According to the plan, in the next seven days, Zhang Bin will take Su Guo, Huang Shicong, Li Siwa and others, escorted by 100 elite soldiers, to the military villages under the jurisdiction of Zhending Mansion to comfort the border army.

On the evening of the next day, Zhang Bin stayed in Dashizhai and received a report from Han Sanlang that the information sent by Huang Shicong had entered the palace of the king in the south courtyard of Datong Mansion in Liao.

Early in the morning of the third day, Zhang Bin and his entourage went to Huangfeng Village, the westernmost military village of Zhending Mansion, at a speed of not hurrying or slowing, and after passing Huangfeng Village, they arrived at the boundary of Hedong, and it was not far from Fuzhou.

At the same time, a full 50,000 people, escorting tens of thousands of horses, mules and livestock, and consignment of 100,000 troops needed for March grain and grass, entered the Taihang Mountain Flying Fox Trail.

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"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Three feathered arrows broke through the air one after another, and three feathered arrows shot at the same target from three directions.

It was a Liao army scout who was rushing forward under the cover of the mountains and forests on the east side of the Flying Fox Trail in Taihang Mountain.

Since ancient times, scouts have been the most elite warriors in the army, even scouts in later generations.

This Liao scout was the elite of the Liao army, and at the same time as the scream of the first arrow breaking through the air sounded, he quickly hid behind a big tree, and the arrow grazed his body and shot into the air.

But then his face changed again, as another arrow came at him from the left.

The Liao scout let out a scream and fell to the ground, narrowly dodging the second arrow.

But at the moment when he fell, the third arrow arrived, this was a truly deadly arrow, the Liao army scout ran out of strength, his body functions could not be connected, he couldn't dodge, he was shot through his body by an arrow, fell to the ground and squirmed for a moment, and then did not move.

The Song soldier who finally shot the arrow bowed his body, ran over with a happy and vigilant face, squatted down and skillfully cut off the head of the Liao army scout, and hung it on his waist, and on the other side of the tree was tied his war horse, and on the side of the saddle there was a head that had just dried with blood, which was his harvest in the morning.

After a while, the headless corpses of the Liao people will also be taken away, and the blood stains and traces will also be removed.

A hundred paces away from the dead Liao scout, there were four Liao soldiers, and when they heard the scream, they quickly retreated, but it was too late, and more than 20 Song soldiers rushed out from all directions and surrounded them.

These four Liao scouts were extremely fierce, superb in archery, and equally strong in melee combat, and it took them more than ten breaths to be killed by the Song army, which was five times their size, and the Song army also paid the price of two dead and two wounded.

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The Taihang Mountains span Hedong Road, Hebei East Road and Hebei West Road, the mountain range starts from the West Mountain of Beijing in the north, extends to the Wangwu Mountain in the border area of Henan and Shanxi in the south, connects the Shanxi Plateau in the west, borders the North China Plain in the east, and is in the northeast-southwest direction, stretching for more than 800 kilometers, and the north-south span is also more than six miles.

The most important thing is that the north and south ends are connected with the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao, and there are countless large and small mountain roads in the Taihang Mountains.

Of course, there were too many troops, and the pace of the march inevitably slowed down.

Therefore, in addition to taking a few major roads such as the Flying Fox Trail and the Taihang Trail, if the other mountain roads are sneak attacks, the number of people will never exceed 10,000.

Although the Liao army received a secret report from Huang Shicong, a high-ranking spy lurking in the Song Dynasty, it was impossible to act only according to the intelligence of the secret spy when marching to war, although the bait of 100,000 troops eating three months' worth of grain and grass was too fragrant, and Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Liao, could not refuse at all, but the army was dispatched, and the scouts still had to go first.

If the Liao army scouts found the clues, the Song army's plan will naturally be abandoned.

Therefore, while 5,000 soldiers and horses and 50,000 people escorted tens of thousands of horses, mules and livestock to carry grain and grass into the Taihang Mountain Flying Fox Trail, there was already an elite army scattered out, and they were responsible for killing all the scouts sent by the Liao.

It was the 5,000 elite of the Western Army brought by Wang Sunchen who undertook this task.

More than two months ago, these 5,000 men and horses followed Wang Sunchen over the mountains and mountains in the Hengshan Mountains, sneaked behind enemy lines, and burned most of the grain and grass in Western Xia.

In addition, these 5,000 men and horses are already Wang Sunchen's subordinates, Wang Sunchen's archery skills are outstanding, these few months of training, these 5,000 people and horses have made full progress in archery, although they are not everyone's archers, but the overall archery skills are no worse than the ordinary Liao army.

Wang Sunchen led 5,000 elite soldiers under his command, while robbing and killing the Liao army scouts, while as the Liao army approached, they continued to retreat, until the Liao army was less than ten miles away from the Flying Fox Trail grain team, Wang Sunchen and his men and horses quickly flashed to one side of the dense forest, and hid in the secret col that had been found in advance.

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Tokyo City, Chongzheng Palace.

Zhao Ji, the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, was full of joy between his eyebrows.

The good news of Zhending Mansion came over, and the border army drove out the Liao army that pretended to be horse thieves and plundered villages and towns, and there were more than 200 beheadings, as for the loss of nearly 500 and how many times the force was used to drive this Liao army out, it was ignored by Zhao Ji.

As Zhang Bin said, the Great Song Dynasty needed a victory over the Liao army, and even if there were more than two hundred beheadings, it made the dignified Great Song Emperor happy.

"As soon as Zhang Bin arrived at Zhending Mansion, the border army had a victory." These days, there is no disgust like Xiao Xi, and Zhao Ji is in a much better mood.

Wen Yanbo snorted lightly and said, "Your Majesty, before Zhang Bin arrived at Zhending Mansion, this horse thief pretended to be by the Liao army has been driven out by the border army. ”

Zhao Ji's face was a little embarrassed, but he didn't count the time.

Pretending not to hear, Zhao Ji said to Wang Anshi and Han Qi: "The political affairs hall will verify it according to the good news sent by the Zhending Mansion, and then draw up a reward document. The beheading of the Liao army was not easy, and I will not hesitate to reward ......"

"Obey." Han Qi stood up and agreed, and stepped aside.

Wang Anshi stood up and said with an extremely solemn expression: "Your Majesty, together with the good news, Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin jointly sent a petition, and it was cut first and then played. ”

Zhao Ji was slightly stunned, and said: "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and the military movement is expensive at speed, Zhending Mansion and Tokyo City are separated by more than 2,000 miles, even if it is 800 miles to expedite the horse, it takes four days, some things are indeed too late to ask for instructions, and it is normal to cut first and then play." ”

"This petition is very involved, Your Majesty should take a look at it." Wang Anshi spoke, handing the Chinese book to Li Shunju, who stepped forward.

Zhao Ji saw that Wang Anshi said solemnly, the smile on his face gradually converged, took the document and looked at it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and his face became miserable at a speed visible to the naked eye, he stood up suddenly, and said in a lost voice: "Ambush the Liao army, and it is a Liao army of at least 5,000 people, Han Jiang, Guo Kui, Zhang Bin They are crazy, how can they win." ”

Wang Anshi remembered the contents of the private letter that Han Jiang gave him that arrived at the same time as this petition, and gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the premise of this ambush is that the Liao army wants to pass through the Taihang Mountain and plunder our army's grain and grass. If the Liao army is really so reckless, can it be that my Great Song Dynasty will be captured, let the Liao thieves snatch the grain and grass, and kill me to escort the grain and grass to the army and the people. ”

Han Qi glanced at Wang Anshi, remembered the private letter Zhang Bin gave him, and sighed secretly: "The Great Song Dynasty really needs a victory over the Liao State. ”

Thinking like this, he followed Wang Anshi and then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Han Jiang is thoughtful, Guo Kui is steady in his use of troops, Zhang Bin is unparalleled, this document is signed by three people at the same time, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much about this matter, at most there are only three results." ”

Wang Anshi and Han Qi looked calm, and what they said successively made most of Zhao Ji's panic dissipate, forcibly suppressing the fear and worry in his heart, Zhao Ji hurriedly asked: "What are the three results of what Han Xianggong said?" ”

Han Qi said: "First, the Liao army did not come to rob our army's grain and grass, so this ambush battle naturally did not happen. Second, the Liao army came to rob the grain, but Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin were well prepared, several times the strength of the Liao army, even if they failed to leave the Liao army in the future, they would never be defeated by the other party. Third, all the men and horses of the Liao army who robbed grain were left behind by our army, and Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin won a great victory on the Flying Fox Trail that was rare than the victory of Dashuncheng and Hengshan. ”

When Zhao Ji heard these three results, the last panic in his expression also dissipated, but his face was entangled, and he let out a few sighs faintly.

The ministers of the two governments below naturally know why the Son of Heaven has such an expression, which is a tangle of worrying about winning and losing.

Needless to say, if the battle is won, it is gratifying, but the problem is that it has annoyed the Liao army, and what if more Liao troops go south because of this.

But if you don't win, you will lose, and the result of losing is more clear than winning, cutting the land and increasing the year's coins, this kind of shame will happen during his Zhao Ji's domination of the Great Song Dynasty, and the history books don't know how to evaluate him Zhao Ji.

After being entangled for a while, Zhao Ji hesitated slightly, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Aiqing, can you quickly give an order to Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin, so that they can control the degree on the battlefield and fight without losing or winning......"

"No!"

"Never!"

"You must not act like that."

Without waiting for Zhao Ji to finish speaking, Han Qi, Wang Anshi and Lu Gongbi interrupted him unceremoniously at the same time.

Han Qi saw that Wang Anshi and Lu Gongbi also spoke up, so he stopped speaking, after all, what he was going to say next, the Son of Heaven would inevitably be extremely unhappy when he heard it.

Lu Gongbi was also an old fox, and he stepped aside without saying a word.

Wang Anshi didn't think about it so much, he still had an expression of hatred on his face, and said sharply: "Your Majesty, although the minister did not command the battle on the battlefield, he knew that His Majesty's will would inevitably make the front-line soldiers shrink their hands and feet, and even shake the morale of the army, which directly led to the fiasco of our army. ”

"That's not all!" Zhao Ji's face was a little red, and his face suddenly felt a little unbearable.

Wen Yanbo took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that no matter whether this battle is lost or won, it may make my Great Song Dynasty fall into the great disaster of the Liao army going south. Therefore, His Majesty should issue an order to punish Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin for their trespassing. ”

Wang Anshi had long expected that Wen Yanbo would not let go of the opportunity to fall into the well, but he didn't bother to argue at this time, because it was difficult for the imperial court and the Son of Heaven to stop Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin from carrying out this plan, and this ambush battle could not be avoided.

And at that time, Han Jiang was asked to go to Zhending Mansion, and the will of the Son of Heaven and the court documents were also very clear, and Han Jiang was in charge of the military and politics with full power, which means that Han Jiang had the power to cut first and then play, not to mention the signature consent of the main general Guo Kui and the supervising army Zhang Bin.

But what Wang Anshi didn't know was that Han Jiang, Guo Kui, and Zhang Bin only reported half of the plans to the imperial court, and the bolder plans in the second half were not said, because the second half of the imperial court had time to stop it, and it could be attributed to the development of the battlefield situation.

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