Gao Bolong handed the military report to Han Ningshuang, "The Jin soldiers captured Shenzhou, and the road back is worry-free." The army will soon move south to Liaoyang. He patted his thigh, stood up and said, "It's going to be a big fight." "In the past two days, the morale of the Jin soldiers outside Liaoyang City has been much higher. Wanyan Zongbi and other Jin soldiers and generals took turns to challenge outside the city gate. The city wall of Liaoyang has been smashed to the uneven pits, some time ago, the Jin soldiers drove the signing army to attack the city desperately, in the south and east of the city wall to dig out more than a dozen large and small hiding holes, the arrows at the head of the city have been shot inside. With the assistance of the Han artillery, the Jurchen army began to storm the city of Liaoyang, and had almost taken the city gate several times.

"Yelu Dashi is waiting for Huanglongfu and Shenzhou to fall, it's really incredible," Xu Detai said, "Yelu Dilie was originally Yelu Dashi's personal follower, more than 20,000 Liao troops defended the city, and after the city fell, he didn't lose his original intention to slaughter the city, but when the Jin soldiers entered the city, they found that there were almost no living people in the city. He sighed, "Although this Yelu Dilie is a Khitan dog, he died a heroic death. Shenzhou sent Yelu Dilie's head overnight, and he was raised high on a wooden pole, his eyes wide, looking at the city head of Liaoyang.

"Marshal," Gao Bolong said in a deep voice, "we must beware of the Jin people crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. ”

"General Gao's words are reasonable," Han Ningshuang nodded, and said, "General Wu Yaren is escorting grain and grass here. His Majesty has also approved our covenant, and he will not lose his peace and Zongbi to them, and he will not act rashly. Xu Detai and Gao Bolong exchanged glances, Wanyan Wuyaren and the others are Han Ningshuang's adoptive mother, and there are a few brothers, only this one sister, who has the courage to not let her eyebrows go, and she also has a lot of status in the tribe. With her as a guarantor, Jin Jun's actions should be restrained.

Although Han Ningshuang was quite confident, Zhao Xingde still said: "The Jin army of more than 100,000 people gathered in the south, and our army is weak, so there should be a way out in advance. lest the incident be hasty and unable to respond. Although he agreed to send troops to Liaoyang, Zhao Xingde was still not optimistic about the alliance of Han and Jin, and had been planning a contingency with the Jin army attacking the Han army. At this time, the plan was extremely detailed.

He spread out the marching map and said in a deep voice: "Whether the Liao army or the Jin soldiers are mostly cavalry, while our army is mostly foot soldiers, it is difficult to get rid of the pursuit on the plain. Six hundred miles from Liaoyang to Suzhou, our army can fight and march, first retreat into the Jicui Mountain more than 100 miles away from Liaoyang, follow the mountain to the south, and retreat to Suzhou. Zhao Xingde pointed to a few markers along the way, "In the middle, the marshal can order General Wang to set up an ambush in advance to intercept the enemy cavalry in depth." ”

Zhao Xingde also suggested that the inconvenient baggage, including artillery, should be prepared to be blown up, and the remaining horses should be given to the soldiers, and even the Han troops under Liaoyang City were gradually replaced with cavalry. In addition, in case the Jin soldiers kept their promises, the Han people would immediately distribute a batch to Suzhou and Kaizhou, so as not to cause a drag on the actions of the Han army. Although the generals of the Han army had considered breaking through and retreating, they had never been as solemn as Zhao Xingde. On the marching route of Jicui Mountain, where it is suitable to camp and how much grain is buried in advance, there are calculations. Where it is appropriate to set up an ambush to respond is also marked.

Han Ningshuang hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Since General Zhao has planned carefully, he will act like this." "In the Han army marshal's mansion, the marching plan was usually formulated by Wang Xuansu. Although Han Ningshuang is also familiar with military books and has been on the battlefield for a long time, she is still quite inferior in terms of specific detailed arrangements. To some extent, Zhao Xingde vaguely took Wang Xuansu's place. Han Ningshuang's attitude of relying on it was natural, but it seemed that she was a little obedient to Zhao Xingde. Xu Detai and Gao Bolong both found a strange color in each other's eyes.

The two of them tacitly understood it, and Han Ningshuang was also unaware of it, and asked, "What do you think the battle situation between Liaojin and Jin will be next?" ”

Xu Detai thought for a moment and said slowly: "Yelu Tiege is a famous fierce general, he led more than 100,000 troops to help, there are two ways to go, one is to send troops from Zhongjing Dading Mansion, go to Xianzhou, Jinzhou, and rush to help Liaoyang, this is the right way." The second is to send troops from Shangjing and rush straight behind the Jin soldiers along the Huang River, which is strange. ”

Zhao Xingde drew two lines on the map with his fingers, showing that the Liao army attacked all the way, plagiarized all the way, and surrounded the main force of the Jin army between Liao and Shen.

However, the cities along the Huang River, Shenzhou, Yinzhou, Anzhou, and Qianzhou have all been seized by the Jin State. This Liao army, which copied the back road of the Jin soldiers, is also a lone brigade, and if it is not done well, stealing chickens will not make it a loss of rice. Gao Bolong said in a deep voice, "The army is indispensable for the expedition, and the remaining cities, population, and grain in this area are all controlled by the Jin army. The battlefield has been war-torn for a long time, the lives are devastated, ten rooms and nine are empty, and it is difficult for the cavalry of the Liao army to fight the grass valley. This is a copy of the strange soldiers behind the Jin army, there are too many soldiers and horses, there is nowhere to solve the heavy grain and grass, there are too few soldiers and horses, and they can only harass and do not use much. Therefore, the key to victory or defeat should still be under Liaoyang City, right? ”

Zhao Xingde frowned and muttered, "This matter is a little weird. Yelu Dashi is brave and good at fighting, and he is the capital of the hero. The Liao army is also good at cavalry and field warfare, and it stands to reason that attacking instead of defending is the strength of the Liao army's iron cavalry. However, the Jin State pressed forward step by step, and the Liao State did not fight back, and even fell into the situation of being trapped in a lonely city and being broken by the Jin soldiers,...... "But what was wrong, he didn't have a clue."

Coming out of the Chinese military tent, Zhao Xingde was still a little uneasy. The sound of artillery was roaring, and the shouts of the Jurchen soldiers attacking the city not far away shook the heavens and the earth.

The Han soldiers on the road were all excited and smiling on their faces. It is no wonder that the Han army has always regarded the Liao State as an enemy, and after the slave killing incident, there is no room for compromise between the two sides. And the intrigue between the Han army and the upper echelons of the Jin State, Han Ningshuang and the generals of the Han army will not be made public. Stationed outside Liaoyang City for a long time, most of the soldiers who fought side by side would have the illusion of hatred and hatred. Seeing the Jin soldiers' victory in Liaodong, the population of Yelu Dilie, the culprit of the Han people in Shenzhou, hung outside, and the ordinary Han soldiers were all rejoicing.

There was a burst of cheers near Xia Guoying, and Zhao Xingde took a closer look, it turned out that it was a sergeant under Jian Cheng who was competing with Jin Bing. There are a lot of signing troops around to watch the excitement. In the distance, a rope hangs a struggling live sheep. The cavalry of the Xia Kingdom galloped very fast, the sergeant held an arc-shaped horizontal knife, charged from a distance, the knife light crossed an arc, with horsepower, cleanly cut off the sheep's head, the rope hung the headless sheep body, the blood was still gushing, the second horse behind him was another knife, unloading a hind leg of the sheep, and the third horse unloaded a hind leg, so that the five cavalry almost could not rush through the gate where the live sheep was hung, and the sheep was left with a headless and legless body hanging there, There was a pool of blood dripping under the gate, and the eyes of the sheep's head rolling to the ground were still open and closed.

At this time, the color voice was much quieter, and many Han Er signed the army with fear in their eyes. The faces of those Jin State cavalrymen were also difficult to see. Meng'an Qianfu was born with five big and three thick, and his forehead was shaved so that only coarse hair was left, and the rest of the hair was tied into a braid behind the ears. Cherry had a centipede-like scar on his face, which made his face look so hideous that ordinary signers didn't dare to take a second look. Cheri himself was extremely proud, because this was the first time he attacked the Khitan army when he followed His Majesty to raise troops in Ningjiang Prefecture, His Majesty cut his cheeks to boost morale, and the Jurchen warriors below slashed their cheeks with sharp blades, and everyone stayed when they vowed to defeat the Liao soldiers in the Heavenly Alliance.

Among the commanders of the Jin Kingdom Meng'an, Wanyan Cheri is known for his bravery, but he is not sure that he wants to gallop so quickly to cut off the hanging sheep. It is mostly a deep knife cut, and it is difficult to cut it in two as neatly as the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom. Because the live sheep suspended by the rope are weak and weak, this knife seems to be easy and neat, but it is extremely difficult. To cut it off with one sword, it requires the cavalry's eyesight, horsepower, arm strength, and wrist strength to be coordinated just right. What's more, the five cavalrymen rushed through the gate almost front and back, and after the first cavalryman cut down the hanging sheep with his saber, the gap left for the cavalry behind to take out his sword was only a moment. The reason why the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom was able to do this infrequently was inseparable from the training that had been going on for many years since childhood.

"Phew!" A Jurchen cavalryman was unconvinced, "Riding a horse and cutting a person's neck, even if you cut it half, it is not to die." The pupils of Wan Yan Cheri's eyes shrank slightly, and he couldn't help but scold him, as long as he could cut it off with one sword, all the power of the galloping horse would be used, and he could cut dozens of people without mercy. If it can't be cut, it will have to be affected by the remaining impact force, and the wrist will soon be too sore to hold the knife. What the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom showed off was useless martial arts. Like Wanyan Cheri, several Jurchen warriors who had experienced a hundred battles had a dark cloud on their faces, and they were secretly jealous in their hearts.

"Good!" After the cavalry centurion Jian Cheng took the lead and cheered loudly, he ran around the gate twice, bent his bow and arrows, and turned around the horse with his left hand with a bow and shot an arrow at the hanging sheep. Changed the right hand to open the bow and shot the second arrow, still shot the hanging sheep, the third arrow was amazing, actually an arrow through the knot of the hanging sheep, the rope was broken, the hanging sheep fell down with a bang, before it landed, Jian Cheng had already rushed to the horse, stretched out his hand to grab the mutton, laughed and ran around the gate again.

Zhao Xingde also smiled at this time, and clapped his hands vigorously. This riding and archery skill of opening the bow left and right is also ashamed of himself. The march is the way for a sergeant to subdue the barbarians. The spring and March sun shone on the pool of blood in that place, reflecting a magnificent and strange light. At this moment, Manju's heart seemed to be a lot easier. When the sergeants saw the captain coming, they cheered louder and louder.

Xu Detai looked at the jubilant crowd, and in the distance, there seemed to be a white cloud floating over, stopping on Zhao Xingde's head, transforming into the shape of a dragon and a tiger. "What are you looking at?" Gao Bolong slapped him on the shoulder, which frightened Xu Detai all over, turned his head and glared at him, and muttered: "I'm scared to death!" Dealing with the past casually, he muttered in his heart: "The clouds are from the dragon, and the wind is from the tiger." No wonder the eldest lady favors him, Zhao Gongzi is really the son of heaven? Secretly changed Zhao Xingde's title from "Mr. Zhao" to "Zhao Gongzi". While leaving with Gao Bolong, he turned his head and looked at the clouds above Zhao Xingde's head. At this time, there was no wind, and the cloud actually stopped above Zhao Xingde's head.

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