Between the dark long grass, beside the slightly raised mounds of the wilderness hills, on the seemingly unabnormal grassland, there are groups of tigers and wolves lurking at this moment.

In a large open area more than ten miles south of the ferry battlefield, more than 100,000 Jurchen cavalry were lurking in this dark night. Although the moon is in the sky and the moonlight is bright, the moonlight can deceive people. Under the moonlight, everything will become plausible, hazy, and will give people false impressions. You think that the moonlight can make you see everything clearly, so you let down your guard, but in fact you are deceived by the moonlight, and you can't see the scenery around you.

The same is true of the open grassland, which can also give people the illusion. No one would let anyone think that a large number of horsemen and horses could hide in an open field, because that would not be possible.

The Jurchens were a backward barbarian race in the eyes of many people, even in the eyes of the Liao. What they know about the Jurchens is that of the low-class barbarians who wore thick leather jackets, lived in low shacks, ate food that drank blood, and exuded an unpleasant smell on their bodies. Because they despise them, they will disdain to understand them. Because they don't have a posture that is understood.

However, it is these Jurchens who are despised or even ignored by others, and they have skills that no one can match. Not to mention the rest, just in the mountains and wilderness of Changbai Mountain, the hidden skills cultivated in the grassland and desert land can be called unparalleled in the world.

In order to survive, the Jurchens developed the ability to leap in the mountains and forests and hide their bodies in the wilderness and snow. This makes it easier for them to hunt for food. At this moment, this ability is used here to hide the army, and it is absolutely effective. If you have a night vision device that can capture infrared rays, just look into the wilderness and your scalp will tingle. Because there will be countless red figures, blood and beating hearts in front of your eyes. Take away the night vision and you'll see that it's just some long grass and turf with a bump in the ground.

The Jurchens weaved straw curtains out of long grass and covered their bodies with turf to hide in the moonlight. Incredibly, even their mounts lurked beside them, kneeling on the ground, very well-behaved. The Jurchens had already trained their horses to be like their brothers, and each Jurchen had their own foal from the time they could ride horses, and when they reached adulthood, they were close to their horses, like a pair of like-minded companions. The horses understood their minds, and they also learned to lurk in the ground while hunting, which is incomparable to any cavalry and horses, even the Liao people, who are said to grow on horseback.

The Jurchen army did not provide military horses, and every Jurchen warrior brought his own horse to join the army. Men and horses have long been free from any running-in, which is one of their strengths.

All the Jurchens smeared their blades several times with clay to prevent them from reflecting in the moonlight. They lurk quietly in the wilderness, like tigers and wolves in the dark night, waiting for their prey to arrive.

Like all the Jurchen soldiers, Wanyan Aguda also crawled on the ground with long grass. At first glance, he was just a nest of bulging grass that was common on the ground. But at this moment, the leader of this Jurchen is the most dangerous beast, and he is waiting for the arrival of his prey.

As Lin Jue and the others had analyzed before, Wanyan Aguda had no intention of directly capturing Xingzhong Mansion from the beginning. Wanyan Agu Da knew the advantages and disadvantages of his soldiers and horses, and he knew that without the assistance of siege equipment, it was obviously a stupid decision to attack Xingzhongfu. The opponent's two cavalry armies have already chased to the side, in this case, unless their own cavalry is riding winged Pegasus and can fly directly into Xingzhong Fuzhong, otherwise, attacking the city is a self-defeating decision.

Because of this, Wanyan Agu chose to station the army far away in the river bay ten miles away from Xingzhong Mansion. This can not only make the other party feel threatened, but also prevent the other party from seeing their own details, and prevent them from seeing clearly whether they have a large number of siege equipment with them, otherwise the other party will easily judge that their soldiers and horses do not have the ability to attack the city. At the same time, it was also a measure to keep the actions of the night from being known to the city.

Since the city cannot be attacked, it seems that it should be retreated immediately, otherwise it will be besieged by the opposing army. But such a thing would not have happened to Wanyan Aguda. The reason why he chose to lead his army into the city even though he knew that he could not directly capture Xingzhong Mansion was because of his ambition and extreme self-confidence. Since you have chosen to fight the Liao, since the goal is to destroy the Liao, since the major event has begun, how can you retreat. It is a matter of time before you fight with the main force of the Liao people, just like hunting wild beasts in the Changbai Mountains, there will always be a time to face the beasts. Beasts will not be willing to be slaughtered, they will fight with their fangs open. They either slaughtered them themselves, or they wounded themselves and fled. The consequences of failure are not only one's own injury or even death, but also no prey, and all the people in the family's parents, wives and children will starve, and even starve to death. So, there is nothing to say, it is a fight to the death, there is no compromise.

To achieve the goal of finally destroying the Liao State, there is no other shortcut. The only way is to win the battle, destroy its soldiers and horses, and make the Liao people lose the power to resist. In addition, it is useless to occupy as many cities and territories as possible, and the other party will take them back at any time. Moreover, Wanyan Aguda also needed an earth-shattering victory to announce the invincibility of the Jurchen warriors to the Liao people, shock the military and civilians of the entire Liao State, and destroy their remaining glimmer of hope.

Wanyan Aguda's task was to seek a decisive battle, using this wilderness east of Xingzhong Province and south of the Daling River, he was going to launch a devastating campaign against the Liao army. That's what he's really for.

Of course, Wanyan Agu Da is by no means a hot-blooded stunned young man, even in his mind, the Jurchen cavalry is invincible in the world. In the past three years, he has led his army to fight the Liao people countless times, which proves this. However, once the two cavalry armies of the other side converged, the number of people was as high as more than 350,000, which was more than twice the number of their own. Even so, he may not be defeated, but even if he wins, he will definitely lose his own soldiers and horses. The Jurchen warriors are extremely valuable, how can they die in battle at will. These 160,000 soldiers and horses are the capital of their own destruction of the Liao State, and after they are exhausted, what is the meaning of victory? Fight manpower, your own small Jurchen tribe can't afford to fight.

Wanyan Aguda's target was locked on the 120,000 cavalry led by Yelucai in the southeast. Even in the face of this Liao cavalry, whose number was less than his own, Wanyan Aguda refused to reconcile

They fought hard, and he wanted to minimize his own casualties. He wanted to take advantage of the gap between the other party's divisions and take advantage of the time difference between the two Liao cavalry to arrive on the battlefield to make a game and a trap, so that Yelucai's soldiers and horses could get into the trap and launch a surprise attack. That would greatly reduce the number of casualties in a head-to-head battle.

Wanyan Aguda is such a person, don't look at his rough appearance, but in fact, his heart is as careful as hair. Don't look at him as rude, but in fact, he has seven tricks. In the past few years, he often asked his sister Wan Yan Mingyue to read the books brought back from Da Zhou for himself, especially those books on the art of war, and let Wan Yan Mingyue explain to him word by word, sentence by sentence. The more he understood these things, the more Wanyan Agu admired the wisdom of the Great Zhou people and all the ways of using troops summarized by their ancestors. Wanyan Aguda also deeply understood that recklessness cannot be accomplished, and stratagem and strategy are often more effective.

Therefore, Wanyan Agu came up with a plan to join forces with the Great Zhou to destroy the Liao, and only then did he be cunning, cunning, and victorious in the battle with the Liao. To some extent, he was acting with the art of war and strategy he had learned from the Great Zhou. It can be said that it is now learned and sold. The reason why Wanyan Aguda can rise may also have a great deal to do with his character who is not complacent and rejects the strengths of others.

The general targeted the army of Yelucai, who had arrived in the southeast. That cavalry numbered 120,000 men, 40,000 fewer than his own men and horses. What's more, Wanyan Aguda knew what they were going to do next.

Under the current circumstances, Yelucai should be cautious and wait for Yeluchun's men to cross the river. At that time, as soon as the two cavalry converged, and the total strength exceeded that of the Jurchens, they could launch an attack. Before that, he should not take the initiative to attack himself, but choose to avoid the vigilance from afar. It only takes to wait until tomorrow afternoon, and Yeluchun's army can all cross the Daling River, and at that time, even if he wants to leave, he is afraid that he will not be able to go.

All in all, the intention of the two opposing armies must be to join forces as soon as possible. For Yelucai's 120,000-strong army, they may even move closer to the ferry to cover the crossing of the river led by Yeluchun's cavalry. Of course, Yelucai may also be immobile, and if that is the case, he must want to block his retreat and prevent the Jurchen army from escaping from the open space exposed in the southeast.

After dark, Wanyan Aguda got the exact news. Jerichi's army did not come too close, and they stopped near a few raised mounds thirty miles away, and began to set up camp for defense. After learning the news, Wanyan Agu looked up to the sky and laughed loudly and cursed. The other party is really afraid that he will run away, which is simply an insult to himself. They also want to swallow themselves here, it's just wishful thinking.

However, Yelucai's soldiers and horses did not move, but it made Wanyan Aguda a little tricky. He could not lead his army directly against Jerucai's cavalry. The other side will obviously be on guard. It would be unwise and reckless to attack like this, and Wanyan Aguda would not do this. Fortunately, after these difficulties, Yan Aguda had already had a backup plan. The original plan was to hope that the other side could get closer to the ferry overnight, so that they could ambush and attack halfway. Now that the other party is disobedient, he forces them to act according to their own ideas.