The Song army has finished the formation, and the Liao army camp still has not moved. Lu Mingyu glanced back at the city, waved the handsome flag forward, immediately 'drawn' the waist knife, and shouted loudly: "Forward!" With an order, the lieutenants, commanders, and centurions 'drawn' their waist knives one after another, and shouted in a long tone: "Forward-" "Forward!" "The phalanx of the twenty musketeers immediately moved, the front row of musketeers with their guns in their hands, and the musketeers in the back carefully held the muskets with the 'medicine' in their hands. The standard-bearer held high the military flags of each battalion to guide the headquarters forward, and the camp of the Liao army was only two miles away from the city wall. Looking at the morning mist floating over the Liao military camp, many firecrackers looked very nervous, but they still lined up in a line shoulder to shoulder, and walked neatly towards the Liao army camp. More than ten steps ahead of the large army formation, under the escort of the bright guns, the monks had to walk forward.

"Go, go, hurry!!"

The evil man behind him shouted at the top of his throat, pushing and shoving, and the monk Yiqing held back the humiliation in his heart and stumbled away. He knew that there was a big camp in front of Liao, and it was said that the people of Liao killed people without blinking, but how could they compare to these fierce gods behind him. There was a monk whose footsteps were a little sluggish, a little behind, a soldier actually lifted a fire gun and stabbed it in the back of the heart, a clear monk was so frightened that his face was pale, and he didn't dare to look to the side at all, only to hear a dull snort, a senior brother who had the same fate and sympathy for each other was born in bliss, and the rest of the monks could only speed up their pace and walk forward tremblingly. The front is a wolf pack, the rear is a hungry tiger, seeing that it is getting closer and closer to the camp in front, the strange Liao flag can be seen clearly, and the look on the faces of the monks is becoming more and more desperate.

Ouyang Shan stared at the fence more than a dozen steps away, the Liao army camp was built simply, in order to facilitate the cavalry to enter and gallop, there was no trench dug around the camp. Therefore, the firecracker escorted the monks, bypassed a strip of stakes, and came to the camp without difficulty. "Liaogou has retreated!" This thought burst into Ouyang Shan's mind. The Captain of Ten, Beshe, lay outside the fence and looked in. The ten captains of the front team turned their heads one after another, gesturing with surprise on their faces, and the camp of the Liao army was empty. Ouyang Shan calmed down instead, his face was slightly gloomy, and he ordered the front team to pull to the fence and escort the monks into the camp.

"Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha....."

"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless ......"

Yiqing monk has never been so devout to chant Buddha, in all fairness, in addition to the good 'lust', he is still devout to the Buddha, in this last moment, although the mouth is strangled tightly by a wooden stick, can not make a sound, but Yiqing is still in his heart to keep chanting this, his legs are still a thousand weights, step by step, but do not dare to stop walking forward. The Liao army camp is close at hand, a clear seems to see the shadow behind the camp shadow pupil figure, flashing cold light arrows, it is said that the Liao people's arrows are cast with demon magic, the middle one will not die but also go crazy. The soldiers behind him also stopped, and the monk only heard their heavy footsteps and breathing, but he didn't dare to look back.

"The Buddha has appeared!" When he found that the camp of the Liao army was empty, the monk Yiqing almost couldn't help but cry with joy.

"Buddha bless! If the disciples get out of this calamity, they must rebuild the temple, shape the golden body again, and bow here, bow down, bow again! He sincerely recited it silently several times, and then looked at the monks around him, all of them with surprise on their faces, and several of them had staggered and pushed to the ground, kowtowing to the void of nowhere, and if it weren't for the wooden sticks in their mouths, some people would almost shout loudly: "My Buddha is merciful!" ”

Yiqing couldn't help but cry with joy. He was originally a son of the southeast clan, because the family has believed in Buddhism for generations, and when he was a child, the master said that he had a thin life, so he became a monk. The southeast family has always worshiped Buddha, the temple brocade clothes 'jade' food is not much less than the worldly rich and noble people, a clear family of origin, only to argue and high and peers, and after a few years, it is a famous monk. His eloquence was given, and he was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he had a lot of incense karma with the 'female' benefactor, and he even used money as bait to 'lure' deceive a lot of gentleness from good families. If you sit at home, disaster will fall from the sky. Extreme fear and extreme rejoicing, Yiqing monk's legs shook and fell to the ground. The monks beside him even made eye contact with each other, and did not hide the joy on their faces, as if they were shouting together, "Buddha bless!" Buddha bless! ”

At this moment, the firecrackers led by Ouyang Shan had already lined up in three horizontal columns, and the firecrackers in the front row supported their sticks. Ouyang Shan coldly looked at the monks who were dancing with their eyebrows, and ordered in a deep voice: "Fire!" Without the slightest hesitation, the firecrackers lit the fuse, and some of the monks saw the fire, and when they turned back, their eyes wide in fear, but most of them could not run away because of their weak legs, and the few who ran to the side were stabbed to the ground by the gunners who were guarding the surroundings. Among the more than 100 people who participated in the execution, there were eleven envoys, and the others were also very reliable henchmen, not to mention the slaughter of a group of monks, even if Zhao Xingde ordered to turn around and attack the Ezhou Prime Minister's Mansion, they would not hesitate to carry out the order.

"Bang bang bang-" The sound of the gun was deafening, and the green smoke was rising. One by one, the guns 'shot' into the 'flesh' that had no power to resist.

Yiqing turned his head and opened his eyes wide, and he was simply stunned to find that the soldiers were already in line and firing. "My Buddha is compassionate, how dare you do this?" He was inexplicably angry, "You dare to disobey the Buddha's will!" But he couldn't say anything in his mouth, and his crotch was wet all over the ground, and Yiqing didn't even think of escaping, but his eyes widened in horror, watching the front row of firecrackers hand the firecrackers behind him, and then set up the firecrackers handed up behind him steadily, lighting the fuse.

"Bang bang bang-" "Bang bang bang-"

A burst of green smoke rose up, Lu Mingyu looked ahead with a sinking face, the surrounding deputy generals still have the wind of a general, the current situation and the interests, Zhao Xingde has already explained it thoroughly to the generals, and it is not surprising that the Liao soldiers retreat at night. After a while, Ouyang Shan turned around and made a gesture of "military affairs are done", Lu Mingyu nodded, and said coldly: "The Liao thieves are very cunning, and when they withdrew their troops, they laid a demon law in the camp, and the elders broke the trap of the Liao people, but they were eaten by the demon qi and fell into the evil spirit, and they have all returned to the west. He looked back at the walls of Hanyang City, and said, "The remnants of the body still have demon 'nature', and they can't be burned at will, only dogs can drive away evil spirits, collect the corpses of the elders who are dyed with demonic energy, and feed them to the wild dogs outside the northern city to eat, so that they can live in Elysium with peace of mind." ”

Feeding the corpse of the dead to the dogs is done with a deep hatred. Several lieutenant generals looked at Lu Mingyu in surprise, puzzled by his meaning, but at this moment they were waiting for the enemy, only to see Lu Mingyu's brows furrowed, his face was heavy, and everyone was silent, and there was no reason to blame the generals for these irrelevant monks. Zhao Xingde told Lu Mingyu 'privately' about the monk's 'lewdness' and humiliation of the military dependents, and asked him to take care of Ouyang Shan. Thinking that there were those subordinates who were humiliated because of this, Lu Mingyu hated these monks to the core, and dragged the corpses of these people to feed the dogs before he showed Zhao Xingde. "This batch of 'lewd' monk fire guns is too easy to solve, and it will take Ling Chi to relieve his anger." Lu Mingyu thought secretly. These days, there are so many dead bodies outside the city that they attract many wild dogs. The largest group outside the North City numbered hundreds, and these carcasses were dragged over, and in a day or two, they would be eaten by wild dogs.

"Inform the scout cavalry to go in and see if the Liao army has all retreated." Lu Mingyu commanded. The herald hurried to inform the cavalry battalion that was waiting for him. Yang Zaixing immediately sent his cavalry and scattered into dozens of squads to go deep into the Liao army camp to reconnoitre. Before the Liao army withdrew its troops on a large scale, cavalry were arranged around its camp to prevent the Song army scouts from approaching, but at this time they were all gone, and in less than half an hour, the scouts returned, and the camps where the main force of the Liao army was stationed were already empty. Several hundred-man detachments in front of the cavalry battalion also controlled several important commanding heights.

"Yelu Dashi has really withdrawn his troops." Lu Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried that the Liao army was pretending to withdraw its troops, 'luring' the Song army out of the city and then taking the city. There is also a possibility that the Liao army pretended to withdraw from the siege, but ambushed on the way and attacked the pursuing Song soldiers. However, if Yelu Dashi thinks like this, he is afraid that the result will disappoint him very much. In the past few days, Zhao Xingde and the generals have discussed day and night, and every step of the pursuit has been arranged extremely clearly. The main force of the pursuit of the enemy's horses was 36 battalions of musketeers, 10 battalions of crossbowmen, 6 battalions of knife and axe men, 6 battalions of scout cavalry, 4 battalions of 'elite' sharp thunder throwers, and 2 battalions of artillery men, totaling more than 32,000 people. The horses, baggage, money and grain, and even the key points that should be occupied first along the way, and the care of the state capital cottage along the way, have already been prepared, and more than 30,000 men and horses can be ordered to the northern expedition with just one order. And Zhao Xingde did not delay, after he learned the news of the withdrawal of the Liao army, he only sent someone to inform the Prime Minister's Office, and asked the military department to urge Cao Di to cross the river and go on the expedition, and all the troops under his command immediately pulled out the camp and went out of the city to pursue the Liao army. In order to act quickly, Zhao Xingde even ordered that all departments of the Northern Expedition should not carry any tents, and the soldiers only rolled up the hemp blankets on their backs and pulled them out, and camped at night without setting up tents or digging trenches, and only circled the camp in the field with antlers. Although there were many complaints from the soldiers, this military order was still carried out strongly.

Within an hour, the 64th battalion of men and horses ordered to the Northern Expedition had already left the city, and the advance cavalry of Yang Zaixing's department had already marched more than ten miles away. Zhao Xingdelema was on the hill next to the marching army, surrounded by the generals who saw him off. The army of the Northern Expedition was like a long winding dragon, slowly but surely marching northward.

"General Zhao......" Du Blowhorn's face was stupid, "You take care all the way." ”

Zhao Xingde and Shi Jingkui parted ways and marched, Du Chuijiao, as a tooth general, was assigned to the West Road, which was really surprising, in the past two days, Du Chuijiao has found Zhao Xingde several times and asked to transfer himself to the East Road, but Zhao Xingde refused. And Liu Zhijian, Gao Su and other generals also smelled a trace of abnormality from the unusual assignment, but Zhao Xingde and Shi Jingkui were tight-lipped, and they had no way of knowing the reason for such an arrangement. Shi Jingkui said in a low voice: "General Gonghou has returned victorious. ”

"The Northern Expedition has already made a decision, and we will each do our part," Zhao Xingde said with a smile, turning his gaze from Du Fujiao to the generals, "Meet in the coming day and drink with you in Bianliang!" As soon as he lifted the reins, his horse ran briskly down the hill, where the two tooth barracks were already waiting. In the cheering and thundering, more than 1,000 people surrounded Zhao Xingde in the middle and merged into the mighty torrent all the way to the north.

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