Wu Ting said: "If you gnaw down one by one, even if our army has iron teeth and copper teeth, it will collapse sooner or later!" ”

General Li said angrily: "I have long heard that there are two cannons in the Gyeonggi army, which are unique and indestructible in the world. If the saint is not partial, he is also worthy of us, even if he has three heads and six arms, iron teeth and copper teeth, he will be blown to pieces! ”

How can the emperor's mind be a courtier, and he can guess and comment at will.

Wu Jue shouted angrily: "Shut up, the emperor also means that you can chew your tongue!" ”

General Li hurriedly knelt down and admitted his mistake: "The last general has a bad mouth, please punish the marshal!" ”

"Go out and get thirty sticks for yourself!" Wu Jue ordered unceremoniously.

"Yes!" After General Li finished speaking, he got up and walked out honestly to receive the punishment voluntarily.

Wu Ting grabbed General Li and said to Wu Jue: "Marshal, now that the siege is imminent, it is the time to employ people, so you must not hurt yourself." ”

Wu Jue's military order has been issued, how can it be easily changed. But what Wu Ting said is also reasonable, if General Li breaks his body, wouldn't he be one less fierce general? At this juncture, it is indeed not advisable to damage the meridians by yourself. Or Wu Ting, my nephew is reliable and sensible!

Wu Jue pulled his face and said: "Then remember the account first, and then make up for it after the war!" ”

"Don't thank you soon." Wu Ting let go of General Li and said.

General Li received Wu Ting's kindness, remembered it in his heart, and knelt down on one knee to thank Wu Jue: "Thank you for your kindness, the last general will keep in mind the mission, act according to the order, and make up for the merits." ”

Wu Jue said: "The generals will listen to the order!" The whole army attacked and went to meet in Youzhou City for a while. It's the mule and the horse that comes out for a walk! ”

Wu Juejun was still forty miles away from Youzhou City. Nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses arrived at the place where they had been ambushed yesterday, and cautiously came forward, but did not encounter the same resistance.

It seems that the Youzhou soldiers knew that the Song soldiers were now outnumbered, and they didn't want to lift a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, so they simply stopped setting up an ambush.

After advancing for thirty miles, there was still no Youzhou soldier to meet it.

There are still ten miles left, it is already noon, and the winter sun is lazy overhead, and if it is a weekday, you must have a good night's sleep.

Wu Jie ordered Wu Ting to lead 3,000 cavalry to explore the way, and if he encountered an ambush, he would return to his horse as soon as possible, and he must not be fooled.

Wu Ting has learned from the past, how dare he be careless, and he can't wait to be careful with every step.

After nearly four miles, there were gradually more woods around it.

This is a great place to place ambushes. Wu Ting thought to himself that if he was the chief general of Youzhou, he would definitely send an army to ambush here to wait for the rabbit.

Thinking of this, Wu Ting stopped the team and waited quietly for a stick of incense, but did not see any enemy soldiers killed.

The general said: "General, it stands to reason that such terrain is the most suitable for ambushes, but now we have not seen the enemy troops dispatch, do they think that we do not have enough for them to eat, or are there no ambushes at all?" ”

"The art of war has clouds: it does not move like a mountain, but it moves like the wind. The woods ahead were a little too quiet. Wu Ting cautiously glanced around and said.

An eagle flew through the sky with a loud sound, Wu Ting suddenly thought about it, ordered his subordinates to bring a few ringing arrows, and whistling into the woods, without even alarming a bird. It is impossible for such a large forest to be without birds, and the only explanation is that the birds have already been frightened away.

In the woods, there is really an ambush!

Wu Ting immediately said: "There is an ambush in the forest!" The rear army is the front army, the front army is the rear army, and retreat in an orderly and fast manner! ”

When Wu Ting's men and horses disappeared, a middle-aged general in the forest who was tall and shrewd clenched his fists hatefully, secretly saying that it was a pity.

The flag bearer behind him held a banner with the word "Qu Tu" written on it, and it turned out that he was Qu Tuye, the guard of Youzhou City.

The adjutant general beside him asked puzzledly: "General, why didn't you attack just now?" ”

Qu Tuye explained: "The enemy generals are cunning and withdrew before they could reach the range of our bows and arrows, and it seems that they have been very cautious. ”

"Humph! Frightened! The general said with disdain.

Qu Tuye doesn't think so: "No matter what kind of bird, a good bird is alive." ”

"Yes, General! Shall we continue the ambush, or shall we retreat into the city? ”

Qu Tuye thought for a while and said, "Based on the speed of the enemy's army, it is impossible to make a detour behind us to attack the city now. How patient we are, what if the enemy dares to come and get into danger? After two hours the enemy does not come, and we withdraw into the city. The detective horse continues to spy on the enemy and report back at any time! ”

Nearly half an hour later, Tanma reported: The Song army is coming.

"They really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, this time they will definitely have no return!"

Qu Tuye ordered the whole army to lie in ambush calmly, listen to orders at any time, and kill him by surprise.

Wu Jue led the army to line up horizontally, advancing steadily, with the knife out of the sheath, the shield in hand, and the crossbow wound.

The greatest advantage of the Song army is that in recent years, it has developed and produced a large number of crossbows at any cost, and even the national treasury has been tight. It's not just a crossbow, it's a five-shot repeater. dog

The Western Xia soldiers were all equipped with bows and arrows, and there were very few crossbow arrows. In conventional battles, except for the powerful horse army in Western Xia, the infantry army refused to strike at all. But now the advantage of the horse army has also been flattened by the crossbows of the Song army.

The front of the Song army's crossbow arrow was wrapped in an oilcloth, and when the woods reached the range of the fire, the oilcloth was set on fire. Wu Jue gave an order, and thousands of rockets flew towards the woods. The trees are dry in winter, even if they are evergreen trees, those pine and cypress trees, are they not on fire when they see it?

For a moment, the woods in front of them quickly became a sea of fire, and with the strong wind, the fire spread faster.

When Qu Tuye saw the Song army coming with uniform steps, he had no intention of fighting, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers behind him to retreat. By the time the rockets whizzed into the woods, the Youzhou soldiers had already retreated for the most part. However, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and Qu Tuye had to order to throw away heavy objects and other things that affected the speed of travel, and it was the most important thing for more than 10,000 soldiers to hurry out of the woods.

However, more than 10,000 people are too large. The horses, seeing the fire, were restless, and did not even listen to the command, and smashed the retreating formation to pieces.

In order to stop the chaos, Qu Tuye shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, the fire in the rear is strong, and it is impossible for the Song army to pursue it for a while, everyone evacuates in an orderly manner!" If there is any influence on the retreat, whether it is a man or a horse, they will be killed! ”

As soon as the killing order came out, dozens of soldiers and a dozen or so war horses were killed, and the order was slightly controlled, and they gradually withdrew from the forest.

The Western Xia soldiers retreated to the city of Youzhou in embarrassment, and the results of the inventory were 341 war horses, 263 soldiers, and other items were not counted.

Song Jun was too fierce, he didn't play cards according to the routine at all, and even attacked with fire!

Qu Tuye ordered the whole city to hold on, and all stones, bricks, rolling wood, fire oil, etc., that could hurt people were put on the city wall.

Qu Tuye informed the people in the city: "The Song army is about to attack the city, if the city is broken, it will be in danger, and there will be no eggs under the nest." The Song army killed the sex, and the chickens and dogs were difficult to survive. I, Qu Tuye, as the general of Youzhou, here, order everyone to pack up their things, and after an hour, I will send officers and soldiers to escort everyone to evacuate. ”

But the people didn't buy it: "No, Youzhou is our home, our ancestors have lived and died here for generations, and we have to live and die with the city!" ”

Qu Tuye persuaded: "I am very moved by your words, but now the situation is different, stay in the green mountains, and I am not afraid of running out of firewood." Fighting a war is our mission as soldiers, and it is our responsibility to protect the people, so please listen to my advice and evacuate to the rear! You are our roots! ”

The people have always admired General Qu Tuye, but at this time, how can they leave General Qu Tuye and live alone? Everyone petitioned one after another, demanding that they must fight with the army to the death and defend their homeland.

Qu Tuye was greatly moved. In the end, he chose a compromise solution, so that he could talk about it, and finally succeeded in persuasion, so that the people could send their wives and children out of the city first. Then mobilize young and middle-aged men, donate things, and make a strong contribution. Many people with hoes and sickles also joined the reserve army defending the city.

Wu Jue waited until the fire had passed, counted the battlefield, and found that the value of the lost arrows was higher than the enemy's losses.

Wu Jue was unwilling to end the day like this, and led his troops to chase after Youzhou City.

The Western Xia soldiers in the city bent their bows and arrows, but they didn't even have a reply, if they dared to take a step forward, they would be greeted by arrows.

Wu Jue was helpless, and returned in defeat, and ordered the troops to camp on the five-mile high ground outside the city, and place a trap in front of the camp to prevent the horse and dig a trap in case of emergency, and then find a way to slowly figure it out.

That night, the Youzhou soldiers really wanted to attack the camp, and they also wanted to burn the enemy camp.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jue had already arranged a sentry post for half a mile and infiltrated the range of a mile below Youzhou City. Therefore, as soon as the Youzhou soldiers opened the city gate and rode out, they were already known by Wu Jue.

Wu Jue received the news and laid an ambush properly, and before the Youzhou soldiers entered the Song military camp, the front army fell into the trap and died most of them in an instant.

Wang Tong, the commander of the Youzhou army, secretly shouted that he was not in an ambush and hurriedly ordered to retreat. Just turned the horse's head, and was shot wildly by the Song army in the back of the buttocks, and the Youzhou army suffered heavy casualties.

Wu Ting led the troops to kill the generals and then went out, which was bound to make the enemy army come and go.

When the enemy's commander saw that Wu Ting was coming up, he returned to Ma to fight, fighting and retreating.

Wu Ting used a spear and shouted: "Little thief, report your name, the master will not kill the unknown under the gun!" ”

Youzhou enemy general Wang Tong waved the mace in his hand whirring, and replied: "Your grandfather is also!" Take your life! ”

General against general, soldier against soldier, the two armies fought together, so it was not lively. The night is dark, and it is not uncommon for you to be careless and accidentally injure friendly soldiers.

The mace is a heavy weapon, where can it be compared with the flexibility of the gun, and the Youzhou soldiers lost the help of the horse's rushing speed during the retreat, and the mace looked a little cumbersome at this time.

Wang Tong was full of spirit, and at this time, he had to fight the trapped beast and show the courage to die, so that he could compete with Wu Ting.

The two fought for more than ten rounds, Wu Ting sold a flaw, the spear was shocked and almost flew out, he pretended not to lower the strength of the mace, stopped the castration of the gun, and returned from the horse.

Wang Tong chased after him and shouted, "Grandson, don't run!" Eat grandpa's stick! ”

Wu Ting crouched on the horse's back, took out a crossbow arrow from under the saddle, and turned around to see an arrow.

Wang Tong unexpectedly deceited, if it wasn't for his instinctive reaction to avoid it, the face door would be blooming. Wang Tong was about to scold, but there were two arrows swishing in front of him, one arrow was blocked by the mace, and the other arrow hit the right shoulder. Wang Tong was in pain, threw away his mace, lay down on his horse's back, turned his horse's head and fled.

Wu Ting's arrows were exhausted, and he continued to pursue with a spear.

Seeing that the main general was defeated, the Youzhou soldiers fled with them. The Song army covered up all the way, and the enemy suffered numerous casualties.

In Youzhou City, Qu Tuye saw that his side was defeated, and personally led troops to rescue him.

Wu Ting saw that the main team of the enemy army in the city was killed, and immediately returned to the army. At this time, Mingjin in the rear withdrew his troops, and the whole army listened to the order and all retreated.

When Qu Tuye saw the Song army retreating, he rescued his defeated troops and returned to the city. Stealing chickens and rice, a sneak attack, I became a door-to-door delivery, and I was really aggrieved.