Xinkou, yellow sand is all over the sky.

Legend has it that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was besieged by the Xiongnu, fought to the death, and fled all the way to this place to get out of danger. Liu Bang was very happy, so he named this place "Xinkou", which means very happy.

The blood of the ancestors has already flowed all over the rivers and mountains, such as Xinkou, the Huns, the Turks, the Hui, the Khitan, the Han people have all come, the ancients fought bloody battles here, and the people of today are still one after another.

As soon as Guo Shao walked to this place and saw the situation of the mountains and rivers, he was immediately shaken. On both sides are mountains, looking into the distance, there are dark shadows behind the mountains, and the shadows of the mountains are like huge dark clouds pressing down on the ground from the sky.

The sun was hanging in the west, the sky was clear, the ground was very dry, and a large cloud of dust and fog was kicked up by the centaurs.

Guo Shao's followers immediately went up a small hill, and the killing sound in front of them suddenly became louder. Thousands of troops and horses appeared in front of them, and the dilapidated Xinkou military town looked very small, like a lonely boat in a sea of people, fluttering and sinking.

The Liao army in the north was obviously outnumbered, and the front was turned upside down, and the horsemen behind were all lined up in a row and did not move. The Zhou army was all on the front line, without any reserves, and the whole battlefield was full of dust and smoke, surging flags, and the battle was inexorable.

In this battle, the total scale of the battle between the two sides was not 10,000 but 8,000. There are so many people, so lively, but it makes people feel a sense of loneliness inexplicably...... Perhaps it was because there was no one else in sight except for the army that had been fighting, and it was desolate in all directions.

"The main force of the Liao army is here, even if we reinforce it, it will be a drop in the bucket." Xiang Xun saw the scene clearly and immediately said a word.

Zhang Jianxiong scolded angrily: "The one surnamed Shi is still chong, he thinks he can defeat the Liao army? ”

Xiang Xunjun's army deployed a formation behind the hillside, and stood still for a while.

After a careful look for a while, everyone finally understood the situation on the battlefield. Most of the cavalry in front of the Zhou army could not break through the line of the Liao army, and only a force of men and horses had already entered the depth of the Liao army. The number of men and horses in that group was small, and they rushed left and right among the thousands of troops and horses of the Liao army, and there were large areas of Liao soldiers on all sides; It seems that it must be Shi Yanchao and his entourage, only he will be so fierce!

Although the cavalry inside rushed left and right, they could not have any impact on the army that was one mile wide, let alone let the Liao army waver. However, they looked very strong, and they were not eliminated for half a day...... If it doesn't break through, it's only a matter of time.

Xiang Xun immediately reviewed the generals and said: "Today's priority, rescue Shi Yanchao and withdraw to Xinzhou." ”

"The lord ......" Zhang Jianxiong was about to speak again, he seemed to have a deep prejudice against Shi Yanchao.

But he was immediately stopped by Xiang Xun, who said: "Shi Yanchao is the first fierce general of my dynasty, and his prestige is known to the whole army. If he is allowed to fall in battle, then hundreds of thousands of our army will be robbed! Morale will be greatly weakened, and the consequences will not be calculated. ”

The congregation will listen and bow.

Xiang Xun pointed out with a horsewhip: "The front and rear junctions of the right wing of the Liao army are weak, and Shi Yanchao's position is also on the right. Zhang Jianxiong, you immediately lead the headquarters to ride out and rush to the right flank; Shi Yanchao is a veteran of the battle formation, and when he sees the situation, he will drive eastward, and he will attack from both sides, which can solve the siege of Shi Yanchao. ”

"The last will be ordered!" Zhang Jianxiong took the order and left.

In a short time, there were one or two hundred elite cavalry in the army, the armor and weapons were neat, and the soldiers were brave, but the cavalry and horses of Xiang Xun had no armor and still belonged to the light cavalry.

This horse army is divided into four strands before and after, the front army is all riding spears and spears, and the back ones are either holding ***, or with bows and arrows, and the weapons in each row are relatively unified, and they look very neat and beautiful. When they were out, they jogged forward.

At this moment, I saw that among the troops in the rear of the Liao army who did not participate in the battle, a group of horsemen moved from the flank and stared at Zhang Jianxiong's department.

Zhang Jianxiong's unit was intercepted on the right flank, and the cavalry of both sides fired a projectile. Then the first wave of cavalry of Zhangbu rushed to kill, the two sides hedged and fought, and the cavalry group immediately rushed to kill and slash, and the people turned over on their horses to fight together. However, the two horsemen in the middle of Zhang's department did not rush into the battle group, but continued to pounce forward in a roundabout way.

When Zhang Jianxiong arrived at the premeditated location, he immediately launched a charge and slammed into the Liao army junction. Sure enough, as Xiang Xun predicted, Zhang Jianxiong led the army into the enemy formation in a wave of rushing and killing. Shi Yanchao, who was trapped in the enemy formation, noticed the movement and also turned around and went to the right flank to reinforce the army. Not long after, the flank of the Liao army was pierced from the middle, and Shi Yanchao received reinforcements to support him and fought his way out of the encirclement.

The array was almost full of war horses, and groups of horsemen on both sides rushed back and forth, like the whirlpool of waves in a typhoon. The horses' hooves collapsed so that the ground trembled.

Unexpectedly, the cavalry soldiers who converged on the flanks did not retreat, and continued to charge and kill in the loose position of the Liao army. After a short time, among the soldiers and horses in the rear of the Liao army who had not entered the battle, a large number of horsemen began to be dispatched one after another, reinforced from the right flank.

Zhang Jianxiong's men and horses turned around and rushed out to the south, and the Liao reinforcements almost followed Zhang Jianxiong, filling like a tide; Zhang Jianxiong led the army to gallop, and was pursued and shot many people behind, and people kept falling off their horses...... Shi Yanchao didn't come out, because it was easy to see that among the surging horses, there was a particularly large dust fog, as if there were thorns in the ground drilling in it.

Zhang Jianxiong ran while fighting, but fortunately he was a cavalryman, and he was able to get rid of the hard fight. After a while, he saw that his face was covered with blood and came immediately, jumped off the horse and scolded: "Shi Yanchao himself is going to die, no wonder others!" I've lost so many people! ”

Xiang Xun frowned and asked, "Have you seen him, are you making insulting remarks?" ”

Zhang Jianxiong spat out a mouthful of blood: "How dare the last general disrupt the lord's affairs?" didn't say anything, so he persuaded him to break out first, and then make a plan...... By the way, I also told him that there weren't many reinforcements. ”

Xiang Xun asked, "How did Shi Yanchao reply to you?" ”

Zhang Jianxiong's face was suddenly full of anger again: "He said, Zhuzi watched the battle from the side to see how Lao Tzu broke the Liao army's big array...... Mother|! ”

The generals looked at each other and sighed.

Suddenly, Xiang Xun slapped his forehead and sighed: "I hurt Shi Yanchao!" ”

"Why did the lord say this?" The generals hurriedly asked.

Xiang Xun said: "I shouldn't have received the military order of the king of Wei, if someone else came to save Shi Yanchao, maybe he would appreciate it!" ”

A subordinate general advised: "The lord does not have to blame himself. Shi Yanchao was reluctant to lose his subordinates, if he was defeated, his troops would be killed by the Liao army, and the casualties could not be counted. That's why they blindly fought to the death, wanting to fight and retreat from the Liao army...... He doesn't leave, but he has nothing to do with the lord. ”

"Shi Yanchao's life is more important than Ben Jiang's." Xiang Xun reached out to the hilt of his sword.

"Slow down to the general." Guo Shao's voice said suddenly.

The generals turned their heads to look at Guo Shao behind them, and said to Xun, "What do you say?" ”

"The last general thinks that General Xiang can wait a little longer." Guo Shao's voice was calm, "Has the general saved people from drowning?" When the drowning victim just fell into the water, he still had his strength and panicked. If you go down immediately to save people, you will be bound by his head, and if you can't save them from danger, you may drown with him. When there are not enough people, the best way to save people from drowning is to wait, and when the drowning person is exhausted, and then take action, you will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Xiang Xun looked at Guo Shao's expression with interest, and his hand unconsciously let go of the hilt of the sword, and asked after a moment of silence: "In Guo Lang's opinion, when is the time to save Shi Yanchao from drowning?" ”

Guo Shao pointed to the battle formation ahead: "In the Liao formation, the dust kicked up by Shi Qianfeng's department has not changed the speed of flow. Therefore, it can be speculated that even if the soldiers around Shi Qianfeng have been attrition from time to time, it has not yet reached the time when his combat power has dropped sharply, and it will not affect his rushing speed. When they are tired and tired, and the casualties are reduced to a certain extent, they will inevitably be unable to kill, and the dust above them will stop moving. At this time, if you make a move and relieve the siege, the historical striker will not be able to fight anymore...... Unless he is hell-bent on death. ”

Xiang Xun asked rhetorically: "If you don't grasp the urgency accurately, or if you can't rush to kill and fail to break the siege in time, and Shi Yanchao dies in battle, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?" ”

Guo Shaodao: "If this is not the case, even if the siege is solved, is Shi Qianfeng willing to stop?" ”

Zhang Jianxiong echoed: "I see Guo Lang's method works!" That Shi Yanchao just didn't shed tears when he didn't see the coffin, we worked hard to relieve him, but he didn't appreciate it; When the reinforcements of the Liao army come up, we don't go, we have to accompany him to exhaust in the big array! ”

"Then wait a little longer." Xiang Xun calmed his airway.

The sun was setting in the west, and when it reached the top of the mountain, it didn't move at first glance, but after a while, you could see that it had dropped a little more. Xiang Xun's troops stopped on both sides of the road, and the whole army stood still, and this side was very calm; The battle was to the point of death, the ground was littered with corpses of men and horses, and some ownerless horses were running around the battlefield.

Although the two armies are fighting head-on on the whole, the front has always been turbulent. In cavalry battles, the army does not stand still, but rushes back and forth, crisscrossing and crisscrossing.

After a long time, the flow of yellow dust in the middle of the Liao army slowed down...... It seems that Shi Yanchao is no longer good, no matter how fierce he is, once he is surrounded and cannot move, he will definitely die.

Xiang Xun also found the signs, and specifically turned around and asked Guo Shao: "Guo Lang thinks the time has come?" ”

"Please make a decision to the general!" Guo Shao hugged his fists.

At this time, Xiang Xuncai looked back left and right: "All horsemen, follow me to fight!" ”

"Order!" "Order!"

Guo Shao and the others finally turned around, condescendingly glanced at the battlefield scene, and then got on the horse and followed Xiang Xun down the hillside. One of the generals shouted: "The cavalry is on horseback and ready to attack!" ”

The generals rode their horses through the horse teams, shouting and boosting morale, and issuing various military orders.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in pieces, and hundreds of elite cavalry soldiers were dispatched at the same time, and the war horses gradually accelerated from small steps, and then galloped towards the battlefield.

Getting closer and closer, Xiang Xun stretched out his hand and pulled out his sword and raised it high. The armies leveled the spears and sabers they were carrying, and the "...... swords" was a metallic sound of swords unsheathed, like a burst of music without melody, rough and concise but full of enthusiasm.