someone to inform him in advance" The quartermaster has dealt with Yao Chong several times, and he has great trust in his conduct.
Su Renshi glanced at him, nodded slightly, waved his hand and waved back, there were no eggs under the nest, he was trapped in the chaos of the army, and his life was difficult to protect, who could care about what military orders were not military orders, but these did not need to be declared, so as not to shake the hearts of the army for no reason.
The time of six days was fleeting, more than 300 people were scattered, and only a dozen people were left who returned, so the result made Zhang Xuanyu very surprised, and extremely sad, the scout elite were all one in a hundred, and the loss of more than 200 brains was really unexpected, and seeing that the remaining dozen or so people were not in a good state, they hurriedly ordered someone to give them Zhang Luo food and medicine.
"What's going on?" Su Renshi didn't care about this, and asked urgently.
"No anomalous ...... in the rear"
"There are a large number of soldiers and horses on all the main roads, and they seem to be gathered in the same place......"
"The Khitans have arranged a lot of old, weak, sick and disabled people outside the mouth of the Huangzhang Valley, and some sick cattle and weak horses......"
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Su Renshi listened carefully, made a few comparisons on the map, and confirmed that those soldiers and horses were all heading towards the Huangzhang Valley, obviously intending to use a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people as bait to lure the main force of the Great Zhou to the Huangzhang Valley, gather and annihilate them.
"Hehe, hahaha" Su Renshi laughed out loud, "A mere Khitan child, he dares to set up a treacherous plot, and he has no axe in the class."
"Hehe" Zhang Xuanyu followed with a smirk, "Boss, for today's plan, what should I do?" According to me, we should spread the soldiers and horses, make an encirclement larger than him, and swallow his ambush soldiers in one bite, and we don't need to look for them everywhere."
"The Khitan people are a little cunning, they have a comprehensive plan in advance, Li Quanzhong is even more vicious, in order to paralyze us and others, he did not hesitate to drive his clansmen to death, it is definitely not a battle to be defeated" After several twists and turns, Su Renshi had a more intuitive understanding of the enemy opposite him, and did not dare to act aggressively, "Since he wants to ambush, I will fulfill him"
Zhang Xuanyu had a bright brain at this time, "Boss, I'll go, I'm willing to lead the people who fight to the death to break through the Khitan pocket array."
"Hehe" Su Renshi smiled, stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head, "For the victory of the family and the country, the peace of the race, sacrificing one's own life is the inherent original intention of my generation's robes, but the current situation is far from this, it just takes a lot of effort."
Su Renshi turned his head to look at the corner of the camp, where thousands of prisoners were imprisoned.
Late at night, outside the Huangzhang Valley.
Suddenly, thousands of cavalry came out, and the horse's buttocks were still burning with blazing flames, and the horses were in pain, and they galloped wildly, and the neighing of the law did not stop, and rushed straight into the valley of the Yellow Deer.
The sound of drums and horns sounded in all directions, and the feathered arrows flew sideways, shooting at the horses and on the people, but no one fell off the horse, whether the arrow was hit or not, but they were all tied to the horse.
At the same time, outside the Khitan New City, Su Renshi led the army to attack at night.
As expected, the defense of the new city was weak, and under the fierce attack of his troops and horses at the expense of casualties, the Khitans defending the city only held out for more than three hours, and the city gate was already open before dawn.
"Kill in, clear the remnants of the enemy, counterattack for defense, and not pursue in battle" Su Renshi strictly adhered to the principle of poor Kou Mo chasing, captured the Khitan town, and inserted a nail in the Khitan hinterland, just hold the new city, and when the rear army came, Liucheng and Li Quanzhong were just in the bag.
The whole army entered the city and scattered into the streets and alleys to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy, and Su Renshi and Zhang Xuanyu entered the city together, full of ambition.
"Tweet ......"
The sound of the sound of the beep sounded and went straight to Su Renshi.
"Be careful" Zhang Xuanyu was behind the side, his eyes were splitting when he saw this, he jumped up, and blocked Su Renshi with his sideways, exactly the same as when he blocked the wind for him.
The wind was just cold, but Ming Di was a little painful.
"Tweet ......"
Ming Di was intensive, Zhang Xuanyu's wide body was full of feather arrows, his eyes were bulging, blood was like sob, his face was blood-red, criss-crossed, he looked up at Su Renshi and smiled, and fell to the ground with a bang, splashing a large cloud of smoke and dust, and his back was furry, and it was so tight.
"The whole army retreats" Su Renshi roared, and there was a fishy sweetness in his throat, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Squeak...... Boom"
The four doors were suddenly closed, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty had become turtles in the urn.
(End of chapter)