Chapter 187: Guo Kui's defeat
And just when Zhe Kerou led more than 6,000 Song troops to a distance of miles from the Liao army camp, Magutou issued another order, asking the more than 1,000 people gathered to sing a traditional song of their Khitan in unison, and it was sung in Khitan language.
Therefore, it didn't take long for the tall Khitan people to sing loudly in this area where Magutou was located, and more than a thousand Liao troops sang in unison with all their might, and suddenly resounded in the sky, and they faintly suppressed the shouts and screams in the Liao army camp that was closer to them.
In the midst of the fire and shouting and killing, a tragic battle song spread to nearly half of the Liao army camp.
"The blue sky, the fiery sun, the white sheep, the green pastures, raise the whip and gallop between heaven and earth; The fire was blazing, the arrows flew in the air, I stepped on my horse, said goodbye to my beloved girl, and went to the battlefield with my sword and spear in hand, my whip vigilant against man-eating beasts, and the fierce jackals waited for me with my horse, and I cut off the heads of my enemies with my sabre, and buried them with my bow and arrows........."
Some Liao people who were killing each other in the darkness spontaneously sang along, and this time they knew that it was their own people who were fighting with them, and there were no enemies who came to steal the camp.
Then they followed the light of the fire towards the place where Magutou was.
There was the sound of many cavalry galloping from the direction of Shuitou City, and Magutou knew that the main force of the Song army had finally left the city.
It's just that Ma Gutou sadly found that he only gathered more than 2,000 people at this time, and under normal circumstances, even if there were more than 2,000 people, he would dare to fight three or four times the Song people head-on, and he was full of confidence.
But now that he looked around, many of the two thousand or so soldiers gathered had lost their souls, and had not fully recovered from the nightmare of tonight, and how much combat power could be left in this situation.
Lowering his head in pain, Magutou said loudly: "All the Xijing troops are left to avenge your General Yelu!" Otherwise, the Lord will be killed by the Song people, and even if you follow me and escape, the outcome will be miserable afterwards. ”
Four or five hundred soldiers of the Xijing Army walked out with red eyes and a lieutenant under the command of Yelu Dagu, their faces full of madness.
But there were also some soldiers of the Xijing Army who lowered their heads, pretending not to hear Magutou's words, and did not come out.
Ma Gutou didn't dare to delay any longer, and after leaving the more than 400 Xijing troops to break off, he retreated with about 2,000 tribal troops.
At this time, at the other end of the Liao army camp, Zhi Kerou had already led more than 6,000 horses to rush over.
In the chaotic camp of the Liao army, there are still two or three thousand Liao troops who are far away from the location of the Magu head clan army, but these people have already killed each other and are still killing each other, of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that Zhemuqiu and the snake slave with a hundred hundred warrior kings continue to add fuel to the fire.
Seeing that there was a camp roar in the Liao camp, Zhi Kerou was extremely surprised, and at the same time, he decisively ordered the Song army to stop outside the Liao army camp and did not immediately kill it.
Zhemu Qiu and the snake slave took a hundred hundred warriors and the king came out of nowhere to give Zhi Kerou his life.
Zhi Kerou laughed and jumped off the horse, slapped his son Zhemuqiu's chest heavily, and said: "Yes, your kid actually led a hundred people to cause a camp roar in the Liao army camp, and all the dead Liao people were beheaded by you, and your achievements this time are not small." ”
Zhemuqiu pointed at the snake slave and said: "General Hui, the shadow son of this battle supervision army alone will account for half of the credit." ”
Zhi Kerou took a deep look at the thin-looking snake slave, who didn't salute him, but he vaguely noticed that the snake slave seemed to be a woman.
Just when Zhi Kerou secretly guessed the identity of the snake slave, Zhi Muqiu asked for his life loudly: "General, there are about 2,000 Liao people who have escaped, and the general will give 4,000 to the last general, and the last general will definitely kill all the Liao thieves." ”
Zhi Kerou scolded: "I will leave you two thousand people, you clean up the mess here, the prison army has an order, as many Liao people as possible, in addition to the Liao camp must be kept in the grain, grass and arrows and ordnance, must not be burned by the chaotic army, and then sent to Shuitou City overnight, this time the Liao people are almost completely wiped out, it is estimated that there will be a new army of Liao thieves soon." ”
After speaking, Zhi Kerou did not wait for Zhe Muqiu to agree, and chased after the 2,000 Liao army led by Ma Gutou with 4,000 men and horses.
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With 4,000 cavalry, he dared to follow and chase more than 2,000 Liao cavalry, even if the Zhejia army was stronger than the ordinary Song army border army, but when the Liao army had just come to attack Shuitou City, the morale was high, and the battle was high, even with the level of Zhe Kerou's command, he did not dare to be so bold, because if he was not careful, he might make these 4,000 cavalry suffer heavy losses.
But that's no longer the case.
The Liao people have lost their courage, and on the other hand, the four thousand Song troops are eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and they are holding back their strength one by one.
The two sides lost each other's strengths, and Zhi Kerou was confident that he would catch up and kill the two thousand Liao people. At the very least, we must catch up and bite the 2,000 defeated soldiers one by one, and strive to inflict losses on the Liao people to the greatest extent.
But as soon as Zhi Kerou led people to catch up, there was a sudden sound of hooves in front of him, and it turned out to be four or five hundred Liao cavalry who launched a counter-charge against them.
Zhi Kerou found that these more than 400 Liao people were crazy and resolute one by one, and his heart couldn't help but sink, and he could see at a glance that these Liao cavalry had the heart to die, and they were more than 400 people who dared to die.
As long as anyone wants to die, or is ready to fight with others, then his combat effectiveness will inevitably have a lot of bonuses.
Of course, with 4,000 men and horses, Zhi Kerou is naturally confident that he will soon destroy these more than 400 Liao, but I am afraid that after the war, his own side will lose a lot, and most of them will be entangled for a long time.
In a flash of light, Zhi Kerou remembered the five gunpowder packs that Zhang Bin asked Zhang Bin to carry when they left the city, and immediately made a decision, and quickly issued a few orders.
Although there was already some daylight on the horizon at this time, and the vision gradually became clear, but the dust was flying, and it was night, and the cavalry of the Xijing Army of the Liao Kingdom could not see the specific situation of the four thousand Song troops at all, and they only saw the Song army accelerating towards them when they were eight hundred paces away.
Seeing this, these more than 400 Liao people couldn't help but be ecstatic, this distance from the Song cavalry could not raise the speed at all, and the combat power of the cavalry charge was bound to be greatly affected.
However, the change in the next scene surprised the more than 400 Liao people, and when they were about 400 paces away, these Liao people saw the Song cavalry suddenly turn their horses' heads, split into two from it, and gallop away violently to both sides.
More than 400 Liao cavalry suddenly jumped wildly in their hearts, and faintly felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, after the Song cavalry in front flashed to both sides, the five most robust Song soldiers were exposed in front of more than 400 Liao cavalry, and they were still coming towards them with all their strength.
The faces of the more than 400 Liao cavalry all changed greatly.
These days they are attacking the city, and they have long known that this terrifying weapon that can explode is the nemesis of their cavalry, but at this distance and speed, they can't stop at all, so they can only continue to rush up, allowing five gunpowder packs to blow them up.
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After a stick of incense, more than 400 cavalry of the Liao army and Xijing Army were all killed by Zhe Kerou and others, and only a few war horses that lost their masters were left to patrol the battlefield.
Zhi Kerou secretly lucked Zhang Bin to deliberately let him bring four gunpowder bags, otherwise they would have lost at least hundreds of people in this battle.
Glancing at the direction in which the main force of the Liao army had disappeared, Zhi Kerou thought that now that he was on the territory of the Liao State, the reinforcements of the Liao army would arrive at any time, and after hesitating for a while, he still led people to withdraw to the Liao army camp that had gradually returned to calm.
Tonight, they are going to move all the grain, grass and ordnance in the Liao army camp, as well as all the useful things, to Shuitou City......
Just before they went out of the city to attack, the messenger of the pacification division risked death to send news from Zhending Mansion that Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the southern courtyard of the Liao army, had led the Liao army to conquer two military villages, and with 30,000 Xijing troops and 70,000 Song troops led by Guo Kui, the battle lasted for most of the day, and the Song army retreated in defeat.
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