The speed at which the Zhou army learned about the military situation was obviously faster than Yelu Hugo's expectations.

In the simple and rough signing room of the Xuanren City Palace, Guo Shao sorted all kinds of news neatly and put them on the table, among which there were crumpled and dirty small notes, which were removed from the pigeon's legs.

The number of affairs of the cities and departments of the Zhou army was very large, but the military information about Yelu Hugo was immediately and directly into the hands of the emperor. Among them, there are the undercover agents arranged by Bing Cao Si in various places before, the secret posts arranged by the former battalion military government, and the informants of the Han generals of the Liao State.

The following officials, some of whom are working hard to write books, record complicated inferences. Wei Renpu reported: "According to the news reported from all sides, the minister thought that he could confirm that the Liao army's southward strength was 30,000 cavalry, 10,000 elite soldiers in the palace tent, and the main general Yelu Xiuge.

Last night (after nine o'clock in the evening), Yanzhou, located in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River in the northwest of Youzhou, was building a pontoon bridge; At midnight this morning, Yelu Hugh's department left Danzhou.

The minister speculated that Yelu Xiuge wanted to cross the river from Fuzhou to the south, with the intention of attacking the grain route of the Great Zhou army; That's why they came out from the west and avoided the Great Zhou cavalry. ”

Guo Shao felt that he had a chance in his heart, and he also felt a surge of anger coming up, "The Great Zhou army is dense in the north and south lines of the river network, and Brother Yelu Xiu is so bold!" ”

This guy really doesn't take Lao Tzu seriously?!

Wei Renpu also said with the enemy: "This person is a dangerous soldier and is looking for a dead end!" ”

Guo Shaoqiang suppressed his anger and impetuousness, and as soon as he raised his head, he looked at the maps on the side, and the large and small maps hung in a whole row on the wooden shelves next to him! In front of him, there was a thick large dossier, and when he looked through the catalog, he found a small map of Fuzhou, and there was a text under it based on the description of the spies.

Guo Shao picked up his pen, wrote and drew quickly on the booklet, and said calmly: "Immediately arrange the encirclement and suppression of Yelu Xiuge, and we must make careful arrangements, and we can't let him run away again this time." ”

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To the north of Xiong and Ba, the land is very flat, and the water surface of the river is flush with the land, and from a distance, the slowly moving fleet on the river seems to be traveling on land on the earth, which is very conspicuous.

A military general on the ship took the military order and looked at it, his face suddenly changed, and he looked back and said coldly: "The military government order, set fire to all grain ships!" ”

The people were shocked and in an uproar.

The military general handed the military order to the two lieutenant generals and the civilian officer: "You determine the military order together." ”

Several people glanced at the scribe and the herald who delivered the order, the scribe was a member of the Privy Council, and the civil servants present knew him; The herald is the general's personal soldier and acquaintance. There is a military government seal on the military order, and Guo Shao and Wei Renpu have personally approved it...... There is nothing wrong with this military order.

As long as the military order of the Chinese army is determined, the military generals will not care how strange and unreasonable the order is! When even the order was given: "Gather the chiefs and order the ship to be set on fire!" ”

…… In a high-walled courtyard in Xuanren City, a civil official with a team of soldiers asked someone to open the gate of the fortress and hurriedly walked in. In the low houses inside, a group of men, women, and children with disheveled hair soon came out and watched the open gate.

The civil servant walked straight into a separate house, and the soldiers stood inside and out.

After a while, a bald black man dressed in animal skins was arrested. The civil official said in jerky Khitan words: "Uruben, the ranch guard general of the Youzhou Army of the Liao State, was captured in September of the second year of Xuanren. ”

"Yes, yes." The bald man Uruben pressed his chest and worshipped, not daring to resist, "The last general only guarded the pasture for the Southern Courtyard, and he never did anything bad, let alone killed the Zhou people......"

As soon as he spoke, a mouthful of badly worn yellow teeth appeared.

The civil official ignored it and said coldly: "You now have a new identity, you are the scout leader under the Youzhou Army, under the control of Xiao Abudi, and your name is Delie." Anyway, it doesn't matter, Jeruxiu can't find you for a while. ”

Uruben looked at him in amazement.

The civil official pointed outside and said: "You have to do an easy thing for Da Zhou, if you are unwilling or play tricks, your subordinate brothers, wives and children will be beheaded and questioned!" As long as it is done, Emperor Chrysostom will reward you with money and let all of you go back to your hometown for the sake of making up for your merits and not doing great evil. ”

"What's going on?" Uruben asked with a glare.

At this time, the two soldiers threw their armor, weapons, ornaments and other things on the ground with a "clang", and the civil official said: "Hurry up and put it on!" It's very simple, someone takes you out, gives you directions, and then you ride over to find the Liao army brigade and say the words that this officer taught you to the Liao army generals. When you have the chance, you slip away. ”

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Just after noon, on the north bank of the Juma River. Jeruxiugo himself rode south, and it didn't take long for him to see the fire on the river and the smoke in the air! The river was burning, as if a wall of fire had appeared in the green field.

One of the generals next to him said: "Zhou Jun is afraid of being handsome like a tiger, and when he heard the wind, he was so frightened that he burned the grain and grass!" Although we didn't grab it, it was more convenient, and it also played a role! ”

Yelu Hugh scolded angrily, acted very decisively, and immediately said loudly: "Order the whole army, go east, and rob the canal!" ”

On the flat wilderness between the north and south lines of the Zhou army, the Liao army galloped on the open land, like a herd of migrating horses, and the hooves of the horses roared, very arrogant.

On the right flank, Yelu Hugo even saw the "new city" on the north bank of the Juma River from a distance, and the shadow stood on the horizon. This is the territory controlled by the Zhou army, and he no longer needs to hide anything.

In less than an hour, the Liao army reached the section of the Caoqu River between "Jinzhou" and "Xuanren City" to the east. On the canal, there is also a long group of boats, towering like clouds and sails, like a barrier in front of them. The river on this side of Hebei is relatively small, and the artificially dug river channel in some sections is very shallow, and you can wade on foot, and you dare not have too big and heavy boats to sail, and the boats on the river are relatively small, but there are very many.

The advance of the Liao army accelerated its march, the cavalry galloped happily, and a large number of men and horses rushed straight to the riverbank. As the cavalry rode his horse, he had already removed his bow and arrows and leaned forward.

Unexpectedly, before he got close to the river bank, suddenly a neat row of Zhou sergeants appeared on the deck. "Crackling......" There was a string sound, and the crossbow bolts flew towards the wind.

From time to time, someone on the galloping horse would scream and roll down, and the fall would be slamming.

The front army of the Liao army rushed up and could not stop immediately, rushed to the shore with crossbow arrows and then detoured, and the fire guns on the ship rang again, crackling and gunsmoke, the sound was very loud, very scary but did not hit a few people, the Liao army horses were trained but did not run around, a group of horsemen ran on the river bank and released arrows. There was a loud shouting on the shore of the ship, and there was a lot of noise.

Jeruxiugo approached on horseback, looking at the riverside with a blushing face.

The general said: "The Zhou army has already prepared!" ”

Jeruxiugo first fished nothing in the Juma River when he saw a great fire; rushed to this side, touched another nose of ash, and my heart was even more blocked!

He said coldly: "It is impossible for the southerners to prepare everything in advance. Ben Shuai only passed Yanshan yesterday, unless he is a worm in Ben Shuai's stomach, how can he guess in advance what Ben Shuai wants to do and where to fight? ”

Seeing that it was unfavorable for the subordinates to come, they hurriedly persuaded: "Let's quickly turn around and leave first, and find another time to attack again!" ”

Yelu Hugo also has this plan, last night the cavalry of the Zhou army was still in the north of Youzhou and the Wenyu River, although he can't get anything now, but the Zhou army can't help him for a while.

"!" Jeruxiugo was furious. Hell! Could it be that Zhou Jun is so godly, everything is calculated in advance? So why was the grain on the Juma River burned so hastily?